THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, . PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 23, 190S.
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"A book is a treasure more precious
than gold;;
An heirloom bequeathed tomankind;
A casket of wisdom in which we behold
The, kingliest gems
the Amoring Constitution. By Professor I
Frederic .1. Stlmson. Charles Scrtbner's
Sons, New Tork City.
The writer of this thoughtful volume
is a. specialist in the line he has started
out to discuss? for he is professor of
camparatlve legislation at Harvard
University. His views are of moment
at the present time of political and so
cial unrest, although we may disagree
with some of his conclusions, among
others his needless criticism of Presl-.
dent Roosevelt and advocacy of state
rights as opposed to Federal regula
tion or control. Our reactionary au
thor errs in being ultra-conservative
and is too prone to ask what certain
venerable but respected statesmen
meant when they framed the constitu
tion of the- United States. Eminent
lawyers assure us "that the said con
stitution is subject to. learned interpre
tation. . Professor Stimson does not believe in
the enaction- of an income- or succes
sion tax f regulate swollen fortunes,
arguing that a tax which, on its" face,
was aimed .not at raising pecessary
revenue, but -at diminishing or de
stroying large private fortunes, would
be unconstitutional. He adds that if.
under the Interstate Commerce clause,
the Federal Government is to control
not only commerce Itself but the per
sons who conduct it and - the fortunes
which are in part derived from It. 'it
may a well control the marriages of
the parties thereby enriched ajd the
legacies they may leave to their chil
dren. The general statement is made
that the Federal, Government has not.
except at sea er in, the army, 'that
cardinal power of ft- soverlgn govern
ment to inflict tire death penalty for
crimes, other than treason. It is in
sisted that all tha'C - even Hamilton
aimed at was to make the National
Government strong, supported .and
authoritative at home and respected
abroad, and that Hamilton as mucb as
Thomas Jefferson "understood, that it
was to be purely political." ' All ot
which Is to say the present "system,"
protected by a robber tariff, can go on
making 'its Rockefellers, Vanderbilfs,
Thaws and other eminent - idle rich
millionaires, while the plain .people
have to be contented with the crumbs
doled out to them. Surely, Professor
Stimson forgets that the plain people
will have a day of reckoning soon. ,
On the growth of Roosevelt doctrines,
our author has this to say: :p
President Boosevelt in his great speech at
Hanisbuig. October 3, 1906, used these
words when speaking of his desire, to rego-..
late and control large fortunes: ' ''Only the
Nation ran do this work. To relegate it to -the
states is a farce and Is simply another
way of saying that it shall not be, done at
all." I watched very carefully', to see
whether. In the repetitions ot this speech";
that word "relegate" would 'be 'changed,
but It was hot withdrawn. On the ton- .
trary. It was used, it I mistake not, 'once
' or twice again. But to use that one phrase,
to "relegate" a political power to the
states, misstates the principle of the Ameri
can Constitution. T'nder the Constitution,
the Nation can relegate nothing to the
states. It Is the states or the people that
delegate powers to the Nation. Congress
and the President have no power- to rele
gate anything to the states. They could
not If they tried. If a power Is not granted
to the Federal Government, it has nothing
to do with It. Tf the power Is granted. It
Is unconstitutional for It to break faith
with the Nation's compact with the people
and hand It back to the states again. That
last matter was carefully considered in the
Industrial Commission when one of the
plans advanced for the regulation of the
trusts was to relegate to the states the
power- over Interstate commerce which the
people had delegated to the Nation. It was
felt that there might be a grave constitu
tional objection. A trust which is given
to you may not by you be handed over to
another. But whether that be so or not.
of a power actually given to the United
States, there Is no question, it Is axiomatic,
that' a power never given to the United
States, .never parted with by the people.
c:winot be either relegated or delegated
hack from the Nation to the .states. It is
the states, the people, that make the Na
tionnot the Nation the states. It is, eleT
mentary that the Federal Government' has
no power to delegate anything. It would
be the creature endowing the creator. It
Is the states the people that have cre
ated the Federal Government, and the Fed
eral Government Is there only to obey their
behest. A sovereign may make a grant to
his people, but a government of limited
rowers may not endow, with any rights,
the people of whom it is but the servant.
v'ongress is given power to regulate com
merce with foreign nations and among the
several states. These last are. the four
words In the Constitution now most dis
cussed, and under them the President seems
to think, that the whole principle that the
Government's powers are mainly political
and may be got rid of. These words were
originally put In the Constitution, not with
the notion of giving the Federal Govern
ment the right to Interfere or to regulate
interstate commerce, but for the purpose of
preventing the states from doing so. Nev
ertheless, they may technically give to
Congress the power to regulate, or even to
forbid; and under the word "commerce" it
la now proposed to- Include not only the
goods or commodities actually transported
In Interstate commerce, or the instrumen
talities of transport, steamboats or trains
of cars, which was all the word was orig
inally applied to, but even manufactures
made by any corporation doing business In
more than one state, orr .where the goods
manufactured or any part of them are ul
timately sold across state lines. Nor is
this all. Not only are all articles of com
merce and all manufactures so to be con
trolled, but even the persons or corpora
lions who own them, and the laborers or
unoloyees who make them. I would only
ptlthemind.
SELECTED.
now call - attention to - the fact that this
phrase. "commerce- among the several
states." one of. .the only three phrases in
all the powers given to Congress which
are not purely political. ' under the inter
pretation proposed" 'Vy President Roosevelt
would alter our -Constitution more radically
than almost any amendment could do. It
will cease to be purely political, but will
thrust its hand between every man and
his neighbor, between" every man and his
own property. 1 told you at the beginning
that the English idea was that an English
man's life and his liberty and his worldly
goods lay under his own government or
that If his nelghbo"rs. and under laws made
by people in the same community, consid
ering only its welfare, which laws were
tried at home in the domestic courts. This
change will, in the long run, absolutely
subvert that principle. The states will lose
control of most of their business affairs,
will lose the power to tax their own enter
prises, will see their courts shorn of their
jurisdiction. Hardly any business will be
so small, so local, as to be left to the state
power to control. We -shall . all be under
the Government of "Washington,,, D. C, un
der the legislation of Congress, .under the
Judgment ot the Supreme Court at Wash
ington. D. C, quite as completely and much
more honelesalv than the English' of the
twelfth ceneury were under the power of
the royal Chief JusHre, the royal cnau
celior and the law making by royal decree
of the Norman Kings.
