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CLADSIONE'S ' GREAT CAREER
Juztin MoOarthy Bviewa Some Qualitloa of
His Lif and lUs Geniuz.
. A CONSISTENT OPPONENT OF WAR
UflUfl4I&q4 fiierpiid In nnit Sinntliy
VJ1t All thsit C.ieerncI the % VeI-
itrr Of tite 1ItsIn Rnee-IIrcc-
S dor or ( riztt lu'eviictt.
S The New York Inilepeadent of May 26
contaIns the followitig kctch ot the polttkai
. career of V11flam Ewart Oladstone from the
pen of Justiti McCarthy , M. P. :
M05t. of us have. it omo Umo or othOr
S itn4f with a deepening nd n1tnot pathetic
intereat. , watched the unet that Ia some-
c tlinca to he seoti In a country with a warm
t cilmato. T ho sun , apparently , ha5 done It
) course. atfd yet It lingers nnil llngers and
4 . ecnd It brrnid and bcatitful $ light all over
tt the western aky ; and oven vhen it secrn
to have aunk nltbgother it tllI Illumines
S the horizon again anti again , a if It were
'
trlvIng ngaln5t nature and unwilling to
leave the Rceno It had enriched and gladdened -
dened So long. The thought of such a sunset -
? set must have come back to tlt InlndB of
5
many among us who watched the closIng
t days of Mr. Gladstone's great cflreor. NewS
S , settled ourselves down to the melancholy
SS coiivlctloa that all was over , and yet again
: and again the state of the sinking man
ecmed to strengthen and to recover , and
our minds Were filled with a now hope. and
we fancied that the whole carcor was not
b over yet , and that some months , or even
t yonrs , of happy , resttul quietude remained
to him vIto had struggled sr much and ac-
. S coinpllsliatl sHelL great nehievonients. In
truth , It was hard for those who had followed
; I Gladstone's careov throuh so runny fruitful ,
- : active years to believe that all was really
: coming to an end. lcw inca now living can
, remember the begInning of that career.
Most of Us had grown accustomed to It atid
S regarded It as one of tito great moving
S forces ot the age ; ami , even after the Parlia-
mont.itry work was abandoned forever , we
kept looking for some new expression , by
pen or tongue of Mr. Glndstone's unconuer-
t able interest In the doings and the welfare
of the huniun race. It. was hard1 indeed , to
believe that that marvelous activity had
passed from the world at last. It Is , of
course , too soon as yet. to attempt to mark
out Mr. Gladstone's distinct Place in history -
tory , but there are , at least , some qualities
of his life and ht genius on which the
3udgment of history may with confidence he
anticipated. Gladstone has taken his place
amotig thu greatest of Engilsht statesmen ;
his niutie is written down In the list of
Ingland's greatest orators ; as a Pnrilniuotit-
ary orator lie ranks with .Jlohlnghroko and
Pitt and Fox. F'or many years back no
; European statesman , except Prince ills-
marek alone , occupied so niucli ot tile attention -
tion of the world , and it intuit be reinein-
. bered that Prince flismarek was the prime
mover In events vIiichi copipehled the at-
tontlon of the world to a degree such as no
career of domestic reform can efton hope to
rival , Peace , no doubt , hath her victories
no less renowned than war-that we are
all fond of saying. and it proves itselt a
truth in the long run , hut tlio victories of
war attraat more of the woriils attention
at' ' the time , and the war trumpet is often
the loudest. trumpet Qf fame.
' . : i r. UIiilStOhIe'N l'ol It leiti Career.
Mr. pindstonp's pohittcaicrtrcer hadjitthi or
iothiinj to (10 witl&warrThoro was only one
j great var- during His time in which Englanul
was ever concerned , and Gladstone was not
one of the promoters of that war , and it
military honors were shared ivIti other ,
powers , anti the. whole Critnean struggles
OfllCd in little or nothing after all. Not
once during the whole of Gladstono's long
S ' career wna Engiandiput in anything hike the
national peril which Bisniarck ; hind to meet
t In. Prussia , and Cavour had' ' to risk for Stir. .
, dlnla. Therefore It is something to say that
GlAdstone divided among statesmen of the
European continent. the attention of the
world' ' for many years hack with flismarek ,
and to say 1t Is but to say the truth ,
Gladatona had to do wlth domestic legislation -
tion and domestic retormsu almost altogether -
gother ; hionever , haduto encounter. oven such
' acrIsia nsthat which' ' Canning , encountered
wben ho called In the , now' world to redress
¶ the balaucopof thoohd Yet tlie.uattention of
Europe , of AmerIca and of. all , civilized
states fohiowod Mr. Gladstone's movements.
with as close and Intense an Interest as
though lie vore a awn likely ati any mo-
meat to tiurpriBo the vorld asNapoleoirlll.
