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Chats Concerning Literary Men and Womett
FICTION.
THE LITTLE ROOM anil' Other Stories.
By Mailelene Yale Wynne. Cloth. 12 mo,
$1.25. ChleaKO-Way & Williams.
The story which Rives Its title to this
pretty book of a half-dozen tales ap
peared In the first place in Harper's
Magazine for last August, where by Us
delicate queerness as well as by reason
of Its fine command over the New Enic
land character. It attracted general at
tention. Now that It is singled out
from Irrelevant surroundings and pre
sented In becoming dress. Its charm
augments. The theme of Mrs. Wynne's
story Is gossamer-like In texture. A
brldo tells her husband on their wedding
trip of an odd circumstance concerning
the Vermont home of her two maiden
aunts, whom they are going to visit. In
this home Is a little room, which part
of the time presents the aspect of mere
ly a china closet, and the remuinder of
the time, by what means the reader Is
left to guess, reveals Itself to the per
plexed observer as a room with a blue-India-chinU
covered couch In It. hanging-
book shelves and a beautiful pink
seashell which, when put to the ear.
Klves one In miniature the roar, of the
ocean. The most peculiar fact about
this peculiar apartment Is that. though
several of these changes are witnessed
by the personages of the story, to their
own great surprise and perplexity,
neither of the maiden aunts will ac
knowledge that the room, at any time.
has ever been different in its appear
once from Its appearance at any other
time. It is not until ono reads the se
quel, which forms the first of the
"other stories" In this book, that the
mystery is dlFiu'lled. by what solution
we shall not tell. Around this quaint
nucleus Mrs. Wynne hus built a' most
delhutr- and charming picture of. New
Knlu..d folk and manners, all done so
slmplv, easily ami naturally' as falriy
to i.lde the splendid art of It. She is
evidently a writer of whom much is to
Ibe expected.
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rrilK PAYINQ OC'KST. Ry Oorgft dis
cing. Cloth, IS mo. New York;,Hai'.,
Mead & Co.
It will probably occur to the reader
Vf this book to inquire, as he. lays It
Mown, wherein he hus been compen
sated for he- time passed in us per
usal; and If such Inquiry be made, It
I will doubtless receive no satisfactory
Vifsponse. This does not say thut Mr.
ltlisslmr has written badly, for ho has
I not. The six or seven persons who
I form the characters of his story are
f persons accurately delineatedtoo ac
curately, 11 UII.VIIUHK. J1UU lllf uumi
itbstltuted a kodak for his pen, he
could not have been more realistic.
His creations are Irreproachable as
faithful reproductions of the dull ac
tuality of commonplace existence, An
economical husband reudy to let his
home out for hire In order to facilitate
the accummulatlon of an account at the
bank; an acquiescent wife who soon
exhibits symptoms of ridiculously un
bounded jealousy and betrays the feml-
line characteristic of a narrow spirit;
Li "paying guest" or young girl boarder,
lis Americans would say, who Is selfish,
Jhelf -willed,, vain and wholly unlikable
jor Hny t?xetrii imyau-ui tjuuiiiien, u
sordid mother, a pig-headed step
father, and a lover who Is so irration
ally obstreperous that In one of his
surges of anlmnl passion he upsets the
lamp and all but burns the house
itu.'n t Vtuun nra t ha human AVllrea In
Mr. Hissing's little comedy, and while
Ithey are realistic figures, neither over
nor underdrawn, we question, when we
nine to take our leave of them,
whether It was really worth our while
no make their disagreeable acquaint-
Tin: MAGAZIXKS.
book supp ,.
An article by Professor Jastrow on
l".lesmer, Animal Magnetism and Hypno
tism" Is an Instructive feature of the
February Cosmopolitan. In this number
Uohn Hnsben Walker announces imlofTer
kit ll.'I.UW In prises for the best horseless
ariiages, to be determined on next Me
morial day by a race from New York to
Irvlngton. Margaret Deland has a story
In this Issue of the Cosmopolitan whfth Is
perhaps as daring In lis theme slHany
ever printed In a magazine. It is thofory
or a young woman philanthropist who
wastes a year of incessant effort and much
money besides trying to reclaim a prosti
tute, who only uses her new opportunities
to corrupt new victims; while, aUlhls
lime, deserving uniortunntes morally w
tainted are starving for want of the cofe-
on est necessaries of life. Mrs. DelatiUrs
reutment of this familiar ercentrttu of
nurity is notable ror strength and frank
ess, yet Is without offense.
