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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND. FEBRUARY 21, 1909-
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"Our Lord God doeth work like a. printer,
who setteth the letters backward; we see and
feel well His setting, but we shall see the print
yonder in the life to come'
MARTIN LUTHER.
A Standard Blbl lUctionnry- Kdited by
Professors Jacobin. Nowise and Zenos. Il
lustrated. Cloth. tH. Funk 'iaralls
Co.. New York City.
A long and learned examination is nec
rsary before one can do justice to the
value and scholarship of this magnifi
cent volume, probably unequaled any
where today as a reliable guide to the
Bible, which latter Is unquestionably the
greatest hook humanity knows.
This "Standard Bible Dictionary" has
the stamp of dignity and reliability. It Is
complete In one large volume containing
. pages. In which are ! titles, numer
ous colored maps specially prepared for
the work and " Illustrations in line and
half-tone. The work has been in prepa
ration for several years, and the expense
Involved Is estimated by the publishers at
iSO.".'. It is really a dictionary of the
.Bible. In the strictest sense of the term,
and not a mess of speculation devoted to
disputed points around which there hovers
furious combat. It is ruled by reverent
criticism and evaiwellcal faith, and while
it Is refreshing to note that the results
of the most recent archaeological discov
eries In the Holy Land. Assyria or
Egypt have an honored place here, yet
the general treatment of the subject mat
ter is safe and conservative. Where the
Interpretation of scripture Is involved,
around the elements of critical contro
versy, the editors have called wisely to
their aid. serious and Impartial scholar
ship. On a popular yet reverent plane,
they have worked to produce a perfect
storehouse of scriptural information.
The volume has been prepared under
the editorial direction of Melancthon W.
Jacobs, dean of the Hartford. Conn., The
ological Seminary and professor of New
Testament literature and criticism: Ed
ward K. Xowrse. professor of Biblical
theology In that seminary, and Andrew C.
Eeros. professor of ecclesiastical history
in McCorniick Theological Seminary, C hi
cago assisted by noted American, Brit
ish, Canadian and German scholars of the
first rank. Indeed, many of these have
spent years In Egypt and the Holy Land
to Investigate Bible questions or to en
rage In archaeological nsearch, so that
they could draw the material needed from
original sources. These collaborators are:
J. Vernon Bartlet. M. A.. D. D., profes
sor of church history, Mansfield College,
Oxford; Augustus Stiles Carrier, D. D.,
professor of Hebrew and cognate lan
guages. McCormick Theological Seminary.
Chicago; James Denney, T. D-, professor
of New Testament language, literature
and theolosry. United Free Church College,
Glasgow; Samuel Dickey. M. A., professor
of New Testament literature and exe
gesis. McCormick Theological Seminary,
Chicago; Ernest von Dobschutz. D. D.,
professor of theology, . University of
Strassburg; Marcus Dods, D. D.. professor
or New Testament theology. United Free
I'hurch College. Edinburgh; Samuel R.
Driver, D. D., Hon. D. Litt.. regius pro
fessor of Hebrew and Canon of Christ
hurch, Oxford; Robert A. Falconer, D.
IX. president of Toronto University. To
ronto. Canada; George B. Gray, M. A.,
Hon. D. D., professor of Hebrew and Old
Testament exttjesis.. Mansfield College.
Oxford; Hermanu tlnthe. D. D., profes
sor of theology. University of Lelpsic;
James A. Kelso, Ph. D., D. D., professor
c-f Hebrew and Old Testament literature.
Western Theological Seminar?'. Allegheny,
Penn.: Edtiard Konig. Fh. D.. LL. D..
professor of Old Testament exegesis In
the Protestant Theological Faculty, Uni
versity of Bonn; Kirsopp Lake, M. A.,
professor of early Christian literature and
New Testament exegesis. University of
Ilden; Lewis G. Lear!. Ph. D.. Blauvelt,
N. T.: James F. McCurdy, Fh. D.; LL. D.,
professor of Oriental literature. University
College, Toronto: Duncan B. Macdonald,
M. A.. B. D.. professor of Semitic lan
guages. Hartford Theological Seminary;
"William D. Mackenzie. D. D.. LL. D.,
president and Riley proressor of Christian
theology. Hartford Theological Seminary:
fhaller Mathews. D. D.. professor of
Systematic theology and dean of the Di
vinity School. l'niverity of Chicago;
George Millican. D. I)., minister of the
Established Church of Scotland: Edwin
Knox Mitchell, D. IX. professor ofGraeco
Itoman and Eastern church history. Hart
ford Theological Seminary; Wilhelm No
vack. Ph. D.. professor of Old Testament
exegesis in the Theological Faculty, Uni
versity o Strasshurc: Iewis Bayles Pa
ton. Ph. D.. D. D.. Nettleton professor of
Old Testament exegesis and criticism, in
structor in Assyrian and cognate lan
guages, Hartford Theological Seminary;
George R. Post. M. D.. F. L. S., profes
sor in the Syrian Protestant College. Bei
rut, Waldo S. Pratt, Mus. D., professor
of ecclesiastical music and hymnology,
Hartford Theological Seminary: Ira Mau
rice Price. Ph. D.. LL. P.. professor of
Semitic languages and literature. Uni
versity of Chicago: James Stevenson
Riggs; D. P.. Taylor. .Seymour and Iver
son professor of Biblical criticism. Au
burn Theological Seminary: George L.
