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fcnntor linar'n VatoliIoKraphy. The charm of biography or autobiography li that It is mostly gossip. W ar- so built that we aa U-youd anything in this worM to take a p-ep b hind the curtains and to know about the daily lives and especially about the weaknesses and feuds of distinguished men and women. The most popular biography ever written, Boswell s "Life of Dr. Samuel Johnson." is an almost interminable record of trivial details about the Great Bear and his toadies, male and female, as wHl as the toadies' toadies and the rivals and friends. Burke. Goldsmith and Garrick. of the irascible but always attractive doctor. Autobiography has the additional attraction when written by an old man. as In the case of Senator Hoar, now reaching out to his seventy-seventh birthday, of garrulity. The demand for this kind of literature is endless. Blaine set the pace among civilians with his "Twenty Tears in Congress." and Grant among military men with his "Personal Memoirs." George F. Hoar was born in lWb at Concord. Mass. The blood In his veins is very blue, especially on the side of his mother, who was a daughter of Roger Sherman. His father was a lawyer and somewhat distinguished. William M. Evarts was his cousin and United Stat3 Attorney Hoar his brother. It takes forty pages of this hk to tell us the above facts. Eighty pages are then given up to the senator's boyhood and his college days at Harvard, and another fifty to his life as a young attorney. He was elected twice to the State Legislature, finally in lhtt taking his seat in the lower House at Washington, where ho served eight years, when, in 1877. he was Sromoted to the United States Senate and aa there remained now twenty-se-n years. Although far from being a great man Senator Hoar has from th beginning always touched elbows with the great leaders. The charm of these two massive volumes is in their racy sketches of men gre;ter than their au trior and their characteristics, as well as goselpy glances into the grt-at federal legislation of the last thirty-rive years and how it all came about. When Mr. Hoar begaa at Washington in I St the great problem of reconstruction was the dominant measure. In his chapter thus entitled the senator admits that the measure parsed by 'ongress, in which he took an active part, have not accomplished the desired result, and yet he insists that congressional reconstruction has not been a failure He says: "Two things are not yet accomplished.

There ar eleven States in which the negro la not yet secure in his political rights; and there are as many and perhaps two or three more In which If he be suspected of a crime of the first magnitude he is liable to undergo a cruel death without any trial. That would have been quite as likely, indeed a good deal more likely to have happened if the reconstruction measures had never been enacted. But I think it Is a fair quation whtther the existence of this condition throughout so lerge a country, with the prospect that blowly and gradually as the negro improves he will get his rights, be not better than the alternative which must have been Mi reduction to slavery again, or what is nearly as bad, a race of peons In this country. That is the. question into the answer of which so much prejudice enters that it is hardly worth while to reason about It. My opinion is that as the colored man gets land, becomes chaste, frugal, temperate, industrious, veracious that he will gradually acquire respect and will attain political equality. Let us not be in a hurry. Evils, If they be evils, which have existed from the foundation of the world, are not to be cured in The lifetime of a single man. The men of the day of reconstruction were controlled by the irresistible logic of events; by a power higher than their own. I could see no alternative then, and I see no alternative now better than that which was adopted. 1 Some of the most interesting chapters In these books are devoted to the organized political corruptions of Congress tnirty years ago. Of these the scandals connect- d with the Union Pacitic Railroad and the celebrated Creiit Mobilier are the raciest. Congress donated the I'nion Pacitic Railroad, on condition of building a railway from Omaha, on the Missouri river, to the Pacific. $27,oto,OOu in bonds, drawing interest, as well as an enormous land grant. In addition, it authorized the company to ftra a first mortgage upon the road for S27.0U0.000 more. This amounted to $54,000.000 in cash. The road then mortgaged its land grant for $10,000. i. For the purpose of absorbing and then dividing this enormous um among themselves the leaders of the company created a corporation within the corporation, christened it the Credit Mobiiier. with which they made a contract to construct the rood at extravagant figures, thereby practically absorbing and dividing the whole $4,000,0. In a word, the managers let the work to themselves und thereby enabled themselves to draw dividends on their stock never paid for of a size that puts one in mind of the Standard Oil Company. Of course, some day this whole thing would be exposed, and to forestall congressional opposition th'j sJng bee in all the business, Oakes Ames. pU ked out as stockholders in prospektiv th" leading members of both Senate and House, beginning with Speak- r Blaine and including such men as Vice President Colfax and James A. Gartleld. Blaine wes altogether too smart a man to have anything to do with (Jakes Ames, but unfortunately both Garfield and Colfax dallied with the unlovely Investment. Space here will not permit going into details. This acandal is familiar to every one of the older politicians and gave rise to some of the mot DtM and elaborate lying that ever disgraced Washington. Two other of the great scandals to which Mr. Hoar pays the compliment of a special chapter devoted to each is the celebrated F inborn contract, ss well as the Belknap .ipeachmcnt. the former of which was the hnndiwork of Benjamin F. Butler, of odorous memory. m A A - BT V . surange 10 say, jnr. tionr nas noi a woru about the star route or the whisky-ring theft.: nor the innumerable frauds connected with Grant's opiolnteeB during his two admlnirtrntions. Mr. Hoar speaks of Grant Ss a confiding;, simple-mind d man. whose confidence was constantly being abased by "lick" citixens, who wormed . themselves into his friendship. As might have been expected. Mr Hoar dev t.