Indianapolis Journal, Volume 52, Number 22, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 January 1902 — Page 4

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Whatever Senator Ilanna's enemies may Bay of him, It Is evident he has the confidence, respect and esteem of his neighbors. In view of the general friendliness of European powers, what has become of the alleged movement to shut us out of European markets? The country was quite willing to give St. Loul3 $S.00.0?, but the alleged request for fcI.uOO.0CO more for its fair will bo met with quite universal disfavor. The fair dealing of the United States with China mut be something of a surprise for the Chinese rulers, particularly the return of $373.0.1) worth of silver seized by United States marines at TIen-Tsln. Governor Cummins, of Iowa, says that reciprocity which takes without giving Is un Idle dream. He might have added that reciprocity which gives without getting back Is a snare and a delusion. One by one the rights of the reservation Indians an taken from them. Now the commissioner has ordered frequent haircuts anl that no more paint be wasted upon Indian faces. Foreleg an Indian to bo decently clean is ;;bout as gros. an Insult as to suggest to:, t he had letter go to work. Professor IVarsor-'s statements denying the infallibility u the r.ible have precipitated a lively dlsry-sion in Methodist Church t ircl and he will probably 1; tried for luiesy. He rays he has received hundreds of Utters, some censuring and Others approving hi- expressions. A pastor of one of the Chicago churches says: "Professor Pearson ought to be &klnned and his hide hung on the barn door." Governor Ode!l, of New York, has shown considerable moral courase in removing a popular sherift at Buffalo for permitting- a poolroom to operate near the city line tlur!riS the Pan-American Exposition In violation of law. It 1a not believed the power of summary removal for cause of a constitutional officer elected by the people exists in any other State than New York, and most Governors would shrink from exercising It. It Is now said that the Colombian government Is exceedingly eager to secure the Isthmian canal and will gladly grant a perpetual lease of a strip of territory to be under the complete control of the United States government, and such other privileges and rights as the United States may think desirable. This removes one objection to the Panama route, concerning which there has been some doubt whether the necessary concessions could be secured. Mr. John B. Lucas, editor of Black Diamond, a paper devoted to the coal interest?, does not think conditions will justify the miners In demanding 10 per cent, increase of pay. He says the present wage scale U so high that they will not work steadily. "The aggregate rate of pay," he says, "is higher relatively than In any similar class of labor, and the hours arc shorter generally eight hours a day." The miners will doubtless dissent from these views, but they ought to consider the situation carefully before making a demand that may lead to a strike. If the beet-sugar people could only bo reasonable- they would sec that cutting the duty on the raw sujars of Cuba 23 per cent, would not affect them in the least. After making allowance for all the homemade sugar. l.tfiu.OOQ tons will be needed annually frexn abroad. If Cuba's 700.0Ü0 tons should be admitted at a lower duty, there would be fy,0.) tons to be imported that would pay the full duty. Moreover, the consumption of sugar is Increasing rapiJly, the increase in 1D-.-0 being nearly double the output of beet sugar In this country. No wonder that the condition of England's foreign trade gives concern to its commercial people when It appears that the exports. of manufactured iron have fallen off nearly J13.O.O0 and her imports of Iron risen from t-u.Oxi.iMj in IsJO to 0 In IDoI. This Increase of imports makes them nearly one-third of the exports. Evidently the time Is drawing near when England must cave Its trade for Its own people by Imposing a duty that will shut out the competition of those nations which, following her example, will make the free markets of Great BrlUln a dumping ground at lower prices than prevail at home. The Chicago Hoard of Trade went off prematurely when it passed resolutions urging Congress to investigate the Schley case. Congress mlrht order an Investigation of Its own. but it has no power to change or review the findings of the Schley court of inquiry. The Supreme Court of the United States has decided that a courtmartial Is the hlghent of military courts and that its findings cannot bo revised by the civil courts. A court of Inquiry is a military

court and its finding?! can be reviewed only by a courtmartial, the secretary of the navy or the President. Congress has no voice In the matter whatever. Admiral Schley and his counsel doubtless knew that when they decided to appeal from the decision of the court to the President. jrsTicr: to ttiiA. Washington dispatches state that the President is determined to make a strong f.qht in Congress for reciprocity with Cuba, and to this end he has sent for Mr. Bliss, chief fiscal officer of the island, to come to Washington and make an argument on the

subject before the House committee on i ways and means. The inference is that the principal point to be urged upon the committee Is the necessity of a material reduction in favor of Cuba .n the present tariff rates on sugar and tobacco. The action of the President In sending for the fiscal agent of Cuba to appear before the- House committee shows his desire to bring out the real facts in the case and his belief that they will make in favor of reciprocity. There U reason to believe that the President Is In favor of that policy as a measure of justice to Cuba. In his annual menage he discussed the tariff and reciprocity under one head, recognizing the duty of maintaining protection wherever it is needed and saying that "reciprocity must be treated as the hand maiden of protection." Then, in another place, he said: Elsewhere I have discussed the question of reciprocity. In the case of Cuba, however, there are weighty reasons of morality and of national interest why the policy Bhould be held to have a peculiar application, and I most earnestly ask your attention to the wisdom, Indeed to the vital need, of providing for a substantial reduction in the tariff duties on Cuban imports into the United States. Cuba has in her constitution affirmed what we desired, that she should stand in International