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"The FrenchRenaissance in England"

By Sidney Lee. Puhll.'-ei! by Charles' StTlb-ner'a Sons, New folk. Price, $2.50.

Sidney Lee, though little past 60?*?ars of age, has accomplished moreresearch w-srk than any other twowriters in the United Kingdom. Hesucceeded Leslie Stephens in the editor-ship of that stupendous undertaking,the dictionary of national biography,and contributed about 800 biographiesto the last 37 volumes. Besides thishe has several important volumes tohis credit, a "Life of Shakespeare.""Shakespeare and the Modern Stage"and other works upon sixteenth cen-tury literature. This volume he de-fines In a subtitle as "An Account of-the Literary Relations of England and'

.-France In the Sixteenth Century." Itis a highly interesting book, clearlywritten and of true scholarly value,containing information which onewould seek through many volumes.The principal subdivisions of the bookare "The Debt of Tudor Culture toFrance," "Trench Influence on EnglishLiterature," "Elizabethan Prose," "TheElizabethan Lyrics," Elizabethan Dra-,ma" and "The Message of the Hugue/, nots." It has probably not occurredto many readers that English literatureowes much to the French renaissance.If thought were given to the subjectit would perhaps be concluded thatmost of the Influence came from Italyand examples, especially in Shakes-'peare, could be glibly quoted to provethe contention. That the opposite Istrue is proved bf Sidney Lee in thisbook, which is an elaboration of sixlectures which he delivered at Oxfordlast year.' The renaissance was bornand nurtured in Italy, crossed the Alps,\u25a0lowly reaching Spain, France and Ger-many and later England. The author\u25a0ays in his first chapter:

"The renaissance may be defined In••5P broadest aspect as a strenuous ef-fort on the part of western Europe toeliminate barbarism and rusticity fromthe field of man's thought, and to sub-stitute humanism and liberal culture ofinfinite scope. The discovery of Greekliterature and the renewed study ofthe Latin classics were the excitingcauses of the movement. But therenaissance was far more than aliterary revival; It was a regenerationof Human sentiment, a new birth of In-tellectual, esthetic and spiritual as-piration. Life throughout its sweepwas Invested with a new significanceand a new potentiality. While sym-pathy was awakening with the ideasand forms of Greek and Latin litera-ture, other forces were helping tokindle a sense of Joy, a love of beauty,a lively Interest in animate and in-animate nature— an unprecedentedquality. The past fails to account forall the new growth of artistic sensi-bility of intellectual and spiritualcuriosity. The present, with Its- dis-coveries of the new western world andthe recasting of cosmography, had anovel and an independent stimulus.Never before was seen so versatile aningenuity In adapting old forms of ex-pression to changed conceptions ofmind and matter. The fertilizingforces of the renaissance begot anew world of art and letters, which wasfired by a double ardor of revolutionand of restoration."

"The French Influence on the Eliza-bethan Lyrics" contains some of themost interesting chapters. Here is acomplete history of "PleiadFive, young men. attending \u25a0 collegeIn Pnrls. all of good family and fromcultured homes, deliberately formthemselves into a society to refashionthe poetry of their country and reformIts literature. They called themselvesthe Plelade. They were very young.Two were 17, one was 21 and two wereU. Two elderly fellows, who later as-sociated themselves with the movement,were respectively 28 . and 41. TheFrench Plelade is the best known con-stellation of the literary heavens. Re-viewed In all its aspects, Mr. Lee says,"the episode Is a singular passage Inliterary history. These young men,with the serene arrogance of buddingmanhood, said In go many words,'French poetry is spiritless and crude;it is no credit to our nation. We Intendto clean the slate and start afresh.'The . young men deliberately formedthemselves Into a society to refashionthe poetry of their country, and, con-trary to expectation, they succeededin giving triumphant effect to theirconscious aim."

