The Sunday Oregonian., October 18, 1908, Magazine Section, Page 11, Image 55

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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER
1908.
COULD any little lamp, though .lifted high,
Lighten the void abysses of the sky f
Could a f amt rose leaf, blown into the sea.
Perfume the oceans of immensity
Could one chord sound in melody so far
That all space echoed to the farthest star?
' And yet your soul, amid the infinite,
. Makes all a fragrant harmony of light!
"One Soul." by Charles Buxton Goiug.
BOOK CCTVEie OF'
Lewis Rand, br Mary Johnston. 1 SO.
Illustrated. Houghton. Mifflin Co..
Boston. nd Th J. K. GUI Co. Portland.
It ia given out a a fact by her pub
lishers that over 700,000 copies of Miss
Mary Johnston-! previous stories have
been mM In this country. Her list of
books Is remarkable for the popular note
truck and success won. I consider her
To Have and To Hold" one of the six
treat novels by living writers written In
English.
Therefore, the advent of Miss John
ston's newest story "Lewis Rand" Is a
literary event of the first magnitude. It
will probably not reach the high tide of
appreciation measured by "To .Have and
To Hold" for it Is only given to one au
thor In a lifetime to duplicate such a
great novelbut It la a fitting successor
to the portrayal of Captain Ralph Percy
and the Lady Jocelyn. "Lewis Rand" tells
of American life or the days of Thomas
Jefferson, Aaron Burr and that old Vir
ginia of stately aristocracy and stately
homes, where men swore and drank hard
and when landowners had a pride of
birth only equalled amongst the proud
courtiers of the Stuart kings. But It is
Impossible to mistake Its sturdy Ameri
canism, and so well-painted are Its pic
tures of romantic days Just after the
close of the American Revolution that
when the year's books are weighed In
the balance. "Lewis Rand" will be hailed
as the 1908 masterpiece In American fic
tion. The hero. Lewis Rand, Is very human
because he Is stripped to his soul and
presented with all his faults, loveable and
unloveable. He was the son of what Is
known in the language of the Southland
a "poo white trash." bis father being
a tobacco-stripper. The boy Lewis Is
fh-st Introduced when ha Is 14 yeara old.
burning with ambition to better his social
position and in constant rebellion aginst
his father who curbed his bookish de
sires. This Is Len ts' on cry in those ear
ly days:
I want to be a man. But I don't want
to be a tobaeco-roller like mr father. . . I
do not want to so to the field. 1 want to
go to school. Every chance 1 have had I
bar learned and 1 want to learn more and
more. 1 want to be like mr mother's folk.
You've no right to keep me planting and
aockrlng and cutting and firing and pleat
ing again, as though 1 were a negro.
Negroes don't care, but I rare! I'm not your
slave. Tobacco! I hate the sight of It. and
th smell of It! There's too much tobscco
raised Id Virginia. You fought the old King
because he was a tyrant, but you would
make me spend mr Ufa In ths tobacco field!
You are a tyrant, too.
I'm to be a man Just as you're a man.
You went your way: well. I'm going mine!
I'm going to be a lawyer, like like Ludwell
fary at Greenwood. I'm not afraid of your
horsewhip. Strike, and be d d to you!
You can break every colt In the country,
but you can't break me,! I've seen you
strike my mother, too!
That Is a fair word-picture of the boy
Lewis' attitude toward his father, and of
Iy-wls bitten by ambition as much as ever
was Wolsey or Richelieu.
The other principal characters In the
novel are:
Thomas Jefferson. President, and bead of
the then Democratic-Republican party;
Aaron Burr, a brilliant politician who
dreams of Southern Empire: Ludwell Cary,
a rising young Federalist, worthy rival of
Lewis Rand In love and In law Fairfax
I'ary. his brother. In love with Unity Dand
rtuge: Colonel Richard Churchill and Major
K.l art! Churchill, gentlemen of Virginia,
uncles of Jacqueline, uncompromising Fed
eralists: Adam Gaudylock. a roving trapper
and frontiersman; Tom Mocket. law partner
of Lewis Rand: M. Achltie Pincornet. French
dancing-master: Jaquellne Churchill, wife
of Lew is Rand: Unity Dandrldge, Jaque
Une'a cousin and best friend..
Side by side with Lewis Rand, man of
the people. Interest is sustained In the
proud Virginia family with which Rand
eventually becomes allied, a family of
high-souled. nostril-quivering, chivalrlc
almost choleric Southoms. plffed up to
nearly the quality of conceit because the
nien of It were "gentlemen." owning land
Inherited from forefathers who had bought
It dirt cheap or for nothing at all from
dissolute Stuart kings. Nothing sharper
could be tfie contrast between the Rands
and the proud family of Churchilla, and
1
MAN JP!
here is where Miss Johnston la unusually
clever In delineation of character.
The viewpoints of Thomas Jefferson are
passing but not intimate, the best one
being where be kindly makes a protege
of young Lewis Rand and lends the boy
books so that Lewis may pursue his law
studies. The strange circumstance about
It all la why Miss Jacqueline Churchill,
aristocrat, ever loved such a radical be
ing aa Lewis Rand. Kven the casual
reader guesses that only unhappiness
would eventually attend snch an Ill-assorted
marriage. But that makes the
story.
A pretty love scene Is depicted on page
13. the love scene of Jacqueline and
Lewis:
It waa their golden hour. Neither thought
of right or wrong, of conditions of life be
yand their ring of box. of wisdom or its
contrary. It was ss though they had met
In the great void of space, the marvel called
man and the wonder that Is woman, each
drawn to each other evsr the endless fields
and through the Immovable agws. Each
saw the other transfigured and each wished
for lover and companion the other shining
on.
