THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 30, 1906.
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'When you are
, Suppose you return the books loaned to you?
So that no more friends will be badly taken in
And scatter their anathemas when they view
yOU." MARY VINCENT MEIKLL
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Kfrnlnlnrenrr of a Mnaby Gtirrrilla. by John
V. Munsnn. Illustrated. $2. Moffat. Yard
Co.. Now York City, and the J. K. Gill
io., Portland.
AVar has so many sides that old sol
diers ever have new stories to tell in
flghtlnpr their battles over a grain. Wo
younger folk have thought that nearly
every tli ins: Worth knowing about the
Civil War had been already written,
hut the end is not yet. Here is a
sheaf of Mosby guerrilla stories with
a Confederate tinge to them, and they
are so thrlllingly told that they seem
to sing a new tune. The book is not
one of military tactics, but relates
personal adventures, as an industrial
captain would speak of various opera
tions of business activity planned by
an executive head. The style is
graphic rather than dignified, and the
illustrations are unusually good.
Mr. Munson says that as a command
Mosby's men had no knowledge of the
first principles of cavalry drill and
could not have formed in a straight
line had there ever been any need for
doing so. They did not know hugle
calls and rarely had rollcalls. Their
dress was not uniform in make or
color, and they did not address their
officers, except Mosby, by their titles.
No sabers were carried by the com
mand, but each Mosby man was armed
with two muzzle-loading Colt's army
revolvers of 44 caliber.
Mr. Munson's first impression , of
Colonel Mosby was disappointing: 4I
beheld a small, plainly attired man,
fair of complexion, slight but wiry,
standing with his arms behind his
back, talking quietly to one of his
men, I had associated him In my imag
ination with Clenerals Leo and Jackson
and Stuart, and am not sure that I
did not liken him to Robin Hood or
Itichard Coeur de Lion."
It's a book you can't put down at a
Hitting with a reflection that you are
reading an old tale. Not a bit of it.
A new Mosby is unfolded not a cut
throat or a bloodthirsty brigand, but
a dashing raider moving remorselessly
against the enemy. As ono of Mosby's
most trusted men. Mr. Munson lias
drawn a word picture that will live
of one of the greatest guerrilla chiefs
of any age.
Jonathan I'pa-lade, by Wilfrid Earl Chase.
$1.23. W. K. Chase, Madison. Wis.
Kleven sermons written in graphic
style and discussing current problems In
sociology. The ideas propounded are dis
cussed with vigor and strength, making
the book a readable one. At the same
time, it Is just such a book as a scolding
preach ec or nervous reformer would
write.
The subjects discussed range from the
painless killing of surplus cats to the
trimming of shadetrees on city side
walks. Many of the words are peculiarly
polled such as "thotful," "thru," and
"brot," on pages 32, 48 and 113, respect
ively. And there are others. On page 7
the preacher says: "Nearly five years
ago I came to this city, as the newly
called minister of this church. I think
the general opinion- of my congregation
and of the city at large is that my work
has been successful."
The most Interesting chapter is that
which discusses objections towards vivi
section. The second paragraph on page
112 ought to be re-written, as the Ideas
presented could be expressed in better
chosen language. The ideal city described
Sn the fifth chapter Is certainly not on
this earth.
Concrete Country Renldenceft. Illustrated.
The Atlas Co.. New York City.
The doctrine is being slowly but
purely spread that concrete in many
forms can be built as cheap or cheaper
than perishable wood. Of what ma
terial can we build houses, when our
depleted forests cannot yield any more
timber? Thoughtful men say that we
will use cement, and that the ap
proaching days will probably be
known as the cement age. One of the
foremost scientific men in America
has recently said that he has plans by
which cement houses of six rooms can
bo built for $350. This Is going to
mean a revolution -in home building.
The book now' under review will give
you valuable information regarding ce
ment houses, and will be a guide to
those about to build. The Illustrations
are- really superb and are printed on
special paper.
The 'American Girl, portrayed by Howard
Chandler Christy. $2.50. Moffat, Yard &
Co., New York City.
Well-read men and women generally
agree that It is impossible to think
of Howard Chandler Christy without
including his special creation The
American Girl. Indeed. an eminent
critic has said that Christy is the
prophet of "beautiful young women
. and square-jawed young men The
book under review Is an artist's dream
. of charming young women who are so
dainty and ao far above, mere earth
that they look as if they had never
baked bread or prepared one meal in
all their dainty lives. And why should
they, when their proud parents are
rich enough to see to It that their
children never work, except at tennis
or golf?
But. seriously. "The Christy Girl" Is
one of the really great pictorial books
swearing off the old year's sin,
rTKEL "FRANKLIN
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ILUJSTTCATUR. OF CHIU?RHU5 THEMES
of the season, and 30 full -page pic
tures In color and six in tint are given,
with marginal decorations by Earle
Stetson Crawford, the distinguished
decorator. Woman, lovely woman, is
praised again and again in picture and
storied page, and her faults are writ
ten in invisible ink. The book cover
looks like an artist's dream, for it pic
tures a Christy girl of undeniable good
looks and health, but with a left arm
that a blacksmith should be proud to
possess. Christy is quick to present
his work along lines of grace, and one
Is instantly attracted by an air of
good breeding and marked distinction
among Ills subjects. His "Rosalind.''
"Evangeline," Marian Devereux," and
"Priscilla," have the glow and color of
life, and his word pictures for the
book Is one of three color half-tones,
and literary matter relating to graphic
description have poetic beauty and
sentiment.
