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uHTHOR. OF THE 'JLMINISCFWCFS
OF CARL SCHVRZ: -
The Reminiscences of Carl 'Schurz. In two
volumes. Illustrated. ?. The McClure
Company, New Tork City, and the J. K.
Gill Company. Portland. .
It was Felix Adler who once placed this
estimate, upon Carl Schurz' Jlfe: "An
Odyssey of adventure and an Iliad of
achlevement."t Think of Schurz' working
records
Feasant's son, though born In a castle.
T evolutionary agitator.
Eg I tor. ,'
Teacher.
Soldier.
Jlefugee.
Foreign emigrant.
lawyer.
Orator.
United States Minister to Spain.
Major-Qeueral.
Publk-lst.
t'nited States Senator.
Secretary o the Interior.
Statesman, etc.
The list could even be extended. Born
near Cologne in Rl'ienish Prussia, March
2. 1829, Schurz died In this country May 14,
19i)6. and In his lifetime passed-through
more adventures and actual battle scenes
than the hero In the average novel.
Si'hurz must have possessed a physical
vitality of iron, and how he managed to
survive his many escapades of field and
flood is an unsolved puzzle.
Volume 1 concerns Schurz' life In Ger
many, his experiences during the brief
Gorman revolution pf 1848 and his sensa
tional escape from prison an incident
rivaling the celebrated sewer scenes In
"Ies Miserable." Volume 2 describes
Schurz' life in this country up to and in
cluding the battle of Chancellorsvillc, in
May, 1863. The one regret that can be
fittingly expressed is that Schurz did not
snatch enough leisure from his busy life
to finish his more than Interesting mem
oirs. .
Such an autobiography Is of marked in
ternational interest, linking together the
history -of Germany and the United States.
Its one great charm is Its rapid passing of
historical pictures, told with charming
simplicity of diction, yet without vain
boasting.! A stern spirit of liberty, which
now and then develops Into a fighting
ppirlt, irrepressibly breaks out in the re
cital, showing that a true detnocratio
soul unconsciously breathing republican
ism, somehow sprang Into being on the
banks of the German Rhine and found
true soul life in America. The volumes
wilj probably not so much Interact the
young or 1-am-going-to-college boy . but
will have special emphasis for all think
ing men and women, and will stand In the
front rank of the year's American biogra
phy. That Schur was born with an apprecia
" tion "of the beautiful can be guessed from
this story he telle:
When I was between 3 and 4 years old I
had a very exciting love affair. The count
had a daughter, who was then about 3 8 or
19. and very beautiful. The Countess Marie,
when she met me on her walks, sometrales
stroked my red cheeks with her hand, as
young ladles do now and then wlih very
little boys. The consequence what that I
fell ardently in love with her ,and declared
frankly, that I would marry her. My In
tentions were Quite determined, but the
young Countess Marie did not seem 4o lonk
. at the matter as seriously as I did. and
that led to a catastrophe. One day I saw
her standing with a young man at one of
the windows of the house, busy catching
carp with a hook in the moat of the castle.
A furious fit of Jealousy seized me; I de
manded, screaming, that the young man
should leave the adored Countess Marie at
once. In default of which I insisted that
some one should throw him Into the water.
A jar of quince jelly restored peace, and
curiously enough the precocious lover re
tained an affection for this sweet for
many years afterward.
The boy Sohurz heard much from rela
tives of America "of its great rivers, for
ests and lakes, of that young republic
where the people were free, without
Kings, without Counts, without military
service." Young Schurz was really an
American citizen, in embryo, and his ris
ing against Prussia for greater constitu
tional freedom, his escape to Switzer
land and subsequent adventures In Paris
and London, seem follow as warp and
weft are fashioned by the weaver. In'
London he formed many interesting
friendships with political agitators from
foreign countries, among these persons be
ing Kossuth, Mazzinl and others. He re
cords one notable London Incident:
And now something happened that Infused
Into my apparently gloomy situation a ra
diance of sunshine and opened to my life
unlooked-for prospects. A few weeks pre
vious to Louis Napoleon's coup d'etat I had
some business to transact with another Ger
man exile, and visited him In his resi
dence In Hampstead. I vividly remember
how I went there on foot, through rows of
hedges and avenues of trees, where now
probably is a dense mass of houses, not an
ticipating that a meeting of far greater
Importance than that with him was in
store for me. My busln'ss was soon dis
posed of and I rose to go, but my friend
stopped me and called out Into an adja
. ient room: "Margaretha, come In, If you
please. Here Is a gentleman with whom I
wish you to become acquainted. This Is
my sister-in-law," be .added, turning to me,
"Just arrived from Hamburg on a visit." A
girl of about 18 years entered, of fine stat
ure, a curly bead, something childlike in
her beautiful features, and large, dark,
truthful eyes. This was my Introduction
to my future wife
Mr. and Mrs. Schurs were married July
6, 1852. and the succeeding month sailed
for this country, arriving In New York af
ter a voyage of 28 days. All his life long
" Schurz had been unconsciously preparing
himself for the work that now dawned
as his heritage In America. He and h's
wife ultimately settled at Watertown,
Wis., where he found eotne relatives and
many Germans. One of Schurz' first tasks
was to learn the English language, of
which he became a master, and of tnis
subject says:
I have of late years frequently had to
answer inquiries addrossed to me by edu
cators and others concerning the methods
bv which I acquired such knowledge of
the language and such facility In using It
as I poKsess. That method was very sim
ple. I did not use an English grammar. I
do not think I ever had one In my library.
I resolutely began to read my dally news
paper. Regularly every day I worked
through editorial articles, the news letters
and dispatches, and even as many of the
advertisements as my time would allow.
Then T proceeded to read English novels.
The first ona I took up was "The Vicar of
Wakefield." Then followed Walter Scott.
' Dickens and Thackeray; than Maftaulav's
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historical essays, and, as I thought of pre
paring myself for the legal profession,
Blackstone's commentaries, the clear, terse
and vigorous style of which I have always
continued to regard as a very great model.
