Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-12-08
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

EdwAfu Everett Hais. Jlusrattd py r.. u.
Meyfiii. Boston: Robsrts Brothers, This
b Ok has be- n widely road since it Was
hrst published score Of years ego or moro
and it promises TO win n fifm plaoo ~ an
American classic. In an appendix TO this
beautiful edition DR.. Hale, who by the way
is now reported ct work on q life OF Christ,
gives the slim fact that formed the romance,
As 70 old book repubiishtd In form NO
eisborate needs no further praise; 10 will be
enough TO rtier To the high character OF the
Illustrations which sro tpirited Ia concep-
tton and IN full sympathy with the psrra-
tive. Costumes and details arc well worked
out
"Report on the Birds OF Pennsylvania
publihbod at Harrisburg In accordance
with an act OF assembly. This 10 much
more entertaining volume than most OF
those furnished by the state printer and
the S75 pages ere intespersed with plates
aud pictures Of birds Of the state.
The author, evidently recognizing the
Importance Of sirnpiificatiop, which by
most writer's Of archaeological and other
scientific publications 10 seemingly over
looked, has carefully divesttd his book,
whenever practicable, OF the numerous and
seirns sre en- ploysd ibey M Ar arc @ fa,iy en- blamed
20 they can bo clearly understood by tbe
general reader. 6000 copies were pu ubliehed
for distribution and there lie quite lush
for them.
The Cnristmss number Of 7ab,e Talk Is
full, 10 overnowipg, OF everything that
relates to the day OF glee aud feastiDg.
"Bethlehem," an spt poem, Ia by Joseph
Whttt0n; then comes "a Christmas dinner"
BY MIRA Rorer, In whioh that authoritative
adviser gives some valuable points on this
feast; her SHOW to Live On a Thousand a
Year" IL continued, also Der answers TO
"Housekeepers' Inquiries" Christmas
In Foreign Lands" "a Chtjstmas Ram BILE
Among the N uts, ""Ethel's Christmas Deco
rstiOns," "AtIacilve and inexpensive
Giits," an original Christmas story, ''vests's
Requea.," and "Cbristmas Problem"
with prize to every solver. arc among the
contents; also interesting articles 10y Tillje
May ForDey, William StrutheIs, s. 4,
Sherman, Kate Csthorwood.
A now portrait OF Mr.. Whittier will sp-
pear In the January Iumter Of 'Iho
Atlantic" and IL promises To be fine one
Tho poet was among the contributors to the
first number OF that ever admirable
magazine. Another good thing which tho
January "Atlsntic' Is to give US an srticle
by Margaret Deland.
Mrs. Delsnd's novel, ~ Johu Ward,
Preacher" has gone Into lie fifteenth
edition. There has boen llttle advei SO
crilicism OF this book, whereas "Robsrl
Elrmere" has been much condemned 10y
| strict churchmen.
GLADSTONE was 80 profoundly impressed
with that charming story "Little Lord
Fsuntleroy" that lie a. Once bought five
copies OF the book, and presented them to
~ many Young iTiends. Mr.. Gladstone
end Mrs. Burnett happened 10 be Ia Flor
cnce at the same time, and ss soon M the
"GraBd Old Man" learned OF her presence
there, be expressed an earnest desire TO
meet the author of "Lit,le Lord Fauntie-
roy" Lord Randolph Cburcbili became
| so Interested In the book ono day that he
forgot TO prepare "a speech which he had
anti Y..fh fhxr al
known EnRlishman !. hu0h sn advocate ol
| the book that ne bought sixty copies OF II
| last Cbris ristmar, aud distributed them broad
| cast among his ireDds.
"The Open DCot" Ia the tltle OF Miss
| Blanche Willis HowaId's forthcomipp
| story. Those who have read tho manuscript
| say that It 10 the best thing she has written
| The scene IL laid In Germany. Houghton
| hi Ill IN q Co.gTe brinsin Il from the press
Hon. Walter II. Milis contributes note
| worthy article TO the Decenl Der Statesman
| (Chicsgo), en- Difficulties III Patty Re
organization" One paragraph PARTICULAR =
| merits attention +" Most men never make
but one decision In politcs--ihRt is wher
they join tpsriy, and they frequently Dc
| that q generation before they srs born
They are Democrats Cr Republicans Ii,
way they arc Smiths or Joneses--they wer,
BON that wsy. They were part OF cur
TeEt which they found all flowing one wa
when they came TO years of (not) under
standing and they driited. The steady
movement OF great political parties In poll
tics In like train In Its blind, unressonin,
aud Iesistless rush along accustomed
| lines"
There II Just about enough truth In tbi
to make Il pass for wisccm, but the chspgs
| In the stfet 9Th OF parties need come modi
hcation OF this theory for their ex PLANTATION
IL may hs true that most msn are Republl
cans or Dsmuorsis because they were porr
80, but a very large number OF men sr
open TO reason on this point, as on al
others, and the shifting OF ihls mass decid Q
where the balance or power shall rest.
An exchsnge ssys: Tho very latest fa
| IL the crezo ON the su ttot OF " EsoterI
Buddhlsm Eugene Field, the wei
known Chicago newspaper man, is said /
be SO infatuated with tho beautiful met.
| physical dreams cf the East that he ha
u shrine to Buddha In his rooms where b
devoutly woTships As nobody knows Ok
actly what Esoterio Buddh hism " IL,
! Will no doubt bo immense popular d
Boston. 30 incomprehensiDly inoompre
hensible you know.
This is pleasantly sarcastic, hut, after al
esoteric buddhism IL not very much NOR
mysterious than lngersoll sm or aSIo vi
cism. There are lots OF poor fools wi no ar
bright and smart enough until they beg Il
| 10 speculate about the whichness OF 4.
where or the whonsRs OF the what LIE
! them resd JOB and be ellen.
Among the frontispeoes preparIng 10
| Vide Awake for lSS9 are p lrtraits OF job
Burroughs VI twenty, Mrs. Helen Hun
! Jackson In her young womanhood, ape
MseJorie," Sir Walter SCOTS famous liltl
friend, and Lady Raleigh, the wife Of ii
| Walter Raleigh.
Iu "Little jos" James Otis calls after
ton to the Ingenious cruelty practjced o.
| young lads by certain wandering Italia
street musioians. 1t Is vivid exposure @
the suferiDRs inflicted on the unfortuuat
boys who come under their tyranny A
New York and other large cities
MIR. James Russell Lowell Is living will
his sister at Boston, sud will PROBABLY sta,
there all winter. He has been invited 1
deliver course OF lectures nj PhiladeIp phia
All who have read that grand little bool
about bright American boys. "The Story @
bad Boy" by Thomas Bslly Aldrieh, will
b3 interested In the intoJ nation tbs
Dunyon's confectionery NJ Portsmouth 1
being torn down. Dunyou's IL the con
feoiionery whence, after "a riotuus an,
bapdoned indulgence IN cream the I" Bs
Boys" companions departed by way G
the window, ieayiug poor Tom Bailey {
ftce proprietor snu bill with nothing Il
his little pockets That story is one OF th
best in our literature Of It's kind AID Il is
healthy kind.
| shs Time Ecnored No.-e Gans, Ea,!.moys