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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. MAT 13, 1906.
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The Financier, by Harris Burland. Illus
trated. 11. W. Dillingham Co., New York
I'ltj, and the J. K. Gill Co.. Portland.
It Is nearly as difficult to define woman
as it is to define love. The popular idea
of love Is that It can no more exist with
out Itself than can the light of a lamp
without oil. Another Idea Is that love
on the woman's part Is like a garden
flower and that It will grow according to
the care given It by the gardener. But
this elucidation of the difficulty Is of
fered by- Mr. Burland'B teaching in his
novel of the English stock exchange and
empire building, "The Financier."
The chief character in the novel Is John
GrRmphorn. money king. Two lesser ones
are Juliet Aumerle, actress, and George
Rtanyon, adventurer. And 4t is here that
Mr. Burland paints a purposeful picture
of love of the sacrificial order. At the
opening of the novel Juliet and Stanyon
are devoted lovers, but for the sake of
money pursuit Stanyon pretends he has
committed suicide, lives under another
mans name, totally neglects Juliet and
altogether Is a most indifferent Romeo.
Oramphorn Is passionately in love with
Juliet. According to the flower Idea of
love. Juliet should have forgotten her
absent rascal, but here the Burland Idea
of love takes a peculiar path all Its own.
There is little doubt In one's mind that
the John Gramphorn in "The Financier"
Is none other than the late Cecil Rhodes,
the South African multi-millionaire and
empire builder. There is the same giant,
dominant personality, the same self-sac-riflflng
spirit giving life-blood for the
anke of empire and succeeding In the end,
but at the cost of annihilation of self
interest. Cecil Rhodes' country where
in he spent his all was that region fa
mous as Cape Colony, the Transvaai. the
Orange Free State. Rhodesia and sur
rounding territory that could be favor
ably annexed to make the map assume ;
more British red. John Gramphorn s
country was Mashangweland, a dream
region on the east coast of Africa, near
ly on the equator, with the Interior stand
ing 15.000 feet above the level of the sea.
The country was ruled by native African
chiefs, and. as a rumor prevailed that
gold existed in the distant mountains,
both Germany and Great Britain desired
the country to be within their sphere of
Influence. Gramphorn was the foremost
of British financiers to slse up the won
derful possibilities of the new country,
and he sent Stanyon as his paid agent to
see if gold existed there. Stanyon's
search was unsuccessful, but after being
bribed by Gramphurn to the extent of
JHKV000. Stanyon reported falsely that he
had found the gold.
Gramphorn and his associates already
controlled most of the stock of the
lashangweland Exploration Company.
TAA., and they readily sold It at fancy
prices to the enthusiastic public. Gram
phorn'! principal idea was an imperial
one to make Mashangweland British
territory, and towards this end he fitted
out at his own expense 500 young men.
armed to the teeth, to fight the natives
and possess the land. This was Gram
phorn's reasoning:
I admit that all war is murder. Napoleon
was a murderer when he flung his Old Guard
gainst the British squares at Waterloo. He
tent them to death again and again. But
he aid It for France. Whv should I not do
this for England ? These men will die for
their country and when Mashangweland la
one of the finest colonies of our empire their
names will stand out as the names of those
who leave It to England.
Gramphorn's company of 500 warriors
built themselves a fort, and on being
joined by Gramphorn were attacked by
the savages. Maxim guns were trained
on the enemy and here the battle scene
Is so brilliantly portrayed that it acts
like whip to one's Imagination. Up to
now the best battle scene of recent years
in novels is that described by Ryder
Haggard's "King Solomon's Mines,"
which has been accepted as a classic of
its kind wherever the English tongue is
spoken. It is not only a duty but a
pleasure to say that Mr. Burland has
succeeded In creating an equally strong
battle scene In "The Financier." Here
is part of his word picture:
A sound like the sighing of a brm had
risen from the dark plain. It awTlcd Ilka
an advanclnc storm, gradually defining It
self Into the tramp of thousands of feet
through the grassland. Then there came
the clink of steel, tha roll of drums, and
then, drowning all in its clamor, a wild,
prolonged yell I
Before It had died awav BOO tiny points
of flame spurted Into the darkness, and
there was a simultaneous crash of the rifles.
A second later there was another circle of
rashes and another deafening crash. And
again and again the slfles spoke their mes
sages of death. Then there came a noise
which drowned all the shrieks and clamor
of the nignt. the continuous rattle of the
Maxims pouring out their -stream of lead
Into the darkness.
This Is a h 1 let loose," growled Stir
ling, as ha refilled the magaxtne of his rule.
I only hope we are hitting something. I
haven't seen any of them yet. But how
thev screech."
But during the next five minutes Stirling
was destined to see more of them than he
cared to eee. At first they came singly,
like stray leaves before a gale, and were
whirled back from the mouths of the rifles.
Then they came In twoa and threes, and
sank back In the ground, screaming In the
agonies of death. Then long lines of them
came, like waves beating on the shore, and
the Maxims threw them back In creasts of
Moody foam. Then the full tide poured down
with all Its strength, thousands upon thou
sands of naked savages, drunk with the
frensy of blood, yelling, slashing, leaping,
riving, as though life were nothing, and
fho were no more than tha beasts that
fcerish. The Maxims w-ere dragged to the
Vnn of bs caonnw Tii. buUtu tar la. Sk
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continuous stream. like sparks from a
Catherine wheel. Nothing could live in that
terrible zone of fire nothing could get near
enough to it to silence the guns. (n less
than five minutes the natives broke and
fled, the guns ceased firing, and there was
silence on the plain.
