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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNT) AY OKEGOXIAX. FORTXAXD. OCTOBER 4. 1908. 11 "I have many times been driven to my knees by th overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of those aboutjne seemed insuf ficient for that day.Vvabrabam Lincoln. 1 ,StV Th Testing of Ulan Mallory. By Mrl. Humphry W.rd. Illustrated. Price, $1.50. Harper Broth. New York City. A wis but rynical old heathen philoso pher one wrote: "If you want to win a woman, fo not cringe Jo her or swear everlasting devotion. Rather be a good actor. Muke hor think that you" must he saved on this earth and that she Is the one beautiful being to save you. In other words, appeal to her pity." furiously enough, this seems to ha the plan pursued by Oliver Marshnm In sliming I'tttna Mallory. but In the tell ing of It all -Jire Is where Mrs. Humnhrv--not Humphrey Ward shows her consummate cleverness as a writer rf really Brest, first-class fiction. "The Testing of Pinna Mnllory" is a thought ful study In rha rafter building and in de picting the depth of emotion and suffer ing. It Is fashioned like an altar rather than a ro.- garden, and is sure to find Itself m the verv froitt rank of the hi novels of :! IM-tna .Mallory shines with a grent white light and speaks to us wi'h greater elofjuenve than any of Mrs. Ward's women in her earlier novels. "I-itdy noses I'liuglitor" or "Frnwieks I'areer." Mas IMan Is more human. i:i-re approachable. There Is an element of nivsrery about her that rommands the re,i..r to follow, and Hie Is like the saint .f old in whom all dumb things and suf feit'ic beings lound consolation. of ronrfp. on the other hand, plana may be ethereal and rare in our work-a- dav life, but she romes as a welcome breath in the sale of chance. Probably If she hail be -n a cook cooped up all day in a hot kltrhen. working to tirkte the palates of two dox?n hungry board er. or a telephone girl with nerves out of g?ar. mentally wrestling with fren xled subscribers who decline to believe that a particular line is busy. Miss Diana might have been startled out of her smooth composure. For you see. she Is an Knglish girl of birth, leisure and hroedittg. a girl wfio didn't have to bother about where the next Kail suit was com Ins from. No. Indeed! Plana was a dainty Miss, who Inherited wealth, but. It must he admitted, considerable sorrow as well. Yet. through it all sue is a lov able heroine. Mrs. Ward starts her story on, Christ mas morning, and introduces us to the bedroom of llss Diana Millory. Then comes this go-mine "Ward" paragraph: "The Star of Rethlehem and Christmas dav.' Piana Mallory had Just drawn back the curtain of her bedroom. Her voice as she murmured the words was full of a Joyous delight: eagerness and yearning expressed themselves in her bending attitude, her parted lips and eyes intent upon a star. The panelled room behind her was dimly lit by a solitary candle, lust kindled The faint dawn In front. t!v flickering candle-light behind, illumined Diana's tall figure, wrapped in a white dressing-gown, her small head and slender neck, the tum bling masses of her dark hair, and the hand holding the curtain. It was a kind and poetic llBht: but her youth and grace nee, led no softening" Miss Plana had Just reached England to take up her residence on an estate namd Brechoote. with a lovely old manor house and village attached, supposed to be located In Prookshlre. In the south part of Eng'and. Diana's mother had died IS years before, and her father more recently. The girl remembered that her fa'her was sometimes oppressed with a secret sorrow: thst he traveled with her to fore!gn eountries instead of taking up a settled resident- In England, and that her real family name was. 8parllng. Her father had assumed the name of Mallory. afrer his w-t'.-'s death. Why? Wait. Although P:ana d't'n t know It. her happiest moments were upon her as she st.fttl mat Christmas morning at her bedroom window. lover-free. and a stranger to care. She was rears old. and lived happily with her chaperone. Mrs. Muriel Col wood. An ardent Imperi alist, and believing in a greater Fng:and beyond the seas. Diana was skillful In political argument, but didn't run to woman suffrage. Two lovers draw near, tine is Oliver Marsham. member of Par 'i.rn.rt. and dependent upon his mother. Lady Lucy Marsham. for an allowance from his fattier s estate with which to pav his Itvinir exper.sts. The other lover 1, young so'dier. Captain Roughsedge. who seems to have been the better man of the two. but the poorer talker. But Marsham easily wins lie girl's heart, and the love at- is sensibly done, without gush. Just then Diana receive a visit from a -- xnt cousin, Laa Fanny Merlon, aad i AN. the point is madn clear that up to this time. Diana had practically known noth ing of her relatives. Miss Merton Is as vulgar and mercenary as Diana ia dainty, and moves In a state of continual Jealous dislike, exhibiting that poor self-control, bordering upon bad temper, which spe cialists, for so much per. kindly class as "neurotic." Miss Merton quickly quar rels with Plana, asks her for JlunO hush money, and then says to Mrs. Colwood: "You don't know about Diana's mother?" Mystery alley begins here, but the au thor proceeds with, the story without actually telling what the mystery Is, and thereby shows her .keen. analytical art. Miss Merton ultimately tells her cousin that the latter'a mother once killed a man and robbed her sister of money be queathed to her. Sir James Childe, a famous lawyer. ' who shout this period first met Miss Diana, suspected from her personal appearanoe that she is the daughter of tua .woman he defended on a charge of murder, and takes means to protect Diana. But nagging tongue ar busy, and hearing that Plana Is th daughter of Mrs. Sparling, murderess, Lady tarsham counsels her son to break off the engagement with Diana. Mr. Marsham la a weakling, does aa he is told, and transfers his attentions to a Miss Drake. Diana, doesn't break her heart, but braves the scandal and goes abroad. It seems that. Diana's father was an