The tendency of the time is the blind
rush to cure an Immediate evil, oblivious
of all else, reckless of method or conse
quence. Because certain sections of the
country were aggrieved by excessive freight
rhnrrpa we are asked to abandon our frame
of government and put our lives and our
affairs in the hands of a centralized power
at . Washington, D. C. Have you, any ot
vnn. thmie-ht of the other side, even in this
simplest and most proper application of
the Koosaven meory i we nave, in vino
state, complained a great deal of the mer
ger of railways, of the . operation of the
Boston & Albany, for Instance, by the New
York Central. 'Have you yet considered the
practical working of - the "President's plan,
eVfen as to railroads which we, will admit
to be a ' proper subject of interstate com.-
merce? That It will ultimately place the
control of our railways, yes, even or .oar
trollev lines, in the hands of, a power far
more remote an far more indifferent, to the
welfare of the people of Massachusetts than
even the management of the New Tork
Central can be? The directors of the New
Tork Central must, at least, care somewhat
for the prosperity of their business in Mas
sachusetts: but a Government controlled by
the Congressmen or the Mississippi valley
or the Far West will be quite as indifferent
to our needs and desires e.s they have Deen
for the past ten years to our clamor for free
coal, free hides and other free raw ma
terials. We now complain of the delays on
the Boston & Albany Railroad; but we can
at least gov before our own btate Railroad
Commission, and they- have power at once
to give redress. But suppose it were a Fed
eral corporation; it could not be sued In
the courts of Massachusetts, it would not be
subject' to the laws of Massachusetts. It
could-not be controlled by our commission
and to any comalainr of a passenger from
New'tou Center-that bis train was late, it
would serenely refer him to the Interstate
Commerce. Comrriisslon at such time as
they chose or might nna leisure io usien u
his story.' 'j v
The Gospel of Ramakrishna, with preface
by gwami Abhedananda. The Vedanta
Society. New York city.
This is stated to be tho authorized
English edition of the gospel of Bhaga-
van Sri Ramakrishna, who is regarded
not only as the greatest saint of modern
Tndia. but as the real Mahatman, The
latter is described as one wno, naving
realized the Absolute, perceives the d!
vine being in all animate and Inanimate
obiects of the universe. That is to say:
"His heart and soui never turn away
from God. He lives in. God conscious
ne.ss, and divine qualities constantly flow
through his soul. He cares neither for
fame, power nor worldly prosperity. A
true Mahatman has no attachment to his
body or sense-pleasures. He is a living
God. He is absolutely iree, ana nis in
ner nature is illumined by the self-efful
gent light of divine wisdom and his
heart is overflowing witn divine love.
His soul becomes the playground of the
almighty. His body and mind become
the instrument of the divine will."
W are told that Bhagavan Sri Rama
krishna is recognized as a real Mahat
man by thousands of thoughtful men and
women of India, Europe and America.
He made his appearance in an obscure
part of Bengal, India, where he passed
his early boyhood, but his youth and
maturity were spent near Calcutta.
Scholars and intelligent people of near
ly all classes came into his presence to
be enrolled as disciples, ahd the state
ment is further made that "he was the
living example of the spiritual greatness
and divinity which had been manifested
by the great incarnations, like Christ,
Buddha, Krishna, Rama, Chaitanya and
other-saviors of the world." ...
Afterward this great teacher is believed
to have emerged into the blissful state of
Samadhl or God-consciousness, when his
body would become motionless and not
show the least sign of sensation. Some
times he would continue in this state for
three days and nights, and would then
come down on the plane of sense-consciousness
and relate his experiences. To
him God was father, mother, brother, sis
ter and everything; and he insisted that
immortality could not be purchased with
mohey. His disciples say that they often,
saw him suffer pain when he was obliged
to touch a coin of any metal.
It should be explained that the word
"Bhattavan" is a Sanskrit word mean
ing "The Blessed Lord." The first inter
view with this great Indian teacher is
mentioned in the book as, having taken
place In the year lSSI,.in a temple garden
about four miles north of Calcutta. Some
of Ramakrishna's thoughts!"
The end and aim of life la the attain
ment of God. Work (Karmai is nothing
but the first chapter, of life how can it
be Its end and aim?
A Bhakta should eat only pure food, such
fond as be can freely offer to his Beloved
Lord. Animal food Is not for a Bhakta.
What happens after death? so long as
a man remains In Ignorance. In other words,
so long as he has not realized God., he
will be subject to rebirth.
Scriptures, books, sciences .what good
will they. do?. Nothing can be acquired
without the Grace of- the I.ord.
I would give 20.000 bodies like this If by
that I could help one single soul in the
path of righteousness and God-conscious-
neFs.
rr-L- i i . 1 a a.-Ith hnn verNilt IrVn s
i no vuiulllt. auuunu.-, ...... .. . - .
between Ramakrishna and his disciples,
and often he makes his meaning plain by"
parables, after the fashion of Jesus
Christ. It Is a reniarkaui uuu, j
should be a rare privilege to read it, as
a study in moral etnics. ,
Tbe Magnet. By Alfred O. Crozier. Prise, j
fl.oO. lliustratea. run - ,
New Tork City.
a i m a r rwior in n. laWVflr RIKI
manufacturer of 'Wilmington, Del., and
one of the principal agitators iur uw
j - . .. t, anri Delaware canal.
pUBCU licoap ...... .
but up to now he has not been known
as a sensational novelist ot inn xiiumaa
W. Lawson class.
iri, MoMet" fa a cleverly construct
ed, audacious novel picturing a money
panic in which America was iace u iw
with ruin all because J. Morley Sterling.
TVall-street shark and buccanneer, "cor
nered" America's visible supply of gold
and held it. becoming the undisputed
rn,. Winona nf dollars. Eastr
utaBici u i u . -
em cities had a mild state of what Mr.
