THE SUNDA.Y OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, MAY 3. 1908.
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INI MORALS , AS IN ART, SACKING IS
NOTHING,- DOING-IS' AM'
The Ixus of Gandla. By Algernon Charles
Swinburne. Price. $1.23. Harper &
Brothers, New York City.
Swinburne, who Is now. 71 years old.
Is accepted as . occupying a foremost
place among: the great poets of our
(feneration, and when such a recog
nized literary authority as Theodore
Watts - Dunton, Swinburne's personal
friend, says that the "Duke of Gandla"
represents' the zenith of Swinburne's
dramatic power, I believe him until I
read the opening pages of this asbestos
two-act Italian drama.
Zenith of Swinburne's dramatic
power! It Is utter drivel, and I am
glad to see that this opinion Is being
shared by two or three recognized book
authorities In this country. The cen
tral motif of the drama Is a lurid pic
ture of gratified lust and murder.
The scene of the dramo is Rome,
Italy, July 22. 1497, the principal per
sons represented being: Pope Alexan
der VI, his two sons, Francesca Borgia,
Duke of Gandla and Caesar Borgia,
Cardinal of Valencia; Vannozza Catanel,
surnamed La Rosa, concubine to the
pope; Lucrezla Borgia, daughter to
Alexander and Vannozza; and two as
sassins. The very first page Is blotted
with an impure thought an expression
which somehow one could regettably
pass In Shakespeare, ',hut never in a
modern poet like Swinburne, The pope
is represented as a - living, breathing
crime of sensual desire. Caesar plots
his brother Francesco's death, and
gives a hint of his purpose to his fam
iliar shadow Michelotto:
I do not ask the where my brother sleeps
And where tomorrow Bees him yet aaleep
Michelotto:
Ask of the fishers' nets on Tiber.
Caesar:
Kay, . '
Not I. hut Rome, 'shall ask it. Fasa in
peace;
The benediction of my sir be thlnel
As Francesco comes out of a house
of sin, he is attacked by two assassins,
one of whom tells him as he sings, to
sing "thy next of songs to Satan4
They stab hiin and blaspheme. Dis
covering his son's murder. Alexander
VI doubts If there Is a God, and amid
bitter reproaches between Caesar and
himself, the unpleasant story ends
abruptly, as If Swinburne had suddenly
realized that for once he had written
verse unworthy of his genius. Lucre
zia plays an unimportant part. There
Is nothing in the blank verse worth
quoting at any length.
To get to the real Swinburne, I leave
"The Duke of Gandla" with disappoint
ment, and gladly recall his undoubted
poetic genius as seen In "The Queen
Mother," " Rosamond." "Atlanta In
Calydon," " Chastlelard," "Siena," "A
Song of Italy," "Bothweu," etc. Even
his smaller poems shine with star-like
effulgent beauty. For instance, do you
remember Swinburne's purity of senti
ment reflected In "A Match"?
If love were what the rose is.
And I were like the leaf.
Our lives would grow together
In sad or singing weather.
Blown fields or flowerful closes.
Green pleasure or grey grief.
If I were what the words are.
And love were like the tune.
With double sound and single,
Dellgh-t our ilpa would mingle.
With klssea glad as birds are
That get sweet rain at noon!
Turning one parting glance at "The
Duke of Gandla," I verily beiieve that
if It were offered for publication to any
reputable magazine or newspaper edi
tor in this country without Swin
burne's name being mentioned as the
author It would very probably be pro
nounced "unsuitable."
Tile Love Sonnets of a Car Conductor. By
Wallace Irwin. Price. 50 cents. Paul El
der & Co., New York City and Saa Fran
cisco." .
We have It on the authority of Mr.
Irwin that the 26 exquisite sonnets which
form this cycle were written probably
during the years 1906-07, and that the au
thor was one William Henry Smith, a
trolley car conductor, who penned his
love-ecstasy from time to time on the
back of transfer slips, which he care
fully treasured In his hat. But It is well
to remember that Mr. Irwin is already a,
professional humorist of National promi
nence. To read these lines is to grin.
Mr. Smith Is the presiding genius of a
Harlem trolley car. and his particular
lady love is one Pansy. He tells his 213
degrees FaMrenhett love for her In the
choicest rhymed slang. To wit:
Today I piped my future Ma-in-law.
She got aboard my Pullman and she
scared
Three babies Into fits the way she glared.
Rattle my baggaga It I ever saw
A cracker-box to equal Mother's Jaw, .
A hardwood-finish face all nailed and
squared.
She ossified the grlpman when she stared
And me? Weil, I was overcame with awe.
But, being Pansy's Ma, 'twas up to me
To hand her' something plt-a-pat and
swell.
And o I saya. "Hello, Queen Cherokee!
What ho! for Pansy? hope shea feeling
well."
And Ma responds, a trifle tart but game,
"She minds her blsness hope you feel the
same."
Three days with aad skldoo have came and
went.
Yet Pansy Cometh nix Jo ride with me.
I rubber vainly at the throng to see
Her golden locks gee! auch a discontent!
Perhaps she's beat It with some soapy
gent
Perhaps she's promised QUI the Grip to
be
His No. r till Death tolls "23"!
While I am Outsky In the supplement.
Prisoners of Chance. By Randall Parrlsh.
Illustrated, price, $1.50. A C. McClurg
A Co., Chicago.