The English authors of the day trans-lated from the French sometimes lit-erally and gave no credit. Hundreds ofthese examples are given and it,is in-teresting to find that even Shakespearewas not to escape the influence. Hisfamous "All the world's a stage," waswritten much later than Ronsard'sIs Monde eat le theatre, et lea hommea arteura;la Fortune, gui est maiatrease de la Rcelne,Aureate lea habits, et de la Tie hnmaineIst deux et lea Dentins er aont lea apectateuri.£n geutls dlfferena. en dllTerens lan-fan'*.!,Rc>y. Print, et T',cTg<*r-i JOMnt leurs peraonnas-ea.Ira-rant lea , Jeux etc tous, gur l'eachafaut

COnUTHID.More space cannot be given to this

Interesting and important book; sufficeIt to say that It Is ful of solid merit andIs a valuable contribution to Englishlitem*

"The Vicar of Marches"By Clinton Boollard. Published br Sherman,

French A Co., Boston. Price, $1.20.

A stirring and picturesque romanceis this of medieval Italy at a timewhen the papal power and Its allieswere arrayed against one. of the mostsinister and indomitable figures in allhistory, Ezzellna da Romans, the vicarof the emperor. To follow the herothrough his varied and thrilling ad-ventures Is to be brought in touch withmany of the most striking events ofan age when great armies constantlymarched and ambitious leaders unceas-ingly contended. The story is like apageant, wherein pass and repass be-

side the Inscrutable vicar, the valianthero and charming heroine. Messer Lor-dello, made famous by Browning; FraBaHmbene, the remarkable Franciscan,who handed down to posterity :hisinimitable chronicle of the times, thedoughty Marquis of little, the warlikecount of Bonifacio, the Papal: Nuncla,and other men who. wrote their namelarge upon the pages of history.

The opening chapter; pictures the ab-duction «of the hero while yet: a : child;stronghold of the. Romanese, upon;thegreat rock of Bassauo; then Padua andthe strange"tyrannical count of Ezze-:no appear. Here Is the ancient city,dominated by, one of the most un-scrupulous rulers who • ever governedmankind, with swift movement the ro-mance gathers force, shifts southwardto the Enganean hills, celebrated byShelley, diverges to Ferrara, and closesamid the exciting scenes attendantupon the overthrow .of Ezzelino. Thestyle throughout is graphic, * the. Inter-est sustained in compelling*' fashion.This romance is in every respect equal-to Mr. Scollard's "Cloistering of.Ursula," which was -so .well - received '\u25a0everal years ago.

BOOKS REVIEWED"The French Renaissance in England," by Sidney Lee"The Vicar of the Marshes," by Clinton Sec-Hard"American Came Bird Shooting," by George Bird

Grinnell

"A Painter's Progress," by Will H. Low

"What Is Art?" by John Van Dyke

"The Broad Highway;," by Jefferey Farnol"Anti-Matrimony," by Percy MacKaye

NEW BOOKS BRIEFLY REVIEWEDThere may still be a number of peo-

ple In the world who have not becomeacquainted with Samuel Pepys, thegarrulous old • British • diarist whoknew something about everybody's busi-ness; and for those this book, "RodLetter Days of Samuel Pepys," editedby Edward Frank Allen, will serve asan Introduction. For Just enough istold In the book to stimulate curiosityand few readers will finish this volumewithout the desire to read the old gos-sip unexpurgated. This hook is ar-ranged in chapters which give ,thediarist's opinions and experiences onvarious subjects, thereby enabling thereader to judge somewhat of the char-acter of the writer. (Sturgis & Walton,New York; $1.-25.)

John Kenneth Turner, the muck-raker, whose papers on Mexico ap-peared a couple of years ago In anAmerican magazine, has gathered thesearticles into a book and sends It outInto the world. Ifone-tenth of all thehorrors he depicts are- true, one won-ders first that he Ira not assassinatedfor telling them and secondly that theUnited States does not make some ef-fort to control her citizens In theirshare of the atrocities being perpe-trated in Mexico. The author has muchto say of the crookedness of the gov-

ernment from Diaz down to "the hum-blest office holder. (Charles H. Kerr &Co.. Chicago; »1.50.)

