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f WITH THE MAKERS AND LOVERS j
^ OF LITERATURE :
Order
Trend of Thought Along
Paths Literary
W E are not disposed to think of
the man of letters as having
anything to do wit^ the practical
In life. President Woodrow Wilson, how
ever, in a r«cent add'ess In his clear
sightedness, took tf6r his subject, “The
Statesmanship of betters.'’
Such a subject, in our usual way of
thinking, would seem to be contradictory
in itself.’ But President Wilson, in three
propositions, makes us to oee matters
clearly. Ha says:
"The man of letters records the vari
ous experience of men, bringing them
into relation with the experience of other
men, and thus deals with the opinions arid
purposes which shape public affairs. The
real statesman is the man who has
thoroughly absorbed the wisdom of the
world of letters. The setting up and
nourishing of ideals is a great service
which the men of letters render to the
world. A retrospect of the life of our
own nation, reveals the fact that our
greatest pride rests in our traditional
ideals.
"The s K»ry of high purpose and achieve
ment. which letters keep fresi, before the
mind, is the compelling impulse of .still
greater achievement in nobility and
strength. The greatest service which
letters can render is the influence upon
tile future. it is upon experience that
the world builds—either for warning or
for profit and th« work of the historian
in this respect has been well expressed
in those words: ‘He gathers up and sys
tematizes this experience and throws its
light forward along the path of the fu-
CONCERNING FICTION.
Mr. Howells ana Sir*, umaxon have
made some very virile remarks about fic
tion in the late magazines. Mr. Howells
gives the opinion that the dollar-and-a-
h.alf novel of today is the dime novel
■ f yesterday. The expensiveness of th<-
later work causes 1t to find a place on
the library shelf, but the literary quality
does not make i he author famous. Mr.
Howells thinks not differently from the
criticism which, albeit not public criti
cism. is heard on every side, as to the
character and value of most fiction which
Is being deluged upon an unresisting
reading public. We say unresisting, for
there is no outcry made.
So we believe that these two masters
of fiction have given a timely message
of convictions which "ache.” If they
may but influence the'great indiscrlminat-
ing reading class, and so bring about a
greater reserve in what is read, we may
hope for more deliberate as well a* mors
artistic work.
Jt would seem that to write “a book
that will sell” might be the lowest motive
of a literary aspirant. But, as Mrs.
Wharton puts It, we all know that for the
sake of a quick money-response, the "in
tegrity of letters” has been injured; and
also that this Influence has been etrong
in "turning creative talent from the
straight and narrow path.”
IDEALS OF FICTION.
A contrioi.lor o. Coaler s makes till*
distinction in a conflict of ideals:
“One a complicated, detailed, esoteric,
aristocratic art, in which difficulty 1*
made a clrture: teh other simple, famtlar,
democratc*'—preference hying given to
democratic art “by taste and principle.”
I have thought that the democratic taste
and principle may have had something to
do with reconciling the public judgment
to an over-realistic picturing or inartis
tic life and circumstances.
“Before such representative the ideal 1n
life fades out of sight, and the virile
:he heroic, the strenuous sets ltseir up
like a dominant note. The nature or
poetry as well as prose !s such as to in
fluence a too great sympathy toward ele
mental life and attract the vision away
from the climaxes of human endeavor
and human development.
"We have, I believe, reached the turn
ing point in this trend, and there is
much of this literature which will abide;
but as we get away from Its atmospnere
wo will have a clearer vision and win
realize that much of the writing of the
present was a mood of the time anti
shall give it the proper estimate. As
President Wilson said in ills address,
which was an exposition ot the use oi
letters in our life, there will be a “noble
ajijieal to us to keep the soul alive and
live in the spirit in the midst of the
materialistic pressure and rush of the
time.”
ON ALFRED AUSTIN.
Norman Ilupgoo.t comes p.'i.y cio.-<- :o
the mark of ridicule In his comment on
Austin as a poet laureate. lie thinks that
England lias reached "a limit” in mak
ing the author of “FTodden Field" the
successor of Tennyson and Wardswortli.
He makes a selection of "a. morsel from
the Briton. Here it is:
“Lady 'Heron. OUT but 1! but. I!
Am all rebellion, with no central sway.
From forehead unto foot step. But why
prate ?”
llapgood makes one more selection,
after the following rejoinder to the last:
"Why indeed? Open jour mouth and
shut your eyes and tnk'- it bravely, as
bold men take medicinal fluid."
