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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 17, 1904.
i&'Uv?3 "" J-."-.. .r-? J. HMiKJI I ilSrfSf WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY.
MISS MIRIAM MICHELSON. WA,U0,anuatrf WrjSflHfT:H
Personalia, by "Sigma." $1.25 net. Double
day, Pago &. Co., New York.
"Sigma" Is an Englishman of the Eng
lish. He views persons and events In that
astonishing Insular way peculiar to liis
class. He has been In a position to know
all the "best people" that have appeared
in Xiondon society for years, and the vari
ety and extent of his reminiscences are
amazing. "It is perhaps audacious in one
whose span of life falls short of sixty
years," says "Sigma," "to place his recol
lections and experiences before the public,
but it is not always old age that makes
the most interesting recorder . . . and
I question whether many of the same age
can claim, as I can, to hae known a
man who had talked to a survivor of the
Jacobite campaign of 1745, to have spoken
to another who had witnessed Kelson's,
funeral, to have dined opposite a third
who had been in the Copenhagen expedi
tion of 1S07, and to have met at luncheon
a lady who was present at the famous
Brussels ball that preceded the battle of
"Waterloo."
"Slgma's" viewpoint will readily be dis
cerned from his lamentations over the de
cadence of society. "In the matter of soci
ety strictly so called," he says, "the pres
ent indiscriminate jumble of patricians
and plutocrats was almost unknown, at all
events before the later seventies. The
haute juiverie were still in a sense beyond
the pale, and the bare idea of one of them
being honored with an English peerage
would forty years ago have caused little
short- of a revolution among the vielle
noblesse. T,hese democratic changes may
be salutary, but they hae certainly not
added to the prestige of the Painted
Chamber, which bids fair before very long
to become a chamber of commerce, and
that not of the highest order."
In "Personalia" there are numerous
stories of literary men. Of Oscar Wilde
"Sigma" says:
Perhaps the best thins be ever said was to
a certain rather humdrum bard when the
latter was complaining of the neglect with
which his poems were being treated by the
critics. "There seems to be a conspiracy of
silence against me. "What would you adlse
me to do?" he inquired of "Wilde. "Join it,"
was the unconsollng reply.
The Church furnishes "Sigma" with
some good stories. On one occasion he saw
Bishop Sumner, formerly bishop of Win
chester, and this causes him to tell the
story of the prelate's advancement. The
Marchioness of Conyngham, in the dajs
of George IV, chose the young clergy
man, Sumner, as bear-leader for her eld
est son. Lord Mountcharles, on the grand
tour. The clergyman and his charge set
off for the continent, the tutor having
strict orders to communicate any un
toward occurrence to the Marchioness by
special courier. At Geneva the young
nobleman fell desperately in love with a
pretty Swiss girl. Sumner exerted all his
powers of persuasion to no purpose, and
things began to look so ominous that he
explained the situation to the March
ioness. At last the long-looked-for answer arrived.
The distracted clergyman tore open the let
ter and eagerly scanned the contents. The
Instructions were terse and terribly to the
point. They contained only three words,
"Marry her yourself." This was a sur
prise Indeed, and not altogether a pleasant
one; but Mr. Sumner was a far-seeing joung
divine, and, after a brief consideration of
all the circumstances, present and future,
he made up his mind to obey, and before the
end of the w eek the fascinating 3 oung Swiss
lady had become Mrs. Sumner, and before
the end of the ear the accommodating bear
leader had become Canon of "Windsor, with
the certain prospect of a miter.
"In refreshing contrast to this inci
dent," says "Sigma," "Is one recorded of
Lord Thurlow."
He was walking on the Steyno (Brighton)
with the Prince of "Wales when they were
met by the Bishop of St. Asaph, an unctu
ous prelate who at once besought the royal
attendance for his sermon on the following
Sunday. Assent was graciously accorded,
and, flushed with his success, the Bishop
Incautiously hurried to Lord Thurlow and
expressed a hope that he would also honor
him with his presence. "No," growled the
savage old lord, who affected religion but
little and bishops still less; "I hear enough
of jour damned nonsense in the House of
Lords, where I can answer jou, and it's
not likely I'm going to listen to it In
church, where I can't!"
Of the "old school" of parsons "Sigma"
pays that the race Is not yet extinct. He
knows one who Is vicar of a hamlet in
one of the southern counties, and says of
h.lm that he would go any distance for a
good dinner, but it was a different matter
to stir from his fireside to dispense spir
itual consolation to a poor parishioner.