Henry Clews, head of the great NewYork banking house, has delivered agreat many speeches during the last50 years. These he has collected inbook form and published under; thetitle "Financial. Economic' and Mis-cellaneous Speeches and Essays." Allof them are of Interest as expressingplainly the views of a clear headed andpractical Wall street operator. of : thebest conservative.type. The speechesmake no literary pretentions, and forthat reason will be read with morepleasure by the class for whom "theyare intended. Well printed and hand-somely bound. (Irving publishing, com-pany, New York.)

These memoirs relating to "Madame

de Pompadour" first appeared In 1802.They were presented to the public asdrawn from the notebook of the Mare-chale D. by Jean Louis Loulavle. Theauthor Inspired by all that the eight-eenth century had written about thefavorite and specially by" the historyof Madame .de Pompadour, publishedIn London, In 1759, has •produced anexceedingly valuable work, from whichall recent historians of the marquisehave extensively borrowed. Thoughfrankly hostile, these memoirs presenton the whole a faithful picture of theiroriginal. They describe her family andher Common origin, explain her powerover Louis XV. and show her Influencein affairs of state. The work contains,besides, many interesting anecdotes ofcourt, life. (Sturgis & Walton company,New York; $1.60.)

The determination of sex has alwaysbeen one of the most Interesting prob-lems of humanity. All sorts of solu-tions have been offered for it. So farall of them have proved delusoryIndeed, most of them were quite unsci-entific ior even trivial. We"' -havereached a stage in experimental. biol-ogy now where the possibility of a realsolution has at last been reached, andin "The Law of Sex Determination andIts Practical Application". Mrs. < LauraA. Calhoun sets forth the results ofobservations of human beings andexperiments on animals which seem tosolve the vexed problem.: What shehas written certainly -throws greatlighton all phases of the subject. _(TheEujenles • publishing company, \u25a0 NewYork; $1.50.) ,

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Arthur H. Clark's "The Clipper ShipEra" |is* a' •fascinating| account. of j theclipper ships of the United States andGreat Britain, giving the history of allthe clippers of note, together with thatof their owners, builders and captains;also their' record passages in the China,San Francisco and Australian tradeswith authentic extracts; from logbooksgiving their swiftest day's runs. ..Thebook Is a narrative of facts told In anattractive manner.' by an 7. expert _ sothorough In his subject that he hasno .-need to resort to affectation. It Isa book of research In which many longforgotten facts of importance are

brought to light. (G. P. Putnam's Sons,New York; $2.00.) , V 7

' •\u25a0\u25a0*'{ - '.'•.-\u25a0'• 7 '\u25a0* - 7 .-'"Fundamental**. In Education. Art and

Civics," by George Lansing Raymond,is a book dealing with principles andmethods as to these subjects which Itis believed should•',.' prevail generally. *Written with entertaining " clearnessand force, a scholar and a teacher, thewriter * has a persuasive power. 7 lltmakes a sympathetic appeal .especiallyto the student, the teacher, the artist,the musician, the poet, the orator, thepreacfier. the patriot and all lovers, ofart. of literature and of the best thingsIn life. (Funk & WagnalJs company.New York; $1.40.)

• • •John A. Wldtsce, president of the Ag-

ricultural college of Utah,' writes;on."Dry Farming, a System of Agricul-ture for Countries Under a Low jRain-fall." His book Is the first attempt toassemble and organize the known factsof ; science ;;In their relation i to,"-* theprofitable production of plants, withoutirrigation. in regions of limited rain-fall. . The needs of the actual :

; farmerwho must understand the principles be-fore his practice can be wholly satis--factory, has been kept in view primari-ly; but It is believed that the enlarginggroup of dry farm' investigators willalso be;materially helped by this pres-entation of the principles of dry farm-ing. (The Macmillan Co.. New York;$1.50.) ' - -. \u25a0' \u25a0

\u25a0 Edwin Dußols Shurter's "AmericanOratory i of' Today" contains specimensof prese'ntday. American oratory asrepresented ,by", some 200 distinguishedspeakers, from all parts of the country.The book, is intended, first,, for thelawyer, preacher, lecturer; liny one in-terested! in public 'speaking;, and, sec-ondly, for the/use of, teachers andstudents In our schools and collegesIn securing 'new up-to-date declama-tion. The . speeches _ are all by livingAmericans upon live subjects." SenatorLodge,. John M. ;.Thurston. Mr. Pinchot,Senator Beveridge, Charles- W. Ellot,Charles. H. Parkhurst, Lyman Abbottand 'Anna H. Shaw are * a few.}of .thedistinguished names. , (South-Westpublishing • company, San Francisco;$1.65.)

