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The 1 If of Thomas Bailey Aldrirb. By
Ferris ;reenlet. Houghton. Mifflin Jfc
Co.. Boston. Hut
New Tlcvi of Aldrich. the man-poet,
and story writer come to us from the
cIojm' and aporeclativa atudr of him
furnished tn thia volume. In ttaelf a
creditable contribution to American
lettt-r.
"Kor thoae who knew him." writ mi Mr.
Greenslct. "the death of Thomas Bailey
.Aldrtrh carried a poljmancy that aeldom
attends the. passlnc of those who have
lived out thlr threescore years and ten.
He was a lover of life. IJke all poets
of his sensitive kind, he knew the melan
choly thought of dissolution the end of
' pleasantness, of warmth and light but
even after the great sorrow of his lsst
years the airirn anticipation of death was
alien from him. Iiwell himself was not
more remarkable for perennial youthful
nrss. and far more than Lowell. Aldrich
looked aatoniahjngljr jroun 'a habit.' as
he liked to say. 'acquired In early youth
Hlond. erect and ruddy, with a peculiar
boylfh alertness of hearln. he seemed
t TO to defy mortality, to be himself as
Immortal as a lyric"
As to Aldrlch'e letters to and from his
numerous friends: "In the letters to and
from Bayard Taylor. with their
bounteous humanity. In those from Ed
win Booth, with their undertone of trsao
irloom. their pathetic eagerness for af
fection and mirth, in the long, recipro
cal diverse-faceted correspondence with
lxwell. Longfellow. Holmes, Fields. Sted
man. Howells. Clemens. Woodbcrry.
Oll.ler, and many more, there Is a
warmth of fellng. a richness of interest
and ripeness of expression that make one
ashaaied for the meagre communications
that are the contemporaneous type of
friendly letters."
Aldrich often remarked that although
lie was not genuine Boston, he was
Riw'on plated." His early days In the
editorial chair n finely described by
Howtlls in his 'Literary Friends and
Acquaintances:"
The publishing house which so long em
bodied New V.ag'.and literature was al
ready attempting enterprises out of the
line of lt traditions, sn.1 one of tnese hsd
brought T. p. AMrL-h from New York a
few weeks before I arrived upon the scens
In that dramatic quality which I think
never Impressed anyone but Mr. Bowles.
Mr. Aldrich was the editor of Every Sat
urday when 1 cnme to be sssistant editor
of the Atlantic Monthly. We were of near
Iv the sme age. but bs had a dirtlnct and
distinguished priority of reputation. Inso
much that In my Western remoteness I
lsd always ranged him with such elders
and belters of mine as Holmes and Lowell,
and never Imagined him the. blond, slight
youth I found him. with every Imaginable
charm of contemporaneity.
"W hen I had the fortune to meet him
first. I suppose that In the employ of the
kindly house we were both so eager to
serve, our dignities were about the same:
for If the Atlantic Monthly was s somewhat
prouder affair than an eclectic weekly like
Every Saturday, he was supreme In his
place, and 1 was subordinate In mine. The
house was careful, tn the attitude of us
senior partner, not to distinguish between
us. and we were not slow to perceive the
taet used In managing as; we had our own
1oka of It: we compared notes to And
whether we were equally used In this thing
or that; and we promptly shared the fun
or our discovery with Fields himself.
As to the period when Aldrich succeed
ed Howella to the editorship of the
Atlantic Monthly, the biographer writes:
Even tn bis editorial office. Aldrlcb con
tinued to surround himself with the home
like comfort to which he was accustomed.
Its chose for hut purpose a little back room
at No. e Park street, reached by a spiral
stairway much resembling the pictures of
Xante's Furgstorio with the terrestrial Par
adise at Its summit. Its windows over
looked that haunt of ancient peace, the
Old Oraaary Burying Ground, where, as he
liked to aay, lay those who would never
submit any more manuscript. But any
melancholy that might arise from the scen
ery was mitigated by an open Are of cannel
coal, by a pipe an engine which had not
hitherto fceen In favor In that office, but
which, was expressly nominated In the bond
hetween the editor and his publisher and
bv the constant attendance of his setter.
Trip, Once when Trip ate a sonnet. Aldrich
asked. "How did he know It was dog-
It is related that once when Aldrich
was annoyed by too many Interruptions
from the business office downstairs, with
comic Indignation he secured editorial
peace by closing up the speaking tube
with a cork and driving that cork home,
with a poker.
On a later occasion, when Aldrleh's
publisher, who had been submitting;
Sunday "stories" from business friends
but with no degree of success. Jokingly
remarked to Aldrich: "I have written a
story, and J m gi-lng to send It to you
under a fictitious name."
"Then." answered Aldrlcb. "I advise you
to send It to a fictitious editor."
Problems ef City Government, by I,. 8.
Kis. Ph1 . L I. D. Sl.il. D. Appleton
a- Co.. New York City.
That the ultimate end of our attempts
at city government n America will be
municipal ownership is the germ thought
'rU"'' thoughtful and well-balanced
eJs-TTy of civics. So well are the argu
ments for and again;) ' made that the
book will be recognited as one possessing
requisite authority.
The author is professor of political
science In the University of Pennsyl
vania, an Institution which Is located
tn what a so-called reformer once j
termed. Philadelphia corrupt and con
tented." Although very much in earnest. Pro
fessor Rove Is not Intolerant In his views
and does not say that the solution is
hopeless. He begins by giving a brief
historical survey of civic government In
Ancient Greece and Rome, and passes
on to modern city life In German and
British cities. It Is Interesting to note
the explanation given as to Philadel
phia's recent surrender of her municipal
gas plant to a private corporation. Pro
fessor Rowe shows that the Philadelphia.
City Council, by majority control of
votes, deliberately mismanaged the mu
nicipal gas plant, so that It became
necessary to call In a private corpora
tion, because presumably the latter
meant an Income to the grafters.
