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Ma4 Karbara. By Wrl. k Ppln. rrh-r.
! .. Harper & Brothers. New Yoric
Uke a lurk that so.irs above ordinary
crows with (heir hoars "cnw-rsw" ami
aitisrti a brav sor.ir as h float framed
acainst tl- hlw. Mil ruinniaiiiliiKt novel
nf the patrli-anil-pnw-rVr "lays of Ihe Biir
lanrt of (."liarles II, rises love orclinary
rotnancs. It will be liaHril as one of
th reallv kvm novels of the year, bound
to be rlromed. read and enjoyed by a
big- audience. Its rharnrter drawina". floe
aontitnent and thai almost indefinable
quality we sum up In the word poetry,
combine to make It a woman story and
that mn. a g"Men future for "Mad
Barbara.' If a play or a novel Htvs
rot atfrart women, it miKfit as well he
shelved. If It does, ducats and roses!
The rame of tlie story has an original
but not prepossessinit riPK alxnt it. "Mad
Barbara'" makes yon think of a woman
with a Klare in her eyes as she looks
from a barred window, and a muscular
truard hoverlnit near. But not so this
M:sa Barbara rurcell who is introduced
In the. first chapter. In a scene where her
father Is described as having been killed
In an unfair duel:
In trie little mmif - hense in his serpen
nverlnokinc the lark of t. Jain"-.. Sir
ne P're:i. Knicht. lav dead, with his
eloalc half thrnn a"tit his face nd one
hnd still ripplr the hilt nf bl sword.
The toor ef the mii.ie-roem siod s.isr. Rlv
Ira a Kllmrse of the Autumn arien. the
grass .llered with heavy flew, e' In lea es
Taking It. like splnahes nf s'"t on a icreen
hleld. The ruMnins were d:wn across the
windows, so that a few "ray shafts of
ltaht alone streamed In. giving a sense of
human mvstery nnrevealed as yet. poinf
Mdie of human passtn wattina to he read.
The silent rom seemert all shadows. ave
w-hera those ltemhranrie,iio strand: of sun
light slanted upon the flir. And there,
a though tout hed hv llpht front another
world, the dead man's forehead gleamed
tit above the hlack folds of his cloak. His
srnrtj. a streak of sliver. Joined him to
the surrounding shadows, a last bond be
tween him and the past.
Rather luKuhrinua fieKitininpt? Not
when th rontexl is ciiritiilcred. The
deail man Is first found by his only
daughter. Barbara, who discovers that
some unknown enemy had killed her
father by mean of a sword thmst
through, his heart. A hint Is Riven that
on maxim of the world Is that a man
may De grudged the possession of a hand
some wife, in the dead man'a finccrs
waa clutched a short chain of gold with
a knot of pearls, for a button, like a
loop torn from a man's cloak.
One Intimate friend of -the family was
Ixrd Stephen Oore. an elegant and fop
pifch aristocrat and breaker-of-hearts.
Barbara was a changed girl after her
father's death. Plie bet-.inio strangely
silent, and her lady mot tier complained
that sl' had "the color of sour cream.''
Lord Gore's son. t'aptatu John ilnre, "had
tha. gift of remaining statusquelv silt't.
the poise that suggests power. The
brown, resolute fae had the comeliness
of courage Of no great stature, his
sturdy. hollow-backed figure betrayed
strength to those who could distinguish
between fat and musrlo." John liore
had newly arrived from a cruise around
the Spanish .Main, where he and his crew
had been engaged In more than one fight
but had ended In a Barhary prison. John
cjore goes to live with his aristocratic
father, and being short of raiment, bor
rows clothes from his father's ward
robe, one garment Ivetng a cloak with a
story attaciied to it.
Drunken revellers bent on mockery call
at a house where Barbara Is a guest,
and a mock-churchman says:
"v are here to save all souls with the
kiss of peace. My children come hither.
Have you been baptized? We will baptize
those Innocents yonder Into the one true
church, even the church of sack. and
ashes. Let all the heathen rejoice for the
souls we shall save this day from the
pit of prudery. No woman can be saved
unless she be kissed. Amen!"
