THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 14, 1896,
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WORLD :0F
SOME NEW BOOKS.
It used to be considered strange that
Harold Frederic, tor so long a time res
ident in London, did not in any o( his
writings deal with English situations.
It must have been the Incessant men
tion of Ills exclusive Yankeeness that
finally drove him to the "observations
In Fhillstla" which John Lane at the
Bod ley Head and the Merriman Com
pany in New York publish in the
Mayfair set under the title "Mrs. Albert
Grundy." We greatly admire Frederic.
At his best he Is one of the most virile
and thorough artists that we have. Hut
from the author of "Theron Ware" to
the author of "Mrs. Albert Grundy Is
a step full of grief. The one is dwarfed
In the other's strenuous attempts to be
genteelly funny according to the con
ventional English pattern of humor.
Fhillstla may be an Interesting land
to Philistines, but we advise Mr. Har
old Frederic not to dwadle away his
time In It nor seek to attune his mas
culine voice to its piping treble.
!l II II
The prettiest little book of the year,
with Its dainty cover design In white,
turquoise blue and salmon, showing a
bright 5-year-old maiden picking flow
era, has just been published by Stone
& Kimball, of New York. It Is by Wil
liam Canton, whose "Invisible Play
mate" touched the upper note in sym
pathetic appreciation of child life, and
Is called "V. V. Her Hook." "W. V."
Is the author's daughter, somewhat
Idealized, perhaps, who stands In the
book's pages as the type of the "aver
age, healthy, merry, teasing delightful
mite who tries to take the whole of life
at once into her two diminutive hunds."
"She has all along," the author tells
us In the course of a charmlns ramb
ling chat about this wonderful, many
sided daughter of his. " been a curious
combination of tenderness and savagery.
In a sudden fit of motherhood she will
bring me her dolly to kins, and ten min
utes later I Bhull see It lying undressed
and abandoned In the corner of the
room. She is a Spartan parent, and
slight is the chance of her children be
ing spoiled either by sparing the rod
or lin k of Btein monition. It Is not so
long ugo that we heurd a curious sound
of distress in the dining-room, and on
her mother hurrying downstairs to see
what was amiss, there was V. V. chas
tising her recalcitrant babe and doing
the weeping herself. This appeared to
be a good opportunity for pointing a
moral. It was clenr now that she knew
what It was to be naughty and diso
bedient, and If she punished these
faults bo severely in her own children
he must exnect me to deal with her
manifold and grevious offences in the
same way. She looked very much so
bered and concerned, but a few mo
ments later she brought me a stout oak
walking stick: 'Would that do, papa?' "
Thin is only a sample touch. The
book Is one mass of such. It is a book
that every decent parent ought to be
grateful for.
II II II
There certainly Is a very decided fas
cination about the stories of Kohert
Uarr. and the worst of It Is that one
cannot exactly say what or where It is.
Take, for instance, thost two short
stories which the Frederick A. Stokes
Co. have Just published In their hand
some Newport Berles "One Day's
Courtship" and "The Heralds of
fame." Ther isn't anything particu
larly original about the idea of the
first the conquest of a spoiled child
of BoRtonese culture by a rather blunt
and gruff Hritish artist under some
what primeval conditions due to an ac
cident of travel nor Is the plot of the
second, which concerns the shrewd
Yankee trickery by which an American
publisher makes a reigning favorite of
a modest young liritlsh author whose
manuscripts theretofore had gone beg
gln, much fresher. Yet both tales grip
us and we don't lay either down until
it is finished. Just what the secret of
Mr. Burr's power is we must give up as
an Insoluble riddle unless it be that he
is simply a lively, healthy and mascu
line romancer who puts good red blood
into the veins of his characters nnd
plenty of ozone Into their lungs. For
sale in Scranton by M. Norton.
II II II
The same publishers present In at
tractive form Adeline Sergeant's
novel, "A Rogue's Daughter," which is
a moving narrative of love's rough
course smoothed out to the queen's
taste In thj Inst chapter. For sale in
Scranton by M. Norton.
II II II
The newest of Ople Head's Interesting
stories of Southern life in ante-bellum
days is called "My Young Master,"
and is attractively published by Laird
& Leo, Chicago. Its scene is laid In
Kentucky, and Its theme has) to do with
the various affairs of two young lads,
one a master, the other a slave, who
In reality are children of one parent.
Around this central Incident Mr. Heed
has drawn a realistic picture of the cus
toms and Injustices of slavery and has
made vivid to this generation facts fast
escaping from Its ken.
II II II
Arthur Morrison's "Tales of Mean
Streets." published two years ago, re
established the slum as a popular prop
erty of Action, and ever since it has
been in continuous and increasing use.
