THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 2, 190d.
IvO 'JjN&&K$ NEVEK
The Walking Delegate, by Lrroy Scott. $l.r,0.
Doubleday. Page & Co.. New York.
"Graft" spells "The Walking Delo
gate." Fortunately, the former Is ul
timately knocked ouL
Nothing else In the tide of human
affairs at this present moment is of
such pulsating., momentous interest as
anything of value printable or spoken
about the two entrenched camps or
ganized capital on the one side and or
ganized labor on the other. They can't
both win, and can't possibly exist with
out each other unless In the dim fu
ture we shall sec tho creation of a vast
svstem of national ownership dreamed
of by Bellamy and others, when nobody
will work for gain, but for the common
lot of all. A most Interesting contribu
tion to literature of this class, where
the sins and virtues of both employer
and employe arc painted with unmis
takable fidelity, comes in the shape of
Mr. Scott's novel. "The Walking Dele
gate." describing phases of industrial
war In the iron structural trade of New
York City. The book is full to the
brim with stern facts, and there is only
one illustration, the frontispiece show
ing the face of the walking delegate,
"Buck" Foley, labor leader and grafter.
Another labor leader, Tom Keating, dl
ides honors with him in doing things,
but this pon creation Keating is a
modern knight errant, a Sir Galahad
who achieved the quest of the Holy
Grail.
Driscoll, of the firm of Drlscoll &
Co., contractors for steel bridges and
steel frames, is ICeating's employer,
and one of Drlscoll's principles was
never to show npprova.1 of his work
men's work. "Give 'em a smile and
they'll do 10 per cent less and ask 10
per cont more," growled Driscoll. An-
other of DIscoll's employes is Pig Iron I
Pete, and his mate Johnson says: "I !
don't see the good o strikln'."
Why?" demanded Pote. '
Woll. I've been In the hualnns, loncnr'n
. . ' i . t . . . . I
most o you boys, an- I ain't found the bowes
makln more, they 1 pay us more.' t
"Oh, you go tell that to a Sunday eeh- !."
snorted Pete. "D'you ever hear of a '
payin more wages-n he had to? Not much.
Them kind o bose 's all doln buWne.s up i
in heaven. If we was actually earning
twenty a day, d'you suppose we'd got a '
ltAm? eventy-flve till we'd the brink when he draws lyeatlng-a . era-hunter among the wild bird, of North
licked the boo? lou do-hey? That nHn wlth a vulgar shrew for a wife- ! America, by Herbert Kne7Bhtley' Job.
bosl-ufbu! Vnt?,,n h.Sl- Th "cetlnff a highly-bred, cultivated girl. I net. Houston. Mifflin A Co.. Boston,
boss ud a-buy a tutti-frutti yacht, or a few RuU, Arnold, stenographer, a-glrl with , It is not given to even- writer to nlc
..TwE"1 ! ',ch rel-tlvo.. Ruth only knows Keat- ; tUre thefasiLation ?2lch wild bKs
T.rV ... "V, ViZ .. 1
pants turned up.
.. i tne,extra monu' that he has a wife and child. Keating their fullne$ of abounding life the In
unan. ii eer a noss orrers jou mates, and In secret thev And tlin- jir ' i .. .
jou'd. got
by a Cninaman
an extra dollar before you've licked him.
yell for a cop. He' crazy:
Plain speaking, and of course, alto- ,
gether one sided. Pete was probably
not educated to believe in the other ,
side of the story. But what of "Buck" :
Foley? Here he Is: "A tall, aifguiar !
man, in a black overcoat, derby hat,
etc. He stood, with hands in the pock-
ets of his overcoat, smoking his cigar,
"u late iu iiuju one s iouk lean
and long; gray, quick eyes, set close '
together: high cheek bones, with the ;
dull polish of bronze; a thin nose, with ;
a vulturous droop; u wide, tight mouth; i
a great bono of a chin; a daring, in- 1
cislve, masterful face." j
Foley remembered his father chiefly
from having carried a tin pall to a '
store around the corner where a red-
faced man filled it and handed it back I
to him, over a high counter. Foley was
first a newsboy, a sailor, a ward heeler I
and then a labor boss. In talking he I "ivy ao any peopic ever go to church?'
Invariably used the word "youse" for ' HIs answer is Rtvon in this volume of
"you," and was never unless asleep i 317 vase. the kernel is that the
seen without a cigar in his mouth. The , cburch exists to serve men In the higher
men in his union were paid $3.75 per life and llmt Itfi Primary function Is to
day, but that only meant for six or ,nsP're ,n men the spirit of love, but not
seven months in the year, when the i 10 oranlzc. direct, or administer that
weather graciously permitted the men ; ,ove when 11 has been Inspired. He argues
to work among the lofty scaffolding of I that tnere are other organizations Na
a sky-scraper. His men said: "Foley i tIonal. state and voluntary to carry out
is so crooked now he can't lay straight the requirements of that spirit whenever
In bed." But what did Foley care? He ' nnd wherever it exists. In other words,
ruled by bulldozing, phvsical force, i to Pursue the Idea farther, the church
swearing, and open graft. And he 1 ls necessary to the higher, better life of
didn't care who knew It. His organ- tne world and there is practically no
Ized gang voted down all feehio : other institution which we can put In its
opposition at meetings of the union Place. it is a good place to go to. but , state, is a scene Instinct with life."
