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BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS

the other travellers, and the town wa
already trimming over with stranger.
like themselves. Every house wa!
crowded. Her anxious husband tool
her from threshold to threshold in vain
The climb to the village up steep hill
had added last hardship. A fain
light, swinging on ropeacross a door.
way, signified the village inn. The,
toiled up; the woman half dead of this
last effort. But the khan could not ad.
NIT them.
Alarmed by the condition Of his wife
Joseph persisted manfully in his deter.
mination to find her shelter. Mary
| asked no question, expressed no con-
Germ. Her head fell upon her breat. The
| poor, homesick young creature was
dumb with suffering. Oh, the mistake
of coming on this miserable journey
She thought Of her home at Nazareth
of her bed, perhaps of her mothers face;
or of that other Elizabeth, who had I'M
derstood and cherished her.
DULY, at length, she heard her hus-
band say that there was stable behind
the inn, and that for the common hu-
manity of the deed the people of the
khan would let her in. He carried her
to the stable; she crept among the straw,
like the animals around her; and there
-hastened probably by her cruel jour-
ney-the anguish of motherhood over
took the exhausted wife"
One of the most striking passages in
the book is the account of the visit by
the magi to the Mother and her Child:
''The grave group in their foreign gar
ments. those serious men, travel-worn
and travel-wise, regarded the girl
mother for an instant critically. Then
their glance fell and rested upon the
baby Their eyes questioned and an
swered each other, as they consulted to-
gether in their own tongue, probably
never heard before by the Galilean girl.
They were such a throng that their dark.
oriental eyes rolled like the little waves
of a great lake. Their spokesman held
up flashing thing-a crown. Purple
robes and scepter signets, jewels, flights
of flashing marble steps, fountains. gar
dens the anterooms Of palace. slaves.
flowers. banquets, perfumes from behind
the silken curtains Of unentered, unseen
apartments, swept trembling by State
ly emissaries of Gentle dignitaries
awaited audience of Him. Gentle ma
e'oiS' iot his SAKE, HoIoIeu his race
Persia. Egypt. Babylonia bowed before
the once scorned and captive Jews.
Rome-ah. Rome. naughty, dreaded and
hated; Rome, afraid of her freed slaves.
made terms with her equals; and He
He, Jesus of Nazareth. dictated and en-
forced those terms. To what end? His
own glory, and the gratified prejudices
and traditions of his people. At what
price? At the cost of political life; at
the cost of feverish intrigue, perfect
restlessness, and deliberate emphasis of
self; at the price of the lower motive, the
personal greed and Indifference to best
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Hats>>C Christmas Hats>IWe

