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EIGHTH PAGE
THE SUNNY SOUTH
APRIL 22. 1905.
N*ASAM. #
That Mrs. Ai^stin had tho imaginative
si l ongtli to write a good novel there lias
been abundant evidence in her two pre
vious books. Her writing in “Isidro” is
picturesque and vigorous, no reader is
likely to forget t'he great forest tire at
the story’s climax.
The brilliant colored illustrations by
Eric Page are particularly successful,
as he is a Californian himself and has
-olurne VII, “The Early Middle j made a careful study of the early Span-
Lea Bros. & Co., Philadelphia, j jgh-American period.
j Largo advance orders have made four
| printings necessary before publication.—
i Houghton. Mifflin Co., publishers, New
I York; $1.50.
I
I THE SECOND WOOING OF S ALIN A
SUE.
By Ruth McEnerv Stewart. Mrs. Stew- j
art's stories are better known through-'
out every section of the union than are
those of almost any other American short
story writer. For years sliie has taken
front rank as a delineator of character,
and as a southern woman hoi- attention
has naturally been drawn more often to
ward the life of tin south. Her most
Under the Lamp
With Late BooKs
A HISTORY OF ALL NATIONS.
John H. Wright, LL. D., Harvard uni
versity, general editor. in twenty-four
values—Volume VI. "The Great Migra
tions
Ages
publishers.
WO additional vomr.es of
“A History of All Nations”
have come to hand, and
both arc from the pen of
Julius von Fflugk-Hart-
tung. the well knojyn Ger
man historian, who now oc-
eunies the position of ar
chivist of the Prussian
royal state archives, and
was formerly professor of
history in the University
of Basal. Professor Pflugk- j
^ Edgar Allen Poe ^
Harttung is one of the
greatest living authorities on ancient and
mediaeval history, especially as they are
connected with the science of paleontol
ogy—that is. of fossil and geological rc-
; mins, which throw' light upon prehis
toric time-. It is from paleontology that
w« have learned ivery recently) all that
wp know of the beginnings of the great
"Teutonic peoples—ancestors of the mod
i'.s German and English speaking na
tions. of I iic Dutch and the Norse and j “Egypt.”—Harper & Bro
.tin- part-ancestors of the French. Pro- j Xow York: $1.50.
lessor Pfiugk-Harttur.g invests the dry j ——.
bones of paleontology with flesh and THE BELL IN THE FOG.
blood. He shows how -ill Europeans are i Gertrude Atherton has published no voi-
. members of the great Aryan or lndo-Eu- j unto which so powerfully portrays the
• ropeun race, who during the prehistoric j rare quality of lie.- style and the peculiar
egos swept from Asia in successive waves i breadth of itior genius as does this. Here
.■•f invasion over Europe. The Teutons } are gathered examples of her best work,
.who occupied the northern pan of tho j The first story, which gives its title to
ei.iitiricrit were attracted toward the more j the book. Is a remarkable psychological
gonial climate of the south., where Ro- study of a man alone in the world who
Minn rule prevented. There was almost j found the joy of possessing a child
charming stone? have found their scene
j therA This is a rarely delightful sue-
j cession of the comedies and -tragedies of
! quaint corners of the south and > s the j
I best group that file has thus far put be-
I lore the public. Jt comprises the tule
i story and several others; "Tobe Taylor s
I April Foolishness,” "Milady.” “Minervy’s
| Valentine.” "Thanksgiving on Crawfish
! Bayou.” “Uncle Still's Famous Weather
j Prediction.” "Petty Larceny.” and
publishers,
T is not iny purpose to clear
Poc of the charge of “ir-
religion,” to use James
Russell Lowell's word; for
I think he has confessed
a simple and sincere • be
lief in God and Jesus Christ
in his poems, and also in
the eloquent conclusion of
his belief on the "Poetic
Principle.” it is raUher my
design to call attention to
his prescience almost pro
phetic—in regard to the
progress of civilization, liberality of re
ligious belief nml woman's status in the
world's work.