In the crowd of guffawing visitors were
Captain John Oore. his father, and one
fire-eater named Ird Philip of Pem
broke. The mock-churchman ilrew hack
abashed at the look of scorn on Bar
bara's face, and Ird Philip advanced to
kiss her. The girl looked around for
someone to take her part, and her glance
rested on John Gore's face. That hard
ened fighter with joy entered into the
fray, and Pembroke challenged Mm. to a
duel. Now, here, is where an error of
judgment has oeen committed. The
novelist should have given an actual de.
icrlption of the duel, instead of which It
Is told In a few words by persons who
looked out of windows and saw its pro
gress In the wood beyond. John Gore
ran Pembroke through one of his should
ers. When Barbara next saw John Gore.
he was startled to observe, that the
rloak he wore had one loop torn away.
Had he. then, killed her father? On
Being questioned he explained that he
as wearing one of his father's cloaks.
It is shown that Barbara's mother and
' Lord Ptepl-ren Gore were probably too
intimate before t:r Lionel PurcoH's death,
and becoming persuaded tiiat I waa
Lord Stephen who killed her father.
Barbara fires point blank at him with a
pistol, but his life is saved due to the
foresight of a waiting woman who saw
to it that the bullets in the girl's pistol
had previously been removed. All this
time. Barbara and Captain John Gore
had or.U been friends. Her mother and
Lord Stephen, fearful that tlie girl had
arrived' t some knowledge as to the
manner in which her father mot his
deatli at the hands of Ixrd Stephen,
enter Into a conspiracy to declare Bar
bara mad. by which rlan they imprison
her In a lonely, half ruinous castle under
the care of two Infamous wretches. As
soon as Barbara disappears. John Gore
finds out that lie loves her. Of course
he climbs the Ivy to the Iron-barred
window, tells her in a very few words
that she is dearer to him than all else
In the world, comes back with a rope
ladder and files with which to cut the
bars, kills two had pef'Pl'- T" ttltimately
rescues his lady All this is told with
fire and dramatic energy.
Barbara s mother and Ieird Ftephen
come to terrible ends, in payment for
their wickedness. One of the very in
teresting personages of the book is
Samuel Pepys, he of diary fame, and he
brightens the talc with wit and epigram.
A delightful chapter is where Captain
John and his Barbara aro married, the
telling of It is I'ke the inhalation of a
fresh breath of air after being in a
room with nil the windows close,.
Anaemic persons are warned off. "Mad
Barbara" Is for those who like a fighting,
red-blood, courageous atmosphere, witli
pictures of rural KnglanJ in the long ago.
the, England of hedgerows, moats, castle,
distressed damsels and brave knights
riding on mettlesome horses to rescue
them.
The Apprenticeship of Washington and
Other Mkclchea. Hv ;en;go Holes. IV It..
I. f. I.. il.L'i. Moffat. Yard & Co, New
York flty-
How often, oh! how ofion does a volume
of selected essays or delivered speeches,
such a. this, have a dry-as-dust flavor
or an appearance of learning which fairly
bristles, like tlie uuills on the fr.tful
porcupine. But not so in the present
i'ase this frindlv. but scholarly volume,
which Is a literary surprise in the excel
lence nf Us portraits and the accuracy
displayed in its presentation of farts.
It deals with what are known as the
by-paths of American Colonial history,
wh'ch often escupe the notice of the
ordinary reader, and its atmosphere of
democracy is altogetluir delightful. Dr.
Hodges is by ancestry a descendant of
both Pilgrims and Puritans, and is by
occupation a minister in the church
against which these doughty sects pro
tested. Five papers in all are contributed: "The
Apprenticeship of Washington," "Tlie
Hanging of Mary Dyer." "The Adven
tures of Captain Myles Standislj." "The
Education of John Harvard" and "Tlie
Fnrr fat hers of Jamestown."
This paragraph contains the founda
tion stone of Dr. Hodges' general histori
cal picture:
Between IK07 and 1'J5, Tnno persons land
ed at J.inie.vown and in liJ. only looo of
these remained alle. Such were the tragic
conditions umier w-hieh English civilization
was founded on this com it. ent Thera
was civilization here before that; the
Krench were In fnnada and the Spaniards
were in Florida, but this wtis Iitln civlllxa
tlon. It differed from English In its theory
as to the rlht residence of power Accord
ing to the Latin Idea, power should be cen
tralized : It .resides properly in the hands
of one man. According to the English idea,
power shot Id lie distributed: It resides prop
erly in the hands of many men. These
theories lead In very dtfterent directions:
the ltin theory - toward a monarchy in
polities and a papacy in religion: the Eng
lish theory towards democracy and protes
tantism. Upon the success or failure of the
particular experiment, deperded the whole
constitution of Americen life. The men
who died beside the .lames River Jn the
maintenance of that colony, died that Eng
lish civilixstlon. with all that thereunto per
tains, might live.
