| Show C 1 I I r ei POEMS p S EVERYBODY SHOULD KNOW IN W I I Ii i j g y i 1 MY AIN MN COUNTREE 1 i y Y YI 4 I am RIO tir fine fiKe my hame an iiii Im 1111 weary For or th mi un my Fathers I welcome i Ill neer b fu u content mine een ecu to Jo ue The gate o u heaven an 1111 my ny tin ari countree I y 1 The flie earth eath IM Is decked d wi In all n it nay ty y 1 bri les H n rb blithely bi I hely fur for my iii y Father Futh er made them t hem sa H e Hut BilL there theo mi these then III f e ii to mo me 1 When I li heul ur the angel Hinging In I n my In 1111 II y y Ive V o HIM If I Ill word of lit if promise thAt Hint Ui at gladsome day llin da the th King iCing KingTo 1 To 10 L o flip Ilia iIIi palace hiM banished oIl ot huino will bring I t WI VI I een an 1111 wI heart oer 0 r wo WI shull lite ee e eTho Ii Tho rI In rt bounty beauty an 1111 our aln am My iI h slim Im hR been mony iio nil an my flY sorrows ha hit I Ill been b clI x Hut But there noer neer vex vox me be bi remembered 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countree 1 A r By D Mary Leo t 4 X X X r X I NOTES J JIrl I Mrs Irl Perkins Oilman has hu b on lecturing In lii England where she much Interest umon men suen and women In her hel theories ot of domestic economy The Tho consensus of opinion seems to th bo ho there thero that the tho house home with without without out jilt n II kitchen In Is not nol only Impossible but undesirable In Jp England the servant problem Is 19 n not tot what shat It tl Is III here how however ever Iwer or a King iCing Victor Emmanuel l II I I of ot Italy taly I has hal ha hamade made malle Prof Iro Charles Eliot 1 lIot Norton a aBrand agrant Brand grant of ot the order of ot tho the Crown Gron of or Italy In recognition Ioco of ot his hh distin distinguished In Iii translating Dantes works Into l h and aa nil i a 1 student lit of ot Italian art and history hili tor Is IM said to he be the tho highest Italian decoration over conferred upon n it 1 Harvard graduate graduate ate t Co eo a aru 1110 the tho I I publishers nt of Nortons I of ot Dante I I I S SIf I II If It the tho promise be he we 10 o may expect n a I representative croup I of It one OilS section of ot world literature In tho thu t series ot or translated Frendl classing pro proS projected by b 0 n 1 1 I l Sons It will Include selections from tho the works of ot o Moliere llo u 1 and J orge Sand and Is In Intended Intended tended especially to tho the de do demands doI 1 I mands of ot those who rho ho nimble to rend read these theo authors In the tho original tire lire con content content content tent to study them through the medium of ot their own The Tho principal comedies of ot wIll 1111 be he given gl I antl nd wilt will be bo represented 1111 by a I aI I I tew fol e brief masterpiece the tho bout best of oC citI I essays wit wll 11 be bi reprinted In InI I full lull will have Justice 11 l done lono him by adequate extracts and from front Rabelais to whom the tho opening i I volume of ot the series serlee IH Is devoted havo been selected certain effective chapters from anti and I in the t version made by SIr Hir Thomas t anti Peter de do Motteux Each 1 volume Is itt by hy a biographical and critical essay from the pen pon of at some lome competent t that to 10 the tho volume of ot Itabo late lain being hein written by hy Prof Prot Curtis hut Hid Hidden den Page of or Columbia university who together with lIh Prof AdolphI Cohn Conn has hASt t editorial charge chargo of ot tho the entire series 4 S S 0 S SIn In of ot the tho books by h tho the late Into Oen ion Low Wallace tho the London Athen Athenaeum AthenI I I says Hays The Fair Gail was wan tho thoI t best I st of ot hIs bin 11 powerful and ro 10 romantic I mantic mantlo treatment of ot the defeat tie feat of ot Ion iton by Cortes CorteL This book was I begun soon fitter after Wallace returned from th tin Mexican war Will but because of at tho the i Civil Ch II war lAr und hi ht hll law tw work worl It won watt not published until 1173 when It canned n a great A holiday edition beautifully engraved by h Ert t i published by hy Houghton Co CoIn CoIn Coin In int liDS t S S Those who read reat A Madcap Cruise by b Orb Orlo that in Its 1111 h and Its 1111 freedom from Irom crudity It tt IH Is n a 1 really remarkable first novel noeh It 11 senis that young nates like his hid father Prof Prot Arlo Arm hn has ipen Ien able to 10 write writ n a Boston novel and not Insult The tory tor tell of ot a 1 lUmmer trill trip to thi In III n a 1 large harge saIlIng yacht for tor tint the iu tu l 4 cislon by two harvard boys boyo Orlo Orb only pon nn of or Arlo Aria and liar Har Harriet riet Vow Vosa Yo bites wui lII born In Boston In 1113 Inheriting the taste for litters on hath both side siam 11 he its linn ims been nil nI nItia lila his tia life Ufa equally devoted to literature md to tn outdoor r orl In th tIm thA former lie lio 10 has hatt given attention lit ten lion to the me inc mediaeval m Ml I n and In III tim