Here is the Cnristy ending:
We have tried to present to you noma
pictures and some Interpretations of the
Rlrl rather than the woman. But the qual
ities herein declared to be characteristic of
the American girl are, either In greater or
lesser degree, those that belong to the whole
body of American womanhood. We end as
we began with a toast to match the
"sweethearts and wives." and so: "Here's
to the health. the .happiness and the pros
perity of all the women of 'America God
bless them, every one!" -
The book will be amid suitable sur
roundings if kept most of the time' on
a mahogany table supported by marble
cupids.
Betterment, by E. Wake Cook. $1.20. Fred
erick A Stokes Co., New York City, and
the J. K. Gill Co., Portland.
On Individual, social and industrial
lines. Mr. Cook points the path to effi
ciency and better living for plain peo
ple, and incidentally says that the task
of the time is the perfecting of all forms
of organization.
Argument Is made that since employ
ers and employed have organized exten
sively for war against each other, we
need organizations to promote industrial
peace. Mr. Cook thinks that it is not
sufficiently realized that socialism is the
world-wide swing of the pendulum from
the crudities of unchecked individualism.
He goes on to say:
It is useless to fight Socialism, by frontal
attacks. The only plan is to emasculate it
by adopting all the good In It and leav
ing only its errors. There are .many things
that can be done only by collective action,
and that are better done by the state. But
on the other hand, there are many things
that are incomparably better done by indi
vidualistic enterprise, and the effect on the
workers is more beneficial than the gener
ally deadening, not to say demoralizing
effect of employment under government. Our
thinkers should work out a scheme combin
ing all that Is best In Individualism and
Socialism they should give it a happy title
and then preach It and hold It up as a
working ideal in opposition to the unwise
extremes of crude Individualism . and So
cialism. That's what the Democrats say that
President Roosevelt Is doing founding a
new party on new Ideas far away from
old-fashioned party lines.
It is of more than common interest to
note this remark of Mr. Cook with refer
ence to the social condition of New Zea
land: In New Zealand Socialistic legislation Is
undermining the self-reliance of the people
who flop on the government for everything.
The consequent demoralization ts great, for
we know that when pensions or any gov
ernment money is to be scrambled for, peo
ple have a way of mislaying their con
science. To get old-age pensions, people with
property have made the latter over to
their children so as to qualify for the pen
sions. Well-to-do people deliberately neg
lect their parents and throw them on the
care of the state. In some cases, old people
gave up comfortable homes where they were
well cared for, drew their pensions, and
lived In pig-sties so that they might spend
tho money in drink.
"Betterment" is a thoughtful, instruc
tive book and Mr. Cook's ideas are
marked by research and sober judgment.
He writes ably about the inner as well
as the outer man.
A History of the Pacific Northwest, by Pro
fessor Joseph Schafer. 7S cents. The Mac
millan Co., New York City.
This is a reprint of a history which
first saw the light in May. 1905, just In
time for the Lewis and Clark Exposi
tion which shortly afterward opened
in this city. When the first edition
referred to was issued. It was reviewed
in The Oregonian at that time. So
further comment- as to the excellence
of the book is unnecessary. Suffice
it to say that it made friends by se
curing recognition wherever it went.
The present edition will reach a
broader circle, and its Influence will
alike be felt among the youth of this
region and the stalwart homeseekers
who settle here.
J. M. Q.
IX LIBRARY AND WORKSHOP
"Tales From Shakespeare." by Charles
and Mary Lamb. Among the books Bren
tano's have just sent out ts a fine two-volume,
large-type. Illustrated edition of
Lambs' "Tales from Shakespeare." There
are many editions of these alluring tales
that were so finely wiven for youth from
tho studious works of Shakespeare, but none
will attract bujers eo much as the Bren-
tano edition, because this set la arrayed
In real holiday attire.
Frank M. spearman's new novel. "Whis
pering Smtth." Is a story of the West when
the railroads were first being put through
the- wilder regions and when the railroad
men had to fight with mountain outlaws as
well as with the mountains themselves.
Lloyd Osbourne is spending the Winter In
the Rlvelra. He took over with hlra his big
touring car, and will make numberless ex
cursions while working on a new book. His
automobile novels "Baby Bullet" and
"Three Speeds Forward" proved that he
knows the motor car as few writers do.
Marion Harland, whose new work, "The
Distractions of Martha." has just been pub
lished. Is a zealous student in the field of
biography and American Colonial litera
ture. In recognition of fcer Colonial re
searches she was the first woman admitted
to membership In the Virginia Historical
Society; she Is also a vice-president of the
Society for the Preservation of Virginia
Antlqultl.es, and in 3SJM was appointed a
delegate from the American Historical So
ciety to the Historical Congress at The
Hague. Miss Harland's new book tells of
the tribulations of a young housekeeper.
9 m
Mrs. Balllle-Peynolds has been favorably
known In America through her success,
"The Man Who Won." and her newest novel,
"Thalasaa," will give her a sure position
among the new English novelists whose
works sell in America as well as In Eng
land. In "Thalassa" is a man of the Roch
ester type, subjugated by a young woman,
who. as his ward, lias entered his chaotic
household. To most women the conquest
of such a type would be. far more Interesting
than that of a smiling, rotund individual.
and Mrs. BalUie-Reynolds has harried the
situation with an apparent knowledge of
what the reader most enjoys.
Those Interested In the Strauss production
of "Salome" will like to know what Mr.
