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carpet — Argonauts of the White Pass — Break- 

 ing ice and rapids — Soapy Smith and the avenger 



— Tragic relics — Perfect protection — The 

 grayling, "flower of fishes" — Bishop Bompas — 

 An exchange of bishops — Poet blood — The rule 

 of law — Carrie Nation in argument — Steven- 

 son Fellowship — Jonson replaces R. L. S. 



3. A French viewpoint — "The Strength of Being 

 Clean" — Justice to one's afterself — Alcohol 

 a social menace — General social hygiene — 

 Fighting the red plague — Great scientists — 

 Tribute to Young — "Out of the Church" — 

 With Roosevelt in Texas — "The Square Deal" 



— A "man of the world"? 



4. Empty victories — Uninformed populace — 

 Witte and the Tsar — Treaty finally concluded 



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1. Distress intensified — Marked characteristics — 

 Unusual devotion — Newcomer's sonnet 



2. Europe again — Down the Moselle and across 

 to Dauphiny — Glorious Chamonix — Miirren 

 and Berne — Motoring — Some of the Gren- 

 villes — •"Collecting" cathedrals — Judicial hu- 

 mor — End of a senseless feud — "Danger 

 ahead" — Eclipse of the sun 



3. "Guide to the Study of Fishes" — Henry Holt 



— Standing incentives to war — Sleepless watch- 

 dogs — Passing of Don Luis — From Franklin 

 to Brooks 



Chapter Thirty-two 168 



I. American Philosophical Society — Catastrophic 

 change — Chaos in the home — Damage at En- 

 cina Hall — One fatality — At Roble — Death 

 of a faithful servant — Enormous losses — Cost 

 of reconstruction — Plans for reorganization — 

 Future of privately endowed institutions — An 

 indignant Chinese — Agassiz "in the concrete" 



