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The* San Francisco Sunday Call
BOOKS REVIEWED
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"The Isle of 'Dreams,"Byv3XCsra
The Cave ZKCan," by John Corbin
"On the Great American, Plateau,"
by Tr Mitchell "Prudden
"JlSailor of Fortune," by Captain
~8. 5. Osbon /
"Success in Life,'\ by Emiißeicb
"guilding Business," by C §£
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KSewason
"Tbe Isle of Dreams"
A norel by Mjt* Kelly. P&bUshed bx D. Ap
pletoa A Co., New York. Price, $1.25.
t W #HEN Myra Kelly^s "LltUe Clt
.V If / lzens** was given to the read
yy/ Ing public, first as magazine
short stories, then as a com
pilation, recognition of their novel ex
cellence . was Instant. "Another Kate
Douglas Wiggin," ehe was called, for,
like that other eminently successful
author. Myra Kelly got the material for
her literary debut from the children she
taught. If there were any difference
It lay in the fact that Myra Kelly's In
terpretation of the children of the
Ghetto was not so. easy a matter as
Mrs. Wiggln's exploitation of the little
everyday boys and girls of the San
Francisco kindergartens. Both sets
of stories were alike In . the merit of
their presentation. Mrs. Wlggin's suc
cess has never waned; Myra Kelly
cannot fall to duplicate her interesting
career. Judgment hinging upon "Little
Citizens"- and her first novel, "The Isle
of Dreaos/v just published in book
form. V
As to plot,' this story is entertaining
•Ad unusual; from a literary point of
view, it is artistic to a degree with a
marked^ Individuality of style. Myra
Kelly : haj the. gift of succinct expres
sion both' in. characterizations and de
scriptive narrative. '.•- At the very outset
she engages a^ention by a paragraph
\u25a0which pictures the home, the environ
ment of her heroine, Katharine Merrill,
\u25a0whose immediate family has left her to
the solidtious care of Denis, the good
old woman who had been* her nurse.
The story laid In New York is of the
A&y when, although the apartment
house had come Into being, a few at
tractive old homes remained. Of the
setting the author says:
"It was an imposing house — iwide
&nd dignified and ' cool, though one
could hardly have called It handsome.
Built in the days before the New York
architect had been "forced up Into the
air to find space, it stood, upon a.
piece of land ample enough to allow a
strip of green and a few magnolias be
fore; Its windows, and at the back a
larger patch of green, inclosing a
fountain, a flower bed or two, an arbor
njid some - garden chairs. The brass
trappings about its hospitable door
•were polished to a dazzling brilliance,
Its windows were bright, its curtains
immaculate. . and its grass plots care
fully trimmed."
Then, as if to complete the har
monious surroundings of 1 pretty young
Katharine Merrill. Mrs. Denis is de
acribed like -the house y«s "wide and
dignified and cool.** ' /.'\u25a0
Katharine, at the opening of the
story. Is pictured young and pretty and
joyous In the realization that she has
found footing on one of the top rounds
of the proverbial ladder. The plot
\u25a0hows that her success is genuine, but
that very fact * brings confusion and
expatriation to her In a deftly worked
out plot. There" is nothing Jof the
always expected artistic freakishness
about Katharine. On the contrary she
Is a wholly normal young person, who,
after being "harried by aunts and ha
rassed . by uncles," arranges : her " own
household, chaperoned by her faithful
eld Denis and companioned by a friend
of her student days who has. married
an Indulgent husband and is the mother
ef two little girls to whom Katharine
Is devoted. Into this family circle a
waif Is taken by Denis and named, most
elaborately, Doris * Owendolln Patricia.
As outsider, who with the mixed fam
ily takes part in working out the de
licious love story, that brings great
happiness to Katharine, Is Gladys Em
crton,' a cllly. overdresed young
woman of New York. Robert Ford,
the hero, his mother and brother and a
few well-drawn characters *In the ser
vice of the Fords." make up the cast
•f. this really dramatic and logical
BoveL
Here is the fascinating description
«f the Ideal island home of Robert Ford
en the southern shore of Connecticut,
whither Katharine Merrill and Gladys
Ktnerton 'went ' for a week-end stay:
"it comprised some' 2oo acres and lay
swt a distance of about a, mile from the
chore. The house .was a low. white
structure, with a tower at one , end,
built according to so definite school
»r period; but It was spacious, many
windowed and perfectly adapted to Its
owner's Ideal of country - life, which
was to - gather ? together as many con
genial people \u25a0as possible and then,
after placing: all aorta of devices
for amusement 'at their command,
to go placidly \u25a0 about * his own '-\u25a0 em
ployments and enjoyments. If these
could be shared with any or all of his
guests, then so much the better. If
sot, then not so very much worse.** ;
One charm of the **lßle of : Dreams"
is the good dialogue. In a scene at the
Ford ' place,, when 1 one brother Is de
scribing the characteristics of the other,
he says, set erring, to his apparent
cynicism about women:
"Don't, believe' any Jof . the cynical
things he 'says. \u25a0 Now ; that's > all ' pose.
