Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-01

| hyra, tne Twin sister OF errarS, is declared
a fgment of the brain. But another analysist
pronounces Myra to be no other than the ex-
Empress Eugene. Assuming that to be SO,
how sgpremely odd it is to find MYra saying
TO her brother, Power and power alone
should be your absorbing object, and all the
accidents and incidents of life should only be
considered with reference to that main re-
suit" But on the other hand this expression
is clearly the key to the hfe.m0tto and guild
ing precept Of that remarkable man. And
CT such cariCatures of history the book is re-
plete. Napoleon Ill is introduced as Prince
Florestan, and Queen Hortenss as Ag1ippina.
Palmerston and his wife, according to Mr.
Jennings, are the Lord and La3y Roehamp-
ton of this plotless story. MIR. Jennings thus
continues: He paints the Eglinton Tourna-
ment, and makes Prince Bismarck figure IN
it as the Count of Ferrol BaIol Lionel
R9thschild appears as Baron Neuehatel
Poole the tailor, figures as Vigo. Cardinal
Manning plays q part as Penruddocks. =
prophet ordsined in Mayfair, who regarded
Lord John Russell with we'll bred horror
Soapy Sam Wilberforce, Bishop OF Oxford,
appears under the pseudonyra of DR.. Come
ly. Lord Straneford is introduced first as
MIR and then as Lord Waldershare, Miner
Gibson as Mr.. Jorrocks, and Lord Melbourne
as Lord Montford. One of the best pen
pictures in The book is that OF Richard Cob
enasJob hornberry, whose thin, clear voice
was only less clear than his statements.
And yet as stated, the action of the novel
begias with the death of Canning ard the
ri-e Of Wellington 70 Americas readers
" Endymion Is Of little interest if this pc
culiar disguise and displacement Of charac
tiers is not understood, and hence it is well to
bear in mind that the reader is justified ii
reading for Sidney Wilton, Lord Herbert of
Too 70, A al liz, Dc
and for St Barbe, George Augustus S IL.
As to the style of the novel, il is not an ex-
agseration to speak of it as the best Of the Gu-
taor's Elf jrts in Woodworking. Fantastic and
tangled as Is the web which he has woven, il
engages tie readers CLOSEST aCtentig1 and
awakens the keencst interest. and that with
those who may have little or no appreciation
of the poii5icsI significance of the novel. But
the chief interest of the work is to be found
i'll what may be readily assumed to be t. e
unfolding or some life passages in the remark
able career of Lord Beaconsield. He Is
taken up as q simple clerk in a Government
office and his advance sketched as he gains
the confidence and respect of leading men,
until as the story closes, there comes the
summons that calls hin to the Premiership
of the nation. The parallel Is drawn to the
story of the heavy loan to Disraeli when once
in q strait, by one who saw promise in him,
and in the marriage to the Countess of Mont
fort Disraeli has clearly drawn the picture Of
his own union with the woman, who, as his
wife, was to him a stay and right arm, .
counselor and an aid in all his public career.
1t is not possible to give any satisfactory
analysis Of the plot of this book, the sale of
which has already far exceeded that of
/ " Lothian, by the same author.
Duty; With Illustration OF Courage Patience and
. Endurance Samuel Smiles York .
Harper & Bros. San Francisco A. L. Bancroft
| & Co. vol.
Twenty-four years ago the author of this
volume wrote!" Self Help" though it was not
published until 1859. Smiles says that the
writing of that book was occasioned by an
apparently slight circumstance. He had
delivered few lectures at Leeds to some
young men, in place that had been used as
temporary cholera hospital. He endeav-
ored to point out to them that their happi-
ness and well-being in after life depended
very much upon themselves-upon their
diligent self-culture, self-discipline, and self
control; and, above all, upon the honest and
upright performanceof individual duty, which
constitutes the glory of manly character.
The results were more satisfactory than he
could have expected. He found that many
of these young men as they grew up into
manhood were chosen to fill positions Of trust,
responsibility and usefulness; and some Of
them were pleased to attribute some measure
of their honest success in life to their en-
deavors to work up the spirit of the lessons
which they had received from their instruc-
tor He was thus led to prepare the memo
randa for a book on the same subject; for
books, as he says, reach much farther than
spoken words. He prepared the work in his
leisure evening moments, after the hours Of
business were over. He entitled the book
"Self Help" being able to find no better
word 70 suit the purpose, though mutual help.
as well as self help, was as prominently set
forward. Self Help" was translated into
/ many languages, and had remarkable sale.
especially in America, where the work was
/ printed, fact of which the learned author
complains bitterly, and speaking of iuterna-
tional copyright remarks, that he cannot see
''way the American Legislature should be less
honest than thu Governments of France Ger
many and Italy, in all which international
copyright Is freely granted" Thirteen years
after the appearance of Self Help - ne pub
hshed " Character" devoted to illustrations
of the lives Of noble ard magnanimous men
and women. Five years later ''Thrift" APP
peared. II that book he assumed the dignity
of labor, and urged men to economic in or
der to secure their independence to provide
for their families with a view to the future
to live a clean, sober, ard manly life to
avoid the horrible curse of drink, which keeps
so many men and women poor and to raise
them up to an elevation of virtue, morality
and religion. Since It's publication many IN
sti.u.ions have been formed for the establish
ment Of national thrift; and he learns from
many correspondents that thriving penny
banks have been established where they did
not exist before. Now comes his latest work,
Duty" This is the last book OF the series.
1t is fair to assume it viii be as useful as
Its predecessors. Certainly the author has
given TO it the same care and thought that
marked its pioneers 1t is not less clear, and
Is mere vigorous. The reader will find in il
numerous examples recited of the best and
/ bravest men and women in the career of well
doing. He remarks: Great deeds are great
legacies, which work with wondrous usury.
BY what men have done, we learn what men
can do. A great career, though baked Of its
end, is still q landmark of human energy. He
who approaches the highest point Of the su-