THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY ' MORfltlfa. MARCH 5, .,18It
HE "Purchaae , Price," by Emer
eon Hough. Mr. Hough has
reached that enviable stage In
his literary " career that when
he aends forth a new book he
pan taA Mm hanita Btirl Vnnar that It
at all whether It la liked or not. But
n. maii !4ariAA nnAn rn tonnrft Ail
' vance criticism, and certainly not in
thta case, even If "The Purchase Price"
oca not measure tin to me iuii stature
ot soma" of rhla"other-works.JWhettier
- It does or not mar be merely a matter
of opinion, and our-opinion is that, in
... some respects. It does not' It Is a story
very similar to "54-40 or Fight," though
coming about a decade later In point
of Uma, , with soma of the actor of the
first overlapping into this, thsugh the
names .Are not so boldly spoken. 'The
. herolrfe of The Purchase Price," is also
a brilliant and beautiful young foreign
er, a better woman perhaps, less of an
Intriguer, but inferior in diplomacy and
unease to tne nerowe 01 ine urn oooa
CViM Am . f . ml.l anMatnr Kit Via vttl
in her reins the blood of patriots who
- f onght and died for liberty la America
and Europe. She had come to America
to prepare the way. In a manner, for the
' Mffllnr Af Kmtatit-h. th. Hunrarlaff Ta-
; triot jHere she found - problems of
liberty r greater than Kossuth had to
solve, and into the turbulent stream of
nnlltlial tVaahtnrtnn nXCk lhv Wlllf
hot make very clear why the statesmen
of a certain round table icllque should
desire her denortatton So ardently that
they would ba aceeasory to a prime In
order to get rlAof i hcr.JCb.eywere.
however, and the reader, first meets the
- Countess St. Auban at Pittsburg, ready
to' step on the packet Mount Vernon,
, about to leave for. down the Ohjo, with
her Jailer, Captain Carlisle, whose mill-
1I J ur UtTj nolo w luna tlvt ra.jn; nuvi,
U beyond that point As they ara about
to step aboard the strongest ' and most
dominant force in the story makes it
; appearance Iri the. person of State Sena
tors Warvllle Dunwody of Missouri,, who
at once scents a mystery, abandons the
: stage trip he was Intending, and turns
up on the boat after it was well under
way. :- '
' Dunwody Is the typical Mtssourlan
of . the fifties stave owner,, fire eater
and gambler. Poker affords tha sport
of; the night, and Dunwody, sweeps
Al.A.,tKlnA' Ia . lls vn Affinal - vnsiw
leaving the rest of the party financially
'stranded.,. Captain Carlisle,, .with pock
ets? empty; .thoroughly 'disgusted with
the mission h-was on and hating Dun
wody. was quite willing to accept the
latter" challenge to play the countess
against the stakes Pun wody liad Just
wau. Again the Missourian won, and
when the girl endeavored to escape from
the boat the next day she found her
, self Dtf nwody's prisoner Instead of
having left the boat -at the last landing.
"The author shows .both these, men. in
siftth. a contemptible light that, in spite
' of one's desire, the feeling clings tp
,!iem even after they have proven them
. selves men. Throughout tha character
of Dunwody is ' not consistent, and
while the author trails him through the
: dust of humiliation and scourges him
with fire. It is hardly conceivable that
tha brutal coul4 change to nobility in
'one short year. -This, however, does
not prevent a magnificent, pen picture
of a superb man, and the author - has
seldom created. more, powerful char
acter. These are the active figures in
tha atory, and play out their parts to
the amusement and entertainment of
the lovers of good fiction, but tha nar
rative has a background of most interesting-and
instructive history. Mr.
Hough takes up the polltioal condition
of the country about 1850, and gives a
wide and comprehensive view or tne
4 problems that were confronting the na
.tion; and if one could leave out entirely
the romance and adventure of the story,
this resume of tha 'conditions that ex
. lsted between the time of .the. Missouri
, compromise and the Civil . war would
' still make the book quite worth read
ing. Statesmen were not even, then per
fect, but 'the day of graft had not
dawned, and the sun of American pa
triotism had not set behind the; al-l-
mighty - dollar, and as one reads the
; problems the statesmen ef the fifties
had to face, the wonder comes, and the
auABtloiLiorces itsqif aipon youlf these
t money bought councils or our nation be
equal to tha emergencies Mr. Hough
' thing to think over, as well as to enter
tain themselves with. Bobbs, . Merrill
ft, Co. Price ft.60..