Robinson. Ph. P., D. P.. professsor of Old
Testament literature and exegesis. McCor
mick Theological Seminary. Chicago;
James Hardy Ropes, A. B., P. P.. Bussey
professor of New Testament criticism and
interpretation, and Dexter lecturer on
Biblical literature. Harvard University:
"William Sanday. D. P., LL P.. P. Sc..
Lady Margaret professor of divinity and
canon of Christ Church. Oxford: John R.
S. Sterrett. I'll. P.. LL P.. professor of
Greek. Cornell University: Charles Snow
Thayr. Ph. P., librarian of Hartford
Theological Seminary: Albert Thumb. Ph.
P.. professor in the Philosophical Faculty,
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University of Marburg, and John Moore
Trout, Ph. P., Dobbs, Ferry, X. T.
The clam of readers for whom the book
Is Intended: 0) Ministers and especially
educated laymen who desire a usable
book of Bible reference with up-to-date
Information; C) intelligent and cultured
lay workers who wish reliable statements
on Bible subjects: (3) the theological stu
dent; M) the superintendent of the Sunday
school and teachers associated with him;
(.".) members of the adult Bible class; and
( the general Bible reader to whom the
Bible presents many things which need
explanation.
Typographically, the book Is a splendid
specimen, being printed from new type
on highly finished paper and well bound.
In arrangement the convenience of the
reader has been deferred to. For in
stance. Articles of more than ordinary
length are furnished with analyses of
contents and section numbers which cor
respond with box-heads distributed
throughout the articles. The section
numbers at the head of the articles refer
the reader at once to the subject or phase
of the subject which he wishes to consult.
Examples of the practical application of
this feature will be. found illustrated by
the articles Old Testament Canon, Pales
tine. Paul, Priesthood, etc. This is a
practical time-saving plan, which for the
application of common-sense to bookmak
ing in perhaps excelled by the printing of
the key-words indicating the topics on
the respective pages. These are printed
in the margins at the top of the outer
column of each page, thus enabling the
reader to see at a glance the first and
I the last topics that occur upon any two
pages. A vaiuaDie aipnaueucai uiuiuir
index Indicates by letter the exact posi
tion of the contents of the book, so that
no time is lost in a moment of hasty
reference.
No article printed is anonymous, but
each one bears the initials of the author,
who Js chosen because of his special fit
ness as an expert in theology or scholar
ship. These editors and their assistants.
In their writing, have been "cautious,"
almost to a Scotch degree. They '.lave
steered away from disputed ground where
controversy rages, or else have discussed
the subject in a manner which gives no
room for disputation or offense. No
vague speculation or choleric deliverance
Is, for instance, given as to what era of
time is meant by the writer of the open
ing chapters of Genesis as to the creation
of the world, and the treatment of evolu
tion is equally wise. Thus:
The material in the Bible was composed
at different times during a period of mors
than looo years from the foundation of
the Hebrew nation, by Moses, lSoO B. C, to
about the end of the first century A. D.
The number of writers whose work is pre
served In the Bible is unknown. A larue
number of the Did Testament books and
some of the New Testament are anonymous.
The range and variety of subjects are In
dicative of a corresponding variety and num
ber of authors. The poet, historian, phi
losopher (wise man. priest, prophet,
apostle. King, statesman, popular story
teller, serious les-lslator. antiquarian de
licbtlnc in nenealogy and statistic", sealous
reformer, faithful teacher, seer all these
end others, even the Divine Ron of Man
himself, find their words or work repre
sented tn the Bible. ...
It already appears that the conceptions
of Cienesis 1. II, lv are not exactly those of
modern astronomy, geology or paleontology.
Other discrepancies zntgbt be noted, of
which the following are perhaps the most
obvious: (1) There Is no reason' for suppos
ing that the Hebrew word yom in Genesis
I is used in any but its ordinary sense of a
dav of 24 hours; but even if the writer used
this word figuratively, the periods there
mentioned could not possibly be Identified
with the geological ages. (2 The sun and
stars are said to have been created after
the earth. 3) According to Genesis i, there
la light, and evening and morning, before
there is sun. (4) Plant life precedes sun
light. (5) Birds precede all land animals,
and vegetation is complete In Its highest
forms before any animal life appears.
Attempts to reconcile these statements
with the teacninga or mmcrn icioiicr "
been marked either by a dogmatic denial of
scientific troths or by a distortion of the
plain meaning of Hebrew and English words.
The efforts of the most eminent harmonist
re remarkable only for their umlform
failure. "Read without prejudice or bias, the
narrative of Genesis I creates an impression
at variance with the facts revealed by
science; the efforts at reconciliation.
are but different modes of . . read
ing into It a view which it does not ex
press." The pre-eminence of the religious
conceptions of the narrative will be dealt
with later; but we cannot, and need not.
escape from the conclusion that here, as
elsewhere In the Bible, the inspired writer
shares the "scientific" beliefs of his con
temporaries. ...
