THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 1, 1906.
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For the word
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And that is
Sandy From th Sierras, by Richard Barry,
Illustrated. 91.50. Moffat, Yard -fc Co.,
New York City.
Very few newspaper men amonj th
younger generation in America show the
versatility approaching to genius of
Richard Barry. Previous to the opening
of the Russo-Japanese war, he was
known to & limited circle as a graceful
yet forceful writer with fine descriptive
powers. When the first muterings of the
war god fluttered from the Far, Kast,
Barry was one among the hundreds of
newspaper men of all nations who sailed
In frantic haste for the scene of opera
tions and history making, as war corres
pondent. He had an original way in
gathering and securing news even aX the
risk of losing his life. When the polite
Japs very courteously kept the war cor
respondents from reaching the front,
Barry went them one better and success
fully sent out a graphic series of war
pictures in letters of fire that aroused
universal comment.
Then came his first great book: "Port
AsAur: A Monster Heroism. It was a
menage, and one of the big books
of the year. Now we have "Sandy From
the Sierras." in which Mr. Barry offers
pure fiction, having for a theme the
struggle of a born fighter who was puri
fied through love and conflict. It is a
clarion call from the streets and nTust
find an answering echo from all who
have bright, cheerful optimism as their
one lucky inheritance. The novel, which
contains 318 pages, has a typograhpical
appearance that is restful to the eye, and
the illustrations are by Fletcher C. Ran
som. The dedication is to Stanley Wash
burn, who was a fellow correspondent
with Barry in the recent war in the Far
Kast.
But what of the story the printed pages
tell, and who Is Sandy? He is Malcolm
"Sandy" McKnight, a rancher's son who
was born In Tuolumne County, in the
High Sierras. At first, the thought sug
gests Itself. Are we to have a country
elexy? Sandy's early days are stormy
but the spirit of the mountains placed
the germ of manhood in him. He was
red haired, and walked about Innocent
of boots or stockings. The first fights
he encountered with the bullies of school
life he always won. always against boys
bigger than himself. What's the use,
anyhow. If your created hero does not
lick everybody in sight? When Sandy
became a San Francisco newsboy, he
fought for supremacy with Lascar, the
boss of the Newsboys Union, and in de
scribing the fight, Mr. Barry says: "It
was the best amateur mill ever pulled
off in the West." This Is how Sandy
looked:
Sandy had Instinct and the rude practice
of the mountains. He followed his Instincts
and lowered his head like a bull, fixing his
piercing gaxe Intent with a celestial cer
tainty of purpose direct on the eyes oppo
site. The bony part of his forehead was
thrust forward to protect the vulnerable
Jaw, his left huge phoulder also for
ward to keep the solar plexus safe,
and bis feet, solid, sure, were planted
apart wider than the usual IS Inches. So
that, though ordinarily as tall as Lascar,
ne seemed a head shorter. It was the crouch
which Jim Jeffries, a few years later, made
known wherever hungry eyes follow the yel
low part of the Sunday supplement.
Sandy's after career is of meteoric qual
ity. Box factory employe, where he .in
vented appliances worth a small for
tune collector in a law office prisoner
In a Jail charged with hemp mixed up
in a burglary released through the pull
of a ward leader newspaper reporter on
the San Francisco Star political leader
and lawyer and the husband of Eliza
beth Mason. Sandy Is a hard worked
hero. That which glows brightest on the
canvas Is Sandy's unalterable firmness of
purpose, and the fine sentiment which
ultimately won his Elizabeth. San Fran
cisco life is idealized, and the newspaper
office pictures have snap and reality.
Huntington, Jr., A Romance of Today, by
Edward Clary Root Illustration in color
by Samuel M. Palmer. $1.50. Frederick
A. Stokes Co., New York City, and the
J. K. Gill Co.. Portland.
Noticing the representation of the cales
of justice on the book cover of this novel,
and dipping into the first two chapters
where the hero is pictured as a star col
lege athlete, one wonders if Mr. Root is
not going to introduce us to a long-haired,
broad - chested, chrysanthemum - wearing
football hero who is just in all hi ways.
That is the first impression of Richard
Huntington. Jr., idol of a college town.
But almost before we know it, Hun
tington. Jr.. stands out like a cameo as
a practical business man interested in the
management of his father's boot and shoe
factory. In other intervals he loves
Catherine Morgan and wins undying
political fame in his native town of Den
land as an Independent reformer intent
on redeeming the town from the ring rule
of Boss Sweeney. Excelling in character
drawing, the book is a praiseworthy study
of self-reliance and will win recognition
as being the record of a young business
man who fought his way through many
discouragements, redeemed a shattered
family name and emerged as a civic spec
ialist of the Folk-Jerome type, abounds
with human Interest and the lion-hearted
courage that knows no defeat.
It Is the fashion just now to gloat over
the devious steps by which the ruin of a
plutocratic boss Is accomplished, and an
incident of this kind is stirringly told in
the 29th chapter, where, during a political
contest, young 1 1 tinting ton persists In
addressing his opponents In a tough,
theater located In a tough ward. A bottle
.thrown with unerring aim crashes against
the reformer's head but he perseveres in
a second meeting and secures as ally Tim
Frailer, keeper of a saloon and dance
hall, and also a well known pugilist.
