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'HE SUNDAY , OEEGONIAN, PORTLAND. NOVEMBER 25, 1900.
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TALE OP THE LEAVES.
ffonlcht there Is sobWnr and si shins
On tha lswn 'meac the maple trees.
Us the leaves are torn from their branches,
Scattered and -whirled by the breeze.
ffhey tell me this pitiful story
Of life that with Summer Is fled;
Df beauty once bright as the sunlight.
That'll soon be forgotten and dead:
We'd our coming out In the Springtime
The Zephyrs, ot course, were there.
5Ve danced with thera, maybe we flirted;
They treated to flower-perfumed air.
'They hunt 'round us all of the BeasOn;
"Whispered sweet nothings in rhyme,
!When the heat almost made us wither.
They'd fan 11s for weeks at a time.
We let them caress us and kiss us;
"We were young: and also were green.
JWe Quivered with Joy at their comlnc
The dddleet leaves ever seen!
"One day they seemed to stow colder;
Said a queen of beauty and worth
RVould come. In the mystical future.
To set up her kingdom on earth;
''And that to prepare for her coming
Dame Nature would bring forth her best
Of flowers and fnMb?. and 'twas fitting
The leaves in new gowns should be dren.'
''We thought we'd outshine all the others
Of orchard, of forest. Or grove,
(And hoped that Queen Autumn
Would give us a smile of approval and love.
"We looked with contempt on the flr trees
Their everyday otethes they still wore;
JTheyd worn them slaee Spring to our knowl
edge. And, goodness knows! how long before,
'We wore emeralds, topaz and rubles.
Over gewne of the purest gold;
Their cut was the same as last season.
But stlfl quite the style, we were told.
"Queen Autumn came Into her kingdom,
Her herald a rude, chilly breeze;
Her smile was so cold that we shivered
And felt In our veins the sap freeze.
'The rude breezes whistled among us.
And the cold rales soiled our gay gowns;
We lodged In country fence corners;
Were swept Into gutters In towns.
''So now we are faded and tattered;
Our day's done; our story Is told;
If we figure at all In the future,
Xt can only be as leaf mold."
L.IDA E. CRANSTON.
Corvallls, Or., Nov. 18, 1000.
RUSSIA'S GREAT GROWTH
Sot Only a Nation Anions Nations,
But a Firtit-Clnss Military
POTrcr Other Sew Hooka.
Russia is regarded in the popular view
as a far-away oountry of but remote
interest save to a few of the Western
nations, with which it maintains more
or less close political relations. But Rus
sia Is a growing nation, territorially and
commercially. It took the Americans two
centuries to reach the Pacific from their
settlements in the East. The Russians
traversed the whole northern course of
the Asiatic Continent :n about 70 year's.
The Asiatic possessions of Russia amount
to 6.564,700 square miles, and this enor
mous stretch of territory, with its popu
lation of IE.915,386, including 101 distinct
non-Slav races, has been added to Eu
ropean Russia in the course of about
three centuries. So rapid has been the
prolongation of empire that the world
finds itself wondering whether the impel,
ling force is not some Thothmes, "who set
the frontiers of Egypt wherever he
pleased."
"Russia and the Russians." a history
of the land of the Czar, by Edmund
Noble, while aiming to be strictly accu
rate in its historical statements, Is writ
ten frankly from an American point of
view, and expresses the deep interest
Americans feel in the future of that
country as it is likely to effect the fu
ture of America and that of the world.
The author brings into prominence She
exeat controlling processes of Russian de
velopment, -keeping in mind the fact that
to Americans the greatest interest of Rus
sia lies In the struggle toward the free
dom of Its people After surveying the
historical development of Russia, the
chief features of her civilization, her vast
continuous territorial extent, enormous
resources. Immense populations from
which to recruit armies, questions of for
eign aggrandizement turning not on the
popular will but on the simple decision
of the ruler, Mr. Noble says: "Russia is
enabled on sea and land to play the part,
not only of a nation among nations, but
of a first-class military power." He con
tinues: v The people of Russia have shown that they
possess Qualities and aptitudes which will In
cur to them a future of potency, even of
splendor. In the coming progress of the world.
Submerged for 900 ears la the night of the
Tartar-Mongol domination; deprived of an ad
vanced civilisation for centuries after It had
Illumined the Weet; toe early plunged Into the
whirlpool of European polities; cotnpelled to
spend energies needed at home in wars of ex
pansion or conquest, torn aU the while by con
flict between the conservatism of an inherit
ance from Asia and the progressive spirit
which drew tHem irresistibly to Europe the
Russians have already. If we consider merely
the difficulties overcome, attained to a posi
tion of the first rank la national achievement.
All the while, moreover, they ha o displayed a
patience under humtlltatlon. a resilience from
disaster, and & power of selt-sacrl&ce In the
pursuit of ideal ends, which qualify them. If
anything could for nat'oaal greatness But
they cannot reach their full stature as a peo
ple while a foreign caste an autocracy which,
4 such, has already completed its historic
part In their development continues to hold
them, largely In Us own Interest, to Inadequate
Institutional forms elsewhere long outgrown
from which, degrading their social efficiency
to well nlsh medieval levels, not only disqual
ify them for tasks of worW-unlflcatlon. but
also threaten the Integrity of their national
life.
