May 12, 1910] Th.e ISTation. 487t^ tinge of a fair cheek, the straight black and United Presbyterian Churches of formed his task with thoroughness, and hair of a few Americans, will tell of the Scotland. In this long struggle he toil­ his volumes are a contribution to the race that was. ed with endless patience, consummate ecclesiastical history of the nineteenth We would gladly dwell upon Mr. skill, unfailing tact and generalship, century. Leupp's analysis of the Indian charac­ and with unquestioned devotion to the ter. The morose, phlegmatic, and sus­ highest religious interests of his nation. picious brave of fiction is with difficulty Such a record could not have been Crete, the Forerunner of Greece. By C. found in real life. The Indian has the made without great intellectual force H. and H. B. Hawes, with a preface primitive, the Homeric, qualities and and large moral power. That Principal by Arthur J. Evans. New York: Har­ defects. His family affections are the Rainy was a great man was the testi­ per & Bros. 75 cents net. strongest. To a friend he is singularly mony of all who came in contact with Oi the various handbooks which have open-hearted and companionable. His him. Mr. Gladstone once declared him appeared on the subject of recent ex­ sense of honor is keen, and he keeps the greatest of living Scotchmen. Dr. cavations in Crete this is likely to prove faith under trying conditions. He. is a George Adam Smith described him mov­ the most useful. The authors have suc­ lavish giver, though with a shrewd bar­ ing with quiet dignity in London amid ceeded in furnishing what was much • baric feeling that his bread is being affairs which brought together many of needed—a vivid picture of the great cast on the waters and will return. He the foremost men of England, and was Cretan civilization. Anybody who is at . is humorous withal, and a good judge impressed with the feeling that "none all familiar with the mass of material of the foibles of his white superiors. was built bigger than he was." During brought to light • in Crete during the The grotesque ignorance that prevails his leadership the Scottish Free Church last ten years will appreciate the dif­ about Indian matters may be illustrat­ came to be one of the strongest and ficulty of reconstructing from it a uni­ ed by that Senator who threatened to most progressive spiritual forces of fied account which will brmg out the- introduce a bill abolishing Hampton In­ Christendom. Certainly the difficult field essential features without neglecting stitute—a private corporation; or by of church union has known no greater the finer shades of the picture. As it that other statesman who by the shift­ master. The strong United Free Church is, "Crete, the Forerunner of Greece," ing of a decimal point discovered that of to-day is his monument. will prove absorbing reading not only the secondary education of the. Red Man In the religious thought and attitude to the layman, but also to the trained cost $1,700 per capita. Had the com­ of the Scotch people Principal Rainy's archaeologist; for, though the story runs missioner not had the opportunity of Influence was not so pronounced. It on easily, bringing us into intimate privately eliminating a zero there might would be hard to mention a single be­ contact with this wonderful Minoan perhaps have been a motion for a Con­ lief or doctrine which is the clearer or world, there are also many original sug­ gressional Jnvestigation. The perplexi­ worthier because of his labors. The gestions on points which are still await­ ties and humors of that benevolent des­ Scotland of to-day has a far nobler ing final settlement—such as the race potism, the Indian bureau, are dis­ creed than the Scotland'of fifty years^ problem, the significance of certain, creetly hinted at with abundant, and ago, but little of the improvement can symbols, -and the system of chronology. needed, charity for all. This book be attributed to the leader of the Free This twofold value is due to the tact should be widely read, especially by Church during that period. In the Rob­ that, as Dr. Evans says in his preface amateur philanthropists, who at a safe ertson Smith controversy his influence to the book, the authors "have the great remove of fifteen hundred miles and on the whole was on the reactionary advantage of writing, 'not as scribes,' more are endeavoring to befriend the side. He tried to get rid of the_ prophet­ but as active workers in the field that Indian. It will show them many things ic and brilliant leader of the new criti­ they describe." Mrs. Hawes herself that they may do to help, and more cal movement "on respectful terms," nas excavated the Minoan town of that are inexpedient or quite useless. i. e., by casting him out uncondemned. Gournia in the eastern part of Greece, He was more anxious to prevent a de­ the results of which have been pub­ cision of the church on the critical issue lished in a large, volume entitled The Life of Principal Rainy. By Patrick than to establish justice for a great "Gournia, Vasiliki, and Other Prehistor­ Carnegie Simpson, M.A. In two vol­ scholar. ic Sites on the Isthmus of Hierapetra,. umes. London: Hodder & Stoughton. His biographer has sought to justify Crete," from which she has freely quot­ Robert Rainy was for forty years the his course, not altogether successfully. ed in her handbook; and Mr. Hawes has leader of the General Assembly of the Doubtless the heretic was at times of­ made important contributions to our Free Church of Scotland. For thirty fensive—heretics usually are—but Rainy knowledge of Cretan anthropology. years of that time he was principal of was large enough to discern beneath the The divisions of the subject adopted New College, Edinburgh, the most fa­ personal limitations the great cause by the . writers show us the various mous theological school of his church, which Robertson Smith represented. It aspects from which they have treated and for twelve years previous he had is clear enough that