Whan- Hnrl Yah h tniIr T.nn.
don Even In his titles Mr. ndon can
startle tla reading world Into wonder-
(ner hnvr siutn a T 1 f 1 A aauM hb va Kqoh
thought of, and what. It all means; he
men dm iu uuuuu incuiiji ui enowing
' his readers how appropriately he has
namedhtawork. ' ' ,
the first of 12 'short stories contained
in the book. Each atory is alone and
. independent of any , other of the collec
tion. It is too trtte to say that Jack
IjOndon Is one of the most forceful
writers or tnm age,, for everybody real
? lies it, but they do not all know that
he is as forceful, and perhaps more so,
in his short stories, asin his books;
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ton" rung when he can do this, for ths
greatest teBt of ability is to condense
a good narrative, make it interesting
and carry with ' it a 1, strong lesson,
within the limits of thai few pages al
lotted to the short story. N j .
Mr. Esenwein in his work on the writ
ing of short stories says: "The short
story 'needs no apologist It has won
for-Itself an honorable and honored
place among lterary forms, and, what is
more valuable. In the public heart Evi
dently it has coma to stay, and to stay
In a class by Itself." At this valuation
the reader must accept this last work of
Mr. London's.. The story Itself .of
"When God "Laughs" is rather a pontic
fancy carrying the great laws of hu
man nsture; that desire vanishes with
possosslon,and that possession means
defeat rather than victory. Tha closing
words explain : the meaning of the im
passioned story: 'We never win. Some
times we think we win. That a little
pleasantry of the goda -
The second atory, The Apostate,"
bristles all over with the revolutionary
spirit of London, though there ara no
words to express it; he simply gives
tha llf e of one youn g boy with his In
heritance and environments and teaches
an unmistakable, lesson to the. employ
ers of child labor. It la a pitiful, heart
breaking tale, but like all tho fiction of
tha writes, he makes it unique and dif
ferent from anything else that has been
written by; any other author, on the
same theme. :. "... .;:;; .
In "The Chlnago" ha gives a startUng
review of the treatment of the Chinese
by some 6f our so called Christian na
tives. And so we might go on and men
tion each ona of the1 18 stories, for each
Is notable for some phase of human nai
ture or mlsgovernmcnt, but we . need
only add that they are all worthy the
pen that wrote them. The Maomillan
company. Price 11.60.
'Tha Land of the Frosen Suns," by
Bertrand W. Sinclair. Everybody likes
a' story told in the simplest, stralghtest
style with a directness of manner that
make's the reader feel that the story
Is the object of the book, and the-artistic
touches are merely the ornamen
tatlon upon the article itself such a
book is "In tha-Land of the Frosen
Suns,"-The "very simplicity' of the-tell-ing
Is what captivates the reader from
the first, of the book, and glvea a de
sire to learn more of the young fellow
who writes the story of. his own life.
Tha boy," not yet out of college, loses
both father and mother, within a few
weeks, : and finds himself very much
alone In ; tha world, but - with a bank
account, and a ranch off in tha Pan
handle, f "With a promise to his guar
dian that ha will return in time for
the fall terra at school,; he starts for a
three months' .. vacation . on his ranch.
Why he never reached his destination
is well told in the story it Is thrilling!
To be shanghaied, on a Missouri steam
boat. ' then to get mixed up -with the
Canadian police and tasXe the experlr
enoes of the interior of a frontier prison.
and theri a winter spent In the land of
the "frosen auns, Is a. story that Is
captivating, and gives rare glimpses of
the , nardship to be endured .by those
furtraders who go north, and who hold
the dollar above-all-tha-luxarlea and
pleasures of civilised llfei" A- touch
of humor is developed along with the
tragedy and comedy that lightens the
tone and gives a pleasant coloring ! to
the descriptions, but the main points are
tne interesting ana tnriuing xperiinces
and the simplicity f style with which
the ;: art v.wrlttan. Vp tn that land of
ice and snow there is -a- girl, and na
turally enough romance plays a part
In this : boy's narrative. Dillingham
Publishing company. Price 11.60.
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, "Edgehlll Essays," by Adrian Hoff
man Jollne. A new book by Mr, Jollne
is sure to waken the most delightful
expectations in theiearts of those who
love bookish essays, in whioh the genial
predilection and Whimsical prejudices of
a book worm are set down. Mr. Jollne s
latest collection- of desultory . papers
wlitch . he calls VEdgehlll Essays," - is
even more full, if tha,t were possible, of
the mellow grace, humorous dogmatism
and abundance of literary an.d bookish
gossip, which made his "At the. Library
Table," "Diversions or a book, iiover"
and ; other collections o well; appreci
ated. The papers which are gathered
in this volume are "About; the .Book
Shelves," "The Quest of the Autograph,"
"Kef lections of an Autograph Hunter,"
"A Certain Affection of the Great," "A
Georgian poet, "A Jramous Reviewer "
"Manners Makyth Man," and "The War
on CoHeies." t - .