GOSSIP OF BOOKS AND THEIR WRITERS• "Molly Make'-Belleve," which was Is-sued last September and has been . forthree months among the; list \u0084of "sixbest sellers," Is to be published In aspecial edition for the blind.

•O. Henry wrote several hundredstories in his lifetime. He was notcareful to keep a record "of them andfrequently could not tell a few monthsafterward where a story had been pub-lished.- -7 His literary executor, Harry '

Peyton Steger of Doubleday, Page &Co., Garden City, LI., is getting.to-

\u25a0 gether all the unpublished material hecan find for use in a last volume to,bepublished during 1911. He would liketo; hear.- from any one who .knows ofstories by O. Henry that have appeared,in magazines or newspapers, but havenot been put into any volume.

\u25a0\u25a0' . * ''*,'*\u25a0 A bill now In preparation in the Colo-

rado legislature for the repeal ofwoman's ' suffrage 'is said • to- be basedupon the Idea that, while equal suffragemay work well In rural neighborhoods,

In large cities 'like Denver' It is an evilbecause the women of the redllght dis-tricts vote In greater numbers thanother women. Helen L. Summer, Ph.D.,whose i book, "Equal ' Suffrage," »em-bodies the result of a special Investiga-tion in Colorado made for the Collegiateequal suffrage league of New York, hasthis to say, on the point: • "It;Is Ioftensaid that women of this class 7 wouldnot _ vote, as they would not inter-ested and would not wish to give theirnames and addresses.. 1 This is a fallacy.True, they do not' wish to vote. I*.In thespring of 1895 they even sent a petitionto*the Woman's republican club of Den-,ver.: Imploring Interference to preventthem * from being compelled .to*register.But in ; spite iof• the request lof£the re-publican women and the promise of the

fire and police board, they were obligedto register and vote at the city electionof 1895 and at nearly every 7 electionsince that. date. Their : vote >Is castsolidly for the party In control of thepolice force." \u25a0 -

E. Phillips Oppenheim's forthcoming'visit.to America has been preceded bythe publication of an unusual novelfrom» his pen, for In "Bernlce" he hastold the story, of the passionate love ofan * English novelist : for an actresswhose husband Is living. How this•weaver of the tales of mystery and in-ternational intrigue handles this themehas excited:widespread curiosity.' Mr.Oppenhelm ; will probably reach "thestates" In May;and he will undoubtedlyremain here long enough to . try someof the ;best \ golf . links around. Boston.Mr. Oppenhelm's wife.is the .daughterof a Chelsea (Mass.) - manufacturer.

Fred: Emerson Brooks, humorist-poet and popular lecturer,' offers toquench the present thirst for .toastbooks with a collection of ninety origi-nal toasts 7ln verse, which" he 'calls,-

--*"Buttered Toasts." Their . publication .In book * form -by; Forbes !&;Companythis month will be their, first appear-ance in print.

"When Half-Gods Go," the new novelby Helen R. Martin, author of ."Tlllle:1

A Mennonite Maid,". "The Crossways,".etc., was published by the Century com-pany last month. It is a jwife's: own

: chronicle."of ; her ;struggle to hold her• husband's ! love and"; loyalty ; and ito: savehim ifrom himself. :'"-•'\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0'

;: Georg. Schock,; the ipen name of MissKathcrine Rlegel' Loose, Is 7at workupon another novel,'spending the winterat the . home 'of 1hers father, :.. who 7is . aphysician of Reading, Pa.';, Her previousnovel, "Hearts Contending," was < lo-

cated In a neighboring. village. In thenew story she expects to make use ,ofthe. familiar scenes; about her and pos-sibly some of the Helllgthal• people of"Hearts Contending."