Wilde said himself about his work at the
time it was rehearsed by Madame Bern
hardt. He said: "Every rehearsal has been
a source of intense pleasure to me. To hear
my own words spoken by the most beaut!
ful voice In the world has been the greatest
artlvtic joy that it is possible to experi
ence." It has been said that the play was
written for Madame Bernhardt, but In Iec
orative Art in America the assertion Is made
that In an Interview with Wilde he says
that Madame Bernhardt, after hearing the
play read from the manuscript, expressed
a u i9ii to play the title rule, so tnat it w
In reality the actress who chose the play.
Francis Nathan Peloubet, who wrote the
"Select Notes on tho International Sunday
School Wessons." of which over 1. 000,000
copies have been sold, is probably one of the
most widely' road and known authors in
the world. He has written a book which
has just been published, called "Studies" In
the Book of Job." which will be of the
greatest value and Interest to high schools,
college", Sunday schools and for all people
Interested in this subject. The book is
clearly and .interestingly written and throws
much new light on the Book of Job. It
gives readings in character, blackboard di
agrams, references for Bible study, points
of contact with dally life, literature and
history and notes on difficult passages.
It Is evident from "Sophy of Kravonla"
that Anthony Hope has exhausted the Zenda
vein of romance that filled his coffers with
money and brought his name into world
wldri repute about a dozen years ago. Uke
"The Prisoner of Zenda," his latest story
is of a mythical European country, and like
"The Prisoner of Zenda." it deals with ad
ventures that pile furiously and fast a-top
of one another. But It sadly lacks the
freshness and vivacity of its predecessor,
and it proves tho inevitable unwisdom of
the literary passion that Is unable to let
well enough alone. "Sophy of Kravonla"
has for frontispiece a portrait of its ro
mantic heroine, " who Is an English girl
transplanted to the intriguing air of Mr.
Hope's newest kingdom.
' J. C. Leyendecker has made two paint
ings, of Cuchulaln In battle and of Queen
Meave, which will be produced to accom
pany Theodore Roosevelt's article on "The
Ancient Irish Sagas" in the January Cen
tury. These paintings are said to be not
able, even for Mr. Leyendecker, in expres
sion of charm, heroism and action, and to
lose little in the reproduction. Among other
interesting pictorial features -of the number
will be a portrait, printed in tint, of Wil
liam Vaughn Moody, the poet, and author
of "The Great Divide"; and also a series
of pictures of American worklngmen, scenes
In railroad yards from pictures by Thorn
ton Oakley, and. In connection with an ac
count of "The Freer Collection of Art," re
productions 'of a number of the canvases in
this fine collection, including several valu
able Whistlers -
A new book of more than ordinary mo
ment is announced, "Great Fortunes: Their
Winning and Their Using," by Jeremiah W.
Jenks. professor of political economy at
Cornell University, and author of "The Trust
Problem." In his preface the author says:
"The substance of this book was given In
lectures on the Adln Ballou foundation at
Meadville, Pa., and the main thoughts have
since been condensed Into a single lecture at
different times and places. Some of the au
ditor have kindly suggested that the
thoughts herein expressed are worthy of a
more permanent form. The subject at any
rate is one that must be considered by
very one actively interested in the welfare
of his country; and if these talks can stim
ulate even to a slight degree careful analy
sis of the motives and methods of fortune
getting or thoughtful consideration of the
methods and motives of fortune-using, they
will not have been written In vain."
Of noteworthy interest is "The Philoso
phy of Ingersoll," edited and arranged by
Vere Goldthwalte with the intention of set
ting the famous agnostic's opinions aright.
"Probably no man or woman of history has
been so universally misjudged," she says.
"Those who did not know, him personally
and they were of course the greater num
ber believed him a mere mental gladiator,
rudely disturbing the foundations of estab
lished faith, and giving nothing better In re
turn. Many who never heard him speak, or
read a word of his, thought him Incapable
of giving to the world any system of constructive-
philosophy some even going so
far as to question his sincerity." The intent
of the volume is, . therefore, by apt quota
tion, to show Ingersoll as a constructive
philosopher, and to controvert through hjs
own words the idea that he was a destroy
er of religion and faith. It must be ac
knowledged that the volume makes out a
very emphatic case In favor of Ingersoll.
Mrs. Caroline Abbot Stanley gives this account-
of how she came to write her new
novel, "A Modern Madonna" : Two years
ago last Winter I was greatly Interested in
the Smoot trial before the Senatorial com
mittee, and was In close attendance upon
it. After the startling testimony of some
of the witnesses, a. stranger turned to me
and said, "This Is all very dreadful, but it
Is no worse than many an Iniquity coun
tenanced by law. Did you know that in a
number of states a man can will away from
its mother her unborn child? Did you know
It could-be done here In this District until
a few years ago?" I did not know It, and I
only half believed It, but it was a startling
thought and it stayed with me. That it was
true I found out later upon investigation. I
talked with different women who were in
strumental In bringing about a repeal. The
more I pondered it the more the dramatic
possibilities of such a condition of things
pressed themselves upon me. It seemed to
me that the sinister working of this law
would make a good motive for a novel. I
could not rid myself of It until the story
was outlined before me.
'The Pilgrim's Way" and "The Pilgrim's
Staff" are the titles of two irttle volumes of
quotations. "The Pilgrim's Way" appears
In the modern guise of green and gold deco
rative covers, and it form8 "a little scrip
for good counsel for travelers," chosen by
A. T. Quiller-Couch. "We are all on pil
grimages here, and though to beguile the
road I have sung a ong or two, and told
perhaps too many stories, there has also
been time to make a notebook of & few
thoughts I met on the way and pondered
and sometimes took to rest with me." Prose
and verse both come within the range of
Mr. Quiller-Couch's selection, and he has
ordered his quotations so as to bring them
under such general heads as "Childhood."
