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THE MOANING, OREGONIAN, THTJKRDAY, NOVEMBER 2f, 1901.
Iff- b o.a k s 1
Herbert Woodfleld FaUl Is -well ltnown in
London epjk -clever writer of Assays. For
several years he has been one of the
leading writers on the Dally News, .and
since 1S97 his articles In the Nineteenth
Century have-attracted wide attention. In
the voltraie entltled "Men and Letters,"
Just published by John Lane, New York,
Mr. Paul has brought together 13 es
says on literary subjects which make de
lightful reading. Their titles are as fol
lows. "The Classical Poems of Lord Ten
nyson," "Matthew Arnold's Letters,"
"The Philosophical Radicals," "The Art
6f Letter-Writing," "'The Great Tractar
ian," "The Father of Letters," (Cicero);
"The .Prince of Journalists," (Swift):
"Macaulay and His Critics," and "The
Autocrat of tire Dinner Table."
In discussing the classical merits of
Tennyson, theauthor places him on a
level with. If not above, Ben Joneon, Dry
den and Milton. Not one of them, he de
clares, not even rare Ben himself, was
more thoroughly hnbued with the spirit
of classical antiquity than the author of
"The Lotus-Eaters." He says:
"The most superficial reader of Tenny
son, if he has any knowledge of the
classics himself, must be struck by the
scholarship of the poet. 3rowning
answered to Macaulay's definition of a
scholar. He could read Plato with his
feet on the fender. Tennyson, like Ma
caulay himself, was a great deal more
than that. His honors at Cambridge were
confined to the prize poem, which was
English, which he afterwards regretted
having written, and which some of his
most zealous admirers declare to have
been chosen by mistake. I do not know
that Mr. Swinburne greatly distinguished
himself Jn the schools at Oxford, yet there
are very few Ireland scholars who could
have written the Greek elegiacs at the
beginning of Atalanta In Calydon. But al
though, perhaps, because Tennyson never
read hard for a classical examination, he
could at any time have passed one. He
"was familiar with the niceties of scholar
ship, as well as with the masterpieces
of literature; he was a competent and an
Interested critic of the Greek and Latin
verse into which his own poems were ren
dered; he could even appreciate that
elaborate 'Olympian' which was 'rolled
out from the ghost of Pindar In him,' by
Professor Jebb. It is not a peculiarity
of Tennyson, but a characteristic of all
scholars who are neither pedants nor
sciolists, that he and they appear shallow
to the shallow, and deep to the profound.
"What Swift said of books in general Is
ospecially true of the classics In particu
lar. Many men treat them as they treat
lords. They learn their titles and then
boast of their acquaintance."
Mr Paul's estimate of Stcrno in his
chapter on that erratic yet fascinating
author will strike many readers as a
little strained. He says: "Any serious de
scription of 'Trlstam Shandy Is, how
ever, so Inadequate as to be aixnost gro
tesque. Those who do not feel the charm
of the book cannot be taught It, and
those who feel it resent being told what
It la. It Is impalpable and lnflnable,
UKe one of those combinations of color at
sunset, for which there are no words In
the language, and no Ideas In the mind.
There have been few greater masters of
conversation than Sterne, .and in what
may be called the- art of Interruption no
one has ever approached him. He is
among the makers of colloquial English,
and thousands whomever beard of 'Shandy
Hall' repeat the pharases of Shandy
brothers. Of all English humorists, ex
cept Shakespeare, Sterne 1 still the great
force, and the Influence of Parson Torlck
is not extinct and may be seen in almost
every page, of the 'Dolly Dialogues.' " (For
sale by the J. K. Gill Co., Portland.)
George "W. Cable's Nctt Novel.
The Cavalier. By George W. Cable. Charles
Scrlbner'a Sons, New Tork. For sale by the
J. K. GUI Co., Portland.
The versatility and the fine art of George
W. Cable have been abundantly Illustrat
ed by a series of volumes, almost match
less In their way In American literature;
but even those who have the fullest
knowledge of Mr. Cable's capacities will
be surprised by the new and vigorous
manner of his novel, "The Cavalier,"
which Is now published In book form,
without previous serial publication. Mr.
Cable sets the scene of his story during
the Summer of 18S3 In Coplsh County,
Mississippi, a region which was at that
time fought over, back and forth, by the
scouts of both the Confederate and Fed
eral Armies. T,he -hero of this story Is
Ned Ferry, the chief of Ferry's Confed
erate scouts, and the heroine Is Charlotte
Oliver, a Confederate newspaper corre
spondent, who was- of great service to the
leaders of that region by furnishing them
with valuable information. It may be re
called that Mr. Cable was for a time in tne
Confederate Army, and his vivid recollec
tions of his own experiences evidently
have furnished him with much material
for his narrative. The tale Is one of in
tense dramatic action, as well as one
full of that ppetlc sentiment which Is the
charm of Mr. Cable's novels.
