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THE SUNDAY JOURNAL
FOR THE SQUARE DEAL.
Nebraska State Journal.
One of the really great newspapers ot
the northwest Is The Minneapolis Journal.
It was established In 1878 under rather
unfavorable auspices, and for some years
had a rather precarious and unsatisfact
ory existence. Twenty years ago Luclan
Swift became business manager and J.
8. McLaln editor. An evolution toward
better things took place at once. It was
evident that brains and executive ability,
as well as the necessary capital, were
back of the enterprise. The Journal
at once began to grow In public estima
tion as well as size. It was a four-page
dally In 1885. It prints sixteen to twenty
pages now. Republican In politics, It
stands for the square deal and against
yellow-dog subserviency to the dictation
of bosses. It stands for good citizenship
all the time, and the people of Minnesota
are proud of It.
The Vice of Conferences.
One or two mistakes were made in the
Hag ue convention between ^Professor
and Mrs. Professor Fitzsimmons at
Sioux Palls yesteilay. I the first place
it was an error to exclude the reporters.
What we would inquire, in all kindness
to the family, can a conference between
the professor and the Mrs. Professor
amount to without competent reporters
in the room? Are the professor and his
spouse expected to remember all that
transpired and tell it to the reporters?
I is a vain hope. People who get into
conferences get also into a confused
Btate of mind which precludes their
telling anything straight. Nearly all
he lawsuits in the world arise from dis
agreement as to what was said at con
ferences. A claims that said that the
back taxes on the lot were paid. After
he deal is closed* it appears that they
are still there and the treasurer sitting
up nights looking for them. What
said was that the taxes were back on
he lot. This was what made the rear
of the lot so much higher than the front.
I the reporters had been admitted there
would have been no difficulty.. They
would have secured the facts.
So with the Fitzsimmons folks. They
cannot settle their troubles without re
porters. In the first place they are hav
ing trouble largely for the effect upo"n
the press, strictly for advertising. I
he next place if the reporters do not
get into these conferences they are
likely to print some remarks about
various members of the family which
will precipitate real trouble.
The second, and perhaps the most
serious error, was in holding a confer
ence at all. They should have met in
he Mechanics pavilion, San Francisco.
There is no reason why Professor Fitz
simmons. having been publicly whipped
by all kinds of prizefighters for the
gate receipts, should object to being pub
licly beaten by his wife, provided she
will agree to a fair division of the
spoils.
Mr. Orr, the new president, has a set
of sidewhiskers for your New Tork Life.
A Peculiar Appointment.
knowledge of rebating by any of them., **.,.,_,,_
i J. I- a ITi English from
parties participating in the agreement."
How are they to second him? When
the Equitable gives a rebate, shall
President Morton send word to Grover
tire job. I will occur to some peop
ton must know enough about rebates
How is he to stop rebating Hsa
eeptance of the appointment suggests
the answer. takes the place on the
condition that his efforts shall Ye j)y is a director in eighty
seconded by the officers of all the com-
co-operate with, one another for tha Qhage t6 Europe. Let the people -with
the country helping local agents to fix.
has to do is to take care that there is
no "misplaced switoh."
It would be a crime for France and
Germany to light about a pile of sand,
a date tree and an Arab.
Elastic Currency.
same purpose and save the $12,000 ot smoky chimneys vote. They will send'
policyholders' money he is to be paid him to Europe or farther. P^tf
annually. They can stop rebating eaBie*
yet, by juft stopping it, by discharging a Donolpgan war
agents Who are cferght at it and $*- will be determined later At present it
missing the "special agents" they BOW ^mple flsht-and not fornto money,
employ at large salaries to about
up rebate deals. President Paul Mor-|
The wiseacres of American" finance
are still looking for a currency which
will expand or contract with the rela
tive uses for it. They have not found
it. Recently money was flowing ah6ut
New York a yard deep, at 6 per cent,
but people who wanted it for specula
tive purposes had to pay 125 per cent a
year or about 3 per cent a day to get it.