This was Fraxer's opening address:
"Say, j ouse!' he began abruptly, a
blacker expression still on his face, "my
nama ain't down on no programme and you
ain't gotn' to get no speech from m see!
I've been scrappin' for 12 years, an' I knowi
a good scrap when 1 see it. 1 never had
do use for the man what um knockout drops
X yfficSPftlNXS LAWYER' "" 11 .
that r.amM from the
brain will soeed:
from the soul finds
the word men heed."
and don't fight on the square. An" I tell
you one thing, youse! I've seen dubs
knuckle under to me when I looked, af 'em,
men as big as I be, too! I like a man who
won't get out o' the way when he sees me
comin. though he don't know but what I'm
goln' t knock his head off. And I like sr
fellow what can take a clean knockdown
and come back without waitin' for the
count!"
The. Girl Out There, by Karl Edwin Harrt
man. Illustrations by A. Russell. George
W. Jacobs & Co., Philadelphia Pa.
At this season of the year, when the
stress of city life makes one yearn for
the restful charm of country ways, is it a
coincidence that tales of quaint country
lanes are being steadily sent out by pub
lishers? A really entertaining book of this
kind, with fresh, original food for thought,
is "The Girl Out There." The town where
the natives live is called Wesley, noted In
local annals as the spot "where there
are religion springs on every corner
watched over by glory-shouters."
The story opens with the pilgrimage of
Harry Hewitt, a newspaper man, who Is
sick, to Wesley to regain hie shattered
health. He meets a most ludicrous collec
tion of worthies, one of them being Alec
Truesdell. Here is a pen portrait of that
miser:
He's th meanest, cussedst, ol' skinflint
God ever let th' sun shine on. Lives 'bout
a mile east o' town all alone. Sold him a
hay tedder once 'n' It took me four years f
collect. Got a bundle o' coin so big he
can't count It.- Old bachelor; eaten any
woman marryin" him. No siree! Got a
mortgage on 'bout half th county 'n' when
he ain't got nuthin' else t' do he forecloses.
But Hewitt was not so very badly used
by the people of Wesley, for health and
strength returned to him and he won
"The Girl Out There" Priscilla Warner,
a maiden of sweet Puritan simplicity.
Her parents had two watchwords duty
and sacrifice and showed their culture by
forbidding Priscilla to play with her doll.
Yes, The Uin uut mere is worm
knowing. Her bright eyes, common sense
and homely philosophy are a balm to the
weary'- A typical Sunday-school book
t
The Religion of Nature, by E. Kay Robin-
son. 90 cents. McCture, Phillips & Co.,
New York City, and the J. K. Gill Com
pany. Portland.
Have you ever seen a white-breasted ,
pigeon shot on the wing, without person
ally feeling anguish because of the ;
thought that the bird suffered intense
pain as the result of man's cruelty?
Now comes along Mr. Robinson, who
is a well-known nature writer and who
has made a profound Impression in Eng
land by his peculiar views. He cleverly
argues with a wealth of concrete illus
tration that the cruelty which we seem
to discern In nature, is an Illusion, and
that "man alone among animals Is con
scious of pain and suffering.'
Dr. Johnson Is quoted as asserting:
"Pity Is not natural to man. Children
are always cruel. Savages are always
cruel." Mr. Robinson believes that man
as a representative of God upon the earth
has a destiny and a power in relation to
other animals which he has not yet
learned to achieve and to exercise.
The little book, while it will arouse op
position among humanitarians, will cre
ate speculative thought to a marked de
gree among thinking people everywhere.
The well-known lines of Sir Edwin Ar
nold are given as a conclusion:
Kill not, for Pity's sake, and lest ye slay
The meanest thing upon its upward way.
The New Far East, .by Thomas F. Mlllardyf
Charles Scribners Sons, New York, and
the J. K. Gill Co.. Portland.
Trade control of the Pacific Ocean
and the influence of Japan in the solu
tion of the Far Eastern question, in so
far as it particularly affects American
business Interests and the future of
the Chinese Empire, is a world problem
of the utmost importance.
Mr. Millard's position Is well known
in the matter from the brilliant letters
he wrote in Scribner's Magazine during
and immediately after the Russo-Jaer-nese
War. He thinks that Japan has
entered upon a selfish policy of aggran
dlzement, and that her success is more
apt to prove detrimental than beneficial
to the future of American commerce
and political influence 'in the farther
Pacific. ,
His book is a complete elucidation of
this idea, and in addition a mass of In
formation gathered during a residence
in the Orient aids a masterly presenta
tion of fact Emphatically, the work
of an up-to-date, trained observer, and
is entitled to a thoughtful, earnst hear
ing. The full text of the Anglo-Japanese
alliance, the Russo-Japanese peace
treaty, the Japanese peace treaty, the
Japan-Corea suzerainty agreement and
an excellent map of the Far East were
appended
The Colonel of the Red Huxzar. by John
Reed Scott. Illustrated In colors by Clar
ence P. Underwood. J. B. Llpplncott Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Let a resourceful author write a ro
mantic novel breathing of a mythical
kingdom where a long-lost cousin of the
King accidentally happens to spend his
vacation and take part in an intrigue
in which the reigning dynasty is saved
from peril, and Instantly comes the cry
of the scoffer. "Another 'Zenda' story."