With all the wild, thrilling appeal of a
melodrama, leagued with lots of excite
ment, I know of no novel of adventure
this year to beat the Intensity of plot and
sustained Interest of "Prisoners of
Chance." It Is nearly as good as the
famous story which made Rider Haggard,
"King Solomon's Mines" and that is
going some. Mr. Parrish has already won
li is spurs as an American novelist In
"When Wilderness Was King." "My Lady
of the North," "Bob Hampton of Placer,"
etc., and his art is maturing with each
story he writes. "Prisoners of Chance"
is surely Ills masterpiece. The story Is
told by one Geoffrey Benteen, gentleman
adventurer, whose father was the first of
the English race to make permanent set
tlement in New Orleans. Action starts In
Septembsr, 1769, when French and Spanish
were battling to win what was then
known as the' Louisiana Province.
There's 'fighting In most of. the chapters,
and the best written word-picture of all is
a description of a Journey to the Temple
of the Sun, where Benteen meets the
Natchez Indians afterward cut to pieces
by the" French. Evidence Is given that
they are the last remnant of the lost
Moundbullders. The old "northern wilder
ness Is described with a fidelity remind
ing one of Fenimore Cooper.
"A Mind That Found Itself," by Cllnrd
Wlttlngham Beers; fl.no. Longmans.
Green. & Co., New York City.
Think of the singularly pathetic ex
periences of a young man who passed
from the terrors of neurasthenia to posi
tive unreason, and able to write about
It in a book! That's Mr. Beers' message
in this volume of 363 pages, and it is one
of the most peculiar autobiographies one
could possibly get hold of.
Mr. Beers is a New Englander,- and
he relates that In the year 1894, while
he entered the Sheffield Scientific School
at Yale, he experienced profound men
tal distress because one of his brothers
suddenly contracted epilepsy, and after
ward died. Was epilepsy In the family,
and what was to prevent C. W. Beers
from being similarly afflicted? The
thought preyed on him. but he managed
to graduate at Yale, Jime 30, 1897. June
23, 1900, the crash of unreason attacked
him. and then follows an honest but
pitiable account of his clouded mental
condition. He attempted his life and to
escape from friends, but was found and
taken to a so-called private sanitarium.
Here and' at similar Institutions Mr. -
Beers was starved, beaten and ultimately
discharged as cured. His life reads like
a sensational novel. Naturally he gives
valuable Ideas and suggestions as to bet
ter treatment of the insane, and suggests
that what is known as the D. O. Mills,
hotel plan be applied to the sanitarium
field.
The Riddle of Personality. By K.- Adding.
ton Bruce. Price, $1.50. Moffat, Yard
Co.. New York City.
Considerable discussion Is going on
at the present time as to the utilization
of man's latent powers to stamp the
abnormal out of human life, and to
lessen and perhaps cure mental and
nervous diseases. Some advanced
thinkers even boldly say.: . "Physician,
heal thyself." Ah insistent call is heard
for literature on the subject, and espe
cially, proof of the survival of human
personality after tho death of the body.
In this connection, Mr. Bruce's book,
"The Riddle of Personality," fills a de
cided vacancy and will oe welcomed as
wise words of counsel from a scientific
standpoint. He sums, up to date, the
work In one of the most modern and
progressive derjartments of research.
I Bheddlng light on such problems as:
j The subllmal self; American explorers
oi tne subconscious: tne evidence for
survival: the nemesis of spiritism; the
senses of hallucination; hypnotism and
the drink habit; hypnoidization; spirit
Ism versus telepathy, etc. Mr. Bruce
defines the growth of Christian Science
as perhaps the unscientific utilization
of the powers latent -i every human
being." The work ot psychical re
searchers is critically noticed.
Low Twelve, by Edward S. Ellis. Illustrated.
f 1.80. F. R. Niglutach, New York City.
One of the unusual books of the year
and utterly different from the ordinary
publications which find their way to
the review table. "Low Twelve" pre
sents a series of striking Incidents il
lustrative of the fidelity of Free Ma
sons to one another In' times of distress
and danger, and is written by Mr. Ellie,
who is a past master of Trenton, N. J.,
Lodge No. 6, Free and Accepted Masons.
In the 20 chapters are many inter
esting stories, giving the history of
the famous William Morgan, who, in
the year 1826, disappeared in New York
after exposing certain secrets of the
Masonic fraternity, and thereby making
the matter a political issue; the Mason
who died at the. hands of Geronlmo
rather than violate his oath; stories of
the Civil War, where, because of their
Masonic- affiliations, the lives of solr
dters on both sides were saved. Theee
and other .incidents make up an ab
sorbing book of 247 pages, making the
roll an Illustrious one, and of interest
to Free Masons everywhere.
Three Weeks in Holland and Belgium. By
John IT. Hlglnbotham. Illustrated. The
Rellly A Britton Company, Chicago.
Rotterdam, Delft, The Hague' and
Scherenlngem, Leiden, Haarlem, Am
sterdam, Utrecht, .Brussels, Waterloo,
Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, and other fa
miliar names peer out of these tourist
pages and beckon to vacation time.
This offering Is bright, compared with
the ordinary, dull guidebook. It is
chatty, social and informing. Even If
one never, went to Holland or Belgium,
one could,- by reading what Mr. Hi grin -botham
so tactfully writes, get an in
telligent Idea of those countries and
their people.
Mental Healing, by Leander Edmund
Whipple. $1.50. The Metaphyseal Pub
lishing Company, New York City.
So successful has this thoughtful
book become that It has reached the
dignity of a -sixth edition. It is not
argumentative or technical, but a sane
presentation of a puzzling subject that
is receiving more than a passing share
of attention at the present time. -Its
thought is with Macbeth. "Throw
physio to the-dogs; I'll have none of it."
