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TIIE SUNDAY OEEGONIAN, PORTIAKD. " X0VE3IBER 12, 1922 " Enrico Cartuo: A Biography, by Pierre V. R. Key, in collaboration with Bruno Zirato. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, Mass. Although the flight of time has not yet mellowed the memory of Caruso, a memory that is alive ii.I vital and not ripened Into his j:y. it still seems appropriate that . is authentic biography should be iaunched now while his adoring public still loves him as it knev iiim. still considers his golden voice so near that the echoes have not died. Yet it will not be for many years that Caruso as a singer will need a biography. His was a fame due to no peculiar quip of fate and solely to a golden voice that probably never has been and never will be equaled. The world knows him bet ter, perhaps, than it knows any other single character, but still how much does it know of Caruso beyond his voice? A the 400 pages of the new biog raphy are turned one by one and the message of each, is read, the first impression is that the general pu'b lis knows very little of the actual Caruso, and the second impression is that Caruso's fame was not due alone to his golden tones. That his repertoire consisted of 43 operas, and that there were 24 others which he sang a few times or studied and never sang at all, is generally known, at least in the artistic world; but the record of Caruso the father, Caruso the student and Caruso the artist-ctor, if known at all, is known only through glamorous items of newspaper and magazine. The prodigious work which the tenor did in preparing his roles, his meticulous efforts and careful study of interpretation, tempi and even his scrupulous choosing of costume, and his comprehension of the true dramatic, his compilation of exten sive notes on every opera he pre pared for, and other tasks which he set himself to, make of him no less Caruso the singer but far greater Caruso the artist. Such a thorough biography might have a tendency to decrease admira tion through the increase of ac quaintanceship, but in this ease it dOes not. The whole story of Ca ruso's life is told, hut his whole life seems as lovable as his singing. He, like many another happy-minded man, sang at his bath, but it was not tho spontaneous shouting of most men. He sang while he splashed, hut with a music stand holding a score where lie could see it and an accompanist playing just outside the door.. This was" after the first ten minutes of his dav. which he spent in gargling and spraying-. For the most part the blngraphv is as it should he history relating the singer's early efforts, his bov hood. his first successes and his tri umphs in more than 20 different cities in nearly as many countries. The decline, the conscious failing of power, the anger at the first ad verse criticism, and the pull to re turn to his native .Italy, there to die. are periods of his life told with ex ireme sympathy. Pierre Key has " auon nimselt a diligent biographer and his collaborator. Bruno Zirato. who was Caruso's private secretary has added to the book a number of valuable appendices. The illustra tions, while all are not new. are those which are most characteristic of the man in his best-known and most beloved roles, with a few which were taken out of costume and which are interesting and sic-. nificant. Laughter Limited, by Nina Wllrox Put nam. The George H. Doran company. New York city. The formula of Nina Wilcox Put nam s tiyie specnies three ingre dients, realism, detached wit and originality of expression, especially in description. But like all recipes, ir is odious to anybody except the cook to consider the finished prod uct in terms of baking powder, 5 oiks of eggs and flavoring extract The epicure eats the cake, enjoy ing the taste, and the reader gulps oV.wn the book, enjoying the flavor. N:na Wilcox Putnam is not enjoyed bi-canse of her separate merits but t"','JUS ber conglomerate merit is hers individually. The combination she has made of these three ingre dients is entirely her own; if not a secret, a patented process. "West Broadway" is no doubt her best novel because of its superb ex position of the great American com monwealth and the people it is made of. "Laughter Limited," with all the same freshness and brilliant humor, is not as good a book be cause it does not deal with as great a subject. The prime purpose would seem to be the launching of ridi cule against a class of assinine movie magazines full of manufac tured propaganda about the home life of movie stars. "Laughter Lim ited is the true story of Bonnie McFadden's life in the movies, writ ten by Bonnie McFadden Bonnie McFadden is a 'New Eng land girl who falls for the praise of a make-believe director and goes to Hollywood. In spite of the wit and laughter of the story, ftiere is something in it leading to the oener tnat it is a good description- i-u" movie world life. There are no rose tints. Bonnie and her ad-opted mother frankly look for rooms where they can have the use of the kitchen range and the wash tubs. This mother, Adele Delane. is one of the best characters in the book. After a bitter experience Bon nie returns to their room. She says: "Adole was in bed, of course and also In full night armor from' chin strap to corn plasters, and to some she might have looked funnv v,i to me she was beautiful, for her arms went straight out to me and her eys shone with kindness from the middle of the cold cream and everything the instant she caught sight of my face." The descriptions and flashes in the story are illuminated with real ism. To describe a girl, there is used the expression, "thin leghorn of a blonde," and another example no better than a hundred others is "and everybody else