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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
« KATUBDAT, OCTOBER 13. 1357.
NEW BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS
T&VIEWED ®Y
ARTHUR PENDENNIS, JR.
“WHITE HYACINTHS." By Hlbert
Hubbard. (Done Into print by The
Roycrofter* at their ahop, which le In
Boat Aurora, Erie county, New York,
memvll.)
Every now and then somebody take.s
n filng In print at Fra Elbertu*—Elbert
Hubbard—but It !■ very noticeable that
■ h* attack* are without effect upon
Oils erratic genius. Distance not only
"robes the mountain In Its asure hue;
but It weakens a blow, not over-strong
♦ von In the beginning of Its speed
Those fault-finding critics suggest tlK
crowd that occasionally rush Into print
nt the expense of Thomas E. Watson.
■ >f our own good state of Georgia. When
Mr. Watson gets through with the
« rowd of attackers, well—there Isn't|
much left of the crowd.
Mr. Elbert Hubbard has written a de-
ghtful appreciation of his wife and
c alled It 'White Hyacinths.” It would
be a beautiful tribute from any man
to his wife, and in reading It the pleas!
ure Is, that In the mind and heart of]
the reader comes the thought that[
White Hyacinths" Is a great compli
ment, not only to Mrs. Alice Hubbard,
but to all useful, helpful women. The
tribute to all good women Is there, and
the reader. If he has eyes to see and
mind to digest, will locate It and enjoy
the book thoroughly. The volume Is
beautifully gotten up; It is simply ra
•specimen pf the exquisite bookbinding
!^f the Roycfofters. In addition to
JnYhlte Hyacinths.” there are several
either short essays, every one of which
(as everything that Mr. Hubbard
writes, whether you agree with him or
not), makes you think. If he does notl
do anything else, he stirs the reader upl
and that Is a most difficult thing to do
with the average person. |
Mr. Hubbard closes his "White Hya
cinths” with the following paragraph,
applicable to all true and loyal wives:!
, v "I married a rich woman—one rich
in lore, loyalty, gentleness, Insight,
gratitude, appreciation: one who caused
me at ft years of age to be born again
To this woman I owe nil I am. and t«|
her the world owes Its gratitude for
any or all, be It much or little, that Ir
have given It. My religion Is all in myl
■wife’s name. And I am not a bankrupt
for all she has In mine. If I can use It.
and In a degree I have. And why I
prise life and desire to live Is that I
may give the world more of the treas
ures of her heart- and mind, realising
with perfect faith that the supply com
ing from Infinity can never be lessened
nor decreased.”
"LORD CAMMARLEIGH'S SE
CRET.” By Roy Hornlman. (Little.
Brown A Co.)
There was a young chap In London,
by name Anthony Brooke, who had
failed at every undertaking, business or
otherwise. He had been, and was still,
attempting to be an actor; be bad, of
course, written stories (everybody
writes stories nowadays, so the maga-
xlne editors say), and Anthony Brooke,
handsome, bright and uudaclous, found
himself one morning In London, about
to starve to death. Passing Along the
street, Anthony had a good look at Lord
Cammarlelgh, who Is bidding goodbye
to a lovely young woman In her car
riage In front of Lord Cammarlelgh's
town house. This one look at Lord
Cammarlelgh and his peculiar eye
movement fills Anthony Brooke with
the Idea that here Is a man who hns
some terrible secret. As Lord Cam
marlelgh enters hts home, Anthony
rushes up to him and In a stage whisper
tells Lord Cammarlelgh. "I know- your
secret.” Lord Cammarlelgh grew livid
and staggered ■ back against the door
pillar. From this beginning then tho
story of "Lord Cammarlelgh's Secret”
runs. Lord Cammarlelgh must have
had soma secret. Judging by his conH
duct then and afterwards, but of course
Anthony Brooke did not know what It
was, but he bluffs the lord duke into
making him (Anthahy) his secretary;
Into paying hlin a large salary and cosh
down; allowing him to have rooms at
his town house, and to run the lord
duke, his home and the whole place
generally, as the book continues to
■bow In Its delightfully audacious and!
most Intsrssttng plot. The sub-title to
tha book Is “A Fairy Tale of Today,”
but with ail of Its Improbability andl
halr-breadth escapes (for Anthony) tha
author makes his story not only very
entertaining, but very plausible as well.
