The Sunday Oregonian., December 06, 1908, Section Five, Page 7, Image 51

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lint and Shadow in Spain, by Maud Howe.
Illustrated. Little. Brown & Co.. Boston.
Ma5s.
'.laud Howe is not only the talented
dJJghter of Julia Ward Howe, but in pri
vi te life is ilrs. Elliott.
'She writes an intimate view of Spain.
? a traveler who with no special hurry
leisurely toured through King Alfonso's
la lid. accompanied by one who figures In
til" story as "J.." her artistic husband,
aril 'Patsy." a handy youth who just
happens along. Tlien her book, if not
quite "December. 19"S." Is at least recent.
Here is an engaging word-picture of
Gibraltar. Great Britain's garrison place
at tho mouth of the Mediterranean:
It wa, mill early morning: the ky was
a 'ijuit of blue firo. Tho air was keen with
the salt and seaweed of the Mediterranean.
Thil orange trees in the garden of the old
Franciscan convent now the Governors
boue were covered with fruit and bios
aoms; there was a sound of hurtles, the
tranlp of a regiment in Commercial Square;
the soft, cracked hells nf the old rathedral
clanged the hour; from far away, where the
gumera were at practice, came the deep
boom of cannon. Color, life, movement ail
around us! This was no time to dream, to
remember ghosts; breathless w looked
through the kaleidoscope today at the gay
little pieces nickering with the pulse of
timet
North Town has the most variegated
population In Europe; to match it one must
cross the Straits of Tangier. A British offi
cer 7ased on a small milk-white stallion;
an irthlopian. with gvld ear-rings and a
beauty line sashed on either cheek; a pair
of shkm-eyed Jewish children, books under
arm. on their way to school; an Andalusian
widow, draped like a Tanagra figurine, wilil
soft, dusky veils hanging to her shoe; an
other officer of higher rank, a blond man
with a fa'-e like a mask, who gave us one
quick challenge of the eye aa he went his
way and I was aware that I was a guest,
while he was at home, a master in his own
house. He was followed by two ladies, his
Hrltish wife and daughter, all fresh ana
shining with soap and energy. Both were
faxons. with hair like spun gold and calm
blue eyes; they wore l.ondon clothes and
drove an English cob In an Irish Jaunting
car They were at home. too. and looked
as If the earth belonged to them. There
were many soldiers loatlnr In twos and
threes, marching In flies, walking singly
all with a Jauntiness, a buoyancy that no
ohr mere mortal men possess. Pome of
them oh Joy! iw-ore real uniforms with red
coats. Dull, clod-colored khaki Is good
enough for war; In peace there Is no ex
cuse, for It.
On the way to Madrid the travelers
halted at Cordova:
Inside .we soon Tost ourselves in a forest
of columns, with long aisles running in
every direction. Kvery patn we chose led to
beauty. The columns are of many differ
ent marbles, porphyry, JaspT. Afrlcano.
alabaster, verde antique: of all styles and
marly periods. We found some from the
old Roman temple of Jrinus; some with
smooth, polished shafts; some twlMed, with
Tinman. Aral., Bysantlne or Vlsigothlc capi
tal. The mosque has been compared to the
bed of Procrustes if the column was too
short, it was lengthened by adding a base;
If too long. It was sunk Into the ground.
Whatever the columns might have been
originally they are now all of the same
he:Bht. and serve to hold up the beautiful
double arches that support the roof.
We found our way to the Mihrah. a won
drful 11-tle octagonal chapel. The roof is a
shell hollowed from a single block of mar
ble, the wills ere of marble, finely carved.
A deep groove is worn In the pavement by
the knees of the pilgrims who made the
tour of the Mthrab seven times, for In those
days a p!Irrlmage to Cordova was as good
as one to Mecca.
l.os Morns que le lahraron capilla del
Zan arron mereclan ser t'hrlstianos."
That means the Moors that made you.
chapel of the bare bone, deserved to be
christian." faid Patsy, coming up behind
lis. "Hare bone, because one of Moham
med's uhln bones la supposed to have been
worshipped here."
"Si hoy mtsmo resucltaran aqul en Cor
doba Ins moros cada coal se iba a su casa."
the Argentine capped the copla. 'That
means if today the Moors here in Cordova
rose from the dead, each could go to his
own house because th houses are so little
charged. I suppose, and because their de
scendants have kept the keys."
As if In answer to the challenge, there
came slowly toward us, down a narrow aisle
of Hanking columns, two toll Moors, dressed
all in white. They had left their shoes at
the door of t::e Mosque; ta.-h carried a
pravcr rug. They entered the small, sevesi
. :Od chapel that leads to the holy of
holies, and placing their nigs upon the
uroiirid stood urder the pineapple dome
with bowed foreheads. There we left them
on the threshold of the Mihrah, in the
mosque of their fathers.
Mr. Elliott desired to study art in
Spain, and tills is an account of a walk
with Don Jose Villegas. a famous court
painter, to his studio, in Madrid:
Though It was late, after to o'clock, the
streets were very uncomfortable on account
of the floods of water pouring through
them. The extreme dryness of the soil and
the air makes it cecessary to flush the
streets twice a day! A pair of w-ild-looking
gypsy girls were standing by one of the
corners, watching the water pouring from
t he hydrant. The taller gill w as very
hanaome. the shorter one seemed, older
and had an Ill-tempered face, with a head
shaped- like a snake s. They stood gaping
at us with the dazed look of country peo
ple unused to a city. They were so poorly
dressed I rather thought they would beg
of us.
"What a type!" said Villegas. looking at
the hawdsome girl, a beauty, with rough
black hair hanging over the eyes, and a
half fterre. half shy expression.
"What character In that head, eh V
"She has exactly the face you have been
looking for." said Lucia. "Ask her to coma
to the slud!o and pose."
They snoke to 'the handsome girl, who
seemed to agree. At this the elder girl
caught her by the arm and dragged her
back.
No. no. you shall not go!" she ried.
To vou know -what he will do? He will
look vou In the eyes fixedly, fixedly, like
tills, and while he is looking at you he will
suck your blood!" At this the two took to
their heels sad ran for dar life.
"Kou see how difficult it is to get models
HWC lAWRENCC '
zxos.