Just before the first snowfall an un-usual feat in forestry was performed onthe : new estate of Doubleday,: Page , &Co. at Garden City, L. I. This consistedIn* the removal by ;a , firm of Westburynurserymen of 28 full grown cedar treesfrom the estate of former Senator CarllS. Burr Jr. to, the Doubleday, Page &Co. property. \ Tho trees are about 30years old and 735 feet _In height, andhave ; been set out. around a. miniaturelake.. A large quantity of rhododendronbushes have been used to form a screenbetween the trees. The cedars add ma-terially In 1 beautifying the grounds ofthe "Country Life Press."

Some time ago B. W. Huebsch, thepublisher of' "Are You a Bromide?"announced facetiously that ft was like-ly. that.the words "bromide".and'• "sul-phite" with the' new meaning attachedto them by Gelett Burgess .would Ibe-come permanent In' our language. NowDoctor Funk asks the author for officialdefinitions ; for use in . the revisedStandard Dictionary. 7- -'.'- --*.--\u25a0

That an American painter of the firstorder should have passed • his fiftiethyear without ever' having gone abroadIs Howard >' Pyle's ';, distinction. \u25a0<%Lettersfrom him last 7week tell 7of *\u25a0- hisT safearrival in Florence, where he has takena -house , for :• the .winter *and * willS givehimself *up to 7 the "art" galleries ;• andmuseums. Now, _for 1 the' first ; time, hewill see-the master works, of .Europe.Mr. Pyle will writejalnumber of arti-cles \u25a0 for,, Harper's Magazine, and, 'oddlyenough, vwill. not do any .:sketching orpainting during his stay abroad.

"American Game Bird Shooting"GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL was

not riven his middle - name forfun. He must live up to it, and his

book, "American Game Bird Shoot-ing." establishes his claim fairly.' Itis a splendidly' written book, whichevery hunter will: wish to : own. Theauthor has limited himself to.- thebirds requiring a zun do? to find, and

no variety on this continent is miss-ing. The author gives descriptionson upland bird shooting and then achapter oh aids to shooting, ",' equip-ment and an outlook on shooting, ofthe future. The book is fully illus-trated in black and white and color,and is well printed and bound. Forestand Stream publishing company,' NewYork; $3.50.) . .

"A Painter's Progress"Br Will H. Lot-. Published by Ch.rlfi

dct's Eons, New York. Price,-. $1.60. - ,Tills book the author himself de-

scribes as "a partial survey along thepathway of art In America and Eu-rope, -with sundry examples and pre-cepts culled . from personal . encounter

with existing conditions and referenceto the careers of many artists, bothancient and modern." .

Mr. Low succeeded the late RussellSturgls and John La Farge as Scaromonlecturer 'at the Chicago Art Institute,and this book is made. from the /sixlectures which ,he delivered there lastyear. - They were' successful •* there,owing . largely to the charmingpersonal note which.characterises Mr.Low's work as those who read his"Chronicle of Friendship" will remem-ber. The book records the writer's pro-fessional life so far as this may illumi-nate the artistic record of -past andpresent In this \u25a0 country and "isfull of entertaining reminiscencesas well as of instructive data and

suggestive commentary. The titles ofthe chapters of lectures show wellthe scope of the book: "The Awak-ening of; Vocation," "The Education ofthe Artist," "The Problems of Self.• -Support," "Experiences In the voidWorld," "Thirty Years at Home andAbroad" and "Our Present and Our Fu-ture." *

Here is a bit of advice which theauthor gives to 'the- young artist: 7"lfby doing the work that expresses yourown personality you can awaken "theinterest' of others, well and good. Yoursuccess is near. But if by chance youcannot at once elicit this response,' turnto, other" work, for your support ' anddo It as well '\u25a0_ as you can. meanwhilenever losing your hold, on the one char-acter of work which In your own inner-most heart »you 7know - Is;7your 7 own.Make; every effort, use all the leisurethat your bread winning\ permits: you,

to carry on for your proper satisfactiongome such personal work, for ifyou arepredestined to achieve success Its willeventually be won by the work "whichthus* expresses your highest aspirationand by no other." .. «

7 Although7 the lecture was given forstudents Trad; the book Isl designed \u25a0; forthem, every art lover will enjoy it, 5forthe '*-'author gives many 7; entertainingfacts from his own career and' some in-teresting reminiscences of,_ the 7 famousartists of the- world whom •> he hasknown. The volume contains - manyillustrations and is well printed" andbound.