The Old Testament writers certainly
shared the Ideas of their contemporaries
concerning the material universe: and. In
particular, the outlines of the Biblical cos
mogony were derived from the Babylonian
beliefs'embodled In the creation epic. There
fore It is impossible to "reconcile" Genesis
with modern science. To insist upon such
a reconciliation shows a misconception of
the character of divine revelation; and has
put a stumbling block In the path of many
an earnest. Intelligent Inquirer after spir
itual truth. The methods of Genesis and
geologv have nothing In common. The
Bible is silent concerning the operation of
secondary causes which can be Investigated
be the h'iman reason. While the more spec
ulative minds of Egypt, Babylonia and
ireee put foundation under foundation
and creator behind creator in a vain attempt
to provide a firm basis-for their cosmogony
and ontology, the Inspired writers disregard
ed all Intermediate processes In order to
press home the supreme truth that "God
said . . . and K was so"! Thus the
humsn and temporary framework- of the
creation story Is so subordinate to Its per
manent religious message that no advance
in our scientific knowledge weakens our con
fidence In the great elemental truths con
cerning God, man and the universe, which
are so stmplv and inimitably told In this
fitting prelude to the history of redemp
tion. The present reviewer has written
enough to show the scope of this Bible
dictionary, and to give force to the con
viction that very possibly the book Is on
co high a plana of literary scholarship.
that It Is without a rival in English. To
say more would be words, words, words.
Of course, there are unfortunately those
who do not think, that it is worth while
to own a Bible, or even to read It. and to
such pernicious minds there is no attrac
tion in any Bible dictionary. I believe,
however, such antagonists an? children of
the devil, to whom little attention should
be paid. When his Satanic Majesty gets
them, he won't get much.
Mr Impression of Japan, by Max Frhmldt.
fan Krsncisco, Cal. Printed for private
distribution.
A more intimate view of business
nd social Japan than Is usually given.
There are many books on the subject,
but this one deserves credit because it
is the frank impressions of a San Fran
cisco business man who expresses orig
inal opinions and at all times makes
what he has to say Interesting. And it
is a pleasure to review such a meritor
ious address, spoken by a member of
the printer trade.
How it all came to happen was this:
Mr. Schmidt Is president of the Schmidt
Lithograph Company, of San Francis
co, Cal.. and. is also a member of the
San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
Last Summer the Japanese consul at
Tokio. Japan, representing the Cham
bers of Commerce of Tokio. Osaka. Ky
oto. Yokohama and Kobe, sent an invi
tation to a number of representative
citizens of the Pacific Coast "to, visit
Japan during the coining chrysanthe
mum season." and among those invited
was Mr. Schmidt. Those invited from
this city were O. M. Clark and .1. C.
Friendly. Mr. Schmidt went to Japan
and had such a good time that, on his
return home he found a notice on the
blackboard at his place of business
casually announcing that "the presi
dent would In a lecture give his Im
pressions of Japan" to the members of
the firm's lithograph school. Although
the notice only gave Mr. Schmidt two
days In which to prepare his talk, he
was ready In time, and so well pleased
was his audience that a request was
made that the "report" re printed for
distribution among the members of
the school referred to.
The little book has- gradually been
reaching a larger circle, and the pres
ent reviewer obtained the loan of a
copy through E. Shelley Morgan, man
ager for the company In this city. It
may he Incidentally hinted that Mr.
Morgan has only a few more copies
left.
The little hook is astudy in deli
cate brown, the covers are of .straw
colored, flexible paper boards, and it Is
made in Japanese fashion. On the
frontispiece Is this notice: "Kind
reader, take notice. This here Is the
beginning of this booklet." Yon turn
over sheets from the right until you
reach page 16. and then this almost shy
request appears: "Notice. Po not get
discouraged, but turn this cover over
and you will striko page 17. This Is
the middle, and ends the first half of
this booklet." Turning over" the book
to the left, you come across page 17.
and then there is plain sailing until
you reach the end. which is page 34.
The arrangement Is one which tho
street would call "cute."
Mr. Schmidt .shows us a pacific,
glad-to-see-you Japan, and throws a
spotlight on what he saw In a business
way. He thinks that It would be ab
surd and wrong, "after the manifes
tations of affection which were accord
ed us by the Japanese people, to ques
tion the sincerity of their friendship.
Every member of the Commission real
ized that It was not the Commission
ers whom the Japanese sought to com
pliment, but that through them they
were seeking to reach the hearts of the
people of the United States."
Mr. Schmidt Is more than illumina
tive in his industrial word-pictures,
particularly those relating to the print
ing and lithographing plants visited on
the tour and he has pleasant comment
to offer on the excellence of Japanese
built machinery. He also gives in
stances of the quickness of the Japan
ese In lightning-photography, and
speaks appreciatively of artists who
used flashlights in taking a picture
and who threw a hood over the flash
light apparatus in such a manner that
the smoke was caught in the hood, the
latter closed and the smoke passed
through a canvas chimney into the
outer air. I would quote more from this
good-natured book of travel in the
Orient, but haven't any more space left.
The Blaok Cross By olive M. Brigcs. 1.50
MOflat, laru JO., isew xoriv iiij.
A novel wb leh should interest Rus
sians, violinists and lovers of Wag
ner's "Brunnhilde." Well-told, and
glows with highly dramatic surprises,
thrilling to the end. The Countess
Kaya, the beautiful daughter of .Gen
eral Mezkarpin. is a member of a
eorAt anctetv named the Black Cross.
draws the fateful slip of paper by
which she finds herself selected to
kill the Grand Puke Stefan, a tyrant
condemned to death by the terrorists.
