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THE SUNDAY OKEGDNIAN, JPOKTIiA!, AUGUST 37. 1905.
A Tool for "Lore, by Francis Lynde. Illus
trated by Geerpc Brehm. The Bobbs-Mer-rM
Company, Indianapolis, Ind.
1lr. Lynfle Je known for his previous
good work in "The Grafters," and this
pocket edition of his attractive novel, "A
Fool for Love," in which the author
shows a remarkable grasp of railroad
matters, will add to his reputation. The
book is bright, the story is well con
structed, and the conversation sparftles
like champagne. There isn't a dull page
In the whole 204, and Mr. Lynde has done
his work so well in depicting a Western
railroad war that the reader Is kept on
the qui vive of expectation, wondering
what is going to happen next. The print
and paper stock are both pleasing to the
eye.
The heart interest is centered between
a Southern beauty. Miss Virginia Car
teret, and John Winton. C. E. Miss Car
teret's uncle, Somervlllc Darrah, vice
president and manager of the Colorado &
Grand River Railroad, supplies most of
the action, as in his private car, Rose
mary, he whisks off Miss Carteret and
cevoral others to see him win a railroad
war. directed at the Utah Short Line, of
which Winton is clrief mogul. Half the
point of the story would be lost if Win
Ion were old and withered, but he lsn'.t
anything of the sort. Mr. Lynde knows
his trade better. Winton Is young,
Btrong, good-looking, with a capacity of
taking off his coat at a critical moment in
a. railroad wreck, shouting a few orders,
and making order, out of chaos. Of course,
he and Miss Caretret fall in love with
each other, and In a delicious chapter
the reader finds out that she pretends
to repulse fiis advances, while holding at
Pit r -I
bay two other men who profess to be
madly in love with her at the same time.
Lucky girl, when some girls have to
skirmish for one eligible beau.
Here is one Incident whore the engine
hauling the Darrah-Wlnton train was
derailed by a cow, and where Winton
first made himself interesting In Miss
Carteret's eyes by placing the engine
again on the rails:
In two mlnulea the crew of the Limited
knew they were working under a master. Win
ton. The frogs wore adjusted under the de
railed wheels, the jackscrews were braced to
lift and puBh with nicest accuracy, and all
was ready for the attempt to back the engine.
... The reversing lever went over a with a
clash; tho air whistled Into the brakes; and
Winton began to ease the throttle open. The
Btcam sang Into the cylinders the huge ma
chine trembling under the hand of a master.
Slowly and by almost Imperceptible degrees
the life of the pent-up boiler crept Into the
pistons and went through, the connecting rods
to the wheels. With the first thrill of Hho
gripping tires, Winton leaned from the window
to watch the derailed trucks climb by half
inches up the inclined planeB of the frogs. At
the critical instant, when the entire weight of
the forward half of the engine was potelng for
a drop on the rails, he gave the precise added
impulse. Tlie big ten-wheeler coughed hoarse
ly and spat fire; the driving wheels made a
juick half-turn backward; and a cheer from
the onlookers marked the little triumph of
mind over matter. Winton found. Miss Car
teret holding his overcoat when he swung
from the cab.
Of course, Miss Carteret had observed
her hero work that is" why tho scone was
written. How Winton finally laid the
last rail of his road's extonsion in Car
bonate yards and thereby won a business
victory over the Rajah, Sommervllle
Darrah, is a bit of admirable reading in,
which the interest is well sustained. Here
is the end:
Winton went forward to where Virginia was
Btonding, and said: "I have built my railroad,
as you told me to, and now I have oome
tor my"
"Hush," she said, softly. "Can't you waitJ
"No."
"Shameless one," she murmured.
Mr. Lynde does not add that those two
interesting, patrician young people wore
married and lived happily forever after
ward. But it Is Inferred that it was so.
"If," a Guide to Bad Manners, by James
Montgomery Flagg. Pp. 122. 75 cents. Life
Publishing Company, New York.