The Russian Government, by a policy of ex
pansion and conquest, as well as by Us main
tenance of a large standing army, and Its uso
of expensive modern armaments, may succeed
for yet other decades la diverting attention
from Internal questions and In playing before
Europe and the United States the part of a
great world power A combination of favor
able circumstances might even enable It to
delay for a considerable period that military
collapse which sooner or later must overtake
the nation driven Into continually closer as
oelfttloa and severer competition with powers
higher and more effldent than Itself in the or
der of sociological and political development.
Tet the result cannot be permanently de
layed. A people thus endowed and thus en
vironed to fated net only to retrieve the iso
lations and deprivations of its past, but also
to enter completely into the heritage which
the future so Manifestly has in storo tor It.
Russian progress may be slew. It left altogeth
er to educational and Industrial processes; but
It will be none the less inevitable. The great
BSYoaaeaU of sociological advance, retarded as
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they may be by Individual Interest, finally
carry Czars as well as nations along with
them. It Is the close connection existing be
tween popular progress and political progress
which makes the cause of Industrial emanci
pation In Russia so full of promise, and en
ables us to find the hope of a Russian "gov
ernment of the people, by the people and for
the people."
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, are the
publishers.
MAX IS SUPREME.
No Creature Superior to Him Will
Exist Upon the Earth.
Three small volumes by John Flske
"The Destiny of Man," "The Idea of
God," and "Through Nature to God"
have value cither as resolving doubts, an
swering the most serious questionings,
or as indicating the large- and reasonable
view which gives dignity to life and trust
to the spirit. The first is a defense of
evolution as opposed to the creationist
theory. It views man's place in nature
as affected by the Copernlcan
theory and by Darwinism. Upon the
Darwinian theory it Is impossible that any
creature zoologically distinct from man
and superior to him should ever exist
upon the eartn. According to Darwin
Ism, the creation of man is still the goal
toward which Nature has tended from
the beginning. Not the production of
any higher cieature, but the perfecting
of humanity, Is to be the glorious con
summation of Nature's long and tedious
work. The second volume is a sequel
to the first We may exhaust the re
sources of metaphysics In debating how
far God's nature may be expressed in
terms applicable to the psychical nature
of man; but of some things we may feel
sure Humanity "is not a mere local In
cident in an etidless and aimless series
of cosmical changes. The events of the
universe are not the work of chance,
neither are they the outcome of blind
f .necessity. The everlasting source of phe
nomena is n.ine other than the infinite
power that mAkes for righteousness. Thou
canst not by searching find him out; yet
put thy trust in him, and against thee
the gates of nell shall not prevail; for
thore Is neither wisdom nor understand
ing nor counsel against the Eternal." The
third book ic the natural sequel to the
other two. It solves the tremendous
mystery of evil so as to give man a
fuller sense of his high calling and a
firmer assurance of the infinite wisdom
and benignity. It shows the range and
power of love and self-sacrifice, and em
phasizes the religious lesson which na
ture teaches. "With the deeper study
of nature the old strife between faith and
knowledge Is drawing to a dose; and dis
entangled at last from that ancient slough
of despond the human mnld will breathe
a freer air and enjoy a vastly extended
horizon." (Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Bos
ton) Intelllfrcnce In Plant and Animals.
"Intelligence In Plants and Animals,"
by Thomas P. Gentry, was published for
private circulation three years ago under
the title of "Life and Immortality." It
is a collection of curious facts from the
lives of animals and plants. Mr. Gentry
does not concede to the lower animals
the slightest equality with man, but he
claims for them a higher status in crea
tion than is generally attributed to them.
He says they will have a future life,
where they will receive a Just compen
sation for the sufferings whloh so many
of them have to undergo in this world.
Most of the cruelties which are perpe
trated upon animals are due to the habit
which man has, in his exalted opinion of
self, of considering them as mere au
tomata, without susceptibilities, without
reason and without the capacity of a fu
ture. Mr. Gentry holds that all life is
immortal, and that soul exists in plants
and animals. The lower animals share
Immortality with man in the higher
world, as they share mortality in this,
but no equality is admitted. Man will
be man and beast will be beast, and in
sect will be Insect, In the next world, as
they are In this. Plants being living
exponents of living ideas, are needed in
the future existence. "Heaven," says
Mr. Gentry, "would not be heaven with
out the plants that we have cultured, and
tended and admired." (Doubleday, Pago
& Co., New York.)
Direct legislation.
Three symposiums of arguments for
the Initiative and referendum by 75 writ
ers constitute the make up of "By the
People." Governor Rogers and ex-Con-grtfssman
"Wheat Chart" Jones, ot
Washington, speak their little pieces,
but there is no contribution from Oregon.
Can it be that Mr. TTRen's absence in
South Africa has deprived the cause in
Oregon of a leader? Is Mr. Frank Wil
liajtos, of Ashland, too busy selling gold
mines to raise his voice against the op
pressions that burden the people? There
helug no word irom Oregon, we shall have
to quote the Washington oracles as rep
resentative of Pacific Coast thought. Gov
ernor Rpgers says direct legislation Is
not only practical, but it has become Im
perative to cure the ills of government.
"Wheat Chart'1 Jones declares that dl
rec legislation would seldom be employed,
but the knowledge that It resided In the
people would restrain lawmakers to heed
their voice. (Direct Legislation Record,
Newark, N. J.)
