The Rhos Herald

BOOKS AND MAGAZINES. I HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS. To know a county by reading of it u thtf excellent "Highways and Byways" series (Mae- I millan, 6s.) is to know it far more thoroughly than nine out of ten of the people who in it. And it is no mere guide-book know- ledge either; the books are full of history* legends, and anecdotes of- the towns and vil- lages, the roads, the houses, and the men a.Ti(i women who have lived in them. The latest volume in the series is devoted to Cambridge- shire and the Isle of Ely, and the author is the Rev. Edward Conybeare, the well-known historian of the county. He admits that bi<? highways, t-raversiug a flat country with a "sad sparcity of timber," may be somewhat, unattractive, but about the byways he is en- thusiastic, and with justice. Besides, there are Cambridge and Ely, and these cities have beauties which would redeem a much more un- beautiful county than Cambridgeshire. Mr. Conybeare conducts his readers about the col- leges of Cambridge, and puts at their service all his store of learning, pointing out archi- tectural beauties, and telling every here and there a good story or an interesting bit of history. From (Cambridge he takes them l'in leisurely fashion to Ely. with its glorious cathedral, and tells them of St. Etheldreda, of Hereward's firing the the Fens to check the onward march of William the Conqueror's arm, and a thousand and one other matters. The pencil drawings by Mr. Frederick L. Griggs of the colleges, churc-hes, and charming corners in the byways are verit- able gems. STORIES AND PICTURES. Many of the Christmas numbers have mad., their appcarance, and they are more attrac- tive than ever, both literary and pictorial fea- tures coming generally up to a very high standard. "The Graphic" has many pages in colours, and is particularly strong in humorous subjects. Eden Phillpots and E. Nesbit arc among the writers in "The Graphic," and Lawson Wood and W. Heath Bobiiison are two of the artists. The coloured presentation phÜ is Frank Craig's fine picture, "The Return of Our Redcoats. A charming photogravure of a popular subject is given with the "Illus- trated London Sews." The stories in this num- ber are by weil-known writers and delightfully illustrated, but the strong feature is the special illustrations, of which mention must be made of Edmund Dnlac's "Once-upou-a-time Land"— a most beautiful reproduction. Humour is, as usual, well represented in "The Sketch," which has among other .good things, a series of draw- ings by W. Heath Robinson on "New Christ- mas Customs." "The Sketch" presentation plate is a photogravure of Edonard Bisson'* picture, "Whispers of Love." Hi he Sphere c reflects the Christinas spirit in no hackneyed manner. The conventional picture has been completely elimina-tcd. Without being uu duly severe with the highwayman piettiree of former days. the editor thinks all they had to tell has now been told. But tl.-e: 0 are' plenty of pictures in "The Sphere," and some good stories, too. The late Sir W. Q. Orchardsoh's famous picture, "Napoleon on Board H.M.S. Belleiophon," is given with "Holly leaves," the extra number of the "Illus- trated Sporting and Dramatic News." "Holly Leaves is equally strong on both lite: ary and artistic sidea., "Madame" is a very attractive number, full of good things, and with "The Enchanted Shore," by W. Roland Wheel- wright, as a presentation plate. Five tales by well-known authors appear in "Pears' Annual," which has also four coloured pages by Frank Dadd, illustrating the old hunting song, "Johns Peel." There are -three presentation plates, IRISH STORIES. To the uniform reissue of the works of those brilliant collaborators, the Misses Somerville and Martin Ross, now heiig issued by Messrs. Long- mans, have been added that excellent story of Irish life and character, The Real Charlotte," and that creepy hunting yarn, u The Silver Fox."