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of confession. the atmosphere OF the
Church. even the marriage service, are
presented as corrupting influences.
II is this element in the book which
will undoubtedly provoke most condem-
nation and controversary. though. as has
been said. there is likely TO be less bit
terness over Il than there would have
been II the author were alive with the
possibility OF writing more books on the
same line
One OF the strongest chapters is that
in which Marc Froment. endeavoring 20
enlist in the cause OF the accused school
master the influence OF one citizen after
another finds them all under the sway
OF fear, self-interest. cowardice-thst
tfmidfty which. under various names.
makes a man consult his own welfare
instead Of his neighbor's when II comes
10 fighting a force stronger than him
self.
This timidity Is not all due TO clerical
influence. Il exists in non-CathoiiC
countries. The form which Il takes in
the France which Zola describes is the
result of racial traits. Of centuries OF
spirit-crushing feudalism. and partly. nc
doubt, TO the authority Of the church
over the Imagination. But in it's last an
alysis II is the reluctance of man &c
struggle against world forces; IL is thf
mob spirit. which will not allow indie
pendent action; as such il is a universal
not a local feeling; and this is the deep
/ er and wider meaning which the last
work OF Zola has for the world-to teach
/ the cOwardice Of popular prejudice. the
! nobility of truth. New York: JohI
/ Lane The Bodiev Head.l
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SHAKESPEARIANA.

The Moral System Of Shakespeare, -
by Richard C. Moulton. is a popular
illustration of fiction as the expert
mental side of philosophy. The author
whose name is already known 10
many thousands OF readers as the editor
of The Modern Readers Bible.'' holds
that the plays OF Shakespeare, besides
the interest of amusement. have also
an interest analogous 20 that OF expert
ments in physical science and that the
theater and the novel are the laboratory
of the moralist. In which are given prac-
tical demonstrations in human philoso-
ply.
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
BOOKS RECEIVED.

LIFE OF REAR ADMIRAL JOHN
RANDOLPH TUCKER. Captain James
Henry Rochelle. Washington The
NeaIe Publishing Company.
HAPPINESS: ESSAYS on THE
MEANING OF LIFE Carl Hilty.
Translated by Francis G. Peabody. New
York. Macmillan Company.
THE LIFE OF JAMES MADISON.
GaiHard-Hunt. New York: Doubleday.
Page g. Company.
A wHALEMAN's WIFE. Frank T.
Bullen. New York: d. Appleton & Com
pany.
THE LIFE WITHIN CAnonymous).
Boston: d. Lothrop & Company
THE MYSTERY OF SLEEP. John
Bigelow New Edition. New York:
Harper & Brothers.
! AMERICAN DIPLOMACY IN THE
| ORIENT. John W Foster. Boston:
Houghton. Miflin & Company.
/ SILVERWORK AND JEWELRY. II.
Wilson. Artistic Crafts Series illus
trated. New York: D. Appleton & Com
panv.
TRUTH Emile Zols- Translated by
Ernest A. vizetelly. New York: John
Lane: The Bodley Head.
YOUTH. Joseph Conrad New York:
Mcclure. Phillips & Company.
THE TURQUOISE CUP. Arthur Co.'S
/ slett smith illustrated. New York:
/ Charles Scribner's Sons.
/ UNOFFICIAL" Mrs Walter R. d.
Forbes. New York; d. Appleton & Com
paag.
TIE SoUiREEN. Shan =. Bullock.
New York. Mcclure. Phillips & Com
pany-
LEES AND LEAVEN. Edward w
Townsend. Now York: Mcclure. Phil
lips & Company.
THE BETTER SORT. Henry James.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
THE SOCIALIST AND THE PRINCE.
Mrs. Fremont Older. New York: Funk
& wagnalls Company.
TRUE LOVE Edith Wyatt. New York:
I Mcclure. Phillips & Company.
MAXIM GORKY. E. J. Dillon. NeS
York: Mcclure Phillips & Company.
: MRS. M'PIGGS OF THE VERY OIL
SCRATCH. Frank VOORHEES, Boston;
The Mutual Book Company.
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LIVES OF WOMEN WHO WORK.