antiquarian, and proved to be so uncon genial to his wife that he spent consid erable time excavating sites of ruined cities In Asia Minor. Bereft of husband. Mrs. Sparling did not busy herself with her little daughter, hut drifted into a fast set where she gambled witli Sir Prancla Wing and his wife. One night, while he was drunk, Sir Francis made love to Mrs. Snarling, and she repulsed him. Mrs. Wing accused Mrs. Sparling of having stolen trust money, and attacked her character, and in a frenzy of despair Mrs. Sparling seised a dagger lying near and stabbed Lady Wing to the heart. ' Sir James Childe urged mitigating circum stances, but Mrs. Sparling was found guilty of murder. Her sentence was com muted, and when brought to her home. she died. When Diana is getting heart-whole again, most of the people in the story becom absorbed in politics, especially Liberal politics, and one of them. Lord Phfllo Darcy. a radical statesman, ap pears to be a mixture of W. Ei. Glad stone and Lord Roseherry. People gen eral.'v sympathise with Diana In her af fliction, and hold that she cannot be. held tin to blame for her mother's act Her old lover. Mr. Marsham, is generally condemned for his unfeeling conduct In breaking hla promise to marry Diana, heredity or no heredity bogey. A gen eral election comes along, ana .nr. .war hsm finds himself so much out of sym pathy with the electors that ha ia mobbed and struck with a stone. He is seriously Injured, and In turn is cast off by 'lis new sweetheart. Miss Drake, who obvi ously enough "doesn't wish to marry a' cripple." How is it all to end? Through th mate of politics, aristocratic living, flna descriptions of scenery and nesrt-Durn-iigs. shines the spirit of Diana Malttiry. PIio is tested In the crucible of human living and comes out pure gold. A spirit ta IMm. By Robert Hlchent. Illustrated Price, $1.75. Harper Brota rs. .New Tork i;lt-. Loyalty to th charm reposing In Mr. Hichens' other novel, "The Garden of Allah " one of the really great novels In the English language encourages one to view "A Spirit in Prison" with eager In terest. The title suggests Jailer and cll bars, but In reading the tale these are not physically present the fetters relate to the region if the soul, in a psychological sense. Love la- crucified, and out of much pain and sorrow rises a better, spiritual lor. An Italian atmosphere Is over all. for Mr. Hichens stages his tale In Italy, and Indeed so many phrases In It are printed in Italian that to- thoroughly en joy the aweep of action and character expression one would b all th better to understand the Italian language. It would save groping In the dark. Blue skies, eternal "sunshine, boaUnen who sing tender songs as they ply their oars, words that have a caress In them, people who drink wine and smoke "bunches" of cigarettes, different degrees of lov and friendship these are the principal pic tures offered. Above all hovers a study of temperament. It would seem that In writing A ypint In Prison" Mr. Hichens has In a measure copied th Italian atmosphere of Marion ("rawford. This time. Mr. Hichens holds up a literary gem different from any nej i , ...j hafA although it can 11.. t1 - ill' u VI I ai not be devoured at a hastr reading, and is somewhat difficult to understand. It is not a case of The arrow in me air. - After closing tne book, at mo mm page, the thoughtful, reader realises that j he has been watching the unfolding of a soul's tragedy, the tragedy of Hermlone Delarey. a widow, who is eaten up with a love-hunger and is sucn a roicauu i I pressed emotions that s"he Is generally ! misunderstood. She is a delicate creature i of fancy, and much of her foolish soph- i. . . I .t hat.-. Keen renlaced with ; common sense had she been obliged to work hard for ner living. iei tie. story Is one of the most striking of the 1 year, and haunts one like a photograph. I The atorr opens near Naples, and pio i tures an Island where live Mrs. Hermlone Delarey. widow: her 16-year-old daughter. I Vere. and their servant. Oaspare at ' least, these aie the principal inhabitants of the romantic .spot. Vere Is listening ! to a fisher boy. Ruffo Scarla. singing ' - - j i i. i. r. aiMtahlne. Often he J sings "Napoll Bella." Tears before Mrs. ' Delarey had absentea nerseir in i'ni. trarel, and in the Interval her husband. Maurice, betrayed a young peasant girl. Maddalena. The letter's father. In re I venge. throws Maurice into the sea. where he was drowned, and Maddalena s baby boy was born near .-New Then the tragedy slept. Maddalena mar ried Antonio Bemari. a man of loose morals, who In the years to come often brok his marriage vows. Although Vere was not awaro of tne circumstance, the boy she heard singing "Napoli Bella" IS the son of her father and Maddalena but of course, this fact is kept carefully guarded until the story grows in sweep and action. One friend of the Delarey family Is Emtio Artols. an author, who In the first place ought to have married Hermlone. Instead of Mau rice. Then she wouldn't have been groping so long in her mental darkness. A lover for Vere draws nigh, a Marchess Isidoro Penacci. who on one occasion "was smartly dressed In the palest pos sible shade of gray, with a pink bright tie. pink socks, brown shoes of the rather boat-like shape affected by many young Neapolitans, and a round straw hat. with a small brim. that, was set lightly on the side -of his curly head (hair?). In his mouth was a cigarette and In his buttonhole a pink carnation." The story spreads out in "talky fash Ion, and on page 503 is a momentous phrase: -"The spirit that resteth upon a He la a spirit in prison." From pages 623 to 59 a remarkable conversation takes place between Hermlone and Artois. In which the woman describes her Quixotic temperament. The best drawn pictures in the storv for inherent freshness, are those of Vere and Ruffo Scarla, the flsherboy. . The Psychology of Advertising. By nr. Wal ter bill Scott. Price, 2. Illustrated. Small. Maynard k Co.. Boston. Dr. Walter Dill Scott Is director of the psvchologlcal laboratory of North western University, and 1s recognized as an expert In "advanced" advertising. In this book he skillfully presents an easily-grasped exposition of the principles of psvchologv in their relation to suc cessful advertising. His style Is lively, yet dignified, and starts thought. Ho presents pictures of advertisements which are well known to the average reader of newspapers and magaaines, and tells in a crisp phrase why such-and-such advertisement lingers In the memory and makes one huy the goods It recommends. In chapter 1 Dr. Scott starts on a new tack. He savs that cards containing these questions were mailed to 600 rep resentative business men In Chicago: What r-hlcSBO daily or dallies do r read' Which one do you prefer? What five features interest you most? Do you epena on an average as much as 15 minutes daily reading a Chicago- paper? What Induced you to begin the subscription of the paper or papers? Were you ever induced hy means of a premium or prise to subscribe for a Chicago paperT As the result of the replies he re ceived. Dr. Scott says: Judging from the answers of SWO men the conviction Is forced upon one that they do not cars to have a newspaper serv as Interpreter, defender or advocate of the truth. All that is desired is a brief but comprehensive publication of the news. That editor will be the most appreciated who selects the news most wisely and pre sents the unvarnished truth In all matters In which the constituency are interested. The Ideal paper would have to do only with facts. The news would have to be well written, but the interest would be mainly in the news Itself and -not In the reporter's or the publishers views concerning it. I do not agree with these opinions. What about clrlc reforms started through editorial utterances In newspa pers? There have been many such. Dr. Scott's replies also gave these Tea sons why men subscribed for their chos en newspapers: "To keep in touch with current events." "desire to be Informed." j "to be Informed as to what is going on." "to be up to the times and not a back number "to be, en rapport with the world." Forty per cent read two papers and 21 per cent read three papers. Local news had the highest attraction of the newswares displayed. 17.8 per cent, and political news second, while the reading of drama fell to 1.1 per cent. The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl. Rv Eliza Frances Andrews. Illustrated. Price. 2.50. D. Appleton t-o., .-vew York City. Written by a gentlewoman In an inti mate yet militant style, these journal ex tracts tell the story of the Old South from a new viewpoint, and are unusually' in teresting. The author was a Confederate sympathizer, while her father supported the cause of the Union. With Northern vision, it is curious to meet with such rabid anti-Federal sentiment,' but one must remember the war-stricken time in which the journal was kept. "The changes of thought and feeling hetween the middle of the nineteenth and the .beginning of the twentieth century are eo great that the impulsive young person who penned the following record and the white-haired woman who edits it. are no more the same than were Philip drunk with the wine of youth and pas sion, and Philip sobered by the leseons of age and experience." Such is the au thor's frank explanation. She draws a happy rlcture of her Southern aristocracy of planters, and thinks that "it is doubt ful whether the world has ever produced a state of society more rich in all the resources of a thoroughly wholesome, happy and joyous life than existed among the privileged "400' under the peculiar civ ilisation of the Old South." The opinion is expressed that the next war "they" get Into will be against the negroes. The author's comment Is expressed In crisp, fearless fashion and is valuable as an American record of fading memories. The Old Allegiance, by Hubert Wales. 11.50. Mitchell Kennerley. New York City. Written with a boldness that makes one gasp, and no more novel plot than this has been unfolded during the pres ent season. Mr. Deacon agrees with his chum. Mr. Crewe, who is a student at Oxford University, England, to visit a lonely island named Strachan, off the Scotch coast, for vacation. Here Dea con finds himself in a nest of Jacob ites, a remnant of the Scotch who think that the Stuarts should occupy the British throne. Deacon Is mistaken for the pretender, James VI of Eng land, and the luxury of being; a King In secret is so refreshing that Deacon keeps up the illusion. Dynamiters and others guide the story to a whirlwind finish. Templar Tactics and Manual. By Langdon 8 Chllcott. Price, t.50. Thomas W. Burr Printing Company, Bangor, Me. Langdon Sargent Chllcott, the author of this excellent guide to Templar tactics and manual, is a Sir Knight of St. Johna Commandery. Maine Consistory, and his home is at Bangor. Maine. Everything that pertains to drill, evo lations. etc.. of Knights Templars will be found within the compass of these H3 pages, and can be received as authorita tive. The evolutions are based on the system of turns employed in modern drill regulations, and have been pronounced j correct by military experta. In care of preparation, and quality of cuts, plates and general book-work, it can challenge comparison with any other similar pub lication. The table of contents: Introduction, definitions, general principles, commands, school of the knights, school of the com mandery. ceremonies, escorts, salutes, the card, orders, correspondence, asylum tac tics, instruction for the band and drum major, standards, banner, trumpet calls and drill signals. The book measures four and seven eighths by seven and one-fourth inches, and is bound by hand on flexible back and covered with black grain leather. In general appearance, the little book is ex tremely neat and it is worth noting that It has been adopted as the standard by th Grand Templar jurisdictions of Maine and Florida. The Children's Ingfelow. Illustrated. Price. 