THE SUXDAY OKEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, MAT 24, 1908.
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A single, gentle rain makes the grass man;
shades greener. So our prospects brighten on the
influx of better thoughts. In a pleasant spring
morning, all men's sins are forgiven."
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The life and letter of George Bancroft.
Hr M. A. DeWolf Howe. Charles Scrlb
ner's Hons, New York City.
To the educated reading American, and
0( may bis an ado w never grow less, this
instructive book giving vuco insight into
the life and times of George Bancroft,
the eminent historian and publicist, who
was born in 1800 and died In 1891, is of
supreme moment. It is vital with more
than ordinary importance and surely
will win a place as a worthy exponent
of the inner rec eases of American his
tory, the kind of history that one does
not meet with in the usual school in
struction. Talks with diplomats of
worldwide celebrity, state letters, ques
tions affecting American policy abroad,
etc., make up an attractive literary pre
sentation. One Incident describing Bancroft'
visit with Goethe, from a letter dated
Jena, October 12, 1819 :
. . . I visited Goethe- toward noon. He
was talkative and affable, began at first
with speaking of common affairs. Then the
discourse cams on German philosophy. Kant
was mentioned with reverence. The state
of America became then the subject of
conversation. He seemed to think he was
quite well acquainted with ft. Me spoke
of several books on the country, of War
den's "Statistical Account of America, etc.,
etc. Then, too, Cops well had given him
an essay on American literature, which ap
peared in EkMnburnh. This essay Goethe
praised much for the beauty of Its style
and for the liveliness and fancy with which
it was written, and smiled as he mentioned
the freedom with which h spoke of the
different professions. Then the talk was
of Cogswell, a lie be r Mann a man of great
excellence
He spoke with, pleasure of the visits
Cogswell had paid him, etc.. etc. At length
I. gathering courage from talking with him.
ioe K occasion i oring nira ution toe jvng
Msh poets. Byron he praised in the highest
terms, declared himself one. of a large party
In Germany who admired him unboundedly
and seized on and swallowed everything
that came from him. Of Scott we had time
to talk ; of Wordsworth Sou they lie knew
nothing; of Coleridge, th .tame had for
gotten, however, his works. The author of
Bertram" was praised. ' 'The Tragedy "
said Goethe, "has manay beautiful pas
sages." Byron, however, seemed to remain
the most admired of all.
Not less atractlve Is Bancroft's word
plrture of Lord Byron:
When I reached Lord Byron's seat, I was
at once shown Into a cool room and In a
moment his Lordship jomea me, offering
me his hand. At firt he asked me many
questions about the fleet, about our officers,
our ships and our battles. He seemed even
Informed of the duels which had taken
" place among them, knowing the name of
the parties and the particulars of the quar
rels. We did not talk very long of these
matters, but came upon literature.
He spoke of several countrymen of Tiok
nor, of Everett, of Coolldge. He spoke par
ticularly of w. Irving, whose "Knicker
bocker' he seemed very fond of. His style
) called "rather florid," but commended
highly. I expressed my delight on hearing
praises of my countrymen ; but Byron re
plied that his feelings as to Irving were
common to all his countrymen.
We spoke of Germany. He asked If I
knew Goethe. 1 answered I did, and re
ported faithfully what I had heard Goethe
say of htm. I thtn told him of the trans
lations which have so often been made of
"his works, and of ttfe great admiration
which all Germans had for nim. This B
said was new to him, and would serve as
some solace for the abuse which he was
constantly receiving from home. He then
. spoke of himself with the greatest frank
ti ns. of the abuse lavished upon him on ail
sides In England, of a now article Jeffcrles
was preparing for hlra, of a letter ad
dressed to his publisher "not to me," said
he. "for me they deem Incorrigible." lie
spoke of the king as of one determined to
persecute him. "X never went to court."
said P., "and on evening at a bail was
presented to the king at the king's own re
quest." And yet the king complains of
"R.'s having been treated so civilly. "The
lines," added B., "were written before I
was presented to him."
T mentioned Goethe's comparison of
"Faust" and "Manfred," snd Byron ob
served, evidently In earnest, that he deemed
It honor enoush to have hlB work men
tioned with "Faust." As to its origin Lord
B. said that some time before he had con
ceived the idea of hie piece, Monk Lewis
had translated to hlra some of the scenes
and had given htm an idea of the plan of
the piece.
Speaking of the Immorality of his works,
he SHld: "Why. what are Fielding and
SmoUet and those authors?" Ho seemed to
think there were worse things In Smollett
than in anything he had ever written. What
would they say. too, to the introduction to
Goethe's Faust"? Many of his friends,
he said, in Italy as well as In Knglaitd.
had entreated him not to go on with "Doa
Juan."
He had dedicated one of lits late works
to Goethe: but for some reason or other
his publisher had omitted to print It.
