THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. SEPTE3IBER 20, 1903.
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AS HARDLY - anything can accidentally
L touch the soft clay without stamping its
mark on it. so hardly any reading can in-It-rest
a cliild without contributing in some de
gree, though the book itself le afterwards totally
forgotten, to form the character; and the parents. ,
therefore, who, merely requiring .from him a cer
tain course of study, pay little or no attention to
.story-books, are educating him they know not
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Ttw UM Vor of the Donna IaaboL By
Ran dull Parrmh. IlluatratriL Prica. 11-50.
A. C McClurn A Co., rhlcao, and tho
J. K. Gill Company. Portlana.
Sa stories of late have described
peaceful commerce, and the excitement
In them has been furnished by word
pictures of thrilling storms and rocks
and shipwrecks. For pirate stories we
have depended upon Sir Walter Bcott,
Fenlmore Cooper and . Robert Louis
Stevenson.
We have heretofore reeoa-nized Mr.
Parrish aa a talented landlubber, For,
Is he not responsible for When Wil
derness was King-." "A Sword of the
Old Frontier." "Bob Hampton, of
Places" and "Beth Novel"?
With a suddenness that amounts to
a shock, Mr. Parrish has evolved a
dazsllns". exciting: story of the sea. In
which pirates, love and hidden treas
ure build up an alluring plot. For
boldness and sweep of vision, this sea
yarn is the cornerstone of the Parrish
temple. It really smacks of the sea,
and has enough adventure In it to sat
isfy the most critical.
Jack Stephens, an American sea rov
er. and a native of Massachusetts, finds
himself stranded and a .fugitive In Valparaiso.-
South America, in the year
1879. because he had had the temerity
to interfer in a baby opera-boutfe
revolution In which Bolivia and Chile
were interested. At this Juncture, in
the hotel at which he is a guest, Ste
phens thrashes a drunken soldier who
Insists on making love to Lady Doris
Darlington, wife of a noble lord of
that name.
A stranger, who said that he was an
admiral in the Peruvian navy, asks
Stephens to engage a scratch crew and
seize the Ksmeralda. a steam yacht just
purchased by the Chilean government
from Brazil. Does Stephens consent?
Rather. But on the dark night on
which the seizure was planned, his
men for purposes of their own
seized the steam yacht Sea Queen,
owned by the fc.arl of Darlington, and
took the yacht out to sea. Too late,
Stephens discovers that he Is not com
manding the fighting Esmeralda, and
that his crew had purposely stolen the
Sea Queen with which to proceed to
longitude 110 degrees 30 west and lat
itude 68 degrees 17 south, almost within
the Antartlc circle, to find a treasure
ship, the Donna Isabel, of Cadiz, and
supposed to contain three million pesos
and stranded about 120 years ago.
Stephens also discovers that the Sea
Queen carries Lady Darlington and her
maid, who at first are furious at the
aupposed abduction. Then a mutiny
breaks out among the riff-raff crew:
They came up together, two steps at a
time, Tuttle In als ahtrt-sleavas, ana. aa
they attained the bridr. Bill Andarson
swung hlruaelf out of tha hatch and started
aftar tnem. I backad away, tha ugly Iron
pfo grasped in my hand.
You'd batter kaap back." I warnad.
threateningly. "I'm ready to brain the Orel
man who attempts to touch ma."
Tuttla stopped, his Jaw working saragaly,
hla ayea on mill at "Will you promise to
keep quiet, sir, an' let u get out o' this?"
D n you. no!" atubbornly. all my senaas
laving ma at sight of his hateful tare.
I'll apeak that ahlp yendar If I have to
Bght the craw of you single-handed."
"Then fight, you cockarel. an" be A d to
you:' roared Anderaon; and ha pressed past
the two of them and sprang at roe.
It waa hot. awltt work while It lasted.
Tha hndgf. being narrow, permitted only
two to coma at ma at a time. I struck
twice, lavina open the big brule'e scalp, and
rirurping him so hia bead hung dangling
dean ovar tha dark, his body huddled
against tha rail. I almad to do as well by
Tuttle. hut tha descending pla landed on
his uplifted arm. and. before I could draw
back for another blow, tha fallow at tha
heel released tha apokaa and Jumped at
mv back, throttling ma with hla hands as
the weight of his body crushed ma to tha
planks Grasping tha rail. 1 half tore my--f
Kxee. riaing to one knaa, and atruck
him talca in tha face: but others of tha
crew came tumbling on t(r of ua. pinning
me helplessly down. It waa all Che work
of a breath leas moment, and aa I lay there,
the knee of a nsgro crunching Into my
chest, r saw re Nova spring to tha wheal
ar- mh'rl It hard down, while Tuttla, his
rt arm dangling, hla teeth set from pain,
began Jangling the bells In the engine,
room. Scarcely had the echo reached na
when a atrange voice hailed sharr'iy from
our tha dense fog.