3. .Houghton, Mifflin Co.. Bos ton. Curiously enough, the complaint has been made that an adequate collection of Longfellow's poems . for young peo ple could not be found. " Houghton. Mif flin & Co. have Just now supplied the want, in this exquisite book which has eight charming full-page Illustration in color by popular artists, decorated title page, sub-titles and headings in coldr. and finely bound with a .pictorial cover. Mor than sO poems, suitable for chil dren, have been selected, 'many of them gems. An unusually attractive holiday present. - .' r . G ant ob It C. By Arthur J. Eddy.. Illus trated. Price, i.50. A. C. MeClurf Co.. Chicago, and the J. K- Gill Com pany. Portland. At first sight this novel has a suspi cion of muckraking, but once you t get into the swing of the story you discover that it Isn't so. ' "Ganton A Co." Is a big. healthy, optimistic tale of business and social life in Chicago, and particu larly describes John Ganton, pork-packer, of Ganton & Co., whose "capacity output was 1200 cattle per hour. . The scene where Mr. G?.nton undergoes a surgical operation, pulses with realism. Mr. Wind and Madam Rain. By Paul de Musset. Illustrated. Price. 60 cents. Har per & Brothers. New York City. Different from the usual fairy tale, and Just adapted to little boys and girls who cry "Tell us a story something new." Translated by Emily Makepeace, these tales are taken from old Scotch-Breton folk-lore. The imprisonment of Mr. Wind and Madame Rain, and the jail power of Peter the Peasant are all told with that exquisite humor for which De Musset is celebrated. , The Substitute. By Walter Camp. Illus trated. Price. $1.50. D. Appleton a: Co., New Tork City. ' A Tale football story for boys, written with that dash which Is linked with the Camp name. The hero Is Richard God dard. a fine, manly fellow, and all the evolutions of his football career at Yale are chronicled, so that the reader ab sorbs a good deal of scientific football knowledge without knowing it. The de scription of the Yale-Princeton game is a thriller. ' ' Pljyslc for Secondary Schools. By Charles F Adams. Price $l.?n. The American Book Company, New York City. Mr. Adams is head of the department of physics In the Detroit High School, and his book thas sufficient demonstrations for teacher and problems for pupil, while fundamental principle are enforced and brought home to the pupil by illustrations touching the events of his dally life. Re cent advanoes In electrical knowledge ar noted. Arnold Frits aiif Perlen, edited by May Thomas. 30 cents. Th American Baak Company, New York. ( Told In characteristic German, this story relates the visit of a whole some, high-spirited boy to a staid bachelor household, and the pranks be plays there. The little book Is well fitted for productive elementary work. and has a complete vocabulary. A Jonrney of Joy. By Amy Blanchard. . Illustrated. Price, fl.&0. Dana, Kates & Co., Boston, Mass. Amy Blanchard has achieved success as a writer of books for girls, and In "A Journey of Joy." In which two young American girls and an elderly companion Books Added to Library The following books at the Public Library went into circulation within the past week: . BIOGRAPHY. . Cavour Life of Cavour, by Edward Cadnaan. fi07. Goethe Life of Goethe; by Albert. Btel schowsky: tr. by W. A. Cooper, v. 3. 1008. Grev Hie Leaves from nis alary: ea. oy the Countess of Strafford. 1904. Ttolrne Memoirs of the Comtesse ' de Boltrne: ed. by Charles Nlcollaud. v. . 1908. Magill Slxty-fiy year In the life of a teacher. 1907. Owen Robert Owen, a biography; by Frank Podmorc. 1807. I BOOKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES. Amlcis-t-"uH' oceano. Ganghofer Das gottelslehen. -Heer Felix Notvest; roman. Aniicls Marocco. Amlcto Oiarid. Cavaliaro Pionlerl ed erol della storla anierlcana. Cooper Der letste Mohlkaner. Daenell Geschlchte der Verelnlgten Stam en von Amerika. Egeatorfl Die sleben Gernopp. Gaspey & Runge Engllshe konversation grammatlk. ,. , Grimmelshausen Der abenteuerllcbe Sim pllclus Slmpllclsslmu. 2 v. He ring lsegrimm. Janitschek Hartr sieg: roman. Kretser Kin wersehloesener menscb. Pnccinianti Antolocla della poesla Italians da Dante al Melaetaaio. Raabe Gf-sammelte erzahlungea. 4 v. Raff ModellgeschicTlten. Ticicke Im splnnenwlnkel. Kentz Die golden ke.ua. und ndere erx ahiungen. 5chm Michel. Wendtland Drei novell.n. tverner Adflcrflug; Ein Gottosurtell;, xwei romane. TYerner Freie bahn: vt'llbrandt Villa Maria. WolzoKen Erlebtes, erlau-htes, erlogenes. "Worms Aus roter dammerung. Zobellta Der bildhauer. DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL. Bedford English children in the olden time. 1907. , Brallsford Macedonia, Its races and their future, it1. . , Do Windt Through savage Europe: being the narrative of a Journey through the, Bal kan States and European Russia. 190i. FICTION. Austin Santa Lucia. Clemens A horse's tale De La Pasture The unlucky family. Kinkaid Man of yesterday. Bryden Gold kloof. Crockett. Red cap tales. Four-pools mystery. . Hawkins. Love logic and other stories. Mantle. Gret. FINE ARTS. Gainsborough Thomas Gainsborough ; by W. B. Boulton. m'7. . Holrcyo i no .aiivuti got.w, the central Italian schools. 1!05. Holrovd The National gallery. London: the north Italian schools. !MV Kobbe The pianolist: a guide for planoia player. 1907. jgxsTORY. rrawford The romance of old New Eng land churches. 19n. Francois From Valmy to -Waterloo; ex tracts from the diary of a soldier of the Revolution and the Empire; tr. by R. B. D HumeJeuten. of old Spain. 1906. Rouse ed National documents: state papers so arranged as to Illustrate the growth of our country from ltoOa to the P North i-Th. 'mother of California: being an hMorlcal sketch of the little-known Und of Baja California. 1908. LITERATURE. Cooper ed. Theories of style, with es pecial reference to prose composition. 1807. I ockwood and Emerson Composition and rhe'toric for higher schoola laOL Nicholson Old German lov songs: tr. from the Mlnnesln iters of the 12th to the 14th centuries. 1907. Adams ed. Through the year with the p-ets. 12 v. lSj-J-lSfS. Machen The Bib.e m Browning, with par ticular reference to -The ring and the book." 1VrigM Short history cf Greek literature, from Horner to Julian. 