And forthwith a blight U registered by
foolish persona against the audacity of
the author. But in this instance at least
"The Colonel of the Red Huzrars" has
so many royalties In it and pulses with
so much gallantry, love and romance thatJ
it many respects it is as reaoame every
whit as Anthony Hope's "Prisoner of
Zenda." It is a novel that you must finish
at one sitting If you have the love of ad
venture dominant in your personality.
The hero Is Major Armand Dalberg. of
the American Army, and the period chos
en for the action of the novel is just af
ter the Spanish-American War. Dalberg' s
brain alone.
a broader goal,
Selected.
ancestor. Prince Hugo, of Valeria, had
in defiance of his kingly father's wishes
fought In the American Army under
Washington. Disinherited, the "young
Prince, after the war was over, settled
as plain Hugo Dalberg on the Eastern
shore of Maryland, married and settled
down to the life of a country gentleman.
He forgot about Valeria for the sake of
America. Of course the Armand Dal
berg. of the present century, resembled
in a marked degree his' remote ancestor
of 1776, and when Armand was sent as
American military attache to the court of
Valeria, the Dalberg resemblance was
noticed. The reigning King had a daugh
ter, the Princess Dahra. of a marriage
able age (the Princess Flavia), with
whom young Dalberg (Rudolph) falls vio
lently in love. He Is recognized as a
member of the blood royal and incurs
the enmity of the heir presumptive to the
throne, the Duke, of Lotzen (Black Mich
ael). The latter plots to accomplish Dal
bergs ruin by bringing from America a
woman who Insists that she is Dalberg's
wife but here the resemblance to "Zen
da" ceases.
Dramatic skill of a high quality is ex
hibited in weaving a web of mystery and
intrigue around the various characters and
the interest fairly gallops away with the
reader. A most enjoyable bit of writing
Is where the duel with swords is de
scribed between Dalberg. who In the
meantime has been created an Archduke
and the Duke of Lotzen. The Princess
Dahra is a very womanly young woman
about whom it Is a pleasure to read; but
she should not smoke clparettes her full
red lips are too pretty for that. The love
story has tender warmth and touching
demotion running through it.
Elements of Political Science, by Dr. Stephen
Leacock. $1.7o. Houghton. Mifflin & Co.,
Boston, and the J. K- -GUI Company. Port
land.
Dr. Leacock is associate professor of
political science at McGill University
Montreal, and In his well reasoned, in
structive book of 417 pages, he gives not
only a safe view, but has produced a
standard treatise on the subject that is
sure to become popular. His style Is
easily understood and his general plan
all that can be desired. The nature of
the state, the structure of the Govern
ment, and the province of the Govern
ment form the three heads into which
the book Is divided. Socialism in this
country. Great Britain and Germany is
wisely touched on. The most thoughtful
chapters are those on Government inter
ference on behalf of the working class.
and municipal control.
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The Voyage of the Arrow, by T. Jenkins
Hatns. Illustrations by H. C. Edwards.
$1.50. C. Page A Co., Boston, and the
J. K. Gill Co.. Portland.
How many boys have resolved in their
inmost hearts that when they reach man
hood they will become bold pirates and
be known as the terror of the ragipg
main? Don't all answer at once.
This novel tells of "The Voyage of the
Arrow" to the China Seas, and ite cai
ture by pirates from the Countess of
Warwick all as faithfully recorded by
William Gore, chief mate. Of course the
pirates came to a bad end, but the story
of their lurid doings is what the English
would all a "ripping good one." Well
written, attractive and with the smell of
the brine in its make-up the book will
specially appeal to youths who like sea
yarns which have a dash of adventure
and romance.
The Count at Harvard, by Rupert Sargent
Holland. $1.50. L. C. Page & Co., Bos
ton, and the J. K. Gill Co., Portland.
Instinct with the real, rollicking college
atmosphere .of tld Harvard. The novel,
which is very entertaining is an account
of the adventures of an idle student
named Roger Norrlo, whose classmates
had dubbed him "the Count." Hie social
life, sports, loves and college functions
are all attractively presented in such a
welcome fashion that the book will make
excellent vacation reading.
Here is the end:
Some one was singing "Danny Deever" in
the living-room, and the three men sat still
and listened and watched the smoke from
their cigars float upward to the moon!
By Wit of Woman, by Arthur W. March
mont. Illustrated. $1.30. Frederick A.
Stokes Co., New York City, and he J.
K. Gill Co.. Portland.
Marked by unusual, old-fashioned plot
depicting the adventures of a sharp
witted American girl who routed a bold
conspiracy having as its object the sev
erance of Hungary from Austria and the
creation of an independent Hungarian
nation, with Duke Ladislas of Kremnitz
as King. The heroine, Christabel von
Dreschler, has many exciting adventures
for a woman, including gun play. In this
novel of 362 pages the romantic theme is
skillfully handled and appeals to the
imagination.
Restdale, by Julia Eliza Shetland. Illus
trated. $1.50. The Burre Publishing' Co..
New York City.
A simple, unpretentious romance with
an atmosphere pure, tender and fragrant
with the breath of a thousand blossoms.