did more than once. by a now anti unexpected -
pectod policy. of war. Every one can understand -
stand the keen anxiety with which the
movements of Lord PaIRnerston wore at one
time followed by the povulations of con-
tinental. Europe , Pahmerston was but the
foreign secretary or : the' ' prime minister of' a
constitutional country awl he could not , as
Louis Napoleoii might , make waroff his own
good with and pleasure. . Yet lie was always
dlshOReil ) to nit utterance that eetiiod warlike -
like , mid people never know vlien Palmer-
ston might not say something which would
sound like a provocatIon to war. Gladstone's
' whole temperament turned him away from
war , except as an Inevitable necessity. Thu
policy of brag and bluff and bluster ho always -
ways regarded as nierely vulgar , or else
absolutely criminal. Therefore , when lie
drew on hihnseif the attention of foreign
poiuillations , it'as only because even
strangers Colt that the work lie was doing
for tile own PeOPle was such as to be worth
the interest and the attention of all civilized
beings , Gladstone vAs often charged by his
Political opponents vIthi having frequently
changed hits opinion , Gladstone , in fact , was
not only a statosniun , but a titan of genius ,
nail ho soon found that. a priori convIctions
are not the best means of dealing with the
everchangiiig conditions of our social systemni
. & 1'rogresiie $ datcsiuin.
The admirers of Gladstone are constuatly
reminded by their opponents. that IiIr , Glad-
_ _ _ _ _ atone , in his early I'arhiamentnry days , ad-
AnnuaiaMrovorOOO ooo no , . .
I
V PILLS.
ro BILIOUS AID NERVOU8 DISORDERU-
such as Wind and Pain in the ttoinneh ,
GiddIness , Fti1usui alter. meals , licati' .
ache. Iizzinesa , Broweineiui , Flusbingjs
of heat , 140:33 : of Appetite. Costiveness ,
Blotches en the Skin , Cohil Chills , Did-
I turboti Elop. i'rightful Dreanis.aiid nil
nervous atid 'l'rombhliig Sensations.
. T1U FiRST DOSE WILL GIVE BELIEF
S IN TWENTY MIIilJTES. Every aufforo
I will aekitowiodgu them to 1)0
A WONDERFUL MEDICINES
IEEC.UtM'H P1 lAS , taken aa direct. . . .
: ed , wiliqtiekiyrsstoro , Feiiiaics to corn.
I plots hoaith. 'Zlioy promptly remove
j obstructioiis or Irregularities of thin sys.
tern and cure hiciz ltcuducbe. ifora
Weak Stomach
Impaired Digestion
. , Disordered Liver
IN MEN , WOMEN OR CHILDREN
S flooohnm's' Pills are
Without. a Rival
I An4 his , . iii.
LARCEST SALE
fal3y I'LIICUI MsdZclne In tha 'or1d.
o , it l1 Pz'ug Stores ,
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vocated this or .that measure , which ho
afterward caine to oppose , and opposed this
of that measure , ' of which hi , attehcard became -
came the most strenuous advocate. One is
calmly reminded of these facts , just as St ho
were hot alreadyquitc aware of theme just
as if ho did not regard Gladstone's ' openness -
nessto new ideas and to fresh evidence
and to the convictions founded upon them
as one of his chief claims to the gratitude of
poterity. Gladatono began life as a tory of
the tories. Now , let us ask ourselves what
motive lie hind for gradually giving up tory-
ism altogether. lIe was not. an adventurer
iii politics ; ho had nothing to adventure
for ; ho belonged to a very wealthy family of
Liverpooi ho was started in life with the
most ample means ot pursuing a vohltlcnl
career. With his genius. his education anti
his eloquence ho might have maintained for
the tory party a political po3ition and rcpu-
tatlon , at least. as high as it had in the best
clays of Sir Robert Peei , lie seemed marked
outby every condition and b every attrjbuto
SW' ho I3eel u desom' ' In . 'th& leadership ot
the tory party. When. l'eel broke up his
party by prochnining himself a free trailer ,
and thereby gave to Mr. Disraeli hiI first
chance of political power , Gladstone's con-
vletlons hitul already rendered it impossible
for hiini to hold to' this party , for he , as vehl
as Peel , had changed his opinions on what
then seemed to be the' vital 'question of
toryism. VhmaL was there , except a common
conviction on some points , and some points
alone , to attract him toward the hiberal
party ? WItmout Imputing merely personal
motives to Disraeli , It may at least be admitted -
mittod that. there must have been a natural
temptation to , a man of his gtta and his
ambition..to. t.urn to a party which , after
I'ccl's political fall , eemnetl to be absolutely
In want 'of a ' brilliant , a daring anti a
capable leader. A prize was put within
Disraeli's reach , which lie might have spent
his whoie life vainly in' looking for under
cUier conditions , amid ho nuist surely liavo
felt tempted to give up the radical opinions
with which he had started into public life
anti to try for the proud position of tory
leader. There was not a man on the tory
side who' ' could have been compared for a
sIngle moment with Disracil , for ability , for
'courage and for I'arhiamentary eloquence.
Glii.istoiie us ii illierni ,
flut what were tim toniptationa to Gladstone -
stone to become' liberal ? On the liberal
side of thin house lie saw , men hike Lord
Palnierston , who , although little indeed of a
genuine reformer , yet was able to lead the
party for years nnd.years by the force of his
cleverness , his knowledge of hunian weak-
flosses and his lOWer to amuse afld to
captivate thin house of Comiiions. Then
there was Lord John Russol , one of the
greatest liberal statesmen England hiss ever
bail , nod among thostt not in office or anxious
were macli hike Cobdcn and Dright , each of
wlioni could sway multitudes out-of-doors ,
anti cacti of whom could hold the breathless
interest of the House of Comniimons , one of
them , Jolmi : l3rIghit , being , so far as my
juilgniciit goes , the only real oratorical rival
Gladstone over had In Parliament. What.
was there to teflilt a merely ambitious man
to cast In hits lot with a party thus rich in
the intellect and the intelligence and the
ehoquonce of Its' leaders ? Later on , what
temptntion was there to a merely ambitious
man to take upon himself the task of developing -
veloping and supplemnentiug the policy left
unfinished by the great reform bill of 1832 ?