"Youth," "Divine Love," "Humane Love."
"Marriage and Children." "Nature," "Con
tent." "Wisdom," and "The Citizen." "The
Pilgrim's Staff," which is a collection of
poems divine and moral, made by Fits. Roy
Carrlngton, appears in "binding, paper and
print imitative of a 17th century book. Its
selections being made from the works of the
English writers of that and later centuries.
Among the poets Included are William
Drummond, Richard Crashaw, George Her
bert. Reginald Heber, William Blake, Alex
ander Pope. Thomas Moore and even as re
cent a modern as W. E. Henley.
An interesting story Is told of how the
author of the novel, "The Avenging Hour."
came to Intrust Its American publication to
D. Appleton & Co. During the Boer war,
James Barnes, the writer of sea stories,
biographies, and poem, was war corre
spondent for the Outlook. He there became
acquainted with a fllow-correspondent who j
represented the London Morning Post, and
rejoiced in the generous name of Harry
Francis Prevost Battersby. Later Mr. Barnes
became literary adviser for the jVppletoti's
and hastened to . secure Mr. Battersby's lat
ent won, a novel caned "The Avenging
Hour."
Robert W. Chambers has returned to
New York and reopened his town house
after a Summer spent at his Summer home
in Broad Albin, N. Y. While his latest novel,
"The Fighting Chance," Is sweeping along
merrily at the head of the six best sellers,
he is earnestly tolling over Its successor.
It Is understood to be another novel of the
New York society life which be painted so
brilliantly, and while In no sense a sequel
to "The Fighting Chance," some of the
characters of that book will reappear. "The
Fighting Chance" ran as a serial and fore
shadowed Its success as a book. The serial
use of the new novel Is also a thing for
editors to fight for. It has been secured by
Appleton's Magazine, in whose pages It will
begin at the conclusion of the present se
rial, "Mother," by Maxim Gorky.
.
As an illustrator of children's themes no
one has lately achieved better merited suc
cess than Ethel Franklin Betts. She now
gives a charming interpretation of the fol
lowing famous nursery rhymes: "Mother
Goose." "Jack and Jill," "Little Boy Blue,"
"Little Jack Horner." "Little Miss Muffet,"
"Mistress Mary." The "Nursery Rhyme
Pictures" comprises six facsimiles of oil
paintings by Miss Betts, in which these fas
cinating rhymes are illustrated , in strict
conformity to the tlme?-honored traditions
of the nursery, while they are at the same
time imbued with a spirit the spirit of true
ant which gives to them an added charm.
Their colors make them strikingly attract
ive to the untrained but Impressionable eye
of the child,- while their artistic perfection
renders them peculiarly fascinating to the
more trained appreciation of the elders. -
"The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cel
lini" revives interest In old classic.
Royal Cortlssoe, who contributes an intro
duction, although appreciating the marked
Individuality of 'Cellini's . self-delineation,
does not idealize him as does John Addlng
ton Symonds, the translator, who says: "A
hook which the great Goethe thought
worthy of translating into German with ihe
pen of "Faust" and "Wilhelm Meister." a
book which Augusts Oomte placed upon his
very limited list for the perusal of reformed
humanity. Is one with which we have the
right to be occupied not once or twice, but
over and over again. It cannot lose its
freshness. What attracted the . ' encyclo
paedic names of men so different as Comte
and Goethe to its pages still remains there.
The adventures of this potent human actual
ity will bear comparison with those of 'Gil
Bias, or the 'Comte of Monte Cristo' or
'Quentln Durward or 'Les Trols Mousque
tatres' for their variety and pungent In
terest. The Earl of Carlisle and his daughter
Lady Dorothy Howard, have lately been the.
guests in Washington, D. C. of Miss Molly
Elliott Sea well, whose latest novel, "The
Victory," has just been published. Lord
Carlisle, like Miss Seawell, Is opposed to
the new spelling, and given a reason which
shows much appreciation of America. "It is
a great pity to differentiate our two coun
tries any more than is necessary. As John
Bright said, "We are two nations, but we
are one people. In England every year
makes us better acquainted with our kins
men in America, and we wish to be as
friendly with you as you will let us. The
language is our common heritage, and we
don't want that community disturbed ."
Lord Carlisle is one of the hardest work
ers and most constant attendants in the
House of Lords. His .efforts, both public
and private, are always directed toward
cementing good will between America and
Great Britain. He Is the head of the
Protestant branch of the Howard family.
MIbs Seawell herself Is an opponent of the
simplified spelling, and a letter of hers pre
cipitated a wrangle between Brander Mat
thews and Rossiter Johnson not long ago.
Miss Seawell's novel "The Victory" is at
tracting wide attention.
,'
Believers in Christian Science, and espe
cially those who have an abiding admiration
for its founder. Mrs. Eddy, will not enjoy
reading" "The Mother Light." a novel of
about 300 pages, written anonymously, in
which the religion of the Christian Scientist
from the point of view of an unbeliever, Is
"shown up."
There isn't a word about Mrs. Eddy in the
book, and the words Christian Science do
not occur, but any reader understands from
the first that, while these specific refer
ences arc cleverly avoided, the religion and
the leader are on the grill, says one critic.