In Madrid!" Villegas laughed. "One la
driven here, by force, to paint portraits:
A conversation Mrs. Elliott records
with a matador, in Yillegas' studio:
"How many bulls have you killed?" asked
Patsy of the matador.
"In 25 years I killed .".nOO bulls."
"Were you ever afraid?"
t rrniri many, many times. On
those occasions I never put my faith In
the Virgin, but rather in my legs, aim mo
as fast us I could. The bull, however, is
the noblest of animals and the bravest. He
never makes a cowardly attack from be
hind; he is so frank! He !s terrible,
though: a man needs nerve to face him
when he comes Into the ring pawing the
earth and bellowing."
"Will you tell me about the bull that
was the hardest of all to kill?" asked
palsy.
The matador's face changed. "He was a
white bull." he said slowly, "and lie didn't
want to fight. When he first came In he
put his muzzle In my hand. He followed
me about like a little dog. I led him with
the cloak wherever I wanted him to go.
yes. that was the hardest bull of all to
kill."
J., who had been looking at the Matador
ever since he came Into the studio, nodded
his head as If satisfied.
"Htj's the man," ha said. "I had forgot
ten the name; I remember the face. I
saw you kill a bull In Cadiz once. I won
der i'r you remember It? The bull put his
heud down to charge, and you put your foot
between his horns, stepped on his head,
ran along Ins back and jumped down be
hind." "Ah, that happened at Cadiz? Jo. I
don't remember. The Cadiz audience is the
best In Spain, the most Intelligent, the most
s mpathetlc ; It has the best knowledge of
the art. It Is not like the Madrid au
dience, that must alt in Judgment and criti
cize. The American audience is good, es
pecially the Mexican. Ves. the Americans
have a real understanding of the art."
"Have you ever been wounded';" asked
Patsy.
"Often: twice badly. Once I spent three
months in bed: that was not amusing. 1
can tell you. The bull's horn went through
the thigh and wrenched tho muscles apart.
1 recovered, though. The wound of the
bull's horn Is a good wound; one either
recovers from It. or dies quickly."
First and Last Things. By H. G. Wells.
Price. 1.!0. G. P. Putnam's Sons, -New
York City, and the J. K. Gill Company,
Portland.
If this particular iMr. Wells were as
orthodox us the majority of his neigh
bors in the matter of theolopy nnd other
accepted facts, such a book as this would
be vaguely accepted as a necessary dis
turber of doubt. But Mr. Wells knows.
by intuition, that he must shock, in order
to attract. He Is like the bad little boy
who thousht that Ills non-athletic father
urgently required exercise. so he did
thinrs that necessitated almost continu
ous spankings. In a few weeks, the bad
little boy was spanked so often that his
father's muscle Rrew strong. Then the
bad little boy said, with swollen pride,
"See what a bad little boy am II"
Mr. Wells Is, of course, a Socialist,
and therefore a disturber. As Socialism
is popularly supposed to be divided into
1.299.1199 fighting camps, each in per
petual discord with his neighbor, and
each asserting that It alone possesses the
one particular true brand of Socialism,
Mr. Wells- Socialism Is the Wells brand,
lie says that In writing this book he did
not begin with the deliberate Intention
of so doing. No. He began by "putting
down" what he believed, at the sugges
tion of a friend, and to Interest a num
ber of friends with whom he was asso
ciated. "We were all. we found, extremely-
uncertain in our outlook upon
Mfn obmir mir rdlftnit foelin&rs and In
nC -lav,, ami n-nmi, WAS
thought It would be of very great Inter
est to ourselves nnd each other, if we
made some sort of frank, mutual con
CLEVER WRITER SATIRIZES THE DOINGS
OF THE SMART SET OF NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK. Dec. 1. (Special corre
spondence.) The "Smart Set' does
not know whether to laugh at itself or
be offended with Francis Crowninshield.
who has satirized the foibles and follies
of "society" in a little book which is
called "Manners for the Metropolis"." Mr.
Crowninshield has the advantage of writ
ing from the Inside. He knows the
smart set personally not like most satir
ists through the columns of the daily
newspapers. Therefore ho knows Its
weakest points. and, having a keen
sense of humor and a sharp though
graceful pen, he has "society" at his
mercy. For the most part his hits are
general: but here and there they are
specillc as when he says of dinner con
versation: "A lady should be careful
not to turn to the gentleman beside her
and complain of the 'fizz.' There Is al
ways a good chance that he is the wine
agent." Or tills, aimed .at a popular
novelist: "Ladles do not call upon a
bachelor in his rooms after attending a
dinner given by him exrept in Mrs.
Whartons novels." Mr. Crowninshield's
list of topics for discussion with a de
butante Is Interesting: but a wider audi
ence may be amused by his suggestion
concerning the matter of precedence in
American society. "Let an opera box
count 6 points: steam yacht, 5; town
house, 5; motors, 3 each; every million
dollars, 2; tiara, 1; good wine cellar. 1;
ballroom In, town house. 1; a known
grandparent of either sex. 4; culture,
H. The highest known total is 100; the
lowest, about V. The housekeeper may
arrange the totals and the hostess can
TIIK SUNDAY. OREGONI AN, PORTLAND, DECEIBER fi, 1903.
fession. We arranged to hold a series
of meetings in which first one and then
another explained the faith, so far as he
understood It. that was in him."
The book must stand. Mr. Wells says,
as the frank confession of what one
man of the early HOth century has found
. i i., - r.nnfoainn lust as
in iiio anu iimi.-r. -
frank as the limitations of his character
permit; it Is his metaphysics, his relig
ion, his moral standards, his uncertain
ties and the expedients with which he
has met them. On the whole. I should be
inclined to classify myself as a bad man
rather than a good; not indeed as any
sort of picturesque scoundrel or non
moral expert, but a Pann frequently
Irritable, ungenerous and forgetful ana
Intermittently and In small but definite
wavs. bad. One thing I claim I have
got my beliefs and theories out of my
life, and not fitted, them to its clrcum-
Theidea of nny personality existing
behind the universe, such as a personal
God. la rejected by Mr. Wells. let at
times I admit the sense ef personality
In the universe U very strong." he goes
on. "If I am confessing. I do not see
why I should not confess up to the hilt.