Glnthstonb fell fr mn power for a time because -
cause he felt- bound to undertake that task
anti lie went on hIs path of reform as unconcernedly -
concernedly as If. nothing baa happened.
Whmnt had ho to gain by taking up tile
national cause of Ireland and striving to deal
with its. iniquitous. land laws and going in
at.last fort the support of homs.rule5 His
flrsb home rule measure lost' ' him hits place
and hits ministry and be entoa 'preparing
for another and. a bettor home rule meas-
nrc , which ho brought forward when ho
caine into power again , and which , In Its
turn , , sent him out of power once more. Had
he been a younger meat he would have
worked and waited patiently until a aew
, chiancocamoanPho would have carried. his
drlsii.pollcy intbe end. All this is only said
tto prove-it Indeed , proof be needed for
suoh fts purpose-thtt. through. the whole
course of his loxg , career Gladstone acted
only in obedience to conscience and to con-
victioa.
it floniestlo Reformer.
.
I' ' have said' that Gladstone's main career
waa that' of a domestic reformer. But , of
courae , it can never. be forgotten that Glad-
1stone'a Interest as a statesman , was never
narrowed down to the mere consideration
of domestic reform , No great national cause
ever thrilled the. heart at any European
poptmlatioa but Gladstone's heart and mind
: lvent. OUt to It. With interest and with syrn-
pathy. Ha did more thnnany other English
statesmen. of , his time to forward the cause
'of ' Italian unity. Ito did niorh than nn
other English statesmnan of his time to
forward the cause of Greece. Some of the
latest appeals which1 came from his pea dur-
lag his retirement. . from public life were
1in favor' of thio claims of Groeee and had
Gladstone's voice been allowed to ( lietato
to thtoiiq vhio were : in power the complete
emaiicipation of Greece anti of the Greeks
from the oPpression of Turkey would have
been accomplished before now.Vhon Ito resigned -
signed thin leailershiip of the liberal party.
fhsn In onnositlon. years anil years nra ,
wns drawn back to the front piaco again by.
his Intense synipatiiy with the wrongs and
thie sufferIngs of thin Christians under Turk-
tsh rule. The emancipated nad growing
Ihulgarlan state is distinctly the creation of
his , policy and his humanity , During his
retirement from public life ho sounded a
mnngmiiflcont trumpet call more than once
on behnlfof : tIme. Armenians , whom the policy
of' ' Europe left to be massacred by tile of-
ficiala of. tIm sultan at Turkey. Some of
his enemies were fond of accusing him of
extravagance' in his chIvalrous appeals. for
the rescue of the unfortunate Armenian
populations. If it Wti extravagance , then
nit impassioned philanthropy is oxtavaganco
when it cries out against. the wrongs In-
ilicted on a people. with whiomu the iiliilan-
thiropist's own interests have no imoicdiato
concern ,
'I' o Much , o ii I'artlsaii. . *
I am not going to say that.I.ahways agreed
with Mr , Gladstoae in tln views which lie
took with regard to foreIgn affairs I know
vohl that in tile minds of many. who love
liberty as well as any ope. can love it ha
made himseifton much otappetisan In some
of the tnteraal struggles of Italy. I think
It was unwise of him when , ow one memorable - .
able occasion , ho made a sweeping cbnrgu
against the whole domestic , anti foreign
policy of Austria. Everybody now admits
that lie made a curious miiiatake when hence
nco went out pf his way t sound the
praises of Jefferson Davis , T1iat mistake
was followed by a frank and generous ox-
hilaiiattoli and apology , as , indeed. was the
much less obvious mistake with regard tq
AUstria , Rut. who nouN have expected that
ai man of Mv , Gladatuatt' . earnest and
imnsstonata symnpathzies could always express
his convictions and never make a mnistnkol
Alt that concerns us is to know that his
whale nature struggled aftem the right anj
that nothing ignoble or selfish or , miiereiy coa-
ventiouai over influenced his Judgment or
Inspired hits voice. It was liii natural In ,
stItict to champion the cause of ho weak
against the strong , even as lie champioiiot
the cause of the Irish tenant against tIm
Irish landlords and of the poor Christian
populations against. their Ottoman rultr.
It was consistent with the man's wbolq
career that ho sliouhul have resigned pulht
life at. a ttmqo when be had become convinceth
that be could no longer be of as much
cx'yLce tu thaeotraho had been , Lu bi
years of greater strength. ? .Iftny , ovemi
among his own closest foliojvers , were disposed -
posed to finti fault with kiln for having. 'it
I may use such an expression , thrown up
the sponge so soon , lint It has to be borne
in mind that for many years Mr Giatistone
had bern sIncerely anxioua for a rest from
the exactions and the turmoil of 'politicat
life. No one who knew him could doubt for
a moment hint ho was sIncerely dOMrc5us ot
a quiet life whan ho resigned. theteader-
ship of thin liberal party in 1875 , anti that.
as I have said , he only came back f'o the
front , bocnuse.tlie cry of the suffering Huh.
garians sounded in his ears like a trumpet.
call to duty.
