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BOOKS REVIEWS
i 'TbelVhiieCal; thyt 'hy (kltttßargcxj
"fbe^nhhyoftiaoti
by Henr^'^homqsCotesidck
"Kate Meredifc Financier, C- i
/. Cutcliffe Hyrie
"The Carrier Crisis, " byjiiigasiine
Gallagher
" Vhe Hypocrite, " by tßingbam
Vhoburn Wilson .:\;V ;
"Bettina,", byMrs.^ Eleanor, Hoyt
"OrganicEpolutipn," by Mrs.; Anna
Jlugusta Qaskeil '. \u25a0 'V. >
"The White Cat"
A Xor*l by Gelett BurceM.. Author of . "Tl-
T*tt«?." 'The Uage of Tooth." lUustr«ted
by Will Grefe. Pcblisbed by the Bobbs-
Merrill Compaoy, ladiaD&polis. Price 91.30.
THE great reading public, and
particularly that part of It which
reads Gelett Burgess— whether,
to praise or. blame makes no dif
ference—should, not be surprised
at anything lie does. Burgess well de
scribed himself, 'when. In that remark
able essay of- j^ast year, "Arc You a
Bromide?"- he "wrote thus: "The sul
phite from, his ve^y nature must con
tinually >urprise-,yos^ by an unexpected
course of a.etfonl-'- He ' must explode.
Tou never know what he will say or
de. He is always sulphitif; but as of
ten impossible. He will cot bore you,
but he may shock you. You find your
stlf watching him to see -what is com
lag nevt. and it. may be a subtle Jest,
a paradox or an .atrocious violation of
•tiQuette." - '
No tm-o of Burgess* writings, have
been "in the least alike; it is hard indeed
to find points of similarity enough "in
them to "furnish intrinsic evidence that
they came from the same pen. "While,
he has done some things so fine they
eugbt to live, things like ~ Vive tte,"
•om« of the poems in , "The Gage of
To«th," an essay or two in "The Ro
mance of the Commonplace." it must be
confessed that his reputation has been
made chiefly by his clever rhymes and
nonsense Jingles, and that never-to-be
forgotten "Purple Cow." The world
wants to laugh and it always will
lapgh at and with Gelett Burgess, but it
does seem like wasting his genius,
•which is of so unusual an order, to*
fritter it away In Jingles, when, all the -
time he has somewhere at the back of
his mind a treasury of beautiful, al- '
most classical. English.
"The White Cat" is a novel, but with
»o unusual a plot that only one case
anything like It is recalled in 'fiction. .
Tbat case is. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,"
that volume of exquisite horrors. A'
bit of .the plot will not spoil the reading
of it. The hero, Chester Castle, has an
automobile accident out In" the country.'.
When he recovers consciousness he is
In a lonely but beautiful house, at
tended by a charming young woman
who introduces herself as Joy Fie Wing.
He no more than glances at her before
he knows it "means romance and so It
appears to her. She Is pictured as
"obviously a creature of fine distinc
tions, of nuances- of feeling, though at
present her talk was as simple ; and
joyous as a child. That simplicity of
hers, however, was the-, simplicity of
a Greek temple, made up of subtle ra
tios end proportions, of Imperceptible
Curves and esoteric laws.*'
The lady is a aulphlte pnre'and^slai-'
pie; e-yen the clever hero, is .not quite
sure of himself all Ux« time when try-
Ing to keep up to' her standardln con
versation. The second time they meet
wull* the hero is still in bed with- a
troten rib tnd several other things,
this ccav«r«t.tiontak*s place between
thstti:'- .-' .; .\u25a0 ./ .' ;\u25a0.- \u25a0 ' ; ". X -
*Tra, bursting; with ths -obvious.'* I
remarked. \u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0 - \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0-'. ••--'•-• : \u2666
gh« shook- her- finger :atr me ? with
spirit.. "If you dare!*\ .v^-'i>. '-
"Oh, ril not b« the first. Man though
X'anv'Z can restrain my curiosity." .
How quickly her face changed 1 An
almost infantile look ' cam* - into -it as
act s»id: -KaWSIMWa^Ww
"There - ar* ' so *. many more \u25a0. curious
tklnc« then curiosity. If you know what
I mean. Curiosity Is such a destructive
proceji, don't. you think?" :£B£&>SSB&
"And this is creative? The not sat
isfying it, I^nean.? . -. ,:
"Yes, ' wonder •; is — and mystery, it
ramifies "so. .It splits the ray." She,
made a qcjesr, mystical gesture, all her
STH, ; *• '•\u25a0 "»'•• -- \u25a0 . ».\u25ba;.-,-•-\u25a0-, \u25a0
"Oh, ; it > Quite bloswomsr I;sald.' "I
breaths . all ' sorts of perfumes never
smelt,"- - . .lift l <lfTßfffitmagiHf*lßftiaWß?Ba
Her eager look came back,. and sh*.
smiled Joyously. *^How^ulck you are!