One of the principal theories insist
ed on is that every drug Is accom
panied by a mode of subconscious men
tal activity of a degraded order, which
is so foreign to the nature of the
mental' organism and to the natural
construction and operation of the
higher divisions of the nervous
mechanism; that normal action is im
possible wTiile It is present. Mr. Whip
ple would rather appeal to' the inner
voice of the higher nature.
Onr Trees: How to- Know Them. By Ar
thur I. Emerson and Clarence M. Weed.
Illustrated. J. B. Llpplnoott Co., Phlla
, delphla.
So skillfully is this beautifully prepared
book arranged that it seems as if all the
most important trees in America suddenly
but surely passed our vision, one after
anothet. '
It Is really 'a; first-class opportunity to
get better acquainted with our great
American trees and possess this guide to
their recognition at any season of the
year, with notes on the characteristics,
distribution and culture of trees.
Mr. Weed is teacher of nature study in
the Massachusetts State Normal School,
at Lowell, Mass.
The pictures upon the plates have In all
cases been tfiken directly from nature,
and are so skillfully presented that even
the non-technical reader will recognize
either the whole tree or the leaves, flow
ers, fruits, or Winter twigs. These pic
tures referred to are beautifully distinct
and file descriptive matter well prepared.
Tha most complete tree-book of the year.
Jen-o Jatfaes Rousseau. By Jules Lemaitre,
and translated by Jeanne Alatret. Prire,
$2. .10. The McClure Company, New York
City. .
Tolstoi once said, in speaking of Rous
seau: "I have read Rousseau from be
ginning to eid. and admired him with
HomeuunB more inttn cmnusiam. i wor
shipped bim. At 15 I carried around my
neck. Instead of the usual cross, a medal
lion with his' portrait," Rousseau Is gen
erally remembered as one of the most fa
mous, yet most radical,- of French- writers
born in Geneva in 1712 and dying near
Paris in 1778. His great presentation of
democracy entitled "Social Contract," is
recognized by many scholars as the Bible
of the French Revolution, yet it is ad
mitted that his domestic life was a model
to be avoided. The present book of 10
chapters is, written in a critical yet kindly
spirit, the pest of the literary work un
doubtedly being an impression of the first
six books of the celebrated "Confessions.
The best picture of all is Rousseau, the
man, and' the aspect Is on the whole en
joyable. , , -v -
Victoria, thf, Woman. By Frank Hlrd.
Priee. $2.50. Illustrated. D. Appleton &
Co., New York City.
Up to a short time ago, .it seemed
that public tante had been satiated as
to the life of Queen Victoria of Great
Britain and Ireland so much had been
written on the subject. But Mr. Hurd's
beautifully illustrated volume shows
that the last word had not yet been
said' about a queen who reigned longer
than any of her predecessors on the
English throne, and longer than any
monarch In Europe, with the exception
of Louis XIV of France
"Victoria, the Woman," is a text Mr.
Hird firmly adheres to. ' His book is
not merely a copy of dry state papers,
but a picture of the good queen's home
and private life, wltii royalty modestly
peeping out in the background. The
estimate given of Victoria's character
is commendable.
Makers of American Literature.. By Pro
fessor Edwin W. Bowen. Price, $2.50.
The Neale Publishing Company, New
York City.
In his method of literary presenta
tion, the author, who was formerly
assistant professor of English In the
University of Missouri and is now pro
fessor of Latin in Randolph - Macon
College, uses both the biographical and
critical avenues of thought, in an alto
gether enjoyable fashion. After devot
ing one chapter to the writers of our
Colonial period, professor Bowen de
scribes Franklin, Irving, Cooper, Poe,
Prescott, Hawthorne, Emerson, Bryant,
Longfellow, Holmes, Whittler, Lowell,
Lanier and Whitman. His estimates,
on the whole, are fair, and he gives
enough excerpts from the works of the
different authors described to encour
age the student to a more extensive
reading. The book will be found-useful
both in the classroom and in the
home.
Memoirs of the Comtesae De Bolgne, edited
by M. Charlea Nicoulland. Volume III.
Charles Scrlbner's Sons, New York City.
The French revolution of 1830 through
which Louis Philippe was made King,
is the leading event pictured In this, the
third and final volume of these historical
memoirs, the publication of which has
been welcomed as noteworthy in the lit
erature of our time. The years described
are 1820-1830 and the confidential rela
tions sustained by the COmtesse De
Bolgne with the highest dignatartes of
the French court, enable her to unravel
mysteries of state policy, to an intimate
degree. She also gives vivid sketches of
such great figures as Talleyrand, Chat
eaubriand, Gulzot, the French royal fam
ily. Metternich, the Due de Richlieu, Lord
Castiereagh and others..
The Heart of the Red Flra, by Ada Woodruff
' Anderson. Illustrated. $1.50. Little, Brown
& Co., Boaton. ' '
Mrs. Anderson, the author of this
wholesome, refreshingly original novel
of the Puget Sound country, is one of
the best known literary women of Seat
tle, Wash., where she r'eslres. She skil
fully pictures scenes In that region in the
'70s, after the completion of the North
ern Pacific Railroad, and her words have
the ring of realism. Among her strik
ing scenes are a partial ascent" or Mount
Rainier, the raising of Alice's cabin,
a fight with a forest fire, opium smug
gling, discovery of a lost claim, . etc. One
of the strongest personalities in the book
la that of a modern American woman
In a new country, a mixture of execu
tive ability and feminine charm. It's a
stirring pioneer story, pleasantly marked
here and there by music scores.