Now. Jacqueline's two patrician uncles,
the Churchills. had long ago planned that
the girl should marry Ludwell Carey, a
neighboring landed proprietor: and when
Uncle Dick Churchill comes up that fate
ful garden walk and sees his beautiful
niece in Rand'e arms. Uncle Dick splut
ters out:
"You scoundrel. Waa it for this? Tou
are a scoundrel, sir!"
"I have asked Miss Churchill to be my
wife." says Rand, with steadiness.
The colonel struck down Jacqueline's
outstretched hands. "I do not believe
that you are Henry's child. Your mother
waa a strange woman. You are not a
Churchill. My Ood Henry'e child talk
ing of marrying this this this gentle
man. You are mart, or I am mad. Come
away from hirn. Jacqueline."
1 love him," cried Jacqueline, "Oh,
Uncle Dick'
"I loved your niece, air. when I -was
a bov." broke in Rand. "Why Is It. im
possible that I should wed where I love
with all my heart? I had my way to
make In life. Well, I am making It fast.
I am making It faster perhaps than any
other man In the county, be he who he
may. I am poor but I am not so poor aa
I once was, and I shall be richer yet.
My want of wealth Is prhaps the least
why should I not say that? I know it Is
the least objection In your mind? My
party? Well, I shall become the leader
of my party and Republicans are white
as well aa Federalists. It Is not forgery
or murder to detest Pitt and George the
Third, or to believe in France. Is It so
poor a thing to become a leader of a
party that has gained an empire, that
has put an end to Algerian piracy, that
has reduced the debt, that has made
easier every man's condition, and that
stands for freedom of thought and deed
and advance of all knowledge? Party!
Now and then, even in Virginia, there is
a marriage between the parties "
A storm breaks, but It is easily guessed
that Jacqueline Is true to her lover. And
they are married. Rand succeeds not
only as a lawyer and as a politician, but
takes his place among the "gentry" of
Virginia. He afterwards becomes Involved
In Aaron Burr's famous conspiracy to
disrupt the Republic and found a new
empire in Mexico. Hearing of this. Lud
well Carey. Federalist, who Is on the
other side of the political fence advises
Rand to drop Burr, but Rand, in a fit
of petulant temper and in a most coward
ly manner, sends a bullet through Lud
well's heart.
The murder makes & sensation, but
Rand keeps his own counsel, except to
tell his wife of what had taken place.
Out of the gloom shines the sparkling
personality of Miss Unity Dandrldge. co
quette and heart-breaker. She Is like a
breath of cool mountain air straight from
Mount Hood on a warm afternoon In the
city. It Is a Joy to know that she Is
ultimately tamed.
If Rand lived in 1908 he would be minus
ruffles and silk lace, and he might plead
"dementia Americana" as an excuse that
he had killed his rival. But in the book
he doesn't do anything of the sort. He
stands for punishment, as he confessed,
because he "had to have sleep."
Miss Johnston has drawn Lewis Rand
with bold hand, as a mighty American.
But she has created a better, more en
during character in the delicacy and no
bility of Jacqueline. Rand's wife. The
novel is so good that It deserves a better
title. .
The Eleanor Smith Music Course. In four
books. Th American Book company. New
. York City.
These four admirable song-books, in
tended for school use among both boys
and girls, are planned and executed
along such broad. National lines that they
ought to meet with not only wide ap
preciation, but a Lrge sale, so that they
can be received into actual school use.
The songs chosen include folksongs
of many nations, embracing our own.
The notation used, of course, is the
Btaff. I suppose It would be considered
little short of sacrilege to prinf the tonic
sol-fa system. I am more than de
lighted, however, to observe that Miss
Smith, who. by the way. Is head of the
department of music. School of Educa
tion. University of Chicago. 111., positlve
i.. oiBr in TOrftsiiner music, students
i mint use the "movable doh" system.
I mi - i it, . . . . I staxW amonv
i nai U. Bnliue. acvuki .
vocal students shows that the "dronea"
among them who cannot, or will not sing
musical signs from syllables, are large
ly those who sing from "intervals."
Give me the "dob, ray. me. fah. so. lah.
te. doh" sj-stem of reading notes from
staff notation. In other words, the "doh"
In the key of C Is In the third space,
treble clef, and the "doh" of the key
of J la on the second line,' treble clef.
And so on. Miss Smith Is to be thanked
for her liberality of view in Insisting
so decldedlv for the "movable doh" sys
tem in reading music I wish her books
were used In all our schools, public,
private, as well as denominational.
Ea?h book is. of coarse, carefully
graded to suit the age of the pupil.
The prices for the four books: Book one,
26 cents; book two. 30 cents, and the re
maining two books, 40 and 50 cents, re
spectively. Thomas Bailey Aldrtch. By Ferris Greens
let. Price, II- Illustrated. Houghton,
Mifflin Co.. Boston.
It Is a surprise to know from this
handsomely bound and printed book of
SOS pages that the late Thomas Bailey
Aldrlch. loved as a model American
Ivrlc poet, literary writer and editor of
the Atlantic Monthly for nine years,
was really an entertaining rather than
pretentious letterwriter. This volume
is largely grounded on his letters to
and from such well-known people as
Bayard Taylor. R. H. Stoddard. E. C.
Stedman. N. P. Willis. Fits-Greene Hal
leck, Edwin Booth. Mark Twain, Will
iam Dean Howells, Nathaniel Haw
thorne, Henry W. Longfellow, etc.
The book l especially valuable In a
critical sense, as it gives Aldrich's lit
erary estimates and opinions of the
works of other writers, and Is illus
trated with rare portrait of Aldrlch
and several of his friends, pictures of
his homes and haunts, facsimiles of
manuscript, caricature drawings, etc
And the poet's Boston atmosphere has
been fittingly preserved. It Is to be
regretted that Aldrich's letters to Ed
win Booth had not been discovered In
time to Insure their being printed In
thi? volume.
