The herald., 1897-12-12
(Edited by Enoch Knighto

sion. One of the last utterances OF whit
tier was almost identical with one Of Ten
nysons:
CROSSING THE BAR
Sunset and evening STAR
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning OF the BAR
When l put out to sea.
But such a tide as moving seems asleep.
Too full for sound and foam.
When that which drew from out the bound
less deep
Turns again home
Twilight and evening bello
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell
When l embark;
For tho from out our bourne of Time and
Place
The flood may bear me far,
hope to see my Pilot face to face
When l have crossd the bar.
A NEW IDEAL IN FICTION.-A writer
In The Dial rejoices in wholesome ideal
in our fiction, from which much is to
be hoped. Only few years ago that much
abused word. realism. which meant some
sort of a study in character or episode,
was the novelist's IDEAL But now 1t is a
nlSn6r puTpOSt-lue sl.Oi8 ia
human life. 1t has stirred us to a study
of heroic character and above all, led us
into historical research. We quote Ne
closing portion of the article:
1T is well for us, both as a public and
as individuals, to have a day of such
great things; their effect upon us is. In
some measure the effect of the sJ> .ime
epics of the world-of the beautiful sculp-
tu~e and painting and architecture and
music. under the spell of which our petit
ness falls away from US like a garment,
and we are raptured by the glory of life.
This new fiction has faults and shortcsm-
ings, but at its best it can stir the blood,
it can rouse the larger emotions, it can
cheer the soul For 1t Is based on this
truth: that, though our more ordinary
affairs may furnish a great part of the
gamut of tragedy and comedy the things
which appeal to all men as great or brave
or loyal or pathetic are also, and as deep
ly, the verities of our existence"
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THE SELF-MADE MAN IN AMERICAN
LIFE. BY Grover Cleveland. ex-presi-
dent of the United States. T. X Crow
ell & Co.
This little volume contains the address
delivered by ex-President Cleveland at the
one hundred and fftieth anniversary of
the founding of Princeton university. Mr..
Cleveland points out the danger that in
our admiration of so-called self-made men
we may not hold up sufficiently lofty
ideal. 1t Is often said approvingly that
any lack of culture or moral standard is
pardonable in man who has by energy
or fortunate accident risen from humble
circums tances to wealth and power But
Mr. Cleveland believes that the self-made
man should not be satisfied with any me-
diocre attainmen,s. 1t is a very handsome
little volume.
THE EYE OF ISTAR. By William LIE
Quex. New York: Frederick A. Stokes
Company. $.25.
The reader who has become acquainted
with our authors former incursions into
the realms of mystery will be prepared for
anything that might happen to him in The
Land of No Return. 1t is handsome vol
ume, with striking illustrations and is a
diverting tale, with slender plot. The
swiftly moving scenes bewilder the read
ers brain as he is driven back and forth
between the Forest of Perpetual Night
and the Lake of the Accused. only to be
dropped at last into the Kingdom of My
Rad Mysteries.
II is a dizzy story, and ones brain should
be often rested as he reads 1t. 1t were well
If one could read chapter and then enter
the Land of Nod.
LOVE AFFAIRS OF, SOME FAMOUS
MEN. By the author of How to Be
Happy, Though Married. etc. Freder-
lex A. Stokes Company.
THE LOVE AFFAIRS OF SOME
FAMOUS MEN. BY the author of How
to Be Happy. Though Married." etc.
Frederick A. Stokes company.
This book is just exactly what Its title
indicates, and the authors preface is a
singularly honest and ingenious statement
OF his purpose. He frankly declares that
there is a greater desire just now to have
details about celebrated men than to be-
come acquainted with and understand
their work" And further: IF l We're to
say that an love affairs not quite proper
have been omitted my book would be little
read" 1t is rare that a reviewer comes
upon anything so refreshing as this, and he
feels like commencing it in the same frank
spirit. This Is not saying or limiting that
the maker of this book has pandered to the
immoral or the merely gossipy tastes of the
public, but 1t is saying that the range is
wide and the variety great. OF course, the
matter is frasmentary, as all condensed
compilations must be, but 1t is ingeniously
set forth and is thoroughly readable
throughout. From the first chapter on
Genius and Matrimony" to "Notables
Who Never Married" which ends the VOL
ume, there is dash and sparkle especially
suited TO this class of writing. The volume
must have cost vast labor, and it is no
doubt the most convenient and comprehen-
sive one OF its kind before the public
There are two species OF husbands diff
cult to live with-the genius and the foolu'
Throughout the whole range of subjects
treated we have this sharp and witty com
ment that does fair justice to each case
and is never dun or unwhoesome The
table of contents is very full, but an index
OF names would have been a further help
TO the reader
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THE OLD SANTA FEE TRAIL THE
STORY OF A GREAT RAILWAY. BY
Col. Henry Inman, late assistant quar- (
termaster, United States army New
York: The Macmillan company
In this magnificent volume which Rem,
ington has illustrated so lav!shly. Col |
Inman has told a story of rare interest /
There is no old line westward from the
midland country at all comparable in in !
terest to the route Of which he writes II |
was "a trail Of fire and blood" indeed. and |
the easy-going tourist of today can see
from the car windows the scenes of con-
inued suffering and strife and the monu |
ments OF battles and massacres such as no !
bther region of this broad land has Wit |
Messed. New Mexico was New SDain 10
many an old settler, the exact period of set
.lement being a little uncertain. but nroh- /
ably about the beginning Of the sevan-
teenth century. The strife with tho Tn.
dians began moro than two centuries apo
but American participation in Il dates from 4