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Show I r REVIEWS OF BOOKS" IN THE SOUTH SEAS. Adventure. Bv Jack Loudon. The Mnc-nilllan Mnc-nilllan Company. Publishers. New ork. Hi' This is a story of tlio npon, free H lit'c of tho South -Se:i. Islands. i)nviil H Sheldon, an l$nlishinnn, is in charge of . a plantation, in which the la.bor is H "recruited'" ' from savages on tho uoihbori ujjr islands. It. is a virtual H slavery, but. conforms to tho require- H nionts of law. Sheldon is sick, but. ad- HI ministers to t lie contagion whicli has vifi'tcd. the island, hopinpr for his H partner to conic back well and strong1 B (ti take up tho burden. The part nor H v' comes back only to die. Then conies Hj Ihu real help in a girl of American H blood, born on the Sandwich Islands, h but educated in the colleges of this country. Her fathor had been an ex-H ex-H tcusivo planter on Hawaii, but went broke. His daughter, .loan Lackland. H comes to the Sheldon place, finds him H about all iu with fever, and takes charge. She is a very energetic pcr-eon, pcr-eon, and shakes things, up with true American hustle. Sheldon is very much repelled by her a( (irsl, but after-ward after-ward he comes to a very great ad-miration ad-miration for her qualities. and especially Tor lier ca)acity of doing 1 ! things, and that ca)acity seems to be i unlimited. She has a .body guard of eight stalwart Kanakas, and with these sho is porfeetly safe wherever she H goes. She is a ' marvelous and fearless H swimmer, an accurate shot with ride Hj ni' pistol, and a great business woman. How if all comes out is very forcibly Hj told by l he author in his best style. .If i is an' entertaining book, but is eon- sidcrably padded. The blue pencil, by eliminating a fourth of it, would ini-Hj ini-Hj prove (he story. SOCIALITY OF RELIGION. Th .Social Basis of Religion. Bv Simon JC.' Pattern Ph. D.. LL. U. Published j by ihc .Maemlllan Company, New York. In these days, when religion has Hl conic to be so much of a social affair, and -where the earnestness and depth of faith that was once essential are. so Httle insisted upon and is so in-frequently in-frequently seenl a work of this kind 1 cannot fail to be both of interest and ! importance. The author explains that his idea at first was. to wqld to-, to-, getlior the ideas enounced iu his " Dc- i velupmen: of English Thnughl," and liis writings in tho field of social psychology. He ha pursued his idea in' a vcrv thorough-going fashion in Hftccn ciiantcrs. entitled as follows: j Iiitroduetj&n." 1 '"Scientific "Moth- 1 ods." "The l-'eonoinic Interpretation of Ili.sforv." The Social Interprcta-tiou Interprcta-tiou of Though!, ' "The Social Pro-cess," Pro-cess," "The Stages of Thought Do-velopnicnt." Do-velopnicnt." ""Morbid Degeneration." "Senilo Degeneration." "The Will." "Character," "Inspiration." "His-lorie "His-lorie or State Heligioiu" "Social I?c-ligioii.' I?c-ligioii.' "The Social Mission of the '.'hurch," "The Socialization of ttc-ligious. ttc-ligious. Thought."' It is a work of deep thought and abundant research. Those who read it will find their ideas and thoughts auickened and will be sure that their time has been profitably i CONNECTICUT OCCULTISM. The Professor's Mystery. Hy Wells 1 .. II;iotlns ami Brian Hooker. With pL JHustru lions by IInnison Booth. The I Bobbs-.Mcrrlll Company. Publishers. k Indianapolis. J The mysteries of this story comprise ! the doiinnan.t note in it. and yet the ' lovo. features struggle for recognition ) here and there, and arc fairly well , maintained. The- si'euoi.s laiil iu a ('otiuccticut valley, and personifies as , chaiacterH in it, the hero, who is rivolous: tho doctor, who is laconi-cally laconi-cally abrupt; the heroine, who is gay, ! , . but whose enjoyment of humor is rudimentary; and for filling in, Mar-garct Mar-garct Tabor, dainty and admirablo; her nervous mother, her worried father, , t lie revengeful sailor, a medium pre- 1 sented as half fraud and half honest, and. a suflicicnt number of lesser lights , to fill :i the stage.. There is a limou- sine, which cuts a good deal of a