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34: THE SUXDAT OREGOXIAX, POBTLAND, JULY 16, 1905. AT 'arte W7VfrW&J 3 The Church of Christ, by a layman. 12mo. Cloth, 336 pages. $1 net. Funk & Wag- nalls Company, New York. Take Jesus from civilization and you change Its history, poetry, art, literature, government, morals, religion, and Its hopes .of the great hereafter. Since his death, art Is purer, prose holler, poetry sweeter; man enjoys more, lives better, dies happier; truth has new significance: life better objects, hope better prospects, and death new revela tions. Jesus lives in poetry. No name is so frequently rung as his. Strike it from the poetry of civilization and the dearest and sweetest song3 cannot be sung. The poetry of the past would be marred and the songs of the saints hushed forever. Jesus In poetry Is the name chief among ten thou sand and will be sung around the world till the latest age of time. That Is a sample paragraph of the series of discourses making1 up the book. 'The Church of Christ," written by a man who admits he is a member of the Young Men's Christian Associa tion, but who does not give his name. But there's one thing that is spread over all his pages he Is a Protestant preacher, and, with the exception that he is a foe to dcnominationalism, he otherwise argues along orthodox lines with fine skill, but often lacks catholic ity of sentiment. For instance, on page 286 he liberally quotes adverse criti cisms against, the Roman Catholic Church as to the number of persons who were killed during- the terror reign of the Inquisition. But he for gets to add that when the Protestants, especially those in England and Scot land, we're strong enough in temporal power they lost no ,time in shedding the blood of Catholics. He pays his respects to the Jews in this sentence: "The heathen religions being ethical or national, did not propose to go into the world and convert all other na tions or peoples to their form of wor Hhip. Nor is the Jewish religion ex empt from this narrowness. In the 1500 years of its history we do not find that the Jews converted to their re ligion a village, town or city, much , less a nation. It is true they made some proselytes, but the Jewish sys tem of religion was restricted to Is rael as a nation. They are nowhere commanded in that system to become a missionary people or convert other na tions to their religion." Catholics, Episcopalians and a few others pride themselves on the purity of their apostolic succession from Borne. But this view is rudely dis turbed by the author of "The Church of Christ." He writes: "Jesus says : Upon this rock this truth this con fession "I will build my church. Not have built, but will build. The church is spoken of here as still In the future, not yet as an established fact." The author takes the view that the mod ern evolution of society began with "the Lutheran reformation, when it was learned that every member of Christ's Church was a King and priest unto God. The well-known quotation from Max Mullcr Is referred to that no such word as "mankind" is. found in human language before Christ; that there is nothing in language to express the kinship of the race. Our author, of course, holds to the belief that Jesus Christ is necessary to the world's sal vation. Ho thinks that 4while Prot estant nations owe their advancement to the protest they made against Cath olic dominatlon,fand Protestant Chris tians are the foremost leaders in civil ization and reHgion; their work Is crippled and cannot be finally suc cessful until the churches are united, or the Church of Christ In its purity and simplicity is restored." Here is one suggestive paragraph: Divisions In the churches waste millions of dollars In publishing useless and worse than useless creeds, formulas and confessions of faith, !n erecting sometimes a number of houses In one village where one would meet the entire wants of the. community, and In employing the same number of preachers to maintain and defend the peculiar tenets of each denomination, -which money might be expended in providing for the poor, caring for orphans, sending missionaries -and cir culating the Bible In heathen lands. Lodges or human organizations do sot commit such folly. ,On page 311 occurs this bold expres sion: "The union of Christians can never be effected while creeds hold their place. They stand directly in the way of such union. Their unau thorized terms of fellowship can never be compiled xlih by. alV GQiftX J;fee OF TRINPtfNG 50UU5 greatest epigram in the book Is this: "It would take a God to forge a Jesus." The trouble with too many clergy men, especially those who have salaries approaching 54000 a year, is that they think they have a mortgage on the Al mighty. They hand you interpreta tions of tholr own manufacture, and if you refuse these and live your life as the light is given you, you attack what the clergyman says he Is, God's anointed! In other words, the clergy man may attack you for your unbe lief, but you may never attack him. All of which makes the happy condition of union so earnestly hoped for by the author of "The Church of Christ," somewhat of an impossibility in our j d.ay and generation with its fighting creeds. The author of this interest ing book deserves credit for speaking out. Ho calls things by their proper name, and dares to be original. Husband. Wife and Home, by Charts Fred- ! erlck Goss. D. D.. $1 net. The Vlr Pub lishing Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Sober-minded, thoughtful observers of the times are agreed that life does not mean married and getting married, or that all men born o' woman should get married. It is also accepted that on suf ficient evidence, divorce