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"TWENTY YEARS AT HULL HOUSE"
By -lan* Adflnms. riiblished by the MacmllUn
<v>mptn.v, j»> w York, price |X6O net.
'■Twenty Years at Hull House" \a a
wonderful book and will long stand as
one of the most helpful autobiographies
in literature The most delightful por
tion of the book Is without a doubt th«
part contained in the earlier pages*
whero Miss Addams tells of her child
hood impressions in the old homestead
at Cedarville, 111., and of her adoration
of her father and the quaint and
amusing ways in -which she worship*!
■ her hero. These childhood glimpses of
_- ; . her. father have a quiet emotional
quality that groes far toward showing
■where Miss I lams got the original
. ■ inspiration for her life work.
v One of the most interesting things in
;. connection with autobiographies is to
.: see how the narrator describes his
youthful self. Very often part of the
■ glamour of his success in later years
;. .Is lent to his childhood and he sees
himself as a Fort of prodigy—reading
' Virgil In the original at four, discuss
■ ing Dante with the professors at 6, and
''• so on. But Miss Addams has escaped
: . this fault or temptation. She sees her
.. self as just an everyday sort of girl.
. doing naughty things and telling fibs
■'. like many a girl really Joes. In her
■ first chapter she writes of one of her
' early impressions as follows:
■ . "It must have been from a very
v early period that I recall horrid nights
when I tossed about in my bed because
' I had told a lie. I was held in the
.grip of a miserable dread of death, a
/. double fear, first that I myself should
•die in my sins and go straight to that
V fiery hell which was never mentioned
at home, but which I had heard all
■ -about from other children; and, second,
•• that my father—representing the en
. tire adult world which I had basely
.deceived—should himself die before I
'..had time to tell him. My only method
of obtaining relief was to go flown
stairs to my father's room and make
.' -full confession. The high resolve, to
• do this would push me out of bed and
: carry me down the stairs without a
touch of fear. But at the foot of the
. stairs I would be faced by the awful
'■..necessity of passing the front door
Which my father, because of his Quak
er tendencies, did not ' lock— of
.. crossing the wide and black expanse
of the living room in order to reach
,; -his door. I would invariably cling to
the newell post while I contemplated
,' the peril of the situation, complicated
.- by the fact that the literal first step
. ■ meant putting my bare feet upon a
•piece of oil cloth In front of the door,
■ • only a few Inches wide, but lying
■;'BtraighJ|ln my path. -I would finally
' -'.reach ISy father's bedside perfectly
'.'. breathless and, having panted out the
history of my sin. invariably received
...the same assurance that if he 'had a
:'.';■ little girl who told lies' he was very
.;..'_ pUd that she 'felt too bad to go to
'■; .sleep afterward.' No absolution was
; asked for or received, but apparently
the. sense that the knowledge of my
'■•' •'wickedness was shared or an obscure
■^'.■understanding of the affection which
: : ..:underlay the grave statement was suf
'. 'flclent, for I always weniiback to bed
J 'rfs bold as a lion and slept. If not the
j.Rleep'of the Just, at least that of the
'"-.comforted."
•-.. One of the author's early recollec
... tlons Is her father's deep grief and
'; tears over the death of Lincoln. He
.• was a friend of the president and
"talked a great deal of him in the
■home.
His influence was felt by the author
' all her life, and she makes frequent
"■' reference to him, quoting his sayings
and his teachings and beliefs, both so
cially and politically. Miss Addams
tells of her days at Rookford semin
. ary, of studying at a Philadelphia
medical school and of the time devoted
to the University of Wisconsin. After
..her graduation from the latter Insti
tution, she was aided In her opening
work at Hull House by the man who
.held in his keeping the emancipation
• proclamation before the president is
susd it, Lyman Trumbull. Everyone
' knows, in broad • outline, what - Miss
Addams, has accomplished. Here will
be found the details' showing with
what Infinite patience she has bullded
up this great monument to her faith
.in the abiding good that remains even
in DM who i are submerged by pov
erty. This woman does not relate the*
social question to the men and women
who profit financially out of grinding
poverty. She relates the social ques
tion to no class, but to the democracy
Itself, to rich and poor alike, and to
the community as an organized whole.