At times. In the silence of the night and
in rare lonelv moments. I come upon a
sort of communion of myself and some
thing great that is not myself. It Is,
perhaps, poverty of mind and language
obliges me to say then this universal
scheme takes on the effect of a sym
pathetic person, and my communion of
a quality of fearless worship. These
moments happen, and they are the su
preme act in my religious life to me.
they are the crown of my religious ex
periences." r
Amid all his doubt, however. Mr. Wells
reaches three definite conclusions:
The senses seem surer than they are.
The thinking mind seems clearer than It
Is. and is more positive than It ought to b.
The world of facts is not as It appears
'""Man, thinking man." Mr. Wells ar
gues "suffers from Intellectual over
confidence and a vain belief In the uni
versal validity of reasoning. We all need
training In the balanced attitude Of
everything we need to say. JU is true,
but It is not quite true." We have to dis
courage the cheap tricks of controversy,
the retort, the search for inconsistency.
We have to realize that these things are
as foolish and ill-bred and anti-social
as shouting in conversation or making
puns, and we have to work out habits
of thought purged from the sin of as
surance. . . . It seems to me at .times
no more than something cut off from
that external world and put into a sort
of pit or cave, much as all the Inner
mvstery of my body, those living, wr th
ing, warm and thrilling organs, are iso
lated, hidden from all eyes and Interfer
ence so long as 1 remain alive And I
mvelf the essential mc, am the light
and watcher In the mouth of the caye.
The great personality of the risen
Christ has never attracted him. Mr.
Wells confesses, and he says that the one
character in literature that helped him
through "shames and humiliations as
though he held my hand." was O yer
Goldsmith. "When I think of that youth
ful feeling for Goldsmith I know what
I need in a personal savior, as a trog
lodyte who has seen a candle can Im
agine the sun." He cannot believe in the
God of Kipling's preaching, for instance,
which he calls a "Mohammedan God. a
modernized God, with a taste for engi
neering." and he has the same esteem
for the Canterbury Cathedral as for ..
Swiss chalet. Mr. Wells would rather
live In a thought-house made by his own
'A, the Socialism of condescension Is
disavowed, so Mr. Wells disavows the
Socialism of revolt, and thinks that the
true democrat and the true a Tlst0"
"meet and are one in feeling themselves
parts of one synthesis under one pur
nose and "one scheme." .
As one turns toward the last pages,
one notes a shade of doubt or rather
vagu? unrest creep Into the Wells phil
osophy. Thus:
t have permitted myself no defensive restraints-
1 have shamelessly written my
ilarkest' aid it Is plain to me that a smile
that is noTrrfln. play, over my most urgent
; There Is a rebellious rippling
S" 5? grotesque under our utmost tragedy
and gravity. One's marshalled phrases
grimace a. one turns. - and wink at the
deader None the less they signify. Do you
n"e how in this that I have written sucl
a word a. Believer will beg-ln to wear a
capital letter and give Itself 0'e,m-J'a'c.u:
lous airs? It does not matte; It carries its
message for all that necessary "PflcUl
absurdity. . . . Thought has made me
shameless. In the last resort I do not care
w nether I am seated on a throne, or drunk,
'or dying In a kitchen. I follow my leading.
A closer reading than usual of the
whole book induces the conviction that
even an agnostic like Mr. Wells believes
in God, but in his heart calls that sacred
being by another name.
The Child and the Dream: A Christmas
Htorj By Marlon Cook. Illustrated. Price,
SO cents. The J. K. GIU Company, Port
land. Miss Marlon Cook, of 671 Schuyler
street this city, earned quick recogni
tion as a talented literary writer by the
excellence of her work In her recent
poetry-success "Where Flows Hood
Klver," a publication -which made
friends for her far beyond the bounds
of the Pacific Coast. It soon became
known as a graceful souvenir to send
to inquiring Eastern friends anxious to
know about the scenic beauties of Ore
gon. Now. Miss Cook has just finished and
has ready for sale a touching, beauti-.
fully imaginative story of Christmas, a
story of about 2800 words, composed,
printed and published in Portland. So,
you see. It appeals to our civic Interest,
to all of us. Only a limited number of
copies have been printed, 357 in all, and
when these have been disposed of the
type will be distributed and there will
not be any more of "The Child and the
Dream" until the reading public calls
i , ( nf tha riontc A few
lUr tt - fl UI1U ,1.1 Ll W . ... . '
hand-illuminated copies can be ob
tained for 75 cents each, and the book
measures six inches by nine. Each copy
will be hand-numbered by the author,
and the dainty dedlcatibn Is "To my
severest critic, aged 7." Miss Cook has
3
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Francfa Crowninshield.
then send the guests in according to
their listed quotations." Mr. Crownin
shield suggests dropping in at the Plaza
"to hear the nouveaui riches drink tea,''
as one feature of an afternoon's diversion.
drawn prettily-designed mottoes for
the book, three of those artistic pro-
ductlons being representations of an ,
iris, tulips and Easter lilies.
As to the aiterary worth, the story
is divided into three parts: The child,
the dream and the gift. Tne child has
no particular name, and I should pre
sume ahe Is about S years old, as she
begins the story by consulting with
the storylst as to what sort of a
Christmas gift she. the child, ought to
give to the Lady-Mother. To quote:
It began, little, Dear-My-Love, on a cer
tain morning when the child stood looking
out of the window of her own pretty room.
She was watching two little birds which
sat huddled close together on the branch of
a big ng tree; but she really wasn't think
ing about the birds. She had heard Lady
Mother say at breakfast that It lacked but
two weeks of Christmas, and she had not
yet selected her gift for Lady-Mother. She
was so extremely particular about what It
should be that It was difficult to decide
upon ajiything. presently the child had an
Idea.
The consultation between the child
and the storyist results in the former
getting a pad of scratch-paper upon
which she will write a Christmas story,
she explains that the story isn't about
Christmas but that it's for a Christmas
present a very nice distinction espe
cially appreciable by the feminine mind.
So tne child began to write her won
derful story, but she fell asleep and had
a remarkable dream in which Lady Ara
bella and Sir Marmaduke figure largely.
What la the dream and the ultimate
Christmas present? Ah, but that would
be telling!
Suffice it to say, that the dream-Idea
is most skilfully worked out, and that
the whole story shows brilliant imag
ination, kaleidoscopic vision, and strik
ing originality. The words are very
well chosen, and the offering should be
like a. sunbeam in the home. If anyone
with a sympathetic manner and clear,
singing voice would read this story to
a party of nice children and all children
are nice to sopieone a real home treat
will result. And the reader will be an
interpreter of the greatest treasure of
all love.
