House and Garden 
note had been completely reduced to 
ashes the colonel turned to his visitor and 
said, carelessly, “How do you like your 
cigar?” The gentleman admitted its 
excellence and took his departure, 
attended to the door by the chief, who, 
with the utmost courtesy, shook him 
by the hand, and then closed the door 
to resume his work at his desk.— 
Fire and Water. 
PROFESSOR TYNDALL’S NEIGHBORS 
pROF. TYNDALL at one time got 
into trouble with his neighbors. 
Being desirous of having a place where 
he could work in perfect seclusion, he 
built a house at Hindhead, but had 
scarcely settled there when a sign-board 
was erected in front of his gate offer¬ 
ing the land for sale for building pur¬ 
poses. 
The fact that it “overlooked the 
grounds of Prof. Tyndall” was an¬ 
nounced as an inducement to purchasers. 
In self-defence, Mr. Tyndall bought the 
land, thirty-seven acres in all, but did 
not enclose it or exercise any rights of 
ownership. Soon after this, one of his 
neighbors began to build a stable just 
in front of his study windows. The 
Professor offered him a free site and 1^500 
if he would put the building a little to the 
north or south, but the offer was curtly 
refused and the stable was built. The 
Professor then erected a screen of larch- 
poles and heather between the stable 
and his house, and this screen proved 
the cause of intense local irritation, 
public opinion being divided on the sub¬ 
ject, and lively personalities were ex¬ 
changed in the local newspapers. The 
moral seems to be that the country is not 
always the best place for privacy.— 
A?. T. Evening Post. 
PROTECTING RHODODENDRON BEDS 
TT is not too early to consider the 
protecting of rhododendron plants 
in winter, and although it will not be ne¬ 
cessary to give protection to the plants 
for some time yet, it will be advisable to 
make provision for it. 
There are two things to be well under¬ 
stood in connection with the preservation 
of rhododendrons in winter, viz., that 
darkness is the main object desired, 
darkness and protection from high 
winds. With these provided for and 
With an abundance of moisture in the 
MAGAZINE 
1909 
A JOURNEY ABOUT 
EUROPE WITH 
F. HOPKINSON SMITH 
T he Parthenon by Way of Pappendrecht.” 
Delightful and entertaining impressions of 
travel in search of the picturesque through 
Holland, France, England, Italy and Gi-eece. 
The illustrations will be from Mr. Smith’s own 
sketches and paintings and will include repro¬ 
ductions in both black-and-white and color. 
IMPORTANT GOLF 
PAPER BY 
H. J. WHIGHAM 
A n article on the progress of Golf in the last 
few years, covering especially the radical 
improvements made and contemplated in 
the laying out of American links. Illustrated by 
the former champion and well-known authority. 
AGNES LAUT’S LONG 
CANOE JOURNEY 
DOWN THE 
SASKATCHEWAN 
M ISS AGNES LAUT will tell the story of 
her long canoe voyage down this great 
river of the Northwest. It will be illus¬ 
trated by a remarkable collection of photographs. 
ARTISTIC FEATURES 
OF THE YEAR 
E very number will contain the work of 
notable illustratoi's and painters, and the 
same high standard of color work that has 
given the Magazine an international reputation 
will be maintained. 
SHORT FICTION 
There will be stories by 
Richard Harding Davis, F. Ilopkinson Smith, 
Arthur Cosslett Smith, Mary R. S. Andrews, James 
B. Connolly, Katharine Holland Brown, Mrs. W. K. 
Clifford, Jesse Lynch Williams, Maarten Maartens, 
Nelson Lloyd, Mary Heaton Vorse, Victor Hender¬ 
son, Emerson Taylor, Georgia Wood Pangborn, Helen 
Haines. 
A NOTABLE GROUP OF 
DESCRIPTIVE 
ARTICLES 
V ERNON LEE’S picturesque “An English 
Writer’s Notes on England” (several papers); 
a series of French sketches, written by 
Madame Huard, the wife of the well-known French 
artist, illustrated by her husband; two out-of-the- 
way studies by Robert Shackleton on “the Princi¬ 
pality of Reuss” and some of the less known parts 
of the Valley of the Moselle; .and E. C. Peixotto’s 
“Unfrequented Chateaux Near Fontainebleau,” 
illustrated by the artist. 
AFRICAN 
HUNTING ARTICLES 
BY THEODORE 
ROOSEVELT 
T he exclusive magazine and book rights in 
whatever Mr. Roosevelt may write about 
his forthcoming African Hunting Trip have 
been secured by Messrs. Charles Scribner’s Sons. 
Not only lovers of outdoor life, but all who appre¬ 
ciate the literature of adventure, will be eagerly 
interested in these articles. They will appear in 
SCRIBNER’S MAGAZINE, possibly one or two 
articles in the later issues of 1909. A fuller 
announcement of the project is reserved. 
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