Mr. Morrison now supplements those
tales bv a second series of slum-sketches
entitled "A Child of the Jago" (Chi
cago; II. 8. Stone & Co.), the Jago be
ing the nnme of a street and by exten
sion a district in London's submerged
tenth. These newer studies have all
the vividness of their predecessors and,
moreover, are woven into a closer uni
ty. They will without doubt become
equally popular among the admirers of
ethnological realism in Action.
II II II
From rural New England to rural
North Carolina Is something of a step
even In this era of peace and reunion.
But it Is a step which Miss Maria Pool
has successfully accomplished In "In
Buncombe County" (Chicago: H. 8.
Stone & Co.). Here is a grouping of
the shades and colors of Southern
country life which makes no attempt
to be exhaustive nor picturesque and
yet comes forth a most charming tri
umph. Miss Pool has not sought to de
ride or satirize the "pooh white trash"
amongst whom her scenes are laid: on
the contrary, she brings to her por
traiture that same ready sympathy
and unfailing womanly appreciation of
the elemental goodness of crude human
nature which have made so notable
her delineations of New England
character. She has her laughs, but
they are ever kindly. The artiste in
her Is not destructive of the woman.
Before passing from this subject a
word should be said for the volume's
mechanical appearance. It is neat and
dainty beyond description.
I! II II
Twenty short stories, all bordering
on tragedy and told in the straight
forward, business-like manner which
characterizes Robert Burr, have been
gathered into a handsome volume by
the Frederick A. Stokes company and
published under the title "Kevenee."
The cover design supplies an Index to
tne contents, in the center is a skull;
around It are sixteen polnards: and in
the four corners are blaek-and-sllver
revolvers, the whole effect being shiv
ery enough for the most exacting. In
the weaving of his tales of retaliation
Mr. Barr introduces several novel ef
fects and the reader of his book Is
certain to be fully interested. For
sale in scranton by M. Nurtun.J
II II II
The crude fairy-story books) of our
youth, with their dingy paper, their
homely binding and their .ludicrous
woou engravings done without regard
to any sense of proportion, are being
improved upon with a vengeance in
these modern days. Here, for Instance,
from the Frederick A. Stokes company
comes an ample quarto In red linen
covers, with silver and gold design, the
finest of calendared paper, nice, large,
legible print and engravings which
show as splendid specimens of true art:
and the title, "The Village of Youth
and Other Fairy Tales," reminds us
LETTERS,
even before we start to read Bessie
Hatton's clever prose that fairy litera
ture Is different now. For sale in
Scranton by M, Norton.)
,,. i 1 1
Fiona ?Macleod's "The Sin Eater"
opened a new vista in legendary lit
erature, treating as I: did of the poetic
yet wayward traditions of the Celtic
Isles; and now her "The Washer of
the Ford" (New York: Stone & Kim
ball) pursues still further this inter
esting theme and depicts for us In
prose which Is full of the wild poetry
of Its subject, some of legendary mor
alities and barbaric tales which sur
vive In the folk-lore of the West High
lands. One does not need to have
Celtic blood in his veins to fall under
the spell of these weird narratives giv
ing the essence of a crude people's
faith; the singular fascination grips
all alike and stamps Miss Macleod's
work as belonging to genuine litera
ture. NOVEMBER MAGAZINES.
The Century begins a series of papers
by General Horace Porter on "Campaign
ing with Grant." In which pen pictures
are drawn of the great commander ex
actly as he looked and acted in daily ac
tivities during the war. The series prom
ises to be more Interesting than any
thing yet published on this subject. Dr.
Weir Mitchell begins in this Issue a serial
story uf ijuukerdom In colonial duys. A
third feuture of Interest Is George K.
l'urker's paper studying the almost model
municipal government uf Birmingham.
The Labors of Hercules done into amus
ing verse und made even more vivid by
humorous pictures constitutes an enjoy
able feature of St. Nicholas. The suthor
of the apt conceit is J. Kdniund V. Cooke.
Much of the verse und story-writing in
this number very seusoiiably and grace
fully commemorate Thunksgiving.
o
Of the thirteen papers In this month's
Forum four deal with politics and since
the election have become obsolete this
Is especially true of Speaker Heed's paper
entitled, "As Muino Goes, so (iocs tile
I'nlun" two treat of the Eastern ques
tion with special reference to the future
of the Armenians, and the remainder deal
with miscellaneous subjects without Jus
Uifylng partii.ilurlzatloii. 'Phis Is evi
dently one of the Forum's off months,
o
Rumor has It that the proprietors of
McC'lure's Magazine and the Cosmopoli
tan, grown weary of fierce competition,
contemplate a consolidation. We do not
know what truth there Is In the rumor,
but such a move would hardly be wel
comed by the public, since It would re
duce by one the number of its readable
periodicals. McClure's. by the way, this
month starts Kipling's new serial, "Cap
tains Courageous,'' described as a "story
of adventure among the Gloucester fish
ermen:" und the Cosmopolitan pads out
a rather commonplace number with seven
short stories, somewhat below Its usually
exacting standard.