In Paris President Roosevelt's race
suicide" problem. which has excited so
much interest in connection with The
Woman Who Tolls" by Marie Van Worst
and Mrs John Van Worst. has excited
hardly less interest as an exposition Of
the relation between women -aads Ia Dor
in this country. NJ. BrunetIerer recently
entertained Mrs. Van Worst for the pur-
pose Of introducing TO her the Partisan
sociologists who had been interested in
her work. and Partisan journals have
discussed at length the problem set forth
in the book.
''Toilers OF the Home by Lillian Pet
tingiIl. Is a frank and genuine account
OF the things that really happened 20
Der while in domestic service as an ex-
pertinent similar TO that of the authors
OF the other book.
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IRISH LIFE.

The Squireen.'' by Shan F. Bullock.
is study Of Irish life by this we'll
known writer of tales Hibernian. and
deals with the Ulster peasant and his en-
vironment- There is but little plot in
the story. and IL Is rather character
sketch than a novel
One OF the finest bits of genre work in
the book is the portrait OF Martins
mother, one Of these Irishwo1nen who
have become refined and in a sense edu-
Gated by the finer sort of domestic ser
vice in the family of nobjemen A
sweeter. truer old lady can hardly be
found in recent Action. though she is.
when all is said. only one OF the minor
personages. (New York: Mcclure, Phil
IiP & Col
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
WITH SCIENTIFIC CANDOR.

he gets now is the Just share. what he
received then was something less than
the just share.
And as all this applies to all past
periods and will apply to all future ones.
the inference is fair that there has never
been time when the iaborer received a
just share of the wealth produced. But
all this belongs to applied sociology, cne
OF the chief problems OF which is to for
muIate the laws and indicate the meth
DDS Of perfect social distribution of
wealth"
The author then points cut the causes
which have effected or prevented this
social distribution OF wealth at different
tim.s. and presently calls attention to
the fact that the better fed classes OF
mankind are, as a rule. the more eff
eient. a rule which has a good deal TO do
with the social distribution question.
Progress Is Upward.
The matter is one of those in which
pure sociology touches practical problem.
and becomes a study directly useful tC
those interested in social questions.
Putting together the statement tha
good food. that is. large wages and gen
eral prosperity. mean an improved typ
of man. and the paragraphs just quote,
in reference TO production and distribu
tion. il becomes evident that increas
in wages means the evolution OF tn,
laborer from lower type to a higher
which has actually taken place in thi
country almost within the memory o
men now living
There is no sort OF doubt that tn
average laborer OF today is. ancestr,
being equal, superior In efficiency an
intelligence 10 the laborer OF a hundre
years ago. and this despite the fact tha
/ he is not usually the descendant q
! The laborer OF the last century. the de
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
A PROBLEM NOVEL.
.ETHE cHAMELEoN.''' by James

SIT@H CHAMELEON by James
Weber Linn. is a problem
story without any immortality
in it. The problem IS purely moral. or.
rather. perhaps one should say. ethical.
The author takes it very seriously, and
so does the hero. The reader is in some
doubt whether the seriousness is wholly
Justified.
We have here a young man with a IA
tai facility for exercising his dramatic
Imagination. Dramatic imagination is
all right on the stage. but We are care
fully informed that its employment in
actual life is apt 10 lead TO untruthful-
ness. and sincerity. above all things, is
necessary TO right living.
The young mans father, from whom
he inherited his character. committed
suicide when he realized his own in
sincerity; but. untruthful even in his
death. he endeavored to save his wife's
feelings by allowing It to be supposed
that his death was an accident The
wife. though a woman of stern moral
purpose. docs not contradict the report.
and allows her son TO grow UP under this
impression until he begins the practice
OF his profession. when she tells him
the whole story. warning him solemnly
against following in his fathers foot
steps
We arc then led TO see how, step by
step. the hero disregarded this warn
/ ing. and acted right. not because 1t was
right, but because he wished 10 produce
an impression on somebody else-just as
nine out of ten of us do when we be
/ have we'll. The downfall of this un-
happy man should be warning TO us al
TO tell the exact truth, not because we
wish to be thought truthful, but be-
cause it is right-but Heavens. what a
mess society would be in IL we did,
/ New York: Mcclure. Phillips & CO..
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LABOR'S SHARE IN PROD