Z wish we could keep it up a while! I
•hould have liked to marry Bluebeard!
What a 'splendid dowry he" gave! Oh."
I would never have opened the door!
Thare was' so much more outside than
In. wasn't there? But now the role is
yours; you must be Bluebeard's wlfe : —
or Robinaon Crusoe. Oh, you must
stay en the island— this Island with me/
and not try to get off. There are; a few'
llttJe places we can explore .without
dangftfw will '- you - be satisfied ,,- with
them?" -\u25a0:-; ' ;' : y : ," ''" ;. : \u25a0/ '--^<i^~~.{
One needs v to. be'somethlng of a; sul
phite to see Just; what . it . all ; means.
Even the hero" Is a little proud to think
he can understand,' for, hssays:^"^ ;,
Somehow I.got the tplrit of it. as at
I hearing come words of a. strange lan
guage eloauenfly -spoken. •She was
warning, me . cflf— > 'but from . what? Z
would nnd out soon ".enough," should the
meaning need-to be •made.;mor»-def
inite. It was -like a game-of ? Jack-;
straws ; If I " did : not * play : gingerly 1 1
should bring down the commonplace
upon us. My eituatlon was- delicats— \u25a0
It almost seemed that I had arrived, in
some war.' Inopportunely.-^ : ••
But she had gone on. - "Did you read
my booksTfi she-asked,: Uklng. up^ons
sf them. '.' ' '-'. ' v "\u25a0 - '\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0 "''\u25a0 \u25a0 \u0084
"I read: that-- one— the poems. -I got
«ulte lostln them." > \u25a0+\u25a0 ?-*** \u25a0'\u25a0
"Which \u25a0 ones T* She \u25a0 looked ; up -: from
the book eagerly.. * - \u25a0\u25a0'- .- - '
"The - Journey,, and—'*. '1: ; hesitated
"— Th« Riders.:', .' Z - was 5 watching her
face earnestly.- - : . '•' '~,.L-_ . '-'*. •"-.:- 'ir.]
"Oh, how right' you *ar«r"- She; was
- perfectly simple* about; lt.-'/-TheiV. was;
no conceit in her.?^"lt" means,»doesn't
it, that we already have- a language?
But<3rouvmustv:read- ths^ essays,^ too.;:
{Then maybe we'll j have a - philosophy." .
*TU ' eulcr e ' them -with p' *asur«," i Z
THE SUNDAY CALL'S BOOK PAGE.
tried to. keep the appeal out- of my
voice. "I have "such a lot of things to
dobefore r l":go."
She grot.y this quite as I -intended.
. well, we'll be. perfectly natural and'
let come what' mar. as it seems to be
all decided- for us. -We won't force, the!
game. Bu^t I'm afraid you'll never be
contented.' You'll leave the Island first,
I m quite 'sure." T .
\u0084 I- protested; she shook her head
"lowly. I knew sh« was thinking very
hard -.of.s. -something:' Her smile was
wistful;. her. #yes, always fixed on mine.
were aimost somber in their expres
sion. .: . * : • . .
It Is rather a shock to find this ador
able creature of mystery, .refinement
and charm. acting like a rowdy co-ed
in her next appearance, talking, slang
>nd flirting vulgarly with the hero. But
it soon develops- that Joy Fielding: has a
double personalits ; . For five days of
each week she is a dainty gentle lady
and on the other two a moat unattract
ive hoyden, calling herself Edna and
making no end of trouble. . '
( Dr. Cop!n. the villain, .makes love to
"Edna," ..hypnotises her and gets such
control that' of tener and oftener she
displaces- Joy; and in time' she might
come to ;be-,the dominant personality.
Castle makes Jove to. Joy ajod the strug
gles between the two men for the mas
tery, are unusually good narrative."
Of course. Castle and the charming
personality win,, but. the mapner -in
which he fights .^ the : devil which 1 pos
sesses Joy is extraordinary. It is only
In^this part of the story: that the old
familiar Burgess' has allowed his im
agination to run riot. .•';-. , .- v" •:. ,',
"The Ministry of Baldwin"
A Korel *by Utnrj. TTioinM Coir* took. Pnb*
Hth*«l bjr Ttiom»» .T, Crowell & Co.,* New
York. Prtee #1.50. - - -
It "is "many years- sinee 'Mrs. Hum
phry Ward set a. new. fashion in novels
based upon warring religious belief!
and heresy in her masterpiece," "Robert :
Elsmere." .There-have been many imi
tators, but none thus far has done ai
powerful. a piece. of work as that re
vealed in .'The Ministry, of David Bald
win." by Henry Thomas Colestock,
.himself a struggling pastor, driven.-ul
timately to the. schoolroom by.h^s des
ire for a freedom of thought not com
patible with his pulpit life.. ,
He published a book: on "The Chang
ing Viewpoint In Religious Thought,"
which reflected his, attitude and struck
-a sincere not© in criticism. .His .next
work was ,- in the «; same line. "The
Church Leading . Its Ministry .Into
Temptation," and now comes this novel,
supposedly .flctf on« but actually . reflect- "
ing Mr. Colestock's own experiences so
clearly that it might almost be bio
graphicaL ', ,< \u25a0 . ; - , :\u25a0. > .