Shakespeare's plays, the enormous vocabu
lary of which presented more difficulties
than all the rest, came last. But I did my
reading with the utmost conscientiousness.
I never permitted myself to skip a word
the meaning of which I did not clearly
understand, and I never failed to consult
tho dictionary in every doubtful case.
At .the same time, Schurz practiced
translating the "Letters of Junius" from
English into German and from German
back into English. It was by such Intel
ligent work that Schurz became one of
the greatest German-American speakers
this generation has known.
Schurz was one of the sponsors of the
then young Republican political party, and
after he delivered political speeches which
gave him a National reputation, became
the friend of such great men as Lincoln,
Seward, Longfellow, Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Emerson, Lowell and other chiefs
of the ante-bellum era. Of Lincoln Schurz
writes. In speaking of the Illinois cam
paign -of 1858:
All at once, after the train had left
way station, I observed a great commotion
among mv reitow-passengers, many oi
whom Jumil'd from their seats and pressed
eagerlv around a tall man who had Just
entered the car. They addressed him In
the most familiar style: "Hello. Abe! How
are you!" and so on. And he responded
In the same manner: "Good evening,
Ben," "How are you, Joe," "GJad to see
you. Pick." And there was much laughter
at some things he said, which, in the con
fusion of voices, I could not understand.
"Why." exclaimed my companion, th'e com
mitteeman, "there's I,lncoln himself." He
pressed through the crowd and Introduced
me V Abraham Lincoln, whom I then
saw for the nrst time. I must confess that
I was somewhat startled by his appearance.
There he stood, overtopping by several
Inches all those surrounding him. Although
meaHuring something over six feet myself,
I had. standing Quite- near to him, to throw
my head backward in order to look -Into
his eyes. That swarthy face, with Its
strong features. Its deep furrows and Its
benignant, melancholy eyes. Is now familiar
to every American by numberless pictures.
It may be said that the whole civilized
world knows and loves It. At that time 11
was clean-shaven and looked even more
haggard and careworn than .later when it
was iramea in wnisaeis.
It was while Schurz was TTnited States
Minister to Spain that he felt a convic
tion swaying him to return home and
help save the Dnlon by fighting against
the South. He was appointed a Brigadier
General, and then follows a war etory
that thrills like, a play at a theater.
Schurz writes In a critical spirit in dis
i cussing the mistakes made by command--ers
of the Army of the Potomac McClel
lan, Burnside and Hooker, and he Is spe
cially severe- In his criticism of allleged
i military Incapacity shown by Major-Gen-j
eral O. O. Howard at the battle of Chan-
cclloraville. May 2, 1S6S, where the Dlev
I enth Army Corps, of 9000 men, was need
1 le.slv wrecked fighting Stonewall Jack
son's 25,000 seasoned veterans. The latter
subject has already been referred to In
The Oregonlan.
Oregon) Ind of Promiy, by Mrs. Abigail
Scott Dunlway. Claiborne H. Rhodes, Fort
land. Sometime In the Summer of 1872,
when- the authoress of this poem was
Journeylhg from the Atlantic to the.
' Pacific Ocean and thence up ino jo
lumbia and Willamette Rivers to her
j new home In this city, "Oregon: Land
t of Promise." was written. The poem
i was printed shortly afterwards- and
made such a favorable impression that
the edition was sold out. A aemana
for It has again been voiced, and the
result is this dainty little booklet,
blushing under the tint of a pink, cover,
tied with buttercup ribbon and adorned
with Mrs. Dunlway's portrait along
with a facsimile of her signature.
AS for the quality of the verse. It is
inspiring and melodious, bearing all the
marks of patriotism and cultured
taste. Someone has said that patriotism
first begins at home, and this thought
lives In Mrs. Dunlway's word pictures
of Oregon and Oregon's commercial
metropolis. There are Just 12 pages of
the verse, printed In fine black type
on superior paper, and the booklet is
Just the very article to buy during
this festive Christmas seasdn, elo
quently linking old pioneer association
with the new. To many of us, com
paratively speaking, new arrivals' In
Oregon, this poem Is new and has sig
nificant, vigorous meaning. Mrs. Dunl
way first compares historic scenes of
. . . "The bright Saat where the restless
Atlantic
Forever and ever breathes out his deep
moan." .
And then she gradually and almost Im
perceptibly Invokes -the spirit of the
West and glides into Oregon scenes: .
"But not till I reached thy broad bosom,
Columbia,
Where ever, forevehr, thou roll'st to the sea
Did I feel that I'd found the full acme of
grandeur '
Where song could run riot, or fancy go free.
Fair Portland sits smiling beside the WU
, lamette.
Where, though land-walled, the breese of
the sea she Inhales.
While wind-worn Umatilla and gale-torn
Wallula
Keep sentinel watch o'er hep broad Eastern
vales. .
Mysterious Psychic Forces, by Camilla
Flammarioa. Illustrated. $2.60. Small,
Maynard & Co., Boston.
For a number of years M. Flam
marlon hns occupied a front rank In
International esteem as a world au
thority on astronomy and psychic
force. We hard-headed, commercial
people may have our doubts concerning
psychical phenomena, such as the lift
ing of tables, the displacement of easy
chairs, the rising and falling of pianos,
mysterious rapplngs and alleged mes
sages from the other world, without
apparent physical force being used. We
may say: ."Well, there may be some
thing in it."
But ridicule flees when such eminent
savants as Sir Oliver Lodge and M.
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SCENE FROZf CARL SCHORZlS BOOKS
Tlammarion devote years of their
otherwise busy lives to study psychic
force and come to the general conclu
sion that there exists In nature, in
myriad activity, a psychic element, the
essential nature of which Is still hidden
from us. No similar book by any other
author can hope to win the same at
tention and hearing as this one. M.
Flammarlon is so eminent In this spe
cial - science, so absolutely fair to
friend and foe, and writes so graphical
ly that he easily holds the reader. He
says. In short:
I am a humble student of the prodigious
problem of the universe. I am only a seeker.
