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Mother, with her hands in her lap, "as they all tell me, that you are the great est cook in Bruges."

"I do not know, Mother. I always pleased Benoist. He admitted--in the end that I stood to his third wife as the belfry over the city . . ."

"And if of Bruges, then of the world," said the Mother, firmly. "It is a pity not to use your talents. In moderation, Marie, there is no harm. Coffee, now, and gruel for the old women-you might try. The Sisters, no; but the lacemakers, yes. You shall go into the breakfast kitchen and you shall boil the eggs, the potatoes, and all; and give thanks to God that He has restored you to your former use."

She was thankful—is thankful—to be harbored safe as last among copper saucepans, with the steamy smells of the

caldrons in her nose and the cheerful sound of coffee-grinding in her ears.

Inch by inch she has fought to enlarge this kingdom of hers, until now it is within an ace of including the province of bread-making. That won, she will have but one hope to live for: that some day she may graciously be allowed to preside over the nuns' own kitchen. I do not myself think there is much chance of this, unless she outlives the present Mother Superior and the next proves a dame less careful in sweeping the Sisters' path clear of every cobweb of temptation. But whether she attains her desire or not, she lives now in dreams of that far, good time, forgetful of her fame, ignorant of the curiosity of her own life, growing old serenely, glad of heart in that God has granted her in this world her place by the pot on the fire.

Books of the Week

This report of current literature is supplemented by fuller reviews of such books as in the judgment of the editors are of special importance to our readers. Any of these books will be sent by the publishers of The Outlook, postpaid, to any address on receipt of the published price, with postage added when the price is marked “net.”

Air de Ballet. By A. Hervey. Clayton F. Summy Co., Chicago. 75c.

Americans (The). By Hugo Münsterberg. Translated by Edwin B. Holt, Ph.D. McClure, Phillips & Co., New York. 6x9 in. 619 pages. $2.50, net.

Reserved for later notice.

Buccaneers (The). By Henry M. Hyde. Funk & Wagnalls Co., New York. 42X74 in. 236 pages. $1.20, net.

A strenuous story of a business battle between a masterful individual manufacturer and a would-be trust. There is vigor and go in the novel, which is a rather unusually good specimen of its class.

Cabbages and Kings. By O. Henry. Mc

Clure, Phillips & Co., New York. 5x8 in. 344 Vpages. $1.50.

Pure burlesque, but lively, ingenious, and slangily humorous. South American intrigue, Yankee resource, the colossal impudence of the American "fakir," and the romance of unusual love complications, are all worked together into a semi-connected story, parts of which have already been used as magazine tales.

Calendar of Omar Khayyam: Being Ex

cerpts from the Quatrains of the Poet of Naishapur as Translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Now set to Pictures by Blanche McManus. L. C. Page & Co., Boston. 41⁄2 111⁄2 in. 28 pages. $1. A long, effectively made calendar for the year, a special feature of which is the pres entation of selections from the Rubáiyát,

with illustrations which are intended to be Oriental but are rarely successful.

Defective Santa Claus (A). By James Whitcomb Riley. Illustrated. The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, Ind. 5x8 in. 81 pages. $1, net. A jolly Christmas poem with equally jolly pictures.

Educational Broth. By Frederic Allison Tupper. C. W. Bardeen, Syracuse, New York. 5x74 in. 211 pages.

Emanuel

Burden.

By Hilaire Belloc. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 5x8 in. 312 pages. $1.50.

A brilliantly written satire dealing with the speculative methods fostered, or at least made possible, by the modern Imperialistic movement in England; presenting a contrast between solid old English methods and the "booming" methods of the later day. Mr. Belloc treats his subject with the greatest gravity, and no small part of the humor of his satire lies in its travesty of many contemporary biographies, in which the value of small incidents is greatly exaggerated, uninteresting details of family life are furnished, and insignificant pedigrees traced back as if they led to royal sources. Englishman would appreciate the satire much more than an American, because of more intimate knowledge of the conditions with which it deals; but the story is sufficiently distinct in its satirical outlines to make the purpose of the author clear to an

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American reader and to give the story, for an American, interest.

English Church History. Four Lectures by the Rev. Alfred Plummer, M.A., D.D. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 5x8 in. 179 pages. $1, net.

Faiths and Folklore: A Dictionary of National Beliefs, Superstitions, and Popular Customs, Past and Current, with their Classical and Foreign Analogues Described and Iliustrated. By W. Carew Hazlitt. In 2 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 64x9 in. $6, net. This is really a new edition of Brand and Ellis's "Popular Antiquities of Great Britain," but it is now for the first time alphabetically arranged-an immense improvement-and has also been enlarged and improved. The title, as given above, sufficiently indicates the classes of topics treated. The work is a rarely quaint storehouse of legend, allusion, antiquarian information, and bygone usages.