"Inasmuch as most American cities are
now committed to a policy of short-term
franchises." says our author, "the eg
perlence of every European city teaches
the necessity of Inserting in the grant a
reserve power on the part of the muni
cipality to require the companies to make
certain definite extensions of services
each year, or at least to fix the mini
mum requirements for such extensions.
Even with all these precautions. It
more than likely that American cities
will repeat the experience of Kurooean
commnnitles. The antagonism between
the local authorities and the public-service
corporations, arising out of the In
terpretation of the resowed power of the
municipality, will develop to snch a point
as to make municipal ownership the only
possible solution."
On page 340. Professor Rowe hints at
city government by commission but
makes no argument for the proposition.
1 believe, personally, that most of the
civic. Ills from which America suffers,
because of failure in our clumsy plan of
old-men-of-the-sea Mayor and Aldermen
regime elected through the ward system,
can be eradicated by the adoption of the
commission form of city government,
such as practiced In Galveston, Tex., or
Dea Moines. Ia. In other words, man
age a city's public affairs as a large
corporation or business Is managed to
day. Why should a ten-minute oration
to the American flag or an appeal lo the
Immortal memory of George Washing
ton be necessary. If the motion before
the house Is to dig a sewer through a
certain street, erect more telephone
poles, or Improve public property? Elect
seven experts In their line as commis
sioners, pay them good salaries so that
the recipients won't and can't be tempted
to accept graft, and if they prove to
be Incompetent, discharge them In fa
vor of really competent employes. The
system of election by wards is moth
eaten, a sheer waste of time, and does
not fix responsibility.
Dorothy and the Wlsard In Os. by L. Frank
Baum. Illustrated. The Rellly Ic Britton
Co.. Chicago.
The name of I Frank Baum Is so in
separateiy connected with the Or
stories, that the children have already
christened him Tncle On." and have
sent him this continuous message:
Toll us more stories.
Mr. Baum'a reply to this Invitation
Is T)orothy and the Wisard In Oz."
This new fairy story, starting; in Cali
fornia, just before the advent of an
earthquake. Introduces littls Dorothy
Oaie of Kansas, and her kitten. KUre
ka. to her cousin Zeb. On the way to
her uncle's ranch, the earth opens sud
denly and Into the chasm, tumble the
two young folks, kitten and horse.
Down, down they fall . a-w-a-y
down! until with a bump they. arrive
In the land of the Mangaboos, where
the natives are vegetables and only
live five years. Here the earth tour
ettes meet their old friend, the Wli
ard of O. who in real life la Oscar
Zoroaster Phadrlg Isaac Norman Hen
kin Emmanuel Ambrolse Diggs. of Om
aha, Neb., a circus magician.
In succession, the tourettes visit the
Valley of Voe. Land of the Gargoyles.
Emerald City, Land of Os and other
tslry habitations, where they renew
acquaintance with such old favorites
as the Scarecrow. Tin Woodman, etc
Every line of the book entertains
and It is just the Christmas attraction
for children, big- and little. Fun? Any
amount of It. Illustrations are good.
There's only one Oa.
Mass m the TJgbt ef Evolution. By John
M. Tyler. Ph. V- Price, tl 36. D. Apple
ton A Ce.. New Tork City.
Evolution la personality.
Such la the conclusion reached in this
finely balanced Inquiry of Dr. John M.
Tyler, professor of biology In Amherst
College. He begins by observing that it
Is almost 80 year since Darwin pub
lished his "Origin of 6pecles." followed
later by his "Descent of Man." and re
marks that comparatively few soo'.ogists
have attempted to show the bearing of
the theory of evolution on man's his
tory, progress and life. Complaint Is
made that they have generally left this
problem to the sociologist and archaeol
ogist. Dr. Tyler views animals and men from
the physiological rather than from the
anatomical standpoint, and protests that
fee knows neither the location nor struc
ture of the organ of fellow-feeling or
hate, of morals or religion, and of many
other mental powers, provided they have
a, special center In the brain. It is
pointed out that the rmitive verte
brate, to use fL suggestive Illustration,
had been driven from the bottom by
stronger competitors. and was com
pelled to maintain a swimming habit.
On the bottom, the external skeleton
would bo fostered.
Physical evolution, the single cell, the
sge of digestion and reproduction, worms
and the dawn of muscular locomotion,
amphibia and reptiles, the development
of legs, land-life and breathlng-so each
step is noted and sympathetically ex
plained until the goal of social environ
ment is reached.
It Is observed, finally, that the great
est movements have generally started
and gathered power in small circles.
Thus: the hope of Israel lay not In the
army of Saul, but with David and his
companions In the Cave of Adullum.
And In the ultimate analysis If
is not what It should be. the fault lies
ultimately, not with government. Insti
tutions or conditions, but with you and
me. We can make a social circle of our
own. and what we will."
"Sarp Br-w'
The very newest revelations in what
may be described a splritualism-telepa-thv
When these stories recently ap
peared each month in magazine form
they were greeted with wonder and de
rision, mingled. K.
Now. In book form, the atones can be
reached more conveniently, end even if
one doesn't believe, still one ought to
read them as part of one's Pary ed-ucatlon-and
this remark is all the more
true when we recall that only the other
day two eminent men of science. Sir Oli
ver Lodge and Sir William Crooaes.
stated that messages are now being re
ceived from the dead located In a Pir"
world. Of course, from the viewpoint of
a professional medium or eduoated spir
itualist, no apology is necessary for the
presentation of this book.
Mr Garland, who writes from Chicago,
offers a wonderful revelation in depicting
a little group of men arid women, some
half afraid and some sneering, who meet
at regular intervals and get revelations.