Philippines and Hawaii.
The Philippines are the pearl of the
Orient as Cuba is the pearl of the An
tilles. "The Pearl of the Orient" by G.
Waldo Browne, Is a welcome addition to
the growing literature regarding our new
possessions in the Pacific If offers a
concise history of the islands, their people
and commerce, Spanish dominion, the riv
alry between church and state, colonial
wars, Filipino struggles for liberty, and
American occupation. "If the burden
was heavier than was anticipated." says
Mr. Browne, "it cannot well be laid aside."
In like manner Mr. Browne treats of
Hawaii in "The Paradise of the Pacific"
He traces the history of the islands from
their discovery by Captain Cook to date.
Hc defends the missionaries, who have
been severely attacked by many writers,
notably by Miss Mabel Blare Craft In
"Hawaii Nel." (Dana, Estes & Co., Bos
ton.) Fortune's Boats.
Five sisters live with their widowed
mother and a bachelor uncle in a city
Sat. Margaret Is companion to a wealthy
maiden lady; Ursula is a newspaper wom
an and writes a novel: Judith is a de
voted "charity visitor"; Frances is an
artist In the arrangement of furniture,
pictures and bric-a-brac. The various du
ties of the girls, singularly enough, throw
thrm Into the society of more or less
eligible young men. and apparently there
is no studied indifference on the part of
any of the group. It is hardly necessary
31
to divulge the outcome of all this, but
a reasonable proportion of the experience
of the actors and actresses in Barbara
Techton's story, "Fortune's Boats," is
"happy ever afterwards." (Houghton,
Mifflin & Co., Boston.)
Story of the Soldier.
In the great task of opening the empire
west of the Missouri the American regu
lar soldier has played a part large and
heroic. The purpose of "The Story of the
Soldier," by General G. A. Forsyth, a
gallant officer, who has been a part of
what he writes. Is to picture the American
soldier In the life of exploration, recon
nolssance, establishing posts, guarding
wagon trains, repressing outbreaks, or
battling with hostile Indians, which has
been so large a part of the Army's active
work for a hundred years. To this work
General Forsyth furnishes perspective and
background by tracing the origin of the
regular soldier, the popular feeling re
garding him, and his relations to .politics
and the mlhtia, his training and the man
ner In which he has borne the brunt at
the outset of real war from the Inception
of the Government. In his task as the
pioneer of civilization in the West, the
soldier is shown as explorer witness the
Lewla and Clark and Pike expeditions,
and as the protector of wagon trains and
railroad-builders, and his active servlco
is illustrated in General Forsyth's ac
counts of the great Indian campaigns of
the West. The story of the soldier pre
sents a fresh and thrilling chapter of
American history. The book does justice
to the heroic and little appreciated figure
of the regular soldier, and It illustrates
the gallant and thankless achievements
of men like those who have nassed from
us--Lawton, Henry and Llscum. No one '
Is better entitled to write this story than
the brave officer who, with his little
handful of man, held the sand pit In the
Arickare for days against Roman Nose
and his thousands of warriors, and final
ly won by sheer dogged pluck and hero
Ism. R. F. Zogbaum's illustrations are
a gallery of ?ictures of Western Army
life. (D. Appleton & Co., New York.)
Possibilities of the Airship.
"His Wisdom the Defender" is a weird
bit of fiction by Simon Newcomb, an as
tronomer. The hero is an American scien
tist of tremendous Intellectual ability and
physical energy, who constructs the per
fect airship. There Is a thrilling account
of Its first Journey above our atmosphere,
70 miles above the earth, at the rate of
over 90 miles a minute I Chapters de
scribe the work of Professor Campbell,
who resigns at Harvard to devote himself
to constructing an airship, the same be
ing facilitated by the -utilization of a new
force in physics, the mote. This airship,
when finished, so completely revolution
izes the art and science of war, that na
tions are compelled to accept the .sov
ereignty of Campbell, who becomes mas
ter of their armies and arbiter of their
destinies. (Harper & Bros., New York.)
Faiths of Famous Men.
"Faiths of Famous Men," by Dr. John
Kenyon Kllbourn, is an unique work.
There has never before, perhaps, been
an attempt to gather into one Volume a
consensus of the personal opinions of the
world's great thinkers and doers upon
the leading topics of religious belief. Dr.
Kllbourn gives us Agustlne, Irenaeus,
Luther, Calvin, Bishop Butler, Phillips
Brooks, Dr. McCosh. Tom Paine. Inger-
icmitfgsiaai&mii
Rrb uoof knd. ufcTtrv yOs
0d tbis-cbill com pier)
qy merms oevonci tne sekTorqot:
tto-jjunffw dodged from dwtoclM
fy siclraess oDKdovPed cold nd arts
And sudden cleubtfbicr) ckine Tm
Our -f&ilwtays rib the contineiit
Our Wealth to eJery l.i)d is lent":
Of porter Y)e xt exponent.
W)el I my the Ntioi) oik in prayer
Tbe -meaning of God'5 bounteous cri,
"ijie "burden He Would TK)e .us "bejtf.
soli. Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Har
rison, William McKinley. Confucius, So
crates and Mahommcd, Jew and Gentile,
heretics anr true-believer, agnostic and
devotee, dreamer and thinker, poet, sclen.
list, soldier, statesman, and man of af
fairs in every walk ot life. More than
ECO people women as well as men, are
hero, made to speak for themselves in
numberless extracts. (Henry Coates &
Co., Philadelphia.)
