THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 20, 1907.
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Books give to all
who faithfully
use them,
the spiritual
presence of the
best and
greatest of our
race.
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Beth Nerval!, by Randall Parrish. $1.(0. A.'
:. McClurg & Co., Chicago.
In writing- this spirited new romance
of the crude West, its variety theaters
and mining towns, where grans spit fire
and life is cheap, Mr. Parrish has taken
another step In the line of remarkable
stories he has written of rugged Ameri
can type. Among current writers of ex.
citing adventure, picturing fighting men
and sterling women, Mr. " Parrish Is
steadily holding his own. "Beth Norvell"
has both sweep and grip In It and Is a
remarkable study of stormy emotional
power. While Mr. Parrish is daring and
although he goes to .the edge of the prec
ipice, yet In this tale he keeps conven
tionally safe. In the dialogue, why ia
there so much swearing? The people in
the book needn't swear because they are
of the West! '
Miss Beth Norvell, at the beginning of
our acquaintance with "her, Is the lead
ing lady In a traveling theatrical com
pany touring "tank" towns in probably
Colorado, under the financial direction
of Manager Albrecht. The play they
open with Is "Heart of the World." when
Ned Winston, mining engineer and aon
of a Denver banker, happens along, and
is so much struck with Miss Norvell
that he then and there engages himself
as general utility man of the company.
Albrecht suddenly decamps with the box
office receipts, leaving the members of
the company penniless, and during the
time in which Winston Is pursuing the
villain manager. Miss Norvell accepts a
position in a variety theater with saloon
and gambling den attachments. One of
the gamblers and bad men in the ab
stract is one "Bit" Farnham. Here is
where the most dramatic writing in the
whole book takes place In the fifth chap
ter. Winston pleads with Miss Norvell
to give up her positive position as
variety theater actress, arguing: "The
regular variety bill is a vastly more
serious matter than the legitimate. It is
almost a total surrender to evil and in
volves a dally and nightly association
with vice which cannot but prove most
repugnant to true womanhood." All ques
tioning as to morality is thoroughly elim
inated." Miss Norvell accepts the posi
tion, reasoning that It Is the only place
offering her work, and Insists in so doing
that she will not sacrifice one iota of her
womanhood.
One instinctively waits for the love
avowal which naturally follows tne ad
vent of a romantic mining engineer, per
suaded that the variety actress is the
only woman In the world for him. But
here Mr. Parrish shows his fine Italian
hand. He makes Beth ward off her
adorer, in a peculiar manner. . WhyT
Because a few years previously she had
become the wife of "Bit" Farnham and
had ceased to live with him because he
preferred a vicious life and refused to
support her. When one adores the lead
ing woman of a theatrical company, it is
like a cold water bath to receive the in
timation that she is already Mrs. Some
body. And this is exactly the situation
In the novel.
Mr. Parrish then deftly introduces
mining characters Into a fresh scene
of action, and in the 14th chapter gives
a thrilling description of a fight to
the death between Winston and his
enemies, down the shaft of the "In
dependence" mine, with the midnight
shift, to revolver shooting accompani
ment. It is significant at this stage that
Winston and Beth, the latter a married
woman, love each other. How Is Mr.
Parrish going to end the problem? The
girl distinctly says she looks upon her
self as a wife and does not believe In
divorce. What a chance for a Oulda
or some other daring writer! Mr. Par
rish apparently hesitates to take a
leap in the dark. Or is he afraid of
his public? So, he travels an already
beaten path and pictures a melee in
which during a fight with miners "Bif"
Farnham is conveniently" shot and
' killed by somebody unknown. Beth
and Winston are both in the neigh
borhood of the affray and each think
the other fired the fatal shot and they
separate in despair.
Beth again eeks the legitimate
stage and emerges as a star, to find
after three years of silence that one
William Brown had killed Farnham
because the latter had broken faith
with a Mexican dancing girl. The end
has the conventional finish.
Fallacies of the Law, by Henry 8. Wilcox.
Legal Literature Company, Chicago.
Designed for the general reader, as well
as the professional lawyer, this book of
206 pages Is the last of a series projected
by the author and referring to the gen
eral topic: "How we are governed."