matters in closer and more friendly relations with us than with any other power, and we are bound by every consideration of honor and expediency to pass commercial measures in the interest of her material well-being. Prom this it is evident that the President thinks there is an element in the case of reciprocity with Cuba that does not enter into the question at large. His reference to "weighty reasons of morality and of international Interest" shows that he thinks the question of reciprocity with Cuba should be differentiated from that of reciprocity in general and decided on its own merits. What that decision should be, in his opinion, he indicates very clearly. The question Is not free from embarrassment, and representatives of the American beet sugar and tobacco Interests will be able to make strong and plausible arguments against making concessions to Cuba, which, they claim, will be ruinous to them. But, on the other hand, can the United States afford, after prosecuting a war for the liberation of Cuba, to adopt a commercial policy that will prove ruinous to the Island? It will probably be found on careful consideration that the Cubans will be satisfied with concessions that will not seriously harm the American Interests. At all events, it is evident the President thinks a fair degree of reciprocity with Cuba Is an honorable obligation on the nited States. El HOPEAN-AMEIUCAX RELATIONS. The statement made In the House of Commons by the under secretary for foreign affairs relative to England's friendly attitude towards the United States during the war with Spain furnishes official con firmation of what was generally understood and freely commented on at the time. The statement made by Lord Cranborne, in reply to a question, was that while the British government did consent to join the continental powers in advising a peaceable solution of the Cuban problem before the war began, "it declined to associate itself with other subsequent proposals, which seemed open to the objection of putting pressure on the government of the United States and offering an opinion on its action. While the under secretary, for obvious reasons, could not go into the details of state secrets, a press dispatch makes the following statement on the authority of the British Foreign Office: The occasion upon which Great Britain deliberately put down her foot was. according to th foreign Otllce. when the Austrian ambassador at London Interviewed Lord Salisbury and asked him if Great Britain would be willing to Join in a, collective note from the European powers urging the United States to desist from war with Spain. Such a note was not to threaten reprisals or intervention, but was to be in the nature of a strong protest and a plea for arbitration. Lord Salisbury, so the representative of the Associated Press wa3 informed, regarded this proposition as unwarrantable interference in the affairs of a friendly country and frankly said so, de claring that Great Britain would not be a party to any such step, especially In view of the lato President McKlnley's attitude toward the ante-bellum efforts of European powers to avert war. The Foreign Office heard nothing more on this subject, the matter of a collective note apparently being dropped. It was further stated that while this proposition came from Austria alone it was understood at the time as an attempt to sound the British government, and that France, Germany and Russia stood behind Austria in the matter. This statement is not surprising as to France and Germany, both of whom were understood at the time to sympathize with Spain, but it is a surprise as to Russia. There is no documentary evidence in the British Foreign Office to show what powers stood behind Austria in the movement, and until such proof is furnished the American people will believe that the surmise that Russia was In It is a mistake. As to the other powers there need be no doubt. Austria and France were known at tho time to sympathize with Spain on family and racial grounds, and Germany had not yet developed any friendly feeling for us. On the other hand, British sympathy with the United States was undisguised both before and after the war began. Public opinion to that effect found expression in the British press, and the fact was so patent that enemies of the administration in this country raised the charge of an Anglo-American alliance. A contemporary review of the situation in lsiO said: "The rapprochement between Great Britain and the United States reached Its full flow with the revelation during the war with Spain that England stood ready to oppose, with all the might of her empire, any anti-American coalition emanating from the courts or chancelleries of continental Europe." In short, from the beginning of our war with Spain, during Its entire progress and after Its conclusion it was notorious that British sympathy was wholly with the United States and that this was not true of any continental power with the possible exception of Russia. which, as far as known, gave no intimation of sympathy eltlur way. The truth of history compels the admission that the conduct of German subjects and sailor;;. naval officers and men. Immediately after Dewey's victory at Manila, and later in Samoa, was decidedly offensive and that It was not repudiated or condemned by their govt-rnment. Nor does this Imply any

doubt of the sincerity of the friendly overtures now being made towards the American government and jx-ople by Germany. It simply means that the Emperor takes a different view of the situation now from what he did three years ago, that he has discovered the United States is a power that must be reckoned with and that If there Is to be any sort of an unwritten alliance or understanding between England and the United States Germany had much better be counted in than counted out. The friendly feeling that has grown up during the last few years between England and the United States Is equally creditable to both governments and peoples, and, with proper limitations, should be maintained by both. It need not interfere in the slightest degree with our friendly feeling for Germany, but the truth of history cannot be changed, and there is no denying that during the war with Spain Great Britain was the only foreign power that openly sympathized with the United States. Just why the British government should furnish official confirmation of this fact at this time may be left to conjecture, but the fact is