The soul exists as & real -entity Independent
of the body. It la endowed with faculties
still unknown to scienoe. It Is able to act
at a distance, without the Intervention of
the eensesL
The book Is also of importance to the
student of supernormal phenomena, be
cause It Is an authoritative resume of
what has been accomplished in this
field in the last 20 years by continental
savants, including the Investigations
carried on by Professor Charles Richet,
physiologist at the University of Paris,
and a member of the Academy of Medi
cine; Professor Cesar Lombrtiso,' psy
chologist at the University of Turin
and the authority on criminology and
mental diseases; Professor Schiaparelli,
director of the astronomical observa
tory at Milan and first discoverer of
the "canal" markings upon Mars; Pro
fessor Enrico Morselli, psychologist of
the University of Genoa, the eminent
neurologist . and aurnor of medical
works; Professor Francois Porro, di
rector of the Astronomical Observatory
of Turin; Colonel de Rochas, educator;
J. Maxwell, M. D., attorney-general.
Courts of Appeal of France, and author-
of "Metapeychlcal Phenomena;"
Professor OchoroWlcz, of the University
of lemburg; Professor Camilla Flam
marlon, director of the Astronomical
Observatory of Juvlsy; Count de Gas
parln, statesman and author; Professor
Marc Thury, chair of natural history.
Academy of Geneva; Professor Pierre
Curie, discoverer of radium, and many
other scientists of International repu
tation. Space Is devoted to the case of the
famous . Italian medium, Eusapla
Paladino,. who for years has . been
under strict, scientific investigation,
and whose startling phenomena have
been corroborated by the use of scien
tifically constructed recording instru
ments, photography, and severe meth
ods of control.
Sir William Crooks' Investigation Is
given of the equally noted mediums, D.
D., Home and Miss Florence Cook, to
gether with experiments of the Eng
lish, Dialectical Society and those of Sir
Alfred Russell Wallace.
"Fakes" and other mystifications are
noted also "shockers" at seances. One
Incident at the home of the Countess
of Mouzay, at Ramboulllet, in 1889, is
calculated to shock theologians.
Imagine four people seated around a table.
Scarcely a minute has passed when the little
table seems to be taken with trembling, and
almost Immediately It rises and then falls
back. ...
"Is there a spirit, there?" some one asks.
"Yes."
"Is he willing: to give hie name?"
"Yes."
Someone takes an alphabet, counts the let
ters and receives by taps made by one of
the feet of the table the came of Leopoldlne
Hugo.
"Have you something to say to us?"
"Charles, . my husband, would like to be
reunited to me."
'.'But where Is be?"
"Floating In space."
"And you?"
"In the presence of God."
Memoirs of the Comtesse de Boigne. edited
from the original by M. Charles Nlcoul
land. Illustrated. $2.50. Charles Scrlbner's
Sons, New York City.
It would seem at this late day that all
available material had surely been ex
hausted concerning French memoirs re
lating to the overthrow of Napoleon at
Waterloo and the restoration of the
Bourbons. But these gracefully-written
memoirs show that the last word of that
memorable era has not been penned, for,
although the historical facta cannot
change, yet the telling of them may bear
a change of dress.
The historical period written about is
from- the year 1816 to four years later,
and In this, the second volume of the
series, the Comtesse includes such events
as the second restoration of Louis XVIII
and gives many striking pictures of life
and people in England, where her father
was French Ambassador. Court beauties,
diplomats and warriors are bluntly con
trasted. In passing the Comtesse men
tions the Princess Charlotte of England,
Telleyrand and Wellington, and on page
127 she states that the conqueror of
Waterloo showed a great lack of tact.
She speaks of London as "the great lit
tle city, composed of little houses pre
cisely similar, and of broad streets laid
out one exactly like another, Is over
whelmed with monotony and sameness."
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Williamsburg) The Old Colonial Capital,
by Lyon G. Tyler, L. L. D. Hustrated.
12.50. Whittet & Shepperson, Richmond,
Dr. Lyon Gardiner Tyler is president of
the College of William and Mary, Will
iamsburg, Va., and has written a notable
book of 285 pages, printed on fine paper,
describing the momentous history of the
town of Williamsburg which succeeded
Jamestown as the capital of Virginia the
cradle of the American Revolution.
It is recalled that In the old capitol at
the east end of the Duke of Gloucester
street, were passed the resolutions against
the stamp act and those calling on Con
gress to declare the American colonies
free and lndependeat states. Here, too,
is William and Mary College, where such
great Americans as . Jefferson, Marshall,
Monroe, the Randolphs, Dabhey, Carr and
others studied, and near by was the first
American theater and first hospital for
the insane.
Surely ancient Williamsburg so-called
after King William, of England was
never so honored In print, before, and
well has it been said that it is a small
place with a great story. The various
historic personages and buildings con
nected with the town are fittingly men
tioned and illustrated.
It is related that a dilapidated frame
building still stands in Williamsburg it
was the Masonic meeting . place, the
lodge being at its best from 1773 to 1786.
The initiation fee in the year 1774 was
4; fee for passing, 1, and for raising
to master's degree, L The quarterly
dues were 5 shillings and absentees were
fined 1 shilling and 3 pence. One quaint
entry:
The annual meeting of the lodge, at which
accounts were settled and officers elected,
was on the feast day of St. John, the Bap
tist. Then the lodge was well attended. And
the Items in the accounts for sugar, rum
and brandy seem to Indicate that there were
many houra spent In the tavern of Gabriel
Maupln, where the members met to dine on
such occasions.
An anecdote is told about one of the
early Baptist ministers of the town. Rev.
Scervant Jones, who was twice married,
and his epitaph reads:
Time was when hla cheek with life's crimson
was flushed,
When cheerful his voice was, health sat
on his brow
That cheek Is now palsied, that voice is now
bushed.
He sleeps with the dust of his first partner
now!
Sweet Pens, by Olive S. England. Hustrated.
The Statesman Publishing Company,
Salem, Or.