On the march of the colonists to the
coast a force of German soldiers took
them prisoners. Gramphorn was handed
over to the British naval authorities, tried
in England, charged with "provoking acts
of war between a peaceful state and His
Majesty's subjects resident In the same,"
and was fined J50O.O00. About this period
Stanyon turned traitor to the empire
builder, privately sold himself to the Ger
man secret service, and publicly an
nounced that he had been employed by
Gramphorn to falsely state that gold ex
isted in Mashangweland. A financial
panic ensued. many Investors were
swamped, and Gramphorn sacrificed near
ly his entire fortune to prevent the ruin of
all Investors. Juliet had been his redeem
ing angel, and had not only lifted him to
heights of self-sacrifice, but had promised
to be his wife. Gramphorn was as much
of a hero to her as Romeo was a heartless
wretch.
Suddenly Gramphorn found that gold did
undoubtedly exist in Mashangweland, and
from a pauper he again became a world
financial power. Stanyon ultimately
crossed Gramphorn's path, and In a fight
with enemies sworn to kill him, Gramp
horn sustained Injuries by which his right
hand was amputated. In the -fight Stan
yon who was himself wounded, saved the
magnate's life, and the unexpected hap
pens when Juliet, .who is summoned to
nurse Stanyon, finds that she still loves
him. Here the nobleness of Gramphorn's
character stands out with star-light effect.
Juliet, fickle, weak as water and unstable
as the rainbow, is given her liberty to
marry her Romeo, and Gramphorn steps
out of the book alone, a strong, heroic
figure.
"The Flnanoier'"ls certain to be among
the big sellers, especially in Great Brit
ain. It bristles with wonderful incidents,
leads in exciting fiction, has a plot full of
surprises, and can be recommended as a
story which travels at lightning speed. It
Is a stronger book than Mr. Burland's
earlier success. "The Black Motor Car."
The Illustrations are by Charles Grunwald,
and the book cover Is a clever design of
the British lion and the sign of pounds
sterling.
The Napoleonic Kmplre. by Professor Theo
dor Flathe. being volume XVII of "A His
tory of All Nations." Lea Bros. & Co.,
Philadelphia.
Jena to Waterloo that is the brilliant
war picture given in this handsome vol
tfme of 416 pages, wherein the star of the
great Napoleon Is shown at Its brightest
and at lis decline. Briefly, the story Is
the fall of the First Empire, and In crisp,
condensed fashion the task is completed.
Mere sentiment, as Stevenson or Pres
cott might have written it, is absent, and
the reader gets a clear presentation of
facts. Professor Flathe tells nothing very
new regarding the great Corsican-Itallan
soldier who afterward became by com
mon consent the greatest French warrior
that France ever knew, because very
possibly so much has already been writ
ten about Napoleon that It would require
a vivid Imagination eager to take liberties
with historical facts to present Napoleon
In new viewllght.
It Is the familiar Napoleon of history
that Professor Flathe's wand brings be
fore us the war genius that never obeyed
the voice of prudence and who obeyed a
demoniacal force which, drove him on
ward Irresistibly along the pathway of
violence. A master of military . tactics
would undoubtedly picture Napoleon dif
ferently, but this present historian Is con
servative and scholarly enough to can
didly deal with history as he finds it.
He tells of a Napoleon who overthrew
venerable thrones and erected new ones
for sons of fortune without ancestry:
destroyed anciently established states and
founded others without any historical
basts; robbed the strong who resisted htm
and elevated the small who bowed down
to him; who did more toward establishing
new governments without the consent of
the governed only to foster the growing
sentiment that the policy was wrong; a
man who would have emulated Louis XIV
as a patron of literature, but found
French In the Napoleonic era falling deep
er and deeper Into frivolity.
A large number of illustrations mostly
from contemporary prints greatly en
hance the value of this admirable volume.
Authentic portraits of the actors In a
most stirring drama are reinforced by
crude but graphic sketches of Incidents
of the Russian campaign, taken from life
by the artist, Albert Adam, who accom
panied the expedition. The most effec
tive picture Is, however, a reproduction
of Daniel .Macllse's famous fresco, now
In Westminster, of the meeting of Wel
lington and Blucher after the battle of
Waterloo.
Lore letters That Caused Divorce), by Mr.
A. E. Aldington. O. W. Dillingham Co.,
New York City, and the J. K. Gill Co
Portland. As Its title indicate this is an unusual
book. and it has already earned a great
reputation, on both sides of the Atlantic,
principally because it treads on paths
that are seldom pressed by ordinary mor
tals, who thank goodness, knew no break
Id tha ab altered raUUocshio. of Log b It-
man family frem birth to happy mar
ried life until death steps in.
Deliciously crisp, often caustic, now a
touch of vinegar and then a breath as
from a rose this little book of 9 pages
is so odd that once started it is hardly
possible not to finish It. yea, to the end.
The letters are those of a young married
Englishwoman. Mrs. Catharine Yorke.
who lives In London, to a man she first
addresses as "Dear Mr. D ," and then
afterward as "Dear Leon," "My Dear
One," and "My Love." That she had
married the wrong man when she mar
ried her husband, and that years after
she met her ideal in and loved Leon, Is
painfully apparent. At the end, the
woman and her husband separate, a di
vorce is granted, the husband goes to a
music hall to console himself with "some
thing less frigid" than his late wife, the
lover sails for Australia, and the divorced
wife remains lrr England because her
father and sister appear at the dock Just
as the steamer Is starting on her long
voyage. The book has a slight resem
blance to the greater prose poem, "An
Englishwoman's Love Letters."