latter to 10 ii iiI I yachting Kor two Iu summer ho hI e lived U lt i with his bis hi fattier father on Oil a 1 and alit he Ite ban hal haleen been een thoroughly thoron gut y ft ii I ta I with willi tt Lit the Iho t itt coast i B I L l of at Maine Malno all his life Two other sun sum summers morN mers he ha ht spent tho the traveling In I II I I France I and Hol 1101 Holland land ha ml the second In Italy taly 1111 I Ho He I to left lbs Has Haston ton In February I with the archaeological expedition for Cor Or prehistoric ic excavation In Mr Ir Hates Is 18 In tn his hili tooth fouth year nt nl Harvard but bill has leave heave of ot a enco for tor or the remainder of oC the tho year The Tho places both hoth In this coun cotin country try Iry aix abroad In which he has hall laid haiti the tho scenes of at A Madcap Cruise are familiar by b personal experience experienceS o S 0 S The Tue largo large advance orders received a month and anti a n halt hult before the publication lion tion for Cor Mary Iary Austins romance 1st IsI IsIdro dro made marle It necessAry to more Ioro thou than double the slue size of oC the first edition Tho The following new printings have hAe been call called ed eth for tor eleventh edition of ot Our Nation National al III Parks by hy John Muir fifth nUh edition of ot hilts of ot by br H Hard HardIng Ing lug Davis DallI third editions of ot The Tho Private ate vate Tutor by I Gamaliel Bradford Jr and and Thine by h Florence Florenco oats Coats t S S The Tho Z Q Copies of ot the limited Her side Pr s edition of at Life of ot Dante translated by b Philip Wick Vick steed wore all subscribed for Cor on oti publication cation The Now New York Tribune con considers siders that one ono great Ineal merit merll of ot tho the HC tie ties rles II II of or special editions Issued I suell from the tho Press IH itt I that It gives give gl us not simply line hOc examples of ot typography tl but hilt works of ot living hiving Interest as literature Rich BIch or poor loor as us a n source of ot Information tion thon tribute to Dante Danto Is IH one of ot the Ito worlds most cherished ch elegies In Prose prore It has hll never neer been heen placed be before beloro before fore loro readers in a tI form torm com coin parable to that glen given It In the tho present instance To Mr tr version erslon tho publishers have hlo given a n perfect dress The fhe thin folio tollo Is a II beautiful of ot bookmaking beautiful in Its lis hold bold typography Its luxurious paper und and Its 1111 convenient proportions S 0 S Houghton Co took pleas pleasure I len tire lire In presenting the mayor of ot nor for Bordeaux deaux France through the thc lion Hon Albion W v Tourgee U 8 S consul with a 1 sot net of ot their sumptuous Press Pres edition of or Essays In Inconsideration Incon inconsideration consideration con of ot courtesies extended e by h the tho French authorities In lii permitting tho the examination and photographing of ot time tho famous Bordeaux edition of ot Mon Ion for tor reproduction In tho the bibliography graphy of or the new flew edition The rho mayor maor acknowledged the girt gift Itt In a 11 letter leller to toh Mr h Tourgee In to which ha he tendered his thanks In the name namo of ot the thit City of ot her Bor Bordeaux deaux In tn his hili own name for tor this publication by h which Houghton Co have well merited tho the gratitude of ot all nil those who have at t fI rt the perpetuation of ot the tho glory and fame famo of or our Illustrious compatriot Their work tork is worthy worth of ot tho the namu of ot Mon Man Montaigne whom wo we are lire particularly happy hlll py to see no so o highly appreciated In your great and beloved country Tho The letter l concludes by hy stating that the this 1 I ks 1 A will be tie placed In the taro care of ot the librarian ian llin of or th Bordeaux library M t Ray flay Raymond nil mond Celeste and antI treasured a as one of ot their most mOAl valuable possessions o S John Burroughs horn born April 3 1837 In a little farmhouse among the thu thoI Catskill at mountains lit III VH like moat moet other othel country boys t tio O acquainted with all RI I the tue hard ork of it farm tarot life 11 timid and en enJoyed Joyed oyed all III the tho of ot the tue woods I streams Ills IliA family were Iele poor pOOl ho forced to reed nt lit o t nn 1111 a ii early earl y date to Ian earn ii IllS his own a living which it It he lie did d itt by h h teaching At tt l this the age 11 of ot i h ftc chanced to read von 1 n is volume inc of ot If Audubon A and a nil thin Ihl I Ii is the tile turning turn In g point ii L In bin it I Ilife life Inspiring n II zeal for fol the tue study of ot sail and enabling him to w see e with keener kee oyes not hut only y the I ii birds s them t reives but bitt their and surround ings in gs ii ii tI m to hear he i with w I I h ii ment the peculiar calls anti songs gongs or of earn cach About lie HIP time limo of ot the civil 1111 var ar he lie liea a opted a clerkship