On one occasion a neighboring resident
Bent for the parson to administer the com
munion to his valet, a Swiss Protestant,'
who was at the point of death. The par
Bon. had only to cross two or three fields,
Kry, t j. junn rurairrj
LAFCADIO HEARN.
but it was a cold night so he stayed at
home with his pipe and whiskey-and-water.
In the course of the night the
poor Swiss died, and his master, properly
indignant, repaired next morning to the
vicarage to remonstrate.
"You must pardon me for saying," he re
marked, as the ilcar received his indignant
remonstrances with easy nonchalance, "'that
In my opinion j ou have Incurred a ery great
responsibility In neglecting to administer the
last rites of the church to a dying man."
"Pooh! pooh!" testily retorted the man of
God; "one can't be at cvorj body's beck and
call after dinner on a "Winter's night. Be
sides," he added contemptuously, "the fel
low was after all only a damned French
man." ,
Concerning Bishop "Wilberforce, the
emancipator of the blacks, "Sigma" has a
good deal to say, and none of it is complimentary-
He confesses his veneration
has been impaired by Wilberforce's last
words, "I think I could eat another slice
of that eal pie."
In "Personalia" there are several stories
of the law, but they are not so good as
those on other topics. Porhaps the best Is
this:
A counsel had been cross-examining a
witness for some time with very little ef
fect, and had sorely tried the patience of
the Judge, the Jury and everyone in court.
At last, the Judge intervened with an Im
perative hint to the learned gentleman to
conclude his cross-examination. The coun
sel, who received this Judicial intimation
with a very bad grace, before telling the
witness to stand down, accosted him with
the parting sarcasm: "Ah, jou're a clever
fellow, a ery clev er fellow ! "We can all see
that!" The witness bending over from the
box quietly retorted "I would return the
compliment If I were not on oath."
"Personalia" is a very diverting book,
and it gives the reader some startling
glimpses of very famous men, caught, so
to speak, in purls naturallbus.
THE JEWISH ENCYCLOPEDIA.
Sixth Volume Marks Completion of
Half the Work.
The Jewish Encyclopedia, vol. 6. The Funk
&. "Wagnalls Company, New York.
With the issue of the sixth volume,
the Funk & Wagnalls Company has com
pleted half Its monumental work, the
Jewish Encyclopedia. The .present vol
ume ranges from "God" to "Istrla," and
within this extent treats 1813 topics. On
these 194 editors and collaborators have
been employed, and the volume Is illus
trated with 12 cuts.
The biographical section affords strik
ing contrasts. One finds Samuel Gom
pers, the American labor leader, sand
wiched between Gomez de Sosa, a Latin
poet of the 17th century, and Benjamin
Gompertz, a British actuary of compara
tively modern times. Among tho other
features to be found in this section:
Notices of representatives of American Ju
daism in almost ev ery walk of life are found
scattered throughout the volume. Here
is told the life story of tho "Gotthell" family
or New York (pages 51-53), which has so re
cently suffered heavy loss by the death of its
venerable head. Rabbi Gustav Gotthell;
there, that of the "Grata" family, of Phila
delphia (pages S1-S3), famous for its pio
neers, merchants, soldiers and philanthro
pists. Then follows the story of the "Harts"
(pages 240-244), pioneer settlers in different
parts of tho New "World, told in a series of
articles contributed by Clarence L de Sola,
of Montreal, A. S. W. Roscnbach, of Phila
delphia, and Rev. Goodman Llpklnd. of
New York. Next in order come the "Heil
prins" (pages 322-320), comprising a fam
ily of which there are four distinct branches
whese history dates from the middle of the
16th century. The earlier members Joined
tho rabbinate, but the present pfnirtrn.
engaged in scholarly and scientific pursuits,
one member, Angelo Hellprln. being the emi
nent naturalist who climbed the crater of
Mont Pelee while the volcano was In action
in May, 1002. The notices under "Hlrsch"
Include biographies of two of the most emi
nent pioneers of the American rabbinate;
Samuel Hlrsch and Emll G. Hlrsch. of Chi
cagoone of the editors of the Jewish En
cyclopedia. The history of the 'Saron de
Hlrsch Fund" (pages 411-412) for the ame
lioration of the condition of Jewish Immi
grants, Is told here in detail for the first
time. The careers of the various members
of tho "Hyneman" family (pages 513-514).
which was of remote Spanish and modern
German origin and settled In America in Co
lonial times, cover more than a century of
history.
General Surrey.
