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.ID they Indict any mor of them
bankers today?" asked the
Home Detective of the St.
Reckleaa, 'as he saw the Hotel Clerk
glancing over hi ticker tape.
"Only two." said .the Hotel Clerk:
"a big, 'tuzzy one and a. small, slick
Dne. It must have been an off day
for the grand jury."
"They certainly have been pourin'
the hot mucilage Into 'era lately,"
opined the House Detective.
'They have that," said the Hotel
Clrk. . "If got so that a grand Jury
counts that day lost whose low, declin
ing sun sees no bank president on the
run, as the .poet says. Indicting bank
ers, Larry, has become the National In
door sport of the lower and middle
classes. It has taken the place former
ly held In the popular affections by
the game of pinochle. Seven-up at 5
rente a corner and 10 cents set-back
no longer holds the fancy of the com
mon people as U once did. Tlte great
passion of the Republic is gigging for
bank presidents with the deadly three
tlned ftsh-spear. Any day now I'll te
prepared to receive the news that war
rants are out for John D. Rockefeller,
alias John Dough, alias the University
Ute, alias the Man Higher Up, and his
two fellow-malefactors, Thomas For
tune Ryan, commonly known ta the
Virginia Creeper, and J. Pierp. Morgan,
the notorious head of the Wall-Street
Blackhand, on the charge of knowing
ly having cash money In their posses
sion. "'Twas not like this in the days
when we were investigating the old
b in' insurance companies, Larry. The
lower orders In this country hadn't
lost the proper respect for great riches
and social prominence - then. When
word was brought to the grand jury
that the McCurdle and tho McGalls
and the Snydes had been handing the
nollcy. holders a few clandestine wal
lops on the point of the assets or foul
ing them below the surplus, the fore
man of that august body would say, in
a grieved tone of voice: 'Gentlemen,
such things cannot be. . The oldest
daughter of the McCurdles married a
i'ountx The Snydes occupy one of the
handsomest homes on Upper Fifth ave
rnue. I myself have the honor of a
peakins acquaintance with old Mr.
McGall'a youngest son. Pe.rclval Mike,
a lovely young fellow' who plays polo
divinely and is received into the best
set in Newport. To Iridict such men as
theso would be to crack a blow at our
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"It is faith in something and enthusiasm for
something that makes
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t rated, u. Apploton t Co., jew Tork
Sinr th Ilr.t volume of Mr. TrRuhel'a
bipsrnpliy of the "gtmd, srroy poet" was
tNstiffi. there b twakenM a keen desire
for more.of these delightful, go&sipy
paRPa. It in not tor much to say tht
these volmnee are welcomed with koen
appreciative Interest as occupying fore
most plac In current American literary
olograph..
This volume tella of llttlo more than
three month of tha poet's life, from July
1. 1SS8, to October 31. 1SSS. The period
upoken of waa Wiittman'a physically del
icate days, the days when he, ailing, spent
h j;ood deal of his time In bed. cheered
by his .faithful friend , Trnubel'e lovins
rare. It should be explained that the.
ramdrn referred to is the pretty little
New Jersey town of that name the home
of Whitman and just over the Delaware
River from Philadelphia. As In the first
volume, much space In this one la devoted
to 'Whitman's conversations with Trau
bel concerning the events of the day, but
principally about literature.
letters from celebrated men are intro
duced and facsimiles are given of orig
inal copies of several of Whitman's better-known
poems. For instance, the first
draft manuscript of one verse of Whit
man's "My Captain" shows that in tho
famous tine commencing-: "Oh, captain,
deureat captain, pet up and hear the
bells." in the original the phrase first
decided on was "wake" Instead of "jret."
The second line of this verse originally
read "Wake up and see the shining
sun. but it was afterward altered to
"(.Jet up and see the flying; tings
There's a your? American poet I know
he lives in Boston w ho so rapidly writes
verse for newspapers and magazines that
his newspaper "copy" rarely haa one al
teration and his usual exclamation on an
occasion of composition: "Here Is a little
thing- 1 have just thrown off." How dif
ferent with Walt Whitman! This book
shows that his verse was written In an
aulsh, aelf-eearehing, hesitancy, and may
be tears! Kor instance, opposite page 136
Is Riven a facsimile of the original man
uarript of Whitman's poem. "The Sobbing
of the Hells. and the writing has. been
so often changed by words scored out ajid
most sacred Institutions, ' such as the
Millionaires' Club, and Meadow
brook aunt. I move, therefore, that
the incident be closed.'
"And it was closed, Larry. But what a
difference three short years have worked.
