when a boy ran away to the Indians, and who while still a lad returned to his own people to serve under Andrew Jackson in the campaigns which that great leader waged against the Creeks, the Spaniards, and the British. "He was wounded at the storming of one of the strongholds of Red Eagle's doomed warriors, and returned to his Tennessee home to rise to high civil honor, and become the foremost man of his State." Afterward, in a fit of mad longing for the unfettered life of the wilderness, he fled to the Cherokees, and for years lived as one of their chiefs. At the time of the Texan rising, by riding day and night, he joined the Texans in time to lead them on to the overthrow of the Mexican host. He became the President of the new Republic, and after its admission into the United States a Senator at Washington. Mr. Roosevelt has probably no peer in the description of ranch life, and one of the most delightful chapters of his book is that which tells of hunting from the long, low, roomy ranch house, of cleanhewed logs; as comfortable as it is plain and bare.

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Here is his description of the shooting of a blacktail deer: "On our right, as we loped onward, the land sunk away in smooth green-clad slopes and valleys; on our left it fell in sheer walls. Ahead of us the sun was sinking behind a mass of blood-red clouds, and on either hand the flushed skies were changing their tint to a hundred hues of opal and amethyst. Our tireless little horses sprang under us, thrilling with life; we were riding through a fairy world of beauty and color and limitless space and freedom. denly a short hundred yards in front three blacktail leaped out of a little glen and crossed our path, with the peculiar bounding gait of their kind. At once I sprang from my horse, and, kneeling, fired at the last and largest of the three. My bullet sped too far back, but struck near the hip, and the crippled deer went slowly down a ravine." Here Mr. Roosevelt found it and finished it with a second ball. Among the game the hunting of which is described by the author are included the Bighorn, the White Goat, the Elk, the Moose, the American Buffalo, the Black and the Grisly Bear, and the Wolf. He has something to say,

also, concerning the Cowboy, and the volumewhich, by the way, is an excellent piece of book-making-closes with an entertaining chapter on "Hunting Lore." The book is fully illustrated.

The second book, "Camp-Fires of a Naturalist," is, as is stated in the sub-title, the story of the adventures of Professor Dyche while collecting specimens of the larger mammals of North America. Mr. Edwords says that the book deals solely with facts; that it is taken from the note-books and diaries of the professor, and that not one word has been added to the facts which he has noted to make the book more interesting or exciting. Not the least interesting part of the book is the opening chapter, which tells how Lewis Lindsay Dyche, who was the son of a Kansas pioneer, and whose life began at a camp-fire, conquered an education, and became, finally, the professor of anatomy and physiology in the Kansas State University. Professor Dyche had the same enthusiasm for the chase which has characterized so many scientists and explorers. His researches extended over a large area; New Mexico, Indian Territory, and Colorado were some of his hunting grounds, and many of his experiences were dangerous and exciting enough to be called thrilling. The book has a number of illustrations, principally of the animals described in the text.

"The Wreck of the Golden Fleece: A Story of a North Sea Fisher Boy," by Robert Leighton, and "Westward with Columbus," by Gordon Stables, are two of the Scribners' illustrated holiday books for young readers to appear this month.

The Scribners as usual will have three new juvenile books by that captivating story-teller, G. A. Henty, this season. They are all historically instructive as well as entertainingly adventurous, the themes appearing in the titles"Through the Sikh War: A Story of the Conquest of the Punjaub;" "St. Bartholomew's Eve: A Tale of the Huguenot Wars ;" and "A Jacobite Exile: Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles XII. of Sweden." All three of the volumes are fully and graphically illustrated.

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LONDON, August 5, 1893.

HE Shelley Exhibition, which has been on view lately at the Guildhall Library, is one of the greatest interest, and it is much to be regretted that it could only be on view for so brief a period. It is impossible to give an idea of the importance of this exhibition as far as the admirers of Percy Bysshe Shelley and his circle and those interested in the literary history of his period are concerned. The letters are innumerable both from the poet and his various friends, and there is a quantity of valuable manuscripts-among them note-books containing prose and verse, “Julian and Maddalo," twenty-seven pages; " The Mask of Anarchy," twenty-one pages, both these being entirely in the poet's handwriting. The collection of printed books, the rare editions and scarce copies, the choicely bound works of Shelley, and books relating to himself, his works, and his circle, comprise countless volumes. There must be no less than twenty pictures relating to the poet and his surroundings, and among the personal relics may be named an original drawing by the author of "Queen Mab," also his inkstand, twelve checks bearing his signature, several favorite books containing his autograph, and a portion of his skull, black and charred, taken out of the funeral pyre by E. J. Trelawney, and given by him to Mrs. W. M. Rossetti. This exhibition, which has been organized by Mr. T. J. Wise, Mr. H. Buxton Forman, and other members of the committee of the Shelley Society, is remarkable for its completeness and admirable arrangement.