he did discern the their material. The Introduction gives been a professor of church history in real issue, but his temper was conserva­ a short history of Cretan excavations.. that institution. He was the author of tive, and with his great powers of lead­ Then follow a survey of the various pe­ several considerable volumes, notably a ership he preferred not to lead in the di­ riods through which Cretan civilization treatise on "The Ancient Catholic rection of wider freedom. He was an passed and 'the system of chronology Church," and in earlier years he was ecclesiastical, not a religious, leader, adopted for these periods. The descrip­ pastor of an important church. But the but in the field of ecclesiastical states­ tions of the sites—Knossos, Phfestos^ chief occupation of his life was in the manship the nineteenth century produc­ Aghia Triadha, Gournia, Palaikastro, -field of ecclesiastical politics, and his ed no superior. and others—give a good idea of the com­ biographer has comparatively little to Mr. Simpson has taken much pains in plicated plans of Minoan palaces and record concerning his administration of recounting the movements in Scottish towns and will prove invaluable to the an educational institution or his work Church affairs in which Principal Rainy visitor in Crete; while the chapters on as a teacher and scholar, whereas dis­ was active. His volumes are really a Physical Characteristics, Dress and. cussion of his activities In ecclesiastical history of church movements in Scot­ Homes of the Minoans; Industries and courts and controversies occupies nine- land for the last halt century. He Is Commerce; Minoan Art; Letters and tenths of the volumes. In his forty evidently an intense sympathizer with Religion; Crete and Greece, give a good years of church leadership Principal the organization whose history he ana­ general survey of the manifold objects Rainy achieved at least one large and lyzes, as well as an ardent admirer of discovered on those sites. '— -- - beneficent task: the union of the Free the chief actor in them. He has per­ Except for plans of Knossos, Phsstos.

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and Gournla, and a map of Crete, the following a burrow, the man reached a bcrious care in collating the early and book has no Illustrations. With the low place where the dead every night resume modern editions,, and in noting in tho ap­ price of the book this omission could possession of their bones. His wife greeted paratus critieus all the important varia­ probably not be avoided; but the text is him affectionately, and hid him from the tions and .emendations,-he must have the so good that it is to be hoped that a malicious dead. . Plighting his word to re­ gratitude of all scholars. We have observed more- expensive edition, fully illustrat­ turn, he unhappily plucked the fruit of only one fault in the text; in line 430 of the nether world on his way up, was thus ed, will appear in- the near future. "Hero and Leander," delayed, attacked by the dead, and, losing As he ought not performe, not yet the aske, the fruit, barely escaped with his life. The "she" should bo substituted, or in some burrow which admitted him was then for­ way indicated, for "the." Mr. Brooke's ever closed. We recommend the story to IN'otes. larger library edition of Marlowe will be experts on underworld folklore. The mere awaited with interest. Houghton Mifflin Company, publishes this layman can appreciate its macahre in­ "An Admiral's Log," by Robley D. week "Notes on New England Birds," by tensity. The author has induced the natives Evans, Rear Admiral, U. S. N. (Ap- Henry D. Thoreau, which have been ar­ to pose tor certain incidents of the stories. pleton), necessarily lacks a little of ranged and edited by Francis H. Allen. The resulting photographic cuts make very the variety and spirit that made its These notes are taken from tho volumes of effective illustrations for a book in every predecessor, "A Sailor's Log," so engaging. Thoreau's Journal, and are arranged in way out of the common. The visit of Prince Henry of Prussia, whose some scientific order, according to species. C. F. Tucker Broolie, who has already done escort Admiral Evans was, takes up con­ Photographs o£ birds in their natural sur­ valiant service in editing the "Shake­ siderable space. Admiral Evans leaves no roundings illustrate the text. speare Apocrypha," has now prepared doubt that the royal guest is a good fol­ The survey of Bjornsterne Bjornson's life a similar volume for tho Clarendon Press, low. A pleasant sequel of this service were and work, by William Morton Payne, which containing "The Works of Christopher Mar­ the courtesies that Admiral Evans subse­ appeared in the International Quarterly in lowe." As this publication is preliminary quently received from German naval officers March, 1903, is now reprinted in a small to a more elaborate library edition already on many seas. On the eve of the' Russo- volume, with changes and additions, by A. in preparation, we shall withhold our com­ Japanese w'ar Admiral Evans was associated C. McClurg & Co., at fifty cents. This work ments on Mr. Brooke's treatment of moot with the Pacific squadron which he later includes original translations of several of points of scholarship until we have before commanded. His account of the beginnings the lyrics and of passages from Bjornson's us liis fuller discussion of them. Except in of scientific target practice, of fleet ser­ prose-writings. one matter there can bo little but praise vice, and recreations in the Far East, of Publication of a complete history of the for the execution of tho present volume. the humors of manoeuvres with absurdly as­ Monthly Anthology and Boston Reeicw, one Mr. Brooke, following the custom of the day, sorted squadrons, is interesting, though of the early American magazines which en­ has elected to,reproduce the spelling of the its appeal is chiefly to those who have, joyed a life for ten years, just one century