The story in'" barest outline is of
young David Baldwin. Just finishing
his course In the divinity .school, and
receiving a. call;,to *'a village > church.
One of the. conditions Is that he- must
marry, for, "owing to the ' disturbance
in our church: life- caused by "the mar
riage of our -former pastor to one of
the young Jadtes of the congrfegatlon,
the church -voted soon thereafter not to
settle another unmarried pastor." This
curious condition causes 0n1y .7 merri
ment, when .it, should t have sounded' aya v
warning of what he might expect from
the church committee. He Is -able to
comply with their. conditions and In due
course Is installed. He Is -young,
healthy, normal and filled with ad
vanced ideas of : religion. His pulpit .is
ultra conservative and he hopes to-;n~e'lp
eoroe of the narrow/minded old folk out
of their rut. He preaches the truth aa
he. sees it and' is promptly . declared
"unsound-'.' The tragedy of the. book:
Is In his struggle to-be true to his prin
ciples and yet to keep* his pulpit' so that
-he. may support his, wire. / ," ,
One of the townspeople, not a mem
ber of ."David's \ church, .visits it. several
times and is. bo pleased with David and
his modern " views that,' he decides . to
.Join. " In^.cpnyersation, with the young:
preacher/ this; man gives what may be
taken- as. the.' keynote of "Che book: ""I
was searching for light "It was be
coming irnppssible .for me to hold the
TTellglous^cpnceptions 'upon; which .1 had
"been brought iupT^-TJieTstudylofi those
works enabled me to find myself, to un
derstand that religion is one thing-^— — " :
••a ufe.v:; ; , - , -. ... :
\u25a0:"-^— f-Ahd ; ourl beliefs quite, another.''
. . The . character /drawing •Is 7 excellent,
eapeciallyithe". "triprnvirate" ; composed
of three .fanatics, old and .narrow, who
have. been rrunnlog the^ church for forty
years and wish .to go, on 1 doing so. - . • •'
- The book Is not all gloom and. tragedy
by any means,, the ."battles in the;buol
ness meetings. of the" church over noth-.
Ing, the ; delightful / home * life sof the
Stewarts and ; the pleasures of David
and his .wife. In >" making : '\u2666"their; own
home, "touch it sufficiently - - with'
brightness.', : . . *
"Kate Hercdlth/ Financier* -
By; <!.\u25a0•' 7./ Catel.fft' .Hynt. - PnbUahed' by
. . Author*/. and Newtptpen* AMOclttlon, Kew
York tad -London, Price 'CO, eeats. . '
• The name: of , C. '. J. • Cutcllff • Hy ne on
the cover of a novel- makes the most
jaded of -f reviewers take • notice: ; ' "Cap- •
tain Kettle" was-Hyne's early success,
;.- but > his newest-, book, : "Kate ; Meredith,
Financier,'* ought \u25a0 to . be <a' close • second
~in popularity: to the tales Of that; fiery
. little - adventurer . and most valiant
: fighting man.". •*. In » reality the story has \u25a0
-.more to " dp 'with - Its < hero,'- red-beaded
. George . Carter, .than • with Kate Mere
- dlth. ,It<is.*<tale>of thefAfricanjWest
i Coast; trading -stations.; Agents >from
\u0084 England— -"home' I—are1 — are 'J In J charge j* of
these stations ; andttrafHe .with . th« na
tives for "palm pll and rubber; and j kola
; nuts. . The life Is ; far. from monotonous,
| for. thft natives are ' savage and warlike,
and «. few tribes are; cannibals. Carter
Is a subagent,for; awhile, t but one .'day
'. In bef riendlngVa poor native ' who' has
been ' attacked .'.by. a' leopard > he iis v re-
I warded by .learning of a wonderful tin
I mine,, and "after ' many exciting adven
l tures makes out of \u25ba It y his fortune. -It :
\u25a0. seems hardly., possible with that '> small ;
1 \u25a0 outline ~ that -' the f book .lean c Interest {
s rather does » lt seam 1 serious, '• but; 1 It-, is :
really humorous all through— «° much
.bo that : It .lotes In eonvlnclngaess. To
g disclose \u25a0 Sat* vMs redlth's :Id entity :: In *a .
irevlew. would be : to spoil ; the -pleasure
of ~h*lC ths^baalc. ;B*' it" sufficient" to
set down that she la a charming her**
Ine, as \u25a0 keen for business as Carter and
as \u25a0 capable (as khe of .grasping the " op
portunities . of - that ' land of f ever and
all; treachery. 7 ;, \u25a0" r . \u25a0 \u25a0'-'"\u25a0' z.-' \u25a0'- -.