Most of the space has been devoted to a
criticism of the common liw, which Is
likened by Mr. Wilcox to "A garment
made by a bungler in remote antiquity,
and on which every generation since has
placed some patches, until it resembles a
craiy quilt In Its variety of color and
texture, and is without any of the har
mony that ordinarily pertains to that ar
ticle." The common law is also like "a
thicket which has been sown by the
wind and trimmed by the whirlwind."
It may be explained that Mr. Wilcox is
a Chicago lawyer. Surely some of the
fierce winds of that windy city have crept
into his book and have been crystallized
Into criticism. He finds fault with nearly
every known law, from our manner of
electing a President of the United States
down to the marriage contract. But Mr.
Wilcox does not stop at pointing out
faults-rhe gives his remedies, and con
cludes with a word-dream of some far-off
blissful era when war shall be no more
and "when mighty navies shall no longer
plow the seas."
It would seem that while Mr. Wilcox's
industry and seal are to be commended
$1.50 is too high a price to pay for his
printed advice.
John Harvard and His Times, by Henry C
Shelley. Illustrated. 2. Little. Brown A
Co.. Boston.
It Is remarkable that, comparatively
tpeaking, up to a few years ago the
name of John Harvard, the founder of
Harvard University, was to use Lowell's
phrase, "scarce more than a name," while
the title of the university he has so sig
nally honored Is a household word.
Indeed, as- far back as the year 1842 one
James Savage offered the reward of 1600
for five lines of information about John
Harvard in any capacity, public or pri
vate. Strang to say, no one teems to
have taken up the offer at that time.
Since then, of course, more has become
known about Harvard and his times by
addresses delivered at the ter-centenary
of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Eng
land, and on the occasion of the unveil
ing of a statue in Harvard's memory
within the grounds of Harvard Univer
sityin the year 1884.
Now comes Henry C. Shelley and gives
nn admirable presentation mostly of John
Harvard In nia native England, and with A
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months on American soil. The book Is
much above the ordinary, and will not
only appeal to the general reading public.
but it will have special value for tne
son of Harvard University. If any criti
cism may be offered It is this: Mr. Shel
ly at first is too dlscourslve regarding
that branch of English literature repre
sented by Bpenoer ana omens, ana me
memory of Puritanism instead of begin
ning his subject proper. The book la em
bellished by pictures of many curious old
prints, which add much to tne value or
the studies given.
We learn that John Harvard, wno was a
butcher's son. was born In Southwark,
England. In the year 1607. and that the
probability is that his parents were Intro
duced to each other by William Shakes
peare, Harvard's mother being Katherlne
Rogers, of Stratford-on-Avon. It is re
lated that during the 30 years which John
Harvard spent in England, six distinct
Parliaments were summoned for the dis
patch of state business, three in the reign
of James I and three in that of Charles
I. The troublous times following the at
tempts of these Stuart Kings to kill Puri
tanism and force - Episcopacy on an un
willing people, are faithfully mirrored by
Mr. Shelley. Harvard must have been in
the midst of the theological conflict, for
h etnHitittri f mm TCmmfinuel Colleare In
Cambridge University, England. In 1638
John Harvard whose name was some
times spelled Harvye married Anne Sad
ler, of Kingmer. and It is thought, al
though the exact date cannot be obtained,
that they sailed for New England on
some date subsequent to February 10 and
prior to May. E. 1S37.
On the 237th page John Harvard's life in
this country begins to be pictured. He
was appointed pastor of a church In
Charleston, .near Boston, and one of his
dearest wishes was the establishment of
a college of learning, to which project
he gave property valued at- 1800. 111
health and the Inability to stand the se
verity of the New England cam ate cloud
ed John Harvard's endeavors and he died
September 14, 1638 .
The volume is a charming conversa
tional one. and Mr. Shelley can be con
gratulated on his success on bringing to
light a great deal of new information con
cerning John Harvard and his times In
formation which no doubt would have
been suffered to lie antong the cobwebs of
the past had not Inspiration sought it out
and placed It in print so that all may
read. -
The Japanese Natloa la Evolution, by Dr.
William B. Griftli. Illustrated. 81.25.
Thomas T. Crowtll as Co.. New Tork City.
