THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, POKTLAM), NOVEMBER 8, 190S.
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either wrinkles or gray hairs, privileging him with the
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experience of age without either the inrirmw w
: conveniences thereof. "T. Fuller.
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1 ud My Trve by H. A. Mitchell
Ktb. Illustrated. $l.ZO. SmaJl. May
Hard 4 Co.. Bo ton. Uui
With such boldness and iwcd of action
thC one Is almost compelled to gasp at
the audacity displayed, comes this cul
tured New England novel. "I And My
True Love, "a ph sloloplcal study of
love, divorce and the perilous experiment
of the two people so divorced afterward
re-marrying each other. No such brave
bid for public favor has been made this
year, and .Mrs. Mitchell Keays has In
vested her narrative with such charm,
cri.p conversation, and pulsing interest
that one Is held as if In a vice. It's just
. a case of reading a curious novel to the
mi. with no skipping. Boston hovers
over all.
Iliel Sargent, playwright, of Far End.
fclass., the creator of sich artlstlo stage
uci-esses as "The Fire Fools," "The
Marriages of Martha. and "The Heel of
Achillea." had many years previously
been divorced from his wife or rather
she had secured a divorce from him to
marry Dicky Warder, patrician and near
millionaire when the story opens.
Warder had been dead some decent In
terval when Sargent writes a discreet
letter to his ex-wlfe proposing that ha
end to her their lf-year-old daughter
ft.rlstli.a. The latter is about to marry
Benny Faber. civil engineer, and the
rat iter's letter goes on to say:.
?vo yon remember that when y went
away and left her with me, 1 aWed you
whether you wished It to be understood,
that you washed your hands of all respon
sibility towards her? Your aiwr was
that when the waa a woman and needed
to uniertand. I mifht send her to you.
T vint her to realtie hereelf as a problem
that hue t be worked out to some oHe
paseicttat and rational solution, unless she
Intends to take life In a series of blunders
d iftantroua rnt on ty to herself, but to the
other person. For. Christina Is like her
tnther there will always be the other
pron. He ts there now. and I Christina
will marry him. unless you and I prevent
if And then ene mlh: want to unmarrr
him "he Is her mother's t-MM. .1
hare thrush t that perhaps you would glv
her the benefit of your judgment. It
ts not that I do not believe In Bonny Faber
s a hits hand for her. I do. Khe could
not have a better one.
The Mrs. Sargent that had been, left
her bust band because she was weary of
Mm, weary of poverty, and weary of the
motherhood thrust upon her before she
was out of her teens. Sh hated pain
and discomfort, and what aroeared to
ber the coarse service demanded of her
for the child. She would never have her
freedom again: there would alwavs be
a child to bear or to nourish, or to care
for in some distasteful way."
In the meantime. Sargent had prospered
In thts world's goods, and hia daughter
liad grown up to be an interesting mix
ture of Innocence and cynicism. 8 lie was
taught to speak of her mother as
Madam Kitty."
So. for the flrs-t time that she can re
ruember. Christina meets her mot lie r at
1ie tatter's palatial home where Mrs.
Warder presides as a sot-ietv leader, a
voluptuary. Mother and daughter meet
Trankly but coolly.
"As for marriage. Christina remarks
to her mother. that seems to me a tire
annie. upsetting sort of thing. loo't you
think so. Madam Kitty?"
"Mm. Neviil fa neighbor) doeanX
aid Mrs, Warder, quickly.
"No." Christina meditated. Ot course,
there are those children. And they are
enc h dear. I can understand that. I
should Ilka a, lot of children. three, any
VaV "But in her case. It's Mr. NeTlIt,- said
fairs. Warder, perversely.
Tea." Christinas monoy liable sug
gested profound consideration of all tha
Idiosyncrasies of the case. "That's tha
urange thing. It's the havlng-to-stick-to-one-mau
part of It. that I'm not sura
f. I feel I could love so many."
Tha girl's Morman-like view of marri
age la not to be wondered at. consider
ing her heritage and environment. In
writing letter to her father. Christina
says of Madame Kitty. "If aha comes
to my room and sits awhile and talks
and goes away, she's still there after
wardsyou feel as If some strange flower
had been In the room and left Its color
behind. Sometime I adore her you can't
help yourself and then I hate her. There
are days when she a all scratchea and
thorns, such dainty ones, and she does
things that I loathe. She smokes and
flirts:"
tiovemor Eben ire gory middleaged and
the biggest politician In the state, wishes
to m arty Chriatina and the girl doesn't
object as she thinks .of the splendid so
cieU figure she would cut In society, as
the Governor's wife. M rs. Warder
objevi. as Governor Gregory has had an
unsavory psst. and she wishes Christina
to marry "for love
Mrs. Warder writes to Benny Faber.
a ho is engaged in business in the Far
West, to come home or he will lose
Ms sweetheart. Then Mrs. Warder meets
her ex-husband, and wonder of mercies!
from their common anxieur about their
daughter's future happiness, they dis
cover that they lova each other.
On page . Mrs. Warder says to
Pargent in defence of her former deser
tion of husband and child- "I believe in
love. I ran awav from it. Because it
had grown dull because you took no
pains to keep It bright. I mma a child.
2 wasn't and I didnt understand. I 1
wanted a lover s love not a nusoana s. t
Itf.
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I wanted to be told every day that I was
lovely and adored. It was silly, wasn't
it?"
From which you will see that the
complete story Is an unusually clever
study of temperament and marriage. Its
wit fairly tfhines.
Mrs. Mitchell Keays in this novel and
also In "The Road to Damascus" and
'He That Eftteth Bread With Me" shows
marked literary talent, not of the cheap
but Intellectual sort. Who knows In the
mellowed years to come, that she might
not be hailed as tha George Eliot of
America? She has tha daring art and
originality to grow.