Suddenly, one of their number discovers
that, previously unknown to her, she
possesses the powers of a medium. The
chapters have a pleasant social side, as
the stories are told in the form of con
versations, and describe expenments
which are nearly beyond belief. Mr. oar
land thus explains his position:
This book Is a faithful rtcord. as far as
I can make It. of the most marvelous phe
nomena which htV,C,mi o? iTvear I
servation during the last 1 or
have used my notes (made Immediately
iftor the slttlng.l and also my P" '
the American Psychical oociety (of which
I was at one time a director), as the basis
of mv story. For literary purposes I have
substituted ficticious names for real "
and Imaginary characters for the actual
individuals concerned; but I have not al
lowed these necessary expedients to In
terfere with the precise truth of the ac
count. I have not attempted to be Pro
found or mystical or even sclentinc but I
have tried to present clearly, simply and as
warty without bl.s as possible ... account
of what I have seen and heard. The weight
of evidence seems, at the moment, to be
on the Id. of the biologists; but I am
willing to reopen the cake at any time, al
though I am. above all. a man of the open
air. of the plain, and the mountain, and
do not intend io " J
branch of metaphyseal research. It Is
probable, therefore, that thl, U
snd final contribution to the study of the
shadow world.
The book la an able answer to the
query. Do the dead speak 1o the living?
I. however, remain a doubter.
John Marshall and Other Addresses, by
Horace T Plat "1W Argonaut Publish
ing Co., San Francisco, Cal.
Thirty-four admirable public ad
dresses by one of San Francisco's meet
talented scholars and orators. The
most notable address Is the one on
"John Marshall. Chief Justice of. the
I'nlted States.-' delivered by the au
thor before the Oregon Bar Associa
tion. In this city, on John Marshall
Dav, February 4. and well re
membered here for Its skillful group
ing of facts, and Interesting presenta
tion. , .
Kor patriotic fire and electrlo fervor,
one la commended to "The War with
tpain." and for a poetic expression of
the pilgrim spirit to From Plymouth
Rock to the Golden Gate." The most
ambitlmm and learned deliverance is
a political address of about 13.000
words delivered In San Francisco. Oc
tober i, 19- Many other witty ad
dresses glvon were delivered at the
various "jinks" of the Bohemian Club,
San Francincti.
"To My Friend. General Thomas H.
Hubbard. Soldier, Lawyer and Finan
cier, I Dedicate-this Book," reads the
Introductory greeting. It is well. The
tn me to contain a real
message, much above the average and
worthy of preservation. They belong
to tbe public.
A Million a Minute. By Hudson Douglas.
Illustrated. W. J. Watt ft Co.. Hew Tork
City.
A tasteful book-cover In black, gold
and pink, representing a girl and a clock
with the latter-; hands pointing to 11:60
o'clock, favorably disposes the reader
toward this rapid-action novel at sight
It's a tale of modern New York and
Paris and principally affects the dis
posal of the millions of money left by
the late Miles Quaintance. of San Fran
cisco The dead man had bequeathed
his millions to his nephew, Stephen
Quaintance, on condition that the lat
ter marry his uncle's ward. Dagmar
Lorraine. In the meantime, Stephen had
for a curious reason changed his name
to Newman, and after living In African
wilds ultimately discovers that Dagmar
has already married a French Duke.
Prediction: Sudden death for that
Duke. And Its so. He is murdered.
The story has plenty of , sweep and
action, and although improbable on two
occasions, is good enough to read for
entertainment. '
The Panther. By Anne Warner. Illustrated.
PricT12i Small. Maynard A Co., Bos
ton. Mass.
IJke a highly cultivated garden which
If not dug up and cared for at the
proper .season, will come to mean
weeds. . , ,
The Panther" Is a daring story of a
near-French type, depicting the mental,
sensuous growth of a poetic and fanci
ful woman, exposed to temptation. Side
by side with this temptation Is her pet
panther cub. which grows and grows
until it is a full-eired panther, awesome
to behold in its hidden menace of evil
suggestion. The pages, decorated mar
gins, of this al.egory only number 91.
but 1n Its way the message of each page
burns like fire from a rare Jewel. There
are Just two people In lt-a man and
woman, and they're enough.
A talc that will put life into Jaded and
blase appetites. A "shock" for women.
Sweet, young things of 18 shoo!
xnt nwellers. by Albert Bleelow Paine,
Th,T.'tri,e7 ri Jh. Outing Publish
ing Co.. New Tork City.
In Its way. tnis is one of the robust,
outing books of the year It 1. the
talc of a fishing excursion In the wilds
of Nova Scotia. Canada, where th
relator and one Eddie fished and camp
ed in the open to their hearts- con
tent. There are fish stories galore,
beautiful word-pictures of nature
study, good living, and good fellow
ship. Mrenrhenrt. By Frederick B. Burton. Hlus
Traid Price. II. 50. O. W. tmilnsham
Company. New York City.
This novel Is founded on "Strong
heart." William C. de Mille's play of
that name, and Instroduces one to an
heroic Indian who Is worth knowing.
The story has caught the out-of-doors
atmosphere and the rugged action
necessary.
Mr. Burton, who was specially en
gaged by the publishers to write a
novel from the play, is an expert In
contemporary Indian life and charac
ter. It is stated that he gained his in
timate knowledge of the subject from
actual residence among the Ojibways in
that part of Canada and this country,
lying around Iake Superior.
A Womn's Way Through Vnknewn Labra
dor, by Mrs. Ionlrtas Hulibard. Jr. Il
lustrated. $l.SO. The McClure Co., New
York City.
A strong achievement In exploration of
a practically unknown country, by a
brave Canadian woman. She writes a
book that is altogether unueual, enter
taining and Instructive. And over all her
writing observed her tender devotion
to her dead explorer-husband.
As most of the reading world knows,
Leonidas Hubbard. Jr., started to explore
wild Labrador, but death seised him in
that bleak waste of land and water. Then
his widow determined to finish what her
husband had attempted and for which he
had paid his life, sLarted out on the trail
herself. She took no observations for
longitude, but obtained a few for latitude
for herself and guides. The controlling
polnta of her journey were already as
tronomically fixed.