Some sort of a relation has been as
sorted between this condition and the
unelasticity of the currency. There is
no relation. I the volume of money
had been greater the effort to corner it
would have been more gigantic and if
successful the squeeze would have been
more disastrous to a greater number of
speculators, but it would have had
nothing to do with the volume of cur
rency for legitimate purposes. The
fact that the secretary of the treasury
declined to send money to New York
showed that he did not consider,the
emergency one in which the power of
the government should 'be invoked to
stretch the money supply. The fact
that Chicago bankers ^refused to send
money to New York is confirmation of
the view of the treasury. Some spec
ulators in New York were eating o^e
another up, but what of that? The
country's withers were unwrung.
There ay be a reasonable need to re
form our currency system so th at it will
more closely fit the demands of busi
ness, but those who are sincere in their
demand for an elastic currency make a
mistake in' bringing the movement ini?o
sympathetic connection with such
freaks as the bounding of call money
to 125, while real loans stood at 6 and
the price of stocks wen*t up.
Br. Alfred Bussel Wallace says that
Herbeit Spencer chose to live in a Lon
don boarding house among common
place people to avoid the mental stimu
lus of too much brilliant conversation.
found that an evening at home with
retired Indian officers conduced to
sleep, while among cultivated company
he became nervously excited, passed
horrible nights with insomnia.
could have achieved the same results
by attending house of common's debates
or preparing himself every night for a
banquet where speeches in the ap
proved English style were made, but it
occurred to him very sensibly that it
would be wise to be near his bed when
the conversation had reduced bim to a
state of invincible drowsiness.
In his message convening the Missis
sippi legislature, Governor Vardaman
says
As a race the negro is deteriorating
morally every day. Time has demon
strated that he is more criminal as a
fiee man than as a slave that he is
increasing in criminality with fearful
rapidity, being one-third more criminal
In 1890 than he was in 1880 In the
south, Mississippi particularly, I know he
Is growing worse every year.
Governor Vardaman then proposes to
withdraw state support of negro schools
Possibly the negro Is not being taught
the right things, but Governor Vardaman
would hardly condescend to consult
Booker T. Washington on this subject.
Senator Dolliver yesterday in the
committee moved he consideration of
his railway rate bill section by sec
tion in order that an early report
might be made to the sehate. failed
to get his motion adopted, but did se
cure consent for an "early considera
tion of all measures pending" before
the committee. We hope that Senator
Dollrver will not be precipitate in this
matter. The senate has had only six
months of hearings and the hearing of
some of the members of the committee
is bad.
The employment of Mr. Grover CleveV a little dubious of the proposition to
land at a salary of $12,000 a year as a. regulate railroad rates John. D., re-
referee between the three New You membermg that million for Tale, would
life insurance companies appeals to is be pleased to see the grand old college
as a peculiar incident. Mr. Cleveland take its stand on the side of our vested
is employed ostensibly to prevent rt- interests.
bating on insurance premiums.
not an officer or trustee of any one cfi
the companies. cannot have fnvfc
eith
was bright and served to remind the
republican members that there is a
tariff and a tariff question.
The Boston Herald is much exercised
over the anthracite situation. Another
two months of such weather as we have
had here will 'help to relieve it. On
April 2 it will be giand to announce
that the season is finished with half a
ton over.
Admiral Rojestvensky Informs the Rus
sian admiralty that if the Japanese had
not finished him a fleet of North Sea
ose
0
0-
Hullpreparedcon-
were
ceafe infishermen a Chines port to
sally out and do the business.
'corporations, including the senate,
iB going to resign from seventy-nine
them. I is remarkable how a man
ep
tn
an
's discernment should miss
point.