Intensely Interesting ns are these sketches
of Jewish activity, they tell only the in
dividual sl$e. For a general survey of
Jewish history and education one must turn
to such articles as "Gratz College," Phila
delphia (page S3) (a Jewish institution of
learning founded by Hyman Gratz in 1830),
written by Dr. Cjrus Adler, and "Hebrew
Union College," Cincinnati (page 311) (the
well-known Jewish theological seminary
founded by the late Dr. Isaac M. "Wise),
written by the late Dr. Moses Mlelzlner.
To Jew and Christian alike the life story
of Jewish activity told in the articles on
the varous states and cites of the Union,
and much of which has never been told be
fore, comes as a revelation. The history of
the state of "Illinois" (pages 5G0-501), from
the close of the 18th century to tho present
time, is told by H. Ellassof. of Chicago; that
of "Indiana" (page 5S2), from the year 1840,
when the Jews first settled there, is written
by Dr. Adler himself; and that of "Iowa"
(pages 613-014), dating from the year 1847,
when Jews are known to have settled there,
is contributed by Rabbi "William H.
Finescrelber, of Davenport, la. Among
cities on which special articles are contrib
uted is "Houston," Tex. (page 486), of
which Rabbi H. Barnsteln traces the history,
from 1835, when Joseph Chlmene, of New
York, settled there.
Anthropology.
Of this classification few articles will prove
as Interesting as that treating the anthro
pological side of "Hair" (pages 159-160). It
is accompanied by various tables showing
the percentage of Jews In various European
countries having blonde, brown, black or red
hair. Other tables treat of the character
of tho hair whether straight, wavy or
curly. The data presented were collected
by Dr. Maurice Flshberg, surgeon to Beth
Israel Hospital, and medical examiner to
the United Hebrew Charities, New York, and
cover observations among 11 different na
tions. The topic "'Hand" (pages 211-212) 1b
from the pen of Dr. M. Grunwald, who in
treating this subject covers the origin of tat
tooing, the custom of the laying on of hands
in taking oath, and of kissing of hands.
He tolls also that according to th Hagga
dah the hands of Adam were covored with
a horn up to the time of his fall. Dr. Flsh
berg also contributes Interesting data upon
"Idiocy" (page 556), and "Insanity" (page
603)- The statistics which accompany these
articles will prove of special interest to stu
dents of anthropology. On the subject of
"Insanity" Dr. Flshberg shows that the pro
portion of Jewish Insane In nearly all the
places from which statistics have been ob
tained is often more than double that of
the non-Jewsh population.
The Jews in England.
Of the biographical and historical arti
cles the more mportant In the first cate
gory are those treating the "Goldsmith"
family (pages 29-32) of English financiers,
and the "Hcrscholl" family (pages 302-363).
Of thoso in the second, tho history of the
"Hambro" Synagogue, an institution found
ed by Mordecal Hamburger, told briofly by
Mr. Jacobs himself, casts a sidelight on the
conditions that one one time prevailed in
London Jewry; that of the city of Hereford
(pago 352) from the same pen; the history
of the Jews In India (pages 5S0-SS2) by Pro
fessor G. Oppert and Joseph Ezeklel, J. P.;
and that on the history of Jews in Ireland
(page 614) contributed by Counselor Leo
Huhncr, of New York. In this department
Professor Ludwlg Blau contributes an arti
cle on "Golem" (pages 36-37), which con
tains some data of interest to the folklorlst,
while Mr. Jacobs himself contributes a some
what lengthy article on "Historiography"
(pages 423-425), or the method of writing
history, and a short article on "Hep! Hep!"
(page 350) in which he throws new. light
upon the cry attributed to the Crusaders in
their attacks upon the Jews.
PANORAMA OF TRUSTS.
Moody's Book Gives Statistics Indis
pensable to the Student.
The Truth About the Trusts, by John Moody.
Large 8 vo , 540 pp , $5 net. The Moody
Publishing Company, 35 Nassau street. New
York.
While scores of volumes have been writ
ten about the trust problem, no serious
attempt has heretofore been made to tell
the truth about the trusts, and give the
public a complete, uniform description of
this epoch-making industrial movement.
But this has now been done in "The
Truth About the Trusts," a description
and analysis of the American trust move
ment, by John Moody, the editor of
"Moody's Manual of Corporation Securi
ties." A panoramic view is given in this
book of the trust-formed enterprises of
America industrial, franchise, transpor
tationshowing at once the remarkable
integration and Interdependence of mod
ern methods of wealth-production.