Drifted In. By -Will Carleton. ' Illustrated.
Moffat, Yard & Co., New York City.
With a handsome cover of tinted blues
and gold, this new book of poems by Will
Carleton reaches us Just In time to take
a commanding place among the Christ
mas gift books. And may tae sale be
large, for the poetry is admirable and
worthy in every way of the reputation of
lbs distinguished author.
. You may recollect that Will Carleton
was born In Hudson, Mich., in 1845, and
that after receiving a common school and
farm education he graduated at Hillsdale
College just at the close of the Civil War,
and that since he has entered the ranks
of American poets, he is best known to
the reading public for his gifts of quaint
and homely expression, combining humor
and pathos. These traits are clearly
shown in his "Farm Ballads," "Over the
Hill to the Poorhouse," "Farm Festi
vals," "Songs of Two Centuries," etc
Several of these facts are mentioned
here because of the literary importance
of Mr. Carleton, and because the arrival
of such an unusual book as "Dflfted In"
is a chief event in American letters. The
book cover is a representation of a train
nearly burled in a snowdrift. The enow
covers nearly the entire front of the en
gine, while light shines from passenger
cars, emphasizing the fact that belated
travelers are there either bewailing their
luck or merrily telling stories. It is this
latter mood that has caught Mr. Carle
ton's fancy. He begins:
All day on the ateel-clad road ave sped.
The chill rails quivering 'neatn our tread.
And snowflakes ever and yet again .
Assailing our cars and coaches ten.
The brlKht-clad forests of weeks ago
Were waist-deep shivering In the snow.
The tales Carleton in his office of relator-makes
the different travelers tell in
their efforts to kill time until a rescue
train reaches them, are of many moods,
but all told In ringing, heart-touching
verse. There are college, country, love
and town affairs spread before the read
er, and, oh yes! there are several Christ
mas poems which will surely live be
cause they eeem to possess permanent
value.
I should be pleased to quote one or two
of the poems, but The Oregonian doesn't
have the necessary space at this time.
In the Open. By Stanton Davis Klrkham.
Illustrated. Price, si.75. Paul Elder'
Co., New York City.
The very breath of out-of-doors hovers
around this handsomely appearing vol
ume, which preaches the gospel that this
world is really worth living in if we will
only make its acquaintance. As the au
thor says:
"Nature Is in. herself a perpetual Invi
tation to come into the open. The woods
are an unfailing resource; the mountains
and the sea companionable. To count
amang one's friends the birds and flowers
and trees Is surely worth while, for to
come upon a new flower is then in the
nature of an agreeable event, and a
chance meeting with a bird may -lend a
pleasant flavor to the day."
Chapters are given on such subjects as
bird life, songs of the woods, wild gar
dens, weeds. Insect lore, ways of the ants,
Winter woods, the mountains, forests,
sea, etc. The pictures are of more than
ordinary beauty, and the book is printed
on English Esparto paper and illustrated
with a series of nature photographs by
Rudolf Eiekemeyer. The colored frontis
piece, by Louis Agasslz Fuertes, showing
a flock of wild geese winging across the
sunset clouds, embodies the spirit of free
air and wide sky. The mere shooter of
pretty, feathered, fluffy mites of the
woods is warned away. He wouldn't en
Joy a peaceful prospect like this.
The Eddylte. By George W. Louttlt. Price.
f 1. The Colonial Press, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Scoffers at Christian Science, and
maybe rigid Christian Scientists, will be
attracted to this book, largely from mo
tives of curiosity. An attack often se
cures larger audience than a mutual
admlratlon society, and the little book
Isn't without Ideas worth noting, al
though it pictures two hostile camps
where no agreement is.
One David Korsah. in defiance of his
wife's pleadings, becomes a Christian. Sci
entist and from that moment Christian
Science is caricatured. Then Mrs. Kor
sah's married happiness . is ruined, for
her husband becomes infatuated with a
Miss Gray, a Christian Science devotee.
What are called "cures" are exposed.
Finally Korsah assaults his wife, re
pents, and out of her tears and pain the
poor woman "Is sure her husband loves
her again."
A black eye for somebody. Who is it?
The Art ctf Natural Sleep, by Rev. Lyman P.
Powell. 90 cents. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
New York City.
People who eat three meals a day, are
normally healthy and sleep well o' nights,
do not need the counsel of this little book
which Is a. blessing In the kind disguise
of a friend. Sleep by bromides even the
veriest amateur knows that this plan only
gives temporary relief and after a little
is ineffectual. How to capture sleep by
natural means use auto suggestion, says
Mr. Powell. And he proceeds to tell you
why in words so simple that a child
can understand them. . I should like to
give you liberal extracts from such a
wise guide as this, is, but to do so would
disclose Mr. Powell's plan and interfere
possibly with the sale oi the book. Suf
fice to say that he works without drugs.
Ten Blind Leaders of the Blind. By Arthut
M. Lewis. Charles H. Kerr & Co., Chi
cago. Designed to educate Socialists them
selves, "In the full scope of their own
philosophy," and belongs to the series of
Garrick lectures which were recently
hailed with marked approval by Socialists
throughout the country. The comments
on men and their teaching, as explained
In this fight.ing little volume, are by no
means In a milk-and-water appreciative
vein, and are worth reading. The men
discussed, in so many chapters, are Ben
Jamln Kidd, Henry George, Immanuel
Kant. Professor Richard T. Ely, Cesare
Lombroso. Max Stlrner, Thomas tanjic,
Albert Schaffle, August Comte and Bishop
Spalding.
A Child's Guide, to Mythology. By Helen
Archibald Clarke. Illustrated. Price, ,1.2j.
The Baker & Taylor Co., New York City.
Complaint has been made In the past
that because of the learned appearance
of many books on mythology that chil
dren have largely left that study severely
alone. The present editor of this volume
of 339 pages appears to have solved the
difficulty by wisely selecting from the
best sources stories which in simple
nUIA toll n-Viot mt-tlintflfV renllv is. A
foundation is also laid for the study of
comparative mythology. It Is noticed
that emohasis is laid upon the myths of
North American Indians.
peter Pumpkin In Wonderland. By Ida M.
