excellent singing. The natives take of the mountains. The Conferences of the Relief Society and of the Mutual Improvement Association were well attended and the representatives acquitted themselves very creditably. The exercises of the Sabbath Schools on Sunday forenoon were pleasing. A competing for prizes, by several schools, was an interesting feature. The singing, recitations, etc., showed a considerable degree of training. Under the supervision of President Wm. King the work on the plantation has been carried on successfully. Some 170 tons of sugar is the product of the recent "run" of the sugar mill. The machinery was kept running well up to its capacity, and the average daily yield was 5300 pounds of sugar. The outlook for the growing crop of cane is not cheering. The rainfall for the past six months has been very light. A general drouth has extended throughout the Islands. In many places the kalo patches have dried up. Proprietors of plantations have been obliged to slaughter hundreds of their cattle to save the hides and prevent losing them by starvation. If the drouth is prolonged there will be a heavy loss of live stock, and much injury to the cane crop. The cattle on this plantation have suffered but little, as there is a good supply of water here and considerable grass in the hills and mountains close at hand. All join me in sending greetings. Your brother in the Gospel, M. F. EAKLE. LAIE, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, April 9th, 1889. LETTER FROM PALESTINE. Having now had the pleasure of seeing some portions of this "land of promise," I thought, perhaps, it would interest your readers to have a few items concerning the present condition of Palestine, its people, and their progress. The present inhabitants are principally Arabs and Bedouins. There are a few thousand Christians and some thousand Jews; but they are far in the minority. As a rule we generally ask what are the Jews doing toward obtaining the land? The Jews, or rather the greater number of them, do not f.rm, but live in Jerusalem, Tiberius, Safed, and a few other places, chiefly upon the support of their richer brethren. On the southeast part of Mount Carmel the Jewish settlement of Samaria is located. It has a grand appearance in the distance, and is said to do very well. from top to bottom. Judging these what they want. The Sultan has Now there may be reasons for their not branching ont. The Jews are yet hated to an unreasonable extent here by all classes. In Jerusalem they are confined to a very small quarter, and their industry is being looked upon with great suspicion because they work cheaply. Hence they are about to come into disrepute with the people in this way. They have likewise been prevented from settling here of late years owing to the fact that, although they left other countries dissatisfied, they still kept their former citizenship for protection after settling in The country here has about the this place. This simply complicated same dry season as Utah. Although the Turkish difficulties, so they it is warmer by several degrees in were only allowed to land as pilthe summer, yet there is but little grims, bound to leave the country drought compared with the latter. in a specified time. It is now ruA heavy dew falls at once after sun-mored here that this difficulty is down which seems to keep up the removed by the Jews paying the moisture necessary for vegetation. handsome sum of fifty million francs The country, as a rule, is for the privilege of entering to poorly supplied with flowing settle. streams. Whole villages are sup plied with rain water, which is carefully kept in large bottleshaped cisterns hewn out of the solid rock. Many of the old cisterns are being cleaned out, and during the rainy season ditches are made to convey water to the cisterns. It need hardly be said that the water thus obtained is not very agreeable. Radical changes will no doubt be effected before the real gathering takes place. Something more certain and stable must replace the present doubtful state of affairs. A government opposed to all progress, and which only reaches out for prey, cannot certainly be a power to protect a downtrodden race in obtaining a foothold in the land of their promise. no There is much fine land lying almost idle. In Galilee, between The Turkish mission is moving ou Nazareth and Tiberias, much ex- slowly, but we hope surely. Many cellent country can be found; the of our brethren interested in its provalley of Jezreel may also similarly gress have perhaps wondered at its be mentioned. But this, as in almost stubborn refusal to shine out brightall cases here, is but poorly cultiva- ly; but there are many reasons. ted. The "fellahs" or farmers Much has to be learned by During our round trip from Haifa, don't seem to understand how the Elders formerly unacquainted