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around h!m are the mu nicipal officialswho broke bread with him at dinner. On that night the Mayor threw.-downithe.gauritlet; defied the newspapers or hands have been placed enormous powers for good oir evil, and in him reli ance must be placed that the exercise of those pow ers shall be for good and not for evil. The address any other agencies of pub lic opinion to influence or dictate has policy, and announced that the peo ple of San : Francisco are in his keeping^ and must trust to his discretion or control except so far as the child's own reason sanctions control. Like many educational reformers. Pro fessor Dewey eeems to feel that wisdom and experience. have no right to command, but must limit their field to persuasion. This error would be fatal if carried out to ;ts legitimate conclusions. But as it will not be so carried out, books like- Pro fessor Dewey's will do a great deal of good by stimulating thought and liberal izing sympathy. (The University of Chi cago Press.) "Pabo. the Priest," by S. Baring Gould, is a historical romance dealing with the invasion of Wales during the time of King Henry I of England. It offers an interesting picture of the times and the people," showing In an entertaining way the intense feeling of national pride ex isting among the Welsh, as well as their stern determination to resist all encroach ments on their liberties by the English. In addition to this national patriotism there Is, perhaps, a still stronger feeling of local pride that can induce the humble tenant to sacrifice his all for the sake of his priept and' oppose to the utmost of his ability the attempt to connect the Church of Wales with that of England. The Bcene Is laid in one of the small healed Is more apt to recover than he who withholds a blight equivalent for health." Mr. Purrin»ton regards Christian Science as a dangerous and horrible delusion. He presents with force and clearness the case against it and makes several suggestions as to the legal aspect of the matter. Readers who are interested in making up their minds as to the 1 claims of the sys tem of heaHng. or who would like to be provided with a collection of facts to con firm their objections to it. will find Mr. Purrington's work exactly fitted to their needs. (E. B. Treat & Co.. New York.) Books Received. "Bible Questions." by James M. Camp bell. Funk & Wagnalls Company. New York: $1. "The Story of Eclipses." by George F. Chambers. D. Appleton & Co., New York. "Consumption and Chronic Diseases." by Emmet Densmore. M. D. The Still man Publishing: Company, New York. "The World's Mercy," by Maxwell Gray. D. Appleton & Co.. New York; $1. "Mythology for Moderns," by James S. Metcalfe. LJfe Publishing Company, Nor York; JL .. .. >. -t .- : .. V ;-'r- .- "The World 1300 Almanao and Encyclo pedia." by Press Publishing Company, New York; 25 cents-. 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The Sad Story of the Life of Felix Morris. ONCE upon a time a runaway young ster set out for America to revolu tionize the stase. He was Felix Morris. He did not consider him self a youngster, for he had a medical "ploma to his credlt-a diploma from parlor one Christmas night and had his efforts not been applauded |»> Cous'n Mary and Uncle Charles and Susie Harl ot the father of Felix Morris did not look with favor upon a stage career. He was an officer in th 9 British navy and a .onservative parent. "Felix shall by a physician." he had said. Then his lips came together as if they meant business. ,and to a medical school Felix went. ¦ •But his taste of amateur theatricals Vis the undoing of paternal plans. X followed that Felix determined upon the •tage for his career. ,»,„«_ •To the intense disappointment of those -who had a right to expect better things of me." he says. "I- started for the United i States, with very little money In my pocket but fortified with a supply °f de termination and ambition which I had never displayed in any previous undertak . "in ray optimistic eyes my future was assured, for of worldly wisdom I bad none, and of practical common sense I re joiced in the possession of a very short allowance. Thus equipped. I set out to revolutionize the stage." It came about that he chose Albany as the place to make his start. His first in terview with an Albany manager was noi encouraging. Upon calling the manager's attention to the fact that a future Keane or Macready might be before him. the answer made was: "A fellow with such a xnu* as yours play tragedy? Bosh! No, sir; if you go Into this business you may in fourteen or fifteen years be re ceiving $15 per week, and you'll be pretty doggoned lucky if you do that." Then followed the years of world bat