She fires at him and leaves him for
dead in St. Petersburg. The ponce
suspect her, and she persuades Velasco,
tho violinist to take her to Germany.
passing her off as his wife. But the
attempt fails. Velasco Is a sort of Ku-belik-Ysaye-Morsin,
all ifi one, and the
musician and Countess have a scries
Af romurknhlo adventures. Velasco's
playing at several of hla concerts is
described witn no mean artisLic mu.
Ultimately the Countess blossoms as a
Rninnhllde" and the sequel has a par
ticularly musical atmosphere.
With the Battle Fleet, by Franklin Mat
thews. Sl.OV. X. W. xiucwi...,
Tork City.
A reprint of the celebrated letters writ
ten by Franklin Matthews and pub
lished in the New York Sun and other
associated newspapers, describing the
voyage of the 16 American battleships
from Hampton Roads to San Francisco.
The descriptive work is what may be
called a triumph of newspaper style and
expression or rather New lork Sun
style. It Is blessed with that peculiar
attribute, human interest. Po you re
member about a story written by v in
Irwin describing the San Francisco earth
quake and fire, a story published in the
New York Sun at a time when the Bay
City was actually on fire? Well, the
story was and ls a classic of its kind.
and a New York Sun editor gave it tnis
head at the top of a column: "The City
That Was." Sir. Matthews was the ed
itor In question. The Illustrations are by
that past master In naval criticism,
Henry Reuterdahl.
The Explorer. By W. Somerset Mangham.
Sl.,V. The Baker & Taylor Co.. New York
City.
A love story of middle-class life in
England, punctuated by semi-military
expeditions td Northern Africa, com
manded by Alec Mackenzie. Scotch
man, fighter- and Empire-builder.
Whisky-and-soda drinks are enthusi
astically mentioned. Lucy Allerton is
surely a leap-year girl, for she fran
tically does most of the wooing, and
there are a number of trying situa
tions before she wins the indifferent
Scot for her very own, hut she suc
ceeds. Brave girl. The adventure part
of the story stirs like a tale of Rider
Haggard's. Lincoln's Birthday, edited by r.ohert
Haven Schauff ler. fl. Moffat, Yard &
' Co., New York City.
Although this volume has arrived for
review when the centenary of Lincoln's
birth is past and gone, yet it is none
the less welcome, giving as it does in
small compass slightly over 100 selections
of famous authors' estimates of Lincoln.
Just the Lincoln book for a home where
there are children. It Is said that the
library of Congress at Washington. D.
C,. contains over 1000 Lincoln books, in
well nigh every language. Here Is an
other meritorious bid for Lincolniana.
Sir Walter Raleigh. By Frederick A. Ober.
tl. Harper & Brothers. New York City.
In simple and candid fashion. Mr.
Ober tells the life-story of Sea-Pog
Kalelgh, who was at once the hunting
hero of Armada days and an heroic
figure in the planting of the English
speaking colony in Virginia. The nar
rative is a most romantic one and un
usually well told. In inany Instances
Queen Elinabeth Is shown to be greedy
and grasping, and King James I. to
be a vainglorious ass who was known
as "the wisest fool in Christendom."
The mind portrait given of Sir Walter
Raleigh is so well sustained and spark
ling that it ought to be a permanent
"e' JOSEPH M. QUBNT1N.
IX LIBRARY" ASD WORKSHOP.
At the New York State Library at Al
bany there is being printed a special lim
ited' edition of .lennette Tree's "Tncle T II
llam." In embossed points, for the use of
libraries having departments for the blind.
In a few days will be published "A Mot
lev Jest," by Oscar Fay Adams. Its sub
title. "Shakespearean Diversions." Indicates
somewhat its rharaeter, Mr. Adams having
written two plays modeled upon Shakes
pearean characters. One of these Is called
"A Shakespearean Fantasy" and the other
is "The Merchant of Venice: Act the
Sixth."
Vontemporary Ireland." by M. Paul-Du-bois.
is a curiously Interesting book. Inas
much as it 1 acknowledged to be one of
the most complete on this complex subject;
snd yet Its author is a Frenchman, a son-in-law
of Talne. the historian. M. Faul
Pubois treats the subject with a detach
ment from prejudice which adds greatly to
the book's value.
It Is not usual that a publisher finds it
necessar-. In this day of short-lived books,
to reprint within a month three titles which
are more thnn 20 years old. This has been
the experience of the Baker Taylor Com
pany, who have just reprinted editions of
"The Salt Box House." by .Inne de Forest
Sheldon; "A Natural Method of Physical
Training." by Kdwin checkley, and "The
liegichles." by F. H. Cogswell. These books
were popular two decades ago and are
shown to be still in demand.
Among the anticipated books of the sea
son approaching, one of uncommon promise.
Is a new notjfl by Iulse Closser Hale.
Mrs. Hale's writing has been made famil
iar by the magazines, notably Harper's, but
so f:ir she Is even better known as an
actress tnan as an author. It was she who
created the character of Prossy In Ber
nard Shaw'a "Candida." an Interpretation
which was said to bs responsible for some
of the vogue of the play in this country.
The most recent of Mrs. Hale's roles has
been ".Mrs. Wlggs of the Cabbage Patch."