which is located nearly on the north- to till to advantage, and per- with a language not easily west point of Mount Carmel, and haps the mode of taxation, i. e., acquired, and there are back to our starting point, we trav- by farming the taxes, also tends publications for distribution to assist eled through portions of the land- to discourage the people. By this in combating the many wilful lies marks of Asher, Zebulon, Issachar, method of taxing, the tax-farmer so studiously circulated by the misEphraim, Benjamin, Judah and often takes a fifth in the place of a sionaries of so-called "Christian” Dan, and enjoyed many pleasant tenth, which is his due. The denominations. Still we have a thoughts in the contemplation that farmer is in the meantime prevented membership of about twenty, with God was about to remember His from touching his crop until the four Elders from Zion and a small covenant with the fathers, and to local force in the field. Here in restore it to the rightful heirs. This Palestine the prospects are not very land shows many signs of a once good at present, but in Asia Minor high and successful cultivation. they are better, the Armenians beThe mountains of Samaria and ing open to conviction and willing Judea especially bear the marks to hear and investigate. Among of once being very fruitful, as one that people we have already several sees that every side hill, with sufgood Saints. ficient earth for cultivation, at one time or other, has been terraced taxes are collected. Then further F. F. HINTZE. HAIFA, March 19th, 1889. SANDWICH ISLANDS. Elder William King writes from Honolulu to a friend in this city: "Brother Fox arrived here all right and is assisting Brother Davis in engineering, and the band is making commendable progress under his tutelage. I came here yesterday in company with Brother Eakle to meet his wife, who is expected by the steamer due today, but probably will arrive in the morning. We are having very dry weather, not having had any rain to speak of since the first of last December, which has given us a fine opportunity for taking off our crop, which is not coming up to our expectation. Yet we have reason to be thankful for the success that has attended us thus far. names of the "Mormons" are Asa President William Spry, of the THE OSAGE INDIANS. By courtesy of Elder Andrew Kimball, we are enabled to present the following extract from a letter from Elder J. W. Ashton, now laboring in Indian Territory: white man is required to pay $12 a year for the privilege of living in the nation, if he has not a right obtained by marrying an Osage woman. The marriage does not guar antee the payment of the annuity, but the children of that union are entitled to it. There is a feature connected with this money, that is drawn four times a year, that would inspire some people to have a numerous posterity. as each receives the sum or $160 per annum. couple with some ten or eleven children would have an income that should give them a fair living. Besides, there is a good range for stock, the soil is very productive, the streams are filled with splendid fish, and wild game are plentiful. These advantages surrounding the Osage causes one to almost make the remark that they do not know how well they are off.” A Elder Kimball also permits us to extract the following from a letter written by Elder J. J. Hill, companion to Elder Ashton: Our statement, received today, shows our indebtedness to be $15,110. So you see we have cut it down some, and we have the returns of two more shipments to come in from this run, which will still further re- in the Osage country. We have "Brothers Hill and myself are We have just returned from our duce it to $10,000. We will close offered our humble petitions to God visit to the Osages. After leaving this season's run about next Thurs- that He would open the way, that the agency we visited the Chief day. I had expected at least fifty an inroad might be made among Eu-cis-ta-wah-ti-an-ka. He received tons more; but there is nothing dis- this branch of the remnants of Is- and treated us with great respect. couraging. If we have rains our rael. Success has crowned our ef- We had a good talk with him next crop will be much larger. The forts thus far. We are about forty through an interpreter. He seemed cattle and horses are doing well so miles from where we crossed the very much interested in what we far, notwithstanding the dry weath-line, and bade adieu to Cherokee had to say and said he liked our talk. er. Some of the stock raisers have soil. On the main road from that We told him that it was our desire commenced to kill their stock for land we were received very kindly to come among his people and teach their hides already. Ewa, Kauai, by the Osages. In their respective them the Gospel in their houses and Maui, Kohala, Kona and Kau are