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r patriotic tJirfll. throiiifli the heart of
rvory Aniriian t know that at lout a
native American novel has been written
portraying wholesome, famMy life In thin
ronntry. a life where love is all ami
where money for money's sake is a the
heist that perish.
I refr to Mr. Hopkinson SiutlTs new
Plory. 'Teter, a novel of which I'eter is
not the hero. No vulgar exploitation of
thn new Hrh. no freniieil romanre of the
sto-k market, no divorce, no doiihle live
-just a natural story whii-h uiixht and
dies ptve the convii tton that this great
htjr country of ours la all right, after all.
snd that domestic American life stands
for happy marrlasjes, ways of peace and
righteousness, and that content and
health are better than dollars. I never
before 'met with a story that better em
phasise thts xann Idea, "Peter" is the
dome-storv for which Americans have
been watting for a considerable time. It
can be safely-read aloud in a family, and
.one can't say tha aiout the majority or
novel. Its Innate refinement impresses,
just like the dainty perfume of old ros
leaves. "Peter"' is a man's story. "Wom
en readers are warned off. This one is
Tor Mr. Man.
Peter" displays such a knowledge of
niBinc" riiur. mingled with an appreciation
of Southern sentiment, that 2 guessed Mr.
llopktiwon Sin i tii must surely know more
about such subjects than the ordinary
novelist. He was horn in Baltimore, Aid.,
October 1VTS, and ha earned distinc
tion as an artist, author and enpineer.
When quite young, he became a clerk in
mm works, was later educated as a nie-cp..ni-al
engineer and l-eaine an engineer
and a contractor, built the Joverntnent
sea-wii H around Governor's Island. New
York harbor: the Kace Rock llphtliouse
off New london. f 'onn. ; the foundation
f.r the Partlioldl Statue of Liberty, etc.
That iiifnrmaiion explains the appealinjcly
artr.tic Maryland vein in "Peter.' It is a
story of hiRli finance and engineering
work in and around New York ity. but
now and then It strays toward Maryland,
as if in search of one beloved spot.
The reader is promptly informed on the
third line of the story that Peter has a
bald head. Imagine a bald-headed hero!
riut it's so. I know one pretty girl In real
life who declines to respect men and
women if the latter do not possess plenty
of hair. Queer taste. But Peter Grayson.
years old. the receiving teller of a
Wall street bank railed the Kxeter, to
such a real hero and gentleman that -one
loves him, although he has a saining cra
nium. 1 have said that he is a hero, but
not the hero of the story. That lucky in
dividual n Young John Breen. who is
first Introduced a a callow clerk in the
banking house of Breen & Co., wolves of
Mall stroet. Breen & Co. are prize bunco
tcerera In the game of sheering as much
oeI as they dare take from bleating
financial lamb, without being landed la
t!i penitentiary'. Athur Breen la the
managing partner and John Breen Is his
nrphew.
Peter Grayson wore a white neckcloth
in which was a diamond pin "a liny one,
but clear as a baby's tear." He had Xresu,
smoothly haven cheeks, and was a pic
ture of almost perfect health and happi
ness. He lived in apartments on East
Fifteenth street. New York City, a q tit
ter largely given up to business. His one
quality is his love, for humanity, without
recompense or reward, and you bow to
his power as a fashioner of character.
The beet young man he trains from the
dependent, weakling stage to manhood Is
John Breen. Here la one of Peter's be
lie:: Mi'-a wbr was rirht income, one pound:
xpnc one pound 10 hilling; result, mis
ery; income, one pound ten. expense one
l"un3 : outcome, happiness. What a curse
this ftre"t I to those whe abuse Its power
fer good: half of them fighting trying to
keep out of jail and the other half trytna
:o kem ut of the poorhouseT Just as I
-an detert a counterfeit hill at sight, so can
1 yut my finger on these money-getters
htn the pntaon of money-getting for
money's lake hogtns to work In their veins.
1 iien't mesn the laying up of money for a
rnv day. or the- providing for one's family.
Kery man should lay up a sis months
ft oe tor's bill. Jut as every man should lay
up money enoush to keep his body out of
potter's field. It living Up the surplus
that hurts. It take very little nowadavs
t to make a full fledged banker. All that
ah have to do hi to hotst to a safe
t h rough f ne window generally, with the
tnwd looking on; rail off half the office:
-a'ter some h!g ledgers over two or three
n ly varnished desks; move In a doxen
arm-ehaira, get a ticker, blackboard and a
boy with a piece of chalk; he pleasant to
e er oilow you meet with hi own or
somebody e!se"s money in his pocket and
there )qu are.
That is about Peter's only explosion
against the vanity of nrhes. The re
mainder of his talk breathes helpfulness
and optimum. He shows young Breen
that If he remains in hi uncle's bank,
lie will speedily develop Into a mere
money-vr-anger. Miss Connne Breen,
jack s cousin, and iiarry Mlnott. a dash
ing Yvunf architect who foolishly dab-
hies in TVall street, are two types that at
tract. Breen A Co. ruin ojie financial
lamb who was a pet friend of Jack Breen,
and the latter leaves the money-rhanginx
business), and through Peter'p help starts
to learn the business of civil engineer
with MeFartnne. a contractor. The lnt
ter's daughter. Ruth, is one of the dainti
est and best heroines of the year. A pic
ture:
Had Ruth tied her man tii la undr her
lovely chin and paseert you witn upturnea
eyes and trembling lips, you would have
sworn that the Madonna from the neigh
boring church had strayed from its frame
In evarrh of the helpless and the unhappy;
and had none of the.-e disicuises been hers,
and she had flashed by you in tlio open,
some bright morning, mounted on hr own
black mare, face aglow, eyes tike siars, her
wonderful hair waving In the winrt. you
would liave food stock-still in admiration,
feer gripplnc your throat, a prayer In your
heart for the safe home-coming of one so
fearless and so beautiful.