A cable dispatch from' Moscow announces
that a Boston publishing house Is planning
to Tiring out the long-expected complete
edition nf the works of Count Leo Tolstoi,
an undertaking that up to the present time
has been impossible in Russia because of
the censorship and the difficulties In the
payment of royalties. Under the present
arrangement royalties to the amount oT
f2.10.tMiO will be paid in annual installments
of $2.1.oon. It is declared that with the
approval of Premier Stolypln the censored
works of the Count will be included In this
edition, which will number about 2o vol
umes. Tt Is related that an invalid woman who
often met Nietzsche found him the gentlest,
kindest and most sympathetic of men. He
"implored her with tears in his eyes not to
read his books." Such was. bis knowledge
of women that he was thunderstruck to find
shontly afterward that the lady at- once
proceeded to read them all. He was fur
ther stupefied by the discovery that having
read them, she was utterly unmoved by t.ie
philosopher's unanswerable demonstrations
that feeble persons like herself had no right
to live and that women were distinguished
by, this, that, and the other objectionable
attribute. Then it dawned on him that
women, by nature, are curious. .
e
Clarence F. Blrdseye will issue in the
near future an important publication en
titled "The Reorganization of Our Col
leges." Mr. Blrdseye will be known as the
author of a recent book entitled "Individ
ual Training In Our Colleges." a man who
is making a name for himself as an expert
on the administrative needs of our univer
sities. His long training as a lawyer en
ables him to point out abuses and needs
In the present system of directing our col
leges, which. Mr. Blrdseye points out, 'have
developed from "The School Based Upon
tile Home" Into quasi-public Institutions.
The author shows that this great change
In the character of the institutions has
been accompanied by corresponding develop
ment of the administrative system, ana ne
proposes a remedy for this defect.
The question or the authorship of "The
Inner Shrine," the anonymous serial now
appearing in Harper's - Magazine, is arous
ing interest in literary circles, and there is
scarcely an author of prominence to whom
it has not been attributed. From California
Mrs. John . Wood writes. "Is Mrs. Hum
phry Ward the author of the new serial?"
Josephine Daskam Bacon writes to the pub
lishers that many of her friends seem to
think that she is the author, and a well
known story writer, after making a thor
ough canvass of the subject, has firmly de
termined that the- serial Is the work of
the Dean of American novelists. Doubtless
because of Its anonymity, the new serial
has also been attributed to "The Author
of the Martyrdom of an Empress." Like
all the other conjectures this Is,- the Har
pers say, "wide of the mark" and quite
without foundation.
A suggestion has been made by the So
cialists of Glasgow, Scotland, that George
Bernard Shaw, said to be the greatest liv
ing literary man in England, should rep
resent Glasgow in the British Parliament.
But Mr. Shaw . demurs. The Washington
tD. C.) Star says "go ahead" to the emi
nent dramatist, and continues: "Contrib
uting to the guyety of a nation is no mean
service, and as Mr. Shaw has performed
that service so well out of office, he might
do quite as well In office. . A wag of the
order of Shaw would wake up the House
of Commons. He might not contribute
much to legislation directly, but Indirectly,
by stirring up legislators and throwing
etrange and startling lights on subjects, he
might lay the empire under obligations.
Glasgow is a staid old city, but many new
things have come out of it of late years.
Why not Shaw
An Important contribution to the study
or architecture Is "Medieval Architecture."
by Arthur Kingsley Porter, Just published
The two volumes are complete units hi a
work which. In Its final form, will prob
ably Include seven noble volumes. The
present Issue of two volumes embraces the
origins of medieval architecture and the
developments In Normandy and the He de
France. The books are tall quartos, print
ed In a fine Scotch face type. The full
page Illustrations, nearly 3O0 In number,
are half-tones of excellent quality, and al
together the work of Mr. Porter may be
Books Added to Library
The following books may be examined at
the Public Library during this week and
will be ready for circulation Monday,
March 1.
BIOGRAPHY.
Jackson-Sheldon Jackson, pathfinder and
prospector of the missionary vanguard In
the Rockv Mountains and Alaska; by R. L
Stewart. 100.
Lincoln Abraham Lincoln, the boy and
the man; by James Morgan. l'o.
Lincoln The story-life of Lincoln, by
Wavne Whipple. JJMIS.
Schurz Reminiscences, v. 3. 10OS.
BOOKS IN' FOREIGN LA NO CAGES.
Andersen Gamle folk og andre fortael
lioKer. Auhert Det nye Norges malerkunst.
Bropboll Gode venncr.
Piers Fritzehen.
Pumas Greven af Monte Christo.
Eckstein Dr besuch Im career.
HaUstrom Doda fallet.
Kretzer Dor holxhandler.
I-acerluf Kristuslegender.
Medln I'nter fremdem willen.
Wlssmann and others Im Innern Afrikas,
DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL.
Bayne Quicksteps through Scandinavia.
lfHW."
Dutt Highways and byways In East
Anglia. I04.
Llovd In dwarf land and cannibal coun
try a record of travel and discovery In
Central Africa. 1007.
Mosso The palaces of Crete and their
builders. 1"7. ......
Prothero The pleasant land of France.
1008.
FICTION,
-parr The strawberry handkerchief.
Burnham The leaven of love.
Dovle Round the fire stories.
Lewis The monk.
Porter The voice of the city.
Smerville and Martin Further expe
riences of an Irish R. M.
