The morning call., 1894-10-15


follies of he rich. The scene OF the story
is laid In New York and New Orleans, and
the accuracy of the descrlpti ions attest the
authors thorough knowledge OF the pic
turesqpe Southern city. Two little walls,
T0inetie's Philip and Dea, ignorant or
their origin, grow up sweet and good and
truthful. each bearing patiently and with
wisdom above their years the cares
and troubles OF their hard lots.
The boy sells flowers that are grown
by his nanny. Toinette; the girl
sells groups and figures of wax
that are nodded by her father of incidents
and characters in Victor Hugo's works.
Toinette's Philip, adopted by an artist
and his wife, Is taken to New York. There
crcumst stances cause his adopted parents 10
neglect Philip for time, and the coDyer-
sation OF his adopted fathers mother.
Nine. Ainsworih. forces the little boy to
run away and try to reach his humble but
generous friends In New Orleans. The
story of his tramp is titiful, the bright
spot in it being the fidelity of the little
negro lad. Lii bel. They reach the Cres-
cent City; Philip is nearly dead OF hard
ships and hunger, but is nursed to health
again by Dea. whom he finds living in his
old home. Dea'S life has been made
happy; untrammeled by poverty heavy
bonds her artistic father can give 1uil
play to his faculty. nor need ne seii ms ms
creations for bread. Toinetts's Philip
old lady whose cruel words had driven hlm
away from his adopted parents is his own
grandmother, and Dea is also relation.
All things END happily as IN story 1or
boys and girls they should. Inc FOREGOING
are the bare bones of as attractive story
as has been written for young toik. The
boy, good one after womans heart, Is
a mans boy es WELL strange TO say having
nothing of the prig about Nun. Inc de-
scripton of the chldrens lie In New
Orleans is succession OF pictures True 10
local color. and in which blacks and
whites move and chatter as irresponsivey
and happily as they do III the real city.
The absurdity OF certain pretensioDs in
the rich are happily hit Oft 10 the account
of Phillips New York lie, a also the ten
dency of riches on certain natures to give
oblique and false views of things. The
book has many illustrations and good ones
too. New York: The Century Company.
For sale at the bookstores.
A. D. 2S94-This is satirical sketch on
the expected future DEVELOPMENT of science
and Cd its nineteenth century prophets.
Lord Ammonite, garrulous old man. who
perpetually bewails the fact that he will not
be permitted to enjoy the good time coming
in thousand years, goes to Chowssltop
Hall to spend the Christmas vacation. In
the DAYS of his youth he had proposed to
the sister of his lost; now be falls in love
with her niece, from whom he receives
cold comfort in being called IAN old fossP'
and told that she will consider the request
in thousand years. Iu dream that
night Lord Ammonite fancies that he
has been eXhumed In A. d. 1884 as
fossil man and restored to life by
the scientific knowledge of Professor Molly
Coddles. Woman has advanced to perfec-
tion and taken the lead in all pursuits :;
man has deteriorated bodily aud physl-
cally. and his duties and work have changed
with bis deterioration. Science has made
marvellous advances in every way, and the
adventures of the nineteenth cen fury man
in the twenty-nlnth century. amid all the
changed conditions, are told with consid-
erable spirit and verlsimilitude. There are
some notably good things in the book. the
best undoubtedly being the comments of a
learned man on fragment of a diary
that was exhum6d along with the fossil
man. There is matter for laughter In the
| book too, and it compares favorably in
| interest with most Of the works on future
civilization which nave appeared of late
years. New York: G. w. Dillingham;
For sale by the Bancroft Company
AS NATURAL AS LIFE.-Here are four
studies of the inner kingdom, the Good
Life, by Charles G. Ames, successor to the
late James Freeman Clarke as minister of
the Church of the Disciples in Boston.
"As Natural as Lie" deals with the Good
Life as it strives toward conformity with
nature, as the expression of the perfect
mind, and seeks to correct whatever is
amiss. Self-Preservation treats of the
good life as the life of sonship which
bly, accepts its own aspirations as in
spirations of the indwelIing Father. Hearts
Ease shows that the good life is made per-
| feet not by but through suffering, which
| of evolution. and Numbering Our Days
declares that the Good Life does not suffer
itself to be interrupted that it unfolds In
time but belongs TO eternity. All four es-
says are written in clear. simple and im-
presslve manner, and give evidence of
close reading and thought in regard to what
concerns the inner life of man. The au-
thor is Unitarian, and consequently oes
not believe in the Divinity of the Lord.
but every caution he suggests, every aid
he points out TO the Good Life are appli-
cable to Christians of all kinds, and can
be utilized by them. Every reader of this
little book Will get full value from it in the
realization of higher ideals and in the
knowledge of what really constitutes a
mans life. [Boston: James FL. West]
COUNTESS JANINA.-This is an historf
cal novel by Baron G. G. Taube, and deals
with the struggle of the Poles for inde
pOhuOANO III 4OO@' hO otVlg 10 oOuJoWDaL
tedious owing to its length and the extreme
slowness of its action. It would have been
improved, too, by the omission of Russian
and Polish phrases and words. The book
is translation, and there is no reason why
it should not all have been translated.
Careful proof-reading, too, would have
helped the story: slipshod English
makes hard reading. The book has,
however, some redeeming qualities. The
local coloring is well maintained; one
easily grasps the life Of peasant and noble,
though it is a life and civilization more
than 100 years behind ours. The best
part of the story is the description of the
New Years festivities; il will charm all
who delight in old traditions, Gus toms and
folk lore. The characters in the story.
too, are well defined. the Poles and Rus
slams fairly cOntrasted, aud Count Zugun-
of, a Russian landed proprietor, is a
revelation. The causes of the failure of
the revolt and of the weakness of the
Poles to retain their independence are
historically correct. New York: &. w.
Dillingham;. For sale by the Bancroft
Company
IN LOVE WITH LovE.-This little book
by James II. West contains four life
studies-TFan sfigurations, Serenity, True
Greatness and Our Other Selves. Written
Simply and without any striving after Of
iect they are full Of thoughts of the kind
that set the readers mind TO work. Transfg-
urations deals with the physical. mental and
moral changes that in ha nonrea of life