-s a chapter of nearly forty pages to pouring out his vials Of wrath upon the naked and bald head Of bis great Massachusetts rival. Ben Butler. But the game is hardly worth the can tie. as the American people have long stme made up their minds about this once eel bra ted man. Let us turn now from politics proper to oth 'r subjects to which Mr. Hoar devotes his attention. Here are some racy sentences concerning disi nting opinions iu court cas I give his words: "The habit of glv'ng disseiitlaVf opinions, which has become s common in the Supreme Court of the I'tiited States and in our Massachusetts Supreme Court, did not exist up to Ismo. If there was au Opinion oa ss important quesflou Of Isw the result was 'a majority of the court Is of the opinion.' That was all. I do not bsHeve that any court can long retsiu public confidence and respect when Be-riy all its opinions iu important matters are accompanied by a powerful attack on the soundness of the - opinion and of the correctness of the judgment of the bench Itself. The legal reporter of Ma.a-hu tts Is authorized to rejsirt the decisions of the court more or less at length, at his discretion, if he would exerri-e til it discretion by an absolute refusal to print dissenting opinions, except in a very few exceptional casts, he would have the thanks of the IUfSStios. It may c harder to put a stop o tie practice in the Supieme Court of the United States That win have to be done, If a all. by the good sens,- . f the iudtres Th- at o of the court in what are as the iusular eosafl have shocked ntry and greatly diminished the I authority ot that tribunal. This because of nublic disapproval of th irt. It was because upon i ne IttVS constituentthat be found n of the any two strong enough to convince at here it Mr Hoar may he tike usefully remark, d above opinion into 1 ' orutlce In the only judi-.-ial tribunal of reat 1 Ich ling w hi' h he was dee al resi.l -rated Mr Hay, Ileal. Judgea and the ccveu ltuifcralic

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senters were in each case unanimous. The question arises: "Will Judges ever be stronger than their parties when the question to be decided is such a tremendous one as which party shall seat its candidate for President?" Some of the most readable chapters in these volumes are devoted to Mr. Hoar's opinions upon his celebrated colleagues. Of our Indiana statesmen Mr. Hoar speaks kindly of three, Schuylef Colfax. Daniel W. Voorhees and Oliver P. Morton. Of Voorhees he says: In the House I had a very angry conflict with him. It did not interrupt our friendly relations. He was a man of a good deal of eloquence, very popular in his own State and said to be a very successful and able lawyer. His political speeches in the Senate were cart fully prepared, very able statements of his side, and very severe denunciation of his antagonists. He was a very kind-hearted man. If he could not be reln d on to protect the treasury against claims of doubtful validity, when urged by pf r.-ons in need or who excited his sympathy, it ought to be said in defense of him that he would have been quite as willing to relieve them to the extent of his power from his private resources." Of Oliver P. Morton he says: "Governor Morton, in spite of the great physical inlirmitles which came upon him before the war ended, held Indiana in its place in the Union with an iron hand. When he came to the Senate he found there no more powerful, brave or unyielding defender of liberty. He had little regard for constitutional scruples. I do not think it should be said that he would willingly violate his oath to support the Constitution. But he believed that the Constitution should be Interpreted in the light of the Declaration of Independses. To this principle of interpretation all strict or narrow criticism founded on its literal meaning must yield. He was for going straight to his object. When the Hayes and Tilden contest was up he was for having the President of the United States put Hayes and Wheeler In power by using all the national forces, military and Other, that might be needful. He was a member of the committee that framed the bill for the electoral commission, but refused to give it his support. He vv.ts a great party leader, lie had in this respect no superior in his time save Lincoln alone." It la worth noticing that in Mr. Hoar's notices of prominent contemporaries he makes no mention whatever by way of estimate of such powerful men as Allen G. Thurman or George F. Edmunds. Of exPresident Harrison Mr. Hoar is constantly gniug reminiscences. His judgmeut upon him, upon the whole, is very favorable, although he relates many unpleasant incidents of the abruptness and brusqueness of Harrison's manners. He says: "Harrison would grant a request in a way which seemed as if he were denying it. An eminent Western senator said to me once what, of course, was a great exaggeration, that if Harrison were to address an audience of ten thousand men he would capture them all, but if each one of them were presented to him in private he would make him his enemy. However, in spite of all this, the country was safe with him. While his hand was on the helm she would keep the course of safety, of honor, of glory, of prosperity, of republican liberty. There would be no fear for the future of the country if we were to have in the great office