ho wever much we hate all that the word Implies should be granted by the judicial power for other than what are called Scriptural grounds. . This is In opposition to the teachings laid down in 75 per cent of Dr. Goas otherwise Interesting book. Twenty or 30 years ago, what Dr. Goss believes in would stand water. TVc have changed, and the times with us. It is not given to every man to reproduce his kind. And there is no denying the fact that not withstanding the cry against race eul dde, parents fed that there Is moral ob jection to their bringing more children Into the world than they can feed, clothe, educate and start on the race of life. Men are not marrying, as did their fath ers. The cause? Some blame the condi tions imposed by the encroachments of corporate wealth which crowds the small storekeeper to the wall and forces him to swell tfie army of employes serving a corporation at small wages. Others blame the increased cost of living.tbe profligaje example of the plutocracy, the Innate selfishness of the race, and what are delicately called physical causes. Yet Dr. Goss says. "Marry arid have children and a home." He writes, page 20: Nothing can be so pitiful, futile, and tragic as to try to avoid the responsibilities of sex. They are inevitable; they are Im posed by heaven and are divinely arranged for our highest good. It Is neces-ary for us to accept them and to discharge them nobly. It is the solemn obligation of men and wo men to marry, to rear children, to make as asylum for the helpless members of their family circle; to toil, to economize, o sac. rlflce, and It necessary to die for others. Have you been dodging and skulking along the pathway of life, to avoid some of these gracious obligations? For shame. Come' out into the open. Meet that obligation face to face. Embrace it in your arms asd press it to your heart. In his campaign against divorce. Dr. Goss to make his argument strong need lessly gives foolish and trivial grounds on which applications for divorce have been made In American courts, grounds which few American Judges would accept as satisfactory for dissolving a marriage tic. A saner view would be: Look on divorce as a disease requiting surgical treatment. Neglect of neurosthasia would lead the patient to the Insane asylum, and neglect of appendicitis or cancer would mean speedy death. Dr. Goss also gives rules for governing a shrewish wife, which .are amusing. He paints a picture of happy family life. May all who read his book experience that Joy, if it be their good fortune. Dr. Goss Is better known as the author of "The Redemption of David Carson," The Elder Brother, by Theodore D. Jervey. $1.50. The Neale Publishing Company, New York. Anything presenting a picture of life In the Southern states during the reconstruc tion period and Immediately after, and which also treats Intelligently of the race question, Is worth reading and sure to provide matter for earnest thought. Such a novel is "The Elder Brother." peculiar ly adapted to the general reader, poli tician and 'Churchman. The elder brother is one Rupert Gordon, aad the conditions under which he grew 9 manliness and unselfishly took care of the development of his younger brother, Berwick, are skillfully pictured. OfAurte, in a South ern novel there Is a good Ai of gun piy. laifcaV U lq af oce Jt a. Southern newspaper office, and the hero ine is a young woman of education and character. Rupert is a bit of a philosopher in his way. "I can't see why England has benefited so greatly by free trade," he observes, on one occasion. "I have in my blood a feeling that the country which cannot sustain a thriving agricultural class rests upon & most Insecure founda tion, and hers is pretty well gone, with this Manchester free trade idea. And even if the wealth and power of England have increased, she has. to my mind, parted with the best part of herself," (Mr. Chamberlain's friends will please note.) ' "That best, as you term it," remarks old Mr. Gordon, "stolidly and stubbornly followed Lord North In his stupid policy which lost England her American colo nics." "But," says Rupert, "it enabled her to overthrow Napoleon." The general opin ion of the Gordons seems to have been that General Robert E. Iee, of the Con federate Army, was the superior of Na poleon and Wellington In generalship. All of which Is eminently typical of a fanati cal believer in the lost cause. The opportunity of the negro at the date of his emancipation and the fate await ing him because of his failure or Inability sufficiently to grasp citizenship, are treat ed with a liberal spirit. There aro two good chapters, describing a Republican county convention and a Diocesan con vention. The Square Deal, by Herbert B. Mulford aad Trumbull White. The Million Edition. A mass of figures and arguments, show ing that everything industrial In this country Is being. throttled by soulless cor porations and trusts; that the American people are ruled by graft, and that the rich are growing richer and the poor poorer. "What is the remedy? Revolution or evolution? Mr, Mulford and Mr. "White, in their book of 426 pages, think that the panacea is a combination of community ownership or Governmental regulation of greater public utilities than we now dream of. After reading hundreds of pages of In dictment against both employer and em ployed, and being told of the Iniquities of Standard Oil. Beet Trust, railroad mergers, graft In high places especially In Minneapolis and Philadelphia the re lationship of thievery to high finance, wo aro thankful we do know honest men and that at least the air wc breathe and the sun ' that gives us warmth are not controlled by trusts. The fault easily dis cernible in this