A work-a-day novel of tunnel building,
where Jack Breen works side by side
with laboring men. is eventually evolved,
and all the time although Jack and Ruth
are In love with each other, the novelist
tantalizingly keeps them apart as lovers.
And. oh yes! Ruth's Southern speech:
"And then her Southern speech, inde
ecrihable and impossible in cold type. The
softening of the consonants, the slipping
away of the terminals, the slurring of
vowels, and all In that low. musical voice
born outside of the roar and crash of city
streets and crowded drawing-rooms with
each tongue fighting for the mastery."
Skilfully the whole plot Is unfolded, and
one of the newer characters met with Is
Isaac Cohen, tailor and financier. A more
true-to-life, more respectful portraiture of
a Jewish business man I have never come
across. :As Jack Breen advances in the
engineering profession, Garry Minott, who
marries Miss.. Corinne Breen, becomes
involved in stock exchange speculations,
criminally spend money given to him In
trust, and take his life. This latter in
cident is the one blot. To6 bad to spoil
such a beautiful rsresentation of temperament-by
h suicide. Why Midn't Mr. Hop
kineon Smith get rid of Mr. Minott by a
more natural process? Say, a trolley car
or aeroplane accident.
The love scene on pages 519 and 320. for
beauty of expression, will challenge com
parison with any in the Kngtish language.
I am tempted to quote even a portion of
It, but refrain. The pleasure Is yours, if
you care.
Peter Is the presiding, good genie until
the end. Without making any noise about
It. he lives and ultimately vanishes as a
delightful, old-fashioned gentleman, leav
ing the reader saddened that there isn't
any more to tell.
Coffee and a Ire Affair. By Mary Board
man Sheldon. Price. $1. Frederick A.
Stokes Company, New York City.
It needs the sub-title of this story to
convince- one that It is not a picture
of a smart waitress in a restaurant.
"An American Girl's Romance on a
Coffee Plantation," say the sub-title re
ferred to. In the form of a diary, a
young woman who calls herself Miss
Farnell tell how she became governess
In a charming family who lived at El
Cafetal. Sierra Nevada Mountains,
South America. She writes in a gos
sipy, intimate style, just as a young
woman of leisure might, and stamps her
message with keen observation and good
humor. She certainly skillfully deline
ates life on a coffee plantation, and in
her dialogue puts Spanish words Into
the mouths of many of her characters.
Miss Pamell. who appears to have a
very good opinion of herself. Is blessed
with two devoted lovers. Kent Winthrop
and Don Roberto, and she plays with
them much the same as a cat does with
a mouse.
The authoresa has evidently an unfa
vorable opinion of some Englishmen, for
she doesn't lose any chance to poke
fun at them. For instance, on page 39
Miss Parnell says: "When an English
man is nice, he is very nice Indeed; but
wnn he is rude, he is so horrid that
he makes the average American
ashamed of his ancestors."
The most enjoyable bit of writing in
the book is a dainty paragraph on pace
where Miss Parnell talks to dry
and dusty vegetables, congratulating
them on the first rain that had fallen
for months.
Br Right ef Pnreftase. By Harold Hindlos.
Illustrated. Price. Sl.MV Frederick. A
Stokes Company. Nsw Tork City.
Mr. Bindloss. author of these sterling
prairie stories. "Winston of the Prairie"
and "Alton of SomasK.-o." returns to his
Canada and again repeats his previous
success as born story teller in a new
novel. "By Right of Purchase."
The hero is Charles Iceland, who owns
a great prairie farm at Prospect. West
ern Canada, and in the opening chapters
he visits "England, where he Is a guest
at the old manor house of Barrock
Holme. the daughter of the highly aris
tocratic family being Miss Carrie Den
ham. She is educated to believe in the
doctrine that everybody who does not
work and whose fathers before them did
not work are aristocrats, and not tramps.
Leland chooses this woman for bis wife,
and she marries him. although she admits-
she doesn't love him.
The Inlands anive at their far awrty
Canadian home, and begin prairie life
The author eontrasts with much skill a
husband and wife of different views and
opinions, and lllumnes the slow fusing
of their natures toward happiness.
A strong, rugged story with a message
of appeal in it for honest work well
done and the blessings of contentment.
Just the novel for farmers and farmers'
wives.
The Bight Man. By Brian Hooker. Illus
- trated. The Bobbs-Merrilb Company, In
dianTolis. Think of an ocean voyage to Ham
burg, three of the principal passengers
being Miss Audrey Dome, a beautiful
girl; Richard Gordon, a violinist and
John Hudson, a modern captain of In
dustry. Miss Dome Is formally engaged to
marrv Hudson, but in her secret soul
ft not sure If he is "the" man. Gordon
psvchologlcally appeals to her, but irer
heart says: "T need a big. - strong,
earthy man. reeking with humanity"
vide page 1SS. Result: doubt as to
whom she really loves.
Various animated conversations are
held of an argumentative nature, and
the principal moment comes when Gor
don plays a weird violin solo. Hudson
gets jealous, and. although he out
weighs his rival, he strikes him, and in
a fist-fight the violinist Is beaten into
insensibility. But his spirit Is greater
than his power of physical resistance.
Tinkle, tinkle. . Wedding bells ahead.
This delightful short story of "taiky
character is skillfully woven, and has
a sweep to it that carries the reader
Into entertainment-land. The book is
finely printed, and the illustrations by
Alonzo Kimball are exquisitely done in
colors by an expensive process. "The
Right Man" has a holiday spirit, and Is
eminently suitable as a high-class gift
book. Firs Aid and Relief Columns. By Major
Charles I-ynch. Illustrated. Trice, St. P.
Blaklston's Son & Co.. Philadelphia.
This is the American National Red
Cross textbook on "First Aid and Re
lief Column.' being an excellently ar
ranged manual of Instruction on how
to prevent accldunts and what to do
for injuries and emergencies.. Jts au
thor is Major Charles Lynch. United
States Army Medical Corps, and is of
so much paramount Importance that it
ought to be as widely circulated in
this country as are Uncle Sam's postage
stamps.