The scenes are laid about a peaceful spot
In thrifty New England, and will appeal
strongly to all lovers of nature. Entirely
unique and unconventional, the narrative
enchains the attention and leaves the
reader as satisfied as he would be with
a sojourn to the old farm, Restdale. The
book Is superbly bound and Is also en
riched by fine half-tone illustrations,
mostly of peaceful farm scenes.
What a Young Girl Ought to Know, by Mrs.
Mary Wood-Allen. M. D. $1- Vlr Pub
lishing Co.. Philadelphia.
A new and revised edition of a book
that has achieved world-wide fame. It
should be in every family. Not ofrly does
it tell in a discreet, tactful manner cer
tain physical truth, but It wisely de
lineates the growth of character. One i
favorite quotation from Ruskin is no- ;
ticed: "Wife means weaver you must be
either housewives or housemotha. Re
member that, in the deepest sense, you
must either weave men's fortunes and
embroider them, or feed upon them and
bring them to decay.
The Bottom of the Well, by Frederick Up-
ham Adams. Illustrations in color by
Alexander O. Levy. $1.50. G. W. Dill
ingham Company, New York City, and
the J. K. Gill Company. Portland.
This is a sensational novel, enjoying a
large sale. One of its trenchant para
graphs is:
If a guilty woman with a pretty face
smiles at a jury and rustles her silk skirts
in their ears, no testimony is damning
enough to convict her. To be accepted as-
Juror in a metropolitan murder trial is a
disgrace from which an Intelligent self-respecting
man can never recover.
"The Bottom of the Well" is a secret
compartment in an hotel in the East
Side of New York City, the rendezvous
for extreme Socialists and others of an
anarchistic type. There Is a brother
hood and an inner dynamite circle where
death is hatched. The novel of 352 pages
is one calculated to make you sit up o
nrghts.. It Is a thriller of the deepest dye
and there isn't a quiet moment In its
pages.
Indian Primer, by Florence C. Fox. Illus
trated. 25 cents. The American Book
Co.. New York City.
In this book five types of Indians have
been selected, whose history is of special
interest to children, and many interest
ing features are worked out in story form.
The modest publication supplies admirable
reading matter to meet growing demands
in primary schools for history and litera
ture. The author is primary! critic, Mil
waukee, Wis., normal school.
The Action Primer, by Thomas O. Baker,
Ph. D. Illustrated. 25 cents. Tha Amer
ican Book Co.. New York City.
Not .too many new words are intro
duced in this book for little children, and
many of the actions can be performed In
the classroom and are sure to hold the
attention of diligent pupils. Dr. Baker is
the principal of public school No. 128,
Brooklyn, N. Y.( and his primer can be
recommended. . .
IX LIBRARY AND AVORKSHOP
"Wedding recorations for Town and Coun
try' ' is a useful and seasonable article In
Harper's Bazar.
"Sacred Springs in the Southwest" is of
more than ordinary interest in the current
number of Records of the Past.
In the current number of the Cosmopolitan,
David Graham Phillipe handles. without
gloves, Senator Bailey, of Texac.
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"Are There Men on Mars?" asks Professor
Pickering of Harvard, in the Technical World
Magazine. The views expressed are mot In
teresting, even to a non-scientific reader.
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"Glasgow, Scotland"; "The Grand Trunk
Pacific Railroad. Canada"; "The Prong-Horned
Antelope"; and "The Mojenta Village," de
licious pictures of Holland, are in Scribner's.
"The Habits of the Sea," by Edward S.
Martin, is a notable contribution 'in Harper's
nomny Magazine. Justus Miles Forman
"Rose Lady" Is a graceful, charming love
stoiy.
Ray Stannard Baker's article, "New Music
for an Old World." describing Er. Thaddeue
CahlU'a dynamophone an extraordinary elec
trical invention for producing scientifically
perfect music mark an important event, and
is sure to be widely read and copied.
"When the King Caifkp Home" Is one of
the best short stories of the year In cowboy
life, and can be found In Pearson's. Also,
read "How Kid Brady Fought for His
Eyes," a prizefighter's ejueer experience.
""What Is a Lady?" asks Minna Thomas
Antrim, In Lipplncott's, and her answer is
worth clipping for future reference. She says
In brief: "We may define a lady as a woman
of fine quality God made and self -polished."
The leading fiction story Is Jane Belfleld's
"The Heart of Paprika."
.
The American Magazine has a cover design
by C. Beverly Towles, in blue, reds and other
colors, representing a river by a wood that
fairly surprises one by Its cleverness and skill
ful blending of color. "How the Prince Saw
America." by Susan Keating GlaspeJI. Is a
lively story, and so is the theatrical tale,
"Annie Keenan's 'Hit'."
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A wealth of fine plates marks the current
number of the Burlington Magazine, the
frontispiece being a portrait by Gentile Bel
lini, found in Constantinople. Articles are
given on "The Late Emlle Moliner," "The
Place of William Blake In English Art" and
"The New Rembrandt."