The Color Line.
Like Charles W. Chesnutt's two previ
ous books, "The House Behind the Ce
dars' is a story of the .color, line, illus
trating' how impossible Jt Is to hide or
escape the heavy penalty of even the
slightest heritaga of nero blood. The
heroine, who easllv passes for -white,
wins a white lover only to be droppeo?
abruptly When- he learns of the black drop
In her veins. The story involved dra
matic incident? 'and revelations of -character
which Mr: Cheanutt describes ef
fectively, and -jo as to accentuate the
tragedy of the inevitable conditions sur-
I rounding- the race 'to which his heroine
Belongs. (Moughtoh, illfflln s uo., bos
ton.) The Darlington.
Elmore Elliott Feake's novel, "The Dar
lingtons,' has an abundant of incident,
character and'ideas. Its scenes and gen
eral movements are those of a typical
prosperous American town. The Dar
Ungtons, who gave name to the novel, are
a railroad family; and there come into
the story in its natural course enough
railroad adventures to furnish forth
volume of railroad stories. Caryl Dar
lington is one of these rarely gifted wom
en. She drives horses that her father
and brother are afraid of, runs locomo
tives, and disposes of the complicated
business of -a high office on. the railroad
service with an efficiency and dispatch
that only an occasional man is capable
of, and yet in all matters of soul and
heart she proves herself, almost in spite
ot herself and1 without any loss of
strength or independence, wholly and
unchangeably a woman. A young minis
ter Is brought into the story to 'draw- this
duality ot Caryl's nature out Into dra
matic and picturesque view; and through
out the story he fairly divides the inter
est with her. (McClure, Phillips & Co.,
New York.)
Antarctlo Exploration.
"Through the First Antarctic Night,"
by Dr. Frederick A. Cook, is the first
great contribution made in our time to
the literature of Antarctic exploration.
We have all read o the far North but
what of the Frozen South? This narra
tive of the Belgian expedition of 1893-1S99,
with the story of Its hardy pioneer ex
plorers. Is the first chapter of human ex
perience through the sunless Winter and
long night under the surface of the globe.
The author. tells of a tribe of Fueglan
giants, the life and habits of a curious
other-world race of animals, the helpless
drift of the brig Belgica over many
hundred miles of a mysterious sea while
frozen In the Ice, the discovery of a new
navigable highway, and the exploration
of 600 miles of coast In a new land
of Ice and snov. (Doubleday & McClure
Co., New York.)
Friend or Foe.
Frank Samuel Child, in "Friend or
FOe," has taken up a later generation of
the Hardy family, whose history In his
tale of "An Unknown Patriot," was so
successful among historical stories for
younger readers. The scene of the story
Is laid in Connecticut, during the war of
1812. There are several descriptions of
fierce fighting such aa took place in that
state between small bands of Americans
and British. A meeting of the Hartford
convention is the subject of a chapter.
Burr is a character of the tale. Several
sturdy men and fine spirited women give
character to the story. (Houghton, Mlf
fln & Co., Boston.)
Penelope's Experiences.
The first volume of '"Penelope's Experl
ences." by Mrs. Kate Douglas Wlggln.
includes Penelope's English experiences,
published a few years ago, with "A Ca
thedral Courtship," to which several
chapters are now added. The second Is
"Penelope's Progress,' which has en
joyed wide popularity. To the literary
charm of these volumes is now added in
a holiday edition a generous equipment
of illustrations from designs by Charles
E. Brock, the English artist. They in
terpret with great felicity the situations
and incidents of the stories. (Houghton,
Mifflin & Co., Boston.)
Captain Mohan on South Afrlcn.
As a writer on military and naval top
ics, particularly on strategy. Captain A.
T. Mahan has no equal in the world.
"The War in South Africa" Is certainly
Ihe best account of the Briton-Boer strug
gle yet published. It is an illustrated
narrative from the beginning of hostili
ties to the fall of Pretoria. There are
454 Illustrations from photographs, and
34 in colors, including drawings by Klep
per, Wenzell and others. (P. F. Collier
& Son, New York.)
The Lost Continent.
Cutliffe Hyne has made "The Lost Con
tinent" an ingenious and original story
of the lost Atlantis. Two scientists
searching the Canaries for mummies un-
Mrgl58irit& ArtiflaflsflaiB
yort tibwj two cewiuVie$ &go
ymid -forests robed in, suotf
Where lurked iht Wolf wjd imge foe
The Pilgrims ,hnek in prayer nd pwdse
Unto tm Author of tbeir djys
Tor TwoMst acMJiinvv'beKt wjd 7vize.
&
their lotf
Iwtlwn w
,
jrimfm
I'
If tbev cm ibs. sincere nd true
To God "tor "bounties Iki n& fctO.
YVbtf aliould not We tbeTr children do
Our forms .re toundless Afrije se,
Our mines .re hiJes of Industry;
Our myriad wills Worlt endlessly
earth talcum tablets bearing mysterious
characters. These deciphered, are found
to be a history of the lost continent;
They were written by Deucalion, who had
escaped with Nals, the woman, he loved,
in the Ark of Mystery, Pre-historlc ani
mals, a man-eating bird, woolly tigers
and other monstrosities aro described
(Harper & Bros., New York.)