As a preacher, theologian, educator
and traveler. Dr. Grtffts examines the
Japanese nation and does not find its
people wanting. He was one- of the
first pioneers of civilisation to Japan,
going there as an American educator
after Commodore Perry found entrance
to the hermit kingdom. His book on
Japan Is much above the average,
because It files from the beaten path
and gives new information at f trst
hand.
In tracing the rise of Japan from
prehistoric times, Dr. Griffis - Insists
that the original Inhabitants were not
Mongolian, but Aryan 'or Ainu, and
must have been related to our - own
half -savage Indu Germanic forefath
ers. He demonstrates that the Ainu
language Is Aryan and has marks com
mon to the speech of the six great
Aryan peoples Latin and Greek,
Teuton and Celt. Slav and Hindoo; also
thac Japan's blended Aryan and Mon
gol and probably Semetlc Inherit
ance has fitted her to absorb the new
clvlliiatlon that has lately astonished
everybody.
Admitting that no people In the
world have excelled or Can excel the
Japanese in manufacturing history to
order. Dr. Grlffla saya that whlla the
Japanese excel as soldiers and sailors;
that "in education, morals, social up
lift. In the virtues of truth, chastity,
stability of marriage, in all that makes
the real man apart from the noise of
war, and as something other from that
which Is appraised in uniforms and
breast medals how slow the advance."
One argument advanced In this book
will meet with the emphatic dissent
of the majority of people in this coun
try, if the signs of the times are read
aright. Dr. Griffis says: "To .deny a
Japanese naturalisation in the United
States savors of snobbery, and no ra
tional argument against granting a
gentleman from Japan the same privi
lege so freely accorded to Eu
ropeans of every grade and ethnic
stock, has yet been advanced."
We have had enough bloodshed
already in this country in settling a
race issue down South, and any at
tempt to foist a yellow race, as equals,
on the American people would be
treated with derision and lead to an
appeal to force. Church folks who
melt their dollars sending missionaries to
Japan trying to Christianise the people
there had better go slow, for, according
to Dr. Griffis. religionists who expect to
win these un-Mongollan Islanders to Chris
tianity, "whether the" religionists be of
the Greek, Roman, or Protestant order,
are doomed to disappointment."
The Radical, by I. K. Friedman. 81.BO, D.
Appleton A Co., New Tork City.
, An important study of radical pol
itics as mirrored In departmental and
Senatorial life at Washington. D. C.
A strong story, boldly planned and
well told. It opens with the attempt
of Addison Hammersmith and Bruce
McAllister to become Aldermen In an
Illinois city.
In the course of the canva McAllis
ter, who poses as the friend of ' the
"peepul," gets drunk, but on coinar
to his home Is shocked by his mother
Into sobriety, Ad Up yowa never to
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drink another drop of liquor as long
as he lives. McAllister Is thought too
much of a radical demagogue to enter
the City Council, but he bravely meets
hie first defeat and becomes a prac
tical politician until he emerges as
United States Senator Bruce McAllis
ter. Then Mr. Friedman gives a scath
ing picture of corruption in National
politics particularly effecting Washing-ton,
D. C.
One of McAllister's "pet projects i
the Senate is his child-labor bill, and
In one of his speeches he makes these
points:
Charity is the dust that tha automobrUs
of the rich throw into the eyes of the poor
to keep them from hurling atones at the
reckless chauffeur.
The backs of the poor must eithe-etiffen
or break; in either case the rich mut dis
mount. Poverty is a disgrace: it bespeaks the Ig
norance of the poor, who have the remedy
in their own hands and know it not.
Life is a game of blind-man's buff through
men the poor stumble, blindfolded, exploit-
by wealth, jnocaed at by law, abandoned
justice.
Bold sweeps of the brush are used
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SHAFT AND SEALS OF OREGON, WASHINGTON, IDAHO AND MONTANA THAT HAVE JUST BEEN PUT
IN PLACE.
Portland's beautiful, monument to Lewis and Clark was completed the past weekT by the setting of the
four bronze emblemsi that adorn its base. The monument was practically completed nearly a year ago. but
It is only now that the finishing touches have been added by the Installation of these medallions. The em
blems are the shields of the four states of the Pacific Northwest Oregon, Washington. Idaho and Montana.