Money in large chunks now faila to in
spire reverence. Side-whiskers and a
white piijue vest on week-days are no
longer things to conjure with. By, tho
time O'Rohrer, the Irish god of day, has
reddened the Jocund East, the grand Jury
or 1
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but a printer could decipher the meaning.
The relations between Whitman and hi
biographer were friendly to the point of
extreme intimacy and mutual confidence.
When Traubel left the poet's house, he
often bent and kissed him. On page 332
It Is written: "I kissed W. as I left. He
seemed very grave. 'Some kiss some day
(maybe some day when we both least ex
pect it) will be a last kiss. Good-bye
Oood'bye. Ood blewi you. " The friendly
kiss appears again, even as the book
closes: "I gascd at W. His face shone
he regarded me with great love. I kissed
him good .night and withdrew. 'Good
night, he called after me." This was at
the close of a memorable conversation on
science and religion:
The whol mass of people are being leav
ened by . . . this spirit of sclentino
worship this noblest of religions coming
after ail the religions that came before.
After culture has said Its last say, we. r.nd j
inat tne oest things yet remain to be said:
that the heart is still listening to have
heart things ald to n the brain still
llmtenlnfr to have brain thins said to It
the faith, the spirit, the soul of man wait
ing to have such things of faith, spirit, the
toul. said to It Books won't say what we
must have ald: try all that books may.
they can't say it. The utmost pride goes
with the utmost resignation; science says
to u be ready to say "Yea" whatever hap
pens; whatever doesn't happen: "Yes, yes,
yes."
That's where science becomes religion
where the new spirit utters the highest
truth makes the last demonstration of
faith; looks the universe full In the face
lis bad In the face. Its good and says
"Tea" to It.
In speaking of Joaquin Miller, Whit
man asked: "Can you read Miller's let
ter? I always have trouble with his
handwritiig. In this letetr referred to,
dated April 16, 1576, Joaquin .Miller
writes: Of course, it is idle for me to
congratulate you on your accession to
immortality and your well-deserved re
nown. I will only say that my soul and
my sympathy all go out towards you,
and I often think of you as tiie one lone
tree that tops ua all, battered by storm
and blown, but still holding your place,
serene and satisfied. . . . Good-bye and
the gods be with you.
Whitman must have had some strange
visitors among newspaper people. It is
related that he once had a call from
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foreman is up In his pajamas and down
at the front door to get the morning
paper, and see what bank presidents are
being prominently mentioned on the front
page. After which he reads a chapter
from his favorite author, Tom Lawson,
and 9 o'clock finds him at the Courthouse
with his work for the day cut out for
him. They're hard at It indicting bank
presidents In alphabetical order when up
rises a grand juror who In his private
capacity runs a delicatessen emporium In
Richard Harding Davis, then a reporter
on the Philadelphia Press, and it is
added "So you say that was the son
of Rebecca Harding Davis? I thought
him an Irish boy: I like him he was so
candid, so interesting. Such tall, wholesome-looking
fellows are rare among
American youngsters. ... I have had
some tough experiences with reporters
and illustrators." '
The poet did not believe in the restric
tion of immigration. Of course, he was
not practical - in this, but his opinion
was: "America must welcome all Chi
. nese, Irish, German, pauper or not, crim
inal or not all, all, without exceptions,
because an asylum for all who choose
to come. We may have drifted away
from this principle temporarily, but time
will bring us back." Ah me! times have
changed since those days of 1888, when
Whitman uttered these words he spoke
as a poet and dreamer and didn't know.
When asked why he didn't fight in the
Civil War, Whitman said: "I had my
temptations, but they were not strong
enough, to tempt. I could 1 never think
of myself as firing a gain or drawing a
sword on another man." W7hatman .mod
estly did not relate his self-denying la
bors during the Civil War when he. was
a guardian angel in "Washington, T. C.f
hospitals, ministering to the wounded.
As to Robert G- Ingrersoll, Whitman
said "Ingersoll certainly has what I
would call a gpnius for making; a
speech. All his funeral addresses are
marvels of beauty: siiort, musical, rich
In cadence, pithy, never too much, never
too little: and the best part of Inger
boII is, I don't think anybody ever loses
interest in him who hears him speak
ever goes to sleerj ever goes wool
gathering to other scenes in his pres
ence." Of Charles Dana, the great editor of
the New Tork Sun, newspaper, Whit
man gives this estimate: . ' In talking
the other day about great editors, 1 for
got to speak of one man who Is maybe
the greatest of all and who Is besides
my dear friend. I mean Dana Charles
Dana. Dana's Sun (nwspaper) has al
ways stuck to it that Walt Whitman"
is some pumpkins, no matter what the
scorner said. I don't say that Dana Is
greatest of all but I put in my vote
for him as a tremendous force. Dana
has a hissing, hating side, that I don't
like at all it g-oes against -my grain
but It is not the chief thing; in the
man, and' when his total is made up,
cuts only a small figure."