'. ' . .
Ge-RJch-Qulck Wolllngford. By George
Randolph Chester. Illustrated. Price.
fl.OO. Henry Altemus Company. Phila
delphia Do you want to hear about the up-to-date
genius of dizzy finance, the Na
poleonic schemer who makes $1,000,000
out of $100 capital and just keeps on i
the safe edge of jail? Read Mr. Ches
ter's most amusing novel, picturing an
American business buccaneer and his
famous carpet-tack. It Is impossible
not to admire Wallingford cleverness
and nerve. Does he come to a bad end?
Not he. . When dollars are near him
they almost race to get into his capa
cious pockets, and his wife is a sweet
souled modern saint. In the last chap
ter Wallingford is really placed in jail,
but his lucky star is again in evidence
and he quickly emerges as confidential
man for- a big corporation. One of
Wallingford's typical sayings: "t want
to die with money in both hands."
Motley' Dutrh Nation. By William Eliot
Griftls. Illustrated. Price. $1.75. Har
per A Brothers. NewYork City.
Epoch-making in every way Is this
scholarly book' jof 960 pages, consisting of
two parts an abridgement of the late
John Lothrop Motley's three volumes en
titled "The Rise of the Dutch Republic,"
and an independent sketch of Dutch his
tory from 15R4 to IMS. One notable chap
ter contains an account of the reign Of
Queen Wilhelmina and also of her inau
guration, of which our editor. Dr. Grif
fis, was an eve witness. Dr. Griffis, D.
D., and L. H. D., is a member of
the Netherlandish Societies of Literature,
Science and Archaeology at Leyden, Mld
delburg and Leeuwarden. A careful and
intelligent review la presented of. the so
cial, political and economic situation and
problems of Holland. In short, one of the
world's greatest historical masterpieces is
shown in a new light.
The Elimination of the Tramp. By Es
mond Kelly. Price, fl. G. P. Putnam's
Bona, New York City.
What shall we do with the tramp?
Eliminate him. says Mr. Kelly, by tne
Introduction into this country of the labor
colony system already proved effective in
Holland, Belgium and Switzerland with
necessary modifications to adapt this sys
tem to American conditions. Mr. Kelly,
who is a recognized authority on the sub
ject, has studied the tramp problem for
some 20 years, and Is the author of the
well-known phrase that "vagrancy is kept
alive by indiscriminate alms-giving and
such (misnamed) charities as shelters,
soup kitchens, etc." He applies cold rea
son In his arguments, which are not cal
culated to win the approval of the aver
age church worker. He really presents
strong views and figures along lines of.
correction.
Human, All Too Human, by Frlederlck
Nietzsche. C H. Kerr & Co., Chicago.
This book reminds me of tho varied
contents of a bottleful of pickles you
have to search industriously to distin
guish the sweets from the sours. Mo
rality and Christianity get new mean
ings in it, the opinion being generally
expressed that Christianity will go
down. In the preface, tho author
complains that in Germany this Ger
man book has been read most indiffer
ently snd little heeded there. I, for
one, believe it. What Nietzsche Is
driving at in these 182 pages would
puzzle a Philadelphia lawyer. Still,
Nietzsche is a leader of thought today,
and has his devoted following. So let
him pass.
King Spruce. By Holmai Day. Illustrated.
Price, $1.50. Harper & Brothers, New
York City.
in sucn a lumDer state as Oregon,
this pulsing tale of the great woods of
Maine, with its fire and flood, drifting
snow and icy sluiceways, rushing logs
and fighting men. '-ght to find ready
popularity. Its style Is modern and the
characters are skilfully grouped. ( The'
hero Is Dwlght Wade, college-man, who
is in love with the chief of the timber
barons, personified in King Spruce, and
he dominates the stage whenever he
is on it. Humor and verse brighten up
the story, which can be classed as a
typically American one and deserving
high place in the list of popular sellers
this Spring.
The Ancient Law. By Ellen Glasgow. Price
$1.50. Doubleday, Page & Co.. New York
City.
An eminent critic of New York City re
cently said that for Intellectual grasp
and strength of character construction, no
American novelist has come cjoser to
George Eliot's work than has Miss Glas
gow. This is noticeable in "The Ancient
Law," where the dominant chord is suf
fering and the evolution of a strong man,
Daniel Ordway, the victim of relentless
circumstance. From the moment in the
first chapter when he stepx out of prison
life where he had served five years Ord
way somehow draws one's sympathy.
The scene is Virginia, and It Is In a
chastened mood that the reader finishes
the story.
Little Journeys to the Homes of Kmlnent
Artists. By Elbert Hubbard. Illustrated.
Price, $2.50. a. P. Putnam's Sons, New
York City.
Really a work of art In words and ele
gant pictures, the language having all
the charm that the name of Elbert Hub
bard stands for. One feels that one
might well wear a pair of white kid
gloves in handling this book while the
perfume around' might be crushed violets
The homes of the artists where Mr. Hub
bard visits are those of Raphael, Leonar
do Da Vinci, Botticelli, Thorwaldsen,
Thomas Gainsborough, Velasquez, Corot,
Corregglo, Giovanni Bellini, Benvenuto
Cellini and James MacNeill Whistler.
Positively one of the year's great art
books.
Travers, by Sara Dean. Illustrated. $1.50.
F A. Stokes Company, New York City,
and the J. K. Gill Co.. Portland.