The Story ei a Border City Paring the Civil
War. by Dr. O a lush Anderson. Illus
trated. gl.50. Little. Brown A. Co., Bos
ton. Mass.
During; the stormy times from the
year 1858 to 1866, the writer of this in
teresting book of personal reminis
cences was the pastor of a prominent
church In the City of SL Louis, Mo.,
and he now tells the story of that
time of National reconstruction and
saving.
Differing from the usual Civil War
htstoria Dr. Anderson, who la a for
mer president of the University of Chi
cago, writes Intimately of the social
and political life of the people, and
while he does not take either the Fed
eral or rebel side of the struggle, yet
he presents a vivid picture of It so that
all who will may read. To understand
the historical period described It Is
necessary to remember that the State
of Missouri waa disputed ground, and
that to obstruct the Mississippi at the
mouth of the Ohio, or to divide It by
secession, waa a matter of life and
death to tha divided business Interests
of St Louis. Of course. In the con
flict Dr. Anderson was opposed to se
oesflon. In tha year I860. 6t. Louis had JBl.TSO
Inhabitants, about J600 of whom were
slaves. The white males of the city ex
ceeded the white females by about lO.ooo.
The buildings and sidewalks were mostly
of red brick, and aa most of the people
were thrifty, there were few who were
-ery poor, and the author says that "none
were permitted to gj unclothed and un
fed." Further on. Dr. Anderson remarks:
"I have never met anywhere men of
broader irauire. Among them, were those
distinguished as lawyers, statesmen and
preachers. Among the lawyers. Samuel
Glover and James O. Broadliead; among
the preachers. Henry A. Nelson. Truman
Bt. Post, William G. EJiot, and Father
Smart us ; among the statesmen. Frank P.
Blair and Edward Bates, the latter after
wards Atorney-Oeneral In President Lin
coln's Cabinet, are names which readily
occur to thoee of that generation who still
live."
The bitterness felt by Southern sympa
thisers la touched on. For example, It In
rorded that after the battle of Wilson's
Creek, the body of General Lyon waa car
ried through the disturbed city. When a
Southern woman was Informed "The
hearse with the body of General Lyon
Is tomlng down the street," she made an
unfeeling remark that is unprintable.
Such unbiased books as this one of
Dr. Anderson's will have to be considered
by the future- historian writing dlspas-sfc-mately
in after years, of the stormy
days from '41 to '65.
Powers of the Atnerlcu People, by lfasujl
Mlrakawe, P C. 1... LLD. The Baker
Taylor Company, New Tork City.
Dr. MasujI Mlyakawa Is & Japanese at
torney admitted to practice at the Fed
eral and state bar, la editor of the Com
parative Law Bureau of the American
Bar Association, lecturer of the State
Vnlversity Law School of Indiana, mem
ber of the American Society of Intema
tton Law, and Is author of "Life of
Japan."
The first edition of this book, "Powers
of the American People," referring to
Congress, President and courts accord -lng
to tha evolution of constitutional con
struction waa issued slightly over two
years ago and waa favorably received be
cause of its clear understanding of tha
question at issue, both In this country
and in Japan. But certain objection waa
made to its Interpretation of law sub
jects over which some controversy has
raged, and hosts of helpful letters brim
ful with advice and suggestion were re
ceived by the author, ajnong these let
ters of congratulation being one from
President Roosevelt, and a second edition
was determined on. This present book
ts tha result.
It is not In encyclopedic form, neither
does It bristle with statistics. A most
admirable message Is given to all stu
dents of government, and tha principal
lee son taught Is that tha people, are the
very center of the whole fabric of the
Government of this country and the mo
tive god that rules the American uni
verse, whom both individuals and groups
of Individuals are bound to obey. "When
the people once determine a thing, there
Is no appeal from it, writes tne autnor.
"they are above the Constitution." This
Is liberal enough, surely, even to please
the radical wlnga of our two reat polit
ical parties.
I'nder the head of "Congress. these
subjects are discussed: Congress, finance,
commerce, naturalixatlon. bankruptcy,
monej, post roads and high seas, art and
rMonA wr ami th liiwnttpi nowem
I r rv.nir "Th Prnunf: Power of
the President Cahlnet. foreign affairs,
courts. Federal and state courts, treaty,
foreign representatives, admiralty, suits
against the sovereignty, the Jury, the
lawyer, and the unwritten power of the
courts. In the appendicea are copies of
magna charta. Constitution of Japan,
Constitution of the United States, etc.
The spirit of the book is optimistic
and enthusiastic, and the whole pre
sentation ie specially interesting because
It is America viewed through the vision
of a Japanese whose mind has been
trained in American courts of law. The
English used is fair, but In spots It could
be Improved.
The Boys' Book of Steamship, by J. R-
Howden. Illustrated. The McOlure Com
pany. New York City.
With over 100 illustrations from photo
graphs, this book of -x pages ought to
appeal to all boys anxious to know the
why and wherefore of steamships. The
largest and most costly steamers of the
world are pictured and written about, and
these said pictures are not cheap -reprints
but are printed on thick, glazed paper
and are also works of art.
Suiling ships are not forgotten, and a
history of these from the earliest time
Is given, woven with Interesting descrip
tive matter. Noah's ark is written about,
and figures are quoted showing that the
said ark measured 40 feet long.- 75 feet
beam, and 45 feet deep, with an estimated
registered tonnage of 15.X tons. Corn-
par these measurements witn muav wi
the ocean liner. Lusltania, built last year
75 feet long. f feet beam, and 60 fet
deep, with a tonnage of 31,0)0 tons, and
a speed of 2b knots.