abhorrent to certain refined perceptions
may seem like truism. but nothing Is
more certain than that every scientific
truth which has at first seemed repug-
nant to man. has had to be established
against powerful opposition. often from
eminent men OF science in the domain
to which it belonged. growing out Of
nothing but the wholly unscientifc aver
sion to admitting its possibility-the de-
sire TO defend the race from the suppos-
ed humiliation OF such an admission"
A Science Little Understood.
The fact that sociology 10 as yet-so
little past its infancy that the general
public is hardly aware OF the existence
Of such a science is tuly accounted for
in the foregoing paragraph. There has.
perhaps. never before been an age in
which It was possible to develop IN any
extended circle OF thinkers an unpreiu-
diced habit OF mind
AS we look back on the attempted So
Geological work OF past generations. ut
is perfectly plain that it's conclusions
we're dictated rather by desire TO accept
certain facts and reject others than by
calm and dispassionate examination
OF all facts. agreeable or otherwise. We
find one age blindIy striving TO provo
n religious theory 10 be true. the next
as blindiy determined to prove the non
existence OF religion as force iu So
ciety. The action aud reaction in pas;
conditions of society were too violent
to allow peaceful reasoning.
Now. however, we may claim with
some justice TO have reached stage in
Tho worlds history at which II is pos
sible to detach ones self from personal
prejudice. and do some impersonal rca-
soning in view Of all facts. relevant ard
irrelevant. which can be collected.
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
A WRITER OF CHICAGO.

ETRUE LOVE" is a novel by
Edith Wyatt. whose book of
short stories, Every One His
Own Way attracted deserved atten-
tion some two years ago. Miss Wyatt
is one OF the younger writer's of the
Middle Western school of American lit
erature. which has undoubtedly formed
itself. though scarcely yet recognized.
in the last ten or fifteen years, and n
some ways she is one of the best.
She has its two leading characters
tics OF unsparing honesty and tolerant
good humor. and . delicacy OF express
sion and feeling which is also more or
less characteristic OF Mississippi Valley
fiction. The title of her former book
might easily have served for this one.
for the leading thought of both is the
same-the contrasting OF different types.
to the advantage of the simple folk VINO
have no affectations and are content
with the plain virtues and enjoymeats
natural 20 them. People of the opposite
sort may, in reading the book. fad
themselves mentally shaking off affec-
tations and becoming 4 little ashamed
of their assumptions Of superiority. and
that is not a bad thing to do.
Miss wyatt's fun is so demure, her
characterization so bright and good
natured and her sentiment so unassum-
ing. that this novel, though more I'm
bilious than the stories. is quite rs easy
reading 1t is an amusing book. and
after all. amusing books are nearly az
rare as uplifting ones and do. possibly
as much good in the world.
Those of US who have been overaweS
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
PORTANT INQUIRY INTO SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN AMERICA


1t does not affect the fate OF king
doms. whether the government is Catho-
lie or Protestant; the question of the
acceptance or rejection OF any scientific
sword. the dungeon. or even social os-
tracism.
In short, scientific men are compare
lively free 20 think. and within con-
stantly widening limits to ventiIate
their opinions They are. therefore,
free from the bias which muSt come
from religious or secular pressure on
the one hand or the mental protest
against that pressure on the other.
In sociology. more than in any other
science. the absence OF prejudice is a
sine qua non and difficult to attain with
al. There is mere chance OF a man hav-
ing an unbiased opinion about the gen
era of Butterflies than about the rela-
tions OF differene races or the develop
ment Of institutions.
Sociologists Must Be Unbiased.
Yet pure sociology depends for fits
very existence or this lack of bias. It Is
rot possible TO arrive at a just conclu-
sion regarding. for example. the infiu-
ence OF che church over the state. OF
the relative strength OF two classes in
society. if one is swayed by the desire
TO prove certain theory true. One
might as well juggle with the figures IL
a ledger and hope to make the account
square honestly with the cash drawer.
The dispassionate attitude is the oni.
one for the sociologist who is seekinI
facts. and he must take care also tha
in rejecting the influence OF emotion 70
himself he does not underestimate o
misconstrue emotional factors in huma
life. Arduous as the search for truth in
J variably is. it is nowhere more bese
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
ROMANCE IN THE SAND LOT.
HTHE SOCIALIST AND THE
PRINCE" a California novel. /
Is the first work OF Mrs Fre-