The great poet seems sincerely to be
lieve in peace In the “Conqueror Worm”
he represents the military hero as "a
blood red thing” that "writhes from out
tho scenic solitude." and he lets the cur
tain down on life's final drama with
“the hush of a funeral pall." This we
trust is to be taken more as a warning
than as si forecast. And so. also, should
we regard “Annabel Lite.” Annabel
(Eagle Heroine, in Hebrew) stands for
tlie state of Virginia, and it would seem
a hasty belief that her high-born kins
men will come and bear her away from
us so early in our history, arid at a
time when the Monroe doctrine seems to
be specially vigorous.
Under the exquisite shimmering veil of
i love, poetry and thrilling romance, Poe
I hid his deep philosophy and many a his- j
j torical parallel. Lowell merely seems to i
! adopt the popular belief that Annabel I
j Lee was the poet's wife, Virginia Clem, j
; when in his biographical sketch of Poe ;
I he says his wife died when she was little \
| more than thirteen. He refers really [
j to the poet's subtle personification of the j
| monarohized commonwealth. This gloomy J
j phase of sentiment seems to pervade |
i nearly all the poems. For instance, in
nitinuous warfare <>n the frontiers of j through the strange medium of two old' t ) 1(> poenii “For Annie ." we see that
ic empire. Large numbers of the "bar- j tamil.v portraits. “In the Dead and the I the deathless spirit of man does not rest
Parians.” however, were suffered to cross
tiie frbntier, and either settle within the
• •mpire or enlist as soldiers under the
eagle. After Constantine ilie.se barbti-
His own country he would preserve in
violate as Annabel Lee, whom he "loved
with a love Chat was more than love,”
from foreign seizure.
And so he idolized woman anil would
fain see her in her higest estate. In
“Lenore” he rebukes the light regard in
which the Guy DeVere, of France, seems
to have held her. And in “The Raven”
(the ravens, you know, fed the prophet
probably at the expense of some other
people's fields), his troubled soul raves
against the ban of the “shorn and
shaven" priest. In Ulalume, when the
star dials pointed to morn, he saw—
“Astarte.'s bediamonded crescent.
Distinct with its duplicate horn;”
that is. woman’s coequal usefulness
with man.. He traced with brilliant
poetic imagery woman’s rise in Egypt,
“through the lair of the lion,” her
status in the day of Pericles, her degra
dation among the Moslems “where the
worm (the conqueror) never dies,” her
place in Napoleon's time, the collapse of
the Illumists and the apparent “dread
burden” of her last usefulness. But sure
ly Poe could see that the dial dill not
play his false, and that woman’s posi
tion in the world was assured upon tho
highest plane. His forebodings must
have been assumed for effect.
As to Poe's personal character there
can be no longer any doubt ol iiis purity
of life, industry and independence of
spirit. The University of Virginia, alma
mater, issued a publication some years
ago especially devoted to a discussion of
Poe. It outlined a fac simile of a page
of the universitj record on which was
written the only mention of liis conduct
at the university. Certain "innkeepers
had been reported to the faculty as keep
ing gaming rooms for the students. Poe
was called as a witness and the record
says;
• E. Poe staled that he knew nothing of
the matter
Sectional prejudice
t Uribuleil
Countess” an eery tale is told of a French j w -ki, t he peace of Utrieh, but is followed j p U e faults of other students of tlve. uni
lateau and how strangely the life of a j hy the K „uiotine. Poe is intensely deni- versity. His immense amount of liter
Ming countess was saved. L is not | ocratic; he believes in the people, he j work attests his industry,
cssibie to convey the c-harn of these j hates military despotism and a bigoted j
inns formed the majority of Roman | tales in bare description. They are
troops. After Theodosius the Roman sol
dier was tin exception.
Volume seven is divided into two books
"Tile Western Peoples” and “The Orient
in tin; Early Middle Ages."
In this volume is told the story of the
Franks who settled more or less peace
fully in that part of the Roman empire
lI '* j priesthood.
tlstie anq of absorbing interest. The
other titles are: “The Striding Place,”
"The Greatest Good of the Greatest Num
ber,” “A Monarch of a Small Survey.”