"Steamer ahoy! What aesel i that?"
FTm my sncomfortabla position T cou'd
perceive tha startled Tuttla etaiit directly ,
--"t -"tl. """ i 1
a
ahead of him Into the fog-bank, hesitating
ae to what course to pursue. Then his
naaal voice answered:
"Steamer-yacht Cormorant. Panama to
Easter Island, for pleasure. Who are you?'
"H. M. S. Victory, on cruise, gland by,
while we send a boat."
A deep oath sprang to Tuttle's lips, his
fingers convulsively gripping tha rail. Then
he appeared to rally, the very Intensity of
his fear making a new man out of him.
"Lively, lads, clear tha deck," he command
ed harshly. "Here, one of you take the
wheel. Now, Da Nova, bundle that fighting
fool down Into the chart-house, and stand
over him with a gun. Two- of you fellowa
carry tha boatswain Into the fo-castle; live
ly, now."
They were certainly expeditious enough In
my case, dragging ma bumping down the
ateps, and flinging me In between table
and bench with a violence that made me
groan. I caught the glimmer of a steel
barrel rn te Nova's hand as he drew close
the sliding door.
A wreck In the far-off southern wa
ters is boldly drawn, but the thrill
eomes in the scene where the rovers
discover the lost treasure ship, the
Donna Isabel, the last entry in her log
being September 11. 1753. But the
hunt for gold:
. They came bowling about me like ao
many wolves, eager to see with their own
eyes, but I crowded them back, anatching
tha candle from Pa Novae nngera and
throwing the flickering light down level
with the deck.
"It'a a brass-bound cheat, men," I cried,
straightening up and facing them. "But
It la going to require soma hard digging
to get It out. About all I .can see la the
handle of It"
I never comprehended before how the pas
sion and lust for gold can express Itself
upon men's faces. Tense, motionless, breath
ing heavily, their features drawn, their eyes
gleaming feverishly In the yellow flame,
they stared at ma and then at that Ice
front, demented and speechless. No one
thought ef where we were castaways, our
Uvea the aport of winda and waves, a sod
den wreck- under us, our nearest port a
thousand miles serosa a stormy sea; all we
realised at that moment was that there.
Just before us, under that mantle of Ice,
lay burled three million pesos. The collar
of my Jacket seemed ohoklng me; I breathed
as if a man's fingers clutched my throat,
and I saw McKnighfa burly form shaking
as If he had an ague fit. Three million
pesos! The hot blood rushed to. my head,
a lava stream, and le Nova's face, white
as chalk behind his little black mustaches,
seemed dancing before me ghostlike. The
fellow made me think of 5alvatore. the
man who. Just above, frozen and dead, had
guarded this treasure for 126 years. I cast
the suggestion aside with a curse and a
laugh, grasping Kelly by the shoulder to
ateady myself to realise these were real
men, thla task before us real work. It was
like coming forth from under an anesthetic,
leaving me weak as a child, yet with brain
olear and faculties aroused to action. John
son thrust forward the cleaver.
Mr. Parrish creates the sentiment in
his yarn by the strange love story of
Lady Darlington and Stephens. I be
gan to suspect Immediately that Lord
Darlington would be conveniently
found dead when the rover returned
to civilization. A little thing like that
doesn't bother Mr. Parrish, who
promptly sees to It that the noble
lord Is no more. This is a weak place
in the warp and weft.
The Little Brews Jug at KUdse. By Mere
dith Nicholson. Illustrated. Tha Bobbs
klerrtll Company, Indianapolis, Ind.
Suppose you went to the rear of an ob
servation car of your train as it stopped
at a lonesome station some dark night,
were mistaken for the Governor of the
state, and that someone handed you a
Jug containing buttermilk, while the next
minute another donor handed you a Jug
containing "moonshine" whisky what
would you do about It?
Such Is one of the principal, original
Ideas of Mr. Nicholson newest tory, a
sort of romance-comedy with such a
laughing, merry ring to It that it is like
a sugared orange, and ought to make
even a misanthrope ashamed of his creed.
Mr. Nicholson has never done a daintier
bit of work than thla delicious bit of fan
ciful humor, with two unusual love sto
ries as a background. All the characters,
except one aristocratic Englishman, live
clean lives. There are no shadowy pasta,
no murders, no marital woes, but sun
shine over all. with many a laugh lighting
up crisp dialogue.