The charter heads are: Anatomy and
physiology: germs or micro-organisms;
first aid materials, general directions
for rendering first aid; shock, common
accidents a;id injuries; common cmer
gencies; occupation accidents and In
juries; Injuries and emergencies of in
door and outdoor sports; transportation
of wounded Injured and sick; organisa
tions for first aid instruction, and first
aid contests.
personal acquaintance with this little
book will undoubtedly save lives that
otherwise might be among the lost.
Mnrjorle Imw. By Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
Illustrated. Price, $2. Houshton. Mifflin
A Co.. Boston, if .tns.t and the J. K. Hill
Company, Portland.
Eminent literary experts are agreed
that "Marjorie Daw" was not only Al
drich's masterpiece, but that it is one
of the best short stories, ever written in
English.
The present edition is a sumptuous
holiday copy, and the iHustratlons are
by John Cecil Clay. Lucky ought the
recipient be who gets this handsome
book as a holiday gift. Its thick,
creamy paper and black type make up
a literary dream of delight. .Those who
have not yet. read "Marjorle Daw," and
will avail themselves of the present
opportunity, will have the heartiest
laugh Imaginable at the unexpected
ending of this delightful comedy, told
In a aeries "of let ' ?rs.
Marjorle paw ! "As we sa t there,
she came and went In the Summer twi
light, and seemed, with her white dress
and pale gold hair, like, some lovely
phantom that had sprung Into exis
tence, out of tho smoke-wreaths."
The Bachelor and the Baby. By Margaret
Cameron. Illustrated. Harper at Broth
ers, New York City.
If you want a delicious story, not too
long in the telling, to read to a fam
ily circle, where children are preferred
to Boston terriers, try your luck as an
entertainer with this .tale of just 43
pages. It details the adventures of
Franklin Keene. of San Francisco, a
guileless bachelor into whose arms a
young mother unsuspectingly thrust her
baby boy. only to find that she had
made a mistake. In his town. Keene
Is mistaken for a Mr. Keene. of Chicago,
and a most ludicrous mlxup erisuen.
But, through it all the baby wins. So
does "Kicking" Keene of 92.
A Holiday Town. By Charles Battell
Loomis. Illustrated. Price. $1.23. Henry
Holt & Co., New York City.
Fifteen short stories, sparkling with
that whimsical wit which bears the
stamp of Charles Battell Loomis, nat
ural humorist. iAll these stories are
reprinted from magazines in which
they originally appeared, and are just
the collection to help light up a dull,
rainy day. They also suggest a pipe
or cierar, and a cosy seat by an open
fireplace. And what If the wind howls
without? The illustrations are apt and
are by Thomas Fogarty, F. R. Cruger,
Peter Newell, Charles B. Loomis. "Ky"
Mayet, Kt. G. Williamson and John Wol
cott Adams.
True Tales of the Plains. By Colonel W. F.
Cody t Buffalo Bill). Illustrated. Price,
$1. Empire Book Company, New York
City.
For historical reasons and an ab
sorbing interest nil its own, this mod
estly written book will appeal to the
many thousands in whose homes "Buf
falo B1U" is a household word, and also
make new friends for the veteran
showman and great Western scofcit. The
story begins in 1S57. when the 11-year-old
Cody killed his first Indian in bat
tle. There are 33 chapters, each as
exciting as if the Indian fights depicted
were actually happening before one's
eyes.
The Human Body In Jieurth. By Dr. Alvin
Davison, Illustrated. Price, 80 cents. The
American Book Company, New York City.
Dr. Davison is professor of biology
in Lafayette College, and his book is
an admirable presentation of essential
anatomy, applied physiology and prac
tical hygiene for schools. It aims to
teach the laws of health to school chil
dren, and insists on the doctrine that
health concerns not only the individual
but the community. The book also ap
peals to the general public, and although
the lessons given are scientific they are
so clearly explained that they are easily
understood.
The Genial Idiot. By John Kendrick Bangs.
Price, $1.23. Harper " &, Brothers, New
York City.
Infectious fun. Mr. Bangs is a born
humorist, and this book is already so
well advertised that any lengthy re
marks in its favor would seem super
fluous. The Ideal husband, decadence
of April fool's day, flat-hunting, cam
paign methods, suggestions to Christ
mas shoppers these and kindred subjects-are
discussed in 18 essays, which
brim over with chuckles. ,
Standard Algeh. By William J. Milne
Ph. D.. LL. D. Price, $1. The American
Book Company, New York City.
Dr. Milne is president of New York
State Normal College. Albany. N. - Y.,
and his conveniently arranged and mod
ern book follows the inductive method
of presentation, using declarative state
ments and observations instead of ques
tions. The problems touched on are
fresh in character.
InoffiHal Letters of aa Official's Wife. Fy
Kdith Mneet. Pric, $ 1 .XV D. Appleton
Co.. New York City.
Eleven letters describing life In the
Philippine Islands. In the days of Gov
ernor Taft. the first letter being dated
June 3. 1000. The letters describe so
cial scenes, and are written in an opti
mistic, appreciative spirit. Just the re
fined sort -of book to gtve to a woman
anxious to know more about the Phil
ippines. Colonel Gremtheart. By H C. Bailey. Illus
trated The Hobbe-Merrill Company, In
dianapolis. Calls .us back to the England of
Cromwell and his Roundhead soldiers.
Colonel Jerry Stow Is a fighting hero,
both In love and war. An unusually
intimate view of Cromwell is presented
and this excellent story is worthy in
every way of the stirring times it de
picts. Chatterbox for 190. Illustrated. Price,
$1.25. Dana, Kstes A Co., Boston.
This magazine is an old and eagerly
welcomed visitor among children, and
this year it's just as attractive as ever
in stories, comment, illustrations, etc.
The volume is strongly bound, measures
734 by 10 inches, and consists of 4l
large pages, with over 260 original
illustrations. In addition to sir colored
plates.
Marigold's Winter. By Bdlth Francis Fos
ter. Illustrated. Price, $1.25. Dana.