Lord Cammarlelgh ha* a beautiful
niece, who, while loving Anthony, pro
poses to marry a duke. Thus the heart
interest Is brought Into the story, andl
the way that Anthony manages Lady
Sybil Is so charming In Its finesse thnt
even If there were not much else In
"Lord Cammarlelgh's Secret” but this
love duel, the book would be somewhat
fascinating. The reader being Informed!
at ths beginning that the story‘Is a
fairy tale, he readily accepts many of
'You can't afford to continue at the wife of this fellow."
Tage 305
“She had a real manner/’ Chloe said, “in showing thsm in.” Illustration
from “The Domestic Adventurers.”
the Improbabilities of the story.
oriy*“
Of
J course AnthoriV Brooke In time wins
Lady Sybil; he makes a new man out
of Lord Cammarlelgh, from a crusty
old miser to an open-hearted nobleman.
Anthony reunites the different members
of Cammarlelgh's family; gets himself
elected to parliament, with an income
of £7.000 por annum, given him by
Lord Cammarlelgh to keep the latter's
secret, which he has never had. and
the book ende at the wedding of An
thony and Lady Sybil. As Anthony
drives from the church he mokes known
to Lord Cammarlelgh that he had never
held any secret. Anthony Brooke Is a
refreshing character. Lady Sybil Is a
charming heroin# and In manner of
mental bias and thoughts expressed
very much on the order of many young
ladles of today. She is a satisfactory
typo.*
"Lord Cammarlelgh* Secret” Is one
of the moat entertaining stories of a
light order that has been written in a
long time. It will hold the Interest of
the reader from beginning to end. Then,
too, unlike many Interesting books, it is
unusually well written: the style of
composition Is pleasing and attractive.
“8ANTA FE’S PARTNER.” By
Thomas A. Janvier, tHarper Brothers).
To thoroughly enjoy "Santa Fe's Part
ner,” It Is not necessary that the read
er shall have lived In the wild and
woolly West. On the contrary,
reading of that bright book Is much
better than even u trip west now, and
much more so tlmn nt the time of the
happenings In New Mexico, some thir
ty years ago. ho charmingly desert lied
In "Santa Fe’a Partner.”
The book consista of short stories,
all Joined together to make u complete
whole, of the experiences of n lot of
rough men and women nt a llttlo town
In New Mexico named Palomltas. The
time of the story Is about thirty years
ago when the A. T. & S. I*, fly. halted In
construction work in New Mexico on
account of luck of funds. Palomltas,
a little mining town nt the end of the
railroad, was filled with all sorts and
conditions of men—and women. There
were gamblers, cowboys, barkeepers,
stage drivers and railroad employees
now out of work. Bantu Fe <'hurley
Is a gambler who, like Bret liarte'.H
great character, wears the clothes of a
preacher, hns a smooth tongue and cold
eye and bruin. Pnnta Fe's partner Is a
young woman who lias drifted Into
Palomltas from nobody knows where—
sin* Is a born actress; she falls in love
with Hanta Fe Charley and the book
Is filled with stories of the devilment,
practical Jokes and gnnies perpetrated
by Santa Fe Charley and bis partner,
called by th« Inhabitants of Palomltas
"The Huge Brush Hen.” There are all
kinds of things happening In the book,
from a mock lynching to frighten an
English bondholder of the railroad, the
bunting of a mock mountain lion, the
make-believe kindergarten of Palomiv
tns to hoodwink an old maid from New
England, to the final awakening of the
better people of the town of Palomltas
to the Importance of getting rid
Hanta Fe Charley and the Sago Brush
Hen for the town's good. Even then
these two scamps outwit the vigilant
committee. Of course the reader wl
Instinctively recall Bret Harte In his
reading of "Hanta Fe's Partner,” but
not to the discredit of Mr. Janvier. Tho
book Is most amusing; It Is one of the
best pictures of the West In the old
days, now so long gone by, and the
reader will thoroughly enjoy it from
the beginning to the end. There are
so many hooks written these days
about the West us It Im now and as It
was long ago, that when a story Is
published that rings true, It should be
appreciated ns there is no doubt "Bantu
Pri Partner” will be.
“THE DOMESTIC ADVENTUR
ERS.” By Josephine Duskam Bacon.