and the rank and file of the decent t,,e result deponds on the minister and writes Mr. Job. "Forth from the wash
members did not attend. In Fo- the churches. j lashed cliff and over the heaving, rest
ley's absolutely Czar-like moments' ! Dr' -bbolt thinks that a Christian j lees deep fly the wild, hardy btrds of the
when he did iiot hesitate to commit , ch"rch is a body of men and women who sea. As they launch Into the cold breeze
murder to sweep meddlers from his I V0SBess' ln some degree, a perception of which Sweeps over the lonely northern
path, he was aided by his "entertain- I ,ho Infln,tc ln Jus Christ and some ' ocean and wheel off before It with care-
ment committee," five men known as !
Jake Henderson, Arkansas Number i
Two. Kafllr Bill, Smokev and Hickey. I
When Foley wanted to "remove" Keat- I
ing because the latter had dared to run :
mrainst v.im n u-aiUm. rtWoto , '
against him as walking delegate, he
called a m'eetlng of the entertainment
committee, saying:
.iia an oasy joi). louse get him In
fight. He goes down, louse do the busi
ness with your feet. Say ten apiece. . . .
A wing, an say two or three slats. Or a
leg." The five pledged the faithful dis
charge of their trust ln a round of drinks,
after they had "raised" their price as as
sassins to $25 each.
Keating is an idealist. This Is his
talk: t
In our trade we don't average, more than
frix months' work a year, and we are paid
less than $700 a year. What can a man
with a family do in New York on that?
Two hundred for rent, three hundred .for
food, one hundred for clothes. Twenty-five
cents a day left for heat, light, education,
books, amusement, travel, streetcar fare
and to save for- your old age. And then our
trade's dangerous. I think half of our men
are killed. . . . Only the other day. on
cteel bridge ear Pittsburg, a piece of
' (s vss0 n
! ffl P MferpT,
BC7CX
J
rigging snapped ami ton men dropped 200
feot below. Thuy lundod on steel beams la
a barge and were pulp. And then the
death rate in our buMneM moans pneumonia
or consumption. That means exposure at
work. Killed by our work ... And we
get 700 a year. So lone as n are Strang
and active we . can be used. But the day
that lone we'r mst of it. It may be at 40.
We've got to learn hew to do something
else, or Just wait for the end. Is $700 a ',
year enough, when we risk our lives every j
day wc work when we are lit for work only ,
,onS as we're young men? We're human 1
oeings. (
...
The beat, strongest writing In the
ad then sells the union by secretly ;
accepttng a urine or .uuu irom tne , ll's view are worth every consldera
employers association to call off the Uon ad hb5 srKUinonts. presented with
strike. How Keating discovers all this admirable skill, servo as a beacon-light-and
unmasks the traitor before the They point upward
union is of surging Interest. I
Mr. Scott ventures ncrllonslv near vrn,i tvtn . ... n,i...n..,.
Jng as a lanor jcauer, and is not aware
males, and In secret they find thev are
desperately in love with ench other.
What is to be the outcome? Is the
author to conveniently kill off Mrs.
Keating, or does he suggest such x
vulgar, mundane thing as a divorce, so
that the "twin souls" shall marry each
other? Fortunately, Mr. Scott brushes
aside the temptation, and the ending is
a moral yet cruel one. For Keating
clings to the wife with whom ho has
"- uiuusuui in uummun, wniie
Miss Arnold glides off like an unhappy '
ghost.
"The Walking Delegate" It wore
Idle to say it is one of the remarkable
books of the season. It is a book, that
makes you think. I
The Christian Ministry, by Dr. l.ymnn Ab
bott. $1.30. Houghton. Mifflin & Co., New
York.
It Is fashionable to ask: "Why don't
IP'e go to church?" Dr. Abbott asks:
'-"riswuseness oi cnaracter. ana wno nave
n,led for the purpose of imparting to
?thers that perception, and developing
m oinei? l"ai CDaraer- , "e
5, i , i.,' "ci.-owng. ine in-
dividual life, answers our preacher.
"The secret of all individual life ls ac-
quaintancc with God and the supreme
source of acquaintance with God ls Jesus
Christ." What Is human nature? Dr.
Abbott points to the character of Christ,
with the assurance what he was every
man can become. Is life worth living?
In a spirit of consecration, the answer
comes: "As Christ laidkdown his life for
us, so we can lay down our lives for
one another." Yes, but do we?
One of the finely thoughtful chapters
in this book is "The Ministry of Jesus
Christ: The Substance of His Teaching."
in which Dr. Abbott tells about a human
Christ who was no ascetic, but came Into
the world and In the world lived as a
man among men. Dr. Abbott does not re
call any reference that Christ ever re
fused an Invitation to - a feast, and lays
emphasis on the fact that Christ accepted
the common pleasures of life and was
not prevented from so doing by jthe fear
m ufni
that his example would be misinterpreted.