As for Mrs. Torke's love letters? Here
are earn pes:
Once a love Is created, you cannot kill it..
I have given up thinking whether to love
you is right or wrong, because I cannot help
it. ,
During the past week I have sometimes
bated you, with that peculiar hatred which is
part of love, and then comes the overwhelm
ing longing to be near you.
The Creator fashioned a bundle of sweet
Inconsistencies to be at once the joy and pain
of life apd behold! woman. Not the frail
anaemic substitute, but the glorious, healthy,
pure woman. My dear, we only exist, and
that very feebly.
The Heart of the Railroad Problem, by Pro
fessor Frank Parsons. si. 50. Little.
Brown & Co.. Boston.
The heart of the railroad problem
lies in the question of Impartial treat
ment of shippers that is our author's
summing up.
Professor Parsons' testimony, on the
relations of the railroads and the pub
lic, before the Interstate Commerce
Committee of the United States Senate
and before the United States Industrial
Commission, attracted wide and re
spectful attention, for it became
known that a specialist -was talking.
Later he traveled through nine coun
tries o Europe and over three-fourths
of -the United states studying: railways,
meeting railroad presidents and man
agers, ministers of railways, members of
railway commissions. Governors, Senators
and leading men of every class, in the ef
fort to get a thorough understanding of
the railway situation. He also made an
extensive study of the railroad literature
of leading countries, and examined
thoroughly the reports and decisions
of commissions and courts in railroad
cases In the United States. .
Study of the book reveals facts with
reference to railroad favoritism or un
just discrimination from the begin
ning of our railroad history to the
present time, discloses the motives and
causes of such discrimination, dis
cusses various remedies that have
been proposed, and gathers hints from
the railroad systems of other countries
to develop the conclusions indicated by
our own railroad history.
Some of the chapter headings: The
Law and the Fact; Passes and Politics;
Passenger Rebates and Other Forms
of Favoritism In Passenger Traffic;
Freight Discriminations; The Early
Years; The Granger Laws; The Hep
burn Investigation, 1879; The Senate
Committee, 1885; The Interstate Com
merce Act, 188", and Its Effects; Work
of the Interstate Commission; Direct
Rebates; Substitutes for Rebates; De
nial of Fair Facilities; Oil and Beef;
Imports and Exports; Locality Dis
crimination: Long-Haul Decisions of
the Supreme Court; Ten Years of Fed
eral Regulation: The Elklns Act, 1903,
and Its Effects: The Wisconsin Rev
elations; The Colorado Fuel and Other
Cases: Free Cartage, State Traffic,
Demurrage, Expense-Bill System, Mlll-ina;-ln-Translt,
etc.; Midnight Tariffs
and Elevator Fees; Commodity Dis
crimination; Discrimination by Classi
fication; Various Other Methods; The
Terminal Railroad Plan; Private-Car
Abuses; the Long-Haul Anomaly; Nul
lifying the Protective Tariff; Summary
of Over Sixty Forms of Discrimina
tions; The Difficulties of Abolishing
Discrimination; Remedies Proposed;
Pooling, Fixing Rates by Public Au
thority, etc.; Objections of Roads; Al
leged Errors of Interstate Commerce
Commission; Can Regulation Secure
the Needful Dominance or Public In
terest; Hints From Other Countries.
The Base: Freeh Water and Marine, by
William C. Harris and Tarleton H. Bean,
and edited and Illustrated by Louis Rhead.
13 50. Frederick A. Stokes Co.. New York
City, and tha J. K. QUI Co.. Portland.
One cannot speak too highly of the
artistic cover of this book It resembles
a fine oil painting, and must have been
a labor of love. The artist probably had
this thought in mind: "I must create
something to suggest the diea that this
book is about fishes." So the cover he
designed represents so perfectly the scales
and part of the head of a fish, that on
placing your hands on the picture, you
almost aspect to feel the. scales ouiver
with life. Another colored picture, "A
Leap for Freedom," is admirable for Are
and action.
How do you like your bass served?
Fried? To enjoy hare, you must first
catch your hare. So, to catch basses this'
book will be found to be a guide, phil
osopher and friend. All the matter had
been specially written for it. The main
object has apparently been to supply
readers with complete information show
ing not only how, when and where to fish
for bass, but also to enable them to find
"poetic descriptions, entertaining ac
counts, and pleasing vicissitudes of ang
ling so. that they may catch if possible a
glimpse of the glamor and light of nature
study without which half of the delight
In fishing would be lost." Many trips
are told of. and in such chatty, enter
taining style that the ordinary reader has
finished the book before he knows it, and
longs for more.
Money and Currency, by Professor Joseph
French Johnson. $1.75. postage extra.
Glnn & Co.. New Tork City. i
Professor Johnson occupies the chair
of political economy at New York Uni
versity, and is also dean of the school
of commeroe, accounts and finance.