'*Tfie Carrier Crisis^ '\u0084
By Itymstln* aallashtt..''- Published- by Tree" j
J. Ileer, Columbus, > Ohio. , Prlc« BO cents,
•. In '"The Carrier } Criiltf* \u25a0 Auruttini ,
Gallagher has -put Into concrete " form *..
current public \u25a0 opinion, fears and crltl- -
clams touching the stupendous question v
of - transportation. He .writes with the •
prophetic background laid ; In- by two •
farseelng Americans,* Abraham Lincoln
and Russell \ Sage. . ' Of •; Lincoln \u25a0he
Quotes: • , ..--'-.;, \u25a0.\u25a0•;,.-.\u25a0.-•".''
"I have forebodings f or ; my. couptry
In .the. distant ;future, and/ am- fearful >
that "corruption * will "appear .in high \u25a0-,
places and the money .'powers of -our-;
country will concentrated* Into : ; . -few^
hands; aiid there •Is great danger of ilt -;
overthrowing, our republic."
Of Russell Sage's utterances lie . find* >
warning In the following:. :; ; ' > ;"\u25a0
"Unless.^ these ; combinations, . pools,
syndicates " and , trusts :; are : throttled,
there, will be ; a/ panic, come. uj©n the {
people such as *the" world never saw." i
Mr.- Gallagher at the outset .raises th« I
question of the advisability *
pal or- national; ownership of comtnoa'":
carriers, and - from • hla" first to ; his last -'
statement j every line argues against IV
In this posltion'.he' stands as firmly as"!
Robert P. Porter, whose retfint^bdok,
"Dangers of Municipal \u25a0\u25a0 Ownership," "
contains no equivocation on the subject,-.
M>.; Gallagher has, been wise .inHhi*^
-.conciseness.".. . \ . . ' \u25a0. ' . "_;; '_ \u25a0 .'\u25a0 :
Tlie most important suggestion In the
book grows out of: a; one-timer' inter-*
view, five years -ago ; wlth;a' railroad
.president; lacking identification -except"
forthe qualification that he belongs, to
•\u25a0 a? Missouri , road. s Thls magnate said : ;.
. . ."The men dominating the railroad*
situation in^the. United. States are de
signing ap: opportunity tq: sell-out; to?
the ] people. '\u25a0 ; \ I have' for years been'feon
vinccd that the'course of railway'con- .
trol is being directed/ toward Govern- "
ment ownership. ./ Why shoulditherail-' s
road companies 'issue almost "limitless.,
lines of 'securities and centralize; their
control— as ; has; been ( the tendency for '
years— and :at » the same time ; impose
: upon; the' publlcby .the evolution' of a^
system: 'of, -outrages.; previously .^.un-^y
, dreamed lot , unless • they i had ' some ob- ' '
. Ject beyond ' the: mere, face .value ;"bf the ;
shares and bonds ;;. accredited itojf. 'the \
roads? And what": is; thelobject: but '\u25a0
the unloadingupon'thelpublic?".":': : '
And now, after the lapse of five years, .
Sfr.'Gallagher gets'a further exposition^
of .the 1 matter from this .trans-Missouri v.
president. 'The •• confirmation :0f the >
original Interview is:, ' < ;.-.;"
"I'am'iraorft 1 firmly, "convinced V, than ;
ever that the railroads have long feared
Government^ ownership,';"- and -.' are V now : :
readier" tl^an. the.-public if or the! issue", to',
be .fought out."' The 'great constructive ;
period in* American :' railroading. 'isVbe-,^
hlnd^us.r* In '.that > direction \u25a0» there 'f are-;
: no ; more giant 'fortunes \u25a0in 'sight. >.The i ;
various prop^rtif s contributingito the ;
great system, liavlngi been > r watereditO''
the dripping pbliitbefor* merging, 1 ! then K
saturated Vanew- by <\u25a0 bond ssues, of vthoT
-controlling.'-, corporations,*, there"/* Is -no:;
longer even^a stock-jobber's" suspicion';
fof- a : chance" to ji float >. new f, I ss'ues. j r i Th c *
v hour^"nearly/, approaches,^ for ~ the un-r
loading of the stupendous mass of se
curities ; upon ; the , public, Cand r what "H ls;.