Once there was a humorist whoso
books had humor spelled all over them,
but the humorist himself was the
dreariest man in a company of under
takers. Only those in the secret know
tho terrific strain under which a pro
fessional humorist labors, with tho
knowledge Jiaunting him every 'day
that he must turn out so many yards
of laugh-makers, whether he Is In con
dition or not. A suffered was recently
Invited to attend an at home, and in
the fullness of his heart he accepted
the Invitation because he thought he
had been Invited on account of his
charming personality apart altogether
from his giggling profession. Alas, no
sooner had the chief singer completed
her warbling than Mrs. Hostess fixed
her eyes on the professional humorist
and said: "Will you please begin? We
want you to tell us stories to make us
laugh. Hee-hoe."
Mr. Flagg wears his honors modest
ly, and his text and illustrations have
the true ring of slaughter. The book
will be a favorite to pass an hour of
leisure, and just tho thing to leave on
your marblo-top table in. the parlor,
to make your acquaintances think that
with you life is a joke that's just
begun. The outside cover Is smartly
'designed and well planned. Her Is
the preface:
The art of Misbehavior
Is a thing that's being lost.
That's whv this Guide Is printed
Quite .regardless of the cost.
Regardless, too. of Other Things.
All Truth we try to Smother.
For what Is Gospel Truth to on
1 Hot Air to another.
There rise Occasions every day
When it is up to you;
Well, .somewhere in this Work you'.ll find
Just What you shouldn't dot
Every page has an illustration 'and a
moral in four lines of vorse. Here are
several specimens of Mr. Flaggs muse:
If yeu want to cure hubby ef staying out
nicbts,
Just lt with yoHr back to the door.
And when he does come say "Is that you,
dear Goerge?"
If your hubby's jbwb name's Theodore.
If you've any doubts about racing ma chinos.
Old Tennyson's lines yeu recall;
It's bettor, you know, to have mangled and
killed
Than to never have metered at all,
If you tell tho ticket agent that yeu travel
on your face.
Don't be Insulted if that gentleman eplnos.
After scanning all the crovlees and canyons
of your phiz, .
That you must have traveled en a let ef
linos.
.
Tis not only proper, but prudont as well.
To give both your hands a geed rub.
Then slip on a pair ef thlek. weelen mitts.
When you're courting a glri frem the Hub
If you send dear wide a chock for Just 100
kisses,
Tou only have your foolish self te thank.
If you return and she admits, with down
cast eyes and blushes.
The obliging teller cashed thorn at the bank.
Frlendhhlp's Fragrant Fancies, by Catherino
Meriarity. Dodge Publishing Company,
New York.
Attractive both in binding and vorse.
The volume contains only 1G7 pages,
but the quality of poetry is so high
wiai none superior in tho line of new
literature has boon met with this sea
son. The vorsemaker has that infinite
caicity for taking pains called ge
nius that makes her work stand out
whatever her'mood may be. Her re
ward ought to bo a ready sale for hor
interesting little book, and the knowl
edge that hor pooms take one away
from mundane things to a higher plane.
Maybe these verses have never seen the
light of day before, or they may have
been published In magazines or news
papers, but whatever thoir origin or thc
manner of their making, they are wel
come. They boar here a tender touch,
and there a kindly witticism or a
dainty, pure thought.
Here are poems of the style of this
poetess:
An offering ef violets; dear
And misty eyed do they appear.
As if to held a furtive tear.
They have the orange blossom's spoil.
They hint of hopes, yet fears foretell
Bach like a dainty, purple belt
Tenlght she'll wear them In her hair.
And with the throng Its festal share.
Perhaps, he may be watching there.
, As Wilhelmlna pours the tea,
And I sit looking fancy free,
I think how sweet 'twould be te greet
This darling ono when day is done;
My home should be ray shrine, and she
Would be my heart's divinity.
We are not to a groat extent
A brilliant set: but we have sent
Our boys to college. Thoy have "went"
And learned a wendreus let.
When they cams home with tansrled lnlr
And Eastern ways and worried air,
Olumpus" sons could net oempare
In feats that they've been taught.
Dear, shaggy faced chrysanthemums.
Here, everywhere.
Tou nod and stare!
Not tee proud for the palaee halls.
Not too rich for the city slums
. Yeu are like Him whe loves us all,
You come te 'cheer.
When skies arc drear.
Thrice lovable chrysanthemums.
Through sick wards new she passes day by
day.
The invalids cares her rosary beads.