In these papers Mr. Jollne has te
vtved the charmingly dlscourslve essay,
and one reads him as much for that
pleasant and confidential personal qual
ity, which makes - Lamb & perennial
with charm and Hazlltt with vigor,, as
for the varied intorest and sentiments
thB.rsOrfoUfld"Tiir subjocts." "These es
says possess that irresistible flavor
which draws on to repeatod readings,
Richard G. Badger, Price - 92.00. -
The- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
This 'little book comes as an unique
prenentat!on of Omar, the quartrains
being rendered into English lor the first
time' by a Persian, Mr. Isaac Dooman,
snd done direct from the original lan
guage. If Fltsgerald's translation will
remain' the most poetical, the most
beautiful artistically, In which, mystl
cism and philosophy become suggestive
through the subtle communication of
metaphor, Mr. Dooman'i - version must
In many respects, oome to be tha most
valuable in llteralnesa and spirit to the
true Omarlan philosophy of man's rela
tion to God and nature. In his. Intro
duction and notes to this little book
the "translator has Indicated and ' ex
plained many overlooked matters In re-:
gard to tha origin and Influence of the
quartrains. He states in. the introduc
tion, for instance:' "In the creation of
the Rubaiyat there la a point which we
are obliged. ' now to bring before . the
reader, . namely, . the Hindoo influence.
It is a well reoognlzed fact that the
quartrains of Omar Khayyam have al
ways found a mora congenial . atmos
phere In India than in the land of their
birth. Themaln reason for this appar
ent paradox la not difficult to find out
In Persia Islam has been- always too
strong, for any form of thought or of
doctrine tinged with liberalism. While
In India tha case baa been Quite dif
ferent" It will be seen that in Its
critical and phlloglcal aspects this lit
tle book is a real contribution to Omar
lan knowledge and a translation of the
Persian poet his lovers cannot well do
without v (Richard G. Badger, fl net)
- The Pacific' Monthly for February
greets-its readers with Its customary
array of choice and well selected mat
ter. - Tho cover alone1 1V gem jmd?Very
suitably reflects much of At .reading
matter contained within the cover, for
it portrays the wild creatures of the
wilderness coming under the Influence
of human thought and concentration.
The contents of the book are largely de
voted to western stories, western scenes
and Alaska . articles, though it Is cos
mopolitan enough to cover, with variety
and interest, many topioa entirely re
moved from the west though, ; to get
back to our symbolic cover, casting
their Influence upon the newer land.
In the leading article John E. Lathrop,
now of Washington, IX C, but recently
of Portland, has a good article on 'The
West and the National Capital" It is
illustrated with' photographic reproduc
tions. : (. - "v.
"i he ' Miracle ' of Father Peter" It a
short story by 8eumas MacManus, and
is as fuir of delicious, rich humor and
Irish wit aa the author himself, and this
Is saying much, for he Is a "prince of
good fellows." as every one knows who
met him during his recent visit to this
city.
One could not cull out and try to
speak of all the good things in the
book without overrunning the review
er's space, and yet it la hardly fair to
single out a few and leave so much
unsaid, ihat others deserve.? but one
must commend, with hlshestpral3e,..th.a.
many Deautirui illustrations which adorn
the book. They are ail good and inter
esting, but this is far too faint praise
for others, which are rare and remark
able, notably those accompanying the
article "Dr. Cook, Fakir." Of tke many
artloles that have been written about
that monumental fakir. Dr. Cook there
ara none that have gone to the extreme
of aotual proof that ' 'The Paclflo
Monthly" Is giving in this series. J.
W. Winchester, the author of the pres
ent article commends Peary and excuses
hla petulance when he discovered that
Cook had robbed him of the first fruits
of glory, and says:
'Peary's remaining lifetime will prob
ably experience no such acclaim aa
later generations will iv hi. .Mv.
the glory and sweet applause from his
country and the world that would jhave
been all his had It not been mostly
picture we present today writes' In the
March Century of trade conditions in
Progressive Argentina.'-'; Mr. Whelpley
l traveler, author Journalist and a
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: The Chasm, by George Cram Cook.
It Is curious that the struggle be
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of world progress has never until now
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