As financial editor of the Chicago
Tribune in the early '80s, he gained an
intimate knowledge of the phenomena
of the money market, and later he
was enabled to study the intricacies
of the silver question in a section
where the free coinage of that metal
was generally advocated.- Ultimately,
he had exceptional opportunities to
study the opinions of Eastern bankers
and business men. So, at a period
when there Is breathing time follow
ing a National discussion of the mon
ey question. Professor Johnson, being
well equipped for the task, can rest
assured that he will have no difficulty
In finding a thoughtful audience. His
book has such a broad scope that it
will not only be found useful in
schools and colleges, but it has a mes
sage for practical men. Briefly, he
considers money and currency in rela
tion to industry, prices and the rate
of interest. "Money" he defines as a
tool invented to overcome the diffi
culties of barter. ' '
Among the topics ably discussed in
this book, are: The medium of .ex
change; nature and value of money;
nature and uses of credit; circum
stances affecting demand and supply;
domestic and foreign exchange; rela
tion of money and credit to prices and
to the rate of interest; the importance
of price; commodity of metal money;
production and value of precious met
als; monometallism versus bimetallism;
the silver question; flat money, illus
trated by the greenback; fiat money in
foreign countries; credit money; mon
ey In the United States; and, is the
gold standard secure?
Professor Johnson considers that the
monetary system of this country, al
though much better than it was In
1890, still has these defects: The po
sition of the National treasury as the
ultimate redemption agency; the in
elasticity of the currency: the excess
ive quantity of Government credit
money, and the idle and useless hoard
of silver dollars at Washington. D. C.
The point is made that the Secretary
of the Treasury should be authorized
to accept from banks, other securities
than Government bonds, as the latter are
not normal banking assets.
The Cambridge Modern History, volume IX,
"Napoleon," edited by A. W. Ward, Lltt.
D.; o. w. Prothero. Lin. D.. and Stanley
Leathes. M. A. The Macmlllan Company,
New Tork City.
Written from the standpoint of the
British the people who did really more
than any other to conquer France's great
Emperor this study of Napoleon can be
recommended for its faithful accuracy
and truthful presentation of historical
facts. The view is- expressed in the
pages under review that no other period
In modern history no other historical
period except those of probably Alexan
der the Great, of Julius Caesar and
Charlemagne was so completely dominat
ed by a single personality as that of
Napoleon, who was not only the archi
tect of his own fortunes but the prime
creator of the enormous power by which
he overawed Europe. The authors con
cede that Napoleon's fatal mistake at
Waterloo was that he underestimated
Wellington and his British legions, and
that he made light of the possibility that
Blucher might succeed in a flanking oper
ation. It is recorded that when Soult
urged caution. Napoleon replied with this
sneering outburst: "You were beaten by
Wellington, and so you think he Is a great
General. But I tell you that Wellington
Is a bad General and the English are bad
troops. They will be merely a breakfast
for us." How little did he foresee that
it was impossible to win by mere force
of impact, and that Providence itself was
fighting against one who was a whole
sale shedder of human blood. The
graphic style used Is. one of the charms
of the volume, and the typograph
ical work Is on a par with the wealth of
material and general excellence of" the
story.
Tbe Meetaanle: m Romance of Rteel and Oil,
by Allan Mclvor. gl.00. William Ritchie,
New York City.
Modern Industrial conditions and es
pecially the hurtful growth of the trusts
and corporate wealth form the germ of
this remarkable novel. The hero Is John
Worth, who rises from the position of a
poor mechanic to that of an industrial
magnate. In a measure, the portraiture
resembles that of the famous John Hali
fax. Here is a portion of a speech by
John Worth after he became an employer
of labor:
Twenty years ago labor and capital got on
fairly well. Then began to come In the
giant amalgamations, and because a profit
at any price had to be shown, all sorts of
trickery were resorted to in order to pav in.
terest on stock that had no -value. Out
rageous growths of fortunes have demoral
ized society and there now exists In Aster
ica a state of corruption such as Is known
nowhere else. Servants are bribed to be
tray employers Interests and "politician" has
become a synonym for "grafter." It is .dif
ficult today to find a business that Is run
honestly. Witness the great Institutions
throughout the countrv that are making
millions, and witness also the pay they give
their workers. We see .these Institutions al
ways bowling for their rights, always play
ing to the gallery of public opinion by spec
tacular gifts, and meantime reaching with
dirty hands for more money. We see taxes
evaded by political pulls or political Jobs se
cured by bribery..
"The Mechanic" is a book for thinking
people. Its plea is a vigorous one.
The Evasion, by Eugenia Brooks Frothing
bam. SI. 50. Houghton. Mifflin & Co.,
Boston, and the J. K. GUI Co.. Portland.
A cultured, imaginative novel of tem
perament and character study concerning
young people of what one may describe
as being of the serious, educated Boston
type. Because he prayed to God to save
his mother's life and found that the
prayer was unanswered. Richard Cope
land became an atheist, mystic and So
cialist. The development of Copeland's
character is like the leaves opening on
an American beauty rose. Labor union
Ism, divorce and other up-to-date matters
are discussed in sane orthodox fashion.
A book telling of diverse humanity, and
out of the ordinary, because It appeals
to the inner life and Is not of the earth,
earthy such a book, in fact, that George
Eliot might have written.
A Lost Cause, by Guy Thome. G. P. Put
nam's Sons, New York City, and the J. K
Glll Co., Portland.