Her ready smile.
Answering each weary wile.
And shining on their poverty and needs.
Be men learn there to bless a woman's way
Sweet little nunl
Who smiles and passes en.
An American In New York, by Onle Head.
xjiusiraiea ay xiniies Aieuenneil and How
ard Heath. Silk oloth. gilt tep. S1.26.
xnempson & i nomas, CMcago.
It is difficult to -think of Ople Read
without recalling his stories and the
mFOLEOJV
smiles with which the telling of them
nas ocen rewarded, in drawing the char-
at tor of the old Southern colonel with
ds old-fashioned gallantry and Justi
fication of chivalry, and untlmately fus-
I jus ii Jiuu me personality oi jamos
uisnoin, me ,viu,u.u plutocrat in copper
properties, the author has drawn one of
his most loveablc pen pictures. The book
Is a protest against the sordid, and shows
the Illusions of hotel life In most amusing
fashion.
These tales now under review fisrt ap
peared separately in the Saturday Even
ing Post. The essentially modern novel
of the smart set contains short, crisp
conversations. But Opto Read still be
lieves In the long, drawn out paragraphs,
leavened with satirical remarks on oddi
ties In every day life. Oa the whole, the
book Is one of his best, and the writing
has the true Ople Road ring to It
Mo readers before they dip into this
book will wonder about the unusual title.
A Mrs. Flashroll asks Colonel Blandin
why he calls himself an American in
New York. Here is his free-and-easy
answer:
Because, madam, I have lived nearly all
over America, and New York is the only town
that puts me la mind ef a country I have
never seen. Why. the other day I wa near
the mountain range where Nassau trails Into
Broad street, and I saw an American nag
floating from the top ef an aaelent building.
I have heard men say hew the old flag, en
suddenly in foreign parts, made them feel,
and It wasn't hard to pomade myself that
I felt just about that way. So In I goes to
offer my congratulations and I asked If the
American Consul was in? The fellow I epoke
te pretended not to understand. "The Amer
ican Consul?" juld he. "why, we have no
American Consul here." "Is that fact?" I
replied. "Then Tgad I'm further away from
heme than Ithougbt I was."
Speaking of the drama, tho Colonel
eays:
Speaking of the drama In New York. I am
fenced to announce the fact that there ia't
any drama here. The whole thlog is a
tune and a Jig. You are passing through what
might be called the nlgbtnweat of the drama.
Dignity has turned loose. Mr, to dance a
breakdown. The worse the show. Is. the
better you are pleased. If a fellow comes
a long with a new sort of alp-flap, be is a
hero. Your rhyme Ja kidney-footed, and
your dancing Ip vulgar. A pair of blackened
"es and a mouth made at the audience, takes
the place of dramatic action.
Caustic words, and spoken, too. In the
presence of women. But the man who
spoke them wati a Kentucky colonel and
worth JT5,OO0,O3f so thoy must pass as
wit. The denoumont takes place In the
very' last chapter, where all the tangled
skeins are gathered together for the wool
ball. The ultimate round-up is a sur
prising one.
IX IilBRAltY AND WORKSHOP
The eueeUens and problems of modern plu
tocracy enter into the new Mitchell novel
which this Autumn wilt succeed John A.
Mitchell's "Pines of Lots' ' and "Villa Clau
dia." "
A new neve! of the North and the South,
presenting the negro problem la a new light.
It Is said. wlN be pa Wished this Fall by the
Century Company. Nerah Davis Is the au
thor, and the title of the romance Is "The
Northerner."
William Farquhar Paysen's successful novel
"Dehonnalre." originally written as a play,
has now been put heck Into dramatic form,
and will receive Its first nroducUoa under the
uue ei "uaptain uebonaaire." at Patcrsen,
N. J.. September R. The leading role will be
taken by Paul Gllnwrc.
There will be a new book thle Fall by
Jean Webster, author of "When Patty Went
to College." Its title Is "The Wheat Prin
cess," and the scenes are laid, it is said at
the Villa Vlvalantt. Just outside of Rome.
The Century Company, publishers of 'Tatty."
will bring oat the book.