One Of the mnJt' Itil JJa,!!,,.. aotliLn In
fhe February Hook man Is Professor H. T.
ecus Fiuuy oi mat peculiar editor, -K.
iioiiKin. it was nt uoiiKln s paper In.i:
wag once sarcastically remarked that
'It made virtue odious." and Profestar
lHeik has with much patience and cute
Lutiined In his article a working hypovhe-
him of the reason why. Of course, there
lire other readable things In the rVfirti-
tiry number, many of them. For Instance,
here a picture and sketch of Stephen
'rane, the new literary condiment for
(whose writings one has to acquire a tustc;
hen there s more of Alai laren seri.il.
Kate Carnegie." which is coming on wall,
id we don't know what else. It is agre
ble to notice, in the "Rooks of flin
lonth" column that "llonnle Brier Hush"
et hold Its own as the best selling volume
n the market, closely followed by Its com.
union volume, "The Days of Auld Lang
'ne
M il! '
The Colliery Engineer company of this
Ity has Issued the first number of a new
orrthly magazine for which there ought
o be a widespreail demand. It Is en-
itled "Home Study" and is an element
ry Journal for students of the Industrial
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who know how to put their thoughts into
understandable words. The Initial issue
U admirable In respect to both contents
and arrangement.
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In an article on th late Kiurene 'Field,
in Uodey's Mugasine for February. Cleve.
land Moffett repeats the common mistake
that Charles A. Dana repeatedly offered
Field big wages If he would go on the Sun.
Mr. Dana has explicitly doiM.-d 1'ils btoiy.
otherwise Mr. MoftVtt's paper is accurate
and acceptable. An article by Rupert
Hughes discussing the musical compost
lions of O. V. Chadwlck is also an In
teresting feature of the February Goiiey's;
und the fashion department will undoubt
edly charm the women.
I! II !!
The publishers of I'hap-Kook announce
thut on Feb. l.i that really valuable fort
nightly will be doubled in size and prico.
This will give room, for more essays,
stories, drawings and particularly notes.
There is, of course, a deal of purely whim
sical persiflage In Chap-Book that is
not meant for tha Serious Person; out
beside, there is much that the most pro
found of readers can take pleasure in. It
Is undoubtedly the best American publi
cation of lis kind.
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"Why I Am a Philistine" is the tltle of
Klbert Hubbard's contribution to the Feb
ruary Philistine a contribution probably
nenned with a view to Jost.ir orthodoxy
In general. Mr. Hubbard assures us that
In art he wants room and air ana rope.
Just what he will do with the rope Is not
disclosed; but let us hope It does) not
presage artistic suicide.
I! 'I "
The Lark, we say to those who haven t
seen It of whom we were until recently
nnou the West's contribution to the lit
erature of protest. The Lark Is a blr of
admirable foolery printed In fool type
wllh foo; pictures on fool paper. We use
the word fool In the original sense .of
som .-thing of novelty to entertain one. The
Larc Is no fool It uny otnei- sense.
II II I!
St. Nicholas for February, while per
heps without any speclul feature, la a
m-h-.i1. wholesome, well-Duianeeu numum
tit to entertuln and to Instruct each mem
ber of the household. The Stevenson 'l-.et-ters
to a Hoy," which are continued In this
issue, remain most interesting.
II II
Form for January has no portrait of a
socially eminent Scraiitonlaii, as it has
hud In previous numbers; but It is a num.
her full of brlRht society gossip and per
sunal chatter for those who like thut sort
of tl.fng. Form Is published at 3il Hast
Fourteenth street, New ork.
II ll II
New Ideas Is the mime of an Interesting
Illustrated monthly "devoted to Informa
tion about Inventions, discoveries, and the
world's progress In general." It is pub.
llshed by Hobert A. Bulfour, at 1210 Frank.
ford avenue, Philadelphia, und is com
piled with evident care.
Farm News for January, a eare fully
edited and widely circulated agricultural
Journal published at Sprlngtleld, O., by the
American Farmer company, hus been re
celved. It would be woll worth Its cost
to any farmer.
li II II ...