in hearing dis tance turned around, one at a time the way they do when they over hear things." Such little expres S!"s.!s ,hse. taken wholly from ....u-iiuiiiureu me, are what Xina Wilcox Putnam the human touch. give great rracMcal Book f Furnishing the (.mall Hou.e and Apartment, bj Ed ward Stratton Hollowav The J B ppmeott company. Philadelphia.' Pa! ."ychologist3 declare that the ef rect of surroundings is as subtle and certain as any other material influence bearing upon the mind. They say a man or a woman may not feei or recognize the depres sion it-suiting from a distastefully and cl-ish'r.gly furnished room and may live on blissfully in ignorance of such effects, but they are there just the tame. Perhaps not even a psychologist would be necessary to deduce such a point. Much of the spirit of the home depends upon its furnishings. It would alsi seem that the dwellers therein, if not consciously, sub-consciously, project themselves into their surroundings, because if the dweller is a person of any taste By SiebaTd V Waller One of the last photographs of Enrico Cartmo, whose biog raphy has just been published, and culture something of hi3 or her personality is conveyed into the furnishings of his home. Such gen eralization could go on idefinitely, but the conclusion is that bad taste is just as annoying as an unshaded light. But if Mr. Holloway's book were only generalization it would not be worth much. He does not write of temperamental effects at all; he furnishes a guide to obtaining ef fect. His book is wonderfully com plete and understandable. He dis cusses and describes furnishings and decorations in all their forms; fur niture, drapes, colors, curtains, fix tures and others, telling not only the history of each, but going well into arrangement, general scheme and individual value. His book Is a safe and valuable guide, replete with suggestions on house furnish ings. My Life, by Emma Catve. D. Appleton & Co., New lork city. Calve, of fame as Carmen and Ophelia, has written the story of her life with artistic simplicity, like the true artist that she is. It is to be regretted that her autobiography and Caruso's biography have ap peared almost simultaneously, for great as she was and is. it cannot be hopped that the star can outshine the moon. But. on the other hand. Calve lives and Caruso is dead and there remains the incentive of read ing and knowing so that the pleas ure of seeing and hearing -will be increased. The publication of Calve's life story is" imp-ortant if it contains nothing buit her own story, but it is something more than that. It is al most a history of music for the period of her career. Refreshing it is to read such a book that does not irn-turte a phanter entitled "Earlv Struggles." for unless her year of broken health during her time ot study be so called. Calve did not struggle. As a child ,she dreamed and played with child neighbors and then one da.y in a play at the con vent she attended she was beard to sing by someone who recognized a voice. From that point, save for in cidental adventures, her career un rolls like a strip of velvet carpet leading to the throne of triumph. More than most autobiographers Calve talks freely of her feliow artists Patti. Caruso, Eleonora Du-se, the divine Sarah and a host ot others. It is always in connec tion with some pgreeable and il luminating happening that th.se references are made and in this re spect Calve has shown herself a discriminating writer. For. a straight history of career the book is extremely readable and entertaining. Such little events as the fear of the sultaln of Turkey that she might have Carmen's dag ger in her stocking when she danced in the harem, and her rescue by a Frenchman from a Spanish audi ence, enraged because she would not sing Carmen; the purchase of a cas tle which as a child she had dreamed of owning; these are some of the bright spots. Tho Evil Shepherd, by E. Phillips Op penhelm. Little, Brown & Co., Bos ton, Mass. ; There is a rule, not iron clad, which some schools of journalism teach. It belongs to a specific kind of journalism, and the rule is that the masses, the common people, like to read about the doings, the joys and the troubles of the great and the rich. And just as this rule is applied in a certain kind of jour nalism, so it is applied in a certain kind of fiction. E. Philips Oppenheim is not the only one of the big. quantity-production novelists who wield this kalsomine brush to supply fascina tion, but he is one of the group. The general rule is a good one and its followers always reap a gener ous harvest of readers. For instance in "The Evil Shep herd" we are led to believe that Francis Ledsame is not only a great barrister, but an extremely interesting character, by reason of the intelligence that is alleged to belong to him because of hi-s stand ing and that is not specifically and conclusively shown in his thoughts, conversation and deeds. Mr. Led sam never goes to a club; be goes to a famous club; he never asso ciates with people', he associates with notables or murders, villains or beautiful heroines. The whole glamour of his existence has the rose tints of wealth, mystery and intrigue. And Mr. Oppenheim sel dom allows his characters to think; he permits them to recite the con clusions of their thoughts and to act on the results. Consequenly he provides a book that is based entirely upon action and which provides only sentimen tal reflections of no particular value. His are books not to in struct but to stave off monotony . and to relieve the reader from the ' renn ncilii 1 it V ff H nv C A r i n 11 thought. In "The Evil Shepherd" there are three murders and one suicide; there rs a woman chained to this intrigue by force of circumstance; there are hints of narcotic dealing, gambling, fighting and general vice, and struggling agaii.jt all this sodden ness is pure romance; the two ro mantic actors indulging therein with thoughtless serenity. They are concerned only, with their own problems, and so is the reader, who gets no glimpse of broad horizons nor discussion of his problems or his neighbor's. Francis Ledsam is a barrister who secures the acquittal of a mur derer and then from the wife of the man learns that he was guilty. He decides in the future to defend only innocent clients and philanthropi cally ruins his practice. He also falls in ;ave with the woman. She the daughter of a man Ledsam believes to be a thorough villain. 