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Show jjREVIEWS OF BOOKS! hi . IT 1 LEGAJNT BOOK OF TRAVEL. y' miliar Ensliinc!: a Record of a ? . Thousand Mile Tour by Motor Unfrequented Nooltfi and Cpr-A Cpr-A land the Shrines of Especial In-'" In-'" a1 i In Enpland: with Incursions Into uid and Ireland. By Thos. D. IjJ by. Published by L. C. Pago &. H any, Boston. J kwork carries us on a delightful , H rbuch Enjilana, Wales, and with k h aditatcd invasions of Scotland ' l Hand. There is n map of this la ad there are also sixteen i litis i4.3 i in color, reproduced from )TU I paintings by eminent British vfvft and forty-eight duogravuros Jaglish photographs. Thcro are lexed maps covering the route, hor seems to apologize for the on of this work, intimating that ly consider there is little excuso iw book of English 1 ravel, since o had so many of them. But not be alarmed about this, for ord of pilgrimages to the unfa-sbrhics unfa-sbrhics and to odd corners 'nout old England, give the hook .mt charm of its own. Thcro is a LJicftil neglect of the lourist-frc-Jnl spots, and the main stress of afilrk is devoted to the bypaths and Ileal buildings and scenes of his-interest. his-interest. The author, urges , a '.vlj valuo for his book in its il-t&ons, il-t&ons, which he is entirely .iustificd Kg, for they aro superb. Tho gen-Kps gen-Kps arc two, one of Englund and Wand one of Scotland and Ireland. . !Stbor first gives us an idea of some -Sljrnro and unfrequented nooks of itself Then he takes us in his wffrlngs through East Anglia; then She Midland country and to the old vymbf tho Was'uingtons, the, pro-'aftrs pro-'aftrs of our own great President, flkwc are given an account of J3erings from Covcutr.v to Exeter; ,;gto rambles in the West Country. 1 thfjforncrs of the Welsh border are vpresentcd to view in admirnblo r Jajflind a week in South Wales gives 3 ; Sight good chapter. Then we pass lercics and corners in Hereford, in the w-.Vallov, to Tamwortli and 'Derby. 11 SByron Count rv" next comes un-,ew, un-,ew, with rcminisconccB, historic Personal, of the great ost interest 'llpn go with the tourist to York-$Coast, York-$Coast, to Barnard Oustlc, then to TOwftkolnnd and the Yorkslnro dales, .S"tb some North Country shrines. WOllftbss the Tweed with the tourist, Gretna Green disappointing and a IflMnplatc, a modom-looking hamlet: jnere is plenty else on the road flgfyrage the reader's interest. More iniro wanderings come next, and flval&e it most interesting description albund About Wiltshire." Dorset nJMp Isle of Wight give us consider-n consider-n skip, but all very handsomely tv'and we arc introduced to some LlflUEngland nooks which ovoko the 9t interest. Then wo go from gmglln to Cork," through southern r'fTd, and into some odds and ends of flUWIcighborhood. lauding in Ludlow Hwhere the tour closes, and the S--Jts embark tor home. This is a Ifcthat is bound to charm any one L6QU1I&S any taste for fine descriptions -frvcl or glimpses at historical places t isfcfuclurcs; it conveys tlio keenest .dnent of travels in lands that give SSst possible historical and' anti-iMn anti-iMn foundation for intelligent and '(m interest. .It is all exceedingly 'abne. ilLD-FASHIONED ROMANCE. jfwsller of Vlrclnla u Romance .By 11 IF' Theodore Roberts. Illustrated by 11 Its .D. Gowln.fr. Published by L. C. & Company, Boston. 'Wm author of this fine romance has WflrSrthc public hereloforo good cn-"fStament cn-"fStament in "Brothers of Peril." 31rftHnu Love." and "ircmming the "fauurer." This present romance is nortofoll littcd to follow the others. "Jajaro all of tho old-fashioned ro '. JFc school which keeps forever its for the human mind. This VBaalier of Virginia," Captain Dune, jWdveutures on laud and sea, but 3Sy? on tho sea, and of course ho 'jwlndy-lovc .to whom he is devoted. -a finally captured in a sea fight his vessel and crew were tin-jfapijly tin-jfapijly overmatched by a Frenchman, siffian Euv-i ant he and ns c0111" RJrefusing to fight under the standard and against his Eng-jfflriends Eng-jfflriends and against the English urolr18 n America, they arc sold into ' a Spaniard. Their removal gflgiislaud in the West