Mr. Greenslet's work Is so admirable
and true to life that he now occupies
a well-earned place In the front rank
of American biographers.
The Kidnaped Campers, by Flavia A. C
Canfleld. Illustrated. 11.25. 'Harpers
Bros, New York City.
Once there was a little boy whose
name was Archibald Forrest Stebblns
and whose rich parents so pampered
and coddled him that he was growing
up to be like a withered hot-house
flower. Instead of being a real boy.
Then his father saw a great light. At
the suggestion of the family physician,
the father took, his wife to Europe for
several months and allowed the wise
physician to do with the boy as he
wished, and if possible make him
anew.
Suddenly, Archie Is kidnaped by a
strange young man who calls himself
Uncle-Weary, and in company with an
orphan boy, Eddie, the three become
real tramps that Is they do not beg
for alms but live like gypsies, entirely
out of doors. Ultimately. Archie gets
ruddy and strong, and helps to kill a
bear. Then the Innocent deception ia
discovered, and Archie Is returned to
his grateful parents. A 'fine, natural
story for all kinds of boys. It's aa
good and. better than some medicine.
Political Atlas. Illustrated. Rand, McKally
Y Co., Chicago, 111.
Bo far aa (he present campaign has
gone In the matter of electioneering
for the candidates for the Presidency
of the United States, no one publication
except this has within its own covers
such an Intelligent array of facts and
figures, platforms, biographies and por
traits. Both the Chicago and Denver politi
cal platforms: portraits of and data re
lating to both the Republican and
Democratic nominees for the offices of
President and Vice-President: a list of
our American Presidents and their
cabinets; electoral rotea for President
and Vice-President at each election
since 1789; a map showing the states
of the Union, with figures In red de
noting; the electoral vote of each in
1904; and a summarized poliUcal his
tory of the United States by adminis
trations, from the time of George
Washington to the present day, these
nre the principal features In this val
uable book.
It Is very conveniently arranged for
readv reference, and Is Issued as a
special edition for the North British
& Mercantile Insurance Company.
The Herd. By J. O. P. Ward. Price, $1.59.
Cochran Publishing Company, New York
City. '
Miss J. Olive Patricia Ward says that
although this la a novel, yet the Inci
dents related In It are In the main
based on facts. She has written a pow
erful appeal, throwing light on wTongs
alleged to be Buffered' by small far
mers and laboring men of the Dakotas.
She shows the means y which owners
of grain elevators at will impoverish
farmers, and explains the land frauds
of the West.
The statement is made on page 76
that within the past 15 years at least
150.000.000 acres of public lands in this
country have been stolen, and on page
83 Is a reference to the late United
States Senator Mitchell, of Oregon.
The heroine is Kathleen Freeman,
who works out a social revolution.
The book is fairly interesting, but Is
too dear, at 11.60, for what la In It.
The Tether. By Ezra S. Brudno. J. B.
Lipplncott Company. Philadelphia.
.. m ... 1 o 1 wall-written novel, de
picting the troubled life of David
Sptiardi, a young poet or jewisn ex
traction, who lived at Boston, Mass,
1 A , wnrlii Hint Wflfl cniel to
IIU Juuiiu .. . -
him because of his opinions concerning
Zionism. ine leiiiuer ui n- t-mwu
with poetry and passion, and ought to
specially interest Hebrew readers.
plane aad Solid Geometry, by Professor
Elmer A. Lyman, fl.25. American Book
Company. New York city.
Professor Lyman Is head of the de
partment of mathematics in the Michigan
State Normal College. Ypiilantl. Mich.,
and this, his book, contains a geometry
which calls the student to work his way
and only rely on his own reasoning pow
ers. The general presentation ia ad
mirable In scope and treatment
Americans of Today and Tmonow. Br
United States Senator Albert J. Bv
erldge. Price. 60 cents. Hnry Altmns
Company. Philadelphia.
Senator Beveridge cannot be accused
of being a blind worshiper of everything
American, bad and good combined. His
mind Is too finely trained for that. His
sense of criticism vigilant, and patriot
Ism ever present. Here are the titles of
six typical Beveridge essays that are well
worth reading they appeal to the
thoughtful: "The Dawn of a Golden
Age." "The Need of a National Conserv
atism." "What Shall We Do With Our
Power?" "American Thoroughness,"
"Our Place and Purpose." and "The
American Type."
The Lang Arm of Mannlster. By E. Phil
lips Oppenhetm. Price. $1.50. Illustrated.
Llttle, Brown St Co.. Boston.
'Punctually with the arrival of each
half year comes a new novel by Mr.
Oppenheim, as sensational as Its prede
cessor and with the same element of
mystery and danger.
"The Long Arm of Mannister" Is an
other interest-awakening Oppenheim
story. A band of conspirators plot
against the hero, and although the
hunt to revenge himself upon his ene
mies takes him to the ends of the
earth, his long arm reaches out and
crushes each villain, in turn. The peo
ple in the tale are the usual well
dressed, masterful sort, and, the love
story Is lively. -
Winter Voyage to the Orient and West
Indies. Illustrated. Ths Hamburg-Ameri-
can line. Nw York City.
So strikingly artistic is this new book
and so much does It urge the spirit of
travel, that verily it makes a stay-at-home
dissatisfied with his Winter sur
roundings and suggests to him that he
really ought to dodge the snow and the
wind and the rain that will soon be his,
and get on board a fast steamer which
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mentioned.
Flower at the Dusk. By Myrtle Reed. G.