Cleveland, saying: "We have caughtf,
ourselves rebating, please stop us?" Ex-Senatol Blackburn of Kentucky 'has
shall he say: "We have caught tlaf
the Hogwallow Kentuckia
detection of the gen-
th
Mutual rebating, please stop them. offerineg 75c foi any information that
In either case, how is Mr. Cleveland tn.
la
wl
do itt Why, by the co-operation cfi tleman that threw that half brick,
the officers ^of the company. This ii
the condition on which Cleveland too*
"Standing room only
th at if the presidents of the insurant
companies can co-operate with Grovce St. Paul couneflmen arc not so sure
,v on the water
ive wa t(
ingid
'Plenty of
Uncle Sam gets that.
a
Ne
Tn S
to be able to stop the process without ident'a message,
help from Graver Cleveland. All he
Champ Clark of Missouri entertained
the house yesterday with one of those
speeches which the house occasionally
listens to wh en it has no_ orders from
the senate on the docket and can play.
,JI ^^-J^. i^t- A*- leave thethe rump republicanthleague, organized byt
was not a profound speech but lt-f
President Hadley of Tale is quoted as
Cleveland to stop rebating, they eaaf that it is worth $1,000, to send Dr. i powerful enough to lick Japan. the Sunday Journal tomorrow*
six-oolumn editoriajfof/ the
ork Sun to open the new year,
doubtless kioked, about the pres-i
Dr. Osier says that people die, as a
rule, painlessly. If they knew about the
funeral possibly they1
might feel worse.
Minnesota Politics
Early Convention Date Favored In the
Preliminary DiscussionThe Highway
Commission AppointmentsIs the "Re-
publican League" Extinct?'
-An early convention date is favored by
nearly everyone who has expressed an
opinion on the subject. It is conceded
that a peculiar condition exists in the
state, which makes precedents of. little
avail. The republican candidate for gov
ernor not only needs a harmonious party,
but he needs a long campaign season to
gret around and make the people ac
quainted with him. An early convention
would also make it possible for the
state and local committees to get or
ganized and in touch with each oth
er before the real work of the cam
paign begins. These are the rea
sons usually given for an early con
vention, but there is another in
everyone's mind. An early convention
will cut short the canvass of candidates
and will possibly prevent the pre-conven
tlon contest from reaching the heated
stage It is thought that by the end
of this month every one who Is a candi
date for state office will be In the open,
and if the candidates are going to stand
on their merits they will not need elab
orate organizations and expensive cam
paigns Two or three months ought to
be plenty of time for them to do their
work.
Frank M. Eddy favors an April con
vention. Those who talk early conven
tion can hardly advocate a May date,
as that would disfranchise most of the
farmers. The primaries and county con
ventions must come either before or
after the crops are in. Members of the
state commission have not had any con
ference for over a year. It is likely that
a meeting of the executive committee
will be 'Silled in a short time to discuss
the proposition. If sentiment favors the
early date, then the full committee will
be called to settle it.
Frank Eddy restates his offer to the
"standpatters" In this week's edition of
the Sauk Center Herald, And says that
the offer holds good not only to Mc
Cleary, but to any "standpatter" In the
"United States He object^ to the reference
made in this column speaking of his offer
as an "artistic bluff," and says:
There i no bluff about It. It was rimply a
square offer to those who claim that Minnesota
republicans are standpatters to make good their
assertion Mr Cheney also states that Mr. Mc
Cleary did not state his position himself That
Is true. We summarized his position from his
tariff speech made in congress, his pubUshed
interview on his return from Europe and speeches
he has made since
Our article has been published all over the
state, and neither he nor any of his friends have
made the claim that we have misrepresented
him We honestly think if he had made a
statement himself he would have made it
stronger than -we did We think our statement
of his views Is approximately correct Not
only that, but we think It is a fair statement
c-f the views of the standpat element of the re
publican party. We consider Mr. McCleary one
of the ablest, if not the ablest, representative
of that element
We selected the second district in which to
make the test because of the ease with which
a list of names could be obtained, and it is
reasonable to suppose standpatism is stronger
in that district than in any other in the state.
else. Any standpatter in the United States Is
at liberty to accept our "offer We think this
matter ought to be tested in some way Indepen
dent of a campaign in which the personalities of
candidates enter. The people are entitled to
what they want. If they do not want anv tariff
revision and are opposed to reciprocity the en
tire congressional delegation should be out-and
out standpatters. If, as we beUeve, an over
whelming majority of Minnesota voters honestly
think there should be a revision of the tariff
and are earnestly In favor of reciprocity, it
Is a travesty on representation to be repre
sented in congress by men opposed to those
views.
