The herald., 1898-05-08

wholesome.
This volume tells of what happened to
Mary Weymouth of Smith college, who
went to abide awhile at little boarding
house on an island off the Maine coast. She
was very much annoyed on her arrival
which was before the summer business
really began-to find next day that the
landlady had taken young man into the
house. And he too, was vexed, for he
sought quiet. He was a Harvard man and
Miss Weymouth hated him beforehand
and named him John Harvard. Seeing
IN. w. Smith College," lettered on her
trunk in the hail. he somehow got 1t into
his head that her name was Mary Smith
and so when she sprained her ankle in the
Black woods and was about to faint she
called to John Harvard to help and he at
once set about carrying Miss Smith back
to the house.
Thus 1t came about that these two who
had avoided each other all the while came
together through series of curious hap
penings, and when at last they discovered
that the ancestors of both Mary Weymouth
and John Roster camc over together on the
Archangel, and were actually we'll ac-
quainted with each other, there was only
one way out of it, the old beaten way that
millions have trod, and along which the
birds sing and the flowers bloom forever
and forever.
COAL CATECHISM. By William Jasper
Nicolls, M, Am. c. e. j. B. Lippincott
company. Price $1.5O.
The author of this valuable volume is an
authority on the important subject of
which he treats. His "Story of American
Goals" and his "The Railway Builder" are
standard books everywhere And the same
will be said at once, too, Of Goal Cate
chism," which treats Of the whole subject
in the most exhaustive manner. The plan
of the volume is unique. 1t is in the form
Of questions and answers throughout, and
thus is assured directness and accuracy.
Every answer has been verified, the au-
thor says, by consulting competent au-
thorities, and there is not loose or specu-
lative statement in the book. The import
ance of the subject is well set forth in the
preface: Goal is the basis of all energy
and power, the prime mover Of the wheels
of industry. With coal we have light pow
er, wealth and civilization; without 1t we
have darkness, weakness, poverty and bar
barism. The most civilized nations of the
At the head of these stands the United
States"
Pennsylvania produces 81 per cent of our
total coal product. Then follow Illinois,
Ohio and West Virginia. Indeed, there Is
no important fact concerning coal, it's pro-
duction, cost, use or future supply that
cannot be found in this volume.
G o o
THE MEANING OF EDUCATION AND
OTHER ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES.
By Nicholas Murray Butler, professor
of philosophy and education in Column
bia university. The Macmillan COM
pany, Price, 81.
This ample volume contains seven essays,
as follows: "The Meaning Of Education"
What knowledge Is of Most WORTH"
us There a New Education?" "Democ-
racy and Education" 1.-THE American Col
lege and the American University" 1.-THE
Function of the Secondary School, and
1.-THE Reform of Secondary Education in
the United States.''
These essays and addresses embody the
convictions and opinions which fifteen
years Of study and public work along
educational lines have evolved in the
ground for education in it's broadest and
most practical meaning, and 1t is pretty
safe to assume that the volume will have
q wide reading.
THE WHIRLPOOL. BY George Gissing.
the author of 1.-THE Unclaimed" I'm the
Year of Jubilee" "Eve's Ransom"
sleeping Fires" etc. Frederick A.
Stokes company.
Harvey Rolfe has a certain distinction at
the Metropolitan club, but was not noted
for any great achievement. He was young,
had good appetite, he knew little of wines.
was not over particular in the matter Of
cookery, and because he had known 1.-THE
pasture Of poverty and the table as 1t is
set by London landladies, he could look
back upon other times and congratulate
himself that nowadays he dined." And this
is the way this story opens, a story which
is a deep and comprehensive study of life
in London as it is lived today.
We still hold to the opinion that "In the
Year of Jubilee" is the most natural and
the most satisfactory of Mr.. Gissing's
work, although not the most popular, per-
Eaps. 1.-THE whirlpool no doubt has at
tracted the widest attention and been ac-
counted the most noteworthy picture of
modern London life. Mr. Gissing has
shown himself power in fiction, albeit he
takes very somber and gloomy views of
life. This book has already been once
mentioned here.
THE PINEBORO QUARTETTE BY Will
lis Boyd Allen, author of 1.-THE Gold
Hunters of Alaska" 1.-THE Lion City of
Africa" etc. Illustrated by Alice Bon
Der Stephens. Estes G. Lauriat, Bos-
ton.
The quartet, composed of four young
Marlett children, who, left to earn liv-
ing. began the making of little weekly
paper, which they called 1.-THE Pineboro
Quartette," and after many mishaps and
sacrifices, made a success of IT.. It is a
CHEEKY, healthful story for young people,
and far above the average juvenile in pur-
pose and quality.
THE INCIDENTAL BISHOP. A Novel.
By Grant Allen, author Of ''This
Mortal Coil," etc. No. 23s, Apple
tons Town and Country Library. 12mo
Cloth. $1.Oo; paper, 50 cents. d. Ap-
pleton 6 Co.
This is story Of uncommon interest and
power. 1t tells of the last days of the
Labor Traffic business in the South seas,
business neither more nor less than the
slave trade. Tom Pringle, an honest
minded Canadian, shipped on the John
Wesley" steamer engaged in this ne
farious work, turns out to be a great
character In the story. We truly say of