Hats>>C Christmas Hats>>We
don't raise the price on Hats
for the Christmas trade, but
we give you the same quail
ity and style as the exclusive
halter and you are from one
to two dollars ahead>t>on
every Hat.
By Wells>Fargo Express
yesterday>>the nobbiest lot Of
Boys Caps they have brought
to California in many a long
day. If they don't 60 like
wildGre it will be because
your mothers don't know
what the best kind Of a holi>
day present for a boy L.
Prices SOC to $3.50. Don't
wait till the lot has lost its
freshness.
The growth Of our Hat
Department is part Of the
trade history Of the town.
Low prices, extra strong
values and always having
1.-THE latest" are what has done
the business.
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falls no other thing on earth than q far
peak of eternal snow high up clear sky
Such rank Of Titans-from incalcula-
BILE 1llampu and his $4,000 feet, off tc
where his rival. Illimani, seemed soar
ing out of the lake a hundred miles
away! How they possessed the firma-
ment, these sublimated presences."
Like everything Mr.. Lummis writes
this volume is charming reading.
BLOWN AWAY. By Richard Mans
field. l.. c. Page e. Co., Boston.
This small volume is oddly itself. In
style throughout, even to the crazy COW
er, it is wholly unquie among the sea-
sons books. 1t is a series OF whimsical
recitals, quotations and dialogues, and is
exceedingly amusing.
The wittiest and frankest portion of the
book is the preface. which declares that
1T was written as purely childish and
innocent pastime. 1t hides no sting. II
was never intended for publication. II
has no point, policy or purpose" etc. All
this puts the reader in good humOr and
into a mood to read the book.
THE CALIFORNIA VEGETABLES IN
GARDEN AND FIELD. By Edward
]. Wickson, A. M. San Francisco:
Pacific Rural Press; cloth; illus
trated: 329 pages; price, 50.
There has been for years q constant
inquiry for book on vegetable grow
ing which would give the newcomer an
understanding of the peculiar conditions
in California, and descriptions of gar
dening which produce the most salts
factory results under those conditions.
The rule and practice in other states
and countries must oftentimes fail.
Such book as this need voices Prof
Wickson has undertaken to supply. AS
the professor OF agriculture in the Uni
versity of California, as the author of
several successful works on California
fruits and flowers, and as the editor of
the Pacific Rural Press he is undoubt-
eddy competent. The book is indexed
and the table Of contents embraces the
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If you're expecting to wear a
new suit on Christmas day its
time you begin to think about it.
Too late to 60 TO a tailor now.
but you can get just as good a fit
here.
Take all the best clothes cutters
in town aud their combined sail
aries would not pay the expert
cutter in New York who superin>
tends the making Of our Suits and
Overcoats.
And yet there are a few men
left who turn up their nose at
"r.ady>made," they don't want to
be convinced.
All the new fancy cheviots and
the latest in plain cloths for suits.
A beautiful line Of elegantly
tailored black suits for dress
wear.
You won't need a magnifyine
glass to see the style and quality
II our Overcoats. but you will
need a little time to 90 through.
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brought down to the present day, liter
ally down to the very events that are
now engaging the attention of the world,
our own lard in particular. In fact
there is a long and interesting chapter
on Cuba, as well as able and thorough
treatment of the Spanish colonies IN
America. In no other single volume can
be found so much that is valuable and
even necessary to true understanding
Of the condition of the Spain Of today.
AT THE CROSS ROADS. By F. F..
Montressor, author of Into the
Highways and Hedges" etc. D. APP
pleton & Co.
Miss Montresor calls this newest Of
her stories cat the Cross Roads" be-
cause in it she has told chow first the
man, and afterwards the woman, stood
where two ways met, where each was
bound to make that choice which is
'life's business The story begins "in
a room in the top story of one of the
houses in the Strand where woman was
waiting for the man she loved
1t is the strongest story Miss Mon
tressor has ever written, which is saying
much. Mighty London is made alive to
US again through the varying phases of
character and environment shown in the
story, which for real skill and force has
rarely been surpassed in modern fiction.
A current of strong feeling runs all
through the volume, and vein or phil
osophy as well. There is wholesome
and gentle ending to the story and the
conclusion Is: THE man and the woman
have wandered far, since Eve. with
Eden behind her. and her firstborn in
her arms. cried: 1 have gotten man
from the Lord; yet l think that when
they find their way they will still find it
together"
\ 4 4
THE ENCHANTED BURRO, And
Other Stories. BY Charles F. Lum-
mis- Way &: Williams.
This handsome volume contains four
teen short stories and sketches in Mr..
Tummis best form, and the ilustra-
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ship was so rare that they could even like
the same man without hating each
other"
y +
SPAIN IN THE NINETEENTH CEN
TURY. BY Elizabeth Wormelev
Latimer. With many portraits. Svo.
$3.50. A. c. McClurg & Co. For sale
by c. c. Parker.
Mrs. Latimer's histories of the nine
teenth century. illustrated and uniform
with Spain" that have already been
published are: France in the Nine
teenth Century" Russia and Turkey in
the Nineteenth Century" England in
the Nineteenth Century" Europe in
Africa in the Nineteenth Century" and
Italy in the Nineteenth Century"
In this latest. and probably the last of
Mrs. Latimer's nineteenth century his
tories, she has achieved a notable sue
cess. Its peculiar value lies in the fact
that the history of Spain Is herein
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-12-19
Daudet and Hugo