Crozier describes in the nnanciaj wmn
pool last October-November only -Mr.
Crozier adds fue to the fire and makes
It roar. '" " ' ' , '
, One Barney Bailey. .."capper ana Dun-
nn t..A. 1 ha "Wnif-canitalists the
first, hint how to reduce the proletariat
to abject slavery, and says:
Frame up things folks are interested In
and think they know all about. Advertise
these things in the papers. Bait your hook
.... - vl H1I l,at that of
wun em, anu ?uur, ...... --
a sucker-net dipped "below the 'dam in the,
. c. , i . w, ,-in a tnirer her A. lot
of railroads under some big name, ttien
.... . .... ., .aii it -Are
list me biuck, j-ju -.
riding on the railroads and shipping over
- n i-t..,. ,.., tn hlrh frelehts.
I II C I II . 1 III. . IW I " . - C-
so they'll want to play even by getting In
on vour srae id ihbb m . i ... .
dends. Then, bunch a lot of factories that
have been chasing each other with scalp-Ing-knlves.
Show 'em It'll pay better to
stand together and scalp tne 'people, anir
you get a guoa ,. 7
Industries to play the game. Then list
. . . ' . wl ln , mnonlnfl H n O If.l
inpir ciJiiiuuiLiuu im j - - " -
them playing. Tou'll soon have all the
money, own tne propemea, aim
all running for your benefit. Whenever" you
discover a new lot of people with money,
find out what they are most interested in.
capitalize ana list it. piun Mut-.u.-that
they can watch tho fluctuations each
day, and it's dollars to doughnuts that their
wings will be singed with the heat from
the hot-boxes or your mm wiumu
TVmvA arA vipn-s nf a central govern-
Mr,- nantr r,tot elfljstln rurrencv legisla
tion, purchase of legislators, semi-rebel-,
lion of the nation and other incidents
grouped with dash and determination.
It's a DOld throw, and that's all. Mr.
Crozier cannot be said to be at present
a nnisnea novel writer. n bijio iot
smoothness.
The Flying Deth. by Samuel Hopkins
Adams. Illustrated. i.au. ine nciiu
Company, New Tork City.
Mr. Adams can rest assured that he
has now produced as breathless a ro
mance and as puzzling a mystery as
any evolved by Jules Verne. Nothing
so sensational has in recent years been
produced by the McClures.
It's a Long Island story, careering
around ATontauk Point, and begins with
Stanley Richard Coltont M. D., taking
up his residence In that suburban wil
derness Vto seek health shattered by a
too close attention to professional med
ical practice. At his rustic hotel vari
ous interesting people are rnet with.
Including Professor Ravenden, scien
tist; his daughter Dolly; Helga John
ston: Mr. Haynes; newspaper reporter,
and the wonderful Whalley, Juggler.
The mystery begins when all bands as
sist in saving a shipwrecked crew, and
it is noticed that one' of the wrecked
sailors is found dead near the brink
of a cliff, the assumption being .that
he had, died because of ji .deep; broad,
clean-drlvent wound threugh hia back.
It seemed aa Jf very large blade had
been sent home with tremendous force.
The mystery deepens when several men
in the neighborhood are found dead
with the same wounds on their bodies.
Who is the murderer? The reader
Instinctively feels that the culprit is
no every-day burglar, highwayman, or
the French maid so dear to the heart
of the lady novelist. - Haynes, the
newspaper man, is killed in- the same
fearful manner, and in pronouncing his
eulogy on the dead man Professor Rav
enden says: i
To see the truth exact and clear. Is given
to no human. Now and again are born and
TT,a.tiired. minds which solve some small por
tion of the great problem that we live in.
These are the world's master-intellects, the
Darwlns, the Linnaeuses, the'Cuvtera, the
Pasieurs. Borrowing their- light, we may
perhapB -Illuminate some ' ttny . crevice and
thus pay 'our part of the human debt. ?hat
is the task to which the scientist sets his
long and patient efforts. The truth-seeker
may concern himself with the'smallest scale
of a moth's wing; he may' devote himself
to the study of the.- numan soul in its most
profound recesses, or he may strive with the
immediate facts of life. Lie his field of en
deavor where It -may, his Is the one great
calling. Tour friend and my friend who. lies
dead before us, was of that world-old army.
He died under its flag and on the field of
honor. His part was to seek the . truth in
the whirling .incidents of the moment. With
what complete absorption and solf-forgetful-ness
he gave himself to the task, you know
better than I. ' He has go'ne to his own
place. Whether "he still seeks or has found,
Is not for us. For us is the legacy of a
single-minded devotion and a straightfor
ward nobility of character that cannot but
have made and left ita Impress wherever ex
erted. Dr. Colton pledges himself to avenge
his friend's death, and the puzzled read
er is consumed with wonder at the
mysterious cause of deaths in strange
form. It is not until the 232d page ie
reached that the author deigns to
shed light on the riddle, and then
everything Is luminously clear. The
central Idea is cleverly worked aP'1.
and the character construction most
excellent. ' ',
The Story of Iron and Steel. By Joseph
Russell Smith. Price, 75 cents. Illus
trated. D. Appleton & Co., New York
.City.
Written by Dr. J.- Russell Smith, of
Wharton School, University of Pennsyl
vania, this volume intelligently-' presents
the principal facta of iron and steel
making so that any non-technical person
can grasp the lesson Involved. Such sub
jects are discussed as: Iron ores and
their formation; early history of iron;
beginning of modern iron making and its
introduction into America; anthracite and
coke epochs; the 19th century leadership
of Great Britain in iron and steel; age
of steel; the 20th century supremacy of
America: Carnegie Steel Company; the
Steel Trust and its rivals; new steels and
their significance; and the ore and steel
supplies of tomorrow.
Thomas Alva Edison; Sixty Years of an
' Inventor's IJfe. By Francis Arthur Jones.
Illustrated. Price, 2. Thomas T. Crowell
ft Co., New Tork City.