Huntingdon. Illustrated. Eand, McNally
. & Co.. New; York City.
Appeals both to boys and girls, and is
Instinct with the spirit of Christmas.
Seven well-told stories are presented,
leaving an echo of pleasant memories,
the best stories being those describing
"The Jack-o'-Lanterns' Halloween." The
book, which extends to 2R4 pages, is illus
trated by Mary Isabel Hunt. A superior
offering.
The Man From Home. By Booth Tarklng
ton and Harry Leon Wilson. Price, $1.25.
Harper Brothers, New York City.
A finely printed copy of a play that
has already achieved considerable suc
cess in this country. It was produced
at the Studebaker Theater, Chicago,
September 29, 1907, where It ran for
one year, and then it opened last Au
gust at the Astor Theater, New York
City. The scene of action is set at Sor
rento, Southern Italy. Mr. Tarkington
does love foreign environments, and it
almost seems too bad that he so often
neglects his America. His hero is Dan
iel Voorhees Pike, of Kokomo. Ind.. and
the story is a most amusing account
of the ultimate discomfiture of fortune
hunccrs. It has a certain dry humor
that is refreshing.
The Mallet's Masterpiece. By Edward Peple
Illustrated by M. W. Burd. Price 73
.cents. Moffat. Yard & Co., New YorK
City.
A pretty, finely printed and illustrated
holiday gift. The story, which only ex
tends to 69 pages, centers around the
carving of the celebrated but broken
statue of Venus de Milo, a work begun
and almost completed by Phllotias in the
Greek city of Melos, when in a fit of
Jealous rate a rival sculptor named Vasta
with a mallet disfigures the statue.
Both artists are suitors for the affec
tions of Adonia, daughter of King Mem
miades. The book should prove accept
able to artists and all who love art.
lluno Playing. By Josef Hofmann. Price.
T5 cents. Illustrated. The McC'lure Com
pany, New York City, and the J. K. GUI
Company. Portland.
Almost needless to relate, Josef Hof
man is one of the world's most celebrat-
j !,, on.l In fhla HtHe hOOk of 69
CIA piU.IIl.. "
pages he gives good advice as to artistic
piano playing, ana oners to juuhb ce
dents the results of observations which
he has made in his years of piano study.
Advice and pictures show how to avoid
. ti . -Fmnt nt till" finder
xauus in in'n" " i.w.v
board. The book should be very valu
able in country districts where good piano
teachers ao not grow u evc.j uua...
in cases where one hasn't money for
regular instruction.
The Kittens and the Bear, and three other
stories, by John tiowaru
Price. 75 cents each. Illustrated, famuli.
Maynard &. Co., iloston.
Four story books in verse for chll
j,"Tho vittens and the Bear.' "The
Ducklings Go A-Swi-mmlng," "The IJt
tle Chicks," and "The Goslings' Pic
nic." The stories are humorous and
pleasantly told, with "a holiday flavor
that commends them to the care of
Santa Claus. Mr. Jewett's verse is clever,
but probablv constructed hastily, as It Is
sometimes of uneven feet. The pictures
are superior.
The Roosevelt Bears Abroad. By Seymour
Katon. lMUHliaieu. r-oin
(Inc.), Philadelphia.
The name is sufficient to make the
children as eager as before, although a
rumor is current that the sale of actual
Teddy Bears as toys Is on the wane. This
is a famous fun book that has been
heralded from ocean to ocean, and the
demand for it is so Insistent that a sec
ond printing has been issued. And here
It Is. The famous bears visit portions of
Europe, Asia and Canada, and for amuse
ment and story-telling why, its gilt
edge. When the Tide Turns. By Fllson Young.
Price. $1.50. Dana, Bstes & Co., Boston.
Principally illumines the fortunes of
Rupert Savage, poet, artlsc, dreamer.
Idler and lover, and many of the scenes
are laid along the Irish coast. You are
treated to the flow of the tide, minia
ture rocky capes and bays, sailing,
fashionable society, church-going, and,
of course, there's one girl with "pale
gold hair." Religious faiths are sharp
ly contrasted, and deep insight is shown
into character.
The Wary of a Birthday Dolt By Ethel
C Dow. Illustrated. Price. $1.23. Ed
ward Stern & Co. (Inc.). Philadelphia.
A handsomely appointed gift book for
children, with color plates by Florence
England Nosworthy and drawings by
Louise Clark Smith. The autobiography
of a bisque doll made of plaster, and the
doll talks and gives Its varied experi
ences In Interesting fashion. Sure to be
come a standard story for children.
The Castle of Grumpy Orouch. By Mary
Dlckerson Donahey. Illustrated Price,
$1.25. Edward Stern & Co. (Inc.), Phila
delphia. A superior fairy story for the Santa
Books Added to Library
The following new books may be exam
ined at the public Library during this week
and will be ready for circulation Monday,
December 7. rioghAPHY.
Gerard The King's romance, n d
Knight, ed. Letters of the Wordsworth
family. 10OT.
BOOKS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES.
Aagaard Paa Atlanteren.
Andersen Nur eln geiger.
Arrom de Ayala Clemencla: novela dc
costumbres. -,
- Balzac; Le cousin Pons.
Baro Hlstorla de Espana
Becker Erzahahlungen aus der alten
welt fur die .Jugen
Bible. Finnish BiBIIa.
Bjornson IMgte of sange.
Boier Rorfloiterne.
Coll" vehl Dlalogos llterarlos.
Paudet Tartarin de Tarascon.
rui Los ehe; roman.
Lagerlot Gosta Berllngs saga. .
I-lTcon o -end
LVehrUerGda.dTor qleda en .1 Purga
t0re"rez Ga,do,-Torquemada y San Pedro.
Valera Pepita Jimenex.
DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL
ralvertLeon. Burgos and salamanea: ,
Ws?SSl and descHpUve .ccot. , .
mman-ner. S""-Son of the village.
190T. . SOCIOLOGY.
Lewis Evolution. social and organic.
McCartney-Metric weights with English
eqMorBrln,ed Vn'the yule-log glow; Christ
ml tile's from 'round the world. 1900.
Schauffler, ed. Christmas. Its origin,
cefebrauon and significance as related in
prose and verse. 10O7.