FINE ARTS.
Hackwood Old English sports, inn-.
Two-famllv nnd twin houses; a variety of
.design contributed by leading architects.
11I8.
Vpton Musical memories. 1008.
HISTORY.
Champney Romance of Roman villas,
lttos.
Walling Russia's message. 1308.
considered representative of the highest
tvpe of American hooKmaaing. i nero i-
102O pages, size 7xt0ii; the bibliography
embraces 2500 separate entries and Is prob
ably one of the most oomplete ever com
piled on a single branch of any of the arts.
The author baa spent seven years In the
preparation of the copy and Is now In Italy
engaged on further work In connection with
his subjects. -
It is worthy of note that Miss I.ind-af-Hageby.
the noted English anti-vlvlsectlon-Ist
who has come to this country to lec
ture In New York. Boston, Philadelphia
and at other Eastern points. 'Is the orig
inal of the "Mrs. Home'" In G. Colmore's
startling arraignment of vivisection, the
novel. "Priests of Progress," recently pub
lished by Dodge A Company. Miss Lind-af.-Hageby
has created much stir In medical
circles by her still unaccepted challenge
to open debate with any champion of vivi
section. Perhaps the latter have In mind
her celebrated debate three years ago with
"Professor Betterton" In Portman Rooms.
London, a debate reported In full, by the
way. in Miss Colmore's "Priests of Prog
ress." Miss Hageby's first lecture In Car
negie Hall, New Y'6rk, nearly broke up tn
general discord, but she smilingly said it
was "quite tame" as compared with some
of her English experiences. "L.lnd-af-Hageby!"
what an ideal name to work
with, from the point of view of her press
agent! A new patriotic song, words written by
7,. M. Parvin and A. C. Roche, and musio
by Mr. Parvin, entitled "Back to the Days
of Abraham," has been received for review,
and coming as It does just before the cele
bration of the centennial of Abraham Lin
coln. It ought to have a large sale and
be of special Interest to Grand Army cir
cles. The words recall President Lincoln
and the boys in blue of the early 'tsos.
and with the stirring music, teach a pat
riotic lesson. The tune is a lively one.
la well sulud to the words. Is not dif
ficult to learn and Is commended to Grand
Army camps. The compass is from C below
the stair to F on the top line of the clef,
so thnt the song can suitably be suns in
chorus bv male voices. Mr. Parvin, who
Is now a resident of this city, has lived
in Wlllametlo Vallev towns for a number
of vears. and is well .known as the com
poser of songs, etc.. which have been ad
mired. Mr. Parvin Is also a Grand Army
man. He drew his Inspiraation about Abra
ham T.inroln from the erv fountain bead.
for when Mr. Parvjn was a boy of about
If. vears old he lived In Illinois and was
present at several of the historic debates
between Lincoln and his great rival, jjouk
Some interesting information regarding
the popularity of bchks for children has been
.gathered in New York and is chronicled by
lh, Wnrld tiewsnaner of that City. It
seems that of 48 books most popular among
the children in 11.000 elementary class
rooms. Louisa M. Alcott's "Little Women
atands at the head and Hawthorne's "Won
der Book" at the foot. In the first i.1 books
on the list are five of Miss Atcott s
Including "The OJd-fash'oned Girl" and
"Little Men." "Robinson Crusoe" Is the
lth and "Alice in wonderland" Is the
,i,v,iith Mrs. Riirnetfs "Sara Crewe" is
near the head. Books usually considered
staple for older minds are scattered through
the list. Including "John Halifax." "Irivan-a-etin"
"ivnnhoe." "The Merchant of Ven
ice." Tales of Dickens are named, and. of
course, the "Huckelberry Finn" "f Mark
Twain. Altogether, the list Is delightful
and encouraging, comments the writer re
ferred to. Of an early purity of taste the
exnerlment offers evidence which is in no
wise weakened by the fact that the volumes
in the school libraries are carefully seiecien
bv the board of education. The children
show In little reviews which they have
written- that they read the books not merely
because they are there, but because they
like them. Last year the cumulative circu
lation of the books from the classroom
shelves approximated 7.000.000.
Friends of the late Oulda, English novel
ist, have planned to put up at her birth
place. Bury St. Edmunds. Suffolk. England,
a most appropriate memorial to the talented
but eccentric author. All but $500 of the
funds necessary to erect a handsome drink
ing fountain the form the memorial is to
take have already been subscribed, and an
appeal has been sent to this country for
h. remaining sum. This appeal says:.
"Surely there must be among us tin Amer
ica) many who. even failing in admira
tion for Ouida as a writer of fiction, may
still feel drawn toward her as an ever
active worker in the cause o animal pro
tection, and may care to aid In perpetuating
the memory of the lover of horses and
dogs, in the appropriate manner proposed
namely, the erection of a drinking foun
tain by the roadside for the benefit of all
passing beasts. It is to be placed at a
much-frequented crossroad outside the town
and near the cottage where Ouida was
born." A number of prominent English
men and women have been active In this
project; Lord Curzon bas written tne in
scription. Anyone who may feel disposed to
help the work may send contributolns di
rect to the chairman of the Ouida Me
morial committee. G. Milner-Glbson Cul
lum. Hardwlck House. Bury St. Edmunds.
