The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-01-21

| BOOK NOTES.
"Zenia the vestal" by Maryal ct
B. Peeke, although not strictly new
in the sense of being lately published,
is a book that will be ever new to the
students of the higher forces of nature.
Mrs. Peeke will probably be best
remembered by the readers OF the
Graphic, as the author of q series OF
articles in the Arena, about two years
ago, upon practical Occultism."
The book is finely written and the
reader lays it down with complete
sense of uplift exaltation and better
understanding of living in harmony
with Gods universe.
The author correctly says in the
introduction that ''the law of vibra-
tory force and of magnetic power has
already obtained a place among the
scientific men of the day.. And those
are becoming fewer and fewer, who
close their eyes to the discoveries of
things heretofore hidden, and say,
such things are untrue, for they are
gainst all natural law.
To the inquirer who can realize the
truth of the higher forces of . new
age, we earnestly commend the book.
Its keynote is the Law of USE
of all the finer forces of nature,
which possess apower undreamed of by
those who have never studied them.
"Zenia the Vestal, Or the Problem of
Margaret b. Peeke, Sandusdy, Ohio.
"Brook Farm" Historical and per-
sonal memoirs, by John Thomas
Goldman, is an interesting account of
the home life, aims, and ambitions of
the noble men and women, of whose
minds a recent writer has said, ''they
were the highest q single epoch has
ever produced. To the student of
human affairs, the refOrmer, or the
philosopher, there is no experiment in
all history which is so full of fasci
mating interest as that at Brook Farm,
and for many reasons. The splendid
character of the men, their intellectu-
atty, their spiritual outlook, and
above all their humanitarianism,
make the event one to be studied deep
ly by those who are seeking a better
way out of the social problems con-
fronting us to day. Some political
writer has aptly said ''problems that
will destroy us if not answered." Mr..
Codman's book is the best history of
the life at Brook r arm we have ever.
seen. He goes into detail as to the
industrial and household matters;
those things are usually tedious read
ing, but the author has surrounded
them with the halo of those lives, lived
for the sublime ideal, and nothing
in romance can equal it. He>was a
Brook Farmer during the mostSpeetic
period of a mans life, and received
the impress of the highest aspirations
of the life there. Most of us have
idealized the community life, as a
body OF students spending their time
discussing Transcendentalism, while
in reality they were real working men
and women, the younger ones full
of jokes pranks, dancing and merry
making
Brook Farm nicely bound in
cloth, j Ohm r. Goldman, BAT Columbus
Ave. Boston, Mass. Price ST..
"Lifes Gateways," by Emily S. Bou-
ton is charming volume of essays
for daily helping over difficulties. 1t
is book for busy men and women to
keep near at hand where it can be
picked up often. for there is not a
caapSer but which can be read over and
Over again, and each time yield les
son in self-contrOI, and the harmonzi-
ing of human and divine life.
The spirit in which this book is Civ
en- to the public is breathed in these
words of the author; May it aid
those who are weary, to bear their
burdens more easily, inspire the tim
id with greater courage, point to those
who have not yet seen theirs, the open
gateways to life of success in its
highest sense
"Lifes Gateways, or How to Win
Success, by Emily S. BoutoR. Pub
ished.by the author. Price, cloth. 81.
w hfe ana gold, S1.2o. To,edo, Ohio.