It's like coming once more under the
spell of Ruskin, who wrote the im
mortal "Sesame and the Lilies," to
read such poetic. Impressive thought
In prose caught In the form or a
parable and telling of a deathless im
mortality. Mrs. England has not used
dry theology for her text, she has
written of the humble sweet peas,
those shv flowers of the garden, and
with appreciative thought has pictured
their lives here on earth. Such faith
and beauty of expression, and Oregon
made, form a pleasant surprise. Mrs.
England preaches better than many a
professional preacher, and after her
message is told, there is no after
fear of hell and briftistone. The little
book is dedicated to the memory of the
author's son. Eugene, and "to all those
inspiring souls who have caught ' the
meaning .of the sweet message deliv
ered by the beautiful buterfly to the
sweet peas."' The dainty illustrations
are very creditable to Lena Knight.
The parable told by Mrs. England:
A gardener once found one of his pot
plants so rootbound that it became necessary
to put it Into a larger pot. So he took a
barrel and sawed It In two and, using the
lower half for his plant the other half be
threw In an obscure corner of the garden,
where, the day before, some sweet peas had
been planted. This half barrel accidentally
fell In such a manner that In growing, the
sweet peas must come through It. Well, the
little peas found themselves down in the
rich mould, with the snails, the earth
worms, wood-bugs, ants, ground-spldera and
earwigs. But they were not at all afraid, for
they were all Just as sociable and friendly
as could be and they had a rather pleasant
time of it. ,
.Well, the sweet peas heard strange
voices telling them to come out into
the world, to mount higher. Of course,
the earthworms and others of that ilk
were content with their surroundings,
and derided the sweet peas for their
heavenward inspirations. The rain
drops, sunshine, and a brilliant butter
fly especially the latter voiced the
soul life which was part of the being
of the sweet peas. The butterfly said:
"Once I was an ugly chrysalis. A divlij
ity within caused me to burst my pris
on bars and develop my golden wings.
To all the world I became the emblem
of Psyche, the freed soul. There Is
something more, far more, for you to
attain yet. Your own natures' call, you
higher." So, by and by, the sweot
peas peeped over the edge of the bar
rel, and lo! they saw the world outside.
Their beauty attracted the notice of
the master who lived in the big. house,
and he caused his servant to pick, not
all, but the rarest of them, to be near
him.
' And yet, some were left to wonder
why.
Grant, Lincoln and the Freedmen, by Brigadier-General
John Eaton. In collaboration
with Ethel Osgood Mason. Longmans'
Green A Co.. Now York City.
Brigadier-General Eaton died February
9, 1906. In his long and busy life, prin
cipally as an educator, he was general
superintendent of freedmen. Department
of the Tennessee; Assistant Commissioner
of Freedmen, Freedmen's Bureau; Com
missioner of Education of the United
States; United States Superintendent of
Schools, Porto Rico, etc.
In this book Ge'neral Eaton has shed
a strong light on President Lincoln and
General Grant, and has preserved a rec
ord of the efforts made by the Union
Army In the Civil War to succor the
negro principally in the Mississippi Val
ley during the progress of that conflict,
and to secure justice to him and to the
communities in which he found himself.
A history of the war has not been at
tempted the main question reviewed is
the evolution of the negro from slave to
freeman. The war spirit has been skil
fully caught and the crisp descriptive
style has much to commend it.'
Father and Son: Biographical Recollections.
Charles Scrlbner's 6ons, New York City,
and the J. K. Gill Company, Portland.
Surely no book so strange as this one,
and to the extent of 355 pages, has been
published for a long time. Unique In its
isolation. It Is the critical record of a
boy born of middle-class English parents
about the year 1850, and is a metaphysi
cal study of himself, his bookish but
lovable father, and is the diagnosis Oi a
dying Puritanism. It Is a thoughtful dip
Into the spiritual and actual life of a
religious family, shows where the father
and son began to differ on things re
ligious, and how the son took "a human
being's privilege to fashion his Inner life
for himself." -
Critically, the son was lucky in having
such Intellectual, religious parents and
was wisely trained while such a feat was
possible, as he seems to have had a most
obstinate will of his own.
The author of the book, which is cer
tain to cause religious discussion, pre
fers to hide his Identity. He has no rea
son, however, to be ashamed of such
clever and original arguments.
The Salon: A Study of French Society and
Personalities of the Eighteenth Century,
by Helen Clergue. illustrated. $3. a. P.
Putnam's Sons. New York City. .
In these self-educated, democratic
days, we are apt to wonder at the in
tellectual force of what was known as
the salon In altering the structure of
French society, especially in the days
of the great Revolution, and the knowl
edge that the rapid ethical advance
was largely fostered In the salon of
eighteenth-century France. The 'pres
ent opportunity to become acquainted
with the problem Is a good one, which
should be taken advantage of. The
author has selected as her studies
Madame Du Def fand, Madame D'Epinay,
Julie Lesplnasse and Madame Geoffrln.
The estimates of character and the
times in which these women lived, are
marked by delightful contrast and
wise analysis. The book extends to
359 pages, and has a conveniently ar
ranged index.
Holland Sketchesby Edward Penfleld. SZ.50.
Charles Scrlbners' Sons, New York City.
Dutch yellow gleams at you from the
outside cover and you are hardly pre
pared for the wealth of funny, colored
pictures lrislde, illustrating Dutch home
and business life. The pictures have a
bolQness and dash that catch -the eye,
and plenty of humor is present. The
four literajy sketches are decidedly worth
reading, tfie titles being: "A Christmas
at Cape Spander," "Holland -From the
Sern of a' Boeier," "Amsterdam Im
pressions" pnd "The Magenta Village.".
"Holland Sketches" will make an ideal
gift book for one who loves the pic
turesque fin art.
The New . Missioner, by Mrs. Wilson Wood
row. Illustrated. The McClure Company,
New Tork City, and the J. K. Gill Com
pany, Portland.
A story of stalwart, gossipy- femininity
in the mining town of Zenith, in the heart
of the Rocky Mountains. The woman
-Missioner is Frances Benson, who is
sent by the bishop of the diocese into
Zenith to reach the unchurched, lapsed
citizens, and one of her first acts -is to
call one of her future women parishioners
a liar and slap her face, for cause. The
novel will appeal because of its rugged
strength and its lessons drawn from self
sacrifice, but It is morbid and needlessly
realistic.