localities the ones referred to are around their campfires, in their suffering very much for rain. The wealthy, well educated, and an in- gatherings and wherever we could people of Honolulu are on water ratelligent-looking people. get an opportunity. He preferred to tions, scarcely any being allowed The Osage agency was reached have the matter presented to the for gardens and lawns. Our water today. Their payment day has just chiefs of the various bands-sevenhere is turned off half of every day. passed. The chiefs, seventeen in teen in number in council, before The time draws nigh for Brother number, have returned to their we proceeded farther. He promised Gates and family, Brother Bees- homes. The head chief-Eu Chesta to get them together right away, but ley, wife and two children, Wah Ti Anka — had just left being very busy watching their Brother Matthew Noall, wife and two children, to take their deparpatches of corn, I don't expect they agency, white servants put in their small ture. They will be missed. A few will get together for a week or two. Hawaiians will accompany the returning Elders." MISSIONARIES MOBBED. The following dispatch came by Associated Press from St. Louis on April 19: as we entered the or somewhere about that time. to travel some 35 miles to visit the Information has just come from Dale County, state of Alanation. The Indians are in their bama, that five Mormon mission- It is our intention on the morrow wild uncivilized condition, wearing aries were severely whipped and their blankets as is the custom in all driven from the county last Monday tribes. To do anything among night. These men have been holdthem it will be necessary to learn ing meetings among the ignorant We have seen some of the the language, as they cannot talk classes of the county, and had formed blanket Indians as they are called English and there are very few ina colony to go to Utah. On Monday here-and the impression made upon terpreters among them. They are night some forty citizens of the our minds is, that they are a smart-a wealthy tribe. Most of them northern part of the county, without looking tribe, clean in appearance, have fine houses, but they have no the slightest attempt at disguise, wearing good clothing, but of the use for furniture. They sit flat on the surrounded the house of Gid Irons, same pattern as that which is worn floor with their feet doubled under a recent convert, who was enter- by the red men of Utah. They are them. The old chief had a good taining the five missionaries. With-rich people, as they draw a fraction laugh at us because we could not out delay they were brought over $40 per head from the agent double our legs up and sit down on out, stripped to the waist and every three months. The infant them as they do. When food is tied in a row. Then each three months old is entitled to this ready they spread it in the middle of the regulators, with a long switch, sum. There are about 1,500 souls all of the floor and all sit around; that struck each prisoner a sounding told. Perhaps there are 300 fami- is, all the male portion. The woblow. By the time the last blow lies. It is singular, but never- men eat by themselves. was given two of the men had faint- theless true, that they numbered ed, and others were wet with blood. 3000 souls some fifteen years ago After whipping the men's legs, they and have since decreased to that were given a thick coating of tar number. The laws of this nation and feathers and warned to leave are in many respects different to instantly or suffer death. The those of the Cherokee Nation. The They are very badly scattered, and were we to visit them in their houses it would necessitate a vast amount of travel, but they don't live in their homes long at a time. As soon as they get a little corn They are Catholics in name, but are ignorant of what the Catholics believe. They have no one with them to teach them anything. When they gather at the agency once in three months the priests talk to them in Latin. It is very seldom anything is said to them in a language they can understand. We do not consider that their being nominal Catholics is necessarily a har to doing a good work among them. They are much bolder to meet and try to talk with the white man than the full bloods among the Cherokees. In fact they would sometimes call to us half a mile away and come running to ask what we wanted, where we were going, where we came from, etc., when they couldn't talk a word of English but had to do all by signs. As before stated, they are very badly scattered. The most thinly settled portion of the Cherokee country is no comparison. As ever, your Brother in the Gospel, J. J. HILL. The "article" from which the above extracts are taken was sent to the Elders by the socalled "Literary Society." want to know anything; only you such nonsense as this, and