originals, although ho has allowed himself some knowledge of naval affairs. Of ago, is announced by the trustees of the liberties with tho punctuation and capitali­ historical value is the testimony as to the Boston Athenteum, to appear May 15. This zation. For our part wo can see no better amazing infatuation of Russian army and volume, which will include an introduction reason for changing "unmeaning irregulari­ navy people about the resources of Japan. by M. A. De Wolfe Howe, will contain much ties" in points and capitals than in spell' Very vividly noted is an audience with bibliographical matter concerning books re­ ing, and we wish to protest strongly— the Empress of China, who talked freely viewed in the magazine, a list of all con­ though, no doubt, uselessly—against the of the Boxer troubles and dismissed her tributors, and all weekly records of the growing habit of reproducing tho unsettled guest with the words, "After all my coun­ club of young men who were editors. spelling of Elizabethan authors, except in try has suffered, I find she has but one friend in the world. That, Admiral, is the cases where only tho.most special linguistic Tho literary executors of Mark Twain, great country you represent." Worth noting students can be concerned. What possible Mrs. Ossip Gabrilowitsch, his daughter, and also is the wonderment of German oflTicers profit can there be in printing "towne" for Albert Bigelow Paine, are preparing bi­ when they saw boatloads of American sail­ town, or "quyuering" for quivering, and so ographical material of the humorist, and ors returning from sports ashore wtthout wish to get all letters of personal or liter­ on ad infinitum? The only result is to re­ an officer in cliarge. Less than an officer ary interest. These should be sent to Red­ move Marlowe a step further from tho busi­ to a 'boat seemed inconceivable to the ding, Conn. The publishers (Harper & ness and bosom of tho ordinary intelligent Kaiser's captains. That American co.ni- Brothers) call attention to a recent decision reader, and to render him—as all our older mander wlio near the close of the war be­ of the courts concerning ownership of let­ authors are too likely to .become without tween China and Japan was asked to hoist ters, in which it was held that right of pub­ any such unnecessary propulsion—not a liv­ the American flag in a FormoBa port re­ lication was vested in the writer, when HVT ing factor in literature, but a bone for sisted a temptation, opines, our atithor, to ing, and, after death, in the heirs. Those pedants to gnaw in tho seminar. No sensible which a German or French captain would to whom the letters were written are de­man wishes to thinli: of the spelling while have succumbed. It is further suggested barred from publishing, except by consent reading Faust's great apostrophe: that had Theodore Roosevelt been President of the executors. Was this the f.ace that lancht a thousand shippes? at the time, the United States would have And burnt tlie toplesse Towres of Ilium? gained a coaling station. Since Admiral During a nine years' residence in Papua, Sweete Helen^ make nio immortall with a liisse: Evans elsewhere admits that all our Pacific Annie Ker diligently collected the folk Hei' lips sucke.'* forth uiy sohle, see where it flies: islands are sources of military weakness tales which she now publishes under the Come Helen, come glue mee my soule againe. to us, we may be resigned to the tact that not quite descriptive title "Papuan Fairy [lore wil 1 dwel, for heauen be in these lips, etc. the Formosa offer was. made before the This, by calling attention to the unessential, Tales" (Macmillan). Deluges, transforma­ strenuous life became national policy. is to reduce sublimity to quaintness. •- Such tions of men, or their souls, into beasts, Towards the bluejackets , this book is al­ editing is serviceable in the case of a,poet monstrous offspring of the loves of men and ways generous. For certain "men in swivel like Spenser, in whom quaintness is part animals, are some of the features that take chairs" it displays little charity. These se­ us back to the twilight of the mythologies. of the legitimate attraction; to Marlowe it dentary experts fail to provide a decent Cannibalism is a freauent motive. One does a grievous injustice. enlistment system. Sometimes they idiotic­ man, longing for "fresh meat," eats in suc­ We have dwelt overlong on this matter of ally urge squadrons that have barely learn­ cession his five wives. His children would spelling, not because Mr. Brooke is a par­ ed the art of keeping line formation to in­ have followed but for their craft, and some ticular offender, but because the offence is dulge in battle tactics. We share the sea­ aid of magic. It was more or less the fault so widespread. For the rest his work is man's despair at the devious councils of the of the wives, tor they let themselves be commendable for accuracy and judgment.- bureaucrats, but confess we see no remedy. wheedled into disregarding the plain warn­ We note that he has given for the first Take ten gallant captains from their quar­ ing of the wise wagtail. Generally speak­ time a reprint of the 1594 quarto of "Ed­ ter decks and immure them in Wash­ ing, the animals are closely allied to man ward II," which offers a better reading than ington offices, and what do they speedily and usually friendly. Some of the ta'es are the text of 1598, hitherto reproduced. With become but so many "men in swivel chairs"? simple fables, like that which explains how the "Hero and Leander" he gives, in small­ It was Admiral Evans's good fortune to the turtle got his shell. The masterpiece er type, the continuation by Chapman; and lead the word-circling fleet as far as San in the collection is "How a Man Found His with the translation of "Ovid's Elegies" the Francisco, where illness forced his resi,gna- Wife-in the Land of the Dead." It tells how. "Epigrams" of John Davies. For his la-

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