The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-10-31

Truth becomes more attractive with
each issue. The November number
contains fully Illustrated article on the
work Of Carle J.. Blenner, New York's
lannon's portraitist. Two Of the pictures
accompanying the article are facsimile
color reproductions taken directly from
the original paintings--two Of the paint.
er's exquisite ideal headi. In this mum
bor is concluded Mrs Burton Harrison's
delightful "Flitting Through Finland"
And there Is an article on artists mod
els, illustrated with many portraits, in
both black and white and in color, Of the
prime pal young women models Of New
York. Richard Harold Vynne writes
interestingly Of the Opera in New York,
and there il q thrilling story by stephen
Crane. Short stories, poems, humorous
matter, the regular departments, several
color pages, and beautiful supplement
in color, complete this charming mum.
ber
Faiths Of famous men, in their own
words. Compiled and edited by John
Kenyon Kilbourn. d, ID. Large crown
svo. Library cloth, 500. Henry 7.
Coates & Co., publishers, Philadelphia
"Faiths Of famous men," Is a unique
work. There has never before, perhaps,
been an attempt to gather into one vol
ume a consensus Of the personal opinions
of the worlds great thinkers and doers
upon the leading topics Of religious
belief, and DR. Kilbourn's work, there
fore stands alone. The extent Of his
performance shows tirelese industry and
the widest range Of patient reading. tie
gives us Augustine and Irenaeus, ,--Wik
life, Luther and Calvin, Bishop Butler,
Phillips Brooks and DR.. McCosh, Tom
Paine and Robert lngersoll ,-Grover
CLEVELAND, Benjamin IIarIi son and VIII
liam Kinley,-Confucus, socratesapd
Mohammed, jew and Gentle, e,--heretic
aud true believer, agnostic and devotee,
dreamer and thinker poet, scientist,
soldier, statesman and man Of affairs in
every walk OF life. More tina five hun.
dred people, women as we'll ae men, are
here made TO speak for Themselves In
numberless extracts.
On his title page DR.. Kilbourn takes AZ
motto the saying Of Carlyle, "a mans
religion Is the chief fact concerning him
Great men are often unknown, OF
what Is worse, misknown." And In hi
preface he says, "The labor which thii
volume represents has been performed
In the interest Of truth. The sayings o
noted men have been so frequently dis
torted by bigoted writer's that the onl.
way TO reach true version OF their rea
beliefs 10 TO go back 10 the men them
selves. The question Is not what other
say they have said, but what they them
selves have actually said" And he ais
puts the yolume forth In the interest o
toloratlon. and 10 show that there l
much common religious ground oi
which men OF most widelyyarying phase
Of thought have met and stood.
goes without saying that no one vo
ume can give a complete exposition o
the faith Of great many men, but
Is impossible not 10 recognize and AL
mire the industry, patience and intel
ligence with which DR.. Kibourn ha
made his representative selections I
cover 80 great and widely ranging
field as this volume enters, And II is
sort Of dictionary OF personal faiths an
book OF vivid interest as we'll as
valuable work Of reference. To II
preacher, the writer, the public speake
the teacher or the journalist tits a vo
/ ume whose uses are eyidenti and ce
tainly It may have place In any
brary for constantly recurring use
I well as for present readable interest.
The arrangement divides the subje