Among the important features of this
volume, which, should prove Indispensable
to the student of financial matters, and
an invaluable book of reference for writ
ers and speakers, may be mentioned the
following:
L The introduction points out the purport
of the book, defines the trust, and also the
Investing public and the trusts. The general
discussion of the subject in the introduction
Is further amplified in part 7 of the volume,
begnnlng page 483, where the trust move
ment Is reviewed as a whole.
2. Part 1 of tho volume Is devoted to the
greater Industrial trusts, of which there are
seven, with a capitalization exceeding $2.
600.000,000. These greater Industrial trusts
are all described In detail, and their histories
are given at length and their general posi
tion analyzed. Part 2 Is devoted to the less
er Industrial trusts, giving brief but accurate
descriptions of more than SO of them. Fol
lowing this are the industrial trusts in pro
cess of reorganization. Including full state
ments of those which have created the great
est amount of public Interest, such as the
shipbuilding trust.
3. The articles on tho greater franchlso
trusts and the greater railroad groups treat
ed In part 4 and 5 should create much pub
lic interest, as many facts are embraced
which have never been- presented in this
form before. This Is particularly true of
the chapters on the greater railroad, groups.
4. In the general review of the trust move
ment, there are chapters on the magnitude
of the trusts, dominating Influences in the
trusts, the chief characteristics of the trusts,
and review of so-called remedies. The first
two of these chapters are of great value to
tho general public, as they give a panoramic
view of the entire trust movement as it ex
ists today.
5. The charts and maps, which supplement
the text, are well worth close examination.
They bring out ilvldly many important fea
tures. The elaborate statistics on pages 451
to 482 give details of trusts of an aggregate
capitalization of $20.370.162,51L
"THE FIRE-BRINGER."
New Poem by Moody on the Pro
methean Theme.
Tho Flre-Bringer, by "William Vaughn Moo
. dy. $L10 net. Houghton, Mifflin &Co..
Boston.
A few days ago a leading critic de
clared that William Vaughn Moody was
one of America's two jreat poets, and
there were many to applaud his declara
tion. Mr. Moody's latest volume Is "The
Flre-Bringer," a dramatic poem, which
is "intended as the first member of a
trilogy on the Promethean theme." Tho
"Masque of Judgment," already pub
lished, is tho second member.
In "Tho Fire-Bringer" Mr. Moody uses
his blank verso with good effect. The
lines are harmonious and do not lack a
dignity of movement, but they have not
that convincing swing found In the work
of the great. It Is In his lyrical move
ments that Mr. Moody is truly musical;
take, for Instance, this song by a girl:
Once more, once more, O sisters, ere we die
I will lift up my cry
To Him who loves us though He puts us by.
For jonder singer with the golden mouth
Hath' fallen upon us primly as falls
The still Spring out of the South
On the shut passes and locked mountain
walls,
And suddenly from out my frozen hearts
Dark buds of sorrow start.
Freshets of thought through my faint being
roll,
And dim remembrance gropes and travails
in my soul.
OF BIBLICAL TIMES.
Good Story of Lovers In Old
Egypt.
Tho Toke, by Elizabeth Miller. The Bobbs
Merrill Company, Indianapolis.
After crossing the wilderness of the first
chapter or two of "The Yoke," one enters
a Canaan that repays one for the trouble
in reaching it.
"The Toke" Is a story of the days when
tho Hebrews were In bondage In Egypt.
It ends with the passage of the Red Sea
by the hosts fleeing from the plague
stricken land of their former masters.
A noble Egyptian loves a Hebrew maiden,
and the adventureai of these two furnish
the plot. Many other characters are
brought upon the scene, and the splendor
of Egypt and the great events of the time
furnish an unusual background for the
EDMUND
FAMOUS UTXEBATEUB, HAS RETIRED FROM THE BRITISH BOARD OF
TRADE TO BECOME IJBRARIAN OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
LONDON, April 16. (Special correspondence.) Edmund Gosse, tho famous
literarycritic, has Just been appointed librarian to the House of Lords, a posi
tion which carries with it the snug salary of $5000 a year. And the congratu
lations showered upon Mr. Gosse by his friends are all the more hearty be
cause it is generally believed that while filling the position he will find plenty
of leisure to devote to his own literary labors. The ofllce has been treated
sometimes as a sinecure. In this fashion it was held by Porson, the famous
Greek scholar, who once received a letter from one of the directors containing
this cutting remark: "We only know you are our librarian by seeing your name
attached to the receipts for your salary."
But Mr. Gosse is a glutton for work,and no one Imagines that he will shirk
any of it In his new billet. Apart from his learning, Mr. Ga?se is eminently
fitted for the place by his practical knowledge of the librarian's craft. In his earlier
days he was f pr many years assistant librarian at the British Museum, where he laid
the foundations of his encyclopaedic knowledge. Since 1875 be has been translator
to the Board of Trade.
