The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-24
But there's this difference in the US,
That one will stand chance to lose
When happy man of the bearded sex
Shall make 1t Dorothy Q. IL, y.

But tneTe tnlS QlIIcTenCe III the u y,
That one will stand chance to lose
When a happy man of the bearded sex
Shall make 1t Dorothy Q. Il X.
May heaven smile on the blissful day
That teaches this lesson in algebra!
When the orange blossoms crown your
Then read what your old great-uncle said,
And remember how in your baby-time
For the little lady, Dorothy O.!
But proud as he was of family and
jealous as he was of many things, DR..
Holmes had not the heart to be an aris-
tocrat or capable of narrow conceits.
He even delighted in rebul1ing every
thing put on" albeit in bantering vein.
Thus when Howells wrote him from
Manchester by-the-Sea," Holmes re-
piled from Beverly by the Depot"
Never man with such capacity for fun
ever made a more general and yet
wholesome use of 1t.
If Holmes had never written anything
but the Autocrat, his would have been
a famous name in our literature, but
when, beside all else, are recalled The
Professor, and over the TeacupS, one
realizes how faithfully he jotted down
and reproduced the best thoughts of a
long and busy life. AS to the merits of
these series Of papers. it is generally
agreed that The Professor Is the least
to be praised. OF the others, which will
be deemed the better must be deter
mined by the age of the reader. There is
no doubt that the Autocrat will be more
cherished by the world at large, but
Over the Teacups will always be dearer
to men and women over so.
The portion of the present work most
to be commended as showing the heart
of Holmes and the rich fruit of his long
life of brilliant thinking, is the Auto
biographical Notes, given in full. These
frner ant n yAf f1xrt he 1,sa
ginning of what was intended at first
to be a volume. These are the fruits of
his last days. We cannot too strongly
commend these thoughts to careful
reading. They brim with wisdom, spiced
with the wit that never failed or falt-
cred. The book should be read and
owned for these alone.
OF old creeds he says:
1.-THE majority take the creed as a
horse takes his collar; 1t slips by his
ears, over his neck, he hardly knows
how, but he finds himself in harness
and joys along as his fathers and fore
fathers had done before him." Another:
1.-THE old system represents the uni
verse as a trap which catches the most
of the human Vermin that have it's bait
dangled before them, and the only Won
der Is that few escape the elaborate
arrangement made for their capture"
Still another: THE great truths con-
tanned in our sacred legends are. the
stones laid in a cement of human error.
The object of the higher criticism is to
pick out the mortar from between the
stones. The stones will remain, for the
eternal laws of gravity are the basis of
their stability
But we must take leave of these splen-
did volumes for the present, having only
given hint of what they contain. The
book fifty supplements the published
volumes of the great poet and essayist,
and if one were never to read another
work than these he would still be an
educated person, if only they be read
with a sympathetic and devout under
standing The work is charmingly
illustrated and faithfully indexed. and
all in all nothing more worthy in the
way of new books has been sent out for
many day.
The Critic thus closes notice of new
enterprise often referred to in these COL
umns:
I'VE beg leave respectfully to doubt
that the Woman's Bible, with it's calm
ignoring of Biblical scholarship, of fun.
damental economic social problems, of
the history of the evolution of the race
and, above all. of that absolute founda-
ton of all individual, social and politi-
cal rights-towit. duty-will help much
in the adjustment of woman in her
proper social relations and true func-
TONS
NINE. 0RAND'S GOOD EXAMPLE
The author of The Heavenly Twins
has another book on the stocks which
may possibly see the light in the au-
tumn. There has been a longer inter-
val in Sarah Grands case than usually
follows on the issue of chef d'aeuvre.
The worst of making a big success at
starting is the difficulty of scoring a
second, but, given a decent interval, it
is not insuperable. Some of our novel
lists are so greedy they refuse the pub
lie time to digest what they have writ
ten. Sarah Grand was asked the other
day If she intended to follow the exam.
pie of Marie Corelli and pose as an in
jured author. She answered that it
was not at all likely.-London Literary
World.
1t seems that Mr.. Rudyard Kipling
has at last decided to make permanent
home in England. At any rate he is
said to have arranged to take a house
for at least three or four years. He will
find many friends to welcome him. and
editors will doubtless be relieved at find
ing him somewhat more accessible 1t
is presumed that he will settle in Wilt
shire, a county for which he has
prediction. He had time to grow
tired Of London in the days when he