The shaft stands In the City Park at the head of Park avenue and is one of the beauties that attracts
the eyes of all visitors to tha city's largest pleasure ground. It was erected at an expense of about 10,000
1 by the Lewis and Clark Fair Association, president Roosevelt set the foundation stone when he visited
Portland in 1903.
The granite for the shaft was brought from the banks of the Snake River along the route that was trav
ersed by Lewis and Clark. ' The shaft stands 34 feet and three inches high and rests on a base six feet five
Inches square. The wvk was done by Otto Schumann, a local sculptor, who has Just completed the work
of putting in the bronzes.
in fashioning the McAllister picture,
and the result ts that he appears to be
a composite politician of the Bever-ldge-La
Follette type. Again, McAllis
ter is like a duck, for ail eorts bf
trouble seem to roll off his hack" and
leave him unafraid. He Is respected in
high places and is welcomed as a per
sonal friend by the President of the
United States.
There is not a dull moment in the
"Radical" It is a rousing political
novel, and is sure of an audience.
gemltopesi by A. A. C. Brentano'a, New
Tork City.
It Paderewskl's piano playing sug
gests ivory and silver, surely good
poetry suggests what this book cover
represents a white ground flashed
with gold. These 60 poems are Issued
very modestly, the identity of the au
thor being carefully hidden, but they
are superfine in quality and worth
reading. .They are serious In tone, and
now and then a morose element creeps
in, as if the poet's sour had been tried
In the fire.
The little book Is handsomely print
ed, the edition consisting of 600 copies
printed on Japanese hand-made paper.
The most ambitious poem, which in
style recalls that of Browning, Is "The
Ballad of Boss Mary," distinguished
for beauty of thought and calm, seri
ous tone. There Is nothing cheap In
this poetry. Here is one sample: ,
Once and ones only, will yon hear
At break of day that low, clear call;
Awake! Awake, for Love Is near.
He brings his bounty to your wall.
He brings the dawn, be brings th dew.
He bide you open wide the gate;
Be It with heartsease or with rue
Say never that Love came too late.
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Once, and once only, will you greet
The sueet you have so longed to see:
Mtnd that the room be swept and aweet
With lavender and rosemary.
Ca raping and Tramping with Roosevelt, by
John Burroughs. 81. Illustrated. Hough
ton. Mifflin A Co., Boston, and the J. K.
tilll Co., Portland. ,
It i enough to know that this little
book will have an enormous sale, for it
deserves It.
Where Is the magic? The names of
President Roosevelt and John Bur
roughs, the latter being the well
known naturalist. Of course, some of
the stories told are familiar to many
of us, but since the editions in which
they originally appeared have become
exhausted it Is beneficial for new and
veteran readers that they be preserved
In this convenient form. President
Roosevelt is shown as the man-out-of-doors,
the born nature lover, the friend
of dumb, living things yet . the keen
sportsman.
The book Is In two parts, the first of
which tells the story of Mr. Burroughs'
trip with the President to Yellowstone
Park in the Spring of 1903, the second
giving an account of a memorable
visit to Oyster Bay. The Illustrations
are well selected and notable.
Praetlosl Horsing, by Anna Caroline Max
well and Amy Ellabeth Pope. a. P. Put
nam's Sons. New York City.
An eminent medical authority says
that the young nurse does not learn
everything pertaining to her profes
sion during her graduate experience.
LEWIS AND CLARK MONUMENT COMPLETED
Recognizing this fact, these two au
thors on of whom is superintendent
of and the other Instructor in the Pres
byterian Hospital School of Nursing,
New York City, have Kept In mind this -j
admirable viewpoint: To prepare a
volume adapted at every point to use
as a textbook for nurses, and to make
It so simple and practical In Its state
ments that It will be serviceable not
only to nurses, but to all who wish to
acquaint themselves with conditions
and proceedings necessary to the prop
er care of the sick. This promise has
been fulfilled to the very letter. A
most helpful eandeavor, marked by
brevity and common sense.
The ftadlaa Lakes, by W. D. McCrackaa.
Illustrated. L. C. Pag st Co., Boston, and
the J. K. QUI Co.. Portland.'
Experienced travelers ' are of the
opinion, after seeing many charms of
"river, mead and town," that Italian
lakes recall Switzerland and Samoa. Mr.