Even In the hurried scheme of the story
there is left a chance here and there for
come effective picturing. We reproduce
what will appeal to every reader as the
most touching passage in the book. Cap
tain Jewett, the Yankee scout, had been
mortally wounded and brought into this
Confederate home. While dying he asked
Charlotte, the woman scout, to sing for
him, and she sang several hymns, his
soldiers, now prisoners in the yard be
low, taking up the refrain. He then
asked of Charlotte a now favor, which the
teller of the story could not hear.
"Oh, you would not ask a rebel to do
that, would you?" she sighed. He made
no rejoinder, except that his eyes- were
insistent. She wiped his temples. "I hate
to refuse you." His gaze was grateful.
She spoke again: x"I suppose I oughtn't
to mind it."
Miss Harper came in, and Charlotte told
the Captain's hard request under her
voice. Miss Harper gave a start of pain,
but when the dying eyes turned pleading
ly to her she said: "Why, if you can,
Charlotte, dear but oh! how can you?"
Charlotte addressed the wounded man:
"Just a little bit of it will that do?" and
as he eagerly assented, she added to Miss
Harper: "You know, dear. In Its history
it Is no. more theirs than ours."
"Not not so much!" said Miss Harper,
with a gleam of pride; and thereupon
Charlotte began, guardedly, to sing:
Oh say, can you see by the dawn's early light
What ao proudly we hailed at the twilight's
last gleaming?
But guardedly as-she began, the effect
on the huddled crowd below was Instant
and electrical. They heard almost the
first note Locking down, anxiously, I saw
the wonder and enthusiasm pass from
man to imttn. They heard the first two
lines in awed, ecstatic silence; but at the
third, warily, first one, then three, then a
dozen," then a- score, bereft of arms, stand
ard and leader, little counting ever again
to see freedom, flag or home, they raised
their voices by the dawn's early light in
their song of songs.
Our main body was out on the highway,
just facing into column, and the effect
upon them I could not see. The prisoners'
guards, though instantly ablaze with In
dignation, were so taken by surprise that
for two or three seconds, with carbines
at a ready, they only darted fierce looks
here and there and up at me. The pris
oners must have been used to singing in
ordered chdrus, for one of them strode
into their middle, and, smiling sturdily at
the maddened guard and me, led the
song evenly. "No, sir!" he cried, as 1
made an. angry -sign -for them to desist;
"one verse through if every d d fool
of us1 dies' for It! Let the Captain hear it,
boys sing!"
The rockets red glare, the bomba bursting in
air.
Charlotte had ceased In consternation,
not for the conditions without, more than
for those within. With the first strong
swell of the song from below, the dying
leader strove to sit upright In bed and
lift his blade,, and would have slammed
back upon the pillows, had not she and
Miss Harper saved him. He lay In their
arms, gasping his last, yet clutching his
saber with a quivering hand and listening
on with rapt face, untroubled by the fiery
tumult of cries that broke Into and over
the strain.
"Club' that man over the head!" cried
the Sergeant of the guard, and one of the
men swung a gun; but the Yankee made
inside of Its sweep, crying: "Sing her
through, boys!" grappled his opponent and
hurled hhn back. In the same Instant the
Sergeant called steadily: "Guard, ready,
aim"
There sounded a clean slap of leveled
carbines, yet from the prisoners came the
continued song in Its closing couplet:
The star-spangled banner! Oh, long may It
wae!
And out of the midst of its swell the
oaths and curses and defiant laughter of
a dozen men, crying with tears in their
eyes: "Shoot! shoot! Why don't you
shoot?"
But the command to fire did not come.
Suddenly there came a drumming of
hoofs, then there came abrupt stoppage,
and the voice of the vigilant commander
called, "Attention!" and the undauntable
singers pressed on to the close of the
stanza without a sign frovn him to desist.
Stories of Lore and Politics.
Strategems and Spoils. Stories of Loe and
Politics. By William Allen White. Charles
Scrlbner's Sons, New York. For sale by the
J. K. Gill Co.. Portland.
William Allen White first came into
prominence as the author of a famous
editorial entitled "What's the Matter
With Kansas?" Millions of copies of this
were distributed by the Republican com
mittee In the campaign of 1896. About the
same time Mr. White published some ot
his famous "Boyvllle" stories together
with tales having to do with phases or
politics. He 16 the owner and editor of tne
Emporia (Kan.) Gazette, and a political
power In the state, eo that by taste and
education and occupation he Is particu
larly well suited to understand the peo
ple of the Middle West, both socially and
politically.
In "Strategems and Spoils" Mr. White
has done his. most Important writing in fic
tion. The volume Is made up of short
stories, a number of which have not been
published in the magazines, dealing with
life in that part of the West immediately
beyond the Mississippi River. though
there are political motives to most of the
stories, the main interest In each is the
exposition of character and social life.
In other words, Mr. White has a story to
tell in each one. It is the first time that
this side of modern life In the West has
been used as material for nctlon by a
man thoroughly familiar with all phases
of it, and one who is at the same time a
skilled teller ot tales. The people who
made the West In the past have been tne
subjects of history and nctlon; but Mr.
White deals with people the strong men
and aggressive women who are actually
making the West today.