“The Tragedy of a Snob.” “frowned
with One Crest,” “Death and Lite Wom
an.'' “A Prologue to an Unwritten Play.”
“Talbot of Ursula."—Harper & Bros..
$1 50.
He despises money power.
He raised
the circulation of one magazine from 700
to 5.000 and another'? from 5.000 to 45,-
000.
In private life he was simple and anna-
ox—was a curse m taai a uw.iiku me
soul i>f man, his spirit, and mentality
The kind of slavish toil that is often at
tached to agriculture is debasing, and
this is what 1 had in mind. The labor
that kills in man all that is divine, that
prevents his mind from expanding, and
makes him a machine can never be look
ed on in the light of a blessing.”
FIRST EDITION OF WAVERLY.
The complete set ol' first editions of
tho Waverly novels sold in New York
yesterday for $1,776, consists of seventy-
four volumes in the original boards, all
uncut, as first issued. Perhaps the pre
vious owner had a little $4 edition that
he read.—Exchange-
A PRIMER OF LITERATURE.
What is the literature of today? Fic
tion.
How is fiction divided? Into historical
novels and nature books.
What is a historical novel? One that
shows no trace of history or of novelty.
What is a nature book? A volume of
misinformation about animals.
Why are nature books popular just
now? Because they are the fashion.
Mention some recent nature books. “The
Lions of the Lord.” “Pigs in Clover.”
“Tho Octopus,” “The Blue Goose” and
“The Sea Wolf.”
What are the best selling books? Those
which sell the best people.
What is a magazine? A small body of
literature entirely surrounded by adver
tisements.
Why is a comic paper so called? Be
cause it’s so funny that anybody buys it.
What is a critic? A critic is a man who
writes about tho books he doesn't like.
What is poetry? Lines of words ending
with the same sound.
What is a minor poet? A poet not yet
21 years of age.
What is a major poet. There isn't any.
What is a publisher? A man who is
blamed if a book doesn’t sell, and ignored
if it does.
What makes a book a phenomenal suc
cess? Much bad. much pad, and much ad.
—Caroline Wells, in Metropolitan.
PERSONAL
"He seems to me to be a very good—
creature. He was very kind to me. invit
ed me to tea. and so on. But 1 wasn't
attached to him. And his books—those
books! And the way he has of talking
^ I f
THE EVERY-OTHER-DAY
NEWSPAPER . . .
The Tri-Weekly
With prophetic mind he points _
knights “Over the Mountains of the j ble,‘ a"courteous gentleman, a simple | to the piople; his preaching to them;
Moon” in Africa to the Eldorado of gold j Christian and a l'liend of woman. ] those platitudes; they seem so queer in
and diamonds, if they seek for Eldorado. ! 'V ASSEE. j a niun j n his position.”—Henry James, on
j 1 President Roosevelt. Oh. this will make
known as Gaul, to which they gave tlieir i publishers. New York
own name, Francis, and of the Lango- : —
liurds or Lombards, who established j
themselves by force in the upper part . PllhlirQf IGtl
of Italy, henceforth called after them.! * UUiltdllUU ilUICO
Lombardy. Both Franks and Lombards j
became Catholics, assimilated themselves
in their new Roman surroundings, and
acknowledged the temporal headship of
the Greek emperor in Byzantium and the
spiritual headship of the pope in Rome.
But the Lombards fought against the
pope as a temporal ruler and were de
feated and conquered by the Franks, who
laid been summoned to the paj
mice. Meanwhil
the Angles and the Saxbns. were settling I lion of the opera
in Britain, which they reconverted from j known lecturers ar
Christian and Latin influences back to
Teutonic heathendom.
Among the many quaint and
and it is even greater in point of popu-J psychology. Ilf lias just published
fancy as well as humor. The illustra- | through Houghton. Mifflin & Co., an op
tions are, as usual, by Rose Cecil O’Neill, j propriato litttle nook for the Lenten
tile noted “O’Ni
Of Puck.