figure iu the story, and, a though the romance is at times forced, it is I , justified bv the remark of Crosby, the hero, io Margaret: "Komancu and adventure do not depend upon time; i, they only depend upon people. IT you i arc the kind of person things happen to. .you can' have adventures on Fifth ; Avenue. If you aron'f, you may walk ' nil through the Arabian Nights and ', only feel bored and uncomfortable.' , TJicrc is. therefore, ai artificiality , about this novel, which is hardly re I I deemed by the good art presented in , some phases of it, and the thrilling ! I seance which is made a feature of the i action. Altogether, the work is a fair- I ( ly readable one, likely to catcll atten- j tion and hold ii to the last. J j A EOMANCI Or INDIA. ' l.ov Besieged: a Romance of the De- 'H feii.-a of Lucknow. By Charles E. I Peaice. Illustrated by II. S. JJoLay. BB Published by A. C. ilcClurs & Co., ( Chicago. j I 'J'his ii'. a romantic story of the great ' and cruel Sepoy rebellion in Indiu. The j scenes open in' England, but are traus- i -fcrrcd in a' short timo to India, whore j they arc made vivid and tremendously alive. The loading character is Cap- tain llawkc. who is under some social disfavor, but ho is a rea-1 hero, ucver-thIess. ucver-thIess. He is made to apnar in a rather unfavorable light as between Hie girl he loves and the widow who ' loves him. and the cruel miseries that ensue upon the breaking out of tho re-1 re-1 , bclliou aro made the ground work tinou ' - which the live drama is played. The Hi l( leading villain is a Native, whom I Hawke finally kills. It is a. very strong- , ly written and entertaining story, in (l which the. author does good work and i is entitled to more than the ordinary popular auccess. ,. CHILD x LAB OB TROUBLES. H The Solution nr tin? Child Labor Problem. , Rv. Scott Ncarlnc. Pb. D.. of the 1 Wharton School., I'nlwrsitv of Pennsvl- , I v;uila. PubllehccI by Moffat, Ynnl and j - Company. New York. M, -.i ) This is a rather, thoroughgoing L ! 1 treatment of the child labor problem, i ' J which searcheu far below tho surface. ',' It not only treats of the evils of child j' I labor, but of the evils in the usual form j , of legislation against child labor. It I J presents the practical side of the case, 1 ( ',l from which it: appears that usually j, io child which is taken by law J from pupation which it hns been ac- H-l i customed to, does -worse than if i t. had coufinued at labor. Jt ahows : ,(, Huit tho schools, as ordinarily eoh-')' eoh-')' ducted, afe not attractive to children j VJ who have boon engaged in the free-J free-J L 'loni of labor, because those schools do 1-; l10t " cither .the things or the mean- ' . ; ,n of uin things with which the child i1' I, ' conies in daily contact. And Uiere is ! , 1 ) no money m the tasks set, is tlio author thinks there ought to be. Ap plyinp. foi" examnle. tho idea brought out in this book, the child is now taught in the schools more about some foreign city than about his own city, and though' his studies might be harder than his work, he would learn what would inleresf him, if he could be taughl along practical lines; but where he learns more aboul conditions in other parts 'of the world Ihan of conditions in his surroundings, his attention is'not engaged, and- he revolts. Some radical suggestions are made 'in tho book to euro the evils spoken of, and if is a work that deserves the attention of the publicist, tho economist, the manufacturer, xtho educator, and tho politician. NOT MODERNISM, BUT APOSTASY. Tho Prlesi: a Talc or Modernism in New England. Bv the Author of "Letters lo Ills Holiness, Pope Plus X." Published by Sherman, French Sr. Company, Boston. Bos-ton. This is a story rather of an apostate Ihan in any way illustrating tho idea of -Modernism. This priest had ideas of his own about what he held lo bo "the truth." He discussed religious questions ques-tions with Protestant women in a way that led them to believe that he was not a Catholic, and quito a romance is built up around him in connection with tho women's activities and the. allurement