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i NEW LIGHT ON BOSWELL

Ffllohnscnu Life of Boswell." is the rubicct of an illuminating essay by Bir Andrew Mucpliall in the July belle of the Quarterly Review. The literary spotlight is here thrown upon the author of what has frequently 1 been described as the greatest biog- hphy in the English language; and lhe Boswell that Johnson knew and ysteemcd, as evidenced in the volum- inous correspondence which B35594 between the two men, is given in place of the conventional buifoon whose ‘portrait Carlyle, following Macaulaffs lead. drew so devastat- ingly. Who, having read Carlyle, can fmfét the clownisliness “in that cocked nose, cocked partly in iri- umfl weir his weaker fellow-creat- ures, partly to snuff up the smell oi coming pleasure. and scent it from afar; in those bag-cheeks, hanging like half-filled wine-skins. still ablc to contain more; in that coarsely protruded shelf-mouth, that fat dew- lapped chin." The picture is a dis- gusting one, and sticks in the mem- bry long after Carlyie's tribute to the finer qualities of Boswell are for- gotten. From the manner in which the biographer of Dr. Johnson has been handled by reviewers. it has al- ways remained a mystery how such a man could have written such a book.

Sir Andrew Macphoiis review_of the recently published “Boswell Pap- ers" goes far to clear up the mat- ter. The writer makes it clear that Boswell wrote his great book “not because he was a fool nor in spite of his being a. fool." He acted the fool, in short, the better to write wisely:

"He knew precisely what he was doingmlle saw as clearly as his banterers and critics the danger

"to hisreputation as a man, in al- lowing himself to be made the sub- ject of Johnson's jests; but he as- sumed the risk as an artist, more concerned with delineating John- son than with his owrl feelings. His single idea. was to provide for the instruction and entertainment oi mankind; he disdained the cold- blooded and morose mortals who might dislike the method and the result; he would not for a. thous- and pounds have such a temper."

Sir Andrew thus skillfully turns the tables on the critics. Shake- speare's solemnities, he points out, are nothing more than secret jests, with which he amused himself at the harmless expense of the solemn. "There is a malicious pleasure in hal- lowing confident people to go astray?’ and Boswell may be supposed to have derived a posthumous pleasure from the pontiflcal utterances of subse- quent reviewers who thought him as foolish as he——for the greater delight of his readers-blandly professed himself to be.

There are many passages in his latest article which are typical oi Sir Andrew's brilliant style, and which will be hailed with apprecia- tion by admirers on both sides of the

Atlantic. "Boswell." he writes, "merely claimed that he turned on thc

fountain of Johnson's mind. He did more. He stimulated that mind to perform the full function of yielding living water, Like a. crys- tsi Mid up to the diffused light, hsmclvec tbatdight into the complmerit parts of it. Again, he likens Johnson's mind to a great lhlll into which he casts a. subject “'59 Erourld. He did more than that. He created therideal John- lon in a much more real sense than created his h “an.” p ysical

writes with an occasional impish de- light in embarrassing those who are inclined, as Stevenson said. "swallow the universe like a pill"; and. he is lnfuriatingly skillful in deflating _ rhetorical wind-bladders, both in pol- itics and literature. Few writers with anything like his literary equipment

he is a. native of Prince Edward Isl- and and continues i0 spend his surn- mer vacations here are facts familiar enough to us all; but how many Is- landers are acquainted with the charm and excellence of his literary work. or are aware that the name of An- drew Macphail is a, household one among sophisticated readers through- out the English speaking world? 1t is significant that the reputation of this Island writer largely in Great Britain and Can- ada. and not in the United States. His culture is essentially a British culture. His appeal is to cultured British readers, and this fact in the face of so many contrary examples. is not the least source of gratificat- ion to those of his fellow-citizens who know the man and appreciate his work.

were sounded at the sixth annual mes ' g oi the British Empire Can- CG)‘ g1 Duke of York. Sir Thomas Herder, physician in ordinary to the Prince of Wales and physician to St. Bar-

the annual report, launching of the National Radium Fund might create in the minds of many people an unfounded belief in the complete potency of radium as a cure for cancer. Such a belief might have very unfortunate results for the

b0

lave appeared in this country. That

has been made

RADIUM FOR CANCER

Warnings against undue optimism

ampaign, presided over by the

in presenting said that the

tholom-ews hospital,

patient if carried into practice in any case in which the growth was completely removable by operation. In the course of time radium might come to equal or even to exceed op- erative measures in efficiency. At present, however, it was the bound- eh duty of the doctor, in very many cases, in his patient‘: interest, to ov- errule his antipathy to surgical measures. All the same, the number of cases to which radium was appli- cable and the number in which bril- llant results were achieved increased every year. But Sir Thomas added that it was open to considerable doubt whether many of the institu- tions that were advertising‘ for mon-

to use it. It; might even be necessary

ous remedy.

