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-WILLIAM WINTEU,
"OTHER. XlAS"
Other ?. By William Winter. Illus
trate.! Price. 3 Moffat. Yard it Co .
New York City.
Kor more than 60 years .r. Winter
haa leen ajtociated with men and
women of the theatrical profession In
America, and he has at once been
their critic, friend and-associate. When
on remembers that Mr. Winter poa
netturn an unusual power of recording1
Impressions of the moment, and a (rood
memory, and has carefully preserved
a great many letters received from
1 he celebrated ones of the footlights,
it Is readily understood that this vol
ume of 3t9 pages of the veteran critic's
reminiscences. Is of conspicuous impor
tance and gives a stage picture found
nowhere else In Knglish. - Indeed. It
takes an honored place among the big
biographical books of 1903. It Is Illus
trated with numerous photographs.
An Idea of the scope of what Mr.
Winter has written may be gathered
from the headings of his 12 chapters:
Introduction, a royal line. Joseph Jeffer
son, pion Prtuclcault, John Brougham. E A.
Fnthern. Mary Anderson, John MoCultough.
Charlotte C use man. Lawrence Barrett. Ade
laide Nellaon. and notes and addenda.
Of course, that list does not Include
all the persons named In these appre
ciative yet critical pages only a hint
of the good things In store is given.
Mr. Winter, the sturdy friend, just
critic, good hater, passionate) lover,
and yet caustic Judge appears In all
these moods. This review does not
pretend to estimate Mr. Winter's artis
tic worth to the American stage. It
only strives to give to The Oregon. an
readers an Idea of Mr. Winter's chron
icles and memories of the stage rem
iniscences which nearly ail appeared In
serial form not very long ago in a
Philadelphia magaxine of Immense cir
culation. The first chapter. A Royal Line,"
deals principally with Mr. Winter's im
pressions of Edwin Forrest. Joseph
Jefferson and Henry Irving. Of For
rest, Mr. Winter writes: "In the man
ifestation of terror, he lolled out his
tongue, contorted his visage, made his
frame quiver and used the trick -sword
with the rattling hilt. In scenes of
fury he panted, snorted and snarled
like a wild beast. In death scenes, his
?a&pa and gurglea were protracted and
painfully literal. The bellow that he
emitted, when as Richelieu" he threat
ened to launch the ecclesiastical curse,
almost made the theater walls
tremble."
We younger people are accustomed
to hear doleful experiences concerning
John McCullough who passed away In
a lunatic asylum, and It la therefore a
relief to read one ludicrous Joke Mo
Cullough once played on Forrest at
aea:
Forrt was wretcbedty sick, but Mo
CullouRh til a good sailor. "You great
hulking brute, you haven't got brains
enough to be sick," exclaimed Forrvst.
Py and hy the sea grew calm and the
Invalid found himself In a better condition.
It w4i a Sunday moraine and the usual
preparation bad been made for public
worship.
' Thrt will be divine service In ths sa
loon at 11 oTIiwIt. air." an Id McCu Hough,
"and I have aaked the purser to reserve a
seat for jou bear the desk. 1 thought that
perhaps you would like to attend.
' Yyu'Ti dona well." answered JPorraaC
"Blank-hiank-blankl Fd giv $30 to bear a
Sh1 aermoD. What sort of a man w 1 U
preach? ! he a ood preacher?
M-nu!loust had aeen the clergyman who
wu 10 officiate, and had found him to be
a lone. lank, red-haired vision of elderly
misery, dpreaslng to behold and provided
wi n a rapln. nasal voice. Intolerable to
sensitive
The mtni!ter is a handsome your- man.
h replied, "and they te!t m he la a fine
reader and very eloquent. I think you will
be urpneed
"Well, br blank-blank? It'i go In"
"I took sp'lal car." said Mo ullough to
me. In teltirg the etorv, "to place Forret
In frnt. where, of course, tie was a eon
npirU'Hia ffure. and I knew that he could
no' e'ape. and when the parson sot under
way the look thai he frava me maa a rich
regard He made the r"t of his dilemma
and submitted to the ltinictim."
Ko.n affr the aervice had ended and
Fvrreat had retired to hia cabin, the wind
ram on to blow. ti ara rw rough, and
he wit acato taken 111. Mcullo)gh went to
the r!nmin, and. complimenting hi in on
hta ax-ollent discourse," aavured him that
the great avtor had been especially pleaaed
and irrpre-ed by It. and was wishful to
e him The delighted rrether promptly
r-hred the "summons and repaired to
Fttrreat'e room. The ItnfUM that ensued
can perhaps be surmised. It certainly oannot
be fp'iT ritin.
"Biark-hlank-MankV atvorted the seasick
lion. Tefor you uttered your Infernal
dr.vel the ae waa calm, the tun waa brinht
and we wra all comfortable. Hlaak-blank-b?ank
Now look at the etorm. You've
offended the AlmigMr and we're all likely
enough to o io h t together.
"I am scrrr. sir." rtiid the astonished
clergyman. to hear you speak thue of my
Lord and Master "
"Vour Lord and Vaster!" roared the
nauaeated. d!uted. furious actor. "He
aeer went to aea tout onoe, and then be
got out and walked ashore, and X wish to
heaven that I could.
vjet 'em to tie t'a Infernal eh "p. Us a
ock, McArd;e be shouted, addreaatcg bts
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agent. "Tie her up. and let me get out of
her"' The parson lied, and so that episode
of travel waa ended.
Here Is one exquisite episode related
of Mary Anderson a scene worthy of
a Murillor
One of the cherished memories of my
life Is 0 an Autumn afternoon many years
ago. In old Paddtngton churchyard (which
churchward la meant ? In I.ondon. It waa
a Sunday, and the neighboring streeta were
deserted and etill. The aky. overcast with
miatltke clouds, was gray and dim. The
leave were falling. The twilight was com
ing slowly, and a faint breexe was Idly
stirring the thin, withering- grass. No sound
was heard save rustling foliage and etching
wind. I waa standing at the grave f
Sarah Iddons. illustrious actreae of the
fa.tt : and beaide me, pensive and mute,
noking down upon-the mound, stood Mary
Anderson, auspicious actress of the present.
