The herald., 1896-07-05

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These three alone lead to sovereign power
All who Joy would win
Those love truth best who to themselves
And what they dare to dream of, dare to do
Lowell
Love came at dawn when all the world was
When crimson glories, bloom and song
Love came at dawn when hopes wings
famed the air
And murmured, Il am life.'
When heart and brain were tired, and
slumber pressed;
Love came at eve. shut out the sinking sun.
And whispered, "I am rest.
William Wilfrid Campbell.
Summer dullness is over the book trade
still. Light novels and cheap editions
of all sorts of volumes are the order of
the season, and there is very little in
the way of publishing solid books, nor
will there be until the fall and winter
trade is being provided for.
BERNICIA. BY Amelia E. Barr. Dodd,
Mead G. Co.
Mrs Barr can always be relied upon to
give us, in every new volume, something
brave and wholesome, and Bernicia is
not a whit behind any of the other good
things she has done for the readers of
delightful fiction. 1t does one good to
be once more out of the modern London
literary atmosphere, for little run
among the scenes of slch story as this
the old political conflicts which, after
all, left England the better for them. 1t
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brave deeds of near two centuries ago,
when the Dissenters were stirring Eng
land to it's depths through the wonder
full preaching of George Whiteheld. In
the midst of these times are laid the
scenes of the story. Bernicia, the beau
tiful younger sister of Lady Pomfret,
was loved by many, and fiercely quarrel
ed with them ALL by turns, for hers was
q proud and fierce spirit. The sister is
prime favorite at the court of George H.,
and the two are very much alike, thus
making Of their London careers joint
campaign that delighted and filled their
lives.
One Of Bernicia's lovers. George Alb
ney, Sin trade" was-a sturdy Methodist
who besought her to so with him to
America where trade was honorable.
but all in vain. And then there was
Lord Rashleigh, whom she had dismissed
with terribly bitter words, and sent out
Of the country even. But he was SO brave
and handsome! And then, in France,
when no one would go near his servants
when down with black fever he was so
eelf-sacrifcing, he ministered to them
SO faithfully, that her womans heart
was melted at hearing him praised. So
she sent a dream to him, or rather
prayed it be taken to him, and one day
he came to the old castle in the north
country, where the Pomfrets were stay
ing, and where Bernicia had her dream
Of him.
1t all ends gloriously in London, and
without saying more about 1t we can
assure the reader that a prettier love
story has not been told in many day.
AN ARMY WIFE. By Capt. Charles
King. F. Tennyson Neely. For sale
by Stoll & Thayer.
While this beautiful new volume from
Captain Kings pen appears to be just
as full of adventure as any of the 9TH
ers, there is rather more of love-mak1ng
an intrigue than usual in his stories.
Fort Sedgwick is many time at the
boiling-over point during the period COW
cred by the recital of events of the
story, and designing women play prom
inent parts therein. 1t is good story
of course, and the outcome of it is prop
erly left to be found out by the reader
whose right 1t is to enjoy it's changes
and surprises as they unfold.
THE EUCALYPTUS. BY Abbot Kin
ney. B. R. Baumgardt & Co., Los
Angeles.
Mr.. Kinney has here produced q work
that must be accepted as a most thor
ough and exhaustive treatise upon the
eucalyptus He has brought to the task
the observation and experience of life
time, and the results of wide and thor
ough reading and study.
To the average man the Importance
of this tree was first hinted at by the
stories of it's efficacy as the antidote of
malarial poison in Australia, and one or
two other regions where the free plant
ing of it was said to mitigate the ills
that came of the masmatic atmosphere
How much of these reported benefits
really existed fey have known or per-
haps really ca~e but about a quar-
ther of a ceptu : ago the matter began
to attract popi lar attention. But the
interest in il vas rather tentative and
speculative than genuine and abiding
even as one has vaguely believed the old
tradition about the deadly swamp and
the life-giving cinchona tree growing
therein.
The volume before US contains 800
pages, and has copious index. 1t has
besides great number of most beauti-
full illustrations, anS is in all respects a
solid work. 1t should not be forgotten
too, that this excellent piece of work.
manship is from a Los Angeles publish
ing house.
The work is arranged in two divisions
The first contains a popular account of
the species of eucalyptus introduced into
California as far as known The loca-
tion of Illustrative specimens is in each
case indicated so that inquirers may
readily see for themselves what the tree
looks like. The second division contains
the special examination of points of in
terest in the genus including methods
Of planting, timber strength, the oils
and kinoS, the medicinal value the san
itary influence, vernacular names and
lists OF species suited to different con-
ditions of soil and climate. This divis-
ion also contains q condensed botanic
description of all the species of eucalyp-
tus described by Baron Won Mueller and
taken from this great work.
1t is declared that there are about $50
species of these trees. the exact number
not being yet fully settled. 1t seems that
the tree was taken to Europe from Aus
tralia and at very nearly the same time
the planting began here. The blue gum
is the most remarkable of all varieties
and so generally has this been used in
transplanting into new soil, it has come
to be, in the popular mind. the general
name of the eucalyptus family.
Concerning the Introduction of the
tree into this state we quote from the in
troductory chapter of the volume.
'The eucalyptus was introduced into
this state in 1856. Hon. Ellwood Cooper
the most active agent In bringing Cali
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