1 The . freed husband is killed . but , I Ledsam establishes belief that his death was suicidal. The woman's father warns Ledsam, while they1 are at dinner in a "famous" res taurant that a crime is to be com mitted there, and a young man Is shot as he leaves his sweetheart to find a taxlcab. The rest of the plot is made up of the search for the murderer and the extrication of the father from connection with the crime. There are many strange anecdotes in the general flow of the tory and while it progresses Ledsam fights for and finally wins the love of the mur dered murderer's wife. Ariel, by Jose Enrique Rodo. translated, with an Introductory essay, by F. J. Stimson. The Houghton-Mifflin com pany, Boston, Mass. Prospero, the Shakespearean ideal ist, Rodo's spokesman, not in his main message but in its echoes, would discuss with resentment the modern intrusions into the peace fulness of primitive life and, unwit tingly, no doubt, provide an eco nomic history of the gradual change. That is a large order and it Is crammed into a surprisingly small book that is difficult to read; a book only for energetic thinkers who would seek to maintain the philos ophy of Greek forums above the clamor of modern machinery. The prime message of Rodo's es say 's of the Latin-American mis sion of retaining old-world sim plicity in the development of new world territory, a duty which this Uruguayan philosopher declares must be carried out by La'.ln America. Just how much of the beauty of thought and finesse of conception has been lost through translation can be determined only by one equal to the task of reading, and intelli gently, the essay in both languages. Either the original, internationally termed a masterpiece, is remarkably intense, or this quality has been in culcated through a painful striving for precision in the choice of exact words. An example of this, and also of the general tone, follows: "Since our century began to as sume independence, personal liberty in the evolution of its ideas. German idealist philosophy has rectified the equalitarian Utopia of the. 18th century and again exalted, albeit with too much Caesarism, the part played in history by individual greatness. Comte's positivism, not recognizing in the democratic equality anything but a transitory wiping out of ancient class systems, and denying with equal conviction the definitive efficiency of popular rule, sought in the principles of nat ural classification which should be substitute for the hierarchies re cently destroyed." As an analysis of modern thought and : the basic facts underlying the modern motives of nationalism; as an exposition of philosophic eco nomics and as a review of the in fluences which great minds have had upon civilization, the essay must be recognized. Saint Jeanne d'Are. by Minna Caroline Smith. The MacMiilan Co., New York city. So many books have been written of Jeanne d'Arc that it is necessary to classify each new one. This is not a revelation of intimate his tory studded with rare gems of anecdotes and sidelights; it Is an exalted story of the Maid of France for those who do not know well her life and deeds, and who wish to know them. Everyone should read of Jeanne d'Arc; in history Siie ranks with Alexander, Caesar and Napoleon; she is a dominating figure of literature; her spirit gave to France something of the national spirit,, and in religion she is some thing beyond pure saintliness. But what to read depends upon how much you want to know of her and how much you already know. Jeanne d'Arc has been so greatly exalted, as she should be, that most books on her have failed to give the human side, especially of her early years. It would be a bless ing if some analyst of child nature would write, or could write, Ihe story of her childhood, explaining the natural influences which bore on her, and provide a living char acter such as H. G. Wells has pro vided in his "Joan and Peter," or Compton MacKenzie in his "Youth's Encounter." Minnie Caroline Smith writes this biography in a manner as fine as the figuring on a Damascus sword, but she does only the figur ing and between the lines the sword blade of her story is bare. This, let it be said, has been done inten tionally. It has been the writer's purpose to tell an exalted story dealing with the spiritualistic and symbolical facts of Jeanne d'Arc's life. She does not tell, as other chroniclers have, how the maid's father followed in her glory, en joying the conviviality which was destowed upon him by reason of his daughter's place, but she re lates her father's objection to her visions and her relations with the soldiers. v The book Is based on facts, from the time of Jeanne's first communi cation with God until her death by fire, and the whole history of La Pucelle Is there, written in an en tertaining style and thoroughly in formative. My Impressions of America, by Margot Asquith. Tbe George H. Doran com pany. New York City. If these criticisms of America and its cosmos by British writers, which have become so popular, were intended for British