it will A few weeks after this incident the following paragraph appeared in the newspaper published in the town where it occurred: understand, holding services in the VIGIL COMMITTEE. P.S. We further notice you that you must not stop within the State of W. Va." The brethren continue to attend to their labors, having many warm friends and some earnest investigators in Fayette County. IN WEST VIRGINIA. Though peace and prosperity gen-leave wearing a coat of tar and feathers, erally prevail in the West Virginia Further warning was not necessary." conference, and the Elders here are This presents a mournful spectausually the recipients of the kind-cle in our beloved land of religious ness and hospitality for which the toleration and liberty. An armed Southern people are justly noted, mob, in broad daylight, drive from yet we are not entirely free from the town two men whom they were those scenes of lawlessness which compelled to acknowledge, and who have disgraced too many of the had conducted themselves as genStates of our great Union. A few tlemen. A newspaper, the duty of months ago two of the Elders visited which should be to defend the Conthe county seat of one of the stitution and uphold justice and libcounties in which they were erty, takes sides with a mob, enlaboring. While at a store courages lawlessness, and applauds there purchasing some articles a the actions of men who, if the lawren were at the house of a friend, Shortly after this, while the brethman entered and requested them to were to take its course, would serve they saw a band of men with blackgo with him to another store where, a term in the penitentiary. ened faces advancing stealthily up he said, a dispute was going on the hill toward the house. Leaving about the "Mormons," or Utah, and he wanted the brethren to decide it. hill on the opposite side presto presthe house the Elders went down the After a short delay the Elders protissimo! Having again escaped the ceeded to the place indicated, but instead of having a problem to solve; members of the Clear Creek Literary cality, where they are now quietly "We print below, by request of the mob they proceeded to another lothey found themselves surrounded Society a copy of an article adopted by performing their duties. Though by a mob of armed men. One of said Society, which is mighty interest-mobocracy bears sway in the district the number told the Elders they ing reading. must leave the town. The Elders inquired: "On what grounds do you make your demand? We have not disturbed the peace of this community, nor in any way infringed upon the laws of the town or State. We are American citizens, and are entitled to the protection of all good men until we break the law; and then we are amenable to the law." "We don't believe in your doctrine," was the reply. "What is our doctrine?" asked the Elders. The same paper also published an For several months past the Mor- . "You have disseminated false doctrines among our people. You have held them as exiles in a Western land. You have treated them as slaves of a bonded faith. You have squandered their property, reduced This somewhat checked the mob- tithes and high taxes. them to want and required of them ocrat, for "Mormonism" had not have compelled infants to kill their yet been expounded in that locality. own mothers because they attempted All they knew of it was what they to escape from your territory. You had gleaned from the lying accounts keep constantly on the road spies and with which the country is flooded. detectives to prevent your dissatified "We don't know anything about people from leaving and exposing your doctrine," stammered the your crimes." named, hopes are entertained that reason and common sense will yet supplant the religious hatred and bitterness of feeling that now pre vail. Other portions of the Conference are enjoying quietness at present. The Elders are raising their warning voices and extending their labors into districts where the "glad tidings of great joy" have not previously been heard. Some are accepting the truth, out "straight is the gate and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." You Though persecution and slander are now and again met with, instead of discouraging the "fishers and hunters" whom God has sent out, they tend to cheer and strengthen the Elders. They know that these same things followed their Divine Master and the ancient Saints, and will be met by all who will "live leader of the gang, "and we don't The people at home will smile at godly in Christ Jesus." THE DESERET WEEKLY. They rea- the Samoans' ingenuity as displayed lize that "our light affliction, which in the making of cloth, mats and Their mats are made out is but for a moment, worketh for us canoes. a far more exceeding and eternal of rushes and willow bark braided, weight of glory." While wicked-and