Governor Johnson followed the recom
mendation of the good roads convention
as to two of the three members he ap
pointed on the highway commission.
Gustave Scholle of St. Paul and B.
Galarneault of Aitkin, both democrats,
were on the list of six names submitted
by the convention. Charles Halvorson of
Dawson, who was appointed from the
territory of the fifth, sixth and seventh
districts, was not on the list, but is
understood to be satisfactory to good
roads people. W. R. Baumbach of Wa
dena and J. Elwell of Minneapolis
were the two chosen from that district.
Mr Baumbach withdrew his name, and
on account of the probability of the en
gineer coming from Minneapolis, it was
out of the question to give this city a
place on the board In view of the talk
about good roads being an automobile
fad, it would never have done to have a
majority of the board from the cities.
The Preston Times says-
W. E Verity has sold out his paper at Wa
dena fcnd rone to Indian Territory This will
some of members of "thir house las
winter, without a head, and the headless thing
Tsille probably beb allowed to die, as it should.
These so-called republicant are pure fakes
any way and are usuallv Instigated by those
having an ax to grind, as witness the John Good
now flaco of some years ago
som ftf th memer
hleagues thlr( i hmse lRS
Swan Molander, formerly of Mora,
but nowt of St Paul, and for some years
stumpage clerk in the office of the state
auditor-,
is credited with ambition to be
secretary of state Molander was a can
didate for the nomination six years ago.
He would have more strength in the
eighth district than in St. Paul, where
it is claimed that-all factions are united
on Lemon for clerk of the supreme court.
By the way, it ought to be a good con
test between Lemon and C. A. Pidgeon.
While Lemon is a peach, there is no use
denying that Pidgeon is a bird.
The biennial rumor about opposition to
Charles R. Davis is going the rounds of
the third district, but has not been tied
to any victim as yet. Two years ago it
was Frank M. Wilson who was going to
file for congress. There are plenty of
outs who want to get in, but they haven't
found a man as yet to carry the banner.
Charles 'B. Cheney.
THERE'S MONEY IN THEM
Long Prairie Leader.
The advertisements in a paper are in
many ways' the most interesting part of
the paper and readers should get into
the habit of looking them over. When
a merchant buys space in a paper he
does so because he has something to
say. He rises to speak and he wants to
be heard Usually what he says Will in
terest you and in many cases a knowl
edge of what he says will save you
money. i
"WEL L, GOOD-BYE, KOREA"
Kansas City JournaE
Korea Is promised restoration of self-
Saturday ^Evening, MINNEAPOLIS J6URNAX4 January
6f 1906.
THE DUKE OF ARGYLL
TAKES HIS PEN IN HAND
THE DUKE OE ABGYXL, K.0..
Whose Story on "Clannishnees" Will
Appear in Tomorrow's Journal,
S:J.* if st i &s.* trf* rjrjrrx VJF
The duke ot Argyle, who has written
an interesting Btory of clans for The
Sunday Journal, is an interesting and
vals and peculiar and bizarre themes,
supposed to be characteristic of the coun
try depicted. In this it is intensely de
scriptive and the listener is supposed
to hear the Russian folk-song, the
trampling of the horses and camels, the
passing of the caravans and the music
dying away ln the distance as the cara
vans disappear. It is all a matter of taste
with regard to these innovations which
out-Wagner Wagner The soulful soul
will doubtless revel in them Are they
the acme in music? A fine rendition of
Liszt's third Hungarian Rhdpsody, all
too seldom heard, closed the program.
Campanari, the barytone, was an all
potent attraction last evening, and he
was received with a warmth which must
have been grateful to one who had been
obliged to forego singing with the Met
ropolitan Opera company to keep this
engagement. As it is, next week he will
resume his duties with the company,
while Minneapolis will -have had the treat
afforded by the contretemps which made
his presence possible. The "Monologue"
from Giordano's new opera, "Andre
Chenier," was given its first rendition
here last evening the famous barytone.