One extract which especialy appeals
by the beauty of its language is that
describing a very human General Moltke,
the chief-of-staff of the German army,
which afterward crushed France, in the
war of 1S70:
. . . Today in my ride came in eight
of General Moltke, with whom I h"v
formed habits of friendship. The day "be
fore Christmas his wife, "aer years of
happiest married life." as he himself aald,
died after a short and terribly painful Ill
ness. To have forced myself on him might
have been an Intrusion, to turn away from
him my heart forbade. So I rode up to
him, turned my horse and accompanied. He
Is called the silent; with me he talks much
and with openness. A moment or two we
walked our horses in silence. I only have
expressed my grief in the fewest, but very
sincere, words. Presently he observed:
, "The attack was severe; the best physi
d clans, the most careful treatment were of
no avail; It was not possible to save her
life." He went on and again he spoke: "I
have taken her to Creisu this place ih
Silesia) and have plsced her in the church
twhich was on his estate), buried under the
palms and wreaths of flowers that were
heaped upon her. I have selected a spot
b high ground, commanding a beautiful
Thoreau.
i r
view; and then in the Spring I shall build
a vault to receive her" (and the thought
not uttered was, to receive himself, too,
when he should come to die) ; "she was so
much younger than I," said he, "she should
have outlived me; but when that was
spoken of, she used to say that she had no
desire to survive me long." J said, repeat
ing his words, "Twenty-seven years of hap
piest married life are a great blessing."
"Thank God for all that," he answered, and
then spoke of her Illness. Sne had charged
him, if danger of life cams, he should tell
her of it, that they might once more par
take of the Abendraahl (tne Lord's sup
per) together. "After all," said he, "per
haps she died opportunely to escape terri
ble trials. Happy In the moment of her
death, In so far as she left her country In
repose and happiness. Who knows what
disaster may arise? Who knows what mad
scheme Beust may conjure up? Thank
God you Americans at least are truly our
friends! Moltke holds the post which throws
upon him all the anxiety and responsibility
of keeping the Prussian army rsady to take
the tjeld at an Instant, if Napoleon should
suddenly engage in carrying out his ambi
tious plans of aggrandizement for Franoe."
How different a Moltke Is presented
here from that war-lord Conjured by the
battle painters a man aft,er Bismarck's
own heart, a human machine, a man of
blood and Iron!
A behind-the-scenes view of German
dlploifcacy of the period mentioned is
met with in one of Bancroft's letters to
Hamilton Pish, -dated October 18. 1870:
As to thie war. Count Bis
marck's words to me were: I clearly un
derstand why your government should
choose to be neutral; at the same time, he
has always desired to cultivate particularly
friendly political relations between Germany
and the United States. Our foreign political
interests almost always run parallel with
those of Germany, and are often In direct
conflict with those of France. Bismarck
and the King were true to our Union during
our Civil War, when France took sides
against us. Germany respected the Inde
pendence of Mexico; the French supported
the Austrian adventurer. The United States
were the first power to speak, for the se
curity of private property at eea In time
of war; Germany is the only power which,
as yet, fully adopts the American Idea.
Germany desires to follow the East-Asiatic
policy of the United States; France, whose
commerce with China is but I per cent of
the whole, intrigues for power through the
monstrous demands Of its Jesuit mission
aries. Germany, like America, is adverse
to ultramontane ursupations; It was the
French republic which destroyed the Roman
republic, and garrisoned the Papal domin
ions. - Germany adopts from us the- feder
ative system; France, whether empire, mon
archy, or republic, adheres to the system of
centralisation. Germany leaves Spain to
choose her own government and regulate her
own affairs; and for 10 years France has
steadily endeavored to subordinate Spanish
Interests and policy to her own. The rela
tions of Germany and formerly of Prussia
to England are much the same as ours; and
they have been so for 100 years. And Bis
marck loves to give the United State prom
inence In the eyes of Europe as a balance to
Great Britain.
British TUgtrnny and Byways "From a Motor-Car.
Hy Thomas D. Murphy. J I luster-Car.
By Thomas O. Murphy. Illus
trated. L. C. Page & Co., Boston.
Even those who do not plan to visit
Britain by either rail, cycle, or motor
car, will read with profit and pleasure this
easily understood record of a 5000-mile
motor car tour in England, 'Wales and
Scotlanfl.
Mr. Murphy has not written a pure guide
book, but the diary of a delightful jour
ney to historic towns, villages, out-of-the-way
storied spote and solitary ruirta, some
of which the ordinary tourist rarely sees.
There are 16 Illustrations in color and 32
duogravures from photographs, and also
two descriptive map- The color platea
were reproduced from original paintings
by prominent artists, some of the pictures
having been exhibited in the London Roy
al Academy.
Sometimes Mr. Murphy ie disposed to
make sarcastic remarks may be he In
tends to he funny about r-laces found on
his travels. Also, marks of careless liter
ary construction creep in, and wrong
dates. For instance, on page 169, he says;
In speaking of the Tay bridge over the
river Tay at Ihjndee. Scotland, that the
view of the new bridge "recalled the pre
vious Tay bridge which fell In a storm in
17S9." In a new edition of his book, if
there ever is one, Mr. Murphy should cor
rect this error.
The 'on. By Bene "Basin, Price, $1. Charles
Peri toner's Sons, New York City, and the
J. K, Gill Company, Portland.
So popular has this tragic story of a
wronged French nun become that it has
run through more than 50 copies In the
original, -and is entering with a eweep
and a rush into international favor, sine
it has been translated into other lan
guages, particularly Knglish.
In its original French, this novel of
tears is known as "L'lsolee." It is sen
sational, me lod ramie and Gallic to the
core. There Isn't a shred of humor in
its composition, and ever before one
arises the picture of woe compounded,
but its realism Is striking and so Is Its
remorseless character construction. In
sequence, it is faulty. The story opens
In the convent, goes back to the home
and switches to the convent again. Why
could it not be run on an even line?