There are two heroes and two heroines:
Professor Henry Maine Oriswold. asso
ciate professor of admiralty In the law
department of the Vnlversity of Virginia,
and Miss Barbara Osborne, daughter of
the Governor of South Carolina, and
Thomas Ardmore. described aa painfully
rich and whose family had made Its mil
lions from selling whisky, and Miss Oer
sldlne Dangerfleld. 17 years old. daughter
of the Governor of North Carolina.
History began to be made when a pret
ty girl he didn't know, seated In a rail
road car. winked across - to young Mr.
Ardroore, at that period a very blase in
dividual, seated in a car on the opposite
8-
track. Ardmore found out afterward that
the girl was going to New Orleans, and
he of course steered in full chase aftei
her. Why? Oh, just because she Inter
ested him. On the eventful railroad Jour
ney. Ardmore finds that Miss Danger
field, the girl who winked at him, was
a fellow-passenger. On his railroad jour
ney to college. Professor Griswold meets
a young woman who afterward turns out
to be Miss Osborne. At that time the
gosplps were saying that the Governors
of North and South Carolina had quar
reled at the Cotton Planters' Convention
held at New Orleans, La., and the news
papers came out with these headlines:
TWO GOVERNORS AT WAR.
What Did the Governor of North Carolina
Say to the Governor of South Carolina?
Keep In mind that the gossips couldn t
find out any particular reason why the
two Governors had quarreled.
Crlswold went to the rear of a vestibule
car to get a breath of fresh air during a
short train stop, when a strange man
sprang out of the darkness and asked:
"I reckon y"u're the Gov -nor, ain't
you?"
"Yes; certainly, my man. What can I
do for you?" replied Griswold. Instantly.
"I reckoned It waa y'u when y'u fust
come out on the platform. I m app lnted
to tell y'u. Gov'nor. that If y'u have Bill
Applewelght arrested . In. south car una,
y'u'll get something one of these days y'u
won t like. And it y u try to find me,
y'u'll get It quicker. Good night. Oov'nor,
"Good night," stammered Grlgwold. The
latter decided to call on Governor Os
borne, and tell him of the threat made.
When Ardmore'e train stopped at Kll-
dare, he went to the vestibule of his. car,
and met a stranger who asked him if
Governor Dangerfleld were aboard. On
Ardmore pretending to be the Governor's
private secretary, the man handed him "a
plain, brown, old-fashioned American
gallon Jug." saying: "It's a present for.
Gov nor Dangerfieid. He ll understand,
end the stranger vanished. Then a bare
headed, "tousled boy came up to Ard
more. and asked:
"Air y'u the Gov'nor?"
"Yes, my lad; In what way can I serve
you? asked Ardmore, and the lad handed
him a Jug, saying:
"Pa ain't home and ma. says hyeb's yer
Jug o buttermilk. And the boy also
vanished. The man came back, protesting
that the Governor wasn t on board the
train, and asked that his Jug be returned.
Ardmore handed out the first Jug that
came handy, and found that the jug he
retained contained "moonshine ' whisky.
Attached to the neck of the jug was
paper containing a message threatening
Oovernor Dangerfleld, If the latter arrest
ed any of the Applewelghts.
TTnaware of each other's movements.
Ardmore and Grlewold call respectively at
the offices of the Governors of North and
South Carolina, to warn them of Impend
ing danger, but find both Governors away
from home, and are received in each case
by the Governor's daughter. , Then the
double love story begins to take form.
Both administrations are blamed for fail
ure to arrest the outlaw, Applewelght, and
Aram ore -ana Griswold who are appoint
ed private advisers to Misses Dangerfieid
ana unborne Join in the fray. MLss Os
borne is dignified. Miss Dangerfieid, who
possesses brilliant repartee and dash, is
engaged to a Colonel Glllingwater, adju
tant-general of the North Carolina Na
tional Guard, and this made-to-order war
rior Is portrayed in most amusing colors.
Plot and counterplot grow, and espe
cially good is the chapter where Miss
Langerneld, without meaning to do so.
captures Applewelght. The Duke of Bal
ly winkle is well, drawn as a fortune-hunt
er. 1 he finish Is surprising.
As is usual with books issued from thia
publishing house, the book-cover is clev
erly designed. There are appropriate
illustrations Dy James Montgomery Flagg.
The Analysis of Play Construction and Dra
matic Principle, by w. T. Price. 415 pp.
W. T. Price. New York City.
Sixteen years ago Mr. Price Issued a
book, . entitled, "Technique of the
Drama." He wag plHyreader for a
leading theater-manager In New York
City, and today he conducts there the
American School of Playwrittrtg. which
he says, "is the only school in the
world In which playwriting is taught
from the first etep, from the philosophy
of the principles, to the completion of
a student' own play." There may be
oinerence or opinion as to the correct
ness of the latter statement, as there
are several dramatic schools in the
larger cities of this country, at which
gray-haired teachers make the very
same claim advanced by Mr. Price as
to the excellence of his particular
ecnooi.