Among the many fine Illustrations In the
February Munsey's is a portrait of Lillian
Illative!?, which will be admired by every
one who hus seen this charming prima
datum. It Is an excellent likeness.
LITI'.RARY GOSSIP.
An enjoyable calendar has been pub.
llshed by Marcus Ward A Co., and I for
sule locally by H. H. Ueidleman. It con
slsts of twelve leaves held together with
a ribbon one for each month In the year.
One each leaf is a miniature calendar for
the mbnth, a large portrait in black, white
and bronze 'of a modern author, and a
list of that author's more Important
works. The portrait which goes with the
January calendar is tha of Robert Louis
Stevenson, who well deserves this honor.
But less is to be said for some of the re
maining selections. Kipling, Barrle,
Thomas Hardy, Hall Calne, Andrew Lang.
Mrs. Ollphant and Mrs. Humphry Ward
may pass muster, at a pinch, but to In
elude Mrs. Alexander, Edna Lyall and
Miss Sarah Orand while omitting George
Meredith, Conan Doyle, Anthony Hope,
lan Maclaran or Btanley J. Weyman
among the English novelists, and Marion
Crawford. Howeils, Henry James, Brot
llarte and a. half dozen of others among
the American producers of fiction Is to
take undue liberties with literary propri
ety.
1 II II
G. H. Putnam ,sald at the, meeting
or the Massachusetts Library club, the
other dny, that only about 10 per cent, of
what Is written for publication Is used
the other SO per cent, representing "a
vast amount of lost effort." "From my
own observation," says a writer In The
Critic, "I should say that 10 per cent.
was an over-estimate of the amount pub
lished: If Mr Putnam means 10 per cent,
of the manuscripts sent in by. unknown
writers, his experience Is better than that
of most publisher. Nothing Is more rare
than the publication of a book by an inex
perienced writer. Of course, every Writer
begins by being Inexperienced, but he usu
ally tries his prentice hutid on stories) or
essays before he plunges Into a book. I do
not deny that first books arc often success
ful, sometimes mon so than those that
follow by the same author, but they are
seldom tne nrst books of a novice In writ
leg Marlon Crawford's "Mr. Isaacs' was
his first book, and It was a success, but
Mr. Crawford was a trained writer before
he began that story. 'Peter Ibhetson' was
a success, not so great as 'Trilby,' of
course, but great enough. It was Mr. du
Maurler's first book, but who would be
bold enough to say that Its author was
not a writer before he essayed anything; so
ambitious its a novel? The amount of
good paper and Ink that are wasted every
year in hopeless efforts to make books is
depressing. But It would be more depress)
ing, I fear. If the efforts were not wasted."
The Introduction which Roswell Martin
field contributes to the forthcoming vol
ume by his brother, the late F.ugene Field,
entitled "The Love Affairs of a Biblioma
niac," contains some Interesting facts re
garding the poet's hist dsys. Mr. Field. It
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the nineteenth Installment or Tito Love
Affairs' was written.- It. was the con
clusion of his literary life. The verses
supposedly' contributed by Judge Me-
thuen's friend, with which the chapter
ends, were the last words written by Eu
gene Field. He was at that time appar
ently quite as well as on any day ..during
the-rail months, and neither ne nor any
member of his family had the slightest
premonition that dearn was hovering
about the household. The next day. though
feeling Indisposed, he was at .times up
and about, always cheerful and full of
that sweetnees and sunshine which In his
last years seem now to have been the
preparation for the life beyond. Me spoke
of the chapter he had written the day
berore, and It was then mat ne outlined
his plan of completing the work. One
chapter only remained to be written, and
It was to chronicle the death of the old
bibliomaniac, but not untt he had unex
pectedly fallen heir to a very rare and
almost priceless copy of Horace, which
atqufedjiiotf marked the pinnacle of Ibe
book hunter's conquest.. True to his love
for the Sabine singer, the western poet
characterized the immortal odes of twen
ty centuries gone the great happiness of
bibliomania."
I! II II
The Philistine in literature, according to
Elbert Hubbard, Is he "who seeks to
express his personality In his own way."
He is one "who brooks no let nor hin
drance from the tlpstuffs of letters, who
creating nothing themselves yet are will
ing for a consideration to show others
how. These men strive hard to reduce
all life to a geometrical theorem and Its
manifestations to an algebraic formula.
