The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-06-24

West First street.
This volume is collection OF occult
experiences containing more modern
marvels and present wonders than Hans
Christian Anderson's Fairy Tales or
Alsddin's Lamp.
Every mother who has had the Angel
OF Death take the little ona from her
arms will gain comfort, consolation and
new courage in reading these absolute
evidences that death does not divide or
even separate her from her child. but
that her love follows it across the thresh-
old and ia mightier than even death
interesting, but are generally considered
to be the result OF one's Imagination or
credulity. The author is known by n
large public to be OF sound mind and
unquestioned veracity, and she assures
her readers that che can vouch for the
accuracy of the incidents related.
Aside from the material intere at
which these marvels command, they
open up list of practical benefits; and
the reader becomes amazed at the fact
that another world and other people
have been living just beyond his sight,
but within his reach. We ara shown by
tome OF those incidents that our angel
viends are not only interested in loving
%, bat are still as alert for our welfare
q when, in mortal garb, they lived in
,ur midst; frequently giving valuable
advice and instruction concerning
worldly affaire, and presentiments where
by people have been saved from danger
and preserved from disease. In fact.
the only criticism which the reader will
feel inclined to make after a perusal of
this little book, is that it is not half
large enough.
The Freed Spirit should be in every
household; for to the religious it is a
hymn, to the atheist o rebuke, and to
the moralist a lesson. Children have
TOO long been taught to fear death. and
humanity needs instruction in the after
life; therefore, to the young and old
alike, this volume will be harbinqer OF
hope, Q light in the darkness and q sun
burst in the clouds.
KERRIGAN's QUALITY, by JANE BARLOW; IL
no.. cloth edition. Published by Dodd,
Mead &c. Fer sale b the s;cil TAsysF
company.
Jane Barlow, whose delightful Irish
Idyls have already reached q .aixth edi-
ton, follows the leadership of many
short story writer in attem pting a full-
fedged novel. While Kerrigan's Quality
may not be piece OF fiction OF the very
highest achievement, it is q story of
great interest aud OF undoubted success.
The people OF quality" to whom the
authoress introduces ns, are we'll enough
in their way, but they are, after all, but
the pivots about which revolve the es-
ssntial interests of the novel. Kerrigan
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attractive individuality, being an Irish
bachelor approaching 40. who has re-
turned to his native shores after an
extended absence in Australia, made
suddenly wealthy by the will of an
uncle. Yet probably the highest value
of the story as a work of art remains of
the same kind as that in Irish Idyls;
the sayings and doings of the minor
personages in the aggregate give
us an intimate and accurate insight into
the life of a very poor little Irish vii
lage, exceedingly provincial, and so
close to the sea that the very potato
fields are frequently injured by the At
lantic. This life is thrown into relief
by contrast with the wider experience
OF the travelled Kerrigan and with the
family of rank which passes in local gos-
sip under the appellation of "Kerrigan'a
Quality" because it occupies for some
time the "big house" which the ex-
drowning OF young lady belonging to
this family gives a sombre coloring to
the later pages OF the story. This vii
lage life 10 moaotonous, terribly 80. but
1t is deeply human, and when it passes
into fiction under the care of an artist
it becomes as interesting as the life of
the rietOcratiC or any exceptional class
of society.
"THE VILLAGE RECTOR" By HoNoRE DE
BALzAc. Cloth edition, $1.50. Publish ed
By Roberts Brothers, Boston. For sale by
the Stoil & Thayer Co.
In speaking OF this volume of Balzac,
l find an article well worth repeating. 1t
ia in the current issue OF Public Opinion.
The writer is thus impressed with Bal
zac; believing he had many theories
concerning the status OF women which
were rather in advance OF his time. and
in many OF his writings he has elaborat-
ed his ideas OF what he conceived to be
the natural and inallenable rights of
women. His ideas OF marriage were far
superior to those generally held by the
French people. and TO the SO called mar
riage de CONVEYANCE he was most hos
tile. In letter to u friend hs wrote:
NV uhppy mhrrihko IL pOSHiDl6 III per-
feet knowledge of each others moral
nature, habits and character does not
exist between man and woman before
their union; aud l have not shrunk
from any OF the consequences of that
principle. Those who know me know
that / have been faithful to that belief
from my earliest years." he has en-
bodied this belief in his story en-
titled The Village Rector. Briefly
outlined, the story ia this:
This heroine, Veronique Sauvat. a
pretty, modest country girl, is married
by her thrifty parents to Pierre Graslin,
rich but narrow minded aud repulsive
looking merchant of Limoges, who ia
mere than twice Veroniqne's senior.
Ihe one roMAnce ahe had read was Paul
snd virginia, and her maiden's mind,
winch had never known the sligntses
eyii thought, had built up her ideals OF
love upon those contained in this one
swset book. 1t was inevitable that tha
marriage should be unhappy ia its re-
suits. for her sordid husband, who saw
nothing IN life but money, Was wholly
blind to the yearning for affection in his
young wife. She redoubled her reiig.