"'Wizard" Edison Is known to the world
for his almost fabulous invention and
genius-given ability which' resulted in
the quadruplex-telcgraph, dynamo, incan
descent light, phonograph, kinetoscope
and other wonders.
Yet Edison, as man and boy has been
somewhat unknown up to now, -and it has
been left for Mr, Jones to shed real light
on the subject. In tho preparation oi
this finely Illustrated volume, the author
has had the advantage of many personal
interviews with Mr. and Mrs. Edison, who
gave him reminiscences that had not so
far appeared in print. ,
tt may console small boys to know-that
Kdlson 'was a dull boy at school. Hs
says: . . ' . -
"'I remember 1 usd never to ie able to :
get along at school. I don't know what
It was, but I was always at the foot of
the class. At last I almost decided that I
must, really' be . a - dunce. . . But my
mother was the making of mc, and .she
was the most entimsfastlq champion a boy
ever had. She was, so true, so sure of
r.e." . v " "J . , - .
, Mr. Jones has made the most ' of a
wonderfully attractive subject, ami the
book with its w-falth of anecdotes- and
live incidents is ono of the tImportant
biographies-of the year. The information
is given that !ison is now engagred on
what lie considers to. be the greatest prob
lem of all the generation of electricity
direct from coal. " . " ' .'"'
Anrrhlm. "By Pr. Paul Eltsbacher. rrtce.
I.."H. Benjamin R. Tucker, New. Tork
City.- , - ..',-...
Social economists will, htiy this book
from motives of, curiosity if nothing more
and the general reader might i be at
tracted by the wealth ef quotations given.-
The translation is by. Steven T. Byjng
ton. ' So dispassionate a critic is Eltz
bacher oh the subject chosen for review,
that indeed one reads to the end of his
book wondering whether Kltzbacher - fs
himself an anarchist or not. Nearly every
conceivable interpretation of the' word
anarchy. Is given, and different chapters
are devoted to an .explanation of the
economic teachings of Godwin, Proudhon,
Stirner, Bakunin,- Kropotkm; Tucket and
Tolstoi.!' Law, the state, property, anar
chistic teachings and anarchism and its
sjpecles are also instructively considered.
(Oddly enough, Eltzbacher in .his intro
duction, complains that at present there
is the greatest lack of clear ideas about
anarchism, .not only among the masses,
but among scholars and statesmen. Eltz
bacher certainly answers the general
question. He asks that inquirers : ex
amine the teachings or anarcnism, as 10
their soundness or isoundness. "with
courage, composure and impartiality."'
The Cry -of the Children. , By Mrs. John
Van Vorst. Price. l-25. Moffatt, Tard
. & Co., New Tork City. .
A thoughtful study in the child-labor
problem. Mrs. Van "Vorst is ail enthusi
ast on the subject that children, under
age are employed in American factories
in defiance of "the' Taw, and in this book
she gives the results of personal tours
she . majde in factories in Alabama,
Georgia, . Maine, New Hampshire and
Massachusetts. She gives ner personal
interviews with factory children, . who.
although under the legal age, work In
mills or factories'ln districts- where fac
tory Inspectors are rarely if ever seen,
and where violations of the law are
winked at. An Introduction is given by
United States Senator Albert J. Bever
idge, who acknowledges that his interest
in "the cry of tire children" was awak
ened by Mrs. Van Vorst's disclosures.
Optimism: A Real Remedy. By . Horace
Fletcher. , Price, . 11.25. Oliver Dltson
Company, Boston,' Mass.
Who is Horace Fletcher? To many of.
us he is knewn as the health teacher who
Insists on the excessive chewing of food.
By his practice of dietetic habits and
without the average amount of exercise
for one who was 58 years old, he recent
ly won this tribute from a high authority
at Yale University: "During the 35 years
of my experience in physical training and
teaching. I have never tested a man who
has equaled this record."'
In this little book of 79 pages, Mr.
Fletcher talks In. a helpful vein about
health and how to keep it. He says that
pessimism is a disease, and preaches the
gospel of simple living, suitable diet,
plenty of sun and fresh air.
The Sanity of Art. By Bernard Shaw.'
Benjamin R. Tucker, New. Tork City.
In 1893,' Dr, Max Nbrden wrote a book
in which he severely criticised art and
men . of genius generally, and his book
became known by its German name "En
tartung." Latterly, it was translated for
England and this country as "Degenera
tion." Mr. Tucker considered that the
charges Dr. Norden made ought to be
answered, and he selected Bernard Shaw
for that purpose. This- is a reprint of
that famous reply and It was so merci
lessly cutting that "Degeneration" soon
sank Into oblivion. Shaw wrote that "in
a country where art was really known to
the people, instead of being merely read
about, It would not be necessary to spend
three lines on such a work." -
American Communities. By Dr. William
Alfred -Hinds. Price, $1.50. Charles H.
J Kerr & Co., Chicago, 111.
A reprint of a celebrated study of
American communities and co-operative
colonies, published five years ago. Much
of this earlier edition has1 been rewritten
and now accounts' of new co-operative
experiments are given in Massachusetts,
Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, Illinois,
New Jersey, Washington, D. C, New
F York and California. . The illustrations
are superior. Dr. Hinds argues that all
paths of human progress, all material,
social, moral. Intellectual and spiritual
improvement lead to communism as the
final goal. .
The Challenge of the City. By Josiah.
Strong. Toung People's Missionary Move-
mnl Vew Vnrlr Citv.
About two-fifths of this book are "The
Twentieth Century City," brought down,
to date; the remainder being new. The
general argument is that the modern
American city is a menace because it is
materialistic in the sense intended when
its intellectual and moral development is
not commensurate with its physical
growth. Tho little book, which is
thoughtfully written, belongs to the
"Forward" mission study courses. "
Through Italy With the Poets. Compiled by
Robert Jiaven Schauftler. Price, $S. Mof
fat, Yard & Co., New Tork City.
To the extent of 429 pages, this is a
collection of world-wide poems describ
ing and praising Italian scenes. The
spirit of Italy lives in the verse selected
from Virgil and Horace to Arthur Sy
mons and William Vaughn Moody.
The Man In the Basement. By Baron Palle
Rosenkrantz. Illustrated. Empire Book
Company, New York City.