Fairy Tales From the Arabian Nights,
edited and arranged by E. Dixon. Hus
trated. 12.30. G. P. Putnam'a Sons. New
York City.
A beautifully illustrated edition of
tales famous in all the world's tongues,
the illustrations being by John D. Bat
ten. The text of the present selection
Is that of Galland, 1S21, slightly
abridged and edited, and the whole edi
tion is designed what is professionally
known as "Vlrglnibus Puerisque."
J. M. QUENTIN.
. IN LIBRARY AND WORKSHOP.
It's on Wednesday Merry Christmas!
These reprints are announced: A second
edition immediately of the "Remlniscenses
of Carl Schurz"; a sixth edition of Ida M.
Tarbell's little masterpiece. . "He Knew
Lincoln": a fourth edition of O. Henrys
stories of metropolitan life, "The Four Mil
lion"; sixth edition of Helen R. Marton's
new Pennsylvania Dutch story, "Hist Court
ship." Lord Cramer, supposed to be one of the
heroes of Sir Gilbert Parker's novel, "The
Weavers," recently reviewed In The Ore
gonlan, has placed In the hands of a London
publisher for publication early In 1008. the
manuscript of. a book on modern Egypt,
tilled with the fruits of his observation and
experiences during one of the most remark
able pro-consulates In history.
With the tsBue of "Dyott's Diary," It Is
possible that a rival to "Pepya and EVelyn"
may loom up on the literary horizon. Will
iam Dyott. it appears, was an Englishman
of Freeford Hall. Staffordshire, a General
In the Hrltish army, and his diary begins at
an exciting time when the American Rev-,
olution was in progress and the navies of
the world were pitted against English sea
power. The "Diary" is in two volumes,
which have been edited by R. W. Jaffery.
a
, Thomas Nelson Page's new book of short
stories, "Under the Crust." is of men and
women In Europe as well as at borne In this
country. This is the nrst tlnle that Mr.
Page has written elsewhere than of the "Old
Dominion'" and the South. There are seven
stories in his new book and the scene of
each la In a diffeernt. place. They range
from Maine to New Mexico, then across to
Nice and home again .to New England and
Maryland.
The appearance of Sllss Elisabeth Hoblns.
novel, "The 'Convert," coinciding with the
visit of Mrs. Cobden-Sanderson to this coun
try has aroused keen interest Ui the wom
an's suffrage cause in America. Mrs. Cobden
Sanderson is one of the most prominent
English suffragists.' and took a part In the
recent agitation which resulted in her serv
ing a term In Jail. The scenes of the suf
fragette agitation, which caused such excite
ment in London, hare been utilized by Miss
Koabins In her remarkable book.
John Lane Company will ' soon issue a
work dealing exhaustively with Napoleon's
gigantic plans for the Invasion of Great
Britain. This work Is entitled "Napoleon
and the Invasion of England: the Sstory of
the Great Terror' 1T9T-1805." It Is Issued In
two volumes, and contains over 100 Illustra
tions reproduced from a unique collection
of contemporary prints, caricatures, broad
sides, songs, etc. - The work has been built
up entirely on the careful examination of
contemporary literature of every description,
and Includes many important letters never
before published. - t .--
e e f
M. Maurice Albert, who hfra just-died, was
ft professor at the L-ycee Oonvorcet. at the
Sorbonne, and ao the Ecole Polytechnlque
and the author of several works of value.
His most successful book was "Le. Literature
Francalse Sous la Revolution, r Empire, et
la Restauratlon, 1788-130'. which has gone
Into several editions. He also wrote a purloua
volume on "Les Theaters de la Foire, 16d0
1789," which appeared seven years ago. An
other of his works, "Les 'Medlcln grecs a
Rome,"' w,as awarded- a prrze by the
Academy. He was a eon of Paul Albert, the
Maltre dea Conference at the sorbonne, and
professor of French literature at the Col
lege de France.
New books bearing the Dutton imprint:
"The Iugoldsby Legends." -Illustrated in
Colors by Arthur Raekhamt "The Old Vene
tian Palaces and Old Venetian- Folk." by
Thomas Okey, illustrated .In colors and line
by Trevor Haddon; "The 'Builders of Flor
ence." by J. Wood Brown, M. A'., Illustrated
by Herbert Rallton; "Old and New Japan,"
by "Cive Holland, with colored pictures by
Montague Smith; "Palgrave's Golden Treas
ury." Illustrated In colors and line by R. A.
Bell; "The Christ Face In Art," by James
Burns; "Lucretius, Epicurean and Poet," by
John Masson. M. A., LL. D. ; "Sir George
Grey. Pioneer of Empire in Southern
Lands," by George G. Henderson. M. A.,
and "Round About the North Pole." by .
J. Gordon, Illustrated by Edward Whymper.
A new and beautiful edition oif the Ara
bian Nights has just been published. The
five stories In this book have been rewritten
by Lawrence Housman and the Illustrations
are by Dulac. There are B0 full-page
sketches, very original and striking In treat
ment and superbly reproduced In full colors.
The five Btorles are "The Fisherman and
the Genio"; "The Story of the King of the
Ebony Isles"; "All Baba and the Forty
Thieves"; "The Story of the Magic Horse";
"The' Story of the Wicked Half Brothers",
and "The Story of the Princess Denzabar."
In rewriting these stories Mr. Housman has
treated the original material with consider
able freedom In the direction of brevity,
and has departed from the original text
save- where essentials of plot or character
or local color required a closer accuraey.