There is a love plot, and the woman in the
case Is young and beautiful. She acts as
FROM THE
CONTINUED
bor organizations which support his Par
liamentary party. Though making today
an ample living, he follows strictly the
"simple life." He is a teetotaler, and
vegetarian. Following a regular regime
of sleep and simple diet, he is able to ac
complish an Immense amount of work.
Since the first early struggles of . the
leader, his course has been more or less
one of triumph. In recent years he has
been able to witness almost a political
revolution In thought.
"In the course of our interview he was
asked to give an outline of his social pol
icy. He said:
"I am a .Socialist, and until Industry is
organized on a co-operative basis, wherein
men shall work, not to make profit, but
to produce the necessaries of life for the
community, the evils complained of will
never be eradicated.
'But much might be done by providing
work for the unemployed on home colo
nies where those out of work could pro
vide for themselves the necessaries of
life.
"A .minimum wage might also with ad
vantage, especially to working girls, be
established, making it a penal offense for
an employer to engage a worker under a
sum sufficient to Insure the necessaries
of life.
"A restriction of the hours of labor to
eight per day. or less, in dangerous and
unhealthy occupations; a drastic reform
ODD SIGN IN CIGAR STORE.
Secret Easily Learned by Any Pur
chaser of a Cigar.
: New Tork Globe.
In the window of a cigaf store In Colum
bus' avenue appears in bold blac,k letters
the following sign:
o o
: NO PAREGORIC. POSTAGE :
: STAMPS, HAIR OIL. :
: OR SOAP SOLD HERB. :
o..'. ....o
Just why such a sign should appear In
the window of a tobacconist's shop mys
tifies the neighbors. If the. place had a
drug store attaenment there would be
less comment about It and fewer gather
ings of curious spsctators in front of the
window, but the proprietor of the little
shop sells nothing but tobacco and odds
and ends of articles closely allied to the
fragrant weed.
Yesterday a neighbor was impelled to
quiz the proprietor, and in doing so Just
for the sake of good-fellowship, he pur
chased a cigar.
"Why have you placed that odd sign in
your window?" he asked. The- tooacco
man smiled. "I guess you've found out.
You bought a, cigar," he answered with a
smile. The nelgnbor left illuminated.
The proprietor Is hoping that others may
seek to be enlightened in the. same man
ner. "Make 'em curious and you've got
'em," he confessed to the reporter, who
also found out for 10 cnts.
Left the Girls Out.
Last Fall, as the Governor of Poland
was driving out, his horses ran away,
and It was a peasant who stopped
them. He was brought to the Gov
ernor, who gave him some money and
asked him:
"Well, my man, how many children
have you?"
"One boy." was the answer.
"What, no daughters?" v
"Yes. Your Excellency. I havo nine
of them; but -girls don't count, you
know."
the "Mother Light," after the real Mother 1
Light dies at the age or 8. having had a
doctor in her last hours. The young substi
tute is beloved by the doctor, who has not
seen the Light, and la almost murdered by
one of the faithful apostles of the faith be
cause he loves the woman, and because she
loves him and Is sorely tempted to give up
her position as chief disseminator of the
Mother LLght. .
In the end the would-be assassin drowns
himself, and the doctor loses his beloved,
as she clings to the faith. As the book
says In Its final pages, the doctor Is left,
"a rock of reason alone In an ocean of de
lusion." One can almost pick out the lead
ers In the Christian Science movement of
today from the characters in the novel. No
open ridicule appears In Its pages, but the
reader readily understands that the work
Isn't written with the Idea of converting
anybody to Christian Science.
It Is a striking proof of the cosmopoli
tanism of the United States that one of the
greatest of Russian novels and "Mother"
is certainly that should be written in
America and Illustrated in America by two
eminent Russians.
Maxim Gorky's latent novel, "Mother,"
has gained Immeasurably from the illustra
tions of Slgmumi de Ivanowskl. They have
not only intense dramatic quality and
graphic characterization, but also accuracy
and authority of the most convincing kind.
Mr. Ivanowskl is a Pole by birth, and an
American by adoption. He studied art in St.
Petersburg, where he lived many years.
There he saw service as a soldier and
eventually as an officer in the Russian
army. He is, therefore, thoroughly familiar
with the scenes and spirit of Gorky's story,
and no one pays more profound homage to
the greatness of the work than the artist.
Though he Is not tall, and Is of a pale,
at most spiritual cast of countenance. Mr.
Ivanowskl conceals under his coat a torso
like that of the Farnese Hercules. He was
champion amateur wrestler in Russia, and
often tried bouts with "the Russian Lion."
Hackenschmldt. He was one of the founders
of the aristocratic Fencing Club of St.
Petersburg, and was much in demand as a
portrait painter, being patronized by the
Czar himself.
He went later to Pari?, where he remained
some years before coming to America. He
won almost Immediate "recognition, and has
been deluged with commissions. But he
could not -resist the opportunity to Ulus
trate Gorky's masterpiece. After reading
the manuscript he felt that be must be
identified with the book.
Again through his reprinted volumes of
modern classics does Thomas - B. Mosher
offer a view of the art of beautiful book
making and a series of glimpses along the
unfrequented byways of English literature.