Indies, their 3 whs there, their final chance for es-jUrJjtall es-jUrJjtall aro fit climaxes to a most inline in-line and stirring story, written iu nrertftt and most, engaging style. wj&LE AND KEEN CRITIQUES. didsp jafcnades of an Impressionist. By ,i;7?ieH Huneker. Published by Charles -H?"01'55 Sons- Ncw York- SpiJ is a, work of criticism on paint-,QflS?d paint-,QflS?d painters, chiefly of tho French jfeaionist movement: Monet. Manet, jsif, Degas, Paul Cezanne, Gauguiu, VCUEG-Lautrec; and to such modern lOSCTflBrds as Fortuuy. Sorolla, and Zu-fn'nti' Zu-fn'nti' The older masters aro repre-au,ifl repre-au,ifl by Botticelli, Rembrandt, Tlals, abVfflreco, Velasquez, Goya, Chardin, Iiiei5rau' ant tnci'e is u section de-lllh.i4to de-lllh.i4to etchers and engravers, Meryon, an(1S:piranes Daumier, John Martin, and others. There aro special . .'e3 on Monticello, Rodin, and Car-nTE Car-nTE Thc 1)0ok en(ls wit'' descriptions U-nmusoums of T"c Hague, Haarlem, I'erdam, Antwerp, Bruges, thc 'rtfjjni Museum in Paris, Toledo, and yiia. That tho author is a gonitis j XSKiJtjeism is plainly seen from his ,W There is nothing lacking in his $TMtJe viows. descriptions, and mas-(r-frjijlof detail. The various pninters 1 -jWassed in review in turn, and a LIjd;Bjaful, iust criticism is placed on . -.iSf'.and yet the author does uot claim tlU'X. thoroughness as he displays. He flljlthat his memoranda are "frankly key of impressions," and they ; he says, a record of aomo por- a aitppfoforences, not an attempt at - i? revaluations. Appearing first 0DS-M.O New York Sun, the proiect of fjpprobation of its proprietor, Wil-Macka" Wil-Macka" Laffan, whose death in iiAwas an international loss to the -JlArts. "If these opinions," says a iriljsrtu0r "read liko a medl03 of crystalized .imigmonts jolted lionf after the manner .of a truveler CoJ'.- for timc t,ic.' urc nono tI,c iS&Pcei'e P'irdeu is only a )Vin&SinP weedy plot, but I have Mv JFeed it with delight; in it I have Llis .jjfinaded mv fearcst pre.ludiccs, my c vjt.absurd illusions. And central in .arardon may bo found tho image of Jfflpremo illusionist of art, Aolas-gft. Aolas-gft. T?o author -oneludes his work 'tno following uoto: wrltlntr th preceding articles ttu0 a.ml Velasquez thc museum IP- ,Bpanlc Society New York, hns lc' ,yrougli the innfnilflcnnt BftK1 i5..M.r-, Archer M. HunthiK-1; HunthiK-1; 5xhlD,L h's newly-acfiulred Kl 'Sr,!dK,i.,1V',ii,1!"l"K- Th former Uhia br,lnntly colored Holy Fum-9ri5. Fum-9ri5. m exhn,0 an atmot-phere of "'mX'n si o?Ph is sulri to bo a 3Slr-.Sl..ll Cric?: ui'-l there hIho Is u v$caiwaE showing Christ with sev eral or his disciples. Notable examples J both. Thc Velasquez comes front the collection col-lection of the late Edounrd Kann and If n life-sized bust portrait of a Kwcctly Krnve little sir!. Senor Boructe bcllove? her to represent the dntichtor of the painter Mazo and his wife, Franclsca Velasquez, thereforo a cmnddaughtor of Velasquez. The tonalltloK of this picture pic-ture nre subtly beautiful, the modellnir myatcrlous, tho expression vital and singularly childlike. It Is a fitting companion com-panion to a portrait hanging on the same wall, that of tho jiriytocratic young cardinal car-dinal Pnphlli. a nephew of Pop6 Innocent X.. also by tho great. Spaniard." WITH THE SICILIANS. Susan In Sicily. Her Adventures and those of her Friends during their Travels and Sojourns In tho Garden or the Mediterranean. By Josephine Tozler. Illustrated. Published by h. C. Page & Company, Boston. This is an artistic volume, very handsomelv printed and illustrated. Tho scheme of it is that "Susan" whilo enjoying a sojourn in Sicily, wrote a number of letters to tho folks at homo in America, and these letters are now collected and put into this book. She claims that 'every incident inci-dent here related is a picture from actual life, and thc major number of tho situations of which she has written, writ-ten, came diroclly within her experience." ex-perience." The others were told her at first hand. Thc supplementary letter let-ter containing a graphic description ot tho Messina earthquake, with personal experiences therein,' is a free translation