consumption, they would indicate one or both of two things; a significant trend of international politics making necessary the seeking by Eng land of better acquaintance with us. or the dawning of the old idea that as a nation we are prone to listen to recitals of our faults. The latter "raison d'etre" is the more feasible. As a matter of fact this second book by Mrs. Asquith is more auto biographical than her autobiog raphy. In it she relates her own ex periences, and anecdotes concerning the adoration we heaped upon her during her short nine weeks' tour a year ago, but in her autobiography she was much more concerned with other notables. In fact, she was charged with indiscretion and un loyalty for revealing the intimate affairs of certain persons, even though she did assume that she had a right to because she was con cerned in some of the affairs. Let it be said in ail justice that she apologizes to Americans on the score that nine weeks is not a long enough time to gather many impres sions, although she straightway pre ceeds to talk very emphatically Even her condescensions to praise have the flavor of being given be grudgingly, as, for instance, when praise was bestowed upon a cer tain hostess because of her Irish linen napery, tapestries and Rey nolds portraits, as though such things were exceptions even in the homes of American aristocracy. Those Americans who have had. if not the misfortune at least the novel experience, of riding in Eng lish trains, will be rather astounded to read that Mrs. Asquith found our own comfortable trains studded and upholstered with faults and abom inable things to ride in. On ' the other hand some of our politicians of baser alloy will heartily agree with Margot in what she has to say of the power of the American press, and with her in the opinion that some man of sufficient power should strive to break it. The chronicler-critic liked those places best, it seems, where she was best received, and she particularly, even peculiarly, enjoyed her con tact with prominent people, re ferring to them as my dear friend Colonel House, or life-long friend John Hay. This note runs through the whole treatise and in every in cident the writer Is the chief char acter. Of course, she should be,' these impressions are her impres sions, but, then, aren't impressions reflections in discourse, or are they chatter of personal experience? America will patiently read and discuss Margot Asqulth's points. Al though a number of such books have been published there are not yet enough to push us to resentment or to the formation of an anti-British impression club. It might be a good idea, however, to send over a small corps of American writers of im pressions just to even up the rate of exchange, The Three Fires, by Amelia Josephine Burr. The MacMiilan company. New York city. The dividing line between good fiction and indifferent is a vague line indeed. There is no sharp di vision, and the waves of merit surge up on the beach of recog nition, some receding sooner than others and some dampening sand that has never been damned before. There is no tidal wave thl-own high by the storm of genius in Amelia Burr's new book, "The Three Fires," but like the steady lapping of the quiet sea, there is a steady flow of merit. Nila Is a young Hindu girl of Ceylon, always sheltered and kept from the van-colored life of those oriental parts. 1 hen she meets Tuan Noor. the handsome young Moslem, and a. fierce, intense love springs up between them. The description of this sudden passion is one of the best pages of the book. Because Tuan Noor is a Moslem and Nila a Hindu, her father will not permit the marriage and promises the daughter'to a kind and gentle crip ple, Motu Rayen. Tuan Xoor then swears revenge and the plot of the story bears on his efforts to even the score. The atmosphere of those eastern places is not as emphatically con voyed to the prrnted pages as it is, for instance, in Kipling's stories, of tho same country, nor are thechar- acters as striking. But then. Kip ling is a recognized master, and the comparison is somewhat unfair. There is good atmosphere and there are good characters in Amelia Burr's story. Her genius does not shine as it shines in her poems, but she has written a very readable book of eastern color, fascinating in its play of passion and strife. If Wintw Don't, by Barry Pain. The f rederlek A. Stokes Co., P,ew iorfe city. This is intended to be a parody, but is only a fair sort of burlesque on "If Winter Comes." It is not reviewed: it is rebuked. It belongs to that classification of books which are described in pink drawing rooms as "screamingly funny." being in fact about as funny as a cry for help. It will appeal to those who did not like "If Winter Comes," of which there are about three in Portland. Parodies are very useful things in the general scheme of things; they strengthen the right viewpoint and correct the wrong one. Bur lesque is an amusing form of juvenile entertainment. Of course, no book can be wholly and com pletely bad. and in some spots Mr. Pain is rather witty. That is gen erally when he departs from the main theme and depends upon his own originality for a few brief lines. But. of course, real wit can be only original, and for the greater span of the story the author de pends upon taking off A. S. M. Hutchinson's own brand of origin ality. For one thing the burlesque artist is not consistent. A great many persons know Mark Sabre and love him well for his great humanness. Barry Pain has either sought or fallen to characterize his burlesque leading man partly- as a playful child and partly as a dotty old man. Now a good parody would be as delicately done as the book and as neatly turned in its humor, but "If Winter Don't," is not