A sensational story, in whtch the prin
cipal motif is the finding of a murdered
man in the basement of a London house,
the first clew being given by a cat.- Ex
citing and mysterious to the last chapter.
Hill Rise, by W. B. Maxwell. Empire Book
- Company. New York city.
A modern story of English life, the
scenes being principally laid at the
sleepjj little town of Medford, supposed
to be 26 miles from London. The plot
is airly interesting.
J., M. QUENTIN.
IX LIBRARY AND WORKSHOP.
A Cheaper edition has Just heen published
of the great catalogue of Plerpont Morgan's
world-Tenowne collection of porcelain.
The American , Library . Association an
nounces the addition to its list of recom
mendations to libraries, Robert Haven
Schauft'ier's "Thanksgiving." which Is the
initial vowime x lie American .Holidays"
series. - .
-v.
One of the first books of Action this Spring
is Gouverneur Morris' '."The Footprint and
Other Stories," which will be brought out
this month. Tales of the East and the
West, of Oriental mysticism and Western
realism of love and humor and adventure,
make this an unusual book:
A young woman of marked literary talent
Is May Sinclair, author of "The Divine
Fire" and - other stories. She excels nl
depicting " emotion anil rapid change' f
color. One of ber moat recent contrlbu
tions, ' 'The Fault," appeared in last
month's Century Magazine,' -v
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A new novel from Boston Is "The Reap
ing," by Miss Mary Inilay Taylor, whose
hero is a politician, although her book Is '
hardry to. be called a political story, since,
its interest rums upon the choice made by
a man -standing between the .woman who
loves him and the woman willing to adopt
any measure rather than to allow him to
love anyone but her. .
One of the hooks which continues to be a
best seller after the holiday season, is
Henry Van Pyke'a new book, "Day's Off."
A new edition the fifth lias Just been put
On the press. The translation .into French
ef his "The Ruling Passion" bas had a groat
success in France, and M. Emile Faguet. a
member of the academy and author of "The
History of English Literature," called it "a
pure chef-d'ouvre."
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The first novel by E. J. Rath, a young
writer who has made a great reputation of
late In the magazines, is announced for Im
mediate publication undr the suggestive
title of "The Sixth Speed." The story deals
'lth the astonishing career of a motor
boat of astonishing speed (such a boat as
may be expected in reality about the year
liVJS) and the way its career affected the
affairs of the hero and heroine, the dwellers .
alongshore and aboard yachts, and the
American and Japanese nations. ,
:
Dr. Howard P. Kennard. author of "The
j ((iinistttii rraoatii, iw a hulcu c,,,,, - -
geon. and .Is now delivering a series of illus
trated lectures in tins country w
and her peasantry. Dr. Kennard gained his
knowledge through personal contact, having
lived among the peasants in all parts of
European Russia Appalling conditions of
poverty and suffering are revealed in the
book, while numerous photographs, taken by
the author, furnish additional Illumination
on the daily lives of these down-trodden
people.
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' Next month there will be Introduced to
American readers a new English novelist
who has made, with his first novel, a pro
found impression upon the discerning read
ers of his own land. "Furze the Cruel" has
been pronounced generally, in London, a
work little short of genius. The publishers
state that they recall in recent yeara no
first hook of Its distinguished form and
finished art, and they predict for Its author,.
John Trevena, a rapid growth in reputation
and. -popularity among, the large class of
readers who appreciate the work of Thomas
Hardy. ..-
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Among the first publications of the Spring
Charles Scribnerte Sons are bringing out two
books: A pew edition of "Bacon's Essays."
edited with an Introduction and notes by
Mary Augusta Smith. Ph.D., and "The
Koman palhollc and Protestant Bibles Com
pared.1' edited by M. W. Jacobus. Dean of
Hartford Theological Seminary. . This last
book contains tho three essays on this sub
Jct which secured the prize offered by Miss
Helen Gould for- the best essays on "The
Origin and HlBtory of the Bible Approved
by the Roman Catholic Church." and "The
Origin and History of the American Revised
Version of tha English Bible."
A man who has made quite a name for
himself in"a particular field of fiction Is T.
Jenkins Hains. the well-known writer of sea
stories. His grandfather was an Admiral In
the United States Navy, and his father a
Ueneral In our Army, so be comes of able
ancestry. Mr. Hains Is a licensed navigator
of Arpnn-rnlnff vessels, and holds both Eng
lish Board of Trade and American navl-J
gator's licenses. "The Wind-Jammers, tne
novel which appeared from his pen in IS90,
marked a new departure In modern fiction.
"The Luck of the Impulse." which is pub
lished In the March number of the Popular
Magazine, Is one of the best stories Mr.
Hains has written. ' i
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In the American section of the Burlington
Magazine for February. 1908, Kenyon Cox
describes the co-operation between the
sculptors who are decorating the Brooklyn,
N. Y., Institute of Fine Arts and Sciences,
thA lpadershir, of Daniel C. French.
The sculntors chosen for the work put their
sketches together with a view of seeing how
they must be modified in oraer to mui tne
complete design as good as possible.' The re
sult, according to Mr. Cox, was that each
artist modified his own part of the work to
suit the general design, and the unity of
effect attained was surprising. There was
still plenty of variety, but there was hardly
a figure that did not fit naturally into Ita
place.
u- , -r T- ca,.,K CnnimsndPr of
VjflneraL a. " ' - ' "
the Cavalrv Corps, Army of Northern Vir
ginia," is the title of a little book written
by his aide-de-camp. Judge Theodore S.
Garnet, and Just issued by the Neale Pub
lishing Company, Washington, D. C. It.
comprises an address delivered at the un-
Stuart, at Richmond, Va., May 30, WOT.
lvlttie nas ever oeeu wruiou i
military career, in comparison with other
Confederate leaders, and this little book Is
most opportune, and will surely be exten
sively read. Stuart Is made a hero, and
there are many notable things said about
him here-vlews, which are, of course, pe-
uuuar up v m.