And she "got there." improving very
much on the world's notion of the phys
ical geography of Labrador. The length
of her Journey was 576 miles, from post
to post. The results achieved were that
"the pioneer maps of the Nascaupee and
George Rivers, that of the Nascaupee
showing Seal Lake and Lake Michlka
man to be in the same drainage basin and
which geographers had supposed were
two distinct rivers, the Northwest and the
Nascaupee. to be one and the same, the
outlet of Lake Mlchikamau carrying Its
waters through Seal Lake and thence to
Lake Melville: with notes by the way on
the topography, geology, flora and fauna
of the country traversed."
9009. By James Hopper and Fred R. Beeh
dolt. The McClure Company, New York
' City, and the J. K. Gill Company, Port
land. Appropriately enough, the book cover
of this stirring novel of penitentiary
life consists of black and white stripes.
Surely no such trumpet call as this,
searching; out the abuses of our prison
system, has been heard In this country
for years Charles Reader's "It's Never
Too Late to Mend ' Is England s great
est expose of the evils of prison life
of the last generation, and has Justly
become celebrated as such.
For dramatic ability, mingled tears
and curses, and compressed agony for
a wasted life, "90S9" has reached the
sublime high-water mark of book ex
cellence In America, won in England
by "It's Never Too Late to Mend."
John Collins, convict, is a Franken
stein, a terrible product of society, and
it's as good as going to a play to read
about him. The scenes where he es
capes from the penitentiary are un
doubtedly taken in part from the last
days of Tracy, who got away from the
Oregon penitentiary several years a go,
but was ultimately shot and killed like
a wild beast.
The Silver Butterfly. By Mrs. Wilson Wood
row. Illustrated. The Bobbs-MerrlU Com
pany. Indianapolis, Ind
Robert Hayden and Marcla. the girl of
the silver butterfly, make Ideal hero
and heroine, and to help ont this ultra
fashionable story of New York's upper
ten. handsome Illustrations in color are
furnished, the artist being Howard
Chandler Christy.
The novel is sure to have many ad
mirers among that large body of middle
class people anxious to be told how the
big rich social set above them move,
breathe and have their being. The idea
of the lost Silver Butterfly mine Is poet
ically told, and how Hayden goes In
search of it and the wonderful quest he
has for Its owners, and his meeting with
the ftilver Butterfly girl. Is a delicious
morsel, attrsctlvely framed.
IJMle Miss Cricket at School. By Gabrlelle
K. Jackson. Trice. $1.26. D. Appleton &
Co., New Tork City.
Did you read. "IJttle Miss Cricket?"
Well, if you haven't there's another Joy
In store for you. This nice, but hu
man, little girl's adventures are contin
ued In the book now under process of
review, "Cricket" i little Miss 'Pene
lope Carey, who Is sent to "Kinder
lust," Professor Ruhe's school near Bos
ton, Mass., where enjoyable and healthy
pictures of child life are depicted. Just,
the story for a little girl to read. A
love for dumb animals is taught
Thought on Buerlnees. By Waldo Pondray
Warren. Price, $1.2J. Forbe. A Co.. Chi
cago, 111.
"Life Is what we make It." So says
this wise book of business-ctiunsel, espe
cially addressed to serious-minded youths
and also employers. Its central thought
is "work." All "loafers" are warned
away. The advice given wfll surely de
velop employes and stimulate ambition.
Some of the topics discussed: Self-im-'
nrovement: with the manager; buying
and selling: developing the workers;
types: policies; observations; words by
the way: and gleanings.
Wyoming. By William MacLeod Rafne.
Price, gl.oO. Illustrated. G- W. Dilling
ham Company. New Tork City, and the
J. K. Gill Company. Portland.
Instinct with the spirit of Western
plains, and especially the cattle lands
of Wyoming that are fast disappearing
If they have not already done so. Miss
Helen Messlter, seated on her automo
bile, bursts Into the story at the open
ing of the first chapter, and dominates
the remainder of the book, aided by Ned
Bannister, a professional bad man who
Is a fighter and dead shot of the "spit
fire" type.
Barry Gordon. By William Farauhar Pay
son. Price, 1.50. Illustrations. The Mc
Clure Company. New York City. (
Barry Gordon, Southerner, scapegrace
and worshiper at love's shrine. Is like
able, especially when he reforms. The
hidden devil in Barry's Inner self breaks
loose when a girl he loves rejects him.
Then, poof! comes a rapid change of
scene In Paris, Morocco and otHer strange
lands, until the said Barry comes again
Into his own. A strange story of human
experience, well told,, and which appeals
to men readers.
The Devil. By Adrian Schads van West
rum Price. 11.80. Illustrated. O. W.
Dillingham Company, New York City.
Several weeks ago The Oregonlan
contained an extensive review of
Fereno Malnar's play, "The Devil," and
this story is based on that plary. The
novelist has been successful In portray
ing a Satan In human guise, and has
been particularly skillful In the open
ing gambling scene. A story that fairly
crucifies misspent lives and vicious so
ciety. The Time, the Plaee and the Girl, from the
play of that name by John W. Harding.
Illustrated. Price. $1. a. W. Dillingham
Company, New York City.
The play, by W. M. Hough and Frank
R. Adams, "The Time, the Place and the
Girl." was recently an attraction at a
Portland theater, where It was tlis
cussed to every one's satisfaction. Ifs
funny and slangy to the llmlL In fact.
It is the most original and slangy story
for lo! these many mon.
"How the World le Clothed. By Frank
George Carpenter. Price, 80 cents. Amer
ican Book Company. New York City.
A sort of personally conducted tour
over the glo'be. showing children the
countries from which the raw materials
of their clothing came. The Journeys
are along geographical lines, and the
story is so skillfully told that children
will ahsorb information almost with
out noticing It.
JOSEPH M. QUENTTN.
ES- I.IBKAKV ASOy WORKSHOP.
Paul Bourget pronounces Edith Wharton's
"The House of Mirth" the greatest novel
America has produced.
Look at the picture on this book page.
It's a view from F. Hopklnt o'mlth's ne
novel. "Peter." which was reviewed in last
week'. Oregonian.