Four Little Pieces for the Piano. By Caroline Kohlsaal. (40c.) Clayton F. Summy Co., Chicago.

Heath's Memoirs of the American War: Reprinted from the Original Edition of 1798. Introduction and Notes by Rufus Rockwell Wilson. The A. Wessels Co., New York. 52x84 in. 435 pages. $2.50, net.

This is the third and decidedly the most important of the "Source Books of American History" thus far issued under the direction of Rufus Rockwell Wilson. General Heath's memoirs, which were originally published in 1798, and, so far as we are aware, have hitherto been reprinted only in a limited edition, are of direct value to the student of the War of the Revolution, constituting a first-hand account of many of the operations connected therewith, and assisting to an appreciation of the men and conditions of the period. The author served as a Major-General in the American army throughout the long conflict, his military activity dating from the battle of Concord, where he took part in the harrying of the retreating British, and terminating only with the dissolution of the army in 1783. Mr.. Wilson gathers from the pages of his journal that he was "a soldier better fitted for muster service and barrack duty than for active command in the field," but this estimate hardly conveys a fair idea of the brave and patriotic New England officer. It is true that as the result of a futile demonstration against New York in 1777 he was temporarily removed from field service, yet we find him two years later in command of the troops on the Hudson, and afterward employed to hold Clinton in check while Washington hurried his forces to Yorktown, a commission the commander-in-chief would scarcely have intrusted to one fit only for "muster service and barrack duty." Whatever success attended his efforts, General Heath appears to have been diligent in performance, not without resource, sympathetic, and observant. His journal mirrors with commendable fidelity the gloom as well as the grandeur of the struggle, the sufferings

from disease, famine, and exposure, the discontent expressed in open mutiny, the patriotism that bore all uncomplainingly, treacherous actions side by side with heroic deeds. In its present form it should command a wide audience, its value to the modern student being increased by the intelligent annotations of its present editor.

Hermann und Dorothea. By Goethe. Edited by Philip Schuyler Allen. Ginn & Co,, Boston. 42x64 in. 257 pages. 60c. (Postage, 5c.) India. By Colonel Sir Thomas Hungerford Holdich, K.C.M.G., K.C.I.E., C.B., R.E. Illustrated. D. Appleton & Co., New York. 6x9 in. 375 pages. $2.50, net.

The author does wisely to avoid statistics and details in describing the geographical configurations of India. After a survey of Early India, he proceeds to a study of the geography of the frontiers bordering Baluchistan and Afghanistan; he describes Kashmir, the Himalayas, and the Peninsula, then Assam, Burma, and Ceylon. He tells us about the people, the political geography, the agriculture, revenues, railways, minerals, and climate, and he puts India before us as we will not find it elsewhere. The work is amply indexed, and is provided with a wealth of maps and diagrams which have the authority of the Survey of India to support them. Sir Thomas Holdich was formerly the Superintendent of that Survey. His volume has the ring of authority on every page. It is equally valuable for steady reading or as a book of reference.

Instructive Pieces for the Piano. By Hub

bard William Harris. Caprice (40c.), Elves' Frolic
(40c.). Clayton F. Summy Co., Chicago, Ill.

Judith of Bethulia. By Thomas Bailey
Aldrich. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston. 5x8
in. 98 pages. $1, net.
Reserved for later notice.

Mediæval Art: From the Peace of the

Church to the Eve of the Renaissance, 3121350. By W. R. Lethaby. Illustrated. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 52x8 in. 315 pages. $2, net.

The title of this book seems a misnomer. While architecture was emphatically the art of mediæval times, yet" art" comprised also other departments, to which Mr. Lethaby pays little attention. His survey begins with "the peace of the Church" in 312, and continues to 1350, a date which marked the decline of "Frenchness" in Gothic architecture. He has much to tell us about the ages of Constantine and Justinian, of Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic art. He journeys with us to Constantinople, through Italy, France, Germany, England, Belgiuni, Spain, and Switzerland. His book is crowded with illustrations, yet there is not one too many. He shows us, what cannot be too often emphasized, that unity in diversity may be found throughout the thousand years of medieval art, which thus really form an entirely organic period.

Myself, Duty, and Destiny, by the Great Teachers of Mankind. Lafayette Charles Loomis. The Loomis Fund, Washington, D. C. 52x9 in. 119 pages.

Narratives of the Career of Hernando de Soto in the Conquest of Florida (1530-1542) as Told by a Gentleman of Elvas, by Luya Hernandez de Biedma, and by Rodrigo Ranjel. Edited by Edward Gaylord Bourne. In 2 vols. Illustrated. A. S. Barnes & Co., New York. 4×7 in. $2, net.