; more f natural \u25a0> than ; that ' J the-;- men ,
astute enough to carr> the scheme of
public .plunder ; thus *;| far, .would, 'wish :,
to" convert their fluctuating! securities?
In to j a j, ; Government % mortgage, -^thus i
-\u25a0 fixing a debt upon the people beyond I
the means ,of r; many -^ generations"/ to f
;liquidate/::and \u25a0 . all^the • while: bearing :.
"a; certain^ fixed, income; and/.wlth:*;the -
'besti security.:, in "-Christendom?; -•_'- j ;, : , "
'-And -this president ready-to-talk con- -
'.tiniies:' \u25a0\u25a0;,-.. .;,. ;.;.;. ,:'. ? l.vi::.V\ -.'•' ; " '' f
I I'ULaxr, may this be accomplished?. By,'-'
stodif Jobbing?^. Of a r certainty/ no.vlThe'i;
.magnates are '\u25a0;\u25a0 weary Jof ?, trying Ito Job I
\u25a0 each <other, and even though they pilfer.
[ the public , and I the; publio \ does ; nnto t re- 1
sent | tt, } the ' publio 'sooner, or : later; iur-i
I renders, : and ; that |lil the | signal j far th* '*
I magnates to resume the burden of their ;
j ahare that they may ; hot go a-begglng ;
on \ : - the :• sto.ilk t.- «xchanKes.^.*i *3£. ;;Th* ?
railroad I security I trustees are - anxious
to trade their holdings for Government
bonds.. On the face value of their hald
i ings. : they are sufficiently , opulent .4 to '-
be content .with, a ; moderttte j percen turn '-
\u25a0 Income— especially since they : foresee ;•
I that . publio opinion I that | forces j railroad ; (
- re gulatlon by the. •. Government wl 1 1 vat |
:no ;• distant ; day ', force :s took -exchange I
regulation -and -; thus \ effectually .-curb *
outlawry that ' ls i no w: their "chief i hold I
i upon \ fame and , f ortune^jii?: "?s*s% ;:>?%?*«' : |
V ThCße s statements \u25a0\u25a0>[ are developed £to \
\ show - that'; after; the transfer/ has been I
: made f.the financial' dominance of th* -i
I railroad '.people i would i gly* t them ! pres£*
,tlge to force ; ob edlenci ' la \ «y sry money :
mart: of fthstt»;orld."w, — \u25a0 ":'.:•' ":\u25a0'--'.'.; ".'.v ?\u25a0.
Great Inland canals, some .of \.whlch ,
are.now'coming lpto being I ,' are pointed
outv as the-'one iand only j'. solution Vbf
tlie: transportation :question, regulators
of .rates "in -time ;©fi" peace and the' sal-*
vatlon of the.' country ;in; time, of war.;
; ( Press ".-. a f .-.' Fred \ J. f _ Ileer, Cclurab us,"
Ohio. Price- 50cents.) ' - f . -' ~
"The Hypocrite" "
A -peem" by- Blnjrham-Tbobiini .Wllsoii. \u25a0\u25a0 Pnb-
.'.\u25a0 Hshed <by the •• Lyceum ;\u25a0 Publishing ComDany, ;
» . Kew York, j Prico ?1. , " "' ' "-' .
The "world- has produced, few men
who have told ; stories : In .verse with
sufllclent; tact .and ; skill"; to . make; their"
readers forget, that;tlie; thought is flow-
ing to thorn. in measured "lines, .in each
of .which; the' rhyme;' is" the fiver" pre
dominating VVrhc "'publishers of i
'.'The," Hypocrite"': feel , just lfied -in Vn-ak-"
ing, anj extravagant .claim '"for the little
work which Js vV : really ' remarkable;
pocnT.* The: author, JBingham '-THobVrn^
Wilson,^;ha»J taken >fo.r" his text the
tenth commandment-~7ThoiK':-iialt; not"
covet," ,but:he\thihkstit. mbr^. tlianUiti-:
man- to'i" expect j' poor.' weak.;; mortals? to :
be. absolu tely-j without/tics Lr \u25ba•.:.• Tie; says i
in his introdu( ; {iort'j;ThW faiiltiorißinal-'
ly. : .it ,pec.mn<to'; \u25a0\u25a0me{" v was^not : > wit.hitHe;
coijnmahdment.'^butt-.with- the '~ trahsla-5
tors{ot tho:cbmmandment. r and r .I believe
I"am^iu3tified ih'the^contentionithatiJn 1
order to avoid Imaking^hypocritealbf mis
all.^wo^must" .either- ,'coiri \u25a0. a:wprd'to prop-
erly: Interpret^ the't Biblical ".-'meaning of .