The Reader Magazine, the Illustrated month
ly published by the Bobbt-Merrill Co.. Indian
apolis, Ind., grow in value like a friend the
oftener It calls the better one likes it. The
selection of Us literary wares and pictures
Is all that can be desired. This month's
number Is notable for a well-told circus story,
Ombre Thames' "Mile Ginger." and Brander
Matthews' article, "Americans and British: A
Patriotic Consideration of International Con
trasts." e
Charles Battell Loomls. possibly best
known by his two humorous books. "Cheer
ful Americans" and "More Cheerful Amer
icans," for which there continues to be a
steady demand, has but recently completed
his successful reading tour of the country
with Jerome K. Jerome, the well-known.
English humorist. Mr. Loomls has now
gone with hla family to Torrlngford. Conn.,
the old home of both the Battells and
Loomises.
Alice Hegan Rice fairly outdoes her pre
vious achievements In the line of delicious,
demure fiction in "The Wild Oats of a Spin
ster." told about in the July number of the
Century- "The Shadow of a Tragedy" should
be especially read by married folks it has a
fine ring of sympathy. L. H. Bailey asks:
"Why Do Boys Leave the Farm?" An article
that Is sure to lead to history-making Is John
L. Cowan's "Dry Farming, the Hope of the
West," telling of a method of producing boun
tiful crops without Irrigation in semi-arid re
gions. John Foster Carr's thoughtful, instruct
ive articles on "The Panama Canal" are
still running through the Outlook. "The
New, New York City," by Sylvester Bax
ter, with drawings by Jules Guerln and
photographs by Arthur Hewitt, is worth
saving in your scrap book for its mass of
well-selected information and clear presen
tation of facts. A plea is made to save the
old First Presbyterian Church on Fifth ave
nue and Twelfth street. New York City.
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Probably modern physicians do more for
their patients by telling them what not
to do, than by medicine. Dr. Edward Cur
tis "Nature and Health" is along these
lines, and is distinctly finding favor with
the public, as Henry Holt & Co. are already
having to print it for a second time. Prob
ably another element in Its success Is the
quiet humor that its author mingles with
his simple and wholesome advice. In this
connection it is Interesting to recall that
another health-book, "Problems of Baby
hood," by Dr. and Mrs. George Wells Fitz.
but recently published by the same firm,
has also gone into a second edition.
All the delight of Summer vacation trips
and other pleasures amid quiet Janes shaded
by tAli trees or near the edge of a brook
where the fish bite, is told about In admir
able fashion in the July number of Country
Life In America. As usual, the pictures are
as good as actual photographs. Frances
Hodgson Burnett writes on "What Is a Ha
Ha?" and tells that It is a device made of
turf, wire netting, etc., for keeping deer,
rabbits and other animals from the lawn
of a large country house without resorting
to an ugly fence or hedge. The trick in
making the ha-ha is that the gardener
plans the arrangement so skilfully that It la
not noticed, so neatly It is turfed.
The third article In the series on "The
Railways of the Future" in Scribner de
scribes the great Canadian project of a new
transcontinental road, backed by the gov
ernment for $50,000,000. This road, officially
known as the Grand Trunk Pacific, will open
up the great Northwest, where there are
boundless wheat lands. In the July Scribner
this daring and romantic project will be de
scribed by Hugh D. Lumsden, chief engineer
of the government section, and Cy Warman,
the well-known writer of railroad stories. The
bearing of thla pro pec t on the development
of our own Northwest is very important. Al
ready thousands of emigrant have left Mon
tana and other states for this region. . , .
Lincoln's famous Gettysburg speech furnishes
a theme round which Mrs. Andrews has wov
en a story for the July Scribner, entitled
"The Perfect Tribute." . . . Frederic
C Howe, a well-known lawyer of Cleveland.
O.. partner of Professor Garfield, of Prince
ton, tor many years, and author of a book
on "Tha City," has written for the July
Scribner. as a result of his personal inveati
gatlone, a remarkable article on the munici
pal government of Glasgow. The facts he
presents in regard to the economics of admin
istration, and the interest of the whole people
in the success of the government, will sur
prise even close students of the subject.
The Pilgrim for July opens Its 14th vol
ume with a beautifully illustrated and en
tertaining story in reference to a vacation
retreat for President Roosevelt, selected by
Mrs. Roosevelt in the fastness of the Vir
ginia mountains. "Two Famous Monas
teries" illustrates In picture and atory tha
famous old Chartreuse retreat. "Ourdoor
Life for Women and Children" Is a timely
special article, attractively Illustrated, and
"A Vanished Corner of Cathay" tella of
San Francisco's Chinatown, which will
probably never be resurrected, in toto.
Wymond Carey's "No. 101" has gone Through Pullman standarda and tourist
through eight editions. English and Amer- I sleeping care dally to Omaha, Chicago. Spo
ican, and la now beglnnlnir its ninth. The I kanc; tourist sleeping car daily to Kansas
uthor of this romance is a scholar of
name and fame who writes under a pseudo
nym. The present tale and its predecessor.
"Monsieur Martin," may be regarded as a
kind of Jeux d'esprlt. Both these stories,
with their high-hearted temper, their dash.
gallantry, and excitement, have the air of
books that were written with delight, and
the reader cannot fail to experience a stir
ring of the pulse and a zest in perusing
them which responds to the mood In which
the author must have composed them.
