Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-02-13
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.


burg. Translated by Thoa- J. w. Davis.
worthington Co., 717 Broadway, New York.
Two grave stones from the background
Of The Pastors Daughter," /" by w. Holm
burg. One, . crumbling monument in .
neglected church yard offs garrison town,
bearing the inscription: wilhelm Won
Eberharlt, Lieutenant in the .--- 1nfan-
try Regiment, Born July ist, 1905. Died
November 10th, 1884," The other, in the
quiet and peace of tho country burial
ground Of Weltsendorf, n simple white
marble cross, with these words engraved
on IL: Margaret Siegismund. Born May,
3Otb, 1912, Died March 25th, 1875. Blessed
are they that mourn, for they shall be
comforted."
When in graveyard do we ever pause
10 wonder, after reading the different in
scriptions on the monumental Sometimesit II
seems rs II q persons whole history was
written there; sometimes only name !;
what Joys and gladness; what trials and
troubles the persons who once answered
TO the different names we reed went
through before they were called TO their
father. The lives Of the two people whose
epitaphs we read in "The PASTORS
Daughter" were marked by short, sod
romance Before her death Margaret
siogismund writes the story of her life for
O dear friend.
The tale Is one of singular pathos and
sweetness. Margaret, the daughter Of the
village clergyman of Weltzendorf, Is
brought up with the daughters Of the
quently thrown with people far above her
- r. -.
to wilhelm Won Eberhardt, the nephew Of
the baroness. After having won her love,
he fings II aside, dazxled by tho batteries
of gay and heartless woman OF the world,
one of the daughters OF the baroness.
Marry In haste, repent at leisure" could
be well applied to tho marriage Of Ruth
and Margaret's faithless lover. After Eber-
hardt obtained his divorce from Ruth,
Margarcts goodness and nobleness' gives
him courage TO go back to her. He In re-
ceived with forgiveness; Margaret's JOY is
soon turned to sorrow by her lovers death.
OF Miss Heimburg's principal character,
Margaret, enough cannot be said, with
loving touch she draws her heroine's life,
her gay and careless girlhood, her sad love
affair, her brave struggle to 60 through her
daily routine of duties. We watch how
gradually the authorcss built up her char
acter, point ny point; just m In our life
each action, good or evil counts, although
we do not perceive IL; until finally out OF
an unthinking and pleasure loving girl
she has made noble and gracious woman.
wilhelm Won Eberhardt, the hero, first
appears In the light Of a true and sincere
man, one whom any girl might easily give
IA haar 4 tn kppt ha al Al ,aI
himself. Perhaps the authoress has been q
little too ready to excuse this very serious
fault In his character. Although these are
the two principal personages, there is not
one In the whole book whom we are not
interested in-clear, strong and natural,
they are all drawn by master-hand that
knows human nature and human passions
well.
Miss Heimburg has given us many other
deeply interesting and readable books,
"Gertrudes Marriage" "Two Daughters
of One Race" "Lora," etc., but contrary to
the majority of novelists her last work Is
most decidedly her best.
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ALPHoNsE DAUDET's new novel is to b.
called "The Caravan" and is to he base,
upon the adventures ofa young couple VIII,
took their wedding journey about Franc,
in gypsy wagon.
GEORGE MACDONALD, the novelist, saw
that in the course of conversation will
Tennyson on "The Northern Farmer,
written in Lancashire dialect, Tennysoi
confessed that his cook, who was of Ian
cashire birth, told him that she could no
understand the poem and that the dialec
was not Lancashire speech.
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"ARouNp AND ABoUT SouTu AMERICA,
hxtI Il s.ru,t-
the White Elephant" Through an,
Through the Tropics" etc. With maps
plans and illustrations. ID. Appleton
Co., New York.
Mr.. Vincent, tho famous traveller an
writer, has published an account of his re
cent journey in the southern part of ou
hemisphere, under tho title OF "Aroun
and About South America"
lie has considerably Increased on
knowledge of this country, rich In so man
natural resources, which seems to hav
lain dormant for NO many years. However
such has not been the case, for although
the work OF improving its condition ha
been slow and laborious, there is a grea
deal of satisfaction in the fact that the pro
gress has been steady and continuous, moi
withstandng the numerous political dis
putes that are continually disturbing tn
different states and naturally retardin
their advancement.
Mr.. Vincent started on his circuitou
tour of South America from Aspinwall
most of the journey being made by water
with frequent expeditions into the interior
either on the backs of mules or by rail
ways, which have recently been bull
although very far from perfect. Ate
| giving us numerous humorous accounts @
the uncertainty OF the timetable, both b
| boat and rail- he very truthfulIy remark