Mr. Gosse succeeds the late S. A. Strong, who although much less widely known,
held a high reputation as an Orientalist and student of ancient and modern art. His
premature death. Lord Beay declared, had Inflicted an irreparable loss on English
culture.
Most English government billets are recognized as easy Jobs and several well
known literary men have found no difficulty In filling them while still satisfving
the demands of their publishers. Maurice Hewlett was from 180C to 1000 Keeper
of Land Revenue Records and Enrollment. Austin Dobson long held a clerkship In
the Board of Trade and W. W. Jacobs was for a time a clerk In the postofflce.
A. B. Walkley, the famous dramatic critic of the "Times," la to this day secretary
to the General Postofflce.
love story, which" ends happily for the f
lovers.
"The Toke" Is an unusual novel, and it
I3 likely to prove a popular success.
We're Going to the Sun.
Tho Universe a Vast Electric Organism, by
George "Woodward "Warder. $1.20 net. The
G. "W. Dillingham Co , New York.
That this book unfolds a novel theory
Is evident from the following extract from
the publisher's announcement:
In this remarkable book which creates a
new epoch in scientific thought the author
sets forth his theories of Electrical Creation.
He brings forward to date tho most recent
scientific facts and discoveries, and under
takes to show that the universe Is a vast
electric machine or organism, creating its
own cosmic force, lighting and heating Itself
from its own latent electric fires, and bound
together by Invisible electric bands, pulling
and guiding with the swiftness of lightning,
and the power and wisdom of Omnipotence.
... He contends that there Is good rea
son to believe that th" sun is inhabited
Is the headquarters of the Deity, and the fu
ture abode of man. That as all light, force
and life come from the sun, it is almost cer
tain they will return again to their foun
tain head and source, and the suns should
be and are the self-luminous perfected
worlds of the universe, and the promised
heaven of human souls. "Wireless telegraphy,
radium and all recent scientific discoveries
are discussed.
Dellciously Humorous Drawings.
Brevities. Being more Cranklsms. By Lisle
De Vaux Matthewman, pictured by Clare
Victor Dwlgglns. 100 Illustrations. Henry
T. Coates & Company, Philadelphia.
Brevities comprises the latest work of
the lamented Lisle De Vaux Matthewman,
whose untimely death from typhoid fever
recently occurred at St. Luke's Hospital,
New Tork.
Tho collaboration of Mr. ilatthewman
and Mr. Dwiggtn3 in "Cranklsms," pub
lished a year or more ago, attracted much
attention and met with instant success,
from the delicacy, grace and humor
of tho Illustrations as well as from the
sarcasm of the text. The combination
was unique In its way, and this new book
will add to the reputation of its authors.
The pictures are even better than those
of "Cranklsms." and light up the text in
a wonderful way, making even the more
commonplace sallies Irresistible.
A Life of Prescott.
William nickllng Prescott, by Hollo Ogden.
$1.10 net. Houghton, Mifflin Co., Bos
ton. This new life of Prescott, In the Ameri
can Men of Lettera series, by the edi
tor of the Evening Post, of New Tork, Is
a study rather of a personality than of
a historian. While Prescott's writings
are passed in review, and an attempt is
made to show what verdict modern his
torical Investigation pronounces upon
them, tho main study is of the man him
self. The author ha3 had the advantago
of access to the Prescott favJly papers,
and other new material, with the result,
It is believed, of bringing out in greater
distinctness one of the most charming
personalities in American 'literary .annals.
Stories of Strange Things.
Kwaldan; Stories and Studies of Strange
Things, by Lafcadio Hearn. $1.50.
Houghton, Mifflin & Co, Boston.
These delicate stories of Japan are in
deed stories of strange things. They deal
with sprites and goblins, and In so natural
a manner and with such a limpid style
that the reader seems to feel towards
these strange things much as tho Japan
ese men and women of the stories do.
Mr. Hearn's knowledge of Japan and
his power of translating its beauty and Its
mystery into terms intelligible, to the Oc
cidental are too well known to need fur
ther praise. The delightful stories of
"Kwaldan" should widen his circle of ad
mirers. Novel About Divorce.
He That Eateth Bread With Me, by H. A.
Mitchell Keays. McClure. Phillips & Co..
New York.
Divorce is the subject of "He That
Eateth Bread With Me." The story deals
with a woman, whose husband ceases to
GOSSE
love her. She allows him to obtain a
divorce. Subsequently he returns to her.