A binding which will eventually become
uniform for all of William Dean Howells's
works has been use in the new Harper
reprint of "A Traveler from Altruria."
Frances Hodgson Burnett's "The Gobd
Wolf," which ran as a serial in her own
magazine, will appear In book form at onoe.
It Is illustrated In colors by Sichel, with
page decorations.
The British government grants f SO0 a
year each to John Davidson and William
Watson in consideration of the merit of
tl.eir poetical works. To Henry Austin
Dohson Is granted J1250 per annum "In
recognition of his distinguished literary
attainments and of his eminence as a poet."
Alfred Austin receives as poet laureate
S1000 a year.
These hooks were received for review
through the courtesy of the J. K. 3ill Com
pany of this city: The Flame Dancer, Raw
Gold. The Green Mummy. The Warrens of
Virginia. The Boy Forty-Nlners, Lynch's
Daughter, The Point of Honor, Strongheart.
Wvomlng; The Time, the Place, the Girl:
The Devil, KOOa, Barry Gordon and A,
Woman's Way Through Unknown Labrador.
A twelfth printing of "Aunt Jane of Ken
tucky," by Eliza Calvert Hall, Is announced
bv the publishers ( Llttle-Brown. who re
port that this delightful portrayal of pro
vincial life In the Blue Grass state is one
of their best selling . bookt of fn t .on for
this year, as It was In 19U7. To a.?vertlB!
the book the publishers have bad the first
chaptor. "Sally Ann s Experience. prlnteu
separately. This they are sending gratis to
all wfco request It.
"The Chariot Race." from "Ben Hut;"
The Cradle of the Rose." by the author of
"The Martvrdom of an Empress :" "The
Denial Idiot." by John Ker-drlck Bangs:
"The Witching Hour." by Augustus Thomas,
and "The Shadow World." by Hamlin Gar
land, are among the forthcoming books of
Harper's for which there is recorded a
heavy advance demand from Canada.
" Manual of American Literature," spe
cially written for the Tauchnltz edition by
the professors of the Engllnh department of
Cornell Univursity, and edited by Theodore
Stanton, matter of arts of Cornell Unlver
sltv. Is arousing much interest. In order
to "bring this work completely up to dau
ths authors have asked for an extension of
the time of issue, and the publication or
the volume has therefore been postponed
until mid-Winter, when It will appear sim
ultaneously In English. German. Spanish and
Italian. The book Is dedicated, with per
mission, to President Roosevelt.
"Ideals of the Republic." a new book by
James ichouler. author of "History of the
United States." "Eighty Years of tnipn.
etc., is based on a series of lectures given
by the author at Johns Hopkins University.
A few of the topics discussed are The
Rlshis of Human Nature." "Racial Types
of Equality." "Government by Consent.
"The Discipline of Liberty." Parties and
Party Spirit." "Three Departments of Gov
ernment." etc. The book as a whole is a
study of the origin and development of
those ideas in civil sjovernment which hao
influenced the growth and development or
the United States as a world power.
William Dean Howell.. Mary E. Wilkin.
Freeman, John Kendrtek Bangs. Mary Ray
mond Shipman Andrews. Mary Ptewart Cut
ting. Alice Brown. Henry Van Dyke. Eliza
beth Stuart Phelps. Elisabeth Jordan, fcdith
Wyatt. Marv Heaton Vorse and Henry James
have written a composite novel. The story
Is entitled "The Whole Family.- and will be
published after having run as a serial In
Harper's Bazar, where the puzzle was to fine!
which author wrote what chapter The plot
hinges on the engagement of pretty Peggy,
the daughter of the house, to a fickle youth
who is in love with her aunt, and the whole
familv gets delightfully tangled up about it.
As .'literary device this boon Is bound, to
create a pleasant little stir.
Rome curiosity has resulted from the fact
that in discussing Mrs. Ward's latest novel,
"The Testing of Diana Mallory," the critics
are spelling the hero-s name in two differ
ent wavs. some writing JMarsham and others
Markham. This discrepancy Is easily ac
counted for. The spelling used in the serial
In Harpers Magazine was Markham, and
the "k" was changed to "s" at the cabled
request of Mrs. Ward, although not until
the reviewers' copies had reproduced the
magazine form. One is still left to wonder,
however, what were Mrs. Ward's own rea
sons for preferring Marsham over Markham.
The lecture delivered by Professor Bar
rett Wendell on "The Privileged Classes"
in chlcneo last Fall will form a portion of
a volume to be issued at once by the Scrlb
ners. The lecture will lead the volume,
and It will be followed by a chapter con
taining and developing some of the Ideas
therein set forth, and a paper on "Educa
tion." published three or four years ago
tn The North American Review. The sec
ond and fourth chaptt i: will be quite new;
the two others revised, and to some degree
rewritten, and the four, though mutually
independent, will make a book as consecu
tive as "Liberty, Union and Democracy," to
which, in form and general appearance, it
will be similar.
'Anne Warner, whose "An Original Gen
tleman" has just been published. Is staying
In Hildesheim. the scene of her story, bhe
writes "I have never seen any one so
happv as the head waiter in the Weiner
hof at Hildesheim. whom I made a char
acter In the story. Some one translated
An Original Gentleman' to him, and lie was
one mixture of Joy and reverence over my
making a book hero of him. I have been
wandering about the town today renewing
my acquaintance with the various scenes I
have described in the book. It was the
burgomaster of this quaint old town- of
Hildesheim who first promulgated the de
cree that It was the duty of an old town
to preserve its ancient appearance, as far
as was commensurate with health and prog
ress. Edinburgh was the next place to fol
low, and since then many others have seen
the wisdom of such action."
"Women, Etc." is the name by which
Colonel George Harvey has elected to call
his forthcoming book expressing his senti
ments on the sex and other topics which
may be more or less interesting than they.