unquestionable. Enthusiasm over new friends should not cause us to forget older ones. AS TO CONFISCATION. Mr. Chamberlain, British colonial secre tary, is a very bright man, but he is some times illogical and sometimes inaccurate. In his speech in the House of Commons on Monday defending the British policy in the Boer war he denied that the govern ment intended a general confiscation of property. lie said the magnanimous treatment of Confederate soldiers by the United States at the close of our civil war had been held up as an example, and he declared he was willing to accept the parallel, for, "While the lives of the soldiers were spared, no political conditions were given the Confederates, and their property was confiscated on a tremendous scale." To place the war for the suppression of the Boer rebellion on the same footing with the war prosecuted by the United States for the preservation of the Union is unfair, to say the least. While Great Britain claimed a quasi sovereignty over the Transvaal, that country was never a part of the empire in the sense that tho Southern States were part of the Union, and the success of the Boer rebellion would not be anything like as disastrous t(i the British government as the success of the rebellion would have been to this government. The cases are so elifferent that to treat them as alike seems illogical if not disingenuous. Mr. Chamberlain's statement regarding the confiscation of the property of Confederate soldiers by the United States Is far from true. He says "their property was confiscated on a tremendous scale." With the exception of tho emancipation of the slaves, which occurred nearly two years before the war closed, and which was in no sense confiscation, there was almost no confiscation of the property of the Confederates. There was none at all after the war closed. In 1SC2 Congress passed tho act authorizing the confiscation of the property of those engaged in rebellion against the United States or giving aid and comfort to Its enemies. While the war continued a good deal of personal property captured by the Union armies was practically confiscated, but the amnesty proclamations issued by President Lincoln in December, 1SG.1, and by President Johnson in May, 1SG5, practically ended the operation of the law. Two military orders were issued by Gen. Lew Wallace, commanding the Middle Department at Baltimore, dated, respectively, April 20, 1SC4, and May 1, 1SG4, ordering a wholesale confiscation of the property of persons who had left the department to engage In the rebellion, but both orders were revoked by President Lincoln and moneys paid under them were ordered to be repaid. Within a short time after the war ended all confiscation pro ceedings were discontinued. During the war there were some confiscations of real estate in Northern States owned by prom inent rebels, but In no instance was the law ever enforced against a private soldier in the Confederate army. Mr. Chamberlain's statement that their property "was con fiscated on a tremendous scale" is conspicuously erroneous. It is not known what the policy of the British government in this respect will be in the Transvaal, but it will have to bo very mild and mag nanlmous to equal that of the United States towards the Confederates. THE HUMORISTS. Ileterodoxienl. Judge. Sirs. ChatUrton tat the opera, in whimper) Henry, can't you look blase? Chatterton (wearily) Groat Scot, no! I'm too bored! Society English. Chicago Record-Herald. "And how is your wife, Mr. Pureington? I haven't seen her for such a Ion? time." 'Oh, she's nicely. How is Mr. Lohnjreen these days?" "Nicely, thank you, very nicely, indeed." Circunitauce Alter CiiMen. Puck. "You'll be careful not to go where the Ice Is thin? You remember there was a boy fell in a little while apo?" "Yes; but that was on Sunday an' you said it was because ha didn't go to üunday school. The ice oughtn't to be thin on week days.' An Opinion on Art. Washington Star. "Don't you think that modern actors are more repressed In their methods than the old timers were?" aked the friend. "Yes," answered Mr. Stormington Barnes, "sctnery ha become o elaborate and expensive that we have to carry ourselves with more cau tion In order not to damage it." On n Dog-. Life. "They're-.thinking now of raversing the usua process and first trying plays in New York be Icro taking them out on th road." "What's the idea?" "Wt.ll. if a i l.iy succeeds in New York tha reet of the country will know it's rotten." Wanted u Frills. Chicago Tribune. "1U you pot what they call tabledy hote dinners at this tatin'-house?" asked tho man In tho btarskln overcoat. , "No. sir." Ptej-i ing to the door, ha beckoned to somebody on the outside. "Con: in. Mandy," he said. "They eat in Eng lish htre." Valuable as Far am It (ioea. Baltimore Herald. The Iloesirr Inventor who proclaims thut he will shortly spring upon the world th long-sought means or seeing by wire has been more considerate than oth?r Invent ors. Tor he has already given his device a name tne teiectroscopc. liven If tha In vention doe not measure up to expect tlons. the name !s a valuable contribution tt the vocabulary of our language.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

I nder the? SkyllKlita. "The Downfall of Abner Joyce," "Little O'Grady vs. Tho Grindstone" and "Dr. Gowdy and the Squash" arc the three stories comprised in the book called "Un der the Skylights." The author is Henry B. Fuller, and the scenes are mostly in Chicago either in one of the skyscrapers or at the homes of seme of the "rising peo ple." Abner Joyce represents the enthusiastic reformer from the small town, or the farm, who writes a book, "The Weary World," and then rushes to the city, which he considers the hotbed of iniquity, and determines there to start his life work of re forming and revolutionizing the world. He begins with the taxation problem and is offered the assistance of able and influen tial city men who have long been strug gling unsuccessfully against the evils of unequal and unjust taxation, lie is at first inclined to accept them as coadjutors. but on learning that they are not penni less in fact, that they are property owners he becomes suspicious and bawls at them in his loudest tones. Naturally tney are disheartened and gradually cease their attempts to help Abner, leave him to stamp out the evils by his own efforts. l ney even recoil so far that they join in getting some franchises from the city for nothing. as franchises are the only things not taxed. Abner continues to write books, and wnen he finds that the tax evil has more lives