The central note struck preaches
against the right of the French govern
ment to shut up schools of religious in
struction schools that are the refuge
of pious women from the wicked allure
ments of the world.
Pascale Mouvand is the daughter of a
silk weaver of Lyons, and she wearied
of the petty industrial life of those
among whom she was born and longed
for the seclusion of a convent. "I am
going into the convent to save my soul,"
she told herself. "I shall teach the chil
dren at any rate, and they will surely
love me. I shall be their mother always.
I give them all up. those delights, the
thought of which disturbs me, those de
lights I have not known and shall never
know. I am escaping them. I am taking
refuge In the peace that is unlike them,
that is better than they are, as I know
at times when my soul is perfectly pure.
I give them up all the ambitions and
ail the enjoyments of which those streets
are full, and all happiness that Is not
mingled with self-sacrifice. How many
mothers of children are in those ousea;
and their children love them, and they
are expecting their father home, or he
has just come in. and they hold up the
baby for a kiss? My children shall not
love me Quite so much. But I shall have
a great, great many, and God shall
make up for the fondness I shall miss."
From this heart-talk, it will be seen
that Pascale was a dreamer, a girl who
decided that while in the world she might
be a bad woman. In the convent she
mightbecome a saintly soul. She makes
the acquaintance of her rascally kins
man Jules Pray on, and then she joins the
convent of St. Hildegarde, where she Is
the youngest of five devoted nuns. She
Is the one consolation of her widowed
father, and the days quietly pass along
as she teaches children and otherwise
busies ' herself in the sacred duties of
her calling.
Pere Mouvand dies, and then the gov
ernment officer ejects the nuns from
their convent, but. the ejectment Is not
such a dramatic affair as might be sup
posed. The character of Abbe Le Suet is
drawn with merciless precision: "He
was. In fact, a good layman, tonsured;
he was .orthodox, of medium character;
of mediocre Intel feet, always incapable of
ffJsehood or treason, but now also in
capable of action, desiring peace in the
midst of war, a straggler playing the
flute In the rear .of an army." The
abbe advises againlt any resistance to
the will of the authorities, and evidently
isn't of the stuff that martyrs are made
of.
So, the five nuns agree to separate,
and It Is noted that -four of them agree
that Sister Pascale is unfitted to meet
the buffets of the world. Pascale goes
to the PTayon home, where her weak,
putty-like nature expands to her soul's
destruction. Her kinsman, Jules Prayon,
be trays her, wi th his mo ther' s conn l v -'
ance, and she becomes a stupid, house
hold drudge.- She Is not made of the
heroic mold of Tess, who killed her de
stroyer. Instead, she rebels against Jules
and, in a revolting manner, he kills her.
Br Wild Want Tossed. By Captain Jack
Brand, late U- S. N. Illustrated. The Mc
Clure Company, New York City.
Pulsing: with the tang of the sea, this
is an ocean love story of the time when
James Madison was President of the
United States, and It is fairly well told to
the point of toeing entertaining. Not one
of the 25 chapters is dull for the warriors
in it are too busily engaged fighting each
other.
The-story is told by one Miss Caroline
Martindale), a young English girl who
possesses great beauty and also great
foolishness. She is as vain as the prover
bial peacock, and tells the story with an
air of self-satisfied complacency. She
was the daughter of General William
Martindale, & British officer who had gone
through an enormous fortune and on his
death the girl found herself betrothed to
Captain Sir Percy Reade, of the British
navy. Sir Percy is painted as a swag
gering ruffian, as, indeed, are most of the
Britishers who appear in Captain Brand's
novels, while all the American seamen
are very properly walking heroes, with
haloes over their heads. Sir Percy at
tempts to abduct Miss Martindale, but In
the abduction an unexpected rescuer turns
up in the person of a seaman named Wil
liam tBrown. There is so much mystery
about the latter that the reader instinct
ively hopes that Brown is at least a close
relative to the President of the United
States.
Brown and Miss Martindale take pass
age on the American ship Potomac for
this country, but on the high seas are
overtaken by Sir Percy Reade's brig-of-wftr
Porcupine. Fearful that Sir Percy
would again subject her to Indignities,
Miss Martindale proposes marriage to
Brown, and the two then and there be
come husband and wife. They are hoth
afterward taken by Sir Percy on board
the Porcupine, and on pages 228-230 is
given a stirring description of a eword
fight between Brown and Sir Percy, in
which the latter is killed. The big Ameri
can frigate, the Constitution, is seen bear
ing down on them, and in the sea tight
that, follows "the Porcupine is easily
beaten. Then ensues a strange wooing,
that of Brown In an attempt to win his
wife's love, while she awkwardly tries to
win his a most ludicrous situation, de
scribed with commendable skill.
And William Brown? He turns out to
be William Scarlett, the rich owner of a
Southern manor and plantation. About
page 298 the novel ends on the 310th
page Mrs. Martindale Brown condescends
to visit her husband, and the queerly as
sorted couple . have a love experience, in
which Brown acts the part of Sir Launce
lot. He tells his wife that he has just
been appointed to command the man-of-war
Constitution, and after kissing his
wife on one of her feet (a queer habit he
had), he goes off to fight the British in
the war of 1812.
