Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-07-31
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

tOcracy" ID. Appleton To-, New nork.
publishers Tho unknown author OF
"American Coin has evidently not sum
cient knowledge of the tone and MANNERS
of good society in either England or
America to sa,ifize them successfully. The
book is supremely funny, and will have
many readers. Its mistakes and faults
are so glaring that they provoke laughter
as well as the intended caricatures. Before
the author gives another book To the public
il would lie well for him or she TO study
the lenses of the verbs, which he or she has
unintentionally gotten rs mixed az the
name and individuality Of the characters.
But the authors school days seem to have
been spent i'm the study of slang, which he
has so thoroughly learned that we can
only regret that n third of this time was
not given to grammar. He has been very
impartial In the distribution of this know
ledge The vernacular of all of his char
acters is largely made up of slang, English
man or American, man or woman.
II is a pity the story has not been drama
tized. There il no doubt. and we are
speaking seriously, 1t would be great
success. The situations are 80 coinical, the
manner In which the marplot cousin man
ages 10 prevent the lovers from meeting,
the brazen way in which this same mar
plot lies and forgcs il quite refreshing, and
on the stage would bc irresistible.
There is one love scene worthy of Amelie
Rives. These lovers meet only for the
second time, with a years interval be-
tween the meetings, when Lord Atherloigh,
with n burst of eloquence, asks Mamie
how he can prove his love aud alteration,
'Only show me the way. Look herel
One of Nantes little pink satin feet, with
its open work instep and soed-poarl toe, Is
peepng out from under the edge of a foam
of skirt. Lord Atherleigh stoops his head,
and taking her foot in both his hands, raises
it 10 his lips and kisses it vehcmently.
Then lac looks up. Mamie has put down
her fan and Is leaning forward with out
stretched arms, her eyes burning with the
intensity of reciprocated passion. "No no,
my darling, do not do that" she cries,
"do not waste those precious Kisses The
earl rises from his knees, and clasping her
soft, wllowy arms about his neck, she
draws his head down until it is pillowed
on her shoulder. Then she bends down
her face and their lips meet in ono long
esctatic kiss"
IMPRESSIONS or Russia, by DR.. George
Brandes. Translated from the Danish by
Samuel &. Eastman. Emo, Thomas y.
Crowell a Co., New York, publishers. This
translation will be heartily welcomed by
many readers of magazine and novel litcra-
ture of Russian type, because il is not II
| record of Impressions and the pleasures of
| travel. but "A serious study of the conditions
| of life in the great land OF the ear. lie
| gives particularly interesting account OF
the Niiilistic force in Russian society,
alIuding not to the few hundred who are
eager To work with bombs and dynamite,
| but To the great number of the most intel
ligent people in the empire who avow inn
| patience and disgust with the established
institutions, social, political and religious.
lie does not hesitate To quote "A scene from
| Turganicn to illustrate the hopeless
stupidity o' the pcasantry among whom
the youth of Russia so bravoly labor and
| die in the vain effort to arouse resistance Ia
| the tyrunnical policy of the government
| lie improsScs the reader with sense of his
anxiety 10 get at the facts about the country
| and people, and as he presents them they
| are certainly Of fearful import. Here Is q
| government painfully corrupt and rotten
| but established with rockiike tirmncs.
upon the blind, fanatical devotion of til,
peasantry. So long as the peasants con
tinue Ignorant and stupid the government
of the ear is secure there can bo non,
iirmer on earth. Knowing this ever,
effort is made TO stife knowledge and /
possible, increase tho fearful ignorance
is almost u crime To teach peasant to read
So desIoaat are the reformcrs that they
are believed by this Danish traveller To lon.
for crushing defeat of their country IL
some foreign war rs the only means of dis
turbing the present hopeless conditions
The second half of this interesting work i
devoted to u timely discussion of Russian
literature, its crudity, its sombre tone an,
barbaric strength.
THE BIRTH OF THE RErunLIC, by DAME
| H. GoodlOc, Bellord Clarke n Co., publish
ers, New York. The scope and charicte
of this valuable work can be given best b,
quoting from the title page where it is eX
planned that it is compiled from the na
tional and colonial histories aud historical
collections from American archives an,
from memoirs, iournalsand proceedings o
tho British Parliament 1t contains tn
resolutions, declarations and addreSSo
adopted by the continental congresses, con
ventions and assemblies, of the count,
aud town meetings and the committees q
safety, in all the colonies, from the yea
1868 TO l716; also the articles of CUnicdora
ton, history Of the formation of the con
stitution and of the election and Inaugural
ton of Washington and a copy of u
constitution. 1t will he seen that the sub
iect of the volume is completely covered
and an orderly arrangement and thoroug
index add To its value and enable one {
find at once the resolutions passed ut
meeting of the inhabitants.
SANTA CLAUS is the title of the ney
weekly journal for young folks which vii
appear III October. The prospectus AN
nounccs that Santa Claus tells boys am
girls why and how grown people do thugs
\ long list of eminent contributors
given, but the magazine hopes to discoyc
and introduce new writers for the Young
and lis plans rs outlined indicate an enter
prising and able management. The illus
trations viii be plenty and of high class.
We Americans are wildly patriotic in som
ways and shamefulIy disloyal in other,
For example, there is no denying the fore
of this indictment by Maurice THOMPSON
"Our liberal freedom has made US to
familiar with ourselves aud We have fiile,
to maintain proper sclf-rcspect. 4 ma
must have German name before We vii
listen to his science, picture must Ice inn
ported To insure respectful consideration.
book must be written abroad and have Nh
u'ladstone's notice before we will read if
This manner public bias cannot he callc
| l,Nr,,ltNr no,