For the present holiday season he in lssu
log a dozen or so volumes In the style that
has nfade his name the synonym of good
taste In the selection and publishing of
-Important reprints. First among them stand
three issues in the Old World series "A
House of Pomegranates." by Oscar Wilde;
"A Shropshire-Lad." by A. K. Housman, and
"Ariadne In Mantua." a drama fn five acts,
by Vernon Lee. These, like their predeces
sors in tho Old World series, are encased
in Japan vellum covers, and printed on
deckle-edged paper, with rubricated title
pages and specially designed headbands and
tailpieces. Each volume Is, moreover,
wrapped In a parchment jacket and slide
case, being thereby particularly desirable
for gift; purposes without bearing upon it
the year round an obtrusive holiday label,
To his Lyric Garland series Mr. Mosher
has added Rosamund Marriott Watson's
"Tares a Book of Verses" ; Whitman's
"Merhorles of President Lincoln, and Other
Lyrics of the War." and he Is also bringing
out the first six volumes of the Ideal series
of Little Masterpieces, bound daintily In
green and gold designed paper wrappers.
Their titles are "The Sweet Miracle." by
Eca de Quelroz. translated into English by
Edgar Prestage; Oscar Wilde's "Poems In
Prose," Roeetti's "Hand and Soul," "The
Wayfarer." by Fiona Macleod, "Our Lady's
Tumbler," a 12th century legend translated
bv Philip H. Wlcksteed, and George Mere
tilth's "An Idyl of First Love," from "The
Ordeal of Richard Feverel." With these also
Mr. Mosher Issues two miscellaneous vol
umes, "Rose Leaf and Apple Leaf," by Ren
nell Rodd, with an Introduction by Oscar
Wilde. and "Clrcum Praecordia." the
Church Collects as verified by Thomas Wil
liam Parsons.
.SEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
The Humor of Love, by Tom Maason. 2
vols. (Moffat & Co.)
The Life of Henry V, and As You like
It, by William Shakespeare, folio edition (T.
Y. Crowell & Co:)
Colonel Crockett's Co-Operative Christ
mas, by Rupert Hughes, Illustrated, (Ja
cobs Co.)
COAL PIT
FROM PAGE 48
of the land laws which would stop or
tend to minimize at least the influx of
the agricultural laborers to the town; the
prohibition of work In dwelling-houses,
and the erection of workshops by the mu
nicipality wherein work now performed
at home could be undertaken, these hav.
ing creches attached for the benefit of
women with children called upon to earn
a living for themselves; and the estab
lishment by the state of provision for the
disabled, whether by old age. sickness or
accident all these would tend to check
the deterioration now going on, and give
the workers an opportunity to attain their
industrial freedom on the lines which ex
perience will suggest as being the best.
"Municipalities should provide homes
which would conform in every particular
to sanitary laws, fitted with" such ap
pliances as are deemed absolutely neces
sary In middle-class .houses, so that the
people, and especially the worklngwomen,
would be able to maintain a sense of
cleanliness, which Is utterly Impossible to
day. "Recreation-rooms and reading-rooms
should be abundantly provided, especially
In poor quarters, together with small
open spaces laid down in grass for chil
dren to play upon, and thus preserve their
contact with nature and Mother Earth,
the loss of which is accountable for much
of the atheism which Is a natural product
of city life." W. B. NORTHROP.
London, December 8.
STORY OF MOSES IS RETOLD
Little Girl of a Practical Turn Gl,ves
a New Version.
Harper's Magazine.
The social settlement worker had
been telling the story of Moses to a
class of small children In a mission
school.
"Now, children," she said, "you shall
tell me the story. Who found the baby
lying in the river?" .
"A beautiful lady," came the prompt
reply.
"To whom did the Princess give little
Moses to be taken care of?"
"His mother," shouted the delighted
class. 1
"What did Moses' mother do with
him when he grew a little older?"
asked the teacher.
For an instant there was silence.
Thrn a small girl was seized with a
sudden Inspiration and replied:
"I know. She put him into pants."
LIKE A LIGHTNING CHANGE.
Irisman Alarmed at What He Finds
in the West Indies.
Boston Post.
In some parts of the West Indies the
negroes speak with a brogue. They are
descended from the slaves of the Irish ad
venturers who accompanied the Spanish
settlers. An Irishman arriving at a West
Indian port was accosted by a negro fruit
vender with "The top of the morning to
ye, an' would ye be afther wantin' to
buy a bit of fruit, sor?'"
The Irishman looked at him a moment.
"An" how long have ye ben. here?" he
asked. .
"Goin' on three months, yer honor,"
said the vender, thinking of the time since
he had left his island home.
"Three months, i it? Only Miroe
monthn an." as black as thot? Faith, I'll
not land."
World's Progress in 1906
CONTINUED
public schools and in private institutions. ,
The first year's grants have been made
from the Carnegie Fund. Among those
who have received these grants are two
or three of our most eminent scholars.
The most 'noteworthy tendency is In ftie
direction of training for greater industrial
efficiency. The example of Germany Is
especially potent. Public manual training
and commercial schools are Inviting an
Increasing number of youth into training
beyond the elementary schools. Private
philanthropy Is looking in the same direc
tion. The "continuation" schools of Germany
are also being introduced for the tuition
at night of those who work by day. The
scope of public education is being con
stantly widened and its character con
stantly enriched. With public library, lec
ture and laboratory open to the adult as
well as to the youth, the teacher is hav
ing a growing influence upon the life of
the Republic. Teaching by correspond
ence is reaching great and greater num
bers, and the subsidizing or endowment of
research is Increasing.
If the results of the "Springfield tests"
are trustworthy, there Is no slighting of
the "three R's" in this widening and di
versifying of the school curriculum In the
last 50 years. It Is a source of National
gratlflcat'on . that people of other coun
tries are now seriously studying our educa
tional Institutions and methods, and that
International academic and political rela
tions are being strengthened not merely
by intermigration of students, but also by
the interchange of professors.
