The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-14

Reliques From StrntfOrd-On-AyO
A A<Souvenir Of shaksperes Home, Compiled
by A. p. Way, with Autographs by r. r.
Way New York: John Lane 81 Fifth ave-
nue.. So -, ...- - A. =" ..--
This dainty little voulme contains a biog-
raphy Of Shakspere and Autographs Of the
bards birthplace and birthroom, Anne Hath
away's cottage, King Edwards grammar
school,. the river Avon, the Guild chapel,
Holy Trinity church, and the Shakspere
monument These Autographs are ~ finely
done. There is softness and beauty about
Autographs of good a quality as these
which makes them very attractive. The Sc
lections are all suggested by the illustra-
tions. . $50. -.-.. ..... 3.
The Trust: Its Book. By C. R. Flint, j..
Francis3B. Thurber. Edited by James H..
Bridge. New York: Doubleday, Page &
| Co. Minneapolis: N. Mccarthy. ~
The papers which appear in this book have
appeared in the North American Review and
were embodied in addresses delivered by Mr..
Dodd, Mr.. Flint and others on various pub
lie occasions. The appendix contains rep
resentative opinions on the subject and a
list of books relating to trusts and~a a tran
| script from the testimony given by Mr. Flint
! before the United States Industrial commls-
| sion in March, 190O which embcdies the opln-
| ions of leading trust-builder on industrial
| combination and its effects in actual opera
tion. The title of this book suggests its con
| tents The argument pervading the book is
that under the law of evolution the cen
| tralization of capital, the decay of destruc-
| tive competition, the protective combination
| of all the factors of production are all IN
| harmony with inevitable progress and are
destined to cover the whole industrial world,
1 giving us the promise Of a fuller and more
complete national life than the world mas
| ever seen. ..-~--
fnr%h IN
| favor of the consolidation of manufacturing
| interests as promotive of industrial progress
are we'll put. The system opens up the helo
| for enterprise of talent, commerclal ana IN
ventive, is enlarged; the use of machinery
| is extended and opportunities for employ
| ment are extended. Industrial evolution mas
| undoubtedly much to commend IT, LABOR
! has been benefited greatly, but the law o.
| industrial evolution is not so inexorable ano
| Irresistible that the abuses of industrial COM
| bination cannot be- dealt with and removed
even under common law provisions. Ihe
1 thing to do is, as President Roosevelt says
to "set about finding out what the real ABUSES
are, with their causes, and to What. eAteh
remedies can be applied. Cries OF ''monop-
4 oly'': and ..robbery,'s>in connection win IN
/ dustrial combinations, need to be investl:
gated fairly before judgment is rendered
| merely on an emotional outcry. -
I A. ePastebOnrd Crown. A Ste OF the
1 New York Stage. BY Clara Morris! I.>eW
i York, Charles Scribners Sons. Prlce Sloo
| Clara Morris, in her "reminiscences OF the
| stage, has told the public much that is deep
| ly interesting about the player folk In this
| book she tells romance Of the stage-a ro-
nance which has the strong favoring of re:
| ality, and indeed, much that we call 70.
nance is the most real of things in the world
The story is finely told with all the author:
| vivacity pathetic earnestness and pictur
esqueness, of the career Of two girls, lovely
! refined ingenious, wholesome girls, whose
| father lost his fortune by disastrous invest
ments and so devolved painful economy @,
the family: One OF them, Sybil l1awton hun
/ gered for the stage and won the friendship
/ Of Claire Morrelle, a successful actress, ant
i succeeded, after some difficulty, in gettin!
the consent Of her parents, and is engaged
for trial by q New York manager. The au
thor relates the girls experience step by stel
until she became queen of the stage in New
York, after much storm and stress, fufllin,
1.-the predictions of Tharll, the actor manager
who promised to confer upon. her paste
board crown as he said, ia pasteboar
crown so thinly covered with gold leaf yo'
dare not try to FURNISH it; cheap ard gaW
dy thing, the outside, blazing with rare jew
els, made OF glass; inside paper, glue
pasteboard crown; a thing worthless, mean
ingless.''5 ~. - zsr f. &,
The sequel proved the truth of Thrall'
characterization The crown Sybil won b.
her hard work and brilliant acting prove
to be such, and it had a sharp sting within
it which sorely pressed into her brow. Sh
morally fell, and the story of her fall is tol