He has lots of • friends ' among women
and he's" a regular Sir. Galahad: about
'era,, Do anything, you know, to serve
•em. Why, that man Is godfather, to as
many. babies and Boston terriers as the
President is!" BbHBBBH
"Some have greatness and godchil
dren thrust upon them.** : quotes Kath
arine. \u0084-,\v Vi!' *-';•''• ]i' '.'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 - \u25a0'' r \u25a0 -v "C :-•.: -• .
The author has Gladys In a rage ; at
the popularity of Katharine drawing
herself .up to **ber full heigbt-of out
raged friendship and pink chiffon," and
declares: ,. "One: canV forgive much ; to a
rival whose attire ; has , seen • its best
days." . At. this f same house party, an
evening when nothing goes as the god
of love would have it Is thus de
scribed: .
"So a quartet ;. eat stiffly , among ;' the \u25a0
coffee cups. A ; quartet * wandered . unf
communicative « out ; Into ; the \? moonlit
garden. \: A "quartet' paced tediously, on
the wide ; eea wall;v..-:; where "lawn \ met
shore." And ; a ' qquartert r parted* so unre
sjretfully in the spacious hall as to give
THE SUNDAY CALL'S BOOK PAGE.
some reason for the surprise' l with -
which the painted ladies and gentlemen
on the walls regarded them. But these
were the old-fashioned' people' of; long
ago, when good ntghts were cere
monious affairs- accompanied bycor
diality and candlesticks."
An unusual bit of comedy and satire
Is furnished by,, a scene in Katharine's
home when she returns unexpected and
finds that her permission to a remote
relative to use r her studio in her ab
sence for a reception has eventuated
In a grewsome merrymaking of freaks,
one of whom was; "wot : more ithan. six
teen blighted summers," another who
"was of so brunette a complexion l that
the shadows refused to reveal any more
of him save the" occasional and very
fleeting flash of 'a cuff." This same
brunette later 'Smacked his clammy
.hand upon his marshy brow and raised
his* hollow voice." The following re
veals something more of this\motley.
gathering in which one woman dis- ..
cusses herself and her family and her
affinity: . .
"Mine own people," the misunder-"
stood one pursued, while she forced her
hair into. a ragged knot and transfixed
it'with, a sulky hairpin, "never made
any allowance for my moods of high
exaltation or deep despondency, and tj
had a sister who was learning to aing.
Their callousness toward the bright,
delicate soul growing up" in their
midst — ", ; \u25a0 • ' , _
"Or in yours," murmured Carrie.
"—" — was incredible. ."They actually
expected me to join; them at meal
time!" -
"And 'l love freedom! I cannot live
without it. lam a spirit. A bird — " .\u25a0'.'
J'You are, you are," Mrs. Drummond
agreed. -with enthusiasm.
"So I flew away. -I found a kindred
spirit. I leaned upon it: and was com
forted. And at peace."
-."Bully for you!" cried Carrie blithe
ly. "Bully. for you.".' . • *»\u25a0
Then \u25a0to Katharine. in rapid quotd
tion: , : - . .
- 'That's all very for Mary. Ann,
but what must it be for Abraham T l
"His wife," - the free soul continued,
"could not understand- it." .
"I can see. even in this dim light that
she might have been puzzled," Carrie
agreed.; \ . . , ;. ... . . '. . \u25a0 ,--,.
VShe.was so conventional 1 So limit
ed! Only last week she refused again
to dine with us. She has a green soul
and; yet she .dared to marry Jimmle.
Didn't she. know that harmony between
them was. impossible' when their, soul
tones were -antagonistic? Why, even
her voice was green. And yet . she
dared to marry Jimmie:wlth his great
big royal purple soul and voice! Mine
.are only violet— pale violet— but they
harmonize with his.".; -v \u0084*
"And: then' you know," Carrie sug
gested, "your soul is growing darker:
darker all the time. That must be a
comfort to : vou." \u25a0.:
•Tit is." the portiere cried, "my only
one. How you understand! Darker
every, every moment! Beautiful
thought!" '\u25a0.\u25a0-: .- \u25a0.--;.
Mrs. , Drummond was preparing her
f? lf 2?. , best ? w comfort when Bobby.
the bllghtedT came out , 4 of the night
Refreshments," he announced ; In "a
tone suited to the heralding of. a con
2wJ, n . ce f d \u25a0 mn^«wa last breakfast.
Tvhat may. l bring you, ladies?".
The story closes with a lover scene
and' a picturesque homecoming of the
lately, married Robert and Y Katharine.
It- is • then that the reader remembers
that 'The Isle of Dreams" was a paint
ing, but closes the book with:- a f ee l^
Ing of gratification, that there* is really
an Island where "dreams come true," a
fact for. the, lovers, ln the story ! but a
possibility In 'the real - come-day, go
day life of mortals."
There ! Is not . a. melodramatic . line In
"The Isle of Dreams." Its plot and set
ting. Its refinement and normality
make It like an artistic modern play, In.
which the unities are "preserved and
the characters are types of the- men
and women one meets in everyday life.