are worth from twenty-five ness and crime are multiplying in cents to two hundred dollars each. the world, "wars and rumors of The ordinary mat that is used for wars" abound, and earthquakes and flooring is worth about a dollar, pestilences are filling men's souls much finer ones being used for with terror, this Gospel of the King-sleeping purposes. But the Samoan dom is being preached as a witness. extra fine mat is the work of the The fig tree is putting forth its greater part of a life time, and is leaves, indicating that "summer is worth examining closely. It is impossible to conceive the amount nigh." Speed the day. BUR GEOISE. of labor it takes to make one of these CHARLESTON, Kanawha Co., West fine mats unless you should watch a native woman braiding for hours Virginia, April 10, 1889. on one, and notice how little space she covers. The strands with which they are made are as fine as a blade of grass. THE SAMOAN MISSION. at least one good sail and row boat, This is the country for woman's By the time this reaches you, winter in Utah will be disappearing, rights with a vengeance. The men and we hope by that time that sum- and boys do all the cooking as well mer in Samoa will be doing like-as raising the food and preparing it I do not mean to say wise. The natives tell us that there for the oven. is cool weather coming, and that it that they cook three meals a day; is supposed to remain during the they have improved on our method months from March until July. We and only cook once every other day, During these times of war there all hope this is true, as most of us but never cook food on Sunday. The Sabbath day is strictly obhave not experienced any cold weather since the spring of 1888, served as a day of rest and worship; are many "fonos" or councils held, and some of our number much longer in fact by noon on Saturday the na- which are always accompanied by than that. Occasionally we have a tives usually have their week's feasts, and the natives never forget We follow their edibles. We have heard many spell of cool weather produced by work done and are clean and ready to send us some delicate part of the rain and strong sea breezes, which for the Sabbath. never last more than a day or two. example in this respect and wish rumors of war between the two At such times the natives drop the that all the world would do like- factions on this and the island of matting all around their houses, wise. Our sisters say, that when we Tutuila, but so far there has not and make a fire on the inside, as go home there will be no more cook- been any fighting except on the isyou would do at the approaching of hot dinners on Sunday by land of Upolu. of winter. Every change in the them. weather of this kind is hailed with joy by the white people but it has a bad effect upon the natives, as is shown by coughs and colds that almost universally prevail among them at such times. That is the only time in a Samoan's life when he can wear clothing enough to cover his entire body, and at the same time feel comfortable. I am pleased to say that I think it will only be a question of a few years until the Samoan people generally will wear clothing after the style of Europeans, with the exception that there will be none worn but what is absolutely necessary to cover the body, as this climate does not permit of it being otherwise with any degree of comfort to the wearer. The Samoan women, old and two small holes in one end. The natives of both sexes and all ages smoke tobacco, either in the form of cigarettes or in clay pipes. I will leave you to imagine how a native woman looks with a clay pipe in her mouth. Due respect is paid the aged, who are waited on by the young. we We had a genuine scare on New Year's morning. At 1 a. m. were awakened by a chief who said that a German man-of-war was coming to burn the village, and that all the able bodied men were going to Tutuila. They brought us their cross over to the larger island of boxes and valuables to take care of, in case their houses were burned, and by sunrise the village was deserted by its male members. since, had the Stars and Stripes flying many others, before and over our house. This alarm, like proved to be based on a false report. We In the Samoan Times of January Every village is governed by 13th, I read the Consul-General of chiefs or heads of families, and all Germany's statement of that counthings are done by the common try's position on the Samoan war consent of these chiefs, in their question, which was to the effect that We were surprised to find that the councils; for instance, at the pres- they would punish according to Samoan ladies are very good at plain ent time nearly all of the natives of martial law any person (irrespective The chiefs rebels-Maleatoa's or Mataafa's parsewing, and occasionally we see a this village are indebted