than a cat he lets It live and travels through the country reading from his books or lecturing on the evils which beset the cities, incidentally recounting the injustice meted out to the farmers through the gambling of the grain dealers In boards of trade and the unscrupulous charges of the railroads for the shipment of the farmer's products. Abner writes more books. He Is sought by "society." There he meets Medora, a young lady who has been reared in the country, but has spent some time in the city and has traveled abroad. She is well mannered and level headed. She "notices" Abner. Abner also "notices Medora! Ultimately thev are married. He writes another book called "The Fumes of the Foundry." This is the way Mr. Fuller describes the downfall of Abner: "The glamour of success and of associa tion with the successful was dazzling him. The pomp and luxury of plutocracy en wrapped him and he had a sweet, shuddering vision of himself dining with still oth ers of the wealthy, just because they were wealthy and prominent and successtui. Yes, Abner had made his compromise with the world. He had conformed. He had reached an understanding with the children of Mammon. He a great, original genius had become just like other people. His downfall was complete." The two remaining stories are related in the same satirical manner as the first. While all are somewhat of the exaggerated order, they are rather amusing than otherwise. D. Appleton & Co., rew York. Washington the Capital City. The author of this work, Rufus Rockwell Wilson, demonstrated his ability as a writer of light and sketchy history by the publication some time ago of "Rambles in Colonial Byways." His taste seems to lead in the direction of investigating and recording minor incidents of history which acquire double interest from their connection with great events and great person alities. In "Washington the Capital City" tells in a very pleasing and Interestinr way the stcry of the federal capital from its first location and foundation to recent times. By this Is not meant Its municipal or plainly local history, but that part of its history which naturally and closely connects itself with the history of the Nation and the growth of the Republic. During the hundred years of Its existence Washington has been the political center of the Republic, the birthplace of parties and legislation, the training ground and forum of one generation after another of public men. The author seems to have kept this fact constantly in mind, and while sketching the rise, of Washington from a wilderness hamlet to one of tho most beautiful capitals in the world he has also portrayed the politic.tl growth arid development of the Republic. The book is in no sense a history of the United States, or even of Congrtss, which met several years in other cities before the capital was located at Washington, but as a description of tho origin and development of that city and Its changing characteristics during the century of existence as the seat of the national government it Is very complete. In carrying out this idea the author gives a lively and interesting account of many of the most prominent men who have figured in the political or social life of the capital Presidents, Cabinet officers, judges, senators, representatives, foreign ministers, military men. Journalists, and of the wives of many of them and of the social life of which they were a part. It is a long call from the Washington of 1SA0. when Mrs. Adams found it impossible to keep warm in the half-finished White House and hung up washing to dry in the East room, and when the streets were scarcely more than horse paths across lots, to the magnificent city of to-day. The different phases and periods in the growth of the city in the early part of the century and before, during and since the war. were marked bv social and political conditions that afford many striking contrasts and throw Instructive sidelights on the growth of tho Nation Itself. A charming feature of the book 13 its wealth of personal anecdote. In the collection of which the author has shown unusual industry, and for the relation of which his smooth narrative stvle is peculiarly well adapted. He says in a preface that the book is the result of years of preparation and many months of exacting labor, and. considering the detailed character of its contents, one can easily believe this. The text is aided by a number of interesting illustrations, including some early views of Washington never before reproduced. Tho work makes two substantial volumes, in which there is not a dull page. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. Stories of the ColIej;e. This Interesting book is probably an accurate description of incidents at seven American universities and the two great government colleges where boys are converted into soldiers and sailors. All the nine stories are full of life and were written by graduates of the schools. For Harvard, Owen Wister has a tale of "Philosophy 4," the moral of which Is that the stu dent who studies hardest Is not always a winner and that books do not teach all the philosophy that may be learned. "A Bache lor of Arts" is by Richard Holbrook, of Yale, and it illustrates the fact that a rich youth, without aptitude or brains, cannot hope to become popular among his fellowstudents. Burton Egbert Stevenson's contribution is "Rah. Rah, Rah, Murrav!" a pleasing story of Princeton, of a baseball player who put truth and honor above suc cess in a same with Yale and whose reward came with tho plaudits of the crowd and the knowledge that his sacrifice was an predated by a "certain pair of brown eyes." "A Lightning Change," by Albert Fayson Terhune. explains a mystery In the aristocratic circles of Columbia and ends la the reunion of a father and son. and with an Intimation that the clearing up of the mystery was satisfactory to the young woman in tne caso. Francis Churchill Williams, in "Smith, of Pennsylvania." has a story that will interest every football player. Gen. Charles King is so well known to Journal readers that It would be super fluous to say his West Point contribution to the series is entertaining throughout. "The Code of the Corps" illustrates the high plane of Integrity, honor ami courage that ip maintained at the military academy. The same might be said of Cyrus Townsend Brady s "A Hazing Interregnum." an inci clent at Annapolis that shows the officers o' our navy are made of good material. The Cornell story is "The Personal Equation." by James Gardner Sanderson. Two