"What Is Art?"By John Van Dyke. Pnbllihed. br Charles; Scrlbnisr's Sons, New York. Price, $1."What is art?"This interrogation constantly before

him in writing these brilliant and clar-ifying studies ,In the . technique andcriticism of painting with which JohnC. . Van Dyke ;- returns to the generalsubject of- arts-—a subject brightlyIlluminated by him in former books —he takes as title..In his preface he gives his under-standing of the interrogation and tellsfrom what viewpoint he answers it. "

"For twenty years there has been dis-cussion of art from the point of viewof the connoisseur, the collector, themuseum director. It seems we are allIn some danger of forgetting that thereis another point of view—that of theartist, the producer. We have becomeso interested in art as a commodity, ora curiosity,. that we have possibly over-looked; the fact' that aft may be re-garded merely as art, or even as some-thing of use and purpose. We are Infurther danger; of forgetting that:artin a state must come out. of the stateand " represent Its time . and , its : peopleand that foreign importations of meth-ods or motives will not answer as asubstitute. The gathering of art plun-der from all quarters of the globe mayeventually make up a nation of experts,but never a nation of artists, nor anartistic people. Still further are we Indanger of: forgetting that, name . andpraise and pedigree have nothing what-ever to. do with excellence or Its ab-sence in a work of art.

These thoughts, with chapters on theconstitution. 7 the production and theappreciation of: painting, make up thepages of this little book.

"Destructive criticism, however, hasnot, been my object. \Rather have Itried to -build \u25a0 up, or .at . least ; upholdcertain established principles, and Itrust that the reader of these pages willrecognize that . there Is, argument -here,not only for art as art, but for art asan expression of life." '

The book is really a series of valu-able and keen essays, with the first fora title maker;; the others are "The Useof the Model," "Quality in Art,". "ArtCriticism." "Art History" and "Art Ap-preciation." *

Readers. who _are familiar with.Pro-fessor Van Dyke's eminently interestingstyle of writing,willenjoy, reading thisbook, even thoughi some 'of Its. state-ments may' seem at . first glance to bedecidedly; anarchistic. In his desire tocounteract a lot of the twaddle aboutart, perhaps the author goes , a bit Itoofar •In some -ofihis , statements, but ' hisbook Is at least abetter;guide'for thesane layman than • the ;average book onart .' criticism. It is wholesome," andfilled with ;good plain . common senseand his arguments appeal to the reasonof the thinking reader. It is a book toplease every reader^ and is a distinctaddition to the literature on art'

"The Broad Highway" < .By Jefferey Ftr-nol. Published by Little, Brown

& Co.. Boston. Price, $1.C..

During the reading of the first fewchapters of this great novel we thinkit it to be a new addition to the litera-ture of vagabondla, and we are not sosure it does not belong there, after all,though the -shelf for nature stories, thesimple life and the great out of doorsmay claim it. It is the first book ofthe season which can bear a re-reading;this In itself Is praise enough for any

book. S. *•'.\u25a0''.•'The tale opens with the; reading of

a curious will In which the crusty old'uncle, George Vlbart. leaves £20,000 tohis nephew, Maurice, "In the ferventhope that it may help him to the devflwithin the year, or as soon after asmay "be." This clause creates muchcomment In the office of ' the lawyer,who turns to Peter, another nephew,and finds he Is *• unacquainted withMaurice, but has heard mention of him.

"Egad!" cried Sir'Richard, "who hasnot heard of Buck Vlbart—beat TedJarraway of Swansea in five rounds,drove coach and four down Whitehall,on sidewalk, ran away with a Frenchmarquise while but a boy of 20 arid\u25a0hot her husband Into the"" bargain?Devilish celebrated ,figure In 'sportingcircles'; friend of the prince regent"

Peter listens to the remainder of thewill, which gives him 10 guineas, andthen to this remarkable clause: "More-over, the sum of {500,000, now vestedIn the funds, shall be paid to eitherMaurice or Peter Vlbart aforesaid ifeither shall, within one calendar year,become the husband of the Lady SophiaSefton of Cambourne.'.