Mr. Howden assumes that as the first
appearance of tlie human race "was
somewhere near the headwaters of the
Kunhrates. man's attention must soon
have be-n directed to the river as
means of transit both for himself and his
goods." Mr. Howden Is at least ortno
dor in this snecial part of the subject.
He norlcea that the first experiments in
the power of steam to drive a ship are
said to dnte from 1543. but quickly leaves
thi. fanciful siinnositlon to come to the
mora practical days of Marquis de Jonf-
frov. John Fitch, FatrlcK Miner, nnnry
Bell, Robert Fulton and James Watt.
Then rnme our modern days of the era
of steam, and naturally the most space is
deroted to them. The chapters on ine
work of the ship, down in the stokehold,
the engines, river steamboats, lake and
coasting' steamers end ocean steamships
are specially Interesting. All boys who
give a hint that they wish to adopt the
business of sailing the sea In fihrps as a
profession "for keeps," should be shown
this message written for them.
The ReTHatlon of "The Things Thut Are."
by Rev. Herbert H. Go wen. 50 cents.
Thomas Wfclttaker, Inc.. New York City.
Rev. Herbert H. Oowen, the author
of this exposition of two chapters of
St. John's Apocalypse, is rector of Trin-
itv Parish. Seattle. Wash., and to the
extent of 74 pages he gives an ortho
dox, intelligent view of the subject.
The chapters of the Apocalypse de
scribed are four and Ave, in which the
apostolic seer anticipates the triumph
of the new dispensation. As an Intro
duction the author observes: "The
Apocalypse Is a poem in which the ar
tificial arrangement of its parts takes
the place of rhyme or meter. The arti
ficiality is chiefly noticeable in its in
tricate numerical system, and the most
prominent feature in this respect Is
the use of the number seven, generally
subdivided Into three, the number of
spirit; and four, the number of the
world.'
In a secular newspaper It Is not nec
essary to criticise this little book in
detail. Suffice It to say that It is not
"dry," although It is a religious book,
and that the interpretations advanced
are expressed In a luminous, liberal
style, easily understood. Attention is
also called to the beauties of Nature,
and appropriate poetical references are
made.
The Calico Cat. by Charles Miner Thomp
son. Illustrated. 11 25 Houghton.
Mifflin A Co, Boston, Mass., and the J.
K. Gill Company, Portland.
Mr. Thompson can plume himself on the
distinction of having written a clean, stir
ring story for boys, a rural detective story
In which there are no naughty words.
Why do so me wri te r s th ere is no u se
mentioning names persist in writing
"boy" stories in which there Is brimstone
language? "The Calico Cat" is free from
this fault and ought to be supported ac
cordingly. It Is the amusing yarn of
Solomon Peaslee. "63 years old. an emi
nently respectable New Englander. who
waa kept in a subdued frame of mind by
a ahrewlali wife. Once, Solomon was
bothered by a neighbor's cajico cat and
taking a gun that didn't belong to him.
he fired a shot which didn't damage the
cat but considerably hurt ona Pete La
miury. How Solomon tried to hide evi
dence which might traoe the crime to his
ail-important self, and how a boy waa
accused hut read the story. It has a
refreshingly natural ring.
The. Home Builder, by Tr. Toyman Abbott.
75 cents. Hourhton, Mifflin & Company,
Boston, Mass.
Breathes rest and peace as a rose does
frmrran re.
This little book, which ought to be m
every American home, tells the life story
of a woman who waa also wining enougn
and strong enough to be a mother, and
wasn't ashamed of that fact. She was
the woman named in the scriptures, a
woman whose price "is far above rubies.
She is considered in these moods: Her
daughter, the daughter, the bride, the
wife, the mother, the housekeeper, the
philanthropist, the enlnr, the grandmother,
and then alone. Jfivery page sparkles
with good counsel.
Would that its good-aense message
could be transferred to one Immense can
vas, so that a nation mild read It and
tak warn! n gl
ronlna. by Owen Vaughan (Owen Bhm
romyl). '$150. Dodd. Mead & Co., Now
York City.
A Welsh story of wonderful insight
Into character, and marked by a fine re
Uek)U3 tone. This description of Wel?h
girls: "Seldom do you see a Welsh girl
giving any suggestion of clumsiness, or
of stin heaviness In her movemenU one
la not speaking of the children of bond
men, but of the old. free tribesmen. Light
of foot, lithe of figure, mobile of feature,
quick and quick-witted, comely of smile,
and frank In reserve; above all things
capable of all emotion in answer to -the
touch of life and fate that Is the com
moner type of Welsh girl."
One of the strongest bits of descrip
tive writing in the novel is an account
of a Welsh religious revival and the ulti
mate repentance: of an often-married
woman.
The Man From Brodneys, by George Barr
McCutrheon. $1.50. Illustrated. Dodd.
Mead A Co.. New Tork City, and the J.
K. Gill Company, Portland.
Tha island of Japat, In the South Seaa,
where rubles and sapphires were com
mon; the equally mythical duchy of Rapp
Thorberg; the hereditary Prince of Bre
bets. a talented musician; the Princess
Genevra; Hollingsworth Chase, a cour
ageous American, young and good look
ing; English aristocrats, islanders, etc. .
These are the chief ingredients of this
romantic mixture, shaken up to taste. A
bold, picturesque tale, with plenty of
rousing adventure near the shadow of a
throne, a la McCutcheon. Worth reading
for entertainment. Splendid Illustrations
are furnished by Harrison Fisher.
Sciota, by Frederick Waiter. $1. The Mac-
neai Prining Company, Baltimore, Aid.
A stirring battle poem of an Indian
romance. The scene depicted is the Scioto
Hiver, Ohio, In the long ago when Mus
kingum's braves fought and conquered
the Hurons. The creation of the world
and the tribal journey from the mystical
East axe pictured:
We are the Iain of that great band
Who from haldan eiurves came;
Escaping bondage, found this Ian-3
And wrought Muikingura' deathless name.