High tariff met with Whitman's ridi
cule. Whitman's opinion was: "I hate
the bigotry of the high tariflfites. Even
Blaine, I notice, thinks that revenue
reformer is in English pay or says he
thinks so: is a foe to the Republic a
willful marplot bent upon the enslave
ment of labor. Charles Emory Smith
I the editor of the Philadelphia Press
a protectionist newspaper) might be a
king among- asses, but among philos
ophers well, I wouldn't like to say
what he wo,uld be among philosophers."
Among: letters In this volume are
those from Henry M. Alden, John Bur
roughs, Moncure D. Conway, Richard
Watson Gilder, Lord Houghton, G. C.
Macaulay, John Boyle O'Reilly, James
Redpath, "Whitelaw Reid. William M.
Rosetti, Elliott F.- Shepard, Edmund
Clarence Stedman. Major-General Sum
ner, John Adding ton Symonds, Oscar
Wilde, etc.
Like a warning appears this message,
as a frontispiece, from Whitman to his
biographer:
It won't be long, and I will be dead and
gone; theji they will hale you Into court
put you into the witness-box ply you with
questions try to mix you up with ques
tions; this Walt Whitman this scamp poet,
this arch-pretender what did you make
him out to be? And you will have to an-
swer-mand be sure you answer honest, so
help you God! You'll be speaking of me
many times after I am dead; do not be
afraid to tell the truth any ort of truth,
sood or bad. for or against. Only, be
afraid not to tell .the truth.
Come and Fled Me. By Elisabeth Robins.
Illustrated. Price, $1.50. The Century
Company, New Tork City.
Before she made her reputation as a
novelist. Miss Elisabeth Robins was rec
ognized as a talented actress who had
played In this country with Edwin Booth
and had been known in England as one of
the best Interpreters of Ibsen's women on
the stage. But It was written In the stars
that literature, asd especially story-telling,
would ultimately claim Miss Robins.
Under the nom-de-plume of C. E. Rai
mond, she published three novels and in
the year 189S Issued her first literary suc
cess, "The Open Question," which was
followed by "The Magnetic North," a
novel of adventure and filled with por
traits she met with when she resided in
the Arctic circle.
Miss Robins is an American, having
been born at Louisville, Ky., and educated
in Zanesvllle, Ohio. While quite young,
she was married to George Richmond
Parkes. an actor of note who died several
years ago. The authoress, however, pre
fers to be known by her maiden name.
Miss Elizabeth Robins.
"Come and Find Me." with illustrations'
by E. -L- Blumenschoin, would appear to
West Two Hundred , and Eighty-First
street,
" 'My fellow members, says this Juror,
'I feel very keenly about this matter: I
have J18.94 tied up In the Solider-Than-Gibraltar
Savings Institution, which closed
the other day with a loud crash and
which is going to pay out 3 per cent on
the dollar If we're lucky. I move you
that we In4ict the whole lot of them in
a lump." Everybody votes 'aye' and the
jurors go home to dinner with the feeling
be a sentimental girl's yearning cry for
her. lover, but on reading 1531 pages one
disenvers that it is the challenge of the
undiscovered country around the Korth
Pole, to the explorer. The novel is also a
temperamental siudy of two love stories,
those of Harriet HUdegarde Mar and
Louis Cheviot, and Belle Wayne and John
Galbraith. It begins in California and
aurges around Nome and other portions
of the Far North during the recent dis
covery of gold deposits there. Consider
able skill is shown in weaving the Inci
dents together and a strong dominating
interest carries the reader along. Heart
interest and lively character building are
met with, and the scenes describing
primal Nome life are splendidly construct
ed for a woman. Jack London and Rex
Beach-couldn't do any better.
A morbid note ushers in th tale, when
Nathaniel Mar, the gray-haired bank
teller of Valdfvia, Cal., appears-. His wife
is a shrew and he Is a drudge so much so
that It is surprising to learn that he had
once been an Intrepid Arctic explorer who
possessed the secret relating to the loca
tion of a gold mine at Polaris, on the Bay
of Golovin. Mrs. Mar had an indulgent
contempt for her husband and! she smiled
at "the inveterate childishness of the
lords of creation." The school-period life
of her daughter and Miss Wayne is de
lightfully natural and is amusingly told.