P. Putnam's Sons, New York City.
Bound within a beautifully designed
cover of gray, white and gold, and each
printed page headed in letters of red
and bordered in neat black lines, this
wholesome story of women, girls and
home at once creeps into the reader's
favor. It will make an elegant gift
book to a young girl. The heroine,
Barbara, is a lame girl, who walks
with the aid of crutches, and who lives
in a home where one feels "refinement,
daintiness and the ability to live above
mere externals." Barbara had that rare
gift a house-love. Her ways are those
of love and peace.
The Perfectly Good Cynic's Calendar. By
E. W. M. Grant, Addison Mlzner and
Oliver Herford. Price. 75 cents. Illus
trated. Paul Elder A Co.. New York City.
A witty calendar for every day in the
year, along with suitable prognostica
tions. The comments are what are known
as cynically amusing, and often have a
sting In them. Thus: "Too many crooks
spoil the Legislature." Give no quarter,
and the dollars will take care of them
selves. Never drink from your finger
bowl it contains only water." The smart
illustrations are on a par with the text
A suitable gift for a gay bachelor, about
you .know the time.
Utile Ned Happy sad mT. by Gertrude
. Smith. Illustrations. 1.30. Harper &
Bros.. Nsw York City.
To all little girls whose eyes are
brown, this book ia affectionately ded
icated." So reads tbe prettily worded message-
This ia a sunny atory which will
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ticularly tha only child of a family
who complains of having "nobody to
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playmate here, if the aald child ia able
to read the atory or to possess some
one willing to read it to him. The
illustrations are In full color.
Wulnoth, the Wanderer. By H. Escott-ln-man.
Illustrated. A. C. McClurg as Co..
Chicago.
A- stirring tale for boys, depicting the
brave, fighting Saxon daya. when Al
fred the Great waa King of England.
Wulnoth Is a new hero, worth know
ing. He won Imperishable renown in
aiding two Kings to gain kingdoms.
Each page of the novel has a decorated
green border, and the book cover and
frontispiece have striking pictures of
the doughty warrior and hla lady. The
book will be in demand in tha Christ
mas gift line.
The Religion of Evelyn Hastings. By Vic
toria Cross. Price, $1.50. Mitchell Kn
nerley. New York City.
Evelyn Hastings is a girl who believes.
If you wish a thing to come to pass. In
the power of prayer, and that your pray
ers can be answered by the Almighty. A
remarkably strong novel of English life.
The scene where the girl Is locked up In
a room for hours and attacked and bit
ten by several savage rata Is thrllllngly
told. It's a fight to the death. The real
ism smacks of Edgar Allan Poe.
Vital America!
Montgomery.
Problems. By Harry Karl
Q. P. Putnam's Sons, Nsw
York City.
A aeries of well-reasoned, conserva
tively planned articles on these prob
lems; trusts, freight rates. Government
ownership, labor and negro question.
Mr. Montgomery's views are stated
with calmness and lucidity, and are in
general accord with those of well-educated,
experienced men' of business of
today. He gives copious extracts from
other writers.
Gilbert weal. '-By Will N. Harben. Prlc.
$1.50. Harper A Brothers. Nw York City.
Mr. Harben is coming to be known as
the prose-poet of realism In Georgia, and
In this picture of Gilbert Neal, farmer,
Mr. Harben goes back again to his Geor
gia and gives even a more authoritative
reading of the marriage problem relating
to the love which exists between a mar
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pressed are courageous, and worth ' be
coming acquainted with.
The Statue. By Eden Pblllpotts and Arnold
Bennett. Illustrated. Price, $1.50. Mot
fat, Yard & Co., New York City.
A pulsing, sizzling study of interna
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Great Britain, Germany and France
once came to war over Morocco. The
scenes are laid In England. As for the
statue. It Is a wireless telegraph sta
tion, where red-hot sensations are born.
A story that makes you wonder at its
clever Ingenuity.
Waterloo. By Thomas B. Watson. Pries,
$1.80. Neale Publishing Company, New
York City. .
A scholarly, critical study of the battle
of Waterloo, showing In technical but
easily understood phrases Just how that
conflict In which British, French and
Russians contended, was fought and won.
The mistakes made by Napoleon, Well
ington and Blucher are intelligently point
ed out
Th Mast Whs Ended War. By Hollls God
frey. Illustrated. Price, $1.60. Little,
Brown Co., Boston.
A reincarnation of an improved Jules
Verne. A story of a man who by means
of a remarkable invention destroyed bat
tleship after battleship, until all the na
tions of the world' entered into a peace
league. War and love are cleverly
merged, amid exciting atmosphere.
Cy Wblrtaker's Place. By Joseph C. Lin
coln. Price. $1.60. D. Appleton fc Co.,
New York City.
A quiet, delicious study of good, old
fashioned New England life, told with
no ordinary skill and humor. To make
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Tbe Confessions of a Railroad Signalman.
By J. O. Fagan. Price, $1. Houghton.
Mifflin ' Co.. Boston.
RKrely haa such a valuable book relat
ing to the conditions of safety on Amer
ican railroads as dependent upon the re
lations of employes and managers, and
calling for loyalty, reciprocity, discipline
and competence, been printed. Its very
frankness as to the causes of railroad
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For 22 years the author has been lo
cated at a signal-tower at Cambridge,
Mass., so that he speaks from practical
experience. He is a ready writer, and for
years has been a contributor to news
papers and magazines, where his stories
and artlcjes have won recognition.
Mr. Fagan Is to lecture this Winter
at the new Harvard Graduate School of
Business Administration.
Tbe Big Fellow. By" Frederick Palmer.
Illustrated. Price. $1.50. Moffat, Yard &
Co, New York City.