Daudet and Hugo
Alphonse Duudet is dead. The immor-
tai author of lie Petit Jack" "Tartarln
de Tarascon." "Tartarin dams les Alpes."
"Lettres de Mon Moulin" "Sappho."
"Numa Roumestan," is no longer OF this
world. He was not one Of the Forty
Immortals," and never could have been.
His novel, "LImmortel," shut him for
ever the doors of the Academic Fran.
caise.
| BY his death the French naturaliso1o
school lost it's best author. He was the
successor Of Balzac and Flaubert-Bal-
FAC, the outhor of La Coincide HUI
maine;" Tlaubert, the father OF Ma
dame Bovary" and "Salambo."
| AS q close observer Of every-day life
Daudet had no superior. Read his
"Sapho." which portrays the life
of most of the students in Par
Is. Study for awhile the char
acter of Sapho. There is pathos In
it Gas in lie Petit Jack) for the close
student. AS an illustrator Of the pro-
vencal life he had no equal.
True 1t is that Daudct's style was not
what it ought to have been. In every
one of his works one feels the influence
Of a woman. and this woman was his
wife, a writer herself There Is In all
Daudet's novels a lack of nervousness.
and all French critics agree that 1t was
due to his wife's influence.
There can be no comparison Of Daudet
with Hugo. Hugo was all imagination.
Daudet was all observation. Hugo was
always celebrating a theme and had an
aim In view; in Les Miserables" he
sought to prove the cruelty Of laws; in
"Notre Dame de Paris" he revealed the
elusiveness of dogmas; in THE Toilers
of the Sea-" the strength of nature
against feeling. Everything In Hugo's
work was subordinated to the end. In
Daudet's romances the characters are
studied first, and from the characters
comes the end. Daudet never sacrificed
to the "Sacro Sainte" doctrine Of "All Is
well that ends we'll" Hugo was paint
err Of frescoes. Daudet was a photo
grapher, but In the artistic sense of the
word Hugo wrote Of life and the world
as he saw them through his magma
ton, while Daudet wrote Of them as he
saw them with his eyes.
Even so. Daudet will mark his place
forever in French literature.
III. PERICHON.
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y Plenty Of usual and un>
y usual things for boys.
y No boy will get mad If you
y give him a good suit Of clothes
2 Swell MILDLY Suits in fancy
q brownish checks. plain cloths,
q almost any color. handsomely
Y trimmed.
2 Double = breasted Refer
Z Suits.
B Double breasted School
2 SUITS.
2 Refer Top Goats.
|N Boys' Sweaters, Boys
Y Cloves. Boys Fancy Shirts
\ and Waists. Boys Collars
and Cuffs. Boys Suspenders.
} Boys Neckwear. Christmas
, shapes and colcrs, prcttiest
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y We have justthis one word
\ to say. if you want to give a
y good sensible gift to the boy
y it will richly repay you to
y spend IS minutes in our store.
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-(Edited by Enoch Kn!ght.)
THE FREEMAN

n s'F1opo Is a slave; Despair Is freeman
n vagabond between the east and west
Careless I greet the scourging and tn
\ rod;
fear no terror any man may bring,
Nor any god.
The ciankless chains that bound me hav'
~, fent,
No more slave to Hope I cringe or cry
Captives to Fate men rear their prison
walls.
But free am I.
tread where arrows press upon my path
I smile to see the danger and the dart;
Ny breas. is barred to meet the sings o.
Nh Hate.
But not my heart.
face the thunder and face the rain,
lift my head. defiance far fling
NV feet are set. 1 face the autumn as
/ face the spring.
Around me on the battlefields of life.
SEQ mon fight and fail and crouch In
prayer;
Aloft l stand unfettered. for l know
The freedom of despair.
ELLEN Glasgow In Atlantic.
More than ever before do publishers
appear to look upon books simply as Sc
many articles of merchandise, to be
rushed off upon the public, and with
little or no regard to literary quality OF
the needs and wants of readers Once
to have literary taste and capability
was thought important in the publish
ing business, and to a certain extent,
of course, this is true now. But 1t is the
commercial instinct is the most import
ant factor and book publishing house
now is like the modern newspaper, a
great manufacturing plant
BANQUET PRAISE
There Is something absolutely deplor-
able in the habit Of toasting and prais-
ing new literary lights-especially the
strangers who may come to us to be
feasted. There is not only no just esti-
mate Of comparative literary worth, but
too often there is not even an appear
ance Of sincerity. Take the case, for
instance, of the recent banquet In honor
Of Anthony Hope. given by the Lotos
club. Amongst the speakers was Mr..
Burke Cochran. who pronounced very
extravagant panegyric upon the guest.
Among other things, Mr.. Cochran
said:
'In my judgment there is no living
writer whose works can be compared
with those of Mr.. Hope.
Il believe it is no dispara cement of
living writer's to say that, since the
hand of Charles Dickens fell helpless
by his side, no one has welded pen of
equal power.
Anthony Hope has made for himself
niche in the temple of fame. He &C.
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The "Howard Calendar"