After some discussion, during whichthe Lady Sophia Is talked of"freely,Peter gives up all hope of the inheri-tance. Ha hears that the Lady Sophiais everything! he does not like. She isthe handsomest• woman •'ln7London, areigning toast, glorious, divine, a posi-tive plum In the matrimonial orchard.

We like Peter at once, •\u25a0 and withevery chapter we! like him better, iHeIs an Oxford scholar, has won the highlump, also throwing the hammer, be-side which he has translated Quintlll-an, Petronlus Arbiter and has made aliteral rendering Into English of thememoirs of the Sleur de Brantome,which has never been done before.During all the talk he has made uphis mind to go on a walking tour whilehis 10 guineas last, and so make uphis mind as to the future.

Through 23 short chapters Petertramps and his adventures will be readover, and over. The period of the storyis early, nineteenth century and thescene Kent, every foot of which theauthor knows and loves." \u25a0 Th•* charac-ters Peter meets on: his trampings aresplendidly.drawn;and one claims themall for old friends long before the bookIs finished. There is a _.- wonderfultinker .who writes verse and carriesa copy of EptcteH-B In his pack;there . Is. a plowman who wantssilver buttons more than a new pairof shoes and whose cup Is full when heIs enabled to" obtain them; 7and the.ancient, the quaint old village charac-ter, who boasts pathetically of hisyouthful vigor and prowess. ,J_JS__!

Black George, the smith. Is a fine type.;He Is Peter's enemy on sight, but atlast his friend, though much trouble Isgone through before that is accom-plished. The fights between . Peter andBlack : George are wonderful, first withcudgels, then with fists, and no onecan read these descriptions unmoved.,Charmian Is a lovely heroine, and "thescenes-between her and Peter are delightfullywritten. It is not fair to ex-plain • more of the" plot or how she laforced upon Peter's chivalrous pro-tection, but It Is simple, natural andthoroughly ' convincing 7 throughout.The atmosphere of the last century ishere ;as truly as in any of the oldbooks of the ;period. The . story,,; Isfresh and \u25a0 clean _throughout and mostgracefully written. It is • a book notlikely to become a "best \u25a0 settler" butsure to live through • many.'large edi-tions, and ' once read, to be read againat leisure and placed on the shelfwith the fine old English classics., *,'\u25a0->

The author Is a Warwickshire man,but .lives in Kent He has traveledabroad, indeed we \u25a0 are told. that "TheBroad Highway" was actually 'writtenin"America. "/'"All his life he has been astory teller, though as may-be•" readbetween the lines of his first publishednovel, he ; has generally preferred totell his stories by word of mouth. "."

"Anti'Matrimony"By"Percy: MacKaj-e. Published by Frederick

A. Stokes * Co., New Tori.. Price,; $1.25.7 Percy >MacKaye's ' successful, play,"Anti-Matrimony," is quite as Interest-ing .In book" form as it was upon thestage and both the people who saw Itand those who did :not will enjoy thereading of,lt. "It Is a delicious bit offun; making; fquite the : cleverest satireof 7 the , day on the anti-matrimonialtheories of Nietzsche, Ibsen and other*,of the radical masters. 7 *"-

Two 'young New 7 Englanders, Morrisand : Isabelle, return from abroad' witha baby and go to visit their irelatives,'the Rev. Elliott Grey and Mildred,' hiswife. 7 They preach the doctrine of anti-matrimony, pretending that they them-selves have practiced what they preach."Mildred is very sensible arid soon com-prehends ,the ; situation. 7: Through * fouracts we follow this foolish young cou-ple who, of course,' are brought to senseand'- reason --; at.last,':but, a descriptiononly spoils the pleasure of ..the read-ing.- It is7 thoroughly 7delightful, andquite '• fairly, named a satirical. comedy.Mr. MacKaye's literary abilityand keensense of humor are brought Into"playin very.line. The play is a distinctliterary and artistic success.