Suffolk. England, or. for convenience, to
Miss Cortazzo. Meadville. Pa., who will for
ward remittances to their destination.
An Interesting exhibition of material re
lating to Punch ia now on view at the
Leicester Galleries, In Leicester Square,
Ixmdon. "It would not be easy to exag
gerate the care and fitness with which the
exhibition In Leicester Square happily tne
one hundredth has been arranged." says
the Glasgow Herald. "Apart from the va
rious relics, beaded by 'The Mahogany
Tree.' never before visible to the public,
the arrangement is chronological. Follow
ing on portraits of the founders Mark
Lemon. Henry Mayhew and the rest there
are the original trade show cards announc
ing the first number; the prospectus, with
woodcuts at the head of Lord Morpeth.
1-ord Melbourne and Lord John Russell;
page one of the Inaugural number, with
The Moral of Punch,' from the pen of
Mark Lemon; the drawing which marked
John Leech's appearance in the weekly, to
which he contributed, till his death In 1804;
the number of 1R4S, where is printed Hood's
Song of the Shirt'; Thackeray's 'Case of
Real Distress." 1844. which, with Its accom
panying illustration. was the cause of
Punch being excluded from Pari for a
time; numbers of the Inventive drawings of
Dicky" Doyle "Dick Kitcat.' be once sug
gested as a pseudonym who, of course,
designed the familiar cover. There are
also the almanac for 1843, containing tho
celebrated 'Advice to Persons About to
Marry'; the title page to volume xlx.. 18.10.
in which Sir John Tennlel made bis debut,
since when up till a few years ago he con
tributed work combining in a remarkablu
way political judgment and artistic accom
plishment: drawing after beautiful drawing
ry Charles Keene, whose first cartoon ap
peared in 18H4; Du Maurier's first contribu
tion and various later ones, full of subtle
observation of the foibles and frills and
furbelows of 'polite society; Millais' Illus
tration to 'Mokeanna.' 183, and one other
design by him of that golden period: draw
ings by Sir F. C. Burnand. Fred Barnard,
Fred Walker, Spy.' Mr. Linley Sanbourne.
Sir John Gilbert. Randolph Caldecott, and,
certainly not least, Phil May. to whom
!. -ended tile cloak of Charles Keene."
Younghusband The story of the Guides.
1D08.
LITERATURE.
Brooke Four Victorian poets: a study of
Clough, Arnold. Rossettt and Morris. 11108.
Hettinger Dante's Divlna commedia; its
scope and value. Ed. 2. rev. 1894.
Leahy, tr. Heroic romances of Ireland.
2 v. 11105.
Mullanv Phases of thought and criti
cism. 1802.
Newmarch Poetry and progress in Rus
sia, liio;. . ,
Noyes Poems. 1S0S.
Stevenson, ed. Poems of American his
tory. IDOS.
Strong Great poets and their theology.
180H.
Wilde The Duchess of Padua; a play.
19IM.
Wilde Plays. 2 v. 190S.
PHILOSOPHY.
Hyslop Psychical research and the res
urrection. 1008.
RELIGION.
Bible The bouI of the Bible. 1908.
Tozer The church and the Eastern em
pire. 1004.
SCIENCE.
Candy The elements of plane and solid
analytic geometry. 100S.
Herrick The home life of wild birds.
1003.
Locy Biology and Its makers. 1008.
Lonell Mars as the abode of lite. 100S.
SOCIOLOGY.
Abbott The home builder. 1008.
Loane From their point of view. 1008.
Whelen Suggestions to military riflemen.
190.
USEFUL ARTS.
Hobart The screw-cutting lathe. 1007.
Howden Boys' book of steamships. 1008.
Hows Treatise on arches. Ed. 2. 1006.
Tozer The horse In history. 1008.
BOOKS ADDED TO REFEREICE DE
PARTMENT. Maver Telephone construction, methods
and cost. 11(08.
BOOKS ADDED TO JUVENILE DEPART
MENT. McDougall Saddle, sled and snowshoe.
Ray Nathalie's sister.
Tomltneon -Boy officers of 1812.
Tomllnson Guarding the border.
H B . m
IITau Unto Dma
m
This day tells tomorrow
What of yesterday, .
Whether joy or sorrow
Stood beside the way;
Whether pain or pleasure,
Whether sun or rain
Made the day's full measure
One of loss or gain.
Night to night is showing
What has come and gone
In the current flowing
From gray dusk to dawn
In the current steady
Goes from sun to sun,
Ready or unready,
All that we have done.
All the dim' tomorrows
Stretching far away!
Each one somehow borrows
Gladness of today
And the nights unending
Echo us our dreams.
Wreathing them, and blending
Them in happy gleams.
Day to day is calling
And tomorrow knows,
Whether glad or galling;
Whether thorn or rose;
Whether deed or thinking;
All that we have done
Day to day is linking
All from sun to sun.
Night to night replying
Murmurs through the dusk,
As a gleaner sighing
Over grain and husk,
Day to day is bringing
Something for our good
We might sense the singing
If we understood.
III L l 111 I RJB'r'J WOTMfl SfJSSZ&BBsktSFH ' " " t
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Oregon's Semi-Centennial
Continued From
nia, for the reason that It was admit
tedly unsuited to the economic am. -dustrlal
as well as the climatic, condi
tions of the state. Though the Oregon
people may hav,e had a racial dislike
for the negro, they were not alone, in
this as the constitution of Minnesota,
admitted a short time before, contained
substantially the same provisions as
did the constitutions of other Northern
states.