The Call of the South. By Robert Lee Dur
ham, Iliust rated. L. C. Page & Co., Bos
ton. "When your fear cometh as desolation
and your destruction cometh as a whirl
wind." So reads the foreword, as If hint
ing of the woe to follow, and the telling
of It la masterful and stings like a whip.
It is a story that surely ought to delight
the soul of Senator Tillman.
"The Call of the South" is the life story
of John Hay ward Graham, negro ant'
Harvard student, who secretly marrif.
Helen Phillips, daughter of the President
of the United States. The portr alt of
President Phillips is painted on lines sug
gesting a resemblance to President Roose
velt, for one of the principal incidents In
the book Is where President Phillips In
vited a noted negro educator to dinner.
If any white girl has a sentimental desire
to marry a negro and by so doing benefit
the race, let her first read "The Call of
the South," and she will think twice or
three times about the aforesaid marriage.
The tale of Mrs. Graham's married life,
with a black baby and a black husband,
is one of lingering repulsion, ending In
insanity.
At first the story starts) out with a stir
ring description of & supposed war be
tween this country and Germany, foueht
in Venesuela, because Germany did not
wish to respect the Monroe doctrine, but
as the war picture is unfolded, its telling
ts disappointing. Here is one instance
where Mr. Durham doesn't rise to the oc
casion. His negro is cast in heroic mould.
The Religion of a Drraorra. By Charles
Zueblin. Price, SI. B. W. Huebach, New
York City.
One feels that this is a discussion
written by brave and educated man
of the demands made upon religion by
the spirit of true democracy.
The strong element of doubt In Pro
fessor Zueblln's presentation lifts what
he says out of the ordinary. He thinks
that every man must have his own re
ligion with the stamp of his own per
sonality upon it, and that the church is
Inadequate for the expression of demo
cratic religion because it depends upon
dead formulae, fears to trust the In
stincts of the people, and is separated
from Industry and politics. He is sure
that the dawn of this kind of religion
will be seen when the wants of the peo
ple are harmonized and all good, human
work is aspiration.
This quotation, defining government by
bosses, is significant at the present time:
"The sever ending audacity of elected
persons" Is the Inevitable result of unre
strained representation in Industry and pol
itic. One impression we are receiving- In
this slow process of political evolution is
that divided authority does not mean Inde
pendence. The possession of the suffrage
for the choice of so-called representatives
doee not guarantee democracy. The au
thority is, as yet, neither with the people
nor with the representatives. The heredi
tary power of the latter is (tone : but the
voice of the former Is uncertain. Tradi
tional authority has been supplanted by a
partisan. Irregular, Indirect authority,
which makes us almost incapable of self
government. There Is little choice between
a hereditary ruler and a political boss;
government ex cathedra must not be mis
taken for vox popull.
Who is Professor Zueblin? lie was
educated in the public schools of Phila
delphia, University of Pennsylvania,
Northwestern University (Ph. B., 1887),
Tale University (D. B.. 1S89), and the
University of Leipzig. He founded the
Northwestern University Settlement,
Chicago, 1891; was appointed instructor
in sociology. University of Chicago, 1892;
assistant professor, 1SH5; associate pro
fessor, 18S6; professor, 1902; first chair
man school extension committee, Chica
go, 1901; president American League for
Civic Improvement, 1901-1902; has been
a member of the Chicago Special Park
Commission, 1902-5; and a director in the
Municipal Museum of Chicago, 1904-5, the
Chicago Consumers' " League, Chicago
vacation school board, the Chautauqua
Press, and the American Civic Associa
tion. He is now a resident of Boston,
and will devote himself largely to inde
pendent lecture work In which he has
become popular. .
Religion of the Veda. By Maurice Bloom
neld. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York
City.
Scholars are agreed that the two most
ancient sacred books of the world are the
Hindu Veda and the Persian Avesta,
Dr. Bloomfield, who is professor of
Sanskrit and comparative philosophy in
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.,
says that the word "veda" literally means
'knowledge" that Is "sacred knowledge";
that it is derived from 'vid," meaning "to
know' and connected with the Gothic
"wait," the German "weiss," and the
English "wit," meaning "to know." It
is further stated that the term "veda" is
used in two ways: either as the collective
designation of the entire oldest, sacred
literature of India, or as the specific name
of single books belonging to that litera
ture. The study recalls that dim far-back,
common Indo-Eiuropean time, tlie time
when the Hindus and Persians still shared
their language and home with the re
maining members of the same stock, the
Hellenes, Italians, Celts, Teutons and
Slavs. One can recall the resentment with
which educated modern Indians, natives
of Hindustan, regard their conquerors, the
British, because the ancestors of these con
querors are allied in blood with the elder
stem belonging to Northern India.
The chapter heads are: India, the land
of religions ; the Hieratic religion, the
Pantheon of the Veda; the prehistoric
gods; the -transparent, translucent and
opaque gods religious conceptions and
feelings in the Veda; the beginnings of
Hindu theosophy; and the final philosophy
of the Veda. Even a cursory examination
of the book shows the profound learning
and ripe scholarship of the author.
The Making of Personality. By Bliss Car
man. Price, 11.00. U C Page & Co.,
Boston.