(Charles Scribner's Hons.) There ure
no doubt times when the reader, worn
with books, pleasant In the reading and
wonderful In their strength, will long
for a light "between the acts” story.
"The Domestic Adventurers" Is one of
the best books that could be found and
read for such a purpose. It brings both
enjoyment and relaxation. It Is very
pleasingly written and it Is light-and
charming.
The story simply deals with three
bachelor maids who take a cottage Just
outside of New York. -One of the wom
en Is the editor of a magazine, the oth-
the housekeeping woman of the
three, and last but not nt nil least Is
Chloe, who causes all of the trouble
and much of the Interest In the book.
The story Is xupimsod to have been
written by the housekeeper around her
struggles with help, and the chapters
or short tales are divided under the
heads of the different servants engaged
J
and the experiences Incidental to their
service. It is a very diverting book.
Nothing heavy. Ju«t a first-class flller-
In for an Idle hour. The story Is writ
ten well, the half n dozen illustrations
are very attractive and the whole vol
ume Is handsomely gotten up. _There
should he n good cull for "The Do
(nestle' Adventures" everywhere, fo:
the question of help is almost as uni
versal us the negro problem, and to
many of us Jt Is much more Important
that nn enrty solution be reached of
the former Issue, although both ques
tlons are one and the same south of
Mason’s and Dixon’s line.
“SEMI RAM 18.” By Edward Peple.
(Moffat. Yard A Co.)
“SemlramU” Is a historical novel of
great breadth und power. That Is a
most difficult font to perform—the male
Ing of a real character Interesting to
present-day readers, out of a man or
woman who lived thousands of years
ago and who, In this Instancn, some au
thorities say, never lived at ull. But
Dr. Peple has created a most delightful
hook out of the legends pertaining to
"Hcinlramls” or "Hhammuramnt,” as
she Is also known In legendary history.
The Century Dictionary Is the au
thority for the statement that accord
ing to the Greek historiographers. Bern-
Irumis was the wife of Xtnus, the
founder of Nineveh. Hhe was the
daughter of the Syrian goddess Derketo
and was endowed with surpassing
beauty and wisdom. She assumed the
government of Assyria after her hus
band *m death; built the city of Babylon
with Its hanging gardens, the temple of
Bel. and the bridge over the Euphrates;
conquered Egypt, Ethiopia and Libya,
ami organised a campaign against In
dia: In short, everything murvelous In
the orient was ascribed by the Greeks
to this supernatural queen.
These statements, according to the
Century Dictionary, find no confirma
tion In the cuneiform monuments. It Is
possible, so the dictionary says, that
there wo* some historical foundation
for these legends as the name of Ham-
murunmt occurs In the Inscriptions ns
the queen of Hamman-Nlraii III. who
reigned 811-782 B. C. Hhe Is the only
Assyrian queen whose name is record
ed on the monuments. Ho much for the
history , regarding Bendramls. Dr. Pe
ple has taken the legends of this most
remarkable woman, and In his book, up
to the time of her real beginning of
war-like exploits, where his book ends,
the author shows us Hemlramls as a
woman, who loved, suffered and who
punished. It Is one of the most charm
ing books that has been written In a
long time. The style of the composition
quite on a plane with the theme, for
Home parts of the book rend like blank
verse. In the book there Is a story of n
dog that alone Is worth more than the
price of the book. Dr. Peple show’s us
Hemlramls In love, terribly In love with
Menon. a general under Nlnus, the king
of Assyria. Hemlramls mar He*. Menon
against the orders of the kin** who
loves BeinlramlH himself. The king
falsely tells Hemlramls that her hus
band has been sent on an expedition
with a hotly of troops, whereas Nlnus
had crucified him in a dungeon of the
citadel. The soldier who had been
dressed In Menon’s armor to represent (
him is found dead anti Is burled by j
Heniiraqits and Nlnus for Menon. while
the poor husband lies wounded In the
citadel. Then Nlnus in duo time mar
ries Hemlramls and makes her queen of
Tl ” MARRIAGE & MERLIN
By CHARLES STOKES WAYNE
. Mrs. Merlin, a rich widow, with no thought of love, bargains at a high
price for a second husband, for companionship in her travels abroad. The com
plex occurrences and final results are woven together in a brilliant marlher, mak
ing it a book to be read with exquisite pleasure. 'Such character studies you sel
dom find in any b6ok. It is not padded, but set in a delightful page to please the
eye, and every page counts. It is a treat such as you can not often find.
