The herald., 1898-12-04
edited by Enoch Knight.)
INDIAN SUMMER

INDIAN SUMMER
Rare, purple days, 1 cannot tell
All your 4a!nt teachings unto me;
Welcome as love to breaking hearts,
Restful as oil on troubled sea.
elizabeth D. Preston in The Gentle
woman.
"WOULD ER."-Latterly soms
persons have begun to use would in place oi
had, in such phrases as 'you would better, y
etc, instead of you had better" Professor
Edward A. Allen, of the University of Mis-
souri,, calls all such persons to sharp account,
saying that mo man with Anglo-Saxon in
stincts, or with red blood in his veins, is
going to use would better either in speak
ing or in writing. 1t is unhistorical, unidio
matte, and defies all logical analysis"
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A CRITICS OPINION OF KIPLING.-
William l., Alden, writing to the New York
Times from London, says of Kipling:
Perhaps am little mad on the subject
OF Kipling. TO me he is the greatest master
of prose and verse that England has ever
known, and it exasperates me beyond endur-
ance when l read that he is feeble imitator
of Du Maurier, and that his work does not
show any progress. Take the least interest
ing story in his new book and show me one
man now living, with the exception of Rud-
yard kipling, who could write its equal. I'm
til we have some one who can come within
measurable distance of Kipling's poorest
work, it seems to me that common decency
and ordinary modesty require that we should
not venture to hint that Kiping is making
no progress. "a Days Work." had it been
first book, would have made its author
famous. That seems to be the opinion of
the reading public, Judging by the rapidity
with which the book sells"
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THE STORY OF THE RAILROAD-By
Cy Warman, author of "The Express
Messenger" etc. A new volume in the
Story of the West Series, edited by Rip.
ley Hitchcock. With maps and many
illustrations by b. West Clinednst and
from photographs. Uniform with ''The
Story of the Cowboy, "Thc Story of the
Mine" and ''The Story of the Indian. :"
ID. Appleton & Co.
This book, which follows "The Story of
the Cowboy in this series, pictures the build
ing OF the earlier transcontinental lines
across the true west. 1t tells the story of the
engineer who found the way and who was
the pioneer of permanent civilization among
the Indians and buffalo of the plains and in
the mountains. Historically, the book is
valuable because it gives comprehensive
sketch of great subject in Il brief compass,
and, furthermore the strange and pictur-
esque phases of life which are depicted are
full of immediate interest
When it is remembered that a certain pub
lie man was called crazy for predicting, in
1850, that some day there would be rail
way across the continent, we can in some
sense realize how great change has come
over the country since. At about that same
period Daniel Webster declared that Cali
forna can never have any real interest in,
or sympathy with the government of the
United States" To read this volume is to
get new inspiration concerning the great
work of bringing the two oceans near to each
other in point of time
SIELANKA, A FOREST PICTURE, AND
OTHER STORIES. BY HenryA Sen-
kiewicz, author of ''Quo Vadis, . with
Fire and Sword" etc. Translated from
the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin. Uni
form with the other volumes of the Ii
brary Edition of Sienkiewicz. Little,
Brown and company.
This new volume by the most popular
writer of the time includes the shorter
stories which have not before been published
In the uniform Library Edition, rendering
this the only complete edition of his works
IN English. 1t comprises six hundred pages,
and contains the following stories, dramas,
etc.: 'Seanka, Forest Picture For
Bread, "Orso,' "Whose Fault, a Dramatic
Picture in One Act;" "On Single Card"
play in five acts; THE Decision of Zeus;"
"Yanko, the Musician;" 'Bartek, the Vic ,
tor Across the Plains;" "The Diary of
Tutor in Poznan;' "The Lighthouse Keeper
OF Aspinwall;" "Yamyol (AngeD;" 1.-The
Bull Fight" "a Comedy of Errors" "A
Journey to Athens;" Cola"
This collection of stories shows the re-
markable versatility of the great novelist, !
and the character drawing is very remark !
able. No single volume in the whole edition
ls so valuable as this one, since there is rare |
genius in every story and sketch. OF all !
descriptions of the Spanish bull fight, for in |
stance, none we have ever read compares |!
with the one in this volume.
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! AM THE KING, Being the Account of |
Some Happenings in the Life OF Godfrey |
DE Bersac, Crusader Knight. BY Shep- |
pard Stevens. Little, Brown and Com
pany.
The scenes of this fascinating story are
mainly laid in England, and the romantic
Middle Ages were never more successfully |
drawn upon for the story teller's material.
One is reminded of the prisoner OF Zenda"
in the audacity of plot.
The book is named from an incident in the
Holy Land. When Richard of England and |
Godfrey de Bersac were beset by Saracens
Godfrey proclaimed himself the king, and
allowed his master to escape. DE Bersac,
being captured, was taken to the Saracen
camp, where he gained the friendship of
brother of Saadin.
O O O
THE PHANTOM ARMY. BY Max Penn.
berton. Uniform with "Kronstadt."
Illustrated. $3.50. d. Appleton &
Company
Mr.. Pembertop has written a romantic
novel characterized by continued and in
creasing interest and stirring adventure.
His hero, an English soldier of fortune, is
enrolled through a strange series of incl
dents, in the Phantom Army" which has
its stronghold in the mountains of Spain,
like certain of the Carlist bands of a few
years since. The picturesqueness and dra-
matte quality of the tale will find imme-
diate favor with readers. The author in
his note to the reader, insists that portions
of the story are outcomes of actual con.
spiracies known to the civil guards of Spain.
md that he is assured that the successes of
Lorenzo de la Cruz are not beyond the pos