In defining personality, Mr. Carman
strikes at the root of the matter when
he remarks that no conscientious actor
could repeat the performance of such a
role as Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde, through
an extended run, without incurring grave
responsibilities to himself while the por
trayal of the characteristic habits of
Rosalind, on the other hand, acts as an
irresistible, nervous tonic. "So inerad
lcally is the spirit Joined to the kindly
clay in which it is, forgotten. To forget
this power of the body upon the mind and
spirit, is to leave one-half of the re
sources of education untried and miss
half of the opportunity of this too brief
life." Such subjects are sympathetically
discussed as: -The sorcery of the hand;
the music of life; the art of walking;
beauty of the foot; might of manners;
use of out-of-doors; dominion of joy, etc
The book may be summed up as possess
ing extraordinary Insight into the philos
ophy of living.-
diaries the Hold. By Ruth Putnam. Price,
. $i:50. illustrated. G. P. Putnam's-Sons,
New York City. . ...
This record of Charles the Bold whom
the author would rather call Charles the
Rash is a faithful and palnstakign pic
ture of the last Duke of Burgundy, who
lived 1433-1477 and who attempted to
change the map of Europe. His warlike
lire Is well portrayed, but in the opinion
of the author perhaps his chief happiness
in dife was that he never knew how in
sufficient for .his desired task be was
and how the new art of printing, the
birth of Erasmus of Rotterdam, were
the really great events of his brief decade
of sovereignty. -
The Master Influence. By Thomas McKeao.
Illustrated. J. B. Lippincott Company,
Philadelphia.
Bridge, New York society, music, di
vorce, politics and foreign travel are
the Ingredients of this ably constructed
novel, which can be read with a good
deal of profit. The first scene is the
auditorium of the Metropolitan Opera
House, in New York City, and facing
page 112 is a picture entitled "Caruso
Was Singing His Last Song," and this
other information is added: "And peo
ple were beginning to wear that pe
culiar expression which betokens that
they are in need of a change."
The Common Sense of Socialism. By John
Spargo. Price, $1. Charles II. Kerr &
Co., Chicago.
Mr. Spargo has come to be recognized
as an effective propaganda writer and
as an uncompromising Socialist A
great thinker said not very long ago
that, it was difficult to understand
Socialism on account of the divergence
of opinion on the subject. Within the
'imits of 184 pages, Mr. Spargo writes
a series of letters addressed to Jrmar
than Edwards, of Pittsburg, and it is
certainly instructive to, read his So
cialistic message.
Thin s Worth Wbtle. By Thomas TVent
worth Hifrginson. Price, SO cents. B. W
Hdebsch, New Tork City.
Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higgin
son'B name spells Boston and music. And
wise judges say that as an optimistic
philosopher he is worth following. The
eight essays which form this little vol
ume touch helpfully on many of the per
plexities and joys- in life. This good
advice, written by a soldier and man of
affairs of 84 years old, carries one in
stinctively back to thoughts of Emer
son, Lowell or Longfellow.
The Brraklng-m of a Yachtsman's Wife.
By Mary Heaton Vorse. Illustrated. Price,
fl.Hk Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston.
Has a delightfully slangy and salty
flavor being the amusing experiences
written in the first person of a clever
woman who has a nautical husband.
She pictures him afloat and ashore, but
mostly afloat, and the scene changes
from Long Island Sound to the lagoons
of Venice. Two diverting love stories
are also told, for good measure.
The Cheerful Smugglers. By Ellis Parker
Butler. Illustrated. Price, $1. The Cen
tury Company, New York City.
The Fenelbys got a new baby whom
they named Bobberts. and to raise a
fund for the Infant's education they en
acted a domestic tariff scheme which
results in laughable complications. If
you know a couple with their first
baby, give them "The Cheerful Smug
glers," and they'll understand.
The Doehess of Ireanfl. By Bditb Mac
vane. G. B. Lippincott Company. Phila
delphia. A society story of the wooing of An
gelique by her Jack. A Russian Grand
Duchess Is slightly mixed up with the
tale, to give it an aristocratic tinge,
also Newport, R, L, in gay Summer
time drees. ,y
Hie Bird Our Brother. By Olive Thorns
Miller Price, SL.2S. Houghton, Mifflin A.
Co., Boston.
Portland people have come to look
with more kindly eyes than before on
the study of outdoor birds, from the
M5 fl(ME CDMPANIOM
Entered u 2nd Clu. Male Matter
Under
Royal"
Patronage
FAKELESSS NATURE TALES
By Our Own Katnrer.
We keep our own mo
turer at Washington, ichere
he gets everything at firit
hand. Sis reports are
u guaranteed by the A gri-
' JI 1 til fn I 7'i r twi h. t
Our Nmturer the White House.
Washington, D. C. May 28 Si
Hemstitch, a well-known naturer,
called at the White House today
with his tame hornet.
Mr. Hemstitch first met the hor
net while it was BtlU a child, he
having sat on a stump in which the
family then resided. It became muoh
attached to him and subsequently
when it was left f.n orphan, Mr.
Hemstitch adopted it.
The gentle, endearing traits de
veloped by it have convinced Mr.
Hemstitch that the reputation of the
family for savagery and rowdyism
is purely the work of nature fakers,
and in this idea the President now
thoroughly coincides.