One more, and this the last, as Othello
said of his Desdemona kiss:
"Lady Heron. The body of King James!
Take it away! ’Tis for nothing now."
Hapgood ends with tills lament:
"Poor laureate! Many of us could do
no better, but then, of course, we should
not try, and we urn not laureates of
the mighty empire whose poetry towers
above the genius of all other nations,
ancient or modern, with tiie possible ex-
\ option of Greece."
ARON NOSIRRAH.
FRESH CUT LEAVES.
"ANN BO) BY HuivBEX.
(.From Harper's.)
If there is anything that is more likely
to draw the reader Into immediate con
tact with the iieart ot his subject tnan
tiie telling of the details ol a enuren
quarrel, it would certainly be hard to
find. When Mill Harben started on
“Ann Boyd” by throwing to the front ot
tiie hook the spice and warmth or a
genuine gossipy church quarrel, tic
plunged into a realm where thousands
are at once interested.
Ann Boyd is a unique character, win
some and repcllant at the same time
Although she is past fifty years or age
when Mr. Harben introduces ner to his
readers, she is still full or the Tire or
youth, i he opening scene toils of a mis
understanding betwen her and her pas
tor, and there is an intimation of a past
scandal In her life, which whets the ap
petite for the coming chapters.
There are two women who stand out
prominently in the hook. The leading
character is Ann, but there is another
who Is as equally trite to life as Ann.
She travels most of tne time under the
guise of Ann's frigid, but in fact she is
keeping alive scandal and the lurking
fires of disgrace.
'Ann Boyd was a woman who spoke lit
tle and did much. There are few like
her—and yet as Harben says—there real
ly are few who are Just the like of her.
The book opens in a deeply- interesting
way and closes with a heart throb which
centers around and in Ann, but to tell
the detail of it would be unkind to the
prospective reader. It's a bool: which,
holds the heart from the first page to
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the last. It tells of things that are and
of things whK.. most pti'ple have cr-
perieneed at some time In their life.
BY ITALIAN SEAS.
(From bcrlbtier s.)
There Is always a charm attaching
itself to the telling of the picturcsque-
ness of nature as it revels arounq the
seas and waterways of quaint and ever-
interesting Italy.
In “By Italian Seas” Ernest C. Plexot-
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In his opening the author says he ha*
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point of a love of nature, and he has ad-
mirably succeeded. To lovers of the pic
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told and strikingly illustrated, this work
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TREASURE OF PYRE GAILLARD.
(From The Century Company.;
fn tb- -feature of Pyre Halliard"
John Bennett has told a good story.
When this is stated there Is nothing
more to say. There is nothing startling,
nothing unusual, nothing out of the or
dinary. It is n story that reads well and
leaves a gord taste in the mind after
reautng. It was buried during tiie days
"f the revolutionary war. After the civil
war there comes to a southern family a
surveyor, lie is attractive and kind. In
t itne he unearths the buried treasure.
Paring the period he also digs up a love
scone in which he and a beautiful girl
stand together. The mystery is Interest
ing and the love story very sweet.
••American Impressions,” by Charles
W a gxtei'.
The author of “The Simple Life.” who
paid America a visit; a few weeks ago.
has taken the trouble to tell the public
what lie thinks of America. The Amer
ican public could doubtless write an
interesting book on what they thought
of him—but that’s another storj-.
The book is dedicated to President
Roosevelt, in which he is called “great
hearted and peace loving.” Mr. Wagner
expresses admiration for America. 1-Ie
apologizes somewhat for this by stating
that his view point may have been from
one who was treated with greater love
and courtesy than he imagined possible
or expected. Had the book not been
written by the author of “The Simple
Life,” it would have no significance.
It is a simple book, simply written. In-
indeed there is nothing much in it but
trite sayings and the telling of things
already known. It brings out a few of
the characteristics of American Ufa.
which, while they are already knowfl,
show that he is a keen observer. (Mc-
i 'lure, Phillips & Co.)
-Women of the Confederacy"—Un
derwood.
The women of the south will feel in
debted to Rev. J. L. Underwood for his
kind and glowing words about their val
iant service to the south during the civil
war. He presents in burning and graph
ic style the heroism and extreme bravery
and loyalty of the noble southern women
'hiring the time that “tried men's
souls.”
