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8 CURRENT LITERATURE 'Circumstance," a Hovel of Philav delphia Social Life. V. BY S. WEIR- MITCHELL 'Blae Grass and Rhododendron," by John Fox, Jr. Rest of Uanets, ay FYFraakfert Moore MlMr Re-views Lit- era ry Notes.

la -Circumstance." by Dr. 8. Weir Mitchell." we bare the eleventh work of Action penned by this man of versatile gift. As a Dr. Mitchell ranks high, his stories having a curable quality of excellence altogether lacking la some ofher noisily adver-tlseed "big sellers." He' Is further known In the republic of letters as a poet of unusual Imaginative power, and also, strange to say, as a scientific writer of remarkable force, discrimination, and accuracy.

In him are combined powers that in men of ordinary caliber exclude one another by their very cnllkeness. It is plain that only by the most unremitting labor has he achieved excel lence 1n cuch varying lines, being, aside from bis work as a writer, a practical and success ful physician, and those who know Dr. Mitch ell know that from his very boyhood he has been a stranger to idleness. In his choice of a profession Weir Mitchell followed In the steps of his honored father, who was one of the faculty of Jefferson Med leal college, but has far excelled bim with his wide-reaching genius. The elder doctor was sever satisfied In following In the ruts of his profession, but was always ready to branch out into new fields.

He had no fear of being accused of following quacks, and en tered enthusiastically Into a sclectlfie study of animal magnetism, hypnotism, and their use as curative agents. Bacteria had not then been studied, but allied to it he claimed that many forms of disease were produced by Vtr', Ytls! VS- i- i I DR. 8. WEIR MITCHELL. (Author of "Circum-tance." N.

T. Ths Century uompany.j "fungi." Damp walls, he declared, in a single night would profluce millions of fungi which would ripen and pass into the air and cause disease. The writer of this review has a vivid -recollection of the genial, good old doctor that tie students all loved, and we dubbed him with the pet name of "Old Fungi." In 1852 Dr. S. Weir Mitchell received hU de gree cf M.

at the age of 23. and a few years later attracted the attention of the cicEtlfic world by the publication of a paper on the nature of the venom of rattlesnakes. ln'ueo utrouga the Smithsonian Institution During the civil war be had charge of the soldiers wards at Turner Lane hospital. Philadelphia, giving especial attention to cases of nervous disorders or wounded nerves. He published two scientific books later showing results of his work there.

Dr. Mitchell gave so much attention to diseases of the nerves that he decided to give up the general practice and to establish himself as an authority upen chrcclc dlceates, especially diseases of nervous system. He was the first to advocate the "rest treatment, known tn Europs as "the Weir Mitchell treatment." which eminent authorities here and abroad declared to be an absurdity, but, which long won rrcopniuon tne world over. His first work in purely literary lines was the writing cf a stcry entitled "The Chil dren's Hour," the proceeds from the sale of wcicn were given to the Sanitary fair In Philadelphia. In 1880 he Issued a volume containing three short stories: In 1882 he sent out his first volume of poems, and in 1SS4 gave the world his first long work of fiction, "In War Time." In this story he err bed led many experiences that had become familiar to him during his work in the soldiers' wards.

In his latest novel. "Circumstance," Dr. Mitchell has given us a story of social life In Philadelphia, In the period following the civil war. We only locate the time, however, through reference made by certain of the characters to their war experiences, since the story, being, a study of character, rather than of manners, might have had any environment of time desired. It Is a novel of types, a whole group cf typical characters being brought before us, as figures on the canvas of a plcture--ach of which is drawn by a master hand.

Few writers of our time-manifest so keen- aa Insight Into the currents and counter currents of impulse, and the by-play of interested motive that make -the composite whole which we know as Individual character. 'and few can portray them-with sach clear and convincing forms of expression. As a novelist. Dr. Mitchell's gifts are shown In skillful characterisation, and In well-sustained conversation, always consistent and often brilliant, where he falls short usually is la nlot construction.

Into this story he has Introduced more of the sensational element than In some others, but this, though It surprises us. hardly anects us otherwise; what we ar affected by Is the life-likeness of the actors In tal. In this story Dr. Mitchell again fortifies by Illustration, the conviction which he has expressed in previoos works that the weak character only allows Itself to be molded by Its surrounding circumstances; the strong man (or woman) rises superior to environment. He says: "On the- hilltop of an Island endeared to me by many memories the ocean wind has permanently bent pine, fir, and spruce.

Here and there a single tree' remains upright, stanchly refusing to record the effect of circumstance on character." This Is one key. apparently, to the choice of a title for the book. Another Is given la ths truism concerning ths far-reaching effect that often attends upon trivial Incidents: "How strangely influential are the accidents of life, the circumstance that seems at the time so small." Outline of the Story. The plot of the tale briefly summarised la as follows: Falrthorae. a wealthy gentleman, -retired by advancing; years and falling health from active business, amuses himself In bis rooms with the hobby of autograph collecting.

He has under his guardianship three nieces, two of them sisters, apparently meant to typify for us the culture and refinement of Philadelphia society wherein strength of character is united with very womanly attraction aad their cousin. Kitty, a beauty, but vain and shallow-wltted. and always the obedient slave of selfish impulse, a pretty piece of yielding Instlnctlvlty. A clever and handsome sdventureas, Mrs. Hunter, makes use of this charming little fool In her schemes to get a hold on Fair- borne, la order to secure money from him.