In this Miss Addams shows her radical
. difference from the socialist and shows
l her to democrats like Abraham
* Lincoln. Were Lincoln alive now, one -
wonders whether he would be a social.
Ist or not. Very likely not. Likely he
would still be tha Inspiring genius of ■
that democracy which Hull House ex
presses, the democracy that is the
brotherhood of man.
Mfss Addams*sp«nt some eight years
in wandering about the earth in search
of health and an interest in life. Once
in the <'ast end of London she went to
a Saturday night auction of cheap food
and was impressed n<>t bo much by tho
starved pinched :■ v the
"myriads of hands, 'empty, pathetic,
nerveless and workworn showing white
in tho uncertain light of the street,
clutching forward for food that was al
ready unfit to eat." The feeling of <Je
spalr and resentment that stirred her
that night still returns whenever sha
sees a number of hands held upward,
even tjhe chubby hands of children in
Bchoo!. But Hull House was not born
that night. It was the result of the
moral reaction that followed the wit
nessing of a bull fight at Madrid. Her
conscience awoke under the lash of the
thought that :-he was becoming a
dreamer instead of a Joer and the tell
'ng of how sh3 and her school friend,
Mips Ellen Gates Starr, undertook their
life work makes a wonderful narrative.
Hull House is more than an experi
ment station. It is more than a charity
clearing house. Mies Addams' concep
tion of her lifework la far higher than
that of a benevolent indorser of every
proper and noh She Is not
content with elimln., c* an d
pushing pioneer labor legislation. She
completely identifies herself with the
cosmopolitan neighborhood. Tn« ac
tivities and investigations b«reln re
corded are filled with magic and piti
less realism. The reader^ marvels at
the writer's knowledge of the immU
grants and their children. Her ac
quaintance with Chicago conditions Is
most 1 uman and spontaneous. The
phrase "sociological laboratory" can
not be applied to the Institution she
heads. The chapter describing the au
thor's visit to Tolstoy is most timely
and absorbing. She was disappointed
in many of the Russian's positions and
left bis presenc? thinking him "more
logical than life warrants." The con
viction grew in her mind during this
visit that in order to follow out his
theories she would, on her return to
Hull House, spend two hours every day
laboring with her own hands in the
bakery there. It was not until she
reached Chicago that she realized the
absurdity of the whole plan—that all
the business of the house should be
pushed aside and asked to wait while
she savatf her soul by two hours' bread
making. In that same chapter on
"Tolstoylsm" MJts Addami describes
her meeting with the great man,
which is worth quoting:
Tolstoy, standing by, clad In his
peasant garb. listened gravely, but
glancing distrustfully at the sleeves of
my {raveling gown which, unfortunate
ly at that season, were monstrous in
size, he took hold of an edge and,
pulling- out one sleeve to an intermin
able length, raid quite Bimply that
'there was enough stuff on one arm to
make a frock for a little girl,' and
asked me if I did not find 'such a dress'
a 'barrier to the people.' I was too
disconcerted to say that monstrous as
my sleeves wen they did not compare
in size with those of the working girls
in Chicago, arid that nothing would
more effectively separate ma from 'the
people' than a cotton blouse following
the simple lines of the human form.
Even if I had wished to imitate him and
'dress as a peasant,' it would have been
hard to choose which peasant among
the 36 nationalities we had recently
counted in one ward. Fortunately, the
countess came to my rescue with a re
f her former attempts to clothe
hypothetical little girls in yards of ma
terial cut from a train and other super
parts of bei Ms, until she
had been driven to a firm stand, which
Bh<» advised me to take at one* But
neither Countess Tolstoy nor any other
friend was on hand to help me out of
my predicament Uitrr, when I was
asked: who 'fed' me, and how did I ob
tain 'shelter'?
' Upon my reply that a farm inn miles
from Chicago supplied me with the ne
tl«l ot life I fairly anticipated
\t scathing question: 'So you are
an absentee landlord 0 Do you think
you will help the people more by adding
yourself to the crowded city th;in you
would by tilling your own soil? This
new sense of dlwomfort over a failure
to till my own soil was increased when
Tolstoy's second daughter appeared at
the 5 o'clock tea table set under the
trees, coming straight from the har
vest field, where she had been working
with a group of peasant* since 5
ft'elock in the morninp, not pretending
to work, but really taking the place of
Notes and Gossip of Books and Their Authors
Josephine Daskam Bacon left NVw
York In the spring, soon after her last
book was published, and, with her hus
band, hns been entertaining friends at
their country place,ln Brlarcllff, West
chester county. New York.