This is h liberal para graph: ,
No raaa is a Christian minister, whatever
his reeislaitieal ordination, ami however
sound his theological orthodoxy, unless lie
possesses the spirit of sobriety, which puts
the inner life above outward iwseslns. and
"re all things by their spiritual value:
Hess, which counts life an opportunity for
rerviec. and no life well spent which Is not
pirft of portliness, which knows the living
God ns a tompanlon. a friend, a helper and
Savior; unless he possesses the spllrt of
hopefulness for himself and for his fellow-
. .r, hui wciii
an exhaustless and expectant aspiration,
M, of h,ch Js far more ratjonai t
,nir Ul, nunJhmen, n wv n.
thnn
hold
Infr mi nunUhmiint nt n Wr Tti- All.
have for .us. their grace and
beauty.
of the quest which lures us Into the
open and then place these in the form
of word pictures. This Mr: Job has
cleverly done in "Wild Wings." accom
panied by 103 illustrations after photo
graphs from life, by the author. The
printing and book work are excellent in
the whole 811 pages, and the book Is Just
one which we like to see reposing on a
parlor table, ready to be road and dls
cussed several times, with ever-recurVIng
chnrm. Such a. subject Is known to
Portland people by reason of th success
n,et wJth Jn lhe sarne fleld by grs.
Bohlman and Flnley.
As a fellow-Harvard man President
Roosevelt writes this preface for Mr.
job's book:
1 muK thank you for your exceedingly In
teresting book. I have been delighted with
It. and 1 desire to express to you my sense
of the good which comes from such books
as yours, and from the substitution of the
camera for the gun. The older I grow thf
less I care t shoot anything except "var
mint." I do not ihink It at all advisable
that the gun should be given up, nor does It
seem to me that shooting wild game under
proper restrictions can be legitimately op
posed by any who are willing that domestic
animals should be kept for food. But there
1b altogether too much shooting, and If we
can only get the camera In place of the
gun and have the rportsman sunk vome-hat
In the naturalist and lover of wild things,
the next generation will see an Immense
change for the better In the life of our
woods and waters. . But I am still something
of a hunter, although a lover of wild nature
first.
"The enthusiastic life of the outdoor
world and keen delight in Its free, wild
i less aunndon. -uttoring their shrill cries.
wnicn are souenea in tne undertone of
the surf, strong wings make them mas
ters of the elements. How I thrill as 1
watch them! No trace ls here of man's
vandalism the wilderness of the sceno
might well have been matched at Crea
tion's dawn." These arc the words of a
man in love with his subject, a man who
takes his life in his hand when, with
camera strapped to his back, he climbs
a lofty tree to picture mother love
watching over precious eggs reposing in
a nest that Is the wonder of human arch
itects, or as he hugs a precipitous cliff
to study eagle life. Mr. Job confesses
that for years he has tried hunting and
collecting, but for genuine exciting sport
he prefers hunting with the camera. It
means hunting In season all the year
round, when every living thing Is proper
"game." Mr. Job also says that he once
used both gun and camera, but. finding
camera hunting the moro Interesting, he
gradually lost the Inclination to shoot.
3n the choice of a camera he recom
mends the size which employs a 4x5
lnch plate. Here is Mr. Job's attractive
table of contents: Cities of the brown
pelicans; following Audubon among the
Florida keys: In the Cape Sable wilder
ness; tho great Cuthbert rookery: on
lonely bird key; scavengers of the South.
Virginia bird homes of beach and marsh;
the egret. In nature and fashion: to bird
rock In an open boat: amid Northern
spruces and sea-girt rocks: oft Chatham
bars: the shore patrol; northward with
the shore-bird host; shore-bird loiter?;
the new sport of hawking: owl secrets,
and adventures with great horned owls.
The territory covered by the book ranges '
from the Magdalen Islands. In the Gulf
of St. Lawrence, on the north, to the
Florida keys and the Dry Tortugas on
the south', and Includes excursions In
Nova Scotia. New England, Virginia.
South Carolina and Florida.
Economy la Ed neat Ion. by Dr. Ruric Nevel
Roark. American Book Co., New York.
It used to be tho fond ambition of a
distinguished Masachusetts statesman
now dead: "When I grow up to be a
man. I'll lick my schoolmaster, for he
often licked me." Who has not longed
for that blissful time when we should
exult In the fullness of our strength, and
when our muscles would be like whip
cord? We thought then that our school
teachers whipped us because they liked
to do so. How little did we know that
In that early stage we were being taught
discipline, and that teachers have to
learn discipline as much as we. This
little book might have been known as
, "School Management." for It covers a
i large and varied field of educational ac
t tivity. It strives to mould leachcrs to
form part of an educative school system
' that shall live, and discusses discipline
with no uncertain sound.
Dr. Roark, who Is dean of the Depart
ment of Pedagogy. Kentucky State Col
lege, Lexington, Ky.. gives a practical
discussion of present day problems of edu-
pcationnl administration, while admitting
that education as a science Is ln Its In
fancy and that no final word can now
be written in any department of IU Ho
tells of the organization and management
of the individual school and school sys
tems, correlation of school and commu
nity, correlation of other factors with
tho school, and projection of the school
Into the community. As to corporal pun
ishment in rural schols. Dr. Roark says:
"The fact remains that some children
cannot be made to respond to any higher
motive than fear of a sound whipping.
Such punishment Is very rarely needed,
but the bare possibility of it is often a
wholesome deterrent, and no teacher can
afford to let It be understood that the
whipping is nbolished." Shrewd advice.