McCrackan has written' a friendly guide
book marked by fine sentiment and
artistic appreciation of lakes' of azure,
and Indeed the next best thing to an
actual trip to these beautiful Italian
scenes Is to come under the spell of his
Inspired pages. - He is a most sympa
thetic guide and with an unerring Instinct
points to the beautiful, while hts book
does not lack in spirited, historical re
ference. The print Is delightful, being large
black letter, and the fine illustrations are
a valuable feature. An excellent gift
book for one with an artistic soul.
A Ball of Yarn, Its Unwinding, by Robert
Rudd Whiting. Illustrated. T5 cents. Paul
Elder eV Co., Ban Francisco.
Wearied readers who have sampled
various bits of humor know that a new
vein Is rare, hut Mr. Whiting seems to be
the lucky miner this time. His humor Is
original and laugh-compelling.
Thedozen stories he presents have a
real chuckle in them, and are linked In
terestingly together In four skeins by
the landlord of an hotel, a newspaper
editor, a cigar-drummer and a prfes
slonal raconteur. Several of them were
first printed in the New York Sun. The
dedication is ascribed to Ananias, Baron
Munchausen, and similar worthies.
s
The Frinosts Pourqnol, by Margaret Sher
wood. 81-50. Illustrated. Houghton, Mif
flin & Co., Boston.
Five high-class fairy stories ' for'
young folks, gathered in book form
because of the enormous demand for
them, and reprinted from Scribner's,
McClure's and the- Atlan'tlc where
the first saw the light. The best of
the 'Ave is "The Princess Pourquol." by
reason of Its fascinating, imaginative
quality and freshness of style. The
Illustrations are better than the ordi
nary, and the book is just the very ar
ticle for a holiday gift to a deserving
little girl. Do you know one? -
The Psychology of Public Speaking, by Pro
fessor Walter Dill Scott. Pearson Bros.,
Philadelphia.
How often have audiences watched
great orators, wondering at the latter's
compelling power, dimly conscious that
some sort of a strange spell had been
cast over all those present. How to make
this spell come and go has ever been a
mystery to those outside the magic circle.
Here is a key.
The author of this scientifically interest-
'1
lng book, of 222 pages is the associate
professor of psychology and education
and director of the psychological labora
tory. Northwestern University. He gives a
most unlooked-for biit valuable message
to those unfamiliar with the methods and
the results of the newer psychology,
with the purpose of offering helpful
suggestions to all , classes of public
speakers. Real aid is given to the In
itiate in the chapter "Rendering an
Audience Suggestible," and It is noticed
that -one of the successful examples of
oratory presented is the celebrated
cross-of-gold speech of William Jen
nings Bryan.
Betty Balrd's Ventures, hv Anna Hamlin
Weikel. Illustrated. 81.BO. Little. Brown
A Co.. Boston.
Fresh and vivacious. The same
authoress has previously told of Betty
Baird, and in this pleasant story Betty Is
pictured Just after she has graduated
from a boarding school. A girls' story
that is healthy in tone.
J. M. Q.
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IN LIBRARY AND WORKSHOP.
Another of Burton E. Stevenson's detect
ive stories, "That 'Affair at EUxabeth," will
be published this month.
A: C. Benson's new volume. "The Altar
Fire," will be Issued In London in a few
days. It consists of reflections and medi
tations on literature and- human nature as
these appeal to a man in a quiet corner.
The point of view la that of the literary
artist.
"Drama and Life" is the title of a vol
ume by A. B. Walkley, dramatic critic of
the London Times, that will shortly see the
light. It will Include articles on the con
temporary stage In London and Paris, with
views of plays by the foremost dramatists
of the day, and talks on such subjects as
the aesthetics of the theater and the prin
ciples of dramatic criticism.
.
Another of Fogazzaro's novels of Italian
life, "Danlele Cortis," Is to be brought out
In an English translation. It will be called
"The Politician." and it will appear soon
from the Luce press, which also announces fop
Immediate Issue two other translations. "The
Father," by August Btrlndberg. and "The
Storm." by Ostrovsky, both of them drama
tists who are arouctng discussion not merely
In Europe, but also on this side' of the
ocean.