the - word y covet. ; as "implied:- or \u25a0' resort
to": the" interjection of "anjadverb,-; there
by;, j making \u25a0 -.the ',: read
"Thou shalt not^wrongfully.'coyet any
thing: that Is thyj neighbor's." --sr:Nf;.i>l
.The poem^ls yery(modern, r tol3'lh^the"
first ') person'Xby t a^man J who ; remains;
nameless;, :!Its^ purpose-I s, ; a -'protest'
against the misalliance^ of -beauty i with
rich,* ' licentious ( age.Va .' stroke r against
repulsive ;\ moneys marriages. -: -This '-* bit
may 7be:' quoted ;'as\an Example 'of !Mr.~
Wilson's; style: ;^a^ ? .j^._ -.v "'*:;\u25a0,/. i'^-'y 1
When Agt from ; Beauty wlui the miptlU row
And' weaves Its: crown of thorns about her brow.
The captive' heart aloud in-. aacnlsh erica," •. -
And •trprgllns Soal,' rebukes, rebels, and dtssi . -
Or bean Its stain, unto etemity.T : . . • . , <: : ;
As ; rlrera War J pollntlotf . t6 rth* sea. \u25a0'-: <& r. '•""- : :
No more. d«er*plt Af«, In ilow decay. \~ ".'
Oompanlou a I Tooth than Night -eompantass - Dan <
No more they trend -to Hacer- jUIs by sUtes 'Z^Z %
Than moYln* enrwat*. mat* the tl-jfttali tttst ,
Normor* do«s Agt «mbeUUbvTonth T # rssass
Zhan ; th« Oceaylag leaf adorn* tae rosa> v .--• i -\u25a0 ; . >
The pp»m is asitttay bound.' and btssa
tlfoU-fj printed.;;: .;: '\u25a0\u25a0:.::: \u25a0:^:-\ \u25a0\u25a0•
\u25a0;
ißy ] Mrs. 9 Bleanor £ Bert 9 Btalnwd." ! Pabltahea ;
- - by if Donbl«day» i Pas*',* A Co., r Kew Yak.
V\ On | the ; paper' case of ) "Bettlna," \ the'
new;;;-; book r '*by£sMr£is EleanorT] Hoyt'
Bralnerd. the \u25a0 publishers ask ' this ques
tion: :,-\u2666'«;; a man- is "standing- at the
ferry;-* and "' Is suddenly . greeted * by ,- a
charmiryi " ffirl jf hs % has •; never •" met and
told to f run s for I the I boat " with - o her, Is '
It I fair: to expect that ; he should 'sternly j
undecelve.tbe young lady who has mis
taken him;f6r,a;ohum of her brother T"
P In those few words . thers is a' resume,
almost," of ths" plot ; jat least ' f omstbins;
rnorsrthaa- a:Su*ffestioa^ • . :. ; v -v>" : :
•^r.Bsttlna-; ;* \u25a0\u25a0.«.-. ->urr»usn.V . ««iieh:*iil
t 'creation," 'a ; very " near r relative.'.too, ' o{
/.thoseother daughters : of Mrs.ißral nerd's
t f ancsvT ?^ Nancy',' jahd - "Belinda.'' -'", She
'.serves; capitally to-begulle'for'a lazy
•X hO.Ur.^*',t;';Vo ' ': ':- \u25a0 ',: .' '- '."', \ '."," : -
: v.iTlxe_ ; love "storyette -; is % dainty, 'and
**pleas!ng,%told*Jn." the; sprightly, manner
• ),which' is ; part ;bf- Mrs.-: Brainerd's: charm,
* :\u25a0: \u25a0 and '.ls; clean' andf sweet), without a' trace
; -*of the';troubles : and problemsiwhlch;be
iTset Hhe < paths', of »many; pretentious i au
'}.thors.'.yi Mrs;v Bralnefd ; knows '?\u25a0. how^ito
4 write* and " this - little?" tale •: is * co short
r; that' itibtit. whets theiappetite'-for'more
'K from^her.r delicate; pen. ;<" ,:? V:
. Ths ''.:-. book :. Is \u25a0.\u25a0.:.' daintily illustrated,
I printed ?In * large -type uon^ heavy paper
>;with^decorated ; margins. -. ; :\u25a0:.
"Organic Evolution"
. A iketeh, memorial '\u25a0 to " Henry ; Drnmmond. by - ;
\u25a0 \u25a0 Sirs. V Anna ? Aasosta Gaskell. PabUsh ed ; by -
'. \u25a0 ' the \u25a0 tuthor, 8113 Pialri* ' aTtasa, : Chicago. . '
.v'"--..tjPites^|z, -,'.- : - ;. - ; -,v,.Vx \u25a0\u25a0:;./ ;> ' V--- v;
\u25a0 Mrs. - ; Anp-a 1 -- Augusta < ; Oaskell, <Cwho 'j
1 Lund«r: Chs | pen-name I of I
', has Just published i her book fOrganlo •
% Evolution: ; a Sketch," memorial to Hen. -.