September will witness the eendnslon of an
other round In the legal fight between Life
and the Theatrical Treat. It Is expected that
the New York courtxi will hand otuvn a deci
sion affrmlag the right of Life's critic. Mr.
Metcalfe, te enter any public place of amuse
meot if be cares to pay the price of admis
sion. Ii. Frank Tooker. best known for his sea
verse, has written a novel of the sea. "Un
der necking Skies," which the Century
Company has In Hand for Fall issue. Mr.
Toeker was the sen of a sea captain and
spent most of his early life "under recking
skies." so his book should have the real salt
flavor.
Professor Paul S. Refnreh has Jn press a
volume on "Colonial Administration." which
will be published In September. The volume
forms the conclusion of the series by this
author, of which the two previous books are
"World Fetttlcs" and "Colonial Govern
ment." The present volume takes up the
methods through which the work of colonial
administration is carried en.
Seventy-flvc full-page Illustrations In color
by A Ii. Cooper constitute the chief attrac
tion In a volume on "The English Lakes."
Just published by the Maemlllaa Company.
The picturesque attractions of the hike dis
trict are uaequalod In any other part of Eng
land, and in Its circumscribed area, which
nowhere, exceeds 50 miles In length or
breadth. Is comprised a rich combination of
sublimity and beauty of scenery.
Te the convenient and inexpensive little
serios known as Maemlllan's Pocket Classic?
are to be added presently the following
books, each with a portrait aad Introduc
tion: Blackmore's "Lorn a Dcoae." Banyan's
"The Pilgrim's Progress." part I; Mrs. Gas
keH's "Cranford,' Shakespeare's "Henni
V," Thackeray's "Henry Esmond." Dlckenr
"Tale of Two Cities," Longfellow's "Miles
Stand Ish" aad Emerson's "Essays."
"Mohammed and the Rise of Islam" Is the
tlUe of a volume which will be Issued next
month In the Putnams Heroes of the Nations
Serlbs. The author Is Rev. David Samuel
MargeHeuth. Laud lan professor of Arabic at
Oxford University. Professor Margollouth rays
In hi preface that he regards Mohammed as a
great man. who solved the poll Ileal problem
of appalling dlffleulty--tbc eonetructles of a
state and an empire out ef the Arab tribes.
Volume. IV of Herbert Paul's "History of
Modern England" will be published during
the Autumn. It was announced for Issue
last Spring, together with volume III, but
was unavoidably delayed. This work, which
is to be completed in five volumes, has been
heartily welcomed here and abroad on the
ground that It satisfies the need for an
authoritative history of modern England
frem Just before the middle of the last cen
tury to the close of the Victorian era.
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Edwyn Sandys' "Sporting Sketches" will be
one of the first September books In good
season for the huntsman. This new book by
the author of "Sportsman Joe" -and "Trapper
Jim." Is said to present fascinating pen
pictures of red-letter days afield, painted by
a man who combines author, artist, natural
ist and sportsman. Incidentally Mr. Sandys,
who has enjoyed the cream of American
sport in all parts of the country, describes
the best of our game, large and small.
Miss Beulah Marie Dlx, the author of "The
Making of Christopher Ferringham" and
"Blount of Breckenhow," has written a new
nevel. which will appear early in the Au
tumn. Its scenes are laid m England at the
period of the Cromwelllan wars. Miss Dlx
has this distinction among modern novel
ists: She applies the realistic method to
historical romance, to the end of wrltln
leve stories at once simple, genuine, tr
to the life of their age, and true to human
nature.
see
Augustine Blrrell "Life of Andrew Marvell"
will shortly appear In the English Men of
Letters series. Mr. Benson's "Life of Fitx
Gerakl." which appeared last May in the
same series, has roused a surprising amount
of Interested discussion. In view of the re
tiring, hermlt-Ilke character of Its not very
energetic subject. The Macmlllan Company
announces for Issue this Fall in the same
series "Sir Thomas Browne," by Edmund
Gosse, and Clement Snorter's long-promised
biography of the author of "Cranford."
O. Henry's "Unfinished Story" In the cur
rent McClure'n was a stinging lash at the
snug employers of girl labor at starvation
wages. Whether the author had any deeper
motive In writing his caustic little tale than
the compelling force of the tragedy the con
ditions suggest, only O. Henry knows. But,
down in Texas, tho author's native stats, the
official organ of the State Federation of La
ber lifted tho rtory bodily from the maga
zine and accompanied It with an editorial
giving it direct application to some department
mere owners whom they accuse by name.