It is difficult to understand the delay in appointing a successor to Lord Tennyson as Poet Laureate. If the powers that be are waiting for another Tennyson to arise, we shall probably not see the office filled in our time; for a Tennyson occurs as rarely as a Charles Dickens or a William Makepeace Thackeray. Possibly it is not yet decided whether the office is to be abolished or not. Many people think it old-fashioned, and alto

gether out of date. Others think it beneath the dignity of a poet of standing to sing to order. This is all nonsense. If a Poet Laureate is appointed, he should be able to sing at any time and on any subject; his lyre should be always strung and ever in tune, and he should be ready to poetize on any given themea Royal wedding or funeral, a national victory, or a public rejoicing-at a moment's notice. The real practical Poet Laureate should be an improvisatore of the finest order. But this would be difficult to find out of Italy-if indeed it could be discovered there-in modern times. This kind of thing exists, however, in a debased form even in the present day. We also read in The Newcomes," when the Colonel paid a visit to “ The Cave of Harmony," of a gifted singer, Mr. Nadab, who took off everybody in the room and put them into his song, not even sparing the Colonel himself. Did not the reckless rhymer sing, "A military gent I see, and while his face I scan, I think you'll all agree with me he comes from Hindostan!"' This singer was a well-known character in his day, whose name was Sloman. He would not have done for the office of Laureate, but, depend upon it, that is the kind of thing required, only it must be of a refined and elevated nature. I am inclined to think that Theodore Hook would have made an excellent practical Poet Laureate, if he could have looked at matters in a serious light when requisite. His powers of improvisation were, according to all accounts, marvellous, and his rhyming capability extraordinary; and if he could only have been imbued with some depth of poetic feeling, his success ought to have been something considerable.

There is no spot in the world probably so full of interest, so crowded with incident and historic association as the City of London— that is to say, the City which is presided over by the Lord Mayor, as distinguished from the metropolis; therefore the "Modern History of the City of London” which is being written by Mr. Charles Welch, the librarian to the Corporation, will be a very welcome addition to our countless volumes on the capital of England. It will be a pictorial and descriptive record of municipal and social progress dur

ing the last hundred and fifty years, and will give an account of the City from the accession of George III. to the present day, with illustrations of London as it now exists side by side with the London of Dr. Johnson's period. During the last century and a half the changes within the City walls have been infinite, and these changes will be pictorially chronicled in the forthcoming volume. The illustrations will be a special feature, and many of these will be by and all produced under the superintendence of Mr. Philip Norman. Those who remember his admirable pictures in " The Inns of Old Southwark," and who know how deeply he has studied the subject from every point of view, will readily admit there is no one better qualified for the task. J. Ashby-Sterry.

LITERARY NOTES.

The Shelley Memorial Fund was insufficient to establish a Shelley Library and Museum at Horsham, and it is now proposed to found a Shelley annual prize for English literature at the Horsham Grammar School.

More than a hundred French novelists, including the best known writers, have organized a society called "Les Romanciers Français." One must have published at least four novels in order to be eligible for membership. The purpose of the organization is to protect the interests of the members in contracts, translating rights, etc.

The second volume in the new series of translations from the French of Imbert de Saint Amand on the Women of the Valois and Versailles Court will be " The Court of Louis XIV.," the Women of the Valois Court" having already appeared. In October will appear "The Court of Louis XV.," and in November, "The Last Years of Louis XV." Each volume will contain numerous portraits.

In "Ivar the Viking,' a new book which the Scribners have in preparation for publication this month, Paul Du Chaillu tells the story of his hero from his birth, the book thus giving a graphic picture of the every-day life of a typical Norseman, including the worship, sacrifices, athletic games, love making and social customs of the period. The narrative moves with spirit,

and is enlivened with many spirited battle scenes and adventures.

Mr. George S. Merriam is the editor of a volume describing the life and works of the late President of Yale College, entitled "Noah Porter: A Memorial by Friends." Besides the editor, Miss Sarah Porter, Professor Samuel Porter, Rev. W. W. Andrews, President Carter, Dean Sage, Rev. J. H. Twichell and others contribute valuable material to the biographical portion of the book, while his philosophical and theological teachings are expounded by Professor G. P. Fisher, Professor J. H. Sneath, Professor George M Duncan and Dr. Rikizo Nakashima. J. Sumner Smith contributes a bibliography.

Political

Goldwin Smith is the author of a History of the United States from 1492 to 1871," which the Macmillans will publish this month. There will also be issued by this house a revised and illustrated edition of William Winter's

Shakespeare's England," the second volume of the new edition of "* 'Pepys's Diary," and "The English Religious Drama," with a particularly interesting account of the miracle and mystery plays, by Miss Katharine L. Bates, of Wellesley College. A revised edition in one volume of William Watson's poems is in preparation. The Macmillans will publish a new Indian novel this month-"Miss Stuart's Legacy," by Mrs. Steel.