There will be Issued this Autumn a
volume of reminiscences written by the
late General John Eaton, of which the
title Is "Grant. Lincoln and the Frepd
men." The book touches upon many edu
cational and political interests connected
with General Eaton's career as United
States Commissioner of Education from
1870 to 18S6.
"The Romance of the Salvation Army,"
by Hulda Frlederlchs, with an Introduc
tion by General Booth. Is an important
work which will be published this week.
Miss Friederichs gives the complete story
of the -rise and progress of the Salvation
Army from sources of Information which
render her work an authoritative as well
as a deeply interesting one.
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The Maine coast must possess a great at
traction for authors. William Dean How
ells has his Summer home there, at Kit
tery Point, and occuplea himself with a
vegetable garden. Mrs. Margaret Deland
has a cottage at Kennebuhkport, and culti
vates there ,some gorgeous flowers. Now
John Kendrlck Bancs has purchased an es
tate between Portsmouth and Portland,
Me., where he plans to spend the greater
part of the year. It Is probable that he will
devote some of his time to farming. What
about the Oregon coast resorts for tired
story makers?
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Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett's new novel.
"The Shuttle," will soon be Issued In book
form. An international marriage playa an
Important part In the story, but the writer
attempts to give her work a wide scope,
bringing hito her love story "a thousand
other thftiKS." Alluding to her quallnca-tlon-
in this enterprise, Mrs. Burnett says,
in a letter quoted by her publishers, "be
cause I am English by birth and American
by a aort of adoption, and' because I have
vibrated between the two continent, for
years. I have learned to be Impersonal and
unpartlsan. I was neither American nor
English when I told the story."
It Is some years since Joseph Edgar
Chamberlain has appeared in book-print,
although in the meantime his Journallstlo
labors have kept him steadily occupied
with his pen. For that reason among oth
ers there will.be a hearty welcome await
ing "The Ifs of History." which will be
published this Fall. It Is made uo of arti
cles contributed by Mr. Chamberlain to the
New York Evenelng Mall, with live addi
tional papers heretofore unpublished ad
the entire series subjected to revision and
rewriting. It deals mainly with the Im
portant developments In history that have
turned upon or arisen from ' a slight or
accidental circumstance.
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Five new books that are causing talk In
the East: "Wage Earners Budgets," a
etudy of standards and cost of living in
New York City, by Louise B. More, with a
preface by Professor Franklin H. Giddlngs,
of Columbia University; "Harps Hung Up
In Babylon," a collection of poems by Ar
thur Colton: "A Turnpike Lady." a tale of
Beartown. Vt.. 1768-1798, by Sarah N. Cleg
horn; "The Youngsters of Centerville." a
book for boys and girls, by Etta 'Anthony
Baker; "Poe'a Raven in an Elevator, and
Other Tales." being the third edition of
Charles Batall Loomis "More Cheerful
Americans."
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O. S. Street has found a congenial subject
in a volume of retrospections among the
"Ghosts of Flcadllly," now going through
the press, and which will be published this
week. The presiding genius of London's
corso is Old Q or If not Old Q. then Lord
Byron. But how many other Interesting
figures flit through these pases from Harriet
Mellon to Lord Macaulay, and from "Soup
and Pattie Luttrell" back to the days of
the second George, or even the second
Charles! The memories of the procession
that has passed endlessly up and down
Piccadilly haunt Mr. Street. He la at home
In the throng.
Joseph A. Chlsholm writes to the Lon
don Spectator recommending tha collection
and publication In book form of all the
principal speeches and writings of the late
Hon. Joseph Howe, of Nova Scotia. The
Governor-General of -Canada recently re
ferred to the edition printed In -Boston, in
3 859, as not containing a page which does
not stimulate the imagination, please the
fancy, and quirken the soul, and he further
said that It should be on the book shelf of
every teacher in the empire. The two vol
umes of the original edition are out of
print and command high prices. The Spectator-
says: "Surely this opportunity will
not be neglected In the publishing world."
Apropos of the "deceased wife's sister"
bill, which la agitating the good folks of
Great Britain, a writer calls attention to
the fact that among literary unions of a
widower with his deceased wife's sister the
most notable la that of Richard Lovell
Edgeworth, the father of the novelist.