chums are rivals in a class election, and the one that loses really wins, for he declines to take advantage of a technicality and thereby retains his chum's f riendshin. "The Head Marshal of the University of Chicago. by James Weber Linn, is about a student who declined an unmerited honor. Prot ably most of the characters In all the stories will be recocnired bv stu dents or graduates of the various univer sities. Tne book is the best of the kind that has yet been presented to the public The J. ii. Lippincott Company, Philadel phia. Minrttc. This book furnishes rather an unusual Instance of a man producing his first novel after middle life and after more than a quarter of a century of active business ex perlence. George F. Cram ha3 been occu pied most of his adult life as a map publisher and appears now for the first time as an author. He has chosen a romantic time and a stirring theme for treatment. "Mlnette" is a story of the first crusade It open? in the south of France In the closing years of the eleventh century, and the

first chapter Introduces the heroine, Minette,' as "a beautiful young girl of eighteen, who had Just returned from the convent at Tours, where she had been receiving an education fitting young ladies of quality." This chapter introduces also some of the young Jady's noble relatives and friends, including two rival suitors for her hand, who figure extensively throughout the story. The first crusade to the Holy Land Is just forming, and the young lady s deeply interested in the movement. The knights who are the heroes of the story all go to the holy war, but not all for holy purposes, unless love be so called. Along with the love story of Minette runs that of her friend. Louise, and Tancred. Minette's enthusiasm finally leads her to join the crusade. "Her eyes sparkled as she sat firmly upon the back of the coal black horse, which, proud of his burden, danced and capered to the music of pipe and horn." She rides beside her father to Tours, where she takes ship and finally reaches the HolyLand. There she is taken prisoner and has a series of "thrilling adventures, but is finally rescued. The story has movement and action, and love and romance mingle with the clash of arms and the pomp of war. The author seems to have imbibed the spirit of the time and events amid which the story is laid, and while he does not show the freedom and skill of a practiced writer, he has a good story to tell

and tells It better than fairly well. Chi cago: John W. Illff & Co. A Sunday-School Sons Hook. Sunday-school song books have long been a subject for criticism, both on account of the namby-pamby sentiment and poor literary quality of the verses and the trivial character of the music found In them. The critics have done nothing to remedy the fault, however, and It has remained for Mr. Charles S. McBride, of Indianapolis, to compile and arrange a volume which is not open to these strictures. This excerpt from his introduction indicates the purpose and direction of his work: "In compiling this book it has been the aim of the author to Include only melodious tunes, tunes that possess life and brightness, tunes that are an education and a preparation for the grand hymns of the church. While a few of the older tunes have been included, the greater number of this collection are by the best modern American. English and German composers. It has been claimed that tunes of the higher class are too difficult for children to learn or to appreciate. This is a mistake: children can learn any thing, ana, as a matter of fact, they show a marked preference for the finer music whenever an opportunity is afforded them of making a selection." Mr. McBride s choice of poems and music is likely to meet the approval of all who realize how strong is the influence upon the mind cr songs made familiar in childhood. In this volume are no foolish jingles and meaningless rhymes set to "rattling" music, but fine, strong, dignified poems, re ligious in tone and in many cases of high literary quality. Wesley, Watts, Luther, Newton, Faber, Havergal, Cowper. Kehle, Heber, Bonar, are among the old familiar names represented here, while among later writers are Whittler, Baring-Gould, Phil lips urooKJ, w. w . now and Rudyard Kipling the last-named being represented by the "Recessional." With but few exceptions the sentiment is such as might appeal to children; the thought in a few, as "Mother Dear, Jerusalem," and "O Paradise." is more in keeping with age. Among the songs are a number of compositions by Mr. Charles F. Hansen, of Indianapolis, which are published for the first time, Mr. McBride himself contributes the closing lines. "Lord. We Conio to Sine:." Altogether, the volume Is well-suited to its purpose a collection of good hymns set to tuneful music and comes In time to supply a real want. Mr. McBride is both the editor and publisher of the work, which is enmiea ueioay." Thc True Story of Cnpt. John Smith. Capt. John Smith has been dead a long time, but the story of the career of the foremost adventurer of the most adventurous era In human Mstory will always be full of interest. Before John Smith came to America he had sought adventure in Europe, Asia and Africa, had participated in many wars and been the hero of many conflicts personal and otherwise. His was a restless spirit, delighting in elanger and contention. Much has been written of him, both to his credit and his discredit, chiffiy the latter. Miss Katherine Pearson Woods found sufficient interest in his character to lead her to study both sides and to write a true biography of the man. She has been able to do tlds with as little bias as can be expected freim one who takes up a character because its salient features attract. There is evidence that her work has been fairly and intelligently performed. She strips the romance from such startling events in his life as his rescue by Pocahontas, and In the telling of his acts shows the manner of man he was in the Jamestown colony. By telling the truth about the. man and his associates, Miss Woods shows how weak and unworthy were those men compared with those who first came to New England, New York and Pennsylvania. That the colony did not perish or desert was due largely to the audacity of John Smith. But the reader must smile when the writer declares that Capt. John Smith saved the Jamestown colony, "without which there never would have been a nation called the United States." Doubleday, 1'age & Co . ew York. School, College mid Character. Of the few chapters