English and England's Episcopal
church to the bone. The theme se
lected is tbe attempt of radicals In
the Episcopal church in England to
prove that members of the High
Church party or the ritualists in it
are not Protestants, but . incline to
Rome. In the first chapter, entitled
"The Interrupted Eucharist," trouble
begins among the Catholics of the
Church of St- Elwyn, when one of the
parishioners. Samuel Hamlyn, disturbs
the service by protesting against tne
y Illegal and blasphemous, labia of toe
mass as performed in this church.'
Hamlyn is shown to be a hypocrite,
and his downfall Is skilfully por
trayed. Written in sincerity, the
novel, with its fine, spiritual tone,
-will raise varied attention. It is
written by the author of "When It
Was Dark," a book of International
reputation and which has become the
theme of many sermons.
The Man mad His Kingdom, by E. Phillips
Oppenhelm. Illustrated. $1.50. Little,
Brown Co., Boston.
The brilliant author of "A Maker of
History" one of the cleverest novels
of the year Is again heard from in an
intensely dramatic story of love and
adventure in an opera-bouffe South
American republic, San Martina.
Gregory Dene, a Socialistic English
man, purchases land from the republic
and within its domain starts a social
colony where all 'who dwell In it are
absolutely equal, and the adventures
that befall him are many and exciting.
But there are no real battles only
baby revolutions.
When the President of the republic,
Gustave Rimarex,. resigned that office,
he pathetically remarked: "I have
been your President for five years,
during which time, you will permit me
to remind you I have subdued eleven
revolutions, and my assassination has
been - attempted nine times." Dene
succeeded Rlmarez in tne presidency.
The story has buoyant humor and is
convincingly told.
Rnbalyat of Hope, by A. A. B. Cavaness. 91.
Jennings & Graham, Cincinnati, Ov-Eighty-eight
stanzas of poetry breath
ing sympathy and a fine philosophy, cer
tain to be appreciated by educated and
refined people. An Introduction Is written
by William A. Quayle, commencing:
"Omar's rose Is red. But It Is red with
wine and blood. 'Tis a hopeless supper
Omar takes at his tavern. Nothing of
his quip or laughter substracts from the
utter lonejiness of his heart.-' The last
verse in the- collection Is:
And Srrlng will come, and turn her Empty
Glass. ,
And Roses die upon thy Mound of Gross:
- But Love, through Rose-leaves' Dust beholds
the Sky.
And knows that Love to Dust shall never pass.
The book cover Is an artistic study of
green and gold, but the lettering of the
title is so difficult to decipher that it is
almost indistinguishable.
Worshippers, by Henry Berman. $1.50. The
Grafton Press, New York City.
The hopes, fears, joys, tears and laugh
ter of the Intellectuals of Russian Jewry
in America and particularly in Philadel
phia and Mew York City these are what
make the "Worshippers, the Socialists.
Dramatists and Bohemians In this spark
ling story worth knowing, because they
arrest your attention, and lift It to
the higher things of life. The author has
cleverly created a new world of Ills own,
and after being under its charm one can
better understand some of the hopes and
asperations of lntellecuallty In Jewry for
the people there are different from those
of any other land.
No. 101. by Wymond Carey. Illustrated.
$1.50. G. T. Put nam's Sons. New York
City, and the J. K. Gil! Co., Portland.
Filled to the end with plot and counter
plot, this romance of England and France
In the 18th century principally concerns
the strange adventures of a government
apy In the employment of the British gov
ernment, who was known as No. 101. It
Is admitted that such a personage really
existed, but to this day her Identity is
unknown. ; The author has given No. 101
a name in this romance Yvonne de St.
Amant. In dash and quick and continued
action, "No. 101" reminds one of the
style of Dumas.
Kenelra's Desire, by Hughes Cornell. $1.50.
Little. Brown & Co., Boston.
Kenelm is an Alaskan Indian, adopt
ed and educated by a white family of
British Columbia. He is also a writer
of verses and makes love on original
lines. Desire Is a San Francisco girl
in love with this Indian, and the re
sult is a charming romance inter
woven" with political scenes and
sketches of canoeing and outdoor life,
mostly in British Columbia. A novel
that will be remembered for Its en
joyable and faithful delineation of In
dians and their ways.
A Millionaire of Yesterday, bv E. Phillips
Oppenhelm. Illustrated. $1.50. Little,
Brown & Co., Boston.
Based on new lines and with an orig
inal plot, this story of Scarlett Trent
and Monty digging for gold in the
heathen darkness of Bekwando, in
"West Africa, shows the clever work of
one who Is a prince of story-tellers.
The millionaire is Trent, and after he
made his fortune in Bekwando he be
came a financial magnate in London.
The novel grips one's imagination, and
it has plenty of color and dash.
Tbe San Francisco Earthquake, by Richard
J.inthicum and Trumbull White. Illus
trated. 35 cents, wholesale rate. The
Monarch Book Company, Chicago 111.
Cheap and grotesque. The book is not
worthy of its subject it is a nightmare.
J. M. Q.
IX LIBRARY AXD WORKSHOP
The advance sale of Eleanor Hoyt Brain
erd's "In Vanity Fair," indicates the prob
ability of wide circulation.
"A Psychical Explanation of the Miracles
of Jesus' and "New EJvidence of Man'a Af
finity With the Anthropoid Ape, 'are two
important articles in Current Literature.
"How to Be Blind," by Helen Keller;
"Earthquakes and Their Causes," by James
F. Kemp; "Great Fortunes"; "Birds of the
Sea." by TV. L. Flnley and H. T. Bohl
man and "The New Irish Government," by
Justin McCartfe-, are In The Outlook.