1.-THE SOCIALIST AND THE
PRINCE" a California novel.
is the first work OF Mrs Fre-
mont Older. a young Californian. who
has found her inspiration in the Sand
Lot agitation. which accompanied the
anti Chinese riots of she seventies. We
are carefully Informed by the publish
ers that the author is too young 10
have had any personal knowledge Of
The facts. but that she has gained her
material from competent authorities.
which is entirely probable.
There is no doubt as to the value of
the material in question to writer OF
fiction. and the central idea OF the story
is good. The heroine is a belle OF San
Francisco. who finds herself hesitating
between two suitors-a Socialist, whc
is at the head Of the anti-Chinese agl-
tation. and an Italian prince whose
thoughts and traditions have much in
common with her own On the one hand
she is offered romance. adventure and
a noble cause; on the other. luxury, So
cial prominence, and another kind
Of romance. The notion is a good
one. albeit somewhat Ouida-ish- We
now discuss the way in which the au-
thor has treated it.
Perhaps the best general term foi
her style is that it is amateu-ish. W.
are told what the heroine had on IL
each separate scene, and she seems L
have had as many costumes 10 suit diff
ferent occasions as the heroine Of
spectacular melodrama. There IS al
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stepped the limits accorded 10 writer's
OF historical romance.
The best passages are. however. not
those Of fiction. but the descriptive
chapters dealing with social life in
Richmond and the battles OF the last
campaign.
Mr.. Altsheler is singular in being able
10 make these more interesting than the
creations of his own brain. In most his
torical novels the historical characters
are wooden and the people OF romance
more or less real; in the works OF this
author it is the other way. (New York:
Doubleday, Page & Coz
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
ZOLA'S LAST BOOK.
l.rTRUTH.' the last WORK of Emile
Zola. is likely to prove one
nf The most sensational of his

the last WORK Of Emile
Zola. is likely to prove one
OF the most sensational of his
books, though. owing TO the premature
death of the author. fhe discussion will
probably be less acrimonious than If he
had lived 10 complete the series OF
which this is the third volume.
II will be remembered that "Fecun-
dite." Travail" "Verite" and Jus
tice' were 10 form more or less COM
plete discussion. in the form of fic-
tion. of great existing evils and their
remedies. Justice will never be writ
ten, and we have the word of the trans
lator, a close friend of Zola. for the
statement that II would not. even il 1t
had been completed. have dealt with the
Dreyfus case. as many surmised.
The great French realist intended in
the last work OF the four to consider
social Justice. equity between class anJ
class. man and man. In a manner. the
Drcyfus case served as material fol
the present work.
The chief impression left upon the
r!nd in reading Truth" is that il is
a violent and unlimited attack on the
Catholic Church and all fits institutions
Catholic schools come in for much ol
the authors condemnation. but tn.
/ teaching of the Church of Rome, the rite
The Washington times., 1903-03-22

most as much OF clothes as OF emotions
in the novel, and that is saying 4 good
deal -- -rr
Moreover. the language is not above
reproach- We are told in one place that
the heroine was grabbed" by her So
cialist lover 10 prevent her falling in
faint. Perhaps she was; but in fiction
heroes are not, as a rule, grabbed.
They are caught. or supported. OF some
thing OF that kind And there are other
mesalliances OF thought and phrase
(New York: Funk & WagnaUs)
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
A NEW ENGLAND BOOK.

HDUTNAN PLACE" by Grace
Lathrop Collin, is a series OF
village sketches done with a
cleverness which makes the somewhat
commonplace material interesting 70
those who like human nature in all its
varied forms. Putnam Place is one OF
those old fashioned village neighbor-
hoods in which all the customs are as
fragrant with mingled old-time odors as
the gardens and cake closets. There is
humor in most OF the sketches and pa
thos in nearly all OF them. and they are
one and all full Of human nature CNeW
York: Harper & Bros.)
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uDrFE gocIoLocr." by Lester
F. Ward. bears much he
same relation TO most boo