That Is the plot In a nutshell.
The author does not go deeply into the
psychology of suffering, but she has
written a story that holds the attention
closely, and the somewhat sombre for
tunes of the heroine are lightened by the
introduction of a Jolly girl from the coun
try and the boy, Whitney, Is made a
lively character.
Sprightly Nance Olden.
Ih the Bishop's Carriage, by Miriam Michel
son. Illustrated by Harrison Fisher. The
Bobbs-Merrlll Company, Indianapolis.
"In the Bishop's Carriage" Is a story
of Incomparable vivacity.
For some months past the tale ran as a
serial in the Reader, and caused a great
deal of comment. The heroine, Nance
Olden, is an original conception. She be
gins as a thief and has as her "steady,"
one Tom Dorgan. She ends as a great
actress with a good husband. Nance tells
the story herself, a trick that glve3 the
book Its unusual "go."
Anyone In search of a lively and enter
taining novel shoilld not miss "In the
Bishop's Carriage."
A Portland Publication.
Sunshine Thoughts for Gloomy Hours, by
George H. Chance, M. D., $1.00. The J.
K. Gill Company, Portland.
This little volume contains several In
teresting poems on topics of Interest to
Freemasons and Oddfellows, as well as
some professional rhymes on dental sub
jects. These are chiefly light and amus
ing in character, and are likely to be
much appreciated. In addition, the vol
ume contains several patriotic and mis
cellaneous poems full of good feeling.
NUTSHELL NOTICES.
Joan of the Alley, by Frederick Orin Bart-
lett. Illustrated, $1.50. Houghton, Mifflin
& Co., Boston.
"Joan of the Alley" I3 a novel of the
tenements, and gives a realistic picture
of the life led by the poor of a great city.
The heroine of the story leads a strike in
Joan of Arc fashion, and in the end
everything comes out all right.
"Joan of the Alley" Is the first novel
of Frederick O. Bartlett, who is begin
ning ni8 literary career young. He was
born in Haverhill, Mass., in 1S76, and after
a boyhood spent In travel and study has
taken up newspaper work In Boston. He
recently won the first prize of $500, of
fered by The Ladles' Home Journal for
the best short love story, which placed
him above S00 contestants.
Stony Lonesome, by Arthur J. Russell. Il
lustrated by Ruth Mary Hallock. Rand,
McNally & Co., Chicago.
"Stony Lonesome" is the story of a
boy'b town, told In boys' fashion. It pos
sesses humor.
The marginal Illustrations by Ruth
Mary Hallock are numerous and amusing.
Tolstoy, the Man, by Edward A. Steiner. Il
lustrated. $1.50 net. The Outlook Com
pany, New York.
Dr. Steiner spent several months in
Russia for the purpose of gathering ma
terial for this volume, and he has suc
ceeded in presenting m attractive style
the Information he collected. This book
will help those interested in Tolstoy to
form a clearer conception of the condi
tions and circumstances that have helped
to make him what he is.
Tnere are many Interesting Illustra
tions. Fairy Tales Up to Now, by Wallace Irwin
25 cents. Bound in genuine matrix boards,
50c. Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco.
In these amusing jingles Wallace Irwin
retells the old nursery talcs. "Yellow"
head lines are used over each story, such
as
WAS IT GLASS?
Sensational Romance of Cinderella, a Sten
ographer In a Hired Ball Gown.
Jilted by a Duke, She Becomes an Heiress.
The idea of binding the book in matrices
that have actually been used In produc
ing a daily paper Is novel, and insures
that no two covers of the edition are
alike.
Sure, by Edward W. Townsend. 73 cents.
Dodd, Mead & Co, New York.
This book contains a collection of new
"Chimmie Fadden" stories, which are too
well known to need description. This in
stallment is as fun-provoking as the rest.
Eppy Grams, by Dlnkelsplel (George V. Ho-
bart). Tho G. W. Dillingham Company,
New York.
"Eppy Grams" 13 a collection of Dlnkel
splel sayings, which are known all over
the land. .Some of thoso in the present
volume are:
Der girl dot hesitates Is left at der hitch
ing post.
Ambition Is der only disease vlch laziness
can cure.
A fool und his money Is der root of much
laughter.
If marriage is a lottery vy doan'd dey
arrest der minister?
Tho Yellow Holly, by Fergus Hume. Tho
G. W. Dillingham Company, New York.
"The Tellow Holly" Is a Fergus Hume
detective story, with the murder in the
third chapter Instead of in the first. Those
who like detective stories know the Hume
brand, which is never placed upon in
ferior goods.