The style of the book is conversational,
bright and clearly expressed.
Kswntlals of Latin, for beginners, by Henry
Carr Pearson. 90 cents. American Book
Co.. New York.
Mr. Pearson is a Harvard man. and is
now of the Horace Mann School. Teachers'
College. New York. Hla book of 316 pages
Is designed to prepare pupils in a thorough
fashion to read Caesar's Gallic War. and
contains 70 lessons, including ten that are
devoted exclusively to reading, and six
supplementary lessons. The features are:
Selected vocabularies, constant comparison
of English and Latin usage, a logical and
conservative treatment of topics, a brief
preparatory course, review exercises under
each lesson, and graded material for read
ing. The treatment of the whole book Is
logical and entirely satisfactory. Illus
trations are given of a Roman harbor and
ship?, a Roman procession, interior of a
Roman house, a Roman school, etc. In
one of these illustrations are given pic
tures of Roman soldiers, so clearly cut
that the remark is again hazarded Is it
not curious why these faces of Romans
of old should so strongly resemble the
modern American face, a type of face
only found on a continent thousands of
miles from the land that called Romans
her own children? Strange, that tho
modern German. French, or Russian face
Is entirely dissimilar.
Gram ma ire FrancaUe, for English-speaking
students, by J. H. Worman, Ph. D., and
A. De Rougemont. B. A. Revised by, Louis
W. Arnold. American Book Company, New
York.
An old friends in a new drss. It Is
given largely in response to the desire
of many teachers of French who have
long used the book, and still think highly
of It, but who feel that changes should
be made to fit changed conditions. The
subjunctive Is presented fully, and a few
helpful pages are given to a statement
of the uses of the different tenses of the
indicative. Eighteen exercises treat of
some events or character in French his
tory. In the 197 pages French lxy ex
clusively used, and the plan followed Is
calculated to make the student work all
the harder. An admirable grammar. Mr.
Arnold Is head of the modern language
department. Central High School, Spring
field, Mass.
Half Hours With the Lower Animal, by
Charles Frederick Holder. American Bool:
Company. New York.
Mr Holder is previously favorably
known from his "Elements of Zoology,"
"Stories of Animal Life." "Life of Louis
Agassiz." and other books. In the pres
ent volume, he treats of protozoans,
sponges, corals, shells. Insects and crusta
ceans. Not very long ago. zoology, botany
nnd kindred nature sciences were classed
with music and so-called dead languages,
and were taken up as incidentals. But In
rush of today they mean much to trade
and commerce. Mr. Holder believes that
nature study in some form should be
continuous in school life. The book Is
profusely Illustrated, and Is a valuable
one ln its special line.
David Copperfleld and Oliver TtrUt, retold
by Annie Douglas Severance. American
Book Company. New York.
This Is part of the child's Dickens.
"David Copperfleld" Is condensed Into 72
pages, and "Oliver Twist" Into S7 pages.
The compiler has necessarily been ob
liged to omit many of the minor charac
ters, as she sajs her object In writing
these adaptions Is to "simplify thorn, by
excluding from them the elements of un
pleasantness and dlscouralveness which
mar the original works, and thereby
make them intelligible and enjoyable to
the childish mind." The main thread
of each story is carefully followed, and
the little book will doubtless 'content the
audience for which it was Intended. But
It does not have the Dickens ring with
so many original passages omitted which
Dickens students almost know by heart.
Mr. Enftlnglon, the romance of a house
party In California, by Esther and Lucia
Chamberlain. The Century Company, New
Tork.
When the novels of a reason are re
called. "Mrs. Essington' will stand for
fine descriptions of the whims of a widow
(sod. not grass), golf, a cross-country run
on horseback, singing, dancing and a lit
tie more. There are no poor people In It.
and all the characters arc so well groomed
nnd cither have so much money or expec
tations that they look as If they had just
stepped out of Christy's or Dana Gibson's
sketches.
Esther and Lucia Chamberlain, joint
authors of "Mrs. Essington." were born
In California, and have spent much of
their life there. Esther Chamberlain
was one of the first women ln New Tork
to make a profession of supplying Illus
trative advertising matter. Lucia Cham
berlain has contributed a number of short
stories and poems, chiefly of the Califor
nia country, to different magazines. In
the Spring of 1S03 the sisters began to
work together, producing first "The Blue
Moon," a novelette which was published
ln AInslee's. "Mrs. Essington" was writ
ten during the Winter of 1003-1SO4, begun
in California and finished In Arizona
while the authors were stopping In a Mo
qul Indian village.
The book Is elegantly bound. It Is dainty
and just the sort to take to the seaside or
mountain at the beginning of one's vaca
tion, when a rosy view of things ls needed.
Mrs. Essington Is a charming person
whom It Is a pleasure to know. She is
not the type of a widow who spends the
remainder of her life weeping for her
dear departed with one eye and ogling his
successor with the other. No. She loves
a composer who has more music about
him than money, and' she finally decides
not to marry him because she is afraid,
of the future when he will be a young
husband and she an elderly, unromantlc
woman. The other woman, who captured
the composer. Is a juvenile Diana, an out-of-doors
creatur?. Julia Budd. "Julia was
hatless. Her hair, crystalled with mist,
stood oft her forehead in a glistening
hush. That dark, back-brushed nimbus
gave the suggestion of some great, fine
lady of another-day. The magnificent
sweep of her black brows seemed to dress
her forehead. The blood of her vigorous
body burned In her crimson checeks and
Hps. She moved In an atmosphere of vital
energy. She dominated Jhe room."