Dr. Underwood ie a Methodist prsaclier
well known throughout the south, and
lias compiled a book that Is most read
able. It is largely a compilation of In
cidents and anecdotes which are fill! of
pungent and sparkling realities, iNeale
Publishing Company.)
•‘Daddy's Daughters”—Taggart.
A catchj- little story with much mirth
and love making. Paddy is a patient,
hard-working literary man. and true to
(he average literal"/ man's fate, finds it
extremely hard to make both ends
.meet. His daughters are. however, un
like most literary men’s daughters, for
i bey laugh away the suffering. Their
adventures and love matches make a.
very pretty, though simple. story. (Henry
FdoJt & ’Co.)
••Compromises of Life';—-Watterson.
The well known editor of Tiie Louis-
ille Courier-Journal has gathered to
gether for the first time some of Ills
most able addresses, of which lie has
many. They cover a wide range of sub
jects, and are in many respects master
pieces. Besides literary and biographical
subjects, there are “lay sermons” of the*
kind that have made Watterson famous.
Watterson’s tirade against the “smart
set" of New York and other places is
also in the book. (Duffield & Co.)
••Tarbell’s Teachers' Guide”—Tar-
Martha Tarbell has for many years
boon compiling annually one of the most
able and comprehensive commentary
helps for the study of the International
Sunday school lessons that is published.
The one for 1907 is probablj' the liest she
has ever gotten out. It is a work of
nearly 600 pages and is packed Dill of
everything needed by teacher or stu
dents in the stud)- and teaching of the
International Sunday school lessons.
< Bobbs-Merrlll Company.)
Pointed Tips From a Critic's Quiver.
It is authoritatively stated that Rev.
Thomas Dixon. Jr., of ‘Clansman” fame,
is writing a now novel which will short
ly he turned over to the publishers. The
scenes of the novel are said to be in
the state of 'Louisiana, just preceding
the civil war.
A good story is going the rounds of th~
press on George W. Cable, tho author
o', a number of popular novels on colonial
life. He is said to have gone into a Bos
ton book store recently and bought a.
oepy of his latest book. “Creole Da ys.”
net knowing that it was his own publi
cation. Tho publishers, it seems, advised
the present title, which is different from
the one undei which he wrote the booh.
He agreed to the change, but forgot nil
about it. and did not recognize it under
its new title.
"Deacon Babbitt,” by Edgar Blank-
mtin, is one of the quaintest novels since
"David Ilarum." Everybody is ’familiar
with the New England deacon—fn fact.
with the deacons of all parts of the
country. Old Babbitt is a typical char
acter, and lis quaint doings and equally
i.niqme sayings make the book a live
one. ''•'%
Miss Mary Mears is sootOv tdish a
novel of striking posslgrt ft js
entitle,] “The Breath of u Liners.”
It those who have read it!* 1 what
they are talking about, ai:,V. r.e fine
critics have done so. it wi' v ke the
reader’s breath “come short# . »:r. the
first page to the last. It tql”*'Strenu
ous” limes and "strenuoL- ' tilings,
which, of course, means it is telling the
talc of today in the world' of business
and love.
The New York Times says of Mr. Har
bor's “Ann Boyd,” that Ann does not
measure up to tiie typical Georgia or
rcuthern woman. It complains that she
is too rough and rugged. Therein lies
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5.i en if hui bd up. And Harben has tol.i
her life siorj- accurately anil tilled the
pages of the book with liia usual witty
sryings.
The recent history ot the Stars and
Stripes, published bj- Little, Brown
Co., is one of the best historical works
r* cently from the press. It goes in>
all the hnpipy and interesting details
of the history of the American flag, and
gnes al! that has been said anrl ritten
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“The Opened Shutters,” bj - Clara
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“Bleached Keels,” by Henry M. Ride-
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Olde Booke Shoppe.
"For thirty-five years.” said the old
tcok-store man, “I have been here at
this stand selling books, buj'ing books,
reading books, and studying human na
ture, and about the most distressing con-
c.usion at which I have arrived Is that
about one person in every fiftj' is a thief.