p In lii the he t t ry de do at lit Washington where he lie re to 1 nine little years It was WR here that ho lie wrote his book HInk and 11 1 a It 1 purt it of ot the his t t Winter l ii Sun Sit it Millie lit lii It me to live 1110 liter I r again this the day I hud hlll i sv ith it hi tho tI birds irtis hi and auth In I a the of ot my IiI youth South I rolf the I itt hook book sitting at nl a 11 adi di sk In III front of ot an 1111 Ion roii wall I 1 was sas tile tho keeper of nt a vault In tn which v huh many ni a ny mil 1111 millions lions of ot banknote were cre stored During 1 my lay long of nr I took refuge In my pen pell How lIow my aly m mind reached from flom loin Iho ho I lion Iron I toil wall viii i In i ii front froli t of or a f me imie und sought unlace solace In iii of ot the birds und and andor or of Hummer Holds 1111 woo wood In ISM ho ht l the Iron iru n wRit wall In front of ot othI his bin hI desk for tor or a n largo large window overlook In iii I the lie t Hudson II I I and a ad the t I is vault nult fur Cor or a I vineyard Since Li ftc then Ihen t Ii ha lie has hati lived ii ved on the of ot the tue Hudson In the midst of ot the tue woods OIHI and which ho bo in cist enjoys 1 adding iii dully thu ii to 10 his hili fund of ot In III Information Information formation regarding rt the Ill of oC im ture t tile I I is clou lol habit hi t of oh OttIS fl I Iii coupled pIer with hi his hiM ears sift gift of to the render reader something of or his bin own OWl n II and a nil ii thu has luu ha s him i to Interpret nature In a n most delight delightfully delightfully fully fascinating way wR III Ht Its 1 the key ky to his hiM own he ho says If It I name every bird I see lee In III my m liI Walk lk de 1 lie Its color coIn I etc elc give a alot 1 alot lot of ii or about the tIle bird It IM is doubtful If It my 11 iii render Is Ix Interested But If It I relate the bird In some seine way Will to human life Ills to my ray m own OIl life allow what It I Is II to me nie and what whal It Is III In tita hlll and ami A the n do ilo I 1 nn T Tn give ulvo 11 my may I reader n II live e and not a II labeled iii specimen shed in SI Mr Ir Burroughs is II a nu 11 or I leisure who thoroughly hl enjoys the country lt unit and In tn bis bitt hll through the woods or orIn orIn In iii the thin he Is la always ready t to top stop and Investigate anything Hew flow or 0 Inter Intel I eating esting that he lie chance to may hilly see leo ec among the thc birds or squirrels or ni leeS bees or Oi In ill Insects sects Ills His Is long Ion life of at observation nn study stud has developed quick eyesight and n it keen keel of ot hearing which enable him to detect all Al the tho ac w activities it of ot nature and to place n II correct interpretation upon them tham to an nil In extent that few fuw other naturalists have rOIL rea realized When hen ho lie writes 1 ho Is simply pimp living over oer again the experiences exp which have hlo delighted him hini and the best ht be t explanation of ot the rare pleasure that la is Imparted hy his writings to every BIen render reader is I given In his own words I cannot bring my mily myself nl self to think of or my books book I BH as works because ho lu o little work bun 1104 hUl Hone guile to the tue making of at them It I has haH all al be been n play I base hlo gone or 0 camping or UI canoeing been tho the and a result I lt new lIsts lew literary material The writing has lits hii of or the book was sync only n a I second and liner InH I enjoyment nl of or my holiday In iii II the lie fields or woods OO not hot till til tho the writing did dl It I really rely seel to ci strike In and become becom purt of ot me mo artil HO so the reader leAder seems I to 10 participate J In iii thU finer Oner enjoyment of ot a I holiday in III the ito fields or woods S o S S Delightful as I are ae his Interpretations of ot nature Mr All II has hUI nut not con COIl confined lOl I lined fined to lo that kind kin of ot literary work hut but has hUll given us lS n IL number of Jt t books of ot essays of ot which his study ot or Whitman Is the most mOlt Impotent ThU comprises nn all ni entire en tre volume and alit there thele Are three other volumes of at essays on ott literature science criticism philosophy and religion Hid I hIl 1 volume Is en Im entitled entitled titled Fur Far 11 and Nol 1 It I duals deals unit prin principally with wih a n Journey to Alaska hat but a It 1 portion ot or It raters rs to a n visit of ot Jamaica thus thull giving Mr h Burroughs an opportunity opportunity to exercise Ids his own peculiar p cullar pow powers powes ers es of at observation and his hi intense en on enthusiasm el In lands far til distant and quite different from his own of ot till hook book the tue Edinburgh I Scotsman says Since Richard died tiled there l itt Is nobody writes so 80 well wel In English about and and aith the open air I the life of or free birds and beasts as us does Mr John furloughs Burroughs The volume OH au lt |