"Vanishinir Indian Types,"' containing- In
formation relative to tribes of the Southwest,
i. a notable illustrated article in Scrtbner's.
The excellent fiction includes "The Fourth
Juror," "The Bridge Across the Night." "The
Other Doors' and "Mr. Bently's Awakening."
TV here Speech Ends," one of the novels
Issued by Moffat. Yard A Co. this month, has
r strong: Princeton flavor. The author Is
Robert Haven Schauffler. '02; the "prelude"
is by Henry Van Dyke, '73; the scene Is
partly laid in Princeton, and both members
of tUe publishing-house which bring it out
are Princeton graduates.
-(
The Keramlc Studio for May, a magazine
for the potter and decorator, botn in words
and pictures. Is very helpful for those to
whom It has special stmlflcanec. The ar
ticles include: "Fruit Plate and Bowl," "Wi
llis of the Valley," "True Design for Stein."
"Punchbowl and Cup," "Plums." "Laurel
Design for Plate" an "Salad Bowl."
The Nautilus, a magazine advocating self
help through self-knowledge, has a thought
ful, well-written article by- Elizabeth. Tow.ne.
the editor of the magazine, on "The Art and
X'ses of Profound Repose." The trend of the
article Is an advocacy of the letting go of
tension because "we human beings are cut
out of the same soul stuff that plants are
made of,, and we grow by the same laws."
"The Training of the Human Plant," by
Luther Burbank, and appearing in the Cen
tury, is one of the most important contribu
tions of the year, and is well worth the spe
cial attention of parents and school teach
ers. Rudyard Kipling's new story of ancient
Britain. "A Centurlan of the Thirtieth." leads
In McOure's. It has the real Kipling- ring.
Margaret and E. A. Macfarlane's story, "A
Subscription to the Heathen," makeB us ac
quainted with new writers of merit and whose
later work will be welcome.
"Is the Human Race Mortal? is the sub
ject of a valuable but speculatively inclined
article by Dr. C. W. Saleeby. In Harper's
Magazine. Alt who like stories of whale
fishing will delight In Clifford W. Ashley's
"The Blubber Hunters." The fiction depart
ment contains contributions by Alice Brown,
Justus Miles Forman. Margaret Deland, Annie
Hamilton Donnell. Johnson Morton and others.
Miss Donnell's story. "The Promise." Is of
genuine heart Interest it belongs to that rar
ity, a perfect mother and child experience.
The peculiar naming, "The Angel of
Patn." that E. F. Benson has given his latest
book has aroused curiosity among novel
readers. The title' of the book has a signifi
cant timeliness, being written at a time
when a curious antipathy to pain is demon
strating itself among philosophic nations.
The lesson that Mr. Benson evidently wishes
to imoresa is that of the beneficent oart
played, by pain Is the development of
rounded human nature. While the theme
Is somber, the book is not saddening- In
effect, but ! a genuine love story of convincing-
naturalness.
Elizabeth Luther Cary's discovery of an
ancient English cook book has resulted In
a volume compounded of recipes and litera
ture under the title of "Books and My
Food." which bears the Imprint of Moffat,
Yard Co. Experiment with the old
recipes resulted In many delightful and un
usual dishes, once very popular, doubtless,
but long since lout under the Invasion of
French cooking. The best of these, with
Intent to revive their use, she has embodied,
with others, in the present unique volume.
Each recipe Is delightfully flavored with an
appropriate extract from soma book or
author of celebritv.
.
The author who In "Little Stories of
Married Life" and recently In "More Stories
of Married Life" makes us so familiar with
amusing types of suburbanites. Is one ft ths
few who Insists that her readers shall know
little of her personality or her appearance.
Mary Stewart Cutting has never permitted
a photograph of herself ti appear In the
newspapers or magaalnes since she attained
literary fame, and stoutly resists all at
tempts on the part of her publishers ana
the press to make her forego her decision.
This la all the more unusual since he
kindly countenance would surely furnish
one more reason for reading- her charming
books.
In a recent highly successful play the
principal scenes were laid in a boardtng
nnuse in Washington. D. C, and the leading
characters were employes of the different
Governmental departments. In Ella Mid
dleton Tybout's new novel. "The Wife of the
Secretary of State," which has been very
popular, particularly In Washington, D. C,
some of the most entertaining chapters are
those depicting scenes and happenings In a
select boarding-house of the Capital City,
where Government employes, holding respon
sible positions, were taken "as paying
guests." Although Miss Tybout was on the
field first with her book, which was pub
lished several months in advance of the nro-
duction of the play, there Is no similarity
between the two, both showing different
phases In the home lives of those in the
employ of our Government.
Religious fanaticism and religious warfare
are responsible for the extermination of count
less - literary treasures and collections, l ne
Romans cons i lined to the flames Jewish ar.d
Christian books, the Jews treated pagan and
Christian books in the same way, ana tne
Christians pursued a similar policy, says Cur
rent Literature. In Spain, at and after the
expulsion of the Moors, whole libraries -of
the wrltiniZB of Islam were savaaelv de-
stroyed; the English Puritans exterminated
many collections or books in tne monas
teries, and even Cromwell burned the Ox
ford library, then one of the best in Europe.