I am at this point reminded of a
story. Not very long ago a woman of
determined aspect and voice walked
into a newspaper office and said, in
lognorn tones to the city editor:
"Young man, I want to give a con
cert tonight, and want you to send Mr.
Blank to report it He's the best writer
you have on your paper."
"Yes, madam," said the city editor,
fully aware of the fact that in the room
at his left hand there were 20 differ
ent newspaper reporters hard at work,
each one secretly conscious that he. In
dividually, was the beet writer on that
newspaper! See the point?
However, I wish to pay all respect
due to such a really recognized author
ity In playwriting as Mr. Price, and
have read his voluminous book with in
terest and profit. It will doubtless
prove a valuable guide to all who have
the playwriting germ, and vaguely feel
that they need assistance, knowing that
they must learn to- creep before they
can walk.
Mr. Price says that for many years
he has. been called on by people who
have asked for advice as to their plays.
and that he has read and analyzed
thousands of plays written by ama
teurs. He is now of the opinion that
the idea that one can be born a play
wright Is a monstrous lie and fraught
with evil. One must be trained. Every
honest dramatist says that his experi
ence began in comparative Ignorance,
accompanied by eielf-conndence.
If the art is lacking and everything
in a play, as a play, is wrong, what
kind of instinct is that which instinct
ively does things wrong? If you have
Idea that you have dramatic instinct
and that it was born in you, get rid of
it. Art 1 a human thing. It has to be
acquired. You must be analytical or
you will never write play with any
professional firmness of touch."
The three elements man, material
and technique we are told, exist with
absolute distinctness, and each gets its
value when the three are put together
in combination. So saying, Mr. Price
proceeds to cut and dissect plays, just
as a trained surgeon would dissect
well, something else.
The general statement is made that
Sir Walter Scott and Charles Dickens
are In their respective fields the great
est so far In English literature, and
that they possessed more dramatic in
stinct than an infinite number of suc
cessful and even famous dramatists of
many countries put together but they
worked with different tools than those
use by other dramatists. Dickens, It Is
thought, was very close to the stage,
was one of the most Intimate friends
of Macready, constantly behind the
scenes, was an excellent amateur actor
and wrote a number of small pla5s, but
did not cultivate the form. Neither
Scott nor Dickens took the trouble to
get at the details of the workshop. ,
Someone recently asked Paul Potter,
the dramatlser of "Trilby," how one
learned to write a play. Mr. Potter's
reply was: "By analyzing plays. I
have analyzed 1000 plays, and Bronson
Howard (the first scientific dramatist
America ever had, apart from Bartley
Campbell) told me that ha had analyzed
1200 or more."
Analysis, Mr. Price Insksts, is in
volved In every step of playwriting: It
Is the golden key to the whole art:
and you can ascertain to a nicety how
Dumas, Sardon, Pinero. Clyde Kitch,
Augustus Thomas, Suderman or any
other writer has arrived at results.
Among necessary principles to be
learned are:
Theme, material, oonditlons precedent, prop
osition, plot, division Into acts, division Into
sei-enes. action, unity, equence. cause and
effect, mere life, mere story, mere business,
mere words. Indirection, objectivity, the un
expected, preparation, the self-explanatory,
compulsion, facts, the neceemry and unncees--
snry. character, dialogue, exits and entrances,
episode, scenery, detail, ate.
Among the plays Mr. Price closely
analyzes are: "Ingomar," "The Lady of
Lyons,"" "Camllle." "Still Waters Run
Deep," and "A New Way to Pay Old
Debts." The construction of "Camllle"
is referred to again and again, as If our
author could not say too much about
so great a character.
Ibsen learned his art, Mr. Price
thinks; but Shaw learned the art and
rejected the conventionalities.
The Well in the Desert, by Adeline Knapn.
11.00. The Century Co., New York City.
With scenes sot on the edge of the
Arizona desert, so well are they described
that the writing Is very creditable to the
woman author.
The desert life spoken of is not the
Hichens kind, it is American. Gabriel
Oard, escaped convict, and charged with
having committed a murder of which he
Is Innocent, is the hero. On his way back
to jail a cloudburst attacks him and the
Deputy Sheriff, and tlie latter is killed.
When Gard awakens from his stupor, he
finds near him one of the camels which
Jefferson Davis Imported to carry sup
plies for the army on the desert, and
the camel conducts him to an oasis where
he finds water and other means of sub
sistence. Here Gard, who Is III with
tuberculosis, learls a romantic, Robinson
Crusoe life, with a little burro as his
man Friday, until events occur which
eventually . lead him to civilization and
happiness. The plot is strikingly orig
inal and filled with Western spirit.