She manages to get a footing la the Falrthorae household, la spits of ths fact that the clear-sighted Mary Falrthorae sees through her from the first; the old man makes her hi secretary, and finally adds a codicil to his will, si Tins: her a larre legacy. The story of this woman's plotting, and of the success of her schemes. In spite of the efforts made by friends to save John Falr thorae from her clutches, occupies most of the book. Ehe Is not only a woman whose past contains dark and shameful chapters, but she is always ready for any fresh crime; for forgery, theft, or even murder. She plans to poison Mr.

Falrthorae. and has the "medicine" fixed for him, but Is barely saved from the crime by ths fact that a sudden heart stroke ends his Her legacy Is thus saved to her, and she passes from the stage In triumph, taking with her, we regret to say, pretty Miss Kitty, who. In sptte of her shallowness, her vanity, and her petty deceit, hardly deserved such shameful fate. The story Is not only the study of an adventuress, as exemplified In Mrs. Hunter, but also of the genus as typiflsd In Miss Evidently Dr.

Mitchell has ao chart ty for flirts. This one Is described as having neither sense nor compassion, as regarding life as a mere toy given her to play with. And yet Kitty had something In ner after all, for she falls honestly in love with the athletic young ritualistic clergyman, who calls himself "Father" Knellwood. Naturally, she "regarded his well-known advocacy of celibacy aa she did the rest ef what Mary called his performances lava-tlons. chasuble, and amice, the wafer and MnndniAM She knew that Ms tows Mimt msrriase were voluntary and rs vocable, and she knew that ho waa attracted to her.

and that he struggled to repel the attraction. In the scene wherein the poor child betrays her lovs. when be has told her of his Intended departure, tne reauer. strange to say, has mors sympathy witn wis brainless little-flirt than with the sterniy "Then Kmy broke down. The poor, feellsh little beauty had always had her way.

It was she who denied. Now she caught the note ot severe farmalltv 4n his voice, and saw his face set sternly. To his horror she exclaimed: Ton nnnnl and eausht his hand. looking UP at htm am ha stood aoDalled at her outbreak. She went on wildly: feu are cruel! Cruel Ton tiM mada ma loa too.

Yon have mined my life. Pity me! Tou cannot go away and leave me. Bar that rou Kill not go! Too know that I love She lifted her rosy face, valnlaa- toara on his hand. Hs was apeechlesa before this wall of passion. Drawing back he said: niuir child! Mav God be my witness thai I have sever done anything to make yen care for me.

Do you know what you are aoing "I don't care. I love you. "I pray you say not this. I have never ncwar "She broke in: "Never neverT Tou aeked me why I did not any longer call you Father. on, what aid that meanr i was sore meani-Oh van can't aav It meant nothlns!" "It was the one Joint in his She had found it.

He was toe honest to say that it meant nothing. It was not quite true that be had done notnlns to betray blmseir. He was terrtoiy snasen and moved away as he said: 'Miss Morrow, this must end here and now. Tou are doing a wrong and lmcrndtnt He looked down from his great height on the yellow hair, the face of pleading passion. His eyes nlled.

1 am pledged to Christ work, and to It alone. I cannot marry 1 never shall. I bK of voa "What do I carsr she broke in. "I want love love. You have cheated me.

Tho rector said sternly: "I must go and at once. Some one may come at anv moment. I be- ot you to let me ao." "Who cares?" she cried. In her madness she stood resolute between him and the door. "Either, he said, "you co or I mast rinar.

His voice broke with the vast pity that he fait for her, the fear he had of himself, and it was very great. She passed him as he Books, and turning In the doorway, cried "I hate you! I wish that I could kill you. You have broken my heart." She would never in all her life know how measureless was the temptation to the man who steppea oy ner, saying: -May the good Ood pity and help you," adding in thought, "and me, his He was slnnlns acalnat nature, thinking- so to serve God. and nearly lost self-control. Te say I love you would have been mo eaav.

and so true, and. alaa! so delightful. He clutched the goia cross mi it nroae in bis grasp, in her, lovs nau turnva 10 auger ana ihudv. Dr. Mitchell represents his profession la the story by two -doctors and a medical student.

One or th- doctors is of the old-! fashioned sort;" depending? largely for suc cess on flattery and his "bedside In contrast to him is a younger physician. earnest and self-sacriticlng, evidently a type after the author's own heart; who says: "Take the best and ablest of men: give him the heart of St. John, give genius, every accomplishment, and he will never rise to the Ideal level of the. perfect physician." Other charac ters in the book are well drawn Roger Grace, a self-made man. who has made a million dollars, but has not quite made society, and two old-fashioned sisters.

Miss Clementina and Miss Letltla, driven by re duced circumstances to take boarders, whom they call their guests. These two women. called lovingly by the Faithorne sisters, "our white mice," who are "simple as wild roses and sweet with many ways of gentleness, ere peculiarly delightful. Altogether, In Circumstance" Dr. Mitchell has given us some of hts best work.