delicate, and. it often is harsh. The average reader cannot help laughing, but it is the same laughter that an gers him who laughs at the mon strous crude jokes of the third-class vaudevillian. If Winter Don't" will do- "If Winter Comes" a lot of good. For one thing it puts it in the class of books famous enough to be parodied, and for another thing it will increase the already large sympathy which the serious novel aroused. On a Chinese Screen by v. Somerset Naughton. The George H. Doran com pany. New York city. This is a book of beautiful essays, if beauty can be blended even slightly with satire, distinctly with in the 'belles letters" classification. The philisopher has chosen a fertile field in watching those who come and go and pause in lonely or hec tic pJaees in China, for life becomes transparent when It is deprived of its background and set stark naked in some strange spot. The fallacies of human nature, as well as the good points, show through like ob jects on the plate of an x-ray, in such circumstance. Now some of these' essays are pure rot, and pointless, although they do make good reading. Also a few are pearls of prose and wis dom, the beauty of the writing be ing the lustpr and the wisdom the value of the pearl. The rest are pleasant sketches, such as an Itin erant artist would draw as he wan ders, catching the scenes which suit his fancy. Would it be possible to combine a faint touch of O. Henry' satire and humor with the dignity of Dunsany and the wisdom of Marcus Aurelius? Perhaps not. It would he like a hash made of biscuit tortoni, Roque fort cheese and pate de fois gras; each delicacy would lose something of its distinctive taste and the re sult ensemble would not be encour aging. Now these three traces are In Mr. Maugham's essays, but they are only traces, and are mentioned only for the purpose of description of style and content. Gurolo. by Edna Ferber. Doubleday, Page & Co.. Garden City, N". Y. The difference that a book cover makes is often surprising. These short stories by Edna Ferber. when published in magazine form, were not particularly impressive except as fiction of the moment by a popu lar writer. In the volume they are brilliant little glimpses of American life from a variety of vantages, their only fault being a tinge of sa tire, a quality in the use of which Edna Ferber is not exactly adept. The book contains eight stories. "The Afternoon of a Faun" presents Nick, a rarely good character, who works in a garage, and is indifferent to the dozen girls "who call him on the telephone. , The turn by which Nick falls from grace is almost on O. Henryism. ."Old Man Miniek" is rather a gem, demonstrating how the most drab and commonplace things can be con verted into shining fiction, and old man Minick !s a character that few writers would dare to touch because of his very dullness. "Gigolo," a story of Paris and of a young man, designated In this country as a male flapper, is a trifle soft in spots, but otherwise 'a fine etching of a sub ject difficult to catch correctly. "Not a Day Over Twenty-One" is undoubtedly the most satiric in the collection, and to balance the sub ject, "The Sudden Sixties" touches a note of humorous pathos. "Home Girl," "Ain't Nature Wonderful?" and "If I Should Ever Travel," are the others, and all are peculiarly Edna Ferber in style and content. Who reads the book because of its author will not be disappointed. The Heart of Little Slilkara, and Other Stories, by Edison Marshall. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, Mass. One or two eastern critics have complained somewhat of Edison Marshall's portrayals of animal na ture, to the effect that he makes them think too intelligently, brings them too near the human level, but fails to admit them to it. But then those are eastern critics, not to be blamed for not knowing the forests of the Pacific northwest as Mar shall does, and, if animals are not nearly human, what are they? The story which gives the volume its title, "The Heart of Little Shi kara," was acclaimed the best short story of 1921 by the O. Henry me morial award committee of the Soci ety of Arts and Sciences, and an other, "The Elephant Remembers," was selected by the same committee as one of the best 15 short stories in 1919. And there are eight others included in the book: "Never Kill a Porcupine," "Jungle Justice," "Shag of the Packs," "The Son of the Wild Things," "Furs." "Little Death." "The Serpent City" and "Brother Bill the Elk." As a writer of animal and west ern stories although not all of his animals are western or even Amer ican Edison Marshall holds a place unique in American literature. Even though he is of this northwest coun try his understanding of its natural elements is almost beyond compre hension. He is of that school which seeks to write real stories of the west, and if there were more like him and fewer of the class who write bloodthirsty cowboy and cow girl stories In the best approved motion picture style, western stor ies never would .be sneered at. His knack of making wild animals think coherently by instinct perhaps ap proaches a note of their" real intel ligence more closely than any1 other -writer's interpretation. -With more stories by him the west that is loved by westerners and admired by east erners will be retained. Homespun, by -Mead & Co. Grace E. Hall. Dodd, New York City. Of the various qualities for the possession of which Grace Hall can be praised, paramount is her inter pretation of human thought and mo tive, an insight which carries her far beyond the reaches of average introspection. Some of her lines may lack the music of those of more widely-known poets, but they never lack the potent message. In this respect she stands above the great majority of