Somebody asked who was Mrs. Essing
ton? A friend answered: "Oh. she's
Kitty WykofTs daughter. Kitty married
"her to some. English man a wretch. She's
lived in England for years." A bon mot:
"Tho reputation for wit hangs on the
things a man has said, and the things you
hope he'll presently say. He's like the
'white queen in what's-Its-name Jam
yesterday. Jam tomorrow, but never Jam
today."
A rich New Torker asked Mrs. Essing
ton why she should not marry him.
"You offer me an active life ln the world,
but I am through with my activities." ha
replied! "Perhaps I, have lived through
things too quickly. But I know I like you
too much to cheat you. which I should do if
1 married you. I can't I can't do It.
"Is this the last word?" he said, half risen.
She nodded, her eyes full of tears. "Good
bye."
Essential In American llWtory. by Dr. At
bert Bushnell Hart. The Ajnerlcan Book
Co.. New York.
This is one of the most up-to-date and
complete American histories published
and cannot fall to meet commendation.
Dr. Hart lsc professor of history at Har
vard University and Is well qualified by
scholarship, reputation, experience and
sympathy to write a history that will
live. His book of over COO pages, and
splendidly Illustrated, brings up our his
tory through the Spanish war to the com
mencement, by Americans, of the Panama
canal even a picture of the Flatlron
building In New York City Is not for
gotten. Dr. Hart's treatment of the events
of the Civil war Is dispassionate and fair.
his epitomized account of that struggle
being most valuable. He lays emphasis
on the principle of "an indestructible
Union composed of Indestructible states."
and with considerable skill he explains
the financial agitation following the sll-
er question
His views are sound and sane, just the
sort to give strength and conviction to
young students. Dates and names, un
less attractively presented in a history.
become a cause of weariness, but Dr. Hart
has done his task so well that the In
terest he stirs never flags. His chapter
on economic nnd social Issues, from 1S85
to 1S&7. affecting transportation, tariff and
growth of corporations, ought to be
closely read. The maps showing the
growth of this country with the dates
on which the various states were re
ceived Into the Union are most Interest
ing.
Selection From Roman Law. by Dr. James
J. Robinson. The American Book Co.,
New York.
Scholars are agreed that of all peoples
of antiquity the Romans displayed the
greatest political and legal genius and
that Rome's most enduring monument
nnd greatest contribution to the modern
world Is her Jurisprudence. In the pres
ent book of 301 pages. Dr. Robinson, for
merly Instructor ln Latin. Yale Univer
sity, bos written "Selections from the
Public and Private Law of the Romans,"
with a commentary to serve as an Intro
duction to the subject, and has done his
work ln most commendable fashion. Tho
authorities he has consulted are numer
ous and representative. His intention ls
to present to students of Latin a selec
tion of texts ln Latin gathered from a
field worthy of study, by those who would
broaden their view of Roman life and In
stitutions, as well as by those who would
extend their acquaintance with the Latin
languuge beyond the confines of the au
thors usually read in a college course.
Dr. Robinson has not rhado an attempt
in the selections to present the kiw of
any one period. In the texts are given
laws relating to freemen and slaves, guar
dianship, acquisition of property, the law
of things, the law of Inheritance. con
tractsIn short, the eternal principles
that now form the chief part of the laws
of modern nations,
HUtory and Government of the United
States for Evening School, by William
Estabrook Chancellor. The American
Book Co.. New York.
It Is a remarkable fact that many for
eigners have entered city evening schools
In Eastern states, within a day or two
after their arrival on our shores. Of
theiv, few have practical Ideas about
America or her history. This condensed
history by Mr. Chancellor, who Is super
lntendent of public Instruction. Pater
son. N.'J.. Is a welcome contribution. His
work is admirable, and he has placed just
the right sort of emphasis In describing
historical periods. He Is fair In his treat
ment of such subjects regarding which
new arrivals In this country have per
plexing Ideas, and at the beginning o
his book docs not waste time discussing
prehistoric days, but at once plunges Into
a sensible review of our country and Its
resources. The pictures shown are very
good.
Aeschylus "Prometheus," with introduction
notes, and critical appendix by Professor
Joseph Edward Harry. The American
Book Co.. New York.
In our school days that now seem to
have existed so long ago wo invariably
remembered the ureek tragic poet Aes
chylus as the ancient who suffered be
cause an eagle mistook his bald head for
a stone and dropped a tortoise the bird
had been carrying to break the shell with
fatal results; and the poet was also re
memtered as having achieved distinction
by boasting that he had never Introduced
Into his pJays a woman in love. His
"Prometheus" is not an allegory, but a
poem ln the purest sense of the word, in
the present volume, the poem ls carefully
edited, accomoanied bv notes which have
been prepared with Infinite care. Profes
sor Harry Is the professor of urees m tne
university of Cincinnati.
De Amulett. an historical novel written in
German, by Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, with
Introduction, notes, and vocabulary by C
C. Glascock. American Book Co.. New
York.
