The Portland daily press., 1895-09-24

'sperienced change-Allus lived a
different life-Love Lord Jesus Christ
with all my soul-Always tend to serve
him-Brethren, pray fer me that I may
hold out faithful"
A slight cough and shuttle of feet was
here heard, coming from the direction of
the scoffers on the seats back by the stove.
Suddenly Tom Multer turned and roared
I've 'sperenced a change, an don't care
gol darn who knows it'll That settled
it; the scoffers let him Alone
Not that Deacon and Mrs. Multer were
not sincere in their religion. They were.
The Deacon loved the child Mrs.
Multer abused her, though on rigid "all
for the best principles. "Poor little
weary one, grown old and careworn at a
time when youth should know only free
dom and joy-if she is dead, the long sleep
will be glad release. She is skylark
in crows nest, and must needs fly away
to sing her song" Boston: Arena Pub
fishing Company, Copley Square; Port
land: Loring, Short & Harmony
Edith. A Story of Chinatown. By
Harry NJ. johnson, is somewhat i'm
probably worked out story though no
doubt true enough as far as the iniqu ity
he points out is concerned, about young
girl driven by sin and misfortune to the
Alameda street stalls or rows of cages
where women are vertically offered as
cha ttels and for sale, in the worst sense
and meaning of the words. The author
in a brief preface wonders at the indiffer-
enoe of the good and happy towards the
frightful license which the large cities
within the Golden Gates, such as San
Francisco and Los Angeles, pass over and
ignore. The story is scarcely weighty
enough to accomplish much-but if it
calls attention to the subject, other
crusadessswill follows BOSTON: Arena
Publishing Company, .Copley Square;
Portland: Loring, Short & Harmony
The Story of Christina Rochefort. By
Helen Choate Prince is written with re-
fnement and polish and springs from in
tellectual sources. 1t is also interesting
and suggestive. The heroine and her
husband do not understand each other.
the influences Of socialism, the latter
learns late in his career the really practi-
cal value of many of his wife's views.
The old shoemaker is wonderfully beau
tiful character. The scene of the story is
laid in Blois France. The author wins a
hearing because she is grand daughter
of Rufus Choate. She retains approval
and secures place in literature because
she has written a thoughtful and stirring
story fBoston and New York: Hough-
ton. Miff1in & Company; Portland: Lor-
ing, Short Il Harmon. Price 81. $50
Rhymes of Our Planet By Will Carl
ton, author of Farm Ballads. etc. Illus
trated. These verses are popular in mat
ter and meter, the sort to ring heartily
upon cheerful ears caring most of all for
common sense and the daily little inter
ests in life.
"Moses and Angelo is fine; and "Four
Dogs is quaint and full of fun and has
been widely quoted and copied. The
longest poem is the closing number of
some thirty pages "a Saints Love.
Mr.. Carleton always finds an audience
and has written some genuine dialect
classics as witness BETSY and I Are
Out New York: Harper & Brothers
Portland: Loring, Short & Harmon.
Vision of Thyrza or The Gift OF the
Hills by Doris. This burst of blank verse
suggests Faust and Walpurgis Night and
Macbeth as we'll. But more by virtue of
dire confusion than of abstruse lntel]ec-
tuality 1t is curious mellange. The
gods and the fates wall and bewail. 1t
is possible the reviewer may underrate
the invective meant to apply to modern
times there seems to be a launching of
thunder bolts against tobacco, especially.
"Your pardon, but In U. S. alone
Five hundred million pounds are yearly
of the weed manufactured,
With annual increase Of millions twenty"
"Vision of Thyrza" inclines one reader
at least to be content with what he can
see in plain, everyday views of the best
in nature and in art. (Boston Arena
Publishing Company. Copley Square
Portland: Loring, Short & Harmon.)