John Galbraith, Arctic explorer, is a hero
in both girls' eyes, and each one loves
him. Miss Wayne and he are about to
marry when an Arctic fever to roam
seizes him and he passes out of the girl's
life forever.
The real story of the far North begins
when Nathaniel Mar, discharged from his
bank position because he is- too elderly,
roes Via Nome to find tho mA riorwialt Via
knows exists A Polaris. Hl h&Khline '
tongue enables other adventurers to lo
cate the claim ahead of 4iim and "prove"
on it before he arrives, with the result
that the strangers become millionaires.
The first rush from Seattle wharves to
Nome is tiescrlbed In the 14th chapter and
forms live reading. I would quote page
247 to show a bustling scene at a Seattle
wharf, in the bustling period referred to,
but presume that such atmosphere is too
well known around Portland. Rascals,
thieves and "grafters" en route to Nome
and at that place, are boldly dfr awn al
most with masculine severity.
- Such expressions as these, strike one:
She bad found out one thing on the
threshold of the journey; It is the fear felt
for u by the men who love us that, makes
cowards of womankind; It Is their shrink
ing that goes far to make us quail.
It Is not all lorn to be 'unable to run
from danger. You gain a curious new sense
of the inevitableness that lies at the roots
of life a sense wiotbered In the cities and
forgotten In the towns. And this calm that
walks the perilous places of our earth with
Its front of untroubled dignity and Its
steadfast eyes this gain among many
losses was not denied the girl faring North
for knowledge and for old devotion's sake.
"You can't, be at the head of things and
not be lonely.'
"Men's lives are so hidden from girls.
How la it possible for us to knqw them?
We never see them doing things that are
worth -while.. We haven't a notion what
they're like when they are at work."
"The great bond between him and me
was that we both bad . that pasplon for
the Xorth that is like nothing else en earth
in the way of land love. Talk of the SouthJ
A man loves the South as1 he loves a soft
bed. and the warm corner by the fire, but
he loves the North as be loves his prey."
-"Tou can read the kind of thing we
went through In any Arctic book. You can
read it all and then -know nothing about
It. We did impossible things things any
man will say he can't do. And then he
dees them because he must, and because
human endurance Is the one miracle left
in the 'world."
"It almost seems as If nothing In the
world-scheme were so precious as suffering.
Men feel that when they recall their early
hardship. Dimly they see that nothing
thej-'ve found later was of euch "value to
them. Yes yes beside the days of the
struggle, the days of the harvest are dull.
"The gain to science Is -the by-product.
The true gain is to the human soul."
"There's - nothing like that wonderful
north light for makins- you see truly.",
"When you think what a miracle It Is
to find the right one in the maze, how Is
it that we ever let the right one go? . . .
I wonder we don't watch at the gate of
the Beloved from dawn till night, wait in
till he cornea I wonder be doesn't lie all
night at her door, for fear In at dream she
may steal away."
r Tjove makes you think you've got wind
mills shut up inside you.
Men are all babies, and if women didn't
look after them they'd be dead babies. .
Only once does Miss Robins disappoint.
She leads us to the desolate shore In the
far North, where John Galbraith, Arctic
explorer, lies dying from exposure and
want of food, only attended by a dog. He
had reached the North Pole, and the read
er naturally looks for a graphic descrip
tion of that hungry-for-a-notlce spot But,
no. Miss Mar. who by this time is be
trothed to Cheviot, providentially comes
across the dying Galbraith In the latters
hut, and he gives her a drawing purport
ing to be a description of the North Pole
country, as he -saw it. His concluding
message:
That's what I found. Instead of the pa
laeocrystlc sea. Here is where the lce-hl!ls
rise. There'd been p. torm. The kw dou3
massea they were incredible. And the
zenith clear, except for- the banners of
lifrht." The colored crayon was both marred
and battered. For the picture brought out
of men who have done their duty and en
Joyed themselves while doing It. -. -i "
"Up until a few months ago any banker
could, go to Europe with impunity and
come back again wir even greater Im
punity. But now as soon as he clears
Sandy Hook on the way out, the grand
Jury begins taking notice of him. On his
return he is met at Quarantine by an en
thusiastic party composed of Deputy
Sheriffs. county detectives, ' police
sergeants, blacksmiths carrying handcuffs
that-almost religious conviction of the truth
that great art gives. The dome of the sky I
op yonder was an inverted bowl of brass.
And in the heavenward hollow of it a giant
brood of serpents flamed and wrlthta" -above
a wild, white waste, warmed here with
violet, cooled there with silver and pearl.