LITERATURE.
rtaymondThe Aztec God. and other
dTta1yrn'ond- Bailadaand other poems. Ed.
"Raymoad Life In song. Ed. 3. inos.
FINE ARTS.
Page, ed. Irish songs; a collection of
airs old and new. 1M07.
Pythian The pre-Raphaellte brother
hood. 1H03.
Velazquez Velazquez; an account of his
Plain tHft uasnn nnd flttrntivelV told.
It relates the adventures ot iTincess
Florla in her search for her lost temper,
and provides both , a mora! and enter
inmont Sine of honk 7v: hv 10H inches.
and Miss Evans" illustrations are note
worthy.
The Land of Lost. By Allen Ayrault Green.
Illustrated. Price, $1.25.- Small, Maynard
& Co.. Boston.
One of the best child stories Issued this
season, intended for the gift line. The
heroine is little Dorothy who. by magic,
is transported to the land of the lost,
a place where all lost kitties, dollies and
other rrfislaid articles are. Dorothy
learns animal talk, and she and the ani
mals talk to each other.
The Wild Widow, by Gertie De S. Went-worth-James.
$1.50. Empire Book Co
New York City.
tt-,- i widow didn't do in her
social upheaval! She stands badly in
need of a chloride of lime bath. The
nn,,Al riBKriW rrineinallv. vicious life
of English aristocratic idlers, people who
boast that they don't know tne iiieanms
of work. A fearless story, certainly.
Mamma. Nelly and I. By Louise Fanshawe
Gregory. lllustra.ed. Edward Stern &
Co. (Inc.), Philadelphia.
Tha ntrtrtf nt a .thinking doll, materially
helped by excellent illustrations of Grace
Evans. The book, of 167 pages, is an In
teresting make-believe tale, and opens a
new avenue for entertainment.
JOSEPH M. QUEXTIN. .
IN LIBRARY AND WORKSHOP.
Nearly all the first edition of the Amer
ican Issue of Pennells- "Life of Whistler
has been sold.
John Bigelow. veteran editor, ex-minister
to France, author and man of let
ters, recently celebrated his 91st birthday
anniversary. Think of it! Vi-orking. sane,
healthy, and happy at 91. here will yeu
be and what will you be doing when you
are 1)1?
'
Norman MacMunn has prepared a new
"Dictionary of Quotations." In explanation
of the necessity for another book of this
sort it is said that the new one has certain
distinct advantages over Its predecessors
It contains twice as many Quotations umk
a fuller variety and assortment and a third
more authors are represented.
An addition to the literature of Esperanto
Is made in the shape of a version of "Rob
inson Crusoe." It bears the title. "Robln
simo Kruso. Lla Vivo Kaj Strangaj Mlrln
dagaj AventuroJ. De Danielo Defo." It is
a literal translation from the version of
Altemus' Young People's Library edition of
De Foe's classic, and Is liberally illustrated,
t
Arthur Dougherty Rees. an ambitious
young Pklladelphlan, whose version of "Wil
liam Tell appeared during the past Sum
mer, will soon bring out a new drama en
titled "Give Us Your Gods." .It Is a study
of a Russian theme, and aims to be a poetic
and psychological portrayal of the spiritual
evolution of a barbarian King and the tran
sition of primitive Russia from paganism
to her earliest steps in Christianity.
A sumptuous art work is Just out. being
a study of "Modern Spanish Painting." by
A. G Temple, F. S. A., director of the
Guildhall Gallery, London. It deals with
the paintings ot Spain from the time of
Goya to the present, and is Illustrated by
60 photogravure reproductions of the most
notable recent Spanish paintings. Illumi
nated initials and a beautiful binding com
bine to make the book a notable art publi
cation. The picture on this book page is from a
hand-drawing of the cover of Hudson
Douglas' novel, "A Million a Minute." re
viewed In The Oregonian of November 1.
It's an Idea cleverly expressed, a girl and
a clock. Girl as the object of the money
and creator of love emotion. Clock a pic
ture of relentless time In which every min
ute the money hoard grows. The novel isn't
what one couid call high-class, but enter
taining. And it provokeB enough curiosity
to make one read it through.
In speaking of W. TI. Mallotk'-s story, "An
Immortal Soul." a circular notice from Har
per's says: Double personality In a very
adorable girl a combination of the Ingenuous
child and the sophisticated woman makes
this novel etrlklngly unusual. It will be
much talked about. A young clergyman be
lieves he is interested In her soul; an emi
nent scientist observes her in the light of a
puzzling psychological problem; a brilliant
nan of affairs falls head over heels in love
w ith her. She 1 two people in one a thrill
ing and absorbing study.
The fifth volume of "A Journal of Amer
ican Ethnology and Archaeology." Pro
fessor Benjaman Ives Oilman's "Hope
Songs," is, due soon, and completes the in
quiry Into Pueblo music begun In 1NH1 with
a study of Zuni melodies. The phonograph
was first uBed to preserve aboriginal folk
lore in the preparation of these two vol
umes. "Tho Teacher." by Professor
Palmer and the late Alice Freeman Palmr.
and Professor Cole's "Accounts, Their Con
struction and Interpretation.- destined lo
be a standard work, are also nearly ready.
Rapid progress Is being made with the
"Works of James Buchanan," the fifth vol
ume of which Is announced. Professor John
Bassett Moore, who has compiled the papers
ami letters, has reached an interesting point
In the career of Buchanan, this volume
covering the years 1S41 and 18M. the period
In which the Oregon and other questions
of National policy assumed especial promi
nence. It is expected that 12 volumes will
be required to complete the work, and such
rapid progress is being made that the re
maining portion will be ready before very
long.
In defending his poeltlon as a sympathiser
with and a near-oonvert to vegetarianism,
George Meredith recently spoke us follows
to a meeting of don't-eat-meat folk: "I am
unworthy to be among you, for I drink w!n
and I smoke. How preach to sinners when
one is guilty of these vices and unrepentant?
Eating of meat haa never been to my taste.
But an JCngllsh cook who can make vegeta
bles of good savor will not come to a country
cottage even on liberal wages, eo I have in
some degree to conform to the national habi.
excess In which accounts for numerous mala
dies to say nothing of captious tempera.
Therefore I wish well to your crusade, thougi:
unlit to Join it."