In the preface of his book Mr. White
embodies a vigorous defense of American
political honesty. From so experienced
an authority It comes with peculiar force,
and seems to have a special interest at
this time. He says:
"But to come to politics: There is mucn
scandalous talk by scantily Informed peo
ple about the corruption of politics. The
truth of the matter Is: That politicians'
arc about as honest In their business, as
storekeepers are In their business, or law
yers are in their business, or bankers or
preachers or day laborers or farmers or
college professors are in their own call
ing. Of course politicians are not so hon
est as lawyers imagine they would be it
they were preachers; nor as preaohers
fancy they would be if they were store
keepers; nor as storekeepers believe they
would be as lawyers.
"But, In. the mam, the business or pro
fessional man has no reason to despise
the politician. For the politician does not
He unless he is forced to by another man's
duplicity (which is the standard in other
vocations). He does not take bribes ex
cept in ignorance as the business men
and the farmer and the preacher do every
day of their lives. And the politician,
above all, does not admire the cheat and
the declever.
"The political ideals of the average
ward caucus are as high as the Ideals in
most other gatherings. The brave man
who wins by raw courage and shrewd di
rectness and simple honesty is honored as
sincerely and Is as successful In politics
today as he is in any other branch of hu
man endeavor, however exalted its crite
rion. The county convention of Douglas
County, Kansas, or of King's County, New
York, is operated on a moral plane about
as high as the faculty politics of the aver
age university, or as that of the church
politics of the various religious organiza
tions. "In the business politics we are all part
ners. The concern reflects the American
average. The man who does not partici
pate in the partnership who refuses to
vote merely drags down the average for
an honest negro or an active Polaker xtt
a capable Irish emigrant to elevate."
Illustrated Edition of French Art.
French Art: Classic and Contemporary Paint
ing and Sculpture. By W. C. Brownell.
Charles Scrlbner's Sons, New York. For sale
by the J. K. Gill Co.. Portland.
In response to frequent demands the
publishers have decided to Issue an Il
lustrated edition of this work, and the
text now appears supplemented with 48
reproductions of characteristic master
pieces among the French paintings and
sculpture of which it treats. The author
has also added a chapter on the work
of the. scluptor, Roden, much of which
has been produced since the book first
appeared, and on its difference from
the popular sculpture of the institute
school. The book is thus In its new
form a necessarily complete and abun
dantly Illustrated record of French plas
tic art from the time of the Renaissance
to the present, treating from an inter
pretative and critical rather than a his
torical standpoint, and as a 'varied and
splendid expression of the French na
tional genius.
Amos Judd.
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Amos Judd. By John A. Mitchell. Charlet
Scrlbner's Sons, New York. For Bale by thb
J. K. Gill Co.. Portland.
The successes scored by two books
which the Scrlbners' have put out for
successive seasons, with illustrations In
colors "Santa Claus's Partner" and "The
Old Gentleman of the Black, Stock"
have led them to continue this artistic
and attractive handling of one book of
good Action for a holiday run. The story
chosen for this season is "Amos Judd," by
the editor of Life. This Is a tale of deli
cate fancy, with an element of mysticism
and a charming treatment of the love in
terest. It is fully Illustrated by A. L
Keller, In the manner of "The Old Gen
tleman of the Black Stock."
Romance of the English Restoration.
The House Divided. By H. B. Marriott Wat
spn. Harper & Bros., New York. For sale
by the J. K. Gill Co., Portland.
This Is a romance of the time of George
H. The hero, Gerald Mallory, an Eng
lishman who has settled in the colony
of Vermont, goes back to England In
order to possess himself of the estate
and, title to which he believes himself
the real heir. The story pictures life in
London and in the country of England at
the close of the 18th century, and the
thread of the narrative carries the hero
through the adventures and incidents of
the struggle which he mikes to regain a
title he supposes he has been unjustly
deprived of. There are scenes and epi
sodes In the society life of London, and
at court, well contrasted with the kid
naping and duelling In the country. The
denouement of the story Is a surprise to
the reader as well as to the hero, and
the way in which Mallory comes into his
own exhibits the author's literary ability
at its very best. The story has a strong
love element.
' Life on the Stage.
Life on the Stage. By Clara Morris. Mc-
Clure, Phillips & Co., New York For sale
by the J. K. Gill Co., Portland,
"The name of Clara Morris recalls ,the
greatest emotional actress of her time,
and those who have sat under her spell
will be in no way surprised that she
should turn to literature and produce
original work."
Thus writes Henry G Watterson. Yet
her versatility has surprised many, even
her most ardent admirers, for she has
displayed literary genius which almost
rivals her histrionic art Sarah Bern
hardt once went to see Clara Morris play
"Camllle." When she beheld In her im
personation the unexampled llteralness of
mental and physical agony she exclaimed,
"Mon Dleu! This woman Is not acting;
she is suffering." It is this same sensi
tive emotional quality, the same vitality
and imaginative power, the same subtle
Insight Into the heart, that she exhibited
as "Miss Multon," or "Camille," that af
ford much of the unique charm which
we feel sure that you will And In theso
reminiscences. Throughout the pages also
wllf be noticed indications of a humor and
gayety which she had but little opportun
ity to display In her serious dramatic
efforts.
