The herald., 1897-11-14

oul VI lhe common. ana Sne nad great
| love OF nature, going miles and miles into
the deep woods to bring the choicest or
| chlds. She was courageous, too, and said
| to Glider: You think we are clods. You
think we are in groove. Let me tell you
| that you are in a groove too. You have no
| joy in yourself. You cannot be alone an
| hour without being bored. You have to be
| amused-like child" And all Glider could
say at such a time was: you are very,
very terrible, and 1 am afraid of you"
SO their deeper attachment came about
very curious and rather mysterious at
tachment, he all the time being engaged
to his pretty cousin Constance. AT last
they went into the deep woods one evening
| as the sun was setting to see the place
where the orchids grew. Without much
effort they got lost, which frightened Gill
der somewhat, but not Sidonie, for her
mother would never worry-once she was
| lost all night in the woods, and her mother
had no anxiety over it. Nothing remained
but to settle down on the soft moss and
wait for daylight. Noticing Glider trem-
| bling, she said: 81 know you are cold"
'No, am not cold.' Are you afraid? ?"
YES, I am afraid" "Of what?" "Of love-
Sidonie" Then "she turned quickly upon
his breast" II love you'll love you-and
l love you" she said, land her words We're
like the notes of a love-bird when 1t is
alone with its mate"
all this. They went home when the dawn
| came, and Glider found that Constance's
long unopened letter released him from his
promises, and he and Sidonie came to a
| final engagement and "she sank upon his
breast in her sweet, childish way" Then
fell upon them one of the silences that God
| loves-because there Is nothing like them
out of heaven"
There is a plain note of extravaganza
in all this, and some of the situations are
rather trying One might almost suspect
that Mrs. Higginson had borrowed the
forest episode from Gertrude Atherton-
surely risky venture in romance. But
after all there is something strong and at
tractive in the sketch, as in most of the
others that make up the book.
The most touching of them all is 'The
Light That Came to Abraham" the poor
crippled boy; and the most amusing IS
"MandIy's Organ" that had two more
stops than the one Mrs. Quackenbush
bought for her Maria, and one more knee
swell, though she didn't know what the
third one was for. And this organ and a
new dress that cost dollar and half a
yard, just overcame Dick Underwood, who
gave up Maria for Mandy. IT guess I've
got right to holler," said Mrs. Bentley.
AMERICAN IDEALS AND OTHER ES-
SAYS. By Theodore Roosevelt. G. =.
Putnam's Sons.
These virile and stirring essays are f.
tingly preserved in this solid and halR
some volume. We believe they have all
appeared in magazine form, and were wide
ly read. We are glad they are now to be-
come permanent force in the discussion
of the broad questions here treated of.
Perhaps the highest note is struck in
American Ideals,' but every one of the
papers is worthy of praise. The one which
relates most closely to the great economic
discussion now going on before the Amer
lean public is "Civilization and Decay"
which appeared in the Forum last January,
and is review of Brooks Adams brilliant
book There are points of agreement and
disagreement between these sturdy young
writer's. and the theme is made vastly en-
! tertaining by Mr.. Roosevelt's contribu-
tion. This volume deserves aplace in every
American library.
LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES
OF FAMOUS WOMEN. BY Elbert
Hubbard. G.. P. Putnam's Sons.
No prettier and no more welcome book
than this one will come into the house,
hold this year. 1t is a companion volume
to the ones issued in 1895 and 1896 describ-
ing the homes and the home lives of IA
nous Americans and other eminent per-
sons. This list contains twelve numbers,
beginning with Mrs. Browning and closing
with Mary w. Shelley. Excellent portraits
accompany each sketch, and illuminate
the text, as portraits always do. The talk
about these famous women Is in perfect
taste, not over-critical, nor too familiar,
but free and fair and in good literary
form.
We commend the book to every reading
household, for it contains q mass of in
formation, charmingly presented.
\ \ y
IN SEARCH OF A RELIGION. BY Dem
mis- Bird, author of "A Christian With
Two Wives" etc. G.. p. Putnams Sons.
The author of this very odd and rather
striking story is, or has been, a Church
OF England clergyman, which makes the
story all the more significant, for it is an
attack upon existing creeds and methods
and plea for the religion of Christ. The
heroine of the story is Rachel Burnett,
who, after the loss Of the family property,
went into the heart Of London to earn her
living, and gradually grew interested in
missionary work in Whitechapel and be-
came a disciple of the Master. 1t was at
this point that Mark Goode, an old ac-
quaintance and friend who was common
er at Squire's college, Oxford, met her and
became so much interested in her work
that he determined to join his fortune with
her in the enterprise Of forwarding what
he believed was true missionary work, al
though his course was in conflict with all
the traditions and doctrines Of his family.
But Miss Burnett fell fatally ILL., and was
watched over and nursed by Goode till
the end. Later, when he had COME into
the possession of his property, he founded
community upon the plan which he and
Rachel had talked over, and at las) real
lied her ideal and found his religion in
Righteousness and truth, freedom and love,
in the Rachel community"
Frank Doubleday-Cooke, Goodies college
mate and friend, appears early in the story
but soon drops out, being introduced only
as foil in a family game. The book is in
artistic in places. but will be very sug-
gestive and helpful to those interested in
the problem upon which the thread of the
story Is strung.
THE STORY OF LANGUAGE. By Chas.
Woodwork Hutson, author of "The
Beginnings Of Civilization" Mcclure
&C.,; $1.50.
This. the author states, is a book intend
ed for the general reader, not for the schol-
ar. He has therefore written in plain
English, saying long-headed where the
anthropologist says dolichocephalous and
explaining clearly the meaning of those
technical terms which he finds himself
obliged to use. He gives the history. or
rather tells the story of the evolution of
language from the crudest forms of hu-
man speech, through the most complex
infected forms, to the purest, richest and
most analytic" This carries us, logically.
from the speech of one syllable, through
the tongues of the Lauranian mad Aryan
races; through Latin, the grandfather of
our modern English, and to the infected
English IFS mother and 6na1Iv tho sst1yo