Tes, Miss Robins. Your "Come .and
Find Me" just reached the threshold of
being a North Pole novel. .;
Mexico, With Comparisons and Conclusions,
by A A. Graham, si. Crane & Co.. To
peka, Kan.
Proceeding along descriptive, industrial,
commercial, religious, political and social
lines, Mr. Graham, who is a lawyer at
Topeka, Kan., has written a book marked
by critical and discriminating and yet not
unkindly comment directed toward
Mexico. He saye that he was in -Mexico
for about- two months during the early ;
portion -of the year 1907, and certainly,
made good use of the time at his dts- j
poaal. His comparisons, mostly with this
country, - are most thoughtful ones, and
are worth reading. Sometimes he uses
sentences of unnecessary length; for in-
stance the one at the bead of page 276,
but this doesn't often happen. He is of j
opinion that after the death of Presl- j
dent Diaz rebellion In . Mexico will j
follow, ultimately bringing Intervention
in Its wake.
An Introductory Coarse in Exposition, by
Frances M. Perry. $1. 'The American Book
Co., New York City.
The author of this book Js Instructor In
English- m Wellesley College, Mass., and
the student by an application of the
principles herein taught, cannot fall , to
understand what Is meant by literary ex
pression. This definition of "Exposition".
Is given: "It is admitted to be the most
generally used form of discourse, and
further, to be that form of discourse
whose successful practice requires no
special aptitude, as do description and
narration. It - has an assumed place in
every high school or college composition
course."
The Pendleton Twins, by' V- M. Jamison.
41-25. Illustrated. Jennings & Graham,
Cincinnati, Ohio. .
"The Pendletons" and "Peggy Pen
eton" are already known to be fa
vorite books for children, of the safe
and healthful brand. The Pendletone
are a -family of lucky English boys
and girls who live a life of frolic, and
"The Pendleton Twins" tells more
about them. The book is as gdod as
its predecessors, and Is well fitted to
please its audience.
Bridgets tow, by Rev. Mark Guy Pearse. $1.
Jennings & Graham. Cincinnati. O.
Twenty-four chapters of an excellent
hovel relating the quiet chronicles- of a
Cornish parish, somewhat after the style
of Ian Maclaren in his Scotch parish.
"Brtdgetstow' has lovable characters
and breathes a quaint philosophy that Is
filled with humor and pathos., yet has the
atmosphere of out-of-doors and the roar
of the ocean dashing on the cliffs.
Some Recent Phase of German Theology,
by John L Nuelsen. 75 cents. Jennings "&
Graham. Cincinnati. O.
Dr. Nuelsen is professor in Nast Theo
logical Seminary, Berea, O., and these
three lectures "Bihjllcal Studies," "The
Person and Work of Jesus Christ" and
"The So-Called Modern Positive School
of Theology,' were delivered at the Bible
Institute, Lakeside, O., In August, 1907.
Valuable from a critical standpoint.
The Hemlock Avenue Mystery, by Roman
Doubiedey. Illustrated. Little. Brown &
Co.. Boston,
What may be termed a "lawyer" novel,
with a puzzlipg element of mystery in It
affecting the sudden death of a promi
nent lawyer and the chance that another
member of the bar might be the guilty
man. The ' story compels Interest,
leavened as It is with" a love of the
silver-lining kind.
Hoyle'e Standard Gam(. Illustrated. 75
cents. Laird as Lee, Chicago, III.
A new, revised .edition of a famous
book adapted to present usages and up-to-date
methods. Bridge-whist, "500,"
fan-tan, solo, hearts and different card
tricks are placed in the lamplight. There
are 349 pages, with a valuable cross
index. J. M. QUENTIN.
IX LIBRARY AND WORSHOP.
The eighth impression of Mary Caroline
Crawford's "Romance of Old New England
Rooftreea" Is now In press,
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Ten of Mlas Alcotfa most inspiring short
stories are contained in the Louisa M.
Alcott Reader, Juat Issued for suppmen
tary use In the fourth school year, by Boa
ton publishers. -
"A Bank' Clerk's Tale," by Chauncey
Thomas, lately of this city, is the title of
a readable story In McClure's for March of
a sensational bank theft. The tale 4b very
well told and pulse with a thrilling object
lesaon.