The music itself was an inspiration, and
Campanarl's Interpretation a delight. It
aroused appi opi lately the greatest en
thusiasm, and as an encore he sang the
"Toreador's Song" Bizet has made this
so fine a melody that it will always be
a prime favorite with the public, and
while Campanaii did not sing it with his
wonted fire and elan, it was a great treat.
As a second number the aria from
Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro" was sung,
and apparentlv with less of Campanari's
enthusiasm than he has been wont to
give it Two encores were demanded, and
after the first one he was obliged to re
peat the "Toreador's, Song" because of
accompaniment. This rendition was a
great ImproXement on the first, and it
was sung brilliantly.
Howard Boardman.
Foyer Chat.
The Ralph Stuart Stock company, com
posed of eighteen people, is now holding
final rehearsals at the Lyceum for the
big production of "By Right of Sword,"
the powerful romantic drama ln which
Mr. Stuart starred for years. The first
performance of this sterling play, with
Lewis Stone and Henrietta Brown in the
cast, will take place Sunday afternoon.
The sale of seats has been phenomenal
for this engagement.
Amateur night at the Unique scored a
tremendous hit last evening, as "the
talent" was out in force. In fact, it was
the biggest amateur show in many weeks,
and Manager Elliott had his hands full
disposing of the embryo stars in the big
bill. A few professional acts were intro
duced by way of giving the audience a
thoroly enjoyable entertainment.
Little Jimmle's Newsboys' band, com
posed solely of street boys, was a de
lightful feature. Lillian Spencer's gypsy
dance, to a spot-light accompaniment,
was also highly diverting. Those who
sang were Mary Cummings, McMillan and
Richards, Lydia Solly, Frank and Lilly
Bartosh and Clarence Burnett. OtherB
who appeared were Harry Sable, buck
and wing dancer Frank Jones, comedian
Lipdholm* the magician F. Remlck,
recitation, and Dean Brothers, acrobats.
government when she "gains national tion.'' So says Sarah Grand in her
strength." That is to say when she gets story on "Man and is Follies" in
DID YOTJ KNOW THAT:
THVTASTIICA
fhe
important person. He is the ninth duke reviewer must give snap judgment
in his line, and as distinguished among
his own people as his illustrious pro
genitors. Who's Who" thus de
scribes him:
Hereditary master of the royal house
hold, Scotland, hereditary sheriff of the
county of Argyll admiral of the Western
Isles, keeper of the great seal of Scotland
and of the Castles of Dunstaffnage, Dun
oon and Carrlck lord-lieutenant of Ar
gyllshire governor and constable of
Windsor castle since 1892 He was born at
Stafford House, London, Aug. 6, 1845,
educated at Edinburgh academy, Eton
St Andrews, Trinity college, Cambridge,
Member parliament, Argyllshire, 1868-78,
private secretary, Indian office, 1868-71
governor general of Canada, 1878-83.
Member parliament from South Manches
ter, 1895-1900. Among his publications
are: The United States of America After
the War Imperial Federation, Memories
of Canada and Scotland Canadian Pic
tures Life of Palmerston Tales and
Poems Psalms in English Verse Wind
sor Castle libretto for an opera, Diar
mld, 1897.
AMUSEMENTS
Auditorium-*CampanarJ.
The largest audience of the season
greeted the Minneapolis Symphony or
chestra at the Auditorium last evening,
and the program rendered was worthy of
the occasion. Mr Oberhoffer was at his
best and the orchestra was thoroly re
sponsive. Indeed, never before has the
conductor been able to secure such re
sults as made the concert such a delight.
This was particularly true in the second
part of the program. The "Midsummer
Night's Dream" overture was smoothly
played and Quite enjoyable, while the
Mozart "Symphony in E flat," with its
four movements, was well, tho not bril
liantly, rendered.
The "vorsplel" from d'Albert's new
opera, 'Tier Improvisator," was the first
orchestral number that aroused keen en
thusiasm, and it was worthy of it Full
of color, brightness and gayety, both the
conductor* and the oichestra seemed to
feel the intoxication of the composer.