Mi&s Knepp, the authoress, waa for
merly engaged In newspaper work In San
Francisco, and has been in the Philippine
Islands. Her present home Is on the
side of a California mountain, and Chester
Bailey Fernald, Bruce Porter, a musi
cian, a college professor and two physi
cians are her nearest neighbors.
Mad Anthony's Young Scout, by Everett
L. Tomlinson. Illustrated. $1.50. Hough
ton. Mifflin Co.. Boston, and the J. K
Gill Co- Portland.
This patriotic story for boys and girls,
especially boys, will find an eager audi
ence In waiting, for so popular are Mr.
Tpmlinson's books that over 260,000 copies
of them have been sold In the Uast ten
years, it Is stated.
Many of the people mentioned In Mr.
Tomlinson" earlier story, "The Campflre
of Mad Anthony," again appear in this
new book, and there are brief glimpses of
Washington, Lav Fayette and Steuben.
The scene is laid around the Valley Forge
region, near Philadelphia, In the Winter
of 1777-78. The Quaker element enters,
and the little book teaches patriotism so
skillfully that It is just the kind of a
present to give to a good, healthy Ameri
can youngster., The statement is made
that the average age of soldiers in the
American Army of the Revolution was 18
years.
Told In a Little Boy's Pocket. By Sara
Beaumont Kennedy. Price. II. T6. Illus
trated. Moffat, yard A Co., New York
City.
An amusing story for small children,
combining instruction and adventure. The
rusty nail, bit of string, marble, pencil,
etc, which most boys carry In their pock
ets, become endowed with life ae If
touched with a fairy' wand, and tell their
experience. ,
Aunt Maud, By Ernest Oldmeadnw. The
McClura Company. New York City, and
the J. K. GUI Company, Portland.
Has an English setting, describing middle-class
people worth knowing and is
largely the love experiences of a girl
named Irene. Tne story is toiu in ine
form of a diary, and is marked by fine
sentiment. J. M. QUENTIN.
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Robert Hltchlna' new novel. "A Spirit In
Priaon." will appear nest month.
a -
Rex Beach, the author of "The Spoilers,'
Is in New York, after a Summer of fun and
business In the Far Norjh.
as
Richard Duffy'a novel, "an Adventure In
Exile." published serially In the Scrap Book.
win be sent out in book rorm next montn.
The picture on this book page ts taken
from Rev. Herbert H. Gowen s book. "Ha
waiian Idylls of Love and Death." revfewed
In The Oregon for September 6.
Professor W. K. Phyfe. whose "Ten Thou
sand Words Mispronounced" has helped
make him ramoua as an authority, has Is
sued "Twelve Thousand Words" as a re
vised and enlarged rendition of the former
book.
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Two beautifully Illustrated and printed
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Y. crowell a Co. Thoreau s "cape cod,
profusely Illustrated from the camera of
Clifton Johnson, wno followed i noreau
path; and "A Treasury of Verse for Little
Children," which la described as "a tempi-
lrg anthology."
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""Wroth" Is announced by Agnes and
Bgerton Castle, the first novel from these
authors since "If Youth but Knew," nearly
three years ago. "Wroth", la described as a
story of the early part of the century, wttn
the Interest centered In the character of the
hero a wild, reckless fellow, who is known
as "Mad Wroth."
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George Breckenrldge Davis, author of
"The Elements of International i,aw.
which the Harpers have Just reissued in
an edition to Include an account of tha
second Peace Conference at The Hague. Is
Judge Advocate General of the United
states Army, a graduate of West Point and
a graduate of the Columbia Law scnooi.
"The United States as a World-Power"
by Professor A C. Coolldge, of Harvard. Is
to appear soon. This Is the outcome of the
notable series of lectures which Professor
Coolldge delivered some months ago at the
Sorbonne in Paris. Arrangements nave
been. made for Its simultaneous publication
in America, England and. In translation.
Germany and France.
"The Call of the City" waa the title se
lected by two authors for two forthcoming
books. One book bad already been printed
and the other was on the press before the
duplication was discovered. lr. urreu,
of the- Marble College Church, New York,
one of the authors, has accordingly changed
the title of his book to "The Lure of the
City." It will be published In a few days.
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The Harpers have manuscripts In process
for various new Autumn books, many of
them representing distinguished names.
Amons these are Mr. Humpnry warn, win
lam Dean Howells, Hamlin Garland, George
Harvey, Auguatua Thomas. Kirk Munroe,
Peter Newell and others. On this list also
appears tha name of General Lew Wallace,
with the suggestive mention of an excerpt
from "Ben Hur."