TIME FOR ACTION

many of which are

all parts of the country. The West.

Columbia, says:

"Our educational prong,” 1n Canada is subjected. very naturally to the influence emanating from the republic to the south of the line. We have educatlonulists here who believe that only Americans can make textbooks. we hgyg teachers who believe that the

Thea comes the cream of the jest, ‘which the writer savour: deliciously:

"At this point. the suspicion be- Illll to arise that it ‘is we, the wisest of us, who are the fools,

.710“)!!! Of BOIWQH, the supreme _.bumorist, who created Johnson, a drift created Gulliver, to poke fun it pedants. The finest humour ls . the humour that is most concealed, pconcoaicd from all but the hum- ‘purinthimseif. Thejestisthento him alone. as the love of a woman

M-“ll. In this lilht, I hundred in- " stances arise to mm: that Bol-

wcll was less concerned with dc- "ihiestlnc Johnson. than in delin- Qceting the solemn Macculays and Carlyle: who wwlifglccefvc them- nlvcl by min: hiia‘,wc:qricusly."

_Obviously, Sir Macphnil, no less than tonsil, in c writer somcwhairdangerous to

‘that clue of people who take them- ‘cavu and him too colclmiy. as

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United States is setting the pace in education and that it behooves Ill to fall into line and cultivate the loose-step" which follows the latest fad or experiment of cri- g eflicieney “are; bu." WM‘. preserve their right to m. dlvidual judgment m4 u, mMn. to retain a British d c polfgiof view. ' m ‘mam ere exists, in c - ‘Nd, fie need for the ‘n.d‘"°g on,

will "we pride in the herohm of

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air from the coast of his native land

cliffs of Dover in England. The fol- lowing day all the world learned of

ey to purchase radium had upon their stuffs men or women qualified

to employ some of the money col- lected in providing for such training in the use of a powerful but danger-

The agitation for reform in the text books used in Canadian schools, "Made in the United States," or from the United States point of view, is extending to

crn Tribune. published in British

teaching national histnryjn g mum" ‘ma. .

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Ilotcs ByThe Way

Louis Bleriot of France, in a mono- Pllllfl- 011 Jilly Z5. 1909. rose into the

near Calais and flew to the white

his wonderful achievement. It was the first long dicta-nee flight over water in an airplane, although a bal- loon had crossed the English Chan- n-el before. and had made longer flights over both sea and land be- fore that time.

Bleriot achieved his flight and fame five years before the Great War. and it was during the years of that stupendous struggle that air- planes and air pilots multiplied to tens of thousands. Progress in avia- tion slnoe the war has made tre- mendous strides. The Atlantic Ocean has been crossed many times by lar- ger airplanes and airships, and where Bleriot crossed the Channel twenty years ago great airliners. carrying scores of passengers, relu- their way every hour between Eng- land and France. Of which bystand- ers take no more notice than of a passing railway train.

If the Labor Government in Eng- land carries out its pre-election pledges, it will nationalize the British coal mines and also reduce the work- ing day in the mines to seven hours. if the regulations to give effect to these very radical changes have been formulated they have not yet been made known, and may not be until the adjourned Parliament resumes its sittings. legislation will be requir- ed and the question of nationaliza- tion is a highly controversial one. The case of the miners has been one of extreme suffering notwith- standing the partial relief extended to them by the Lord Mayor's fund in England, supplemented by contri- butions from Canada and other charitable sources. Aside from this the nationalization of the British mines must be a matter of deep in- terest in every coal-producing coun- try. Much British boat must be ex- ported abroad and it will meet with the close competition of coal from other countries. from Germany, for instance, where wages are less and the hours of day-labor longer than in the United Kingdom.

Butter from New Zealand has hitherto been dumped into Canada mainly during our cold weather months, which correspond with their spring and summer in their southern latitudes. It was so this year. but the quantity that came to us durinB the twelve months which ended June 30 broke all previous records. It was 28,724,129 pounds, valued at $10.1”.- 767. ,

For the preceding year the im- ports were 15,094,064 pounds. val- ued at $5,340,119. Both in quantity and value the totals were almost doubled. There were loud complaints among Canadian dairymen and far- mers when the imported butter from the Far South reached five million dollars. These loud and 1118i? Wm" plaints reached the Government from every dairying province in Canada. and their protests were heard in the Canadian Parliament. But to all these complaints and protests the King Government turn- ed a deaf ear and not a finger was lifted for the protectionbf the but- ter makers of Canada. The govern- ment that opened the gate to this unfair and unseemly competition ha! absolutely refused to close it, al- though the injurious effect increases by leaps and bounds.