Tastes nntl Inclinations.
We iiao nil been so much in the habit or
regarding Mr. hhatlstone as a great Parlin-
mentary orator and a statesman of incessant
activity that we do not always remember
how his tastes and irioltaptions tIrew him in
different ways. Ito had , at one tinm ii
great desire ot onterIhthie"diniicb and was
only prevented from taking such a step by
the poitivo authority orhis father , anti it.
was but tim other ilaytitat I remt1an article
iJ an able writer , vhi contended that the
either Gladstone hitiul made a mistake in this
exercise of his authority , soul that his son
would hiavo been greater as an ecclesiastic
than even as a statesman. Then , agsjn , we
all know what a love , tiinomthtitig almost tea
a passion , for books was always burning In
Gladstone's mind , and how , when the retirement -
tirement front public life canto at last , ha
found his best enjoyment by steeping hint-
self in study. Therefore , we must make full
allowance , indeed , for the decision to withdraw -
draw from public life which caine as a
disappointment to some of Mr. Gladstone'
follOwers. Ills country owed him this much
rest , and all who admired him must. tech
comfort. in the thioughit of those days spent
in the reading of books within sight of the
Mediterranean anti the blue hills and the
island of the Iron Mask. No retirement
could have converted hini quito into a
philosopher , as the word philosopher Is coni-
mealy understood now. He could not have
given himself up altogether to tim study of
wisdom for wlstiomn's own sweet sake. Every
how and then , as we learned during his ye-
tiremnent at. Caniies , the news of sonic in-
lustice iioiio in the far-away world would
reach lila ears auth lie wotilti put aside the
books of philosophy or of literature or of
art and manifest liiB convictions by a letter
atidressed to the conclenco of thin worlul.
Ho was hot , by any macanti , and he never
tried to be , a cain : and perfected man , the
totus teres atque rotundus of tile great
Latin poet. ills was a nature of quick
emotion , of generous impulse , of convictloiis
which sometimes caine gradually and slowly
as an autumnal dawn , and sometimes as a
stititlen flash of unexpected light , It would
be too much to say that lie hia left no great
work undone whichi lie ever nttemnitecI to ac-
comphishi. Hut it is not by any menus too
much to say that lie attcniptcti no great
work in the best , days of his career which he
diii not carry far enough to make its ac-
cornphlshrnent by others merely a question of
time. There will be no reaction in English :
tegiBlatlon against any of the great move-
meats which Mr. Gladstone inspired anti
directed , Ho baa set a grand example to
all thin conilng statesmen of hits country ;
thin example of one who throughout all the
brightest part of hits career' believed that
thin very soul and spirit of statesmaiiship is
not to be found ill expediency , but in Justice ,
and who Proclaimed that thin highest duty
of a state Es to follow that guidance whither-
soover. it may lead. His life must have
been , on the \vhiohe , one of singular happi-
ness. He had a home of which lie was the
light and the joy , a heart .whichi never
could have zrrhjr' an unworthYi senti-
inent and iio accotnphtahed many. g'reat po-
liticai achievements , the least. of which
would secure fame enough : to satisfy the
moat ambitious mind.
1IIASv's : ShIO'I' A' ! ' IIEED.
lie 'l'hiiiks Evesi GnhrIcI , Coitll. J
Outivit the Speaker.
A. few days ago a'group of public men
and inca who were not exactly pubiie , but
who. evinced. a lively iatercst In affairs ,
were engage'd in conversation in one of the
hotelt hobbies in5 Washington , relates. the
Chicago' Record. ' One of' the company. Was
Senator Mason of Illinois , which is as much
a8 saying that the talk was about Cuba.
They hail reached that point where it' was
proper to criticiso those who are causing
delay In the progress toward Cuban inde-
pondeaco. Senator Mason romarketh that.
in that connection he had had a dream.
"I dreamed , " lie said. in answer to the
Insistent detnantls that ho relate tIme vision ,
'that. the last : day had come , 'when thin
dead were to be called tip to an accounting ,
I stood cni a convenioiit eminence and
hooked down upon' a boundless reach of territory -
ritory , . where' ' the dead of yesterday and
the dead. . of long. ago were awaiting the
summons , There were great men and outcasts -
casts , warriors , lawmakers , orators' amid
thieves , generals , sewing niachine ngeats ,
college professors and laborers-oh , mnih-
lions and millions of them , alL lying there
waiting expectantly. There were women ,
too , and little children , thin whole popula-
tton of thin world , miot only of this day , but
of all the tImes gone before. Angels stood
about and there was. a sound of that sneak
music which accompanies great and tunuit-
unus events as we see them wrought out
on tim stage. Suddenly near me I saw a
spirit , or being , or whatever you please to
call it , moving forward to get a good , corn-
mending lilace where thin acoustics would
be at their best , It held In its hand a kind
of trumpet. and at once I recognized Ga-
briel. Mounting a rock that jutted out of
tile hillside , Gabriel put his trumpet to
his hips nail was about to blow the signal
for the ending of the world. when sutldenhy
a piping , treble voice , which seemed to
gather volume because of being backed up
by voluminous lungs , drawled nasally :
, . 'Thin gentleman is out of order , The
chair recognizes thin gomiticmnan from Maine
to continue the discussion of the , naval up-
propriation bill. '
"And at Torn. Reed's cothmaud , " said
Senator Mason , "Gabriel meekly sat down
and the thing was postponed for another
day. "
) OQ LOOI ( $ WiT EDIL ItATIONS.