There, on the one aide, a few words cut in
martoifl to record the end of a glorious life:
the garlandn dead; the music hushed: the
pageant vanished. Here, on the other aide,
beauty In lta radiance; youth In its triumph;
genius In Its power; fame In its glory. The
contrast and the monition were too dep
for words. We laid a few flowers on that
grave and turned away in alienee.
Many are the sidelights thrown on
Joseph Jefferson:
I asked blm whether. If be were suddenly
called oa to act an old comedy part that
he had ever previously played. It would be
possible for him to act it without revlewal
and preparation. "Tee," JefTeraon paid, "if I
were waked from a mi4nlght slej and told
tha't I must act Pang lor, or OUapod, or any
of those old patts In which. I waa trained,
J could go on and do it at a moment's
not lea."
a
He once aald to a member of his theat
rical company : I never did anything on
the stage that t did not know I wan doing
never any tiling without the Intention of
doing It-"
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Many rears ro In Boston, when Law
rence Barrett waa wooing the beautiful and
excellent lady whom he afterward married,
JefTeraon suddenly said to him "Barrett,
you're in love.'' "What make you think
that T" asked Lawrence astonished at the
discovery of hla secret. "You've changed
your waistcoat three times today," Jeffer
son sal si.
see
I went flahlng with him once In Paradise
Valley, and had occasion to observe, not
only his akilU but his conscientious princi
ple as a aportsmaa. He struck a trout
through the tall and landed It; then, some
what ruefully, he said: "You know that'a
not fair." And he threw the fish back Into
the stream. Of a lady whom he loved and
honored, he said; "Shs very nervoua when
she's fLshina-. First ahes afraid she won't
get a bite and then ahs's afraid aha will."
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Many years ago Jefferson bought an
Island about 10 miles from New Iberia,
among the bayous of Louisiana Walking
with htm one day In the woods of that es
tate, wa were converging abou; the antiquity
of trees, when suddenly he paused and fixed
his earneat game on one stately, splendid old
tree, a few yards from our path. Then ap
proaching It. and caressing lta trunk, he
said. In earnest, affectionate tones: "i never
noticed this old chap before." There waa in
hia face, in his voice, in bis gesture, in bis
spirit, the genuine, deep, unaffected love of
nature the intuitive sympathy with natural
things that we feel in some of the poems of
Wordsworth, when that great poet becomes
elf-forgetful and la Inspired That feeling
waa In hia performance of Rip. No other
actor haa expressed In art. as he did. the
spirit of humanity in intimate relation with
the spirit of physical nature.
Several anecdotes of the great
Mac-ready, told by John Brougham, the
Irish actor, appear In Winter's pages.
Read this one. concerning Macready's
mingled bad temper and kindly heart:
The nlrht was stormy. Macready was In
his dressing-room, attended by a aervlng
men, whom be had brought from England
aa a dreaser. "Look about you," the stem
a-tnr fiercely exclaimed, addressing hia at
tendant. "Where la It T Can I have nothing
done aa It should be?" The terrified aervant
looked about, but remalnM bewildered and
helpless. "My book of beards," growled Ma
cready '"Where t It?"
1 must have forgotten It, air." said the
frightened dresser. "I'll run to the hotel
and fetch It." The attendant departed-
"I had to come to the room." aald
Brougham, "to make sure that everything
had been done for Macready a comfort
When the eerrant had gone he produced a
bottle of sherry, and. without ever offering
me a single taste of It, he sat there, sipping
the wtne. and. with many oat ha (for, al
though pious, and sincerely so, he was.
when excited, profusely profane), cursing
the negligence of everybody. Foon the aer
vant eame back, bringing the hook of
barda Macready received him with anger
and fearful lmpreratlon. consigning hit
eoul to the netbermoat pit "When I took
you from London." be exclaimed, "I prom
ised your friends that 1 would look over
you. and take care of you. and now, on
auch a night ae thla you go into the wet
streets with nothing on your feet but slip
peri. Then there was another burst
profane indljrnatlon. It was a case of flU
tng the air with brimstone.
There Is no doubt that Bouolcault
liked Winter yet this Is Winter's curt
estimate of the Irish actor and dram
atist: pjon Boaclcsult as a man was rain, self
indulgent, shallow, flckle and weak. A.lso,
like some other Irishmen ef renown, ha was
unfortunate In a propensity to strife. He
bad eucceaa in hie public career, alike as
actor and dramatist: but. valuing himself
ery highly, he wee seldom if ever satisfied
with the recognition he received, and he
lived in almost continual antagonism
toward either institutions or Individuals.
His character was neither great, noble n-r
lovely. The more his Ufa Is examined the
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more does It rereal -vanity of motive and
eelnabneaa of, conduct. . .
one to whom -neither love nor friendship
could long adhere. . . . The retrospec
tion of bis life affords a meianrholjr spec
tacle; for. what does it signify that a man
haa written a clever book, or made a bril
liant speech, or pleased an audience with a
. m nirnrmnnrn if. when the sod
has cloeed over his ashes, nobody thinks of
him with a sigh or cares to pc hw
an his grave?
Of the elder Sothern'a conception 01
the character of Lord Dundreary, w in
ter writes: "Its vesture of vacuity
waa Irresistibly comic, while, within
that vesture. Its shrewd, waggish mind,
continuously operative, was Intensely
Interesting. Its attributes were bland,
nonsensical self-asssurance; portentous
gravity, tortuous mental tangle, unex
pectedness of speech and motion, in
consequence of reasoning, abundant vi
tality, brilliant vigor or expression,
pervasive refinement and a charming
vein of alert playfulness.". The present
Mr. Sothern gets short shrift, winter
referring to him, in. passing, as a
prosperous actor !
Winter thinks that . McCnllough
"would have set the heel of amused
contempt on all such sickly humbugs
a Maeterlinck. Sudermann and bnaw.
Winter also says that the present
theatrical audience Is "largely com
poeed of vulgarians: the leather Is
suffering from a "department store
administration; "jacks In office" are
the most distressing affliction of the
actor; the usual producer is a "fungus
of modern growth a prig who crams
himself by consulting a cyclopedia :
"among peVsons who chiefly control
our theater today there is scarcely one
who Is competent to judge of the mer
its of a play by reading it, or one who
can rehearse a company, or can help
actors In the development of their art.