of President a succession of Benjamin Harrisons." Senator Hoar Is a man of fine literary ability. Here is an illustration: "Among the most Impressive recollections of my life is the funeral of Tennyson, in Westminster Abbey. I got a seat at the request of the American minister by the favor of Archdeacon Farrar, who had charge of the arrangements. It was a most impressive scene. I had a seat near the grave, which was In the poets' corner, of which the pavement had been opened. The wonderful music, the stately procession which followed the coffin through the historic west entrance in the most venerable building in the world to lay the poet to his last sleep with England's Illustrious dead of more than a thousand years, In those precincts where the mighty rest, W ith rows of statesmen and with walks of kings, To which 'Ne'er since their foundation came a nobler guest,' was uuspeubably touching and impressive. The solemn burial service was conducted by the aged dean, doomed, not long after, to follow the beloved po-t to his own final rest place near by. The choir sang two anthems, both by TennysonCrossing the liar' and 'Silent Voices" the music of the latter by Lady Tennyson. The grave lay next to Robert Browning's, hard by the monument of Chaucer. 1 looked into it and saw the oaken coffin with the coronet on the lid. After depositing the body the bearers passed the seat where I sat. one by one. pressing through between two rows of seats, so that their garments touched mine as they went by. The day was cloudy and mournful, blending an unusual gloom with the dim religious light of the abbey. But just as the body was let down into th earth the sun came out for a moment from the clouds, cheering and lighting up the nave and aisles and transepts of the mighty building. As the light struck the faces of the statues and the busts it seemed for a moment that the countenances changed and stirred with a momentary life, as if to give a welcome to the guet who had come to break upon their long repose. Of course it was but an idle imagination, oegor, pernaps, or tne profound excitement which such a scene, to the like of which I was so utterly unaccustomed, made upon me. But as I think of it now I can hardly resist the belief that it was NSj." About a year ago a posthumous volume appeared, entitled in substance "Reminisi in es of John James Ingalls, Senator from Kansas." Mr. Hoar and Mr. Ingalls were both members of the United States Senate during the stormy days of the electoral commission and President HsysVl administration. Over and over again in Mr. Hoar's volume he speaks of Hayes as a simple-minded, sagacious, upright man, and. in addition, speaks of the electoral commission and of its judgment seating Mr. Hayes as an impartial tribunal and a conscientious and wise adjudication. His language -Is not given because it would take too much space, but this is the subStance of it. Hue is the way that both these facts impressed Senator Ingalls: "Hayes was hopelessly prosaic and com-mon-placi.. He had been a respectable soldier and was by profession a lawyer. He had no vices and had the customary sort of tiresome uninteresting virtues. His enemies accused him of sanctimony and hypocrisy and of sometimes forgetting Ins protnlSfS, but then all good m n have boas slandered by their cotemporaries." And here is the way that Ingalls pays his compliments to the electoral commission: "The committee was not only to devise an unconstitutional measure that should be strictly within constitutional limitations, which was not difficult, for that instrument is elastic and hospitable; but to invent a tribunal of partisans which should be nonpartisan In operation, propitiate the implsoshlenwss, preserve the prerogatives of the Senate and maintain the contlicting pretensions of the House, secure the cooperation of those who contended that there was no power to go behind the returns, and of those who asserted that the only question to be decided was which certificate was actually gi en by th authorities of the State, and most important of all obtain the cordial support of both parties by holding out to each the hope of cheating the other." A more celebrated man than either, Henry Ward Beecher, even spoke of Hayes and his administration as "poultices." He did not specify their composition, but a more apt and truthful criticism was never made. I should be- glad to extend these quotalions, but newspaper space forbids. Senator Hoar is a very vain man and these volumes, as in the case of Charles Sumner's works, are badly distigured by laudatory letters and complimentary notices of tho senator's character and speeches, which a more modest man would have omitted. The senator seems Incapable of making the necessary discounts upon conventions no-iiteue-is. All the am.- these two books aro exceedingly readable and greatly add to that stock of BSrsonSÜ literature of which BoswelVs "Life of Samuel Johnson" and lVpys s ldary are su h celebrated illustrations. As remarked, while Senator Hoar 1.- not a great man and can hardly be called a statesman of the first orier, there are few living or dead .-in. tors who have served their country more faithfully and iion--stlv Taking into COBStdSrsUon Sal n. rsitent oppoit;. n lo .air Philippine policy and his breaking out into a new place upon the i'aiu.uRi treaty, the majority oi liub-

licans look upon him as something of a crank. On the other hand he is as much of a "find" for the Democrats as the peerless William J. Bryan is for the Republicans. This autobiography, which is in two volumes, is published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. DANIEL P. BALDWIN.