Pulses and throbs with the story of
the San Francisco earthquake and fire,
and the Interest is kept up at race
horse speed. The first time the heroine,
Gwendolyn Thornton, meets the hero,
Keith Travers, the. latter is a thief, but
slowly emerges Into a strong man. The
metamorphose is skillfully constructed.
The authoress. Miss Dean, actually
passed through the San Francisco fire
and has breathed into her novel the
spirit of some of her actual experi
ences. On the Witness Stand. By Hugo Munster
barg. Price. $1.50. The McClure Com
pany, New York City.
Hugo Munsterberg, the professor of
psychology at Harvard University, is rec
ognized as one of the greatest authorities
on deduction and psychology in this coun
try, and any message he gives along
these lines such as the thoughts in this
book has more than usual significance.
"On the Witness Stand" consists of eight
essays on psychology and crime, the most
important of these being new deliverances
on '.'Hypnotism and. Crime."
The t'nder Groove. By Arthur Strlnjrer.
The McClure Company. New York City.
Wire trouble, a condenser, a one-half
duplex set, dry batteries, a key and sound
er. No. 12 wire, green insulating tape, etc.
These and similar terms fairly swarm
over eight "detective" stories, each one
with a tinge of crime and detection. Mr.
Stringer is fast making his name as a
clever writer of yarns a la Sherlock
Holmes.
Evolution, Social and Organic, by Arthur
M. Lewis. Charles H. Kerr & Co., Chicago.
Ten more than usually Interesting
chapters, tracing early evolutionary
thought in Greece, the gradual theory
of evolution as discovered by Lamarck
and Darwin, Welssman's theory of the
non-transmission of acquired charac-
PPT
BEAU BRUMMEL OF KLICKITATS,
NATURAL LEADER OF MEN,5E&FHEDU
CATED, BUT POWERLESS TO RIGHT THE
WRONGS OF HIS PEOPLE
BY J. G. HADDOCK.
TWENTY-TWO years ago there was
located a tepee at a point on the
north bank of roaring Klickitat,
under the shadow of Pyramid Mountain,
and near the soda springs that supplied
vermlllion mud used by yie tribes
for war paint. ' The tepee stood over the
dugout that was used when King George
ruled England and the Hudson Bay
Company ruled the Northwest. This was
the birthplace of the subject of this
sketch. Old Chief Wahklacus. an uncle
of Slockish, lived at that time and on
his demise Wah-la-he became chief of
the Wahkiacus tribe of Kllckltats and
left Prince Slockish In direct line of as
cension to some day rule this onco opulent-
tribe. Slockish was a natural born
leader of his people. Story runs when a
Binall youth he led the young braves in
their hunting expeditions and his marks
manship would never fall to knock the
luster out of a squirrel's eye.
' The Prince Is one of the best educated
Indians residing in Klickitat county.
Uncle Sam had no hand in equipping him
in this line. Like some of his palefaced
brothers, ho never attended school a day,
but dug from books what he had to know
to. get "along. The late Hon. William Rice
Dunbar, one time Indian agent at Slletz
Agency, and later one of tho builders
of the State of Washington, Informed tho
writer. . "Slockish is one of the brightest
teristics, De Vries theory of mutation,
Kropotkin's "Mutual Aid," etc. Civil
ization is defined as human develop
ment beyond the animal stage, Mr.
Lewis expresses his ideas with remark
able clearness, and often with humor.
My Day and Generation. By Clark R. Carr.
Illustrated. A. C. MoClurg & Co., Chi
cago Modestly but ably written, this Is a no
table autobiography of Mr. Carr's own
times, giving word-pictures of a Journey
to California in 1869, with Governor Yates,
President Lincoln, General Sherman. Ben
jamin F. Butler, Martin ' Van Buren,
Henry Ward Beecher, Roscoe Conkling,
Edward D. Baker, United States Senator
from Oregon, Oliver P. Morton: the cri
sis of 1S76; Ingersoll as a Democrat; James
J. Hill; our corn-kitchen at the Paris Ex
position of 1900, etc. The book teems
with personal reminiscences of a long
and busy life, and can bo used with profit
as an adjunct to American history of the
period referred to. Mr. Carr, who is a
publicist and was once United States Min
ister to Denmark, is also the author of
"The Illini: A Story of the Prairies." and
"Lincoln at Gettysburg."
The Standard of Usage In Kngllsh. By
Professor Thomea R. Lounsbury. Price,
$1.50. Harper Brothers. New York City.
In reviewing this learned volume,
largely devoted, to faulty English, It is
well' to remember that Thomas R.
Lounsbury is emeritus professor of
English in Yale University, and that
his conclusions are. critical to a high
degree. Yet he isn't a pessimist, for
it may he said that his general view
point comprises a denial that-the Eng
lish language is degenerating through
corrupt usage, although corrupt usage
Is admitted. The assertion is favored
that the acceptance of the doctrine that
rules of grammar are of no value, save
as they are based upon the practice of
what are known as great writers.
Many amusing instances of error in
speech are corrected.
The Huntsman In the South, ky Alexander
Hunter. Volume I. $1..-0. Illustrated. The
Neale Publishing Company, New York
City.
Major Hunter has been the teacher
of some of the great huntsmen of this
I country, he won the $500 prize offered
by Dr. Worman while the latter was
editor of Outing, and Is recognized as
having possibly written more articles
relating to hunting , and which have
appeared in maglzinei In this country
and Great Britain, than the ordinary
sporting writer. This book of his is
a rich outdoor treat. We are told
where the game is to be found, and
under what conditions it Is to be hunt,
ed from Virginia to the Rio Grande.