The ultimate wreck of the Hurons is
I told in . dramatic poesy, and. where
! the chief and the maiden dash
, to the summit of a
rock
escape their foes, works up the reader s
Interest. The chief ultimately takes
hlonrl-srnineti arrow from his breast.
launches It at a pursuing warior, and
with the maid In his arms, dashes to
death over a precipice, as he sings his
death sons'.
Tile story is heroic In mould and the
verse has that majestic dignity which
commands respect.
And So They Wert, Married, by Florence
Morse Kinealev. Si. Illustrated. Dodd,
Mead & Company. New York City. '
Sam. an engineer, and Elizabeth, who
was steeped in patrician notions, are mar
ried.
The husband expects a sensible, work-a-day
life, and not only doesn't get it but
makes the remarkable discovery that his
sweetheart in the love-lit days and the
young woman he married are two widely
different persons.
How these two home-makers work out
their own destinies. Is daintily and clev
erly told. A nice story for all trusting
brides one that ought to be included, in
most wedding presents and then learned
by heart.
An Incarnation of the Snow, a Translation
by F. W. Bain. O. P. Putnam's Sons, New
York Cits-.
Think of the white? tops of the snow
peaked Himalaya Mountains and of Or!
emal imagery proceeding from strange.
odd . love tales. Put on your cap of
thought, leave mundane vocations behind
you, and then read these three poetic
essays: "Spirits of the Snow,' "The
Kings Amour" and "A Mine of Deity.'
An impassioned wonderland of Hindu ro
mance Is revealed, as through, a glass.
darkly. And then comes the sun. One
of the captivating, high-class litera.-y of
ferings of the season.
The Maecot of Sweet Briar Caleb, by Henry
Wallaee Phillip. Illustrated. The Bobbs-
Merrlll Company, Indianapolis. Ind.
Jim Felton is a miner who works
claim that hasn't panned out In Sweet
Briar Gulch, when he meets a wandering
boy who talks slang and doesn't know -his
name. The foundling is christened in
wine Chose heel a Jim. and brings good
luck to his new protector, Felton. The
latter has a sweetheart, Anne. A fairly
Interesting gift book. If objectionable
words were omitted. Illustrations In color
are by F. Graham Cootes.
The Bet tor Treasure, by M ary Raym ond
' -ihipman Andrews. IDustrAted. The
Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, Ind.
With Its decorated pages, this Is a gift
book for the Christmas trade, and appeals
to boys and girls. There's a horse. Nig
ger; two children. Alice and Benny; and
a wanderer, Carl Maxwell, who is
formed by children singing carols just as
he Is about to do wrong. A healthy moral
is taught.
The Chrietmaa Letter, by Sara Tawney Lef
ferts, 00 cents. Cnpples & Loan Com
pany, New York City.
An illustrated Christmas book for Ift
tle girls and boys, showing how Miss
Dorothy and her toys, dogs and cat spent
that interesting holiday. The story la
told In easy verse, readily spelled by
young readers, and the religious senti
ment is commendable.
The Sovereign Good, by Helen Huntingdon.
G. P. Putaamis Sons. New York City.
Gowns, fashion-plates, poetry, tauros.
and love. A picture of the gaieties of New
York's smart Get bubbling In the social
swim. But the hero and heroine the for
mer a struggling dramatist are sensible.
serious people who carry the novel to a
too artlstlo finale.
JOSEPH M. QUBNTIN.
IN LIBRARY AXD WORKSHOP
The Scrrbners have printed 100.000 copies
of John Foxs "Trails of the Lonesome
Pine," just concluded in magaslne form.
f
Neoman's "Personal Recollections of War
ner," which haa Just been Issued In this
country In a translation. Is announced for
publication In England by Archibald Con
stable & Co.
A London firm will publieh a hook on
the Empress Josephine by Philip W. Ser
jeant, author of "The Last Km press of the
French." and other works. Mr. Serreant
has been enabled to obtain many particulars
not hitherto Included in books oa the
French Empress referred to.
The continuance of British Interest in the
literature of psychical research Is Svfdenced
by the publication la London thla Fall of
Cam! He Flammarlon's "Mysterious Psychic
Forces' and Professor James H. Hyslop'a
'Thychical Research and the Resurrection"
hoth from a 'Boston publishing- house.
Their EngLlsh publisher Is T. Fisher TJnwin.
e - e e
Owida's last novel. Hellanthiis. was not
finished, but has been published precisely
as she left it, without alteration or addi
tion. The 20 chapters she had written were
set up and had been revised by her In
proof, and as they run to over 400 pases it
may be takes that the book does not fall
tar short of completion. It Is a present
day romance.
Mrs. Jennetta Lee's 'Uncle TTllIiara" ts
the latest novel to be put Into type for the
blind. An edition of It Is now in prepa
ration at the Perkins Institution for the
Blind In South Boston. The blind keep in
touch witn xnucn tnat "seeing:" people read.
Important mag-azlne articles are Issued in
Braille type for them, tha latest being- an.
account of the Wright brothers aeroplane.
Charles Major says he has discovered
"the youngest authoress In the world." bho
Is a baby, three years of age, whose letters
ha has edited for publication and served
up with an Introduction by himself telllnc
how ther came to be written, or course.
the "child authoress. " did not write the
letters with her own right hand, but she
composed every line and someone else wrote
them down.
These books wera received for rev tew
thnMis-h tha courtesy of the J. K. Olll Com
pany, of this city: Vronina, An Incarnation
of the Snow, The Sovereign Good, Tha Man
from Brodneya, Dolly of th Circus. How
to Cook Jdeat and Poultry. Anatola France,
Rnjrllsh Voyages of Adventure and Dis
covery. The Hormlt and the Wild Woman,
The Other Americans, The Quest of Quesnay
aud The Boys Book of Steamships.