The reader who opens his Bookman to
the essay or criticism signed by Professor
Peck Is generally liable to find something
worth reading, both for its matter and for
Its manner. The November Installment
is not an exception to this rule. In it Pro
fessor Peck gives an analysis of modern
political oratory which Is both Judicial
ami expert. We like his fair treatment
of Mr. Uryan, the secret of whose en'---tiveness
as a speaker he explains very
satisfactorily, of course the other de
partments of the Kookman are worth
reading, too. They always are.
o
Goiley's tells how a national campaign
Is conducted, continues Its biographical
studies of Benjamin Franklin and in F.
O. Dray's paper entitled, " 'We' the Kill
tor" gives u lively story of a Journalist's
lite os the editor of a dally in u small
city which every student of Journalism
ought to read. It will be better under
stood when we explain that Mr. Hray's
paper Is drawn from his own experience
as managing editor of the Erie Dispatch.
In the current Looker-On, now. by the
way, reduced in price to 10 cents a ropy
and well worth double John Denlson
('hamilln makes an earnest und eloquent
ulea for the American musician. If ar
gument couiu iikiiicc tne art worm to con
sider genius In the same manner tnut ll
murks on" geography, Mr. Champlin's pa.
per would speedily give us a regular
Yankee Doodle school of musle established
without the aid or consent of any other
nation."
Another good number of the Home Mag
azine has appeared; its most Interesting
single feature being all illustrated paper
by Violet Ktynge Mitchell describing a
number of celebrated "Freaks of Nature,"
such, for Instance, us the "Siamese twins"
in Colorado, ".Mother Grundy," In the
same state, the "Pivot Kock," the "Danc
ing Hear," etc. The contents of this In
teresting periodical are sufficiently varied
to gratify every reasonable and Judicious
taste.
We have for some time had the Meta-
physieul Magazine, which covers from
month to mouth the newest oeveiopments
in occult, philosophic and scieiillllo re
search; ami now, from Chicago, we have
the Hypnotic Magazine, "devoted to an
Investigation of the science of hypnotism,
its uses and abuses und its therapeutic
possibilities." For November this latter
periodical prints, among other things, two
very readable and instructive papers, one
by Thomas Jay Hudson telling how he
became convinced of the truth uf tele
pathy, and one by Dr. W. X. Smith on
"Hypnotism and Crime."
The Philistine again calls Itself "a pe
riodica! of protest," nnd it warrants that.
It credits to Nixon Waterman a declina
tion blank which was mildewed before
Nixon was born; It gives space to lines
by Yone Noguchl which are tit to par
ulyze the Teutons und it is us "sassy ' In
its buck talk as it can be. Hut, then, It
probably scents another Dinner and Is
toning up its nerve.
WORLD'S DEBTS INCREASING.
Tliiltycight Hundred Million Dollars
Added to Them in Twenty Years.
From the Pall Mall Gazette.
Whether it be a good or a bad thing
for the nations, there Is no room to
doubt that the debts of the world are
growing steadily. In 1!75 It was com
puted that they stood at 4.750,000,000.
as compured with a round 14,200,000,000
two years earlier. On the basis of fig
ures, muny of which have been ob
tained by us at first hand, und are like
ly on that account to be more accurate
than some of the wild guesses to which
certain Irresponsible statisticians have
treated uj, we ourselves estimate that
the indebtedness of the world today
stands at 5.800,000,000. As probably ev
ery one knows, France has the doubtful
distinction of being the country which
has the largest debt. The latest ligures
put the total at something like 1,200.
000,000, which Is nearly double the debt
660,000,000 of Great Britain, which
ranks as second on the list, Russia
follows with a total of 575.000,000, and
Insignificant Italy comes fourth with
506.000,000 that If. If we count as sepa
rate Items the joint debt of Austria
Hungary and the individual debts of
the two portions of the nation. The
joint debt stood in 1895 at 275,
UU0.OO0; while the debt of Austria alone
was 122.678,600, and that of Hungary
alone f207.729.OOO. or 606.397.600 In all.
The United States debt amounts to
339,000,000, and that of Spain-exclusive
of the more recent loans In prose
cution of the war In Cuba at (279.000,
00. In the following statement we give
a comparison for 1895 and 1875 of the in
debtedness of the nations which now
owe. or did then owe, 100,000,009 or
over:
1S75. 1893.
Country. (Estimated.) (Etlmntv1.)
