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profoundly imbued with religious faith,
he has an immense advantage. He not
only secures more readers, but he takes
a deeper grip of those he has. He in
fiuences their lives, and he lives in their
memories, and is regarded by them
with faith and strong personal affec-
ton otherwise impossible"
TALKS ON WRITING ENGLISH, by
Arlo Bates. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
Boston.
This fine large volume contains a
score of talks in the Lowell free classes
given by Prof. Bates two years ago, in
q course on advanced English compost
ton. The author says that in these
talks he has been sincerely serious in at
tempting to state as clearly as possible
the things which would have been most
useful to him If he had read and needed
them twenty years before, which is the
sincerest method and basis Of instruc-
ton.
The closing lecture is upon Style, and
we give the concluding paragraphs as
setting forth the authors purpose in
the work:
Volumes might be written upon
style and it's relation to authorship, but
in the end it would still be necessary
to acknowledge that the finest essence
Of literature is too subtle to be seized
VI dIaly Ecu. uc ain u tutSc tdlhS was
to consider the practical side of COM
position, and it Is therefore aside from
the purpose to attempt to discuss for
ther the elusive esthetic quality. In
dividual temperament and individual
purpose must in the end determine
what shall be the quality and style of
all work, so that the secrets of this
branch Of the literary art cannot be dis
covered until man is able to trace the
nature and working of those twin
halves of the highest human conscious
ness. individuality and Imagination"
1t will be found helpful book, but not
an infallible guide to the seeker after
patterns of perfect English. For in
stance, what ought a disciple of the
truth to say of this sentence, on page
l43:
Sequence in expository writing
should usually be so complete that the
reader goes forward so glidingly that
the mere progress itself shall be pleas
ure."
We feel compelled to remark, also,
that there are other slips and slumps in
style, but trust that we shall be pardon
ed for saying it. Indeed, we feel sure
this will not pain Prof. Bates since he
holds the views OF a newspaper in so
slight esteem. II should as soon think of
taking my political opinions from paid
stump speaker" says he, las my literary
judgments from the book reviews in a
newspaper" Not content with this he
goes on further to remark that "the-in-
tellectual furnishings of mind which
is guided by these is like the plenishings
OF a room supplied with secondhand
furniture purchased on the installment
plan and decorated with cigarette adver-
tising Autographs"
Evidently Prof. Bates is man of lofty
ideas, as becomes a teacher of English
literature in Boston; but we cannot
forego the plain duty of advising him to
subscribe for some rural weeklies in the
far west and to try to learn from them
something Of the grace of a literary
style and possibly something of good
manners.
BIMETALLISM, or the Evils of Gold
Monometallism. By Wharton Barker.
Philadelphia: Barker Publishing COM
pany. Cloth, 81; paper. so cents.
A most comprehensive and lucid work
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Mr.. Barker makes clear that the ap-
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lead to industrial stagnation, the throw
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er wages. with resulting impoverish-
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prices, will prosperity return, for in the
face of falling prices labor and energy
spent in production entail loss on the
producer. To check the appreciation of
gold is therefore the first requisite to
renewed prosperity, and so long as we
make use of the precious metals as mon
ey, this can only be done by restoring BIZ
metallism, by opening our mints to the
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throwing upon silver equally with gold
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1t is, therefore, our first duty to re-
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Such in outline is the purpose and
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Undertaken in response to the demand
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classes from the thraldom of virtual
slavery to the foreign money cliQues and
their allies in America who are striving
to fasten the appreciating gold standard
on our country.
The Barker Publishing company, 119
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send the above work, comprising 800
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on receipt of price. Cloth, 81; paper,
80 cents.
AT THE GATE OF THE FOLD, by J. S.
Fletcher. author of When Charles
the First Was King, Life in Arcadia.
Etc. Macmillan Co., New York.
The author of this fine volume has
found a worthy place In wholesome lit
erature. Nothing better than his shoyt
essays grouped in Life in Arcadia, has
been seen in many day, and the volume
before US has the same strength and
grace Of style in descriptive writing. It
is story Of rural England, and is told
in q simple, strong way that satisfies the