allure-ment of these in other churches lo the priest. He takes part, in religious services ser-vices in a Unitarian household, and is a vcrv great friend of a Unitorian preacher, and of a Quaker family. Ho finally comes to be denounced by his bishop as an apostate, and is ordered to go for penance for an indefinite period to a Trappist monastery. This ho prepares to do in spifo of the holding hold-ing back of his friends outside of the Catholic, faith, but final 13- the woman who appears to have most influence upon him appears at the railwa' depot as the priest is about to board Ihc train, remonstrates with him for wasting wast-ing k!s lifo. takes hold of his arm and detains him. tho stor- leaving the priest and the woman standing on the platform hand iu hand. Xow, this is not Modernism. It, is. simply and straight- a renunciation of Catholic teachings, and a betrayal of his religious office bv a priest. Those who ate held to be Modernists do not do these things. They hold fast to their Catholic faith and to thoir vows. They are not led away 13' an' outside search for "the truth" in religious matters. They arc well grounded iu their' doctrine and faith, and do not need enlightenment from the sort of characters presented in this book. The story, as an ingenious account of the fall "of a priest, is not without interest, but as a study of Modernism, ccclesi-astieal3' ccclesi-astieal3' considered, it is an absurdit3. A WAR-TIME ROMANCE. Lovo Under Flro. By Rnndall Parrlsh. With Five Illustrations In Full Color by Alonzo Kimball. Published by A. C. MtCIurs & Co., Chicago. Tho author of this work is well known 1)3- his previous novels, "My Lady of the South, ' "Keith of the liordcr," and others. This stor3' is in his best vein, exciting and active, with characters in full red-blood career. In tlic narrative, which is located in Virginia Vir-ginia during the days of Grant's advance ad-vance against IjCC, which culminates in the surrender at Anpomattox, a Federal lieutenant has dealings with a daughter of the South. The story is told in the first person as in a narrative, by the hero of it, and it is full of exciting adventures, ad-ventures, in which the hero takes the manly part throughout and wins a Southern bride, who was a defiant rebel, but who surrendered to Cupid's claims jnost graciousl Jt is a right good, lively stor3', told in the most engaging en-gaging manner. ROMANCE OF BURGLARY. The Catspaw. By "William Hamilton Osborne. Os-borne. With IlltiHt nil Ions by F. Graham Gra-ham Cootes. Published by Dodd. Mead and Company, New York. This is a story where burglaries arc the chief thing, and the expertness of the .burglar in proving alibis and otherwise other-wise escaping the consequences of his crimes, is the main theme. The stoiy is, that a burglar commits man3' depredations, depre-dations, and in theni the most 'wonderful 'wonder-ful nerve, daring, and expertness arc displayed, and tho police are baffled alj the time. One section of the forc,e believes that a cortain society man, well received everywhere, "is the burglar. This is scouted by the other faction of the police, and is absolutely objected to by the public and iu social circles. The development shows a very startling ami deep plot, which might even be possible of practical working out. It is a storv, fold with vcr' groat force and skill by an author who has made himself noted in the popularity of his stories, "The Red Mouse," "The Running Fight, ' and others that have been well received by Hie public. Jt is a right good, catchy stor.v, entertaining to read. A RECKLESS WIDOW. The rmprudence of Prue. Bv Sophie Sophlo FlPher. With Illustrations bv Hcrman Pfelfer. The Bobbs-Morrlil Company. Publishers. Indianapolis. This is a story of tho England of former generations. Prue, a 3'oung widow from tho county, goes to Loudon, Lou-don, meeting adventures on the way and at ever3' step, and indulging in imprudences that would be fatal in real life. She is put through a most astonishing series of adventure, including includ-ing a secret marriage with a highwa'-man highwa'-man confined in Newgate