book is that the authors do not seem to believe In the sober. strong common sense of the people of this country, and the ability of the latter through republicanism to assert them selves by the use of the ballot to cure existing evils in the body politic In their word pictures of graft and class poverty, the authors have gone quite as far as. either Mlsa Tar bell or Lincoln Stiffens. Yet they have skillfully avoided thcTabuse of any one political party, and steered a middle course between employ ers' associations and trade unions. The stand taken by President Roosevelt la demanding for every man "a square deal, no less and no more," meets the en thusiastic approval of Mr. Mulford and Mr. White. Their book Is embellished by hundreds of Illustrations, of marked industrial interest- Mr. Mulford Is aWall- strect correspondent and financial editor of the Chicago Evening Post. Mr. white Is the author of the books, "The "World's Progress" and "Our New Possessions." The copyright is held by W. R. Vansant. As showing the scope of the book, here are the titles of the chapters! Tbo cry for the square deal; the anti-trust wave; who owns the United States?; how many millions change hands, the credit sys tem: perils threatened by the money trust the danger of bank concentration; the life Insurance trust, one of the greatest financial scandals of the age: Standard Oil; war on Standard Oil; the Beef Trust; the greatest of all monopolies, the Rail road Trust; danger in railway monopoly; railway abuses laid bare; juggling- with dollars, or how speculation is carried on; difference between speculation and Invest ment; morality In Wall street; lying to make money, how Wall street thrives on false rumors: what's what in btisjness; the Senate of American finance; the birth of the trust; "gold bricks"; the Steel Trust; the Copper Trust; some other big trusts: the Harvester Trust; the rise of & great nation; money; how a nation pays its debts to foreign countries; toil versus luxury; muscle against money; weapons of the Labor Trust, the strike and boycott: crimes of labor, strike, vio lence and its cause: capital's answer to labor, no square deal" for the public; Socialism: graft la American cities; the grafter in business; and. What are you going to do about It? Por those who had not time to read recent magazine literature, a resume is given of financial revelations affecting James H. Hyde's connection with the Equitable life Assurance Society of New York, and Miss Tar bell's exposures of Standard OIL A whole chapter is devoted to show -that the aggregation of capital may become more powerful than the TJnllcd States Government, Itself, Ssf pnasis is -iaia on xne ueciarauon spoxea by John D. Rockefeller. Jr.. at Brown University: "The American Beauty rose can be produced in all Its splendor only by sacrificing the early buds that grew up around It. The rose has bthle, asd In order to produce the American Beauty .Jjue j-ardeser goes around with, a knife 'W and snips SS9, in order that all the strength and beauty may be forced Into one bloom" an argument for trusts and Incidentally Standard OIL In a list of companies in which the Standard Oil "is almost all-powerful." the book quotes the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, Oregon Short Line and the Oregon & Cali fornia. On page 255 the statement Is made that 23 men in the directorate of the National City Bank, of New York City, represent Interests that control about one- tenth of the wealth of the United States. After the authors show how the public Is buffeted about between rival Industrial armies when strikes arise, a movement is noted among the people looking to three possible alternatives: a further possible concentration of the control of produc tion and commerce In this country, so as to produce a condition in which competi tion shall be reduced to a minimum; So cialism the seizure of the machinery of production and transportation in name of the state, and the establishment of the collective commonwealth; or a system In which capital shall have liberty to combine In corporations but. shall be sub ject to the law of publicity, compelled to account for Its acts to the people, and held under reasonable Governmental reg ulation, so that a proper balance shall be preserved between concentration and competition. The authors make complaint that newspapers have been bought up to stifle the cry for the square deal, and say that "venality exists with the press as everywhere else." Clothes press, or wine press? Here Is the kernel of the book: If capital is being educated to consider the needs of the poor in order to set a bet ter example to the wage-earner, the work ing class Is being educated to the power of the ballot. For there Is no doubt that the wage-earners are In the majority, asd that therefore they can legally declare- might to be right, aad vote to make eves as aweep Ine chances In existing conditions as the confiscation of public utilities and other tools of production, and thereby displace the Drrrent system of capital domination by community ownership put aside -15 bewil dering state hands, for one -great National hand. When Lore Is King, by Margaret Doyle Jackson. Illustrations by Cb, Gruswald. G. W. Dillingham Co.. New York. Two lovers. A rock-ribbed coast. And a horse with English stirrups dan Sling- from a saddle. England surely that is woat the picture In tne front ispiece says, and. the surmise Is correct one. "When Love Is King" Is a story of mining life in that part of the world that once wa3 Cornwall be fore the earth swallowed it for Its own. The hero Is a person of strong personality. Todhunter Fayson, mining engineer. Once, he -and another boy named Luke Lyttle. wnile