Probably the most popular book, Ir. |
this country, on the subject of “Farsi- !
fal” is the poetical version of the I
opera by Oliver Huekel. The publishers, !
I homas Y. Crowell & Co., are now is- j
suing a sixth edition within a few !
months, and the demand continues un- j
abated—an evidence not only of the -button.
1 assist- ! book's popularity, but also of the deep '
the low German tribes. | literary interest aroused by the produc-
itself. Several well
making use of Mr.
Huckers text, and it is also being utiliz
ed for public readings.
Mr. Henry Wood, well known as an
economist, as well as a leader in the new
thought movement, has achieved a strik
ing success with his pamphlet, entitled
“Arbitrary Price-Making Through the
Forms of I jaw,” recently brought out by
Lee & Shepard. Because of its forceful
and timely bearing upon the question of
fixing transportation rates, one of the
leading railroad presidents at once or
season entited “The Eternal Life,” in
wnich lie presents an entirely new solu
tion of the vital relation of the living
with the dead—gives a new meaning to
death, and blazes a new path into the
eternal mystery. The problem of Im
mortality has hitherto lacked a positive
solution from one who is neither ortho
dox nor agnostic. The value of Profes-
i sor Munsterberg's solution is that it can
| be harmonized with the teachings of
modern science is well as with the high-
Jacob Rlis very
ning Telegram.
angry.—New York Eve-
lercd 3.000 copies for immediate distri- esl emotional .jeriiands of our nature
in ions il
lustrations which add unusual interest ' Brentano's
■ ;,i these two volumes is a fac. simile of j publication :
•a page of tho Codex Argenteus of Cltila’s j entitled "Til
Gothic Transaltion of the Bible. The Ar
menian bishop had no light task, as he
'found that the jSotliie vocabulary was
inadequate to express the deeper mean
ings of the sacred work. Tim volumes
are in rich fac simile reproductions, a
very beautiful plate being the reproduc
tion in colors of a page from Gregory
of Tours' "History of the Franks." a
•seventh century manuscript. The pub
lishers arc pushing the work to comple
tion with commendable promptitude.
innounce for immediate
novel, by Bernard Shaw,
Irrational Knot." This
story appears for the first time in book
form. Parts of ii were published some
years ago in an English magazine, but
tne work lias been revised, and to a.
gti'.it extent rewritten, and now appears
in the form in which the author wishes
it to stand. For this edition lie has writ
ten a new preface. The story hears
upon the marriage relation, that being
tlie irrational knot" in question, and
Mrs. Gertrude Atherton, since her re
turn from Europe last November, has
been living in seclusion at the Tavern
of Tamalpais, Mount Tamalpais. Cal.,
engaged in writing a novelette for The
Smart Set magazine. The sto*y will be
entitled "The Traveling Thirds," and
deals with the adventures of a party of
Americans and an English captain who
travel third-class through Spain so that
they may come in closer contact with the
people. In order to get "personal impres
sions and (he proper local color for this
story, the author herself recently toured
Spain in third-class compartments anil
says that she enjoyed the experience im
mensely. From Mount Tamalpais Mrs.
Atherton has just arrived in New York,
where she will spend a forLnight putting
■Salt Antonio, Texas, where President
Roosevelt attended the Rough Riders re
union last week, is the -eene of the open
ing chapters in Andy Adam's latest cat
tle story, “Tlie Outlet," which is just
published by Houghton. Mifflin & Co.
Tlie book is dedicated to Mr. John R.
Blocker, of San Antonio.
contains many pages of wity dialogue 1 tlu ‘ Hl lishing touches to her novelette,
some views of life which arc extremely I an<1 then she will sa >l for Munich, where
AN IMPORTANT LEGAL WORK.
“Conditional Sales in Bankruptcy," the !
new law book recently written by Judge j
-Max Isaac, of Brunswick, lias just been !
received from the printers. Foote Da-
Atlanta.
Slutwese. as well as excellent character
drawing. 1 he work Is now in press, and i
will lie ready' very shortly.