A book which deals directly with the
problems of present-day Industrial condi
tions In America Is "Industrial America,"
by J. Laurence Laughlin, Ph. D. This book
contains the lectures delivered by Professor
Laughlin at Berlin I nl906 in connection
with the Interchange of professors between
this country and Germany. These lectures
are presented in a clear and vigorous man
ner and show the author's accurate and
cmoplete knowledge of hie subject. Profes
sor Laughlin Is professor and bead of the
department of political economy in the Uni
versity of Chicago and Is widely known as
the author of a number of books on the
subject of political economy 'and the his
tory of blmetalism in the United States,
see
An exciting story by Vaughan Kester Is
entitled, "John o' Jamestown." The hero of
the tale, which deals with the first English
settlement on American soil, is a young
Englishman, who, owing to nls persistence
in a love suit, is waylaid by tome hired
ruffians and beaten unconscious. He awakes
to nnd himself In the "cabin of a ship and
bound for Virginia, with an expedition of
gentlemen adventurers fitted out by the Lon
don Company. Among them Is Captain John
Smith, and the story from this point be
comes largely a narrative of the true ex
periences of that Intrepid pioneer, while th
hero, Richard Farrady, after enduring un
told hardships no less from the Indians than
from his fellow colonists, at length begins,
to prosper. Is Joined by the woman he loves
and settles permanently In the new colony.
'
Christmas Rites.
Clinton Scollard in the Bohemian.
Four our Christmas rites
Bring the" great oak, bole.
That shall fling bright ingle lights
From its ruddy soul!
And the holly twine
With the ivy vine! .
Say a prayer for Live
Ere the feasters sit!
CWlth the mistletoe above
This were surely fit!)
Nor forgotten be
Samite Charity!
Let Peace o'er us brood.
And Mirth round ua rule!
May tbese lend beatitude
To the hours of Yule
Throughout all the girth
Of God's spacious , earth !
'
Arthur.I. Keller is the llustrator of F.
Hopkinson Smith's 'The Romance of an
Old-Fashioned, Gentleman." He has caught
the spirit of the utory Just as he did with
"Colonel Carter's Christmas," and his pic
tures, which are in colors, help to make
the book a most attractive one. He has
been a student at the National Academy
of design and has also studied under Pro
fessor Welmarth of New York and Professor
Loebbts of Munich. In 1902 he won the
Evans water color prize, the silver medal
at the Paris Exposition In 1900 and besides
bas been awarded the nrst class medal of
the National Academy first Hallgarten com
position . prise and the gold .medal of the
Philadelphia Art Club. Among his best
works are: "At Mass," "Lead Kindly
Light," and "The Sisters. ' He has also
illustrated "The Right of Way," "Caleb
West," "The Virginian" and "Colonel Car
ter's Christmas." He is easily among the
foremost illustrators of the daL
Richard Harding Davis In his new book.
"The Congo and Coasts of Africa."' states
clearly the conditions as he round them In
that part of Africa. In bis chapter on the
American concessions to Mr. Ryan and the
Guggenhelms he shows how easy It would
be to overthrow the power in the Congo. He
says: "How really fine, how really wonder
ful, It would be If these same men. work
ing together, decided to set free these 20.
000.000 people If, instead of polnlng hands
with Leopold, they would overthrow him
and march into the Conge free men. and
open it to the trade of the world, and give
Justice and a right to live and to work and
to sell and buy to - millions of miserable
human beings. These Americans working
together could do it. They could do It from
Washington, D. C. Or 500 men with two
Maxim guns could do It. The kingdom of
the Congo Is only a house of cards. Five
hundred filibusters could take Boma, pro
claim the Congo open to the traders of the
world, as an act of Berlin declares It to be.
and n a day make of feopold the Jest of
Europe. They would only be taking posses
sion of What has always belonged to them."
A. Henry Savage Landor, the author cf
"Across Wildest Africa," besides being one
of the greatest explorers of the day. a war
correspondent and author, hash now be
come interested in the problem of aerial
navigation and is at present in Paris per
fecting and experimenting with an aero
plane of his own Invention. While making
his ow famous trip across Africa his So
mali servant went insane at Lake Tchad.
Instead of giving him up or leaving him
with the natives. Landor teok the greatest
care possible of the boy and brought him
over to London in the hope that the change
of climate -i and medical attendance would
restcre his reason. The treatment ' proved
entirely successful and the boy recovered
his mind and was photographd and inter
viewed in regard to his impressions of the
underground railway and other London
sights. When he began to show signs of
desiring to return to his own country Lan
dor accompanied hi mas far as Marseilles,
put him on board a ship bound for Africa,
besides giving him enough to make him
comfortable In his home land for the Test
of his life. It is that boy that appears be
side Landor in Ihe frontispiece of the book.
In his reminiscenses. Walter Crane bas
this to say about Robert Louis Stevenson:
"I first met Stevenson In 1878 when he was
on the very threshold of his career, and
designed for him the frontlesploce to "An
Inland Voyage.' Several times during tbat
period -we met at the avlle Club. He used
to stand on the hearthrug In the-smoking-room,
the center of ad "miring circle, and
discourse very much In the same style as
that In which he wrote, it gave oae the
impression of artificiality rather I mean
his manner of speaking and choice of words,
as If carefully selected and cultivated. If a
remark was offered by one of the company
he would perhaps accept It, and turn It
-about, -much as a conjuror does when he
borrows a handkerchief or a hat from some
one in his audience; or perhaps he would
work It Into his next sentence, returning it
to hla interlocutor Improved wrapped In
silver paper, metaphorically speaking. Hla
personal appearance was quite as unusual as
his speech. A long, pale, thin face and lank
hair, quick and penetrating eyes, and a
rather sardonic smile. The world In general,
especially In clubland, wore white shirts and
The Banner Year for Charity
Continued From Page Two.
vereallst Church 10,000
Rev. c. G. Tiffany, Sharon, Conn.,
Eplscopallanlsm In America-. . . . 216,000
Alfred G. Vanderbllt. New York
City, Newport Y. M. C. A 100.000
C. A. Vermilye. New York City.
Home Missions 13.500
Emily D. Wagner. Philadelphia,
three Philadelphia churches... 11,500
Eliza R. Weeks. Philadelphia,
Chrisf s Church, Philadelphia. . 6,000
F. T. White. Cincinnati, to the
Friends' cause 11,000
H. G. Wilbur. Rosemont. Pa-, Ard-
more Y. M. C. A.... 8.000
Elizabeth Wood. New York City.
three- New York churches 22,000
Isldor Wormser, New York City,
Temple Emanu-EI. New York.." (5,000
To Libraries,1 $2,132,000.