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A fortunate omen occurred when Orace
ronworth, author of the "Letters of Jennie
Allen," which Small. Maynard at Co. have
Just published, was sending her last install
ment of the letters to her publishers. Tak
ing the manuscript to the local postoftice,
Miss Don worth told tho postmaster what
she had. "First-class!" was his only com
ment as he cha-nged a dollar bill and affixed
the requisite postage,
"Painting In the Far East an Introduc
tion tii the History of Pictorial Art in Asfa,
especially -China and Japan." Is a now work
from the pen of Lawrence Blnyon. He ex
presses the hope that it "may not be
thought too presumptuous an attempt to
survey the achievement and to interpret the
alms of Oriental painting, and to appreciate
It from the standpoint of a Kuropean in
relation to the rest of the world s art."
A fortunate mishap kept from the airship.
In which Lieutenant Selfridge was killed
at Washington, D. C. th other day. on of
those aigned to make the asctnt. This
was Maximilian Foster, author of the novel
of mvstory, "Corrie Who?" juit published.
Mr. Foster was to have written his personal
experiences as an aeronaut, but an unfore
seen delay In reaching the scene of activity
prevented him from going up and coming
down.
In a volume called "The Quiet Singer,
and Other poems," Just published, Charles
Hanson Towns has collected the best of his
poems which have appeared in the leading
magazines during the past few years. The
opening ode, in praise of Francis Thompson,
brought forth high commendation when it
appeared in "The Century," and is likely to
give Its author a definite place In American
literature, whils the shorter lyrics are no
less distinguished for their warmth of feel
ing and exquisite technique.
With the picturesque title "The Land of
Lost" a new fairy book by Allen Ayrault
Qreen will be published soon. Mr. Green
Is one of the large number of writers who
received their preliminary training on Chi
cago dally newspapers. His fugitive chil
dren's poems some tlma ago aroused so
much enthusiasm among youthful admirers
that the propriety of confining himself to
juvenile work became apparent. The author
retired to a Jog cabin near Galesburg. Ill
In a forest glade where the howl of the
wolf still occasionally breaks the silence.
There he wrote an earlier book. "The Good
Fairy and the Bunnies." and there also
"The Land of Lost" was produced.
In the current issue of Putnam's Maga
zine appears a poetical tribute to Thomas
Bailey Aldrlch. written by Frank Dempster
Sherman, but the said tribute Is composed
of pulse that la uneven. This is a pity, as
the thought expressed is a gem. Thus:
"Horrick and Landpr, Keats and Tennyson
Polish and grace, true genius and true
art;
And when the gods fused these four Into
one
They gave to Aldrich his song-happy
heart."
.
There will be Issued in London a critical
edition, with explanatory notes, of "Beet
hoven's Letters." The translation has been
carried out by J. S. Shedlock, M. A., who
contributes the preface, while the explana
tory notes have been supplied by Dr. Alfred
C. Kaltscher. The book will contain a pho
togravure frontispiece, many portraits, fac
similes of music hitherto unpublished, etc.
This will be the first complete English edi
tion of Beethoven's Letters, and will con
tain over 1100 letters and notes, whereas
two-former collections, published in
and 1817 respectlvelyf contained only 733.
Henry Mayer, whose irerry cartoons are
known throughout the Vnlted States, and
who recently has made another hit witn his
illustrations for "The Top of the Wor:d.
has furnished some 30 delightful pictures
to Thomas R. Ybarra's "Davy Jones arns
and Other Salted Songs." which will be
iued within a few days. Mr. Mayer Is
mentioned first because, so far. he is better
known than Mr. Ybarra, who. however. i
favorably known for his frequent clever
verses in "Life" and elsewhere. . In this
new book- In humoroua verse. Mr. Ybarra
certainly takes poetic license without limit.
Mother Goose having finished her tales
long ago. grandmother has now got into the
game of amusing the youngsters. She
speaks through the mediumshlp of John
HolfunJ .Tewett. author of many children's
stories and for more than 20 years associate
editor of the Worcester .Mass.) Evening
Gazette. Mr. Jewetfa "Grandmother GMe
Stories." consisting of four small volumes
In colora will be published shortly, under
the titles respectively of "The Kittens and
the Bear." "The Ducklings Go a-S'im-mlng."
"What Happened to the Little
Chicks." and "The Goslings' Picnic.'
The picture of Lady Randolph Churchill
occupies the place of honor on today's book
page. Her new book. "The Reminiscences
of Lady Randolph Churchill" (Century Cm.),
is by agreement accepted as the principal
contribution of its kind in letters this Fall.
The widow of the celebrated Lord "Randy"
Churchill, the writer of these charming
memoirs, has become one of the notable
politicians of her day. She has mat every
body worth knowinar in the world of Inter
national politics and is a widely traveled
woman and now she writes of the big
things she haa seen and heard In her busy
life.
Edwin George Pink ham. author of "Fate's
a Fiddler," is Inclined to take a hand in the
controversy as to whether he did or did not
imitate Mr. De Morgan. He writes that ha
may even have to read eome of De Morgan's
books to find out whether he is guilty or
not.. A New Tork critic is sure that he Is,
saying: "It wag. bound to come. The suc
cess of Mr. De Morgan has started others
who, are sure that they can do as well as he,
and In 'Fate's a Fiddler Edwin George
Pinkham tries his hand." The main objec
tion to this statement is thai Mr. Pinkham
was at work upon his story long before
"Joseph Vance" appeared
a
Mrs Alice Hegan Rice's new novel, "Mr.