Friends In Exile.
"Friends in Exile," by Lloyd Brlce, is
an account of the adventures 'of "Mr.
Jackson, who was sent a the United
States Minister' to France, and hod a
heap of trouble. "Martha," he says tot his
wife, after he had had his fill of Parisian
life, "our only exiles are oUr tllplomats.
Pettlgrow la right la YfUeA ho has claimed.
The United States is destined to play a
great part In the world. We ought to
have a regular and permanent service.
As for me, however. It's not to my taste.
I prefer home politics, with all their
faults, so I guess I'll go and look up
that nomination for the Governorship."
Then he tells his wife that he will never
be satisfied until he sees her "enshrine
In the hearts of future generations as the
successor of Martha Washington." (Har
per & Bros., New York.)
Rafnaland.
The hero of "Rafnaland," by William H.
Wilson, starts on a trip in a balloon. An
accident occurs, and he is carried to the
North Pole. There ho finds people des
cended from the Norse Vikings. There
Is a King reigning over them who has a
beautiful daughter, and the hero falls
deeply In love with her. But she Is also
loved by a rival King. Then follows some
thrilling situations, in which the balloon
and the beautiful Princess play import
ant parts. (Harper & Bros., New York.)
Q,nlckaand.
The growth and education of a boy
who had been reared by his grandparents,
as their son. his struggle for recognition
as a writer, and the tragic end of his
life, form the current of "Quicksand."
by Hervay White. It Is not merely the
story of an individual, but the life his
tory of a family. The kindly and faithful
hired man, the quiet father, the energetic
mother, the brothers and sisters are all
drawn with infinite detail. (Small. Moy
nard & Co., Boston.)
The Hooa Metal.
Jules Verne could not have written
"The Moon Metal" with more ingenuity
than Garrett P. Servlss has shown. A
chemist discovers tbe secret of draw
ing from the moon a metal unknown
to earth. The new metal becomes- the
coinage of the world, and the discovery
of the secret develops an ingenious plot
which unintentionally proves to be a
powerful argument for sound money.
(Harper & Bros., New York.)
The FillbnsterM.
Cutcliffo Hyne's romance, "The Fill
busters," deals with the adventures of
an expedition that captures the Presi
dency of the Central American republic
of Sacaronduca. Set In a country where
frequent revolution is deemed a necessary
adjunct to good government, It abounds
In exciting Incidents. (Frederick A.
Stokes Co., New York.)
Road, to Nowhere.
"The Road to Nowhere," by Livingston
B. Morse, is full of humor of the kind
that has made "Alice in Wonderland" the
dellgnt of so many young and older neo
ple. Little Jack wanders on the road
to Nowhere, and meets with numerous ad
ventures. The illustrations by Edna Morse
are In red and black. (Harper & Bros.,
New York.)
Golf Don'ts.
"Golf Don'ts," by H. L. Fitzpatrlck, Is
the product of long study of the great
game as played by leading amateurs and
professionals, as well as the less sklllrul.
It expounds the rules of the game, the
manner of playing it, and lays down eti
quette for the field. (Doubleday, Page &
Co., New York.)
BOOK NOTES.
John W. Harrington is a young news
paper man of New York City, who has
found time to tell stories to children.
From telling the stories he fell into the
habit of writing them down, and "The
Jumping Kangaroo and the Apple Butter
Cat" represent the best stories of those
which lie found pleasing to his young
hearers. In presenting his stories, Mr.
Harrington found an able assistant in
James M. Conde, the well-known Illus
trator of domestic and field animals. The
stories which make up the volume con
cern the pranka and lives of several do
mestic field animals who are supposed to
live together and have all sorts of exclt.
ing experiences. They enjoy the powers
of speech, have contests among- them
selves and delight in playing practical
jokes upon their neighbors. (McClure,
Phillips & Co., New York.)
F. Anstey's new romance, "The Brass
Bottle," Is full of Arabian Nights conceits
and extravagant situations. It Is a tale
of what befell a young London architect
for bidding In at an auction a brass bot
tle of antique moke, and Innocently re
moving the hermetically sealed stopper.
It turns out that a genii is imprisoned m
the bottle. The genii cuts up all sorts
of pranks and transforms the father of
the artist's sweetheart into a one-eyed
mule. (D. Appleton & Co., New York.)
Paul Leicester Ford's new work is called
"Wanted: a Matchmaker." It Is a Chris't
mas story, and one that doubtless will
prove popular as a holiday present. Aside
from Mr Ford's story there are illustra
tions by H. C. Christy, and decorations
by Margaret Armstrong. (Dodd, Mead &
Co., New York.)
Guy Wetmore Carryl's rhymes aro
amusing, fresh In touch, and all that
Mother Goose rhymes for grown people
should be. It seeems very funny to read
of "Humpty Dumpty," and "Little Bo
Peep" and others, as Mr.Carryl describes
them In ("Mother Goose for Grown-Ups."
The illustrations are by Pater Newell and
Qustav Verbeck. (Harper & Bros., New
York.)
""Roslcruclae" treats at length, in "The
Evolution of Immortality," the subjects
of energy, consciousness, life, love, truth,
wisdom, sex. Immortality and divinity,
showing the progressive evolution of the
soul through the realms of material In
carnation from the atom to the organiza
tion, the mineral to the human, and from
the human to 'he divine. (Eullan Publish
ing Co., Salem, Mass.)