Written in the informal", natural
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a etory that is out of the ordinary be
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tells of the unexpected. The "big fel
low" Is Jams Harden, newly out of
college, who has Immense physical de
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living as a newspaper reporter, day
laborer. Judge, and governor of th
mythical island of Bar, supposed to be
one of the Philippines. A battle scene
In the Far East Is stirringly described.
The "big fellow" has a sort. of Taft
personality, for he succeeds In every
thing he attempts in the administrative
line.
The Campaign Against Tuberculosis In the
United gtatee. Compiled by Philip P.
Jacobs Price. $1. . charities Publication
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One of the most unique national direc
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the sanatoria, hospitals and day-camps
for the treatment of tuberculosis In this
country and Canada. By a glance at this
book, onp can tell where the nearest
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lars. Oregon's two sanatoria are de
scribed on pages US and 113. The pub
lication is Issued on behalf of the Russell
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Social Conditions, and Is said to be sold
at actual cost.
Tbe Worth of a Woman, a play. By David
Graham Phillips. Price. $1.23. D. -Apple-ton
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This much-talked-of play had Its pre
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discusses the question of sex relations not
only with frankness but with freshness
and wit. .
The playlet, "A .Point of Law," which
amateurs have presented In various por
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good measure.
The Lighted Lamp. By C. 'Hanford Hen
derson. Price, $1.50- Houghton. Mifflin
Co., Boston.
" An elegantly written, polished story,
which is certain to be widely read and
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coffee merchant's clerk, who by the sud
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$6u00 a year. Then he goes abroad for
his health, and meets girls. Also his des
tiny In a railroad accident. The ending is
pathetic.
The Flaming Sword, by Edith Ogden Harrison-.
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Illustrated in colors by Lucy Fitch Per
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tales culled from the Bible, will be found
to contain all the elements of a typical
Christmas or New Year gift. It Is a
collection of beautiful, poeile thought.
The Suspicions of Mrs. Allonby. By Max
well Gray. Price. $1.50. D. Appleton &
Co., New York City.
A story of elegant leisure among well-to-do
folks, and opening in London. Eng
land. Notable as a study of manners, and
brightened with repartee.
JOSEPH M. QUENTIN.
IN MBKARY AND WORKSHOP
' An Eastern critic suggests that although
J. J. Bell's book, "Thou Fool," has a fine
moral, as a gift book Its title might not
b conducive of peace.
'
Margarat Holmes Bates, president of the
Daughters of Ohio, has added another book
to th long Hat ah has already written,
and this' on Is being brought out by a
Boston house. The title of the new bid for
favor la "Silas Klrkendown's Sons."
John A. Martin, author of "Ths Jay
hawker," a vivid uVestern story, which may
rival "Blennerhaasatt" in popnlar faror,
may be the Democratic nomine for Con
gress from his district this Fall. Mr. Mar
tin is a successful lawyer of Puablo. Colo,
s
The book cover pictured on this par rep
resents that of "A Grand Army Man." a
storv. bv Harvey J. O'Hlgglns. reviewed 10
Th Oregonlan September 27. Th story Is
founded on th play of that nam and In
which David Warneld has mad a lasting
success.
Th Red City." Dr. Weir Mitchell's se
quel to "Hugh Wynne," will be out Octo
ber 2S. It Is described as a powerful story
of th tlm of President "Washington. Many
of the best characters In "Hugh Wynne"
reappear in It, but tha hero la a new fig
urea French Protestant, who comes to
Philadelphia and falls In love with a
Quaker maiden.
s
"Arnold's Tempter" Is announced from
th pn of BenJm1n F. Comfort, well
known In educational circles in Michigan.
When th case of Arnold Is taken up by a
man who position In educational life Is
so well known and established as ia Mr.
Comfort's, curiosity Is aroused to know his
views on th subject. The sex of Arnold's
temptr Is a mttr of oonjectur to all
tntrsted
An Important tchnleal work Is "Select
Essays in Anglo-American Legal History,"
by various authors. This Is the second vel
um eln th three-volume set which Is de
signed as a working library of the legal
history of the last six centuries. Volume
two deals with the "History of Particular
Topic of Lsw." and takes ap the subject
of sources, courts, their organisation and
Jurisdiction, procedure and equity.
There irlll be diversified opinions as to
Rev. Alfred Atherton, who forms the cen
tral point of Interest In Andrew Sheffield's
pastoral romance. "The Rose of Bharon."
Heredity taints the hero's blood, and in
the development of the plot this character
Is brought face to face with tlie samo con
ditions that proved th downfall of his
forebears. The effect of this unusual hap
pening is cleverly handled by the author,
and the manner In which he disposes of the
peculiar event Is dramatic.
W. W. Jacob's new book, "Salthaven."
will be published next week. The son of
th head of th firm comes Into their office
at a quiet little shopping port and prompt
ly falls In lov with the daughter of the
oldest clerk. The complications which re
sult from his father's opposition, the other
characters, including Bassett the office hoy.
Mr 'Hartly, and the usuai watchmen and
saiiormen, with their wives, who make up
th background, carry the story along with
a rush and a roar of laughter.
Mary King Waddlngton, the author of
"Letters of a Diplomat's Wife" and "The
Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Wife." has
written an Intimate account of th country
life or the old French families In her new
book. "Chateau and Country Life in
France." She tells all about the daily rou
tine of an old chateau and the customs
and ceremonies that make up the life of
a member of the French aristocracy In the
country. 'The hunts, balls, festivals, relig
ious exercises and elections are all viva
ciously described.