—'• 16 was silver-grey, with black ears and paws, its eyes as it glanced at Hugh were like topazes, and seemed full of the cold lore of unearthly things." RELIGION IN BUSINESS. A teacher who can draw from the Scriptures (essons which will help the ordinary man and woman in this business of life, ia doing a better work in the world than all the theologians, be they never so learned. This is the object which Dr. J, R. Miller has set before him in his series Devo- tional hours with the Bible (Hodder & Stoughton, 5s.) of which the fourth volume—u Solomon ta Malachi "—is now published. They are homely lessons which Dr. Miller teaches, but they need to be taught. For instance: Hirarn Golf was art old shoemaker, and he told the young preacher that his 8hoemaking was just as religious a busi- ness as his pastor's preaching. If he should mend the shoes poorly, and the boy should catch cold and get pneumonia and die, he would be respon- sible. I cannot afford, all a child of God, witl* the hope of heaven in my heart,' he said. to pnC poor work into that job, for much depends til)cin it. I would not like to meet that hoy up yonder, and have him tell me he had died lx cause I wao not a faithful shoemaker. ——-———- I' THE WORK OF A MASTER. One of the most important events of the music-publishing season is the issue of soma hitherto unknown violin compositions by Paga- nini, the greatest master of the instrument who ever lived. The pieces now being published (by Ascherberg, Hopwood, and Crew) are six movements from Quartets for violin, vio.la, guitar, and violoncello. They have been arranged for, violin and pianoforte by Mr. Henry Tolliurst, and are. of the greatest in. teresi to players and students. Tbe c, we] I known firm has just amongst other matter, some capital songs. One H especially appropriate to the season, being a rollicking hunting ditty, set to vigorous music by Allert T. IIusscll. It is called "Sir Reynard." "Tm Song of the Spade" i« a vigorous song by Reginald Somerville, which will be a welcome additon to the repertoire of has;, vocalists. In strong contrast are Frank Lamlwrt's pathetic setting of Moore's poem, ¡¡; Oll breathe not liis, name," and tw.o quaint, little songs, to suit all voices, by He V. -T: n.1 -Kead, entitled, "At* Rest" and "Orange's."

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EFTTOME OF MEWS7 "He died practically in bampBS," said Lord Goschen, in UIXTriling at Guy's Hospital, a bronze bust of the late Dr. Peter HOITocks, for twenty years obstetric physician, to the hospital. The body of Staff-Snrgeon j, G. ,Ya.tt, who was drowned in the capsizing of the torpedo gunboat Gossamer's whaler, has been, washed up at n eymouth- Sixty-one Devon clergymen, according to an appeal just issued on behalf of the Exeter Diocesan Clergy Fund, hold livings worth less than £lGO a year. Thirty people fell into a cellar owing to the coli^ose 01 a floor during an auction sale at Old Cohvy/i, North Wales. No one was seriously injured. j Massed choirs, 1,009 voices in all, sang in j St. Paul's Cathedral at the thirty-seventh annual festival of the London Church Choirs Association. tTd I Miss Elena Gerhardt, the celebrated Lieder singer, gave her one and only recital ot the season at Bechsteia Hall with conspicuous ) I success. | Cromer's death-rate during the past quarter, according to a report presented to the urban council, was the remarkably low on-e of 0.9 per thousand. Young men of the congregation have entirely reiecorated the interior of the Gorleston Primitive Methodist Ghapel. Hay Newton, Deputy Gorernor of the island, announced at a Territorial recruiting meeting in the Isle of VV ight, that Prmce Maurice of Battenberg would reeeive a com- mission in the King's Royal xijfie Corps at Christmas. All the sons of Princess Henry oi j Batténberg will then be in the Army. j Mr. Arthur French, of the Lord Wolscy public-house, High-street, Pentonvilie, who was summoned at the Clertenwcll Police-court for not sending his daughter to a bcruaewifery j class, complained that she was eomjwfled to scrub floors. "She must comply with the regu- } latiAns like any other child," said tlic magis- trate. "Many games originated faniTti ancient forms of worship, human sacrifice, marriage, burial, and other ceremonies," said Dr. A. O. Haudon 1 at the Royal Sanitary Institute. r* Leapfrog is common to almost every country, iseludmg New Guinea and Japan." J "In January last there were 150 ^aeroplanes in existence. said Colonel Massy, in fci^iress- '¡ ing the