The herald., 1897-10-17


fountain
To where it's waters flow.
Into the seas. These. steaming to the sun,
Give the lost wavelets back in cloudy
fleece
To trickle down the hills and glide again,
Having no pause or peace.
Seek nought from the helpless gods by gift
Nor bribe with blood, nor feed with fruit
and cakes;
Within yourselves deliverance must be
sought;
Each man his prison makes
Only. while turns this wheel invisible,
No pause, no peace, no staying-place
can be;
Who mounts will fall, who falls may mount;
the spokes
Go round increasingly.
If We lay bound upon the wheel of change.
And no way near Of breaking from the
chain,
The heart Of boundless being is curse,
The soul of things, fell pain.
Ye are not bound! The soul of things is
sweet,
The heart of being is celestial rest;
Doth pass to better-best.
II he who liveth, learning whence woe
springs,
Endureth patiently. striving to pay
His utmost debt for ancient evils done.
In love and truth alway;
If, making none to lack. he thoroughly
purge
The lie and lust Of self forth from his
blood;
Suffering all meekly, rendering for offense
nothing but grace and good: He
goes
Unto Nirvana. He Is one with life
Yet lives not. He is blest. ceasing to be-
Om Mani Padme, ON! The dewdrop slips
Into the shining sea!
Orse nails TO see how any presentation
Of Buddhism could be better than this.
and the most elaborate explanation is
only a presentation.
WILD NEIGHBORS; A BOOK ABOUT
ANIMALS. BY Ernest Ingersoll. Cloth,
price ST. so. The Macmillan company
All these books about the life of birds,
insects and animals are valuable addi-
tions to any library consulted by the
young folks, and exceedingly good sup
Elementary reading.
THE YOUNG MOUNTAINEERS;e short
stories. By Charles Egbert Craddock
MARY N. Murfree), author Of ''In the
Tennessee Mountains" etc. With H.
1,,s
Mifflin & Co.
Stories of adventure of the mountains
of East Tennessee. They all have boys
for heroes, and are told in highly dra-
matte manner. in 5o12
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A SOLDIER OF MANHATTAN; And
His Adventures at Ticonderoga and
Quebec. By j. A. Altsheler, author ol
"The Sun Of Saratoga" No. 225, Town
and Country Library. 12mo. Cloth
s1.00; paper, so cents. D. Appleton &
Co.
! This vivid colonial romance opens with
a series of pictures Of New York in the
middle of the eighteenth century. Ths
adventurous career Of the hero includes
a share in Abercrombe's defeat at I'll
conderoga, and period OF captivity in
| Quebec, which was followed by an escape
and an opportunity to play part in the
| meeting of Wolfe and Montcalm on the
Plains Of Abraham.
THE FEDERAL JUDGE. A novel.
| By Charles X. Lush. 16me, $125
Houghton, Miffin G. Co.
A Judge Of great reputation for hon
esty and railway magnate are the
principal characters in this vigorous
novel, which describes their relations to
each other, and introduces some promi-
nent features of American life today. 1t
today. 1t is thoroughly interesting and
significant, and includes love story.
1t is realism of the best school.
UNCLE 'LISHA'S OUTING. BY
Rowland e. Robinson, author of "Dan-
Wis Folks" "In New England Fields
and Woods" etc. 16mo, SLIPS. Hongh-
ton, Mifliin & Co.
This book is largely filled with stories
Of hunting and fishing adventures. They
belong to Northern Vermont and have a
note of truthfulness to fact or tradition
which adds much to their attractive
ness.
D. Appleton & Co. publish The Story
Of the Cowboy, by E. Hough, author of
"The Singing Mouse Stories," etc. A
new volume ir "The Story of the West
Series" edited by Ripley Hitchcock.
$150.
The picturesqueness of the cowboy
has subjected him to misinterpretation
and his actual story and a. picture of the
great in industry which he has conducted
may be said to be presented adequately
for the first time in Mr.. Hough's pages.
The story he tells is a romantic oee and
valuable from the historical point of
view. putting into permanent form a
typical figure OF western life.
THE STATUE IN THE AIR. An Allie
CORY. By Miss Caroline LIE Conte
Mcmillan company Cloth, rs
cents.
This is called "a prose poem," and has
some beautiful passages, though why
Miss lie Conte should say in two or
three places. ''he gestured' is a mys-
terry. The statue in the air is Love,
human Love, created from the hearts of
two Greek lovers and, able to defeat the
very giants of chaos ard all civil DOW
ers.
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