Opp," which is to run serially in The Cen
tury during 1909, la rich in the humor and
pathos which made Mrs. Wlggs such a Joy
and In the human quality which touches the
heart Plain-spoken neighbors call Mr. Opp
a fool, he does talk too much, and his
business success Is always lurking In some
Spanish castle; but the reader forgives all
and loves the quaint character for the hero
ism that gives up cheerily the plans of a
life and the woman he loves, to care for
and make happy day by day the pathetic
little half-sister whose mind is clouded from
babyhood. In "Mr. Opp" Mrs. Rice has
created another character that will live.
Among-modern threnodies few have been
more -exquisite than that written for the
Boston Transcript by Witter Bynner, author
of "An Ode to Harvard,; shortly after the
death of the poet Arthur Upson, which, re
cently occurred at Cass Lake, Minn. Mr.
Upson's "Tides of Spring" and other voU
umes of verse have had a large following
both tn this country and In Great Britain,
where his work Is well known. Among his
admirers none Is more enthusiastic than Mr.
Bynner, who concludes his tribute with tha
lines:
"A stretched string must break at last
And fall from out the frame
And still the player touch the strings
With muslo of unbroken things;
But think not that its vibrance cast
Asunder no more sings.
That the Player's music is the same,
Unchanging In the unchanging vast!
. A stretched string must break at last
And yet the Plaver to the last
Still finds it In the frame."
In discussing "The Private Papers of Hen"
ry Gisdeath," written by George Glsslng
shortly before the latters death. Andrew
Tang. the teran orltlo, is quoted as say
ing. In the London Morning post: "Mr.
Gisslng, or his hero at all events, was born
out of due time. There was no cloister and
no cell for him and no creed wherein he
could live and die. Mr. Ryecroft waa a
sort of literary quletlst, depressed by ex
treme poverty and by the conditions that
rule our time. Given his abilities, knowl
edge and industry, with ordinary luck he
should have got a fellowship not a tutor
ship at one of our universities. Even so.
with the gardens, the Bodleian, and his own
rooms and books, be would not have been
happy. The mere existence of undergrad
uates would have been an offense to him.
In Hall, I think, he could not have endured
to dine; he was too superior, he would have
courted indigestion, feeding gloomily, alone
in his rooms. Mr. Ryecroft would have dona
so, I mean. Of the creator of the character
of Mr. Ryecroft I know nothing except that
he waa a true lover of books, in adverse
circumstances; one who would go without
food to buy a copy of Gibbon. That la
length to which, I trow, this other bora
bookworm who writes oould never go not
for Gibbon, at all events. Mr. Ryecroft
seema to have found It difficult to account
for the circumstance that very few people
were like himself; that most people are
fond of hurry and of noisy material things.
Hamerken. to Judge hy his book, if bis it
be. the 'Imitatlo Christ! also held that all
men should be Itke himself, always "making
their souls reading and writing. The
Middle Ages agreed with btm platontcally,
and as a counsel of perfection nobody
agreed with Air. Ryecroft, born too lata into
a world too hustling."
NEW BOOKS RECEIVF-D. ,
Polly "of the Circus, by Margaret Mava,
$1: and the TVorld's tireat Events, by Albert
Payson Terhurre, 1.20. Dodd. Mead ft f;o.
Anatoss France, by George Brandea. Mo
dules. How to Cook Meat and Poultry, by Olive
Green. Putnam's.
The Crufse of the Phoebe, br James) Otis,
$1.50; and tfce P. O. ft G, by Edward 6.
Ellis, 1. !5. Dana-Estes.
The Little Bsown Hen Hears the Song
of the Nightingale, by Jasmine Stone Van
Dresser, Illustrated, 76 cents. Paul Elder
& Co., New York. A really good story for
children.
TIm Devil's Note Book, by Oliver Baln
bridge. It. Cochrane Publishing Company,
New York.
The Little Sam in Volendam. by Estelle
M. Krr. Moftat-Yard.
The Hole Book, by Peter Newell, II. !6;
Many Kingdoms, by Elizabeth Jordan. 11.50;
and Young Alaskans, I1.25. Harper's.
Books and Reading, compiled by Roscoe
Crosby Gaige and Alfred Harcourt, II. SO.
Baker & Taylor Company.
The Altar Stairs, by O. B. Lancaster,
1. &0. Doubleday-Page.
The Make-Belleve Boys, by Julia Dal
rymple. II: and Persis Putnam's Treasure,
by Myra Sawyer Hamlin, 11.25. Little,
Brown ft Co.-
A Grippe Symposium.
Blanch Gordon In Llppincott'S.
The melancholy days have conn,
The saddest of the ysar,
When explanations for my cold
My loved ones volunteer.
With fiendish Joy they stand around .
And gleefully recite
. The causes that contributed
To bring me to this plight.
"You caught It going out at night
Without an overcoat."
"You caught It by neglecting
To protect your chest and throat.
"You caught It at the opera."
(Though how Is not quite plain.)
'You caught It by forgetting
To wear rubbers In the rain."
"You caught It " But what boots It
That they tell me when or how ?
The thing they seem to overlook
le that I have it nowl j
FORMER PORTLAND
DOCTOR WINS HONOR
Pf. Belle J. Macdonald to the Front as Medical Writer
Specialist and Worker in Philanthropy.
THE many friends, professional and
others, of Belle J. Macdonald, M. D.,
a former Portland physician, now prao
Ucing in New York City, will be pleased
to learn of the eminent recognition ac
corded her 1n a recent issue of Henry
Carnoy's International Biographical Dic
tionary of Students, Artists and "Writers,
whirh is published in Paris and Is the
leading magazine in the field which it
covers. The magazine compliments Dr.