But life is greater than a college professor,
and so far its mysteries, having given the
slip to all creeds, are still at large. My
Individual hazard at truth Is as legitimate
as yours. The self-appointed beadles of
letters demand that we shall neither smile
nor sleep while their Presiding Elders
drone, but we' plead in the World's Assize
for the privilege of doing both." In case
this privilege were given, would It not
cease to be Interesting to be a Philistine?
... ... II '.II II-
ToTstol Is now writing a new novel, '.ha
theme of which has uttracted wide atten
tion and caused considerable comment In
his own country. It deals with the life rf
Siberian convicts and shows that moral re
genratlon Is not Impossible even under the
worst conditions, provided love In Its mo",
unseltlsh form is present to guide and
comfort the victims. According to reports
in the Russian press, the heroine of the
new novel Is a young woman unjustly ac
cused of having poisoned a rich merchant
with whom she lived in Illicit relations,
while the hero Is the foreman of the Jury
which convicts the woman. This foreman
falls In love with the suppsseu murderer
and follows her to Siberia. Whatever tha
artlstk merits of this new story may
provn to be. Its moral will bj essentially
the sanvj as thut of "Master and .Man."
II II II
AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS:
Kudyard Kipling Is writing a play, the
central tlgure or which is a Nautch girl.
Dr. 8. Weir Mitchell Is at work upon a
new novel, which pe will soon have ready
for publication. - t
' In the rail of 1893 America publishers
sent out 7u0 new books, exclusive of Ju
venile literature and unimportant trash.
Mim3. Calmann-Levy. widow of the fam
ous Parisian publisher, has bought Ernest
Renan's library and will make a present
of it to the state.
The translation of "Ben Hur" Into
Arabic was the last work done by Dr.
Van D'yck," who was the oldest American
missionary In Syria.
Dr. George Brandes' book on Shakes
peare, which Is. called "An Exhaustive
Critical Biography," Is on the Macmtllan
press and will soon be published,
It toak" 40,00 copies of Hudyard Kipling's
new "Jungle Book" to satisfy the first de
mand "In America and England. Another
large edition is now on the presses.
More copies of "Trilby" were sold in 1893
than in 1894, the year of its publication.
"The Martian" will not begin In Harper's
until late In the year. Mr. du Maurler has
not delivered the manuscript as yet.
Mme. Sarah Grand's American publish
ers not only paid her London publishers,
Helnemann, but they paid her a IU per
cent, royalty, which is not much as royal
ties go these days, but It brought her In
more than $10,000.
The concluding volumes of the Harrns
memoirs will appear in the early spring.
They are more personal than are the vol
umes which have already appeared. They
cover the period between the return of Na
poleon from Italy to the restoration.
Paul Verlalne's posthumous works will
be published In "Le Llvre Posthume,"
now In press. This volume will contain
the first act of a tragedy entitled "Vive
le Roie," and a few leaves of prose, where
in the poet noted incidents of his painful
life.
Miss Beatrice Harrnden's new novel Is
culled "Hilda Stafford." The first Install
ment will appear In Blackwood's Maga
zine early this year. The scene Is laid in
California and the story Is said to be the
best which has come from the author of
"Ships That Pass In the Night."
Robert Louis Stevenson's romance "Tho
Suicide Club," which has never been pub
lished separately In America, will soon he
brought out In the "Ivory" series by
Charles Scrlbner's Sons. Mrs. Stevenson,
in recent letters, complains bitterly that
her husband's friends have hastened to
sell his private letters and publish them
without her approval.
Dickens considered- "David Copperfield"
his best novel. In conversation he on?e
declared that next to It in originality came
the Pickwick Papers" anil after them "Oli
ver Twist." A waiter In a country Inn
once brought him "Dombey and Son" to
read, not knowing, of course, who he was.
He said he read a few chapters but could
get tip little Interest.
J. M. Barrle is more conscious of his
limitations than are some of his fellow
workers of the period. At the repented ro
llcltation of his Journalistic friends he con
sented some time ago to write the life of
the late Alexander Russel of the Hoots
man, but he Immediately relinquished the
task when he perceived that biographical
writing lay altogether outside his particu
lar sphere of work.'