A posthumous storr by Elisabeth Cherry
Waltz. "A Lady of Balance," Is one of the
September Century's features. A pathetic
Interest attaches to all of Mrs. Waltz work
since her death Just at the time that her
first and as it proved her only book, "Pa
Gladden," was in press. Mrs. Waltz was
literary editor of the Louisville Courier"
Journal for several years, spending herself
on her work and her writing with unusual
zeaL Indeed, her devotion to her work Is
believed to have Induced the Illness that
caused her death.
The recent actlvftV. literary and otherwise.
of Henry James, has resulted not only In
wnat nas c-cen called a ' polite popularity" lor
his works, but In numerous attempt on
the part of critics and reviewers to fix
bis rank as an author. A serious study of
this kind is now promised from the pen of
Ml lis Elisabeth Luther Carr. who has tonir
been an enthuMostlc admirer of Mr. James
art. Besides the author's critical apprecla
tion. the volume will contain. In an appendix.
a complete lUt of the books, stories, articles
and other writings of Henry James. This
MMtograpny has been especially prepared by
r reuencK a. King.
George Ade's first care when the dollars be
gan to roll In was to get tozether a farm
near his birthplace. Kentland, Ind. Hie place.
iiazctden. comprises wo acreo. and the farm
Is by no means merely a plaything. Mr. Ade
makes It pay him S per cent. A recent vis
itor reports the yield of oats close to S5 bush
els per acre and the com the tallest In all
Newton County. Indiana Is proud of George
Ade. and the president of the Big Four Rail
road has promised to make his name perma
nent In the estate. If his books fall to accom
pllsh It, by naming the station near Haxelden
on a new branch of his road "George Ade.
A work of great value to students of
American history and collectors of Ameri
cana Is the "Journals of the House of Bur
gesses of Virginia. 1773-177C," recently pre
pared In a limited letterpress edition by tho
Virginia State Library of Richmond. John
Pendleton Kennedy, the State Librarian, has
edited the volume and contributed an Intro
ductlon In which he gives a brief account of
the House of Burgesses, one of the most re
markable legislative bodies ever enacting
laws in America. The exclusive publication
of this book has been secured by G. P. Put
nam's Sons of New York and London.
Students and patrons of American literature
are watching with Interest the volumes
"chelburne Essays" which are appearing from
time to time by Paul Elmore More, of the
New York Evening Post. The plan of the
serim Is not unlike that of Ealnte-Beuve's
'Causerles du Lundl." The plan of these es
pays came to Mr. More when, after teaching
Sanskrit and Greek at Bryn Mawr. he turned
his bock on civilization and lived for over two
years In a deserted farmhouse at Shelburne.
N. IL A third volume of "Shelburne Essays"
Is announced. When the serien Is complete
It will cover In a general way the whole field
of English literature.
Dr. Brandreth Symonda; whose readable trea
tise on "Life Insurance Examinations" Is the
standard manual for medical examiners, was
educated at his father's school at Osslnlng.
Hobart College, and the College of Physicians
and Surgeons of New York City. He received
his degree of M. D. In IS&t and Immediately
entered Bellevue Hospital, where he nerved un
til 18S5. After three years of private prac
tice he became connected with the Mutual
Life Insurance Company, and served through
the various grades of tho medical department,
until he became medical director. In 1003. For
the past five years he has been secretary of
the Association of Life Insurance Medical
Directors.
Considerable Interest has been aroused in H.
Rider Haggard's novel. "Ayesha," which
Doubleday, Page & Co. announce for publica
tion September 7. The author says that this
Is not a nsquel to "She," but a conclusion to
that remarkable novel. It carries the nar
rator. Ludwlg Horace Holly, and bis ward,
Leo Vlncey. through a ferie of hair-raising
adventures in the mountains of central Asia
In quest of the ever-elusive reincarnated
Queen. How their route to her was blocked
by the Jealousy of a rival Princess, how they
coneuored difficulties, natural and supernatural
alike, and reached the goal they sought, is
described by Mr. Haggard with all of his
old-time vigor.