Handsomely Illustrated and Richly Bound in Cloth. 262 Pages. $1.25.
G. W. Dillingham Company, Publishers, New York.
Assyria. Soma years after Menon Is
brought forth from prison more dead
than alive, when the devil incarnate
awakes in flemlramis to punish (which
she did by death) the cruel King Nlnus.
It Is the aim of the author to show
that Hemlnunln by thl* cruelty of Nlnus
had been chang*] from a loving, good
woman into a fiend, after poor Menon,
being crowned king, dies on the throne.
Whatever the Idea was of Dr. Peple he
has mode a most Interesting book out
of hi* Imaginations and legends. One
that will delightfully repay the time
spent In Its reading.
“THE MARHIAcTe”oF MR3. MER
LIN," By Charles Stokes Wayne. (G.
W. Dillingham Company.)
Mr*. Merlin, a rich widow, was very
. unhappy. Hhe had “dead loads” of
money, hut she had found that money
alone will not give the possessor peace
of mind and happiness. Tnen. too, hay
ing all of this money. Mrs. Merlin
found herself the victim of u great
many “fortune-hunterx,” who wished
to nobly assist her In the management
of her troublesome money. Ho It oc
curred to Mrs. Merlin that, having
money, the was entitled to happiness, If
there was any In this world. The for
tune-hunters bothered her moat of all
and to circumvent these men she
evolved an Idea, which seems so simple
und still original that It in n wonder
some rich woman lias not uted it be
fore. That Idea was simply to buy her
a dummy husband; one who would be
known as her husband; attend to her
wants; follow her directions; look
handsome, and, most Important of all,
keep the fortune-hunters away. Bo
Mrs. Merlin makes a proposition to
Dickie Blount, a young handsome Eng
lishman, of no means, and nt thnt time
rather under a cloud. The Idea being
that Mrs. Merlin and Blount are to he
married, something on the "absent
treatment” plan,* and only for a certain
length of time: later should the ar
rangement not be agreeable to either
party at Interest, a divorce could be se
cured and nil would yet be well. This,
ILLUSTRATION FROM “THE MARRIAGE OF MRS. MERLIN,"
then, was done. Mrs. Merlin became
Mrs. Blount and the couple traveled all
around the world having many expe
rience* (naturally) under this different-
from-most matrimonial tangles. Of
course the reader can guess w’hat In
time happened, If he (the reader) Is
much addicted to the reading of ro
mance wherein ft beautiful girl 1b
thrown constantly with a superbly
handsome man. The reader's Idea of
romance will not be destroyed In "The
Marriage of Mrs. Merlin.” for. of course,
Mrs. Merlin, living apart ffom her hus
band, but In the name hotel, begins to
love him desperately, as he, of course,
loves her. Then you see that each of
the two parties to the contract fear to
be the first one to tell the other that
genuine love has come.
1 ■ ew.vyr m ihu 1 < wnwvwwf-'XBwmm
THE THREE KINGS
By DR. THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH, of New Jersey, in Harper's Maga
zine, 1857.
Three kings there sre to rule (he world, end mightier none could lit
Howe'er he strive no nmn olive from their control Is free.
And one Is yellow end one Is black, nnd one is white tin snow,
The yellow one Is the elder one, hut not the stronger, though.
By these and theirs the world’s sffslrs nre rigorously controlled—
And the nemos these mighty nionnrehs hear, sre Cotton, Coni nnd Gobi.
Cotton the white, nnd Gold the bright, and f'oal the sooty anti grim,
Each sways n potent scepter oyer the many who bow to him—
They sre not rival sovereigns, but close nltlcs slid friends,
And enrh controls the other, nnd eneh to the other lends.
And each Is kin to the other, nnd strnngel.v. by my troth!
For Gold Is the child of Cottou nnd Coal, though born before them both.
King Cotton In the Houthland dwells—far In the South nlono—
The heavy Ime his scepter Is, the dented gin his throne—
King Cotton In the Houthland dwells, mid there his court he holds.