• • •
Grace MacGowan Cooke, the novelist,
Jias left her home at Carmel-by-the-
Sea, Cal., for Oralbi, In the Moki Indian
reservation In Arizona. The author of
"The Power and the Glory," published
by Dounleday. Page & Co.. ia now at
work upon a new novel, the setting of
which Is in Arizona, and she is taking
the trip to the Indian reservation to
gather some material for this latest
story.
• • •
Owen Johnson, author of "The Var
mint." has yielded to the repeated re
quests from his readers and publishers
and has decided to write a story of the
"Varmint" and some of his fellows at
Yale. This will first appear as a serial
In one of the great popular magazines
and later as a book.
• • •
With the death of William Vaughn
Moody the world has lost one of its
most giftrd dramatists. Since the pro
duction of "The Great Divide" several
years ago hia pre-eminence as a play
wright has been recognized not only in
this country but abroad. He was a
real man, with all of the best that that
word means, and he was at the same
time a poet, and dramatist of the first
rank—a triple combination rarely met
with.
The Boston Transcript in an exten
sive article on Mr. Moody and hfa work
dwells at some length upon this point.
The -writer says. "Moody was a man
In a man's world, and such a figure has
and still Is rare In our poetry and
our letters. We have in plenty our
braggadocios of virility who surge
through our novels, our verse and par
ticularly our places of publlo observa
tion, and deceive none but those who
a paesant woman who had hurt her,>
foot. She was plainly much exhausted,
but neither expected nor received sym
pathy from the members of j a family
who were quite accustomed to see each
other carry out their convictions In :
spite of discomfort and fatigue. The
martyrdom of discomfort, however, was
obviously much easier to 1 bear than
that to which, even to the eyes of the
casual visitor, Count Tolstoy daily sub-*
Jected ;himself, for .his study in the
basement of the conventional dwelling,
with its short shelf of battered books.'
and its ■ scythe • and spade leaning 1
agrainst the wall, had many times lent
itself. to that ridicule which is the most
difficult form . of martyrdom." '„; "
Mise Addams says in her preface that,
"because settlements have multiplied so
easily In the United States, hamta that
41 simple statement or an earner effort,
including the stress and storm, might
be of value in their Interpretation and
possibly clear them of a certain charge
of superficiality." Much of the material
has appeared in magazines, and all will i
be found of value and Interest, not only 11
to' students of sociology, but all the
reading public." The book Is filled with
anecdote and adventure, humorous and
pathetic, and , even, the lover of light
fiction will, find matter to hold his at
tention. The long book of 453 pages Is
finished before one realizes it, and with
regret it is laid aside. The I printing
and binding are of .■ the best, and the
illustrations, the work of Miss Koran.
Hamilton of Hull House, are of interest
and merit. It is to be hoped that, a
cheaper edition of the book" will be is
sued soon, for the price of , this one
places it out of the reach of lAany who
would be keenly interested in it ;
are condemned to their own perpetual
juvenility. We have our writ*
botli spxeg, whose perspectives rue lim
ited to a feminized world of tie per
petual nicety of the little. We have
our academics, who have long "forprot
ten that the world was even allvp and
that life, as well as books, Is wprth
tasting. We have our literary species
down to the very last 'ism' that the
contrivers of convenient labels can
fabricate; but our literature and es
pecially our poetry has lacked men.
Vaughn Moody had the taste for life."
• • *
When Mrs. Wright, whose book on
arctic exporation. 'The Great White
North," vsi published a few weeks
ago, was asked the other day to talk
about herself and especially her lit
erary work uhe said:
"For a long time I have nursed the
literary bee in my bonnet and have
spent the be.«t part of the last ten
years In reading good literature and in
general study in the hope that some
time 1 could writ*. My motto has been,
"Find out what the publisher wants and
give It to him when he wants it." I
spend from three to four hours a day
in studying or writing and do it sys
tematically. The section of the coun
try in which I live is particularly fa
vorable to literary efforts. The Berk
shires are noted for their natural beau
ties. Hawthorne spent much of his
time in Lenox. Holme* had his sum-
mer home here, and the house described
as the home of Elsie Venner is still
pointed out to visitor*. The house In
■which Longfellow wrote "The Clock on
the Stairs" is a few minutes' walk
from my home, and, by the way, the
original clock is still upon the Btair.