(New Tork: The Century company.) LIFE IX OLD KENTUCKY. "Blae Grass and Rhadode idrea" By Joha Fax, Jr. Since the days of Daniel Boons and Big Foote, Kentucky has been a romantic field, and her people marked with an Individuality peculiarly their own. The great forests and tbe beautiful valleys have during tb cen tury been transformed from bloody pioneer battle-fields to smiling homes of plenty. But while civilization brought in Its train manly courtesies and womanly virtues, the eld pio neers seem to have stamped Into the lives and injected into the veins of their successors strong characteristics and a hot blood which today notably mark the-descendants ot na tive Kentuckians.

The genuine Kentucklan of the upper class now bossts of the beauty of Kentucky women, of the grand scenery of his stats, and of ths rich blood of chivalry nowhere else found. A second ctass. not hav ing the same firm but the same taint In-the blood, are lawless and defiant. They claim the right to evade the national laws and to shoot down those sent to enforce them; to get up neighborhood feuds and annihilate or, when such are too far anart. to keep up the amusement by raiding turnpike gates and defying state laws.

Speaking of these feuds in his description of "the Kentucky mountaineer" Mr. Fox says: Assassinations from ambush have not been uncommon ia every feud, though, in almost every case, there has been one faction that refused to fight except in the open. I have even heard or a snare oemg set rora woman, wno. tnoogn repeatedly warned, persisted ia carrying newt from one side to the other. A musket was loaded with alnaa and nlacad so that the dlachara-a wawld sweep the path that it waa believed she would take.

A -string was tied to the trigger, sad stretched across the foot road, aad a mountaineer waited under a bluff to whistle, so that she would stop when she struck the string. That night the weman happened te take another path. This, however, is the sole lastanoeof theklad I have ever known. Elsewhere-the Southern mountaineer holds human life as cheap; elsewhere hs ts ready ts let death settle a personal dispute; elsewhere be Is more Ignorant, and has ss little regard for law; elsewhere a was divided against himself br the wsr and was left, ia subseouant condi tions, last as lawless: elsewhere he has similar clannlshnees of feeling, and elsewhere is aa oc- caslocal leus la confined to family aad close kindred. But nowhere Is the fend so nam mon, so eld.

se persistent, so deadly, aa la the Kentucky mountains. Nowhere alaa la Ikm such organization, such. division of enmity to the limn oi Kinanip. About tairty-ave years age two bora ware laying marbles in the read along the Cumber-ind river down la ths Kentucky mountains. One had a patch ea the seat of his trousers.

Tha other boy made fun of It, and tb boy with the patch went home and told his father. Thirty yoara ot local war was us result. The Tactions foucht on after thev bad forarottan kt fcr had fought at all. While organised warfare is now over, aa occasional Debt vat comes avav tha patch on trousers, and a man sr two is killed. One of ths most striking chapters In ths book I entitled "Man-Hunting In Pound." In which the writer tells of tahlna- part with a volunteer police guard la cap turing tne notorious uieming boys.

Ignorant cf the country, riding on alone, hs chanced upen ths outlaw's cabin, but found the men had been driven out by another searching party. On over the mountains they went, tracking ths fugitives from point to point. At one place they found- a party of the wild mountaineers, sngsged In ths same search, who politely addressed the writer as "captain." and asked him to take command. I looked round at them, and vaarad rem the honor. Such a tough-looking rang it I THE DATLX INTEK OCEAN, MONDAY MOBNCTG, OCTOBER 28, 1901.

doubt that many of them were worse than the She was one of a famous musical family, the Fleming boys. One tali fellow particularly at- I fathar hina a 1 attention: be was fully six and one- IM(n. V.V.i. half feet high be waa slender, his legs and arms were, tne longest I have ever seen swung to human frame. About his waist was strapped a huge revolver, and to the buU of this pistol was tied a big.

black bow-rlbbos tied tncre. no doubt, by his sweetheart, as a badge of death or oeewieuon to nls enemies, tie looked me over calmly. "Hr you ever searched for a dead maaT" he asked deeply. It was bomlliatlnr to have to confess It in that crowd, but I bad net not then. "Well.

I hev," he said, algniscaatly. I had little doubt, aad tor one. perhaps, of his own klillna. la the hollow Just below ns wss the cabin ef rinoi Bwinoaji, a inene ot tne leminga. i ne parson thought the outlaws dying or dead, and he kaew the cave to which they must have .10.

-v, A', Tl- V. lesion dragged themselves to die. If I got permlss from the old Fleming mother he would guide me. i he said, to the spot. I sent beck a messenger.

promising that the bodies of her soon sbenld not be touched, if they were dead, nor should they be further harmed if they were still alive. The Here old woman's answer came back la an hour: "She'd ruther they retted out in the This "man hunt" was, after all. unsuccessful, ths Flemings escaping by taking refuge in a cave. Some months later they were tracked Into West Virginia, where one of ths two brothers was shot aad ths other taken, after had fatally wounded two of his cap- eo. 3.

"HEV YOU EVER SEARCHED FER A DEAD MAN (From "Blue Grass snd Rhododendron," by John Fox. Jr.) tors, by having his pistol hand torn to pieces by another. And this outlaw, Heenan Flem ing, escaped punishment by the law through want of testimony. In spits of his many mur ders. Mr.