The OHnddy. When Steven Crane died he left his most delightful book unfinished. It was a wonderful story, bubbling over with humor, crammed full of pithy philosophy and vivid phrases, sparkling with wit and every page alive with action. The manuscript was more than half completed when poor Craue died, and for a long time it lay in that condition. Then Robert Barr, Crane's intimate friend and one of the best storytellers of the day, took up the work and finished it. And so "The O'Ruddy" is now at last given to the public. To say that the O'Ruddy is the most delightful Irishman since Harry Uyndon would not be overstating the case. And he appeals to the reader more strongly than ever Thackeray s rollicking gamester could, for he is not a rascal, but a genuine, whole-souled fellow, whose system of ethics may be primitive, but who is ever a gentleman even while he is a roisterer. Fresh and green from an Irish village, this scion of au ancient house lands in England, and kicks the greatest swordsman in the realm downstairs ere he has been an hour ashore. Him he worsts in a duel the next morning, and then starts on a series of incredible adventures, in which a highwayman plays a prominent part. He falls heels over head in love with a noble lady, whose curmudgeon of a father and virago of a mother arc his bitter enemies. And so throughout the book he blarneys and ruffles and bullies his way to fortune and fame as none but an Irishman could. Barr has hardly been as successful in flnishiug this book as was QulIIer-Coucb with Robert Louis Stevenson's "St. Ives." The story does not lose interest, as far as strenuous adventure goes, one of the most startling of the O'Ruddy's bold acts occurring at the end of the book. But the sparkling humor and dashing wit are missing; the earlier half of the book is much more entertaining reading. " The O'Ruddy" is a new proof of a wellknown fact that Crane was just beginning to do his best work when death put an end to all his plans. It cannot fail to add new laurels to the name of one who seemed dostinod to become America's greatest writer of hction. The Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York. The IteJun of Queen Iyl. The idea of combining a number of short stories so that while each shall be complete in itself the whole shall form a connected narrative Is as old, almost, as literature Itself. "The Arabian Nights." Boccaccio's "Decameron" and Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" are comparatively modern examples of this method of novel writing. Of late years, however, the plan has fallen into disuse. We have series of short stories in which the same characters take partsuch as Kipling's "Soldiers Three," Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes," and Hornung's "Hafflles;" but that is the nearest approach to the ancient method known to the ordinary reader, tielett Burgess and Will Irwin have collaborated in two books, both of which are experiments in the style referred to. In one, "The Picaroons." the picaresque tale was made modern. This second book. "The Reign of Queen Isyl," concerns itself with ladies and gentlemen rather than rogues and adventurers. It is a delightful combinationthe most romantic of adventures happening to the most up-to-date people in the most modern of settings. "Queen lsyl" has been enthroned queen of a California carnival uuder rather p, culiar conuition. Another girl had been elected, but disappeared at the last moment and the maid of honor, a defeated candidate, is obliged to .tk- her place. This is all the result of a deep-laid plot, and the search for the real queen and the unmasking of the conspiracy furnishes the groundwork for the story. Each new character introduced has a story to tell, and these stories constitute the larger and better part of the book. In spite ot this the main story never loses Interest and does not drag; and in this is seen the art of the writers. Burgess and Irwin make a good team. Collaborations are seldom great successes, but in the case of these young California writer an exception will no doubt be made. Their . stories are breezy and fresh, and racy of the soil where they were made. They are notable contributions to current American literature. McClure, Phillips & Co., New York. Tennyson's Suppressed Poems. For students of Tennyson this volumecontaining fifty-seven poems, originally published in lo30 and 1832. and contributed from time to time to various annuals and periodicals is presented by J. C. Thomson, editor of "The Biography of Charles Dickens." In the judgment of Mr. Thomson, the collected works of Tennyson afford insufficient material for the study of his poetic development, and it has. therefore, seemed reasonable that a certain volume containing all the suppressed poems "the first uncertain exercises of a poet unacquainted with the greatness of his gift" would possess a value muck beyond that of a mere collection of literary curiosities. The suppressed poems, with interesting annotations, are reprinted as originally published, and not, aa given in altered tons, in Hallam Lord T unyson's life of his illustrious poet father. The longest poems of the volume are "Timbuctoo," WTitUO at Trinity College in 1829, and "The Lover's Tale" a remarkable production of the poet in his nineteenth year. In Good Words Magazine, March, lMls, appeared this little poem, which has never been repiinted In any authorized collection of TenDJrSOIl't poems: 1S65 1S66. "I stood on a tower in the wet, And New Yar and Old Year met, And winds were roaring and blowing; And I said: "O years, that meet in tears, Have ye aught that is worth knowing? Science enough and exploring. Wanderers coming ami going, afstter enough for deploring. But aught that is worth the knowing? Seas at my feet were Mowing. Waves on the shingle pouring, Old Year roaring and blowing. And New Year blowing and roaring." Harper & Bros., New York. The Kinship of Nature. This book, by Bliss Carman, abounds in well-digested thought and happy phrases. It is such prose as a poet of Mr. Carman's temperament might be expected to write. The language is calmly forceful, unexciting, masterful, the thought has the same qualities. It is not a book to be reviewed critically, but to be quoted. The following is from an essay, "The Vernal Ides:" "There is a day which marks off the gray time of winter from the green time of spring as clearly as a line on a calendar. Even the brightest December sunshine ::.s no ray of hope; it is relentless, forbidding, unpromising; the sky f retells only an eternity of changeless cold; one could never look upon it and prophesy the miracle of summer. liut by and by therj como a February morning, when the frost may not be less keen, nor the sunshine more bright, pot there is a different expression on . the face of the elements. Hope has been born somewhere in the far south, ami tin re arc premonitions of change, portents of liberation and joy. It is the first faint rumor of spring, andthough the blizzard may sweep down again out of th north in the next hour, we know his victory will not be lasting; 'the vernal Ides' are on their way; the old Aprilian triumph is at hand. A little patienoe more, a few weeks or days, aud we shall behold the first signals of their advance: the birds will be on the trees; a sudden wild song. Meeting but unmistakable, will break across the noon and be gone again almost before we can r -cognize it. And then at last we shall wake up in some golden morning with a bl-ssed song-spai-row singing his litany of joy in our enchanted ars. and know the vernal ides are h-re." In this un-mbeliished, homely, but correct style that reminds one of J. ffries, h- talks joy and common sense that will appeal to all who still have an appetite for

good white bread and butter. L. C. Page v Co., Boston.

The Musical Gnlde. The Musical Guide, published by McClure, Fhilllps & Co., and edited by that remarkably versatile writer. Rupert Hughes, has just been brought out in two volumes. This new guide is one that will prove immensely beneficial to every musician and student of music. The object of the work is to present in a condensed and, convenient form all of the essential facts that may be required to aid the person who adopts music as a profession. As Mr. Hughes says in his preface, to fit the book for the non-professional mind has been no easy task, but it has been the chief effort, and an introduction into the mysteries of music has been written especially for the uninitiated who wish to be told some necessary truths without having to submit to hard study or t'-a.-tiing. The Musical Guide cannot-hope to compete with the great musical encyclopedias m certain respects. Y'et in other respoeta it outdoes some of them, for it has more biographies and more definitions than any, of previous works along similar lines. Through its Catholicism it covers many fields quite unnoticed by any book, and has many names and definitions to be found in no other work. The pronunciation of practically every name and term in musical use forms an important feature of th' Musical Guide, and one which will make it a valuable book to own. There are short biographical sketches of minor personages in the world of music, and very complete biographies of the great music masters. There are many interesting contributed essays and well-written histories of the rraat operas. A few charts of actual value have been preftired by the editor to the mere adornment of portraits. The orchestral instruments are pictured, showing their sizes and the methods of playing most of them, also, in convenient brevity, their compass, keys and transpositions. That the Musical Guide will attract much attention among .musicians and students generally is a foregone conclusion. The Life Itndlant. The title page of Lilian Whiting's new volume on the spiritual life bears Tennyson's beautiful spiritual monition: "Follow it. follow it. Follow the gleam." T'nder five sub-titles "The Golden Age Lies Onward," "Discerning the Future," "The Eternal Realm, ihe Bower oi the Exalted Moment." aud "The Nectar of the Hour" in twenty-eight chapters of spiritual, philosophic and scJcstlSu dissertation, the author aims to portray a practical ideal for daily living which shall embody the sweetness, exaltation and faith which lend courage and charm to life. Visions aud enthusiasm. Miss