Ladies' Automobile Club at C^stMge's Hotel, "and in October the number h3 d in- f creased to 1,500. It is estimated that by the end of 1910 the total will exceed 2.000." An 800 h.p. hydroplane is being built at Messrs. Dixon Brothers and Hutchinson's yard Messrs. Dixon Brothers and Hutchinson's yard at Southampton, with which it is hoped to win back the British internaTional trophy from America next vear. She will go at 62 miles an hour. A sum of has been bequeathed to A sum of £ 3,000 has been bequeathed to Liverpool charities by Mr. Charles lodd, of I that city, whose will was proved recently at £ 34,381. A ten-mile speed limit- for mofcor-cflrs will be imposed, the Local Government Hoard an- nounoes, through Brentwood and Brook-street, j an adjoining village on the main road between London and Colchester. j i Senhor Linde's first act after hnj appoint- ( m«-nt as Governor of Portuguese East Africa I has been to release the British subjects in "I prison at Beira. "If they are on strike I refuse to make ar order against them," said Judge Willis. of a number of miners who were judgment debtors at Southwark Connty-eourt. I In a house at Sunderland William Ord, a police sergeant, was found shot dead, and a woman, who had been shot through the shoulder, was taken to hospital. I Aged eighty-two. Canon W. Hill James, rector of Fleet, has died at Lineoln. Bear-Admiral Limpitf;, on succeeding to the command of the Portsmouth division of the Home Fleet, hoisted his Sag on the Prince George, which exchanged salutes with the port flagship Victory. The rector of Darfield wax awarded damages at Barnsley County-court against a painter., who, on behalf of a committee of miner*, re- gilded a monument to ten victimi, of the Houghton Colliery disaster without previously obtaining his permission. Slight damage was done by a at a Bar- biean fancy goods establishment in the City's "danger zone," but a policeman's timely alarm j enabled the firemen to ext-inguisli the Sanies before they could spread far. It was stated at the inquest 011 James Hop- kins, a cabinetmaker, held at Bethnal Green, that he was playing dominoes and had just made a move when he fell forward and died from heart disease. ) Lieut.-General Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell opened the new workshops at the Army Youths' Home at Stonebridge Park, where in- tensive culture of early vegetables and n any trades are to be taught. The Duke of Westminster's racing hydro- j plane Pioneer caught fire at East Cowes, but the flames were extinguished by workmen be- fore any serious damage was done. fore any serious damage was done. A wireless telegraphic station has been es- tablished in the Falkland Islands, in the South Attantio Ocean, stated Mr. Allardyce, the Governor, before leaving Liverpool. South Africa's contribution to the Imperial Navy is set down at £ 86,600 in the new Union estimates, wfiich provide for a total expendi- ture of £ 13,802,315. Prince Francis of Teefc's career is to be the subject of a memoir which will be sold for the I benefit. of the Prince Francis of Teefc Memo- rial Fund for the Middlesex Hospital. The liner Royal George has I)iert put a quarantine at ^Montreal, a suspected case of cholera, having occurred on board. A fox paid a visit to the hunt kennels at Charlton Horethorne, and carried off a much- prized cock belonging to the ltunilsman, Will Welch, in broad daylight. Annie Florence Young, aged 34, of Radi- pole-road, Fulbam, died as the result of asphy- xia, said a doctor at the inquest. A prolonged Comatose condition due to intoxication, he • added, would cause asphyxia hrivhig regard to the stuffy condition of her room. 'Accidental death while under the influence of-drink." Death by was the verdict at Battersea in the case of Thomas Simm, aged 23, of Salcott-street, Battei-sea, who died at the South-Western Dental Dispensary while ander gas. The jury censured the dentist for not having taken enough preeanfkm. prte. When Iludolph Martin, who pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey, to aiding a GI maii to make a falie declaration at the Fit; -tan? Registry Office,, was bound over, it was stated that this was the first case 8f its kind before the Court. lIJlIU °m8.