Miss Myrtle Reed keeps a notebook In
which she Jots down promising ideas and
titles Just as they come to her. The title of
"Lavender and. Old Lace." which is one of
the best names a book ever had. was in Miss
Reed's no'book two years before she had the
slightest inkling of tho story that belonged
with it. 8he now Is writing a new story
around a particularly charmnlg title which
Is almost as old. Apropos of Miss Reed's
method it is InterestHTg to recall that other
authors have had the same trick. It Is said
that Theophlle Goutler thoughts of the title
of his masterpiece, "LeCapItalne Fracasse."
15 years before he wrote the book or knew a
detail of the plot.
The powerful and delicate poems of Julius
Wolff, recounting, as they do, the shadowy
legends of old Germany, have made him the
motft popular of living German poets. "The
Wild Huntsman," more than any other of bU
works, has brought him fortune and fame. lt
has gone through 27 editions In Germany, and
In America It bos been reprinted three times
In Its original tongue. A metrical translation
has now been made by Ralph Davidson of
Wolff's masterpiece, and an English version
of "The Wild Huntsman" will appear for the
first time In September. The volume will con
tain numerous illustrations which have been
drawn by Waldemar Friedrlch especially for
this edition, and the form will be In every
way worthy of the contents.
Mrs. Isabel Strong, whose "Girl from
Heme" is making Its way largely because
of Its vividly-written descriptions of life in
Hawaii, has had singular opportunities to ob
serve life under picturesque conditions. There
was, of course, the time spent in Samoa,
as amanuensis for her stepfather, Robert
Louis Stevenson: there was the time In the
i-rly 'SOs of which she writes In the "Girl
from Home;" and there was also a sojourn
of romc length in Australia. It Is Interesting
.to know that Mrs. Strong has written her
publisher of plans for a novel laid In each
of the other two out-of-the-way lands, one In
Samoa, and the other In -one of the Australian
cities. Mm. Strong Is resting this Summer
In the Santa Clara neighborhood, California.
Imagine the people of London suddenly de
prived of all cldthlng. What would be the
result? F. Dlckbury, of London, has de
scribed this remarkable state of affairs in his
new novel. "The Storm of London," pub
lished by Herbert B. Turner fc Co., of Boston.
A storm of great violence sweeps over Los
don at night, and the populace awake to
find that It has destroyed every vestige of
clothing, leaving nothing with which to cover
their nakedness. What happens? The labor
ing class goes about Its work as usual, with
the exception that they are In the state of
Adam and Eve; while tie tabllltr and their
followera the drones stay Indoors until their
health forces them out. What situations,
what surprises take place, the reader can
Imagine. The result Is that society and Its
shams suffer a terrible revolution, and out of
chaos comes a new Utopia, In which physical
culture ana education go hand in hancL.
love story runs through the book.
H. Irving Hancock, the author of "The
Physical Culture Life" and numerous works
oa Japanese physical training, has been con
verted by his own writings to a residence
In the country. About six months ago he
moved to Blue Point, Long Island, where ho
has a substantial old farmhouse and a 12-acre
farm. Mrs. Hancock shares her husband's
views on hygiene, and, like him. she Is de
lighted with rural life. The residents of Blue
Point are becoming accustomed to Mrs. Han
cock's dress reform, and they have shown
much Interest In the evening classes In phys
ical culture which Mr. Hancock conducts for
all who care to attend.
Tho new Illustrated "Life of Charles and
Mary Lamb," by EC V. Lucas, the greatest
authority on the Lambs, which Is announced
for early publication, will represent the flrat
attempt since Talfourd's day to write the life
of Charles and Mary Lamb. In full. The new
material that has come to light since Tal
fount s "Final Memorials" would alone Jus
tify a nw biography, apart from the re
moval, by the lapse of time, of many of the
restrictions which prevented Lamb's first
biographer from quoting as freely from the
letters as he might have wished, and from
entering fully Into all the particulars of his
friends llfo and associations.