which compose this volume four were first printed as separate article in the Atlantic Monthly, and one has appeared in the proceedings of two educational associations. The author, Le Baron R. Briggs, says in a preface: "The book does not propose unity or completeness. It Is not a full orchestra, but a harp with two strings which the harper twangs as long as he thinks the audience will put up with him. Whatever is in it comes out of human experience; and this is its justification, if it has one." The author is not an educator in the professional sense, but he writes very intelligently and interestingly concerning educational methods. The five chapters bear the headings respectively of "Fathers, Mothers and Freshmen;" "Some Old-fashioned Doubts About Newfashioned Education;" "College Honor;" "Some Aspects. of Grammar-school Training" and "The Transition from School to College." In the treatment of these subjects the author's point of view is a practical one, and he makes a strong and earnest plea for educational methods that shall elo more toward developing and forming character and producing practical results than those now in vogue elo. He particularly deprecates all attempts to make education easy or to turn work into play. The author has a clear style and the book is one that should interest parents, students and teachers. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. A 3Iodern Antaean. Antaeus of Greek mythology was the son of Earth and Water, who always received fresh strength from contact with his Mother Earth. The idea is awkwardly utilized in this story by the author of "An Englishwoman's Love Letters," in which Tristam Gavney, a child of the country, acquires the nickname "Tramp" on account of his youthful wanderings. As boy and man he has many troubles, but always recovers by seeking the restorative Influences of earth and water. His father insists' that he shall go to London for a career, but the capital crushes and elestroys him. A painful sort of romance runs through the story, which is labored and written in a style that would spoil even a much better story. In straining after originality and literary effect the author only succeeds in being obscure and unnatural. Take a sentence at ranelom for example. The hero of the story is. on his deathbed: "His longing for ail the cooling springs earth held buried for the seasons to come, or heaven might one day send and reste-re, grew slack in a body that was too feeble to look for anything that was still so undiseoverably far. He wished Instead that he might live long enough to see the dawn once more come trembling over the eat, folding in Its rays the high lonely tree he had climbed when a boy to find the crow's nest wherein a wind-hover had made Its home." The tntok is fvdl of such involved and pointless passages. The story is almost entirely lacking In tho element of human interest. NewYork: Doubleday, Page fc Co. The Itaby -Ills Care nml Training. This invaluable little volume is the reappearance in book form of some very helpful papers which appeared In Harper's Bazar about a year ago. The author, Mlsr. Marianna Wheeler, has been for ten years superintendent of the Bahlen' Hospital in New York, and the probabilities are that what she does not know about babies is not worth knowing. The book is extremely simple In literary styl an3 not only that, but equally simple in precept. The modern mother must indeed be ntupid who cannot comprehend and follow out the admirable directions laid down. All who have

to do with children will And new and valuablo suggestions. How many people know how to lift and handle a baby properly? "When necessary to take the baby up never grasp the body by the. hands to lift him. for in so doing one Is apt to make pressure ever the chest and abdomen, where the most delicate organs of the body lie. It is not only uncomfortable for the child, but there is also dinger of doing injury to these organs. The way to lift a baby is to grasp the clothing with tho right hand, just below the feet, then e xtend the 1, ft hand along the spine, tho palm supporting the back, the three middle tinccrs the head and necK. In this way the Infant is lifted without any part of the body feeling pressure or strain. The clothing forms a little hammock, in which the child lies perfectly comfortable." Published by Harper & Bros., New York. Lnvr of Ansembllcs. So many men and women now belong to societies, clubs and other organizations in which the business should be transacted In an orderly manner that a treatise on the rules or law of assemblies, whicl Is clear, simple and concise, is quite a necessitj. For such purposes the usual manuals on parliamentary law are too elaborate and too often assume some previous knowledge of the laws for the government of assemblies. Ex-Speaker Reed, in his work on parliamentary law. says that "a beginner does not know the simpler things and needs them most." Proceeding upon this theory, Mr. Ed A. Stevens has written a commonsense treatrse on parliamentary lodge law. He begins with the assumption that those who have taken up his work know nothing of the subject and proceeds, chapter after chapter, to develop a system for the government of any assemblage. All tho rules are illustrated by examples which make them clear and rational. The book Is specially designed for lodges, clubs and for classes studying parliamentary law. It is, in fact, a text-book on parliamentary law. Published by the compiler and editor, Ld A. Stevens, Minneapolis, Minn. The Field of Ethic. This volume contains six lectures delivered by Prof. George 11. Palmer, of Harvard University, the object of the series being to fix the place of ethics in a rational scheme of the universe. "The matters with which ethics is concerned," ays tho author, "are such as we cannot fall to meet continually. They permeate life. They affect every occupation in which man engages. They consequently enter into many sciences besides ethics. It is only the way In which they are surveyed which renders them ethical. I propose to show how necessary this ethical way is and howdistinct from every other mode of regard." The subject Is treated under six different heads "Ethics and the Descriptive Sciences." "Ethics and the Law." "Ethics and Aesthetics." "Ethics and Religion Affinities," "Ethics and Religion Divergences." "Conclusion." The work is a profoundly philosophlcal, but singularly lucid, discussion of the relation of ethics to individual life and conduct. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.