Stures UI , a Soitmihy Of Uoiics for is
Lousy Sea Voyage.
Aboard the Portuguese bark Induatria ,
miow taking a large cargo of oil. at l'oint
lhrcoze. relates thin I'Iiihndeithia ! Record
thieve is an intelligent little mongrel dog ,
which always attracts attention among the
iit'oplo at the point whenever thin ateanier
comes there , They call the aniiuel "Scaven-
gem' , " by repon of his peculiar trait of gath.
ering to himself all the old bones he can
flail and hoarding them up to serve as food
on his5 long voyage hioum to Lisbon. The In-
dusti-la pulled Into 'Point Breeze early last
week and the dog was ashore before she
touched thin wharf. Scavenger was Impa'
tient to get after his bones and when the opportunity -
portunity offered he jumped from the
steamer to' a tug. thence to a lighter and
from there to the shore , Ho found a good ,
likely bone by the time his floating home
hind tied up to the vliarf and hurried aboard
to tilde it , Ills great sagacity leads him to
the iiiost out of the way parts of the ship ,
whiere lie knows his treasures are not likely
to be found and disturbed , All week Seav-
eager was as busy laying in his stores as
the muon wore iii loathg the cargo of oil. and
he'll keep hits work up until the last whiatie
blows , One of the werkmea who have been
watching the dog expresses the opinion that
Scavenger has aot'less than 350 bones stored
sway aboard tb l4R.
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: McClure's Magazine
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General Fitzhugh Lee The Fighting Leaders
Personal litipressiolis of Spaiiisli 1Lilc iii Cubit . By I. A. Coolidge
Tile conditlonol Limo lO0IO romimmisconcea of Woyler cmiii flinmmco ; Chat'a04t' slthtchioa , nnecdt'tos anti portraits of notable muon In tim
lij views on tIme govcrnniont of Cuba and the uvonts lending up to tim ' army itimel navy , such a Ailtuiral Dewey , Admiral Sampson , Captain 1vmuis1
vat' Splendidly Illustrittcd. Mitny UzipubiIshcLt.l'hotugrnphs , ' Gtiiiot'itiVliecler , Upnoral Miles , amid utli rs. Many Portraits.
'Songs of the New Navy : Wheii-Jo.huiny Went
flyjitines ilarties , , . ,
1archiiig Out
Spl'itcml , poems of the Ships of Steel , of Tnm'rot Jack and tlio Black -
Gangof rapid flee guns and torpedo bunts. Tue best scmgs yet 'ritten 01 l3y 'V A. Vhitc.
niodorn war sh1s , and their Inca ,
lloino sCones , Leaving for tIm war , A moving , stirring POQU1 & 11
prose. Ilitistratloims by Orson Luivcll ,
Au American Manila
Iii the Field with Goinez
By J , E. Stus'iims.
133W Grover flint.
ItIr. Stovomig vas for aomo tune in bits1ius , In Manilit and gives a
gl'o , uimconveiitional account of life in the l'h1111)1)ttIes uiidce Spanish ihi' , FIiiit was with Goiie. sevordi mouths and gives a vivid character
mule. ' % Vith reoumit. ttiipublbtlisd Photogrtphs. almntch of the Cuban luadom' . Illustrated faoin Sletclies Inmidu itt
, '
Giiiiiez's Ciinp. '
The Household of General Nelson A. Miles
' the Hutidred Tliotisa.iid
'Iiu ilest of three aeticlos cuitaiimlng thu ( iunoi'nl's inipressions of
By' Ira Syinoiir ' Foreign Arniies and Lenders
Social hifo In the thu Union with Incidolits and stories
Arniy of , many
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lie saw them during his tone of lnt'opo last 'em'tr. ' Fully Illustrntcmd.
of absorbing interest.
The Cost of War
How the War
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NANSEN'S ' 1RCTIC JOURNEY
New and 'Ppi4a ; 'Ediltion of the story of
, u1Orth : Pole Search.
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NEW STUDY O' SPANISH " HISTORY
NOvel Ienliiig with Carltst l'relcnderN
. -SIen.Eiignged lit Literary Work-oiL
Account of Wnr-litMlioi ) Perry'S
Buok-Uook iul Mngaiulnes.