Although this is a book of the stage, it
is not "stagey." It is not whitened or
rouged for the footlights. It is but a col
lection of simple narratives, told with a
peculiar tenderness and frankness, show
ing the "man and woman" side of great
personages whom the public vaguely
knows only as unreal members of a
mimic world.
Corporation Securities.
Moody's Manual of Corporation Securities. By
John Moody. John Moody & Co , New York.
For sale by J. K. Gill Company.
An annual statistical publication of
great value is "Merody's Manual of Cor
poration Securities," the second number
of which has just been issued. It is a book
of some 1500 octavo pages of clear type,
attractively and conveniently arranged
under one alphabetical Index. It Includes
membership lists of the more Important
stock exchanges of the country, particu
larly statements of the heavy financial In
stitutions of New York City, statistics of
American and foreign government securi
ties and much information concerning the
various steam and electric railways and
industrial and manufacturing companies
of the United States, Canada and Mexico.
In each case the official board is given,
and in most cases there Is more or less of
explanation to make clear the figures pre
sented. The classification brings together
the various groups of related corporations
for easy consultation. This work covers
a field that no other publication serves,
and does it with such clearness and accu
racy that It is an invaluable reference
book for those requiring trustworthy in
formation regarding the great number of
corporations in the country. It is also a
monument to the skill and Industry of
Its editor, Mr. John Moody, who has long
been engaged In the collection of corpora
tion statistics.
The Golden Chimney.
The Golden Chimney. By Elizabeth Gerberdlng.
A. M. Bobertson, San Francisco. For sale by
the J. K. Gill Co.. Portland.
Elizabeth Gerberdlng has told a plain
matter-of-fact story of San Francisco, but
It will Interest older renders as well as
the boys for whom It Is Intended. It tells
how a boy of 17 earns a start In life by
four months of thought and hard work,
and how his success sprang from an Idle
remark by his girl cousin. Boys will
find many details of mining in the story,
and practical descriptions of methods that
have been the attraction of gold-making
In them. Aside from these, the story illus
trates the value of study, energy and
perseverance, and Is as entertaining as it
well could be without a moral. There are
some pictures of San Francisco life that
are not too familiar, and the colors are
never too bright.
Let Not Man Pat Asnnaer.
Let Not Man Put Asunder. By Basil King.
Harper & Bros., New York. For sale by the
J. K. GUI Co., Portland.
This noved is a clever study of the di
vorce problem treated in a distinctly rad
ical fashion. Petrina Faneuil marries
Henry Vassal, and both being of strong
Individuality and firm will, discord fol
lows. The breach widens and they are
divorced, only to find after Petrlna's re
marriage to another man. that they, after
all, truly love? each other. The story
opens In New Hampshire and Boston, goes
to London and Italy, and finally closes In
Boston. The troubles ,of several other
married people In their relation towards
divorce are related, and though the lesson
of the story is unobtrusively conveyed, It
is a sound one. Petrina and Vassal are
finally reunited after the suicide of her
second husband.
King; Midas.
King Midas. By Upton Sinclair. Illustrated
with four full-page drawings by C. M. Bel
yr a. Funk & Wagnalls Co., New York. For
sale by the J. K. Kill Co , Portland.
The story takes its title from the strug
gle in the heart of a beautiful girl Just
entering womanhood, who tries to please
her friends and to gratify her own love of
the beauty and luxury that wealth brings
by giving her hand-o a millionaire suitor
where her heart does not go with it. It
Is a wonderful study of a woman's soul.
Lovers .of music will be especially Inter
ested by the skill with which music is
made a language for the expression of
emotion and the revelation of character.
The story end3 in scenes of thrilling dra
matinc Intensity, culminating in tragedy,
but beyond the tragedy is seen the prom
ise of a new hope and Joy.
Heroines of Fiction.
Heroines of Fiction. By W. D. Howells.
Harper & Bros.. New York. For sale by the
J. K. Gill Co.. Portland.
In writing this book It was Mr. How
ell's Intention to include a general criti
cism of the author whose heroines are
under consideration, a speclaf study of
the charcters chosen for each chapter,
and an exemplification of the author's
work through some dramatic scene from
the book undergoing discussion. The
heroines of Dickens, Hawthorne, Thack
eray, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Reade,
George Eliot, Anthony Trollop, Henry
James, Thomas Hardy, Miss Wllklns, and
many others, all come in for their share
of Mr. Howell's criticism and Illumina
tion, The Imp and the An&el.
The Imp and the Angel. By Josephine Dodge
Daskam. Charles Bcrlbniir Sons, New York.
For sale by the J. K. Gill Co., Portland.
Miss Daskam has added a character to
the world of juvenile fiction. The "Imp"
of the seven stories which make up her
new volume Is an original and engaging
little hero in Knickerbockers, whose ad
ventures with other children, such as his
foil, the "Angel," and with older people
serve to bring out the traits of captivating
but natural characters. Among the au
thor's many gifts, not the least noticeable
Is her Insight Into child nature, and her
book must prove a genuine contribution to
this branch of current literature.
John. Kendrick Bangs' Latest Stories
Over the Plum Pudding. By John Kendrlck
Bangs. Harper & Bros., New York. For sale
by th J. K. GUI Co., Portland.