It is stated that some of these essays have
been exposed to notice in the "Editor's
Diary" of The North American Review, from
which record there is no reason to suspect
that the spirit of mischief will be far dis
tant from any one of them. "I. the Amer
ican Girl a Bore?" demand, one essay. Oth
ers discuss "Second Wive, and Husbands,"
"Why Bachelors Ehould Not Be Taxed,"
"The Ignorance of Women in the Manage
ment of Men," etc. It 1. to be expected
that anything Colonel Harvey may say on
these subject, will amuse men no less- than
women and perhaps even a Uttle more.
The author of "King Spruce." Holman
Day. has written another story of hi. favor
ite Maine woods, thl. tim. for young peo
ple "The Eagle Badge" take, a young
hero Into ths forest wilds, In the midst of
the lawlessness which the woods Invite by
their nearness to the Canadian line, where
smuggling and counterfeiting are opposed by
the honesty and good will of the genuine
woodsmen. The lad Is elected "Mayor of
the Woods," which always means excite
ment, and has plenty of adventure. In the
mixed company of outlaw, and guardian,
of the law. powerful driver, of the logs and
Ray-hearted French Canadians. It is a story
of outdoor life breathing ths fragrance and
mystery of the woods, full of Incident and
suspense a fresh tale which will no doubt
attract an enthusiastic train of reader,
among young folk of twelve years or over.
'
Muriel Campbell Dyar 1. an Ohio woman
who.e stories of New England have attracted
attention. Her new book. "Davie and Elisa
beth." shows the touch of a writer who
gets very close to the heart of old ago.
and Is exquisitely sensitive to the charm of
uneventful married lives that have long
passed the full-blooded years. Davie and
Klisabeth are a New England couple, dwell
ers in the country, childless, rather poorly
oft as the world reckons, but rich In small
joys, and especially rich in contentment.
They are wonderful In their way, too. and
quite Irresistible at time. like those when
Davie flr.t brings Elisabeth Into the horns
and gives her the sir horsehair chairs; or
when Elisabeth Is too weak to punish old
dog Luke, because once he saved Davie's
life: or whea Dane has his picture taken.
Delicacy, humor, sentiment, and a' most
winning grace of expression have carved
this story Into a. little cameo of literary
fancy. ...
As a result of the notable scientific arti
cle in the Atlantic Monthly entitled "The
Air of the City." Hollls Godfrey, author of
that clever story. "The Man Who Ended
oarr" just published, has been notified by
the 'acting secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution, of Washington. D. C. that the
memoir mentioned above has been accorded
the honor or a place in the Hodgkins Li
brary on atmospheric air. Accompanying
this statement was a request that Mr. God
trey consider . entering the competition for
the Hodgklns gold medal, with its accom
panying prize of SloOO. The Hodgkins prize
may be considered as analogous to the fa
mous Nobel prize awards. It was estab
lished In 1S91. and first awarded to Lord
Rayleigh and Sir William Ramsay for their
research which demonstrated the presence
of argon In the air. -
"I used to wonder," says Helen Keller,
"why scientific . men and others were al
ways asking me about my dreams. . . .
My dreams do not se?m to differ very much
from the dreams of other people." But
the account of thl. wonderful eC-d and deaf
girl of her dream experiences must be of
unique interest. Her article on "My
Dreams" is one of the notable features of
the current number of the Century.
e
Henrv C. Shelley, author of "John Har
vard." "Literary By-Paths in England." etc..
Is represented by another book of travel
and description entitled 'Untrodden English
Wavs." The charm of this volume is much
enha-nced by the Illustrations, which are
from photographs by the author. Photog
raphv has long had a strong hold on Mr
Shelley's interest, and when a "newspaper
man" in Glasgow. Scotland, he was the
originator of photographic notes in the dally
press, having Inaugurated and conducted
with great success the column entitled "Pho
tographic Jottings" in the Glasgow Times.
So great was the popularity of this feature
that it resulted In the founding of "The
Evening Times Camera Club," which quick
Iv became one of the largest photographic
societies In the 1'nlted Kingdom. For sev
eral vears Mr. Shelley acted as Honorary
Secretarv of the club, and though he ex
hibited his om work but seldom, he gained
several medals on those occasions when his
pictures were shown. In 1SOT he loft Glas
gow to become a writer for the London pa
pers, and during the Boer war he was sent
to Africa as a special correspondent. At the
close of the struggle he came to America,
and since 1906 he has been the literary
editor of the Boston Herald.
,
The result of Fisher Unwine's renewed
attempt to stimulate the art of fiction is
now announced In London, the prize of S520
falling to a gentleman who calls himself
Rupert Lorraine, snd the title of the suc
cessful novel Is "The Woman and the
Sword." It would be strange if prizes suoh
as Mr. Unwln and the Literary Agency
have been offering, comments a writer In
the London Dally News, should not attract
the new talent which would In ordinary
rases appear almost unadvertised before the
world. Needless to say, they will not create
talent; the born writer will write under any
circumstances. He may. however, fall to
find an opportunity: h. may not get a hear
ing till he ha. -expended much ' labor in
writing many booka But if competitions
will not create talent, they may at least
attract It. and give It an opportunity. Much,
then, depends on the method of selection.
The competition I. only helpful to literature
if a book is chosen, not with the view to its
popularity, but with a view to Its excel
lence. It remains to be seen what quality
there is In Mr. Lorraine's work. We have
however, the fascinating Information that
Mr. Lorraine .lands "six feet two In hi.
boots": that he 1. "proficient In the fine old
English pastimes of archery and bowls";
that he Is devoted to croquet; that he Is a
student of history, especially the Thirty
Year.' War: and that he despises money.
Mr. Lorraine has lightened the labor of re
search for the editor of 'Who's Who."
B. v. Lucas" "Over Bemerton'.." which Is
Just eut (Macmillan's) la something more
than a story, and it will find Its heartiest
welcome among those who believe that a
novel 1. not necessarily devoid of Ideas and
literary quality. Mr. Lucas has proved in
a dozen way. that he 1. one of the cleverest
Books Added to Library
------------------- hp fva.ni-
ined'at the Public Library during- thl. week
and will be ready for circulation Monday.