tle. Morris accepted a position as drug clerk, when the wolf camped before his door. He worked in a Boston foundry tintll he fell at his work and was taken to a hospital for eight weeks. He shipped with a Pacific whaler, but gave up the voyage before land was out of reach. Once during these years he had been given a chance upon the stage. "Roland Hetherington, I arrest you," was the chance. He came upon the stage and was car ried off again, having eald not a word, for sheer terror. This performance did not put him In the line of promotion. It was not until long after that Wal ter Keeble assumed the management of the Albany Theater and sent for fcJa friend. Morris, to be head super, at JS per week. The super work w,i3 success ful, and a role of policeman folio-wed. Next he became a "snide lawyer" oa th» Albany stage. • ¦ • . The character work suited audience*, but It took Morris many a year to learn that he was not a cominff tragedian. Ills futile ambition drove him -front pillar to post, and a desperata season found hlra traveling with a road company, playtr.s any left-over part, as well as th« bass drum. At last cama his San Francisco engagement. It was at th» old California Theater.un der the management of Barton Hill. and Frank Lawler. During the season, of IS7B-79 he played there a3 character come dian, and it was during that season that he made the San Francisco friends who remember him best now. He made but one_ failure, and that went no further than* a rehearsal. He has written lor Muslo and Dr&mat "The comic opera 'Fatinitza" was to b« presented, and I was cast for the reporter, the leading tenor part. I told Barton Hill that I was not an operatic tenor. 'Never mind, my boy; it is a good part, a good part,' said he. 'You'll b«» all right.' I took the liberty of doubting this asser tion very much, and when my voice was tried, it was at once discovered that In stead of being all right. It was all wronff. The part was given to tin well-known tenor Harry Gates, after the verdict of Charlie S^hultz. our musical director. " 'Ouf you sing like dot. you git hell.' ¦ Followfng the stock season came barn storming in "The Octoroon." Morris played with Maud Adams, who was making her little-girl appearance as Paul, the Indian boy. Mr. Gates reminded him of this fact last season. "Do you know, Felix, that New York's darling. Lady Babbie, is the ' Indian boy of your *Octorooa* days 7" - ; : "No! You don't say so!", nodded Mor ris. "How we grow, how we growl" It was aa Softie in "Aurora Floyd" that Morris* first real hit was made. After that, success was easy. Daniel. Frohman engaged him for the stock company, and vaudeville circuits brought in good ring ing coin. But the man who had «truirled for success -was almost aid when it came. "He was the most gentle gentleman that ever lived." said John Morrlsey ©f the Or pheum. "If he was obliged to sr&y "Damn/ he always hid it behind a cough/* j. ; Felix Morris lived to be M y«ar» o!i His last days saw him prosperous and happy in his New York home. H» wu ¦with his beloved wife and thr«« llttl* people. Just when the ladder was climbed— • On the 13th of January tha burial sortie* was read. : ¦ ? . ; '.... ; ¦ was a remarkable one and may mean for the people of San Francisco some thing very much more serious than the victory of the right cf local gov ernment. photograph was taken on the night of ; January 13 in the banquet hall of the Palace Hotel. In the center is -the. oratorical and eloquent Mayor, and ¦honor for a government that will not be anarchy. His Honor, inspired by the sparkling' visions of the wine glass, saw every reason for_ congratulation in the fact that in his PqrsHE above picture Is j[ from a photograph that represents what is now one of the histori cal incidents in the life of new San Francisco. The J?etix Morris. valleys of Wales, where Pabo, the priest, loved by all and faithfully ministering to the wants of his people, was suddenly, without warning, ejected from his place as Archprleat and condemned to death by the unscrupulous Bishop appointed by Henry I, his wife passed over to* the hands of one of the lawless followers of the Bishop and his property confiscated. By the aid of his friends Pabo escaped and took refuge in a cave formerly the dwelling of an aged hermit. Here he dis covered a chart directing the way to the treasure left In the cave of Ogofau by the ancient Romans. This was treasure to be used only In defense of Wales, and Pabo gladly consecrated It to the cause of ex pelling the English . from Wales. The plot of the book develops in the attempts made by Pabo's friends to conceal from the Bishop and his satellites thelrpriest's. place of hiding, and their efforts to pre vent the Bishop from putting Into execu