The American peoplo. are as familiar
with the voyage of Frtdtiof Nausea Into the
polar regions a few years ago as arc the
people of Europe and his journey has beam :
'praised ' Ia America as freely as that of.
any American explorer. It Is therefore fitting -
ting that at a time when another expedition -
tion is being , fitted out under the leadership -
ship of an American newspaper correspond-
ant the Harpers should bring out a popular
edition of the story of Nausea's journey-
a one-volume edition containing aubstan-
tially everything that was to be found in
tbo more costly edition. Naiisomfit "I"arth-
est worth" is the story of a wonderful jour-
nay in search of the North Pole. ? amusen
himself is a remarkable man. Ho is a
man of courage and great conceptions. He
.18 a student : and a keen observer. He ha's
tact and can coiiiuiamid great resources. He
makes 'plnln that be did not start upon his
polar trip hastily and without due consideration -
oration of the perils he was to encounter ,
for be introduces tIme story of his oxilorn-
ttons with n brief account of other expiorn-
tions in the far north. 110 begins far back
will : the old Norsornen and their oumnols
to Ireland , Greenland amid the coast of
North America. lie tells of the various cx-
peditiona by Franklin , Greeloy , Do Long
and others , anti. shows how he hind been led
to believe that the North Polo mIght be
reached , not by the use of sledges alone
nor on a steamslui9 , but by using both of
then : combined. TIme prehinInarles for the
Nansen oxpcthittoii were the completeat.
The story of the journey Is a thrilling
one. Namuuemt teli of the partIng , from
friends In Nor'vay , of the first few nIghts
on tim trackless ocean , of thin first ice encountered -
countered amid fogs and adverse winds , of
the final pushIng on through innmty nilles
of broken ice floating cmi the edgea of the
b'olar sea , of thyn freezimig up of hits staumiehi.
iittlo vesel as he had expected it would ,
and then the Ippg wait , of tle winter igbt , ,
drifting withi the immense ice Iack of tim
north. That winter night was a long one.
The Fram remcalixed frozen In the Ie dur-
lag ( ho winter of 1893-4 , all of 1S'Jl and
uiitll July , 1895LTlfo narrative of how this
long lieriod : Yf ( rpSmit by the small party
of explorers Is : nqmneane as monotonous
aa oao might expect' It to be , There : vero
a number of ¶ ztU'onturca' and there was
muomnetiting for Itemn to do nil the timne
Then the lon3 journey on sledges. taken
by Nanson amid' ' . companion over the ice
flehdH is tloscm'i in a manner to impress
the reader extreme danger of the
tasin it was or this Journey that Nanscii'a
Larthcst nozth"O was reached , the feat
whicji has made tilni famous ,
The charm of , I'anscn's story is that it is
simply told wtipUt. effort at exaggeration
or undue. glorifidation of the writer , ' Nansen
writes vell ttndihakea hits narrative interesting -
esting , lie bi.tckcd out thin most inter- .
eating topics apd given attention to lad-
dents that are most impressive. While ho
was northward bent iii a wild chase for a
phantomn be batl.thie good souse to over bear
In mind the perspective of his journey. lie
haS been more than explorer and hits book
Is the result. The hiustrations are many
and handsome , though a few niaps or charts
"Would have added to the value of the book.
Harper , Ii liro. , New York , 3.
It is doubtful If them can be found in
any other single volume published an corn- .
irehenisive and clear a view of the essential
facts of Spanish history as Illustrating Spami-
uk character as in Fernold's new book on
'The Spanisd in History. " Rev. James 0.
Fornold , author of a "Study of the Inquisition - .
tion , " and associate editor of the Standard
dictionary , IlLs nade a special study of
Spaaiah history and Ia this volume line
J&Ivea a brief resume of the ; inc1pa1 cveut.s
of Spanish history , a sketch of thin origin and
character of the Spanish race , the rise of
the modern Spanish monarchy , the coii-
quests , iiiethocls of warfare and diplomacy ,
the settlement , govcrnmeIm end treatment
of colonies , antl other historical topics. His
work shows coneltisively that the long series
ofoppressioas and cruelties Ia Cuba and other
islauiihs i hut thai' ctinsisteat development
and outcome of Spamiish iohicY and in accordance -
dance with thie character- the' Spanish tin-
tion as' ' manifested in the history of the na-
tioii for more than four centuries. The u
author has fortified hits positiomi throughout
by constant quotation and citation of standard -
dard works on the different divisions of
the subject , so that the book is at. once seen
to be not a war time phillppic but. a truly hits-
torical review , with strenuous and painstak-
tng endeavor for accuracy and justice-not.
invalidating , however , vigor and decisiveness
of conclusiotis. Among the chapters that
are most striking are those on "The conquest
of Granada. "The Inquisitioii , " "The Expul-
sloe of thme Jews and Moors , " "The Spiintard
on the Throne. " and "The Spaniard In the
Netherlands. " With colored maps of Cuba
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and Spnum and some account of the islands t
hold as colonies. Funk & Wagpahls Corn-
pany , , New York , 75 cents.
Under the title of "Thin Spanish Plot , " a
story by F. A. Handle , evidently a reprint ,
has made a timely appearance. It is a story
of three or four nations and two continents ,
a story : vithi the claims of the Caritats to
the Spanish throne as the thread holding It
together In all its parts and. yet Including
something of thie history of the effort to
establish : a I3onaparte on the Spamiish throne ,
the troubles of the J3ourbomia throughout thin
century , thin connection of Napoleomi III with
thin Mexican empire under Maximilian , thin
treatment of the United States during the
rebellion by the European powers , the re-
pubhtcan movemnomit imi Spain , the restora'
( ton timid a great niany other hiistoric mid-
( heats of this closing ceiitury. There is a
great deal of historical information imi the
story amid It is nIl interwoven with a charmi : .
tag Btory of adventures. It is a good beck
to read at. this timo. F. Tennyson Noeley ,
Now York. t0 cents.
