The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-07
Witb r11aker$ and Covers cf Literature.
TREND OF THOUGHT
 ALONG PATHS LITERARY

a gulf; cannot go to them. nor they come to me-
 In respect to his literary pursuits Elm erson wrote once to Carlisle: T am the victim of Miscellany-miscellany of de- signs. vast debility and procrastination." 7" l Colonel Higginson adds-"this was the price paid for standing out for individual manhood in dawning age of specialists. :" l Our remaining note is this-his last few years were quiet and happy" he began to go to church again. The in- stinct had always been there. but he felt that he could use his time to better pur- pose" In October of 1884, Emerson wrote in his journal: 'I said when awoke af- | ter some more sleepings, and wakings I l shall lie on this mattress sick, then dead; | and through my gay entry they will car ry these bones. Where shall I be then? I lifted my head and beheld the spotless orange light of the morning beam up from , the dark hills into the wide universe The literary world will now go on. per- meated, perhaps, by a degree more of in l dependence of thought. because of the Emerson centenary; and the world of re- | ligion maybe will develop stilly other idio- syncrasies, in the name of science, and | in the effort to comprehend the mind of l this original thinker.
 The grain Of truth will remain. like the wheat gathered from the chaff. and be made comprehensible beneficence for the be heard, and in the note which the all- | wise intended. | To many Shakespearean students the book by Frank Chapman Sharp Shake speare's Portrayal of the Moral Life, ' will be welcomed; as with such manual | in hand the reader of the great char acter painter has an advantage like him who has an artist for companion as he walks through a gallery of pictures. The admirers of MT McGrath's "The sPuppet Crown" which proved to be a ready seller. will be inquiring for The l Grey Cloak" The courtly lovemaking as we'll as the wicked plotting furnish some chara cter study and we suppose will. like his other books, strike popular fancy, l MT. William Dean Howells has gone | again into the field of physical phenom- ena to produce that mysterious charm which ne knows how tc bring out of such situation Questionable Shapes has that spiritual side. which makes some of his other works noticeable.
 Mir. Howell's comment of Mrs. Humph- rey Wards Lady Roses Daughter" is that "Rai ely have readers been led with such interest along the course of any novel;
 There are two important additions to our Southern literature this spring which are sure to please-as the authors have
 not only already won public favor, but are so deliberate in their work that they
 bring about most unmistakably good re- suits. Mir. Pages book. Gordon Keith,
 has its scenes located in New York and Virginia, from the close of the war to near the present day" MT. Page has a l reputation for persona! charm in his writ | ing as we'll as seriousness of purpose. The new book will sustain 1t.
 | "Crypts of the Heart" is Mir James Laie Aliens title for his new book and his large audiences will, as usual, find the | imprint of his fine personality in this story Such writers as Page and Allen put a fine stamp upon our Southern lit- erature. and we feel just pride in them, They work slowly but surely
 The facility with some of our young authors write is a matter of wonder; Miss Daskam being an example. And the sur prise is that the quality of her work may be said to equal the quantity. She is individual and is truly smart" in her penetration. Middle Aged Love Stories" | is her recent book.
 Several attractive books are announced in the spring publication The Story of a Bird Lover" by Prof, w. E. D. Scorr, Lane Aliens title for his new book and his bott Our Neighbors." by Ian Maclaren "Cap'n Simeon's Store" by George Was son. In this latter book it is stated that Mir Wasson has caught the atmosphere and quaintness and drollery of the way down East fishing folk. Charles Egbert Craddock shows up the Tennessee mountain region, as does John Fox, the mountain regions of Kentucky. Her Spectre of Power" deals with the strug- gles of the early French and English Miss Johnson seems to have the same inspiration in the matter of incident. | "Trent's Trust, and Other Stories" bring to mind Bret Harte's former work which has made the pioneer life in Cal ifornia so familiar to us. MT. Hartes death robs us of a master in the art of short story telling.
 .'The Other Room" by Dr. Lyman Alb time" is the compilation of the corre- spondence between Emerson and Grimm. and IS edited by Holls, bound in parch- ment paper, and illustrated with photo gravure portraits.
 Aron Nosirlah.