Andrew Carnegie, New York City.
22 for New York City $ 1,250,000
Andrew Carnegie. New York City,
in Cleveland. O -123,000
Andrew Carnegie. New York City.
at Stetson University eO.000
Edward W. Currier, New York
City, at Amherst. Maes 10,000
Alexander Maitland, Princeton. N. '
J.. the New York City Library 20.000
Dr. A. L. Merrill. Boston. Mass.,
Exeter (N. H.) Institute 20.000
C. B. Newbold, Philadelphia, at
Ablngton, Pa. , 15,000
Abby S. Queen, Philadelphia, a
Philadelphia memorial 110,000
Mrs. Mary P. Root, Ashley Falls,
N. Y.. at Bristol. N. Y 05.000
W. B. Ross. St. Louis. Mo., to
Yale University 825,000
Jacob Schlff, New York City, the
Astor Foundation B.000
Benjamin Stephens, New York
City, a library for the blind 15,000
Miss C. A. Stephens, Philadelphia,
at Manayunk, Pa 100,000
Rev. C. O. Tiffany. Sharon.' Conn.,
at White. N. Y 25.000
Benefactions Made Not in Money, $4,662, 148.
John S. Ames, Boston, Mass., 2O0O
acres forest land to Harvard.. $ 100,000
Mf. A. C. A. Brown. Providence,
residence for "Fresh Air" uses 40,000
Andrew Carnegie, New York Cltjj,.
tract of land to Cambria. Pa.. 8.500
J. A. .Chanler. Cobham, Va., prop
erty to University of Virginia 45.000
H. C. Chatfleld-Taylor, Chicago,
.Library on Hollers to Cornell
University 8,000
S. M. Colgate, Orange, N. J., land
to Grange Memorial Hospital. , 8,000
Mrs. W. E. Dodge. New York
City, land to New York Y. M.
C. A 185,000
W. T. Evans, Montclair. N. J. 40
paintings to National Gallery.. 100,000
C. E. W. Harbey, Montclair. N. J..
land to Moravian College, Beth. 15,000
Mrs. John Hay, Cleveland. O..
chapel to Adelbert College , 40,000
Bayard Henry, Philadelphia, land
to Fairmount Park ... . . . . i. 18,000
Miss Anne T. Jeanesf Philadel
phia, land to the Friends 100,000
Miss Anne T. Jeanes. Philadel
phia, stock to Philadelphia .
Woman's Hospital 77,108
H. A. Laughlin. Pltteburg, land
to Pittsburg Y. M. C. A 150.000
W. P. Itchworth. Portage Falls,
land to his city for a park 150,000
Mrs. Robert T. Lincoln, land
(Iowa) Wesleyan College 12,000
Allan Marquard. Princeton, N. J.,
library and photos to Princeton
University 85,000
E. K. Martin, New York City, li
brary to Franklin and Marshall
College B.000
J. P. Morgan, New York City,
Hopentachel curios to Metro
politan .' 1.150.000
J. P. Morgan. New York City,
Art Gallery to Hartford. Conn. 150.000
Arehblshop O'Connell. home to
Harvard Catholic Club 10,000
Mrs. C. H. Polhemus. Brooklyn,
paintings to Brooklyn Museum 15,000
John D. Rockefeller. New York
. City, land to University of Chi
cago i.000.000
Mrs. Russell Sage. New York
City, land to Eag Harbor Y. M.
C. A. 20,000
Robert " Shields. Nelmah. Wis.,
books and curio to Pres. mu
seum -' 5.000
Armlde V. Smith. New York City,
land to Eaat Oceanic Y. W.
C. A. ' 8,000
W. C. Sproul, Pennsylvania, tele
scope to Swarthmore College. . 40,000
C. C. Thomas, Philadelphia, land
to Fairmount Park 80,000
Miss .Rebecca White. Philadel
phia, land to Philadelphia
Woman's Hospital 150,000
Anonymous, land to St. Paul Y.
M. C. A 15.000
Anonymous, zoological collection.
New York museums 15.000
Gifts Made Out of the Country. $1,440,000.
William Waldorf Astor. London,
England, Oxford University,
England $ . 100,000
William Waldorf Astor. London,
Eng., various causes, London. 80.000
Andrew Carnegie, New York City,
King Edward's Hospital fund.. 600.000
Theodore Dewes. New York City,
Egyptian excavations 20,000
W. 8. Hubbard, Indianapolis, for
eign mission 50,000
Louis Klopsch, New York City,
Chinese famine sufferers 10,000
Louisa Leclere. New York City,
education in France 10,000
Louisa Leclere, New York City,
the Academy- of France - 20,000
Louisa Leclere, New York City,
collars as a rule, but Stvenson sported
black ones."
The Broken Road," by A. E. W. Mason
gives a splendid picture of army life and
customs In India. The following paragraph
from the book shows the spirit of the officers
of the service: "Gentlemen, the Quean. God
bless her.' and all that company ardse and
drank to the toast- The prayer, thus simply
pronounced among the men who had pledged
their lives in service to the Queen, had al
ways been to Linforth a very moving thing.