"The Cave Han"
A norel by John Oorbla. Pnbllibed br D.
Appleton & Co. I Price $L3O.
Ko author of the hour", has written
so modish a book as John Corbin in
•The Cave Man." recalled in its recent
serial .. form and now ready; for ; con
sideration asr a whole, being f one of
.the April publications, * It is up to date
in Its last frill ; and feather and /idea."
Not one of. the Incidents' or: ! accidents
that have rippled the surface of the
national' life of the country r durlng ' the
past year,', from ;i the San Francisco
, earthquake to '- the ;; Congo mixup/ has
been left out. . In this book Corbin does
not , forget ; the ''straphangers,". he s lets
one of his characters expostulate ..with
the rather neglected old "Gee-hosaphat "
he has another rubbing wood and repeat
ing the Incantation^•unberufen"- and he
permits a facetious* nurse to say Ito j her
" patient. . *the . cave J man,", James .TVlstar,
when he asks something about thejeon
fiition -of - his - Interior, "when'; he 'was
opened for an operation,' that she saw
"the blue. love knot on the tall feathers
of hts SOUL" ; '[\ :;. . ' " ~, r
\u25a0 Because it handles the, trust problem
as It relates to automobiles : the • claim
of belonging In the class with problem
books may ' be ; made iJ for ."The v Cave
Man.** But'its plot does not offer any
solution . of ; the problem other,: than » tbo
deduction that love plays an- Important
: part ! even in > the working -out ;of a
Wall-street tangle. Dlverted^from his
.first love affair James Wistar, a manu
facturer of automobiles;' cuts out of hla
life -all \u25a0 that appertains .to : social • inter
mingling, devotes. himself absolutely^ to
business, ;• thereby*., becoming] a ' "-''cave
man,*' *a 1 name « gl yeh '; to him .>\u25a0 by> this
first • sweetheart,; Judith Scars, who" in
truth la neveriout :of 1 his 1 life" 'longer
than 1 ; a ;; few months: -j. At i times i- Wistar
carries ; the ,' big ' stick lof the , cave J man
and; uses^ !t>ln^'deflahce ,of love, and
again : for \ love's sake, loses eight [j of
all ;, his ':\u25a0 Ideals : regarding^ the "- develop
ments of 2 the , Individual j manufacturer
and /becomes a". trust-maker. < He dashes
In and I; out; of ithe ;Wall-streetVswirl;:
he ; Is full of ' generous impulses • and ' a
doer of good deeds ; h9h 9 is handsome and \u25a0
very J human ?_wi th - a*, full f equipment * of
red * corpuscles V in i his i swiftly
blood. V Penrhyn,' s the : villain,'; is ; a : well- !
drawn* character, l representing,* thee un
scrupulous" up-to-date financier.; 1 J udlth
Sears, ,' devoted f io~t her i father, i a Wall
etreet Colonel Sellers, seems destined
f or ': a'girl bachelor/ but . turns [out \to": be
the' right ; ki nd t of ' a\wlf e ; when '\u25a0. 6he i has
thirty^-: years r to ' her credit. - -There V Is
a merry little' younger; sister revolving
about her, . and . with her a lo>«r, the
cousin . of ;,Wlstar. v All these people,: in
and out of .trusts and; avowedly. 'frank
in their, antagonisms,, come together in
quite .Impossible 'situation'; andibrealc
bread with: each; other'^'ln '''conventional
society fashion,* :all « the .: time". walking
over, a volcano of complications.-Apro
pos" of this Judith, -who has; been; part
of"^ an > acrimonious \ conversation-; about
the I respective .' \u25a0 positions of : the '- men,
says:::. .- . '.. : . ' . '\u25a0; . ' . : Av-:;-'A v - : ;-' :\u25a0" .
.•"Perhaps,; after "all,\ If -'we eat; enough
of each other's dinners, we shan't want
to eat ; one another.!' ; '•-. " '• ';\u25a0\u25a0' .-' - ":; -~
Corbin' pictures his 'hero at first as
Intent i on .. hls : : honest , work ;•; as ', .» was
Stradlvarlus , whfcn ; he ; made ; the violin
that lasted, through :.-; the 'centuries.
When asked In \ the - days : ; of .< his v first
temptation - ; to : . epter s the -X automobile
trust what. his 'ambition' Is,' Wistar
says:, v.;.-"..-.'. ; \ ..\u25a0'''\u25a0'.• •-\u25a0 ; ;'- -V : \
"Very : humble, Tm afraid—-\o.bevln
dependent and to make good machines:
lam a manufacturer." < X-"
Judith " Sears,^ also "drawn > : Into -^the
great trust ' machine .with 'her^' father,
gives the author's v definition T of ; her
character f when- she .; pleads 'with , her
father,-; to- withdraw i f rom ;;. the- ' com
plexities .'of I Wall'; streetsand shls ' asso
ciation; with .[ Penrhyn \u25a0 and , let 4 ' her.; meet
the consequences of poverty.*' She says:
\u25a0'"; "My Ideals are \u25a0 of ; service : and ,useful
ness.- v' Rleh r or, poor,^ I '.believe in \u25a0- work.