Macdonald highly, as a physician and
student: saying that after completing her
medical course at the Willamette Uni
versity and practicing in Portland, she
went to New York City, where she is now
practicing.
Dr. MacDonald passed a brilliant exam
ination before tha board of regents of
the liedical Department of Public
Schools in New Y'ork City, and is -now in
charge of the supervision of th medical
work In the New York public schools.
She formed a medical infirmary in con
nection with her work there, which has
proven very popular and Is doing a great
deal of good for the poorer classes.
Phe has written for the leading New
York medical Journals for the past eight
years, with much success,- and In co
operation with Dr. I. H. Claiborns and
Professor David Webster, at the College
of Physicians and Surgeons of New York
City, Dr. Macdonald has made some in
teresting and important discoveries on
the eye and is a member of the special
clinic for diseases of the eye, nose and
throat In the Mary Putnam Jacob! Hos
pital.
Dr. Macdonald I
member of the
Books Added to Library
The following new books may be ex
amined at the Publlo Library during this
week and will be ready for circulation
Monday. November 9:
BIOGRAPHY.
Burr The American Patrician: or. The
story of Aaron Burr; by A. H. I-ewl. 130S.
Louis XI. King of Trance Life of Louis
XI. the rebel dauphin and the statesman
king, from his original letter, and other
documents: by Christopher Hare. 1907.
Montpensier A princess of the Old
World. Anne Maria Louise d'Orleans,
Du-hess ds Montpensier; by B. C. Pries.
1'JOT.
BOOKS lit FOREIGN LANGUAGES.
Flammarion Verdens underirsng.
Mayer St Czap Die praktische wartung
der dampfkeseel.
DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL.
Hare Sicily. 1905.
Sladen Sicily, ths new Winter resort.
1907.
Whitaker eiclly and England; political
and social reminiscences. 1907.
FICTION.
Eharp Ntcolet.
Smith Peter, a novel of which ns is not
the hero. . . ,
Topelius The times of Gustaf Adolf.
Wasson Home trom sea.
FINE ARTS.
Guest Art and th camera. 1907.
Paine 'History of music to the death or
Schubert. 1907.
Reiford four seasons in ths garden.
Vaile Modern lawn tennis. 190T.
Veronese Paolo Veronese. 19V5.
HISTORY.
Brown Studies In ths history of Venice.
2 v. 1907.
Chadwick The origin of ths English
nation. 1607.
, LANGUAGE.
Classen ft Lnstgarten German solntlflc
and technological reader. 2 v. 1906.
Tornos The combined Spanish method;
a practical and theoretical system for learn
ing the Spanish language. Rev. ed. !Wi.
Vitali Easy practical course In English
for foreigners, with exercises In German,
French, Spanish and Italian. 1905.
LITERATURE.
Hartog ft Langdon The writing of Eng
lish. Ed. 2. 1908.
Newcomer English llteratnre. 190T.
Kehauttler, ed Thanksgiving; Its origin,
celebration and significance as related In
prose and verse. 1907.
PHILOSOPHT.
Mcklntosh Hegel nd HegeManlsm. 190S.
Nietzsche Thus spake Zaarathustra Ed.
2, rev. 1906.
RELIGION.
Liberal Immigration league. New York
Ths Immigrant Jew In America; by Dr. 1.
R. Paulding and others. 1907.
Price The ancestry of our English Bible;
an account of the Bible versions, texts and
manuscripts. Ed. 2. 1007.
SCIENCE. v
Hunter Elements of biology. 1907.
Huntington Poison ivy and j swamp
sumach. 1 90S.
Olcott iA field book of the stara 1907
Rogers The shell book. 1908. I
H
A If D
ow Airy rassea ine i.emon
Continued From Pago Nine.
but I lapped him across tho mouth and
ran away as last as I could.
"Bully for you, Alfy!" says I.
"Ahem!" says old Mr. Dayton. . steppin'
off a few paoes and foldln his arms.
"This Is more serious than 1 thought.
Young man, it was my apple tree that you
robbed my choicest apple tree and tha
person whom you describe as an insig
nificant, weak-faced young dandy was
my son. You admit that you assaulted
him. Oreatly as I regret to do so, I must
hand you over to tho polios.
"Ah, say," says I, "Is it a kid, or what?
Ona of Alfy's hardest taps wouldn't much
more'n bruise a mosquito; and you
wouldn't have him run in for a llttla
thing like apple stealln when he was near
starved, would yott?"
But Mr. Dayton would. Them old eyes
of his has took on the stony stare, and he
la lookin' up the police station number in
the telephone book, when there's a sound
of wheels comln' up the blue stone drive
around the front circle. The old gent
whirls and takes a quick glimpse. Then
he drops the book as though he'd got a
shock.
"A deputy!" be whispers, husky like.
"A'deputy sneriff!"
With that he begins tearln' around the
room like a craxy man, and after he's
made three laps he scoots out Into the
hall, strikes the stairs, and goea rushin'
towards the attic. I looks out the window
to see what it all means; but all I can
spot is a feller in a rubber coat driving a
surrey.
"Say," says 1 to Mr. Thayer, "what's
wrong with the old party? Is he bug
house!" Thayer, he leaves off chewln' his gray
muBtache for a minute, and says he reck
ons how perhaps It would be best for
him to explain. And say, the minute he
lets out the real name of the old guy
that's' been flaggin as Dayton, he don't
have to say any more.
"Him!" says I. "Old Foxy Dodge him
self? Well, say, he must have the dep
uty sheriffitis pretty bad when he takes a
hackdriver for a subpena server. It was
the license badge fooled him. eh? But I
didn't know they was after him again."
Thaver says they aint; but this was
only the results of that last chase, when
they had him treed for so long that It slot
on his nerves. "Of course," says he.
strippin' a fifty off his roll and passin" it
over real insinuitln', "we shall expect you
to keep this quiet."
