Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-09-20
CURRENT LITERATURE.

Vicious. Line story ~ goou. Ins iaDSuage
apt, but, above all, the command OF
technical detail wondrous. From her
inexhaustible "reminiscences of frontier
army life, Mrs. Custer MAKES up
spirited sketch. The hero, the mother
less son of the commanding officer, is
toughened partly by Indians, partly by
big game, PARTLY by actual warfare.
TINS cover shows the school boy, racket,
gun and paddles put behind him, but
all the life and inspiration gained
from these evident in eye and mein,
returning exultant to his books. The
number opens with breezy poem of
far Western life and this gives the
frontispiece.
The September Atlantic is one of deep
thought in current literature Us we'll as
in current politics. OF the former, the
paper on Gerhart Hauptmann is pre-
eminently good. This man, with
Nietzsohe and Sudermann, makes up
the trio, who, within the last 20 years,
have led the awakening literary life Of
Germany His keynote is absolute
reality. He holds to this remorselessly.
This characterization is mastery and un-
thinking, but beyond the black night
of the present there flashes future
light and an ideal beauty descends
upon the most sordid lives Less origin
atty is needed in discussing James Mar
tineau, the great English Unitarian.
His was calm, clear, complete life and
| its we'll balanced message, expressed
both in writing and long, consistent
| living, is an enduring force. Rollo
| Ogden argues that clear understanding
of foreign politics and trenchant opin-
ions were more prevalent before ocean
cables. About these, there is in all
senses hashiness. Hasty and illas-
| sorted, their messages mislead and be-
wilder. Undoubtedly, the Atlantic is the
highest exponent in this country Of
modern education. AS to young chill
dren, il adheres to simple, personal,
natural methods. Readers will recall,
some time ago, an amusing reactionary
\ paper on the kindergarten. This mum
Der deals with The Child" treated as
an abstraction, which, it says, is alto
gether wrong. Despairing of the extir.
patton of the American boss, Mr.. Cowei
suggests alterations. Brooks Adams
shows the financial endorsements,
absolute methods and social distress o.
Russia. Foreign borrowing has about
reached the limits of securities. The
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Yet should she seize them, she must &C
outside for both capital and ability to
work them. The Russians are not com
mercial They are not inventive or me
chanical They have no industrial
plants Of their own organization
Starvation is chronic Neither in peace
or war, has any minister. of finance ir
this century, kept expenses thin rev o
nues. This explains the Czar's Peac'
Conference and grasping ambitions
There is delightful paper on Ober
Ammergau, because it comedies tina
today the first aspect is modern, banal
ugly. Beneath and behind all this, lie
r-Ammergau of the middle ages
with lis heart of fervent faith, its soft
uplifting piety. 1t takes touch 0
, the poet, perhaps, to discern this. TIL
average Cooks tourist sees the beauti
I full blend Of color, the wondrous tab
, leaux, the kodaks, the incongruities
now and again the wondrous aptitudes
but he misses the essential spirit. Per
haps this, too, is doomed to perish
! like other medieval relics.
The biography Of Oliver Cromwell i
September Century develops exceedin
interest. 1t is almost psychologists
study. After dismissal Of the Lon
: Parliament, England fell under prett
= thorough going despotism. How ia
Cromwell led. whero he followed, ho'
q far he was goaded by personal amb
2 ton, whether or no he disguised thi
force, even to himself, as patriotism an
religion, are deep questions. John Blu
roughs gives q sunny, refreshing GU
ing in Behring Sea, in strong contra'
to the frozen hardships usually encour
t tel ed in that vicinity. Theodore Ben
O zon is an enthusiast in regard to PEI
Didon, the great Dominican preacht
: of Paris. A monk he was, but stron
Ia Individuality. man of moder
y tian faith. Moreover, he was plaii
y spoken statesman. Silenced for year
conflict and censure only heightene
his personal power. lie. died la
spring, little past the prime of lift
# The descriptions OF the Paris EXpositic
q continue great in illustration, notabl
2 in this instance. the full page "A
d Audience at Worlds Fair Show.
d The chief fiction is HELMET
n Navarro" No time could lend itse
" to richer historic working than the a
10 cession OF Henry Fourth Of France.
was a season Of doubt, trouble, conf
sion, very hotbed of antiques, brin
ing into play the basest and the be
instincts of humanity. Loyal, hone
Ia men did not know which way to tul
for leadership, and churls and rem
h gades right often gained their end
" There are two papers on China. Will
willy, DR.. Sheffield would impose Yves
~ ern civilization. Mr.. Van Bergen Civ
a clear account of the rising troubl
F. and the rivalry thereby melted betwe
Russia and Japan for predominant
Iy So far the latter has been worsted
Or every point. After all, his conclusi'
is not different, perhaps, from that
r. the missionary. 1t does seem burd
NJ beautifully adapted to the white m
of the United States. The Chine
ia point of view, meantime, slips out
'. sight.
The Thumb. Nail Series of lit
Q. leather bound looks which The Ce
y fury Co. began to issue some years ae
will have three additions this seaso
re a new translation, by Mr.. Beniam
OF E. Smith OF Epictetus; "Rab and II
friends'' and 'tOur Dogs" by L
IN John Brown; and a volum nf "M'
IN ifs,' by L. Scott O'Connor.
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