The Year In Ethical Progress.
RT REV. PR. JOSIAH STRONG.
THE mora upheaval of 1905 has contin
ued during 1S06. The year has been
one of investigations. Moral ulcers fn
every part of the body politic have been
deeply probed.
The searching inquiry Into the manage
ment of the great Insurance companies
was a model of wisdom and thoroughness,
and placed them under new management.
The ventilation of these abuses, the pack
ing-house revelations, the exposure of
railroad graft, and of commercial corrup
tion, all indicated a quickening of the
popular conscience.
Such exposures lead some to the conclu
slon that we are sinking in the mlfe -of
a rotting civilization. But the exposure is
the encouraging fact. The same kind of
corruption is well nigh universal In
China and Turkey, and common in coun
tries much nearer; but In those countries
there is no exposure with an accompany
ing whirlwind of public Indignation which
clears the air. It is not the corruption of
the few, but the righteous indignation ot
the many which is the proper measure of
popular morals.
The convictions' of vast and powerful
corporations, like the Standard Oil Com
pany and the New York Central Kaliroaa
together with the successful prosecution
and punishment of high Postofflce offi
cials and of the United States Senators
would indicate that the Goddess of Jus
tice Is wearing a good heavy bandage
over her eyes.
The amount of reform legislation ac
complished by Congress and by various
state Legislatures has been remark
able, and indicates a compelling public
opinion behind it.
Elections, state and municipal,, have
generally resulted in moial victories,
and indicate that the revolt against the
political boss and machine has contin
ued to spread. The driving out of
politics of such corruptionists as Ad
dicks is most encouraging.
The football reform is not without
cthlcai significance, and Indicates a
keener moral sense In athletics.
Government officials, both national
and state, report a marked Increase in
the number of contributions to the
"conscience fund." as compared with
the average of preceding years.
The records of fidelity companies
show an equally significant decrease ,in
the number of defalcations.
The movement against easy divorce
Silent Reaper's Harvest
CONTINUED
Ferdinand von Saar.
Karl von Haftmann.
Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.
Henry Altemua, publisher.
W. G. Blackie, publisher.
William Lee, publisher. '
Journalism.
Honors Beaugrand,
t.'arl Daenzer.
J. Ingraham Dunn.
F 1.. Featherstolie.
L. A. Hine.
Samuel Hay KaufTtnan.
Antonio Atlenza Madiano.
Henri Pene de Bois.
Kdward Rosewater.
James B. Scrtpp.
Howard Irving Smith.
Arthur Turnure.
Kdward fhl.
General W. K. Webb.
Kdward B. Wesley.
Joseph A. Wheelock.
The Staff.
Joseph Arthur.
Miss Johnstone Bennett.
Miss Geornia Cayvan.
George Clark.
Mrs. George Dickson, (George Cushlne. )
George Learock.
Edmund J.yons.
Edward J. Morgan.
Lewis Morrison.
Countess Del Grllln (Ade. Rlstorl.)
John Lawrence Toole.
Miss Jennie Yeamans.
Music.
Manuel Garcia.
Julius Stockhansen.
John Knowles Paine.
George Jacob!, composer.
Alberto Rosltl, composer.
Leon Gartlnel, 'composer.
Anson Deyoe. composer.
John Clark. "Broccolint."
Florence Eatson, "the Black Pattl."
Elizabeth P. Bacon, opera.
P. Y. Ramos, opera.
Eugen Gura. opera,
Alexander Lulglnl, conductor.
Paul Dresser.
Miscellaneous.
Captain "Hank" Han, yachtsman.
Barak Thomas, turfman.
John R: Gubbins, horseman.
It. M. Pltlsbury, chess champion.
Stanley Spencer, aeronaut.
Alhcrt Ttssandier, aeronaut.
"Al" Adams. "The Policy King."
.lohann Most, anarchist.
What strange contrasts here stand out.
Hcrr Most, who had Dreached battle, mur
der and sudden death for so many of his
f9 years, passed away peacefully; while
Russia's Father Gapon. who had worked
earnestly for his people's improvement,
was secretly murdered. The world will
ever think of Dmitri Trephoff as an
autocrat with the Instincts of a police
man and the education .of a corporal,
and within a few days of that tyrant's
mysterious end, came word of the death
in New Haven of Mrs. Lucy Boardman,
who had given during many recent years
practically a million dollars to aid needy
and worthy students to a college course.
Once again. In the same month which
saw the death of Archduke Otto of Aus
tria, the world heard of the passing of
Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney: the one was 40,
the other 82: and one was a consistent
rascal, the other an inspiration to thou
sands of today's women, who, as girls,
lived in imagination with the story-teller's
characters.
March stands as the most fatal month
ot 1906. 38 of those to whom the world
has most looked or hearkened dying dur
ing its course; January is a close second
with 37. Between them, the shortest
FROM PAGE 44
Is another Instance of the tightening
of the moral girdle.
Evidently there has been a revival of
the Ten Commandments.
Improve Philanthropic Methods. -
BY C. LORING BRACE.
THE distinctive advancement of the
year in philanthropy Is the wider
acceptance of the truth that improve?
ment cannot be brought about by treat
ing unfortunates In the mass, but only
through the sympathetic treatment of
the individual. The establishment of
Children's Courts in many of our cities
and the appointment by these courts of
probation officers whose duty it is to
become the friends and advisers of de
linquent children individually, so that
In court the Judges may be wisely In
formed as to the needs of each case is
in line with this new practice.