ylll LONDON LE1TER, -<- [From Our Special Correspondent-.] With the Dissolution Hxed for +V r-.8th nist tlie .Sri^rcKiy of tlmr wt-i-ir sh;V:id -1 the ij'iTiniiv- of the poll.iu^:i ii; :ic borough.a Th'V -,vr'ts will be ;■ cf, 1-3 day throughftui the kingdom. J'» v Deceuibev 2, v,-ill be the first p-o^ibi' for IV: 'i!!U-timi, J M (1. f ol j ( .villg th-CO-j den.J" Jammy. a liirgc- 11 l1nlh'r of coiisiifucueier' vi'ill proceea o'i the f:t' day j t'> the election of th'>ir n'1 :i;ber3. '-r- 'he 1!06 election the Ben ugh of managed to get ■> d.iv in advance o all 1 others, and had a polling day all t< ■ Lust January the first d.) of the saw sixt'v-four members elected. rlrst possible dz,,N- counties i>r. :is- J trict- boroughs will he December n. the I last December 21. Orkney and ad will bring up the rear as usual, bid pt for that remote constituency the ,i' election will have been fought and won four days before Christmas. It is possible to insure against anytMog nowadays. It is not long ago since a popular actor was insured by his manager* against marriage, which it was considered would seriously diminish his power to draw money to the box-office; and last summer holiday-makers were able to insure against bad weather during their annual vacation. Many other kinds of insurances there are, and insurances in connection with general elections are, of course, no novelty. A brisk business is being done at Lloyd's just now in this way. Business men have taken out policies to cover their loss if the Election take,3 place this year, while others have insured against the return of one or other of the great parties to power. Large num- bers of shopkeepers and others who antici- pate that the Election will upset the Christ- mas trade and involve them in loss, hare taken measures to protect themselves against that contingency. It is announced that there is to be another "no-tip" hotel in Central London, run on the lines which have proved highly success- ful in the case of another palatial establish- ment started a year or so ago. The new one is projected by the same company, and will be built near the Piccadilly end of Regent-street. The plans provide for eighteen hundred rooms. That a "no-tip" hotel may be run with success is proved by the report of the one already in existence. The result of one year's trading is a profit of L41,717 2s. 6d. and the shareholders have received a dividend of 9 per cent. The adop- tion of the no-tip" system was considered to be a rather audacious experiment, but it has been justified by results, and it would not be surprising if the example were followed at some other hotels. Certainly those establishments where one is not ex- pected to empty one's pocket of small change for the benefit of the waiters, the chambermaids, the porter, and the boots, are likely to be preferred by people whose means are moderate. The police of London have received eo many compliments at one time and another from foreign and, Colonial visitors upon their appearance, their good temper, and their unfailing courtesy, that Lady Stout's opinion of them will probably give them something of a shock. Lady Stout is the wife of the Chief Justice of New. Zealand, and an ardent suffragist. She accom- panied the deputation who attempted to raid the House of Commons the other day, and speaking later on at a drawing-room meeting she said that "the policemen were the roughest, most bloated-looking people she had ever seen in her life." She went on to speak of the women being roughly handled, and of one over eighty years of age being knocked down by the police. It is possible, of course, that Lady Stout may have been in a. posi- tion to see more than other observers did, but it is only fair to the police to say that the general opinion is that they behaved exceedingly well, and kept their tempers under very severe provocation. A raid of such a determined character as that of last week is no joke for the police, who had their orders to prevent it, and did so. And it is really too unkind of Lady Stout to call them bloated-looking The fining of two men who had caused an obstruction by waiting in a theatre queue and selling their places to late-comers draws attention to what Is undoubtedly a nuisance. The men who do this sort of thing belong to the street loafer class. They take up their places in the pit or gallery queue with- out any intention of going into the theatre themselves, and then give up their positions to those who have either engaged them be- forehand or strike a bargain with them on the spot. As a rule they are none too clean, and bona fide theatregoers who have to stand next to them for an hour or two have been loud in their complaints. Doubtless dome of the men are honest and really in need Q the money they pick up in this way, but there are others who, having bargained with pittites and received their pay before- hand, disappear as soon as the other party to the contract has turned his back. The fines, and the publicity given to the magi- strate's announcement that any future cases will be dealt with more severely will pro- bably help to make the "profession" less popular. There was an outcry when the practice of keeping places by means of mes- senger boys came into vogue, but now the convenience of being able to do this is