OREGON FIFTY YEARS AGO.
Isolated From the Great Movements
In Older Countries.
Oregon thus admitted into statehood
was the last state admitted before the
secession actually began, as Kansas, the
next state, was not admitted until Jan
uary. 1S61, when several of the states
had already seceded. Oregon was there
fore the last admitted betore the civil
War by the representatives of all the
states of the Union.
The contrast of the Oregon of ISTiD
with the Orotron of 1909 is of course In
teresting, as we compare the scattered
pioneer settlements with the stage
coach and pony express of the earlier
date witli the wealthy and prosperous
tate with all the appliances of mod
ern civilization of the present. In a
broader point of view, however, far
more Impressive is the contrast when
we compare the civilized world of 1859
w.lth that of 1909. In no half century
of the world's history has there been
such an accumulation of wealth, such
Industrial and material progress, such
a control by men of the mysterious
forces of nature, such an advance In
education and all the refinements of
civilization, such an uplifting of the
masses In the comforts of living, and I
may add such an awakening of the
moral conscience and the gorwth of
humanitarian sympathies of mankind
and such a development of the power
of public opinion in the government of
the world.
The momentous changes in the world
politics in tho last half century may be
realized when we recall that In 1S59
neither the French Republic nor the Ger
man Empire, nor the Kingdom of Italy
had come into existence. Iouis Napoleon
was Emperor of France; the Pope ruled
the States of the Church; a Bourbon
king reigned over Naples and Sicily, and
Austria over Venice and Northern Italy.
Japan was opening her ports for the first
time to the markets of the world, Eng
land had suppressed the Sepoy insurrec
tion in India. Livingston was exploring
Africa, and the modern "Spheres of In
fluence" of the Great Towers in the
Dark Continent were unknown. Tho
world of 1S59 was filled with wars and
rumors of wars. Russia was warring
against the tribes of the Caucasus. Spain
against Morocco, England and France
were threatening war against China, the
war of Austria against Italy and France,
with its far-reaching results was Im
pending. Mexico was distracted with
.vlt wnr and the border war of Kansas.
with the John Brown Raid of 1S59 fore- j
shadowed the coming struggle in the
V:niterl States. Both this country and
Europe in 1859 were recovering from the
financial panic of 1S57 and the resulting
business depression. The Atlantic Cable
had been successfully laid, but the oper
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ation hsd been soon interrupted and
ocean telegraphic communication was not
resumed until several years later. It
was In 1S59 that petroleum wells were
fist sunk in the United States, and no
one ever dreamed of the far-reaching
consequences to flow from that discov
ery. Turning aside from the world of action
to that of scientific thought, there was
at the time of the admission of Oregon
an event of profound importance In liter
ature and science, the publication of the
famous book of Darwin, "The Origin of
Species."' the semi-centennial whereot
has been recently commemorated. Thin
was indeed an epoch-making book, which
worked a mighty revolution in scientific
thought profoundly permeating history,
religion and all studios- of science and
politics. The centennial of the birth of
the author coincides with that of Abra
ham Lincoln, which was celebrated only
three Aays ago; thus, almost coinciding
with the event we are now commemorat
ing. Tiiis coincidence of the birth of the
foremost Briton with that of the fore
most American is of profound interest.
Time will not permit me to dwell on
the changes which came to Oregon In
the advance of civilization In this half
century of your statehood. In no stats
has there been more marvelous1 material
development and more substantial prog
ress in ail the refinements of an ad
vanced civilization.
In considering the relation of Oregon to
the Union, the peculiar Isolated condition
of your state at the. time of its admis
sion and during the few years succeed
ing should be clearly understood. It was
separated from the East by lofty and al
most Impassable mountains. The only
communication with the older stales and
the seat of Government was by difficult
and hazardous wagon trail through tha
territory of hostile Indians, or by a cir
cuitous route through Panama, involving
a long voyage over two oceans. The
Great American Desert of the geogra
phies of that time extended as a barrier
from the middle line of Kansas to the
Rocky Mountains. Though railroads had
been built In the East and as far west as
the Mississippi, the system was still In 1t
infancy, and comparatively little prog
ress had been made west of that river; ,
and though, the National political plat
form of IStiO demanded the extension of
railroads to the Pacific Coast, such con
nections were not made until some years
after the close of the Civil War. Tele
graphic communication from the East to
the Pacific Coast was not opened until
late in l.SM, and until then over 30 days
were required for the transmission of in
telligence by pony express from the Mis
sissippi River; that is. to the outpost of
railroad or telegraphic communication.
This isolation was emphasized by the
constant peril of Indians, which threat
ened the scattered settlements with all
the horrors of savage warfare. Before
and after the admission to stAtchood and
during and after the Civil War the citi
zens of Oregon were compelled to defend
themselves against the attacks by the
Indians who surrounded them; and at
this time, in ISfSI, they looked in vain for
protection to the Federal Government. 3inX
miles away, which could not help them
if it would.
ManaKere of New York theater, scree thst
there has been a remarkable change In the
public dramatic tate in tlr; lust 15 years. In
the "drift from the vlarali- and Intellectual
to the light musical and spectacular productions.
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