'\u25a0 rr. Drunjmund. i: It lunder takes [ to ' give a :
, ; new* 1 and ; original i theory,; of - Evolution,".';
\u25a0 th« /•conciliation between? Science and &
yßsWitioniris^ positively effected**: *thsV
viJTl»y*icil i'i R9surrecUon"^ of Jesus &. ls i
I shownltol h%v«! been 'a^ecessiryi ebs^ +•
i* mical '•vent'!; 5 thai belief; in immortality^
1 4 Is f a UlOKlcal,^ scleh tlflo \ and ' philosoph
ical deductioj?"; ; and much lights Is V
ii; thrown .upon - many X difficult h subjects..;
The author /quotes i freely] from the well >
: known | scientists, x but f her interpreta.- fi
;i tions ; , and deductions f are not Always i
-convincing- : ".\u25a0•^..'\u25a0\u25a0•'";*- : t-^v" '^'• 1 7^: > ; : \u25a0."--.'\u25a0
rGbs^p cfßealcs isA MtfeWfo HaieiTftio
fM Mrs. Anne iWarnsr] French^ Is ! ons of .
\u25a0 ths I most j prollfia {-writers - now * b«f or s
tth«r*ubUc.i3Znl*tf«e«ntilnt«rvlew|shs'
' • told tai reporter.' that \ shs wrote ; i mil
^ i^, words : to ;ths ) first . ' yearl.of j her : lit-.
era'ry .lire." -\ Sli'e \u25a0 claims "ability to .wrtts
in -her nfat: script- a thousand words 'an
hour.'.' >.";\u25a0"; . -'.' --.~Vw
--Messrs.' or P.Putnam's Sons will pub-:
lislr.'thls'fmohth" "The Letters'-of -One,"
\u25a0 by; Charles Plunkett.'lt consista;of ;th^"
• of itbvith**
woman"; lie " loves.'*! Thel story centers '. lh~
the 'conflict', between '^the' young man's :
desire Ho \ succeed : as^an : : artist and his
love-for'the^herolne-of the tale." -.
' - Edwin -Lefevre,, author, of -"Sampson ,
Rock "of .. Wai 1 'street. \u25a0 has .* the . happy
;f acul ty of seeing : romance in business— .;
,In : street ; and ' skyscrapers *Vand ;
. flnance^-because romance Is of the very
•essence :of this '.nature. ~ He ' is \u25a0\u25a0 a - great
lover.Vof void-: furniture;* nothing: more;
delights \ him . than; '.to } acquire » a 1 - nns :
jChlppendale.'or.'Sheraton.^ and? even 'his
hbnejrmoon ~ tripf-his ; ,wife fortunately
; sharin g the > f ull • h is taste ; for „•; th e :
antique— was . /- a ?\ leisurely.;^ Journey
.through"! . Virginia! and , Maryland," .with \u25a0
Mrs. v Lef eyre, •in -quest - of ; rare sped- .
mens. ;', \u25a0 \u25a0"..;. \u25a0•;; *;;•".; - -.-. \u25a0 .
. Robert rHlch*ns, author of , "The': Call
of the Blood/ Is naturally, a traveler j
and a cosmopolitan. His j father, . Canon ;
Hlchens of Canterbury, is a" Corn lahmah
by birth, but on his mother's side of the
famllyjthers^ ls lPrench;; Swedish," O«r- '
man^ and | Pprtujruess *blood. V To: quota
Kipling, he is "cosmopolltanly = planned."
:'.: '. -. -/ '\u25a0\u25a0: \u25a0*-.'\u25a0 ;- v :;• >- "•\u25a0\u25a0-.• ••*<>- j >-
Hamlln Garland A has ' purchased I %
horns" IniChicago,\wher«:he\will> reslda \u25a0
He **: hesitated"-. = before :• making "'" ' this
change,: listenln g . for] a while ' to the call
of New York/. He' owns a farm In Okla
homa, and, a eouniry. 1 bouse at Madison
In bis natlvs Stats; , Wisconsin. >
% After c- Doubleday,^; Page "" A ' Co.', had »
printed and sold \a \u25a0 first - edition '- of "Th*
\ Issue,Tsby,' Ed-flrard? Noble," lt } > was* dls->
covered that "a book of {the same" title,
by G eorgs \u25a0 Morgan * had b een ? brought ;
out - t*n i years . ago. The next edltios
of the novel will bear the 'name "Fish
•rman's'Oat,T under which 'it was pub
lished In \u25a0 England. Noble is regarded
aa a second Joseph Conrad. ~ His stortes
ar« of atrong, virlio men and of th«
MSk"' "- The soeftes of ' "Fisherman's Gat"
Vt% laid along the Thames.