1S17. eeaesa. Tragedies;, tr. into English Terse, ! tour Europe and also meet with lots of I romance, she will gain new admirers. Before Marriage. By lirt. Adolphe Hoft j mann. Price, ;o cents. The vir Publlsh j ing Company. Philadelphia, Pa. j Filled with moral advice from a devoted ! mother to a eon, Herbert, who is 25 years old and is about to get married. Its mes sage Is also hygienic. But Herbert is eo good that it is doubtful if he stands in need of any counsel. . Hillary on Her Own. fey Mabel Barnes Grundy. J1..W The Baker Jt Taylor Co, New Tork City. . . A pleasant story' of a good-natured. wholesome English girl who went to London, where she ceased being an ele gant idler and worked for her Irving. rele Sam' Business. By Crittenden Mar riott. Price. $1.50. Harper Brothers. New Tork City. Admirable for young people, especially boys. The author tells what sort of a business man Uncle Sam is, and how he manages to govern this country. Every Man for Himself. By Norman Dun can. Price, $1.50. Harper ft Brothers, New York City. A reprint of Labrador ' sea stories, all told with remarkable power and some with fine religious tone. , JOSEPH M. QUENTIN. IN LIBRARY AND WORKSHOP. Mark Twain recently said that our best hort-story writer today 'Is O. Henry. This Is handsome of Mr. Twain. -. ... " A remarkable article. "Unrest in India, is reprinted from the Hindustan Review in the current numoer or xne Living Age. ... The. picture shown on this book page Is taken from Mary Stewart cutting a novel. "The Wayfarers.' recently reviewed In The Oregonlaa. ... William Dean Howells Is to move Jo a new office building largely peopled with artists, at ino West rilty-seventn street, New York City. , . . . . "The' Little Brother of the Bleb" hat y reached Its sixth edition. Mr. Patterson win dramatize the novel, ana iieDter co. of New York, will bring It out January 18 at the Grand Opera-house, Chicago. ... Another new book of rhymes and Quaint pictures for the little folk will be Carolyn wells and Harrison L'aurs ' ine wappy chapa," funny fellows with as many mad cap pranks as their Brownie cousins. ... To their dainty line of year books de voted to favorite authors- inomas t. Crowell I'ft. are adding two new volumes. "A Longfellow Calendar.' and "A Ruskin Calendar. ' They win nevreaay soon. . Miss Clara Louise Burnham has returned to the East from the Pacific Coast, which she has taken as the background .of her new novel. "The Leaven of l.ove. in it she describes one of the famous winter re sorts of California. ... Tn a few davs there will be published "The Fly on the Wheel." the new novel by Katherlne Cecil Thurston, author of "The Masquerade!-" and "The Gambler." This story has been running aerially in t ne hook man. where It has attracted much atten tlon. ... Harold MacGrath, author of "The Lure of the Mask." has the out-ot-doors habit It is said that most of his plots are con cocted on horseback. Just at present he is at Cape Vincent, N. Y.. His publlsherr ventured to write him about some proois. "Spare me if you possibly, can," he replied, "I have only 24 days of Ashing left." ... The Chicago Public Library has placed Joseph Medlll Patterson's ''Little Brother of the R eh" and professor Kobert tier rick's "Together" on the forbidden list as books unfit for promiscuous circulation. Good! But the result of this advertise ment around Chicago will be that the books named will be more largely sold than ever ... As an evidence of returning prosperity. the Macmlllan Company reports that it has recently booked the largest single order in Its history. This order, which was received from a well-known firm of booksellers, com prised over 2000 titles, the number of copies of single titles running as nign as lu.utsr. This is probably the largest miscellaneous order for books ever placed in America. .... A new edition of Raymond MacDonatd Alden's book of children's stories Is an nounced. The title, formerly "Knights of the Silver Phield, has been changed to "Why th Vhlmes Rang." The change Is due. to the fact that the latter title belongs specifically to that story In the collection which has won for Itself the greatest a- to which have been appended comparative analyses of the corresponding Greek and Ro man play. Ivor. PHIaOSOPHY. Fairbanks. The first philosophers of Greece: an edition and translation of the remaining fragments of the pre-Socratic phll osophers. 1898. Munsterberg. On the witnes stand; essays on psycnoiogy ana crime. iwa. Plllebury. Attention. 1908. SCIENCE. Arrhenlus Theories of chemistry; being lectures delivered at the university or Cali fornia. 1907. Glasehrook Mechanics; an elementary text-DOOU. 1IM14. SOCIOLOGY. Compayro Herbert and education by in struction; tr. by M. E. Findlay. 1907. Oompayre Horace Mann and the public scnooi in tn unitea btates; tr. by M. u. Frost. 1907. Compayre Jean Jacques Rousseau and education rrom nature; tr. ny rl. .r. jago. 1907. Compayre Pestalozzi and elementary ed ucation; tr. by R. P. Jago. 1907. RELIGION. Matheson. The repreaentative men of the Bible. Ed. 4. 1908. Smyth. Passing Protestantism and coming Catholoclsm. 1908. . USEFUL ARTS. Beach and others The apples of New York. 2 v. 1905. Donaldson Modern hot water heating, steam and gas fitting. 1906. Douglas Practical hints for concrete constructors. 1KIJ. Books added to the Juvenile department: Carpenter Improving songs for anxious children. Pav Menehnnes. their adventures with the fisherman and how they built the canoe. Goose Mother Goose's melodies. with music old and new; lllus. by F. S. Mathews. Plutarch Tales from Plutarch, by F. J. Rowbotham. Brookee. Practical gas and oil engine hand book; a manual of useful information. 19uo. Clepperton. Practical paper-making; a manual for paper-makers and owners and managers of paper mills. Ed. 8. rev. 19"7. Donaldson. Modern hot water heating, steam and gas fitting. 190. Gerhard. The superintendence of piping installation In buildings; sanitary, hydrau lic and gas. 1907. Irvine. The magazine style-code; a manual for the guidance of authors, reporters and all who wrlle. 1906. McComb. ed. Remco's manual of apart-ment-houee service. 1907. Macpherson. Municipal accounting. 1901. Nutting A Dock. History of nursing. 