Fox by no means gives only the dark side of mountain life In Kentucky. He gives the good qualities of these people as well. He gives a glowing account of ths good the seminary and college are doing among ths mountaineers. He says: When the first printing press was taken to a certain mountain town in 188X a deputation of cttisens met it three miles from town aad swore that it should go no farther. An old preacher mounted the wagon aad drove It into town.

Later the reader of that crowd owned the print-tug press and ran It- la this -town are two academies for the education ef the mountaineer. Young fellows come there from every mountain country and work their' way through. They teurry- carry water, work about the houses do everything many of them cook for themselves- snd live ea 84 a month. Thev are quick-witted, strong-minded, sturdy, tenacious. ana usually very religious.

They were loyal to the Union for one reason that no histcrian seems ever to have guessed. For the loyalty of I81 was. in areat nert. nara. ly tha transmitted loyalty of 177S, Imprisoned like a fossil la the hills.

Precisely for the same reason the mountaineer's estimate of the value of human life, of the sanctity of the law, of a duty that overrides either the duty of one blood kinsman to another Is the estimate ef that day, and not of this: and it Is bv the stand ard of that day and not of this that ho la to Judged. To understand the mountaineer, then. yoa must go back to the revolution. (New Tork: Charles Scrlbners Sons.) Ilf THE EIGHTEENTH CKXTtTRT. A Kent ef Linnets" By p.

Fraakfert Meere. This Is a story in ths vein of Mr. Moore's charming novel. 'The Jessamy Bride," and deals with the sam period of English his tory, ths reign of Queen Anno. On the stage are brought the literary characters of 1 Attractive Ssaal viounisi, ana tnree or the daughters nn of the daughters The tome of thla family.

In Bath. was referred to in their time as a nest of nightingales, or a nest of linnets, hence ths name chosen by the author for his book. Very few fictitious characters or names are brought Into the story. Miss Unley'e lov ers, ths elderly Mr. Long, and the scoundrelly uaptain Mat news, had actual existence, and tha Incidents wnereia they took part vary but slightly from ths record ax found in bldg raphles of 6herldan and others ot ths time.

Miss Linley being as beautiful as she was talented, and aa modest and amiable as ahs waa beautiful, did not of course lsck an army of lovers. Among them was Mr. Long, whs though much older than ths was most tenderly attached to her. and whose suit her father favcored. as the gentleman was very rich.

She accepted his attentions for urged by ber father to do so, but when Mr. Long found that she did not and could not lovo htm In fact, that her heart waa snoth er's hs voluntarily resigned all claim to her favor. Captain Mathews was a different kind of a man. Although he was already married, he pursued Miss Linley la the moat Insulting manner, and more than once at tempted to carry her off by force. One of thess attempts Is detailed by this author with great spirit.

We think that he does not tot low ths record exactly In the point of time la telling it. and the attendant circumstances differ slighUy from those given by Sheridan's bloe-rankers. but It Is so vivid a description that It Is worth quoting. For It Is quits true that young Sheridan did actually fight two duels with Mathews and. overcome mm in very much th manner hers told: "I have found the greatest villain that lives.

cried Dick, stepping Into the road. Mil raaaa tA Hva." Back went Mathews with SB oath back half a dosen stena. The whis of Dlck'e sword through the air was like the sadden sweep of a ball storm. Mathvewa had already drawn his weapon. Ia a second he had rushed upon Dick, Nothing could have resisted such aa attack.

Dick made no attempt to resist K. He sprang toon aide and so avoided the point of the sworn, no toon care that Mathews should not have another such chance. The man had barely time to turn and nnt nn his nuard before Dick waa upon him. With heads bent eagerly forward (the situation was not one for the punctilios of the duello), the 'men crossed blades the rasp of steel against rteel the heavy breathing the quick lunge and the deft response a little gasp a flash mora rasping of steel backward aad forward fiat hands in the air a fierce lunge a wrnnil a third fierce fiercer fierce I a whis and a whirl! Slat news' sword' Hashed through the air. The two postboys with the lantarn snrana- to avoid Its fall.

The next in stent Mathews had sprrcng Upon Dick, catching him by the throat and trying to force mm oaca. Dick tried to snorten nts swora. out isiiea. Mathews made a cl jtch for the blade, but mil it. and Dick struck him full In the face with the steel guard; a second blow made a gash oa his left temple, and the man went down in a neap, lis fell neither backward nor forward.

His legs seemed to be paralysed, and he went down as though a swordsman had cut him through as one does a Dick took the man's sword a grinning postboy had picked it up and snapped It in two across his knee. "He is not dead he cannot bo dead!" cried Betsy. "I am sorry to say he will not die lust now vermin are not so easily killed." asm lack. The book abounds In well-told Incidents thoroughly characteristic of ths tims. Of course there are duels galore, for In ths time described young gentlemen dined and supped on "affairs of honor." one cnar acter, a Major O'Teague.

who appears as a second to ths rascal Mathews, is worth mentioning as one- vt the most thorough Irishmen- that we have ever met In fiction. his "bulls" having the genuine flavor of th bogs of Killaraey. For instance. "Ire land' has harbored many snakes In her bosom from time to time, but th bitterest cup of them all has been ths on that bursts Into flower on a foreign shore, and, having feathered Its nest, crawls back to the old eouathry to heap coals of fire upon the head of her betrayers." The Major was a most valorous duel let. "I have been- more or less concerned in the deaths of fourteen gentlemen." ho there's not one of them that won't say today.