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I do wish that certain - novelists of the
"realistic" school would not persist in say-Ins-
that the reason they write such sickly.
ch am be r-of -horrors stories, describing un
happy married people, is because "they feel
It their duty to reflect current life." The
real reason Is without lying about It that
"horrible" and nasty novels unfortunately
pay, the nastier they gat. For a time. Ana
then comes the ax.
The ahort stories that Edith Wharton baa
written during the last four yeara will be
published In a volume soon under the title
of "The Hermit and the Wild Woman."
There are eight stories In the book. Includ
ing "The Hermit and the Wild woman.
"The Last Asset," "In Trust," 'The Pre
text." "The Verdict." "The Pot-Boller,
"The Beet Man" ' and "Latinos." These
tales represent the climax of Mrs. Wharton's
art.
John Lane Company, New York, la Issu
ing "Beau Brummel." This Is the author
ised publication of the play written by Clyde
Fitch for Richard Mansfield. The book is
profusely Illustrated from photographs of
Mansfield and his company, in their part:
and has a special artistic binding. Tha cast
of the first production Is Included with a
note by the author, -inis play was orig
inally produced at the Madison Square
Theater, May 17, 1890.
One of the first of the Fall novels to ap
pear Is "Cousin Cinderella" by Mrs. Everard
Cotes, who is better known, perhaps, aa
fara Jeannette Duncan. Mrs. Cotes' new
book recalls that very witty story. "An
American Girl In London." Again she has
taken as her principal character a native
of this continent wno nnas nerseir on Eng
lish soli. This time, however, It is a Cana
dian girl whose experiences are chronicled,
and not a citizen of the United States. .
"Yuletlde Editions" are already in prepa
ration by Paul Elder ft Co. The series is
to include 14 titles. There are also new
editions of several popular volumes. "Spots,
or 202 Cleansers," by Clarice Town Cour-
volsler, is to be Issued in flexible cover;
Chllde Harold "Book of Abridged Wisdom"
In pictorial flexible cover, and "Fear Not."
by Delia J. Dessl, In art cover. They have
also "The Remarkable Adventures of Little
Boy Pip" and Jojm Prosper Carmel's "Blot
tsntots." each with Christmas and New
Year's greeting band. "Homely Maxims, or
Wisdom In Homespun." Is a series of six
gems of American wit and wisdom, plc
torlally Interpreted In color by Raymond
Carter.
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a. W. Dillingham Co. announces of im
mediate publication: "The Devil," by
Ferenc Molnar; "Strongheart," by Fred
erick R. Burton; "The Flame Dancer," by
France Aymar Mathews; "The Wolf," by
Eugene Walter; "The Olrl Question." by
John W. Hardin: 'The Four Flusher." by
John Edward Hazzard, and la preparation
a new novel by Arthur Hornblow. The lal
ter's "The Profligate" has run Into a second
-10.000 edition, has been dramatized and
will be produced during the present season.
Hornblow's "The End of the Game" Is out
In a popular-priced edition. "The Warrens
of Virginia," by George Cary Eggleston, In
less than a month has run ln-to Its third
edition.
To let all the world know that Troy, N.
Y., celebrated "Old Home Week." the Troy
Newawrlters Association of that city has
issued an attractive publication called The
Reporter, which tells the Industrial and
social stories of "the cuff and collar city,"
as a humorist recently dubbed Troy. N. Y.
The publication Is printed In color, and con
sists of 64 pages, giving pictures of the nat
ural beauties of the city, what It has done
In civics, showing what kind of buildings
exist there, liberally sprinkled with healthy
looking ads. and portraits of public men.
Tha frontispiece Is a-representation of "Miss
Troy's Offering to the World." and shows
that damsel to be a good-looking girl, with
a lapful of plenty, some of the latter being
labeled; "Collars, cufTs, paper boxes, paper,
streetcara, laundry machinery and bells."
William C. Corey, the Pittsburg steel
magnate, threatens to sue Upton Sinclair
for libel, on the charge that he, Mr. Corey,
Is mentioned In the new Sinclair novel. Sin
clair defies Corey to do his worst and
strongly intimates that Corey and his as
sistants were responsible for the burning of
Helicon Hall,, which, according to Mr. Sin
clair, amounted to an attempt on his life.
Mr. Sinclair said that among other docu
ments In his possession before the destruc
tion of Helicon' Hall by fire, were a number
of affidavits and other papers pertaining to
fraudulent practices in connection with the
manufacture of steel rails. "I took the
trouble," said he. "to go out to Pittsburg.