New Macmlllan book : "Flower o the
Orange," by Agnes and Egerton Castle: "The
Golden Hynde, and Other Poems," by Alfred
and leg-Irons, lawyers. Assistant District
Attorneys, United States Marshals, re
porters, special writers, lady Journalists,
photographers, sketch artists, criminolo
gists and cltlzens-at-large. After he has
been properly chained by the wrtets and
ankles and accurately measured for the
Rogues' Gallery the newspaper men are
permitted to ask him to explain how It
happened 'that the great Institution over
which he lately presided had Jll In assets
and Hl.QOO.'OPO In liabilities. 'Gentlemen,'
Koyes; "The Interpretation of the Bible."
Professor Georse Holley Gilbert; "A Short
History of Architecture: Europe," bv Rus
sell sturgis; and "The Animal Mind." by
Margaret Floy Washburn.
.
Clement 8horter-s "Charlotte Bronte and
Her Circle," is now out of print, after a
prosperous career, and he Intends to juper
sede it by a larger work, containing much
new material with the old. It will be called
"The Brontes: Life and t Letters," and will
extend to two volumes.
Fifty-eight of Bacon's Essays" are in
cluded by Mary Augusta Scott, professor
of the. English language and literature in
Smith College, in a new edition issued for
school use. To them she prefixes a lengthy
biographical introduction and appends at
the bottom of each page a series of foot
notes that will help the student over many
stumbling blocks. i
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"The Mother of California." by Arthur
Walbridge North, being an historical sketch
of Baja California from the days of Cortes
to tho present time, depicting the ancient
missions, the mines and the physical, so
cial and political aspects of the country, la
promised soon. The work will be illus
trated by 32 photographs of scenes and per
sons and will furthermore contain the mosi
accurate and only complete mas of the
country ever made.
,
Next month there .will be brought out a
"Life of Alice Freeman Palmer," by her
husband, professor George Herbert Palmer,
of Harvard University. As Mrs. Palmer
was president of. Wellesley College and ac
tive In many educational Interests of her
time, and as Professor Palmer Is himself
one of the leading philosophers and edu
cators of the country, the biography will
have a double interest, both because of its
subject and its writer.
After "Broke of Co vend en," that remark
able novel herewith J. C. Snaith awoke
the world to his existence - three or four
years ago, came "Henry Northcote." not
so notable a work of fiction, but no less
significant In It revelation of Its author's
vivid Ihfagfnatlon and technical sklU. Now
that there will soon be Issued Mr. Smith's
"William Jordan, Jr.," a narrative of tha
life of a poet and recluse whd is thrown,
airainst his will, into the turmoil of Lon
don commercialism. '
' Chnrlea Whibley haa been Instructed by
the Duke of Rutland with the task of
writing a life of his father, the seventh
duke, better known In British politics as
Lord John Manners. Mr. Whibley will be
obliged if anyone possessing letters or other
documents that throw light upon the biog
raphy would send them to him, eare of his
publishers. the Black-woods, 4 George
street. Edinburgh, Scotland. Letters for
warded will be carefully preserved and re
turned with as little delay as possible.
For "Middlemareh" Georre Eliot got 40.-
000 and for "Romola" 835.000: Macaulay's
history brought the' author $100,000 during
Its first ten weeks' sale; Emlle Rlehebourg
used to get $20,000 each for his novel be
fore they apneerpd in. book form; Scott
earned from f SO.OOO to 75.Of0 a year by his
pen for several years, and for 11 novels and
nine volumes of tales he received J550.OAO;
o-orsre Ohnet received 810.000 fo- "The
Forge Masfer" as a novel. And $15,000 from
It a a play In the first three months. Out
of the play ha made more than $30,000.
. '
Students and teachers of comparative pny
ehology have long felt the need for a text
book summing up the remarkable achieve
ments of Investlirators in this field. The
need seems altogether likely to be met
by a reeentlv published book entitled "The
Animal Mind." 'the author of whh Is Dr.
Margaret Floy Washburn, instructor in psy
chology. Briefly, this book presents tha prin
ciples, methods, and materials of the scl
ence of animal mind. As the author states
In the nreface. the title mlffht even have
been "Tha Animal Mind as Deduced from
Experimental Evidence," for Its chief aim
Is to exhibit the facts unon which com
parative psychology rests. ,
"
The scheme of Jack London's new story,
"The Iron Heel." is incenious. The narra
tive ,ie supposed to be contained In a manu
script written by the wife of Ernest Ever
hard, one of the leaders of the Social Revo
lution. It differs from "Looking Backward"
and" other books of that character In that
the events narrated begin practically In the
present, and the history never loses touch
with present conditions.- In fact, it la the
very reverse of the usual Utopian story, for
while the final conquest of social ideals is
clearly indicated- the story deals directly
with tha present system In an Intensified
foVm, and ftops before ever the remedy haa
been applied. "The Iron Heel" la not merely
a Socialist tract. It Is emphatically a story
of character and adventure. Ernest Ever
hard 1s ono of the most genuine personages
London has ever created. It may be there
are some autobiographical touches In the
character: at least Everhard's life reminds
one of the author's In being packed full of
movement and adventure.