Mr, Oberhoffer with -jrja^m^rable skill
heightened his clfmaxe^'. brought out the
contrasts 'with force-, ttn"&V'so read the
number that It stoo*"J8i*& with cameo
like clearness. Following this, Came Boro
dino's "Steppen-Skizze." or, Anglicized,
'"Sketches of the Steppes." The work is
ultra-modern in its treatment, barbaric
We did not challenge Mr. McCleary or anyone lln, ^composition, with unexpected Inter--
E TRLS O A BOOK-RE-
IEWER, INCLUDING A FAN
DEEAM.No position
in life is without its trialsnot even
that of a book-reviewer. Of course,
likewise, no position is without its com
iensations. But in the way of "trials"
book-reviewer gets it a going and
a coming." is. in the first place,
between two fires (not to put it more
strongly). is trying to serve the
reading publicto tell that public some
thing about books that are coming from
the publishers, and to express an opinion
broadly as to the worth of each to the
class of readers to which it especially
appeals. A the same time he must try
to avoid giving serious offense to the
^publishers he must be "diplomatic"
S publishers are the sources of book pub
licity and newspapers are mediums of
publicity. The conclusion is obvious.
Theoretically, a book-reviewer ought
to be absolutely fair, regardless of con
sequences practically, the problem is
not so easy. For the most part, the
Lack of time, lack of space and limited
capacity for work combine to make this
necessary. A snap judgments cannot,
in the nature of the case, more than
approximate fairness, the reviewer usu
ally prefers to give the book the benefit
of the doubt. This is a real "trial,"
for a reviewer, of course, would like to
be regarded as infallible, tho in his few
sane moments he sees the hopelessness
of such desire.
Possibly it is this disposition to give
the publisher and the author the benefit
of the doubt that brings upon the re
viewer one of the worst of his tribula
tions, one that makes the really con
scientious reviewer gnash his teeth and
tear his hairif he have any of either.
This supreme tribulation is to be asked
whether the reviews he publishes are
provided by the publishers. One who
asks such a' question deserves the rack
for the first offense and the stake with
out absolution for the second. Publish
ers, some of them, do send brief reviews
along with their books, and they are
thankfully received, often serving as
guides to salient and important points
which might easily be overlooked, and
often supplyin.g. valuable information
nice little girls regard a new
book by as a Big
Thing.
mm(
is an anodyne, harmful if
persisted iiwput of season, but good on
occasion as^. help to endurance,
"Happiness iB a state of mind which
can be produced by careful cultiva-
would doubtless be an event of greater' presence, or to share his gayer moods
importance in your large blue eyes. 'All and guide him into green pastures and
6
"IJttt even if you are not a nice little
girl, you can be nice to our book, say
nice things about it and send us a clip
ping 6f your nice review.
"Yours very truly,
Such a letter could hardly be called
a burden. I comes from a house with,
which pleasant relations have been es- i
tablished, and is accepted, as it is meant
to be, merely as one of the amenities
of business.
It was said above that the reviewer
must for he most part give snap judg
ment. One reason is the deluge of
books. It is paralyzing to even a sturdy
reviewer's energies the way the book's
move upon him the fall season. They
come singly and by twos, by squads,
and by cohorts, especially as the holi
days draw near, and publishers, of
course, are anxious to have their books
all reviewed before Christmas, in order
to "catch" the Christmas trade (which
is another of the reviewer's trials).
It was in the early stages of the high
book tide of the present season that
the Journal's reviewer had a dream, I
the result doubtless of the receipt of|
several large shipments of books and
an excess of energy, involving late
hours. I the dream he saw himself
about to be engulfed between two
mighty waves of books. Just as he be
gan to feel resigned, seeing in the ap
firoaching cataclysm an end of his woes,
he dream underwent a change. Instead
of being a reviewer, presto he was a
book. Ffom force of habit, no doubt,
he glanced down his title page to see
who the publisher was. With a sense,
of satisfaction he noted that it was a|
Boston house. Thia being the record of i
an actual dream, the fact is given it!'*
is not necessary to give the disturbed'
slumberer's reasons for his satisfaction.