Tho ladies of the First Presbyterian
church have prepared a neat souvenir that
should prove an attractive Christmas gift
for tho people Of Los Angeles 1t being
a unique calendar containing extracts and
selections from sermons of Rev. Burt
Estes Howard and fine portrait Of Los
Angeles favorite preacher. For sale at
Parker's. South Broadway. and Fftzger-
AIDS Music store. South Spring street.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1897-12-19
cupies it alone; he shares it with no.
SARAH GRAND

cupies it alone; he shares it with no
body"
Nothing could be much worse than
and ordinary conservatism Of opinion
and expression. More than all, it makes
us ridiculous in the eyes of real critics
Mr.. Hope is a very worthy writer, but
this estimate is preposterous.
THE STORY OF JESUS CHRIST; An
Interpretation. By Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps. Boston and New York,
Houghton, Mi1lin & Co. 81.
This will be accounted a notable book.
In outline and in general purpose there
is nothing startling. and at no point does
it challenge controversy by declaring
for creed or doctrine. Nor is there
over persuasion. or craftsmanship, or as
sault upon unbelevers. In word, it
is what it purports to be, an interpreter
ton according to high and deeply cher
ished ideals, but always in a just tone,
and with a reverent and chastened
spirit. One marvels at the number of
volumes upon this therle, new volumes,
growing discussions, and even increas-
ing interest in them. These columns
have treated other new lines Of the
Saviour in the last few weeks, all. like
this one. gravely and qeyoutedly writ
ten. He is in error who thinks there is
no reverence in this age ana that holy
things are not in our thoughts. The
manner of treating them has changed,
but the substance of Christianity abides.
If one We're unused to Miss Phelps
composition and coloring, much in the
book might be deemed rhetorical and
strained; but to her accustomed readers
this does not seem so. After speaking
OF her betrothed the narrative goes on
to treat Of the Journey of Mary and
Joseph to Bethlehem:
1.-THE two travellers arrived in Bethle-
hem at night, footWorn and chilled and
faint. The wife, perishing of fatigue
had passed the stage of physical suffer
ing when one takes any care or thought
Tor what is to happen next Because OF
her weakness, they had Jagged behind
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The fire insurance offices of Summerland
g. Phelps and c. H. Girchstone have
amalgamated. with offices at adj Currier
building. West Third street
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tracts in prose and poetry from maga-
zines to which Mrs. Conner contrib
uted. The author Yields prolific pen.
and this little book is but one Of several
she has published. with promise Of bet
ter things in the future.
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Mrs. j. Torrey Conner has published a
dainty souvenir booklet entitled I'm the
Footsteps of the Franciscans." 1t con-
tains ten finely executed Illustrations Of
the old missions with descriptive ex-
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Mary +. Nixon. illustrated. limo,
$50 pages. gilt top, S1.50. A. c. Nc
Ciurg 6 Co. For sale by C. C. Par
ker.
In this book, which is anything but
pessmstic, old legends and tales are
freely mingled with descriptions of cas-
ties, cities and scenery in such deft fash
ion as makes it a delightful companion
for traveller or stay-at- home.
The pessimist was a very agreeable
companion through the country, and we
have series of familiar talks about the
places visited and all things which two
observing travellers could see and talk
about. The Illustrations are especially
happy. anG, our word for it, the text is
far above the average book of travels for
general excellence. We get very little
information about the great facts of the
world at first hand, or even from the
storehouses of mere history. But we do
get cur main facts. our familiar knowl-
edge of the world through the medium of
agreeable talks With travellers and the
writings of wise folks who can interest
US in familiar written discourse.
Such discourse is found in this volume,
the chatty comments ard the wise con-
illusions of two women whose friend :
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09
HON. 70 STAND.
Advice to Sis4ers Who want 70 Use Their
Voices Freely.


