Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-18


poems IA sne lang 20 be had as
aoouE tae cosG Of "A dish Of ics
cream" viii certainly prove 4 popular
surprlasi It Is issued from the publish
ing house OF John B. Alden, New
YORK. zai Il esTtaialy one OF the most
remarkable products of his famous
literary revolution ''--handscme type,
numerous Aad excellent Illustrations,
very me aud heavy paper. gilt edges,
remarkably beautiful cloth binding,
with gilt title and ornaments.
1.-The Golden Battle" new book by
lgnatlus Donnslly, Is described as being
= Very singular and curious DO <. Ii
s one of series Of works, by different
authors, written OF late 10 illustrate tue
great questions OF government and re-
form by means OF romance. Bellsmy's
"Loe king Back ward" and Donneily's
Caesars Column" are conspicuous
spec mems Of this kind OF literature.
aud the fact That both OF these hooks
have attained sales OF hundreds Of
thousands OF volumes. while the regu-
Jar novel slgmbeEs unsought on the
book shelves, shows that, whether Il be
an elevation or a degradation OF ones
taste, the public evidently desires the
facts of politics administered u them,
mixed up and interviewer with the
charms OF fiction.
This book IS OF more cheerful and
hopeful nature than the pesslmlstic
picture OF universal ruin, Caesars Col
umn." Al the same time il is not so
we'll written, but bears about il many
marks of hurry and slovenliness III
composition; aud the author makes an
excuse for these defects, by saying that
much of IL he wrote upon his knee in
railroad cars, IN the interval between
stump speeches made during the last
spring and summer. Published by Mer-
rill * Co., ST. Paul. For sale by ali
book sellers. Price, Sl.25 N cloth, so
cents IN paper.
We are in constant need of encour-
agement IN the arduous task Of self
culture; every book that helps to that
| end Is valuable. Among the younger
writers who are devotng themselves to
the task OF emphasizing "the best that
has been thought aud said In the
world" and making IL prevail, few are
Miss Repplier's suDerlors. She has the
winning accent, the convincing smile,
IN ner pages.
And Miss Reppller, too, makes us
love literature, not contentiously, nor
susterely, but simply as our friend.
Yet she has convictions, and the cour-
age TO utter them.
"A By-way in Fiction" Converse
ton in Novels" The Oppression of
| Notes." and Children in Fiction" are
among the Essays in Miniature by
Agnes Repplier. a truly readable book
IN the Fact and Fiction series issued by
Charles l.. Webster & Co. Cloth, 70
cents.
Henry James, in his article on "The
Grand CanaP of Venice, in the No.
yember Scribner, says that to him the
solitary gondolier is q somewhat mel
sncholy figure. "He always has lit
tie the look of an absent minded nur-
ry-msid, pushing her small charge in
a persmbulator. l delight in their
sun-burned compilations and their
childish dialect; / know them only by
their merits, and l am grossly preju-
diced in their favor"
| Class distinctions are more decidedly
drawn n England than elsewhere IN
| Europe, but tAe women all dress 60
near alike that there IS no way to tell
/ TO what class q woman belongs except
| by that uncertain standard Of smart
ness or shabbiness of attire. When
Her Grace the Duchess has finished
with her gown 1t is sold to dealer and
reappears soon again upon the back of
| some one lower in the social scale.
| There IS of course nothing wrong IN
| selling cast-otf clothes, but 1t seems to
me that in doing so Her Grace in some
| way besmlrCnes her high nobility
John GIlmer Speed in November Co.
dey's.
Two of the most distinguished stu
dents of the tariff aud free trade in
England will contribute articles to the
November number OF The Forum. Sir
Thomas II. Farrer, for many years
secretary of the English board of
trade, will write on English Views of
the Mckinley Tariff" showing how 1t
has affected English exports; Lord
Masham, the largest textile manulac-
turer In Great Britain, and president
/ of the FAIR Trade club, will write on
HAS England Protited by Free Trader
! to show that 1t mas not.
The soft quill pen which Henry
| Ward Beecher used in his last literary
work is utilized by Edward Box In
doing all his edtoria work on The
Ladies Home Journal, the pen having
been presented TO the young editor by
Mrs. Beecher shortly after the great
preachers death.
philip Meyers Scheme" paper
covered volume published by J. :.
oglvie and written by Luke A. Held
~ dissertation on political economy.
addressed 10 trade unlonlsts. IL deals
chiefly with the affairs of printers and
was evidently conceived TO illustrate
the power of organization in CONTROL
ing the labor market. IL has no liter
airy merit. but the argument 10 an in
genius one, helpful, logical and con
vincng. For sale by booksellers; price
IS cents.
l.. T. Meade has written very
| UNIQUE story called "The Medicine
Lady" In these days when the sub.
| lect of cure for consumption il 90
| widely discussed 1t cannot fail 10
awaken considerable interest, saws the
Free Press. Or. Digby, q rising young
practitioner, has discovered a cure for
all forms of tuhurcuisr disease. The
idea is very much the same az that
discovered by DR.. Jsnner for the cure
| Of smallpox. One must be inoculated
! with a highly diluted lymph. made
/ from the germs OF toe disease The
| doctor experiments on himself and il
successful. TINS, however, Is not con
/ vlnclng proof SINCE ne IA. no suscept.-
/ bllity 20 the disease, and he dares not
experiment on one so affected. lie
dies before perfecting his scoverv and
lasvss hi. papers with ms wife, who j.