Hardly had he discovered whose imprint!
the hands of a reviewerand that re
viewer had cloven hoofs and a barbed
tail! Worse still, this fiend,lifted a
forked instrument, sharp on one side, W
with which the book, with a horrible
quaking, realized that his pages were
"K"",
him always? Or was his future state
being disclosed to him? If the latter
was lie to be the high torturer of the
tured? Or after all was the dream a
means of teaching the lesson of the
golden rule, as tho the books coming to
f. _,,
his hand_ woul, Bay: "You've had a
taste of the torture of being reviewed,
now be good to us?" Where is the
Daniel who will interpret the dream?
Tennyson exclaims somewhere: O
CURRENT, CONTRIBUTIONS
tHEfWORLD'S READING
Some of the Tribulations of a Reviewer of BooksNew Things in
FictionNew Book by Geosge Wasson.
By W. P. KIRKWOOD.
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THE REVIEWER REVIEWED
The Unhappy Experience of a Book Reviewer In Dreamland.
said of one, apparently of the profes
bion, who turns traitor like the writer
of the following, taken from a recent
number of Public Opinion?
"It is even alleged that a few men
have been found who claimed to take
about the books or their authors. But pleasure in reading their review copies,, her cause and he drags his friends into
such a review is seldom used by a re-] but it is probable that those men were it. One of them protests, but is met
viewer with a conscience, unless it is'women. N man would so far forget! with: "Look here, professor, don't go
purely descriptive and a description of I what he owed to the ethics of his
the book is all that it is desired to'
print. It is not fair to an overworked
reviewer to assume, because he gives
two or three or four book reviews a
day, that he has not found in the books
themselves the basis for what he says
about them. The charitable and con
siderate thing is to assume that he has
consumed much midnight gas in order
to find out what a book has to tell, in
order, in turn, that he ay tell the
public about it. One who values the re
viewer's services even at a low figure
will not add to the reviewer's burdens
the charge of being a bribed court.
Reviewers are more often "jollied"
ihan bribed or influenced." A amus
ing specimen of "jollying" is he fol
lowing letter which was recently re
ceived in advance of a book from a
wester^ publishing honse:
An editorial copy of
is sent to you 'today with our com
pliments.
"If you were a nice little girl, this
craft." institutionyou haven't the least idea
Pistol him, pistol him!'' "what may happen to you.'' Then things
.A few only of the reviewer's ills are begin to happen and keep it np until
these. One does not forget the old man Mr. Jackson has written his story
who comes in with the futile work of an purelv for entertainment and, for that
untrained mindanything from a com-1 it is a complete success.
edy to a cosmogonysoliciting an early Henry Holt &. Co.. New Xork.
review and sure to be offended if the i_I__.. _a-
comment is unfavorable or contains but k-irr"^
faint praise nor does one forget the' nx'rr*-yx'W*vxTrmTXtt*xna
excessively modest author who has done i jg
something praiseworthy, yet refuses to i
give a feature interview for the Sat-,
urday book page: nor does he forget the I
unfortunate publisher impatient for i
early reviews^-nor a thousand and one I
other things.
Still there are compensations that
make the burdens easy to carry. A re
viewer makes many friends in th e.
course of his wonderings in the book I *i
world, friends of more than a passing
hcur, friends -who abide-with one, -to.#,
pit with him in the darker hours dis
pelling the gloom by their comforting
beside still waters. To find such friends,
to help to introduce them to a world
where their good influences are needed,
to introduce the pleasing acquaintances
of an hour, alsc^these things take the
sting from the inane queries of the
foolish, make the snap judgments of the
reviewer saner and truer, leave only
humorous the fantastic dreams of a
tired mind, and lead one to make allow
ances for a loved poet's ill temper, and
to smile at the "digs" of the "back
writer."
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JOHN BARBY.
Author of "Our Best Society.