I spent a couple of weeks investigating. I
had affidavits to prove that these practices
prevailed in the case of steel rails a year
or two before E. H. Harrlman ga-ve out his
etatement as to the wretched quality of rails
which the trust was selling his railroad. I
can tell Mr. Harrlman, too, that his own
purchasing officials were not Ignorant about
Lumber Piling Machine
French Invention That Has Baffled the Ingenuity
of the American Machinists.
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THE operation of piling1 beams,
log-s, planks and railway ties is
usually performed by hand. The
pilee are built up by successive stages.
Many workmen are required and the
work Is not free from danger. Hence
the new piling: machine or elevator In
vented by M. Josse, the director of the
municipal wood-paving: establishment
of Paris, will be found very useful, for
It .solves very successfully, says the
Scientific American, a technical prob
lem that has baffled the ingenuity of
more than one inventor.
The machine, which Is shown in oper
ation In the accompanying; photograph,
consists mainly of two vertical trian
gular frames stiffened by cross braces.
The frames are joined together, at
eacft of the three angles, by an arbor
bearing two toothed wheels which
move two endless chains In t vertical
planes parallel to the frames. The
chains carry at regular distances hooks
for the reception and elevation of the
logs, which are brought on cars to the
foot of the machine. At the back of
H. The inspectors of steel whom they em
ploy get a very amall share of the graft and
are willing to grumble about It In private.
It waa documents of this sort which I had
In Helicon Hall, and I have always been of
the opinion that the place would never have
burned up if they had not been there. How
ever, I sleep on the ground now and the
at eel crowd will have to find some other
w&y to get me." '
Who eaye that our literary men are not
getting busy ? George Ade is to run for
Congress from Indiana. Ople Head, from
Chicago, 1s spoken of as an aspirant for
Sheriff of Cook County. . Augustus Thomas
recently won political applause In making
a nominating speech at .Denver. It is de
clared tnat Mr. Bryan wouia be delighted
If the Democrats should nominate Mr.
Thomas for Governor of New York. Pete"
Dunne would not get angry, so his friends
assert. If President Roosevelt should nom
inate him for-a high place In the diplomatic
corps., Now comes news rrom Alamo tnat
John K end rick Bangs has flung his castor
Into the political ring. George w. Pecic
once was Governor of "Wisconsin; Nye was
a Justice of the Peace In Wyoming;' Booth
Tarkington was permitted to make impress
on the lawmaking power of Indiana, while
Robert Harr, lormeriy of Detroit, but now
of London, is waiting to be knighted by
King isawara.
'I can show by convincing, specific, prac
tical facts that starvation Is not necessary
in the writing life." says Gilson Willetts in
the American Magazine. "I have been writ
ing, nothing but writing, for 18 years with
out a single Interruption of any kind, always
as a free lance. I have produced 7.200,000
words, for which I received $72,000. My
articles and stories have appeared In 90 dif
ferent magazines and weeklies and in 40
newspapers, besides syndicate articles In 500
newspapers. I have written nine books. In
cluding two novels, works of reference, and
books or tne premium ciass. oommnea
sale of these books, 760,000. I have written
more than 1300 different magazine articles,
and over 100 short stories, and goodness
knows how many pamphlets and advertise
Books Added to Library
The folio wins- books at the Public Llbrarr
will go into cireuiatloB September 14:
BIOGRAPHY.
Colonna Vittorta Colonna. her friends and
her times: by Mr. M. F. Jerrold. 1&06.
Howard My life ana experiences among
our hostile Indians; a record of personal ob
servations, 1907.
Ibsen Ibsen; by dmund Go see. 190a.
BOOKS IK FOREIGN" LANGUAGES.
Favre L" He ineonnue.
Gorky (pseud.) Einst lm her bat; auage-
wahlte erx&hlungen.
Gorky (pseud.) la der steppe; ausgewani-
te erzahlungen.
Le Bras Le garden du xeu.
DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL.
Bruce la the footsteps of Marco Polo: being
an account of a Journey overland from Simla
to Fekln. 1D07.
FICTION.
Dean T ravers: a story of the Sen Fran
cisco earthquake.
HnwMls Fennel and rue.
Morris The footprint and other stories.
Vance The black bag.
FINEJ ARTS.
Barber Lead glazed pottery. 1907.
Dav Enameling: a comparative account of
the development and practice of the art. 1907.
Duncan Tne nouse oeaunrui ua useiui.
1&07.
Holland oeenjrn ror scnoois. iwi.
Pa".erewaki Piano works. 3 vols. n. d.
Sullivan Patience: or. Bmthorne's bride:
words by W. S. Gilbert. 1881.
HISTORY.
Forema n Ruwia on t be Paci fic : and the
eitrian Railway. "1SH9.