COINOERININQ MISS MYSTERYTHE more I saw: of-her. the stronger

grew my conviction that she was themost bewitchtngly mysterious being

I had ever met. There was that abouther'; which held men her slaves, andeven,the admiration of her own sex wasnot withheld. From the very first hourof our meeting I yielded; her up my

love, and.as our acquaintance.ripened

and my feeling Intensified I fancied theattachment was not solely on my. part. ,

She had the most gloriously changingeyes I had ever seen. The first time I

]looked iInto them . they were ,as blue .asthe sky above a summer sea. Anothertime"-; I; could 7 have sworn 7 they werepearl gray as the clouds that hid thesun. .Wonder, eyes * they weretender,dancing, laughing, sympathizing eyes—;eyes in : whose depths ;7.the*?- beholderfound rest and peace, or again the eyesof mischief loving madcap,', gently chal-lenging ? eyes, \u25a0 now and then with atouch of the willful. ' '; 7.1 7

;J"g Situated; as 'we- were,; our confidenceswere verly largely dependent upon 1 the'; understanding to be ', found ! In; her eyes !and mine. For we "did. not! speak 'thesame '. tongue.' .1 She I had .never botheredwith IEnglish until I; undertook to; pointout its'*possibilities and* give her 7 In-struction in our difficult1 language. And

iher own \u25a0 tongue was !as *strange \tol meas mine was; to her. And so for a time

we-*.-had to content ourselves withspeech each In his own fashion. Thiswas not without its advantages, for itmade me bold to, tell her of my great.love and' to beg her, for a return.

When I,would- pause she would an-swer, and though not a word of whatshe said was .Intelligible to me, themere sound, of her voice was' thesweetest music . to "which I had everlistened. Then, emboldened" by the

; softened : light.which. filled her eyes, Iwould iventure '• a \ tiny squeeze of *hersmall .- hand.; ".,' Sometimes , the tpressure.would _; be \returned \ and 1 then '11 wouldnot have ;- exchanged places 7with- thekings., of Ithe '. earth. Other times shewould laugh merrily, and,..; withdraw-ing her hand, say ' something> in-!thatpoetical, mother tongue iof hers .whichI took, to Ibe :*ln the.nature of a mockrebuke. rty*M*f**Mj»Mww*AM-^^' Looking -back 'over;-those-v early daysI can not help - feeling she funderstoodall I said. Certainly she ' felt 7 thebreadth 7of>: my love .and jappreciatedmy .'attitude when, as was frequent,. Itold. her • that ? now • we. had * found oneanother she mustt never leave me. Shemade me |no promise beyond taking myhand gently in ;-.her '[",pink palms andholding, It*thug for ja1,minute.

We; got 'along .famously..* in • our Ilan-guage *studies. I was i tutor ' and i she

was student, for I"was her senior byyears. I would hold an object andspeak Its name, and thus Impress herwith the connection between soundand substance. Then she would tryto. repeat the words after me.

When she tired of this I would at-tempt to replace the sounds of her ownlanguage, but in this I;was ; a lament-

able failure and many a* quiet laughshe enjoyed at my : blunderings. Soon\u25a0he was able to master 5 some "of " oursimple «expressions, *and; the ; discoveryof her advancement' overjoyed me. \u25a0_;

'\u25a0:.'-. I\ made \no ! secret -of \"my; Infatuation,'and with . the open encouragement 7 shegave me I was the happiest of mortals.It got _ so that I.must see . her/dally .orbecome-, prey to maddest

__impatience.

There i were ,no obstacles :in the way ofour j meeting.,7; Her mother,".? sensible*.!woman,. encouraged I the IIntimacy, andseemed pleased with the : attentions *Ishowered upon her. One day we sattogether, conversing In delightfulfashion which had i become so dear?to'us both, a friend of/other days brokein upon J; our confidences. "7.We!, shookhands ; cordially; and 't then he: Inquired;

"And who is this young lady?" ' ."Permit 7vr me," I answered. "My

daughter,": this is one of my very oldestfriends." _ "-^fipfißßß^BßnHH:;"Goo;goo."; said my daughter.

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