Work for , the 1 world, "and if -you 'can't
do that,, all the/more work for .your
own self -respect : : The ; only; disgrace \u25a0 I
feel is poverty~genteel poverty ln> Idle
ness.*,' It -;. is so j . easy !to l "do , . what .; one
must— with a wee bit of sense and good
humor." : : ..l''':"'^^"":, :"\u25a0'\u25a0' :.^' '-fu^yi -,'\u25a0'
All - : these \u25a0 people f. - move ;; through f , a
swiftly r funning., narrative. \-; The ' story
goes ; off .with ja* Jump/; the scene r, being
laid at Harvard College on ; a class • day.
The book Is so * full /of « action ? that 1 the
autlior has, not time'to stop* for s descrip
tive ! narratlveA?and v so i a picture -ot v. a
sunset "over « the'< Palisades \ seenl from
the summer* home ' of , the \ Sears, t; on i the
Hudson ' river, "comes 'as; si distinct' sur^
prise. ';-'\u25a0\u25a0" \u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0:\u25a0\u25a0 : -'y'\:\: '' - OKX' > /^ v 'vY'c
There. Is a criminal \u25a0 In the book," one
Andrews, whom v^Vlstarj[ seeks
and who steals '. from his benefactor,': as
did ; Jean : yalJean.V: The 4 difference ils
that - Andrews :< is I caught,"^ f orgive'nlEand
later collects "regular S blackmail gfrom
Penrhyn,^ who . was ? to ; have ; ; profited! b y
the ';, aaf e-cracUlng :f unaertakertl by|Anr
drews. s The"< niodus^'oper»n<HSji>f^Jthis
-: is £ like f aH'"'else X ln^i th<r»lbdbk,
quite modern. iLv It was . done late : in \ the
afternoon,' as" follows: ; " ".V"'*;- t :-'' ! -'v^r^"
'- Shades '< and awnings were down • and
the twilight • without penetrated 1 feebly.
But . he had •no • : need > of \u25a0- light, i ;= He
replaced certain i.bulbs ton * the » eleotrio
fixture with'plugß attached to -two] sets
of wires. The end of one of these . sets
he connected with the lock of the safe.
On' the end of the; other was a carbon
style i,with •a • wooden; handle.:v When he
touched \u25a0 , the ; style J to the i safe <it be
came I incandescent, like I the I carbon of
an aro light,: rapidly heating the , metal.
A- common 3 crockery * plate,", through I a
hole iin the : center . of which the 5 style
was - ! thrust,*> protected ihls hand • from
the heat of the molten 'iron and a: pair
of black goggles shaded his eyes from
the I glare, -i Presently the metal sur
rounding the style was white :. hot* and
plastic; and, though it 1 was'; an" inch
thick, -- he ybored ?a> hole ? diffi
culty. V With * dexterous ; speed \u25a0; and * pre
cision he made a semi-circle of such
punctures I about •; the $ lock,?; the *s whole
region :of metal 1 becoming ;; malleable;
The- door -of the \u25a0 safe : swung .open;;. > '»
:,f: ,f Andrew*); is- caught / iiy twistar's 'V re
turn ; to] his : ofßce."!* Wne? the tale ' is ' al
most done Corbin lets Andre ws, about
to . be driven \ from the Sears ] home, hang
himself - over \ a wall and* In • a", tree, ; tell
the V story \ of ) the: theft .<* and s expose t th»
wrorigdoers.^ii; -; 's^i ? \V: :}",i \~< ••_ ">• * \u25a0;£ '\u25a0 ' f: ' \u25a0• :.;'
r' * VThe ! Cave' ManT ? Is ] well 1 worth : read
ing; lit4ls if full iof timely^" incident -\u25a0 and
dlscußalon, . entertaining r and f dramatic.'
even i 1 f occasionally • inconsistent ' with
the limitations > of ; men and \ women '\u25a0.un
der given conditions.' .:; ./ v - "j'
t«elGreaUm^can^Platean" \ '
, By T.'- Kitchen 'PraddeaJ'jPnbliihed'' by^O.\ P.'
- :;Pntntin'» 80ns, NtwTortt and London, v -:,
,, T/ ' ; Mitchell k ' x Prudden's" ?H_ ill ustrated
.work, ; .'"On P. the i Great /American % Plat
eau,'; v. takes ; its readers *' to • the £~«Teat
country In the southwestern ,
I corner, of United' States, over which
j broods -the ; : ; romance lof the early j Span-!