France ld).0"i.tXJ 1.2in.Jil.m;0
Great iirltaln .. 7sh.hw.0J0 6ti0.0iw.vi0
Hnssla 310.WM) . fi7a.otM.two
Italy 3H0.0iM.0W iwii.wxi.ow
United Slates.. 4IO,t,a XH.VM.tm
Spain lli.W.M 27H.unn.ij
A. -Hungary ... JKO.OD'J.oiM Outi.uort.wo
Germany ., 2w).OWH W.OW.UnO
Australasia .... 4.0"0.l :t0.MV.HM
Turkey 135.W.W0 ISII.utiO.Otw
Portugal se.nuo.tu) l,tju.ju
India 130,u,(i0 !27.x.!0
Hrazil W.UuO.iM) 11K.I'
Egypt 7E.fJO.0DO Kki.tKW.OUO
Total l,324.0jo,00a 5.17Z.UW.U0O
In spite of the substantial reduction
of the English, American, Spanish, and
German debts, there Is a net Increase
for the fourteen nations In the twenty
years of (848,000.000. It may be added
that In 18SS these same twelve nations
owed 4,140,000.000, made up thus:
France, 198.000,000; Great Britain, 740..
000,000: Italy, 455.000,000; Hussla. 381,.
000,000; United -States. (379.000.000; Spain.
t270.ow.ooo; India, 127,000.000; Tut key.
127.000.000; Australasia, 98.000.000; and
Portugal. (83.ouo.0tio. In the years 1875-
85 there was on this showing a net re
duction of about tl5.000.ouo on the in
debtedness of the nations enumerated;
but the whole world's obligations in 1885
represented an increase on 187&, our
calculations giving a total for the for
mer of nearly 44 900.000. Among, the
minor debtors Belgium has Increased
its obligations from f71.OOQ.000 In 1876
to 91.000,000 in 1895. and In the same
time the debt of the Netherlands has
gone up from 80.000.000 to 92.500.000,
and that of Canada from 30.000,000 to
51.300.000. The Greek debt stands at
32.984.000, and that of Mexico at (32,
720,000 (as against (63.500.000 in 1875);
while among the new borrowers must
be reckoned Japan, which now owes
47.300,000. and the Argentine Republic,
which owes about 74,000,000. For the
small borrowers Bulgaria, Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, Chill, Peru, Servla,
etc. we have allowed vlSO.OuO.OOO.whlch
Is probably only two-thirds of the ac
tual obligations of these nations.
The sum paid annually as Interest on
the world's debts approximates to 230.
000,000. Twenty years ago- the total
was about 200.000,000, and the Increase
of only 30,000.000 with a capital addi
tion of more than fl.OO0.0OO.O0O Is ex
plained by the fact that money now is
cheaper, provided credits are good, than
It was in 1875. when on some of Its
loans England was paying 34 per cent.,
India 4 per cent., Holland 44 per cent.,
Canada 44 per cent., France, Hussla,
and liragll 5 per cent., Italy and Portu
gal 6 per cent., Hungary 7V4 per cent.,
Kgypt 8 per cent., Turkey and Peru 10
per cent. France, of course, pays out
the largest sum of money every year
In the way of Interest, the total run
ning to about 37,000,000, or 19s. 8d. per
head of the population, Great Ilrllatn's
disbursement is (24,540,000, or 12s. ltd.
per head. Russia puys out a little
more. 1.4,726.000. or 4s. llj. per head.
Austria-Hungary, on the joint and spe
cial debts, puys out (37,190,000 a year,
and the average per capita expenditure
on the Joint debt Is 4s. lod., on the spe
cial Austrian debt 10s. 10d., and on the
special Hungarian debt 15s. The an
nual charge in Italy amounts to 23,
450.000, which works out at the rate of
lfis. Id. per head. Spain pays nearly
11,300.000 interest annuully. or 13s. Id.
per head. Though the capital Itself Is
a large Item, the charge per annum In
the I'nlted States Is 110 more than Is.
9d. per head. In Uruguay, on the oth
er hand, It runs to as much as f 12s. 61I.
per head. Hurdett says that In Peru
this per capita charge runs to 1 3s.,
but there must be something wrong
with Uurdett's figures. In Portugal tne
amount Is 15s. fid. per head, and In
Kgypt lis. lOd. per head. In Uermany
It is no more than Is. 4d.
Can any one say off-hand what Is the
aggregate debt of all the English pos
sessions In all parts of the globe? We
will give the total It is 1,097.166.600.
After the mother country, India has the
heaviest debt; the total being, as we
have seen, 127,600,000. Then comes
New South Wales with (u8.225.000. Can
ada with 51,288.000 (net), Victoria with
47.937,300, New Zealand with 39,635.000.
Queensland with 30.639,500, Cape Col
ony with 27.675.178. and South Aus
tralia with 23,100,000. St. Helena brings
up the rear with a modest 5,408,-
DRAWATicG0SSIP.
Walter Dam rose h will write a comic
opera.