Red and white extremists have been equally
cruel- to books; the Spanish Inquisition and
the French revolution were at one In this
matter. The Spanish discoverers and rulers
of America destroyed thousands of Mexican
and Peruvian reords, and as a result a most
Important part of the history of human
progress has been lost forever. . The cru
saders were destroyers of what they consid
ered heretical books, and In Russia the war
of orthodoxy on sectarian dissent still mani
fests Itself, among other things. In the de
struction of the books of the non-conformists.
BCBENESS ITEMS.
ff Babr Is Catting- Teeth
fie sure and use that old and well-tried rem
edy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, for chil
dren teething. It soothes the oh lid, softeas
the auras, allays ail pa la, cures wlaa oslls
and dlArrhoea.
TRAVELERS" GCTDE.
THE COMFORTABLE WAY.
TWO OVERLAND TRAINS DAILY
THE. ORIENTAL LIMITED
The Fast Mall
VIA SEATTLE OR SPOKANE.
Dally. Portland I Dally.
Leave Time Schedule. Arrive
8:30 am To and from Spo- 7:00 am
kane. St. Paul. Min
neapolis, Duluth and
11:45 pm All Points East Via 8:50 pm
Seattle.
To and from St
Paul, Minneapolis,
6:15 pm Duluth and All 8:00 pm
Points East Via
Spokane.
Great Northern Steamship Co.
Sailing from Seattle for Japan and
China port and Manila, carrying
passengers and freight.
8. S. Dakota, June 7.
8. 8. Minnesota. July 25.
NIPPON YU8EN KAISHA
(Japan Mall Steamship Co.)
S. 6. SHIN A NO MARU will sail
from Seattle about May 15 for Ja
pan and China ports, carrying; pas
sengers and freight.
For tickets, rates, berth reserva
tions, etc.. call on or address
ft. DICKSON. C. P. T. A.
122 Third St.. Portland. Or.
Fbone Main 680.
TIME CARD
OFTRAINS
PORTLAND
Tellowstons Park - Kansas
City - Bt. Loul. bpecial
for Cheballs, Centralla, .
Olympla. Gray's Harbor.
South Bend. Tacoma, Se
attle, gpokana, Lwlaton.
Butte, Billlnaa, Denver,
Omaha. Kansas City, St.
Louis and Southwest 8:30 am 4:80 pm
North Coast Limited, elec
tric llshted, for Tacoma.
Seattle. Spokane. Butte.
Minneapolis. St. Paul and
the East 2:00 pra 7:00 am
Pucet ' Sound Limited for
Claremont, Chehalis. Cen
tralla, Tacoma and Seattle
only 4:30 pm 10:39 pm
Twin City Express for Ta
coma. Seattle, Spokane.
Helena. Butte St. Paul.
Minneapolis, Lincoln, Oma
ha, St. Joseph. St. Louis,
Kansas City. without
chance of cars. Direct
connections for all point.
Ea&t and Southeast .11:40 pm 6:60 pm
A. D. Charlton. Assistant Genera Passenger
Afent, 255 Morrison St., corner Third, Port
land, Or.
NOME ROUTE
S. S. SENATOR June 1
Secure Ticket Now
SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA ROUTE
From Seattle at 9 P. M. for Ketchikan.
Juneau, Skagway, tvbite Horae, Dawson
and Fairbanks
S. 8. City of Seattle. May 11, 21, 31.
8. S. Humboldt. May 14. 24.
S. S. City of Topeka (via Sitka). May 18.
ALASKA EXCURSIONS.
S. S. Spokane, June 7, 21; July S, 20; Au
gust 2.
FOR SAN FRAJfCISCO DIRECT
From Seattle at 9 A. M.; Umatilla, May
3. 16, 30; Queen. May 9, 23, June C.
Portl.aa Office, 240 Washington mt.
Main 228.
G. M. LEE, Pass. A Ft. Act.
C. D. DUNANN. G. P. A..
10 Market St.. San Francisco.
"REGULATOR LINE"
The Dalles, Portland &
Astoria Navigation Co.
Boatii leave Portland and The Dalles
daily, except Sunday, at 7 A. M.. arriv
ing about a P. M., carrying freight and
passengers. Splendid accommodations for
outfits and livestock.
Dock Foot of Alder St., Portland: Foot
of Court St.. The Dalles,
f none Mala 914, Portland.
TRAVELERS GUTDat.
JIM
OREGON
SfiOgrLlNB
jwd UNION PACIFIC
8 TRAINS TO THE EAST DAILT
Through Pullman standards and tourist
a!eeplnc-cars dally to Omaha. Chicago. Spo
kafte; tourist sleeping-car dally to Kadsas
City. Recltninr chair-car (scats trea) to
tne ,at cany.
UNION DEPOT. Leaves. Arrival.
CHICAGO-PORTLAND 9:15 A. m7 5:23 P. M.
SPECIAL for tne East Daily. Dally.
via Huntington.
SPOKANE TLTKR. .yM
For Eastern Washington. Walla Walla.
Lewlston. Cosur d'Alena and Great Korthara
points.
ATLANTIC EXPKKtiSlg. ,5 p M. 7:15 A.M.
for th. East via Hunt 1 'rjally latly.
incton. I
RIVER SCHEDULE.
FOR ASTORIA and S:00P.M. B:0O P. M.
way points, connecting Daily. Dally,
with steamer tor Ila- except except
co and North Beach Sunday. Sunday,
steamer Hassalo. Ash Saturday
st. dock 10:00 P. M.