- It is gratifying to be able to an
nounce that the next message to
Congress will have a strong recom
mendation for legislation on the sub
ject. The President also proposes to
appoint the Hon. J. Cannon as U. B.
Curator of Live Hornets.
The President was much pleased
at the amiability with which the hor
net ate out of his hand. Its affec
tion for its benefactor is very touch
ing. Mr. Hemstitch proudly tells
how it crawled into his hip-pocket
one day and he sat down without
knowing it was there.
- When he tried to arise later, he
found himself held fast. In its an
guish the faithful creature had
thrust its sting deep into the chair.
The President, who ob
served the hornet with
the sharp eye' of the ex
perienced hunter, was
pleased to note that the
Insect kept its eyes mo
destly turned to the
floor during the recital
of this tale.
Later, when Si Hem
stitch told how he had
set its broken hind leg, si Hem.theh
the hornet could control its feelings
no longer but broke into a storm of
grateful tears.
Mr. Hemstitch will probably be
appointed Ambassador to Russia, if
the inquiries now being made by the
Consular Dept. show that the cli
mate is favorable for tame hornets.
eelf-denying? labors of our townsman,
William 1 Finley. - Here Is another
little book which Is an important contribution-
to the lovers of birds who
have a sincere wih for better ac
quaintance with our feathered friends.
What Mrs. Miller writes so tactfully is
sure to be pondered over. She finds In
the birds a close mental and moral re
lationship, and her obcervatlons cover
a period of more than 25 years.
Hie Technique of the Novel. By Charlei
F. Home. Price. $1.00.- Harper Broth
ers, New York City.
It has come to be that the teaching: of
literature is no longer confined to dis
cussions of poetry and essays the novel
has ultimately arrived for good and it
now receives serious consideration. With
out being- a simple history, this helpful
book gives an analysis of, fiction from
such early times as the appearance of
the Egyptian and Greek romances, to the
present. Mr. Home is the assistant pro
fessor of English In the College of the
City of New York, and is specially fitted
to write on this subject, seeing that he
has professionally worked as editor,
teacher and as a real "reader of manu
scripts. The critique also analyzes the
novel, differentiates Its parts and traces
the elements as they have been present
in the most significant examples of the
novel. It is" also noteworthy that the
author's method has stood the actual test
of classroom experience, and that he is
himself a successful writer of short
stories.
The Otrty of Being Beautiful. By Sara A
Hubbard. Price, &0 oenU. A. C McClurg
& Co., Chicago.
Beauty is not paint, and this Is one
lesson this little book teaches. It tells
that the human body is but "a mask
and points to the spiritual. This quota
tion is given from George Eliot: "What
do we live for, if not to make life les
difficult for each other?" and also one
from Antoine Berryer: There are no
ugly women. There are only women
who do not know how to look pretty."
Seeing EnRland With Uncle John. By Anne
Warner. Illustrated. The Century Com
pany New Tork City.
"Those pleased souls who remember
reading "Seeing France With Uncle
John" will find that the experience of
seeing Kngland with the said uncle
is one better. . He is a funnier tour
ist than ever, and his humor is deli
cious to the last.
J. M. QUENTIN.
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
"In the Dead of Night," by J. T. Mcln
tyre (Llppincott's).
"The Four-Pools Mystery," by . $1.50;
and "My Lost Duchess," by Jesse Lynch
Williams, $1.50. (Century Co.)
"Bahama Bill," by T. Jenklna Halns, and
4,Matthew Porter," by Gamaliel Bradford,
Jr. (Page & Co.)
"The Enchanted Caatle." by B. Nesbit.
$1.50. (Harpefs.)
"A Comedy of Mammon," yy ina Garvey.
$l.SO. (Dana, Estes & Co.)
"The Blossoming of the Waste' by Edith
Nicholl Ellison. $1.50. (Calkins & Co.,
N. Y.)
Note: The above books were all received
through the J. K. Gill Co., of this city.
IX LIBRARY AXD WORKSHOP.
These books were received through the
kindness of the J. K. GUI Co., of this city:
"The Duty of Being Beautiful." "The
Breaklng-In of a Yachtsman's Wife," "The
Bird of Our Brother." "The Masterful In
fluence," "The Duchess or Dreams." "Tha
Cheerful Smugglera," "Seeing England With
Uncle John," "The Call of the South,"
"British Highways and Byway From a
Motor Car." "Religion of tne Veda," "The
Making of Personality," and "Charles the
Bold."
It Is no small achievement to write two
novels a year and find a constantly increas
ing public eagerly awaiting youi next story.
No present-day novelist has more steadily
progressed In favor with the American read
ing public than E. Phillips Oppenhelm,
whose new novel, "The Avenger," is an
nounced. It is a atory in which Mr. Op
penhelm has exercised all the powers of
his fertile Imagination, yet with a restraint
that keeps his story well within the bounds
of reason and logic. The theme is based
on the efforts of a young Englishman to
shield a mysterious girl from suspicion of
a. murder. In which she is apparently im
plicated, and the endeavors of tomo half a
MAY 24. 1908
THE FATAL EGG; or,
CHAPTER V.
Immediately following the sound of the terrible explosion befor men
tioned, the ancestral castle of the Arfenarfs was rocked to its foundations.
Susan Endive seized Willie Colander by the slender waist and hurled herself
against the dungeon door.
In another second she stood In the midst of th brilliant throng,
gazing upon a scene of unparalleled horror.