Ami there Ills servants wither the fleece from a hundred thousand folds—
King Cotton In the Houthlund dwells, but roams as suits bis whim.
For lie Is free on every sea—no port Is closed to him!
King Cotton Is n kindly king, through lilia In niituuin time.
Green fields grow white In tho piorulng light with the snow of n Southern cllmo.
Through him the londed barges go. drawn on their many trips.
Through him the beryl sens nre flecked with stout mid gallant ships,
Through him a myriad shuttlos click, and countless spindles whirr.
Through him the smoky towus arise with ull their din ami stir!
Though like fl cowled and corded friar. In rope sud sackcloth dressed.
The nations clap their brands with Joy when cotQps the welcome guest;
To build him stately ships ifroy rob the forests of their trees,
They rtnd the solid rock trt ronr bis hires of hunisn bees.
And from their tolling pensautV they send from every Innd
A countless host of servitors to wait rat his command.
Wherever In our Northern elline Ills smile of favor benms
Arise the castles of his peers on banks of plcnsnnt strenms—
Ay**; peers nre they whom serf* ol>ey in many s crowded room—
The barons of the spindle— nobles of the loom!
One time good gold was got by arms, but now our cotton lords.
By spinning-jennies mnke their wealth, nnd not by knightly swords.
A reign of woe would pour nround were cotton cold nnd dead.
Then were not eountle«s millions clad, then were not millions fed—
A blight upon Ills flowery fields, the earth with fear Would pule.
From quivering lips 111 crowded streets break famine’s feeble wall—
But when he flourishes In pride, then woe nnd want are bnnued,
Hwnrth labor laugh* and slugs at toll, nnd plenty tills the Innd.
King Coni dwell* ever underground surrounded by Ids gnomes.
Who curve him chambers under earth and scoop out domes—
F.vor they work by torchlight there—the bright sun never shine*
To glad the heart* of those pigmies tolling, moiling In the mines:
But still they burrow like imtlcnt mole**. * “
Thn echoing vaults resounding In pralnc
Black rare the dlnmonds Ira his crown and black Ills rolies also.
Yet, though Cotton mid Gold may reign above, thl* Coal Is king below-
Dowii In th" bowel* of Knglaml. where first Ills rule began.
Tin* torrid ('lilrlqul regions—the sirring • land of Japan—
tillin'* river riven plains—Virginia'* ridges tail.
And th" hill* of northern Georgia—these own him. one and nil.
Yet his I* n sway on the upper earth, a *
He Mnread* o’er crowded cities a murky r!
Ills I* the roar of furnaces—the rattling mi
The scream of thn river Ntnamer flung buck
III* are the one-eyed Cyclops that speed
Through echoing clefts In rive ‘
It may not shun.
_ nnd dun:
nolee of mills—
bank* and hills—
. the Iron roil*,
hill*, nnd down the pleasant vales!
and greei
•pled wl
The Miu-hurst l
_ Innd—
veil nnd hunter’s rifle rang.
• glow* and the ponderous hammers clang,
All! what a sight those forges bright, and wlmt n steady roar.
The voice of the nor west tempest on some lone nnd barren shore—
The *tlty of llnephneto*. the halting son of Zneo*.
Glowed not more tierce what time lie forged the shield of Achilous;
And never a giant, sweaty, huge. In Aetna's Aery hall.
More terrible seemed than these nppen
the hammers rise and full*
King Coni lieheld the homes of mne In the silent hours of night—
A icfuue for assassin* in tne <uin and
Then pity tilled 111* royal heart ami th
Aud tne spirit within him he gave to I
i light the darksome streets and lanes
And craven murderer at the glare shrank baffled to Ills deli.
Ami Coal another blessing gave to glad the hearts of men.
Ami took the ,
Ilf* rules o’er men a* though lie i
of low estate, but now fti (minces
apis IakuII and studded with rubles rare.
Propped with pillars of parbtn marble, lined with malachite,
And nung with silken curtains to temper the noonday light.
lie feeds upon the choicest meats-upon Ids t»onrd must be
The pate* from the Ktmusberg and turtle from the *»••.
And from the cup* of amethyst that glitter there nnd glow.
The wine* of rarest vln'iiges in omlier current* flow—
Madeira from the southslde. Chntnpalnc amt Huculhd.