Kstes & Co., Boston.
A real little girl's story of her Win
ter's doings., suitable for little folks
who read aloud to each other.
JOSEPH M..QUENTIX.
IN LIBRARY AXO WORKSHOP.
"A Road Scene," the picture shown on
this book page, is taken from Mabel Waf
nall's new novel, "The Palace of Danger,"
reviewed in The Oregonian October 11.
"The Hole Bock" Is to be a surprise of
Peter Newell" s. Not much Is known about
it, except that a small boy somehow holds
a pistol that somehow goes off. One thing
la positive there Is a real hole through
the book. '
James O. Fagan. the author of "Confes
sions of a Railroad Signalman," will maks
an address before the New York and New
Kngland Association of Railway Surgeons
In New York next month, on "Neglect of
Kmployes to Observe Signals and Obey
Rules," a matter on which he lays stress
In his new book.
What Is announced as a startling book
has been prepared for early publication by
Abraham Flexner. who has bad long con
tact and experience with aecondary school
and college methods and results. It la an
ex haunt I ve study In contemporary educa
tion, and will b published under title of
"The American College."
Next fweek there will be published "Th
Mystery of the Plnckney Draught," an im
portant study of constitutional history by
the Hon. Charles C. Nott. ex-Chief Justice
of the United Bfates Court of Claims, dts
ciiB5ing at length how much of the work
A T)inbne rf South Carolina, is
embodied In the Constitution of tbe United
Mates
The new volume of Ft. Nicholas is to
have a aerial atory of adventure by Bradley
Oilman. "A Pon of the Desert." It will be
gin in next month's number. Colonel Charles
W. learned, a professor at the West Point
Military Acodemy. has written for the same
number. "Th West Point of Today." The
atorv. is to have for Illustrations a number
of West Point pictures, which were obtained
by Colonel Larned specially for thla aketch.
The most popular book for the first seven
months of 1P08, reckoning this average from
the Bookman a lists, Is Rex Beach's "The
Barrier." Perhaps this Is less noteworthy
than the fact that distancing others until it
Is fifth on the line is "The Weavers," of
Sir Gilbert Parker a novel which was
brought out by the Harpers exactly a full
year ago. Would that Mary Johnston's
"Lewis Rand" had been issued, say, about
March. W08. Instead of this month! As an
A merlcan novel, it easily leads "The
Barrier."
Australia continues to demand the latest
popular flrtion. Aa a result of her extrava
gant reading. In a single week have been
made special Australian editions of the fol
lowing novels: "The Shoulders of Atlas," by
Marv K. Wilktns Freeman; "Mam' Linda,
by Will N. Harben; "R. J.'s Mother." by
Margaret Deland; "Bertrand of Brittany,
by Warwick Deeping ; "Hanta. Lucia." by
Mary Austin; "The Golden Ladder," by
Margaret Potter; 'Tha Golden Roae," by
Amelie Rives; "Purple and Homespun," by
Samuel Gardenhlre. ,
The Century will aoon publish a series of
interviews, of unusual character, act down
by Daniel Gregory Mason, records of fa
miliar talk with notable musicians, among
others. padereuakl, Gabrilowitch and
Kneisel. Professor Robert M. Yerkes. of
Harvard University, has also written of the
experiments and Investigations being made
along the lines of animal psychology, and
says that sometimes hundreds of experi
ments are made to Vst single proposition,
often with surprising and moat Interesting
results.
A new Christmas juvenile by Thomas
Nelson Page will be published soon. Little
Tommy Trot, wno naa riwhji um mus
tered and petted, meets another eturdy
small boy, who Introduces him to bis dog
Sate and takes him coasting on his new
led. After many adventures they travel
north to Santa CI tin land and visit the
toy shops and buildings. They hunt for
sealskins and furs ana nave many excums
.riVnt.irM and at last return home. The
book la Illustrated by V. C. Anderson and
Is very attractive, a numoer of tne illus
trations being In colors.
"Klncald'a Battery." by George W. Cable,
Is Just out. Mr. Cable was born In Louis
iana and served through the Civil War in
the Confederate cavalry. Like his other
book, "The Cavalier' "Klncaid s Battery
rfe-is with the nertod just before and dur
ing the Civil War. Colonel Kincaid. of
New urieans, organized a oaiiery o i m
lery at the outbreak of the war. In which
the best blood of the state and city en
listed. The battery marched away to the
front and saw active service, and while
they were away fighting the city -was cap
tured by Farragut and his Ironclads. The
book contains vivid scenes of adventure,
life In the camps and at the front, and
the capture of the city.
John D. Rockefeller's autobiography, be
gun in the current World's Work, Is to be
published simultaneously in several lan
guages and countries. Prominent period
ical managers In England, Germany, France,
fpaln, Italy, Austro-Hungary, Russia, Nor
way, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland, Hol
land and South Africa have all been eager
to negotiate deals whereby they might se
cure the right to publish this material. In
Paris. Le Matin, the famous French news
paper, will run the articles; in England,
the English World's Work; in Germany, the
magazine, called Zur Uuten Stunde. The
Portuguese publication will probably be
bandied by the Spanish publishers, and
China and Japan are yet to be heard from,
Among Autumn books announced is one
by Richard Clifton, the contents of which
are as original and novel as Its title. Yet
Its title, "The Miller and the Toad." Is sin
gularly apt and appropriate, as the first
chapter shows. And equallly fresh and un
trammeled are the metaphysical Ideas
which the author clusters around the ma
terial objerts of his narrative; or, rather, is
one carried away from the tangible Into
spiritual expanses, where his concepts en
large to new and bolder views of natural
laws, universal order, spirituality, intellect,
immortality, while tradition, superstition,
eeclesiastleism retreat through a dimin
ishing perspective into nothingness. The
author's Interpretation of these 'things
makes the book unusual.
