House and Garden 
HARPER’S LATEST PUBLICATIONS 
Barbary Sheep 
By Robert Hichens 
Author of “The Garden of Allah” 
Mr. Hichens again displays his indescribable power in setting forth the mystery, the 
fascination, the strange atmosphere of the desert. Blended with this wonderful setting are the 
lives of a young English lord and his wife, and a handsome Arab army officer who plies his 
crafty arts upon the heroine while her husband is absent hunting. T he story is charged with 
the heat, passion, and swift action that befit a romance of the Algerian desert. 
Illustrated. Price $1.25. 
A Stumbling Block 
By Justus Miles Forman 
Author of “Buchanan’s Wife,” etc. 
A hero not always heroic, but always human, interesting and worth while—a man of 
passion, strength and weakness—is the leading character in this story of constant narrative 
charm. there are two heroines: Rosemary Crewe, whose compelling charm the reader feels 
from the start; and Violet Winter, the “stumbling block,” a brilliant and fascinating woman. 
These and other characters play their parts in a deeply interesting story, full of life, the scenes 
of which are laid in New York City and a little nearby town. 
Price $1.50 
The Secret Agent 
By Joseph Conrad 
Author of “Nostromo,” “Lord Jim,” etc. 
This is a story written with splendid 
literary skill—a story of anarchistic plot and 
counterplot, full of tumultuous action and 
vigorous movement. The book abounds in 
minute and lifelike descriptions of the lives of 
anarchists and the inner workings of their 
associations—phases of life that have never 
before been truthfully portrayed. This story 
marks anew the power and insight of this 
masterful writer, and moves with breathless 
rapidity to a dramatic climax. 
Price $1.50 
Discoveries in Every- 
Day Europe 
By Don C. Seitz 
The author, with shrewdness and ob¬ 
servant humor, has done that impossible thing, 
written a new kind of book about Europe. It 
tells of things that every tourist sees, but which 
few realize that they see. It is a record of 
delightfully amusing facts. The author is 
constantly on the look-out for the unexpected 
and the amusing amid well-known surround¬ 
ings. Numerous pen-and-ink sketches amus¬ 
ingly supplement the text. 
Illustrated. Price $1.25 net. 
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received 3,000 thalers annually, and he 
was therefore able to devote himself 
to his task without anxiety. On the 
completion of the memorial he received 
20,000 thalers, so that in all he obtained 
168,000 marks, which was a fourth of 
the total cost. But the money, amount¬ 
ing to over £8,000, was mainly for his 
own services, while Professor Begas has 
had heavy disbursements. Schliiter, 
the sculptor, was paid 2,000 thalers dor 
his design for the memorial of Frederick 
I, or the “ Reiterbild des Grossen Kurfur- 
sten,” which is so prominent an object 
on the Lange Brucke, near the Schloss, 
in Berlin. About the same time he was 
entrusted with the superintendence of 
the enclosure of the royal palace. He 
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but whether that was for sculpture alone 
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33,000 marks, which would be about 
one-eighth of the cost of the most 
excellent example of German sculpture 
in the beginning of the eighteenth 
century .—The ArcInfect. 
AN INVENTOR’S QUICK WORK 
r I 'HE invention of the Hotchkiss maga- 
zine rifle, now the standard rifle of 
the United States Navy, occurred under 
circumstances known until now to only 
a few of the Hotchkiss Company. 1 he 
gun was invented by the late B. B. 
Hotchkiss in 1877. In that year Mr. 
Hotchkiss was en route from \ ienna to 
Bucharest. He was accompanied by 
his wife. While on the train he fell 
into conversation with a Roumanian 
officer who had very pronounced views 
in favor of a magazine rifle. At that 
time, it should be remembered, there was 
no such thing as a magazine rifle in 
reality, at least not a military piece. 
Military men simply had ideas, and 
prophesied as to the future. The Rou¬ 
manian officer argued the necessity for 
a magazine gun in a most forcible man¬ 
ner, and only discontinued his remarks 
when the train stopped at a station for 
dinner. Instead of rising, Mr. Hotch¬ 
kiss complained of having no appetite, 
and requested of the Roumanian that he 
do him the honor of escorting Mrs. 
Hotchkiss to dinner. No sooner had 
the Roumanian left the car than Mr. 
Hotchkiss seized a newspaper lying on 
the seat, and in less than thirty minutes 
drew in detail the design of the present 
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