Everything technical Is barred and the
style is graphic, to the point of being
lively and very often amusing.
The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bul
Btrode. By Marie Van Vorst. Illustrated.
Charles Scrlbner's Sons, New York City.
A masterpiece of dainty, society
lazy-do-nothing sentiment, because Its
about Jimmy Bulatrode, who is pic
tured as a "distressingly impracticable
rich person, surrounded by people who
admired him for what he really was
and by those who tried to squeeze him
for what he was worth."
Yet, Jimmy Is a hero with a heart,
and worth knowing. He belongs to
high-class fiction, and It will be found
conducive to a better understanding of
him if. when the reader dips into theee
eight merry adventures, a box of choc
olates is near.
Purple and Homespun. By Samuel M Gar
denhlre. Price. $1.50. Harper A Broth
ers, New York City.
This brilliant .story of official life
opens at Washington, D. C, and has
an entertaining tinge of socialism in
its warp and weft. Two of the prin
cipal characters are Marshall Treemon,
self-made man and newly appointed
Senator, who is In love with Victoria
Weymss, daughter of Lord Weymss,
th'e British Ambassador. Rapidly the
scene shifts to New York, bearing with
it a secret connected with Treemon's
parentage. The mystery is cleverly
worked up, along with a pleasant love
story.
The Battle for the Pacific. By Rowan
Stevens, Kirk Munroe and others. Illus
trated. Price. $1.25. Harper A Brothers.
New York City.
Sensational war stories, such as the
English "Battle of Dorking," Stockton's
"Great War Syndicate," and other simi
lar publications, have served their era.
Now comes "The Battle for the Pacific."
containing 15 excellent war yarns, some
of the storytellars selecting Japan as an
antagonist in their imaginative battles.
and others choosing England. All the
talcs have- the tang and the roar of the
sea, and the war of wit is very entertain
ing, 'lhe list of authors selected is a rep
resentative one. -
The Konnd-l'p. By John Murray and Milla
Miller. Illustrated. G. W. Dillingham
Company, New York City.
A romance of Arizona, this stirring
tale is novelized from Edmund Day's
melodrama, one of the many laughable
features of which 'is the saying, "No
body loves a fat man." "Cowboy land,"
the boys,; prospectors, glrle and love
make up an alluring combination.
The Iron Lord. By S. R. Crockett. Illus
trated. Empire Book Company. New
York City.
It is almost needless to state that the
scene of this novel is Scotland and that
MCE SWC
young Indians I ever saw and It is a
shame he was not given an f education,"
A. W. Zimmerman, pioneer superin
tendent of the Columbia River and North
ern Railway, and wh'o often did much
business letter writing for the Indians
along the line, said, "Frank is one in a
thousand of his race with natural pro
clivities for a classical education."
Every Sunday, when at his abode,
Slockish may be designated from all
other Indians about by being gorgeously
arrayed in a suit of solid bead work and
for the vest of the same ho declined at
North Yakima last year to sell for $75.
With all' his foppishness and Irreverent
demeanor he Is intrusted at the Sunday
worship of the Indians to the sacred
position of beating' the tom-toms and
leading ,the weird chant. A stranger
to meet for the first time this foppish
veritable Beau Brummel mannered sort
of fellow, with a smile of greeting of
happy-go-lucky,- would little dream
that beneath the outer crust of appear
ance was a. mind stirred In deep
thought for his people, based upon the
real wrongs that a great wise Gov
ernment had permitted. In part, .when
fouud In a meditative mood Prince
Slockish said: "The white fathers at
Washington, D. C, committed a great
injustice to. my people when they gave
each Indian an allotment of 80 acres
from the public domain from - which
one of the characters is a garrulous
preacher. The leading figure Is one Jacob
Romer, a Scottish ironmaster, owner of
the Incubus mines at Kirktown a man of
violent temper . and evil life. The love
story. Is better told. "The Iron Lord"
will 'be accepted as one of Crockett's
minor tales.- It's only once in a lifetime,
however, that a novelist can write such a
classic as Crockett's "The Stickit Minis
ter.". -
Love's Login and Other Stories. By An
thony Hope. The McClure Company, New
York City.
Fifteen crisply written stories of the
usual Anthony Hope class, with Dukea,
Countesses, Princes and other aristo
crats sugared to- taste.
. J. M. QUENTIN.
IN LIBRARY AND WORKSHOP.
The reprint edition of the late A. A.
Denny's "Pioneer Days on Puget Sound" was
reviewed in last, week's Oregonian, the. edi
tor and publisher of this Interesting book
being Mrs. Alice Harrlman. of Seattle, who I
also favorably known in literary ctrclea as
the author of "Songs o the Sound" and
."Chaperoning Adrienne Through the Yellow
stone." Half-tone plcturea-of Mrs. Harrl
man and the late Mr. Donny are featured
on this book page.
"The Duko of Gandla," "The Heart of
the Red Flra," "William Jordan, Junior."
"Memoirs of the Comtesse de Bolgne,"
"Mental Healing." "A Mind That Found
Itself. Our Trees: How to Know Them."
"King Spruce," "Oet-RlchrCJuick Walling
ford," "Three Weeks In Holland and Bel
glum," "Travers." "Victoria the Woman,"
"The Riddle of Personality," "The Man of
Yesterday." "My Iay and Generation."