Professor George Holley Gilbert's 'Inter
pretation of the Bible," just published, seeks
to enhance the practical value of the Bible
by promoting Intelligent Interpretation of
It. Specifically. It Is a study of the In
terpretative methods of the past and the
dominant method of the present. This study
covers the earliest rabbinic interpretation of
the Old Testament and Its interpretation by
Phllo: then its use by Jesus, which the
author retards as of fundamental signifi
cance, though Quite neglected In the past,
and Its use by the New Testament writer:
the interpretation of early Christian writers
from Clement of Rome to Irenaeus; then
the Alexandrian and Syrian types of exe
gesis; mediaeval interpretation; interpreta
tion a practiced by the Reformers; Interpre
tation In the 17th and ISth centuries; and
finally the treat movement toward a more
scientific Interpretation which has marked
.says the prisoner, making vain efforts t
cross tus legs and put his hands In hto
pockets, 'Gentlemen, the whole blame for
this lamentable condition of affairs rests
with th President of this country, t
refer to the creature, Roosevelt.' There's
great feeling against Roosevelt,- Larry,
among both the bankers who are out on
bail and those who haven't been In
dicted yetj .
"The outburst of applause which fol
lows the mention of bis name at a ban
quet of the Bankers' Association 'sounds
like somebody passing under the lnfluenca
of chloroform. You'd be astonished to
see how many teetotalers are present
when they drink- the toast to the Presi
dent at a social gathering of New York
financiers.
"A bank, Larry, Is something like a
lady. It's above suspicion until somebody
whispers a word against It and in 43
hours its reputation is as full of holes
as the back end of a shooting gallery on
a Saturday night. We gaze with -undisguised
awe on the noble edifice, with Its
marble pillars and Its tesselated floors and
Its night-watchman dressed In the full
dress uniform of a Brazilian general and
carrying in his hands a mother-of-pearl
dingus with which to slay th errant
cockroach that skims athwart the onyx
wainscoting. We contemplate humbly a
receiving teller who Insults us when he
takes our maney away from us and wa
bow before a payer who swears at us
when we want "to draw some of it out.
We peer longingly through' the gratings
of the gilded cage where they keep that
frequent bird of passage, the cashier, and
feast our eyes upon those rare old mas
ters, the -pictures on the hundred-dollar
certificates. We see small but haughty
messenger boys darting hither, thither and
yon with king's ransoms in their careless
young hands. We catch the sound as tha
porter shovels coin into the vaults down
stairs with the abandon of a Janitor stoking-
an anthracite stove. And we say to
one another. This institution is one of
the few things which no storm can shake.'
But tomorrow morning before breakfast
somebody starts a report that the presi
dent has been detected In the ur.t nf sell
ing off his automobiles and by noon the
front doors are closed and some 9000 de
positors are banked on the sidewalk in,
front with their bank books clutched in
their hands, qualifying for aottve member
ship in .the I-suspected-ll-all-along Club
and looking for a chance to lynch the di
rectors." ."I guess mebbe this bankin' business is
a kind of give and take game, anyway,'
said the House Detective.
"Yes, but when the depositor does all
the giving and the bank does all the tak
ing it loses its charm," said the Hotel
Clerk.
the past 60 years. The book gives Illustra
tions from earlier writings, with critical
comments thereon, and is fully though not
blindly in sympathy with what la knows as
"modernism' in Interpretation.
T4ie Love Sonnets of a Car Conductor.
by Wallace Irwin, with a harmless and in
structive introduction by Wolfgang Coper
nicus Addleburger, professor of literary bl
products. University of Monte Carlo, is to
be published shortly. The author's The
Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum," though first
issued a number of years ago, has not by
any means been forgotten, a new edition
having been printed during the present
Winter. By many this volume was looked
upon as a clover literary eccentricity, but
the discerning soon saw the serious pur
pose under the Jest. One college professor
at least used It in his classes as an exam
ple of the perfect sonnet form. The new
volume therefore will find a public Interest
ready and waiting;.