; Ish ,f, f explorers i and ; the - mystery lot , \ the
' dwellers. . It is % a book ,; for ;
, boys -and ;' girls, for,; 1 grown % folk X and
:old.>J Each! chapter has been^previously^
published:^ in ' different ; magazines, but
this ; assembling Tof; them? has? all* the
; zest I of Jnew.^ material, v. In' all/i
'It Is what the ; author says, '"At wander- '
\lng among^cahyons andrbuttesi f ln : the ;
.land of the xliffdweller, and the Indians
rofUoday.*; )•'/\u25a0'•: v ; ;'•:-'.- \u25a0.:<\u25a0':\u25a0, yli'-'-^'.^y.-.'^iy .
y;'; The* illustrations 1;; are reproductions
I made % from photographs, - also f original
' drawings -by ; Edward Learning. Here]
js \u25a0 \ the \u25a0:. general all ur In g picture fof the *
land^the £ reader^ travels with ;s; s the;;en
thusJastlb:author:; .; T v v ;.--y.v ;---^./'-- \u25a0\u25a0;!*,
??' "The? vast % tableland .is : dumb "fanent •
the 'coming uof i man.-; ; But^Ve ?\u25a0 find \ the ;
ruins : of ': hist abandoned \ homes 5 all ? over ;
[ theV southern segment (oti the | plateau,
1 straggling out upon its eastern and Its :
.western' fringes.' Cliff dwellers and ! cave- •
; dwellers, | dwellers i- upon' ? the fot
lof ty~ mesas' and In snug ,vall ey's at \u25a0 their
\ feet,* all « are [gone ; and ! . their, crymbllrig
homes i>re * desolate."/ ; It {was t not f until
i the f Spaniards • came s pryingt-up s upon \u25a0
: the plateau \ that tho Pueblos ) and : other I
Indians z still fwan- ;
• deft -the 5 oldg pathways v were?, dragged, 1
iveryj much thelrA wUli'^out lot \u25a0
'the prehlstorlo silences. MThenVcame", the !
: conquests f: of'} the % Spaniards ' followed
\ by "±m.\ Quarter >ofa7century^ of 'Mexican!
-rule.->V:';.V ! -:;.; r :. \u25a0\u25a0'/. ':\u25a0:',;.• S'"'- : . \u25a0~<~??^" i^
ii\"At last; the* Oreat Plateau, as austere
; as ever.* Is gathered to the ; f olda of the «
\u25a0 United 7 States." \u25a0 Its i> wayslde"> stories,
iwlld,^quaint, >f pathetic, iit^tellßXtoS tho 1
( wanderer^iri^tunei,with > !tß?jßplrit)alonir'
I it's! ancient 5 pathways.^ j it ,' has -received i
I the * h unter^, the |trapper,T the ) explorer,;
Into its capacious bosom— to return or
not las I fortune j and I the ; Indian
S-^The i book! is .^valuable ' from 1 the ; stand
t point^of j the ! an th ropologist, the author
having \u25a0; given"? most % intelligent v atten-,
jtlon|tOfthat^part)Ofithe)lpre r ofiaTpre»:
[ historic race that Is found! ln' the* homes*
I ~6t\ the icliffdwellers and • in theV'wrltln*
son'ithe ; walls.". \\ :\u25a0\u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0:•.: -: ; -.:;- \u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0_\u25a0;]-^, ,'\u25a0;•\u25a0\u25a0 •;-.\u25a0•;
••A Sailor of
/ Metnotrt f otz Captain iB. : g.V : O«twn, 'by ATbwrt
.>. vJ.^ips ;*-. 00..< New< York. .? Price -, #liß. :«• <~\\
;-;i "A I Sailor /of j Fortune",^ is ; pleasurable
reading.'-.lt i»-H>r; purports te be—the
."Personal «•« • Memoirs \ of I Captain i wik A 1
fOsboa, g$ prepared tS by,j Albert $ *Mff*low
lP*ine.r Mr v Paine. says lathis forewt.nl
I that -g he % has i£s4t«mpted V to gi|*t p«Bwnl
these experiencei- In the sam* simple.
;tersß|lwrmi«tused^yic^»t«ia v rOsbpn'
: in: recounting^!* ., M e. fe-The i result I Is an
: extremely, human \ document, eonvlnolng.
in' such; a . degre that one loses sight ; of
• the] fact that there : has . been some small
r controversy -f!over.^the%- reality SofSMr.'
Palne's "Captain sOsborh." 1 ' '
i-Tho^Sai^r|ofjPortun«^wa«\bonii!n
1827' in; Rye^^estchester^ County^ New
York^i^At 3 the i age lof * 11 5 he li first Vran
i away * from ; home j and \was? retaken ; by
his H. parents^ several times 'fchttevt he'
' flnally.i shipped SonWanwhalerJSl; On^ the
'.whaler J he ; learned | hi«P, lesson of the sea
linUhe I hardest; schooi;ibut I ai lucky; star
UNA H. H. COOL
. kept him ever out of serious difficulties:
;He :i drifted 7- about the Orient, visited
many islands -of the 'south/ seas, served
a season by mistake on a pirate boat,
and only returned home after five years
'and more of absence. The sea was in his
' blood, and -he could 2 not ' long '• remain
\u25a0 content \ ashore. 1 During - his \u25a0 next ' ab
sence \u25a0he had , a command in the Argen
tine navy.* and , a ,blt :'ofy packet \u25a0 service
• on 1 '; the .; ocean, 'and r. then -tried -
: the ; newl: and > wonderful 'i discovery X of
steam. ;,: He remained a' convert to the
. new." motive! power until \u25a0 the Civil jWar.