A little knowledge is a funny thing. Once
upon a time there were two books, and on
was "The Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire." by Edward. Gibbon, and the other
was "The RIbs- of the Dutch Republic," by
John Motley. . Everybody may be supposed
to know that It was the Roman Empire
that fell, and the Dutch . Rcpublto that
arose; but there la a story, told In a press
clipping turned over to Harper & Brothers,
of a woman's club which, wishing 'to show
itB affection for a withdrawing member, pre
sented her with a set of "The Rise and
Fall of. the Dutch Nation!" The reassuring
statement was added that the club members
are all so Interested that they will, soon
begin to study the Dutch nation "with
greater .seriousness!"
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The third' and final volume of' the "Me
moirs of the Gomt.esse de' Boigne. J8u
lSiO," will be published before the end of
the month. In this new volume the Com
tesse de Boigne describes the latter part of
the reign of Louis XVIII. the reign of
Charles X. "and tbe P.evolutlon of July which
put Louis Philippe on the throne of France.
Full of witty anecdotes and vivid sketches
of such people . aa Talleyrand. Pozzo dl
Borgo, Benjamin Constant, T Chateaubriand.
Louise Philippe, Marshal Marmont and
many others, -this volume is particularly
valuable historically "from. . the , Important
part played by the author In the events of
the July Revolution-, Her aocount 'of." the-
scenes In the streets, of the barricades, ana
fighting is dramatic nd thrilling. ,
.
"The History of the United States Navy."
by John R. Spears, contains not only a brll
llant account of the history of the navy
in the past, but carries the record right
down to the present day. and la the most
comprehensive and convenient of all stories
of tbe navy. Mr. appears, who is a well
known authority on the subject and the
author of the five-volume standard "His
tdry of Our Navy." has told the hero stories
of the naval actions with a tire and vigor
which has rarely been equalled. He. gives
a great deal of attention also to the facts
and conditions that have from time to time
created public ODinlon in favor of .or
against the enlargement of a navy.
The story of the scientific development and
utilization of man's "latent powers" is the
theme of an absorbing and distinctly mod
ern book by H. Addington Bruce, entitled
"The Riddle of Personality," which is slated
tor Immediate publication. It tells of the
wonderful work that Is being done by cer
tain scientists in Europe and America to
stamp the abnormal out of human life, to
cure mental and nervous disease, even to
assist normal everyday man to withstand
better the terrific strain of present-day con
ditions. It also presents, m language Intel
ltglble to the nonsoientiuc reader, an Idea of
the remarkable results secured by another
groui of investigators, the "psychical re
searchers." whose special aim has been to
obtain, if possihle, proof of tbe survival ot
human personality after tne death of the
body. ' '
Many people, English and American alike,
will hear with regret of'the death ot Leon-
ard .Smithers. He will be remembered aa
the proprietor ana puonsner or the savoy
Magazine, to which Aubrey Heardsley con
tributed some of his best drawings. Smith
ers also., nublished the "Ballad of Reading
Gaol. and for a short time kept in juond
street' one of the best booksellers' shops in
London. He had an unrivaled knowledge
of books, remarks The Academy, a real
love of literature, and a fine taste in all
matters of artistic knowledge. In sDlte of
some fallings, he. was a man ot genuine
kind-heartedness, and bis generous treat
ment of Ernest Dowson will' be remembered
to his credit. Mr. bmithers died in great
poverty, and leaves & son of 16 years, who
Is at present almost without means of sup
port.
"The fact Is," says Clement . Shorter, in
a recent essa on the subject, "that there
la- no possibility of naming the ' hundred
best books. The naming of them for any
large -general audience 'is qalta Impossible.
All that Is possible In such a connection la
to state emphatically that there ara very
few books that are equally suitable to every
kind of Intellect. Temperament as well as
Intellectual endowment makes for so much
in reading. Take, for example, the "'Imi
tation of Christ." George Eliot, although
not a Christian, found it 'soul-satisfying.
Thackeray, a I" think a mors robust intel
lect, found it wellnigh as mischievous aa did
Eugene flue.- Therb are- great - books ' that
can be'-' read' only ' by -the few, but surely
the very greatest appeal alike to the man
of rich Intellectual mlowrm-nt and to tho
man to whom all processes of reasoning are
incomprehensible."
Dr. Henry Jone-C fellow of tho British
Academy and professor of moral philosophy
in the University of Glasgow, has written
a little essay on "The Immortality of the
Soul in the Poems of Tennyson and Brown
ing,'" and It Is published in a slender vol
ume by the American University Associa
tion, following Its delivery by the author
as the "Essex Hall Lecture for 190S." Dr.
Jones believes that the thoughts of poets
are something more than, "rapt unreasoned
utterances, - expressing nothing more than
their individual moods." and it Is to ex
press this belief and Its converse that he
discusses Tennyson's and Browning's concep
tions of the immortality of the soul. "They
challenged their doubts," he says, "and
brought their beliefs to the proof of facts.
Their virtue was no cloistered virtue, nor
their race won without the dust and beat.
This, above all. Is the. reason why they
have strengthened tbe faith of so many
thoughtful men and women, and exercised.
Justly, I believe, so profound an influence
upon the religious life of their day."
Harper's Weekly pnints a poem from an
Infrequent contributor no less a person than
King Alfonso XIII. of Spain. It Is a love
poem. and. according to the Spanish source
from which it was procured, was composed
some years ago, previous to the time when
Princess Ena consented to become his bride.
A cat may look at a. king and may also
read bis poetry. Almost any cat would be
able to tell from reading this effusion that
the young King of Spain Is Just as bad a
poet as most other swains when they have
the love fever, A fairly free translation Into
English comes to about this:
"Stricken by thy disdain am I.
' Yet in my sorrow feel the faith
Which tells me I can mount the Bky.
Reck I little of the smile that lies
Upon thy lips, nor th' enslaving glance
within thy black resplendent eyes!
Triumph shall come!- Who cares, tf fate -
Has carpeted the way with bombs '
And , -frown ber thistles at my gate-?
Ena. for "hee alone doth beat
My heart: and -if I may not be
Thy. Faust, be thou my Marguerite."