The name of Maria Sedgwick is closely
Identified with Stockbridge and Pitts
fleld. With the shades of such a dis
tinguished group surrounding me, it is
not surprising that I waited a decade
before taking courage to submit my
humble efforts to a publisher's criti
cism."
CONDUCTED BY UNA H. H. COOL
"Famous Impostors"
By Brtm Stoker. Published by Sturgl* & Wai
» ton. New York. Price $2.
The Bram Stoker who wrote "Pra
cula" is without doubt one of the most
ingenious writers of the day, and It is
.a matter for regret that his literary
workmanship Is bo full of faults. This
fact^was noted in his "Personal Rem
iniscences of Henry Irving," which wu
otherwise so • admirable. His newest
book ha" the alluring title "Famous
.Impostor*." and as■ the 1 world likes to
read of the great Impostors who have
duped It, the writer is sure of a large
•■.udlence. This hook tells; of famous
swindlers, charlatans and pretender*,
some of them of worldwide notoriety
and others less known. r It opens with
a group of pretenders to - various
thrones, Perkin Warned* being perhaps
the most important. ; Then follows a
chapter on "Practitioners of Magic,"
which includes .Paracelsus, Cagliostro
and Mesmer. The Wandering Jew and
J*hn Law have each a • chapter, the
■
one on John Law being: particularly
interesting:; for many, even today, con
sider .'him " the father \of the banking
system' and some of his ideas are still
In use. " '
In "Witches and Clairvoyance" sev
eral of the best known examples of
various types are sketched\ Matthew
Hopkins, the witch finder, being the
most familiar. The story of Arthur
Orton, the Tichborne claimant, is
known to most American readers, for
it was so remarkable a case ana
oaused such an uproar that it has been
frequently toM in the newspapers and
magazines. Moreover the guilty Orton
riifii so short a time ago, after having
served his long term in prison, that
the tale was revived for the benefit of
the present generation.
Tn the chapter <>n "Women as Men."
the section devoted to "La Maupin" is
perhaps the most interesting-, for not
all read-in are aware that Theophile
Gautier's fascinating' Mademoiselle de
Maupin was a real person. Another
chapter is devoted to "Hoaxes," one
to the "Chevalier d'Eon" and the book
closes with "The Bisley Boy." Here
Is where Mr. Stoker surpasses himself
and presents the not unfamiliar theory
that. Queen Elizabeth was a man dis
guised as a woman. In relation to
this portion of the book Mr. Stoker
say." in his preface:
"Needless to say, the author \raa at
first glance inclined to put the whole
Btory aside as almost unworthy of
serious attention, or as one of those
fanciful matters which imagination
has elaborated out of the records of
the past. The work which he had un
dertaken had. however, to be done, and
almost frojii the very start of earnest
inquiry it became manifest that here
wa« a subject which could not be al
together put aside or made light of.
There were too many circumstances —
matters of exact record, striking in
themselves and full of some strange
mystery, all pointing to a conclusion
which one almost feared to grasp as a
possibility—to allow- the question to be
relegated to the region of accepted
myth."
While thp story does not exactly
convince, It fs so Interesting that It
holds the attention through every word
to the end and hns few If any weak
point*. It is perfectly probable, but
in the nature of things can not be
proved today. The book 1b worth read
ing and is sure of an audience.