The war with Spain hma naturally Interfered -
fered with the manufacture of thnurncrablo
books , Many well lmnowmi artists and nuthiorn
who were at work uiOn books of various
kinds were suddenly surnnomied into service
or else engaged for war vork by the illustrated -
trated poriolicals. The plans of several pub-
ushers have been seriously disturbed in con. .
sequence , Among those who have been
drawn : intothe maelstrom are Rufus F. Zog-
baumi : , the kreat niarimie. illustrator , who has
boon at work' for the Harpers at I'ortress
Monroe ; William J , Homidorson , who was
drafted in the first squad of the naval reserves -
serves aboard the niomiitor Nahiant ; James
flames , the historian of the war of 1812 , anti
also a member of the naval reserve ; Stephen
Crane , thin novelist , who has just comae from
England as a correspondemit of the London
Daily Chronicle , anti one or two syndicates ;
and Poultney fligehow. the wall known :
writer , who recently left England for thin
purpose of taking part in the war.
The late Bishoii Perry of Iowa' was a
great student und an nuttier of note , The
Davenport Democrat , published at his home
by one who was his lifelong friend , says
that his greatest work was his "History
of the Episcopal Church in Macrica. " This
was issued by James IL Osgood In 1885. ,
It. was a fine work'ns to mnattar , Ihiustra-
Lions and mochamiical execution , hut unfor-
tunateiy is out of hiriat now , owing to time
fact. that the vlates wore all destroyed by
lire at l.iouitou , I'recetiing and following
this scores of volumes , large and small. left.
Lie pen and were given publication. They
range all the way fromn large volumes to
emnahi pamphlets of the size of a single
aermnon. They aggregate almost UO in aunt.
hem' aod their combined volume is very
large. In fact the writings and collations
of Bishop I'erry constitute a practically per-
feet and complete library of the Episcopal
church , with alt correlated matters , in this
country , No other churchman has ever ap-
preached him In the output of his , pen ,
Ihesida tile own writings , which went to
i'einforeo so many other libraries in the
country , as well as on tb other side of the
water , BIshop Perry , during his long pojiod
of activity , gathered a splendid library , of
which lie was the master , Not long ago
Lit , , ws. looked upon au. the flasat ccalcsl-
astlcal library in the Ijnlteti States ; at.
least thin fimiest in hirivate hmamule , It coma-
lirlscil mimnny tlousamuis of volumes , repro-
seated the work in collection of a lifetime
and was worth a very large suii of money.
At one tune Bishop I'erry offered to give
this library to the diocese if it in turn
would provIde suitable and safe housing for
it. but thin offcrivns not accepted' and a
great opportunity was lost.
In the. Juno number of the Forum Repre-
semitative John A. T. Hull , who represents
the capttoi district of Iowa in comigress and
was formnerly secretary of state and later
lieutenant-governor , tells about the army
reorganization bill he pushed through comi-
gross rocemithy. lie states that it is notwhat.
it ought. to be , but it is a long step in the
right direction , and lie makes a good. argu-
macmit. in favor of other changes along the
same line , Other tiniely articles in this
miumber of the Forum are : "Our War with
Spain ; It Justice and Necessity , " by Scan-
tor Foraker ; "Cuba and Its Value as a
Colony , " by Robert T. Hill of the United
Stntos Geographical Survey , and "The War
for. Cimba , " by Joseph H. Chamberlain , war
correspondent. of , the Now York I'ost anti
I3ostomi Transcript. All these relate to the
topic uppermost. in the mninds of the people
this year , Another excellent article in thIs
climber of the Forum is on the "Social. .
Conditions in Our Newest Territory , " by
Helen C. Candee , In which : shun discusses
freely cootiltiomis as they actually exist in I
Oklahoma , It is an interesting study of the
development of a new society on land that
was hold for the benefit o the Indians. up to
emily a few years ago ,
One of 11:0 now cheap magazines that is
making Its way against competition that is
comnnion hut not strong Is Ainslee's , pub-
lislieth in New York. The cover desigmis of
Alpslee's are fresh amid inviting and thin
comitetits of the magazine do not belie time
invitation , The June number lisa an ox-
cellejit accoumit of the paintings of Gilbert
Gaul by Theotloro Dresier , profusely , lilus-
trated iron : time orlgtnams or the nrtmst ; n
story of battleship buIlding , illustrated , giving -
ing a popular account of operations at lImo
Cranps ship yard : an account of the Traits-
muissisaippi Exposition ; a. description of
hSOUIIO imine life of die othlcers in the
Amnerlcan navy and mmamiy oilier good
articles. The illustrations are good and
the magazine generuhly filled with timely
articles ,
Sophie Swott lies collected her best known
St. Nicholas , Wide Awake , Youth's Corn-
panion unit Harper's Young People stories iii
a new , delightful and deftly woltled cornbtna-
tiomi which she calls "flhlborry Boys and
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Girls. " It Is a capital piece of work by pnn
of tIm very beat and jmiost. popular delinea-
tore of New England rural life , The book
hats just been issued by Loibrop Publishing i
company ,
Among the new school text books just
published by the American 1300k company
is onus for Greek schiolars giving l'iato's
"Apology of Socrates. " "Crito" and a pail
of the "Phuiedo" arranged for school use by
Prof , Kitchol of Yale , Thin text is preceded
by an initrouluctlomi which : gives a clear and
comprehensive outline of the life , character
and works of 'the ' great master , particularly
explaining what It. was in his character antI
Intellectual trocesses by virtue of which lme
made an epoch. in phiiosoptiy. $1.25 , Another
language boolc is "Latin I'rose Composition -
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Prof Tuttle of hirooklyn , N. Y , This is base' !