Younger Americana are encouraged to
believe that George Washington never
told a lie. "nut," says our historian,
"Washington had nothing of the prig
about him. I do not applaud him for
lying or for swearing; but there Is a
certain wholesome satisfaction to be
derived from the fact that he did oc
casionally tell a Ho, when It seemed to
serve his purpose: especially In his early-i
years, when lie dealt with the Indiana.
He also was able, when the situation ap
peared to demand unusual emphasis, to
use quite vigorous language. He was a
very human person, with a hot and hasty
temper."
The point is also made that it doesn't
anywhere appear that the young Wash
ington took kindly to bonks, or that he
was ever at any period of his life given
to reading. The eontents of sundry black
bottles helped him in his treaty-making
with the Indians. AYhen Colonel Wash
ington marched off to make the French
better respect boundary claims this was
in KM he promptly fired on the enemy,
with tragic effect, and In a letter he
wrote said: "I heard the bullets whistle
and. believe me. there is something
charming In the aound." Well expressed
for a warrior. 22 years old.
Mrs. Mary Dyer, Quakeress, was
hanged by the Puritans in Boston, in 1660,
because she persisted in the right of free
speech. Ail who fondly imagine that the
descendants of the Pilgrim fatliors at
the period mentioned, were taints, will
here get their illusion shattered. Mrs.
Dyer's crime - was in refusing to keep
away from Boston, when ordered. It Is
pointed out that the Puritans came to
America to establish freedom to worship
God. In the sense In which that phrase
Is understood by us at present. Is with
out foundation in fact. "They came to
escape a uniformity which they disliked.
In order to set up another uniformity of
their own construction." When Mary
I i-i.-oe u-ob or, her tneniorabie visit to
F.ngland. George Fox reckoned that there
seldom were fewer than l'KKl Quakers in
the English Jails.
The Quakers refused to address a single
p?rson with a plu-al pronoun: disused the
conventions of formal courtesy: wore
their hats in the presence of princes and
magistrates- disdained the passing modes
of dress, and criticized Puritan preachers'
sermons. They were, in short, guilty of
the enormous folly of disagreeing with
the Puritans, and the Puritans haled
.. t i, (i.,aWAi-e coming into the
I llieui lot 11 '"i"' '
I jurisdiction of these "fathers" were either
1. . ....... u el ciroe or
banished, w nippeo. sum ",
made to suffer tlie loss of ears. They
were referred to as "sheer anarchists,
subversive of both government and re
,i;. aim thA ruteker "rebels" would
! not remain away from the Jurisdiction of
' the Puritan theocracy, and the death
' penalty was added.
i Mary Dvor was seized as a sort of hor
, rlhle 'exainple. and Just hefore she was
hanged she was askea n sue
cept no deliverance? "Nay." she an
swered. "I cannot: for In obedience to th
will of the Lord I came, and In his vrl.l
I abide faithful unto deatli." Bo per
ished an early American martyr, but she
helped to win the fight for liberty of
conscience and freedom of honest speech.
"The Forefathers of Jamestown
sparkles with romantic, tender Interest,
and Is th most finished of the essays
Dr Hodgas accounts for the ascendency
In the American mind of Plymouth over
Jamestown, because of tlie fact that until
recently almost all of our historians were
Puritans. and of course wrote under the
Influence of Inevitable Puritan preju
dices. Writing, of George Washington, edited by
I.ewrenee B. Evans, ph. O. 2 50. U. P
Putnam's Sons. New York rlty. and The
J K. Gill Company. Portland.
Fortunate it Is for those of us his
admirers who lived behind him that
General George Washington did not
act as did recently a distinguished
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal
church in this country burn all let
ters and public documents In his pos
session to prevent those falling into
the possession of biographers. No, Dr.