"Hidden Water"
B.r Dane Coolldfrc. Published by A. 0. Me
Clurg & Co., Chicago. Price |i.3.V
Dano Coolidge's new novel, "Hidden
Water," gives the reader the impres
sion that the author had two ideas for
stories in his mind, but not q.uite
enough material to work into two
whole books —that, In consequence, he
crammed it all into one story. This—
the best of it—tells of the "fight be
tween the cattle herders and sheep
grazers over the public lands in Ari
zona. The author knows his back
ground like a book and his men are
real flesh and blood people. They
swear when necessary and shoot—also
when necersary- but, unlike most ro
mancea of the "wild west," the pages
are not spattered with blood. When it
com^s to the love story the author is
not at ease. • His hero is a brave tighter,
but is too shy to be real, for. he is a
San Franciscan and a poet and one
can't imagine anything like this tak
ing place: "Kiss me," says Kitty, for
whom he has developed a vague sort
of passion. "I—l—have never—"
stammers the young man, and you
can't blame the girl if she quits him
for good then and there. The love ele
ment may be necessary for some read
ers, more's the pity, for this book is a
rattling good adventure tale with the
wild west put In in its true colors, and
it needs no love episode to help it out.
"A Senator of the Fifties"
By Jeremiah Lynch, anther of . "Egyptian
■ Sketches," "Three Years In the Klondike,"
etc: I'ublUbe.l -by:A. \M. Robertson, . San
: Francisco. ;; Price $1.50 net. . .
A noteworthy addition to the bibli
ography of California Is found in Jere
miah Lynch* "A Senator of the Fif
ties." In this book the author traces
the career of David C. Broderick, one
of the great figures concerned in the
early history of this state. No detailed
review will be given here, for the rea
son that the volume has already been
extensively noticed on the editorial
page of The Call.
Brief Reviews of New Books
Laura Clifford Barney has written a
drama in five acts entitled "God's He
roes," of which she • modestly says In
her preface ; that its only' merit is its
subject. The subject itself is so in
teresting that one forgets the duty of
critic while reading, which may be the
Rinecrest praise offered. The drama
present* a few episodes in the early
days of Babi history, the rise of the
prophet Bab, and the establishment of
the new universal religion. The sub
ject itself is so vast that it can not be
fully presented in one small book, but
the episode chosen and the few noted
characters presented in this sketch,
give a very fair idea of -the scope of
the movement and its vitality. The
great public, too busy to keep in touch
with what they call new religions (to
designate the difference between the
orthodox Christian religion and all the
modern sects), may not be aware that
Bablsm has many followers here -In
America,'. though it has not received •
the cheap advertisement to which many
of the other new religions have been
subjected.
The publishers have put a beautiful
and appropriate dress \on the book, a
sort of Persian rug design on the cover,
and each act of the drama Is in differ
ent Illuminations. ; The book is some
thing quite out of the ordinary, both
In matter and appearance. • (J. B. Lip
pfneott company, Philadelphia.) ,
• • •
"The Conservation of Water," by John
L. Mathews, tells in simplest fashion
the story of . the efforts being made to
save and use the wonderful water re
sources of the United States. He tells
how power has been wasted in the past
valuable country neglected for lack
of. water, and shows what is now being
done In the same areas by "water farm
ing." The commercial value of the im
proved condition is plainly shown, and
much of the" Information will be most;
surprising to readers. Illustrations from,
photographs add much to > the < interest;
and value of the book, which is up to
date In every.particular and can not be
. recommended too highly ■ to those in
terested in the ■welfare ' of the country.
(Small, Maynard'& Co., Boston; $2.) •
• • •
The ardent opposition to the railroad
rate bill, the employers' liability bill
and other measures proposed during
President Roosevelt's - 'administration
for the purpose of controlling the great
railroad and other corporations through
the power of congress to regulate com
merce, led to thorough inquiry into the
basis of power, but. as Is usual when
radically different positions are taken
by opposite parties In a debate, both
sides advanced arguments which sober
reason would find it difficult to approve.
In "The Commercial Power of Con
gress," by David Walter Brown, ■• are
presented the results of an independent
and unbiased j inquiry | into the events
which preceded and attended upon the
framing of the constitution and the first
operating of the new government under
its articles, and inquiry undertaken in
order to ascertain the opinions and
purposes of the men who framed the
instrument and their contemporary in
: terpretation of the scope of the powers
of the government, and this with par-
I ticular reference to fhe commerce clause.
(G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York; $2.)