2 v. 1907. tmlth. The story of Iron and steel. 190S, Vlgnler. Model steam engine design. 1907. BOOKS ADDED TO THE REFERENCE DE PARTMENT. A.Miei.tlnn of state and National food and dairy department. Annual convention; 1908- l9Cooper. General specification for steel railroad bridges and viaducta. Rev. ed. 1906. Douglas Venice on foot. 1907. Hasse. Index of economic material In documents of the states of the United States: Vermont. 1907. Journal of commerce and commercial bulle tin from the column of replies and decisions of the Journal. 1907. McBeth The Nex Forces elnce Lewis and Clark. 1908. , New international year book; a compen dium of the world's progress for the year 1907: ed. by F. M. Colby. 1908. Ooer. Guide to the West Indies and Ber mudas. 19u8. Qui etes-vous: Annuelre des con temporalis. 'Richardson. Alphabetical subject Index to periodical articles on religion. 1908. Sallows. The blacksmith's guide. 190T. United States. Library of Congress. Di vision of bibliography. List of book, with reference to periodicals, relating to railroads In their -relation to the Government and the public. 1907. . United States. Library of Congress. Di vision of bibliography. List of the more re cent works on Federal control of commerce and corporations. 19o7. Waddell. Specifications for steel brldgea 19a. vvard Hlstorr of Englleh dramatic lit erature to the death of Queen Anne, t r. 1. . . j tentlon and which has been praised by many teachers- as "the best story for the kindergarten ever written." Professor Alden Is a member of th faculty of Leland Stan ford. Jr.. University, and is the son of Pansy," the famous writes of Juveniles. ... Among new Autumn books by Houghton, Mifflin Company are "The Leaven of Love." a romance of Southern California, by Clara Louise Burnham"; "The Book of the Little Past." a collection of poems about children, by Josephine Preston Peabody"; "Amerlcao Hero glories." by Eva March Tappan; "The Children's Year-Book." edited by Edith Emerson Forbes, and a new edition In flex ible leather of "The Poems of New Eng land." edited by Henry W. Longfellow. ... Stanley Wsj-man declares that bis latest novel. "The TVild Geese." is to be his last, and bis defense is: "I think I have told all the tales I have to tell. I should not care to go on writing till the critic begin to hint that I was beginning. to feel that it had had about enough of me. I consider that 1 have been very fortunate; critics, publishers, the public have all treated m well, and I am not going to presume upon It. I am 8.1; I have had a long run. and would far sooner quit the stsge now. whilst I am still playing to a fun house, than go on and tire the audience and ring the cur tain down at last on half-empty benches." ... Sara Beaumont Kennedy's amusing story. "Told in a Little Boy's Pocket." is being well received and will no doubt be a big seller tn the list of Christmas "Juveniles." The odd collections of iron nails, bits of twine, etc.. which often find their way to that safety deposit-vault a little boy's pocket all relate, in the story, their pecu liar experiences, and cause many a laugh. The author's sister. Miss Cannon, was for merly a teacher in St. Helen's Hall school, this city. Sara Beaumont Kennedy Is also favorably known for her creditable literary work In a colonial novel. "The Wooing of Judith." ... Th London "Chronicle has been trying to discover If much else thsn fiction Is greatly read in England now. and this Is Its con clusion: -The taste for reading and book buying Is not, as some people say. limited to novels. The return of the public li braries make it clear that the ordinary reader is, in an Increasing degree, looking for the best In 'serious' literature biog raphy, travel, history and so on. Of such books even well-to-do folks usually have but a sparse representation tn their libraries. Two reasons suggest an explanation of this the considerable prices at which these works ate Issued, and the amount of space which their size demands. The broad result has been that very Interesting writings often do not come Into touch with the mass of resders until they have gone out of copyright-" ... Several interesting and valuable P'' letters enter tnto the sketch of Robert Fulton In France." In the current number of the century, on of which offsrs Indis putable proof that Fulton was the first to suggest the Erie Canal. The story- of Fulton s experiments with ths first subma rine torpedoboat Is told In these letter and additional text by his great-granddaughter. Alice Cary t-utoliffe. who calls atten lira the fact that those who have criticized his aim of securing "a lasting peace" by means of a destructive agent, th torpedoboat. a weapon designed to cause wholesale ruin and devastation, should remember tnar. ne was animated by the hope that so powerful en Instrument In the hands of a righteous nation would ultimately put an end to all warfare on the seas. ... Jack London's new story In the Pacific Monthlv for October, entitled "Martin Eden." la taking en shape and purpose, and leads the reader to a" land In which up to now London has never entered. It Is a new experience not to find London writing about snow, ice, wolves and dogs. It Is worth while buying the msgasine for no other experience than enjoying the new London. Don Steffa has a commanding story, terrific for Its . realism, depleting the bang-bang career of "Soapy-' fimitn, one an ounaw In the Paclflo Northwest and Alaska, and for a hrlef nerlod a resident or this city "Saving the Killdeer's Nest," by -William Leon Dawson, is sympameiicany wrmru and well illustrated. Felix Benguiafs "Khorran. the Son of Btstam," is a beau tifully-told Oriental love tale. ... George Randolph Chester's tales of high finance and politics, in which one "Bobby" Burnit is th central figure, have been con cluded, for the present at least, tn a wen- known weekly periodical, which halls from Philadelphia. Pa. These tales have touched a popular chord, and so uniformly excellent were they in serial form that readers were actually impatient until the new installment appeared. In the last issue, nowever. Air