prison under sentenco-to .bo hauged within a week. Prue and her plainer cousin. Peggie, the latter having some senso of ro-sponHibility ro-sponHibility aud propriet3', aro seen, asj in a kaleidoscope in "a course of balls, masquerades, levees, and midnight mid-night adventures in th narrow, ill-lit London streets. arc compromised abundantly, and yet miraculous' escape the muck. It is a lively story, told with reckless dash, but full of the most monstrous impossibilities. A ROMANCE OF MARRIAGE. j Tho Malclnc of a Fortune: a Romance. By Harriet Prescott Spofford. With Illustrations by Alice Barber Stephens. Published by Harper & Brothers. New York. This is a stop' of a man who was married most hnppi'3', and yet- who. distrusted dis-trusted his own happinoss and tortured himself by imagining that he was not ldved by his wife as ho loved her, He set himself to find every little sign that ho could of her lukewarm feeling toward him, with but scant success. Finally ho gets into financial dilficul-! tics, and does a moan thing which -he imagines -would condemn him utterly in her eyes; but hn still hopes in the saving of his fortune to rocover whatever what-ever ho may have lost. At the last he seems to be thoroughly convinced, and tho ending is hapry. It is a very diligent dili-gent and thorough stiit- into thii feelings feel-ings and relations of a couple that arc happily and congenially married, where on tho othor sido there is a self torture and distrust I hat lends toward miscrv and alienatioti. The story, like all from this author, is one of skill and force, and vorj- alluring to read. AN IMPOSSIBLE TILT. What Ik This I'ulvcrso? Christian faith versus Monlsl Dreamy, .fin Answer to Professor llaeckol's Hook. "Tho I'lddlo of tho lTnI verse." Hy S. Ph. MnrciiR. M. D., Pjhl Physician at Pyrmonl. Ger-manv. Ger-manv. Translated bv P.. V. Felkln. M. L., F. n. S. E. With Introduction by Row William Durban, B, A. Published Pub-lished by Funk and WnRiinlls Company, Now York. 1 1 is rather an ambitious undertaking undertak-ing that this spa doctor has undertaken, in assuming lo answer Professor Haeckel. Of course, a man such as this nh-sieinn could nol possibly get on tho santo piano with Professor Haeckel, and his assumed answer to llucekel is merely a confrontation of the Professor's philosophy with old-sfylo old-sfylo theological dogmas and deductions. deduc-tions. Tho chief wonder is, that a 113-one 113-one would think it worth while to write such a book as this, and following follow-ing close, upon this is tho wonder how ho could ever find a publisher. DELIGHTS OF PARIS. Glamouric: a Romance of Paris. Byt Willliun Samuel Johnson. Published bv Harper & brothers. New York. This is a stoy in which a fine, old Irish gouflcman, who preferred Paris to Ireland, even with a title in it. is made to play the principal part. The old gentleman. Sir Michael Burko, pla3-od a fine trick upon those who would havo lured him lo Ireland, in eluding them and getting back to his beloved Paris, where he shadowed his lvcd ones and made his presence known lo lliom in various occult and curious, mysterious ways. The special friend ami admirer of Sir Michael is put' to Iho troublo of undertaking to settle his estate, and, going to London, he runs up against a vcr3' disagreeable sort of person iu the Earl of Athlonc, whom he makes eat humble pio in gusty fashion. Those who havo come under the spell and charm of Paris will find his a most captivating and entertaining entertain-ing book, and the genoral rcador will admire it hardlv less for its vividness of diction and its vital, full-blooded I action and power of expression. ON MORAL LEGISLATION. Quarter Century of Moral Legislation. Edited by Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts. Ph. D. International Reform Bureau, Publishers. Pub-lishers. WashiiiKton, D. C. ' This is a rather jumbled-up book, in which it is hard to find anything. Worse than that, it is often infirm in its statemenfs. Ti undertakes to deal with a multitude of things, but there is 110 index giving access to the subjects sub-jects or to the