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An examination of the Red BQok Maga
zine for July leads to the conclusion that
the interest of the stories in the issue Is no
less great than the charm of the distinctly
American canoe-girl whose portrait forms
the cover. Some account of timeliness Is
taken in giving Henry Louis Mencken's
Fourth of July story, "The King and Tommy
Crlpps,'' the first place In the number. Poor
little Tommy's patriotic attempt to cele
brate his Nation's natal day in a foreign
land was marked by ill luck for Tommy,
but all came aright In the end even for
the King. William Hamilton Osborne's
story in the July Issue, entitled "The
Wicked Waste at Wilkinson's," is con
cerned with a girl's extraordinary manage
ment of a cotton mill In the facei of strikes
and trusts.
Frederick A, Stokes Company Is to pub
lish this month "The Sphinx's Lawyer," by
"Frank Danby," the nom-de-plume of an
unknown woman writer. This is the story
of a brilliant Bohemian lawyer, whose life
has early been turned from the ways of
conventional rectitude by his hero-worship
for an intellectual genius and moral de
generate. He finally marries a beautiful
woman, whose strength, goodness and love
raise him to a fulfilment of his highest pos
sibilities. As a lawyer he strives always for
compromise out of court, on the principle
that every verdict of guilty carries with it
much suffering and at least the possibility
of great injustice. Our prisons do not re
form those who enter them, but have indeed
the very opposite effect.
These, last sentences of the book suggest
Its spirit and purpose:
"So In your opinion," he interrogated
her thoughtfully, "woman is the great com
promise, standing between man and human
justice ?"
"Leavening law with love," she whis
pered. A competent authority on things Chinese
states that during the last two years Chin
nas maae more reai advancement tnan m
the previous millennium a Judgment with
which Dr. Joseph Franklin Griggs, medical
missionary at Pekln for the Presbyterian
board of foreign missions, Is heartily in
sympathy. He calls the changes now In
progress in China "a miracle of natural
resuscitation"; and has prepared an au
thoritative account of these changes, which
appears in the July Century under the title
of "China Awakened." Successful cultiva
tion of arid land without Irrigation. It seems
like an impossibility, does it not? Reclama
tion of 500.000.000 acres of land, at present
unproductive and comparatively worthless,
not through Irrigation but through educa
tion, this, too, seems like a chimera. But
successful dry-farming, scientific soil-culture
by what Is known as the Campbell sys
tem, according to John L. Cowan, easily
makes possible results that at first seem
incredible. Mr. Cowan's discussion, in much
Interesting detail, of this new method of
producing bountiful crops without irrigation,
is a fascinating and valuable feature of the
July Century.
Professor W. J. Rolfe has written a long
Introduction to Miss Elizabeth Wilder's
translation of Karl Werder's study of
"Hamlet," which will be published soon
under the title of "The Heart of Hamlet's
Mystery." This extraordinary piece of Ger
man criticism must now be regarded as one
of the landmarks of the literature that Is
devoted to a study of the Prince of Den
mark. It has won over to Its point of view
Shakespearean critics of the first rank,
among them Furnesa, Corson and Hudson.
Werder advances, and. it would seem, tri
umphantly champions, the theory that Ham
let's Inaction and procrastination were
forced upon him by circumstances which
were beyond his control. He vehemently
denies and utterly dismisses the theory that
weakness of will, or any subjective cause,
paralyzed the hand of the Prince. For
Werder and for those who accept his con
clusions this play Is seen in a new light;
it becomes a tragedy of fate, and can no
longer be regarded as a tragedy of charac
ter in accordance with the views of Coler
idge, Goethe and other critics. Werder's
essay, now for the first time appearing in
English, will not fall to engage the atten
tion of all students of Shakespeare.
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TRAVELERS' GUIDE.
OREGON
Sftoiji Line
AND Union Pacific
3 TRAINS TO THE EAST DAILY
City. Reclining chair cars ueats free) to the
6t daily.
UNION DEPOT.
CHICAGO-PORTLAND i
SPECIAL for the Ernst ,:30 A: 1C.
via Huntington. Dally.
5:00 P. M.
Dally.
6:16 P. MS-' A. M.
DaUy. Dally.
SPOKANE FLYER.
For Eastern Washington," Waila Walla, Lew
leton . Coe u rd A 1 e n e an d Great Jprt h ern points.
ATLANTIC EXPRESS !s : 15 P. M.l7:16 A. M,
v. uu.i ".a. iimii- uanj. i""'J
inirton.
PORTLAND - BIOGS 8:15 A.
M 6
LOCAL, for all local
points between Bless
and Portland.
RIVER SCHEDULE.
FOR ASTORIA and 8:00 P. M. 5:00 P. M.
way points, connecting Dally, Dally,
with steamer for Ilwa- except except
co and North Beach Sunday. Sunday,
at earn e r H assa. lo, Ash - Saturday
st. dock. 10:00 P.M.
FOR DAYTON. Ore- It:O0 A. M.S:80 P. M.
gon City and Yamhill Dally. Daily,
River points. Ash-sl. except xcept
dock (water per.) Sunday. Sunday.
For Lewlston, Idaho, and way points from
Rlparla, -Wash. Leave Riparla 5:40 A. M .
or upon arrival train No. 4. dally except Sat
urday. Arrive Rlparla 4 P. M. dally except
Friday.
Ticket Office, Third and Washington.