A collection of Mr. Bangs' latest short
stories, many,, of them having, been writ
ten especially for the Christmas season.
They are characterized by the same
whimsical fancy, humor, and satire, that
have been marked features of Mr. Bangs'
writings, with here and there a serious
note. Tha story which sivea tha title
of the book is a satire upon certain lit
erary personages ot the day, which is
likely to be appreciated quite as much
by "the personages themselves as by the
reading public
By Bread Alone.
By Bread Alone, By I. K. Friedman. Mc
Clure, Phillips & Co., New York. For sale
by the J. K. Gill Co., Portland.
"By Bread Alone" mlghtfcvell be termed
the tragedy of a purpose unfulfilled. The
Don Quixote is a young college man,
strong of limb and Intellect, who rushes
in to do battle with -the sordldness and
injustice of society with all the enthu
siasm and idealism of youth. With some
chimerical schemes of a commonwealth
which will place society on equal footing
he seeks to. conciliate those seemingly
antagonistic forces, capital and labor.
Hopefully intent upon his plans, he en
ters a great steel mill In a grimy factory
suburb of Chicago to bear a. message of
promise to its lowly Polish workmen.
There he lives a life of toll and danger.
By his own strong and .energetic person
ality, he gains the position of leader
among these. ignorant people. He becomes
an apostle of equality. Idolized and wor
shiped. He seks to guide the elements
of dissatisfaction, to metamorphose them
Into a power for good. But the force
which he nurtures grows mighty beyond
his control. He cannot appease hunger,
he cannot allay hatred. His fair words,
promising many things, bringing nothing,
come to be received with suspicion and
rebellion. Through the lurid scenps of a
bitter strike and lockout, he beholds his
unselfish efforts end in destruction, an
archy and bloodshed.
Civil War and Reconstrnctlon.
The Civil War and the Constitution. By John
W. Burgess. Charles Scrlbner's Sons, New
York. For sale by the J. K. GUI Co., Port
land. This is the first number of our "Ameri
can History Series," and will ably sustain
the high reputation ot the preceding is
sues. It covers the most important period
of the Civil War and reconstruction, fol
lowing directly (he author's "The Middle
Period." In this work Professor Burgess
continues his account of the legislative
struggle over slavery' 'In two volumes
devoted to the great armed contest. Like
his previous book, "The Civil War" la
written at first hand, from the original
documents. It is a constltutlonal'history
In Its discussion of the points at issue in
the light of public law and political sci
ence, but, it is also a stirring and graphic
account of the events of the war, in which
the author w&s a participators An espe
cial feature of the book is its brilliant
and searching portraiture of the great
persor 'ill tics concerned In the contest on
both sides.
"With Perry In Japan.
A Son of Satsuma; or, With Perry in Japan.
By Kirk Munroc. Charles Scrlbner's Sons,
New York. For sale "by the J. K. Gill Co.,
Portland.
This story for boys deals with one of the
most Interesting episodes lnour National
history. From the beginning Japan had
been a land of mystery. Foreigners were
permitted to land only at certain points on
her shores, and nothing whatever was
known of her civilization and history,
her romance and magnificence, her wealth
and art. It was Commodore Perry who
opened her gates to the world, thus solv
ing the mystery of the ages, and In this
story of an American boy In Japan at that
period, the spirit as well as the history
of this great achievement is ably set
forth.
Wallace Rice's Book of Animals.
Animals: A Popular Natural History of Wild
Beasts. By Wallace Rice. Herbert S. Stone
& Co., Chicago. For sale by the J. K. GUI
Co., Portland. '
To tell briefly of the wild beasts which
one may come upon In their native
haunts, or captive in some menagerie or
garden, to give a survey of the untamed
animals akin to man in suckling their
young, is the object of this book. Of the
wild beasts, both ferocious and gentle,
it is always well, Mr. Rice thinks, to
speak with consideration and sympathy.
At best there is for them ail no death
but by murder, starvation or the ele
ments. Nature, man and their fellow
brutes are In league against them from
the beginning of all things. The book is
handsomely illustrated.
Poems by Miss Dickinson.
The Cathedral, and Other Poems. By Martha
Gilbert Dickinson. Charles Scrlbner's Sons,
New York. For sale by the J. K. GUI Co.,
Portland.
Miss Dickinson's poetry has a personal
quality and pervades her work In its
slightest as well as in its most ambitious
expression. The present volume contains
her maturer, verse. The BIbular poem Is
a review in varied metres, skillfully han
dled, of the ideas and emotions awakened
in a penetrating, reflective and poetic
mind by each different detail of some
mighty minister. The whole constitutes
a unique poetic organism of which the
Interdependent parts have each its own
interest.
The Shoes of Fortune.
The Shoes of Fortune. By Nell Munroe. Dodd,
Mead & Co., New York. For sale by the J.
K. GUI Co., Portland.
A tale of adventure, the 'action taking
place in Scotland and France and to some
extent upon the sea, the period being 1755.