President Hoover who recently dc- clsiveiy checked the attempt to in- troduce prohibition propaganda in the public schools, also not long ago appointed a Commission to investi- gate Crime and Law enforcement. He was widely commended for this action and for the high character of the men he had appointed as oom- missioners. . Since then, Mr. Wicker-sham, who is the head of the Law Enforcement Commission, hu addressed a letter to the Governor of New York, in which he proposm that the enforce- ment of Prohibition be divided be- tween thc Federal and State Govern- ments, the Federal authorities to deal with, preventing the importe- tlon, manufacture and shipment of liquors in inter-state commerce, and the State authorities to undertake the internal police regulations to pre- vent nlcs, saloons, speak-cum, etc Strangely enough, the Wicker-sham

‘has been necessary to have it injected

asiliscwwufackic INSULIN BY T“! Noll v

One of the objections that diabetics have to the U500! insulin i! that it

bye hypodermic needle. If it be taken by the mouth it gets

digested in the stomach ma, my“. tine. However research men in

Europe have been experimenting with insulin in the form of a d1’? Wwder which was mixed with a finely pqw- dered borax, and the patient inhaled or "shuffled." this up the nose.

As you knowthe blood vessels in the noes are very near- me gurfiee and. by Elvin! l. larger dose than is Riven by the hypodermic method it was found that the insulin was just as effective.

It was discovered also that this met-h“! Save no irritation whbtevcr to the lining of the nose and throat. Of course the exact amount of in. sulin that gets into the system by this nose method cannot be as ac- curately measured as by the my“- tion method and so fer it h“ not been used m. the very severe cases in which the injection method u gull used.

However there are a number o1 cases which are borderline case; 1n so far as the use of insulin is con. cemed.

These cases find that with strict at- fention to diet they can just ebout keep their urine free of sugar. but they have to be very watchful as "eternal vigilance" is the price 01 freedom from sugar in the urine, A! they would rather exercise this eXtfeme care than have insulin in- fected. their lot is not a happy one, T1158 51111111118 or anuflling method 05ers a handy aid to them in their battle for life, because it really is a. battle. ~

As you know insulin is now being used in run down folks, who have lost their lppeflfg,

1t has been found that if insulin be injected or used as above that in about two or three hours a plegggnf,

"e11"! 0! ‘ nsues and these Patients III-dually crease in-welght and strength.

Truly new benefits from Banting: discovery are being found almost

daily.

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NIG HT

Come with thine unveiled worlds, O truth of night,

Come with thy calm. Adowu the shallow day.

Whose splendors hid the vastor world away,

I wandered on this little plot of light,

A dreamer among dreamers. Veiled or bright, Whether the gold shower roofed me or the gray,

play. And dreamed until the dream seemed

infinite. But. now the gateway of the All lin- _ bars;

so shrill,

band:

stand,

THE LAND vvaLovE I) FIANI LIIGI

1 strove afld fretted at life's feverish '

The passions and the cares that beat The giants of this petty world, dis- On the great threshold of the night I

Once more a soul self-cognizant and

Maritime fishing‘ Indgstry

‘innate, Montreal)

Federal Government action on the report of the Royal Commission ap- pointed in 192'! to make a special in- quiry into the fishing conditions and requirements of the Maritime Prov- inces, so far as is manifest, has been limited to the appointment of a deputy . minister of fisheries, and, so far as can be judged. the appointment is being amply justified. Mr. William A Found was named to the office, and he has concentrated his energies es- pecially to furtherinz the interests of the Maritime Fisheries Whether it is due to this fact, or to the increased aggressiveness which has lately been evident in every line of activity throughout the Maritime Provinces, or to both combined, the gratifying fact is recorded that brighter prospects are looming, up for the fisherlelt. Mr. Found is now making a survey of the industry. and he reports that the fisheries on the whole Atlantic coast continue to ad- vance. The marketed value of the pro- ducts last yeanwas fifteen per cent. above that of the previous twelve months, "and," the Deputy Minister says, "The outlook is becoming more promising with the reorganized ser- vice of the Fisheries Department, commencing to function on the first of next month." -

That there is a great scope for greater and more profitable exploita- tion of the Atlantic fisheries may not be gainsaid. They were the first Can- adian Fisheries in point of time and until 191B they remained the most.

in extent, and are divided into - shore and deep-sea fisheries. fishing population of the Provinces is a specialized and stable

only provide a. cheep wholesome and nutritious food for Canadian people, but they create employment for thousands of workers in other trades and industries, and their success has an immediate beneficial effect upon allied manufacturers. Cod. halibut. haddock, hake. herring. mackerel lobster and the oyster are included in the catches. Lnbstering is becoming a more distinctive industry in the Mari- times and plants are being added con- tinually. The newest comer is a can- ning company with headquarters at Belize, in British Honduras. whose Maritime: plant will be operated at Yarmouth, Nova. Scotia.