At one end of the great hall leaned a commanding figure, shining
yellow like pure gold. It was the beautiful Dukess of Arfeaarf, covered
with exploded egg-nogs I ,
Everywhere else stood the proud nobles, holding their faint
ing American heiresses and borrowing a dollar with that presence
of mind that sharks the scion of aristocratic lineage in moments
of supreme danger. Blood will tell!
"Ha!" exclaimed Susan Endive.
At this terrible word, the Dukess of Arfenarf stood as If
turned to frozen custard. Quickly recovering herself, she leaped
forward and hissed: "Zounds and beshrew me! It was you, then.
caitiff ess, who played that dirty trick on me!"
"Ha! Ha!" said the Lady Chauffeur, folding her arms. "Haughty
she-aristocrat! In vain did you load me with them there chains! You
are in my power! Hand me the railroad rebate or I will crush you!"
The Dukess of Arfenarf drew herself up to her maximum height and
thickness. Her nose curled itself ay into a proud sneer, as she remarked:!
"You will, hey?"
"Yes!" replied Susan Endive. 'Xistan and shake! After this ex
plosion, you will have to send for the plumbers. I," and the Lady Chauf
feur a voice rose triumphantly, "an the majority stockholder in the
Plumbers' Trust! When I get through, where will your ancestral milllons
ot pounds, shillings, pence and farthings be?"
A cry of terror resounded through the hall. Between wails the noblee
hastily borrowed a dollar from their American wives. Even Willie Col
Httla nmal"
Bringing her face close to that of Susan Endive.
3 she cried: -
"Fooll We need no new pHmblng! We still have the ancestral tin
bawth tub!"
Even peerless Susan Endive stood aghast for a moment at this failure
of her plans. Then she sprang at the Dukess, crying: "Very well thenl
I must use force!" Before the brilliant throng of nobles could borrow
another dollar from their American heiresses, she had borne the struggling
female nobleman out of the castle. .
Two days afterward the 47 million horsepower turbine liner Klepto
mania was bearing Susan Endle and Willie Colander, the beautiful ves
model, toward the United States. ' ' ,
In the hold was a large barrel addressed to the White House and
marked "Eggs."
It contained the
This terrible true novel
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dozen individuals who areseeking, for va
rious reasons the solution of the mystery.
Political Intrigues, private revenges and per
sonal ambition form an intricate tangle of
affairs, which, with exceeding cunning, the
author gradually straightens out, giving the
reader an abundance of entertainment in
the process.
In a small volume Illustrated with black
and white drawings and In color, Edward
Saunders briefly describes the "Wild Bees,
Wasps and Ants and Other Stinging In
sects of the British Ieles." It Is a non
el en tine treatise, and it offers briefly and
DAREDEVIL CIVIL WAR FIGHTERS
Continued From Page S. '
mattox under s flag of truce, he was
sent to carry a meaaagre to General Sher
idan, thus witnessed Lee's surrender, and
was given permission by Sheridan to an
nounce the news to the Union Army,
which he did as he rode back to his com
mand, and thus gained unique distinction.
George W. Cook, Representative from
Colorado, has the distinction of having
been the youngest etiief regimental clerk
in the entire Union Army. He . was 14
when he was placed in this position,
which be filled for an Indiana regiment
for 18 months. Prior to becoming clerk
he had been a drummer boy for various
Indiana regiments In the Army of the
Cumberland. In order to become a drum
mer boy he ran away from home when he
was 12. This was in 1863. and frOTi then
on till the close of the war he was a
boy soldier in fact and deed as well as In
name.
Representative Cook's was a fighting
family. His father, who was a IJeuton
ant in the Thirteenth Indiana Cavalry,
died of disease contracted while a soldier.
His mother was a daughter of an Ensign
and Lieutenant in the War of 1812, and
his only brother, who died in the service
of his country at the age of IS years, was
a bugler in the father's company.
The Union veterans in the House num
ber 24. Of the eight Confederate vete
rens. George W. Taylor, of Alabama, left
Books Added to Library
The following books at the Publlo li
brary will go Into -circulation May 25:
BIOGRAPHY.
Sevtgne The queen of letter writers. Mar
quise de Sevipne; by Janet Aid is. 1007
Vambery The story of my struggles; the
memoirs of Armenlus Vambery. 2 v. 1904.
BOOKS IN FOREIGN LANGUARS.
H artel Klein Elsbeth und die welt.
Hertz Bruder Rausch.
Wolff Das racht der hagestolze.
DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL.
Besant London In the eighteenth cen
tury. 1903.
Cooper The Norwegian fjorda psJnted
and described. 1907.
Lloyd Uganda, to Khartoum; life and
adven-ture on the Vfper Nile. 1907.
Phillips, com p. Los Angeles; a guide
book. 300T.-
Prudden On the great American plateau;
wanderings among canyons and buttea.
W7' FICTION."
Bindloss Winston of the prairie.
Daskam Ten to seventeen.
Leblane The exploits of Arsene Lupin.
Loo mis Pot's "Raven" in an elevator
and other tales; being the third edition
of "More Cheerful Americana"
R obi j j Come and And me.
Sheehan Llsheen; or, the test of the
spirits.
Spinner Club The Spinners' book of
fiction.
FINE ARTS.