transla-tion of the authentic description given by tho young wife of an officer who lived through those days and nights of horror. Tho Sicilians represent contrasts ol gentleness and ferocity, of courtesy and villainies, of clear intelligence and ot crass ignorance, which makes thorn "a good stu.dv as interesting as it is puzzling." puz-zling." The mass of tho Sicilians do not believe that tho world means them well, but ill; that the laws of their country arc meant for their oppression and undoing, and that mankind in general gen-eral must be fought if the Sicilian is to remain on tho earth. The author makes her study of-Sicilians of-Sicilians from an absolutely sympathetic sympa-thetic foundation. Sho likes them and their county. She is startled at tho contrasts here worked out, and in this laud of sunshine, of luxuries of fruit and lower, rich , in archaeology and cosmic force, she is charmed and fascinated fasci-nated with it all. Tho letters aro far more than a description of a sojourn and of various trips enjoyed therein. They are psychological studies of poo-pies' poo-pies' and analyses of emotions, and charming entertainments all in one. It is a thoroughly enjoyable work. A STORY OF AUSTRIAN INTRIGUE. My Heart and Stephanie: a Novel. By Reginald Kauffman. With two Portraits Por-traits In Color from Paintings by A. G. Learned. Published by L. C. Page & Company, Boston. The author of this ingenious and stirring novel explains that it is the completion of a skeleton story first drafted and rend to friends. That skeleton has now been amplified into this pleasant story, with the result that we have here a most interesting narration. nar-ration. It is a talo of lovo and mystery, mys-tery, the characters being of a cosmopolitan cosmo-politan description. Tho action is laid for thc most part in New York and Paris, but the animating theme throughout, through-out, is the intrigues of social celebrities celebri-ties -of.- thc Austrian court'. The-Countess The-Countess Stephanie, a conspirator from Poland, is the leading character in tho novel, which continues the stirring career of Prances Baird. It is all woven together so as to make most entertaining en-tertaining reading. STUDIES OF THE BLACK BEAR. Tho Black Bear. By William H. Wright. Illustrated from Photographs by the Author and J. B, Kerfoot. Published by Charles Scrlbnor's Sons. Now York The author of this work wrote also "Tho Grizzly Bear," a book of wide information and of great interest. In this present work Mr. Wright tells "The Story of Ben." a pet bear that was great fun until ho got to be beyond handling, yet never beyond hauldiug by his owner; but he could not .be left to thc care of others, and was linall" given to a showman and never afterwards after-wards heard of. Then thcro is a discussion' discus-sion' of the black bear, its distribution and habits, the classification of .bears, description, characteristics and habits, food and feeding, and "The Happy Hooligan," "being the analagous type of bcarhood of the tramp Hooligan. Tho book, as a story of tho black bear and his various phases and habits, is one of great interest to the student of natural history and tho hunter, aud, as given here, cannot fail to convey pleasure and information to the general reader. AN ADVENTUROUS AVIATOR. Danbury Rodd, Aviator. By Frederick Palmer. Illustrated. Published by Charles Scrlbner's Sons, New York. In this book wo are treated to very much speculation with regard to the aeroplane, even to the point of describing describ-ing a curve by that most interesting machine. The book has nine different stories of Danbury Rodd and his adventures ad-ventures in tho air "A Cure Jy Aero-piano," Aero-piano," "How Dennis Went to the Divil," "Her Compelling Eves." "The Hermit of Bubbling Water," "The Hero and tho Aide." "The Princess Thu-Thur's Half-Holidav," "Trainor's C. Q. D.," "A Flight for the Countess Royal," "Thc Broken Wing." Tho great aviator is cool, daring, resourceful, re-sourceful, and cheerfully ready for any adventure in his lino of endeavor. He is a sort of knight errant with kings and children, with murderers and magnates mag-nates in his voyages and adventures