Telephone Main 712. C. W. Stinger, City
Ticket Agt.: A. L. Craig, Gen. Pass. Ajrt.
EAST via
SOUTH
UNION DHPOT.
8:45 P. M.
OVERLAND EX
PRESS TRAINS
lor Salem, Rose
burg. Ashland,
Sacramento, Og
den. San Fran
cisco, Stockton.
Los Angeles, El
Paso. New Or
leans and the
Bast.
Morning train
connects at
Woodburn dally
except Sunday
with trains for
Mt. Angel. Silver
ton Brownsville.
Springfield. Wend
ling and Natron.
Eugene passenger
connects at
Woodburn with
Mt. Angel and
Silverton local.
Corvallls passen
ger. 7:25 A. M.
8:30 A. M.
5:55 P. M.
4:15 P. M.
10:35 A. M.
4.50 P. M.
Sheridan
ger.
pa t.-n-
8:25 A. M.
110:45 P. M.
Forest Grove pas
senger. 1:50 P. M.
Dally. gDaily except Sunday.
PORTLAND-OS WEGO SUBURBAN
SERVICE AND YAMHILL
DIVISION.
Depot. Foot of Jefferson Street.
Leave Portland dally for Oswego at 7:30
A M." 12:50, 2:Oo, 4:W. 0:u. ::, H:30, 10:XO,
11-30 P. M Dally except Sunday. 5:30. 6:30,
8:35. 10:25 A. M. Sunday only. 9 A. M.
Returning from Oswego, arrive Portland,
dailv. 8:30 A. M. : 1:55. 3:05, 5:05. 6:15, 7:36,
9:55, 11:10 P. M. ; 12:25 A. M. Daily except
Sunday. 6:25. 7:25. 0:30, 11:45 A. M. sun
day only 10:00 A. M.
Leave from same depot for Dallas and In
termediate points daily, 4:15 P. M. Arrive
Portland 10:15 A. M.
The Independence-Monmouth Motor Line
operates daily to Monmouth and Airlie, 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. $5.
Kfr-nnrl-r 1m fare. SIR- coTid-rlaKn berth S2.50.
Tickets to Eastern points and Europe; also
Japan, China, Honolulu and Australia.
CITY TICKET OFTTCK. Comer Third and
Washington ib. mone Main 71Z.
C. W. STINGER. A. I.. CRAIG
Ctty Ticket Agent. Gen. Pass. Agt.
Special Alaska
EXCURSIONS
Cottars Citw. June IS
JdIt 18. SI. CUT of Se
at I lc. July 30. lure S60
renin l trip.
'AROUND PCGET SOUND" EXCURSIONS
EVERY FIVE DAYS.
SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA ROUTE.
From Seattle at 9 P. M. for Ketchikan
Juneau, Skagrw-ay. White Horse, Dawson and
r- airoanKs.
S. s. City ot Seattle. June 30: July 10. 20
S. S. Humboldt, July 3 14. 23.
S. S. Cottage City (via Sitka). July 13, 27
NOME ROUTE.
Third sailing S. S. Senator, about July IS.
FOB SAN FRANCISCO DIRECT.
From Seattle at 9 A. M. Umatilla.
June u.
Portland Office. 249 Washington St.
Main 229.
G. M. LEE, Paae. ft Ft. Agt.
C. D. DUNANN. G. P. A.
10 Market St., San Francisco
Columbia River Scenery
Regulator Line Steamers
THE EXCURSION STEAMER "BAILEY
GATZERT" makes round trips to CASCADE
LOCKS every Sunday, leaving PORTLAND
at 9 A. M., returning arrives 6 P. M.
Dally aervlca between Portland and The
Dalles except Sunday, leaving Portland at 7
A. arriving about 5 P. M., carrying
freignt ana passengers, apienaia accommo
dations lor outfits and livestock-
Dock foot of Alder street, Portland ; foot
of Court street. The Dalles. Phone Main
914. Povtisna.
San Francisco & Portland
Steamship Co.
Operating the Only Direct Passenger
Steamers
Future sailings postponed indefinitely ac
count San Francisco water-rrant strike.
J AS. H. DEWSOX. AGENT.
FAST AND POPULAR STEAMSHIPS
LEAVE SEATTLE
"Jefferson," June 30; July 12, 24. via
Wrangel.
Dolphin." June 24; July 6. 18, 30.
CHEAP EXCURSION RATES.
On excursion trips steamer calls at
Sitka. Metlakahtla. Glacier, Wrangel,
etc., in addition to regular ports of
call.
Call or send for "Trip to Wonderful
Alaska." ' Indian Basketry," "Totem
Fles."
THE ALASKA 8. S. CO.
Frank Woolttey Co.. Agents,
252 Oak St. Portland. Or.
TRAVELERS GCTDK.
TIME
THE COMFORTABLE WAY.
TWO OVERLAND TRAINS DAILY
THE ORIENTAL LIMITED
The last Mall
VIA SEATTI.fi OR SPOKANE.
Dally.
Leave.
PORTLAND
Time Schedule.
Dally.
Arrive.
To nd - from Spo
8:30 am.kane. St. Paul. Mln
Ineapollt., Duluth and
11:45 pm All Points East Via
1 Seattle.
7:O0 am
6:50 pm
To and from St.