Edgeworth married Honors Sneyd. of Lich
field. - who had been betrothed to Major
Andre. Honora found a very good friend
in her talented stepdaughter. Honora died
even years after her marriage, and upon
her deathbed advised her husband to marry
her sister, wtoicn he did without undue
delay, as such marriages were not at that
time Illegal. Edeeworth was married four
times and was never a widower for more
than five or six months at a time.
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Each yar adds more than its fair quota
to the library books about Italy, for Italy
and the Italians have from time immemo
rial been beloved of writers and trav
elers. Italy's urban and rural scenery, her
ancient ruins and her modern palaces, her
churches and her art galleries, her moun
tains and her slains have been described
many, many time, until It seems as If
there can be scarcely a square inch of
territory that has not been made the
theme of a book, lena is especially dear
to the writer, and it is therefore not sur
prising that "Siena and Her Artists" form
the title of a descriptive volume prepared
by Frederick Seymour and Just published
in this country- With Its text amplified by
a map and Is half-tone Illustrations, we
have brought to our view a school of art
that the author found "wholly novel to
him."
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The Putnams import from the Cambridge
University Press John Bunyan'a "Grace
Abounding." and "The Pllgrlm'a Progress."
In the Cambridge English Classics Series.
The printing and binding are both excel
lent, the latter being In plain red cloth
with gilt lettering. The text adopted in
"Grace Abounding" la that of the sixth
edition, published In 1888. the year of Bun
Jan's death. Of The Pilgrim's Progress"
the text used for the story of Christian Is
that of the 11th edition of 18S, and for the
story of Chrietlana and her children that
of tha second edition, published In 1887.
Each of these received Bunyan'a latest ad
ditions and corrections. Only one perfect
copy of this edition of Part I. of "The Pll
grlm'a Progress" is known and this wa
loaned by Its American owner to furnish,
the text for this present edition.
In David V. Abbott's "Behind the Scenes
with Mediums," the varied means taken by
mediums to foster and uphold a belief in
communications' with the spirits of the dead
are elaborately described, and many of
them are astounding in the ease with which
the susceptible victim may be deceived by
methods that are at once simple and in
genious. Slate writing, rapplngg, the nu
merous envelope tricks, materializing, cabi
net seances, vest turning and stage per
formances of the Anna Eva Fay type are
described at length," and as he closes the
volume, the reader will be well informed
as to spiritualistic manifestations that are
fraudulent. Mr. Abbott calls attention,
however, to the fact that he la dealing only
with mediumshlp as a delusion for the in
nocent and the ignorant, and that it is not
his purpose to say anything about the
matters that are being studied and .recorded
by the Society for Paychlal Reaeaxcb.
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In striking contrast to the bulk of heavy
literature about Ibsen la tha little volume.
"Erlnnerungen an Honrlk Ibsen." by Ven
John Paulsen, who was Ibsen's companion
In South Germany and Italy for many
years, and who contributed the sketcbea that
make up his book: to various Norwegian
Journals from time to time.
Von Paulsen had many a long talk witii
Ibsen, and he reproduced much of what
the great dramatist had to say. Of BJorn
son, said: "He and I are not enemies, as
many think; our partisans are at enmity
with each other, but not we ourselves."
Ibsen did not believe that a man could suc
cessfully divide his talent In the writing of
both novels and dramas, and pronounced.
BJornson's "Newly Wedded Couple" a dra
matlc . novel. Paulsen tells how Hans
Christian Andersen refused to come down to
a notable dinner to which Ibsen was also
invited, keeping the company waiting nearly
an hour. Ibsen relieved the aituatlon by go
ing up to Andersen's room alone, patting
him on the back, and showering him with
compliments. "Andersen asked me," said
Ibsen. "If I really still appreciated him.
It was a delightful dinner; Andersen could
be entertaining and amiable as few others."
As a stage director for his own playa
Paulsen says that Ibsen was . not
much of a suocess. He was finicky
about little things, and insisted always on
hie choice of certain people for the parts h
had written. It Is interesting to learn, too.
how Ibsen studied the world and lta charac
ters, . taking up his position regularly It
restaurants near tha doors, and preferably
before mirrors, so that he might study pass
ing individuals. , x
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In a discussion of Mr. Everard's new
"History of the Royal and Ancient Golff
Club. St. Andrews." Andrew Lang has soma
Interesting notes 01 the origin of the game.