"Astronomy With the Naked Eye." "The
Standard of - Usage In English." "The
Round-lTp," "The Sentimental Adventures
of Jimmy Bulstrode." "Love's Logic and
Other Stories." "The Under Groove," "pris
oners of Chance," "The Elimination of the
Tramp," "Little Journeys to the Homes of
Eminent Artists," "On tWe Witness Stand."
"Motley's Dutch Nation" and "Jean Jacques
Rosseau" were all received for review
through the kindness of the J. K, Gill
Company, of this city.
A notable article for Its fund of Infor
mation, pictures and exchange of secrets
connected with the making up of faces for
stage work appears In the current number
of the Pacific Monthly from the clever pen
Books Added to Library
The following booka at the Public Library
will go into circulation May 4:
DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL.
Alcock Trade and travel in South Amer
lea. Ed. 2. 1IWT 18 ASM.
Bates From Gretna Green to Land's End:
a literary Journey In England. 1007. 81-1.2
B32U.
Brand The free lances; stories of the sea
;hters of all nations. 1U07. 910 4 BS17.
Cicrk The continent of opportunity: the
South American republics, their history, re
sources and their outlook. 1K07. 018 C5D2.
Hale The South Americans; the story of
the South American republics, their char
acteristics, progress and tendencies. 1907.
918 H161.
Wendell The France ot today. 1908. 014.4
W40.
FICTION.
Blndloas Mistress of Bonaventure. BG13m
Crawford The little city of Hope. CSU91I.
Martin Hia courtahlp. M3814h. - '
Turgenleff Novela and stories; tr. by
Norman Hapgood. 14 v. T93Sn.
FINE ARTS.
Browning, comp A course In structural
drafting. 1907. 733 B88S.
Christy Modern side-saddle riding: a
practical handbook for horse-women. Ed. 8,
rev. 1907. 798 C53.
Elson Music club programmes from all
nations. 1907. 780 E9m.
Grieg Erste und zwette orcheatersulta
aus der muslk zu Peer Gynt. ' n. d. 780.4
GS4S.
Hamilton Outlines of music history. 1908.
780.9 H217.
Klrby Daffodils, ' narcissus, and how to
grow them as hardy plants and for cui
(lowers. 1907. 71 2 K38.
Rajiton The art of landscape gardening.
1907. 710 R426.
HISTORY.
Blackmar Spanish Institutions of tha
Southwest. 181)1. D79 B629.
Bury A student's hlstery of Greece. 1907.
93S B975S.
Krausse The Far East: Its history and
Its questions. 1000. 951 K91.
LANGUAGE.
Carlson Swedish grammar and reader.
1907. 43').7 C284
Curme A grammar of the German lan
guage. 1905. 435 Ci75.
Griffin Esperanto in twenty lessons. 1907.
408.02 GS5I.
Julien Practical and conversational read
er. 18S5. 44S J94.
LITERATURE.
, Wells, comp. A vera de societe anthology.
1007. S21.0S W45Sv.
PHILOSOPHY.
Fcwler How to get and keep a Job. 1907.
174 F7S7h.
Ross Sin and society; an analysis of latter-day
Iniquity. 1907. 172 RS23.
RELIGION. '
Guernsey Citizens of tomorrow: a study
of childhood and youth from the standpoint
of home mission work. 2B8 G!:)3.
Sanday The life of Chrlat In recent re
search. 1907. 232.0 S213.
SCIENCE.
Jordan and Kellogg Evolution and ani
mal life. 1907. 675 JS2e.
Lecky Wrinkles In practical navigation.
Ed. 15, rev. and enl. 1908. 527 L4H1.
Nelson An analytical key to some of the
common flowering plants of the Rocky
Mountain region. 1903. 581.978 N424.
Ward The oak: a popular Introduction to
forest botany. 1892. 82 W258.
Young Teaching of mathematics. 1903.
610.7 Y73.
SOCIOLOGY.
Francisco. The business of municipalities
and private corporations compared; data
the white man had selected fhe best
land. Wo had no' plows or machinery
to work the land; nor did the big
tyhee permit tis to sell a portion, and
white settlers branded us lazy Indians
and we could acquire no money or
credit for improvement. Destruction of
our game was permitted and our fish
ing places on the Columbia given to
white men. Like our cayuses, we have
been turned out on an exhausted range
to linger and starve. Every Winter In
llans are dying on the Columbia River
from actual starvation. Again, our peo
ple are not familhir with land surveys,
and for this Reason locations have been
made wrong in many instances. For
example, Indian Stahi wa"s deprived of
tne homo ot generations of his people,
where applo trees flourished and every
year bore - abundant fruit, when the
survey man came one day and sliowed
the United States patent of . the old
warrior was for land located upon the
inhospitable bluffs of the Klickitat. We
have been goldbrlcked in donation,
buncoed in locating, starved into sub
mission and our people outside the res
ervation are getting in a more deplor
able condition eevry year."
The eye of Slockish was aroused with
fire in concluding and shone with tha
Inborn hatred for the white rare when
he told of 'how his people had been,
ruthlessly robbed.
I.yle. Wash., April '!8.
