The herald., 1893-11-19
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Pu0hCs LII upchhfDk VI ioTouCo hunt-
ley's book, The Dream Child, lately is
sued by the Arena Publishing company.
abe says: II wish / might place in the
hands of every mother in the world this
book OF Florence Huntley's, q book
CHARGED with the advanced religious
thought OF the age, and brimming with
spiritual truths. l know of no church
or clergyman in the land to whom l
would send bereaved mother for con-
ISOLATION. l know OF few, II any, religious
books calculated to comfort woman in
such an hour OF sorrow but, il seems to
me, the picture drawn by Florence Hunt
ley the spirit life into which Mrs. Va
rian was able to follow her child in
visions must dry the tears born OF the
love and loss OF any unselfish mother.
IT is a picture, not OF vague para
disc where winged beings float about,
with nothing to do but sing praises to an
almighty being. but OF world not un-
like our own, where spiritualized and
ennobled beings carry on the duties snd
employments OF our next stage OF exist
ence; and here, guarded and guided by
gentle and wise Instructors, Mrs. Varian,
through her dream-trance, beholds her
child grown into spiritual maturity.
"The book Is no mere fantasy OF an au-
thor's brain it is based on truth, CLEANS
OF which glorify the souls and morals OF
thousands of intelligent people of today,
bringing conviction of heaven after
death much more satisfactory than the
orthodox idea of the place. The world
is coming to realize that every man may
have revelations from on high, quite as
inspired and authentic as those OF st.
John, and much less confusing.
THE gift of clear seeing, or seeing be-
yond the material, is increasing year by
year. and shall one day be universal.
Creeds which satisfied crude minds a
thousands years ago are as unsatisfac-
tory to the expanding souls Of the pres
ent age as would be methods of travel
and material life OF the tenth century
today.
MAN demands a broader and higher
belief, and the demand brings the sup
ply. Man, also, demsnds to see for
for himself, rather than to have truths
doled out to him second hand, and that
demand, too, brings it's response, and
the spiritual insight is granted.
Books like The Dream Child will spur
humanity on to make more and more
demands OF this nature and will open up
new heights and depths OF spiritual
knowledge. To every man, woman and
child would say read The Dream Child."
This book is full of weird charm, and
although simple and unvarnished with
any infiammable descriptions, enthralls
the mind to the exclusion OF other
thoughts, until reluctantly the reader
closes the last page. 1t should need but
|. this recommendation only, that it is
from the well-known Arena press.
One of the new books from TAFT. Sons
& Company's press is "The Real
Shakespeare" by Irving. "The Drama"
q very competent critic on this subject,
in speaking OF the work, says: "The
universal study of Shakespeare in our
public schools is a splendid sign OF tine
departure Of prejudice. and all criticism
is welcome but it is acting chiefly that
can open to others, with any spark of
Shakespeare's mind, the means OF illu-
minating the world. Only the theater
ff Il. findssd. = noble ID destiny ior tn the
theater to vindicate in these later days
the greatness which sometimes it has
seemed to vulgarize. 1t has been too
much the custom to talk of Shakes
peare o. natures child-7ass the lad who
held horses for the people whos dsme to
the play--as;a sort sof chance iphenom.
enon who wrote these plays By accident
and unrecognized. How supremely RI
diculous; how utterly irreconcilable with
the grand dimensions OF the man! How
absurdly dishonoring to the great age of
which he was, and was known to be.
the glory; the noblest literary man OF
all time-the finest and yet most proli-
nc writer-the greatest student of man
and the greatest master of mans high.
eat gift OF languege-surely it is treason
to humanity to speak of such an one as
In any sense commonplace being
Imagine him rather, as he must have
been, the most noble courtier of the
court, the most perfect gentleman who
stood in the Elizabethan throng, the
man in whose presence divines would
falter and hesitate lest their knowledge
of the Book should seem poor by the
side OF his, and at whom even oueenly
royalty would look askance, with an
oppressive sense that here was one to
whose omnipotent and true imagination
the hearts of kings and queens and
people had always been an open page.
The thought OF such q man iB an incom-
parable inheritance for any nation, and |
such man was the actor, Shakes
pears. Such 10 our birthright and
yours. Such the succession in |
which it is ours to labor and |
yours to enjoy. For Shakespeare be.
longs to the stage forever, and his plories
must always inalienshlya belong to it.
II you uphold the theater honestly.
literally, frankly, and with wise dis.
crimination, the stage will uphold in
luture, as it has in the past, the litera-
sure, the manners. the morals, the fame
and the genius of our country. There
must have been something wrong, az
here was something poignant and LAGER
sting. in prejudices which 60 long partly
iivorced the conscience of Britain from
ts noblest pride, and stamped with re-
,roach, or at least depreciation, some of
.he brightest and world-famous incl
lents of her history. This fine work OF
.rving's should be read in those degen-
rate days when horse play stsnds for
irama."
For r sale BY the antiquarian Book store,o
IL West First street.
Book Chnt.
(. Bret Harte has written a new short
tory, which is coming out in Harpers'