"So?" says I. "But what about our
young friend there?" and I points over to
where Alfy was still shskln' like he had
an ague chill. He ought to be in on
this."
"Certainly," says Thayer, peelln'-off an
other fifty; and I gets 'em away from him
DR. BELLE J. MACDONALD.
American Medical Association of New
York, the California Medical Society and
the Maison du Pauvre of Paris. She re
cently r?tumed from Paris to New York
City, after studying there for several
months during the Spring and Summer.
Seidell Solubilities cf Inorganic and
organic substances. 1907.
SOCIOLOGY.
Bcgart The economic history of ths
United States. 1'jOi.
Hill Fiphting a fire. 1906.
Kelly The elimination of the trimp hy
the introduction into America of the labor
colonv system, already proved effective In
Holland. Belgium and Switzerland. 190".-
Sadler, ed. Tontlnuatinn schools la Lag
land snd elsewhere. 107. .
I SEFI'L ARTS.
Amsdon Atlas of physiology snd anat
omy of the human body. 190.
Beardsley Design and construction of
hydro-electric plants, including a special
treatment of the design of dams. 1907.
Burr & Falk The graphic method by in
fluence lines for bridge and roof computa
tions. Ed. 2. 1908.
Davidson & chase Farm machinery and
farm motors. 190S.
Hodgson Mortars, plasters, stuccos, arti
ficial marbles, concretes, Portland cements
and compositions. 1906.
Holmstrom Standard hlacksmtthing.
horseshoeing and wagonmaklng. 1907.
Inland Poultry Co. How to make poultry
pay. 1906.
Malre Modern pigments and their vehi
cles. 190S.
Marshall Small electrical measuring In
struments; how to make and use them.
1906. ' m '
Norrls An introduction to the study of
electrical engineering. 1907.
Tate ft Stone Foundry practice; a
treatise on molding and casting in their
various details. Ed. 2. 1806.
Vivian First principles of soil fertility.
1908.
Wfi-keman Practical guide for flremea.
Ed. 2. 1906.
Walker Pocket book of electric lighting
and heating.
BOOKS ADDED TO THE REFERENCB
DEPARTMENT.
Allen Swimming pools. 190T.
Ballev. ed. Cyclopedia of American ag
riculture, v S. 190S.
Breckenriclge The Canadian banking
system. 1S95.
Eliot Finnish grammar.- 1890.
Basse Index of economic .material in
documents of tha states .of the United
States; New York. 1907.
Hasse Index of economic material In
documents uf the states of the United
States; Rhode Island. 1!H.
gLeighton Frederick Lord Lelghton : an
Illustrated record of his life and work; by
Ernest Rhys. 1698.
Thorpe The universal guide of stand
ard .routes and Itineraries of tourist travel
all over the world. 1907.
United States Interstate Commerce
Commission. Decisions November, 1906, to
December, 1907. 1908.
United States Judge Advocate-General,
Military laws of the United Slates. 1908.
Wotten. comp. Dictionary of foreign mu
sical terms and handbook of orchestral In
struments. 1907.
BOOKS ADDED TO JUVENILE DEPART
MENT. Harhoe Child's story of Hans Christian
Andersen.
Houston Tha boy electrician.
Rice ft Cox Squabs for profit.
Roulet Our little Brazilian cousin.
Tappan American hero stories.
Wesselhoeft Ready, the reliable.
Iff.
1 .1 T
before he has a chance to change his
mind.
With that we climbs up under the roof
and proceeds to dig the old boy out of the
cobwebs. .-.nd say, he's .the cheapest
lookin', scaredest plute I ever see. We
finally convince him that his deputy Is
only the bone thumper the shuffer has
s?nt up from the station, and he consents
to come down and be wrapped up. ,We
don't close with prayer, or sing any dox
ology. He aint got a word more to say
and he looks so skittish and broke up as
Thayer leads hi out to the buggy that I
eint got the heart to rub It In.
When I goes back to Alfy ho still has
the shakes. "What is going to be done ta
me?" says he.
"Done?" says L "Why, as soon as Mrs.
Whaley can warm up the beans, you're
goin' to have the feed of your life. But
first off, Alfy, I takes pleasure in award
in' you this prize of a hundred plunks,"
and I shoves the steel engravln'a into his
hand.
"One hundred dollars!" gasps Alfy.
"But but why? What for?"
"For beln' the champeen confessor In
the state," says I, "and thereby puttin"
the lemon brand on a dear old party that
don't know what a faker he Is."
(Copyright, lrtos. hv the Associated Sunday
Magazines.
Profanlty-PTOof.
Llppincott'S Magazine.
I'm not mild or meek or lowly, loving,
patient, pure, or holy;
I've a temper that Is touchy, yet I wish
. It understood
That I never, never lose It; undue license
I refuse It;
I Indulge In no strong language there'd
be trouble If I should.
Maledictions are forbidden; I must keep
my- choler hidden,
I must stifle all emphatic words begin-
ning with a "D,"
Such as "dickens," "duce," "darnatlon,"
"donnerwetter" ("thunderatlon") J
And even shun mild expletives like "Jlm
lny!" and "gee!"
Eschewed by me Is lingo like "Great
Scott!" and "Jumping Jingo!"
"Shucks!" and "sugar!" "fudge!" and
"fiddle!" they are vocables taboo:
It would border upon folly to ejacutate
"by golly!"
Or to seek relief la "ginger!" "gosh!"
Jehosophat!" or "pooh!"
Do you ask. Why this repression? Then
I'll offer a confession:
I don't swear because you must know. In
my business 't wouldn't do.
My address? Grand .Central Station, at
tha booth marked Information."
Where I answer foolish questions every
day the whole year through.