Th Popular Science Monthly for th cur
rent month contains th following articles:
The Spoliation of the Falls of Niagara,''
by Dr J W. Spencer; "The Industries of
Niagara Falls." by Raymond H. Arnot;
"The Classification of Mathematics," by
Professor G. A. Miller; "Academic Aspects
of Administration." by Professor Joseph
Jaatrow- "The Specialist Blight on Ameri
can Education." by James P. Munroe:
"Something New About Free Will." by Pro
fessor George Stuart Fullerton: 'The Laws
of Social Attraction," by Professor Simon
N Patten; "The Passing of the Sturgeon,
A Case of the Unparalleled Extermlnatfon
of a Species," by Dr. Walter Sheldon
Tower: "Forelan Associates of National So-
cleties." by Professor E. C. Pickering; "Doc
torates Conferred by American Universi
ties": "Aerial Navigation"; "The Photog
raphy of Aquatic Animals in Their Natural
Environment" and "Scientific Items."
These books have been received for review
through the courtesv of The J. K. Gill
Company: "Peter." "Wulnath, the Wlrnd
erer." "The Flaming Sword." "Olotllde."
"The Big Fellow." "Lenthola," "Flower of
the Dusk." "Vital American Problems."
"Jack, the Young Explorer." "Coffee and a
Love Affair." "The Widow." "Redemption."
"Tales From Folklore." " The Man Without
a Head." 'SThe Statute." "The Tether" and
"Daniel Boone, Backwoodsman "
There is a merry twinkle in the eyes of
the fascinating Marjorte, James Ball Nay
lor1 mischievous heroine, who appears In
his latest offering. "The Misadventure of
Marjorle." which awakens a responsive
spirit In the hearts of her readers. Mr.
Naylor is well known to th public through
his othr successful books, notably "The
Kentuckian." and It la predicted that this
merry, waggish girl he ha portrayed will
be as well received as was th Irresistible
"Dolly" of Anthony Hope' dlalogu stories.
The Baker Taylor Company will issue
about November 1 a monumental work on
"Medieval Architecture: Its Origin and De
velopment." summing up In two volumes
th vast literature that has grown up about
the Gothic cathedrals of Europe. It Is
written by Arthur Klngalsy Porter, a Yale
gradual, who Is still undr .10 years of
age. . It embodies an amount of labor that
would suffice for an orainary man's life
work. Th book will b elaborately Illus
trated and should b welcomed alike by
th archaeologist and th general reader.
Following is a list of th books to b
burned if found In th hands of wlf or
mother, remarks that connrmsd Joker, th
Atchison Globe: "Old Wives for New."
"Eve's Diary," "Pam," "Pirn Decides," "Or
chid." "The Deep of Deliverance." "Llf's
Shop Windows," "My Poor Relations,"
"Three Weeks," "Th End of th Game,"
Together" and "The IJtu Brothers of
th Rich." wife or mother may develop
a cunning 'and keep th book under lock.
Therefor w advise husband and children
to search carefully and to watch hr closely.
Th Scrihners will send out In a few
days: Henry van Dyk' "Hous of Rlm
mon." a poetic drama In four acts; Mm.
Waddlngton'a "Chateau and Country Lif
In Franc"; a new edition of Henrlk Ibsen's
works In leather, 12 volumes; a new edi
tion of "The Prisoner at th Bar." by Ar
thur Train, containing an additional chap
ter on "Insanity"; "Klncald's Battery." by
George W. Cable; W. T. Hornadays "Camp
Fires on Desert -and Lava"; Thomas Nelson
Page's "Tommy Trot," a new Juvenile; Ken
neth Grahame's ';The Wind In the Wil
lows." and th new W. W. Jacob's book.
"Salthaven."
'
There may b xperted In a few days an
Illustrated volume of remarkable "Fish
Stories." In which Charles F. Holder and
President Jordan of Stanford University tAll
their experiences In catching strange and
curious fishes In all quarters of the globe.
Being genuine fishermen, however, they
were not content ven with such strange
forms of the truth, so they hav added a
collection of th othr kind of fish atorles,
th biggest well. It Is sufficient to say that
both men hall from California. Of kindred
Interest Is "Th Fresh Water Aquarium and
Its Inhabitants." by Otto Eggellng and
Frederick Ehrnbrg. two xjerta on the
subject.
.
Barrett Wendell's lectures on "Th priv
ileged Classes." delivered In Chicago last
Fall, will be published in book form. The
book contains the lecture on "Privileged
Classes." a subsequent chapter containing
and developing aome of the Ideas therein
set forth, and a paper on "Education," pub
lished three or four years ago In the North
American Review. The second and fourth
chapters will be quit new; the two others
revised, and to some degree rewritten, and
the four, though mutually Independent, will
make a book aa consecutive as "Liberty.
Union and Democracy," to which, In size,
form and general appearance. It will bs
similar.
William Temple Hornaday has written an
account of his recent hunting trip in Ari
zona and Mexico, which will h publlsned
In book form soon. The book is fully Illus
trated by photographs taken by J. M. Phil
lips, who, it will b remembered, also ac-
Books Added to Library
BIOGRAPHY.
Hearn Concerning Lafcaulo Hearnj by C
M. Gould. 108. . , . t
eeward A swan and her friends; by S.
V. Lucas. 1907. ,
Wesley The life of John Wlr; by C.
ft iriMhulr IftOa.
'make Letters, together with a life by
Frederick Tatham; d. by A. O. B. Ruassin
1906.. ,
DESCRIPTION- AND TRAVEL.
Alexander From th Nlgar to th Wile.
2 v. 1B0T. ,, ,
Barker Modern Germany, her political
and economic problems, ed. t, enl. 10T.
Beck tSketche from Normandy. IR0T.
Dick The heart of Spain, an artist's Im
pression of Toledo, n. d.
Durland Th rd rign, th tru story
of an adventurous year In Russia. 190T.
Fta-la Fighting the polar lc. 190S.