tion his plan of dlssolvng marriages con tracted within the seven degrees of the church, reckoning godfathers and god mothers. The story of Pabo and the re sistance made against English ecclesiastic supremacy goes side "by side with the great struggle for political autonomy and the defense of Welsh homes against seiz ure by the foreigners. So the culmination Is reached -when the plgnal Is given to take up arms, and the images that follow are filled with that intense local patriotism and strong love for clan so characteristic of the Welsh, the clans of the Scottish Highlands, the Swiss and all mountain peoples. So when the men appear in arms ready to march against their foe the strong local element is brought steadily before us by the appearance of the women who join in singing tHe war songs of Da vid and exhort the men to be determined In defending their homes. With the en thusiasm engendered by these stirring martial odes the men march to the strong holds of the enemy, poorly equipped, but with a stern resolve that atones for these deficltnclea. Naturally they are triumph ant, and finally see Pabo return and tho •sovereignty restored to their rightful prince. The romance is strong, stirring: and wholesome. (F. A- Stokes Company, New York. 60 cents.)_ Several recent deaths give point to W. A. Purrington's "Christian Science, a Plea for Children and Other Helpless Sick." The motto of the work is the following quotation from Mrs, Eddy, the apostle of Christian Science: "Christian Science demonstrates that the patient who pays whatever he is able to pay for being A Critical Review of the Most Interesting Books of the Week. By Professor H. B. Lathrop of Stanford University. THE or.c new thins in Mrs. Harriott Wligfct Eherratt'n "Mexican Vis tas" Is the account given of a vll- lage of- mountain Aztecs, the in haWtants of which affirm that they have never been conquered by either Spaniard or Mexican. These Indians are the de scendants of ancestors who fled from Cortes into ;he fastnesses of tho moun tains, ar..l who burned their villages and hid In inaccessible places when Maximil ian's troops threatened them. They con temptuously reject the Catholic faith as beiri? tha reJJcibii of the bated Spaniards, and thouch some ; mr* Protestants the rr.alr.Htv h'av* 11(1 relidOSl at fill. to believe that the Mexicans belonged to the great Germanic race." Mrs. Sherratt must be very amiable, indeed, to endure such a pun even from herself. (Rand, Mc- Nally & Co., Chicago.) Against the fundamental principle ex pressed In "The School nnd Society."- by Professor John Dewey of the University of Chicago, no thoughtful student of edu cation will be likely to make any protest. This principle is that the school is a part of social life and must train its pupils for social usefulness. As a result, the school must conform its education more closely to the social conditions of the age. IMS rot in the stM- , .. -i cf thi>M\ facts, however, that Mrs. >r- -mitt's book offers information whim could not b<» obtained elsewhere, but In the report she makes of the order. Industry. Intelligence and civilization t!-..-» Aztec Indians. Th<». picture of the . nv.iniclpal school and Its fchoolmastor l*.erpeciaJly full of interest. This man. an !-.i'ian who hud never left his native mountains, conducted his American visitors to a room set apart for manual work, where the clay molding, the wood carving and the paper cutting astor.Jfl-.ed the Americans. He led his pupils In .-v::s:r.e, gave a lesson in free hand firav:::«;. and then held a recitation in geograph- . The class was a class of beginne.-o. Each chad, after giving the number of; tail house. v>.ts led on to de scribe the neighborhood In which he lived, his town, his district. He gave th» names ar.d duties m the officers of each political .division, and finally of the offi cers'/of the 'republic. ""In time." said tlie» teacher. .'xh«*y will make excursions into Other countries, thus learning geography, history and national law from the start ing point of their own front door?. My methods of teaching in all branches..' continued the schoolmaster, entirely un conscious of our i'.l-concealed amazement, .'are Socratie.' 