Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-06-22

"Ths Honor Of o Heart" IL . typical
German novel Translated by May J.
Stafford, illustrated by sF..A. Carter,
Robt. Bonner's Sons. Pub, New York,
go cts. II IL full Of strange ehsrscters.
and Incidents nobility and vlIIisny, IN.
tensely entertaining. The sstne pnm-
ber contaips 1.-THE Last SaIsj," by the
same translator, more dramatic stIII.
"An Automatic Wife" BY VIM. Hoeea
Ballou, y full Of the best work Of good
writer. He is thoroughly vivacious,
modern and reportorial. Poetry,
sketches Of travel, scientific discourses,
theories of more or less value as to the
everlasting woman question, which is
q question to no one but fooIs-it oil
comprises racy original sketch book
with an outrageously original and novel
central figure. w. d. Rowland, New
York.
"Mrs. Falchion," o novel by Gilbert
Parker, like VIM. H. Ballou's novels, is
the literary product Of = progressive
traveller and keen observer Of what be
saw and what others have seen and
thought. The second book ID devoted
to the Pacific Slope and hence possesses
more than usual local interest. The
Home Pub. Co., New York. All these
to be had of local booksellers. They
are new, clean and wholesome.
The Kindergarten Magazine of Chi
cago for June IL q columbian double
number. There are l44 pages, besides
i8 pages Of enclosure. The colored
plate is the old mill. Probably no pub.
licatiop reaches q constituency Of the
intellectual calibre possessed In the ag-
gregate by its subscribers. They are not
only the foremost educators Of the Eng.
lish reading world, but from India to
Canada, they are the deepest thinkers,
the most unselfsh workers, and the
broadest students In fields OF purely
educational work. They are the on
coming and rapidly swelling army Of
the new education that must sweep all
before II so surely as we are q race Of
thinking beings.
st. Louis Republic Review Writer:
The school Of fiction which Pierre Lott
Of the French Academy represents is q
monstrous combination or attempted
combination Of Zols and Victor Hugo.
Unlike Zola, Pierre Lott does not pic
ture the repulsive and abnormal in
human nature and life. He sketch
es with artistic touch the romantic, the
heroic and the beautiful. But he
makes haste to conclude with the pes
slmistic iron pen Of the materialists
which 10 In keeping when used by the
realistic writers, but cuts away its
raison d'etre from q romance of the
ideal such as Lofts 'Jean Berry,
Sailor"
Some OF the greatest books of the
world have not been written for money
Necessity did not produce Faust, In
Memoriam or Paradise Lost. But there
are exceptions to the general rule.
Shakespeare labored unconscious Of the
literary value Of his work. that he
might live.
The New York Critic has asked its
subscribers to vote on the best ten
American books, with the following re-
suit, the figures printed before each
name indicating the number Of votes
received:
5l2. Emsrson's Essays.
49S. Hawthorns's 'Scarlet Letter" I"
444. Longfellow's Poems.
434. Mrs. Stoves "Uncle Toms
Cabin" .
3Ss. DIR. Holmes "Autoc-at."
S07. Irving's "Sketch- Book"
269. Lowell's Poems.
$50. Wallace's "Ben Hur."
246. Motley's "Rise of the Dutch Re-
public.
In an article In the North American
Review Andrew Carnegie proposes the