Whiting teaches, are the only true guides in life. Each recurring new ear is an open door; here is the spiritual world, and it is man's business to live divinely in it to be faithful to the vision that beckons him on. "Let him not look backward from his vision of the morning star and the Promised Land; and thus shall the new year fulfill Itself ever in wideniug glory and that enchanting loveliness which invests the higher fulfillments of life." The book is, in a measure, a logical sequence of "The World Beautiful," leading into still diviner harmonies. Belief in the future perfection of mental telepathy is confidently maintained as a practical result of man's spiritual progress on earth. Little, Brown & Co., Bostou. Many r . There are few more delightful spinners of yarns than W. W. Jacobs. His stories of sailor men are excruciatingly funny, and his invention is always fresh. The collection of short stories under the above title exhibits a fertility of imagination and ability to create ludicrous situations which make him a worthy successor to Bunner and Stockton. His characters are the crews of English river and coasting vessels, and their adventures have not so much to do with the perils of the great deep as with the perils of life ashore, their family jars and convivialities. Several of the stories included in the present volume have appeared from time to time in the Strand Magazine, but a large number will be new to the reader. Mr. Jacobs seems to have an inexhaustible fund on which to draw for humorous tales, and his originality never fails him. The book Is attractively illustrated in colors by Kemble. The Frederick A. Stokes Company. New York. Fonr-in-Hand. Miss Geraldine Anthony's new story tells of high life in New York city and at a country club. The wickedness of certain phases of "smart" metropolitan existence is shown in all its folly. The ultra-rich are strongly individualized and are forcefully depicted. The remainder of the story, however, is not well preserved, tlie "ingenue" and "soubrette" elements coming In for too little a share. Hence the final impression of the story is not as happy as it should be. The plot is not well enough defined, but the dialogue is so well handled and keeps the attention so close that one is likely to overlook the framework of the tale. Those who enjoy a book of flirtations, impolite sports, gay dinners, heart elations and heart burnings in short, a literary cockta'l. will find "Four-in-Hand" a somewhat original and clever satisfaction of their taste. D. Appleton & Co., New York. The Little Queen. This book may be called a Juvenile historical romance. It is based on the period of history wh n Richard II reigned in England and its heroine is a little princess of the royal house of France. A political alliance brought this monarch to take this little seven-year-old maiden as his Queen, but the girl's love for the King prompted her to remain faithful to him until political intrigue separated them and she was driven back to her French home. Around this historical incident Eva A. Madden has woven a beautiful story. The characters are picturesque and the plot unique. The V. A. Wilde Company, Boston. Hnndltnuki. From the Penn Publishing Company, Philadelphia, come five little books from which material may be gathered for use on many occasions. "One Hundred Choice Selections. No. 38," Is well up to the standard of its many predecessors. "Moneymaking Entertainments" contains many valuable suggestions. "After-dinner Stories. " by John Harrison, is a collection of pithy anecdotes. "Civics," by George Lewis, includes concise information on a multitude of questions pertaining to our government. "First Aid to the Injured" contains simple rules to be followed in case of accident. It is written by F. J. Warwick, M. D. Finnin Booth-Tucker. A sketch of the life of this noble woman, so recently passed away, has been written by her husband, Commander Booth-Tucker of the Salvation Army. An account of "the consul's" work, written by any hand would be an inspiration, but its authorship ad-;s a touch of pathos as well as dignity. It is Imply and effectively written and will be welcomed by thousands whose lives have been touched by the work of this earnest Christisa. The Salvation Army Publishing Department. The of Wayne. "The Sword of Wayne" is a companion volume to "On the Frontier with St. Clair," published by Charles S. Wood last year. The author presents an attractive picture of the dashing hero of Stony Point in his campaign against the Northwestern Indians. Wayne brought a forty years" war to an end by this campaign and made the Indians sue for peace. The book has two youthful heroes who accompany General Wayne and meet many exciting adventures. The W. A. Wilde Company, Boston. Among: th l'uhlinhers. McClure. Phillips & Co. will publish, during the month, a book on "The Lyceum and Hoary Irving." by Austin Bereton. Mr. DOTOt OB is one of the best authorities on the