' that *time J he ; decided \io{ try a! new.'
prof esslbn, and 'did I some 'good '. work •In
; newspape r ; reportin g, and ; in I that i way i
saw much more of the; war than; would'
: have been possible otherwise. He was
\u25a0 signal - officer^under^ Farragtit ?in ' his
\ famous h passage '-i of i the : \ forts v of ; the
l i Mississippi. Hej ; met i-r the - 5 Prlnoe a-" of
s and , became I f riendly^with J him ; .
'met Abraham Lincoln : and . many other
people distinguished % in public life. He
{ wrote several? books,"; though r :lt- is ;hard
; to) seeT : when ; he \ found the : time.''- . "Os
bon's Handbook of the" 1 Navy** was pub^*
1 ished , In 1864. and contained ; a; list of
\ every \ naval- vessel then V In": existence.
Another little book, "The Deviation of
; the Compass," was : regarded ; as ' useful
ibyimariners.'Ci; ; ;;- \ :::>'•]'; :; r -.-.:'. ..".''-, v .\u25a0\u25a0 ''O":
ii^SiThe Jbook •: is iwell 2 written^ remarkay
|J)ly/graphlcj In { style* and jls a pleasant
\u25a0 medium • through; whlgh to i get a ; aide \u25a0
; light |oh 3 some ;'of i the • hlstorj* of '/ the
.; last seventy-five' years;; ; °" > ; '\u25a0:'\u25a0;\u25a0:, ; .. -,- ;V
"Success in Ufa"
Tfi 'ij"i ISmil f- neicb, «other '«f * "Success Amon*
{;:- r> Nations. ".'PoMlsbeft'tar.Onfnsia st Co., Now
v --.'york. > Pric« ; |1.50: - -^ •'.",• \u25a0.\u25a0.;•--:•-.. \u25a0 \u25a0.
I'jj One s^ needs . 'only i to r f ememb'sr ' that
? Emil I Reich 'Is the » author of ;
-Among I Nations" 5 toj make ;certain ' of -a %
treat* In store in the reading of hi*
'latest book,; "Success ,|n jL l4fe.">>' ; i'xf ;-".- *
.^J X>r.\ Belch* * ha« i not % found \ individuals
; 'easy . to deal -with} and \ dispose (of, - He *
i says fin shls that?' he I was!
" almost overawed Sby I the difficulties . of I
;the gtask.^* Dr.*. Reich ".tvoverawed-f. is '}
jamusing,', after "Success Among Na
tions." r» Happily he i was ab le to over- *
I oome bis weakness and , no trace of awe
i appears^? In vji his ;S 85 0;V closely , prin ted s
J pages~-a condensation, he says.'. . .
p£Tft# jbook ' lsldlvtded \u25a0 into! three partj. .
)lCq^\df[thejfir»t ! :UtUken,«p;wlth-'^rha'i 1
Constants of Success," the second "The 1
iVariables % of ', Successf,, 'and I the S th! rd.'.
"Success : in * Special . Branches." - Having ,
I devoted much of hi s Town . ll f c to lectur- ':'
I Ing. the author's | remarks on : that sub"-.
% Ject should I interesting. ;; They i seenv«
I to*b« particularly; addressed , to English - 1
5 men^whosa f reserve,<he 1.; says,!' is 3 a*?;:
Cpl6rable.*i- v "He"l cites iAme>lcans;f and;
* Frenchmen fas ' (examples *of < success and \
\ p'rogressMdue' tc'the fact that they, like \
i to] make iai noise jfn ! , the iworldAaj thing;
that , the] Englishman ' abhors.;'- He , says : ' .
3j^The ••TSngllshi:? hate ~$ noise '*\u25a0 and i* s llourd r -
I loundsr^ NethlhfX strike* ?? foreigners .
? more than )ij? the silence ;% of ~2[ London.
« Imagine f ; th elf,? amazement t when \i thby)
' thei
abatement of " street noises in : London t \u25a0
s Since; absolute r : ': silence ."-:' might 'sg per- j
after Vail ;.' be V. unacceptable rj In*
f lecturers,'^ they. -: have V 'long? since"
found: /that stammering. . L c.. a
mixture "« of silence ' and talk, pays best.
Hence 'the amazing locutions in -modern
English ?. by '\u25a0 which i- the : . • towers of " sK
lence* * avoid giving direct ; and -definite
answers; that , abominable "I think .so';
that- ridiculous 1 presume-so'; that In
effable *WelJ,':i;do: hot; know.' " r * .
vf Dr. , Reich never; hides \u25a0 himself behind
any of those weak English subterfuges.