Even Thine Altars, by G. J. F. 75 cents net
The Nunc Licet Press, Philadelphia.
"Even Thine Altars" Is a new book by
the author of "Twelve Letters on the
Bible to My Son." It Is of a devotional
nature, and contains a collection of tho
great prayers of Scripture, with remarks
by eminent men on the nature of prayer.
The Corner in Coffee, by Cyrus Townsend
Brady. Illustrated. $1.50. The G. W. Dil
lingham Company, New York.
"Tho Corner In Coffee" is a decidedly
amusing tale. The situations in it are
so good that the book has already been
dramatized and the play will soon be pro
duced in New Tork.
Several Western girls and a Western
railroad engineer visit New Tork and the
latter furnishes most of the comedy.
Mediaeval England, by Mary Bateson. G. P.
Putnam's Sons, New York.
This Is a new volume In the popular
"Story of the Nations" series. It de
scribes English feudal society from the
Norman Conquest to the middle of the
14th century, and Is written in a readable
vein. It is divided into sections such as
"Women's Interests," "Intellectual Move
ments," "Knighthood," and so on, which
facilitates reading and reference.
Moses Brown, Captain, U. S. N., by Edgar
Stanton Maclay. With maps and illustra
tions. $1.25 net. The Baker & Taylor
Company, New York.
Moses Brown la one of America's for
gotten worthies. He was a privateer cap
tain In the Revolution, and two of his
exciting battles are narrated in this book
for the first time.
Left In Charge, by Clara Morris. $1.50. The
G. W. Dillingham Company, New York.
This is a story of Western farm life
just before the Civil War. Miss Morris
can write a readable story, and this Is
perhaps her best.
Indiana of the Yosemlte, by Galen Clark.
Cloth, $1.00; paper. 50 cents. Galen
Clark, Yosemlte Valley, CaL
In this little book, Grxlen Clark, a pio
neer of the Tosemlte, and discoverer of
the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, tells In
clear and simple language the history,
customs and traditions of the Interesting
tribes who held the great valley foe so
many years as an impregnable stronghold,
and whose picturesque descendants are
still objects of curiosity to all Tosemlta
travelers.
God's Living Oracles, by Arthur T. Pierson.
$1.00 net. The Baker & Taylor Company,
New York.
This book has or a basis the Exeter
Hall (London) lectures which Dr. Pier
son delivered in the Spring of 1S03. The
attention attracted by tnese lectures was
so great that the accommodations of the
original hall were not sufficient, and as a
culmination came a demand that the lec
tures be prepared for publication. "God's
Living Oracles" are the evidences within
the Bible that tne word was inspired by
His Spirit. The form of the book Is
adapted for the everyday reader rahr
than tne scholar.
LITERARY NOTES.
In this year of Lewis and Clark cele
brations, A. C. McClurg and Company
make the Interesting announcement that
they will issue at once a reprint of the
Journal of Patrick Gass, one of the party
composing the Lewis and Clark expedi
tion. This -svork originally appeared in
1S07, and ran through three editions, the
third dated 1SU. but no reprint has been
made sice the somewhat crude edition
published at Dajton, Ohio. In 1S47, which
has. of course, long been out of print.
Messrs. McClure's edition will be In one
volume, uniform with their reprints of the
Lewis and Clark Journals and Hennepin's
Travels, and will be provided with a new
Analjtical Index and an Introduction
written by Dr. James K. Hosmer. Tho
volume will be Illustrated with facsimiles
of the six quaint pictures in the original
edition, with a portrait of Gass, and with,
a map of the Lewis and Clark route. Mc
Clurg & Company will also issue in the
early Fall, in uniform style, a reprint of
Lahontan's Travels, edited, with Intro
duction and notes, by Reuben G. Thwaltes,
and illustrated with facsimiles of the il
lustrations in the original.
The Toke, Elizabeth Miller's romance of
the Exodus, is in general so faithful to
the biblical record that some people have
wondered why the author failed to make
the Pharaoh perish with his hosts In the
Red Sea. It has been the traditional be
lief that he was lost with all his chivalry.
Nowhere in the Mosaic account, however.
Is his death positively declared. And since
the great lawgiver went into minute de
tails of the disaster to the army, so im
portant an Incident as the drowning of
the King would not have escaped his no
tice. In the light of this conclusion, then,
the believer may read, with undisturbed
faith, that the Pharaoh withdrew from
the pursuit of Israel and lived long enough
afterward to mismanage his kingdoms into
ruin before he died. A few years ago
Loret, the great French Egyptologist,
came upon a mummy in tho debri3 of a
crumbling tomb. The writings buried
with It bore witness to Its identity. That
grisly wisp of humanity wrapped In old
cerements was Meneptah, the Pharaoh of
the Exodus!