The London correspondent of the Critic says that the woman who writes under the pen name of Sarah Grand, and whose Heavenly Twins" has aroused considerable interest, was born in Ireland of Quaker stock, and began to write verses in early girlhood. Her father was a naval officer and her early girlhood was passed in the north of England, where she read and dreamed and jotted down her impressions of life in a note-book. At sixteen she left school and was shortly afterward married to an army officer. She accompanied her husband to Ceylon, to China and to Japan. Her strong religious inheritance showed itself in her conduct of a Bible class when she was a girl, and later in many visits to a Catholic convent in Hong Kong. She began writing short stories, and after many disappointments finally won success. She is much interested in social reforms, and draws her characters, she says, from life. George Eliot, George Sand, George Meredith and Mrs. Humphry Ward are her favorite authors.

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R. STEVENSON S new romance, David Balfour, possesses a wider human interest even than the famous tale of which it is the sequel, “Kidnapped." First of all, it is a rare story of conspiracies and perils and heroism, in which both David, the lad of high spirit and of equally high sense of honor, and the shrewd, brave, swaggering little Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck, figure, cleverly outwitting their enemies. More than this, it introduces the youth into the society of gay Edinburgh belles and beaux, and makes him the principal actor in a love affair in which, after many mishaps, he finally acquits himself with great credit.

The women of the story, young and old, are pictured with an insight and sympathy that reveal an altogether new side of the author's genius, and with a raciness of phrase, tenderness of feeling and sense of humor that Mr. Stevenson alone seems to possess the secret of. Indeed, this aspect of the tale shows that Mr. Stevenson is no longer governed by what Mr. James called "that feeling about life which leads him to regard women as so many superfluous girls in a boy's game." Catriona Drummond and Barbara Grant play their share in the game with a spirit that befits their Highland blood. The scene of all these romantic adventures is Edinburgh and the countryside thereabouts, the hero's fortunes after his captivity on the Bass Rock leading him into Holland and France, where many strange things befall him and his sweetheart, Catriona, before their faithful friend, Alan Breck, brings them all out of all danger to a safe anchorage. For its character studies, its narrative of incident and its literary style the book is a worthy sequel of its author's masterpiece," Kidnapped." [Scribners, 12mo, $1.50.]

The Heavenly Twins, by Madam Sarah Grand, who is said to be an Englishwoman, is a book that is likely to be talked about by a few men and very many women. The purpose of the work is the elucidation of certain existing social problems which deal with heredity and the transgression of the seventh commandment, a purpose not greatly forwarded by the author's treatment, which is not construction, but destruction, and ministers to revolt rather than to reform. Briefly told, the story is this: Evadne is a young English girl of unusual mind and entirely conventional training, except for the reading she has done in private. At nineteen she marries a man of the world, much older than herself, whom she

has invested with all the charm of a romantic young girl's first love. As she returns from the church on her wedding day, she finds a letter telling her of a disgraceful past in her husband's life. She escapes from him at the station, and sets out to verify the truth of the letter. There is unfortunately no difficulty in doing this, and she takes refuge with an aunt during a period of family storm and stress, in which she unwaveringly declares that she will never live with Major Colquhoun as his wife. She does, however, consent, after a few weeks, not only to live under Major Colquhoun's roof, but to go with him and his regiment to Malta, where she lived for several years with her supposed husband, and with peaceful satisfaction to herself. Then, moved by the horrible madness that afflicts one of her girl friends, who, like herself, had been deceived in the man she married, Evadne loses her healthy poise of mind and body, and becomes a brooding invalid. This threatens to become permanent, when Major

then Colonel-Colquhoun dies, and Evadne finally marries Dr. Galbraith, a physician who has nursed her back to bodily health, but who never succeeds in exorcising a morbid tendency to introspection and an occasional impulse to suicide. As to the Heavenly Twins, who are really not in the least concerned in Evadne's story, but who have a much more interesting one of their own, these two anything but heavenly creatures are delightful. To be sure, their escapades and particularly their humor are quite too grown up for children, but they are the two healthy and human figures moving across the sad and didactic background of the story, and the reader welcomes them as he does sunlight and the singing of birds and the voices of living children. [Cassell, 12m0, $1.00.]

Dr. Conan Doyle tells a good story; and his Refugees, the tale of a Huguenot family's experiences in France at the end of the seventeenth century and of their flight to and adventures in America, is one of his most entertaining romances. Some sticklers for historical truth may quarrel with his portraits of the great personages who surrounded the King—may question in particular his presentation of the character of Madame de Maintenon; and others may smile at some of the remarks which he puts into the mouth of the sturdy American, Amos Green, when he is

doing" Paris. But no one will deny that he has made a lively and entertaining story. The description of the foundering of the Golden