Mrs. Hugh Fraser, whose “Diplomat s
Wife in Japan” has been most favorably
she resided for a time
lias decided to make
i home.
and where she
Iter permanent
Arthur Christopher Benson's life of
Edward Fitzgerald will be published next
month in the English Men of Letters
. ter thoroughly
ninkruptey law. j , pcm Tokio
si stance to Jaw
well.
through several years i Wolf.” will appear with the Macmillan
. . where Mr. Fraser was \ imprint the end of Ibis month. The au-
•note*'11m 3il, fuV 1 lS interest to j thor drew iiis basic suggestion for tho
now delivering the books, i ' f '* Marion j central figure from tlie wolfish being
c sent to every state in
tl,.- union. Sum.- of the most prominent j Henry Holt & Co. will issue next weel-
^d :l eop^ ii 5n tU ° COUI,tr; 1UlV * rchamplm’s Young Folks' Cyclopaedia
.... , , . . . . ; °’ '^"tuiai History, a companion volume
book ihoi niighly ••o\evs the law , to his “Cyclopaedia of Common Things ”
im condition: 1 sales, con?
and sales induced l>y fraud
sign men t sales
d in bankruptcy
and all other points of interest in bank
ruptcy proceedings.
Judge Isaac lias received many letters
oi congratulation on his excellent work,
and the publication to sure to take its
place ill the lawyer’s office.
ISIDRO.
By Mary Austin, author of “The Latin
•of Lit lie Ruin. I’ric Basket Woman.”
etc. Wifii full-page illustrations in four
colors and cover design by Eric Pape.
This vivid tal
in old California shows Mrs. Austin In a
new light, for it has all the ear-marks
of a great novel. With its stirring ac
tion. it is essentially an out-of-door ro
mance. delightful in its appreciation of
natare and told with power and dlstinc-
;ioti. There have been very few writers
who have known the mission times, the
border Indians, and the California coun
try as Mrs. Austin ilieV Her pictures
ol the old Spanish-American days just
before the passing of the Franciscans are
a- convincing as. those in “Ramona.”
mentioned in the Norse Eddas who .at
the twilight of the gods, shall devour the
loveliness of the world. The dramatic
development of the human character in
tiie play is said to lie essentially modern.
Appearing in the drama first a creature
half articulate, tameless, lustful. Fenris—
by the assiduous arts of two lovers—is
j gradually emancipated fro mthe shackles
jof his origin, until the vital moment ar-
... , them-, ri ve s when he must choose between the
seK-es a well deserved place In so many wolf and the god Jn himse;f .
homes and senool libraries. The new * ___
volume, in which the author has had the The new novel by Miss Elizabeth Rob-
, - !l ing:
Cyclopaedia o Persons and Places,"
“Cyclopaedia of Literature and Art” and
Cyclopaedia of Games and Sports.’’ in
iiis popular series of “Young Folks’ Cy
clopaedias * which have won
ins is promised by the Macmillan com
pany for issue May 4. Its title is “A
advice and assistance of Professor Fred
eric A. Lucas. late of the United States
National museum, will cover the entire Baric Lantern.”
animal kingdom, including the more ini- I . . ;
portant extinct animals, will give the!. " rlve Macmtllian company announce for!
issue
Literary Driftwood
HOW CRITICISM FAILS.
(Boston Journal.)
Just fifty years ago this month t.he
poet Longfellow put the finishing touches
upon ihis beautiful “Hiawatha," and sent
the manuscript in to his publishers.
Messrs. Ticknor & Fields. In due time,
still within the year, the book came
forth, and began at once its career of
popular esteem and love. The poem was
■praised, ridiculed, read in public anil
parodied. . Ii sold 5,000 copies in three
weeks, 10.000 in seven weeks, anil 50.000
within two years. Even for a. much-
touted modern novel that would be a
pretty good run.