November 2: . .,
BIOGRAPHY.
James Francis Edward, called the old
Pretender The king over the w.ter. by
Alice Shield and Andrew I-anaOT.
Marie Antoinette. Queen of France The
last davs of Marie Antoinette: by Gosselin
Lenotre: tr. by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell laOS.
WSggins Life and voyages of Joseph
Wiggins, modern discoverer of the Kara bea
route to Siberia. 1007. xi
Wot ton Life and letters of Sir Henry
Wot ton : by L. P. Smith, a v. 1007.
DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL.
Barzlni Pekin to Paris; an account of
Prince Borkhese s Journey across two con
tinents in a motor car; tr. by L P. Cas
telvecchio. 19nS. ., . .
Burrows The discoveries In Crete and
their bearing on the history of ancient civ-
miMasnlngton-A soldier of the legion; . an
Kngllshman'. adventures under the French
flag In Algeria and Tonquin. 190..
ilansfleld Castles and chateaux of old
Navarre and the Basque provinces, by
Francis Mlltoun (pseud.) 1907.
Marshall The cathedral cities of France.
19vaughan The Naples Riviera. 190T.
FICTION.
Brown 4 Brown The first secretary.
Miller The city of Delight; a love drama
of the siege and fall of Jerusalem.
Phlllpotts The mother of the man.
Ray Quickened.
FINES ARTS.
Berllos Treatise on modern Instrumenta
tion and orchestration. New ed. n. d.
Botticelli Botticelli; by R. P. B. Davey.
WHaydon B. R. Haydon and his friends;
by George Paston (pseud.) 1905.
Mliroy Home lace-making; a handbook;
for teachers and pupils. 1906.
Velasquez Velasquez; by Augusts Breal.
1905. '
HISTORY.
Hume The Court of Philip IV.; Spain
tn decadence. 1907. .
Joyce The story of ancient Irish civil
ization. 1907.
LITERATURE!.
Alexander-J-Poetry and the Individual.
19Shaw The sanity of ' art 1908.
Woodberry The appreciation of lltera
tare. 1907. pHILOSOpHT.
Pjchte Popular works: tr. by William
Smith Ed. 4. 2 v. 1889.
Jordan The call of the twentieth cen
tury; an address i to young men. 1907.
RELIGION.
Galton The church and state In France.
19Hughes History of the Society of Jesus
In North America, colonial and federal.
19Randall Why I am a churchman; th.
PRt. street chapel lecture. 1904.
SCIENCE.
Morley The renewal of life; how and
when to tell the story to the young. 190$.
Woodhull Manual of home-made appa
ratus, with reference to chemistry, phys
ic, and physiology. 190s.
SOCIOLOGY.
Bartlett The better cKy: a sociological
study of a modern city. 1907.
Frtedertch. Ths romance of the Salva
tion Army. 1907.
Sherman Civic.; studies In American
citizenship. 1905. .
Cte'zle Message, to worklngmen. 190B.
Webb The heritage of dress; being note,
on the history and evolution of clothes.
1908
Wells N.w world, for old. 1908.
USEFUL ARTS.
Bowie Practical treatl.. on hydraullo
mining In California. Ed. 10. 1905.
Faurote The how and why of the au
tomobile; a" series of practical talks on th.
modern motor car. 1907.
Fletcher The new glutton or epicure.
1903
Gerhard The sanitation of public bulld-
'nMecUanI7cal world electrical pocketbook.
IMayer Notes on hydro-electric develop
ments. 1908. .
goobel The land treatment of sewage,
a digest of the report made to the Royal
Commission on sewage disposal, n. d.
United states Agriculture, Dept. of. Ex
periment Station work. v. d.
BOOKS ADDED TO TUB JUVENILB DE
PARTMENT. Boston collection of kindergarten stories;
written and collected by Boston kindergar
ten teachers.
Horwitz Fairy-lure; German and Swed
ish fairy tales. '
Xoch Little Journey to historic and pic
turesque shrines of central New England.
1907.
Marryat Jacob Faithful.
Moor., ed. Nursery songbook; traditional
nursery songs.
Person Millers and their playmates.
BOOKS ADDED TO REFERENCE! DE
PARTMENT. Bailey, d. Cyclopedia of agriculture, v.
3. 1908. ...
Bligh The practical design of Irrigation
works. 1907.
Bodleian library Staff -kalendar. 1908.
Chauvenct A treatise on plane and
spherical trigonometry. Ed. 10. 1908.
Chicago Charter Convention Digest of
cltv charters. 1906.
Egypt and how to see It. 1907.
Freeman History and conquests of th.
Saracens. Ed. ::. 1871.
Lea Hydraulics. 1908.
Quebec Legislature; statutes passed in
the third year of the reign of His Majesty
Edward the Seventh. 1903.
Murray Handbook of travel-talk; being
of our younger literary workers. He ha.
written admirable books of description, com
piled some of the best anthologies In the
language, and produced a number of enter
taining stories. Above all. he ha. humor
a whimsical, gentle, charming humor that is
quite his own. He has more than once
beeen compared with Charles Lamb, and
this Is perhaps a. good a comparison as can
be found for a man of such original talent.
Mr. Swinburne's dedication of "The Ag.
of Shakespeare." which the Harpers have
Just issued In this country. Is to Charles
Lamb. The stanzas run as follows:
TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES LAMB.
When stark oblivion froze above their names
Whose glory shone round Shakespeare.
bright as now.
One eye beheld their light shine full ss
fame's.
One hand unveiled It; this did none but
thou.
I.ovo, stronger than forgetfulness and .leep.
Rose, and bade memory rise and England
hear:
And all the harvest left so long to reap
Shone ripe and rich In every .heat and ear.
A child It was who first by grace of thin.
Communed with god. who .hano with thee
their shrine;
Elder than thou wast ever now I sm.
Now that I lay before thee In thsnksgtving
Praise of dead men divine and ever-living..