Those who wish to read this historical
novel In the original German, written by
Herr Meyer, who was born In Switzerland
In 1S23 and died In 1S9S this ls an op
portunity, in "Das Amulett, Mans
Schadai. a Bernese Protestant, depicts the
closing events In the life of the great
French Hugenot, Admiral Collgny, whose
secretary he had been, and vividly de
lineates the. massacre of St. Bartholomew.
More than one critic has remarKea mat
In Meyer's writings a fondness for the
gruesome ls apparent, and It ls very no
ticeable In "Das Amulett." Mr. Glascock.
who has done his work well. Is Instructor
ln German In the Sheffield Scientific
School, Yale University.
Million of Mischief, by Headon Hill. $t.30.
The Saalfleld Publishing Company, AKron.
Ohio.
An English novel; protraylng a daring
attempt to kill Lord Alphington. Prime
Minister of Great Britain. The instru
ment the conspirators select Is Arthur
Rivlngton. who, at the opening of the
story. Is condemned to die on a false
charge that he had poisoned his mother
and sister. Out of such material, the
author has woven the thread of a slnster.
yet striking story, enlightened by devo
tion of a sweetheart. The title, "Millions
of Mischief," Is taken from "Julius
Caesar." act 4. scene L The 312 pages
are filled to the brim and running over
with sensational, rapid-fire action. There
are four Illustrations.
The Fairy Reader, adapted from Grimm and
Andersen, by James Baldwin. Illustrated.
The American Book Co.. New York.
Children who have completed half of the
regular work of the first year grade.
and who have learned to read with com
mendable fluency In any standard first
reader, will have no difficulty In master
ing these fairy tales, as the language used
by Grimm and Anderson has been changed
to a slmpler,style. to suit the needs for
which this lii.ie book was Intended. The
print 13 excellent.
IX IjIBKARY" and workshop
A. S. Barnes Co onnnnnp. n n Aiittrnllan
edition of "The Wanderers." by Henry C.
Rowland.
John Luther Long, the author of "Madame
Butterfly." has completed the manuscript of
a volume of short storlos.
A Canadian edition of "Partners of the
Tide." Joseph C. Lincoln's new novel. Is be
ing bought out by a Toronto Arm.
John Luther Long, the author of "Mad
ame Butterfly." has completed the manu
script of a volume of short stories, which tho
Macmlllan Company have in preparation foV
early Issue.
The Flying Lesson; Ten Sonnets: Two
Conzonl: Double Sestlnl. From Petrarch." by
Agnes Tobln. It Is published In London by
Wllliam Helnemann and ln San Francisco by
raul Elder & Co.
"Concrete Steel: A Treatise on the Theory
and Practice of Reinforced Concrete Con
struction." by W. Nobis Twelvetrees. Is an
nounced for Immediate Issue. The volume ls
illustrated with many diagrams and tables.
Amos R. Wells, managing editor of The
Christian Endeavor World, has Just completed
a new work on the subject of the unification
of denominations entitled. "That They All
May Be One." which will be published in the
Fall.
Longmans. Green Jfc Co. hare just pub
lished a new novel by Rev. Mr. Sheehan. au
thor of "My New Curate." It Is entitled
"Glenauer." and like his other books It deals
with Irish life In an Intimate and thought
ful way.
Mme. Waddlngton's "Italian Letters of a
Diplomat's Wife." has already been put into
a second edition by Charles Scrlbner's Sons,
and seems likely to be as successful as "The
Letters of a Diplomat's Wife," which ls
now In Its eighth edition.
One of the conspicuous figures In school li
brary work. Rev. Judson Shaw, late field
secretary of the Young Citizens' League, has
completed a popular book describing the
larger features of our National life, entitled
"Uncle Sam and His Children."
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell denies the authorship
of "The House of Cards," a recent story of
Philadelphia life, which had been attributed
to htm by several of the leading papers. The
book has also been attributed to another dls
tlngulshed Phlladelphlan. Owen Wlster.
The Celebrity." by Winston Churchill.
which made a considerable stir at the time
of Its original Issue ln 1S07. appears this
week In x large edition Its 23d In paper
covers. Last week's Issue In the Macmlllan
paper novel series was Robert Herrlck's "The
Real World."
"The Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Wife"
has met with the same success as did the
first book of Madame Woddlngton. "The Let
ter. of a Diplomat's Wife." "The Italian
Letters" are already in their second edition
at the same time that the "Letters of
Diplomat's Wife" has gone Into the eighth
edition.
Stewart Edward White, who has lately fin
lshed some new stories for McCIure's Maga
zine. Is spending the Summer In the Cali
fornia mountains. In the 'service of the
United States Government, and also hopes
to get a shot at bear. A new edition of
his flrst book. 'The Claim Jumpers," Is
announced.
Soft and beautiful pictures of Bettwsy
Coed. Llanberls. Llandudno, Carnarvon, and
other of the loveliest parts of Wales form
the Illustrations of the volume on "Wales."
Just published. Edward Thomas' book, full
of lively and racy Impressions of the country,
ls illustrated by 7.i paintings by Robert
Fowler, reproduced in color.