on Caesar , Napes and Cicero , anti thin exer-
cieoa.airii to gIve not only practice in trans.
iation but also a conmiected synopsis of the
works em : which they are basotl , ' cemite ,
Thu "Story of Caesar" is another recemit
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once accurate and attractive. intelligible to
young amid olul , all thin inmportamit events in
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Those who take especial delight in detect-
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Li. Lynch's "The Unseen hand , " whichi is
not put forth.as . a detective story , but it is
So full of mystery and so wierd and strange
in all its chapters that it would naturally
fall under that classifIcation. Iynch is a
cloves' weaver of fascinating fiction , but
never before baa Ito produced a story of such
uaiiagglug iatere5t , nor one endowed with
Bucb dramatic power. This mystery is well
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hiiddcmi amid the reader is kept in suspemiso S
to time Inst lingo , nail yet there is nothing
of thin vulgar aeisatiommilisni iii the story to
iunimmtaim : Iitemest. Lalrd & Lee , Chicago.
50 cents.
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In the " \Voulut .Any Mcmi ? " of Charles
Pcalo Dither the question asked La inehheni- - . _
tally auswereuh , or rather the reader Is forced
to make for hminmself the answer , It is a
love story , an intense love story , at timmies
bortlering emi the damigorous and forbidden ,
anti yet never quite eversteppimig thin mark.
The character around which the story is
built Is one that hias never before been par-
trmiyed , a beautiful young woman subjecteti
to temptation and yet resolute in her ptmr-
poses , hut swayed by mighty emotione The
plot Is original end the treatmuent of thin -
theme free and fearless , . Mr. Didier lies miot
before attempted anything so serious imor
assuming , but. this short miovel , illustrated
by himself , shows that he can do work en-
tithing him to a lilace among the present
day fiction producers Williams & . Wilkins
company , Baltimore.
Paul Tyner haa written a mystic tale of
"Through the Invisible , " a tale of love in
the springtime-strangely dramatic timid yet
entirely natural , In easy , flowing narrative
is pictured thin soul-awakening of a world-
hag. The characters are all very real nieni
antI womemm , even if what they do is mystic ,
and fromn opening to closti the action Is
I brisk , the dialogue natural and the tieserip-
lion vivid. There is a decidedly eriemitni
flavor about the hero's ntiventureum , mi the
astral body , on tIm oilier attic of the curtain
dividing the seen from : : tIme unseeq. Tim
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Continental l'ublisluing conmiptuny , New York ,
75 cemitmu.
Annammmicenieimt lion Jimat been made that
tine author of "The Ctutc'Iaimie , " wit 1dm was
iUbliithietl last fall by time Peter I'nmd hinoic
enmupaumy of hutiftaho , ciedited simnply to "G.
H. X. , ' ' is L. hithiel F. l'aiumtnr , a womiman ivell
lmmiowm : in Cleveland , 0. She humum trnvt'iml
extensively , especially In litmopo , nail as a
macmortal to her chilidrem : of theIr mmiany
bleasamit journeys together she collected this
series of essays amid reileetlonis emi thuinigs
and persons. It is a book of lihilosophy pnii
imetic expression , first lubllaheh in a
hiwitetl edition : , hut Ilnuliimg tautly readers
outside the circle of the author's acquaint-
arice ,
A Nebraska writer , Mrs. May Itoberts
Clark of Lincoln , iii tIme miuthior of thiu : ulrnnuum-
tIe sketch , "Farewell to tim Dohsomis , "
which Is amimomig tIm contents of the Mo-
mnorlnf day numiiber of the Youth's Calm-
Pamilon. Mrs. Clark hopes tilnoulIli liar
sketches tuiii , stories give Nebraska folks
a larger oboe in Anericnii literature than
they have had heretofore.
Atimiral George Dewey , the chore of
Manila , Is thin- subject of a character sketch :
in this Juno Review of Iteviews by Winston
Churchill , Tliiui is time only timne that the
life story of our moilest Yankee admuirul. has
been told in nrint with any completeness.
Ills boyiiooih days in Vermont , imis sclmoohiog
at Ammnnipohis and later stirrlmmg experiences
under Farragut in the clvii war , arc ahi
passeth in review , Mr , Chiurchilil is himself
a graduate of thin Umiited States Nayal
academny and the author of the very succeus-
ful novel emititicil "Time Celebrity , " lie line
bad unusual facilities for gutting lnfornmia-
tion relative to Admiral Dewey's imiterestimig
career and antecedents.
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Pearce Amereon's Will , by hticlinrul Mat-
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cents ,
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