When Love Is Young. The novel, HWhen Love Is Young," Is the eleventh of the "American Novel Series" published by Harper & Brothers. Its author Is Roy Rolfe Gllson, whose story, "Grandfather," was so simply and beautifully told In the January number of Harper's Magazine. It is the story of the child, the boy and the man, ever seeking the true love whose presence shall satisfy the heavensent cravings of his heart. Many times he thinks his quest is ended, but, no, his heart loneliness continues and again he fares onward. At last lie finds the object of his quest, fairer than the vision of his dreams, "fair and sweet and true." His is the story of all humanity, ever old yet ever new. It is a tale well told, with unusual simplicity and truth in the telling. Should the author retain the style now at his command, as he advances in fiction, ho will do well and will continue to please his readers." Lyric of Ilenrtli and Home. Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster has long been known as a writer of verse of the gentle, domestic, heart-to-heart quality. Her flights are not high; the sentiment of her productions resolved into prose is often of a platitudinous sort, but she has a knack at making pleasant rhymes and her verses dealing with common and commonplace of daily life, carrying with them always, as they do, a deep religious feeling, appeal to a large class of readers. As some one has expressed It, they are "motherly" verses. Under the title of "Lyrics of Love of Hearth and Home," the Fleming K. Revell Company (New Y'ork). has published a collection of these verses in handsome form. The volume is well printed, each page is headed with a lithographic design, in tint, and the cover design is good. The book is inclosed in a box and is well suited for gift purposes. The Kinir's Hin:. 'The King's Ring" is a romance of the time of Gustavus Adolphua and the thirtyyears' war, written by Zacharia Topellus, a Swedish poet and historian, and translated by Sophie Ohrwall and Hubert Arnold. The book, although long and favorably known in Europe, is presented for the first time to American readers. The King's ring, a tiny one of apparent insignificance. invariably worn by Gustavus, was believed to make him Invulnerable, and to possess it was to be able to possess the person of this well-nigh omnipotent man. Around this superstition the romance Is -woven, the scene being laid in Germany and Finland. The accuracy of the historic events Involved makes the book valuable as well as entertaining. The distinguished author died in 1S0S. L. C. Page & Co.. Boston. Tlie Story of the Art of nnllrllns:. This book was published In England under the title of "The Story of Architecture," by P. Leslie Waterhouse. an English architect of note. As a book by an American author had been published in this country under the same title, the American publishers. I). Appleton & Co., have called this one "The Story of the Art of Building," and have added a chapter on architecture in America. It is not a complete history of the development of architecture, but it is a satisfactory presentation of the salient points. It is issued In "The Library of Useful Stories" series. The Lifting: of a Finger. This story, by Ina Brevoort Robert?, shows how a marriage came about in which each partner to it believed the other was animated by any other sentiment than affection. Whatever was the truth at the beginning, each came, under very discour aging conditions, to love the other most ardently, this love leading to transformation of the man from a shameless reprobate into a elecent member of society. The motive and moral of the tale are hot especially to be commended, but the author has told hor story in an effective way which promises well for future work. The J. B. Lippincott Company. Pride of Race. The latest novel by B. L. Farjeon Is entitled "Pride of Race," the pride of the Jews as against that of the Gentile. The son of a rich Jew marries the daughter of an English nobleman, and that is where the trouble begins. There are all tho various elements which go to make up the lives of the upper classes in England, and the story ought to be a good one, instead of which it is of very mediocre quality. George W. Jacobs & Co., Philadelphia. That Ciirl Montana. 'That Girl Montana" is a story of the wild and very woolly West, by Marah Ellis Ryan, the author of "Told In the Hills" and several other storleg. There is not much to le said about the tale one way or another. It deals with adventures, gold mines, murders and the like, while the girl 'Tana" cornea through amazing perils unscathed. Rand. McNally &. Co.. Chicago. I'pon the 3un-Hontl. Under this title Mrs. Viola P. Franklin has made a compilation of brief extracts Irom sermons delivered by Bishop John F. Hurst. The selections, which cover quite a r;;nge of tos-ies. are made with good Judgment and contain many fine, elevating thoughts. New York: Fleming H. Revell Company. An OUlnlioiuii Honinncr. "An Oklahoma Romance" Is another Western story, whose author Is Helen Churchill Candce. The hero, Paul Hepburn, and the father of the heroine are

rival claimants for the same homestead, which each asserted he occu;kd first (n the day of the famous "Oklahom.i xun." The story is pie nsir.ely written, and conveys a good Impression of tho strife and the life which prevailed in the early days of the Territory. The Century Company, New York.

Anions the Publisher. Macmlllan Sc Co. are to publih Mr. Charles Major's next Ft cry, "Dorothy." It is historical in character. Messrs. Funk & Wacnalls note nn "in.tiable appetite for novels about Blb'o times," and announce a great demand for their "Tarry Thou Till I Come." D. Appieton Sc Co. have Just issued a striking poster, commemorative of the issuing of the SiiTth thousand of "David Harum." The book Is still seulr.g. The Baker ft Taylor Co. announces for publication at an early date "The Jew ns a Patriot." by Madison C. Peters, of Brooklyn, N. Y., which is to be in the nature of an answer to Mark Twain's "Concerning Jews." Mr. John Lane announces that Mr. Henry IIariand'3 new novel. "The Lidy Paramount." will be published in March. "Th Lady Paramount" Is somewhat longer than "The Cardinals Snuff Box." which was one cf the successes of its year. "Santa Claus; IPs Life and Adventures" is the title of a new book announced for publication la the early summer by the George M. Hill Company. The author is L. Frank Baum, whoso "Father Goose" and "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" are well known to Juvenile readers. The sequel which Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett has written