foraging over cliffs found a skeleton, and in their terror the boys ran. but in the darkness that came quickly, lost their way. Then it wa that Todhunter d rayed: Our father which art Is Heaves, Hallowed be thy name. Oh God, we're down here Is the Puffing Hole an' we can't get out. Asd Luke's fallen down asd hurt himself. Oh. please God. put It Is people's minds quick where we are. so they'll come as' get us out. for Jesus sake "cos you know I can't leave Luke. Asd. Oh God. please help me to keep from thinking about the .skeleton. Ames. Jessio Dunham, "the poppy lady." had the esteemed happiness of having- two men in love with her at the same time. She is like the cat that had two sau cers covered with milk and wondered which one ought to be lapped up. first. Finally she decides on Todhunter, and a pure love story Is unfolded, told wlta remarkable literary skilL The strongest writing- in tho book Is that part walch describes the earthquake that struck CornwalL Just the novel for a quiet va cation. Its trend is clean and whole some. Isldro. by Mary Austin. $1.50- Houghton. Mifflin & Co- Boston. The peal of monastery bells; a gold cross flashing- from a mission building- in a sun-kissed California valley; bad, bold, border Indians; a young man who left his home to be a priest, and who ttidn't because he loved fighting, ad venture and a maid, 'too well; the gal lop on horseback and the delicious thrill to feel good horseflesh between one's knees; the romance of the mission fathers- when the last century was young are a few of the mind pictures in Mrs. Austin's new novel "isldro. The illustrations are by Eric Pape. The tale starts In spirited fashion: It was Is the year of our Lord IS" and the Spring coming oa lustily, when Isldro. the youager soa of Antonio Escobar, rode out to seek bis fortune, singing lightly to the Jingle of his bit and bridle rein, as If it were no great matter for a maa with good CasUllan b!ood 1 him. asd bis youth at high tide, to become a priest; rode merrily. In fact, as If be already saw the end of all that coll of mischief and murder asd love, as If he saw Padre Saavedra appeased, Mascano dead, and himself happy la his owa chimney corner, bo priest, but the head of a great house, la trath, Isldro saw none of these Ihlags. but t was. a day to make a maa dag-, whatever he saw. The authoress. Mrs. Mary Austin, was born at Carllnville. I1L After fin ishing a university course a serious illness dreve ner to California aad friendly destiny nrevlded that she should settle 1b the new and nnta-ned lands about the Sierra Nev&ias and toe jpen edtc All of her .writing-, like life, deals with out-of-door things. J nights under the pines, breaking- trail f up new slopes, heat, cloud bursts, wild beasts, sheep and mountain bloom, all equally delightful because understood. Her home Is at Independence. CaL. where her husband is a Government land agent. She has made a careful study of the mission days in writing' "Isidrc." and believes it to be an his torically accurate and fair picture of the times. It aroused much favorable comment during- Its serial publication In the Atlantic When Isldro meets what he supposes' to be an Indian girl, he fights with her captor and secures her liberty. Then Isldro and Jaclnta, tho girl ride off on horseback. Here is a specimen of the young- Spanish cavalier's coolness: Jaclnta said little of any sort, but that to the point. "Senor" she said, when tber came to an opes grassy valley, riding side by side, "when you,have me at Sas Antonio what will you do with me?" "Marry you." said Isldro, with the great est cheerfulness. How Jaclnta was discovered to be the long-lost daughter of a Spanish commandantc and her various wan derings. Is told with fine literary skill. and the finish Is a satisfactory, sane one. This Is one of the Pacific Coast books of the season. It is no chance shot. The bull's eye is hit every time. With the 13th MlaseseU la the Philippines, by John Bowe. A. B. Farsham Printing Co.. Minneapolis, Minn. We expect much from a soldier's ac count of battles in which he actually took part, and especially Army life In the Philippines, Including the capture of Ma nila, eta Portland people still remember when the gallant Minnesota boys passed through this city on their way home from the war, and the military and social friendships between Oregon and Minne sota are many. The Second Oregon were comrades with the Thirteenth Minnesota for a time, and fought and bled together. Probably no more savage book about American Army life In the Philippines, from the viewpoint of the volunteer sol dier, has ever been published than Mr. Bowc's. Here and there his word pic tures have a rough, lively humor, but he fairly revels in exposing regimental scandals and brutality of certain officers of his regiment. It almost seems a pity to bring up these matters at this late day. Why not allow them to rest? The book would be a much better one if It had been more carefully edited and certain sen tences omitted, especially on page 3S. All of which Is said with the kindliest feel ings toward the soldier-author. Oa the We-a Trail, by Caroline Brown. The Macmlllan Co., New York. The inimitable style of .J. Fenlmore Cooper Is recalled In the skillful treat ment of Indian fights, forest life, French voyageurs and battles to the death be tween the Americans and tho English and Indian allies, detailed In this paper-cover book of 331 pages. The period chosen for illustration Is the close of the Revolution ary War, when Great Britain and Amer ica were fighting for the possession of what Is now the Illinois country. The best descriptive writing; In the book Is tho siege of Ouibache, where Clark and Hamilton struggled for