Evans savs: "Few- public men have
left so complete a record of their lives
as has Washington. He began at an
earlv period to keep copies of the let
ters'which he wrote and to preserve all
Important papers which came Into his
hands." Talk of bravery! And in an
a j where stenography was little used,
and typewriting machines and phono
graphs unknown.
The author of this volume of i.u7
pages Is professor of history in Tufts
College, and says that in thj prepara
tion of what is no presented that the
texts are taken with a few exceptions
from the edition issued about 20 years
ago under the editorship of Worthlng
ton C- Ford, also a considerable number
of notes are used from the edition is
sued 70 vears ago under the direction
of Jared Sparks. The hitter's editorial
methods have often been objected to by
scholars, for the complaint has been
made that he omitted many passages
In Washington's papers of which he
did not approve and failed to warn his
renders that the document as he pre
sented it was incomplete.
In the admirably written introduc
tion, the opinion is expressed thatj,
n-..i,in.iAn n-a the American revolu
tion, and his patriotic and statesman
like services are dwelt upon in bring
ing about the formation and adoption
of tlie t'nited States Constitution.
Manv are the letters given written by
Washington to friends and public of
ficials, along wlh state papers, all
presenting a Washington memory that
It is a relief to turn to. Tlie purity of
bis stvle and address is also a delight.
The volume belongs to the new series
. - imAHt-nn Statesmen."
Ol " I ittiiS" .
and gives information of Incalculable
value to the sMi tent anu orninnry mi
zens. The series opens well.
The Devil In r.ondon. By Oeorga R. Sims,
rri'e! !. tx.dge Publishing Company.
New York flty.
Gutter life in London. England, dar
Inglv and cleverly portrayed, as ex
plained hv he devil to his acqualnt-
Ai n r-alrfsv. la vears old, and
the owner by inheritance of "several
millions of money." but whether dol
lars or pounds sterling are meant Is
not stated. Alan cloes an a,ci oi nu.u
ness to an old woman named Blanche
n'iriiffnr who in return makes him
a present of a ring with a red stone,
once given to her by an Indian rajah.
This ring has occult power, and he
who wears it can can me nun i"
i.i 7 o n-ninn o'a miHSeasion. llOW-
rt hi- J ! " "
ever, the ring lias no occult value.
Fairfax, like Faust, summons tlie
devil, and tlie latter appears as "a tall,
dark, slim man of distinguished ap
pearance, and wearing evening u.
His face wan of the Spanish type, and
his straight, black hair tinged with
gray " He and Fairfax see London
together, and the devil tells his com
panion the secret history of many men
and women they meet. Of course, tlie
devil talks evil, and preaches, unwit
tingly, sermons showing the iniquities
of drunkenness, opium smoking, pov
erty, the demi-monde, the white-slave
trade, etc. In short, the book is a
sugar-coated pill demanding legisla
tive action looking toward better and
purer living for tlie masses.
In the end. the devil cleverly steals
the fateful ring from Fairfax, who by
this time lias fallen in love with a
mission worker. Sister Angela. I al
ways thought that the personal devil
was a busy person. If so, he must
have had very little to do when he
came so often at Fairfax's, "Come
here. I want you."
The Death of Lincoln, by Clara E. Laugh
lin sl 50. Illustrated. Douhleday. Page
Co.. New Tork City, and the J. K. Gill
Co., Portland.
To Insure the recognition to which it
1st entitled, this historical hook should
.have reached the Pacific Coast before
the centennial celebration of Abraham
Lihcoln's birth. But now that it has ar
rived, probably it Is yet In time, for such
a clear exposition of the greatest tragedy
of American history deserves more than
the consideration of the moment. It is
a real, dispassionate contribution to Lin
coln biography and should be treasured
as such. The story is told from the ac
counts of eye-witnesses and by inter
viewing survivors, and starts with the
Inception of tlie murderous idea In the
mind of John Wilkes Booth down to the
trials of the different conspirators.
-For the first 107 pages, tho general
atorv of the tragedy is told in crisp de
tail, and then there are 135 pages devoted
to appendices. Lincoln's life just prior
to the fateful night In Ford's Theater,
Washington. D. C. is faithfully sketched,
and in speaking of his careworn appear
ance it is said that "his long, gaunt body
was aged by the four years of war more
than most men age In a score of years."