Louis James has produced "My Lord
and Some Ladles."
De Koven and Smith's "The Mandarin"
did not please New York critics.
Ueerbohm Tree will be seen here In the
dramatization of "The Seats of the
Mighty."
Nancy Mcintosh and Virginia Rarle
will bo members of the No. 2 "Geisha"
company.
Minlne Maddern Fiske will appear In a
dramatization of Amelia Rives' "Virginia,
of Virginia."
"The strange Adventures or Miss
Brown" coinpuny has been disbanded, but
win ue reorganized.
Kltt'Vn A IlHrifin anil Wllasin rtrratt'a
new play for Charles Hawtrey Is called
me isning i:up."
Klaw A Krlanger, Charles Frohmun.
Lincoln J. Cutter und W. A. Rradv kIvj
employment to two-thirds of all the act
ors employed.
The Metropolitan Kngllsh Opera com
pany Includes Ueorgine Von Jannfchuu-
sk, Lizzie .iucniciioi, fay ne Clark and
A. Montegrlffo.
Aubrey Houclcault sails for Europe on
November 20. During his absence his sis
ter, Nina Houclcoiilt, will keep the fa
mous name before the public.
An Atlanta judge has decided that "a
hypnotist Is responsible for crimes com
mitted by his subject when under the in
fluence of the operator."
Mrs. Bridget Hoey, the mother of "Old
lloss" Hoey, und Hello I'rquhart are both
suing street railroads for damaaes for in
juries received In the curs.
ine agent or tne niacK ram Trouoa
dours had great difficulty In securing ac
commodations for his company at Hart
ford, and whs obliged to advertise.
Charles E. Evans and W. D. Mann have
announced their intention to make the
Herald Square theater, New York, a per
manent home for American light opera
productions.
The Actors' association Is taking up a
number of eases where actors have not
bean paid salaries. The society will event
ually effect a boycott ou managers who
don't pay up.
The child born recently to Caroline MIs
kel (Mrs. Hoyt) died within an hour of
Its birth Mrs. Hoyt has recovered from
the shock, und will return to the boards
next month.
"A Daughter of Franee" Is the title se
lected for Joseph Hatton's dramatization
of his novel, "When Greek Meets Greek,"
which Miss Olga Nethersole will producea
In Uoston in about two weeks.
"Lady Diana," a three-act comic opera
written by Herman Hart, the musle by
the late Slgnor Antonio Mora, has been
secured for America per Louis Nethersole
on behalf of an American comlf; opera
syndicate. It Is an English subject, und
the period Is the eighteenth century.
Conscientiousness Is one of the charac
teristics of the Paris dramatic critic. Fau
quier recently declined to review the per
formance of a new play In the Figaro the
morning after Its production because the
dress rehearsal had been given for the
benefit of the press, and he did not con
sider It possible to write a satisfactory
criticism ufler the play.
George H. Mcl.ellan has arranged with
Messrs. Canary & Lederer to send to Aus
tralia next April or May Miss Lillian
Kussel. and her entire company. lrofes
sor Hermann is also to visit the Antipodes
next season, and "The I.aly Slavey, too,
may be taken over. Mr. Mcl,ellan lx act
ing as the representative of Williamson A
Musgrove, the Australian managers.
Not Her Fnalt.
Mrs. Grlmhle (to her offspring) There
you go. tracking the floor ail over with
mud. Didn't I tell you to wipe your feet
ucmie ytiu rmiir in:
Johnny Oh, nobody's blaming you. ma;
you did all you could. Hoston Transcript.
ODIl'.M TIIKOl.OGICl'M.
They met and they talked where the
cross roads meet.
Four men from the four winds come.
And they talked of the horse, for they
loved the theme.
And never a man was dumb.
And the man from the North loved the
strength of the horse.
And the man from the East his pace.
And the man from the South loved the
speed of the horse.
The man from the West his grace.
So these four men from the four winds
rame.
Each paused a space In his course
And smiled In the face of his fellow man
And lovincly talked of the horse.
Then each man parted and went bis way
As their different courses ran;
And each man Journeyed with peace In
his heart
And loving his fellow man.
They met the next year where the cross
roads meet.
Four men from the four winds come;
And it chanced as they met that they
talked of God.
And never a man was dumb.
One imaged God In the shape of a man,
A spirit did one Insist;
One said that Nature Itself was God,
One said that He didn't exist.
But they lashed each other with tongues
that stung.
That smote as with a rod;
Each glared In the face of his fellow man.
And wrathfully talked of God,
Then each man parted and went his way.
As their different courses itn;
And each man journeyed wit war In his
heart.
And hating his fellow man.
Sam Walter Foss.
BARDD0NIAETH
YR EISTEDDFOD
A New Critic Scores Peirof aid Llew
Llwyfo.