to the of nationality) found assisting the hand sewing machine in the houses village storekeeper. of the well-to-do. The native women called a council and there they de- ty. Unless England or America come to our sisters and are shown cided that the entire village should interferes we expect to soon hear of by them how to make their clothing; stop eating cocoanuts until their the war being settled in favor of as a result we often see a native lady Tamasese, who is not the people's coming to meeting dressed in a neat choice, and therefore will only rule Nature, in bestowing her gifts of "holaku" or loose fitting wrapper while backed by a stronger power. On our little beauty, did not forget even this out of the way place. island home we have many a nook We have and corner that could be truthfully called beautiful spots. hills and valleys, with many a running stream on the larger islands, but how we long for a drink of cool mountain water from Utah. made out of calico. debts were paid, as the selling of It would be difficult to find a We have a nice sail and row-boat from place to place, there being no of our own that we use in going inland villages worth mentioning. We have named our boat Favaliga, which is the native name for revelation. NEMO. AUNUU, Samoan Islands, February 5, 1889. LONDON LETTER. One of the most interesting is a in Dumfries a holograph letter of letter from Warwick the king-maker Burns, addressed to a Mr. Watt, and We have one advantage over you to Henry Vernon of Haddon Hall. expressing his thanks for the loan that I must mention. In our little This letter bears date 25th March, of an unnamed book, bas been sold garden cucumbers and musk-melons 1471. Vernon was body squire to for £2 to Mr. Brown, Edinburgh. are ripe, and we had string beans King Henry VII., which monarch, The letter was dated from Dumfries, for Christmas and New Year's din- in entrusting his daughter to his on January 6, 1794. Two short ners. The vines are loaded with squire for conveyance to Scotland business notes in the handwriting of tomatoes and in the near future we on the occasion of her marriage, Sir Walter Scott were acquired by expect to have beets, cabbage, tur-charged him to have his retinue Mr. J. C. McNaught, Dumfries, one nips and squash. suitably attired, and "not in any for half-a-guinea, the other for halfmournyng or sorrow full clothinges." a-sovereign. The copyright and There is also a letter from Thomas stereotype plates of "Burns in DumRandolph, English envoy to Scot-frieshire," by the late Mr. William land in 1563, containing a brilliant McDowell, were sold at the same description of the "foure virgins, time to Mr. Maxwell, bookseller, maydes, Maries, and damoyselles of for £12. A good story is told of Lord Mid- honor, or the Queen's minions, dleton, the brother of the Mr. Brod-cawle them as please your honor." rick who had to do penance the This, of course, refers to the court other day in the law courts. He is of Mary Queen of Scots, and bears under a permanent conviction that witness of the cordial relations exhe is the Squire in "Robert Els-isting between the Queens of Engmere." "I am credibly informed, " land and Scotland. Many of the he always tells his friends, "that I letters also refer to the stirring times am the original for the Squire," of the Armada invasion. There are His friends doubt it. but he is so far more volumes of these Rutland from sharing their doubts that one letters to follow. day, when he was calling upon Mrs. Ward and found her out," he asked the servant to "tell Mrs. Ward that the Squire had called!" The humor of this family is always incomplete without an affidavit. Mr. Gladstone's cough has entirely disappeared in the bracing air of Dollis Hills, from which he always derives benefit and to which he is greatly attached. engage Mr. Raikes, postmaster-general, was compelled to answer many questions in asking the voting of £1,785.516 for expenses of the postoffice telegraph service. He was sanguine as to the future of postoffice finances. Last year there was a respectable profit carried, the deficit of £6,000 for the year before having been turned into a much larger sum on the other side of the Mr. Harris will not issue his account. He could not hold out any Royal Italian Opera prospectus un- hope of cheaper telegraphic rates, til after Easter. By the and he thought the present system ment of Mlle. Schlager, the popular worked well, though it barely paid dramatic soprano of the Vienna its way as yet. He was unable to Opera House, he has filled up the hold out any hopes in the direction only important gap remaining in of giving free addresses for six his troupe, and it is now than ever unlikely that more penny telegrams, as the yearly loss Madame which would be incurred was estiAlbani will sing at Covent Garden mated at £400,000. this year. The