Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-12-01
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

THE RECORD OF A HUMAN SOUL, BY
HORACE q, Hutchin son, Longman, Green d
"Begin by reading tbyself rather than
books" IL . quotation ON the INTKLJI-
aENcER calender. IL IL very good advice
given in . better form by Milton.
Who reads ineeisantiy ana 10 his reading
a spirit ana Judgment equ,l or superior.
Uncertain ana unsettled stun remsin
Deep versed In books. but shallow in him
Many readers Of Robert Elsuero, would
DO well to read the " Record OF Human
seui"; but more would do better
interesting curiosities This record Is pub
lshed 90 real diary Of q somewhat
dyspeptic young man, who following
intellectual light fell into distressing state
OF mind not unlike that OF many healthy
young men on the day following the late
speedily found relief BY . sort Of emotional
development OF faith, aud this part OF the
diary 10 not as strong and clear ss we would
Ike 10 have II; probably because the mental
process is not easily explained by which
man trained to calm and cold feasonin z
n induced 10 accept conclusions OF an
emotional character The book Is q record d
OF the struggle, moro or less fierce In every
thoughtful LIE, between tho conclusions
OF logic and clear science and the myster-
ious teachings Of faith and instinct. In
this particular case the result Of tho mental
struggle isA very dou btful sort OF religion,
and, 80 the ChrOn!cier confesscb that he an
not describe his transit from sgnosticisn
70 deiism, the value OF the work Is rather
haxy, and must lie chiefly In Its indication
OF q return to the principle that faith
the ono essential OF true religion
1t 10 said new volume OF poems by
Lord Tennyson is kept from publication
until the copyright law In established In this
country. In india the poems OF Tennyson
are used for civil service examinations in
English, and lately large class uuder ex :
animation was hOpelessly swamped by the
line from "The Prlncsss":
was proxy weld ID to n bootloss calf.n
Not long ego gentleman told Mr.. Lowell
that he had Just received from Whittier q
lively letter, "as sportive rs II from Q
boy" MIR. Whittier" remarked MIR.
Lowell In answer, "has led a good, pure
life, and have often observed that men
who lead good, pure lives are very apt tC
10 cheerful In their old aga. And he has
done what many nowadays find II difi.
cult TO do he has retained his faith un.
dimmed and btrOng In tho unseen"
Alexander Dumas, flls, tells wonderful
stories OF the Immense strength OF his
father and grandfather. When boy OF
fourteen his father took him to SEQ u play
and when they came Gu. II was raining
hard and they hurried 10 cab. He gave
an address To the cabby, who stood up.
right beside his vehicle, Into which we
prepared to mount The coachmsu put his
hand on the door, saying:
III don't move step for less this time
than fiye francs for the journey"
"Wiil you not mover
"Once, twice, thrice" Cabby did not
respond, but remained With his hand on
the door. Then my father soIz3d him
around tho waist, lifted him up from the
ground, and planting him on the seat, said
'So, now" Then taking his place In Il Q
cab, he said. "Bear In mind always how
70 DO with an obstinate coaohmsn." j have
not forgotten the procedure, but l have
never put 1t In prscticc--not that cabmen
have become more civil, but that other
Under the head OF "Sllant Thunder the
New York Star in It's book notices thus
deals with "Down the Grea. River
Captain Willard Glszisr's latest specimen
OF brass: "Speak as kindly as you can oi
Down the Great River said the good fairy
who sits up aloft 70 steer this literary
column. Fairies, we ali know, are tender,
pitiful aud mild--perversely so som stimss
but It's the worst Of bad luck TO disobey
them. 30 tho reviewing conscience mpc,
90 TO pot, and Down the Great RIVER &c
on to glory, with the side remark that
case"
"Out with Mosby's mop," is q
spirited scoount by Mrs. Jesnie Gould Lin
ooln OF woman's determination, which
Will appear In the December number o.
Isterson's Magazine. The heroine was
famous Southern belle shut up In Rich
mond during the civil war. She twice
crosses the Union lines, aud every article
she vowed to procure, from dresses for
herself, to pair OF cavalry boots for ht I
dashing cousin, 10 carried In triumph tu
Richmond.