Chester makes a mistake or judgment in as snminir. on naae 20 of the magaslne in question, that Mr. Burnit was ignorant of the fact that his marany property, - west marsh, had been drained, when he of fered it for sale. At the time referred lo Mr Burnit was no longer a rich Idler, but the political boss ol nis town ana a wen informed, capable business man,. , ... Now comes the announcement that "The Collected Works of Ambrose Blerce." ths great satirist, as edited and arranged by hlmself, are to be published in 10 volumes and that the first may be expected In Jan uary. The price Is absurdly high so much sn that T wonder how many conies will really be sold. Yet Blerce known as the man whose pen "dipped in vinegar draws blood." Is not wltnout nis aamirers. mrn. Gertrude Atherton says that Blerce has "the best brutal imagination of any man In the English-speaking race." and thinks that "the reserve and brutality' 'of some of his stories "produce an impression never at tained by the most riotous Imagination," while Robert Barr refers to the "vein of grlmness In all his worn, running even llirninrh his humor." Edwin Markham sig nificantly says: "Blerce Is our literary Atlas." ... Pasted on the cover of one library copy of a certain 1907 novelvls a circulation rec ord that causes profound wonderment. The book has been taken out of tho library 14 times In all. 12 times on the same cam That remarkable record is a matter for serious speculation. How could a book of that caliber convey to any soul a message so tremendous that -a dozen readings were desired ? By the average reader and by critics it would he considered a common knnv Bv the New York Press. When published It created no discussion, made no Impression: It aeservea to matte nunc, yet, nnttx-ithstandlnr Its apparent mediocrity, some scene therein, soma character, some human note, went straight to the heart of at least one reader. There has been no skipping In reading that book. It has been read carefully from cover to cover; not a page that shows no signs of usage. These ,-, euiienees or ansorniion ot-m tjiu'i",, . tesllmonv to the interest the story evoked In It. one devoted reader. If it were an other kind of book, a scientific treatise or a textbook of some kind. It would be con ceivable that a student might wish to take It home 13 different times ana. pore .t for a month at a stretch, but how a trite, threadbare little novel can so stir a human soul! Verily, here Is another mystery past finding out. i-i.. ih.i Oscar Wilde Is alive and Is working In obscurity under an assumed name has apparently died a natural death. Tr 1. Interesting- to read In a recent London letter that Oscar Wildes younger son It now a monk In a Roman Catholic monastery. Directly the boy lett scnooi n acnueu nt.t the world, was no place for him and deter- minert to leave it. He is sain to nave ue- .inned . mind of extraordinary brilliancy, more luminous than even that of his father. Tnefnre lone the literary worm will stana aghast at his work, declare hi few Inti mates. Incidentally It will be of a totally different nature from anything done by his father. He will mane nis literary oenut en tirely on his own merits snd under a nom de plume. A mystic and a rellgleux, his Ifleals are said to be the highest. His elder brother has managed to hide his Identity, though h resides In London and draws comfortable sums In royalties from his late father's plays and books. He Is reputed to have a great love of music, and at pres ent la devoting himself to composition. The traglo story of Oscar Wilde's life and death was carefully kept from these boys during their childhood, though the mystery at to why their name was changed troubled, them not a little. A tutor in the school in which they were placed, who later died In a luna tic asylum, had a quarrel with the boys and taunted them with their father's his tory. For days they never tasted food. Then they prayed their guardians to remove them This was promptly done, and at the next school to. which they went not even the officials were aware of their identity. . . The finest and most complete private col lection of Shakespeare's works In America Is owned In Cleveland. O. The owner of the collection Is Willis Vickery. For more than 30 years Mr.- Vlcaery, who Is widely known as an attorney and dean of the Cleveland Law School, has been a student and collector of Shakespeare's works, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In the library of his home at 140 East Eighty-fourth street he has mor than 3000 volumes re lating to the Bard of Avon. Among them are 100 different editions of Shakespeare. Including the first four lollo eaitlons ol nis play Not once during th 30 years Mr. Vickery has been collecting books has his interest in Shakespeare lagged, and be has written several important books on the great poet and his worn, in aanition to ne i th. editor of th Benksld Restoration edition. The first folio edition, which was published in 1623 and of which Mr. vickery has a copy, is one of the most valuable books in the English language Out of the original edition of O0 there are not mor than 170 copies extant today, most of which are .in damaged condition from the efTect of age. Mr. Vickery's copy It In a re markable stage of preservation, and while there are more perfect copies In collections abroad, his first folio is perhaps the best In America. To srive an Idea of its value one has only to recall that the last copy of the first folio which was sold brought $18,000 In addition to the broker's commis sion. It is this folio which contains ths Droeshout portrait of Shakespeare, which Is considered the most authentic likeness of th great poet and dramatist. ... Many and varied are the books to appear In the coming two montht. Among the moat pleasant announcements Is that of Miss Zona Gale's "Friendship Village." Miss Gale's quaint book, "Th Loves of Belleas and Etarre." was on ef last season's lit erary features. Rann Kennedy new, "The Wlnterfeast." la to come In book form soon, after Its stag presentation. Joseph Conrad has two books sppeartng simultaneously In England and America "A Set of Six" and "A Point of Honor." Anthony Hope's new novel is "The Grest Miss Prlver." a story of English country life. Mr. Crawford Is represented v "The Diva's Ruby." th last of his trlology. "Th Gentleman." by Al fred Ollphant. It a sea romance of Nelson's dav. Ouida's last novel, "Hsllanthus." Is published exactly as she left It John Luther Long has also a new story, "Felice " NEW BOOKS RECEIVED. ' The Imrrlsoned Mldshlr-msn. by Molly Elliott Sea well. $1.25: Ths Forett Runner, bv Joseph A. Altiheler. $I.V (ptleton Story Book Friends. b Clsra Murray. SO cents; Princess Wisla. y (Sophie Swett. $1 SO (Little-Brown). M Child's Reading Primer, by Amell Hytls. 