facts. There is not even an intelligent titlo page. Tho printing is uneven, and tho' book, while well intended, is certainly forbidding to those who really wish to find out what is -In it, besides being unbalanced and bigoted. It, is made up of selections from government documents, speeches by Mr. ('rafts, arguments against, the canteen in the arni3;, and summaries from the prohibition standpoint of liquor legislation, a side of the temperance temper-ance question as viewed b,y 111:1113" CJ:" ports of different opinions. Tho book notes the efforts made during the quarter centum past to secure National legislation "in behalf of morals," b.y many men in Congress. Tt takes up tho W, C. T. U. work, Sunda3' observance, but finally conies to the "sensible conclusion con-clusion that wc have been depending loo much on one method of reform, that of legislation, and have grossh' neg-legted neg-legted to support our moral la'ws by law enforcement op tho one sido and a moral education in school and out on the other. Tho book properly edited and issued ought to bo of a good deal of value in a librae, but in its present pres-ent form it hides nioro than it discloses. dis-closes. A MANLY BOY'S SUCCESS. Ben Stone ,nt Oakdale. By Morpani Scott. With Four Illustrations bv Thco. Bcchtolf. Published by Hurst k Company. Com-pany. New York. This firm has given to the eager boy world an aviation series, which Is. the delight of the youth. It now be-cii;s be-cii;s two now scries, "The B03' Scout Series." volume one of which is "Tho Bov Scouts of flic Eagle Patrol." which was reviewed recent- in theso columns. We now have from the same firm this new volume, the first of a scries entitled "Tho Oakdale Academy Series." This volume contains the story of Ben Ha.yden, who made his wa3' from poverty and misery to an honored position among his comrades. Tt is a right good slor3 told in mnnlv fashion and bringing forward admirable admi-rable traits of candor, courage, and noble effort in excellent, fashion. GOOD SCHOOL BOOKS. From tho American Book Compan', Chicago, wc have Sharped Laborator3' Manual in Biology, a little book of a good deal of local importance just now, on account of the controversy that has arisen over ,tho teaching of evolution in tho B. Y. Universit3' at Provo. This little work sets forth, not only the ideas of evolution, but accepts certain of tho demonstrations throughout, as proved facts. It is a right good manual, well, prepared, and excellent for school use. From Jhc same wc have Baldwin's Don Quixote for young people, containing con-taining the most interesting passages of the famous Spanish classic by Cervantes, Cer-vantes, tho passages being con'nocted by the compiler with text whicli makes the narration practically the same as tho original work, onl.v in condensed form. As an introduction to the complete com-plete work it. will be excellent, and those who, having read this, pass on to tho classic, will rccoivo their reward. From the same we havo Dann's School Hymnal, a song book for high schools, .normal schools, and colleges, including in it texts and music which aro suitable and held to bo worthy. The book is the result of a wide experience in directing the teaching of music, from the kindergarten fo the univer-sit.v. univer-sit.v. Tho hymns and chants are such as aro well calculated fo hold the attention and interest of 3'onng people. It is all presented in the" clearest possible pos-sible manner, and in excellent printed form. LITERARY NOTES. Zane Grey, author of "The Heritage of tho Desert, ' has written two stories for boys "Tlio YouiiK Forester" and "Tho Younp Pitcher" In which ho has used as much of his own outdoor experience a In "The Heritage of the Desert." Apropos of tho baseball Interest In "The Youiik' Pitcher,' Mr. Groy tellH Mils story: "I onco pitched a ttitmu for one country blam against another In the days before tho curve ball was known In rural dis- trlcts. The opposing team, being: unable to bat curves, were nonplussed, then angry, then wild. They finally accused mc of .throwing a crooked bull, called the game ! to 0 In tljclr