verse writers. Her first volume of poems is a careful selection from those which have graced another page of this paper for a number of years. They are such as will fit into the title of the volume, poems which in the ag gregate make up the fabric of life. There is scarcely one which does not contain some intimate thought, or interpret beyond the powers of the average lay mind some problem of emotion, grief, joy, love or admira tion. Mrs. Hall seldom falls upon the original in subject. That is not her field. Her task is to beautify or exait the every-day thought, and it is in the execution of her. theme that originality holds forth. It is safe to say that many readers find the answer to their own question In her verses. -Hers is the philosophic trend and for it she is willing to forsake beauty of line if not its balance, although often, in her well nigh faultless meter, a line of beau tiful cadence and exquisite tone shines through. One instance of this is in her poem, "School Days": And the song birds hold high . carnival . each morn ; , Where a zig-zag fence outlines the road. Most' rakish and absurd, As It follows past the fields of waving Stevenson's Old Home in Monterey to Be Sold. New Owner to Make No Changes in Old Adobe. MONTER1 enson's ONTEREY, Cal., Nov. 11. Stev- s home, an old Monterey affob-j pointed oirt to visitors as the house in which Robert Louts Stevenson lived for a year in Mont erey, is to be sold in the near fu ture to (.raptain Frederick A. Ran- dull of Santa Barbara, and lovers of Stevenson s works are hoping that the new owner will make no changes in the house. During the short time Stevenson was in Monterey he was ill and sho-t of money, according to local records. He had one great friend, however, in Jules Simoneau, keeper of a little restaurant. Simoneau opened his purse strings for Stev enson, and years later when the author became famous he sent auto graphed copies of his first editions to the innkeeper. Simoneau later became in need of money himself, but never would he sell those Stev enson autographed volumes, for they were his treasures. While in Monterey Stevenson started "The Amateur Emigrant," a story of his voyage across the At lantic. "The Pavilion on the Links" was written here, also the essays on Thoreau and the Japanese re former, Yoshida Torajiro. Years later when Stevenson wrote "Theasure Island" he drew on the scenery of the Monterey . coast for his descriptions of the deserted is land where the gold and silver pieces of eight were buried. In "The Old Pacific Capital" Ste venson wrote a description Of Mon terey, in which he said: "The one common note of all this country W the haunting presence of the ocean. A great faint sound of breakers follows you high up into the inland canyons; the roar of the water dwells in the clean empty rooms of Monterey as in a shell upon the chimney; go where you will, you have but to pause and listen to hear the voice of the Pa cific." Rogue River Valley Xcw Paradise Grants Pass Observer. The Rogue River valley is ths nearest approach to paradise pos sible, according to the opinion of R. L. Vose. who came here recently from Moclips, Wash., and who has purchased the Schubert property on East A street. Mr. V.ose is greatly enthusiastic over the country and states that he is wild about it. He came here to harvest his grape crop. Mrs. Vose having preceded him by several weeks. "Mr. Vose was a rail road man at Moclips previous to coming here. DEDICATION RECALLS EVENTS IN COLONEL ROOSEVELT'S LIFE Man Who Became Great Leader and President of Country Educated at Harvard Career in Public Service Reviewed. (Continued Prom First Pase.) e vil service system to include many offices hitherto under the control of political influence and for the pas sage of the Davis law fixing the minimum annual salary of school teachers at 600. With the approach of state and national conventions in 1900 the position of Governor Roosevelt in the republican party grew both interesting and involved. He had become a leading personality in the party, although hostile to some sections, of it and dangerous to others, and was known to be- am bitious. McKinley Succeeded at Death. Against his expressed desire for a second term as governor in which to complete the reforms barely begun he was nominated for vice president on the ticket with Presi dent McKinley and was elected in November of the same year. On September. 14. 1901, at the death of McKinley, Roosevelt became his successor. Shrewd political commentators had construed the nomination of Roosevelf for vice-president as an intrigue of party leaders to insure his political extinction in that in conspicuous officer If such a plan existed, chance frustrated it by the death of President McKinley. President Roosevelt conducted his administration as a continuation of McKinley's, of whose principles he was the avowed conservator. The plans for trust and tariff legisla tion were adhered to, particularly in reference to reciprocity treaties with other countries. The Philippine policy was main tained and a partially autonomous government was provided for the islands. 