2S cents American Book Co.). 1000 BIRDS View of a Tenderfoot Continued From Page a. Ings. One New York, with canyons far streets, is enouglt In one United States, and we ought to catch our other cities young and train them in the way they should go. , - I like the woodpiles of Portlard. They give a primitive old-tlmey look to th town, and the fir smells so fresh and sweet. It crackles merrily In the firei places, too. these cool evenings, and 1s al together a Joy. But what a pity it seems to burn up these grand old forests! The scream of the sawing machine Is a cruel sound In my cars, and it Is quite ss fre quent as the roar of the coal chut In New Tork. Some day Portland -will be another New York. The ferryboat to Vancouver and all the drawbridges will give place to subways. And th boats will go up and down the river, a hundred where today there is one. bearing brick where today they tow long strings of logs, and bur dened with world traffic. Th people of Portland are more placid than' the Middle Westerners. They tak life more calmly than Kansas Cltyans, with more reserve and poise so to speak. You cannot call them slower, but they have not that nervous energy, that keyed up manner which betrays the Middle Westerner.. To see the forward steps Portland Is taking, one must acknowl edge her people are far from slow and they do it all with a great spirit of en joyment, seeming to exult in even new achievement as a child with a new toy. Their Interest in all their modern Im provements and accessions Is thoroughly fresh and unspoiled. All are boosters out here. No knockers move In good so ciety. 1 like the spirit of the West. Its people are true empire builders, and a sojourn among them makes one anxious to help in upbuilding a great and glorious country. Come on out West! The Dalles. Or- Sept. .10. SUNSET ON TILLAMOOK HEAD. BY B. A. CHILDERS. Have you ever stood as the sun went dow By the shore of the restless sea? Have ydu seen th clouds. In their splendid crown The red-gold clouds, with a tint of brown The day at Its close? Ah, toller In town. You should be her thit v with me. From Tillamook Head a picture It seen In the glow of the setting sun: The rainbow tints. In a silvery sheen. The marvelous tints of ultra-marine, t Th sunlight's glow on a sea of green Where the ocean's surges run. The painter's brush and the poet's wild dream. Its glorious beauties have sought; They have longed to paint. In their pictures, the gleam Of the tinted clouds, but a misty stream Of sunlight 'and shade, where the seagulls scream, Is all that their fancies have caught. . t God's pencil has-caught In a stream of light, A picture that shall live for aye, In the artist's soul through the misty night. That shall stir his soul with a keen delight. That shall keep his soul forever whit- ' 'Tis the close of the dying day. Shucking Corn. George Thomas Ed.-on In Kansas City Star. Ho, boys, we go, boys, out to the nelds of corn. To the yellow ears and tawny spears that hang in the frost of morn. Where the partridge whirls from the ripened burs and floats through the hazy sir. And the wild geese cry In the Autumn sky. and the day is dawning fair. Pluck 'em and shuck 'era and ehuck 'em away, The corn that Is shorn In the morn of th day. The Koid that Is rolled In the fold of th husk - Weil rip and we'll strip and we'll crib before dusk. Gee. whoa, keep the row we're gathering In the grain: The swelling crib with bulging rib will shel ter the store from rain. The goldenrod, in tangled sod, llks laurtls of the D-!. In beauty fills the somber hills, suffused In rich gamboge. Th ripened grapes In petfect shapes, and crimson apples cling. Th cider press In firm caress their luscious juices wring: Th spsrHling cup. abrfmmlng up. well arms, in nearly prai.-a. In balmy hours of golden flowers of Indian Summer days. The fodder shocks of blsded stalks ilk council wigwams stand. And scarlet leaves In silent aheavtt describe . warrior hand: And here and there, through balmy air. an arrowed thistle sails On downy fur, and gossamer streams threadlike 0 r tne dales. Ha hi, the pumpkin pie. and hominy and pork ! Speed along with happy eong. the day it fine for work. Yank the ear and sling It clear and chuck It on th load Tonight I see my desr Marl in the cot tage ogwn in rus- Pluck 'em and shuck 'em and chuck 'em away. Th corn that is shorn In the morn of th day. The gold that it rolled In th fold of the husk Weil rip nd wtil ttrlp and we'll crib before dusk. "Lullaby. What though tbv stricken mother weep Sleep. O my bsby darling, sleep! The ship goes sailing out afar Upon the bosom of Ihe sea; The moon Is singing to a star The lullaby I sing to thee, While angels hover round and keep Their loving vlgus o er my sieey. And. though thy little eyelids close. The wakeful star will not reoose; Nay. mother moon.' it seems to say. "l fain would watch the baby face That drifts upon the ship away. While angels guard that holy place And sing the little soul to sleep Upon the bosom of the deep." What though thy stricken mother weep Bleep on, O child, thy gentle sleep; Ann may tny ntao r- .r . ubiu in all thv life that is to be As are thy baby dreams tonight. When, floating on the tranuull sea. Ths angei. and thy mother keep Their VlgllS O or mj tjuiei .leap; f So hush, my babe, and close thine eves. As. floating oh the tranquil sea, The angels com with lullabies. And sing mem o er ano o er to tnee. So hushaby-ou. hushaby. Eugen Field.