The hero, Paul Grelg, Inherits from his
uncle the so-called shoes of fortune, which
have been worn by their late owner in
many wanderings, and are credited with
magic qualities of inspiration and stimu
lation. They play, a curious part In the
story, which deals with a portion of the
Jacobite romance hitherto untouched In
fiction, and founded, to some extent, on
contemporary documents.
A Hermit of Carmel.
A Hermit of Carmel, and Other Poems. By
George Santayana. Charles Scrlbner's Sons,
New York. For sale by the J. K. Gill Co.,
Portland.
Mr. Santayana's new volume is an im
portant contribution to contemporary
English verse. The title poem and its
sequel, "The Knight's Return," are ro
mantic representations of Idealistic states
of mind, the scenes naturally medieval,
the story simple, but Its suggestivene&s
profound and mystic in Mr. Santayana's
characteristic vein. They are followed
by elegiac and lyric poems, translations,
and convivial and occasional verses.
Cashel Byron's Profession.
Cashel Byron's Profession. By George Bernard
Shaw. Herbert S. Stone & Co., Chicago. For
sale by the J. K. GUI Co., Portland.
We have here two doses of the same
thing the novel on prize-fighting, and
the novel done Into a stage play In three
acts and In blank verse. We are not In
formed what has called forth a revised
edition of the wor at this time, unless
it is Mr. Shaw's discovery that glove
fighting is quite as fierce a sport as fist
fighting. His cure for what he calls com
mercial pugilism is to put a stop to box
ing for money: and "pugilism will give
society no further trouble."
Verse by Bishop Spalding.
God and the Soul, and Other Poems. By John
Lancaster Spalding1, Bishop of Peoria. The
Grafton Press, New York. For sale by th
J. K. GUI Co.. Portland.
The verses show depth of feeling and
melodious expression. No attempt is
made to sound the unfathomable or to ex
plain the inexplicable, but these songs
will reach the hearts of those who have
the fine spiritual ear to hear and to un
derstand the voice that sings of love and
virtue, whose expressions breathe the
spirit of religion, hope, faith, resignation.
Boy Life In New England.
Lem: A New England Village Boy, His Ad
ventures and Mishaps. By Noah Brooks.
Charles Scrlbner's Sons, New York. For sale
by the J. K. Gill Co., Portland.
Boy life In a New England village 40 or
EO years ago has never been portrayed
more faithfully or more vividly than in
this wholesome tale of Lem Parker
and his chums. Full of fun and adven
ture, the stow has the reality that makes
the strongest appeal to boys and arouses
the suplcion that Mr. Brooks has drawn
copiously upon the recollections v of his
own boyhood in its, preparation.
The World's Best Essays.
The World's Best Essays. Edited by David J.
Brewer. F. P. Kaiser. St-Loula. For sale by
the J. K. Gill Co.. Portland
The subject matter contains 126 essays
by 40 writers, including many world
known names, from Epicurus third cen
tury before Christ down to Mr. Glad
stone. The volume commences with sev
eral essays by Epictetus, who although
born a slave under Nero, became one of
the leaders of the Stoic philosophy. His
doctrines were remarkable for their high
tone of morality, without the asceticism
of the early Stoics. Epicurus who flour
ished in the third century of the Christian
era, was the founder of Epicurean cult,
whose Ideas were In direct contrast to
those of the Stoics, viz., to get the great
est possible enjoyment out of life consis
tent with morality. His essay, "Of Mod
esty as Opposed to Ambition." is strongly
3uggestlve of tha Epecurean philosophy.
The present generation knows but little of
the strong men who built up the great
public Institution which has so mate
rially assisted in the moulding of the na
tionthe newspaper. The names of Ben
nett, Story, and perhaps, above all, that
of Horace Greeley, are familiar to most
newspaper readers, but. these names are
but a few among the many who deserve
grateful remembrance for their public
services. The essay by Horace Greeley,
on "Newspapers and Their Influence,"
written nearly 70 years ago, should be
read and pondered by present-day poUtl-clans.
Pride Before the Fall.
The House With the Green Shutters. By
George Douglass. McClure, Phillips & Co.,
New York. For sale by th6 J. K. Gill Co.,
Portland.
"The House With the Green Shutters,"
was the house of John. Gourlay, the most
pretentious house of the most pretentious
citizen in the village of Barbie. No man
in the country side could stand with Gour
lay In conversation, quarrel or business.
Ho was proud and Irascible, a man to be
approached with caution. The town folk
of this splenetic Scotch community re
garded him with mingled feelings of fear,
dislike and envy. All this John Gourlay
gloried In, and he sought to Increase the
rankling In his neighbor's' breasts by
flaunting his prosperity. The downfall of
the house of Gourlay Is the tragedy which
the story tells. A shrewd business compe
tition, a slovemy wife, a cowardly dolt of
a sbn prepare pride's bitter draught. With
a last sacrifice, he sends his worthless
heir to college for no other reason than
to keep pace with his hostile rival. A
ray of hope comes when young Gourlay
wins the Raeburn, a much-sought liter
ary honor, through his wlerd and abnor
mal powers of visualization. But the mor
bid pictures of his own brain are disas
trously potent. They lead to heavy drink
ing and wretched failure. Expelled from
school, he comes back to Barbie, the pit
iable wreck of John Gourlay's last hope.