The book, on the whole. Is less caus
tic than the world-wise reader would
expect knowing the source. It Is also
difficult to look at the placid features
of venerable Mr. Winter as he now
appears in his picture and find there
any hint of the cutting sarcasm and
lance-like criticism for which his name
stands. A humble note creeps In on the
second last page: "In dismissing this
book to the dubious chances of publicity.
I am conscious of a sense of mingled re
lief and solicitude; relief, because a deli
cat, and difficult work haa been done,
and solicitude because of its Imperfec
tion." A hint Is dropped that one of the
sketches on Richard Mansfield, a sketch
which should properly appear In this
volume, has been reserved for Incorpora
tion in Mr. Winter's forthcoming book
on "Lire and Art of Richard Mansfield
80 reminiscent Is this book of the
world's great ones that It is difficult to
decide just what extracts should be given
from It, and where to stop.
The Trail of the loneeome Floe. By John
Fox. Jr. Illustrated. PriL-e. 11.60. Oharlch
Sirlbner'a Sons, New York City, and the
J. K.. uiii- company, Portland.
W henever . educated American book-
lovers meet .eople whose expert knowl
edga of good stories la worth having.
there arise, a wall of sorrow over what
they call the degeneracy of present-day
nction.
"Where is the Nathaniel Hawthorne,
Charles Dickens. William Makepeace
Thackeray. George "Eliot of 39S?" is the
caustic critic's query. "In place of these
whom have we got? The later medi
ocrity and often vulgarity of, say. Jack
London? Booth Tarkington? Robert W.
Chambers?'
Wait a bit. Hope dawns for the lmpa
tlent patriot, the believer who insist that
something big will evolve before very
Ionx in American nction.
I miss my giees very ranch If this
"something big'" is not Mr. Fox's "The
Trail of the Lonesome Pine,' the first
imprint of which was 100.000 copies, "The
Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come was
a great novel, but "The Trail of the
Lonesome Pine" is a better one. The
former novel told of the Kentucky of
about 40 years ago. a savage, primitive
time. And the present novel tells about
the Kentucky of today, Ju-st beginning to
break loose from the tradition of feud,
shotgun and whisky, feeling the first
throb of the Industrial life that will be
fore long tear great fortunes in coal and
iron from her rugged hills.
Then, "The Trail of the Lonesome
Pine" Is not abnormal. It does not de
pict the gasp of the newly-rich anxUis
to become richer; the desire of the pro
letariat to destroy. In order that he may
get the wealth of the plutocrat; trial
marriage; divorce, or the dizzy joys of
high finance. Nothing so cheap. "The
Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' is poetic,
Imaginative, pure as a wild bird's call to
his mate, and essentially a love poem.
It is a typical story for modern men and
women, and those who do not feel better
after reading it and catching lta breath
of Inspiration, had better look to their
mental or physical health. They had bet
ter try the efficacy of a mind cure, or a
dose of swiftly acting medicine.
The scene of "The Trail of the Lone
some Pine ' kf laid in me tumoerjana
Mountains, and lots of picturesque
mountaineers, who peak a queer dialect,
light up the pages with their ceaseless
activity. The hero Is John Hale, civil
engineer, who helps to found a new In
dustrial town In the region, and nopes to
ake his fortune in the coal fields. He
Is civilized, educated, stronsy-armed, and
one who fights for law and order as op
posed to that of mountain feuds.
The Toinver-lalin reua principally rur-
nlshes the plot. John Hale rides into
that mountain region one fateful morn
ing, and by chance meets one June Tol
Itver, who is described as "a little girl."
Hale had wandered to inspect a giant
tree of pine that defiantly reared ita
head above its fellows little dreaming
that the big pine would, before very long,
become a trysting plaoe for him and
June.
It Is related Uiat June belonged to
"mountain people who have had no nav
igable rivers, no lakes, no wagon roads,
except often the beds of streams. They
are a perfect example of an arrested civ
ilization, and they are the closest link we
have with the Old World. They were
Unionists became of the Revolution, as
they were Americans In the beginning
because of the spirit of the Covenanter.
This feud business is a matter of clan
loyalty that goes back to Scotland. They
argue this way: You are my friend or
my kinsman, your quarrel Is my quarrel,
and whoever hits you. hits me."
In these early daya of their acquaint
ance Hale caught a fish and gave It to
June, and she replied in this speech:
"I'm much obleeged. I'd a cooked hit
fer ye. if I'd 'a knowed you wasn't gotn'
to take hit home. Air you ever comin
back again?'
"Yes, June." he said soberly. "Not for
some time, maybe but I'm coming back
again sure." She smiled then with both
line and eyes radiantly.
"I'll be lookin' ler ye,- she eaidr
simply.
To keep law and order In his new town.
Hale organised a volunteer police force,
armed with Winchesters, and frequent
collisions with both Toll! vera and Falihs
result. "Devil" Judd Tolllver comes to
hate Hale, especially when Hale insiets
on arresting Bad Rufe Tolitver. a feud
leader and professional man killer, be
cause of . a new murder. Bad Rufe
doesn't plead any unwritten law or tem
porary "Americana dementia" so he is
promptly convicted and sentenced to be
hanged. Both clans say that tho hanging
shall not take place. Hale says it will.
The supreme moment of the story is
this hanging scene, for It ia depicted with
tremendous force. Art Is used, with
everything gruesome left out. As Bad
Rufe stands near the scaffold, a Tolliver
rifleman 300 yards away alms a bullet for
hie kinsman's heart o that the world
could not say that a Tolliver suffered the
disgrace of being hanged but the bullet
struck. Bad Rufe in one shoulder. And
the hanging acene is told In these signifi
cant words:
In five minutes from wtth In the tail
wooden box came the sharp click of a
hatchet and then dully:
T-h-o-o-m-p:" The dangling rope had
tightened with a snap and the wind
swayed It no more,
June's rage, grows against Hale the
man who had educated herand the Tol
liver move away a broken people.
Hale's wealth vanishes and his boom
town colianses.