Johatinlsbnrgcr, Xeres, Catawba and Tokal._
King Gold was once but meanly clad In dusky yellow vest.
But row In purple velvet rolies and silken hoar la dressed;
On satin cushions take* re|H>se with v**es In the room
That hold rare flowers Gist all the air with delicate scent* perfume;
Around him nre his parnaltes In homage low to bend—
Around 1dm are Ids ready knave* his wishes to atteud.
A ploughshare Is the keen-edged lance—a sick
The word of war come* not from kings, for leave to fight they call
on the cabinets of Judenatrasse nud I/an banl street and Wall.
There never was In pagan lands idolatry profound
A* that which now In Christendom la>ws million* to the ground—
King Gold goes forth like Juggernaut—the earth beneath him reels—
Down fall hi* blinded worshipper* before bis chariot wheels:
The aenlot slaves are blUaful *11—crushed, writhing In the sod—
The dog* piade friends of Cotton and Coal, but worshipped Gold as GoJ.
Without the three but poor we lie. and earth Itself were drear.
And man a savage churl Indeed If neither king was here—
Ho laud to Gold who bears our purse to Coal, whose toll is sore.
But greater laud to Cotton, who feeds ten million tueti or more.
... . Cotton and to swell the pride of Gold-
King G«dd hath widest empire far yet. though It chafe his soul
He tribute pays to Cotton and a heavy tax to Coal.
Bur Cotton he I* king of kitigs-snd coal the sooty and grim.
And Gold the yellow* and smiling are vassal* both to him.
This situation of affairs gives to the
author a great opportunity to work
upon the feelings of Mrs. Merlin -
Blount and Dickie Blount, likewise his
readers, and Mr. Wayne handles his
plot very well. He has made an Inter
esting story out of a very uncon
ventional situation.
Now*, just when it looks as if the two
parties to the contract will not under
stand each other as they should, they
return to England. When one day
driving in a motor car, Just when the
tension is getting to a breaking point,
theie two people are caught In the
rain. They stop at a house for shel
ter and the old woman therein greets
Dickie thus: "Welcome home, n»y
lord; welcome home to your own.” See
the nnswer, do you, Mr. Reader? The
answer Is that sonie of Dickie's kins
men having conveniently died, Dickie
Is the Right Honorable, the Earl of
Hartsmere.” This Information brings
on a Jong talk between Mrs. MerJIn
Blount and Dickie; they love each oth
er and now that they find It out life
really begins. The book Is very In
teresting and diverting, and should be
a good seller. It Is light—a good “time
killer” and the latter alone covers a
multitude of sins.
“JOHN KENDRY’S IDEA.” By
Chester Bailey Fernald. (Outing Pub
lishing Co.) Mr. Chester Bally Fer
nald has taken a young chap with more
money than brains and Jn a charming
book called "John Kendry’s Idea,” he
has interested us in the aforesaid young
chap. To make a young brainless chap
Interesting Is the work of an artist.
Mr. Fernald has accomplished this dif
ficult undertaking and in so doing has
made "John Kendry’s Idea” a very
pleasing, attractive story.
The scene of the novel is laid in San
Francisco. John Kendry. who is 24
years of age, has a whole lot of money,
but he does not know what to do with
It. John thinks that he Is In love with
a woman who Is rich, also some seven
or eight years his senior as to age.
While John Is worrying with his idea,
which is to do something with his in
heritance different from what other peo
ple have done with theirs, he is knocked
In tho head one lovely day os he was
walking up the mountain across the
bay from Han Francisco—old Tamal-
pals. A beautiful girl revives John. He
tells the lovely creature all about his
Idea the first thing. He Just can not
hold this idea in where his brains
ought to be. This beautiful girl is un
der the lnffuence of a bad man; assist
ed In htls Influence the bad man is by
the pretty girl’s weak mother. One of
the productions of John’s Idea is that
this lovely girl, Ethel Murr. shall be
removed from this Influence nnd he
puts this Idea to work with the help of
hi* friend, Mary Eastwood, the girl
who Is older thun himself and whom
ho thinks he loves. Paulter, the man
who influences Ethel Mari', Is mixed
up with some Chinese cttuntcrfelters.
so this necessitates John Kendry’s
going often to visit the Chinese Quar
ter In San Francisco, wherein lives an
old frjfcnri of John’s father, Chan Kew,
who, by tha way, Is the host character
In the book. From these del alls men
tioned toe author has made u most
readable book. Tho reaiier win almost
weep over the author’s Insistence that
John Kendry ever did have an idea of
any sort, but the author is such an
artist, he has written so charmingly of
the people and of the life of San Fran
cisco, that the reader will forgive tho
Idea part of the story and become In**
volved thoroughly and most pleasant*
ly In the unraveling of the plot The
descriptions of the Chinese Quarter
in San Francisco are splendid. Ths
character of Chan Kow is remarkably
well drawn. The interest of the reader
will be held from beginning to end.