jf I were asked to choose one really great
novel it would be from one of these three:
"Lorn Doone," by R. D. Blackmore;
"Ivanhoe." by Sir Walter Scott, or "The
Scarlet Letter." by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Finned down to one choice, I would have to
think long and seriously. These three good
old novels have stood the one sublime test
of time and experience. The special edition
of "Lorna Doone," which the Harpers have
just issued, adds to the native charm of
the story every advnntage of paper, print
ing, binding and illustration. FTvery fact
and legend bearing upon the romance of
the Doones has been collected w.'th schol
arly care by the editor, H. ?nowden Ward,
and the Illustrations include all the import
ant places mentioned In the novel. The ma
terial Is preface Includes a biographical ac-
count of the author, a discussion of th
legends of the famous robhr noonea
thev were told before the author's time,
an thev survive today, and the real histori
cal basis for these Wends. The pictures
show the Kxmoor country, the botjs and
valleys and moors, the htphways and the
steep rombes that a boy's Imagination mlKht
so easily convert In robbers' dns. Few
persons, young or old. are willing to lack
a copy of "l-oroa Doone " To more than
one this MI ap;r the most satisfactory
copy that good editing has yet devised.
The n?w life of "John Kcat?," by Pro
fessor Albert K. Hancock, of Harvard Col
lege, would seem to show that biopraphy
may sometimes attain the dramatic vitality
of fiction. Modern scholarship demands, of
course, that there shall be no transgressions
aRnlnst thfl truth. In this book Professor
Hancock has endeavored to conceive of
1 Keats aa the protagooni-t of a domestic
drama, coming uiKn a stage of shifting
, scenes, as in the old chronicle-histories,
' coming, playing his part, and parsing tras
t lrmlly under the blight. He has selected
, significant moments to reproduce the au
thentic local color of the daily life of Keats
j and to make him live in a world of good
L cheer and 'vexation as a vivid reality. The
nook tnrows new ngni upon me p"p
character and his poetry. It is illustrated
with lti portraits and views.
A "Life of Jesus," presented in an en
tirely new way, i . In active preparation,
the author being S C. Bradley. It Is a his
tory, a biography and at the samo .time a
romanee. The author ha saturated him
sedf for years with the history and litera
ture of his subject, and with Intuitive in
sight deal with most of the prominent men
and women of the age and country in which
Jesus lived. He presents totally new con
ceptions of many of these Biblical person
ages whose characters have become in
grained in the religious belief of Christen
dom. Mary Magdalene, John the Baptist,
Pilate, and even the abhorred Judas are
treated In a spirit so broad and just and
sympathetic that no fair-minded reader
can fail to question himaclf on the grounds
of his belief In all that pertains to this
greatest of all subje-'ts. The book may
be most briefly characterized as a novel, in
The Bible Printed in -Five Hundred Tongues
Many Sacrifices Made in Order That the Whole M'orld May Get the Scriptnres.
ESP1TE the fact, which officers of
the American Bible Society freely
acknowledge, that the reading of
the Bible has much decreased among na
tive born Americans, more Bibles are
old and read and more money is given
for the work of tho society than when
everybody believed the Bible literally.
Iant New Year's Mrs. Russell Sage of
fered the society J.t00,000 if It could raise
an equal sum during the calendar year.
The money is rolling in, and the society
wees the million In hand by January 1.
The day after Mrs. Sage's offer was made
public a New York business man called
up the office and said:
'You can put me down for J50.000 if you
won't give my name."
A couple of years ago anot'ier New York
business man entered the office and said:
"I believe In the Bible. I am al very
much interested in the Mohammedan
races. I will give you a piece of property
If you will dedicate It to the end of time
to the circulation of the Btblc among the
Mohammedan races." The offer was ac
cepted and the property, a New York
office building worth 1100,000, was turned
over to the society.
The distribution of the Bible to the in
habitants .of the earth's surface is prac
tically a work of Oie last century only.
At the beginning of the nineteenth cen
tury the Bible existed In only 50 lan
guages. Today in round numbers It ex
ists in 600. The Bible went into more lan
guages during tho nineteenth century than
In the eighteen previous centuries.
A few weeks ago an item appeared in
the papers to tho effect that the American
Bible Society had completed the publica
tion of the Bible In C'hamorra. the chief
language of the Island of Guam. Thus
the natives got their first printed book,
their first alphabet, a written language
and a literature all In one.
All over the world men are doing the
same thing. Scores of the world's lan
guages have been supplied with an alpha
bet and a written form by the translators
of the Bible.
Last year, for Instance, the society
printed a Bible for Pleasant Island. Few
persons would know where to find Pleas
ant Island on the map. It is a mere dot
in the Pacific, 300 miles south of the Car
ollna islands, wirh a population of 1500.
For ten years one lone missionary and
his wife have been, living there. He
learned the language by ear and then set
it on paper phonetically. Then he trans.
lated the New Testament into it. Then
he begged and entreated the Bible So
ciety to publish his Bible. The society
replied: "We can't afford to publish the
Bible In a language spoken by only 1500
people."
Then the tribe pledged Itself to pay for
the work if it could have time. So the
society sent the missionary a printing
press and he and his native helpers set
up and printed the -work. Then he sent it
t San Francisco, the society paid for
binding it, and one more little South Sea
Island has a written language and litera
ture.
Philologists of the future will study ex
tinct languages by means of these Bibles.
Already it is said that Mme. Matteo de
Turner's version of the gospels in Qui
ehuea. is the only key to the language of
tho Incas.
Americans have translated the Bible or
portions of it into SO European tongues.
4.1 Asiatic, 11 African, nine Oceanic and
13 American. American women have
made translations Into 15 languages, the
names of which are unknown to the edu
cated public.
Two copies of the gospels in the Seneca
language were sold within the last year:
one in Arapahoe, four in Dakota, 14 in
Muskogee, 2? in OJIbway, 146 In Cherokee
and 242 in Choctaw.
Down in Oklahoma the rich Indians,
the Cherokees and Choctaws take a
racial pride In preserving their language
from oblivion through the use of it in
their church life. Although most of the
adults read Englis now. they, prefer to
use the Bibles in their tribal tongues, and
only a few weeks ago a letter reached
the Bible House asking If a new edition
of the Cherokee hymn book could not be
got out uniform with the bible.