Just as Hale Is waiting In the forest
to "gitM Dave Tolliver for had not Dave
vowed to "git" him? a figure emerges,
and Hale grips his pistol closer. But It
la June who has returned from the West,
a woman, at last. Her father was aeaa,
nnri Iflv-A killed In a COWboy fight.
A horn-call summons Uncle Billy,
Juno'i relative, a Justice of the Peace.
Surely another Garden of Eden. Love
ncn!n tm air in all aa Hale and June
clasp hands to be married he clad in his
rough suit, blue flannel shirt, ana miry
boots; and she In her simple but coarse
gown, the garment in which she cooked
fnnA end washed dishes.
The moon had risen. The big pine stood
ruard on his:h against the outer world.
Nature waa their church and stars were
their candles. And as If to give them a
better light the moon naa sent ec.(
a luminous sheer down the dark mountain
side to the very garden in which the flow
m hi.nri lib wAitinff. hsopv friends.
Uurle Billy lifted his hand, and a hush of
expectancy seemed to come even n
farthest star.
ch.mMvir h ptnmmer F. Jones. $
illustrated. Moffat. Yard A Co., Jw
york City.
A graceful and well-apportioned Christ
mas present to give to some friend of
Irish birth or ancestry. It is tne iranK,
enthusiastic account of an American's
Summer ramble through a large portion
of Ireland, and he has wisely contented
himself with srenlallv describing the coun
try and Its people, without entering into
ecclesiastical or political disputes. There
fore, the book can appeal both to the
people of the North and South of Ireland,
without giving oirense.
There is such a brightness, genuine
humor and poetry In what Mr. Jones has
written, that the reader might be pnvl
4eged to inquire If the author is of at
least immediate Irish descent? "1 am an
American citizen," affirms. Mr. Jones,
"and my ancestors came to Virginia so
long ago that I do not hold the slightest
allegiance to the several lands from
which they came; least of all have I any
personal interest in Ireland's troubles
with lingland.' The book is really an
Informing one, and finely written and il
lustrated. Of course, Mr. Jones admits
his having kissed the blarney-stone. He
traveled through 16 of the 32 counties. of
Ireland, visiting each of the four divi
sions of the island.
Mr. Jones emphasizes the Irish apprecia
tion for this country, and relates a story
of a veteran boatman with whom he
talked. The boatman said that "he would
have gone to America long, long ago, only
he could never get enough money to
gether to take him and his little family.
He asked the author many questions about
this country, where so many of his friends
had gone.
"Indeed." said this Irishman, "was It not
the money which they sent back that paid
all the rnts of Killarney? Yes, and old
people would starve if it were not for tho
hlp they got from the boys and girls in
Amesica." v
Ouch! how he would like to co to a
country where thee was a plenty of
money! He had heard that even the farm
hands In. America get good wages. But
what did they eat? I told him they got
meat three times a day.
"Ghiry be to God!" he said in amaze
ment. "And do they get tay to dhrlnk,
and now snd then some ale and port her?"
I told him they usually had all the tea
and coffee they wished to drink, and they
could generally get beer and porter when
they wanted it.
"Olory be to God on hlzh!" he ex
claimed, rising from his seat. But bo
turned sadly away and sighed. "I've waited
too long." he said. "I'm too old."
The Ulster opposition to home rule Is
thus stated:
"We have come," they said In effect,
"Into Ireland, and not the richest portion
of the Island, and have gradually built up
fen Industry and commerce with which we
are able to hold our own In competition
with the most progressive nations in the
world. Our success has been achieved
under a system and a polity in which we
believe. Its non-interference with th
business ef the people gave play to that
self-reliance with which we strove to emu
late the Industrial qualities of the people
of Great Britain. It is now proposed to
place the manufactures and commerce of
the country at the mercy ef a majority
which mill have no real concern in the in
terests vitally affected, and who have no
knowledge of the science of government.
The mere shadow of these chances has
so depressed the stocks which represent
the accumulations of our past enterprise
and labor that we are already commer
cially poorer than we were."
It Is Incorrect to think of other portions
than the North of Ireland being peopled
with Celts, there's a Spanish strain, espe
cially In Galway. - Says Mr. Jones:
A stranger cannot help seeing the vast
difference which exists between North and
South Ireland. It may be observed even
lnr the appearance of the people. Through
out the South one meets with a preponder
ance of the Gaelic or Celtic characteristics
black hair, broad faces, and grayish-blue
eyes. In Antrim. own, and Londonderry
one sees men and women of light or reddish
hair, blue eyes, and very ruddy complex-
Ions. The speech of the North Is quick.
vigorous, and strong, decidedly Scotch in
Ita accent. The Irish brogue of the South,
soft and in some respects pleasing, disap
pears almost entirely when one crosses the
boundry of County Down Into Ulster.
The revival of the Gaelic language, and
the new life Infused into industries and
co-operative effort, are all fittingly no
ticed. Tne best poetic -writing in the
book Is that describing "Sunset at the
Giant's Causeway." It is so delightfully
descriptive that any extract, however
crisp, could not do It Justice.
The Red City, by Dr. S. "Weir Mitchell.
Illustrated. The Century Company, New
York City.
When patriotic fire of the American
Revolution glowed In Xhr. S. "Weir
Mitchell's novel, "Hugh Wynne,' delight
ed readers paid: "Give us more!"
The answer to that invitation Is "The
Bed City," in which Hugh Wynne again
appears, the historical period being
Washington s second administration.
Washington does not appear in the ideal
light so loved by the average romancer
a human Washington occupies a large
portion of the canvas, and his imper
fections of temperament are noted.
Other historical personages who figure
throughout the pages are Jefferson,
Hamilton and Randolph.
The story mostly concerns one Rene de
CourvaU a French refugee, who, with
his aristocratic mother, reaches these
shores in 1792 nd enters the employ
ment of Hugh Wynne, then a well-to-do
shipping merchant. Monsieur de Courval
ultimately lands in the Department of
State. Hardly needless to relate, the
location of the story Is in Philadelphia,
where the author was born, February
15, 1S30. In this city. IV Courval meets
a man then In the train of Genet, tho
French -Minister who was responsible
for the eider De Courval being con
demned to the guillotine. A bitter con
test furnishing tragic features begin be
tween young De Courval and this power
ful enemy, and It is more refreshing to
turn to the love story of a Quaker girl
who Is the affinity of the dashing young
Frenchman. She Is held in social re
straint by the environments of the So
ciety .of Friends, but fights her batt!e
for freedom so well that she marries De
Courval, who returns to fight in the
wars of Napoleon.