in the air in his flying machine, all of which make most entertaining reading. His interferences in other peoplo's affairs, af-fairs, how he helps some that need to bo hclpod and thwarts others that deserve de-serve to bo thwarted, and .the development develop-ment of his own interests,' arc all told with tho freshness, vigor, and fascination fascina-tion that give a new meaning to stories of adventure. It is a right lively work, that every reader is sure to enjoy. COURAGE ACQUIRED, The Taming of Rod BuLle Western. By Francis Lynde, Illustrated. Published by Charles Scrlbnor's Sons, New York. Tho motivo of this story is to show that a young man who thinks himself a constitutional coward may, by sheer will power and under the force of circumstances cir-cumstances and devotion, become a real hero of courage, of determination, and a nervy man. . Hownrd Lidgcrwood, after being put to shame timo after time, comes out tho grand hero of all. In the rrionntimo ho has made tho acquaintance ac-quaintance of Miss Browster; daughter, daugh-ter, in a way. of "Brewster's Millions." Mil-lions." nnd encaged her affections. lie proves himself worthy, and has taken the place of mnn'agcr and superintendent of a railroad in a wild region of tho West. Hero his experiences givo him aniplo tost of his courage, and for a time he seems to fall short. Tho girl had; a rather deprecating opinion of his prowess, but afterwards becomes his most devoted admirer on that. score, and becomes very much in lovo with him. The story is a very pleasant one, veo' well told. LEUPP ON THE INDIAN. The Indian and His Problem. By Francis E. Lcupp. formerly United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs. Published Pub-lished by Charles Scrlbner's Sons, New York. Tho position of tho author of this book is one of straightforward common sense and good judgment. Ho says that tho Indian problem has now reached a stngo whero its solution is almost wholly a matter of administration. Sentiment Sen-timent has" had its day, moral questions ques-tions involved have pretty nearly settled set-tled themselves, and, in his language, "What is most needed from this time forth is tho guidance of affairs by an independent mind, active, sympathies frcc from mawkishncss, an clastic patience, pa-tience, and a steady hand." Tho purpose pur-pose of tho book is to present a birds-cyo birds-cyo view of the existing situation and a suggestion pr two for tho relief of some difficulties which still confront our Government. Tn poiut of experi- I once and range of acquaintance with the. question and with thc Indian, as well as with the former Commissioners of Indian Affairs for twenty-flvo years, Mr. Loupp is especially well oquipped to write such a book as this. He says frankly that he did not 'while in office of-fice follow tho policies of former Commissioners, Com-missioners, but as the Government has no settled policy but 011I3' a vaguo sense, of obligation for guidance, "every Commissioner became an opportunist op-portunist in spite of himself, and was uuiujl-ih--u lu juuu muru Ui. tllllU in keeping tho service our, or trouble than in constructive work for converting convert-ing a public burden into a contributor to the common wealth." And yet without tho statutory guide that ought to have been furnished. Mr. Leupp was able to do remarkablo work. His chap-tor chap-tor titles, "Tho Indinn as Ho Was' "What -Happened to tho Indian," "The Problem, and a Way' Out," "Working of tho Burke Lav," "Dis- gosing of the Surplus," "Tho Indian orvicc," "Theory and Fact iu Education," Educa-tion," "Time for a Turning," "Tho Indian at Work," "Tho Indian as a Capitalist." ".Legislating for a Do pendent Race," "Liborty and Discipline." Disci-pline." "A Few Illustrative Cases," ''Missionaries aud Their Methods," "Philanthropy and Criticism," "Tho Indian "Territory Experiment," "As tho New Day Ncars Its Noon," show tho range of subjects covered by him. Mr. Leupp is distinctly in favor of doing something practical, and something some-thing permanently beneficial for tho Indian. He believes in putting them to work, not in giving them theoretical tasks. The Indian needs to have pointed