The Japanese word for "good morning" Is.
phonetically. "Ohi-o." Among those assem
bled at Yokohama for fleet festivities was a
man from Ohio. U. S. A. writes Frederick
c. t,,, ..ithnp of "The Lady of the
Mount." When the Ohio visitor referred to
life and works, by A. F. Calvert and C.
GTebbs rne art of bobbin lace. Ed. 2.
190S.
HISTORY.
Cilliat The romance of modern sieges,
describing personal adventures resources
and daring of besiegers and besieged in all
parts of the world. l'.tOS.
RELIGION.
Hunt The English church In the mid
dle ages. 1903.
Strong Tho challenge pf the city. Ed.
3. 1 907.
Williams Shall we understand ihe
Bible ? 1900.
SCIENCE.
Dolbear The art of projecting; a manual
of experimentation In physics, chemistry
and natural history, with the porte lumlere
and magic lantern. 1877.
Zeuner Technical thermodynamics; tr.
by J. F. Klein. 2 v. 1807.
FICTION.
Chesson Father Felix's chronicles.
Hawthorne, ed. Library of the world s
best mystery and detective stories, tt v.
Prior The walking gentleman.
Williamson & Williamson The chauffeur
and the chaperona
USEFUL ARTS.
Forsyth The blast furnace and the manu
facture of .pig iron. 1908.
Hawkins Erecting and operating. 11)0 1.
Loomis Now practical typewriting: a se
ries of graded lessons. 1907.
BOOKS ADDED TO REFERENCE DE
PARTMENT. California State Treasurer. Biennial re
port; July, 1906 to June. 1908.
Christ's College, Cambridge (Eng.) Mil
ton tercentenary; the portraits. prinU and
writings of John Milton. 1908.
Huelin y Arssu Technological dictionary
in the English. Spanish, German and
French languages. 1900.
jeans The mathematical theory of elec
tricity and magnetism. 10OS.
New York (State) University Proceed
ings of the 45th university convocation,
190S.
BOOKS ADDED TO JUVENILE DEPART
MENT. Salisbury & Beckwtth Index to short
stories. 1
Scott Ouy Mannerlng,
Stockton Adventures of Captain Horn.
Stoddard With the Black Prince.
Wilson Myths of the red children retold.
first went Into the dining-room of the hotel
. T . waiiArv murmured
Ohio"; when he got onto his train for
Tokyo people said to him, and apparently
to one another of him, -'Ohio." He took
a trip into the mountains and there the girls
called out after him "tio"; he traveled to
extreme ends of the Island, and still even
small children and babies murmured oi
lisped the magic syllables. "Ohio." He re
turned to Yokohama with one conviction nrm
lv fixed in his mind; this he voiced to
friend: "I tell you. old man. they've the
e-eatest spying system in this country of any
nation In the world. Had me placed all
the way from Shlmbashl to Kobe! Wonderful
people when you get to understand them.
The series of articles on "Romantic Ger
many" bv Robert Haven Schauffler. which Is
one of tho features of the new volume of
The Century, covers a field of travel llters
ture which has been almost ne8lected since
Payord Taylor s "Views Afoot of 0 yea
ago Mr. Schauffler. who has traveled wide
ly and Is of German descent, went to Get-- .
many especially to refresh his Impresskm.
before writing the articles. It is the au
thor's object In these papers to bring out
whatever of besuty and romance are hidclea
away in the larger, more proKalo German
cities Leipzig. Munich. Berlin and to fa
miliarize the reader w-un n ........
beautiful cities Potedam. Brunswick H Me
shelm. Meissen and Rothenburg. The illus
trations are being made by some or tie
more notable Germaw artists, with whom th.s
exploiting of the beauty and charm of the
Fatherland has been a work of P"de ana
love. Mr Schauffler's paper In the ( hrlst-
cntiirv will tell of Berlin. "The Cltj
of the Emperors."
Eleven biographical sketches. Published
originally in the Harvard Gniduates Maga
zine, have been reprinted in a beok called
"Sons of the Puritans." The subjects ot
. . .... ,,An a Pi-uhi Hoar.
these SKeicnes arc o' r. " .V,:,. '
William E. Russell. William Henry Baldwin.
S?fv.r FVanclV ChonnVng Barlow. Morrill
Wvman. Charles Eliot. Charles Franklin
Dunbar, and Henry Sturgls Russell. With
the exception of General Barlow and Mr.
Baldwin, who may be classed as ew
Yorkers, the subjects ot these sketches were
Massachusetts men. Most of the latter
were known by reputation throughout the
country In their day Mr Hoar a Lnlted
States Senator. William E. Russell and Mr.
Wolcott as Governors ot Massachusetts, Dr.
Brooks as a pulpit orator and Blshcp. Mr.
Giav as a Judge. Mr. Wyman as a doctor.
Mr ' Eliot as a landscape architect, lit.
ilunbar as a Hoston ediior and Harvard
professor and Henry Sturgls Russell chielly
as the owner of tho trotting stallions Foar
naught, Smuggler aud Edgemark.
One envies Sir George Trevelyan the
acquaintanceship he possessed wllh so very
many public men. really worth know ng.
At a recent dinner party held In London,
sir George said: "I have rldd.n with Mr.
Carlyle I good many ot the 3O.O00 miles
wnlch he rode, while he was engaged upon
Frederick the Great.- When he was no
longer equal to horse exercise we took . long
walks together round and round the parks,
rnd on one occasion, all of a sudden, apro
pos of nothing, ho began slowly to pay out
for my benefit an extemporary biography
of Lord Chatham, the most wonderful sol
iloquy to which I have 'J ? Rus
have been shown over enlce by Mr. Rus
kln as cicerone in his own gondola. Otten
Trnve I piously revisited the scenes and
objects of his preference, which I then
visited with him. I was Introduced b
Robert Browning to Waring, a. sad disen
chantment, when the hero of the inimitable
poem had become a weary-looking old man
like any other. I was present at a tamlly
dinner where Thackary discoursed to a,
delighted audience of young people about
the Virginians.' which he was then writing,
and which seemed to fill his mind to the
exclusion of everything else. Among other
matters, he asked us. all around the table,
what was the widest Jump any of us hsd
ever known, and when we agreed upon
.'1 feet, he said. 'Than 1 must mako George
Washington jump one foot more.' "
Critics blame Dr. S. Weir Mitchell for
historical Inaccuracy in his novel. "Hugh
Wynne " nnd It is noticed in a new edition
of the story referred to that certain alter
atlins In names, dates and localities have
been made. Tir. Mitchell feels slighted
that he In particular as an author should.