. -
The correspondence of Edward Lear, him
ot the "'Nonsense Books," which has Just
been published, develops a fact of which
It Is to be presumed that most of the en-
Joyers of the verses have remained In igno
rance. Though Iear died in 1888, they
hardly think of him as a contemporary- of
Tennyson, bu rather as one of the follow
ing generatloa, says the New Tork Times.
Yet he Is the "B. L." whose "Travels In
Greece" elicited the commendatory verse in
the "English Idylls and Other Poems" of
1842, verses known to all Tennysonlans:
"Tomohrit, Athos. all things fair.
With such a pencil, such a pen.
You shadow forth to distant men,
I read and felt that I was there;
And trusted me while I turned the page,
And tracked you still on classic ground,
I grew In gladness till I found
My spirits In the golden age."
Lear's -'pencil" . was, In fact, quite as
much appreciated as his "pen." He owed
his entry into English society to his Illus
trations for some books on birds, which at
tracted tbe attention of Lord Derby, who
had the artist down to Knonvsley to draw
bis collection of strange beasts and birds
Callao City That Lives in Streets
.CONTINUED FROM PAGE TWO.
east coast of the continent, or in Africa,
Asia or Australia, the flesh of its deni
zens is much firmer and more appetiz
ing than that of tropical fish caught else
where. Fishing is carried on at 'night,
mostly with hook and line, and at dawn
the boats come in and turn their catches
over to the pescaderos or fishmongers.
The latter set out on their rounds carry
ing long bamboo poles, to one end of
which the large fish are suspended by a
thong of hide through -their gills, while
on the other is swung a wicker basket
full of small fry. The Peruvians of the
coast towps, largely because of the ex-
pensiveness of beef and mutton, are great
fish-eaters, and a pescadero will often
stagger up to the malecon from the beach
or the dock with a load of close to 150
pounds. The fish are all known by
names unfamiliar to foreigners, but the
principal ones caught resemble closely
the bonito. smelt and mullet of the Fa-:
ciflc waters of North America, while an
other variety seems closely akin to the
famous snapper of the New Zealand bays
and sounds.
The familiar hurdy-gurdy of New York
and London is rarely heard on the streets
of any of the South American cities, and
never in Pern. Its place is taken by nu
merous wandering minstrels, who sing to
the accompaniment of mandolins or gui
tars. Each of them seems to have a reg
ular circuit of his own, and it is con
sidered a point of honor for him to con
fine his efforts cash-collecting if not vo
calto his special territory. The children
of Callao sway and reel and pirouette,
and crack their fingers in imitation of
castanets, in bolero and Jota, to 'the
strum ot the guitarra, Just as the waifs
of Avenue A. and Huston street spiel
waltzes and two-steps to the strains of
their beloyed hand organs. Unlike cli
mate, the popularity jof the stree.t musi
cian does not vary with latitude.
Peru,, unlike the countries of the east
ern coast of South America, has re
ceived - little immigration, and' foreign
types, on or off tha streets, are conse
quently very uncommon in Callao. The
only exceptions likely to be encountered
are the sellers of knick-knacks and the
scissors grinders, the former Tufcos and
the little Italians. The Turco carries a
pole with a basket on either end, ' ana
sells needles, pins, shoe laces, brass Jew
How to Become a Palmist
v CONTINUED FROM PAGE NINTE.
ing object in lap sonny "sassed" mother.
Thumb to nose impudence.
Closely clasped to side or waist line
button busted somewhere.
Little finger at right angles while eat
ing . asparagus "Someone notice me,
please."
On. the other hand, here are some
things to remember:
If there is a plain gold band on the
third finger of' the - left hand of your
lady visitdr, don't bank Oh it. She may
have borrowed It.
A solitaire worn on the engagement
finger Is never indicative of anything
particular. Because a woman patron has
blonde hair don't advise her to marry
her opposite and describe some black
haired swain for her. She may have
been a brunette herself earlier in the
game. t
Because your sitter- wears a picture
hat, furs and rings and rustles like a
hay mow every time she breathes, is not
a sign she's wealthy. It may be the
mistress' day out. "
Because a man has a smiling, benevo
lent and frank countenance, don't read
his palm accordingly; he may be the
veriest scoundrel unhung a bank of
ficial or a politician.
Because a man with frayed -cuffs, run
down shoes, and a disreputable Derby,
comes in to tempt the Goddess of Graft
ers, don't shortweight him; he may be
John D. Rockefeller or some other phil
anthropist in disguise. I hear he fre
quently goes about in that manner,
mingling with us poor folks to see how
he can better our condition. He never
lets his left hand know, what sort of a
shady deal his right hand is engaged in.
"When your sitter is a woman with a
baby, don't be rash and tell her she wjll
have eight more. The one with her may
belong to her married sister.
Predict several marriages, no children,
unlimited wealth and death of old age,
if you would please your patrons. If you
do thls they-will ' arise and" call' you
blessed; they will go out Into the high
ways and byways (byway Is synonomous
with Portland streets), sing your praises.
They will say: "That fortune-teller is
fine. Everything she told me come true.
for a sumptuous volume, privately printed,
entitled. "The Knowsiey Menagerie." This
was In 1832. At Knowsiey he made himself-
very welcome, being a good amateur
musician, among bis other gifts, and &
pleasant companion.
How should we account for some of the
revised tendencies authors give to their own
work In these- days? Not long ago there
was cablo news of Thomas Hardy born,
appsrently. to tell stories that he woulrt
write no more novels, but dedicate himself
to poems. Oeorge Meredith, as is well
known, has stopped his production short;
but his case is a veritable exception. J. M.
Barrle Is playwrltlng exclusively, who was
sunt to spin a pleasing story over wiany a
merry page. George Moore, after producing
a sensation or two. has been content to dis
card the motives that made them famous.
The course of Kipling seems to have been
diverted at full tide, so that he might al
most be waiting in the motionless poise of
that gullant craft of his own making, "The
Ship That Found Herself." Nothing could
be more complete than the chance Henry
James has made in bis later mork over his
earlier. In the case of Mr. Hardy, again,
the change is not one of style, but of mo
tive, and seems scarcely less direct than
a transition from prose to verse when
"Teas'" and "Jude the Obscure" supplant
"The Return of the Native" and "The
Woodlanders."