mastery. The old grandmother who smoked and emptied the "dottle" Into her palm; Ferrlby, the forest maid: Lancaster, the American woodsman; St, Vraln. the voyageur; Ah-mah-nac-o, the Indian chief, are all grandly drawn. This Is a good story of adventure calculated to stir the good, red blood In every one's veins. It Is dedicated to the Sons and Daughters of the Revo lution. the Colonial Dames and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Foes In Law, by Hhoda Broughton. The Macmlllan Company, New York. What pleasant memories the name of Rhoda Broughton brings up "Good Bye. Sweetheart." "Cometh Up as a Flower" and other well-remembered novels. And now comes another paper cover novel. "Foes In Law," In which the devious paths of a love story, and the domestic differences between Lat tice Trent and her sister-in-law are Il lustrated. Oddly enough, the first chap ter is composed wholly about a pro posal of marriage which Miss Trent re ceives from Rev. Randall Chevening, and her refusal of the offer I3 unlque. Thats a new method to start a story. The latter is written In typical English dress, placid, calm, restful, and the trend reminds one of Anthony Trol lope. Here is one striking- reply by the rejected lover: As long- as man is man, and woman woman, there will never bo any brothers and sisters, except by blood." Human experience proves this to be true. The Fat of the Xaad. the Story of An Amer ican Farm, by John Williams Streeter. The Macmlllan Co.. New York. All the peace and restful quiet that mark life In the country are conjured when reading this paper-cover story of 405 pages. The narrator Is one who for 3 years had been a physician and sur geon in a large city, but who had such a craving for country life that he gave up his practice and Invested JSO.CCO In a factory farm managed on new lines. The farm management is extensively illus trated In such a conversational manner that one absorbs farm knowledge almost without being aware of It, In four years the farmer shows a surplus of J IS, 925. He says: "It certainly pays to be country bred. Cities draw to themselves the cream of country youngsters. Choose the coun try for your foster-mother. Go to her for consolation, and rejuvenation. Four- fifths of the men and women who do great things are country-bred." The Indian Girl Who Led Them. Sacajawea, by Amy Jane Magulre. The J. K. GUI Co., Portland. At this season, when a statue of the Intrepid bird-woman, who was of such Inestimable -value In making the trip of Lewis and Clark to the Oregon country a success, has just been unveiled In this city, this little volume of S7 pages has arrived at an opportune time. It will make, a most acceptable gift to Eastern friends, as It Is printejL'In handy form. and with covers of thick green paper. The authoress has done her work well. her style Is clear and Interesting, and her book ought to have a large sale. The narrative form of description has been chosen, with excellent results. We know that Sacajawea was a likeable, brave, hu man personage, after we have read this little book. Tho Keal World, by Robert Herrlck. The Macmlllan Co.. New Torlc Three hundred and fifty-six pages of good, wholesome Summer fiction. In paper covers. The central figure In the novel is Jack Pemcerton. a Maine boy, first dreamer and then a Harvard student, and ultimately a hard-headed New York law yer. His college days are not one round of football-playing or dances, but a time of serious preparation for work ahead. He was almost a woman-hater, and after passing through the fire of temptation generated by a Eaarried woman who was not happily married. Pembertoa's re demption came through Isabella Mather. That period of redemption Is a powerful bit of writing. The Metormaalacs, by Lloyd Osbourse. The Bobbs-Merrlll Co.. Indianapolis, Isd. In this little book of 138 pages, includ ing four stories. The Motorsjaniacs," "The Great Babble Syndicate." "Coaloil Johnny" and "Jones." are given lively so ciety sketches about smart, moneyed folk, who drive about In autos. and now and then do a little loveraaklag. The book Is a pleasant one for a holiday. The Werd Picrare, by Jsaa R. Carllsg. lit. tie Brown &. Cow Bests, An iasenloua and taterest-cesaselKng ro mance of modern England, with a shiv ery. emetSenal vein In It, that harka back to some of the horrers of Bdg&r AUan Pee. The tfcrlMsBK sKnatiOBB are sainted by a mater hand. Meat of the Jjrtary; 'efetea to Anslo Ya, am 2tlnxja oC this beak. It win have. 4mk Jjxhtu.' artist, who crucifies his models In order to paint their death agonies on canvas. after the legend of Giotto, the Florentine painter. The Illustrations are by Cyrus Cuneo. and two of his drawings of Vasari, the mad painter, are works of art. IX WORKSHOP AND STUDY. A new'edltlon of "Hawthorne and Lavender" by the celebrated English poet. W. E. Henley, la to be printed. Mrs. Margaret Deland has gone for the Sum mer to her home at Kennebunlcport. Me. She Is now busy with a new novel. Mrs. Humphry Ward's "The Marriage of William Ashe" and Maurice Hewlett's "Fond Adventures," have each gone Into a new edl- L tlon. , . Two novels of which new editions are or dered are "The Descendant," Ellen Glasgow's vigorous study of heredity, and "Between the Lines," Captain Charles King's war story. Mrs. George Madden Martin, author of "Emmy Lou" and "The House of Fulfilment." is convalescing slowly at her home In Anchor age, Ky.. from a serious case of typhoid fever. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of "In the Closed Room," will spend' the Sum mer In her English country home. Maytham Hall. Kent. She has a novel, the first long work from her pen In a number of years, practically completed. James B. Connolly returned from the ocean race by eteamer. and will pass the Summer at his Massachusetts home, with perhaps a trip among his fishermen for the mackerel fish ing. His new book. "On Tybee Knoll," Is published by A. S. Barnes Sc. Co. The Harpers are printing a new edition of "Down South," Rudolf Btckmeyers pictures and sketches of Southern plantation life. The volume, which has a preface by Joel Chandler Harris, contains 4S charming reproductions of Southern enes, printed on flne-toned paper. The famous JIttle classic, by William C Prime. "I Go a-Flehlng." Is being reprinted. The author's rare familiarity with all that is best In literature and hU heartfelt love for Nature In her wilder retreats, make this volume an Ideal companion for a Summer's trip. Since the finish of the ocean race. Dr. Henry C. Rowland, author of "The Wanderers." and a seafarer himself, has been dividing his at tention between Henley and the racing at Kcll. where he handled the Emperor's yacnt. Meteor. He will spend the Summer on the Continent. New edition of two old favorites are or dered: Lew Wallace's "Ben Hur" and Thomas Hardy's "Teas of the d'Urbervlllea." Indica tions point to a great revival of Interest in Tess. " due in part, no doubt, to tne rumor that New York Is to aee an elaborately staged revival of the play this comln? Winter. Phillip Verrlll Mlghels, whose latest novel. "The ultimate Passion." was recently re viewed In these columns, has left Pleasant vllle. N. T.. and has gone with hta wife to California for six or eight weeks. Mr. Mlg hels plans a camping trip through, the loae mite Valley, and will also visit the Lewis and Clark Exposition In this city. The Appleton seal, which has been placed on the outside of Appletons' Booklorers Magazine. Is peculiarly appropriate for .hat use. The seal bears the If tiers "D. A. & Co." and the motto: "Inttr folia fructus." If the hopes and aspirations of the new owners of the magazine come true, there will Indeed be enjoyment and profit be tween the leaves. Charles Battell Loomls. whose first novel Is to- be published this Fall, has Ced from the. tradition of the- Jersey mosquito to nis ances tral home la Torrlngford. Conn. Few auth ors are fortunate enough to have ancestral homes In their possession, and Mr. Loomls confesses to a hope that his will remain with. htm In spite of the fact that he has com mitted a complete novel. Rudyard Kipling has not been of late a fre quent contributor to magazines. The August Century will contain a story by him. a tale of Americans in England, called "An Habita tion Enforced." The story Is said to be an unusually long one for Mr. Kipling, so long that The Century editors were minded at first to print It In two numbers, hut it was decided to let It all appear In the midsummer holiday issue, The remarkable photographic portraits of President Roosevelt and bis family in the cur rent McClure's "are the work of E. S. Curtis, who trfund fame as a photographer of Indian types. Mr. Curtis halls from Seattle, Wash., and has "lived for years among the Western tribes. President Roosevelt was ao struck by the truth and beauty of the Curtis Indians that he sent for him to come to Oyster Bay and photograph the Roosevelt family. The dramatic scenes at Odessa with Russian mutineers In command of a battleship, and the spread of revolution through Russia seem to have been foretold In A. Cahan's remark able book. "The White Terror and the Red." a novel of revolutionary Russia, published re cently, and already In Its third edition. Mr. Cahan's story of the revolutionary movement In Russia describes scenes ' like those at Odessa, Warsaw and elsewhere, and It has bees pronounced the most vivid and truth ful picture that has been afforded of the spread of revolt In Russia. One has a right to feel somewhat elated when even the staid, conservative often hy percritical old London Athenaeum has a good word to say for a story and as American story at that. An Americas author who has done excellent work must, feel special pride, there fore, when the Athenaeum says that "the hand of the author of The Leavenworth Case' has not lost its cunning;" and that "The Million aire Baby" is "ample proof of this." This "Mlllonalre Baby" Is going to be a very pop ular child during- the Summer vacation. . London I taking more and more kindly to the distinctly Americas noveL The English editions of three novels recently published In London by Harper & Brothers are going very well. These novels are: "The Candi date," by Joseph A. Altsheler; "The Accom plice." by Frederick Trevor Hill, and "The Tyranny of the Dark." by Hamlin Garland. The prevailing Impression of these novel's on the other side seems to be. as one reviewer has expressed It. that they are "all very lively and all very Yankee." Rex E. Beach, author of "Fardners." tem porarily abandoning his commercial career for writing, has surrendered the position he held with a large Chicago manufacturing company. He Intends spending the entire Summer In literary work. He Is deep In a novel dealing more historically with Alaska than do the Alaskan stories In "Partners," and has be gun also a series of stories of Westers ath letics for McCIure's Magazine. His name ap peared twice In the roll of acceptances con nected with the recent Collier competition. Eugene Wood, whose reminiscent stories of old days "back home" have been so keenly appreclated by many readers. Is spending hid vacation days camping Is Canada. Like most men who have known the strenuous boyhood of old-time farm life. Mr. Wood hasn't any allusions about roughing It. "Camping Is the finest thing In the world when you do It right." says Mr. Wood. "There's no way to get more of the good clear air and sunshine. But