It Is a good clean story and Ethel Marr
was a lovely character. John Kendry
really is used simply to draw out his
story, and a very good one It is.
If the reader desires a delightful
picture of the Chinese Quarter In San
Francisco, that is to say, one that will
give him an idea ns to tho deep cun
ning of the many-sided Chinese. "John
Kendry’s Idea” should be read. In ad
dition the plot moves rapidly tho
theme Is good, the heart interest suffi
cient and altogether “John Hendry's
Idea’ Is thereby highly recommended
as a piece of charming light literature.
The book Is handsomely gotten up by
the Outing Publishing Co., who have a
habit of producing handsome books.
"CAMPING ANIDTRAMPINQ WITH
ROOSEVELT.” By John SSJSSgZ
(Houghton, Mifflin A, Co.) Mr. John
Burroughs, who went out on & trlD
through Yellowstone park with Presi
dent Roosevelt In the spring of 1903
has written a very interesting account
of this trip. The book, ’’Camping and
Tramping With Roosevelt,” is divided
into two parts. The first, dealing with
this trip to Yellowstone Park, the other
part Is an account of a visit which Mr
Burroughs paid to the president at
Oyster Bay, In which he treats of Mr.
Roosevelt more specifically as a nature
lover and observer. The whole gives
us a vivid picture,of an alert, breexy
energetic, enthusiastic, wholesouled
man with a genuine love of nature and
an exceptional faculty for acute and
accurate observation. Mr. Burroughs
tells us that the most interesting thing
he saw among all the wonders of the
National Park was the president him
self, and he gives a very graphic and
entertaining account of him—his man
ner of meeting people along the route
of travel, his chats with old acquain
tances of ranching days, hts rides and
walks In the wilderness, his campfire
conversations and story, telling. Mr.
Burroughs knows the president's out
door side so well and sympathizes with
it so thoroughly that what he has to
say of him Is well worth reading.
The volume is attractively illustrated
with photographs, many of them show
ing the president while In Yellowstone
Park; others giving glimpses of the
beauty of his horns at Oyster Bay.
It Is a very interesting volume. Any
thing that Mr. Burroughs writes would
be read by the discriminating public,
and when his subject is President
Roosevelt his audience naturally in.
creases.
HARPER'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
Just a word or two of praise for the
October number of Harper’s Monthly
Magazine. This number was delayed
in Its arrival, hence the short note. We
sometimes object to paying out three
dimes and*a nickel for a magazine until
we have a good look at Harper’s. A
second look at the October number of
Harper’s will convince any one that It
is worth much more than the price
asked. There’s a critical comment by
Arthur Symons on "Trollus and Cres-
Bida,” “The River of Pagoda Land,” by
Charles Edward Russell; “The Bible In
400 Tongues,” a number of short stories
and “The Weavers,” by Sir Gilbert
Parker Is completed In that number of
the magazine. A new novel by Mrs.
Humphrey Ward, “The Testing of
Diana Mallory,” Is announced to begin
serially In the November Issue. Har
per’s Monthly Is always good.
Play Made Him Young.
Mr. nnd Mrs. James E. Meddrahs
celebrated their golden wedding anni
versary at their home, on Hubbard
street. A year ago Mr. Meddraha was
In such bad health that his friends
thought the end was near.
Medicine did him no good, so he de
cided to make himself young again by
pluylng with children. He played mar
bles and other juvenile games, nnd soon
he was robust. He Is now able to work
six days a week at his trade as car
penter and play “I spy” with his grand
children after work. He never felt
younger in his life, he says, nnd be
lieves he hus found the secret of young
life.—’Wins ted, Conn., Dispatch to New
York World.
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