There are some books which do not make
much stir In the literary world books that
are not widely advertised as "best sellers"
Dut wnich go on in a quiet way, selling
aicauny xrom year to year among certain
classes of readers and having for their only
advertisement tho recommendation from one
reader to another. Such a book Is Miss Put
nam's "Clrlllo." the dainty musical love story
which finds Its clientele among lovers of
music and of Florence, where the principal
scenes of the story are laid.
"Barbara's" new novel. "At the Sign of
the wox." went promptly into Its second
large edition. There Is nothing sensational
about the books by the author of "The Gar
den of a Commuter's Wife," but people seem
to delight in them because they are sweet
ana wholesome.
When Frederick Upbam Adams wrote his
first book some ten-odd years ago he launched
it with less confidence than he does his latest
book, "John Henry Smith." His friend. F. P.
Dunne, was acquiring fame as the writer of
the "Dooley" paper, and Mr. Adams went to
htm for sympathy and advice. The book woh
to appear in a few days, ana tne au trior eian-
o rated with some enthusiasm the theme and
plot of his maiden effort. The creator of the
Irish philosophy was doubtful.
"You have chosen a dull subject, Adams,"
he raid, "and It all depends on how you
handle It."
"I think yoa will be surprised when you
read It," was the hopeful response of the
anxious author.
"Great Scott! Is It as bad as that?" ex
claimed Dunne.
To Prince Kropotkln. whose latest book.
"Russian Literature." Is forced often to deal
with the bigotry and rigor of Russian political
Influence. It must be some satisfaction to be
able to say of present development: "The ab
solute rule of the Russian monarchy Is
tumbling to pieces, the old forms cf life tot
ter and the -new break away through the bar
riers of ages, manifesting the power of con
structlon and upbuilding of the new life among
educated workers as among the peasantr)
.Tolstoi does not take nearly so optimistic
view. Ho feels the Russian liberals, al
though opposed to war, to be nevertheless on
the wrong track, and to a visitor who tried
to Interest him in some of the social progress
plans connected with the liberal movement.
he would not listen but declared vehemently:
"I am not In that camp."
An Inteersting contribution to the literature
of the race problem will be Charles W. Cbest-
nutt's novel, "The Colonel's Dream." which
Doubleday, Page &. Company will bring out
September 7. Mr. Chestnutt tells here the
story of a man born In the South who has
made a fortune In New York and returns to
his old home to live. He speedily finds him
self Involved In an ever-complicating set of
circumstances, owing to the conflict of his
feeling for the negroes with that of the com
munity, and this culminates in one final das
tardly outrage that convinces him he cannot
live In the South. The book Is singularly
temperate In Its dealing with these complex
questions, but It presents tho negro's side with
all the force of quiet reality.
The local color Mrs. Mary R. S. Andrews
boos In "A Political Tip." her story In Mc-
Clure s. has started an Interesting controversy
In New Jersey. A street railway franchlso
tax bill, an elderly woman who says "qulto
some" and a political boxs of a type that any
state would be proud to own, are the main
springs of the story, and In these a corre
spondent of the Newark News thinks he has
found "Internal evidence" that if tlr author
doesn't "hall from New Jersey" In his opinion
the state had something to do with the nar
rative. Mrs. Andrews lives In Syracuse. N.
Y., where tho franchise tax. may well be Just
as much of a red-hot Issue as in Jersey.
"Quite some" the News editor considers much
better evidence of a Jersey origin of the story.
It Is an expression, he says, heard more often
in New Jersey than In any other part of the
country.
Doubleday, Page & Co. announce for publi
cation In September "The Jewish Spectre." by
George H. Warner. The publishers bellev
that this Is an unusual book, and declare that
It will undoubtedly have an effect upon public
opinion. It Is a brilliant study of the Jew of
history and of today. The author shows con
vincingly that the rest of the world has built
up a wholly Imaginary "jpectre" which It has
labeled the Jew and which one generation ha3
passed on with additions to the next. What
the Jew really was and Is, his contribution
to civilization, and the larger idea of univer
sal brotherhood which Mr. Warner holds Is
the basis of true religion these Ideas are ad
vanced with a surprising clearness, humor
and effectiveness. Three distinguished critics
known throughout the United States (one
throughout the world) read the manuscript and
expressed their astonishment at tho book's
power and meaning. Mr. Warner Is a brother
of the late Charles Dudley Warner.