The board wrote: "Why do you go to
such an expense as this when your chil
dren all read English? It is foolish."
The reply came back. ''We want it as a
monument to Mrs. Robertson and the
Creek language."
One year after Its organization, in 1817,
the society began the translation of the
gospels into the Delaware and Mohawk
tongues. In August, 1908, an- order came
into the Bible House from a New York
Indian for a copy of that old Mohawk
gospel.
It is a historical fact that in 1S32 a lit
tle party of Indians entered the city of
St. Iuis. having walked 1000 miles from a
region now included In Idabo. They said
they had heard that the white man had a
book which was given him directly by the.
Great Spirit and they had come to learn
about it. They were directed to Captain
William Clark, the explorer and Indian
commissioner. He had no Bible to sive
them. The story, when published, result
ed in the sending of Methodist and Cath
olic missionaries to the Nez Perce Indians
and in the printing in 1871 of a Nez Perce
Bible.
A Cherokee worked out a Cherokee al
phabet In 1S21. and by 18.11 the society had
published most of the Bible in. that lan
guage. The greatest of all the Indian
translations was the complete Bible in
Dakota, the tongue of the Sioux, pub
lished in 179.
Often the translator lias liad to create
words as well aa alphabets. How shall
the dweller in some low-lying atoll know
the word mountain? How write "Umb
of God" for Ksklmos, who know no
lambs? "Littlo Seal" the translator had
to out it at last.
No Occidental can conceive the com
plexity of a page of Arab proof, or the
sight-destroying labor of reading it. Men
grew gray and lost their eyesipht putting
the work into type. From the moment
of ita inception to that of its final elec
trotypirw in 10 different forms, 76 years
passed and the American Bible So
ciety had spent one hundred thousand
I which jptos is tne nero mna aiary Mgai- i
lene the heroine. I
. Charles Han ford Henderson's lectures t
Harvard and e !se wli ere. h i boy v ramp in
New Hampshire and the new school m-hich
he is sfartinc on strictly Hellenic lines have
made h'm a notable figure in the dura
tional world. The amazing success four
yearn ago of his qtiiet-hited. easy-going.
Toundabout novel, "John Percyfleld," placed
htm anions; the leading American novelists,
tits new book. "The Lighted Lamp." pre
sents hfa whole philosophy of life in .iho
guise of an engrossing novel the Wandcr
jalir of a narrow-minded young man und
the broadening; of his experience. Mr.
Henderson has been at work on it for four
or five years past and it was writtten partly
in his elvamhers in Boston, partly whte
traveling; in India, partly in his bungalow
In California and partly in his New Hamp
ifhiro -amp. It went Into third printing
before publication.
The first of Mr. Lang's' famous Fairy
Book Series. "The Blue KaJry Book." was
Issued in 1R!. and every" year since haa
seen a successor though some few volumes
have strayeri into fact. The volume for the
coming Christmas will be entiilcd "The
Book of Princes and Princesses." and will
be written by Mrs. I -eng. though Mr. Lang
edits the volume and contributes a preface.
It will be on the lines of "The True Htory
Book" and "The Red True Story Book," but
all the stories deal with more or less well
known historical characters. H. J. Ford
Illustrates the volume as usual. The .con
torts: His Majesty the Kins; of Rome. Na
poleon, the Princess Jeanne. Haron the
King. Ml Reina; Mi Reina! Henrietta, the
Plege Baby, the Red Rose, the White Rose,
Richard the Fearless, Frederick and Wi!
helmtne, tine Reine Malheureuse, the Little
Queen, Two Little Girls and Their Mother.
'
American elections in the year 1804.
judging from the description In Mary
Johnston's latest novel. "Lewis Rand," were
much more picturesque than at the present
day. At Charlottesville, the county seat of
Albemarle County, Virginia, three succes
sive Presidents f the Cnlted Htates cast
thotr votes. The courthouse yard was a.gay
place on election day. "Under the locust
dollars on It. The result is the Stn
dard Arab Bible which is being cir
culated all through the North
African coast, across the Sahara to Tim
buctoo. and south to Niger and Mombasa.
It is called for at the Cape of Good Hope,
in Persia, Central Asia, India. China.
Malaysia, the Philippines, Yucatan and
Brazil, Imported from Beirut it is the
Bible used by Syrians in New York and
Chicago.
One of the heroic tales of the society's
annals Is that of Bishop Srhereschewsky.
who, stricken with paralysis, pounded
out a Chinese translation with two .An
gers on the typewriter. For 20 years pre
ceding his death he was practically con
lined to an armchair. During the time
he translated the whole Blblo from the
original Greek and Hebrew into the easy
Wenli dialect of China.
He was unable to speak plainly enough
to be understood by a Chinese scribe. He
could not hold a pen, having only one
linger on each hand under control. So
he made the translation with these two
fingers on the typewriter, and it was then
copied by hand into tho Easy Wenll dia
lect by a CIiine.se woman. Mrs. Y'ei. His
original typewritten manuscript is now
preserved in t he Inox Ubrary as a .mon
ument of one of the most stupendous lit
erary undertakings ever made.
In 91 years of existence the society con
Books Added to Library
Tho following iipw books may be ex
amined at the Public library during this
week and will e ready for circulation
Monday, October. 26:
BIOGRAPHY.
Brown Letters; with letters from Rus
kin, Thackeray and others: ed. by his son
and I. W. Forrest. 1907.
Burnet Life of Gilbert Burnet, bishop of
Salisbury; by T. E. S. Clarke and H. C
Foxcroft. 1007.
Vlllari Studies,, historical and critical;
tr. by Linda Villarl. 3007.
Hearn Concerning La ream o uearn; Dy
M. Gould 1!0S.
Seward A swan and her friends; by E.
V. Lucas. 1907-
Wesley The lire of John Wesley; by C.