It you ask him. that hs was killed in the most gentlemanly way, and In stylo suitable to -hi si But he 7 was not free himself from vlndictiveneas, for he frankly declared "I give you my word that there's no sight would enjoy-ao- much aa tho hanging of th man that had killed) me by a mortal wound when my attention was diverted else where." Could" the shade of Sir Boyle' Roch surpass this? New York: D. Apple ton A Go.) KEW CH1LDREV8 BOOKI, Page C. (rasa IV. C.

Messrs. I Page A whose reputation aa publisher of attractive children's books Is not surpassed, is first In the field this sea son with a number of very pleasing volumes. The Coxy Corner series, of which eight vol umes have been- received, include reprints of Juvenile tales by writers of known ex cellence, tales that have taken rank among th classics of th English language. Such are "A Small. Small Child.

by K. Livingston Prescott, which tells of th influence of an Innocent littl girl on th sin-hard en ed heart of a convict; "Findelktnd." by Oulda, the i -7 t. 4 t' 5 "DICK STRUCK HIM FCLL IN THE FACB WITH THE STEEL. GUARD. trrom A Nest ot Linnets," by rrankfort Moore.) that period Dr.

Samuel Johnson. Bos well. Horace Walpoie. Mrs. Thrale.

Dr. Barney. Goldsmith, and others whose names through their writings are as familiar to us aa houss-hold words; and ths famous theatrical characters of the tlmeA-Davld Garrick, Charles and Richard Sheridan, Mrs. Ablngton, and others: It Is not easy to tell what part of the story Is history aad what Is fiction, bat that Is not a matter to criticise, sines ths spirit of the time Is so admirably and naturally rendered that the whole tale might well be true. The plot of th story deal mainly with th courtship and marriage of Richard Brtnsley Sheridan to the beautiful MIm has rarely beea my luck to sea, and 1 bad little Elisabeth Ualey, a nated singer of the time.

story of a simple-minded littl peasant' lad of th Alps; "The Fairy of th Rhone." by Cowyns Carr, a tale of a water nymph, exquisitely told; Bad by Joha T. Wheelwright, the "bad penny" being, of course, a boy who Is always getting into trouble, but the sequel of who history as a volunteer sailor is rather creditable than otherwise. The time of the story Is the war ot 1112. and It Is brimful of incident and Interest. Two others of this series are "Madame Liberality," by Mrs.

J. H. Ewlng. the story of a rash warn-hearted littl girl, aad Catty dc by Frances K. Crompton.

a pathetic tale of two little orphans and of tb hard circumstances un Jr which they learned that "ths garland ot life Is All of the little books are of excellent six and character for holiday rifts. The sam thing may be said of "Th Lit tie Cousin Series," which Includes four neat volumes In a box. severally ntltld. "Our utile Japanese Cousin," "Our Little Brown Cousin" (of Malaysia). "Our Littl Indian Cousin.

and Little Russian Cousin." All are written by Mary Haxelton Wade and pleasantly describe Midlife la far-off lands. "iflnc Harold." by L. F. Brown (from th same publishers). Is a larger volume, aad ot th true Christmas-book type.

It Is a tale of fairyland and fable. In which birds and animals. -as wall as children, take part, e- peclally some very clever monkeys. Al together tb true child, whose appetite for mar-vela Is Insatiable, will fully enjoy It- In "Tilda Jane, however, Marshall Saunders, ue well-known lover of children and ani mals, makes no Incursions Into tho realms of fable. Dealing with everyday tuunbl lit In a modern city, ah vet give a story who interest will hold young readers throughout.

ana this no less bees us ef th unconscious I moral teaching that pervades th pages. Teat Slats-late Laaae, by Mathilda What the greatest living teacher of vanced vocal music hss to say- It Is well worth while to read aad ponder. Ths preface to- ths book Is written by Mme. Melba. on of her favorlt pupils, who fame Is world wide, whit th introduction Is by W.

J. Henderson. Th book Is written in an attractive, entertaining, colloquial style, which serves to present vividly to the reader the gracious charm of personality and the sin- gieneas or purpose which have mate ths great teacher's pupils ber devoted friends and most ardent admirers. Ths latter half of ths book Is taken tn with the lessohs Marches! Imagines herself to giving to a class of half a doses girls, wnti sne maintains at th sam time a con stant flow of comment and criticism, mingled witn not a little general Information and pleasing reminiscences of her friends in ths world of music and her famous pupils, among wnom are Meiba. oerster.

Eames. and Calve. Mme. Marches! at no tims holds out a Ills of ease to her pupils. Still, she denies ths sever methods of which she has been ac cused, and says.

"Should you In your holi day wanderings encounter some young Americans who Intend to study In Europe, kindly ten mem that I am not too ssvere. a a mischievous legend will have It. but that I am conscientious. I would not have parents spend their money -uselessly, or children west their best years In fruitless endeavor. My ambition, my aim.