for her pleasant story, "The Making of a Marchioness," is to be brought out by Stokes & Co. It Is to be called "The Methods of Lady Waldcrhurst," and it will make a book throe times as long as was the early history of the sweet and engaging Emily Fox-Seton. William G. Agle, of Seattle, Wash., a man who is said by the Mining and Engineering Journal to have prospected and worked gold mines all the way from Alaska to Bolivia, Issues a little pamphlet Intended to serve as a guide for his countrymen who purpose going to South America with tho Intention of making money. It contains mucli information of a practical sort about eastern Peru and Bolivia. Of the twenty-nine different books which appeared in its monthly lists of best selling books during 3)1. The Bookman says, "Twenty-one are the work of men and six of women, while the authors of 'An Englishwoman's Love Letters' and of Truth Dexter' (Little. Brown & Co., Hosten), have never positively l en identified. Many think that Sidney McCall is a woman." In "The True Thomas Jefferson," jut published by the J. B. Lippincott Company, there Is a mysterious reference to Jefferson as the father of a distinguished public man. who was prominently identified with the devflapment of the West. No name is mentioned, but the lntcn ret points to Edward Cobs, the first Governor ef Illinois. Mr. J fforson always took a great interest in his welfare, lie was born on the farm adjoining the Monticedlo estate. A. C. McCIurg fc Co. are to bring out tvo books on Nicaragua. Lieut. James G. Walker, U. S. N., the son of Roar Admiral Walker, and who was in charge of tho survey of ISLA, has written an account of his trip, which is to be published at once tinder the title of "Ocean to Oean." It is in narrative style, but is nevertheless full of information. The second contribution to Nicaragua literature will be a new edition of Henry I. Sheldon's excellent "Notes on the Nicaragua Canal." uniform in style with Lluetenant Walker's book. Augustine Blrrell makes this plea for sincerity In his "Essays and Addresses," soon to be Issued by the Scribners: "To admire by tradition Is a poor thing. Far better really to admire Miss Cabblogoose-'a novels than to pretend to admire Austen's. Nothing is more alien to the spirit of pure enjoyment than simulated rapture borrowed emotion. If after giving a classic a fair chance you really cannot abide hlrn, or remain hermetically scaled against his charm, it is, perhaps, wisest to say nothing about it, though if you do pluck up heart of grace and hit him a rap over his critical costard, it will not hurt him, and it may do you good. I!u. let the rap succeed and not precede a careful study, for. depend upon It, it is no easy matter to become a classic." The contest for the one-thousand-dollar prize offered by Messrs. Small, Maynard & Co. for the most correct solution of the authorship of the stories in their book entitled "A House Party" closed at midnight on Dec. 31. On Jan. 6 a check; for 51,XX) was sent by the publishers to the winner, Mrs. Horace Rilsby. of Seneca Falls. N. Y. Out of the many thousand guesses received not one succeeded In naming correctly the writer of each of the twelve stories contained In this unique- volume. Mrs. Silsby, however, guessed" ths authors of eleven of the etorles correctly. The following is the correct list of the authors who WTO' the twelve stories in "A House Party." John Kendrick Banps, George W. Cable, Paul Leicester Ford, Robert Grant, Mrs. Burton Harrison, Sarah Orne Jewett, Charles O. D. Roberts, Bertha Itunkle. Frank It. Stockton, Ruth McEnery Stuart, Octavo Thanet, Owca Wister. Cnrrent Periodicals. The little Pocket Magazine published by F. A. Stokes Company hs Just been merged Into Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. In the Home Magazine for January Is nn illustrated article on lace-making, which contains ftn amount of information on the subject not often found In so small a ppac. The Bookman's portrait gallery is one cf Its most interesting features. The public has a certain interest in the personality of authors even when their books are not admired. Harper's Bazar for February contains a econd paper by Olivo Schreiner on "The Woman's Movement of Our Day." Miss Schreiner is a forcible writer and a woman who thinks. Mr. Bliss Perry finds manj' crosses in the editorial life, if ono may read be tween tho lines cf his amusing little essay in the January Atlantic "On Reading the Atlantio Cheerfully." For the babies who cannot read and for the little ones who can read "easy readins" no periodical offers better entertainment than Little Folks (Boston). Its stories and rhymes are of Just the sort to plcae children. The principal art feature of Harpers Magazine for February will be the first of the eight superb drawings made by Edwin A. Abbev to illustrate tho lirt portion of Goldsmith's "The Des. ri d Villace.' accompanied by a critical article by Austin Dobson. 2,lr. W. T. Stead has Issued his ideas on "The Americanization of the World" in the shpe of a large pamphlet bearing on its cover a representation of the American flag with its staff resting upon the globe. It comes in the form of a Review of Reviews Annual. With the National Geographic Magazine for January is a large map of the Philippines in supplement form. It shows the signal corps telegraph lines and cables. This map is an otliclal one. The magazine contain a paper bv Hon. John W. Fotir on "The New Mexico." The Isthmian canal Is the subject of discupslon by Emory R. Johnson and Samuel Pasco in the current issue of the Annals of the American Academy. Other themes considered are: "Present Statu.' and Futurs Prospects of American Sliis-bwlMinn." "Government Owne rship of Rnilr . ds" ar.d "The Concentration of Railway Control." Frank A. Vanderllp poir ts out In the February Scribner's the two things which make Germany the greatest competitor of tho United States throughout th' world her wonderful technical ducatlon and the advantages widt h all the s h 1 children have for the tudy of Kn;!ih and French, thus fitting themslves for omm rciJl work in almost every civilized c untiy. One ef the eleven st stoiies -f the year was Edith Watts Mumford's "Pup. s." She has contributed aioth-r, quite- diftYn nt in character, but vqu.iliy e nt. I talr ir.i:, to tin February Smart Set "The Fl.t! f an Emerald." It Is a story with a pl -t. whuh I. something the avnuK" n-:el of th d ty lacks. This lue f the manzim ton talus the uual variety of readable j-hort Horbs, sicetches and erbcs. The ltubrie "a magazine ele luxe, as announced in a nibtltle is a publication of the tdze and general appearancs