MISS GERTRUDE LEWIS'S SAD DEATH
The Prominent Songstress Dies In
the l'oorhonse from the Effects of
Strong StimulantsThe New Welsh
Church nt LondonThe Working
ton Eisteddfod.
In speaking of the chair and crown
poetry of the LUnelly eisteddfod of
1895 one who signs himself "A New
Critic" speaks of the principal efforts
In rather a disparaging, tone. The
chair was won, it will be remembered,
by Pcdrog, a nonconformist minister
who was visiting this country at the
time. Twenty-six bards trivd for the
prise. The subject was "Happiness,"
and the adjudicators were Watcyn
Wyn, Ceulanydd. and llcrw, who speak
In the highest terms of eulogy of the
successful ode. Pcdrog has been half
smothered with pralre ever since. Let
us see what his poem Is like. As it is
written in the alliterative metres, a
literal translation Is extremely diffi
cult. I will du the best I can.
The poem opens with these lines:
"Happiness! I ask a proper passport
to Its poetical kingdom, a proof-order
thai the purest Muse bestows her smile
on her servant.
"An exquisite subject, and the aim
of the world! Shall 1 sail its sweet
mysticism? The appropriate state uf
Happiness! A pure life, all song.
"Of all the expensive wealth wj see,
It does not matter what we possi ss In
tho world; If anyone's soul Is without
this, there are the Humes of hell."
I pass on to the opening lines of the
fourth section of the poem:
"Along the weird lands of his ancient
'Garden' was the ruler, with happy
countenance; but bluck Enemy, taken
at his word, stabbed treachery through
the blessed neighborhood; and Happi
ness was then seen, with his Father
leaving man! Miserable, he wondered
about the guilty land of deterioration;
and he bent In every place, in bleak
night, lower down; he bent, n foolish.
Immortal being, to filthiest linages;
Inferior to his divine origin were his
Innumerable 'other gods'; and the song
of soul's happiness he finds not In the
thickness of dust and mud, nor any
where, until he praises God, who brings
heaven back to him!"
There are about six hundred lines of
this sort of stuff. I Inflict no further
quotations on the reader. Of the plan
of the poem It Is not easy to say any
thing. There Isn't much of It, as far
as I can see. There Is nothing coarse,
or stupid, or vulgar In the poem, and
very little poetry- This was the best
poem out of 26. What must the other
?5 have been, I wonder? Rut let that
pass. "Llew Llwyfo" was the winner
of tho crown. Under the adjudication
of "Dyfed," "Cadfan," and "Hawen "
he vanquished fourteen competitors.
His poem was declared to be the best
that has been crowned for many years.
It was an ornament to the Eteddfod,
and so forth. The subject was ' John.
the lleloved Disciple," and the opening
lines are as follows:
"John! On naming him my Imaglna
tlon saw myriads of diverse scenes
crowding his ways, and still greater
diversity 01 tne peculiar characters
tics of one who enj'ed the depth of
tne son or wan a ppeclal affection.
"The Beloved Disciple! I would he
were. If God wills It. the subject of
song, and Us aim to add a chord
though feeble and humble that would
souud sweet in the great chorus of the
feast that 'still remuineth' that faith
sees near by the great feast of end
less creation's restorationand my
chord, In the universal hymn of praise.
sweet through the whole harmony f
tne cnoira ot heaven (?) And I would
that my humble song conveyed some
lesson some 01a. pure truth and call
ed to mind, again and yet again, the
special lesson, according to the divine
order the chief lesson of the mark of
love placed on the most beloved disci
ple that ever was the lesson that was.
and will continue through the ages ever
to be mystery of all mysteries: Love
ot uou to Man.
The poet falls Into a kind of day
dream, and a mystic Guide appears
unto him. The Guide shows him a num
ber of Bcenes. A rather tiresome fel
low, this Guide "My Mystic Guide"
as the bard calls him always making
long speeches. The plun of the poem
may be gathered front the headings to
ine various sections:
Preliminary. The Fraternity of Heth
saida, and the House of Zezedee. From
the Haptism of Christ to the Night of
His lllack P.etrayal, The Passion, the
Garden, and the Mountain, The Doc
trine of Christ's Resurrection and
Apostolic Labor, "A Period of Genera
tion": Persecution. Exile and Its fru.ts,
The poem Is thus a sort of metrical
sketch of Scripture history, beginning
witn John the Baptist and ending with
the death of the lleloved Disciple. The
glimpses we get of John himself are
few. brief and nebulous. Out of about
1,0)0 lines only twenty are devoted to
John s exile in Patmos. What a gold
en opportunity the poet lost there! Not
a word about the visions seen by John
as recorded In the Hook of Revelation1
There are several grotesque passages
In the poem, and Incidents which are
neither historical nor edlfvjg. Home of
ine -conferences savor of the not-
house. John's cruel rebuke to Mary
Magdalene is certuinly not in keeping
witn nis amiable cnaracter, though
Mary's behaviour deserved castlgation.