Some of those who drank to it had already
run thelf risks and borne their suffrlngs fit
proof of thlr sincerity; the others all burned
to do the like, It had always seemed to
him, too, to link him up closely and Insep
arably with the soldiers of the regiment
who had fallen years ago or had died quiet
ly In their beds, their service ended. It
gave continuity to the regiment of (sappers,
so that what each man did Increased or
tarnished its fair fame. For years back that
toast had been drunk, that prayer uttered
In Just those simple words, and Linforth
was wont to gaxe round the walls on the
portraits of the famous Generals who had
looked to these barracks and to this mess
rom as their home. They, too, had heard :
that prayer, and carrying It In their hearts, '
without parade or needless speech bad gone
forth, each In his turn and labored un
sparingly." '
Among early sales of the season at a well
known auction house "back East." are three
dozen letters addressed to tne Countess of
Blesslngton by Thackeray, Dickens and
Disraeli. The most interesting of the scries
Is that-from Charles Dickens, dater Paris,
January 27. 1S47, giving a description of his
life in. the French capital, and the following
grim impressions of the family of Victor
Hugo: "I was much struck by Hugo himself,
who looks a genius, as he certainly is, and
very interesting from head to foot. His wife
Is a handsome woman with Hashing blak
eyes, and looks as If she might poison his
breakfast one morning when the' humor,
seized her. There Is also a ditto daughter1
of 15 or lit, with ditto eyes and hardly any
drapery above the waist, whom I should
suspect of carrying a sharp polgnard in her
stays." There Is also the letter which Queen
Victoria wrote to Prince Christian Victor on
May 25. 1888, thanking him for present sent
on her birthday. Saying: "Many loving -thanks
for your dear little letter and for the
beautiful presents you and your school
fellows, Including, of course, Abby, have
sent me. which I value very much. It Is
such a kind thought, and I shall have it en
graved on the presents from whom I got
them. .Pray tell me the names of all the
boys who Joined In this kind gift."
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
"The Wreck of the Ocean Queen," by
James Otis, SI. 50; "Little White Indians."
bv Fannie E. Ostrander. fl.35: "Our Little
Arabian Cousin.' by Blanche McManus. .0
cents; "The Legend of the Bleeding Heart."
by Annie Fellows Johnson: "Jack Lorimer'a
Champion," by Winn StandlRh. f.1.50; "The
YQung Train Dispatcher,"- by Burton E.
Stevenson, (1. 30 (Page & Co ).
"Stories and Sketches." by Mary Putnam
Jacobl, $1.50; "How to Conk Shellfish." by
Olive Green. BO cents; "The North Italian
Painters of the Renaissance." by Bernhard
Berenson. $1.50 (Putnam's Sons).
"The Lure of the Dim Trails." by B. M.
Bower, $1.50 (Dillingham).
"The Good Neighbor In the Modern City,"
by Mary E. Richmond (Llpplncott's).
"The Hook." a picture book for adults, by
L. J.Bridgman (Small. Mnynard).
"A Review of Hamlet," a reprint, hy
George Henry Miles, $1 I.migman's-Oreen ).
"Adele Hamilton." by Delia Buford, El
liott (Neale Publishing Company).
"Anarchism and Socialism," by George
Plechanoff. and "Marxian Economtcs," by
Ernest Untermann (C. H. Kerr & Co..
Chicago).
"The Christ of the Children," by Rev. J.
G. Stevenson, and "The Supreme Conquest"
and "Other Sermons," by Rev. W. L. Wat
filnson, D.D., each $1 (Jennings-Graham).
Note All the hooks In this Hat were re
ceived through the courtesy of the J. K.
Gill Company, tbls city.
Mt. Mauban Seminary, France 100.000
k l..., Xfattlan PHnilnn
N J., foreign missions 20,000
Samuel E. Moore. Philadelphia,
Soldiers' Families' Association,
England 23.0O0
Howard Paul. Hartford, Conn.,
various causes, London 200.000
John D. Rockefeller. New York
City, Foreign Mtsion 25.000
John D. Rockefeller. New York
City. Baptist' Mifuiona 200,000
Mrs. Russell Sage. New York City,
Syrian Protestant College TS.OOO
Nathan St ran an. New York City,
English milk depots 25,000
Anonymous ,an American, Paris
Statue to St. Pierre 10,000
The lists teem with names that have
become household words. The President
himself figures, having offered his 840.009
Nobel prlzo to further the cause of peace
between capital and labor. Ex-Secretary
of the Interior Hitchcock has presented
a cnurcn to crystal .ity, mo., h-iiu iiiw
venerable Henry . Gassoway Davis, of
West Virginia, once candidate for Vice
President on the National Democratic
ticket, has largely elded the Y. M. C. A.
of Maryland.
Achblshop O'Connell and Bishop Stang
stand for the church; Chief Justice Pax
son and Cortlandt Parker for bench and
bar; Chatfleld-Taylor and Allan Mar
quand for literature and art; T. P. Shonts
and John Hays Hammond for the ap
plied sciences, and Frederick Weyer
haeuser, the lumber king, has aptly
given money to Yale s Forestry school.
Finance Is represented by a score of
names, high among them standing W. W.
Astor, W. K. Vnnderbilt, Henry Phlpps,
Jacob Schlff, Isidore Wormser, James
Speyer, Vermilye and J. P. Morgan.
Nelson Morris may be held to represent
Chicago; Henry L. Higglnson may stand
for Boston, JOseph. Wharton for Philadel
phia, Henry Laughlin for Pittsburg,
Colonel Ooddard for Providence and J.
A. J. Creighton for Omaha.
The Story of the Months.
In the records of the months, February
leads by a long margin again thanks to
that $32,000,000 of the oil king with a'
total of $40,410,300, more than three times
the average for the months as a whole,
which figures out at $11,032,452.09. April la
second, showing $23,939,000, and May la
third, with $15,025,500. Fsor little six-figured
July could pull together only $73,
000 but then It was vacation time.
Nineteen seven has often been spoken
of as "an uplift year." We have had
pointed out to us the marked advances
It has seen toward a higher standard of
publlo morals, toward the growth of pro
hibition, toward a closer approximation in
the business world to those Ideals of hon
esty which the individual American ha
always held. And is not such a record
as this tribute money to good works be
stowed at the lavish rate of more than
$15,200 each hour of the passing weeks
and daysadded proof that the old World
grows better as it stows older?
Jay. Cooke
Tbe Financier of the Civil War
Through his eenius m
a financier and his con
fidence in the patriot
ism of his fellow coun
trymen, Jay Cooke
saved the Union.
Hi Life History In Two Volnmea by
ELLIS PAXSON OBERHOLTZER
Just published. All booksellers, $7 JO net-
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