The Macmlllan Company are to be the pub
lishers in this country of "Black's Medical
Dictionary." a volume of approximately th
size of 'The Statesman's Year-Book." biX.
not so thick. It will be a fairly completn
compendium of diseases and matters per
tainlng to medicine and surgery, presented
In popular form and fully Illustrated.
"In th Days of Milton, a Picture of His
Life and Times." is the title of Mr. Tudor
Jenks forthcoming book In "The Lives of
Great Writers" series, a series which Is find
ing much favor ln college and high school
study of English literature, as well as with
the general public. Mr. Jenks' new book
will be uniform with hi "Chaucer." which
has been recently published In England, and
his "Shakespeare."
The Century Company reports as among
the best selling books Alice Hegan Rice's
"SandyC and Dr. S. Weir Mitchell's "Con
stance Trescott." It may be noted that
the practice of Informing the public as to
the number of copies sold seems to have
been generally discarded' by publishers. We
hear much of new editions, by which Is
meant new "printings," but as to the size-
of the editions nothing Is said.
"Barbara." the author of 'The Garden of a
Commuter's Wife." "People of the Whirl
pool" and 'The Woman Errant," books
which have delighted a very large number of
readers, has mad a new departure In her
new novel which the Macmlllan Company
will publish In July. "At the Sign of the
Fox." as the new story Is called, ls de
scribed as a romance with a distinctly strong
plot, having the praise of work as Its under
lying motive.
A good deal has been said both for and
against the personal character of King Kala-
kaua. of Hawaii. Iobel Strong, author of
"The Girl from Home." not only In her book
but out of It., speaks In his favor. Mrs.
Strong may be regarded as an authority.
She lived several years In Hawaii and was
one of Kalakaua a persona friends. She de
scribes him as every Inch a king when thero
was need. Sut with a little twinkle in hl
eye for his friends, to show them that he
realized ho was king of a comic opera em
plre. Handsome and straight, the flower of
the. type of Malay manhood, he had the phys
lcal qualities to carry off regal dignity. He
was a man of Infinite accomplishments; above
all. a musician, with a fine voice. Often to
entertain his court he uwd to sing native
songs to hU own accompaniment on the na
tive Instrument, the eukalele. Though Mr.
Strong admits there may have been soma
basis for the stories of his drinking, she
feela that they have exaggeratedly belled htm.
a
"The Hebrew Prophet." by the Rev. Lorlng
W. Batten, rector of St. Mark's CITSrch.
New York, will be published shortly. The
book U described as a brief statement of
the origin, development and phenomena of
Hebrew prophecy, a divine Institution estab
lished to foster the moral and spiritual
growth of the people of Israel. Its con
clusions, are the fruit of modern scholarship,
but at the same time they are conserva
tive and constructive.
An artistic treat is the current number of
the Burlington Magazine, the American pub
lisher of which ls Robert Grler Cooke, of
New York. This magazine Is for connois
seurs, and principally tells once a month in
a dignified way what Is going on in the
world of art. but not from a nurelv news
point of view. The plate illustrations are of
high class excellence and the paper used ls
superb. Petruccl gives a most Interesting
article on Constantln Meunier. the artist.
The Funk & Wagnalls Company have Just
published the 10th volume of the great
jewisn encyclopedia." which will be com
pleted by November by the 'appearance of
two more volumes. The entire work will
contain over S00O pages and about 2000 pic
tures. Over GOO editors and collaborators
have been employed upon this great work
or reference, the cost of which has been
about $730,000. The 10th volume, which
comprises 11S2 topics, extends from Phllllp
son to Samoscz.
There ls an important addition to litera
ture in the July issue of "Success Magazine"
in the flrst of a series of six complete de
tective stories by Alfred Henry Lewis, the
well-known author of the "Wolfvllle" books.
Mr. Lewis central figure ls Inspector Val.
tne prototype of one of the most successful
of the younger detectives of the Central
Office force of New Tork City, and several of
Mrs Lewis stories are based on some things
that have actually happened. His first storr
Is entitled, "The Mystery of Washington
Square."
A very attractive deaf-mute Is one of the
characters ln Charle Egbert Craddock's new
novel. "The Storm Center." which the Mac
mlllan Company are about to publish. This
little girl of 8 years, far from allowing tne
Infirmity to hamper her development or her
energies, ls so full of life and self-confidence
and employs so cleverly her naturally bright
mind, that she Is really mofd Intelligent than
other children of her age. She plays an
important part in the trial of Baynell. and in
the love between the Federal captain and
the Southern beauty.
In the recent ocean yacht race, James B.
Connolly, author of "On Tybee Knoll." which
has just been published, seemed to have a
much harder voyage than his brother author,
Henry C. Rowland, whose "Wanderers" has
also recently seen the light. Mr. Connolly
on the Fleur de Lys experienced a succession
of storms throughout the trip across. The
yacht was driven by a Gloucester skipper and
for two days the passengers were kept be
low deck and members of the crew narrowly
escaped being washed overboard. Doubtless
the author of "On Tybee Knoll" will profit
In a literary sense by his experience.
It Is Interesting to note the attention
given to an American expositor of recent
science by the leading scientists abroad In
the case of Professor R. K. Duncan's re
markable book. The New Knowledge." Just
published by A. S. Barnes & Co. Of this
book M. Becquercl, the great French scien
tist, has Just written: "The New Knowl
edge Is abreast of the newest Ideas evolved
from the study of radio-activity, and I
felicitate Professor Duncan on the manner
ln which he has condensed for the reader
the subject matter of the whole science."