One other quotation taken at random
from the poem:
"Yes. John's Voice has the nnme kv
feature, tone, or characteristic, when
replying to some insult as when ex
plaining something that gives pleasure,
except when the lack of merit is suit.
gested of the Gospel of Christ to bring
Happiness to ine worm, and that it does
not touch the aristocracy of man; then
an Inspired tone pierces through all he
says, as now. when he answers an at
tempt made by the Fmrproe to sneer n
tne 'lowly state of his Savior, and
the 'unphilosnphlcal simplicity .if Hi,
religion of Christ'; this aione explains
his temper, and louses him to r-plv."
These are samples of the best poetry
turned out by the National elslc.1,ir,,H
of 1895. Is the game worth the candle?
Most people would say "No!" Allow
me to make one remark In conclusion.
Our Welsh bnrds look on the chair and
tne crown as tne ton of the ladder.
Having got there they do not think of
trying to ascend any higher. That Is
the fatal mistake. They should regard
these crown and chair poems as mere
school exercises or college essays, as
mere premmnary ranters of their Pe
gasus, the first rungs of the ladder and
not the last. They should look up
higher, and even higher. Their stand
ard of poetical excellence Is absurdly
low. After winning a chair they (to
vary tne metapnor) rest on the r oars.
Instead cf that they should go on. bv
study and diligent toll, perfecting their
nrt. until at last they are able to nro
dure work on which the Immortal gods
win smne.
8AD END OF WELSH SONGSTRESS.
Mrs. Rosewarner. better known as
Gertrude Lewis In South Wales must
cal circles, who was twenty years ago.
a prominent Iocs I son grs tress. The
news, pathetic as It Is, did not come as
a surprise to the many persons ac
quainted with the deceased s later life.
for It has lonp been known that she
had, through intemperate habits, fallen
very low In the social scale. Still, those
who were acquainted with her In her
younger and brighter days could not
but feel a pang of regret that one who
at one time appeared to have such a
happy and prosperous career before
tlp aHntltJ tumuli mt ta.lnm,J mm m
claim no more honorable deathbed thus
a pauper's pallet The story of the
singers life is saddest Imaginable. Her
father was Mr. Hces Lewis, who some
twenty years agu was well known and
highly respected in Cardiff as the con
ductor of the Philharmonic society, at
that time the only important musical
organisation in the town, its chief pa
tron being tne late fel. M. Corbett. At
the ago of 17 Miss Gertrude Lrwis,
whose voice was a rich soprano, com
menced her career as a public singer
by competing at the Abergavenny eis
teddfod for a scholarship. On that oc
casion Miss Edith Wynn, the adjudica
tor, pronounced her opinion that Miss
Lewis effort was equal In point of
merit to that of the winner. Miss Will
lams, now Madame Williams-t'enn, but
awarded the prize to the latter on ac
count of her age, she being a year
younger. After this the young soprano
went to London, where she was placed
under the tuition of Mr. William
Shakcspear. I'nder the care of this fa
mous voice trainer Miss Lewis made
rapid strides In her adopted profession,
and on her return to Wales was for
some years exceedingly popular at ora
torio concerts, when about 23 years of
ge she married a schoolmaster of
Hutlth, who shortly afterwards was at
tacked with pulmonary disease, and
was ordered to the Cape, but derived no
benefit, and ultimately succumbed to
the fatal malady. This distressing epi
sode seems to have been the turning
point In her life, and until she married,
a few years later, a Mr. Kosewarner.
she obtained her livelihood by teaching
music, and, meeting with occasional en
gagements only as a public singer. Of
late years she had existed alone in a
state of extreme poverty, as Indicated
by the sade circumstances surrounding
her death.
Ml'SICAL AND EISTEDDFODIC.
Few people living outside of Wales
have done so much to maintain the
distinctly characteristics of our nntion
as the venerable William Griffiths.
Ivander (Griffiths Hath Pontardawe
gynt) of Workington Cumberland.
Most Welshmen know Ivander only as
on of the musical adjudicators at the
Merthyr national eisteddfod fifteen
years ago, when he suid very unpalat
able things to our brass bands, but
everybody admits that thnt he said
then was only the truth. Ivander has
been the moving spirit in the Work
ington eisteddfod, which has been held
annuully for the last score of yenrs.
Last New Year's day the eisteddfod
attained Its majority, and now enter
ing as It were upon a new lease of life.
Its promoters have determined to make
it a more Important function In every
Sense of the word. The next eistedd
fod will be held on New Year's day
and continued on the following day.