Wlj golf brought to Scotland from Hol
land T Mr. Lang thus answers the ques
tion: Visiting Holland In 1899. Mr. Cunning
ham observed in the Rotterdam Gallery a
picture by Jan Stecn ilua-7lj, a picture
in which a little Dutch boy is swinging "an
undoubted polf club." a club In all respects
Identical with the praebulger type of
driver. This picture led Mr. Cunningham
to InveatlRate Dutch golf. Of course, the
date of Jan Steen la late, in relation to
Scottish golf. We know that the game was
so popular In Scotland two centuries before
Jan Steen that Parliament pronounced It
illegal. Men ought to be practicing archery
and learning to hold their own against tha
English bowmen, not playing golf. But in
Scotland no man paid any attention to
acts of Parliament, and golf went on mer
rily. We do not know how much older it
Is than 1450, but It Is pretty certain that
the balls and cluba were at first brought
from Holland. The Rev. Mr. Blair about
1650 drew a parable from the making of
a golf club, for Mr. Blair was a St. An
drews preacher, and rather an irreverent!
ass than otherwise. Patriots may argue
that Scotland might have lent the game to
Holland, but Mr. Cunningham proves that
the phrase "stlmy" is Dutch, while het
kolfen is Dutch for "the golf," and our
"tee" Is the Dutch luitje, pronounced "toy
tee." Clearly, If Scotland borrowed the
terms of the game from Holland, as all
Europe borrowed the terms of tennis from
France, Holland Is the cradle of golf, as
France la the cradle of tennis. I am great
ly guilty cf having stated that James VI.
clapped a heavy tariff on Dutch golf balls,
and ao enabled the Scots to make their
own. Mr. Cunningham quotes my history
of golf In the "Badminton Book," for this
piece of tariff roform. but who was my au
thority? Mr. Cunningham should hava
verified my fact in our acta of Parliament
or In the records of our privy council. I
am not sure of my own fact, though I
think I have made It clear that in 1814
Scots golf balls were of wood, like the ball
used at Jeu de Mall in the eighteenth cen
tury. When golf balla stuffed with feathers
came In (they lasted till about 1850) we
do not precisely know. In the Netherlands
golf was full grown by 1600. but It deoltncd
Into an inane game no better than cro
quet, and Mr. Cunningham finds that even
this form Is decadent. The Dutch, however,
are the fathers of golf. Mr. Cunningham
has placed that fact beyond doubt.
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
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EDWARD THE PEACEMAKER
AH Europe, Except Germany,
Great Britain's Friend.
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A. Maurice Low in the Forum.
A man of extraordinary ability Is the
present King pf England, a man whose
great capacity was nof suspected until
long after an age wh?n the world Tias us
ually formed and closed its Judgment of
men. Had the King died when he was
stricken down with appendicitis on the.
eve of his coronation he would have oc
cupied a much smaller place In' history
than he does now. Up to that time. a
the world was able to know him, he was
a man who loved life and got out of Ufa
all there was in it. He had always been
noted for his tact; a marked trait was
his desire to make every one around him
happy and to play tha peacemaker when
ever it was possible, but no opportunity
had been given him to give proof of
statesmanship of the first order.
In a few short years he has shown him
self to be the first statesman of, Europe.
Summed up, the result of King Ed
ward's diplomacy of the last few years is
seen as follows: England and France
have settled all the questions that form
erly kept them apart, and are now work
ing In perfect concord to keep the peaca
in Europe; England and Russia have
reached a working arrangement, and a
clash between the two powers either In
the Far or Near East is no longer feared:
between England and Italy and England
and Austria there is complete sym.tathy;
an English princess sits on the throne .
of Spain, which is of importance politi
cally because of the Interest England has
in the Mediterranean; an English princess
sits on the throne of Norway, which is of
lesser importance but not without its po
litical value. England, therefore, can
command the support of every European
power with the sole exception of Ger
many, whose Emperor rages with im
potent fury as he watches the success of
his uncle's diplomacy.
New York City's customs "department
ahows an average increase of 1 per cent
over the appraised value of good Imported
.pne year ago.
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