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell succeeds In writ
ing sn historical novel of positive charm.
one that will live chiefly by Its ability
to picture a momentous time In the
early history of the Republic, a period
Illumined by few American novelists.
The wonder la that Dr. Mitchell is a
winner in so many fields of endeavor.
Ho is not only a favorite author, ut he
Is & wise physiologist and neurologist
and apparently Ls a success in each line.
Tne rcea uny win materially ana to
bis literary celebrity.
New Thought Common Sense. By Ella
Wheeler wucox. price, 11.23. -W. U.
Conkey Company, Hammond. Ind.
Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox's name is too
well known to American readers to re
quire more than the mention of her name
In presenting one of her new books so
that an idea may be given of its contents.
One may assume that the greater por
tion of the message contained in this
book has already appeared In varlpus
newspapers and magazines, and then,
again. It may not. Be this as it may. the
various essays within the cover of "New
Thought Common Sense" are helpful and
will surely lead us to saner, better living
if we would only believe in anl live the
life recommended. The lessons advised
are optimistic to a degree. Especially in
teresting is the chapter wnicn states mat
"the nw thought'' doctrine is not new,
but is taken from an Oriental philosophy
which was thousands of years old when
Christ as man appeared on earxn.
rf th rpm lessons: "Every re
option in the form of hatred or evil
thought Is so much loss to the mind and
vprv vil thought, or aeea, ui hulxcu,
controlled or overcome will be laid to our
favor. Each time we suppress the un
worthy impulse, so much good energy is
stored In our favor to be converted to
higher uses." .
The views on now to try to make happy
marriages by practicing real unselnshness
and self-control, are aamiraoiy
Also this couplet:
I care not who were vicious back of me.
No shadow of their sins on me Is shea.
My will Is greater than heredity
I am no worm to feed upon the deaa.
American playgrounds. Edited by Everett
B. Mora, illustrated. Prife, $1.50. Amer
ican Gymnasia Company, Boston, Mass.
Ati interested In the health of chil
dren. and that practically means the
sensible world, are referred to this
hnnk for answers to these questions
How, where and when to play, and
need for play. The pages numDer u,
and the book's message generally con
cerns the playground movement
throughout the country, tells what It
means, and gives practical directions
for carrying out necessary plans ror
systematically . supervised recreation
centers both ln our cities and towns.
Social workers, educators, state and
pftnntv authorities, instructors in
charge of playgrounds, gymnasiums,
swimming pools, afchletic tields, etc.,
will find here well-reasoned ideas
worth noting. There are special con
tributlons. and extracts made from the
writings of Dr. Luther H. GulicK, Jo
seDh.Lee.. E. B. DeOroot. William A
Stecher. George WIttich. Henry Cur
tis. Myron T. Scudder, Robert J. KOb
erts. William L. Coop, Arthur Leland,
E. H. Arnold, Dudley A. Sargent, and
others.
The Illustrations are taken from
over 100 photographs, drawings and
plans.
The Courage of Captain Plum, by James
Oliver Curwood. Illustrated. The Bobbs
Merrill Company. Indianapolis, Ind.
Few Americans know that about 50
years ago there was a Mormon settle
ment on Beaver Island, in Lake Michi
gan, not far from the entrance to Green
Bay. and that certain Mormon elders
who lived there had no many wives that
male neighbors on the mainland or
neighboring islands grew agitated.
It's so, and "The Courage of Captain
Plum" tells you all about it. Captain
Plum Is the fighting captain of a
schooner who visits the Mormon island
on a queer mission, and suddenly finds
that he has a call to rescue one pretty
girl from an eager Mormon's clutches.
Of course, she ls "the" girl for him. and
a story fairly pulsing: with fight, less-er
excitement and love "follows.
The novel lights up a new field and
is recommended to all jaded appetites.
The Oreat Fight. By William Henry Drum
mond, M. D. Illustrated. Price. SI. 25.
J. P. Putnam's Sons, New York City.
Poems and sketches gathered by the
loving hands of Mrs. Drum m on d literary
gems which had remained unpublished at
the time of her gifted husband's death.
Dr. Drummond was, and still is for his
memory yet lives the French-Canadian
poet of Canada, and his fame has leaped
over international lines In winning the
affections of the plain people. The poems
in this book alrgely breathe a love for a
life in the open, and are against need
less slaughter of animals that are almost
domestic, animals killed In the name of
"sport." What a pity that the title
chosen, "The Great Fight," is so mislead
ing. It doesn't give a. hint of the peace
and beauty within the atoned leaves.
The Story-T.ife of Uncoln..By Wayne Whip
ple. Illustrated. Price. 11.76. The John
C Winston Company. Philadelphia,
Differs from the 1200 odd books pub
lished on the life of President Lincoln, in
the fact that this one is a vitascope col
lection of about 500 "living picture"'
stories portraying strange and exciting
scenes In which he was the moving fig
ure. Tbe stories are unusually wen se
lected and bring out all that is best In
the character ofto me the greatest
President this country has had, so far.
Many Illustrations of famous Americans,
battle scenes, public buildings, etc,
brighten the text.
The God of Clay, by H. C. Bailey. Illus
trated. $1.60. Brntane. New YorK
City.
Napoleon Bonaparte ls the hero of
this novel, and is pictured without mercy
as a cruel and remorseless machine, who
rises to ambiton's height by his ability
to crush and sometimes manipulate his
fellow beings, just as he would act with
cards in a card game. The story is
strong and yet strikingly sympathetic as
a close study of trusting, helpless human
nature. So realistic is it, that one. feels
a joy to know that Napoleon, the ty
rant, must fall at last.
A" letter of Hope, with a preface by Rev.
Elwood Worcester, D. D. Price. SO cents,
Moffat. Yard & Co., New York City.