How do I arrive at the conclusion? Well,
you see. more than a j’ear ago my good
eye began to fail me through sympathy
to the other one. which I had lost bv a
cataract. I was to let some doctors try
at it and tho result is that I have about
lost my sight entirely. In conducting my
business for several months past I have
been forced to depend upon the honesty
oi my customers, and I have found that
some of them can no more be depended
rqon for honest dealing than the average
politician. In all these year* I have not
accumulated very much wealth, but i
thank God I have Improved my inind by
reading every spare moment, and now
that 1 am denied my greatest pleasure-
leading—1 can only sit here, smoke m-
prpe. think of the "great” tn< n who have
been my customers, and let those who
wish to come along and rob me of what
little 1 have left. But, tut, tut, bat, if
only one out of fifty steals a book or
two front me I have still enough to la^t
several decades, or. anyway, until I rn
failed' to go where bookstores are un
known and ■where book thieves thrive
not .
UNFAIR ADVANTAGE TAKEN.
“About the meanest utex pi.-.jtu on
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young fellow who came in here and mad?
himself agreeable. He. told me he was ao
artist doing sonic portrait work for Mbs.
Senator Blank; that his eyes failed him
at time's, and he was force>l to walk out
and give them a rest. 1 wish lie had
walked in some other direction. Well,
lie hung around my place for several
days, talking books and asking me if I
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ha ( ) certain rare editions. T readily go
to the point where f liked to see him
come in, although he had spent more
than seventy cents with me. He visited
me often enough to get the lay oi the
land—books, 1 moan—and when bv
ceased dropping in I discovered that lie
had got away with about $50 or S75
'.vortli of valuable books. I saw that 1
had been worked an 1 I never even hart
the face to make inquiries to see if <w
'.Mr. Adolphus Henderson" was an ar
tist employed by Mrs. Blank. U'!u:
would have been the good? He lied about
Ms profession, for he was a thief mean
enough to rob a blind man, and that's
just what he did, too.”
The old man laughed heartily at the
way he had been taken in. refillgd his
pipe and as he applied a match, said:
“This -pipe maj" not smell very good,
hut it's a blamed sight better than the
eigars in.y one-time friend Representative
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I lid lie ever offer you a cigar? No?
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don’t take it if you value your health.
He gave me one once and I was just
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tirst-clasjs smoke at a congressman’s
expense, but it was the vilest thing 1
ever put between riiy lips. 1 don't believe
so mean a smoke could be gotten up in
America. I will never take another
from him, sure. But I have sometimes
thought that Mr. Gaines gave tiie cigar
to get even with me. it was this way: r
am given to speaking plainlj- on all oc
casions, and more than once I have
gotten iii.v foot into it by being too plain.
One day .Mr. Gaines anil two ladies came
into the store and I showed him some
very rare and valuable prints of JefOr-
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me» to put them aside and he would
call. Before he left the store I Jet fi.v
somethlng about tiie ‘empty pated men in
the house and senate,' and bless j - our
soul, that Tennesseean got as mad as a
wet hen and he never came back for
the prints. Now, don't tell this yarn r, n
him, for he is a good fellow after all.
but don't Stolen Vs ”
A LOVER OF BOOKS.
“T was mighty proud to receive a visit
from Tom Watson the other daj'—Tom
Watson, that little wiry fellow, who
came here as a representative from
Georgia several j - ears ago and who show
ed that he wss able to hold his own with
the best and oldest men in the house.
"Mr. Watson, by the way, was one of
the best customers I ever had. He bought
more books while he was In congress
than old anj - other tnem'uer. Fact is 1
guess he bought more than any other
senator or representative save Sam Ran
dall.
•Mr. Randall was the greatest lover ft
old books 1 ever saw. and when he gave
me fn o.der l would nil it even u It
were necessary to mint in the marts oi
other cities. Mr. Cummings, of New fork,
was a good customer, not at all Choice
about Ins subject, hut buying any books
which seemed to strike n:s fancy, and
ihe same was true of Senator Vance, of
Nortn Carolina, and he was one of the
best men l ever had ony dealings with.
He never came in my place without a
joKO to tell me. And Senator Ransom, .
too. was a profitable customer, 'out - 11
darned polite that I was a:wavs on my
pins wuen he was in tne den. i wore
out two or three hats saluting him. Sen
ator Darnels, of Virginia, is a digger into
rare boons, and the subjects he wants
are varied. He knows wnat he warns,
pays the price and quits the shop With
a. pleasant goouby. A powerful good
customer of mine was Elija- ..,<>rse, of
Massachusetts. He was called 'Stove Pol
ish Morse's because he was manufacturer
of a stove polish. Mr. Morse was, as
the 'boys say, an advocate of the water
wagon, and he was eternally after some
thing touching temperance and the ev-1
of the drink habit. I believe he is dead,
and a reallj’ good man died, too. 1 could
go on all the afternoon und tell of
the customers 1 have had and still have,
but did you know that many, of our
statesmen and politicians dislike for It to
be made public that they are purchasers
• >t’ old books? Indeed they do, and 1
have had them and their secretaries to
caution me not to say anything about
their buying such and such books. Just
the other daj- I had an order—a profitable
one. too, from a certain senator, ami
with it came the explicit demand that
the transaction be regarded as sub roaa?