Ladd In corea with Marquis no. iwjs.
LITERATURE.
CaimsIntroduction to rhetoric. 1001.
Rvland Chronological outlines of EaglLsh
literature. 1807.
PHTLOSOPHr.
Peabody, ed. The liquor problem ; a sum
the machine are two pairs of Inclined
arms which can be raised vertically,
as the pile Increases in height, by
means of a winch operated by a small
electric motor. Two men, standing at
the foot of the machine in front, lay
the logs or beams, one by one. in the
hooks attached to the lifting chains.
When the log reaches the top of the
machine it is tipped on to the two
longer hooks which may be seen In ad
vance of it. These long hooks, which
are turned In a direction opposite to
that of the lifting hooks, support the
log in its descent down the back of the
machine until it reaches the inclined
arms. These arms receive the log
from the hooks (which continue their
downward course with the chains) and
allow it to glide Into the hands of a
workman stationed on the pile- The
man passes the log to his companions,
who lay It in its place.
The operation of the Josse machine
is continuous, and its employment
makes possible a considerable reduc
tion In the working force. It will prob
ably be promptly Introduced in all
large timber 3-ards.
ments. My 'stuff has appeared over ln9
different names. My output has averaged,
for 16 years, some 400,000 words a year.
Average pay, 1 cent a word. Average yearly
earnings from writing alone. $4000. In
certain years I have made $&00O or a little
more. I have been paid & cents a word;
but. I do not seek this class of work. I And
that I can make more at work for 1 or 3
cents a word."
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When Augustus Saint-Gaudens asked Gen
eral Sherman to meet Robert Louis Steven
son, Sherman asked: "Is he one of my
boys?" meaning one of the soldiers who had
fought under him In the civil War, .says an
exchange. "No," said Salnt-Gaudens, "he's
the great writer Stevenson." "Never heard
of him," said Sherman. "What did he
write ?" "Why. - he wrote 'Treasure island'
and 'Kidnapped and 'David Balfour' "
"Don't know them," said the General. "And
he wrote Dr. - Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.'"
"That's a good play. I saw Dick Mansfield
play it. Well, fetch him along." Salnt
Gaudens, the kindest and.tenderest creature
that ever lived, would never think of wound
ing Stevenson's sensitive soul by telling htm
what Sherman had said. "The General
wants you to come around tomorrow," said
he to the author. "Does he really want to
see me?" Stevenson aaked. 'Of course ho
does." said Saint-Gaud ena. "Want to see
you? Why, you should have seen hie face
when I told him you were coming!" They
went to the studio the next day. When
Sherman arrived, Palnt-Gaudens came for
ward most Impressively, and laying great
stress on the author's name, said: "General
Sherman, this Is Mr. . Robert Louis Steven
son." "Ah. how do you do, Mr. Stevenson?'
said the General. "Glad to meet you. One
f my boys?"
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
Talks to the King's Children, by Sylvanus
Stall. D. D. $1 Vir Pub. Co..
Insect Stories by Vernon L. Kellogg. $1.50
(Holt & Co.).
Living on a Lltttle. by Caroline French
Benton. $1.25 ( Dana-Estes).
mary of investigations conducted by the Com
mittee of Fifty. 1906.
RELIGION.
Aston Shinto; the ancient religion of
Japan. 1907.
Field Heroes of missionary enterprise.
1908. .
Hutchinson The golden p'drch; a book of
Greek fairy tales. 1907.
SCIENCES.
Ames Textbook of general physics, for
high schools and colleges. 1904.
Benedict Chemical lecture experiments.
1901.
Bryant History of astronomy. 1907.
Elliott The romance of savage life. 1Qn9.
Hessler &. Smith The essentials of chem
istry. 1902.
Martin The friendly stars. 1907.
SOCIOLOGY.
-Bell At the works; a study of a manu
facturing town. 190".
Benedict Waifs of the ..slums and their
way out. 1107.
Fairlie Essays in muUcipal administra
tion. 1908.
Hunter Socialists at work. 1908.
USEFUL ARTS.
American School of Correspondence at
Armour Institute Highway construction: a
practical guide to modern methods of road
building. 1908.
Gamble Straight talks on business. l(f-7.
Jones Notes on drainage; classroom, field,
and laboratory exercises for students of. land
drainage. 1908.
BOOKS ADDED TO THE JUVENILE DE
PARTMENT. Aesop Hundert und acht Asop'sche fa be I a
fur die jugend-
Gibson In eastern wonderlands.
Grimm A Grimm Household stories; tr.
hy Lucy Crane and illustrated by E-- H.
Whnert.
Nugent .New games and amusements.
Htarr Mustafa, the Egyptian boy
White & Smith South Africa to a ay.