Is that each of my pupils snail leave my school a good opera singer, a good concert singer, or a good teacher. I will have no mediocrity; In our days mediocrity is worse than useless. Tell your friends not to com to unless they have two full years to work; tell them to corns to me good musicians, to acquire a I knowledge of German and French, aad, above ail. to lay in a store of patience." The book has valuable suggestions to all rtudeats of vocal music (New Tork Har per Bros.) "Detdre Wed By Herbert French. This littl volume takes Its nam from th leading poem.

Its story is founded on a Gaelic legend centuries old. Deldre, the heroine, is captured by a swineherd of a wild clan, "barefoot and In the' red wood chasing cattle." King Connachar sees her In her wild beauty, and his Queens by his order th winter long exert their skill to rob her In beautiful garments for the time, when he is to wed her But Naos, son of (Jsnach, on the night before her marriage carries her away over mountain and rooms. The songs are from th lips of th three Celtic bsrds, Fins ton of th first century. "Clr ef a cen tury more remote." and "the voice of Urmael out of th sixth century." Tne songs are remarkably pure In thought and suggestion. and are often weird and beautiful In expres sion, yet In form are very Imperfect.

Tb poem dwells on the mysterious and un defined, aad leaves everything to Imagl nation of the That Deidre loved her abductor. Naos. and not King Connachar, Is Lonnacnar, is clearly revealed In a.alngl staxxa acxa sang in ner nignt, She mused, why doth happiness too much Fountains of blood and solrlt seem to OUT Tho woods overflowing, cannot that soch' Aa hour should be so sweet and vet so still Even th low-tanaled bashes at a touch Break -lot war of gleemea. thrill oo thrill. O.

son of Usoach. bring me not thy glories I Bring me defeats an shames ana secret, woe; That where no brother aoeth. I mav a-o And kneel to wash thy wounds ia caverns' bleak ass low. (London and New Tork: John Lane.) "Side Uafcte mm th Maaaseateat at th WarlaVa System ef This valuable book Is by Major Pangbourn. who waa president of th transportation commission at the Chicago World's Fair.

Since then he has spent five yesrs In study ing railway systems throughout tho civilised world. Ia ths different countries ths au thor's observation waa by no means con fined to railway management, but took la also the social. and political conditions ex isting. The New Zealand chapters read al most as thoss of a fairy tale. Ths inona section, with Its vivid description of the strenuous means the English there have perfected to keep th Russian at a distance proves that the railway might furnish ma terial for a realism la fiction which would be ef Intense interest.

Of ths Russian situ ation -Major Pangbourn has mors to say than of any other, and! naturally so; ao man. probably, being better Informed as to ths Muscovite consummation and contemplation. This, which is ths longest division of ths volume, has a wlds and general attraction. la that Russia is new so prominent In the world's eye. Keen, analytical, and by ho means unmindful of the opportunities for conveying bits of the very atmosphere of ths country, ths author gives in thess chap ters a conception of th absolutely autocratic rarely reached.

German characteristic are made the basis of several sprightly chap ters of not a little humor of the dry and fetching sort which Is not all exhausted at the first impact. (Baltimore: J. H. Pang-bourne.) V. "The Patter aad th Clay A Romance I wf Today By Maad Howard P.

teresa. The heroine of this story Is a young Amer ican girl, who Is in England, and finds her self thrown into ths society of two young jcngiisamen. nota oi wnom sne Baa known Intimately la her childhood. They were close friend to each whll markedly different la character. They were both devoted lovers.

The Incidents which develop the men are tocatea in Lonaon ana India, and their lives ar pounded as "clay In the hands of the pottr" before the men ar fully de veloped ana nrovea. Tb keynote of th story lies the lines from the Rubeiyat: For tn th market place ea Dusk of Day I watched the Pat tar thumping his wet clay; Aad with its aU-obUtcratea It murmured, "Gently. Brother, gently, pray." Miss Peterson's pea pictures of army life i in India and the scourge of cholera are graphic. She rises to positive heights In many lnstanoea ana ner story is rail of strong interest. (Boston Lothrop Pub.

Co.) Th Dlseavcry at th OI ITarthweat" -By Jaaaea Baldwla. This Is another of the "Eclectic School I Reading Series," published by th American Book company, which makes history as la- 1 teresting reading to tha young as romance; Mr. -Baldwin a little volume covers the coua- I try bounded by the great lakes and th Ohio Ihnd Mississippi rirers. (jommcDcuig with the discovery of the St. Lawrence by Jacques Cartler In 1535.

It comprises th recitals ef the Journeys of such famous men as Cham- plain. Joliet, Ia Salle, Hennepin. Duluth, and Marquette, aa well aa of many others whose namea are less generally familiar. His history Is accurate and la so Interwoven with incidents aad ad venture aad perils of th old pioneers, as to maas his chapters cap tivating. It Is la handsome clear print and artistically illustrated.

(Chicago, Cincin- I natL and New York: American Book eom- Th Drsaass at Valtalr. Volumes 15, IS. 17. IS. and Is of ths forty- two-volume series, entitled "The Collectors' Edition of Voltaire's Works." ars given to his IS Is made up of "Me- rope; Oiympla;" "Th Orphan of China." aad "Brutus." Volume is eoatains "Mahomet," "Amelia." "Oedipus." "Mariamns and "Socrates;" volume 17 has "Alslre." "Orestes "Semlramos," "Catallne, and aP i T7Nnr 1 Laiu By IRVINQ BACHELLER jtutkor ef EBEFI KOLDEH Ho n.