A good historical romance of the days
of Charles II, is "The Son of Carleycroft,"
by Theodore Burt Sayre. It Is the mem
oirs of Lorimer Weatherby, "some time
captain in Prince Rupert's Horse, and
later master in Lorlng's Cuirassiers," and
Is full of action and sword play. (Har
per & Bros., New York.)
John Kendrick Bangs' latest book, "The
Idiot at Home," details the domestic ad
ventures of the some idiot whom we
knew in "Coffee and Repartee," whose
career as a married man Is quite as event
ful as were his bachelor days. (Harper
& BroB., New York.)
. Dr. John Duncan Quackenbos' "Hypno
tism in Mental and Moral Culture," is a
plain, scientific consideration of the im
portance of suggestive treatment Id moral
obliquity, and in the development and ex
altation of mind power. (Harper & Bros.,
New York.)
Poems of childhood and mother-love
have a. perennial Interest and charm. A
new compilation covering this field is en
titled "In the Sweetness of Childhood,"
edited by Grace Hartshorne. (Dana, Es
tes & Co., Boston.)
"The Expatriates," by Lilian Bell, opens
with 'the fire In the Bazar de la Charlte
in Paris, and the story swings back and
forth between the continents. There are
Townshend's ranch in Arizona, a supper
party at Rector's in Chicago, a tragic
scene in the Waldorf-Astoria, and glimp
ses of chateaux in Louralne, the Faubourg!
St. Germain, and the American Colony.
(Harper & Bros., New York.)
"Girls I Have Met," designed by "A.
F." A book for entering the names of
young women with whom one becomes
acquainted, with comments upon their
beauty, amiability, and. eligibility. Indi
spensable to the adolescent. (Frederick
A. Stokes Co., New York.)
"Goops. and How to Be Them," by
Gelett Burgess. A manual ot manners for
polite Infants, inculcating many juvenile
virtues both by precept and example.
There are 90 drawings. (Frederick A.
Stokes Co., New York.)
"An American Girl's Trip to the Orient
and Around the World," by Christine Coll
brah.' (Rand, McNally & Co.. Chicago.)
"Jaclnta, and Other Verses," by Howard
V. Sutherland, of California. The title
plecn is a love story in musical stanzas.
(William Doxey, New York.),
"The Princess of Hearts." by Sheila E.
Braine, and "Adventures la Toy.laadtr
K&0
Edith King- HalL Stories for children.
Roth are attractively illustrated .by Alice
B. Woodvard. Jamleson-HIggJns C6., Chi
cago.) ;
"Qulncy Adams Sawyer and Mason's
Corner Folks," by Charles Felton Pidgin.
A picture of New England home life. (C
M. Clark Publishing Company, Boston.)
"Outlines of Social Economics," by
George Gunton and Hayes Robbins.
Adapted for study clubs, literary and de
bating societies and high schools. (D.
Appleton & Co., New York.)
"The Image Breakers," by Gertrude
DIx, a novel of modern socialism. Miss
Dlx has lived in socialistic colonies, and
has experimented with the commercial
Ideas dircussed in her book. (Frederick
A. Stokes Co., New York.)
"Chatterbox," the king of Juvenile
books, is better than ever this year. There
are over 200 full-page drawings and six
colored plates, all designed by English
artists. Tha text is Varied and original.
(Dana, Estes & Co., Boston.)
"Wit and Wisdom of the Talmud."
edited by Rev. Madison C. Peters. This
compilation makes a handy reference
book of apt quotations from a hitherto
somewhat inaccessible source. (Baker &
Taylor Co., New York.)
"The Booboo Book," by Gertrude Smith:
A story of child-life under Ideal condi
tions. (Dana, Estes & Co., Boston.)
Interesting holiday books are: "Boston
Boys of 1775," by James Otis, the adven
tures of two young American spies during
the occupation of Boston by the British;
"Ted's Little Dear," the story of a pet
spaniel and his masters, told by himself
and edited by Harriet A. Cheever; "Snow
White, or the House In the Wood." by
Laura F. Richards; "The Bicycle High
wayman." by F. M. Bicknell: "The Lit
tlest of the Browns." Sophie Sweet. (Dana
Estes & Co., Boston.)
A bidder for the holiday trade is an ex
quisite folio entitled "The Madonna and
Christ." It contains 40 half-tone repro
ductions of great paintings, accompanied
by explanatory text. (Saalfleld Publish
ing Co., Akron, Ohio.)
' "The Art of Writing English." by J. M.
D. Melklejohn. A manual for students
with chapters on paraphrasing, essay
writing, punctuation, etc. (D. Appleton
& Co., New York.)
Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, have
published a new edition of "Ships That
Pass in the Night," by Beatrice Harra
den, with 16 illustrations taken in Davoz.
the scene of the story.
Francis Parkman's ever popular "Ore
gon Trail" has been brought out in an
illustrated edition. Its vivid descriptions
of a condition of country and of Indian
life now passed away are made still more
fascinating by Frederic Remington's
striking pictures of Indian settlements,
camps, Implements, buffalo hunts and
trappers. (Little, Brown & Co., Boston.)