I believe Is roughing It within reach of the milk wagon. Nony of this back to the wilder ness" for me." The publication of a novel by the greatest of living English poets the only novel ever written by him Is an event of great Im portance. The announcement comes from the Harpers that last week Wednesday they published "Love's Cross-Currents," a novel, by Algernon Charles Swinburne. Those who have seen the advance, .sheets declare" It to be an extremely amusing novel of English society life, full of a delicious humor and the keenest of, epigrams. The main characters are four young- people whose love- affairs meet with strange com plications. Ida if. Tarbell, now that she has finished her character study of John D. Rockefeller. which begins in the current number of Mc CIure's and will be concluded Is August, Is at work upon the story of the Standard Oil la Kansas. 1Stm Tarbell spent some time in the Kantian asd adjacent oil fields Is the early Spring, but dropped the subject reluct antly to write her estimate of John D. Rocke fellers character, which was made a "vital question by the great tainted-money contro versy. The Kawu situation is to be treated Is two papers: "What Standard Oil Did la Kansas;" "What Kansas Did to Standard OIL" The titles Indicate pretty clearly how the battle has progressed. la "Religion: A Criticism asd a Forecast" (XcCIure-Phllllpa). G. Lowea Dickinson dis cusses Chrtetlaaity aad the established churches, aot la the light of dtvise iasptratlon. bat of teaable logic. The reoeptloa. that the orthodox clergy baa gfrefl Ms book ladleates ajaes leaders la asodera enureses a markedly teieraat breadth of view. The pastoc oC a large Chfeag eoagregattea. wrtta the pe Hsbexs: "X am nr that the ed aad ate of relsntsm wM be farthered br the cl drift good work If It only succeeds In leading- men to think and inquire for themselves." Though a tew among the ministers who have spoken of the book declare themselves unable to go quite the length of Mr. Dlcklnson's-coaclus- - Ions, the tone of their comment Is In every Instance unhlgotedly appreciative. Apparently there Is a never-flagging In terest In Mark Twain's works, for real hu morists are few, and the busy world Is alwaya eager for a laugh. Some time ago the Harpers Issued a uniform subscription edition of six of Mark Twain's books, calling the set "Mark Twain's Best Books." This was followed by six more volumes, "Mark Twain's Funniest Books." Both these sets proved so popular that they have recently Issued 11 more uniformly bound volumes, making In all 23 volumes, the same num ber as In their HUlcrest edition of Mark Twain's complete works. A large new edi tion of the first series, the "Bst Books has just been ordered printed. Nancy Stair." by Elinor Macartney Lane. is no longer her full name In the office of D. Appleton & Co.. but she has been so ubiquitous for the year since she was pub lished that every one calls' her "Nancy" now. When the publishers brought out the budding debutante they did not know that It was one of the most Important comlngs-out of their publishing career. Nancy was modest and re tiring at first, but It was not long before she was known as "the adorable, spoiled, magnifi cent maid." An Australian edition has Just been ordered, and "Nancy" can be Just aa epolled and magnificent as she cares to be. a long as she will continue to charm the reading world. The book Is selling about 4000 a month. a Why an average of over 100,000 New Yorkers visit Coney Island every Sunday dur ing the Summer season Is shown by Tneo dore Waters. In an entertaining article In the current Harper's Weekly, on "New York'g New Playground." Within the last 10 years Coney Island has become the chief nearby recreation place for the people of New Tork. and now bears about the same relation to the old Coney Island that Greater New Tork bears to old Manhattan Island. The present shows and concessions, some of which cost $30,000 to establish, together with other Im provements and extensions already planned, will, says Mr. Waters, make Coney Island the largest amusement resort In the world. "Thirteen Chapters of American History." by Theodore Sutro. 51.50- The Baker & Tay lor Company, New York. This Is a most at tractive volume, beautifully Illustrated with reproductions of famous aeries of "Thirteen Historical Marine Paintings." by the late Edward Moran (the greatest marine painter or the United States), with an Interesting de scriptive essay accompanying each picture, the whole embracing 13 thrilling episodes In the history of America, especially the United States, written by Theodore Sutro. a distin guished member of the New Tork bar. The original paintings have been for some time on exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum of Art In New York City. This is the first time that any reproductions of them have bees accessi ble to the public, as they are all copyrighted. Never before la theexperlence of D. Apple ton & Co. have they published a book, which, after the first few thousand, had an ex clusive sale In one place and but little In all the rest of the country. After the first rush of sales of Margaret Potter's latest novel. "The Fire of Spring," was over, the demand for the novel abated everywhere except la the Waldorf-Astoria. There the demand has not only not diminished, but It has Increased. Over 100 copies have been sold there at the sews stands in the last few days. The pub lishers are racking their brains over the de mand in that locality. Do none cut Chi cago people live at the Waldorf? The book Is by a Chicago writer, and the scene of it Is In Chicago and Its suburbs. Have the people at the Waldorf news stands read and en Joyed It? In the first