JOHN HAY 7 (Secretary of State) says It to el most vivid and engrossing story, worth telling and veil told." Hon. CEORCE F. HOAR (TJ. S. Senator) says ve read with great pleasure and approval.

Your pictures tb Yankee countrymen of the elder generation have nothing of exaggeration or caricature ia them. I was bora and bred amour such people in old Concord. 2 65 HOU A THE INTERIOR ayt "THE LORN A OOONE 'Pandora volume 18, 'The Scottish Worn- aa "The Pride" and "The Father;" volume 19 contalna "Zaire." "Caesar," "Ths Prodigal," together with prefaces to all the plays. There was no other class ot Voltaire's lit erary work to which he gave soch care as to his dramas, In his preface to "Marlamne be says: I have -printed this piece, not without fear and trembling; th number of perform ances which hav met with applause on the stag and contempt In. the closet give me but too much reason to apprehend th same fat with regard to my own.

Two or three agreeable Incidents, together with th art and management of the actors, mixht concil iate aa audience la the representation; but very amerent degree of merit Is necessary i to make It shine la the full glare of publican which she I tlon. -i every art here Is a certain point" be-i w.u mm curncTcr auvaaoar WW Bra snutr wp witnia tha limits ot our talents: wa se perfection lying beyond us. and only make Impotent endeavors te attain IC "Th plots of tragedies are geaerally founded either on the- Interests of a whole nation or the private interests of-the sovereign. Of the first kind are the 'Iphigent la Anils, where, all Greece, net la full assembly, demands ths blood of th son of Aramemnon; The Horatlt. where the three combatants are to decide the fate ot Rome; ana ieaipus.

wnere tne safety and reaper! ty of Tbebea depend on tha dlscaverv of the murderer of Of the latter kind are Phaedra. etc. In these all the Interest Is confined to the hero of the piece and his family: all turns upon such passions aa the vuirar feel equally with princes. The plot may be as proper for comedy aa for tragedy, for. take away tne names oniy.

ana Mlthrldates Is no more than an old fellow la lov with a young girl; hia two sons ar in lov with her at the asm time, aad he makes uss of a very low artifice to discover which of bin mm tha lady la fond af." Ia speaking of "Orestes' says: "I hav taken particular car not to de part from that simplicity so strongly recommended by the Greeks, and so difficult to attain, the true mark of a-eniua and tn. veatioa. and th very ease Be of all theatrical merit. I have at least siren my countrymen some Idea of a tragedy without love, with out confidants, and without episodes; the few partisans af good taste acknowledge themselves obliged to for It, though th resi ot tne woria withhold their approbation for a time, but will come In at last, when the rage ot party la over, the injustice af persecution at an end." Frequently his dramas were not. nnt print until fully tested on the stage.

"Th Prodigal" was played with great success for two years before printed. One of the n. cullarlties of Voltaire's dramas Is that they are all In single acta. (ChtcaKO. New i a Lnimoni.

ruoiianer. tlterary. Hate. Tn interest In Boswell's life af Johnan la everlasting. Three editions were Iseaed in Ens- una tasi year, aaw bow two mere are tn ranrae of publication simultaneously In Ensland and America, the chief features of which are tha il.

lustrations of places which were familiar to Dr. Johnson and numerous portraits of his J. B. LlDDlncott eomnanv have nearlv raa'v the first two volumes of a new and hiahlv Important undertaking. This ia the "Temple Bible," a scries of volume uniform with the familiar Shakespeare The books ef the Bible will be issued in twenty-four volumes th Old Testament being tn seventeen and the New Testament In seven.

Arline Valere." by Joaepb Hallwerth la de clared to be a realistic novel of modern New York. Plainly, those who like "realism" ar setting It. Mr. Hallworth In thla little vol ume analyse and reveals New Tork as Dickens did London. His sketch are strona.

ot them pathetic, while otbors are notably a amor ous. (Boston: L. rag Co.) Henry Van Dyke In hia saw story, Tb Baling il OF AMERICAN FICTION. Rv. T.DeWITT TALM ACE says: 'Driand I'fa a rare book, In style vivid, ia thought elevated.

lu in Aaenc will be beaJthfuL I wish every young man and woman might read it for the lesaoa of its love motive. It makes you see clearly the difference between true and false love: yoa feel the peril of the one. the beauty of the other. AO who are approaching- that supreme moment upon a word may change their destiny for good or evil, may get wisdom out of this book." JU EW YORK Tl CI EG says D'ri, a mighty hunter, has ths same dry humor as Uncle Eb. He fights magnificently on the Lawrence, aad both he and Ramon were among the wounded when Perry went to the Niagara.