The spilt Infinitive we have always with
tts. as we have also its .defenders, and Us
opponents. It is seldom, however, that the
advocate of the split Infinitive bas the op
portunity to proclaim the justice of bis
cause, which, to tell the truth. Is a very
emphatlo and a very reasonable one. re
marks the Boston Transcript. Long ago
Fizedward Hall gathered a formidable ar
ray of authors In favor of this much-abused
form of speech, and In an extended article
prepared by him he cites instances from
Donne and Sir Thomas Browne. Pepys and
Bentloy. Dr. Johnson (In his "Life of Mil
ton"), Southey and Coleridge, Qulncey and
Macaulay. Rusktn and Matthew Arnold,
Herbert Spencer, Leslie Stephen, and very
many others. Donne appears to be partic
ularly fond of It. Madame d'Arblay uses
it over and over again, and Johnson's ex
ample is amusing. "Milton was too busy to
much miss his wife.1; Other typical In
stances quoted are "to fully believe"
(Southey), ""to entirely subside" (Coleridge),
"to .not 'unfrequently make excursions"
(Wordsworth),' "to clean wipe me out"
(Lamb, In a letter), "to often furnish" ( De
Quincey). "to actually mention" (Arnold),
"to Justly estimate" (Spencer). No In
stances are cited from Shakespeare or Mil
ton: It would be Interesting to know whether
any can be found. In many cases There Is
an-, obvlbus gain from splitting the infinitive.
It often voias ambiguity. When we say.
"To occasionally err is human." we mean
something which Is less' clearly expressed by
"Occasionally to err is human." or "To err
occasionally la homan." These latter ex
pressions may both mean. "It is sometimes
human to err. and sometimes it Is not."
The desired sense. It Is obvious, can be
placed beyond doubt only by adopting the
controversy! form.
NEW BOOKS. RECEIVED.
"The Politician." by Antonio Fogazzaro,
(translated). Luce A Go., Boston.
"The Stem of the Crimson Dahlia." by
James Locke. $1.50: and "The Wife ot
Narcissus." by Annulet Andrews, 1.25
(Moffat-Yard Company).
"The Magistrate's Own Case," by Baron
Palle Rosenkrantz (McClure).
elry, elastic and the like, and is always
an object of interest to the women. The
scissors-grinder has a machine that is
identical in every particular to those car
ried by the few of his Ilk who still eke
out precarious existences in North Amer
ica. He rarely carries a bell to ring up
trade, but seems to make a point of
never oiling bis big driving wheel, the
resulting squeal calling attention to his
presence far more insistently than a
whole belfryful of tuneful chimes.
Interesting to Our Jacklcs.
Everything considered, for the JackleS'
of our battleship fleet, If not the offi
cers, Callao, with its easy-going, light
hearted people and its gay and interest
ing street life, will probably furnish more
solid amusement than did the prim pret
tiness of the squares and lanes of Port
of Spain, the awesome grandeur of the
harbor scenery of Rio de Janeiro, or the
bleak frigidity of the Straits of Magellan
and Punta Arenas. The port is the only
fully protected harbor between Cape Horn
and Panama, and its dock system Is sec
ond on the Pacific Coast only to that
of San - Francisco. Tho usual anchorage
for visiting warships is but a little over
a quarter of a mile from shore, and
boats are able to pass to and fro in all
weathers, a thing not possible in any of
the other ports the fleet has visited.
Callao is connected with the capital.
Lima, ten miles distant, by two steam
roads and the best-equipped electric road
in South America- The latter was com
pleted two years ago by the American
firm of W. R. .Grace & Company, and
compares yery favorably with the best
interurban roads in the United States,
on the lines of which, both in trackage
and power plants, as well as in rolling
stock equipment, it is closely patterned.
The cars are speeded up to 50 miles an
hour on the straightaways, and the run
from terminal to terminal, half of the
ten miles being through city streets, is
made in the vicinity of half an hour.
The cars are divided in the middle by
a partition, and each carries both first
and second-class passengers, the fare
for the latter being Just half that of the
former. Motormeu and conductors, as
well as all of the power-plant force witii
the exception of the superintendent, are
native Peruvians.
an' she could tell my past an' future,
perfectly wonderful."
As a result the shekels will begin to
roll in, you can take out your advertise
ment, and afford a new kimono and a
gold front tooth.
Time and space will not permit me tr
go further into this fascinating subject,
but I want to tell you of some hands I
read recently.
The first was W. J. Bryan's.. It is
small, and one can easily see how he
held his party "in the hollow of his
hand." The fate line Is battle-scarred,
the heart line, is broken and repaired attd
the. head line is not particularly notice
able. But what struck me as peculiar
is the life line It Is very long, in fact,
too long and a careful examination
showed me that he has been dead 15
years.
The next hand I diagnosed was that of
J. Thobum Ross. The phalanges set
loosely. Indicative that money slips easily
through his fingers. Tbe head line is
strong, showing he is a financier of th-3
first water. The. heart line Is pronounced
showing he is big-hearted,- kind and
generous, and has great sympathy for
the poor. He is the sort of man who
wouldn't take a dollar unless he could
give two in return. The fate line' is' not
so promising, it seemed to spell striped
clothing.
The next hand I read was that of Ore
gon's friend, E. H. Harrlman. Tho head
line is double tracked; the fate line is
entirely missing, and the heart line is
strongly marked. Mr.' Harriman is even
now planning several nice, new roads to
give to Oregon; his life line shows, that
his greatest hope is to live long enouga
to see all the new lines completed in
Oregon.
, (Note. 2200 A. D., Harrinian still alive.)
I next read the hand of Joha D. Rocke
feller. The palm was quite oily; the
heart line Is a pipe line connecting with,
his bead and the consumer's pocketbook.
His head line reads "Standard Oil' Ad
vanced H cent."
His life line indicates that his life will
only close when golf ceases to be fash
ionable. The last hand I read was my own.
It was four aces; another fellow
showed down a royal flush.
I walked home.