'Also the construction of an isthmian canal was authorized and the connection of the Philip pine islands with the United States was accomplished by means of a submarine cable. All this was heri tage of the McKinley administra tion. Legislation identified more dis tinctly with Roosevelt himself dealt with the revision of the country's financial system, the in crease of the navy as the best means of preserving peaceful relations be tween this and other powers and the establishment of a permanent census bureau and of a department of commerce and labor, the secre tary of which is a member of the cabinet. Coal Strike Settlement Famous. Of the personal side of his admin istration one instance is sufficiently characteristic his action in the anthracite coal strike of 1902. when he called together representatives of both parties in the anthracite trou ble and induced them to agree to tho appointment of n arbitration commission. This was an act with out precedent in the history of his office and was performed in the public behalf toremedy a national evil. . r . So striking was the president's personality that it became the prin cipal issue in the campaign of 1904. The republican convention in Chi cago nominated by acclamation Mr. Roosevelt to succeed himself, and in the election of November he de feated his democratic opponent, Judge -Parker, of New York, by a THB LITERARY PBRISC0P& BY JENNETTE KENNEDY, I his bow to the reading world in "The Asst. in the Circulation Dept., Public I Charmed Circle" he pleased the peo Library. pie who like books of quiet humor HE lively and readable record of the youth of Johnson's fa mous biographer, which Chaun- cey Brewster Tinker has written under the title of "Young Boswell," Is described in the Spectator as "both capital fun and excellent criticism; let us hope that a waft of its in cense somehow reaches the unsub stantial but still eager nose of the great little biographer, wherever he is and whatever lordly shade he is beseeching for advice." The same critic sums up the personality of Boswell by declaring him "a unique figure, an amazing composite of Sandford and Merton, Young Loch invar, Tony Lumpkin and Plutarch." Some one has said:' "You can tell the sort of people who live in a house by the kind of books they read, and tHe odd nooks and corners where you find them. In a cultured household you don't have to reach very far for a book." Barry Pain has written a parody on "If Winter Comes," called "If Summer Don't.' seller there is lesque. For every best an inevitable bur- In an analysis of Sinclair Lewis' new novel, "Babbitt," Fiison Young says: "Whereas it deals entirely with people with whom to spend one day would be to me inconceivable exile and boredom, from the sight and sound of whom my whole Anglo civilized soul would flee in terror, yet I am absorbed in reading about them and could wish that, this sub stantial book of 500 pages were twice that length." Edgar Lee Masters has turned from poetry writing to the produc tion of a novel historical in char acter on early Illinois, entitled "Children of the Market Place." The first and second volumes' of H. L. Mencken's "Prejudices" have been so stimulating in,their effect that the readers who responded to them will be interested to know that the third volume in the series Is out and contains "destructive criticism of the current concept of Americanism disturbing, provoking and important." "The Print of My Remembrance" is an excellent and arresting title for a book of reminiscences, and when one finds the name of Augustus Thomas so long associated with the best type of American drama as the author, pleasant anticipations be come guaranteed satisfactions that this volume contains records of life richly interpreted. Frank Swinnerton is on' the 1st of fall publications with a new novel, "The Three Lovers." On the theme that civilization j gradually shifts its center north-j ward through the centuries Dr. Vilhjalmar Stefansson has written "The Northern Course of Empire." One. reader says: "I picked it up intending either to breeze hastily by it or to settle down to solemn, laborious, dutiful reading. I laid the book down at 2- o'clock this morning." ' A lieutenant-commander in the United States navy, Fltzhugh Green, has written an absorbing story for boys of a bully and a "sissy" made over by four years at Annapolis Into manly human beings. "Won for the Fleet" is the title. When Edward Alden Jewell made popular majority of nearly 2,000,000 votes. His second administration was marked by the same fruitful energy as had characterized the first. To his personal intercession and good offices was largely due the peace concluded at Portsmouth, N. H., be tween the envoys of Russia and Japan in the summer of 1905. for which he was, awarded the Nobel peace prize. In 1906 Roosevelt's influence led congress to pass a bill aimed to check unfair discrimination in rail way rates and he also enforced the enactment of a law to secure the purity of American food products, Fcremost among his policies were tnose of the conservation of natural resources and through irrigation and otherwise the development of the (rest. Another outstanding feature was the effort to regulate and control the corporations Of the nation and to fit the needs of expanding busi ness to the antiquated Sherman anti-trust law. A hunting trip to Africa as a rep resentative of the Smithsonian in stitute followed by a tour of Eu rope which proved to be a personal triumph for Roosevelt was an out standing feature of his activities following his presidency. Later he made a trip of exploration to South America in 1914. Taft Opposed by New Party. A rift in the friendship between Roosevelt and Ifls successor as pres ident, William Howard Taft, led to the former's announcement of lis opposition to Mr. Taft's renomina-tio-n. The ex-president's influence had been large in placing Mr. Taft in'the White House. Now his- influ ence was equally strong in prevent ing Mr. Taft from remaining there. Men who had clashed with the Taft policies quickly rallied to Roose velt's support. Roosevelt assembled what he termed constructive ideas as opposed to the conservative ones of the so-called republican old guard, characterized them with the description "progressive"- and or ganized the progressive party by withdrawing with his followers from the Chicago convention of 1912. He became the new