Vraser March of Hindustan, the record
of a Journey In Thibet, India, Turkestan
and Persia. 1907. ,. .
Harrlaon Primitive Athens as described
by Thucydidei. 190.
Holland Old and new Japan. 1907.
riyrst Adventur In the great forests,
romantic incidents and perils of travel,
sport and exploration throughout th world.
Scott Burma: a bsndbook of practical
Information. 190.
Singleton, ed. Historic landmarks of
America, as seen and described by famous
writers. 1907. '
Hobson Canada today. 10.
FICTION.
Faster John o Jamestown.
Mosenthal Stories of Jewish horns Ufa
Ward Tasting of Diana Mallory.
Wilklna Th shoulders ov Atlas.
Kill Arklnsaw cousins; a story of ths
Osarks.
FINE) ARTS.
Cunningham, ed. Che traps and strata
gem. 1903. , . .
Graham Universal football and handball;
rules of th gam revised. 190ft.
Harvey Modal vlllag and it eottagas.
190H. , . ,
Holmatv A book of bungalows; contain
ing 80 new and original designs. 190.
Mlncoff & Marriage Pillow lace; a prac
tical handbook. 1907.
Recy Th decoration of leather; tr. by
Maude Nathan. 1905.
Robrtson Wollaaton Brldg develop
ments, land.
Bagllo French fnrnltur. a. o.
Wagnalls Stars of th opera. 1907.
Weir The Orek painters' art. 1905.
Walker History of music in England.
107.
HISTORY.
Abbott A short history of Rome. 1906.
Acton Historical essays and studies; by
J. N. Figgis and R. V. Laurence. 1907.
Ashley American history, for us in sec
ondary schools. 1907. -
Bardeen Fundamental facts of American
history. 1900.
Curtln Th Mongols, a history. 1908.
Fitzpatrlck Dublin; a historical and to
pographical account of the city. 1907. ,
Fraser Champons of the fleet; captains
and men-of-war and days that helped to
make the empire. 1908.
Rodd The princes of Achaia and th
chronicles of Morea. 2 v. 1907.
eteveni Scandinavian Question. 1005.
Tyler, ed. Narratives of early Virginia,
W08-16Z5. 1907.
LANGUAGE.
Cook Tha higher study of English. 1906
Iwis The principles of English verse.
1907
' LITERATURE.
Bvron Selections from poems; ed. by W.
H. Venable. 1898.
Howell Eplstola Ho-Elianae; the famll
Ilar letters of James Howell. 2 v. 1908.
Kennedy The servant In th house; Il
lustrated with portraits of th characters
in the play. 1908.
Phillips New poems. 1907.
Eehauffler, romp. Through Italy with the
poets. 190S.
Starr Readings from modern Mexican
authors. 1904.
Welsh ed. Th golden treasury of Irish
songs and lyrics. 2 v. 1907. .
Yeats Poetical works. 2 v. 1906-190i.
Swan Dictionary of contemporary quota
tions. 1904.
PHILOSOPHY.
Carruth Letters to American boy. 1907.
Forbes Socrates. 1905.
RELIGION.
Swlght Grecian and Roman mythology
for schools. 18S2.
Hitchcock Th psychology of Jesus; a
study of the development of his self-consciousness.
1907.
phillpson The reform movement In Ju
daism. 1907.
Robertson The Old Ttameat and its
content, n. d. i
eompanied Mr. Hornaday on th expedition
described In 'Vamp-Flrea in tne isnaaisn
Rockies." Th new book is Interesting as
an outdoor book as well aa valuable for the
Information contained of th country and
fauna. It describes parts of the country
never hunted over by white men before and
is told In th same bright, racy narrative
which characterized "Camp-Fires In th
Canadian Rockies. "
"Untrodden English Ways." by Henry C.
Shelley, author of "John Harvard." "tit
erary By-Paths In Old English." etc. U
scheduled for approachlna publication. Mr
Shelley has a w ide know ledge and deep ap
preciation of many, nooks and corners of
his native land, which have escaped th
attention of thegeneral puhllr. because off
the beaten tracks, but which have many
natural beauties and romantic associations
He ha pictured them In words and with
his camara. h has told of their fascinating
hletorv and of th famous personsges who
momories are village tradition. The book
will b a delightful acquisition to the lit
erature en English town
James B. Connolly, th author of "An
Olympic Victor," la on of th best amateur
athletes In th United Slates, and at pres
ent holds th rscord for the triple leap.
4 ft Inches - From 1 anft-1 !." he hid
th American record for the hop. step and
Jump, and In ISM was a member of th.
American tam at th Olympic games at
Athena, whar h won th first event, th
triple leap. It as while at these games
that h got his material for "An Olympic
Victor." l.ouss. th winner of the Mara
thon rac. In th story, waa a real person
and the great rac was von as Mr Con
nolly describes It In his hook, which was
revlsw-ed In these columns last week.
"The Mongols In Russia." by Jcremish
Curtln. and to b published soon, is a con
tinuation of th history or this Interesting
race, which was begun In his "The Mongols"
of lass year. This volume Is a vivid ac
count of the Mongols' exploits and achieve
ments In the semi-barbarous days when
they war In the flush or their strength
and power. It takes up the story of their
domination of Russia until the final break
up of th horde at Sural In 1.103. Since
then their history Is an available record
of scattered events, but the facts collected
and arranged by Mr. curtln are the result
of years of original research, during which,
because of his extraordinary knowledge of
eastern tongues. Mr. -Curtln was -enabled
to extract much Information hitherto Inac
cessible. Charles H. Caffln. author of that sterling
book "How to Study Pictures," has Just
brought out "A Child's Guide to Pictures."
and will shortly add "The Appreciation of
the Drama" to the Appreciation series.