London debut of The question of bringing the Mlle. Schlager, who is almost as Duke of Edinburgh into the adgreat a favorite with the Vien-miralty as First Sea Lord, is by no nese as was Pauline Lucca in her means settled. The professional adtime, will be awaited with consid-mirals say that the duke has held erable interest. As regards the rep-three commands and that he ought ertory of the coming season (which to be satisfied. The courtiers urge begins on Saturday, May 18), it will that such experience is next to the probably be found that "Tan- best of his qualifications. The canhauser" and "Robert le Diable" are aidate of the regular service is said The first volume of the Rutland not in the list. With "Die Meis- to be Admiral Vesey Hamilton. Letters, edited by Mr. Maxwell tersinger," "Romeo et Juliette" (in The salary of the office is £2,266. Lyte for the Historical Manuscripts French), and "Le Prophete" to The opinion of the admiralty seems Commission, has been issued, and mount afresh, Mr. Harris has about to be that the duke will, as likely as includes a mass of matter which an- as much in hand as he can fairly not, obtain admission to the board, tiquarians and historians will read manage. By the way, the now that he is retiring from comwith avidity. The discovery of "cuts" in Wagner's opera mand of the Mediterranean fleet. these Rutland Manuscripts at Bel- being very carefully arranged, and voir Castle tends to show how high- and will be a happy combination of ly probably it is that masses of me- those employed in Maunheim, dieval correspondence exist in Mayence, and Frankfort. The many of our historical castles rumor that Mr. Carl Rosa will give The health of Mr. W. H. Smith is not in any way seriously affected, though he is still troubled with want of regular sleep and a sense of fatigue. The indisposition from which he suffers originated, it is said, at Windsor, and was probably the result of the inhalation of foul gas. and towns which have are It is said that there has been a good deal of extra cost, owing to the exalted position of the admiral in this command, but the accounts of the admiralty are so involved that never Italian opera in London this season, it is not possible to obtain any clear yet seen daylight. Possibly in opposition to Mr. Harris, is au- views upon the matter; and in reit may even encourage the thoritatively denied. The only ply it is urged by the duke's friends lingering belief that last infirmity other operatic enterprises yet pro- that he has been obliged to perform of the Shakespearian student-that jected other than the Covent Gar-political and international duties as some of the immortal William's cor- den is the production of Verdi's belonging to his princely rank and respondence will yet be brought to "Otello" at the Lyceum, for which in connection with the fleet. light from some unsuspected hiding- Mr. Mayer has definitely arranged; "That is not in Macbeth!" shoutplace. Mr. Lyte had been informed and as this will begin when the ed one of the "gods" the other of the existence of a number of old other is nearly over, it seems prob- night at a critical part of Mr. documents in a lumber-room of Bel- able that Mr. Harris will practically Irving's performance of the voir Castle, and while turning them have the field to himself once more. "courtyard scene," when he was over he discovered a key labelled, Mrs. Humphrey Ward, who is at embellishing the text with some of Key of old writings over stable." present enjoying a well-earned rest his own histrionic interpretations. The stables were accordingly ex-in Italy, has received a very pleas- The sally nearly upset the house. plored, and the door which the key ant letter from Mr. Gladstone on her It reminded one of what happened fitted was opened, when the discov- article in the Nineteenth Century, once at the first night of a piece ery was made that lifted the anti- in which he criticises that produc- really due to Miss Braddon, and quarian heart of Mr. Lyte to the tion on very much the same lines as "damned" it beyond saving. There seventh heaven of happiness. Jum- he criticised "Robert Elsmere" in was introduced a scene in which a bled up amongst old newspaper files the same review. The new novel child was kidnapped, and, when of the early part of the present cen- upon which Mrs. Ward is engaged the mother was restored to happitury was a mass of heterogeneous is to be in no way concerned withness, the restoration of the child was documents, beginning with State any religious or political problem, not represented on the stage-the papers of the time of Edward IV, but to be a frankly human piece of incident had to be taken for granted. and coming down through several fiction. It was the fault of a novelist. The subsequent centuries. curtain went down with a burst of At Mr. Dunbar's auction rooms |