The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-08-12
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gems in prose and poetry, Gil cno1oh
from the very best authors.
Thew are such, and such only, as are
remarkably adapted to illustrate the
power and fascination of the readers
corsummats art. Descriptions OF start
ling Incidents, feats Of heroic courage,
manly achievements, daring exploits,
thrilling adventures and noble deeds.
In part Hfth are found grave and pa
thetic readings, embracing a rare coilec,
ton OF rscitalB that touch the heart and
arouse lite deepest emotions. The great
masters of pathos are here fully repre-
sented. and the scenes they depict with
graphic power are among the choicest
Jewels the English language affords.
In part sixth we are entertained with
humorous readings, fascinating selec-
tions of satire, wit and humor. which
are 90 absolutely indispensable to all
public entertainments. These are some
Of the brightest flashes OF wit and drol-
lery from authors Of worldwide fame.
Part seventh is for the juvenile. ana
is charming collection OF sprightly ana
beautiful Rotations for the lletle iolks,
suited to every occasion on which the
boys and girls are expected to appear.
The grave, the gay, the beautiful, the
serious, the fascinating, are all mingled
here in a manner that delights both
young and old.
The dialogues and tableaux finish
the volume and furnish q wide and
varied collection of pieces containing
several parts for as many reoiters. THESE
have been written and seemingly select.
ed with great care.
Altogether it is one OF the very best
volumes of this kind ever PLACED before
the public, and il valuable addition to
either the home or public library.
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THE DEAD MANS MESSAGE, an occult 70,
nance by FLORENCE MARRYAT. Published
York. Cloth edition, 81. For sale by A.
w. Berry, 40 South spring street.
Florence Marryat is already well
known "a the author OF The Risen Dead,
There Is No Death and A Bankrupt
Heart.
This volume transcends in intensity
and power all OF the previous works OF
this prolific writer. From beginning to
end, the readers attention ia hold, not
alone through the interest OF the story
itself, but by the theory OF conscious
ness after death, which is advanced, and
the close relationship existing between
the two worlds. There L. No Death
created sensation because it dealt with
spiritual phenomena in an intelligent
and comprehensive manner. The later
effort of Mrs. Marrat's, however, shows
fuller grasp of the subject, ON bel
part, and leads the reader up to con
. | clusjers whirh haratoforA haua haau
: Professor Aldwyn, q man OF ind mita-
: Bile will and unsympathetic nature
, seemingly falls asleep in his easy chair
after dinner, and awakens to find thai
, his spirit has separated from his body
} In other words. he 10 dead, yet in full
J possession of all his mental faculties
The servants come into the room, and
J on seeing him, cry out that he mus
either be in fit or else has taken droI
too much, but they soon discover the
truth. He tries to speak to them, bat
they give no heed to his words, appar.
J emily not having heard him. Shortly
after his wife and daughter enter, and
without much show of grief. discuss his
arbitrary and unloving life. He sees al
the arrangements for his funeral, hears
all that is said of him, and then, after q
time, spirit attendant helps him to 9
self-anRlysi and he etarts out on his
journey through the spherea. A run.
!; ming comparison between life in the two
states, OF q most instructive and valua
BILE nature, is kept up throughout the
entire narrative, while the moral is tina,
it is the life on earth that truly fits one
for happy results in the other world.
Between the lines of the fascinating
and dramatic narrative is a sermon for
right living. unsurpassed in English lit
erature, before which the teaching of the
ordinary theologisn sinks into insignifi-
cance. Read The Dead Mans Message
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eyes of your friends and associates,
rather than through your own; and you
will thereby attain here those qualities
which will shine forth rssplendent in
the hereafter. A close reading will con.
vince the average reader that there ia q
domain OF vast Importance to mankind
which has been traversed by neither re-
ligion nor science.
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A TRAVELLER FROM ALTRURIA,- by W. D.
HowELLs. Cloth edition, $1.50. Pub
lished by Harper and Brothers, New York.
For sale by The stoll & Thayer Co., 100
South Spring street.
Mr.. Howells' A Traveller from Altru-
ria recoun.s only this social apostles acts
and experiences at a summer hotel in a
mountain village of New England, and
includes none OF the epistles upon the
Worlds fair and the Life OF New York
that his chronicler has recently sent to
him through . magazine. The title page
calls the book q romance, but it's form ia
a thinly disguised and somewhat acrid
tract for the times, marked in the nara.
tive passages by the colloquialisms that
now please Mr.. Howells. Designedly in :.
dividual, the village, the hotel and some
of their characters are broadly typical of
their kind. Other characters are only
voices. From remarkably observant
banker, a retired manufacturer, law
yer, clergyman, q dry-as-dust professor
OF economics, an average woman, the
wife OF a prosperous broker, aud from
the romancer himsef-all guests at the
hotel-ths Altrurian, skillful ques :
toner, hears much OF the darker side of
our industrial and social order. Through
Q mother and son OF the soil at neigh
boring farm he acquaints himself with
| our agrarian discomfort. -es
Then, by general desire, ho, in turn,
becomes pedagogue. and in sort OF a
lecture in grove explains rather than
pictures his own Altruria-an island
commonwealth that enjoys every virtue
and delight of every Utopia from Plato
down to Bellainy-where all men, he
tells not how, have become good and
pure, unselfish. unambitious, passion