'Paul. Minneapolis.
6:15 pm Duluth and All
Points , East Via
I Spokane.
5:00 pm
Grrat Northern Steamship Co.
Sailing from Seattle for Japan
and China ports and Manila, car
rying passengers and freight.
S. S. Minnesota, July 25.
S. S. Dakota. Sept. S.
NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA
(Japan Mall Steamship Co.)
S. S. KAGA MARL' will sail
from Seattle about July 10 for
Japan and China ports, carrying
passengers and freight.
For tickets, rates, berth reserva
tions, etc.. call on or address
H. DICKSON. C P. T. A.
132 Third St.. Portland, Or.
rnone n am eu.
Tn all thft world
no rri43 Jlike tins
OMEA. TZAJLEjS
Cool Breezes Guaranteed by the
Northern Steamship Co.
S. S. NORTH LANBiS. S. NORTHWEST
Betwn CHICAGOlBetween DULUTH,
Milwaukee. Harbor jHounhton. Marquette.
Spring.. Mackinac Ii-iSault Ste Marie,
land. Detroit. Cleve-'Macklnac Island,
land and BUFFALO. Cleveland and BUF-
Iavlnc Chlcako FALO.
June 33d and eTfryl Leaving- Duluth
Saturday. BuffalojJune -th. and every
Wednesday, through-, Tuesday throughout
out the Summer. I the Summer.
EUROPEAN OR AMERICAN PLAN
TICKETS
Optional, Rail or Steamship
For full information, rates, etc.. apply to
H. DICKSON. C. P. ft T. A..
132 Third Street, Portland. Oregon.
Tmr r i rtrv
mns i uric uku
Sr TflA AC THA IMC
Vltt ,m TV-
Depart. Arrive.
Yellowstone Park-Kansas
Clty-St. LfOUls bpeciai
for Chehalls, Centralla,
Olympia. Cray's Harbor,
South Bend. Tacoma,
Seattle. Spokane. Lewis
ton. Butte. Billings,
Denver, Omaha. Kansas
City. St. Louis and
Southwest 8:30 am 4:30 pm
North Coast Limited, elec
tric lighted, for Tacoma,
Seattle. Spokane, Butte.
Minneapolis. St. Paul
and the East 2:00 pm 7:00 am
Puget Sound Limited for
Claremont, Chehalls.
Centralis, Tacoma and
Seattle only 4:30pm 10:55 pm
Twin Ctty Express for Ta
coma. Seattle, apoKaue,
Helena. Butte. St. Paul.
Minneapolis. Lincoln,
Omaha, St. Joseph, St.
Louis. Kansas City,
without change of cars.
Direct connections for
all points East and
Southeast 11:45 pm 6:50 pm
A- D. Charlton, Assistant General Passen
ger Agent, 253 Morrison st, corner Third.
Portland, Or.
Astoria and Columbia
River Railroad Co.
Leaves.
UNION DEPOT.
Arrives.
Daily.
For Ma.'gers, Rainier,
Clatskanle, Westport,
miftnn iKtoriji War-
Dally.
8:00 A. M
renton.' Flavel. Ham
11:55 A. M!
mond, Fort Stevens.
Qearhar: Park. Sea
side, Astoria and Sea
shore. Kxpress Dally.
Astoria Express.
Daiiv.
7:00 P. M.
0:50 P. M
Pni-tlnnrl-SetiHlde Fiver" Saturday only.
leave Portland 3:10 P. M.
C. A STEWART. J. C. MATO,
Comm'l. Agt.. 24S Alder st. G. F. & P. A.
Phone Main 908.
ANCHOR LINE U. S. MAIL STEAMSHIPS
NEW YORK, LONDONDERRY. GLASGOW,
NEW YORK. PALERMO AND NAPLES.
Superior accommodation, Excellent Cuisine,
The Comfort of Passengers Carefully Con
sidered. Single or Round-Trip Tickets Issued
between New York and Scotch, English.
Irish and all principal continental points at
attractive rates. Send for Book of Tours.
For tickets or general Information apply to
any local agent of the Anchor Line or to
HENDERSON BROS.. Gen'l Agts., Chicago,
Steamer Chas. R. Spencer
FAST TIME.
Up the beautiful Columbia, the most enjoy
able of river trips. Leaves foot Oak st. for
The Dalles and way points daily at 7 A. M.,
except Friday and Sunday; returning at 10
P M Sunday excursions for Cascade Locks
leava' at DA. M. ; return 6 P. M. Phone
Main 2960.
WILLAMETTE RIVER ROUTE
Steamers for Salem, Independence and Al
bany leave 6:45 A. M. daily (eaoept Sunday).
Steamers for Corvallls and way points leave
6:46 A. M. Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday.
OREGON CITT TRANSPORTATION CO..
Office and Dock, Foot Taylor St.
Every Woman
il lncerssiea ana u-JUiu uvw
about the won aerial
MARVEL Whirling Spray
I netT TBfl Syria".
tion and Suction, liest Saf.
eat Most Convenient.
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nil nrt1 (Hilars and rtlr wrtiona 1b-
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44 E. ST., .UK m Unit .
Woodard, Clarke & Co.. Portland, Oregon.
8. O. Skldmore A Co.. 151 3d. Portland.
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