Calvert A Galllchan The Prado a de
scription of the principal pictures in the
Madrid gallery. 1107.
Chaikovski Tschaikovsky ; by Edwin
Evans. ll06.
Cox Painters and sculptors; a second
series of "Old Masters and New." 1907.
Jones Great masters of decorative art;
Sir Edward Burne-Jones; by Aymer Val
lance. l&OO.
Rlemann CatecbUm of musical aesthe
tics. Ed. 2. n. d.
Shaekleton A Shackelton The quest of
the colonial. 1007.
Turner Turner; by W. C. Monkhouse.
n. d.
HISTORY.
Hart National ideals historically traced.
1907.
Mat tenon Analytic Index. 1908.
PA SUNSHINE SOCIETY
A WOEFUL WOOING
ander trembled at the fearful revenge.
"Mercy!" cried the Duke of Arfenarf, dusting off
the floor and falling on his knees.
"Coward!" hissed the Dukess.; "I will foil this
Dukesc of Arfenarf 1 2J
tcQi be concluded in our next I
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THE BABIES
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NAL FOR JUNK
Will Contain
Immortal Poems
by
Fatal Babies !
concisely to the amateur a variety of know!-
edge about a too frequently dspised and
neglected form of animal life. It Is cur
sory, but thorough, in treatment, and It re
veals many strange and out-of-the-way en
tomological facts.
Blchard Harding Davis concludes his tale
of "Vera, the Medium," in the June Scrlb
ner with a surprising dramatic climax. In
which th District Attorney plays a most
important part. Edward S. Martin will
have a story of a strange club in New York,
designed for the enjoyment of "gentlemen
prisoners" who have served their time.
school when he was 15 to serve untfl the
end of the war. William Richardson, of
Alabama, was severely . wounded at
Chickamauga. John Lamb, of Virginia,
led his company for three years wherever
the fighting waa thickest, and for his
ardor he carries today the scars of sev
eral wounds.
.Other Confederate veterans not already
mentioned are Leonidas F. Livingston, of
Georgia; Adolph Meyer, of Louisiana, and
Joshua P. C. Talbot, of Maryland.
Union veterans not already mentioned are
Ellas B. Holliday. of Indiana: W. A. Cal
derhead, of Kansas; W. C. Lovering, of
Massachusetts; Washington Gardner and
A. B. Darragh, of Michigan; Benjamin F.
Howell, of New Jersey; Joseph A. Gould
en, the only naval veteran in Congress,
and D. A. 6. Alexander, of New York,
Charles N. Brumm, Charles F.' Barclay
and Joseph G. Beale, of Pennsylvania:
A. B. Capron, "of Rhode Island: W. H.
Parker, of South Dakota; Kittredge Han
king, of Vermont: W. P. Hubbard, of
West Virginia; George C. Sturgts, of
West Virginia, and John J. Jenkins, of
Wisconsin. Senate veterans not already
mentioned above are: Union, Bulkeley. of
Connecticut; Burrows, of Michigan: War
ner, of Missouri; Scott, of West Virginia;
Confederate, Taliaferro, of Florida: Ba
con, of Georgia; McEnery, of Louisiana:
Money, of Mississippi; McLaurin, of
South Carolina; Martin, of Virginia.
Tatane America as a world power. 190T,
Mojmenti Venice; part two: the Golden
age. 2 v. 1908.
LITERATURE!.
Reynolds, oomp! The banquet beolc. 3o3.
"Wn The Emily Emmine papers. 1307.
PHILOSOPHY.
Kelynack. ed. The drink problem In Its
medico-sociological aspects. 1907.
RELIGION.
Lockyer Ptonehenge and other British
stone monuments astronomically considered.
1901.
Wescott Village sermons. 1906.
SCIENCE.
Galloway. Flrt course In xoology. 100ft.
Ives. The adjustment of the engineer's)
transit and level. Ed. 2. llx fl.
Johnson. &Ithematical geography. 190T.
Jones. The elements of physical chemis
try. Ed. a, rev. 1W7.
Mitford. The bamboo garden. lSOrt.
Newell. Descriptive chemistry. lnft.
Ramsay. Experimental proofs of chemical
theory for beginners. 1900.
Salisbury. Physiography. 1907.
SOCIOLOGY.
Merlam. Normal school education aiMl effi
ciency in teaching. 1906.
Moran. The theory, and practice of the
English government. New ed. 1907.
Patents anJ' deeigrns act. 11M7.
Robir-son. The German bundesrath: a study
la comparative constitutional law. 16tH.
USEFUL ARTS.
Gardner. TVooI dyeing. 2 v. 189tM904.
Thomson. The design of -typical sttel rail
way biidges: an elementary course ror en
gineering student and draftsmen. 1108.
BOOKS ADDEfD TO REFERENCE DEPART
MENT. Cole. Old CVpanleh masters engrr.ved; with
historical notes by C. H. Caffin. 1907.
Cuenot. Deformation? of railroad tracks
and the means for remedying them; tr. by W.
C. Cuehing. 1907.
Rusicin. Work vs. S2-33. 1907-1908.
BOOKS ADDED, TO JUVENILE DEPART
MENT. Haines. Imlfan boys and girls.
Moore. Children of other days.
Saint-Pierre. Paul and -Virginia. .
Will Uuns. Alphabet of Indians. . ..