party's candi date for president. Thisplit in the republican ranks resulted in Wood row Wilson's election. In the 1916 presidential campaign Roosevelt was a conspicuous figure, first for his declination of the progressive party nomination and second for the active part he took in welding the republican party, which he had formerly split. He worked ardently for the election of Justice Hughes. the republican nominee, and led thousands of voters back to the republican ranks. Four of Roosevelt's sons entered the recent war and saw active service. . Quentin, one of the four, entered the aviation service .and was shot down by German aviators, who buried his . body, erected a monument ' from his airplane and notified the Americans of his death. Theodore Jr. and Archibald were wounded and gassed. It is believed by some members of the Roosevelt family that the death of the ex-president may have been hastened somewhat by his grief over the death of his youngest son. I and subtle charm, and to hear of anotner novel by him, "The Moth Decides," causes the interest one might feel in meeting a well-introduced stranger. Exploration tor the discovery of new material sometimes takes its toll from the writer who goes "a-hunting." Poison mosquito bites, exposure and hardships fell to the lot of Arthur O. Friel during his re cent trip to the South American jungles bordering the Orinoco, where he secured the necessary color for his forthcoming novel, "Tiger River," to be published as a sequel to "The Pathless Trail." "The Romantic World of Music" is a book in which William Armstrong has done for concert and opera lovers just what many would want done in condensed form. Beginning with Mme. Patti, Mr. Armstrong gives sketchy notes on the careers of Nordica, Melba, Schumann-Heink and Paderewski; then the present day artists, Mary Garden, Caruso, John . McCormack, Frieda Hempel, Amato, Galli-Curci and Jeritza. These biographical bits are followed by some of the love stories of a number of famous singers. Our former minister to the Balkan states, Charles J. Vopicka, has dis closed what he considers essential points in the' history of the"Balkan nations in his recent work, "Secrets of the Balkans." - "I hope I'll always be an adven turer: no man who wants to write should be anything else," says Eu gene Cunningham, author of "Gypsy ing Through Central America," Among the audacious epigrams in the little book "Tatlings" are these: "The only way to keep a man at home is to go out with him." "Most people are only caricatures of their own possibilities." "Firearms and A SON ,F SAHARA By Louise Gerard The Greatest of all Desert Stories " At all Booksellers H.7S . iiiiiiiimiMMiimimiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiutiiniiiiniiiiitimiiii MRING By SAMUEL GORDON The Love Story of a S modern Enoch Arden. H The Olaraulay Co.. 1.75. New York. 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Discoverer of Pneumatic Steel Making Honored. Recognition, Denied to Scientist While Living, Bestowed. DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 11. Tho late William Kelly, scientist, hailed as the discoverer of the pneu matic process of steel making, has been accorded the honors denied him while he lived. Tha honor is in the form of a bronze tablet placed in the door of the public library at Wyandotte, a suburb, said to be the birthplace of the American stesl industry. Steel men from all parts of tha country witnessed tne dedicatory ceremonies. The inscription on tha tablet asserts the late Mr. Kelly was the discoverer of the process of steel making that has made tha building progress of the world pos sible. Following the unveiling, William C. Kelly of Charleston, W. Vs., a son, told a story that up to that time had been a family secret. He declared that years ago his father established a steel mill in Kentucky and began manufacture of steel by the old charcoal method. One day the slaves forgot to re plenish the charcoal beneath one ot the furnaces. Mr. Kelly investigated and saw that cold air was reaching the melting iron and making - it, not colder as he expected to find, but hotter. "My father developed the air -process of steel making from that discovery," the speaker said. The son of the discoverer related that two English workmen later obtained, from his father the story of the process and that later when the elder Kelly attempted to patent his process discovered that tho la-t . Sir Henry Bessemer of England al ready had obtained tho American; rights, asserting he had discovw ered the system independently. Tha speaker charged that later develop ments proved Sir Henry had been, one of the men who posed as Eng lish steel workers, obtaining tha, story of the process from his fathon. "My father established his prior ity rights, but a struggle followed and he did not meet with financial success," the son said. The elder Mr. Kelly established the first large pneumatic steel maid ing plant in the country at Wyan dotte. Despite the fact that tha Detroit suburb was the birthplace of the industry, Pittsburg later was selected as the steel city of tha. country. New Violins Perfected. ' Leo Sir, an aged violin maker of Marmande, France, has perfected in struments that may revolutionize the orchestra. At present we use four violin-type instruments rang ing from the soprano violin to the bass viol. M. Sir provides two super sopranos, a mezzo-suprano slightly above the present alto, a baritone just below the tenor, and a sub- i bass. The newly organized orches tra has been tried out at the Mont marte theater and critics declare that the possibilities of interpreta tion are wonderfully Increased, Coral Industry Revivtd- Scientific American. 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