The Portland daily press., 1899-02-04

Grippe VINO wins the eymphthy Oh the
young reader at once, because he Is very
unhappy al having been so injured BY
the cruelty Of another boy that be can
never be priest and serve In the basnti-
tul temple rs his father intended. The
zine of the story is thirty years after the
birth OF Christ But the Rabbi Jesus,
the friend of his friend Phineas. be.
comes known to the boy as the Messiah.
and he follows. himIhappiIy giving up oil
else to love and serve the Master.
E. X. Heirick Company have just
pu blished An Experimental Wooing. n
humorous novel by Tom Hall. who has
long been favorably known by hi short
stories, sketches and verses. One might
call his latest venture an experimental
novel. and IL really strikes one as sue
cessful experiment. The story Is original
and very funny. full Of impossible situa-
tions amusingly and cleverly worked up,
and much In the manner OF Mr.. Frank
Stockton's work. with which It compares
by no means unfsvorably.
A young man and young woman fall
the girls aunt decides that the pair shall
try certain experiments before she con-
sents TO their marriage. that they shall
buiid an experimental house and try ex-
perimental housekeeping, and their ex-
perienoe during these experiments Is very
diverting. Tho whole thing is travesty
upon modern ideas, thought, customs
nj th-ovs.c and Ia ca rttaIIy eustaipa1 ana
most amusing from beginning to end
never for one moment degener ating into
coarseness, but just good roll.oking fun.
1t would be impossible to give an idea of
the plot, II plot there be, but / defy the
most confirmed and stolid misnnthrope
not to find a hearty laugh, and more than
one, between the covers OF An Expert
mental Woping.
The same publishers have another book
by this author. entitled When Cupid
Calls. a dainty volume, oharmingly illas-
trated by Blanche McManus. and consist
ing OF series of Vers de Societe and
scraps of love-songs, many Of which were
originally printed in Truth. They are in
light and pleasing vein. and often re.
mind one of Praed, who is, possibly, MIR.
Halls fayorite poet; at the same time
like his novel, they do not lack original
ity. The following Is a fair specimen:
Miss Nancy seated on the grass,
Thought she espied Dan Cupid;
And trembled lest the god should pass,
She found herilife SO stupid.
The youth came on. He wandered by
Full merrily a-singing.
With roguish laughter In his eye,
His lips mad rhymes Infringing
Come back Dan Cupid; come, you must /
Who are your" cried Miss Nancy
The laughing youth said. 30, IN just
A little passing Fancy.
portland; Loring, Short s. Harmon.
Mr.. Julian Ralph's new novel An An
gel in Web is just published by the
Harpers in a handsome volume with
illustrations by W. I. Smedley. The
story goes with a rush from the first page
to the last. and incident follows incident
and one extraordinary situation follows
anothsr so that one reads rapidly and
breathlessly always, to see what comes
next. The peculiarly OF the story Is
that the spirits Of those who have.died are
surrounding. watching over and intiuenc.
ing the leading characters in the book.
Some are benignant spirits and Others are
spirits of evil-but after many wonderful
happenings the good has 1t. and all ends
as 1t should.
From the same publishers we have one
of Mr.. Frederic Remingto ms spirited
works, both written and illustrated by
himself which he calls shutdown
Leflare " One need not vaunt Mr.. Rem
ington's clever drawings, they are too
we'll known to need praise and the stories
which they illustrate are dialect sketches,
Indian myths and legends, told by an In
dian whom the white men call "Faint."
or by Leilare himself, who, says tbs au-
thor, was cross bred, red and white, 50
that he never got mentally In sympathy
with either strain of his proIenitors He
knew about half as much concerning In
dams as they did themselves, while his
knowledge of white men was III che same
proportion. Nevertheless. he is an in
teresting character as exploited by MIR.
one. portland: Loring, Short & Har'
mon.)
The February Atlantic Monthly keeps
up its reputation by being crammed
with as many good things as its pages
will hold. 1t opens with brilliant arti-
Gle by Hon. A. Lawrence Lowell upon
The Colonial Expansion Of the United
States, which even those who do not al
together agree with the writer's views
will find interesting.
Professor James begins his acceptable
Talks to Teachers on Psychology and
Miss Jane Adams, the able and devoted
su superintendent of Hull House, Chicago,
has paper treating of The Subtle Prob
lem of Charity, which is sensible, pathet
| ic and. above all, practical. Mr.. Brad
| ford Torrey, Mrs. Howe and Prince
kronotkin continue to recite their expert