history of the English stage and also a close friend of Henry Irving. Dallas Lore Sharp, author of "Wild Life Near Home." has written a new book. "Roof and Meadow." which will be issued In the spring by the Century Company. An edition of the former book has been prepared for use in schools under the title "A Watcher in the Woods." D. Appleton & Co. announce for publication this year a new book by Hezekiah Butterworth under the title of "Brother Jonathan." It will have as its central character Governor Jonathan Trumbull, of Connecticut. All of Mr. Butterworth's stories serve as backgrounds for pictures of great historical characters. Harper & Brothers have just received in a single week three different orders for one thousand volumes each of General Lew Wallace's "Ben-Hur." irrespective of the smaller orders which aggregate In the thousands. The book occupies a class by itself, which accounts somewhat for its continued claim on public aemand. It was first published on Nov. 12, 18S0, twenty-three years ago. Houghton. Mifflin & Co. report that Mrs. Wiggln's most popular new story, "Rebecca," reached its 100th thousand in the first two months. Out of more than 175 reviews of this book there, has hardly been a single unfavorable notice. They also announce the twentieth thousand of Mrs Burnham's Christian Science story, "Jewel;" the eighth edition of Andy Adams's "Log of a Cowboy." and the second edition of "Daphne," by Margaret Sherwood. John Une, New York, is about to issue as the second volume of its Crown Library series, an illustrated edition of Isaac Walton's "Compleat Angler." The illustrator is Mr. Edmund H. New. who spent some two years in following the footsteps of the Father of Angling, and the present ofition of "The Compleat Angler" includes views of the majority of the places mentioned in the text. The drawings of fish are said to differ remarkably from the average representation of a stuffed "specimen." John A. Lowell & Co., steel plate engravers and printers, of Boston, send out a large steel engraving which they have had made of the cup defender "Reliance" from a picture painted to their order by Marshall Johnson, of Boston. Besides being an admirable specimen of engraving, one worthy of hanging on any wall. It has a special value in that it represents a ninety-foot yacht the last of its kind, probably, to contend for the cup and will be valuable in the future as a record of the period and speed attained by that class of boat. Doubleday, Page & Co.'s announce ments for January include Miss Ellen Glasgow's new novel, 'The Deliverance;" "The Life of General Samuel Armstrong," who started the whole modern movement for manual training and started Booker T. Washington on his career, written by his daughter. Mrs. W. T. Talbot; Volume 111 of the "Harriman Expedition" on the "glaciers" of Alaska by G. K. Gilbert, and Volume IV on "Geology. Minerals and Fossils, Plants and Animals" by various writers, each with over a hundred illustrations, and the regular monthly illustrated part In their large "Poultry Book." Current Periodicals. The variety that even a 10-cent magazine offers to its readers in these days is well illustrated by the January Leslie's Monthly. Besdde nine short stories there are articles on "The Gambling Spirit," "Pills," "The Experiences of an Emigrant," "George B. Cox, the Boss of Cincinnati," and "Automobiles." in the Agricultural Record (New York) for January are papers on "The Warehouse and the Factory in Architecture," "Gordon Hall, the House of Dan R. Hanna, Cleveland, 0.." "The New Theaters In New York," and "Individualism in Architecture." All the articles are well illustrated. The Record is a handsome magazine. Everyone who has laughed over Mark Twain's essays on the German language will read with amusement his paper entitled "Italian Without a Master," published in the Jan. 2 issue of Harper s Weekly. Mr. ClemeiiF is spending the winter in Florence, and has been having adventures with the Italian language as it may be studied in the newspapers. Edwin Sandys, author of "Upland Game Birds" and "Trapper Jim" (Macmillan Co.), has just returned from a trip into the wilds of Athabasta. Assinobia and Alberta. Adventures in Athabasta are as common as street cars on Broadway. Mr. Sandys is to tell all about them in forthcoming numbers of Outing, and will have a lot to say to sportsmeu about Northern game. "Graft In Private Business," "Who Owns the Railways," "Colorado's Colossal Strike," "Will Liviug Matter be Formed Artificially?" "Against the Machine or in the Machine?" are the significant titles of some of the contributed articles in the World To-Day for January. A valuable feature of this magazine is its review of the events of the month. The World ToDay is published in Chicago. The Reader for January contains as usual a variety of readable matter more or less related to literature and to llterary workers. Among the contributors are Clara Morris, Julius Chambers. William Wallace Whitlock, Frederick Kippel, Geraldine Bonner, Carolyn Wells find Bliss Carman. A portrait study of Weir Mitchell, by John Cecil Clay, forms the cover design. The Reader has already taken its place as one of the best of the periodicals dealing especially with literary craft and craftsmen and seems to have found a field quite its own. The January number of McClure opens with a Western story by Henry Wallace Phillips that will