He «, doesn't "think"* or ,**presume"— he
knows 1 ' :•\u25a0> He N knows everything . and » lf
you can't '. find ' it ', tn r the", book It ;is " no
fault of the author's. He goes into de-
Ails and gives us, in addition to general
; nints for.; success, ; the advice necessary
to-: success as- journalists, novelists,
dramatists, , scholars, . artists, lawyers,
doctors," statesmen and . in ; plain, every
day business. > Read h lm and be ' con
vinced, at least, that he believes In
himself.- \u25a0/:•\u25a0- v ,
''Building Business"
By C: N*. Crevrilsoa. anther «f **T*l«s ef ttm
< Road." '- Published by -D. - Applctcn & . Co.,
.. ,., New York. Prlc« , 91.28.: "--•:\u25a0
, :,In the language of the drummer, "lt's
awful ; easy to set good auvice nowa
days; :It's ' the cheapest thins on the
market.". And ,"Buildin«r Business," by
fCN. Crewdson,;is good advice. . It pur
ports .to - be " the atory a. successful
: merchant's son who travels , about with.
the head solicitor of the firm and learns
a thing or two about business method*.
The ' author '; really; gets . down to busi
ness about i the fourth chapter.' entitled,
"The Man\Who Really. Builds the Busi
ness." Here he " shows the ' reader that
\u25a0 his 'book : has most " to do with 1 drum
mers ; and the various \u25a0 methods/ ol d and
new;; of business." - The * last
chapter In * the 1 book is ' reminiscent of
"Letters of a Self made Merchant to His
Son" and 1 it is well here to quote a bit
of the father's advice to bis son::
:0 * # Tes.,:.slr;rson; hard work.wUl do
more ; toward •\u25a0 y-uttlng \u25a0 you •' ahead t*»" .
v anything. else. 'When \u25a0 apples are. ripe
; a breeze * may. once : In a while knock
'one !• off, ; but If r * you ' want to t fill - your
basket,; you* must ~ J . climb the' tre«f and
shake the : limb. Not only \u25a0 must • you"
work ' hard, bat . you '\u25a0 must ktep on
working ; bard.** \
, ' The -.book \ might well be t textbook
; for, traveling . men ' of "' modern eera
mere*. ; \u25a0 \u25a0 ;>" ' .•; r--.-::i"- •;<.
6essip of Boob and People Who Make Then
"Religions Liberty In South America"
Is the subject of a volume which will
Interest people Investigating along the
lines indicated by the title. .The book
has to do particularly with .the 'ques
tion 7, 0f -the ; etvil r, marriage L code V: of.
Ecuador : and : other ' South ''.'American
eountrle«.Srj The » author .- la Rer. V John
Lee, . D. : Di^of ?the'^ Methodist church.;
who* spent . many years south, of the
equator and In \u25a0 bis book explains * the
correspondence that? he hs,d with "the
CathoUo church and "the Department of
Btate, i resulting^ he declares, in ; liberty
of .s religious .worship \ In t ßolivia. ; The
book ' is ' published by 'Jennings ; & Gra
ham, Cincinnati," and •Is • old >f or - 1 1.25,
;' ; Mrs. Laura , E. Richards 'and her . sis
ter, Mrs. Florence Howe Hail.' have ,; been
visiting lin Boa ton and." Incidentally .the
former has been attending to details
connected with' the publication^ of ' the
second i volume of "The Life and ' Let-;.
terS; of Samuel jGrldley^Howe.**--'" Her
own i Story, V" At j Gregory's ;. House," .' is
finished; i and > It ; is; possible that; the
third generation o f t h-e family may ':. be
represented •on ' the] list of • Dana.' Elites
& : Co. Iby Miss \u25a0 Rosalind Rlcharfiji, who
has written a novel.
'\u25a0• Much ' of the . commendation that " has
been besfowed on Mrs. Aria's delight
ful book. "Costume: Fanciful. Historical
and % Theatrical.** >" seems IT to :\u2666 have . been
'due Ito the "Illustrations ; of 1; Mr. Percy
i Anderson, m Mr. Anderson Is *an artist
with a hobby, and: the best-known ; de
signer of costumes in England. In this
capacity I he «; was * associated the
late^Slr; Henrys Irving In some of his
'most* important ? productions. - } He "alio
designed 1 , the costumes for. many well-
: known L plays, . such; as v "Trelawney > of
'the^.Wella," -"Merrie^ England" 'and
"Quality. Street-! "
A ; persistent - error ;In I the ; press con
nects Gorky's ; novel;; **Mother,"
( withVa? book ; of impressions of .America'
recently !^published jln Italy/,"Mother" is
a :* novel \written in * America." bu t con
cern cd } entirely J. with, event* in Russia,
the ' story taking. its ; name from a peas
ant mother whose son becomes involved
with, the revolutionists, the mother her
self - gradually \u25a0 bein* drawn into the
dramatic s truggla for ltf 9 and liberty*
It is perhaps the first instance of; a
great foreign novelist wrltlnc his mas
terpiece in .America and slvlnj it first
to .tha world in English. a
_-- -«.j . t'-" -•,-\u25a0'• • ; v
- One : of Lloyd Oabourne's friends said
of his handwriting: "It's a good thine
I'm* a mindreader, otherwise I'd never
know • what he is writing about."