For the children of the crowded ten
ements It Is now more clearly per
ceived that the general statutes en
forced by a careless police are not
enough to prevent petty crime. Som
Influence more sympathetic than the
busy, hard-pressed parents can bring
to bear and more friendly than the machine-like
drill of the schools must be
sought, and so of late the neighbor
hood settlements, the boys' club, the
day Industrial schools, the ungraded
classes In the public schools and the
evening trade schools are being estab
lished with the object of developing
children along Individual lines.
This changing sentiment is seen dis
tinctly in tho new movement anions the
institutions for the care of dependent
children and for the reformation of
juvenile delinquents. Formerly these
institutions were constructed like great
barracks with small play yards and
drill grounds. The attempt was made
to train the children In mass, while in
dividually not even their names were
known to the superintendents, much
less than mental Idiosyncrasies. Hap
pily the failure of such a system Is now
recognized and the Institutions are
moving to the country. Large farms
are taken and the children are subdi
vided Into cottage groups, each with a
cottage mother In charge. By this
means it is hoped the Inmates may bo
known, their needs discerned and from
anion?- the many industries of the farm
and shops a suitable one be found con
genial to each.
Yet mere notable In this march of Im
provement is the new Interest taken by
Institution managers In the plan first es
tablished by the Children's Aid Society
0 years ago of placing orphans and neg
lected children ',n families, more especially
with farmers.
Another improvement is being brought
about by the relief agencies. While the
poor are given help and the sick are sent
to hospitals as formerly, the societies have
undertaken to seek out the causes of mis
ery, and to this end the tenement-house
committee is compelling owners to let in
light and air to dark, unsanitary rooms
wherever found by the relief agent, and
the tuberculosis committee has Induced
the state to establish sanitaria In the
country, to which consumptives may be
sent before It Is too late to save life.
Still more important are the wisdom and
energy displayed by the Board of Health
of New York City, which Is engaged in In
specting Individually every child In the
schools and compelling the parents to
have the childish Ills attended to. It Is
recognized that if the eyes are weak or
diseased, the teeth decaying, the adenoid
glands enlarged and the nourishment Is
Insufficient, It Is very doubtful If the chil
dren will develop into healthy or useful
maturity.
The improvement in methods and the
increase in resources are characteristic of
the philanthropy of the day. But unfor
tunately for our loved country the in
crease In Ignorance and helplessness more
than keeps pace with our efforts, owing
to the Immigration of great numbers of
Inefficient people In the Eastern states,
and the negro problem in the South.
(Copyright. 1S06, by Dexter Marshall.)
FROM PAGE 42
month of the twelve, seems also to have
been safest, with but IT upon Its debit
page.
A baker's dozen of this whole 324 has
surpassed four score and ten, from Rus
sell Sage, and Edmond Rousse, the vete
ran Nestar of the French Academy, and
Daniel Huntington, the venerable Amer
ican artist, all of whom were 90, up to
that truly "Grand Old Man" of Spain.
Manuel Garcia, musician, who had com
pleted a trifle more than a year of his
second century. Between these at 1)1,
are Lord Masham, England's - shrewd
scientist; Archbishop Bond, of Canada;
W. G. Blackie, the veteran Scottish pub
lisher and linguist; and Miss Elizabeth
Sewell, whose stories of the "Amy Her
bert" sort stand for the fiction of an
older generation. The great landholder.
Earl of Cranbrook, and Spain's Count
de Cheste were 92 at death; ex-Governor
Garcelon, of Maine, was 93; E. B. Wes
ley, one of the original founders ot tho
New York Times, was 95; and the Rev.
Samuel Sprecher, 96.
At the other end of the roster falls the
name of Paul Nocquet, the Belgian
sculptor, whose tragic death in April,
enrolled his name here as the only one
of less than 30 years. Yet Princess Louise
of Denmark,' was but a few months older,
exactly 30. Pillsbur- heard "Check"
called by death when not quite 33, and
both Paul Lawrence Dunbar and Lady
Mary Curzon were but 34".
Between these extremes, there are nine
others In their thirties, 29 who were lit
their forties: 53 in their fifties; 94 In their
sixties: 83 In their seventies who had
rounded out the biblical age. that Is and
48 In their eighties. The average age at
death was a bit more than 66 years and
three months, the church showing the
highest average (72 years) and the stage
the lowest o9 years, two months). The
other classes range In average age from
the 62 years and 9 months of the royal
and ennobled onesi to the 71 years, eight
months of the philanthropists and re
formers.
That there should come with such a
backward survey of the closing year a
feeling of the genuine loss to the world
through the parting of so many of Its
most capable, most honored citizens, is
as fitting as it is natural but not on that
account is there Just cause for a discour
aged "I wonder" of whut Is to come. The
work of today will never lack for the
right man to lay hand to it. Not a vacan
cy In the ranks but will be promptly
filled, whether by some veteran, hitherto
unnoticed, or some raw . recruit, who
springs into the gap with his whole heart
in the new task. This, one may take
to his comfort. The Immutable law of
compensation of wriich Emerson, wrote,
still rules; while the world may find yet
farther recompense in the great llfe
lessons which are clear to be read In tho
careers of those whose deaths now seem
so great a loss.
WARWICK JAMES PRICE.
Didn't Cover Everything.
Brooklyn Times.
"Teddy" in his message spoke of many
things.
But never said a word about the Joy that
Christmas brings.
"Teddy" knew his business: he wasn't hand
ling any lines.
Or trying to forestall the treat that's In
the Christmas times.