Comparative Figures

Leadership in the Canadian fishing industry formerly belonged to the Eastern Maritime Provinces but of late years the Pacific fisheries have forged ahead. In 1921 Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scoiia held the lead again over Brit- ish Columbia by a. little more than a million dollars. The following year the value of their fishing products were about even, that of the Pacific Fisheries being $16,810,481 cs com- pared with the products oi the Mari- times worth 816,601 511. In 1923 the total value of the Atlantic fisheries dropped to $14,751,900, whereas the eiurrls from the Pacific were in- creased to $18,170,334, and although the values of the fisheries of the Maritime Provinces have annually in- increased since 1M3, the advance of Nova Scotla. values being the most marked, the iced has been maintain- ed with increasing ratio by British Columbia. whose production is now nearly one-half the total value of the entire Dominion fishing industry. The cmflpflrsion of vaues, as between Atlantic and Pacific, made up from official returns, follows:

"i"- Eastern British m m» e .°.?..Z.‘.""22°.".?.? °‘l.'.if."'...’: i‘ 59"‘ i924 . . . . $15,362 832 $21 25'! 56‘? I ' __ h“, m u ' 1 "L a - - some at least will find new security, Arc. I Mmlliimmw" m" Y" 102s ........cle,clo,4s1 22,414,012; m, pmtecmn “n”. due“, by ' 1925 19,l70.$3l.....-... 17,357,109 cultivating the habit o! alums‘ upon

THE BEARING BIA QUESTION

Question?

prcpccalsbcc been ‘ ‘by Ju. ll. Dorm. the Prohibition Commis- licner. wbclcyl, "Something along tblslinemmtbedoncrllnlaw-

the pioneers. explorers. statesmen. BM poets. who have been the true builders of our commonwealth. It is the romance of Britain's history which has made her people nation- ally conscious _cnd which has given en her a place in the sun. Dots,

ty to the traditions of their coun- try. We need the ‘heroic’ and some.

time is not far distant when Can-

Wrmc of nestles. and civic! will 11ml‘ produce Canadians who "are attached by bonds of love and loy-

too. of the ‘nation-centred’ brand of history in our schools er the

mun.- Auiltmt Secretary eftbe

tobecutandhouledcanawaittbo cominflunlbine.

lpllbbqnlte decsnpt-lfop theboct- letter who still pursues his dirty

Q. What was the Bering Se:

A- TM R1111: Sea Question ucle out of a dispute u ta the seal-finn- erics of Bering Sea. Several Canadian sealers were scind by the United

ads will be merely a geclrlpbleu I|_

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important 1n assrellate value of pro- erable, or she may give him a dose duct. The grounds are approximately 0g 335w! Q11, o; send him to bed, or two hundred thousand square miles both,

B she will send for the doctor at once Maritime before her child has a chance id, Iflt

industrial class. and their fleets not ggye m; 111e, it

It is realised thatsprogress of the 115111118 industry depends on a sound marketing organisation and scientific resparch, with improved methods of cltchinr keeping pace with improved methods of preservation. valuable work is being done in these respects at the scientific research station at St. Andrews and at the experimental station at Halifax, both stations weak in; under thfdirectim of the Bio- logical Board of Canada. It is en-

Statec in 1m, on the plea that these waters constituted a mare clcusum, or cloud sea. Similar seizures were made in 1m one lace. ruuuy the

meats agreed to submit the question to arbitration. The commission met at ‘Peril in ma. m decision was in fave: of Great Britain. and contrary to thcclalm of mebmm States to

ccuraging to learn from MI- Ibllllfi’! report that the process of rapid freezing o1 fish. which ucurel the maintenance of fish in really fresh condition no matter tlle 618$!!!“ 03 the market to which it is shipped. ll giving increased satisfaction. More commercial companies are adoptina this method of freezing which oril- inated attbe biological station at st. Andrew's, and the ‘Deputy M111- ister of Fisheries is assured of a fur- ther development of this branch of an industry which is manifestly of great national importance. With its prosperity is bound up the well-help! of a large section of the Canadian community, The sanguine report thlt Mr. Found is able to make before he has actually completed his survey 0i the industry in the Maritime Provinces is therefore one that will be 1116100111“ by pthers besides those who are dir- ectly dependent upon the harvest o! the fisheries. It has this further ad- vantage. It furnishes opportunity to once more stress the value of fish as a food. If only we realized how welllt is sultedto human needs we should undoubtedly use it more freely and thus help forward this ancient in- dustry, which has produced one o1 the finest races of men in existence.