Dispassionate critics says that we
are a nervous, highly strung- people,
Impatient of self-control. But why
go on? Its an old story. ' Here is a
modest little book that is ouea witn
medicine advice of the mind. It is
the confession of an irritable, nerve
racked woman who largely found sane
health because she learned how to
rule her own spirit. She signs her
name as Hope Lawrence; and her mes
sage appeals to all women and girls.
The Emotionalist. By Stanley Olmstead.
Price. $1.50. D. Appleton & Co., New
Trk City.
With a German-American tinge to it,
and a bit of Vienna thrown in, this is a
novel of a romantic awakening to tem
perament and Illustrating the artistic life
of an opera singer. The central figure
is Miss Victoria Furman, a New York
girl, who has a magnificent contralto
voice, and her voice training and subse
quent appearance in opera are told about
with unusual charm. A novel that win
please singers.
dirfntmas Every Iy. By William Dean
Ho well. Illustrated. Price, SUB. war
per & Brothers, New York City.
A reprint of a William Dean How
ell's Christmas Btory for children told
so well that in nurseries and other
places where small folks reign, his
fame will be forever undimmed. It is
marked by delicacy, humor and tender
ness, and is supposed to be a story told
bv a father to his little girl who want
ed Christmas every day Instead of only
once a year. The Idea!
The Book of Princes and Princesses. By
Mrs, Lang ana emtea ny Anarew iang.
Illustrated. Price, $1.0. Longmans,
Green & Co., New York City and London.
England
Written tn the simple, unaffected style
that children will understand, these 14
stories selected from the real life of Eu
rope's royalty, appeal specially to young
readers. It's a dse of history, with a
sugar coating. The two best stories are.
'Napoleon and "hU Jdajesty tne HAng
of Rome.
The Story of Gold. By Edward B. Meade,
Illustrated, price, to centa. u. Appieion
A Co., New York City.
Edward Sherwood Meade is professor
of finance, Wharton School of Finance
and Commerce. University of Pennsyl
vania, and in this book of 206 pages he
describes, m attractive form, the devel
opment of the modern gold mining indus
try. His explanations are clearly ex
pressed and non-technical.
JOSEPH M. QCENTIN.
TX LIBRARY AND WORKSHOP.
Hush! "Battling" Nelson, the pugilist,
announces his determination to finish his
autobiography before he engages in an
other ring fight even If It takes him
one year to write the book. Next.
e e e
"Poems Children Love ls a useful anthol
ogy compiled by Penrhyn W. Cousin, and
Intended to assist parents and teachers to
elect suitable literature for those of tender
years. The authors represented range from
Charles Wesley to William Knox.
The publishers say that no story of Stew
art Edward White's has been In such larae
demand at the same time after publication
as "The Rlverman." which, though it has
been out but two months, is already in Ita
fourth edition.
-A Letter of Hope." which Is to come
from Moffat, Yard & Ov shortly, is de
scribed as "an exceedingly interesting out
come of the Emmanuel Movement." Miss
Lawrence, the author, has been an Invalid
for some years. Her book is to be intro
duced by Dr. Elrwood Worcester.
Three editions have been demanded of a
history of the last century of the Catholic
Church In Boston. Mass., prepared by Rev.
M. J- Scanlon. of the cathedral, for the
benefit of the children of the diocese. The
book, which Is attractively Illustrated, tells
its story In an interesting, yet simple, man
ner. e e
- Theee books were received for review
through the courtesy of the J. K. QUI Com
pany, of this city: Judith of the Oumber
lande; The Trail tt the Lonesome Pine;
The Spring Cleaning: Amabel Channice;
The Happychaps; Chateau and Country
Life In France The House of Rimmon;" The
Great Fight; and At Large:
see
Complaint Is made that the "Dooneland
edition of R. D. Blackmore's "Lorna Doone"
and from the Harper press, ls too literal
and leaves out much of the Doone legends
originally gathered by Mr. Blackmore. A
correspondent states that Mrs. Ward has
contributed numerous photographs and her
husband an Introduction and notes which
are as emphatically literal as the pic torts.
Collier's November Fiction "number, Is In
line with the admirable Issues which have
distinguished this weekly for some time
past. The cover design Is exceedingly
dainty, fit prelude to three remarkable
aho-.'t stories by O. Henry, Rex Beach and
Rowland Thomas. The contribution of the
last named is the 1000 prize atory which
aroused so much Interent and keen com
petition. Current happenings In the East make
timely two volumes, Just announced. One
of these. "The Turk and Hie Lost Prov
inces." la from the lively pen of William
Eleroy Curtis, and the other, "Twenty
Years in Persia." will present the varied ex
periences of Dr. John Q. Wishard, who has
been director of the American Presbyterian
Hospital at Teheran through the reigns of
three Shahs. '
e - e
'The Gentleman," a romance of the sea,
by Alfred OUivant, Is announced by Mac
mi Dan's. In "The Gentleman," an Irish
patriot, attempts to capture or kill Lord
Nelson. The plot ls thwarted and England
and Nelson saved by the valor and resource
fulness of Kit, a newly Joined midshipman,
end of other devoted sailors and desperate
fighters. The sea battle of the "Tremen
dous" especially ls a heroic picture.
Intimation comes that "A Little Brother
of the Rich' was not barred from the Chi
cago Public Library as has been reported.
The story was considered by the com
mittee, and thought to be entirely suitable
for adult readers, but It was deemed ad
visable to exclude It from, the circulation
department, as there, was no way to dis
criminate fetween old and young If the
book was demanded in the usual way. So
Mr. Patterson's novel remains on the shelves
to be read, "on call."
i
T. M. Moore writes to the book department
of thla paper: "Please tell me the meaning
of de lux and 12 mo. In book lore, and the
name of the book to buy tlcat will give me
the definitions "of the book language." Web
ster's international dictionary says: "De lux.
A sumptuous edition as regards paper, illus
trations, binding etc." 12 mo relates, to the
standard elze of paper used to make a book,
this elze being used for most nova's and
school books because It is a handy size. In
other words, the sheet is folded in 32 leaves.
Get "Book Making," published by the Graf
ton Press, 70 Fifth avenue. New York City.
Anthony Partridge, author of "The Dis
tributors." which has just been, published.