I of William H. Dills, stage manager at the
! Baker Theater. His article, which Is 1m. ih
r ttcholarly and entertaining, is entitled "Hnw
to Make up, ' and I never before read -mien
a clearly expressed exposition of stage
work. Good for "Billy" Dills. Brigadier
General Thomas McArthur Anderson, United
St-atea Army, retired, and who Is a resi
dent of this city, presents' a thoughtful,
military word picture on "The Battle of
Dorking." In which he shows our unpre
parennesa to resist foreign invasion, and
goes on to any: "Another Salatnis may ba
fought off the mouth of the Columbia, or
the decisive -Armageddon In the. Valley of
tha Yangtze." William L. Finley contrib
ute another of his Informing. Intelligent
bird talka Illustrating "How Birds Fiah."
and John Fleming Wilson haa an enjoyable
bit of Action In "Local Color.". ElKht col
ored pictures illustrating Western life catch
the eye and claim instant attention. Tho
outside cover Ih a boldly drawn representa
tion. In color, of a row of battleships- In
procession. The number la keeping up to
high ideals.
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
A Story Told by Pins, by Anna Virginia
Russell, Illustrated. $1 ; and Tho Beckoning
Heights, by Phoebe Fabian Leckcy, illus
trated. fl.SO NeslR Pub. Co.).
afargta Sclvayler, by Grace Livingston
Hill Lutz. illustrated ( Lipplncott's).
Old Mr.' Davenant's Money, by Francis
Powell, $1.50, and The Old Room, by Carl
Ewald, $1.2,-1 f Scrlbner's).
The Chorus Lady, by James Forbes, Il
lustrated. $1.50: The Virgin Widow, by
Randal Charlton: and Go To It, by Hugh
MeHugn. Illustrated (Dillingham Co.).
Bertrand of Brittany, by Warwick Peep
ing, fl.r.O: Harper's Indoor Book for Boys,
by Joseph H Adams, illustrated, $1.75; The
Servant In the House, by Charles Rann
Kennedy. $1.23 (Harper's).
Yolanda of Cyprus, by Cale Young Rice,
$1.25; and The Sword Decides, by Marjorie
Bowen (McClure's).
Into the primitive, by Robert Amea Ben
net, Illustrated. $1 50 (McClurg).
The Solar System, by Charles Lane Poor,
Illustrated, $2: Money Hunger, by Henry A.
Wise Wood: Mosquito Life, by Evelyn
Groeabeeck Mitchell, Illustrated, $2 (Put
nam's). Note. Tho above books were received
through tho courtesy of the J. K. GUI Co.,
this city.
Pushing Your Business: Advertising for
Banks, by T. I). MacGregor (Bankers' Pub.
Co.. N. Y.).
Outline for Review In American History,
by C B Newton and Kdwln B. Treat, 25
rents. (American Book Co., N. Y. ). .
that vrove.1 municipal ownership waste ex
ceeds corporate profit. 190".
Allen Home, school and vacation; a book
Of suggestions 1907.
G-iuss The American Government, organi
zation and officials, with the duties and
powers of Federal officeholders. 11'nH.
Holt On the civic relations. 19u7.
Meyer Public ownership and tho tele
phone In Great Britain, restriction of the
Industry by the state and the municipalities.
1907.
USEFUL ARTS.
Burkett Soils; their properties. Improve
ment, management and the problems of
crop growing 11)07.
Galrna Locomotive compounding and
auperheatlng. 1907.
Green Huw to cook shell fish. 1907.
Jackson & Daugherty Agriculture through,
the laboratory and school garden. 1907.
Nlsson India rubber; Its manufacture and
use. 1S91.
Railway master mechanic Railway shop
up to date. 1907.
Voorhees First principles of agriculture.
1SI15.
BOOKS ADDED TO THE REFFERENC13
DEPARTMENT.
Cambridge modern history, v. 5. 11)03.
Kent Mechanical engineers' pocket-book.
Ed. 1. rev. 1107.
McQulllln A treatise on the law of mu
nicipal ordinances. 1904.
Nelson, ed. Tha bond buyers' dictionary.
1007.
Reagan Locomotives, simple and com
pound. Ed. 5. rev. 1907.
Subln Cement and concrete. Ed.. 2, rev.
1907. i
Saint-Gaudens Augustus Salnt-Gaudens;
by Royal Cortlssox. 1907.
Van Nostrand's chemical annual. 1907.
Webb Railroad construction; theory and
practice. Ed. 3. rev. 1907.
BOOKS ADDED-TO THE JUVENILE DE-
PARTMENT.
Clark Boy life in the United States Navy.
Duraton Candle, light.
Halnea Little folk of Brittany.'
Riley & Gaynor Songs of the child world.
Whitney Bed-time book; pictures by Jes
aie Wilcox.
PUBLIC LIBRARY NOTES.
Reference Department.
All club members, especially programme
committees, are reminded that now is tha
time to bring in their programmes for next
year's work In order that material may ba
prepared and lists made during the Sum
mer In readiness for the Fall study. A largo
collection of club programmes for consulta
tion may be found at the reference desk.
The library has two rooms which It is
glad to place at the disposal of clubs, ar
rangements being made beforehand.
The beautiful exhibit of butterflies which
Is nowat the Sellwood Branch Library, will
be transerred on May 1 to the East Side
Branch Library.
Reading Room at Lenta.
Through the efforts of some of the public
spirited women of Ients a pleasant room
has been secured and furnished with com
fortable tables and chairs. This will be
conducted as a free public reading-room by
the Library Association of Portland and
will take the place of tho Library Deposit
Station so long under the care of Mr.
Arthur Gelsler. On the reading-room
shelves there are 300 or 400 hooks for cir
culation, including books for grown people
and for children. Special booka will be
sent on request from the Central Library.
An Interesting Hat of magazines has been
ordered
The reading room will be open from 3 to
5:30 and from 7 to 9:30 P. M. Delivery day
Thursday. Mrs. Martha Hall haa been ap
pointed custodian.