The herald., 1894-10-07
my T.. REUYMER


PETERsILEA. A story OF psychic character.
For sale by the author and at the A. W..
street. Cloth edition, $1,00.
This novel appeared last season with
the name OF Ernst Won Himmel given as
it's author. The Discovered Country is
very remarkable story for its high
flights of imagination and its psychic
character. In this book the author has
followed the line of speculation traced
by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps in her Gates
Ajsr; bat the story is in no sense an
imitation. for he has not only clarified
and amplified her idea, but succeeded
in giving a stronger color of reality and
lifelike tone, so to speak, to Miss
Phelps somewhat false and chad
owy realm beyond the gates. The
story consists of series OF
pictures and conversations embodying
the authors idea of the spiritual life,
and they are presented in beautiful and
attractive style. In word, the realm
depicted is one of trsnscendental beauty
and bliss; the life continuation OF the
earthly one, but purged OF all its gross
and mateTialistic features. While sug-
borgian heaven, the pRradiee OF the
Mohsm medan hourie. the happy hunt
ing ground of the Indian and the spirit
abode believed in by some OF the native
races of the Pacific coast, as so graphic
ally described by Hubert Howe Ban
croft, it is yet an original conception,
and is infinitely above all the beliefs
referred to, save, perhaps, that Of Swed-
bnrU n ita dTirituQl haautu
The idea that there exists for every
spirit OF man IAN eternal counterpart
or other hail." and that these halves
will be united in marriage in the Dis
covered Country, regardless of all
former earthly ties, aud that this unit
formes one perfect angel-with two
forms-whose eternal destiny 10 progress
in wisdom, love and truth, and un-
alleged happiness. This idea will strike
poor mortsls in different ways. Many
husbands and wives will look forward to
it as blessed release from and recon-
pence for their earthly infelicity, while
Others will regard it with jealous and
apprehensive solicitude. The book de-
stroys all the horror which usually our
rounds death, causing us to shrink with
fear and dread from the uncertainty of
what lies beyond, and investing it with
the brightness and poetry OF a daWning
morn. carries the released spirit up to
the realm OF eternal joys, from whence
be revieits the earth almost immedi-
ately, in order 20 view. with the disgust
OF an emancipRted soul, the gross and
cumbersome material form, which, like
the CALLING letters Of slave, once
chained him down to earth.
1t is remarkable book, Judged by
ordinary standards, but. whatever in-
dividual opinion might find to approve
or condemn, the fact remains that the
writer has expressed therein the pro-
foundeet beliefs Of his own soul, and
often in 80 exquisitely beautiful form
that no thinker can fail to perceive and
be inspired by the eternal verities
which they involve and envelop. If a
person desires truth he will find it, in
whatever clothing it appears; and,
though hoats of people might think
that truth should wear different
dress than The Discovered Country
gives it, nevertheless, volumes of glori-
GUS truth are there, and beautifully
patent to the mind ready to receive
shem. 1t matters not what ones idea
OF heaven may be, this book teaches
some spiritual lessons that this worlds
denizens can profit by and realize, TO
their own happiness. Ii anything can
be more beautiful that the writer's the-
ory of love and wisdom as the founda-
tion of all things, with truth as its out
come, we would like to know it. 1t is
grand liz its infnity, glorious in it's
beauty and satisfying in its possibilities.
The field which the writer has en-
tered is vast one. an infinite one but
the ground which he has covered re-
veals immense depth OF thought, direct
ness and purity of purpose, an easy con-
versRnce with the outcomes of scientific
research, keen and far-reaohing deduc-
tions, a strange perception and realiza-
tion of the beauty OF harmony and the
harmony of beauty, with all that that
means to the musioally attuned soul.
The author also publishes other works
of similar nature, Mary Ann Carew;
Wife. Mother, Spirit, Angel; Philip Car
Isle, o romance; and OceRnides, q
psy ehical novel.
PROBLEMS OF THE FAR EAST, JAPAN,
COREA, CHINA, by the HON GEORGE N.
CARBON, NJ. p. Cloth edition, $6. Pub
lished by Longmans Green u Co., New
York City. For sale by The Stoll and Thay
er company, 139 South Spring street.
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keen appreciation from many people
because of the current ENHANCEMENT in
eastern affairs. 1t ia difficult tor west
ern people to form true conception of
Japan, China and Corea from the COM
paratively few members of those nation
alities within our limits. Travellers and
judges disagree as to the relative merits
and prospects. We welcome, therefore,
the mature Determinations OF this &C
oomplishsd student of the world.
In making up the volume the author
has avoided the form OF narrative of
travel. He has been through the coun-
tries mentioned, upon two prolonged
journeys, and has great facilities for dis
corning their true condition. He treats
each country by itself in series of
chapters and keeps constantly in the
foreground the question of the national
capability in each case. All description
beara upon this kind of analysis. As
result much clear discrimination is made.
At points a little controversy with other
writer's is indulged in, but the author
always has q reason for the faith that
is in him.
The general conclusions OF the author
are of the following kind: He finds that
Japan is advanced q considerable dis
tance upon the road of modern progress,
and is assimilating the influences of the
western nations into the very life
blood OF her people.
Japan is active and ambitious, has an
army and navy already comparable to
those OF western nations, and has en-
tered upon true course of aelf-protec-
tlon in those reepeCte. China, on the