The description of the shooting of the
President thrills In Its Intensity. Several
of Booth's letters are printed, and the pur
suit of the assassin Is graphically de
picted, especially tlie scene where he is
shot and fatally wounded by Sergeant
Boston Corbctt. of tlie 10th .New York.
The conduct of Dr. Mudd. one of the al
leged conspirators. Is defended. A point
Is made that the fear of beinB assassin
ated was often In Lincoln's mind.
Various rumors have been made from
time to time of the disposition of Booth's
body, and not very long ago a newspaper
article stated that the body was taken
down the Potomac River and sunk at
sea. This is the closing paragraph:
The identification being satisfactory
sided by the dentist who had filed John
Booth's teeth the body, in a handsome new
casket, was sent to Baltimore that night,
and the following day was interred In the
family lot at Greenmount. wliere It lies
beneath thick ivy under the east face of
the monument reared to the elder Junius
Brutus Booth by his on Edwin, in 1858.
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Tlie scene is a village In Vermont, in
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on sentry duty. The frightened relatives
j appeal personally to president L.tncoiu.
I who pardons Benny, hut In a succeeding
I battle, while in a desperate charge against
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Pub'lc interest, rarely disloyal to the
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tlve in that quarter lately. Mitchell Ken
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America" bv Edward L. Andrews, of the
N?w Vo'rk liar. It deals exclusively th
the Influence of the emperor upon America
and of America upon the emperor.
H H Bashford's "The rilgrlm's March"
is a' happy English story with a 'heme or
wide appeal, the hero being a likable youth,
w th artistic tendencies. The Rav-hearted.
the self-consclou. ways of the W"''
The situation I. worked out w.th h"mor
and in an atmosphere of good breeding.
A second edition Is being issued of Willi-
v-. "Greater English Poets
I of the Nineteenth , Century." in. which he
discusses Keats. C4ieii"y. ci'"i.
Wadsworth. lender. Browning. Tennyson.
Arnold. Roesettl, Norrls and Swinburne a
book that might already be Justly called
a contemporary standard.
Gertrude Atherton maintains her hold on
the American public at tho same lime i.
she strengthens her favor with the public
abroad "Ancestors." the author's interna
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description or the San Francisco earth
quake, has again been reprinted. Mrs. Ath
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several weeks ago after a years' sojourn
In Munich, and. Is now at her California
home.
The third volume of Charles F. War
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i- of the great leader whose name It
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summary of the chief events and happen
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The new novel which Justin Huntly Mc-.
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fifteenth-century Rome under the Borglsi
Both Cesare Borgia and the Duke of Gan
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characters, and It is said that the episode
which Mr. Swinburne used for his brief
poetic drama. "The Kuke of Gandla." the
murder of brother by brother, will be a
passing Incident in Mr. McCarthy's highly
spirited book. The Harpers, are planning
to issue the story in a few days.
"The Blue and the Gray and Othel
Verses." by Francis M. Finch, is announced
Tlie title po-m la one of the most famonl
of those that the Civil War gave rise to.
Mr. Finch also wrote a number of songs
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Inaui;ra;' Ode." "My Little Soldier." "Song
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entlre:y familiar with his subject and with
lis treatment by earlier annotation and
historiographers. There Is past and present
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created to transjKirt the fruits of tiie earth
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prospective Investor In Great Lakes enter
prises, the book will be found interesting
throughout.
William Dana Orcutt, author of the latest
Harper novel. "The Spell." has made a
special study of the ancient and revived
art of Illumination. Mr. Orcutt sas that
the fascination of these old treasures is
endless, and he -has studied them in the
Laurentian and Rteeardi libraries in Rome,
the Amhroaiana in Milan, the Natlonale in
raris. the British Museum in London, and
haunted numberless old monasteries In pur
suit of the color secrets of their manu
scripts. A distinct product of this slud-V
has been the Humanistic "Petrarch, wnicii
has made the author's name firm in the
realm of scholarship, and was the particu
lar volume which President Roosevelt went
to Cambridge to see two years ago.
Holman Day. 'way-down Easterner and
author of "King Spruce," is among the
growing company of novelists who have
been dramatized. One of his first well
known novels, "Squire Phlnn," is now- be
ing arranged for the stage. Major Day
has already enjoyed the experience of hav
ing a stage sketch made of one of his
short stories, and, what is more, of seeing
It remain on the stage for consecutive sea
sons. As for "King- Spruce." It has added
to itself the final mark of popularity by
becoming a newspaper serial, and has once
again been reprinted on the Harper press.