Is 34 year of a$e. "The Distributors" la his
first novel, although be has contributed nu
merous unsigned sketches and articles to '
English journals. He lives most of the !
time upon the Continent, and even when in 1
London is seldom seen In any literary cir
Books Added to Library
The following nw books may be ex
amined at the Public Library during thl,
week and will be ready for circulation
Monday, November 16. f
BIOGRAPHY.
rrrabbe George Crabbe and hia tlmea. a
critical and biographical study; by ReneJ
Hucnon. 1H07.
Douglas Stephen A. Douglas; by Allen
Johnson. 1908.
Hudson Henry Hudson, hie time, and nl
voyages; by E. M. Bacon. 1907.
BOOKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES.
Brekke Laerebog 1 Engelsk for begun
dere, Dansk udgave.
Carnegie Penpenes ABC
Daudct Letters de mon moulln,
Daudet Tartarln sur lea Alpea.
Eschtruth Frleden. 2 v.
Eschtruth Dlo reglmentstante. S T.
France Le jardin d'epicure.
Guerrazzl La battaglia di Benevento.
, Klrschner Der arms Nick!. 2 v.
New Testament of our Lord and Eaviour
Jesus Christ; Swedish translation from the
original Greek.
Nielsen Langs norgw ..i w . .
landet der Nord.
Treves Plccoli arol.
'DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL.
Crane India Impression, with some
notes of Ceylon. 1907.
Edwards Through Scandinavia to Moscow-.
196. , .
Macklnder The. Rhine. Us valley and
history. 1908. . S"
FICTION.
Connolly An Olympic victor.
Cutting The Wayfarers.
Fox Tho Trail of the Lonesom. Pine.
Wood Folks back home.
FINE ARTS.
Hall The Wagnerian romances. 1907.
Houck A treatise on modern . drawn
work. 100H ...
oody Devon pillow lace. Its history and
how to make It. 1908.
Russell The commonplaces of vocal art.
Ptillak Frans GrlJIparzar and the Aus
trian drama. 1907.
8CIENCB.
Masters Plant life on the farm- 18S4.
Weed A Emerson Our trees, how to
know them. 1908.
Brodrlck History ox tne iQitntij v.
Oxford. 1900.
Compayre -Herbert Spencer and eclen
tlflc education; tr. by M. E. Flndlay. 1907.
Draper uur cnnnren, our kpuuh ."
our Industries. 1908.
Fisher The rate of Interest- 1907.
Loane The next street but one. 1907.
lEnedden & Allen School reports and
school efficiency. 1908.
Willoughby The territories and depend
encies of the rnlted States, their govern
ment and administration. 1904.
USEFUL ARTS.
Housden Practical hydraulic tables and
diagrams. 1907. , ,.
Jensen Kssentiaie or mun. njmc,. j,.,.
nrthmn The sf-Jence and art of graft
ing and budding fruit trees, lnoa.
Waddell & v ait opetiutaLiuii. v
tracts. 1908. .
Wilson & Lrosu ' -lonr.
BOOKS ADDED TO JUVENILE DEPART-
M1.
Andersen Fairy tales; told to th, chil
dren by Mary Macrregor. rmAmt
King TO tne rnv; m -cm
Days. ... .... ,
Morris Historical ia.". .
Morris Historical tales; our Island sm-
Plre: . ,..
nice LRpt"
t.. - .niirt-,iT, new tooofcs may be exam
ined at the Public Library during- this
eek and will be ready for circulation Mon
day. November 23.
BlwKArn 1
H.nir William Harvoy; by DAroy
power. 180T. . vh.
Hups jonn , uj ---
Victoria, queen or Great Britain, Letters
of Queen Victoria; ea. j jv. v..
T. lfcOT.
BOOKS IX rTJrviJ.nM iaul AVata.
r Arrhenlus Das werden atr welten.
Haeckel Die leoeneurinoer.
Heegaard Astronomi.
Mai st re Les prlsonnlers du Causae.
Meyer Ien torste barnepleje.
cles, and he belongs to no clubs. "
married, fond of sport. Mid is beV JaJ
in some of the smaller towns i Central
Europe than in England. He
tlcallv decided now to abandon his 1rreu
lar work, and la now engaged on anoctiea
novel-
Albert Bhfelow Paine, the genial autho
of "The Tent Dwellers." say that his fa
vorite author is Mark Twain, for whom,
both as man and -writer, he entertain a
most enthusiastic admiration. Although an
ardent devotee of the outdoor life, the
Jpfr! of which Mr. Paine interpret, w well,
he cares nothing for hunting w ltb jun,
the killing Of either bird or
repugnant to htm. He confesaee. r
that he would not specially oppose the kill
ing of some objectionable humans, and say
he has already selected two or three to . at
tend to when "the law i oa UuU kla4
of game." , e
Mary Roberts Rlnehart, whose boo. HM
Circular Staircase." now ranks among; the)
best eellexs." has Just completed a neJ
novel entitled "Seven Days," which will
bo published complete in the Decemba
Upplncott's. Mrs- Rlnehart Is barely 89
years old and is the mother of three boys,
Her first short story Was published feu
years ago; and since then she haa produced
several plays. Her new story is said to ba
brimful of humor and mystery. As the;
title Implies, the whole plot Is rounded un
in a week, and It resembles "The Circulad
Staircase" In that there Is a secret to un
ravel which keeps the reader oa tiptoe!
to the end.
e e
"Th at Gay Roman ce," a Look ef 1
pages and published by the InrrmanS
Publishing Company, of Cleveland. O., haJ
been received for review. It is an amus
ing appreciation of - the kle in romance -and
history from the earliest dawn ofl
knowledge to the present day, and to th
one who cares to read stories from the samej
to a mixed company, delighted laughte
will surely follow. Extracts are- given front
well-known authors of repute, and to myt
mind the best poetry quoted are those f4
mous lines of Leigh Hunt:
"Jennie kissed me when we met. f 1
Jumping from the chair sho sat Inj ''S!