Helen A. Clarke offers "Browning's Eng
land" In the same handsome style as her
"Brownings Italy." Again this Christmas
we r to have a Dickens story Th
Chime" Illustrated In line and color by
Oeorg Alfred Williams. Henry W. Whit
ney's "Life of Lincoln" will hav the ben
efit of th author's close association with
Lincoln In th law business. It Is to h
published within the month. So. too. Is
th first English translation of an Impor
tant work bv Paul Dubois, a nephew of
Taine. the historian, which deals with "Con
temporary Ireland."
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
"The Minute Boys of Long Island." by
James Otis. $1.25 (Dana-Kstesi.
"The Tortoise and the Geese ; retom
bv Maude Barrow a Dutton. St: and
"Fresh Pcsles." hy Ahble Farwell Brown,
$1.50 (Houghton-Mlffllnl.
"Animal Analogues." by Robert W. Wood,
50 cents (Paul Elder Co.).
"The Man Without a Head, by Tyler
De Saix. $1.50; and "Fairy Tales from
FolkKre." by Herschel Williams, $1
(Moffat-Yard i.
"Daniel Boone. Backwoodsman. hy
C H. Forbes-I.indsay tlvipplncott ).
"The Widow." by Helen Rowland (Dodge
Pub. co.l.
"Robin Aroon." by Armistead C. Gordon.
$l.i.1 tNeale).
"Clotllde," by Margaret Bouvert (Mc-
"Viva Mexico," by Charles Maremh
Flandran. $1.25: "The Whispering Man."
by Henry Kitchnll Webster. $1.50; and
"Across Europe In a Motor Boat." by Henry
C. Rowland, $2 tAppleton's).
"J.enthola of the South Sees," by W.
C Morrow, $1.5"; and "Jack, the Young
Explorer," by Georg Bird Grlnnell, $1.25
(Stokesl.
Pmyth How w got our Blbl. Nw ed.
107.
SCIENCE.
Boae Plant response as a means of phy
siological Investigation. lou.
D ty A manual of up-to-dat prac
tical commercial arithmetic. 1900.
Dobbin a- Walker Chemical theory for
bginnrs. 1906.
Jones Principle of Inorganta chemistry.
190.1.
Linvtll Kelly A txt-book In general
zoology. 1906.
Parker & Psrker Elementary course of
practical zoology. Ed. 2- 190S.
Beaver Mathematical handbook. 1907.
Woods A Bailey A coura In mathemat
ics tor student of nglnerlng and applied
clnc. v, 1. 1907.
SOCIOLOGY
Brothers of th Christian sehools. Th
element of practical padagogy. 1807.
Carter Law. Its origin, growth and func
tion. 1907.
Corbin Which college for th boy? 1908.
Griffith Th rise and development of the
gerrymander. 1907.
Kllpatrlck Departmental teaching In ele
mentary school. 1908.
Pag Th negro, th outhenher's prob
lem. 1904. .
Vandewslker Th kindergarten In Amer
ican education. 1908.
Van Vorst Th cry of th children; a
study of child labor. 19Vg.
Waters Culture by conversation. 1908.
Wllloughby- Th territories and depend
encies of ths United States. 190.1.
WInterburn Methods in teaching. 1908.
USEFUL ARTS.
Adams Baker Harper's electricity
book for boys. 1907.
Booth Steam pipes, thstr design and con
struction, n. d.
'Corblon The principle of salesmanship,
deportment and system. 1907.
Curie Modern theorls of lectrlcity and
matter. 1907.
Davla Rural school agriculture. 1907.
Ureiui Th American handbook of print
ing. 1907.
Harrison Spanish correspondence. 1907.
HolforoV Th twentieth century toolsmlth
and steelworker. 1907.
International textbook company. Inter
national library of technology, v. 2B, 9B.
18, 23.- 24, 36B, S7B, MB, 59, 78, 82-85. 90,
il. 1907.
Lord Metallurgical analysis. Ed. 2. enl.
1903.
Nelson Weaving, plain and fancy. 1907.
Heed American meter practice. 103.
Sharp Balancing of engines, steam, gas
and petrol; an elementary text-book. 1907.
Standage Agglutlnantz of all kinds for
all purposes. 1907.
stoughton The metallurgy of iron and
steel. 1908.
BOOKS ADDED TO THE REFERENCE
DEPARTMENT.
American historical association. Annual
report. 1906.
Carney How to buy and sell real estat
at a profit. 1905.
Talt An elementary treatise on quarter
nions. Ed. 3. enl. 1890.
Takenob & Takeda Japan year book.
1907.
United States Hydrngraphlc office, toast
of British Columbia from J pan de Fuca
strait to Portland canal. Ed. 2. 1907.
Webster Writing and speeches. IS v.
Logical Method of Search.
Youth's Companion.
It was closing time at the town
library. Old Mr. Duke, who had filled
the place of librarian for years, took
. , , i hat an i f . th
assistance of his little daughter got
, ' . mnn.n,V.AP V. .1 gfdrl.H
tnem saiexiy en. i w p, . . . . . . -. - ......
for the door. It was raining hard. -
"Walt a moment, child," said her
father, and went back into the build
ing. The girl remained, obediently.
Five minutes passed. Then ten. She
pushed open the door and walked In.
uae eathf waa bent over one of the
card catalogues.
"wnat are you 'wri.n .
she inquired.
He put the drawer back, suddenly
abashed. . . '
i m getting uiu. inia.cv, "
"1 couldn't find my umbrella and I waa
searching; for it under the U lists."
Exclusive Knowledge.
Teacher Bobby, why are you scratch
ing your head?
Rohbv Because I'm the only one that
knows where It Itches.