Professor Albert Bushnell Hart, of Har
vard I'niversity. editor and associate author
of "The American Nation." recently com
pleted, ia spending his sabbatical year on a
journey round the world. "It Is odd. stand
ing on the other side of tne globe." he
writes from Peking, "and listening to the
echoes from you people. I hear that Presi
dent F.tlot has resigned, and that Governor
Hughes has put o-'atan . under his feet. My
own mind In Peking is in a maze of cam
els. Mongols with pink 'pants.' and Manchu
ladles with pink paint streaks. I think
there is no such place as Peking it's a
fiction."
A notable new- book is W. Iiwler Wil
son's "The Menace of Socialism." Mr. "Wil
son Is a prominent. nntl-Sociallst campaigner
In Knglatid. His work treats of socialism
and anti-socialism as the two great eco
nomic forces about to enter into a struggle
for supremacy that will decide the political
future of the western w-orld. Taking a sci
entific and evolutionary view of the move
ment, the author forecasts a great out
break of. social revolution in Kurojie within
the next three or four years. Strangely
enough, this coincides with the fmagina
tlve forevtew of the Socialist author, JacK
London, whose latest work ia a study ot
soc(al revolution in 1912-1913.
Garret t P. Rervlss, author of- "Astronomy
With the Naked Rye." which has just been
j-eprinted. and welt known also as a lec
turer on astronomy, has directed his atten
tion to the earthquake problem as it af
fects Sicily. Mr. Servlss. In discussing gen
eral Sicily, explain? what modern science
has done toward ascribing the outbreak to
the influence of the sun and the. moon.
He is about to lecture on the subject in
compliance with untold requests with which
he and other - physical scientists have been
approached since the disaster. probably the
most important of these questions is that
which seeks to know whether there Is any
Increasing possibility of predicting these
tragic disturbances.
3u (DUhuK Unpi
Pofir of Sir inrf Otto Travel van's
! : 1!
I Books Added to Library j
i ' i
"If a man die, shall he live again?" Job 14.
Man questions all the silent stars ;
He ponders on the hollow skies,
Whose unreplying darkness bars
The further vision of his eyes;
Yet year on year the trusting earth
Bursts from its Winter winding sheet,
And man sees not the wondrous birth
Of miracles beneath his feet.
When bare, brown boughs blaze into green,
When' new life thrills the blade of grass,
We scan the stars and leave unseen
The little mysteries we pass
The marvel of the Swelling bud,
The wonder of the bursting bloom,
The blossom gems that quickly stud
The ground that once has been their tomb.
The patient trees unquestioning,
They live and die and live again,
As comes the call of Fall or Spring
They lack the hopes and fears of men.
No miser-life the blossoms lead;
They spend their perfumes in the breeze;
And he who knows of worth may read
The lessons written in the trees.
Mas asks his answer of the night,
And may not pierce the shrouding dark
The earth looks up against the light
That wakens grass, and bud, arid bark.
The common earth it has no creed,
Save that spelled by each upturned clod,
No faith save that of root and seed
And the blind patience of the sod.
Copyright, 190, by W. O. Chapaiaa.
The following books may be examined at
the public IJbrary during this week and
will he ready for circulation Monday,
March 8:
BIOGRAPHY.
Finney Memoirs. written by himself.
' Holland Holland house circle; by L. C.
Sanders. Illos. w
Robert E Lee, the Southerner; by
T N Page. litos.
Low A chronicle of friendships. 1!0S
Napoleon 1 Napoleon's men and methods;
bv A. I,. Klelland. n. d.
' Torrv tory of my life; recollection!
and reflections. 1908.
BOOKS IX FOREIGN LANGUAGES.
Anderson Knud SJaellandsfar's betragt
nlnger over aaret og dagen.
Blerhanm Mit der kraft.
colett Amtmandehs dotre. -
Eschstruth Der muhlenprtn.
Flammarion Det ukendte.
Herlenlus Erik Jansiamens hiatorta,
James I'rskovens dotre. 3 v.
Pontoppldan Det forjaettede land.
Verne Der triumph dea 19 Jahrhunderts.