For early publication is announced a
volume by Cora Brown Potter on the sub
jects of "Health" and "Beauty" that prom
ises to be of considerable and permanent
worth because of its practical common
sense viewpoint. During the author's stage
experiences and extended travels In all
parts of the world she gathered a collec
tion of valuable prescriptions and practices
remcing- 10 tnese subjects. Tnese are to be
presented In the - forthcoming volume, to
gether with suggestions for the right care
of the person, prefaced with a personal in-
iiuuuuuuu. a no voiume is to De issued,
under the title of "The Secrets of Beauty
and Mysteries of Health," and Is to be illus
trated with a series of photorraDha of the
i author in various prominent drama tip- char-.
e "
Russell Sturgia, whose writings on archi
tecture have given him a commanding po
sition among Irving authorities on this sub
ject. Is the author of a book entitled "A
Short History of Architecture: Europe."
which has Just been Issued. It Is intended
both as a textbook and for the general
reader, and contains all that- the general
student need learn of architecture othet
than that of Oriental and prehistoric races.
The author traces the origin and growth ol
European architecture in the Mediterranean
lanas, ana later in tne countries now called.
France, Belgium, the Rhinelaiafl and Eng-
land, as well as In Italy and Spain. Accord
ing to Mr. Sturgia the architecture of the
European world is that of the Roman Em
pire, as it was first from -0 to 400 A. D. :
then from 400 to 11U0; then from 1180 Te
1420; and finally during the years of what
we call Renaissance and Decadence, rebirtn
and decay the years of the Keoclassia
epoch. 1420 to 1739.
' .
A new volume of poems by that brilliant
young Englishman, Alfred Koyes, is a liter
ary event of some imoortance. - The vol
ume which has just appeared Is the third ot
his to reach the American public. The
former two have created the impression that
he is on the whole the most important of
the younger lyrical and narrative noeta of
England. "The Golden Hynde. and Other
Poems,' is not only entirely new to Amer
ican readers, but contains, along with some
poems that have appeared in English maga
zines, a considerable amount of work that
has never before been In orlnr. The flrnt
poem in the book is one of 'Noyes' stirring
ballads, in a style which he has caught
more perfectly, than any other poet since
Tennyson. Indeed, though Noyes Is by no
means an echoer of Tennyson's music the
scope of the collection and the nature of
the subjects treated recall certain volumes
of the late laureate. . . .
Introducing a new edition of Jane Aus
ten's ''Emma," E. V. Lucas, writes: "It
would," he say's, "be found by any collec
tor of the opinions of the best critics that -'Emma'
is considered to be Miss Austen's
best novel. What 'David Copperfield is to
Dickens, and "The Egotist' to Mr. Mere
dith, so Is 'Emma' to Miss Austen her
ripest and her richest. Emma Woodhouse
Is her most complete character study, and
among all her heroines the one, which prob
ably contains most points of resemblance
to the girl reader. To contain points of
resemblance to the reader is the duty of
the great figures in analytical fiction, par
ticularly when that fiction belongs to com
edy. Indeed, In the multitude of such re
semblances resides much of their greatness.
Juat as Turgenef descried in all men some
thing either of Hamlet or of Don Quixote,
so might a similar investigator discern In
all women something of Emma Woodbouse,
and, say, of Letitla and Dale. But with
the merit of Miss Austen'a great novel I
am not here concerned. They will be patent
to the reader, before whom a very delicloua
banquet is spread; and, indeed, to praise It
now would be an offense. I content myself
with calling it the most readable-agaln
book I know."
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
r
"Christianity Ui Japan, by Bishop Marrl
xnan C. Harris, 35 cents (Jennings-Graham)-Elementary
Algebra, by Frederick H.
Somerville. $4. and Reader of French pro
nunciation, by Julius Tuckerman. 50 cents
American Book Co.).
The Reaolna. bv Marv Imlav Taylor (Lit
tle. Brown A Co.).
A Bunch of Limericks, compiled by Ralph
A. Lyon. lO cents (J. S. Qgilvte Pub. Co.).
The Pacific Monthly for March never had
a more varied, better bill of literary fare.
And the cover, picturing a Chinese mer
chant adding up figures, amid a wealth of
warm color, stimulates curiosity to sample
the wares within. "Lot-gins: Scenes in the
California Redwoods" opens the magazine
attractions, followed by "A Purposeful Pic
nic" by Fred A. Hunt. describing the
Custer battlefield. Ira E. Bennett Inter
estingly writes of "Western Affairs at Wash
ington, D. C." and "Football: Battle or
Eport." written by David Starr Jordan, la a )
boldly epeken. courageous presentation. A '
notable article is Arno Dosch's "Kit Carson, '
Great American." "A Missionary to Kings." .
by John Fleming Wilson, Is a Pacific story '
of abiding power.