FOR DAYTON. Ore- 7:00 A. M. 510 P. M.
gon City and Yamhtil Dally. Dally.
Elver points. Aah-st. except xctpt.
dock fwator per.) Sunday. jg.
Rlparla. Wash. . , ,
Leave Rlparla 5:40 A. M or upon arrtTaJ
train No. 4. dally except Saturday.
Arrive Rlparla. 4 P. M., dally except Fri
day. Ticket Office. Third and Washlngtm.
Telethon. Main 711. C. W. Stinger. City
Ticket Art. I A. L. Craig. Gem. Paaa. Agt.
EAST via
SOUTH
UNION DE3POT.
OVERLAND EM
PRESS TRAINS
for Salem, Rose
burg. Ashland.
Sacramento, Og
den. Ban Fn
clsco, Stockton
I .OS Angeles, Ed
Paso, New Or
leana and to.
8:45 P. M.
7: A, at,
8:& A. M.
Morning train
connects at
Woodburn dally
except Sunday
with trains for
Mt. Angel. Silver
ton. Brownsville,
ftprlngneld. W end
ling and Natron.
Bugena passenger
connaota at
Woodburn wtth
Mt. Angel . and
Mlverton local,
Corvalna paiwan
ger. Sheridan passen
ger. Forest Grove 'pas
senger. 6:65 P. at.
4:15 P. M.
7:30 A. M.
4:60 P. M.
fl0:4 P. M.
lOJS A. M,
:B0 P. M.
": 28 aTm.
tl:50 P. M.
Daily. tDally except Sunday.
PORTLAND-OSWBGO SUBURBAN
SERVICE) AND YAMHILL
DIVISION.
Depot, Foot of Jefferson. Street. ?
Leave Portland dally for Oswego at 7:30
A. M.; 12:60, 2:05, 4:00, 8:20. 6:25. 8:30. 10:10.
11-30 P. M. Daily except Sunday, 5:a0. 6:30,
8:35 10:25 A. M. Sunday only. A. M.
Returning from Oswego, arrive Portland,
dally 8:30 A. M.: 1:55. 3:05. 5:05. 6:15. 7:33.
8-55 11:10 P. M.: 12:25 A. M. Daily except
Sunday. 6:25. 7:25. 8:80. 11:45 A. M. Sun
day only. 10 A. M.
Leave from same depot for Dallas and in
termediate points dally. 4:15 P. M. Arrive
Portland. 10:15 A. M. ....
The Independence-Monmouth Motor Line
operates dally to Monmouth and Alrlle, con
necting with S. P. Co's trains at Dallas and
Independence.
First-class fare from Portland to Sacra
mento and San Francisco, 20; berth, S3.
Second-class fare. 15: second-class berth.
$2 50
Tickets to Eastern points and Europe; also
Japan. China, Honolulu and Australia.
ClTlf TICKET OFFICE, Corner Third and
Washington Bts. Phone Main 712.
C TV. STINGER,
'city Ticket Agent.
A. L. CRAIG.
Gen. Pass. Agt.
Astoria and Columbia
River Railroad Co.
Leaves. UNION DEPOT. Arrives.
Daily. For Mavgers, Rainier. Daily.
Clatskanle. Westport,
Clifton, Astoria, War-8-00
A. M renton. Flavel. Ham- 11:20 A. M
mond. Fort Stevens,
Gearhart Park. Sea
side. Astoria and Sea
shore. 7:00 P.M. Express Dally. 9:50 P. M
Astoria Express.
Dally. .
"Coinm'l Agt.. 248 Alder st- O. F. P. A.
Phona Main 80S.
San Francisco & Portland Steamship Co
SERVICE RESUMED.
Steamship "Costa Rica" leaves Portland 8
p M . May 13, for San Francisco 3pear-at.
dock) and Oakland (Broadway dock;. 8. S.
Barracouta" about May 15.
Freight received dally at Alnsworth dock
for San Francisco. Oakland and points b.-
yPassenger and freight reservations should
ba made at the following address:
4AMES H. DEWbON, Agent,
Phone Main 268. 24S Washington St.
WILLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE
Steamera for Salem. Independence and Al.
feany leav. 6:46 A. M. dally ecept Sunday).
Steamers for Corvallls and way points
leave 6:4t A. M. Tuesday. Thursday aad
Saturday.
OUuON CITT TRANSPORTATION CO,
Office and dock, foot Taylor St.
Steamer Chas. R. Spencer
FAST TIME.
Up the beautiful Columbia, the most en
joyable of river trips. Leaves foot Oak
for The Dalle, and way points daily at 7
A. M., except Friday and Sunday; return
ing at 10 P. M. Sunday excursions for
Cascade Locks leave at 8 A. M. ; return 6
P. M. Phone Main 2860.
ALASKA
FAST AJfTJ POPULAR. STEAM SHIPS
LEAVE SEATTLE P. M.
"Jefferson," May 15, 25; June 6, 18.
P. M., via WrangeL
"Dolphin," Mav 9. 20; June 1. 12. 24.
CHEAP EXCURSION RATES.
On excursion trips steamer calls at
Sitka. Metlakahtla, Glacier. Wrangel.
etc.. in addition to regular porta of calL
Call or send for "Trip to Wonderful
Alaska." "Indian Basketry," "Totem
Poles."
THE- ALASKA 8. 8. CO.
Frank Woolsey Co., Agents.
252 Oak St. Portland. Or.