On New Year's evening there will be
a public rehearsal of "Judas Macca
bueuo," and the work will be fully per
formed on the following evening. On
the Sunday night, Jan. 3, the festival
will be closed with the performance
of the "Messiah." Mr. Hen Davles will
be the tenor vocalist at all the con
certs. Such Is the programme, and it
will be admitted on all hands that It
is a most ambitious one. Mr. W. O.
MacNaught, the great apostle of the
tonic so I fa notation In London, and Miss
Emilic Hurley, of Liverpool, who is
equally enthusiastic in the cause of the
staff notation. Since her vic
tories at the great eistedd
fodau In South Wales Inst summer her
services have been much sought after.
She holds more than a dozen musical
certificates. They will act as musical
adjudicators. It will be a great gather
ing ot musical talent, and will be one
of the elsteddfodlcal features of 1897.
NOTES.
The Porth Eisteddfod committee arc
determined to put the Porth Hospital
on a sound financial basis. Hecently
tney nanued over to tne hospital com
mlttee the sum of 260, being the pro
ceeds or tne last eisteddfod, while
cheque for over 30 was also received
by the committee from the Porth and
Cymmer Male Voice choir, this being
tne sum realized at a recent perform
ance given oy tne choir. The Instttu
tlon now contains eight beds, three of
them being already endowed, one by
Mr. Clifford Cary( another by Messrs.
Lewis' Merthyr Colliery company, and
the third by Colonel Williams, of the
united National Colliery company.
There must be scores of people In
Cardiff and the district who would hall
with delight an opportunity to acquire
a Knowledge of Welsh, and many
Welshmen also who would be glad of
a course of lessons in their mother ton
gue, and so make up for the neglect
of earlier days. To these It Is of some
Interest to know that Professor Powell
Is now about resuming at the Univers
ity the Welsh class which h conducted
with so much success in years that
have gone by. The classes meet every
Monday evening, and the first of the
series has already been held. Only
four students, however, presented
themselves the first night, but this we
are convinced must be entirely due to
tne fact that tne existence of such
facilities has not been sufficiently made
known. Of course, ff no more members
are enrolled the classes must be aban
doned.
The many Liberal associations
throughout South W ales are now ar
ranging lectures and debates for the
coming winter nre pursuing a policy
that cannot be too highly commended
for Liberal principles need only be
known and understood to be thoroughly
appreciated and endorsed by the peO'
pie generally. For the next few months
the cry of "Kegister! Register! Regis
ter!" Educate ! Educate!" for without
the latter the former will be
so much neregy thrown away. The
Penarth Liberals have reeognlzpd this,
and have completed an excellent pro
gramme. The session will shortly be
opened witn an address ny Mr. Jo
seph II. Jones, on the "Licensing laws
In relation to the accepted policy of the
Liberal party. Uuring the winter Mr
Morgan Thomas will read n paper on
runes tne nistory and law. Mr. J.
T. Parry, the new agent for South
Glamorgan, will treat on "The History
of the Education Hill." Mr. Llovd Mey-
rlck on the question "Is Abtolute Free
Trade Wise?" and Mr. J. Valentine, of
Rristol, the organizer of the Irish Na
tional lengtie, will deliver an address on
his pet subject, "Irish Poets and Irish
Pull tics."
"Young Wales" for this month Is an
excellent number, nnd contains at least
two articles of real interest to Welsh
Nationalists. Professor Anwyl writes
about the national awakening in Wales
In Its relntion to Welsh literature. Mr.
Thomas Darlington writes about the
Cymric element In the Welsh people,
Mr. Anwyl tells us that the new out
hurst of Interest In Welsh literature In
the last few years has shown Itself
partly as a desire for reproduction of
the literature of the past. He points
out the different characteristics of pa
triotism within and without Wales,
and ay that "No more eloount testi
mony could exist to the life of the
Welsh language than the fact that in
It alone the Celtic language has ap
peared that thoroughly modern literary
product, an encyclopedia. The spirit
of reproduction In Welsh literature Is
a very valuable one. and along with
discrimination ami careful studv. mav
do much to make us acnuainted with
the literature of our ancestors. The
tendency, however, ought not to make
us dispaysge the literary activity of
the present day. but rather make us
proud of the fact that Welshmen have
never liepn content to see their tongue
a mere bundle of dialects." Mr. Dar
llngton. of whose paper onlv the first
Instalment Is published, claims that
the science of ethnology has taught us
already that there Is no such eulf be
tween the Welshman and the Enclish
man as It has been the fashion to as
sert exists between the Celt and the
Teuton. He says that the Cymry are
now Known not 10 ne pure Celts at all.
and that tne r.ngllsn people are racial
ly more mixed than theWelsh. The
English are. he contends, much less
Germanic than it Is common to sup
pose, ann in r.ngiisn literature. Dnetrv.
and oratory there are unmistakable
signs of Celtic Influences.
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