The herald., 1898-11-13
(Edited by Enoch Knight.)

Irpon his magic lute the forest trees
Were so enamored of the melodies,
They gathered round him, charmed anu
unafraid.
Put the nrim birch, in sober suit arrayed,
Deeming finer dress would oet'er
please,
Withdrew. and while she tarried, on the
breeze
The lute's last echo Vanlsheo iioAi 'e
glade.
Expectant still, she patiently awaits.
In silver silence through the long ulm
years, -
Those wonder-weaves of harmony
again;
But ah! the gods, with their large loves
and hates
Their Joys, their cares, their tumults and
their tears,
Are gone forever from the paths Of men.
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WOMAN CLUBS
1t is not possible to lead people by squads
and divisions from one intellectual plane
to another. and a whole club may vaguely
feel it lack without knowing what 1t Is or
\ how to fill it, but there are many individu-
ais who ought to be clever enough to see
.hat the culture our clubs are seeking lies
not SO much in accumulated knowledge as
in increased power of appreciation and
thought 1t is perfectly possible to remem-
ber the aims and criterions of this year S
war when we study the crusades, and to
keep modern liberal political views in mind
even in going back to early steps OF relig-
ious and personal liberty.
The club member who has come in real
contact with the spirit of thought in our
time will be able to touch the vital points
of whatever matter is dealt with-the
points, that is, which are vital for us today.
will hrip har for rI
or at least convincing form, so that he who
runs may read and be at once enlightened
and enriched. This is no plea for more at
tention to the ponderous and the dry, but
for better recognition of the forces which
impel men forward, guide great tendencies,
and result in great achievements.-New
York Times.
IT have no doubt l Will be elected" Thus
have said scores of candidates, scores and
hundreds of times-aye, habitually. if we
may trust the reports Of speeches, all
through the recent campaign. Let us hope
the next crop may learn the use of "shalf'
and will" This may seem small matter
to the average statesman who is turned
loose to make atmospheric disturbances.
but surely it cannot be said to be out of
place for public men to treat thef language
with respect, if not with delicacy.
o O O
Again the book season comes round and
may now be said to be at it's fiooc tide.
And the literary periodicals, too, are full
of good things-including advertisements.
1t is good to come to this time, for 1t Is a
season that ministers to the household as
no other season can, and the peace that
comes of good books and long evenings caL
never be overvalued.
ABOUT WOMAN'S NAME
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett is in diff
hculties concerning her name. Having OBJ
tanned divorce from her hus band, she not
unnaturally wished henceforth to be known
as Mrs. Hodgson, but her publishers said
that it was impossible. The public had
learned to know Mrs. Hodgson Burnett,
out 1t would take years to convince them
that Mrs. Hodgson was the same person.
In view of the frequency with which wo-
men authors are compelled to divorce their
husbands, it would probably be best for
them to write under assumed name,
which would need no change In the event
of a divorce.
Why so many women writer's should find
their husbands impossible is rather Amys-
terry. Do they outgrow their husbands? :?
This does not seem quite proba BILE. for the
reason that amount of intellectual
growth on the part of wife can alter the
fact that her husband is still the same
breadwinner that he was before she tried
to write novels. Is it that the husband
becomes tired of a household nomnally
conducted by wife who writes books and
despises housekeeping? But in these days
wives seem to have very little to do with
housekeeping, and therefore their value as
housekeepers would not be much affected
were they to take to authorship. The most
probable explanation of the frequency of
TIL ,ca1,1 11 ,l- !, H.
author is that she insists upon reading her
manuscripts to her husband. and then
when he has taken to drink divorces him.
This is a terrible picture of domestic infe-
licity, but that is no reason why it should
not be true.-W. l.. Alden's London letter.
o O o
THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER. By F.
kimball Scribner and Charles S. Bent
ley. Rand, McNally & Co.
Here is spirited English novel upon a
famous theme, nothing less than the ever
Interesting Gunpowder Plot, in the time
when 1.-The wisest fool in Chrstendom' was
at the head of the English nation. One be-
comes quite familiar with certain tap-rooms
n old London, as one reads of the nightly
meetings of Guy Fawkes and his fellow
,onspirators. The volume will be found
IN exceedingly interesting one.
ENOCH THE PHILISTINE. By LIE Roy
Hooker. A traditional romance of An
cient Egypt. Striking Egyptian cover
design. $l.25. Rand, McNally e. Co.
One never tires of reading about Egypt
Did Egypt, the mother of ma atoms the be-
ginning of history and civilization This
neeniously written romance, founded on
the tradition of Phlistia. has much to do
with the great pyramid and its wonderful
history, and whose grand secret is even
now only partly guessed. While such
Folume has little to do with adding TO our
stock of exact information upon the great
themes 1t suggests, yet it does have much
TO do with creating an atmosphere favora-
worthy of attention.
TALES OF THE HEROIC ACES. BvZe-
Made a. RagoZn, author of "Chaldea'
"Nedic India" etc. No. /. comprising,
''Siegfried, the Hero of the North" and
'Boewulf, the Hero of the Anglo-Sax-
ons." illustrated by George r Tobin
q. p. Putnam's Sons.
Nothing better than this series for home
or school reading could be penned. The
wonder tales here told are woven into all
the worlds literature and it is impossible
10 make them too famiiarly known. And
It is a barren mind that is deprived of this
class of graceful prose, this poetic fiction
The child who has the imagination highly
developed is safest of all against the gross
in literature and the wies of the wor. dl
The myth the fairy story, the heroic le-
send these re the best gifts to thelyoung
and dull and dead is the soul that has not
been thrilled by them. We heartily en-
iOrSe this volume for school and house