• • * ■
There are many admirable books in
the "Every Child Should Know" series,
but the latest. "Earth and Sky • •."
has such a clumsy title* that it has re
mained on the desk for some days past
the usual time. It Is to be hoped that
others beside the reviewer will not be
repelled by the title, for the book is
deserving of all praise. The studies in
it are easy lessons in geology and as
• tronomy, but told almost like a fairy
i* tale. The true story of the earth's
! origin and formation will be found here
and the child reader will be so charmed
that he will remember it when all • his
dry school- books are';forgotten. The
illustrations from photographs are ex
■ cellent and the book will rouse i much
' Interest. (Doubleday, Page & Co., New
York; $1.20.)
/-■•■".■' • •
"The Personal Equation'^ is the title
of |a I very interesting book ' by | Law
rence ifcTurnan. an j Indiana educator,
which- should command wide reading.
■t ■ - -■ t •■-• .-- . ■..■■»-■.-. »: *ii imiy waiiiiwMMi mm ■urn n 1
Collection of Record Books
NOW is the time to begrln making en
tries In a collection of record book^
if a girl would be an entertaining
companion rather than a bore In her old
age. As snir-h volumes are likely to re
reive a great deal of handling: and are
expected to last a lifetirrfe, they should
be substantially bound, preferably In
alligator, morocco, seal or pig pelt, as
such covers will endure an immense
amount of usage.
Vacation "records" are of various
types and sizes. Some of them are
adapted only for the entries made dur
ing a single summer at the seaside or
the mountains, and if a girl has a
knack for sketching or painting, she
should decorate the page margins with
miniature views. Other books of this
character are equipped with slides for
kodak landscapes, groups and lndi id
uals, the opposite page to be devoted
to a dated brief account of the illus
tration.
Records for motor tours In America
should have placed in them private and
public maps of the country traversed,
picture postcards collected at each
town, photographs and information
about hotels and roadhouses, and as
much as possible of the history of the
region, as well as the Incidents of the
trip and the names and characteristics
of the tourist's companions.
Trip abroad volumes include ■pact for
photographs and kodak pictures, post
cards, address indexes, flags and mapi,
in addition to pages for special remarks'
about the places visited and a Tecord of
each day's doings. In these books
should be set down the names of the
steamships and yachts on which the
author travels and interesting data re
garding traveling companions, espe
cially any persons of note. .
School and college record books
should be bulky and substantially made,
because notes about many of the girls
whose names are inscribed In the index
will be added from time to time. If
possible obtain an autograph photo
graph of each classmate, as there is
always the chance that one or more of
them may develop into a remarkable
woman.
If a girl travels extensively she
should endeavor to secure a partial col
lection of the flora of the countries
visited. This may be done by making
as accurate a drawing: ag possible of
each specimen and then tinting- it wlta
crayons carried in the pocket of the
Nature Record in which the flower or
leaf ia pressed.
It is an argument for the reading of
biographies as an aid and means of
progress toward success. The author
.hag chosen all sorts and conditions to
point his moral and the book is suit
able for young or old. It is not a mere
recital of biographical facts, but rather
an attempt to explain the reasons why
certain lives have been effective . for
good and inspiring in leadership.
(Moffat. Yard & Co.,' New York: $1.25
net.)
* ' * •
"Sister dementia" is the title of an
unpleasant and at the' same time ri
diculous book by Frederick Houk Law.
The heroine is a nun, with a past! be- j
longing to the-order of the Blessed-
Name. The author has no notion of the
religion he writes of. for he mixes up
the various orders and their vows with
utter disregard of religion or reason.
The nun meets her lover through an ac
cident in the street; nurses him in a
city hospital; he becomes a monk, but
the temptations are too strong, go he
and Sister Clementia ett>pe. Supposedly*
they are married, but after a time re
pent and return to the monastery .; and •
convent. Comment is unnecessary, but'
It is a melancholy faot that some read
ers enjoy such books. (R. F. Fenno &
Co., New York; $1.60.) M :
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"Soul, and Circumstance" Is a new ,
volume by Stephen Berrlen Ran ton,
author of "The Essential ' Life,"' the
series of. essays' that won for him an
immediate reputation as a philosophic
interpreter of the things of the spirit.
"Soul and Circumstance" is a com pan*
ion : volum* ,of identical quality though
independent substance, and the essays
that compose it are marked by, the'
same close and subtle 'reflective power,
refinement of perception and spiritual
ideality that at once gave the writer
high rank among the deeper aphoristic
writers of literature. (Charles Scrib- •
tier's Sons, New York; $1.00 net.)