- ."> .. \u25a0\u25a0 _-- .*• \u25a0* . • •
The following is in the nature of a
confession \u25a0 from ; .the : London Daily
Graphic: "The striking feature in the
American literary ' world is that the
people of the United States are looking
to . their.: own--' kith and . kin for hooka
of all.klade.- • >
- ilaurlce . Maeterlinck Is reported t»
have purchased recently what will cer
tainly be. an interesting and perhaps a
unique country - residence.' It is the
Abbey of Saint "Wandrllle. in Normandy*
1 which '\u25a0 dates back to the \u25a0• seventh cen
tury. • At one time it was the residence
of aome : ; 400 monks. Tho abbey *Is
now only a ruin, but Mr. Maeterlinck
will have -it restored to a habl table
state. \u25a0"&£&&
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Malaysia, Nature's Wonderland, sgr
William 7. 01 dham; J tuning* * Gra
ham. Cincinnati. /J4qPE9*fjttßnptHH|
Guide Books to English.:* vols.. by
Gilbert and Harris; Silver, Burdett *
',Ca, New, Tork. . \u25a0-;:\u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0 ..\ .' r 'J. : . '-
A Doctor's Talk with Maiden. Wife
and Mother, by G. I* Austin* Lothrop,
Lee & Sbepard Company, Boston.
- 1 Tbe Romance and Tragedy of a Widely
Known Business Man of New Tork. by
\u25a0> William ,'Zngraham Rusaelll T*a# Lord
Baltimore Press, Baltimore. 9**SBfß*3Bßt
The ' Blue Book of Missions, by ReW
H»nry Otl» Dwlght; Funk 4s Wagnall«
Company, New Tork.
Dave Porter's Ratnrn to foho*!, \by
Edward Btratsmsyer; Lothrop, Lee cV
Shepard Company," Boston. ",
\ The* Diamond K«y. by Alvah MUte«
Kerr; Lothrop. Le« /k SThepard Compass"*
Boston*?"; •«
Raymond Benson at Xramptea. by
Clarence B. Burleigh; Lotarop* I** *
Shepard Company. Boston.
The True* In the Bast and It* JLft«r
math,. by A B. .L. Putnam \u25a0 Weslei '.Thm
Macmlllan Company. N«w York.
>' The Case of : Doctor Horace,* by ; Jeba
-H. Prentls; The Baiter A Taylor Ceia
pany, Naw York. ~<&9*&B&SKBt
.Disable ; and : I, '- *r Mabel ; . Barnae
; Grunday; The ' Baker A Taylor Com
pany, New York.
-: The :• Sowing . o*i AMerson Cr»e, by
' Margaret ; P. \u25a0; Montarae ; The Baker "4b
Taylor Company. New^ork. •
. v Congressman Pumphrey. • the People**
Friend. ; by ; John * T. '. McCutcbeon: iTb*
Bobbs-Merrlll. Company," Indianapolis. . N
c .Tfte * Isle of I Dreams. \u25a0by Myra Kellyt
D. Appleton * Co^r New York. \u25a0
. * Tho Cave .\u25a0 Man, /by John Corbtns XX
Applaton & Co, New York.
0" The Story of General Francis Marlon,
by Percy K. - Fltzbugb; McLooghllsa
, Broa, New York. .> '\u25a0*\u25a0"%\u25a0?
. \u25a0 The Ego and His Own, by - Max
Stirner; Benjamin Rl Tucker, <New
.The Lovers' Club, by Philetus Brown;
• The Old Greek ' Press, N«w. York."
" " > Rise „of V- ther American Prole
tarian.* by ; Austin .Lewis; ; Charles >% 3.
Kerr *' r Coy Chicago. .' v>*aMßS*Bsss^BM|M**|v > *aMßS*Bsss^BM|M**|
. The; Right to Be Laa* by Paul La
fajgue; Charles a* Ksrr A Ci. Chicago;
-' The Eighteen u» Brnmalre 7 of %Louts
Bonaparte, by Karl M arx| Charles <S.
Kerr & Co.. Chicago. •
Peggy Penflleton. b7 E. M. J»aeeon;
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A Winged Victory, by, R. ; *L' !<\u25a0»»\u25a0 tt;
Duffleld &*Co.. New York.', -•. .;.\;..-. ; -<$Z
Ackroyd ;of * the Faculty, by - \ Anna
Ray; Little, Brown v 4 Cofc,
Boston. Pmßdl
' Aunt- Jane.of Kentucky, by Eltxa
i Calvert Hall : Little. Brown Jk C«w.
Boston. ss]Vs*3fß9BßlssjßPsßßS**|
.; ">. Captured: 'The '. Story ; of Sandy Ray,
~by General Charles King; R. F. Feano
& Co.. New York.
A Sealed Book, by Alice livtngstnsT:
;R.': F. Fenno & Co.; New York. \u25a0 «
Langford of the Three Bars, Vy Ks>t<>
and Virgil D. Boyles; A. C McO«rs; A
Co.. Chicago. -'^&BBOsßftgfßßQtfrs*ez
V. : The ;, Catholic ; Encyclopedia, TsC \ •
i Robert Apple ton Company, \u25a0 New "3ttk!