In "Mother Wild Goose and Her Wild
Beast Show," there is "nothing horrible,
hateful or mean," as the Introductory
states. There is a largo variety of sub
ject, the boy's taste as well as the girl's
being consulted. The pages are illumi
nated with color. The circus and menag
erie has a perfect Mother Goose grip on
young understanding, and the "Wild
Beast Show" adds to the jingling rhyme
Buch fancies as would make the book
come to the child's mind with the force
of being something like Mpther Goose
and something about animals. (H. M.
Caldwell Co., New York.)
THE MAGAZINES.
Trust Facts Established and Prob
lems Not Yet Solved.
In the November issue of the Quarterly
Journal of Ec&nomlcs (published for Harv
ard University by G. H. Ellis, Boston),
Professor Jenks, of Cornell, writes on "The
Trusts: Facts Established and Problems
Unsolved." F. A. Fetter, of Stanford Uni
versity, discusses at length the various
definitions of capital. F. B. Hawley, of
New York, writes on "Enterprise and
Profit," maintaining that profit in essen
tials Is a reward for the taking of risk,
and incidentally discussing the functions
of tha speculator and the effects of specu
lation. In addition to well-timed articles on
political issues, the Pacific Monthly for
November contains an illustrated story
of the Pan-American Exposition, by Ed
ward Hale Brush and reminiscences ot
the pony express and the overland stage
by Captain Harry L. Wells. The depart
ments ore brlmfull of interstlng things.
In the Christmas number of Scribner's
there will appear a series of reproductions
in color of great pictures by Puvis de
Chavannes. These have been in prepara
tion for almost a year, and are excellent
examples of the most advanced methods
of color reproduction. They accompany
an essay by Jorn La Farge, the eminent
art critic and artist.
THE MECCA OF DOMESTICS.
Mistresses and Servants Live In Bliss
in Parts of Australia.
London Daily Mail.
Queensland is the best country in the
world for domestio servants. Such is the
opinion of Mrs. Dcuglass Campbell, of
Argyll Lodge, Bognor, Sussex, who has
just returned to England after 11 years'
residence in Australia. In Queensland,
she says, the domestic servant betters
herself in every way. She has higher
wages, more leisure, more liberty, and
she is cared for better than in any other
country.
The mistress assists her to establish a
home of her own, and her success is all
the easier because she can afford to dress
horself becomingly. No Queensland mis
tress ever refuses her maid permission to
attend balls or to go to concerts or thea
ters, and very often the mistress does
the work in order that her servant may
have a share in the good things, of this
life.
Women who are willing to go into the
bush and work on a station are treated
with even more consideration. There is
scarcely any difference between her. and
the family In which she lives. She has a
horse to ride, drives with the family to
church, is asked out and taught mucn.
Mrs. Campbell adds that Queensland is
no place for lazy or pretentious girls.
They must bo prepared to use their
brains and think for themselves. Then
success is certain. "In England," she
concludes, "the servant is part of a sys
tem. In Australia she is a member os
the household, and the mistress holds
herself responsible lor her comfort and
happiness."
HOUSES SCARCE IN BERLIN.
City Obliged to Shelter Large Num
bers of Homeless People.
Berlin, like other great cities, is suffer
ing from overcrowding due to the absence
ot dwellings suitable for the constantly
Increasing population. The municipal
refuge for homeless people now shelters
1000 more than the average number of in
mates, says a Berlin correspondent.
The distress of these people is so great
that the authorities propose to build prem
ises for the exclusive use of storing the
furniture of the crowded-out, for these
unfortunate people, though unable to find
a roof, earn money and are not without
household goods.
The crux ot the matter is the lack of
small houses. The building trade prefers
to erect huge and rather expensive edi
fices, and the rents of these are such aa
persons ot trniall means cannot afford to
pay, and yet the Berlin municipality
spends every year about 4,000,000 forlSe
benefit of the poor and homeless.
Meanwhile, the housing problem Is be
coming more critical, and in reality con
stitutes a much more important subject
than even the Chinese situation. In other
German towns the misery of the crowded
out is not so acute, but the growing seri
ousness of the situation demands Imme
diate attention. Thus the municipality of
Dusseldorf, one of the richest towns in
the empire, has Just decided to raise
sa,iwjrwg lor uuiiuui: auiuu ana cueaji
uses for. tha working classes.
TIME IS AT LAST $PE
NORDICA FAVORS A NATIOJiAt.
SCHOOL OF OPERA.
No Country Speads More Money toe
Muslo Thaa America The
Greatest Obstacle. .
"Nowadays an exacting public asks
much from singers. Not only that they
should have a fine voice, but also that
they should bring brains behind the voice
to carry It on, to support It, to round
the career of the artist. Indeed, we
have come to thisthat pure intelligence
and fine, sensitive, dramatic capacity
sometimes go for more than the grandest
voice treated merely as a voice," says
Nordica, In the San Francisco Call.
'It is for this reason that I have al
ways advocated the foundation of a Na
tional conservatory of music in this coun
try. Of course, I thoroughly realize all
the obstacles hat present themselves la
organizing an institution that would com
pare favorably with some of the Euro
pean conservatories. Mrs. Jeannette Thur
ber has done some good work in this
direction, and the school she founded in
New York has evea received official recog
nition from the American Government.