S DF.SCR.IPTION AND TRAVEL.
Howells Roman holidays. 190S.
Lucas Highways and byways in Sussex.
'"Tompkins Highways and 'byways in
Hertfordshire. 1902.
FBTION. ,
Powering Hw-a tsien kl; the flowery
scroll; a Chinese novel. .
- KIIIh Tlie fair inoon of Bath.
F.wald The old room.
Harris The tents of wickedness.
Morris A pasteboard crown; a story of
the New York stage.
Rinehart Tlie circular staircase.
Whole family A novel by twelve authors.
. FINE ARTS. .
Csffin A child's guide to pictures. 190S.
Hill Handbook, of Greek and Roman
coins. 1899. . ..
Hovle's games. Rev. ed. l0i.
Nvc. The gate of appreciation. 190T.
Wagner Personal recollections of Wag
ner: by Angelo Neumann; tr. by Edith
Llvermore. 1908.
Winans The art of revolver shooting.
1001' HISTORY.
Gifford Germany, her people and their
story. 1899.
James What the white race may learn
from the Indian. 190S.
Jones The Roman empire. 190S. 9
PHILOSOPHY.
' Dewey & Tufts Ethics. 1D08.
Mosso Fatigue. 1904.
Rand. comp. Modern classical philoso
phers. 1908.
LITERATURE.
Chesterton All things ronildered. 1908.
P arke The girlhood of Shakespeare's
heroines. 1S93.
Fitch Beau Brummel; a play in four
acts. 190S.
Poster Argumentation - and debating.
19os.
Mackaye Fenris. the wolf; a tragedy.
lflOi
Hlore Shelburne essays: fifth series. 190S.
I'llnv, the Younger Letters; tr. by Mel-
moth and revised by F. C. T. Bosanquet.
111(18.
Yeats & Gregory The unicorn from the
stsrs, and other plays. 190S.
RELIGION.
Bible Bible abridged, being selections ar
ranged by D. G. Hasklns. 1900.
King The seeming unreality of the spir
itual life. inos.
Lodge Science and immortality. 190S.
SCIENCE.
Hildebrandt Airships past and present.
1908.
Merriman Treatise on hydraulics. Ed. S.
rev. . 1oS:
Phin The seven follies of science. 1906.
, SOCIOLOGY.
Maker Following the color line; an ac
count of negro citizenship in the American
democracy. 1908.
Clark Essentials of economic theory as
applied to modern problems of industry and
public policy. 1907.
Harrison National and social problems.
Mero. ed. American playgrounds, their
construction, equipment, maintenance and
utility, l!m8.
Merrill Winning the boy. Kd. 3. 1908.
Rowe Problems of city government. 190S.
Stranss The ideas of a plain country
woman. 1908.
Van Dyke The money god: chapters of
heresy and dissent concerning business
methods and mercenary Ideals In American
life. 1908
USEFUL ARTS.
K Campbell's 190T soil culture manual.
1907.
Conn Practical dairy hacteriology. 1908.
Fernbach Glues and gelatine; a practical
treatise on the methods of testing and use.
19U7.
Gardner Everybody's paint book; a com
plete guide to the art of outdoor and Indoor
painting. 1906.
Hutchinson Instinct and health., 1908.
Shaw Air currents and .the laws of ven
tilation. . 19(17.
Spangler Valve-gears. Ed. 2. 1908.
Spargo The common sense of the milk
question. 1908.
Thomson Bridge and structural design.
190.".
BOOKS ADDED TO REFERENCE DEPARTMENT.
' - .a telter of Lord Macaulay." which
L,ft . ,1, he nritited bv the Harpers in
. b;.itPh , ,e , addition of Macau
thls country w t to remember the
';'' Til. r check tor 20..MH.