A Hindoo Boccaccio Is the description given
by a number of reviewers to the volume of
Eastern love stories translated by F. W.
Bain and Issued by tho Putnams with tho
title "A Digit of the Moon." This compari
son Is not unnatural from tho general char
acter of the tales, but it should be ex
plained that while the present work Is
frankly not Intended for the young. It con
tains nothing gross or offensive to modern
readers, The translator himself refers to
Boccaccio In his Introduction when speaking
of the discovery of the Sanskrit original. As
Boccaccio's stories were narrated to amuse a
company of Florentines exiled from their city
dm-lng a plague, so it was owing to a plague
which carried off all the members of an an
cient Brahman family, that this manuscript
passed into the hands of its English trans
lator. An Interesting companion volume to Elle
Metchnlkoffs "The Nature of Man" will be
published In September under the title of
Sex and Character." The author. Otto Weln-
Inger. was an extraordinarily brilliant young
German who committed suicide at the age of
23; and most readers will consider that his
book shows elgns of Insanity as well as
genius. He was profoundly anti-feministic.
believing that the female principle Is op
posed to knowledge and progress and morality.
Welnlnger does not admit the validity of the
accepted division of mankind into men and
women. He believes that In practically no
cose Is the distinction absolutely complete.
The first portion of the book deals with this
theory on the physical side, while the -second
and longer part la more psychological, an ap
plies the new view to many of the most Im
mediate problems of humanity. In spite of
its exaggeration, this is an Important con
tribution to human science, which all future
thinkers will have to reckon with.
Someone asked James Watson, the author
of "The Dog Book." the other day, what
was his favorite dog. and he replied that
It was an Irish terrier. On being pressed
for his reason for this belief, he says: "I
do not say that they are the best dog any
person can have, because keeping a dog Is a
matter of fancy. Just as choosing things to
eat. If we were only to have what a hoter
chef fancied the bill of faro would be small,
but he has to cater to many fancies; so lxf
dogs nearly every owner thinks that th
breed he keeps Is the best. I think that an
Irish terrier puppy five months old knows
as much as a collie twice his age. You can
never lose a terrier. I have one ten weeks
old. Just from the country, that I allowed
to run loose about the yard; the day after
got him ne went an around the neighbor
hood and came back to my house like a dog
year oia. j.ney are game, not quarrelsome.
hunt vermin, and seem to consider It a part
of their business tox protect their owner."
Dr. Frederic Rowland Marvin, whose volume
of essays. "The Companionship of Books," will
be published In the Fall, jls already favorably
known In the literary world as the author of
"The Last Words of Distinguished Men and
Women" and "Flowers of Song from Many
Lands." He was for a number of years the
pastor of the First Congregational Church at
Great Barrlngton. Mass., occupying the fa
mous "Hopkins Memorial Masse." This par
sonage was erected In memory of the dis
tinguished Dr. Samuel Hopkins, who founded
the church, and who will be remembered In
literature as the subject of a very charming
essay by Whlttler, and as the hero of Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Minister's Wooing."
It was in this beautiful Berkshire village, the
early home of William Cullen Bryant, In th?
midst of a district rich In legend and his
torical romance, that Dr. Marvin gathered
much of the material contained in t. rnm.
panionship of Books."
The remarkable success which has attended
the publication of "The Miseourian" (it was
printed three times before publication day),
serves to introduce In its young author. Eu
gene P. Lyle, Jr., a new force la American
fiction. For several years he has been a con
tributor to The World's Work and other mag
azines. "The Missourian" is his arst book.
He lived for some time la Missouri and
worked as a reporter on the Hums Ctty
papers. Subsequently he spent considerable
time abroad, where he Interviewed a number
of the crowned heads. He then joined his
father, a successful mining engineer in San
Luis Potosl, Mexico, and while there became
interested in the career of Maximilian. "The
Missourian" was the result. It Is a dramatic
and absorbing love story, developing a fresh
field. It centers about a charming French
girl who intrigues at Maximilian's court, and
a dashing Confederate officer, who went to
court to offer the swords of General Joseph
Shelby's men. who refused to surrender after
Appornatox. Mr. Lyle Is at present In Cuba
making a first-hand investigation there for
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