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him from cover to cover. was in
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millionaires, which wask the prin-
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The reviewer has RWP wonderd of the careegr&oef a circuse acrobat and "American Commonwealths Series" is
wh^r^^ainffi5oriS,2S
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writer of unworthy Ibooks or the tor- whol ly1 toB thte writing of fiction. His the parreader it has playedLouisiaman
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A TALE OF A CHEERF UJLt LOSERf.
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There is a place in the hearts of
i-.z-, Americans for he cheerful loserthe tzt
vou chorus of indolent reviewers!" and man who accepts defeat with a smile
^^^dejy^^o.glumrsno amT s^bo^^inn^^ext
doubt, is another of the burdens of the story
reviewer, tho it is not allowed to weigh Luck, an exciting" and" amusing nana
very heavily,
the above narrated
mean that he
enced it is to superintend the future
tortures of authors, Tennyson will cer
tainly be called to account.
However, Tennyson was, perhaps, not
altogether to blame, for, no doubt, there
are "indolent reviewers," just as there
are indolent poets. Tennyson, doubt
less, had had experience with some such
reviewers. Nevertheless, he should not
have condemned so sweepingly.
If Tennyson's fling festers in the
mind of the reviewer, what shall be
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Blanche," a curious^ realisticJ stud5y ANA.T latest,t volum.e th
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if so, what the meaning was. DidL he uounceod by W.8 D.w Howells the best has made his book a "running com-
see himself in his dream as authors see
1
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chief of the story is the yachtsman. He
turns up San Francisco to find_ his
yacht there and. under suspicion of be
ing laden with arms for revolutionists
in Guatemala. With some friends and
an officer ha goes aboard to investigate.
The revolutionists aboard make the
whota partj
prisoners and set sail.
After he yacht has" made her escape
from the harbor the prisoners are al
lowed to come on deck, where they learn
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Louisiana' history V*P
tage-hfeeV written. Mr. mentary upon.the whol narrative"
"set union of
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appear on the third edition velopment of the nation a na of national
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than the vessel is in command of tha
"princess," the soul of the revolution,
who had seized the yacht on its way
north. The princess, by those charms
without which a princess would not be
a princess, converts the yachtsman to
to knocking this enterprise it's a bully
A
GEORGE WASSOM.
Author of "The Green Shay.'
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THE "COMIC MISERY" OP LIFE.
Along the Maine coast is to be found
much of what old Captain Trunnel, in
George Wasson's The Green Shay, calls
"comic misery," the stuff of which,
the captain's view, life is chiefly made.
C, The same stuff AS to be found in abund
anee elsewhere, but it does not alwayi
i find so skilful an artist to set it forth
as the Maine coast article finds in Mr.
Wasson. Mr. Wasson sees, and makes
I his readers see, both the comedy and
the misery of the life with which he
deals, as well as the happy between.
shows the degeneracy of that fine old
stock that helped to make Maine an
object of pride to Americans. While
he' shows the pity of it all, he does not
let one forget its humorous side, nor
i that saving salt which has not lost iti
5 savor and in which the hope of regener
ation lies. Mr. Wasson knows the life
with -which he deals and he makes his
reader know it as tho he were actually
I a part of it.
Two threads of interest hold the
,reader turnout "The Green Shay,"the
love affair of a young sea captain for
the daughter of a veteran who sturdily
sticks to his early principles, and the
i, practical and sensible efforts of a young
t****r* minister to restore Kentle Harbor, tho
_. -OATJ-DV ATT'PWVR O scene of the story, to its ancient moral
rrrw W evident purpose on th author's par to
of tS ,^.f
W, 8ane moral help. The same needs exist
elsew
ahe
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about be cut. was saved the Wife," a novel dealing with graft
pain, however, for a book pushed off the national politics which, several years i ^j -=T-
arm of his uneasy chair aroused the ago, won the first prize in the Smart Set ^^mr AT- T^TTTBT
slumberer and restored him to his right competition for novels of "Madenioi-i CRITICAL HANDBOOK OP LOOTBI-
coas folkg ne
fae book fo othe lace 8 ha Kentl
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commonwealthse
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than
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a
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lt Louisian a has prayed in the
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con
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reconstructiodnaninn'f,'
period.
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