1 never tell a child a truth; I let him find It out for himself. When his .premises are wrong I question him until he sees where his argument leads him- Please bear in mind that this man was an Indian— one of the race we are accustomed to call savages. It is also ¦well to remember that the children, until the age of 6 years, had heard and spoken the Aztec tongue only and that knowledge came to them through the acquired Span ish lanCuaEe.". . ' - ''¦•' . . "The obvious fact is that our social life has undergone a thorough and radical < hanpe. If our education is to have any meaning for life It must pass through an equally complete transformation. This transformation Is not something to ap pear suddenly, to be executed in a day by conscious purpose. It is already in prog ress. The modifications of our school sys tem which appear often as mere changes of detail, mere improvements within the school mechaiilsm, are In reality signs and evidences of this change. The In troduction of active occupations, of na ture study, of elementary science, of art. of history, the relegation of the merely symbolic and formal to a secondary po sition; the change in the moral school atmosphere. In the relation of pupils and teachers— of discipline; the Introduction of more active, expressive and self-direct ing factors— all these are not mere ac cidents; they are necessities of the larger social evolution. It remains but to or ganize all these factors, to appreciate them in their fullness of meaning, and to put the ideas and Ideals Involved In complete, uncompromising possession of our school system. To do this means to make each of our schools an embryonic community life, active with types of occupations that reflect the life of so ciety and permeated throughout with the spirit of art, history and science. When the school introduces and trains each chiid of society into membership within such a little community, saturating him with the spirit of service and providing him with the instruments of effective self direction, we shall have the deepest and best guarantee of a laYger society which is worthy, lovely and harmonious." When we come to analyze the meaning The picture of this gently noble man. modestly unconscious of his worth, is touching and inspiring. Sirs. Sherratt de scribes him as saying: "If I could only go to your country! But I never shall; 60 I must work it out for myself." And as her party went down the street they looked back and "saw him standing thoughtfully in the doorway— a grand iig ure In his Ehabby garments— and I thought of the many Americans I had known to whom years of college and for eign university life had not given that discipline of the Intellect, that real edu cation, which had been acquired by this pnor Indian 'working it out' in his lonely home on the distant mountain." • This little view Of the Aztec school tells more of the forces that are raising Mcx- Ico than all the rest of the book. If Mex ico were a new country, beyond the Arctic circle. Into which no explorer had ever made his way before Mrs. Sherratt. ehe could not be more enthusiastic over dis covering it. But what good end is served by trivial comments on dirt, and sewers, end pulque and Mexican architecture, or by ccrars of Mexican history? The world knows these things, or can easily ¦ f.-nd them out from better books than Mrs. Eherratfe. The book, in spite of its su perficiality, might have a reason for ex istence if there were some charm or cualr.tness of personal character ex pressed In It; but the style is bad and the Jokes are worse. Mrs. Sherratt' s syn tax is Incorrect, her dictlonls cheap and her highest reach of humor is found in euch Eaylnjrs as this: "Mexico is so given over to germs that we were almost forced of these eloquent words in the practical suggestions In Professor Dewey's book, we nnd .two elements prominent— the at tempt to produce aa artificial society which shall arouse a child's'natural curi osity about the important things in the world about him, and a system of train ing in elementary manual occupations which brine to the child's consciousness the fundamental economic laws of so ciety and develop a sense of the evolution of the social order. The thoroughgoing consistency with which these conceptions are worked out In Professor Dewey's little school gives rise to Eome questions. Is Professor Dewey not carried away by the Idea of evolution? Is any such consciousness of the stone age as he would develop es- Eential to useful activity in the world of to-day? It is to-day that a child must earn his living as a specially trained workman In some business. As an edu cational factor almost any manual train ing will do its work for him, developing hiß sense of form and making him feel a respect for handiwork. The knowledge of ancient weaving and of primitive'con ditions may be usful knowledge, too: but It will hardly reconcile a man who stands eight hours a day. tending a clacking, monotonous mechanism for making tacks to being obliged to do part of the world's tedious labor, as Professor Dewey seems to suggest. There appears to be some vagueness, also, about the extent to which children chall be controlled against their impulses. If the book Is to be taken literally. Professor Dewey seems to inculcate an absolute freedom from 8