T. Winchester. iy06.
Blake Letters, together with a life by
Frederick Tat ham; ed. by A. G. B. Kussell.
1906.
DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL.
Eliot Letters from the Far East. 1907.
Holbach Dalmatia, the land where the
East meets West. 1907.
Monroe Turkey and the Turks: an ac
count of the lands, the peoples and the in
stitutions of the Ottomon empire. 1907.
Paget The sentimental traveler; notes
on places, by Vernon Lee f pseud.). 1.HS.
Alexander From the Niger to the NU.
2 v. 1907.
Barker Modern Germany, her political
and economic problems, ed. 2, enl. 1907.
Becke Sketches from Normandy. 1107..
Dick The heart of Spain, an artist s Im
pressions of Toledo, n. d.
Durland The red reign, the true story
of an adventurous year in Russia. 1107-
Fiala Fighting the polar ice. 1906.
Fraser Marches of Hindustan, tbe record
of a journey In Thibet, India, Turkestan
and Persia. 1JW7.
Harrison Primitive Athens as described
by Thucydldea. l!;Ot.
Holland Old and new Japan. 1907.
Hyrst Adventures in the great . forests,
romantic incidents and perils of travel,
sport and exploration throughout the world.
190S.
Scott Burma; s handbook of practical
information. 1906.
Singleton, ed. Historic landmarks of
America, as seen and described by famous
writers. 107.
Hobson Canada today. 1906.
FICTION. Comstock Janet of the dunes.
Gallon Tbe cruise of the make-believes.
Harriman Sadie.
Hewlett The Danish jade.
Kester John o' Jamestown.
Mosenthal Stories of Jewish home Ufa
Ward Testing of Diana Mallory.
Wilkins The shoulders or Atlas.
Ellis Arkinsaw cousins; a story of tha
Ozark s,
FINE ARTS.
Baldrv Sir Joshua Reynolds. 1805.
Grieg Edward Hagerup Grieg; by E. M.
Lee.
Holmes Windsor; painted by Q. M. Hen
ton. 1908.
Michael Angelo Michael Angelo; by
Georg Gronau. 1906.
Schumann Letters : ed. by Dr. Karl
Storck; tr. by Hannah Bryant. 1907.
Cunningham, ed. Chess trap and strata
gems. 1903.
Graham Universal football and handball;
rules of the game revised. lftOS.
Harvey Model village and its cottages.
1906.
Holman A book of bungalows; contain
ing 30 new and original designs. 1906.
Mincoff & Marriage Pillow lace; a prac
tical handbook. 1P07.
Recy The decoration of leather; tr. by
Maude Nathan. 190.V
Robertson A. Wollaston Bridge develop
ments. 1906.
t-aglio French furniture, n. d.
Wanalls Stars of the opera. 1907.
Weir The Greek painters' art. 1903.
Walker History of music in England.
i07- '
HISTORY.
Edwards A short history of Wales. 1907.
Francke History of western Tibet. 1907.
Abbott A short history of Rome, lftuti.
Acton Historical essays and studies; by
J. N. Figgis and R. V. Laurence. 1907.
Ashley American history, for use in sec
ondary schools. 1907-
Bardeen Fundamental facta of American
history. 1906.
Curtln The Mongols, a history. 190S.
Fltzpatrick Dublin; a historical and to
pographical acrount of the city. 1907.
Fraser Champons of the fleet; captains
and men-of-war and days that helped to
make the empire. 1908.
Rod d The princes of Achaia and ths
chronicles of Morea. v. 1907.
f teveni Scandinavian question. 1905.
Tyler, ed. Narratives of early Virginia,
1606-1625. 1907.
LITERATURE.
Davidson The philosophy of Goethe's
Faust. 1W6.
Scheming -Elizabethan drama, 1358-1642.
2 v. 1908.
Kennedy The servant in the house; il
lustrated with portraits of the characters
In the play. 190S-
Sudermann Magda. a play in four acta;
tr. by C E. A. Winsiow. 1S95
Wilde House of pomegranates. 1907.
Bvron Selections from poems; ed. by W.
H. Venable. 1S'J8. -
trees to Jhe right of the open gate, wer
p la red Ions; tables, and on , them three
mighty punch bowls flanked by drinking
cups and guarded by house servants
of venerable appearance and stately
manners. Here gwrt Federal (at a re
freshed themselves. To the left of t he
(rate, upon the trampled grass beneath
mulberry, appeared other punrhbowla, and
in addition a barrel of whisky, ready
broa-hed for all good Democrat-Republicans.'
Within the courthouse . sat the
Sheriff and the eandirtates of the two par
ties. 'There wns no ballot vol:is. Ka"h
voter stepped up to the Sheriff and declared
Ms preference of the two candidates and
thereupon received the gracious thanks of
the man voted for. Three editions of the
novel were necessary to supply the demand
In advance of publication. Five bundled
copies of the rtrst edition contain Mies
Johnston's autograph and arc bound w it a
uncut edges and paper label.
The literary "month has been marked by
the appearance of the new critical work by
Henry Mille Alden. who has been for 40
years editor of Harper'a Magaaine, entitled
"Magazine Writing and the New Litera
ture." From an outlook of a half century
of close association with literature. Mr.
Alden haa been able to discern the forces
that have, been at work during that period,
and to bring them forward with a rare per
sonal touch. That part of his hook which
relates to magaxine writing Is really an ac
count of the influence of periodicals upon
genoral literature during the last two cen
turies, and of the relationship to the maaa
zlne of every significant writer during that
time. The deepest underlying theme In the
work U the- ever-developing relation of
modern literature to life Itself, which ha
Involved a certain change In the attitude of
the reading public the evolution of Ita
psychical sensibility. .The "new" literature
is dlscoered to be the result of recent en
deneies in thought and feeling which have
created new forms of expression. An inti
mate tone pervades the whole texture of the
book, and in spite of the informal manner
4of presenting the material, a strong organic
unity binds it into a solid body of criticism.