, W.-.' It-. Patterson— better knows as
ths novelist, Benjamin Swift — \m abou?
to publish a series of studies in his
tory, to be entitled "The Nemesis -ol
{rations." ; " He - believes that h» hat
gathered together therein facts which
»*t only illuminate* dark ages but dls
priay modern problems . In their anciani
tmtm. .
Hsr«* is a publisher's reo«nt an
—uneeiaent: "Miss Carolyn WeJU. ths
well-known, humorist, has written •
nsrvtl of •". mystery, * genuinely thrilling
sod - inscrutable. It will be published
In. lippincott's ' Magazine, of Philadel
phia, in. which city .Miss /Wells hat
b.ssn '. arousing .- great . enthusiasm b)
fsadings ; from ' her own works bef or*
b» Browning society."
JaasnetteGlMar writes In Putnam's*
"It. is interesting to read that Mrs. D*.
land began her career as an artist. 8h«
studied drawing at the Cooper Instltutl
h» this city and graduated at ths hea4
of her class. J wiJh that people wouli
not speak of Mrs. Deland as 'Mrs. Mar*
garat Deland* and of Mrs. Wharton at
"Mrs. Edith Wharton.' When womaa
have husbands they are called bj
their husbands* names. Mrs. Da
land - Is Mrs. Lortn V. Deland
and: j Mrs. WhartOh is Mrs. Ed»
ward Whartoo. These ladles are r«.
\u2666pectlvely. Margaret Deland and Edltl
V7harton;< If the. 'Mrs.' is prefixed, U
ihould - be to the names of their bus*
bands: oth'erwtss they might be db
\u25bcorcees. There' are certain wossei
writers who cut ths Oordlan knot_bj
putting on their title pages the de*
serlp tlv» . legends Mrs. Richmond
Ritchie, 'Mrs. , Humphry Ward, Mrs
Burton Harrison."
\u25a0•• • \u25a0 •
The announcement by Herbert Tur»
ncr & Co. of a new volume of poetrj
by Jo'aquin Miller will awaken new In*
terest In the Poet of the Sierras, whi
for some years past . has been living
quietly on, his ranch at Dlmond, Cal,
across the bay. The new voluma. whicS
is entitled -Light," consists of a lonj
narrative poem in foar books, and da*
relops a love story of much originality
and Striking power. The scenes ar<
laid at th« Golden Gate, in th* Klon>
dike, in Japan, and in Hawaii, and thi
poet declares its fundamental lesson t«
b« tint courtship should begin at tin
altar Instead of ending there.
~~ . • . • •
A new book by F. Hopkinson Smith,
to bs called Th? Veiled Lady and
Other Men and "Women." will b« oni
of. the spring books of fiction. It give»
In a characteristically amusing and
enlivening way the results of the ob
servations. exparJencea and adventure!
of a painter and' widely traveled maa
of the - world In whom sympathy foi
the unfortunate, a keen sense of humoi
and< seal for high ideals are developed
to an unusual * degree. The book wIU
be attractively Illustrated.
• --\u25a0 ' /.- ' \u25a0:*' "•' •
" People Interested In the brbliographj
of, John Wesley will be glad to know
that an abridged edition of his Journal
has Just been brought out by Jennings
Graham. Cincinnati, at 60 cents a copy.
'It was originally published In a series ol
small volumes and has . since appeared
In - many forms. In . the new edition t h «
compiler has -aimed to preserve .la
narrative form the main facts lllustrat.
Ing the rise of Methodism. The Qualnf
phraseology and old spelling have been
preserved. .
' • - ; • • ' •
Mrs. Deland, author off ""The Awak
. •nlnjp of \u25a0- Helena - Ritchie," . not only
loves to describe old fashioned gardens
lnher flctl6n. but loves them In faot as.
welL At ' her' summer horn* In Maln«
she, has a beautiful garden, rart and
beantlf ul Jonqulla being her special
1 07*. and In her Boston horn*. she has
hous* planti blooraln g throuxi tin
. winter. *,
•'• - •
' ' Her* •Is 1 high ; prals* from a crltl*
worth listening to: In a not* written
recently to one of the English periodi
cals, Conan Doyle - named Wallace*
"Aotoblosraphy~ among the f e.w recent
bocks that had ' deeply impressed him,
• and of "The Futnre Is America"* h«
wrote: "I think there Is as much wts
ioa and political foresight In this boo a
aft la any book I have ever read."
Boob Recdied
Fighting on the. Congo, Vr Herbcri
ftran g; ' The Bobbs-Merrll] Company,
. Indianapolis. * ~
,The -i Republic of Plato. Book V,
Translated by Alexander Kern Charles
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