W. Roberts says that of the 1,300 books
printed before the beginning of the six
teenth century "not more than 300 are of
any Importance to the book collector;" of
the W.oo published In the seventeenth cen
tury, "not more than perhaps fifty are
now held In estimation," and of the 80.WKJ
published in the eighteenth century "not
more than 300 are considered worth re
printing, and not more than 500 are sought
after. '
Felix Oras, a leader among the Fellbros
of Provence, has written a historical ro
mance "The Reds of the Midi," dealing
with peasant life In the south of France
before the revolution, the march of the
Marseilles battalion to Paris, the storm
ing of Versailles and the Terror. The
story so Impressed Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
A. Janvier, who are the author's friends
and neighbors at Salnt-Remy, tnat they
arranged with him for a translation from
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A very remarkable Tennyson manuscript
has Just come to light. - This is a, short
story In prose written When the late poet
laureate was 14 years of age. "Mungo,
the American," as It Is called, will be in- j
corporated by Lord Tennyson In his bio
graphy of his father. The manuscript is
sufficiently authenticated, as It was given
by the poet laureate to Miss Jane Yonge,
who was for many years governess in the
Tennyson family.
Stanley Weyman cast the manuscript of
his first novel into the tire. Since his
stories gained vogue he has become a
very methodical writer. He considers
about 1,000 words a sufficient day's work.
Much of his work has been done in a
house-boat on the river In the early morn
ing. Although Mr. Weyman hus been
compared to Dumas he has read but few
of the French novelist's books. Steven
son and Kipling are his favorite authors.
A wonderful "And" of valuable letters
Is reported to have been made in Caith
ness castle. The letters, several hundred
In number, are dated 1800-1850 and deil
with various phases of Scots minstrelsy
and contemporary literary affairs. There
are, also, a number of confidential letters
of Byron, Scott. Moore. Dickens und other
eminent literateurs. They are all ad.
dressed to Ueorge Thompson, who plunned
the well-known "Miscellany of Scottish
Song."
The remaining manuscripts of Charlotte
Bronte in the possession of her husband
and others have been purchased for pub
lication. "They are fur more numerous
and importunt than had been Imagined."
says Dr. Nlcoll, and he ought to know,
"arid will make a substantial and valuable
addition to the body of her work, alike In
profe and poetry, a very largo number pf
hitherto unknown letters having ulso been
recovered. A biographical volume will be
published entirely made up of fresh mat
ter, and repeating nothing thut has al
ready appeared In Mrs. Uuskell's biogra
phy." A NEW GHAXT frTORV.
For several years there was much
said about a railroad from Helena to
Janesvllle, the Idea being, when once
there, to arrange with the then Mil
waukee and Mississippi, now the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, to run a
line to Janesvllle from Milton Junction,
and thus secure a Milwaukee connec
tion. The line wus built from Milton
to Janesvllle, but from (iulena to Janes
vllle the road is still an air castle.
A number of moneyed men of Galena
hod been Induced to Interest themselves
In the project. In 18B0 several of those
gentlemen, Including the banker, Henry
Corwlth, who loaned vast sums of
money to Wisconsin lumbermen from
thirty to forty years ago, being of the
number, drove overland to Janesvllle
for a double purpose to see the char
acter of the country through which the
proposed road was to run, and to con
sult with A. Hyatt Smith and other
Janesvllle men concernlns the contem
plated enterprise. Mr. Corwlth and his
party were met by Mr. Smith and sev
eral others. There was a carrluge tide
In the afternoon. One of the Clulena
party had not been provided with a
seat. He stood In front of the hotel
watching the delegations preparing for
the trip of pleasure and business.
- "Mr. Corwlth, that gentleman Is of
your party, is he not?" asked Hyatt
Smith.
"Yes, he came over with us."
"Wel, well! I'll sit with the driver
and he can take my place,"
"Never mind him, Mr. 'Smith. Pre
sume he does not care to go. He Is our
driver."
It was not exactly a banquet .they
had that evening nfUr the Janesvllle
people had -shown their visitors the
town and told them as much in its
favor as it would bear, but It was a
spread of something beyond the aver
age for the little town of two or three
thousand Inhabitants.
"Have you registered?" asked the
landlord of a man he saw sitting near
the stove soon after the visitors and
their entertainers had been located in
the dining room.
"No, sir,"
"Going to stay with us tonight?"
"I guess so."
"Are you of the Galena party?"
"Yes, I am the teamster."
The landlord stepped Into the dining
room and said: "Mr. Corwlth, your
driver Is in the barroom. Shall he come
to supper now or wait?"