Mother Goose in New Holiday Dress.
Dcnslow's Mother Goose. Edited and Illustrated
by W. W. Denslow. McClure, Phillips & Co..
New York. For sale by the J. K. Gill Co..
Portland.
Any book which gladdens a child's heart
or any one's heart for that matter, has a
place In the world. This Is the place
which the publishers claim for Dcnslow's
Mother Goose, and they feel sure that
both the old and the young will be glad
to renew their acquaintance with the old
lady In her new and gorgeous garb. W.
W, Denslow, the artist, is best known as
the Illustrator of "Father Goose," a book
which gained for him nothing less than
fame. This volume, his Illustrated "Moth
er Goose," contains his latest work In the
field In which he has displayed his great
est ability. Whether It is his best work,
comparison will show. Certainly It is on
a larger scale than his previous produc
tions of this character, and probably bet
ter adapted to a child's understanding.
That It is a brilliant work, none will de
ny. It is printed in four colors in bold,
fiat Impressions with simple outlines, pro
ducing an effect which will be readily en
Joyed by the little ones, while the older
readers will recognize the art that can
bring about these harmonious and humor
ous effects by such simple treatment.
Little Children In Merryland.
Dot and Tot, of Merryland. By L. Frank
Baum. George M. Hill Co., Chicago. For
sale by the J. K. GUI Co., Portland.
Dot and Tot, who are characteristic
American children, find themselves help
lessly adrift In a boat, and passing
through a dark tunnel concealed in the
face of a cliff come unexpectedly upon the
entrance to the Seven Valleys of Merry
land, guarded by a remarkable personage
called The Watchdog of Merryland. Es
caping this amiable creature the children
drift down the river and pass through
each of the Seven Valleys, finding on the
way a sucession of marvels that will en
rapture all children and make even grown
folks long to visit Merryland and Its val
leys of endless delights.
The Making of Jane.
The Making of Jane. By Sarah Barnwell El
liott. Charles Scrlbner's Sons, New York.
For sale by the J. K. GUI Co., Portland.
The story of how the childhood and
youth of Jane Ormonde were sacrificed
on the altar of obedience to the stronger
will of her cousin, Mrs. Jane Saunders,
into whose family she was adopted, and
how she finally emancipated herself from
the tyranny of this selfish, egotistical,
cruel woman, and discovered for herself
the real meaning of life. Mrs. Saunders'
mysterious power affects the fortunes of
the two men in the drama, both of whom
are in love with Jane, equally with those
of Jane and her younger sister, and Is
a study of the most elaborate and in
teresting character.
Novel Founded on the Passion Play.
Behold the Man. By Channlng Pollock. The
Neale Co.. Washington, D. C. For sale by
the, J. K. GUI Co , Portland.
Th'e story deals with the life of the
Bavarian peasants who enact the Passion
Play at Ober-Ammergau, and. Judging
from an advance description of its char
acter, is rather likely to provoke consid
erable noisy censure with the inevitable
response of warm praise. The theme,
which In Its rudimentary form has been
used in dozens of books between "The
Scarlet Letter" and Maxwell Gray's "The
Silence of Dean Maitland," Is represented
principally through the medium of a
strong woman and of a weak man the
woman chosen delineator of the Virgin;
the man selected to represent the Christ.
Papa Bouchard.
Papa Bouchard. By Molly Elliot Seawell.
Charles Scrlbner's Sons. Nw York. For sale
by the J. K. GUI Co., Portland.
The merry tale of Paris by the author
of "The House of Egremont." There is
no history and little romance in this
lively, quite up-to-date story, but It con
tains no end of fun. The characters are"
real men and women of today, out of
whose very human frailties arise tremen
dous complications leading to a rapid suc
cession of highly amusing situations,
which the author presents most graphical,
ly and to the great entertainment of the
reader. The illustrations by Mr. Glack
ers are strong and humorous.
Victorian Prose Masters.
Victorian Prose Masters. By W. C. Brownell.
Charles Scrlbner's Sons, New York. For sale
by the J. K. GUI Co., Portland.
Mr. Brownell's book will be a source of
keen pleasure and stimulus to all lovers
of the great literature of their own time.
The Victorian Prose Masters, who are its
subject, are Thackeray, George Eliot, Car.
lyle, Matthew Arnold, Ruskln and George
Meredith a group which probably in
cludes the chosen "master" of every read
er who has felt strongly literary influ
ences. Fables Abont "Women.
Fables for the Fair. By Josephine Dodge
Daskam. Charles Scrlbner's Sons, New York.
For sale by the J. K. GUI Co., Portland.
In this series of 25 fables about women,
Miss Daskam develops a vein of satirical
humor of amusing quality. The different
feminine typestreated are familiar to ev
ery one, and their foibles are' laughably
as well as shrewdly exhibited, while the'
moral of each fabla is the ludicrous lnver.
sion of some commonplace, made partic
ularly absurd In caricature.
LIVES OP WILD ANIMALS.
Ernest Seton-Thompson's New Boole
Is an American Classic.