One would today mink that the exquis
ite music and coloring of “Hiawatha
must have appealed to all in its time,
yet here is wliat a very prominent Bos
ton newspaper said of it;
“We cannot but express our regret
that our own pet national poet should,
not have selected as the theme of his
muse something higher and better than
the silly legends of the savage aborig
ines. His poem does not awaken one
sympathetic throb; it does not teach a
single truth; and, rendered into prose,
•Hiawatha’ would be a mass of t'he most
childish nonsense that ever dropped from
human pen. In verse it contains nothing
so precious as the golden time which
would be lost in the reading of it-”
Alas l’or the value of contemporane
ous criticism. It is often so asinine as
to make one stand aghast in after years.
And the lessons we are continually learn
ing about it ought to render condemna
tion of any new work of art, whether
sculpture, painting, music or literature,
as mild as possible.
MARKHAM
MASTER-
AND HIS
.. PIECE.
... j latest classification and nomenclature, and I issue u,,s s l>rmg paper-bound editions | -when I wrote 'The Man with the
t love and springtime will he illustrated with more than 800! of e,ew?n of Lhe most Ptomlar novels j Ho( .' i no i<lea of the s «r it would
~ “ " ~ “ of recent >' ears - including “The Four make and of the flood of comment, frlend-
The sale of the manuscript copy of
“Ulalume'' for $10,000 doubtless made
Engar Allen Poe turn in his grave and
sigh to think that, while on earth, he
neglected to trade the valuable bit of
paper for a distillery.
Toledo will become the literary center
of America, for two months, at least.
Dr. Cyrus Townsend Brady is going- to
take a pulpit there.
Reading that Joint Oliver Hobbes de
clares that women are by nature unfair,
and therefore unfit for jury duty, don't
forget that John Oliver Hobbes is a
pseudonym, and that the writer's real
name is Mrs. Craigie.—Boston Globe.
Dr. Weir Mitchell says all novels when
written should be laid aside for two
years by their authors; two centuries
would be nearer the mark for most of
them.—Exchange.
The news comes that, un account of ill
health, the TTi v. John Watson (Ian Mae-
laren) has been obliged to resign the pas
torale of his church in Liverpool. Mr.
Watson is the author of “The Bonnie
Brier Bush,” which lias been produced
in dramatic form with J. H. Stoddart as
the star, and is said to be the highest i
salaried clergyman on record.
H. Rider Haggard, the author, lias j
been appointed by the British govern- j
ment a commissioner to inquire into and j
report upon the conditions and charac- l
ter of the agricultural and industrial set- j
tlements formed by the Salvation Army j
in the United States for the reception o£ j
Immigrants from the great American j
cities. I
Magazine Melange
Geiett Burgess’ novelette, which opens
the May number of The Smart Set, will
surprise his admirers, for in “The Visi-
onists” he has entered an entirely new
field and produced a story which is noL
only timely but powerful and absorbingly
interesting. He has gone to London for
the locale of this tale. The heroine is
a young girl who, through force of cir
cumstances. becomes a member of a so
ciety of socialists who cal] themselves
“visionists.” Her adventures are won
derfully exciting and the tragic denou-
ment is unforeseen. This novelette will
win new laurels for Mr. Burgess.
Of the fourteen short stories in this
number, is is not too much to say Iliac
each one stands out as an individual ex
ample of fine and clever writing. Janies
Hunker contributes “A Mock Sun,” one
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idea, was in my mind ten years before
the lines were written. The great paint
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the human being became nothing more
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of his most subtle pieces of fiction; Mark
Lee Luther hits a delightful story called
"Jonquils;” Grace MacGowan Cooke tells
the story of “The Two O'Leans;” Gouv-
erneur Morris writes as only lie knows
i how a photographic tale of India; Ethel
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magazine. "The Motor Adventures of
Lady Sibyl.” Other short tales of equai
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ver. Frances de Wolf Fenwick, Anne
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Jn verse the May Smart Set is particu
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writers contribute as Maurice Francis
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Jo miss this issue of The Smart Set.
The articles by Mr. Gilbert H. Grosve-
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“The New Method of Purifying Water,”
appeared in The Century, have attracted
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press and the public that was at once
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thorough open air enjoyment and pr,
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Grover Cleveland. John Burroughs. Sec
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