Someone suggested that he wait.
,"No, let him come. Yes, landlord,
tell the captain to come In."
So It happened that Captain Grant did
not have to wait and eat with the ser
ants, even If he was the teamster. Chi
cago Times-Herald.
A FINANCIAL UK A L.
"My friend," he said. In that deeply
confidential tone, "you don't know who
I am."
"That's gospel truth," replied the pe
destrian, who was In a hurry.
"And I reckon you don't care much,"
the mendicant went on, quickening his
pace to keep up with his victim.
"You've struck It again."
"Well, I'm the Inventor of a machine
that's going to revolutionize modern
Industry, and I've written a book that'll
Improve modern civilization anywhere
from 100 to 500 per cent."
"I haven't any capital to Invest."
"I don't want to sell any of it. But' I
want to save you money. Some day
you or your helr'll be called on to sub
scribe for a monument to me acknowl
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little as you could decently subscribe."
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"I'm sure you would. But my propo
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Memory of
Now Gone ; Bef orei
Below Is the eloquent address dellv-
ered by Howell Harris at last Sunday's I
memorial service of the Robert Morris
lodge of Ivorites In the Congregational
church. West Side:
The service which has brought us to
gether this evening has Its origin In vnu
of the loftiest traits that enriches humun
nature, a trait that places an Immeasura
ble gulf between man and the rest ut
Clod's sentient creation. It surely Is an
exalted Instinct, which prompts us to
honor the departed dead, to revive the ten
der memories of the past, when the Uvea
of those who are gone gladened and en
nobled, our own. Yet these memorial ser
vices have a deeper significance than this.
They do not merely recall the burled pasr.
They are not born to regret at the inex
orable decrees of fate, but rather of grati
tude, and in recognition of a fellowship
that wus, thut now Is and which shall
endure forever. Without some Indefina
ble, yet satisfactory, assurunce that this
Is the order of life, and that hearts oncu
united by the golden cords of lovescan
never again be severed, these exercises
would be little more than meaningless
memories.
It Is this intangible assurance that sus
tains hope and gives worth and dignity to
an existence which would otherwise be
but a grom tragedy. Today, while we may
shed teurs for the joys that are fled, we
can ulso encourage new-born hopes for
the joys to come. This we rtrmly believe
to be the scheme of life, and thus It Is
that our love. Instead of abating, has been
strengthened und sanctified by separation,
.purgeu of Its dross, leaving the pure and
Immortul qualities alone as our abiding
possession. Right in this experience it
seems wu have one of the strongest In
timations of man's Immortality. As long
as there Is room In our hears for an at
tachment to a personality that has passed
beyond the shores of time, so long will the
humun reason und conscience reject us
untrue uny philosophy of life thut neglects
to provide In its formulas an objective
reality for this experience. Every natural
Instinct within us rebels against the
thought of perpetual separation from our
loved ones. The sentiment that wells
through ull our being Is the sentiment ex
pressed by the poet.
And we shull sit tit endless feast
Knjoylng each the other's good;
What vaster dreums can hit the mood
Of love on earth?
..I Tlif? hills are shadows and they flow
I'fom form to rorm und nothing
- stands
They melt like mist, the solid lands
Like clouds they shape themselves
and flow.
But In my spirit will I dwell.
And dream my dream and hold It
true,
And though my lips may breathe
adieu
I cannot think the thing farewell.
Looking around upon our order tonight
we find two faces absent, two forms miss
ing, but the circle of our affections re
mains unbroken; not a single segment Is
needed to complete Its perrect unity. It
Is fitting, then, that we consecrate this
hour to our departed brethren as a tes
timonial or undying loyalty to their mem
ories. Brother Rimer Williams, whom it was
my privilege to know from enrly child
hood, was the first to be called from our
ranks. When the great summons came,
he was Just entering Into manhood's es
tate. Surrounded by a family that Idol
ized him and an innumerable company
or devoted rrlends who honored and ad
mired him. Widening prospects' of use
fulness opened before him. His future
was radiant with promises of success, but
"God's finger touched him and he Blept."