Whose praise Is thine a. thine i. their.,
Charles Lamb.
Under modem condition, our best au
thors are prohibited from exercising their
art in the short story, writes Edwin
Pugh In th. Fortnightly Review. It Is not
too much to say that If Rudyard Kip
ling were just now beginning to write his
"Plain Taics From the Hills." a. an un
known man. he would have but a very
slender chanos of getting them accepted.
Thre Is no magazine that 1 am acquainted
with which would include Robert Louts
Stevenson's "Thawn Janet," "A Lodging
for the Night," or -'Providence and the
Guitar" in its list of contents. I believe
that most of them would take "The Sire d.
Maletroit'a Door." but not until the author
had consented to cut it down to half IIS
present length. And there are many otle-r
short .torles as splendid as these that re
cur to my memory which. If they were
written now but there is no incentive to
write them would be lost to the
world. The stories chletly sought after
nowadays are those possessing qualities
which we have had to com new words and
phrases to describe; such words as "vim."
snap " "go." "crlspness." "breezlness."
they must "go with a swing." they must
not "tall off." they must "grip the atten
tion from the opening sentence." they must
not be "spun out" or "padded" as, say,
"The Gold Bug," or "The Fall of the House
of Usher." or "The Man Who Would be
King" were. And all sorts of embargoes
are laid upon the writers. The inevitable
consequence Is that authors of the caliber
of H. i3. Wells and Israel C. Zangwlll have
virtually ceased to write short stories,
whilst such authors as Barry Pain. Morley
Roberts. Marriott, Watson. Walter Ray
mond, and Mrs. W. K. . Clifford to select a
mere handful are reduced to the level of
, what Is commonly and erroneously held to
be the prevalent taste. '
NEW BOOKS REVIEWED.
The Flame Dancer, by Frances Aymar
Mathews: Raw Gold, by Bertrand W. Sin
clair. tl.SO: The Green Mummy, by Fergus
Hume; and The Warrens of Virginia, by
George Cary Eggleston, S1.S0 (Dillingham
Company).
The Point of Honor, by Joseph Conrad:
Lynch'. Daughter, by Leonard Merrick; and
The Boy Forty-Niner., by Everett McNeil
(McClure Company).
a collodion of questions, phrases and vo
cabularies in English. French. German and
Italian. Ed. 10. 1903.
Official Catholic directory and clergy list,
v. 2.1. 1908. , ..
Salmon A treatise on conic section..
''Saunler Watchmaker's handbook. 1906
Stevens, ed Cyclopedia of fraternities.
Ed. 2. rev. 1907.
Ruiz Treatise on beverages; or. The com
plete practical bottler 188S
Wlllson Handy guide to Norway. Ed. 5.
rev. 1909. -
Robert li. Styenson- Last Prayer.
(Written In Samoa on December J,
1894. the night 'before he. died.)
We beseech thee, O Lord, to behold us
with favor. Folk of many families and
nations are gathered together in the
peace of this roof; weak men and wo
men subsisting under the cover of thy
patience. Be patient still. Suffer us
yet a while longer, with our broken
purposes of good, with our Idle en
deavors against evil suffer us a while
longer to endure and, if it may be,
help us to do better.
Bless to us our extra mercies, and If .
the day come when these must be
taken, have us play the man under af
fliction. Be with our friends. Be with
ourselves. Go with each of us to rest;
and if any awake, temper them the
dark hours of watching, and. when
the day returns to us our sun and com
forter, call us with morning faces and
morning hearts, eager to labor, eager
to be happy. If happiness shall be our "
portion, and, if the day be marked to
sorrow, strong to endure it.
We thank thee and praise thee, and
in the words of him to whom this day
is sacred, close our oblation.
Measuring Human Energy.
The calorimeter, or human energy
testing apparatus, at Sheffield Univer
sity, In England, Is designed to show the
amount of energy as represented by the
heat giVen off from the body, expended
upon mental and manual work, and also
to determine what food products are the
most economical and best for workers
with brain or hands, says Popular Me
chanics. In the experiments a man Is shut up
In the apparatus, which is of copper,
and studied night and day by scientists,
who watch him through a porthole.
Food Is passed to him through a double
trapdoor, and his only means of com
munication with the outside world Is by
means of a telephone. Through the tele
phone he is told what to do. Part of the
time Jie occupies himself with brain
work and part of the time at manual
labor. During the entire time the ma
chine is registering his energy under the
different conditions.
Comrades.
J. W. Foley. In New Tork Times.
The spellbinder sat In th. gloom apart
With a tear in his dimming eye;
With a clutch. Ilk. death, at hi. aching
heart
A. the big parade went by.
He thought of th. days when he held tn.
When'i'hls foes, they were strewn Ilk.
chaff ;
He wa. useless now. In this later age
Of th. campaign phonograph.
He watched the crowd and he heard th.
band
Till the notes of the tune grew dim;
Then he dropped his head In his hollowed
hand
They had no use for him.
For a box and a squeax and a monstrous
horn
He was cast aside like chaff.
And he cursed the day that speech waa
born-
In the throat of the phonograph.
And far from the depths of th. eto..-
packed hall
He could hear th. needle screech,
He could hear the cheers and the echoes
fall
Of the ground-out keynote speech.
He clasped his breast with a sigh of pals.
And a groan oh. a pitiful sound.
And th. tears from his eyelids fell Hkerela
As the phonograph wr?t round.
He thought of the glitter of other days.
Of the period roundly turned; t
Of the honeyed word and th. sounding
phraso
From the campaign text-book learned.
The arm upraised in a climax grand.
The cheer of the half-made vote.
Yet here was his Job. on a wooden stand.
With a speech In Its metal throat.
And the thing went round with a buss and
whirr.
With a scratch and scrawl and clink:
It had wooden arms where the gestures,
were.
But It never stopped to drink.
Then a taxioab went whizzing by
That he saw through a mist all dim.
And a lean old cab horse wiped hi. .ye
In sympathy of hitp