hae been selected for criticism. "How lit
tle the grossest errors In biography and
hlstorv." he writes, 'afreet the opinions
of the" puollo concerning a novel long popu
lar may be illustrated by tho fact tnat
one of my critics referred me to 'Henry
Esmond' for an example of desirable accu
racy It was an unfortunate choice, for in
Esmond' there is hardly a correct histori
cal statement. The Duke of Hamilton de
scribed as about to marry Beatrix was the
husband of a second living wife und the
lather of seven children an example of
contemplated literary bigamy which does
not distress the happily ignorant, nor are,
thev at all troubled by tne many other anil
even more singular errors In statement,
some of them plainly the result of careless
ness. A novel. It seems, may sin sadly as
concerns historic facts and yet survive. . .
The purpose of the novel Is, after all, to be
acceptably Interesting. If It be historical,
the historio people should not be tho con
stantly present heroes of the book. . The
novelist's proper use of them Is to inllu
ence the a'.es of lesser people and to give
the reader such sense of their reality as la
the delineation of characters Is rarely pos
sible for the historian."
Three Bronte uutographs are on sale In
-London. one Is a series of "Miscellaneous
Poems." the same being six In number,
bound up with a prose essay. The prose
essav is entitled a "Description of the Duke
of W'.'s small palace situated on the banks
of the l.usive.-' The liuko of W. is the
Duke of Wellington. In some of the mar
gins are small pen-and-iiiK sketches of
heads, a peculiar characteristic of Cnarlotto
Bronte, says the New- York Times. Tha
second entrv is a manuscript entitled "A
Fragment of a Tale." written in her well
known microscopic handwriting, in a tiny
book of 1- pages, without a date. The
third, and most important of the three, ts
a dramatic poem entitled "Laussune. by
Young Soult. the Rhymes. I. vol. octavo:
Price 1:N Anno Domini 18J9; Paris, Printed
and sold by Mr. Do la Pack. Glasstown,
Heargaene Trie, and by all other Book
sellers." This quaint title pnge. In pen
print, is completed by a roughly drawn
figure of "Justice." with sword in one hand
and a palm In the other, and a rude repre
sentation of something crouching at bet
feet, doubtless intended for a lion. At ths
end. in a different writing. is "P. B.
Bronte begun December 1st, ended lecem
ber -'liril, A. D. 1S9. Young Soult T. It."
1'lmo, brown paper wrapper. On the wrap
per is written: "l.aussane, A Tragedy; Hi
Young Soult:' In l vol. octavo. I, li. B."
I used to think with awe as to what might
be the eacred. soul-uplifting inscriptions on
Nile monuments of the olden days. Garrett
C. Pier's new book. "Inscriptions from the
Nile Monuments," shows that Inscrlptloas de-
ciphered from ot least uome obelisks are
only vain-glorious foolery. The message left
on the Sphinx at Gizeh: "Now. his Majesty
was a child, even as llorua was a child In
the marshes, and his beauty was even as the
protector of his father (Horns). Now, he
was amusing himself upon the desert near
Memphis, along Its north and south road,
shooting at a target of copper, hunting Hons
and wild animals of the desert and racing in
his chariot, his horses swifter than the wind,
together with two friends. Then the King's
son. Thutmose, came, taking a drive at
noontime. He rep.Kd in the shadow of the
great god, heaviness of sleep seized upon th
Prince In the hour when Ka is crowned (the
period of greatest heat). He found the
majesty ot this revered god speaking with
his own voice, even as speaks a father to hit
own son. saying: 'Verily. I see thee. I heho.d
thee my son. Thutmose. I am thy father.
Karmacril-Khepera-Atum, who will give then
to reign. Thou shalt lift up He red crown
and its white crown, and the land shall be
for thee throughout Its full extent. The dia
dem of ell the gods shall shine upon thee,
food from Egypt and costly presents from
foreign lands siiall be for thee. The sand of
the desert approaches me. and I am sunken
in If hasten, cause to be done that which .
in my mind (I. e.. clearing away the snn
from the imago of the god), knowing that
thou art my son, my protector. .
NEW BOOKS RECEIVE 1.
'The Snowman's Christmas." "How the
Indian Suit Kan Away." and -The Wreck
of the Nursery Flyer," by Mary Herrlck
Bird-three stories for children and resd
bv means of Illustrated picture, and
"Rhymes of the Golden Age," text and pic
tures, by George Reiter Brill (Stein
Co. Philadelphia).
"The Maid's Forgiveness." a play, by
John Jay Chapman (Moffat. Yard Co .
"The Physical Basis of Mind and Morals. '
a second edition, by M. - H. Fitch iKerr A
CO"How to Understand Electrical WorSt."
bv W H Onken, Jr., and Joseph B.
Baker. Illustrated. $1.75 (Harper's). A
businesslike explanation of electric, ngn.
heat, power and traction in dally Hie. t or
bovs.
"Billy Whiskers' Vacation." by Frances
Trego Montgomery. Illustrated. $1. An
entertaining story book for children
(Brewer. Barsei & Co.).
"Mv Ladv's Kiss." by Norman Innes.
Illustrated (Rand, McNally & Co.). A goo
fighting tale of long ago, when a Saxon
elector was a power.
A Lovable Degenerate." by W. B. Mo.l
dard. $1 (Cochrane Publishlag Company).
A Btirrlng story of labor troubles.
"By the Christmas Fire," by Samuel Mc
Chand Brothers. $1.1!5 (Houghton-Mirrlln).
"All in the Same Boat." by James Mont
gomery Flagg. 75 cents (Life Publishing
Company). ' .
"Christmas in Holland." by Sarah Gert
rude Pomeroy, 30 cents (Dana, Estesl. A
Santa Claus Incident, well told, in the ex
perience of Queen Wrllhelmina.
"Davy Jones' Yarns and Other Salted
Songs." by Thomas Harra, $1.23 (Henry
Holt & Co). Bottled up to the neck with
sparkling fun told In clever verse, and
when you withdraw the cork look out;
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