I suppose these gentlemen know what
they want.why they want it, and I ask
no questions and carry out instructions.
There are many seekers after rare books
in this city, and some of the collectors
are shrewd enough not to let it lie mad"
public what they are after, for natural!)'
the prices would go up when it became
laiowu that such and such books are 1u
demand.
“The go-betweens do a good business
here. These shrewd fellows manage to
find out the rich man who want (books
on certain subjects, and then they go
to the second hand dealers and buy in
everything of the kind. The late Cap
tain Howgate was one of those men.
and he made good money during his
“I dare say that in Washington can bs
found some of the most valuable col
lections of books in the world, and tr.e
collectors are not all wealthy men, either.
I know a mechanic who spends every
spare dollar he has for rare books and f
guess his collection will make him rich
seme day. But T can't take the pleas arc
in my books and business that I once
did, for the loss of my sight places me
so that I can only sit here and think o'
what I have read and what I have seen,
anti wonder, too. when the next unprin
cipled fellow will come along and hook
a book or tow. You see. T have the
•price of each bcok mat ked in the buck
and when a person picks up one out of
the pile and asks me the price, why 1
simply tell him to look and see, and if
i-.r says it's 50 cents, why T’ve got to
u.'ke his word for it. Just the other day
a fellow came in here and picked out a
book—Dreams and Witchcraft—saying- if.
was marked 50 cents. He handed' me
o\ er the money and went out. About
two hours afterward an officer came In
with a man and a negro and asked ni l
if I had sold the book. I told him I had
!f It was marked to sell for 50 cents
'No.' said the officer, 'the price marked
is $1 on the fly lesf.’ ‘Then l didn't sell
b.' 1 replied-. The man who was with
the officer confessed that he had mis
represented the price to nie and offered
to make good, but I told him no, I didn't
■slant anything further to do with him.
You see. it was this way: After the
thief—for lie was nothing less—bought
tho book he left It on a. seat in the Bal
timore anj Ohio depot, the negro picked
it up and 1 the 'fellow had him arrested
for stealing it. and the officer appealed
to me to get straight of the transaction.
1* was settled by giving the negro th?
book, and i guess he has been playing
policy of some of the dreams told about
in it. That fellow’s meanness fame home
t:, him quicker **-•'-<- i - • ■ it wou jj
LOVES HIS WORK.
“No. I liaie no oesire -.-il out and
quit, business. I feel more at home hero
among my looks than anywhere else in
the world, and even if I can’t sc to r ea !.
tli*! very presence of the books seem to
give me comfort. I shall remain here
as long as I can pay rent oral get
t mors. I would not be contented n r sat-
i:died anywhere except righi here, sur
rounded by my books and these old pic
tures and prints. It would be difficult
t > tell just what treasures I have in
these rows, shelves and piles of hooks,
for some of them have been here undi t-
: unbed ifor many years. 1 never did take
much care or pain in keeping things
ship-shape, and when 1 bought book,
hey were just dumped around anywhere
to get them out of the way. Of course
the rarest and most valuable hav e be n
ai ranged so that they can be reached
without a great deal of trouble, but the
"all kinds’ are mixed from Jerusalem •■>
Mexico, and will never be sorted out dur
ing my stay in this world. I have tak n
things easy all my life and when a ■ ■■ in
ternet' came in just let him browse
around and 1 pick out what hi- wanted. If
asked a question I answered; if they kepi
quiet I did the same. One day Mr.
Speaker Ret-d stopped here, as he fre
quently did, and ipieking up a book asked
the price, r told him 50 cents, and he
re id it was too much. I said he didn't
have to buy it ut any price unless he
wished to! As ho started off I glanced
at the title of the hook and saw that
1; was ‘Scruples.' and then I called 'o
him that T didn’t see what In the thun
der lie wanted with a book like that
anyway. He looked around, grinned and
ambled on up towards the capltol.”
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