Mr. Bacheller describes the scene, the furious courage of the men, so with wounds that they wept, yet cheering and shouting ia a delirium of patriotism, and the passage settles once for all the question as to whether or not he can produce true literature," mm LOTHROP PUBLISHING COMPANY, BOSTON I Passion." to be published by the Scribners, iwii 1 1 wua luirowioi petition: Lion, let me never tag a moral to a story, ner tell a story without a meaning. Make me respect my material so much that I dare net alight my work. Help me to deal very honestly with were aad with people, because they are both alive." The Maemlllaa company has Just Issued a new and Illustrated edition of Winston ChurehlU's twa great romances, "Richard Carrel" aad "The Crisis." They are -la handsome, clear print. Illustrated, aad Inclosed In a box for safe shipment.

These stories cover separate and distinct historical periods In American history, aad tha popular faver that has been given them constitute a remarkable tact la literary history. Uerrets of the by William J. Long. Is a charming tittle book made no of stories ef weedafolk. squirrels, robins.

sparrows, mice. otters, kingnaaera. deer, and many ethers. They are. studies wild Ufa ef bird and beast In their Seme aad haunts and reveal the almost human intelligence they exhibit.

The stories are admirably told, and will interest not only the chit- Sfi.) 1 gSffSJHttfft -0i" The abates' pnbllahnc' enterprise of the fall ts Unquestionably the new edition of Cooper's novels, announced by D. Appleton a Ca. The first Impressions af tha de luxe edrUon are sold at S3 a valnme, making the set of thirty-two volume cost subscribers (for whom the edition will be especially bound in each easel tfrM. The "Grand Format" Is limited fifty numbered copies. This new publication will be adorned with th' com let aerie at original steel engravings by F.

O. Barley. It ts a pleasure ta get Balsae at last ia suitable, form. The packet edition ef "La Corneal Hnmeine" Honor do Balsae. translated by Mis Katharine Prescott Wormier, that Little.

Brown A Co. are publishing, will gratify all Balsae lovers. The volumes are small, handy, well printed, and neatly bound; the translation Is a careful aad competent piece of workmanship, aad the whole work will be comprised te thirty volumes af moderate prtc. Each volum has -a Dhotocravur frontispiec for those who lik their Balxae illustrated. The Macmfllaa company has Just published "Arnold's Expedition ta by John Cod- man, in it tbe drama tie story er tne in-fated expedition which Benedict Arnold led threagh th forest wilderness Maine aad Caa-aaa aaainat tne impregnable fortress Quebec ts told for the drat time In Its complstrsass.

-Also "A Life of Napoleon Bonaparte," in two volumes, by J. H. Rose. M. author ef "The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Era, 1789-1S1." with photogravure froatisBiee and -many U- MrCIar' for October contains a new "bar-rack-room'' ballad by R.

Kipling, called We're trekkia' ear tweaty mil a day an' beta' lovd by the Dutch. But we don't hold oa by the mane a more, nor lose ear stirrups much. An we scout with a senior man tn charge, where) the "oly white flags fly -W used to think they were friendly encs, take any precautions once -(One, my ducky, an' only onccQ. But now we are at. I.I Messrs.

Laird A Lee ar early in the fleld with. a fairly dressed holiday book, entitled "Frolics of the A. B. It is the Joint effort of Fannie E. Ostrander, the children's favorite poet, and R.

W. liirchert, the talented Illustrator, the author and designer ot "Baby Oooee: His Ad- ventnres." The Irtwr from A to are rep re- seated by tiny sprites, aad ail tbe wonderful thing about them ar told pleasingly aad with wit that tn eniMf win unoerstan. it la oaoy book without being a silly book snd alangy ia language. The tetter -sprites sr near rela-trees to the Brewnle. "anavir Bsblnsen." by Charles -In a weU-prlnted book and gaudily Illustrated.

It ia not a particularly healthful book for boy, though Intended for their reading. It is -tbe story ef a bay who a long time ago ran away from horn la search of adveature. It ha ad-' van tare enough and bad dialect enough for half a dozen books of Its size. It may be aaid that th work is "Mother Goose" snd "Crueee" badly mixed. Its poetry ts doggerel, with the wit and aa so neerly hid that tbe yeuug reader will need to be told where he should laugh.

Few men write a sood Juvenile, and Mr. Bnyeer la not on of (Philadelphia: Drsxsl Biddle.) A Short Ravel. Hlx I understand Rounderly is going to write -a novel under the title "What I Told My Wilt" Lis Why doesn't he call It "What I Didnl Tell My Wife?" Hlx I suppose the publisher didn't want to jig a volume. Detroit Free Press. BURTXW Greatest Work A Princess- of Hi lis ro Omvrtasjs by ORSON LOwXIX.

TPwiees s)U50 OaCXINCihXOIC -v "IT ww a haaaram tJunf nw Mrs. fUssison to lcsv rnodera New York, with Ms com- plicated, artificial sockj ik, to the descriprioo of which her pea a so wesJca, snd to' enter the world of rocnaace pure aad simple) but so well has ah scoomplabad this dilBcsJt feat aa is lost ia admendoa ofkand de4(ht ia th Ikk KtW TORK TIMtS "THAT this is her Seat book is to bs ascribe ta the redoes of touch aad trestmeat A resulting from rtlrsss from aB ebligatioa to ransUrv what may bs read iato the story by critics ar by rranni saacytag ihimalm reflected ia LOTHROP PUBLISHING COMPANY, BOSTON.