Advice to Singers Who want 70 Use Thei4
Voices Freely.
The personal bearing Of singer Is
. legitimate subject for criticism, and
many are the precepts in the books Of
ancient singing teachers concerning
the carriage Of the body. You ask:
How should q singer stand?'' Let us
listen to the wisdom of the anc;ents.
Do you think that the position Of the
chest. and even the legs, has nothing to
do with the emission Of tones? You
think as one devoid of understanding.
Let US first summon Giambatt:sta
Mancini (17l6-1S0O) as witness: II
treat my pupils as though l were q
dancing master. ! call them before
me. one by one, and say: My son.
mark me we'll. Raise your head, but
do not incline ii forward or backwards;
hold it naturally in such q way that
the muscles of the throat will remain
supple. II you lean your head for.
wari those muscles will be stretched
painfully; il you lean it backward the
tension will be severer.'" Again Man
cini says: "Vocal faults are not the
only ones that should be corrected
in a singer. The faults of another kind
are bad position Of the mouth, knit
ting the brows, rolling the eyes. twist
ing the neck-and, in fact, the whole
body" Lamperti, the. elder, declares
that the singer should stand like a
soldier-body upright on the hips.
shoulders in the background, arms
hanging naturally. elbows near the
body, heels Joined, toes out. There
are teachers who should heed well the
words of Tosi: ''Let him never suffer
in singing before his face, both that
the sound of the voice may not be OBJ
structed and to prevent him from being
bashful." And Il was Tosi who, over
n century ago. gave this counsel to
pupils: "When he studies his lessons
at home, let him sometimes sing be-
fore a looking-glass, not to be enamored
of his own person, but to avoid those
convulsive motions Of the body, or Of
the face (for so I call the grimaces OF
an affected singer), which. when once
they have taken footing. never leave
him." There are teachers who force
their pupils to sing with hands joined
behind the back, so as to develop the
chest, but this is going too far. rs Le-
n,aire well remarks. Lemaire, however.
believes in placing the hands on the
back Of the hips in such a manner that
the fingers touch. How few singers
in these days stand we'll! How few
that stand as intell;gently. and yet ap-
parently as naturally, as Plancon,
Myron w. Whitney, Campanini. Nam
netti. Among women. Me!ba and En-
MA Eames know the art. You will not
infrequently see soprano who will
raise the eyebrows with an upper tone,
or one who will accompany the end
of a phrase or an establishment by a
vibration of the hips. or one-like Mrs.
Nikisch-who will lean forward, bust
far in advance, hips drawn backward.
end thus her force will be half para
lyzed.-Boston Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09
TASTED A WEEK FOR A DRUM.
How . Chicago Boy Secured . Much
Coveted Instrument.

How . Chicago Boy Secured Much
Coveted Instrument.
One Of Chicago's prominent lawyers
las boy of about eight years Of age
who yearned nightly for drum. He
asked his father one Sunday evening
tn buy him one of these instruments OF
torture and the father, who plays the
fiddle trippingly to such tunes as
Money Musk" Leather Brooches,
1.-THE DEVILS Dream" and THE Irish
Vasherwoman," shudjered at the
thought of rival.
So he told the boy that he could not
ufford to buy a drum for him; that
drums cost money. and that he needed
money to buy the boy things to eat
The boy said: IF don't eat. can have
the drum" The fond parent, seeing a
cinch for himself, agreed cheerfully to
this proposition. making it a weeks fast
for the coveted drum.
When he came home one night
his wife and her mother came to him
in alarm. The boy had positively re-
fused to eat bite of food all day
Something must be done or he would
fall sick. The father grinned little
at the story, but said: ''Oh. he will eat
tomorrow"
T~morrow came, tho lawyer went &c
his office, returned home, and still the
boy tasted. His mother had gotten him
to the table, but he had utterly re
fused to eat. The mother and grand
mother besought the husband and IA.
Their to buy the drum and stop the fast.
The lawyer said: "Wait another day;
he won't 60 without his meals another
day"
The third day passed, and on his re-
turn home the mother and grandmoth.
er were up in arms. They had offered
the boy q drum themselves, but he
had refused their offer. relying only ON
his papa's promise. He had not eaten
anything, but was pale and deter
mined. The lawyer took him and said:
Now, for the rest of the week you can
have saucer of oatmeal in the morn
ing or a piece of bread and butter and
nothing else for the rest of the day.
Which will you have?"
The boy decided on oatmeal and last
ed out according to the revised propo-
sition. He now drums vigorously and
nrtistically. He can accompany any
tune played on piano or violin and gets
new frills from each parade he wit.
nesses. 1t was drum or ''bust" with
him. and he ID drumming. = Chicago
Chronicle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-01-09

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