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"Ulrica yon Hutton" is made the
subject of a brochure by» Dr. David '
Starr Jordan, and there will be found
many who will wonder why. He was
associated with the hard and cold Mar
tin Luther in the reformation, but was
not wonderful nor remarkable enough
to demand recognition today. His pen
was sharp and he did many things for
which he was commended in the dark
ages in which he lived, but which rouse
no sympathy, today. Doctor Jordan's
paper is good reading, but his subject
has no vitality. (American Unitarian
association, Boston: 60 cents.)
• • • •
"Platters and Pipkins" Is the inter
esting title of a new house keeper's
book by Mary H. Krout. The book is
"dedicated to all house keepers—
many who are still striving and the
few who: have been perfected through
suffering." It .is of value to all of
them, too. for every sort of thing per
taining to house keeping is discussed
and many, new suggestions are made.
The * house is explored from cellar to
attic and in each room the author, gives
us some new viewpoint. The little
book Is pleasant and l»elpful reading:
to the old or new house keeper and j
withal is not a cookbook. Nor tis It
domestic science; it , is Just common"
sense, sugar coated. It is daintily
printed and bound and will be a wel
come gift book. (A. C. McClurgr & Co.,
Chicago; 75 cents.)
"The Land of Living Men" Is an in
teresting and stimulating book by
Ralp Waldo Trine, a writer noted pj
one of the earliest among the apostles
of; new thought literature. It is a
complete revision of his "In the Fire
of the Heart." now. out of print. The
work deals with the Individual and his
latent powers in his community, the
state 'md the nation. Many present
day facts are handled and sane and
practical suggestions offered, tending
to a fuller and richer personal as well
as community and national life. Mul
titudes have been and will be benefited
by Mr. Trine's way of expressing truth.
This work has unusual dlstlnctiveness
in style and method of expression, and
readers who by ; chance are riot ac
quainted -with his works by personal
knowledge, will do well "to start with
this volume. (T. Y. Crowell & Co.,
New York; $1.25.) .
Books Received
"An Out of Door " Diary." by Marion : Miller.
Sturgls & Walton company. New York.
"Elkanib Settle," by F.; C. Brown. I'nlter
slty of Chicago prosj. ChicsKo.
"Wider Use of the School Plant." by Clarence
Arthur Perry. Charities publishing company.
New York.
"Anarchism and Other Essays," by Emma
Goldman. Mother: Earth publishing company.
New York. ,
"The Art of Road Making." by Harwood
Frost. Engineering New» publishing company.
New York. "
"Beckle's Book of Bastings,"." by Mrs. Wil
liam Beckman. • Joseph M. Anderson, Sacra
mento.
•Madame rle Pompadour," by Jean Louts Son
larle. Sturgls & Walton company. New York.
"The Boy Aviators in Record Flight," by Cap
tain Wilbur Lam-ton. Hurst & Co., New York.
"Financial. Economic, and Miscellaneous
Speeches," by Henry Clews. . Irving publishing
company, > New York.
"The Law of S<>x Determination and Its Prac
tical i Application,", by I.aura .A. Calhoun. Eu
genics publishing company, New York.
"The American Shotgun." by Charles Asklns.
•■,'•'■ .f publishing company, New York.
''81-Lltcral Cypher of Francis Bacon." How
a d publishing company, Detroit. Mich. ■
"The Jews," by Maurice Fisbberg. Charles
Scrlbner's Sons,, New York."
"The Golden Web," by Anthony Pitridge.
Little, Brown & Co., - Boston.
"The Beast," by Ben B. Llndsey and Harrey
,T. O'Hlgglns. Doubleday,' Pace A Co. New
' York.' 1
■ "The Story ,of Modern France," by H. A.
Gnerber., American book company. New York.
"A. Blossom of the Sea." by Lyman C. Smith.
New Amstel magazine company, Wilmington,
Del.
"Ashton Kirk.' Investigator," by John T. He-
Intyre. l'enn publishing company. Philadelphia.
"California Nights' Entertainment," by Charles
Elmer Jenney. Valentine & Anderson, Edln
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