The herald., 1898-11-06

Fear not TO sleep
Thy shroud Is woven OF heavens tears,
The tall stars
Are the blessed candles
Burning at thy head;
The drifting mist of ocean,
The incense, the holy song,
The wind that whistles it's responses
To the deep intoning of the sea,
The stars, and winds, and waters
Say mass forever for thy soul.
Fear not to sleep
These waves were once
The pathway of our Lord.
Paul Kester in The Bookman.
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A MANS POET
What Matthew Arnold would call the
main current of the literature of our time
flows in Kipling. Not only is he part and
parcel of the spirit of freedom, accom-
plishment and zest for humanity which is
our pride, but he has struck the keynote
of the poetry hidden in the practical pro-
cesses by which races now advance. He
knows how the engineers heart goes for
ward with his engine when he opens the
throttle; he sees the manly vigor behind
the iron rails which stretch across the
country; he feels the glory of the heavy
seas: he understands the enthusiasm which
takes men into battle, and the foresight of
achievement which makes them patient
with small DETAILS. IeSSlIliSlS Say liidt
our age Is material. Kipling puts his fin
ger on a mans pulse and feels it throb as
he conquers matter. No wonder that strong
men whose lives are bound up in the world S
hard tussle appreciate Rudyard Kipling.-
New York Times.
THE BATTLE OF THE STRONG: A
ROMANCE OF TWO KINGDOMS. BY
Gilbert Parker. Houghton, Mifflin &
Co.
Mr.. Gilbert Parker is a story-teller of the
solid old-fashioned Sort He has plot,
and he fills it out solidly and faithfully,
and there is no failure to give the reader
his moneys worth of the most stirring
romance. This volume shows more lean
ing to romance, pure and simple, than did
1.-The Seats of the Mighty" which had
historical foundation, and yet 1t is as strong
as the former one, and in some ways
stronger. The isle of Jersey makes very
picturesque background for the story,
which is very strong on the side of a pure
woman's love, and which invests the whole
with a pathetic interest. The character of
Guida Loandresse is an artistic and noble
one, and deserves to be admired. The end
ing of the story is not the most consistent
one conceivable, but then there was much
to be done in the way of disposing of very
troublesome people, and it could not have
Deen uOne without ululCultleS.
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THE TWO MAGICS BY Henry James.
author of 1.-The Other House." "The
Real Thing and Other Tales" EN-
barrassments,' etc. The Macmillan
company.
Whatever Mr.. James writes is sure to at
tract respectful attention, if it is not gener-
ally welcomed and admired. His style is
SO severely correct and his standard so
high that, though he may be cold, it can
not be denied that he is impressive, if not
actually brilliant. In protraiture he is not
excelled by any modern writer-that is
broadly speaking. He is exact, full and
pitiless in his portrayal of persons and
personalities. OF humor he has none, OF
kindliness only little, and the result is
that he dwells and works mostly above the
snow-line. And this merely intellectual
tendency becomes more and more ma rked
and persistent. He has little warmth OF
sympathy and whatever OF human touch
he indulges in it is not of the tenderes
sort. People admire, but they do not low
him or his creations.
His last book is no exception to the rest
indeed, 1t is a little colder and more OBJ
scure of purpose than the average. 1t is
refreshing for its faultless English, but it
will touch few hearts.
THE DOUBLE MAN. By F. B. Dowd.
Temple Publishing company Denver.
This paper-covered volume is startling
story, full of mystery and speculation,
myth and allegory 1t is unreal, as intend |
ed, but fascinating.
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PHILIPS EXPERIMENTS: OR PHYS
ICAL SCIENCE AT HOME BY John
Trowbridge, S. D., Rumford Professor
and Lecturer the Annipa tfofN oi-
ence to the Useful Arts Harvard Uni
versity; author of What Is Electric |
1ty?" ETC.; illustrated. d. Appleton & |
Co.
The object of this book is to show how a
Few moments each day devoted to simple |
investigations can result in habits of self |
reliance in the requirement of modern |
language and in the study of the art of |
urawing. 1t is charming little volume of |
great value to the young student.
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MY INVISIBLE PARTNER: A STORY |
OF ADVENTURE IN THE WEST |
BY Thomas S. Denison. Rand, McNallv
G. Co.
The descriptions of mining life embody
some startling experiences suggestive of |
the invisible spiritual universe that inter-
sperse the material. Many of the happen
ings here recorded SAVIOR of the uncanny, |
~. 10y oiO ieSitliildte factors OF the story |
which is brimming with adventures that |
bring alternate heat and chills.
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TREASURE DIVERS. BY Charles f
Holder. A boys adventures in the
oepths OF the sea. Fully illustrated |
Dodd, Mead & Co.
large amount of treasure is known to |
nave been lost in a certain place where the
sea is 100 deep for any possible diving op-
erations in the ordinary wav. A nronoSa1
IS made by an inventor to furnish a boat |
Whlch snail be able to suhmerge itself P,-
means ot'thls boat and its various uove1an- |
plahces the ship is reached and the treas
ure recovered, and, what is more. all these
Things happened off San Pedro and ~
testing OF the curious vessel was done a. |
Catalina, where Professor Holder has 1iva1 |
30 many seasons, and therefore he knew
inside facts ~
A HERALD OF THE WEST 20 !
NANCE OF 1872. BY j. A. Altsbelar
author of "A Soldier of Manbattot,,
and THE Sun of Saratoga" d Annie-
ton & Co.
The author of "a Soldier of Manhat+ap,,
ana Ihe Sun of Saratoga" has given ms
sui better story in this romance of o,,r
second war with England. Its historical
OASIS is absolutely correct in the matter of
uates anu man incidents, while the fiction
is wholly credible and plausible Tifo haii,
Social ana poht1cal, in the great cities of
the country, is set forth in a most Interest
Ing way, while the accounts of the e,ra.+
events of the war are vivid and nicturosa,,'a
Pernaps the most notable chapter js tba
one that tells of the bloody ba file of Nv,
orleans, the last conflict Of tho u,a,. nv