out to him practical and self-sustaining labor that he can do in tho vicinity ot his home. Nothing can bo done with the old Indians, but what must bo done is to win over the Indian children by sj'rapathctic interest and, unobtrusive guidance. It is a great mistake to try, as many good persons of bad judgment have tried, to start the little ones in the path of civilization by snapping all tho ties of affection botwoon t.hGin and their parents, and teaching them , to despise the aged and uuprogrossivo members of .their race. On the. other hand, he holds that tho sensible as well Of Vio lmmnnn rvl'jn ic in linnvicll Minir love of father and mother and home, which is a wholesome instinct planted in them for a wise end, and then to utilize this affection as a means of reaching, through them, the hearts of the elders. And in general, Mr. Leupp explains his position as follows: Again, in dealing wltli these boys and girls It Is of the utmost Importance not only that we shall start them aright, but that our efforts bo directed to educating nither than merely instructing them. The foundation of everything must be development de-velopment of character Learning is a secondary consideration. When wo get to that, our duty is to adapt It to the Indian's Immediate and practical needs. Of tho thirty or forty thousand Indian children of school age In the United States, probably at least three-fourths will settle down in that part of the West which we will style tho frontier. Most of these will try to draw a living out of the soil; a less though, let us hope, an ever-Increasing part will enter tho general gen-eral labor market as lumbermen,, ditchers, ditch-ers, miners, railroad hands, or what not. In simple terms, the great mass of Indians In-dians nave yet to go through the era, common to tho history of all races, when they must bo more hewers of wood and drawers of water. Now, If any one can show me what advantage will como to this large body of manual workers from being ablo to reel off the names of tho mountains In Asia or extract the cube root of 1234567$!). I shall be deeply grateful. grate-ful. To my notion the ordinary Indian boy Is better equipped for his life struggle strug-gle on a frontier ranch when ho can read tho local newspaper, con write a short letter which Is Intelligible though maybo III expressed and crudely spelled, and knows enough of figures to discover whether the storekeeper If. cheating him. Beyond theso scholastic acquirements his time could be put to its best use by learning how to repair a broken wheel, or fasten u loose horseshoe without breaking the hoof, or any of the hundred hun-dred other bits of tinkering which are so necessary to tho farmer who lives thirty miles from a town. Tho girl who has learned only tho rudiments of reading read-ing .writing and ciphering, but knows also how (o make and mend her clothing, : to wash and Iron, and to cook her hus-: hus-: band's dinner, will be worth vastly moro , as mistress of a log cabin than one who , has given her best study to the orna- mental branches. : That is tho keynote of Mr. Leupp 's position throughout with respect to tho Indians. They must leave oil' the life ' of nomads and get down to Unman en-: en-: doavor, and those who aro left behind ; are for tho most part left to perish or to, be a burden upon those who other-1 other-1 wiso would make better progress. ' Mr. Leupp 's book is a distinct indi- cation of returning to common senso - nnd right; thought in dealing with tho Indian question. It is a pity that ho could not be mado Commissioner of Indian Affairs in perpetuity, and given 1 a free hand to do what ho thinks best for the men of tho rod men. A PARDON GRANTED. The Angel of Lonesome Hill: a Story of j a President. By Frederick Landls. ; Published by Charles Scrlbnor's Sons, Now York. Wo had the pleasure a short while I ago of reviewing favorably a volume ; by this author, entitled, "Tho Glory of His Country," which was a right good ' story, with an ending that fairly rang with snap and service to thc Union cause. This is a little story of an aged couple who lived on "Lone- 1 some Hill." Their boy had been unjustly un-justly