In "Lives of the Hunted," Ernest Se
ton Thompson's new animal book (Scrlb
ner's), there is presented not only the
"counterpart of his other wonderful work,
"Wild Animals I Have Known," but in
some respects a better idea of dumb crea
tion than any man living or dead has
ever produced on a similar subject. The
author had already convinced us of his
marvelous fidelity in imitating nature
with his brush, and had also produced
much In the way of studies of animals,
even before these two books appeared.
Following so close (two years) upon his
first great achievement, it is considered
out of the ordinary entirely that another
conspicuous success should come now. But
he seems equal to almost anything In de
picting the lives and characteristics of
animals, so nothing he could do now would
excite surprise, however much it would
bring added delight.
It can scarcely be said that in all es
sential features "Lives of the Hunted"
differ materially from "Wild Animals I
Have Known." They are practically the
continuation of the same line of stories,
and of such lovable style that one is fac
inated as by a romance about a Princess
or a King. All that Is ennobling In hu
man achievement. In ambitious purpose or
aim of incentive in man appears under
Mr. Thompson's almost inspired commu
nion with wild animals to have a coun
terpart in some creature of the forest
about whom he writes.
He has given a fame to "Lobe" the
wolf, in his former book as though his
career were that of a knight of old, while
in his last book he presents us with
"Kray, the Kootenay Ram," one of the
most kingly animals ever described. Add
ed to the verdure description of "Krag,"
and his magic career, Mr. Thompson has
drawn one picture of "Krag" that Is lit
tle short of a masterpiece. The wonder
fur ram Is being pursued by a pack of
wolves, and Krag, separated from his
herd, is caught napping as it were on the
edge of a cliff in the Rockies.
As he stands there with only two feet
of stone shelving on which to watch his
approaching enemies, his poise is superb.
His head Is erect looking defiance, his
forefoot uplifted like an arm. His eye
glistens like an eagle's and his splendid
horns curl Into two ferocious engines of
war. The wolves come rushing at him,
and one by one he hurls them over the
cliff to certain death below. The picture
is the ultima thule of heroic action, and
the drawing has never been surpassed by
any artist.
Words cannot tell all that Is readable
and valuable In "Lives of the Hunted."
The presentation is so altogether admir
able that one falters in attempting to
give even a synopsis. It must be read to
be valued understood. And once under
stood these animal characters will live
in the heart forever like the "Little Nell"
of Dickens or the "Hamlet" of Shakes
peare. All that Is true of human emotion, love,
hatred, sympathy, deceit, tenderness or
treachery. Is depicted In these animals,
and they are made to dwell with us. They
cannot be disassociated from our lives.
The moral effect of such a book is obvi
ous, and it should have a great and last
ing sale. It is one of the American class
ics, and deservedly so.
CHARLES THOMAS LOGAN.
WHERE PRICES ARE HIGH.
F. S. Doernbecher Tells of High Liv
ing In Honolulu.
F. S. Doernbecher, president of the
Doernbecher Furniture Manufacturing
Company, accompanied by his wife, has
returned from a five weeks' visit to Cal
ifornia and to the Hawaiian Islands. He
is greatly improved in health and Bays
that the trip was very enjoyable. Se
attle, he says, is planning to put on a line
of steamers to run direct between Puget
Bound and Honolulu, and he thinks that
Portland should make a move in this
same direction.
A number of things upon the Islands
impressed Mr. Doernbecher rather strong
ly, particularly the price of provisions.
For example, butter sells at $125 per roll;
chickens $1 25 each; eggs 60 cents per
dozen and meat and vegetables In pro
portion. With the exception of fruits of
the tropical variety, and sugar, every
thing is imported Into the Islands. No
cattle, vegetables or grain are raised.
However, there is a good market there
for Oregon and considerable trade can be
worked up for the local surplus. While
Mr. Doernbecher was thero a representa
tive of one of the big lumbering concerns
of Portland sold a number of cargoes of
lumber. He was naturally pleased to
observe that each of the five dealers in
furniture all had more or less of the pro
duct of his factory In their stocks. While
the Islands are a good place to visit, he
does not think one would like it as a
steady place of residence. There are no
running streams of water or springs on
the Islands and the water used for
drinking and domestic purposes is se
cured from the rainfall.
Nearly Bnrled Alive.
DECATUR, Ala., Nov. 20. James Wirm,
supposed to be dead, came .very near be
ing burled alive today. After the funeral
services the casket was opened at the
grave, when the body was seen to move.
The muscular motion of the face horri
fied the crowd. The casket was hurried
back to the homo of Winn, where he is
now under treatment. Winn had been
pronounced dead by the physicians, and
he lay all day yesterday and for two
nights as a corpse.
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At the Woman's Clnb. .
At the Woman's Club the following
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22, in charge of Mrs. Alma A. Rogers:
Address "Robert Browning".. Dr. T. L. Eliot
Readings "A Tale," "My Last Duchess,"
"Garden Fancies".... Mrs. Grace Watt Ross
Readings from Rabbi Ben Ezra and Pippa
Passes Mrs. Robert A. Miller
Songs Selected Mrs, Fletcher Linn
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