The morning call., 1893-12-31
Observation-Disclosures

NONE SUCH.-This may certainly be
called an original novel. That the author,
Rev. Emory. j. Haynes, DID. had pur-
pose there can be no doubt. Had s.story
little more of the finish which practice
gives; the writer of fiction it might be bet
ter; and yet, perhaps. the want of this may
add charm to the mass of readers. 1t
certainly is otwanting in freshness and
originality. It. is a social study. handling
what atthe present time is certainly one
OF the very gravest of social questions
the dis tribution of accumulated wealth.
The problem. What shall be done with
great fortunes? is satisfactorily answered.
| The story in outline is briefly this: The
principal character is typical American
millionaire who suddenly realizes that he
Is nearing the end of his human life. He
is bereft of wife and child, is the pos
SCISSOR OF thirty-fye millions and his con-.
slant thought and dream is, tWhat shall /
do with it. for cannot take it with me,
nor can / live my life over again" He
has the money, but not the life to do with
it as old age has prompted. He must give
il or will it to somebody. His thought is
all along this line until he arrives at the
broadest purpose of So disposing of his
property that it will help hundreds and
thousands of individuals at the critical
point of their lives that they may "get
upon their feet" as he expresses it, by the
aid of few thousand dollars given in the
nick of time, when dollars are worth more
than. hundreds by and by. He selects
young man is manager of his estate, to
whom he commits all his property. and
directs him to do with it as he would do
himself if he had youth, vigor and time to
do il in. He believes In that great in stitu-
ton. the American home"; that all
society and everything else of progress Is
founded upon 1t, and without which ma
tons will crumble. In dIsposlng of his
property he is beset by college presidents.
city officials and other preventative men.
vino have either their own AK 10 grind or
the AK of somebody else; who believe that
rich men should bestow their money where
it is not always needed. and where much
OF the great wealth goes to-day-nto the
coffers.of institutions which are as wealthy
as they need TO be, and who use it simply
for building larger buildings and making
monuments. Boston: The North Pub
fishing, Company. For sale at the book
stores.
ON BUNNY SHORES.-Those who turned
with delight the pages of Clinton Scol-
lards Under Summer Skies" will hail
with pleasure the appearance of this
volume. which is fitting companion to it,
These travels of Professor Scotland are
Verltable poetic pilgrimages. There is a
charm or style and daintiness of touch in
his description that fascinates while il
lnstructs the reader. In the professor's
company we wander down the Wve. make
an excursion TO the Isle of Wight. tarrv
awhile in the Tyrol. idle a season in merry
Milan, catch numerous glances of Greece
as 1t Is to-day, and after stopping in Syria
ind ourselves in the rose gardens of
Damascus. And this is the way we are in
trOduced to the lovely scene upon the
banks of the Barada: Have Won never
oh dweller beside the home ingle. in
visions by night or in dreams by day. trod
these enchanted gardens that the prophet
refused TO tread. or quaffed from those
well-springs whose waters are better than
all the wells of Israel? Is it possible
that fancy has been so unfriendlyP Come,
then. let me be your guide for an hour,
and your pleasure shall be my need"
The illustrations which illumine the text
are done by Mrs. Margaret Landers Ran
dolph. New York: Charles L. Webster |
q 20. For sale at the bookstores.l
SAMANTHA AT THE WORLDS FAIR
Among the mass of literature called out by
the great Columbian Exposition there is
nothing more mirth. proyokinp than this