Tim, you thief, who love to get JA
Sweets into your book, put that in-f J
fiay I'm weary, say I'm sad. j
Say that health and wealth have mlsae
me;
Say I'm growing old. bat add: . f
Jennie kissed me!"
e '
The McCTure Company announces for earlw
publication the third and concluding volum
of "The Reminiscences of Carl Schurs.'
whlch will brlnar Mr. Schurz's life down tol
its close. General Schun died while thlSJ
volume was .being written, leaving, how
ever, behind him a mass jf material ln
tended to assist him In the completion ofl
his task. He had carried his work down
to the middle of Grant' administration, andt
the material left waa Intrusted to a well
known and thoroughly competent historian
Frederic Bancroft, who, with the assistance)
of William A. Dunning, has constructed out
of It a concise and rounded account of tha
latter part of Mr. Bchurz's Ufa, which was)
filled with so many Important political bm
tivltles and public sen' Ice. This third vol
ume, therefore, which takes up the story o
the Civil War with the Battle of Gttys-
burg, completes one of the most remarkable
and most noble lives lived upon Amerlcanl
soil, partly In his own language and partly;
In tliat of two men who stood close to Mr.
Schurx, enjoyed his confidence, and ara
fully able to interpret for us, on the basia
of the material left by the man himself, the
record of the years of honor when he wa
recognised universally as one of the first
citizens of he Republic.
KEW BOOKS RECEITED.
Chateau and Country Life in France, by
Mary King Waddington, illustrated, $2.50,
and The Other Americans, by Arthur RubL
2 (Scrlbners).
Manners for - the Metropolis, by Prancls
W. Crowninshield, illustrated ( Appleton's).
At Large, by Arthur Christopher Benson,
$1.50 (Putnam's).
The Shinny i'lde of the Hill, by Rosa
Nouchette Carey (Llppincott'H .
Barbara and the Five Little Purrs, hy
Elizabeth Lincoln Gould. "-Illustrated (Cald
well & Co ).
The Fifteen Decisive Battles of tba
World (from Marathon to Waterloo, to
which are added Quebec, Torktown. Vlcks
burg, Gettysburg. Sedan, Manila Bay, San
tiago and The Sea of Japan), by Kir Ed
ward Creasy, with maps, $1.25; and The
Cradle of the Rose. Illustrated. $1410 (Har
per's). The Letters of Jennie Allen to Her Vr1en4
Miss Musgrove. by Grace Don, worth, illus
trated, and The American Stage of Todayv
by Walter prlchard Eaton, dramatic crltld
of the New York Sun, each $1.6 (Small
Maynard)
Amabel Channice, by Anne Douglas Sedg
wick, and The Happy Chaps, verses by
Carolyn Wells and pictures by Harrison
Cady. $1.50 (Century Company).
Felice, by John Luther Long, $t; Sappho
in Boston, illustrated, $1.30: The Good
Wolf, by Francos Hodgson Burnett. Illus
trated. $1, and When Mother Let Us Cook(
by Constance Johnpon, illustrated, 75 cents
(Moffat. Yard A Co.).
Rasmusaen Vrdens udviklingen.
Wallace Des xnenschea ate Hung Im irelt
all.
DESCRIPTIOX AND TRAVEL.
Calvert The Escorial; a historical and
descriptive account of the Spanish royal
palace. lf)07.
Paget Genius loci; note on places. 3W1
Ross--01d Florence and modern Tuscan
1IHH.
FICTION. ;
Anderson The heart of ho red flra. . ,
Hartley My lady of Cleave,
- Martin The betrothal of Elypholata mndj
other tales of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
Tompkins Dr. Ellen.
FINE ARTS.
GhalkovBkl Tchalkovskl; by EL M. Lea,
me.
Chapman Four plays for children. 1$08.
Hasluck. ed. Photograiphlo studio and
dark rooms. 1907.
Lawrence Sir Thomas Lawrence br JU
S. Clouston. 1908.
Newberry Egyptian ahtlaulttes; aoaraha,
1900.
San Carol o. and Daniel Common -sens of
Tolce development. 190ti.
Watts G. F. Watts; by W. K West. 105.
HISTORY.
jjUIott Chile, lta history and develop
ment. 1907.
LITERATUBB.
Evans, ed. English ma sq ties. tl!9T.
Phelps The beginnings of the Bna-Ush
romnntic movement. 1NG3.
Gilder The fire divine. 1907.
pinero Trelawney of the "Wella" a conv
edletta In four acts. lSt8.
PHILOSOPHY.
Mencken The philosophy of Fried rich
Nietzeche. liM8.
SCIENCE.
g-Kunz History of the gem found la
North Carolina. 1907.
Mershon The passenger pigeon. lf07.
6imms Butterfly and moth collecting.
Ed. 2. rev. n, d-
SOCIOLOGY.
Brown China In legend and story. 190T.
Le RosnLgnol Orthodox socialism; a cr i tr
ie! sm. 1907.
More Wage-earners budgets. 1907.
Taft present day problems; a collection
of addresses delivered on various occasions.
190.
USEFUL ARTS.
Bale Woodworking machinery. Ed. .
1894.
Cody How to do business by letter. Ed.
4. 190.
Green One thousand simple soups. 1907.
Nichols, comp, Automobillsts' ready legal
adviser. 1908.
Tay lot- practical cement testing. 1P8;
Resistance of ships and screw propulsion,
1907.
Terry Pigment, paint and painting. lS-3.
Tower History of the American whaie
fishery, lyo".
BOOKS ADDED TO REFERENCE DE
PARTMENT. Association of American Portland cement
manufacturers; Competitive designs for con
crete houses of moderate cost. n. d.
Bledsoe Business law for business men.
1907.
American gas Institute. Proceedings. 1907.
Joly Meisterwerke der baukunst und dee
kunstgewerbes in Syanien. Z v.
Munich, Konlgliche alte pinakothek. Kat
alog der gemaldesammlung.
Poore's manual of tho railroads of tha
United States. 1908.
United States Engineer department. En
gineer field manual. Ed. 2. rev. 1907.
s United States Ordnance deportment,
Gunmaklng in the United States. 1907.
BOOKS ADDED TO JUVENILQ DEPART
MEXT. .
Dalkeith Little plays.
Hornaday Taxidermy.
Johnston Barnum Booka of (play tot
little actors.
Powell Making poultry pay.
Rice National standard squab book.
sj-GIft,