"Now this Is not enough. America has
not reached the stage where it can af
ford to have a Minister of Fine Arts, and.
therefore it is almost useless to hope for
a conservatory of music endowed by the
Government. Still, however. It seems to
me that in lieu of an official subsidy a,
sufficient amount of money could be
raised by private subscription to assure
the success of the enterprise. There is no
country that spends more money for
music thar America does, but it requires
the best. When you consider the faat
that the subscription for the last season
of grand opera In New York amounted,
to nearly 1400,000, It would seem that a
number of wealthy and public-spirited
citizens could easily band themselves to
found a school of music worthy of the
name.
"It would take a volume to enumerate
all the benefits of a good conservatory
of music. The greatest obstacle in my
mind In carrying out such an enterprise
to a successful issue would be in securing
a staff of efficient teachers. These would
have to be selected with the greatest
care, for upon their Intelligence, honesty
and careful individual guidance every
thing depends. The prerequisite to any
vocal development Is the 'posing' ot the
voice, and that is the most essential
thing to the young aspirant for vocat
honors.
Few Suitable Teachers.
"I do not know many American teach
ers who could be secured for the conser
vatory I have In mind, and I know but
few in Europe whom I would care to
recommend for this most vital foundation
work of voice culture. To poso a voice,
one must be equipped with knowledge, ex
perience and temperament to start the
young students aright and to teach them
all the mysteries of the voice and the
thousand delicate muscles and vibratory
chords which control It.
"But there are good teachers in America
excellent ones; I do not know them, but
some of the young voices I have heard in
American cities are excellently posed, and
showed the effects of completeness ana
conscientious Instruction.
"To have a voice wrongly posed is a
misfortune which Is almost a tragedy, so
difficult is the correction of the basic er
ror. To have the voice correctly posed in
the beginning makes the subsequent ac
quisition of range, volume, style and bril
liancy matters only of constant work.
"I have seen a grpat deal of the work
ings of the Paris Conservatoire and I wish
I had Influence enough to undertake a re
formation of certain abUBes that exist in
that institution today. It is absurd to
think that of all the professors in the
Conservatoire, a very smalt percentage of
them have ever been on the stages None
of the teachers of singing there has ever
made a success in opera or had an,y expe
rience that woud qualify him to teaoa
singers what they should do in order to
prepare themselves for the operatic stage.
"Some of them can teach singing. But
the Instructors In the Conservatoire
should be the great singers who have had
their careers and, above all, are able to
give young students who want to learn
haw to sing on the stage the benefit of
their own experience.
"But artists who are proud of what
they have done In their careers would
never be willing to go tnrough the amount
of wire-pulling and ceremony necessary to
get these places. They would not stoop
to It. So the result Is that those in th
various departments are there more be
cause they are willing to do these things,
and, moreover, to accept tbe small pay
which the government offers. The pro
fessors receive a sum which amounts in
French money to about 20 a month. Im
agine a person willing to acaept so little,
even though his services are required
only three times a "Week for a few hours!
The compensation they receive at the
Conservatoire is a very small return of
what their positions there give. They de
rive a prestige from the fact that they
are professors there, and every pupil who
makes a success helps them to gain more
outside of the Conservatoire.
No Successful Singers.
"The teacher of Conservatoire pupils is
always know after they make their de
buts' If they are praised,- that means
so many more private pupils br thisrpar
ttcular professor. So that they can easily
afford to use all the red tape necessary
and maneuver Co et the places there In
a way that artists who have made a rep
utation for themselves would never con
sent to do. The result ot this is absence
from the staff of teachers of any singer
who has achieved any sort of success on
the operatic stage.
"I have dwelt so far only on the teach
ers of singing. But voice alone Would be
of little valug to the young student tor
operatic honors. A National conservatory
that would bo of any use to beginners in
the field" of music would have to Include
in Its staff ot teachers not only profes
sors who knew thoroughly the voice and
Its proper care, but those who could also
impart a knowledge of dramatic action,
stage deportment and operatic traditions.
"I had almost forgotten the study of
languages. Now that it has become flie
custom, especially in this country and In
England, to sing all the mister works of
tbe great composers In the languages in
which tnevaro written, a proper knowl
edge of French, Italian and German is
almost as essential as a knowledge of
music and voice culture.
"The" great trouble with most girls pos
sessed of some vdlce and much yearning
for a prima donna's career, honors and
rewards lies in their vanfty and In their
total lack of fixed purpwso and indefatiga
ble Industry. And mucn experience with
many girls "Who would become prima don
nas has taught me tnat there are only
a few, a Very few. wno possess the char
acter and the equipment for the grim no
vitiate of artf
"A National conservatory established on
proper lines would do a great deal for
the young aspirant for vocal hottors'in
assisting her to find out definitely what
line of professional work she Is best
equipped to undertake. It Is a gradual
process this finding cut. The singer learns
her points of strength aha weakness, as
she progresses In her studies. It is at this
critical stage of her career that a good
teacher can be of great value In guiding
her steps. Physique, temperament, health,
dramatic Instinct all these must be re
garded In choosing one's special line of
work as well as vocal equipment and
inclination."
Forced to Express Himself.
Mr. Telemachus Smlth-Dellar I didn't
know your parrot could swear.
Mrs. Telemachus Smith Poor Polly I
Aan'f MnV Ai TrnAW it iihar. until vau
jtd hr that ice-cream. PuSeI,
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