In brief, the bonk Is an Interpretation. In
continuation of those given In the author's
previous books. "fiid in His World," and
"A Mtidy of Death."
tributed S0.43ft.3S3 copies of the Bible.
Xjust year it distributed 2.noo,0"0. Th
Bibles are paid for in queer circulating
medium sometimes.
Within Its history the society has ac
cepted dried eocoamits. salt rtsh. knives.
spoonR, rings, beads, i-owrie shells, gra'8
mats, bracelets, porpoise teeth, rice, su
gar cane and South Sea island money
for Bibles. In little native boats the col
porteurs creep down among the islands.
By dog sledge and komatik In Alaska,
by buffalo cart in Borneo, camel In the
Gobi desert, mule train and llama pack in
the Andes, and by elephant and straw
thatched cart in Slam and native Junk on
Chinese rivers they push their wares.
One white man and his wife floated
miles down the Ijena River on an open
raft, with half a tor of Bibles, selling
sospels to the Yakuts in their ow n
language.
Colporteurs distributed Bibles In 27 dif
ferent langUiiees in the United States last
year. They found negroes in the South
who had never heard of such a book.
They were kicked downstairs In v tene-nictit-houses
by free-thinking immi
grants, Tho society's colporteur among
the Poles and Russians of the ChicaRO
.stockyards is' Paul Glaser, who was a
member of the lirst Russian Douuia In
11X18, and by, reason of that fact was ban-
itched to Siberia where he did not go.
Howell Epistolae Ho-Ellanae; the famll
liar letters of James Howell. 2 v. 1908.
Phillips New poems. 1107.
Schauffler, comp. Through Italy with tha
poets. 390R.
Starr Readings from modern Mexican
authors. 10O4.
Welsh, ed. The colden treasury of Irish
songs and lyrics. 2 v. 1907.
Yeats Poetical works. 2 v. -1906-1907.
Swan Dictionary of contemporary quota
tions. 1904.
LANGUAGE.
Cook The higher study of English. 1906.
Lewis Tho principle of English verse.
1907.
PHILOSOPHY.
Abbott On the training of parents. 1N.
Ivarach Desfitrtes,- Spinoza and the
philosophy. 1104.
Carruth Letters to American boys. 1907.
Forbes Socrates. 1905.
RELIGIOH.
Forsyth Positive preaching and modern
mind. 1907.
Dwighl Grecian and Roman mythology
for schools. 18J2.
Hitchcock The psychology of Jesui; a
study of the development of his self-con-scloubneFS.
1907.
Phi Upson The reform movement in Ju
daism. 1907.
Robertson The Old Testament and Its
contents, n. d.
Smyth How we got our Bible. New ed,
1907.
SOCIOLOGY.
Carman The making of personality. 190.
Johnson Education by plays and games.
10O7.
Brothers of the rhrlsilan schools. Tha
elements of practical pedagogy. 1907.
Carter Law, Its origin, growth and func
tion. 1907.
Corbtn Which college for the boy? 190.
Griffith The rie and development of ths
gerrymander. 1 9t7.
Kllpatrlck Departmental teaching, in ali
mentary schools. 190S.
Page The negro, the froutheiaier's prob
lem. 1904
Vandewalker The kindergarten in Amer
ica n ed ucatlon. 198.
Van Vorst The cry of the children; a
study of child labor. 190f.
Waters Culture by conversation. 190S.
Willoughby The territories and depend
encies of the United Statee. 100,-.
Winterburn Methods In teaching. 1908.
SCIENQE.
Rose Plant response as a means of phy
siological investigation. 19uo.
De Jjiy A manual of up-to-date prac
tical commercial arithmetic. 1900.
Dobbin A Walker Chemical theory for
beginners. 1906.
.Jones Principles of inorganic chemistry.
1903.
Llnville Kelly A text-book in general
zoology. 3906.
Parker A Parker Elementary course of
prnmiral znology. Ed. 2- 1908.
Peaver Mathematical handbook. 1907-
Woods A Bailey A course In mathemat
ics for students of engineering gad applied
science, v. 1. 1907.
USEFUL ARTS.
Gill Gas and fuel analysis for engineers.
Ed. 4. 1907.
Has luck, ed. Bamboo work. 190.1.
Tresis Imposition; a handbook for print
ers. 1907.
Adams A Baker Harper'a electricity
book for boys. 1907.
Booth Steam pipes their design and con
struction, n. d.
Corblon The principles of salesmanship,
deportment and system. 1907.
Curie Modern theories of electricity and
matter. 1907.
Davis Rural school agriculture. 1907.
Gress The American handbook of print
ing. 1907.
Harrison Spanish correspondence. 1907.
Holford The twentieth century toolsmiid
gnd steel worker. 1907.
International textbook company. Inter
national library of technology, v. 2R, on,
IS. 24, 36B. 37 B, 54B. 59, 78, 82-W, 90,
1. 1907.
Ixrd Metallurgical analysis. Ed. 3, enl.
1903.
Nelson Weaving, plain and fancy, lfi'4.
Reed American meter practice. 1903.
Sharp Balancing of engines, steam, gas
and petrol; an elementary t?xt-book. 1007
Stan da ge Agglutlnants of all kinds for
all purposes. 1iH7.
Stoughton The metallurgy of Iron and
steel. 1908-
BOOKS ADDED TO JUVENILE DEPART
MENT. . Brown Friends snd cousins.
Campbell Wah fclng, our little Chinese
cousin.
Schwartz Beatrice Leigh at College; a
story for girls.
Weikcl Betty Baird.
BOOKS ADDED TO THE REFERENCE)
DEPARTMENT.
American historical association. Annual
report. l!OK.
Carney How to buy and sell real estate
at a profit. 1905.
Tait An elementary treatise on quarter
nlon. Ed. 3, nl 1990.
Takenob 4 Takeda Japan year book.
i:07.
United States Hydrographie office. Coast
of BritfPh Columbia from J?an de Fu-ra
strait to Portland i-anal, Ed. 2. 19'T.
Webster Writings and speeches. IS r.
1903.
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