rTv:rn'nMaoulav bv he English publishers
r hi. History of F.ngland" a, a royalty
,bJ tldrd and fourth volumes, first
upon the tnirii aim . nrPerved as a
Ushers. The In fl t pubcatlnn
table fact relative n " simultaneous
of the -History. I h was " M
m this country s y ,-, of
years ago. This was or. . cdi,ion
international Von, iUon of unau
was exposed to the "I Harpcrs had
tne'sTm- oTiJ for . van .Heet. wh.eh
renriu;r,ned;th.ihera,,tP,
uol. X- Co will follow Sternberg's "Life
, tr.,M Hunter " which they are just
of a fos.,1 "'inem,rCIln Nature Studies,
ssuing In the American i ,r,,ji,he
w-ith another volume it this "les
?sr5J" Lo v a sr
. -? ' etc and Tnvld Starr Jordan, pre--credulitj
that . is It i l ))(iok ,
2ctuaTflh P erlen. es. the volume also con
actual h),arf 0f when the east
wi'nd blew? oV'uie'Vha.rs of the club Porch
in a snug circle. Humor seems to be
among the '"qualities that the latest twe
fss,ieain this series have in common.
. In the course of hundreds of letters re
ceived bv Hamlin Garland on "The M.ad
World " " his new book. in which he
tells of his researches In the difficult realm
of the psychic, some have come from scof
fers some from devotees, some from dis
tracted parents with Imaginative children,
some from hard-heided business men w;l.o
are accustomed to cry "Piffle!- at anything
fhev can t know all about by application of
their live senses. "Will you please tell
me appeals one man. "whether yu ac
tuallv believe that a thing can follow a
mar. home?" And when poor Mr. Garland,
like anv other dispassionate investigate, .
has answered. "I cannot lei, you: I can
onlv state facts, " an outraged man said.
..Ho onies what he believes! I know whv
all such people do this It is because they
are afraid, and with reason, that some one
will snigger! I'd rather." continues tha ob
jector ftirioso, "belong to a sect that re
quired me to wear a blue shirt and pink
tights than to ha i a to 'answer cautiously
every time somebody asked me what I be
lieved!" Hex Beach is nflen asked whether th
characters in his Alaska novels are real,
and his answer is that they are. In the
main, although changed to suit the mo
tives of the story. In "The Barrier," for
example. "No-Creek Lee," who never made
a gold strike In his life, Is said to be real.
The author tells some good stories about
the old fellow, who was one-eyed and mel
ancholy, and told Mr. Beach that he firmly
believed that If ever he made a strike tha
creek Itself would get up In the night and
move. "The sight of a woman." said -Mr.
Bench, reminiscently. "terrified him beyond
came up and spoke to him. and he stood,
taking off his cap e0 times and bow leg with
agony. it was more than an embarrassing
accident: it was an adventure, and he used
to talk about it ever after. The one sub
ject that rivalled ill was a bicycle l.ee
had never seen a bicycle except in maga
sine illustrations, but he used to talk for
days about the sensiition of riding one.
You see. he Just dreamt how it felt; he
said it was like flying."
A number of instances of present-day
"Prosperity-sharing" and its various phases
will be the subject of an article in the
March century by William II. Tolman. di
rector of the American Museum of Safety
and Sanitation, New York. In the article
is incorporated a letter dealing with "social
engineering." from Andrew Carnegie, whom
Mr. Tolman designates "a notable 'social
engineer' himself." The magar.lne will be
essentially a "White House Number," hav
ing. In addition to Calvin Dill Wilson's story
of "Uur Presidents Out of Poors" and Wil
llum H. Crook's reminiscences of "Ruther
ford B. Hayes in the White House." three
sketches of President-elect Taff. James A.
Le Itov has written of "Taft as Adminis
trator." picturing his traits and methods as
revealed by his work In tlie Philippines:
and there Will he an anonymous study of
The personality of the New President."
Vn.ler title jf "Turning Points in Mr. Taft's
Career" will be published, for the first time,
two letters, in one of which Mr. Taft sets
forth reasons for declining to be considered
for the presidency of Yale, and In the othar
discusses his appointment on the Philippine
Commission.
Bilious?
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-1S98.
-Manual of composi-
ed. by . David
Davenport Cartoons.
Gardiner and others-
tlon and rhetoric. 1907.
Milton Poetical works;
Masson. 3 v. 1903.
Putnam and others Tabular views of uni
versal history. 1907.
Roberts Grant and validity of British
patents for inventions, ltio:.
Sweetser & Kent Key and flora; some of
the common f low ers of Oregon. 1908.
BOOKS ADDED TO JUVENILE DEPART
MENT. Field Little book of profitable tales.
Henty Fighting the Saracens.
Jewelt Town and city.
Roulet Our little Alaska cousin.
;lft.
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