favor, and chased mc. minus part of my clothes, outs of town." A new revised edition of the "Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson," containing moro than one hundred lottgrs never b-c fore published, will conic late this spring from the Serlbner press. In Its four volumes vol-umes It probably gives all the letters of Stevenson which the present generation, at any rate, is likely to see. They are arranged in chronological order Instead of In the .various groups of earlier editions. Mr. K. F. Benson has received much good-natured .chaff over the commercial note of his latest title. "Account Rendered." Ren-dered." a book which Doubleday. Page ft Co. publish this month. It has bPen suggested sug-gested to him that ho give subseciuen novels such titles as "Received With Thanks," or "Paid by Cheque;" while a long story tho action of which Is con-lined con-lined lo a single day should, of course, receive the title "Yours of Even Date." The sailing last week oLLoulso C'losser Halo Is coincident with the announcement that the Harpers arc putting her recently published novel. "Tho Married Miss Worth." to press for another printing. She plans lo spend the spring months in Algiers, and declares that hor next novel, unlike "The Married Miss "Worth." will not be about Ihc stage. Mrs. Hale, who lived around the corner frorrt" Booth Tarkington in her youth, wan born in Chicago. In Ihc past It has been quite the proper thing for authors to sigh rapturously when speaking of their litorary endeavors, endeav-ors, declaring that their soul is In their work and that nothing else counts. Bui Jack L.ondon, whose ability In the book field has once again boon demonstrates by the Maemlllan publication of his' new work "Adventure." Is not given lo posing. pos-ing. He says quite frankly that writing is ills business In life and that ho has no false wontlment regarding it. Ills avocation or real Interest, he further adds.1 Is socialism. Messrs. D. Appleton and tCompany an-nounco an-nounco for publication next month "The Training of Children In Religion," by Dean I lodges, of the Episcopal Theological Theologi-cal school at Cambridge. Tho reports In tho daily press of a plot to seize Lower California call attention to the only llrsl rate book on tho subject. sub-ject. "Cump and Camlno iu Lower California.' Cali-fornia.' by Arthur W. North. Tills book was published a year ago by the Baker & Taylor Company, and contains a chanter on tho .strategic value of Magdalcna Bay. it being evidently the author's Idea that some tlmo or other this, territory will come Into the possession of the United States. Dr Wilfred T. Grenfcll, the Labrador fishermen's doctor, arrived last week on tho Maurotunia. from England whero lie has been lecturing. After a speaking i tour In the I'nitcd Stales hc will return to Labrador in May, at which season the opening of the ico permits the fisher men to start their work. Dr. Grenfel! gives, in his recently published book. "Labrador: the Country und the People." a detailed account of the outfit which It is necessary for one to Intro when sotting out for ibis northern country, pointing out as well Ihc most traveled routes. I The work also contains chapters on the People and their Customs, the Animals, the Fish, the Birds, and tho Flora. Students of the American civil war I who havo read the manuscript of Captain Bopchain's "Gettysburg: The Pivotal Battle of the Civil War." which A. C. .McClurg & Co. have in hand for immediate immedi-ate publication, arc of the opinion that tho book will immdleately take rank as a definitive account of the tot"H author look part in the battle,.! bor of I lie Second VIscorisiM of tho famous old "Iron jnOM tho present" book was wnttatJH visit iho veteran author "ciH to the battlefield from his I&x-sijjm on Pugot Sound. - He has niurkcd descriptive crs. has no hesitation W tho truth as he "nd"sla0nAfTH characterising the cntjLSSM describes. In this. Uw mwtfm sarv of the opening of the W Cho book will have a special ""H every American. It Is a ?"SB and vivid presentation of tne P'VH tit- for the lT"i"" -3H |