The books issued by A. C. McClurg &
Co. are setting a new standard in finish
of production and In beauty of illustra
tions. This firm has issued a number of
novels (at the ordinary price of $1.50),
that have attracted wide attention through
tho excellence of their colored illustra
tions. "The Thrall of Lief the Lucky"
was the first of these, and lately "When
Wilderness Was King" and "Robert Cave
Her" have surpassed the early standard.
S. D. Wlllard, a member of the firm, was
In Portland last week with a number of
the originals from "The Birds of Califor
nia." a superbly illustrated volume, as
well as a number of original pen drawings
by John T. McCutchen, and other original
sketches and paintings.
The Macmillans have issued a neat edi
tion of "The Golden Treasury of Songi
and Lyrics" at 25 cents. Thus; the best
anthology in the English language, is
'placed within the reach of everyone.
The Macmillans have Issued a paper
covered edition (25 cents) of John Gra
ham Brooks' "The -Social "Unrest."
Author of "Little Drops of Water."
In Galesburg, 111., there lives an elderly
lady whose rhythmic words nearly every
English-speaking person has recited. She
is Mrs. Julia A. Carney, the author of
the famous poem "Little Drops of Water,"
and she is nearly 82 years old, says Suc
cess . While Mrs. Carney has devoted
most of her life to writing publishing a
greater part of her widely-read pooms an
onymouslyher popularity rests upon ha
one short poem, "Little Drops of Water,"
as it Is popularly known, or "Little
Things," which, tho author says, is the
real title.
The poem was written while Hfc& -Sidney
was attending a class held in the old
Tremont Temple, Boston, 59 years ago.
She wrote it in ten minutes merely as an
exercise in meter which a professor de
sired the students to practice. The next
morning she made a few changes In it,
adding a verse or two, for she enjoyed
teaching a Sunday school class, and
thought that It might be well to read her
verses as a poetic lesson. This she did
on the following Sunday, and the parents
of some of the children who heard the
lines were so impressed that they sought a
publisher for the young authoress. Sev
eral periodicals published the poem soon
after.
CONCERNING SOME AUTHORS.
Miss Mary MIchelson.
Miss MIchelson Is a newspaper woman
of wide experience. Her book. "In tho
Bishop's Carriage," has just been pub
lished after running as a serial in the
Reader.
Lafcadis Hearn.
Mr. Hearn is well known as an author
ity upon Japanese literature and folk
lore. His book, "Kwaldan," Is reviewed on
this page.
William Vaughn Moody.
Mr. Moody is one of America's foremost
poets. His latest volune Is "The Flre
bringer." NOTES OF THE MAGAZINES.
Delineator In addition to an elaborate
portrayal of 'current fashions and other
matter of special interest to women, tho De
lineator for May contains literary and ar
tistic features of the highest excellence. In
fiction there are two short stories: "His
Fiancee." by Virginia Woodward Cloud, a
delightful tale of a girl and her adlceful
cousins and awesome mother-in-law, and
"The Battlo to the Strong," by John H.
Whltson, a college story; also a dramatic
chapter of the "Evolution of a Club
Woman." by Agnes Surbridge. The story
of Catherine Seler. conspicuous In the early
history of Tennessee, Is the first of a series
on Great Women of Pioneer Times. Anion?
the present-day great, Mme. Sembrich, the
famous soprano. Is the subject of an Inter
esting article by Gustav Kobbe, the illus
trations of which are of special -talue. In
"Ardund the World In Eighty Pictures"
the reader Is taken Into a field of greatest
interest Japan and Corea. Lilllo Hamilton
French's remarks on "Mothers and Mar
riageable Sons" will be greatly enjoyed, and
Dr. Murray's Instructions In regard to tho
are of the mouth and teeth will be found
helpful by everyone. In addition there are
engaging stories and pastimes for the little
ones, and timely information for almost ev
ery department of the home.
Scribncr'a A. B. Frost, who Is a most
skillful artist la outdoor scenes combined
with rural characters, will have a rare op
portunity for his special talent la the serial
which begins the May Scrlbner's "The Sol
dier of the Valley," by Nelson Lloyd. It Is
a tale of a beautiful alley, and Mr. Frost
has made for each installment a series of
his most attractive pictures. The quaint
people and the attractive hero and heroine
who figure in the story give him the oppor
tunity for very effective character drawings.