convicted of a murder. The old i man goes to tho President. Roosevolt evidently to plead for tho pardon of his boy; and that pathetic plea where tho boy's mother is shown to bo tho real sufferer through tho conviction, works powerfully upon tho President, and on tho tolling of a war incident showing the boy's, dauntless courage tho old man's mission is a success. It is a great story, much being put into small space. SEARCHING FOR TREASURE. A Splendid Hazard. By Harold Mac-Grath. Mac-Grath. With Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy. Tho Bobbs-Merrlll Company, Publishers, Indianapolis. There are two war correspondents whose meeting in Paris opens this story. Ono of-these, named Broitmann, has the key to thc finding of an alleged al-leged secret cache Qf money which had been raised for the purpose of liborating thc first Napoleon from his exilo at St. Helena. Tho key to this mystory appears to bo in an old mansion in New Jersey. Thqro lives an old. admiral, ad-miral, Killigrew, whose fad is in searching search-ing for lost treasure and valuable caches mado by, pirates. Brcitmann goes there as private secrotary to the admiral, and Fitzgerald, tho other correspondent, as visitor. Tho admiral's ad-miral's daughter, Laura, had heard a tapping on the chimney for a number of nights and it developed that this tapping was made by a secret agent of France who was also on the search for tho key to the mysterious hidden money. Tho admiral is aroused, institutes insti-tutes a search, and comes into possession posses-sion of thc papers relating to tho secret hordo. Then events develop rapidly. Thc admiral prepares for a cruise, taking tak-ing the whole party along, and on a.r-' a.r-' riving at the port of Ajaccio, Corsica, thc enterprise swiftly comes to a head. It transpires that this Brcitmann is a reputed son of the great Napoleon, and is disposed to assort his claim to tho throne of France. Thcro, are a number num-ber of conspirators with him, but, they are wholly untrue, and are there simply to got hold of the money. Tho Becret agent of France becomes acquainted with tho truth, and finally convinces Breitmann that ho is betrayed. The story is ono of groat ingenuity, and is worked out with admirable skill. Mac-Grath Mac-Grath is a fine story-tellor always, and this new story is up to his tofist standard. LITERARY NOTES. What might bo called a sequel to "Creasy's Decisive Battles," beloved of every boy, Is the now volume edited by Ripley Hitchcock. "Decisive Battles of America." Historical relations and continuity con-tinuity link tho new volume with the old, and. In fact, the Introductory chapter sketches world relations from the fifteenth fif-teenth century to tho beginning of our own Colonial history. A. B. Thomas, whoso comedy. "Her Husband's Wife," has just been produced with such success by Plenrj- Miller, Is tho author of ono of the brightest and most attractlvo little novels of recent years. "Cynthia's Rebellion," published by the Scribners some four years ago. "A fresher, brighter novel was never written." said the Louisville Courier-Journal, Courier-Journal, and the Philadelphia Press said that It had "plenty of humor, much' spirit, and a pleasant air of liveliness." The scene Is laid at Point Judith, on tho Rhode Island coast, and the story is full of the same bright, clever, charming humor thai distinguishes the author's now play. As thc Evening Post said, "It Is an amusing tale of Hvcll-bred people." the kind of light fiction that Is rare In quality and a perpetual pleasure. Rex Beach has returned from Panama, where he has been spending two months, accompanied by his wife. His arrival In New Y'ork was simultaneous with that of his new book, "Going Some." which has Just been Issued by tho Harpers. Mr. Beach expects to begin work on a new novel somo time during thc summer. Travolcrs in Mediterranean countries will recognize many of tho diverting things Albert BIgolow Palno describes in his new book, "The Ship Dwellers." Somo of the jests about foreigners misuse mis-use of English are not confined to Genoa, where this sign stands: "Dinner Wine Enclosed" and another "Milk for Sale or To Lot." . , |