hardly appeal to the average reader. "The Wild-Animal Surgeon and His Patients" is an entertaining article. Carl Schurz contributes a paper entitled. "Can the South Solve the Negro Problem?" There is an installment of Miss Tarbill's "History of the Standard Oil Company." James M. Wells, once a lieutenant in the Uniou army, tells how he tunneled out of Libby Prison. Among the short stories is another of the inimitable studies of East Side school life in New York by Myra Kelly. The special features of the January number of the Review of Reviews are a character sketch of Elihu Root, the retiring Secretary of War, by Walter Wellmau; a group of articles dealing with the new year's business outlook, under the heads of "Steel and Iron," "The Prospect for Railway Earnings," "Good Crops and Good Times in the West," and "The Promise of 1904 for Trade in General ;" a review of the life and work of Herbert Spencer, by Prof. F. J. h Woodbridge; a sketch of the keen-eyed investigator of the postal frauds, the Hon. Joseph L. Bristow, by Clarence H. Matson; au account of the long and successful fight waged bv science against the Texas cattle fever, by Prof. Charles S. Potts; an illustrated study of "The Status of the Southwestern Oil Industry." by Day Allen Willey; and the story of "The English Walnut in Southern California," by Elizabeth A. Ward. The Atlantic Monthly opens with a delightful little essay by the editor, Bliss Perry, "On Catering to the Public." The problems that confront an editor are set forth in an amusing way. Some of the articles in this number which do not attract the ordinary reader by their titles prove, on investigation, to be highly entertaining. One of these is "The Psychology of Advertising." by Walter D. Scott, in which the writer treats of the manner in which an advertisement should affect the mind. Another is the radical view of the labor problem presented in "The 8cah" by Jack London, a young man hitherto known only in fiction. Still another la "Street Railway Legislation in Illinois," a dramatic narrative showing the power of corporations over legislative bodies. In addition is a paper on 1 Tin- Sunny Side of the Transcendental Period," by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. The opening chapter of Robert Herrick's novel, "The Common

Lot." appears in this issue. There are event short stories, the best of which, "The New Hunting." is by Mrs. Kate Milner Rabb, of this city. It is a clever satire on "Nature Study" in the public schools.

MontutKne Bibliography. Literary Bulletin. Apropos of the reprint of the Florio translation of Montagine's Essays, now in course of publication by Houghton Mifflin & Co., In the Riverside Press series of limited editions, it is interesting to note that Mr. George B. Ives, its editor, has found of great assistance the Montnigne collection recently acquired by the Harvard Library. A ROMANCE OF

LIONS of the LORD

By HARRY AUTHOR OF THE 'ROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE: "'The Lions of the Lord is an immensely impressive story. Without affectation, without strain, without caricature, it affords a picture of the flight Into the wilderness, and of the men who converted that flight into a purposeful and ultimately triumphant conquest, which has not hitherto been equalled." THE BOSTON TRANSCRIPT: ' Heretofore no novel has dealt so vitally with the history, the scenes, and the characters of Mormonism, and no predecessor has so clearly struck the keynote of its comedy as well as its fearsome tragedy. Joel Rae, the hero, is one thai may not soon be forgotten."

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This collection, by the way. was the property of the late Prof. Ferdinand Bocher, and was purchased for the library through the generosity of Mr James H. Hyde. It Is not yet catalogued, but Mr. Ives waa granted special permission to inspect It, and It proved to be of exceptional service In preparing the bibliography of the essays, which is to appear in the third volume. T now have absolutely accurate descriptions of almost all of the important editions, and I am confident that my iist will Include soma mention of very nearly every French edition. This new edition is to be completed in three volumes, two of which have ali ady appeared, the third being promised at an early date. Only 25 copies are for sale, the entire work being one of the most notable limited editions ever offered to tho book-loving public.

THE OLD WEST 4 t THE LEON WILSON "THE SPENDERS ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC: " The reader who begins ' The Lions of the Lord ' will certainly finish it. There's a tragedy at the close, the inexorable tragedy of Joel Rae's life, but there's also one of the prettiest of lovestory happy endings, in which a dashing cowboy plays Young Lochinvar in a way to make you want to jump up and whoop hurrahs for him. The plot is admirably constructed, and there is real vitality in the people." r I PHILA PUBLIC LEDGER : " Certainly much has been written regarding the Mormons, but no writer has before turned out a book which so der erly combines historical record with well-written fiction." Postpaid, $1 50 ft