gene- rally recognised. But the loafers and their touting constitute a nuisance which should not be tolerated. A warm welcome has been extended by Londoners to the sailors from the United States battleships now visiting us. The ,dII..lit>. Ji. a,re obviously having a good One L: iittle companies of them in all parts of tl < and they have "done" London a got e;u more thoroughly than many of. la- country people whose pleasant habit it dash from Westminster Abbey to the i and from St. Paul's to the Houses oi P >juent, catching a glirapso of the Law ( aud a few other places of interest on tb, way. The sailora have managed to dc. vel j:; adorable time to seeing the sights, <i was interesting the other day to see a k of them gathered in Trafalgar-square -it of the Nelson column, gazing up- w i in the vain endeavour to see Nelson, v \,as biddeJl in a dense black fog. All the i' an sailora í have seen are slim, A i irvii r fellows; they do not seem to pal <:i fh h in the way that our own Jack 7, d". It is said that the reason for this L >i the iii dietary. The United S* sailor, it appears, gets a greater of food, and of a less starchy nature. 1 was an admirable variety in the pi ;ime of tha Queen's Hall symphony co- 'i on Saturday. 'The symphony was Beethoven's first, which, though it does not represent Beethoven in the fulness of his power, has a distinctive beauty, and is welJ worth doing. A delightful performance of Mendelssohn's "Midsiiiiinier Night's Dream" overture began the programme, and a Spanish rhapsody by M. Emmanuel Chabrier, which was the last item, was given with extraordinary dash and spirit. ilfi-F:, Johanne Stoekmarr gave a notable performance of Grieg's Pian<|arte Con- certo, which she always plays magnificently. The closing scene from H Götterdämmerung" was admirably sung by Miss Ellen Beck. Altogether it was one of the most interest- ing concerts of the season. At the next syTE6 phony concert, on December 3, Mischa Elma.n will play Tscbaikowsky's Violin Con- certo. A. E. M.

KING EDWARD AS EDITOR. Hi, Hugh Chisholm, the editor of the ele".h edition of the "Encyclopaedia Bribnnica." entertained some of the contribu- tors to dinner at the Savoy Hotel. In proposing the loyal toasts, Mr. Chisholm said he was desirous of including in the Encyclopaedia coloured plates of the insignia 01 varha:s orders. He found that in most of the boolr; the colours were given wrongly, and it was aiggested to him that as the late King Edward possessed nearly all the European Orders, the difficulty might be overcome if per- mission could be obtained for an artist to copy them. He wrote to Lord -Knollys, and received a reply that if an artist was sent to Bucking- hlun Palace he would He provided with a room, and that the King's valet had orders to bring hi:n any Orders he wanted. The artist worked thero for about two months, and his Majesty thei.ate King went in to see his work once or twice, and took a great interest in it, and pointed out several matters in whieh it might be improved. King Edward found some Orders were being left out, and said he thought they ought to go in. That was, of course, am order, and accord- ingly additional plates were made. The in- S( ri >n drawn up to accompany the plates w i Insignia of various Orders of Kniglit- ha drawn by special permission from Orders in possession of King Edward VII." Lord n 3, to whom the inscription was for- w 1 J for approval, wrote back that his Majesty wished to revise the words and to add thi "and arranged in accordance with his Majesty's wishes and commands."

KNEW THEIR BUSINESS. A raid which represents the last word in scientific burglary has been committed at the residence of Mr. Milne, in Alderbrook-road, Clariliarri Common. After scaling a wall the thieves broke a kitchen window, climbed through, and minutely inspected practically every article of value in the ground floor rooms. They selected only the eilver articles. A tea-tray had been laid over- II night, and from this a silver strainer was taken, but two spoons which were not silver were thrown aside. Silver mountings were torn from photographic frames, and the silver parts of a flower-stand were wrenched away. Yet the thieves made absolutely no noise, and the raid was not discovered until the family awoke in the morning. Mr. Millie's house has been ransacked twice before in the put four years.

STOLE. MOTOR BICYCLES. Frederick Gregory, aged thirty-one, a shoe- maker, of Manchester, was at the Old Bailey sentenced to five years' penal servitude for stealing two motor-bicycles from residents in North London. It was stated that Gregory had admitted stealing motor-bicycles at Pres- ton, Coventry, Worcester, Birkenhead, and Birmingham.. The Recorder remarked that a. motor-bicycle was an easy thing to steal, because if. a man could ride one it would be very difficult to catch him. That was why, in the old days, a I man was sentenced to a much longer term for stealing a horse than for anything else, because before the days of railways he could jump on the animal's back and ride awtty. The prisoner seemed to have made, a business of motor-bicycle stealing.

The former assistant-manager of Cabins (.1010), Limited. Michael Eustace Greene, was remanded at Marylebone charged with steal- ing £ 50 odd belonging to the company.