chapter of his book, "Alaska and the Klondike," J. S. McLaln gives a very optimistic summing up of the resources and prospects of that country. "In a nutshell." he says, "my observation and Inquiry have fully persuaded me that Alaska Is a wonder fully rich country rich In minerals, rich In timber, rich In agricultural possibilities, rich In fisheries. When Secretary Seward pur chased Alaska from Russia la 1S67 for 57,200, 000, the anti-expansionists of that period ridi culed the transaction as a piece of supreme folly. ... The commerce of Alaska for the year ending June 30, 1903, amounted to over 521,000,000, not Including the gold output, which would add nearly 5.000.000 more. It is officially stated that since Alaska became American territory it has exported furs, fish and gold In about equal values to the amount of 515.000,000, while Investments of Ameri can capital In Alaska have reached 525,000.000. That this Is only a small beginning of what Is to follow In the not far distant future Is my firm belief." Professor William Benjamin Smith, author of "The Color Line." In making bis argument for the proof of the Inferiority of the negro to the white race, backs his statements by the latest statistics from anhropology. ethnology, sociology and the kindred sciences. In order that his arguments shall be as conclusive as poroible he goes Into the question with the greatest minuteness. Among other interest ing facts that he proves by exhaustive tables of comparative figures are, that the average stature of the negro Is less than that of the white; that the black Is decidedly weaker In lung capacity and In chest expansion than the white; that the negro's respiration Is consid erably more frequent than that of the white. Indicating a tendency toward disease; that the mean lifting strength of the negro is lower than that of the white, and that the power of vlclon of the negro Is Inferior to that of the white. As a final support to these facts concerning the negro's physical inferiority to the white, he shows by statistics that the death rate of the negro at times exceeds that of the white by 53 per cent. A woman In love, with the courajre to say so and save an otherwise impossible situa tion, is a rarity that is not met with often. Anna Robeson Brown describes one vividly in her novel. "The Wlne-Presa." The follow ing Is quoted from near the end of the book: "Why do you keep me here?" he broke out. hla face working. "I'm fighting for our happiness," she said "Can I believe you?" "If you cannot, there Is no truth In the world." From where they faced each other at oppo site ends of the room, like duelists, this dla. iogue thrust and cut. He saw her eyes and they, were like stars. "But you avoided me here." "Did I avoid you last nljcht?" "And then Lepel " "Blake! what has Lepel to do with- us?" All the barriers he had set up against her went down with a rush. "Glovannal" he cried out, and for an in- stant could not see. But be felt that she was coming toward him across the room. A variety of reasons led Bertie Julienne Low to prepare "French Home Cooking Adapt ed to American. Households" (McClure-Phil-Ups), not the least of which was the reputa tion which In her residence here she has ac quired among her many American friends. The latter have long been urging her to pre pare a Tnn"" of the simple home cooking which Is commonly to be found In good houses In France, but which even traveled Ameri cana seldom know, unless they are received In the homes of the people, proverbially diffi cult of access to foreigners. As Infusion of patriotism for her native land and Indignation at what purports to be French cooking as practiced In many alleged French restaurants In our country are also to be counted as im pelling motives for this little book. An Instance in point was at a restaurant where the strange preparation which masqueraded under an imposing French same prompted as inquiry as to the nationality of the chef. Tha head-waiter to whom the Inquiry was direct ed answered apologetically: He is French, madame. but he has been in New York for a long time!" A description of a little dancer's last danca Is "The Port of Storms," by Anna McClure Shall, which the Appletons have Just pub lished; She is dancing Is the sick-room of the young doctor, who has nursed her through as Illness. A little Italian violinist Is playing. " 'Candy she said significantly. "He nodded and began a brisk melody, which might have bees a tarantella, so full was It of quick transitions, of a certain wild, feverish grace. It suited Firefly's mood, for in this dance she felt that she was btddln? goot-bye, not only to her old life, but to fan tastic dreams of the more dear because Im possible. "With a little bow she sprang to the c eater of the floor; Robert had become an audience, and about his bed were footlights. The next Instant she was In a whirl of chiffon as If a great crimson rose had suddenly opened its petals. She danced with utter abandonment, now wildly, now gayly. then with soft, float ing steps as if the music were about t carry her far away. She improvised, she made po etry, she- threw all the Invention of -her na ture Into this last brilliant farewell dance, on which, aa unseen curtain was soon to riag down. -The little Italian, his beautiful eyes fixed oa the bag of caady. played as If he were possessed. Both, masic aad dancing were In faotap a strange strength into Robert. He sat upright against his pillows, his eyes wateh iS7 every lovely meveaaest of Firefly, bat his setd abrsad tat the world of m, agate work lag. straggHag. hopisg. "gaddenlf- Flre&y stopped,, stood poised 'a mam-jit. thea. her arms dreaeed at her sMs with a weary stature. Her feee was very . 3t Q