The three most important contemporary narratives relating to the expedition of De Soto have been edited and translated by Professor E. G. Bourne, of Yale, in order to place them within the reach of every one interested in the early history of our country. The classical history of the Gentleman of Elvas, and the Relation of the Conquest of Florida by De Biedma, have been supplemented for the first time by Professor Bourne's translation of the minutely detailed journal of Ranjel, De Soto's secretary. The first two are in the translation of Buckingham Smith. Although Hakluyt had made a translation of the Gentleman of Elvas, a more modern rendering was thought better for the purpose. The volumes will be regarded as a valuable and convenient addition to both history and literature.

Nibelungen (The): Translated into Rhymed English Verse by George Henry Needler. Henry Holt & Co., New York. 5x71⁄2 in. 349 pages. $1.75, net.

A version in English in which the original meters are preserved; carefully and faithfully done; with two elaborate introductions covering the Saga, its history, development, and various forms; and the later Lied, its history, development, various forms, and the editions through which it has passed; a very satisfactory piece of work.

On Holy Scripture and Criticism: Addresses

and Sermons. By Herbert Edward Ryle, D.D. The Macmillan Co., New York. 5×73⁄4 in. 190 pages. $1.25.

Addresses on the Bible delivered on various occasions make up the contents of this volume. The Bishop of Winchester believes that the modern, scientific study of the Bible, so far from injuring the Bible, will increase its value by making the truth more accessible. Nothing of the polemical is discernible in what he writes. None of these lectures pretends to contribute new knowledge on the subject of Biblical Criticism; but all of them undertake to lead people to see that reverence for the Christian Scriptures is compatible with the spirit that welcomes the most painstaking scrutiny of their origin and

nature.

that entire satisfaction is to had from it either. If, in the present volume, we are not taught much as to Gainsborough's technique, we do gain a good picture of Gainsborough's age and of its degradation in taste; of Gainsborough's family; of the famous Bath period (the turning point in the painter's career); of Gainsborough's landscape work and its relations to Constable's; of the London life, the King's favor, the Acadamy, and, finally, the noble passing. Of the great triumvirate of English portrait painters-Reynolds, Gainsborough, and Romney-working at the same time, Gainsborough was not only the most brilliant artist in, but was also the founder of, the English landscape school.

Tragedie of Julius Cæsar (The). By William Shakespeare. (First Folio Edition.) Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York. 50c., net.

Travels of Marco Polo (The), the Venetian. The Translation of Marsden, Revised by Thomas Wright, F.S.A. (The Caxton Thin Paper Classics.) Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 4x61⁄2 in. 461 pages. $1.25, net.

A recent addition to the Caxton Classics, bound in flexible leather, artistically printed, and a delight to the eye. The Travels are presented with a revision of Marsden's and Wright's notes; and a series of maps, a list of some contemporaneous events, and a complete index have been added.

Verrocchio. By Maud Cruttwell.

trated.

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Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 52x8 in. 264 pages. $2, net.

To her biographies of Mantegna and the Robbias our author now presents one of Verrocchio, perhaps the least known and appreciated of fifteenth-century masters. Inferior to Donatello and Leonardo in imagination, he was inferior to none in mere technical ability. The great statue of the Colleoni is not only Verrocchio's masterwork, but one of the half-dozen greatest equestrian pieces of all time. It is the embodiment of superb virile power; it is certainly not the work of "un esprit limité et un caractère bourgeois," as Müntz once called Verrocchio. That his contemporaries realized Verrocchio's worth, if some moderns do not, is evident from the fact that no one save Donatello exercised such a powerful and prolonged influence on Florentine art. But even the contemporaries were affected by Verrocchio's particular innovations than by his general aim. The biog

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Pebbles and Pearls: A Collection of Poems rapher brings out these distinctions with in Patches. By Cleland Kernestaffe. The Broadway Publishing Co., New York. 5x7 in. 198 pages.

Rebels of the New South. By Walter Mar

ion Raymond. Charles H. Kerr & Co., Chicago. 54×8 in. 294 pages. $1. Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. By A. E. Fletcher. Illustrated. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 5x71⁄2 in. 234 pages. $1.25, net. Mr. Fletcher's is the latest of the rapidly increasing number of Gainsborough biographies. His is a good biography, but not a remarkable book of criticism. For that one will seek Sir Walter Armstrong's book; not

much clearness. She leaves us with an impression not to be gained by other reading of the exaltation of the Verrocchio ideal. Only by his thorough knowledge of anatomy and of technique could the artist portray, whether by chisel or brush, the human form in its full strength and beauty, the freedom of its movement and the subtle expression of its emotion. The biographer and critic renders an equally important service in discriminating between Verrocchio's own work and those far feebler achievements of his followers sometimes attributed to him.

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