Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-03-23
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

STRsET" by the wsIl.known banker.
Henry CleWs diving Publishiug Com.
pany, New Yorh,) hes been lying upon
our table for some weeks, snd we have
sosoreed iss SEVEN hundred pages Of
reminiscense. portraiturs snd dissertation st
different momonia IL hes evidently been
the amusement OF its author In prepsrasion
through some years. the chspters being dis.
connected In time and subject end mainly
consisting OF sketches OF the noted mon
end nuanciers whom MI. Clews hes met
during his long businoas career and
narratives OF the celebrated events Of Wall
street There n great deal of richness In
the book, million being the low water
mark Of individual wealth. MIR. Ciews hes
known ell the milli0naires and celebrities
OF all Its eventa The hook 10 q chroniclS
OF the rise and fall OF millions and OF the
modes In which they have been made and
lost In the Wall street whirlpool IL 10
graphically written and cannot fail 10
interest, ins ..,,,..I, treating % :. does Of
portraits profusely illustrate II. We
cannot say that It's readers will be en-.
lightened upon the money making power,
BY either conteD plating the pbysiognomy
or reading OF the doeds of Mr.. OiewY sub
jects. He paints with an impartial brush
and does mot paint heroer. They are all
remarkable mon and their careers are odify.
Ing II not alweys admirable.
Mr.. Clews has mingled somewhat In
political sfaifs and during and su bse Qut mt
70 the war bore hand IN the Republican
party administration. He was the tanker
Of the state Of 0eorgia In reconsiructlon
times and lost millions through the sub.
sequent repudiatlon OF that state, of which
naturally he speaks very bitterly, but
apparently very Justly. There is no
sufficient excuse for the refusal OF 90 pros.
porous state TO pay the obligations she has
contracted with innocent holders Of her
bones. Tho sentiment In so many states
which sanctions reputation is one that 10
incom prehonsible. Ii shows very clearly
how inclined men are TO view their moral
obligations with distorted vl.ion dictated
by their pockets. 1t IL an illustration that
IL abnndantly afforded by most OF the
people In Mr.. Clews' books. He troats of
men who would not often be millionaires
II they were honest. States ought to be
better, but thcy sre not. They are men In
masses; and masses arc not scrupulous,
There IL no greater satire upon government
than tho naked fact that ates whose laws
command the debtor to pay his debt refui Q
to pay theirs because they cannot bo made
to. Mr.. Clews takes q sound view Of this
and OF . number OF other political and ec0-
nOmical questions which he delights to
discuss aud upon which the world goes
wrong, 70 the disgust OF the philt sopher.
"STRANoE Manuscript FOUND IN
CoPPER CYLINDER" Harper Brop. This
book In one OF the modern fairy tales for
grown up people that have been produced
in various shapes and disguises from the
days of Dean Swift 10 those OF Jules Verne
and this anonymous author has improved
upon the latter manufacturer By giving not
only dash OF popular science To his work,
but also literary finish which Verne gen.
erally lacked. The manuscript referred to In
the title tells about people, found In the
Antartic regions who contrsdic,ed in their
ways OF lie the rule so often repeated now.
adays that tho human mind eyeYyWbere
operates In about the same wsy. These
people despised wealth and life and glori.
ned poverty and death, preferred darkness
to sunlight and practsed cannlbalism, Thev
were familisrIwith tho mon siers to whom
the geoloRists delight to give long names,
and the sportive icthyoeatiri lived In that
Antartic land as full Of vigor ss in the dsys
before tho Hood, while the iguanodon and
other dangerous crestures must have made
II lively for the cannibals. The illustrations
by Gilbert daul are In spirit with the mar.
velous story, but q man with fair imagine.
Zion should be able to 500 more startling
pictures In his minds eye. The benefit 10
be derived from this sort OF reading is not
to be traced beyond mere arnusem ent
though It must: be admitted that yerne's
BOOKS nave encouraged a taste for seller 90
and respect for scientific men, and after Ali
they are q better sort Of literature than
much OF the sentimental trash tha. is sfloat
Mrs. Martha Livingston Moody's story OF
"Alan Thorne"--the ''Antidote'' 10 URobert
Elsmere' that ID. Lothrop Company issue
this month has already rOceivot, tbey sav.
tho approval by several professional critics
and leading clergymen to whom II was read
In manuscript. IL IL said to be almost
dramatic In certain OF its incidents, while
Its grouping ana character sketches are
particularly attractive.
VAoABoND TALES, by II. II. Boyeyep.
issued oy ID. Lsthrop x Co., IL futl of Il o
vigor and dash OF this well kponn wri,sT
and needs no other praise.
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes advises
young men not To smoke. ct Ia liable to
ipJnre the sight," he says "to render the
nerves unsteady, to onfeeble the will and
~ enslave the nature to an im perious habit
likely 70 stand In the way OF a duty to DO
John w. Watson, who is held by m,uv
20 be the author OF "Besutiiul Snow,I ia
now, at the age OF 66, q brakeman on the
elevated railroad OF New York.
The April number OF the Cosmopo,itan
magszlne has for irontispiece a a rikinv
portrait OF Sir John Macdonald, and the
leading article IL an Illustrated account nj
The Canadian Legislature. 1t must be- con.
it ssed that's finer looking body OF mon
Ihan The Canadian ministers wouId ha
very hard to find. 1t Ia surprising that va
DO not know moro OF our Northern neIph.
bcrs and her prominent men, and it in
nard TO realize that these bright aud strong
Iacos can belong 10 the ministry that has
sanctioned tho outrages upon our fishing |
leets The minister OF marine and flsberies'
me Hon. Charles Tupper, IL very younr |
man with particularly firm mouth. and |
his unshaken self confidence NAV have
been at the root OF much OF the trouble. I |
LsnRevip, secretary OF state, ard John |
Josuean, minister OF internal revenue, are /
both splendid looking men, the former
resembling General Hancock, George
foster, the minister of finance. oloseiv
assemblies Professor J. Il. Stair, of this citv
ne leader OF the Canadian Libersls. vii |
red Lawrisr, is decidedly the most striking
a appearance. His face suggssts EdOar
Allen Poe, but displays great strength Of
harscter and courage. He first became
sMous as q Journalist aud the reviewer
renchantly observes that in proof of their
inccre admiration OF his literary schisye
nents many persons instituted legal pro.
eedings sgsinBt him for libel. He Ia the
orator OF Canada
The magazine has many other yalusb,e
tucies, notably one on the Nihilists OF New
oik, ana an essay on birds by Ouids.
Fhile the onriously fascinating Chiness
ovel is continued.
Tho poet OF the Washington Critic re.
marks:
Young woman nom os.,,..I, |