E. Phillips Oppenhelm's latest romance.
"The Master Hummer," ls brought Into the
whirl of current events by the elopement
scandal that lately upset one of the royal
circles of the German empire, according to a
Nw York critic, who says: "Like the un
fortunate Princess In real life, the Princess
of Waldenburg 'had a profound conviction
of the Inalienable right of a woman to live,
out her life to Its fullest capacity,' which
means that she fell In love with an actor,
the 'Master Hummer (Instead of a music
master) and did not, any more than her
actual prototype, shrink from the sequell"
Harold MacGrath. whose popular novel?.
"The Man on the Box" and "The Prlncew
Elopes." are selling well, was at his club
recently, dining with several financiers. The
gentleman at the right understood his name
when he' was Introduced, but failed to asso
ciate It with the greased-llghtnlng novelist.
The talk, of course, was money, and was In
teresting. The need of capital for huge en
terprises was the mainspring. Finally Mr.
MacGrath spoke up to his right-hand neigh
bor. "Yes, money ls always necessary. I need it
In my business, too."
"Pardon me. Mr. MacGrath. -but what la
your business?"
"Spending it," said Mr. MacGrath.
Had the Russians been as agile with their
hands and feet as with their tongues, the
Japs might have had to wage a more diffi
cult war. As many symbols of mysterious
contingency as in the Welsh speech, have
gone to frame the fearful symmetry of Rus
sian. Prince Kropotkln's recent book. "Rus
sian Literature." gives In Its table of con
tents a good sample of proper names. Imag
ine a Russian rollcall. or an order In bat
tle, with names like "Tchernyshevskiy" and
"Hvoschlnskaya." Perhaps these reach a
letter or two less ln the Russian script
Prince Kropotkln has followed throughout In
his book the French system of spelling. It
Is this system which, to the Irritation of
some Russian specialists, has established ln
English "Tartars" Instead of "Tatars" and
"Siberia" Instead of "Clberla."
An English correspondent writes the tpub
Ushern suggesting that the brilliant author
of "The Yellow War" (McCIure-Phllllps).
vho conceals himself under the' nom de
plume "O." Is Captain James, the well
known war correspondent of the London
Times. This would account for the Intimate
knowledge which the book displays of the
Japanese war both on land and sea, for
Captain James organized and directed the
dispatch boat Halmun. which, equipped with
wireless telegraphy and American operators,
built up a great Journalistic record last Sum
mer In the yellow war. Captain James, who
Is a young man Just over 30. Is credited
with having seen more varied fighting than
any other man of his age. His record In
cludes five campaigns on the Indian fron
tier, the Karthoum expedition. South Africa.
Macedonia, and. the Far East, on both sea
and land. He will be most "familiar to
American readers as the author of the series
of articles on the American Army and West
Point, which appeared in the London Times.
The Nurses Journal of the Pacific Coast, a.
quarterly magazine, published from 140 Fern
avenue. San Francisco, has been received. It
meets a long-needed want, ls filled with val
uable and seasonable Information to those
Interested, and ought to have a sure future.
Those ln charge of the magazine "nope
through its Influence to aid much In the
Improvement of training schools for nurses
on the Pacific Coast by interesting the gen
eral public In up-to-date methods approved
by practical experience, and to keep nurses
in this section of the country In touch with
such progress here and elsewhere. Several
of the articles are: "Evolution of the Train
ing School." "Meat." "Nursing Among the
Chinese of San Francisco," "Alcohol. Its
Use and Abuse," "The Hourly Nurse as a
Surgical Specialist." Accompanying are per
sonal and news matters, announcements of
marriages and lists of new members. A quo
tation ls given on page 19S from ex-Empress
Eugenie: "Life ls hard nevertheless the
great thing ls courage. 'Give courage to
others. It is better than money. Courage
springs from love, and love has been called
the greatest thing on earth."
The New Tork State Library has prepared
a classified list of the 85 best books pub
lished In America last year for a village
library. Of the SS books, the following 17
are published by the Macmlllan Company:
The Sin of David." by Stephen Phillips:
"Getting Acquainted With the Trees," by
J. Horace McFarland; "The Fat of the
Land." by Dr. John W. Streeter; "The His
tory of American Music." by Louis C. Elson;
"The Adventures of Elizabeth ln Rugen." by
the author of "Elizabeth and Her German
Garden;" "Japan: An Attempt at Interpre
tation," by La Tcad lo Hearn: "Highways and
Byways of the South," by Clifton Johnson;
"History of the United States of America."
by Henry W. Elson: 'Theodore Roosevelt,
the Citizen." by Jacob A. Rlls; "Remi
niscences of Peace and War." by Mrs. Roger
A. Pryor; "Thomas Nast: His Period and
His Pictures." by Albert Bigelow Paine;
The Crosllng." by Winston Churchill; 'The
Common I.ot." by Robert Herrlck: 'The Sea
Wolf." by Jack London: "Dux Chrlstus." by
Dr. William Elliott Grlffls: "Poverty." by
Robert Hunter, and "Old-Time Schools and
School Bo)ks," by Clifton Johnson.
J. M. Q.