We can now recall with profit to ourselves
the many noble qualities of character
which he possessed; that endeared him
not only to this lodge, but to all who as
sociated with him. His generosity was
boundless, and his whole nature was as
full of sunshine as i cloudless day in
summer. One of th'i marked features of
his character was h.s unfailing courtesy
to all classes and conditions of men. The
polish and urbanity of -his manner bespoke
the innate culture of his mind. He took
a wide and comprehensive view of men
and events, ami was churltable In his Judg
ments. The stamp of true nobility was
manifest In all his dealings with others.
At school he was distinguished for the
ease and rapidity with which he acquired
and retained knowledge. Had the full
measure of man's days been alloted to him
he would have won for himself a position
in the world that any one might be proud
to occupy. But with all the preparation
for a career of usefulness upon earth, the
inllnlte wisdom or "Him that doeth all
things well" destined thut the fruit should
be harvested In a world beyond.
Our duty now Is to emulate his virtues,
cherish his memory and at whatever pain
or cost to ourselves to breathe the fer
vent prayer "Thy will be done."
Within u few weeks after the death of
Brother Williams we were called upon to
mourn for another member, l'rofessor W.
Gedrge Powell. Although our minds had
been prepared for the end by a long Ill
ness that preceded It, the shock was none
the less severe. We were conscious or not
only sustulnlng a great personul loss, but
one; thafextended to the world around us.
He,, too, was the devoted son and brother
or an honored family. He, too, possessed
ull the social graces that adorned lire, to
gether with a variety or intellectual gifts
thut is rarely combined In one Individual.
A learned votary or science, a passionate
lover or llteruture,-an earnest' seeker arter
truth In' every department or thought that
engnged his attention. Professor Powell
was always a great student.
He began life with an unquenchable
curiosity and a lively intelligence, whl -h
stimulated him to Intense mental efforts.
Constant mental activity was to him a
condition of existence. Perhaps he over
rated his strength 'and undermined It.
But, notwithstanding all his study. It
did not stale the freshness of his mind
nor Impair Its Infinite varley. Geology,
natural history ami the problems of
science were his diversion. Literature was
his life; at least the greater part of it. He
wrote much, both in prose and poetry,
and he always wrote exceedingly well
and with a distinct literary flavor.
It has been said by some one that he
was fonder or criticism than creation. I
believe the observation to be true. If
so, he displayed by his partiality a proper
appreciation of the needs of today.
He had, however, the gifts or creation.
The poetry he has written, especially his
sonnets, are evidence of It. These reveal
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Eloquent Tribute of HoyveU Harris at
The Ivorite Memorial Services.
his mental structure. -They contain high
minded thought expressed with ease and
true poetic feeling. He had a deep and
sympathetic love for nature, a delicate
fancy and was always alert to the most
sensitive shades of feeling. In his verse
there Is a fusion of Intellectual vigor unl,
poetic sentiment seldom found among our
latter day poets. Professor Powell al
ways sought the loftiest Ideals, the pur
est emotions and the most Irrefragable
truths, both In literature and In life. This
leads me to speak of his position In regard
to matters of rellg-.pn wnich by many
were misunderstood.
His attitude toward Christianity was
not one of hostility, but of inquiry. His
aim wus to approach truth on the positive
side. He accepted only such fuels us were
capable or verlilcatlon. Doubt with him
was not doubt in any evil sense, but sim
ply iho natural movement or the mind to
ward truth not yet attained. Absolute
uniformity In thinking or believing Is Im
possible as long as human nature remains
what It Is. What the ultimate outcome
may have been In his case Is a matter of
conjecture. Sufficient for us to know thut
his conduct or life was regulated by the
highest standard of Christian morals. He
Is Kone and many of us are his debtors.
My personul obligation to him can never
be repaid. He occupied a large place In
the lives of his associates. He had the
faculty of quickening inought and stim
ulating study which Is the chief essen
tial In the making of a great teacher. Al
though exceedingly modest, he never
dreamt of hoarding his vast intellectual
wealth, or of hiding his talents under
a napkin. He gave freely of all that was
best in him for the advancement of others.
ThlH Is the highest tribute that can be
paid to any man. The sum of all the vir
tues Is embodied In the principle of minis
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root or all that is good and great in human
development. It is the basul principle of
Christianity Itself.
Our deceused brothers during their
life among us, curried It out In a largo
measure. Today we honor them for It.
Tomorrow and ever after let us emulate
their example.
The path or duty is plain. Follow It and
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radiant visions or. that "Land where
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