F. Ward. bears much he
same relation to most books
which we are accustomed 10 call socio-
logical as work on pure mathematics
does to the textbook in algebra or ge-
, ometry. or the literature OF engineering.
The neering remark of q cynic, so
GEOLOGY is not a science; it is an aspira-
tion." has no application to such books
as that OF Prof. Ward. which IS based
on the theory that sociology is as much
a science as biology or any other branch
or the study of forms OF life. and as
such IS capable of being formulated in
exact and scientific terms. The book
contains many tcchnicalities which may
scare the uninitiated. but arc not 50
terrible as they may seem. Il one. has a
good dictionary at hand. or is already
work
The author begins with ar analysis CT
the nature and aims OF sociology he
then goes on to consider the development
of the human race. beginning. one might
say. with the protoplasm.
Some of the Subjects Discussed.
The forces which have made for so
cial and industrial progress, the strug-
gle of different races, the growth OF hu-
man institutions. the relations between
classes OF society and between the sexes.
the moral forces. and the phenomena of
genius. OF originality, Of collective ac-
tion. and of~enlightened social develop
ment. are among the subjects discussed
in their turn. and to a person interested
in them the book will be of absorbing
interest, indeed.
1t is in no sense a resume OF other
mems knowledge. but a candid and care
ful statement Of the authors own views.
which are in some respects novel His
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
]. T. TRowBRIDGE.

No American author has reached a
wider public than J. T. Trowbridge. BY
his stories for boys and girls. and such
popular poems as Darius Green" and
The Vagabonds." he has endeared him
self to the readers OF two generations
IN the story of his own life he tells OF
his boyhood on farm in western New
York. OF his struggle TO secure an edu-
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
A DRAMATIC EPISODE.

rs'Unomcial. by Mrs waiter r. D.
Forbes. is a dramatic little romance
which deserves the credit OF being
slight thing well done. II is the light
est kind OF light literature. but IL is
well written. the characters, though con-
ventional. are still natural. and he in
terest is we'll sustained New York:
d. Appleton & Company
The Washington times., 1903-03-22

by superior people who repeated the
multiplication table with an air OF hav-
ing discovered IL. viii follow the ad-
ventures OF Mr.. Hubbard with unholy
glee. In Emily Marsh. Miss Wyatt has
created a delightful heroine. true
hearted. winsome and sweet and in
Dick Cotton a manly. genuine and ad-
mlrable hero. All the minor characters
are well done. and as a whole the book
is a capital piece OF work. New York:
Mcclure, Phillips & Coz
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cation. and his efforts as writer. which
led him to New York and Boston. where
be was thrown with some OF the most
eminent and picturesque men OF the day.
His "reminiscences OF Walt Whitman.
Luther Taylor. AIeott, Longfeliow. and
other men of letters are fresh and
charmingly told.
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
A WAR NOVEL.

the authors other book. q
war novel. TIE scene being
a.d in Richmond j1st before tho fall OF
tho Confedorao-. Tse hero is q Confed-
crate officer and the heroine Northern
girl suspected of being SPY. Capt
Robert Prescott is a manly youth. and IL
the reader ca> overlook the fact that he
is more CT less in love with three wo-
men in the course Of the story he is
likely 10 be popular.
Jefferson Davis and his cabinet Play a
pari ih tho stcry. cnd General Forrest
figures Ia-Coiy i * under tic transPaT-
cst dir-uise CT "Con~-al Weed" How
many linc-tieS liz. AltshCler has taken
with history cannot well be known with
cut scnrehing the records of the war;
but it does not appear that he has over
The Washington times., 1903-03-22
Labor's Share Never Too Great.

1T is never maintained that the la
borer gets too large a share OF the
wealth produced. II is always held that
he gets a larger amount now than at
some previous period. and should. there
fore. be satisfied. Dat as at any such
previous period the same statement was
made and is supposed 10 be true. there
is the implied admission that II what
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with difficulties than in the field of the
sociologist
The present author goes back to the
creation for many Of his facts. He traces
the development of the race from the
very beginning. The elear-cut and ex-
act language which he uses is a happy
contrast to the more OF less inexaet
slipshod and metaphorical style in which
such subjects are often discussed.
Industrial Conditions
The chapter in which production and
the industrial conditions OF the day -ar'
discussed will be interesting TO many
students Of the labor problem. and ia
lucid statemen; of the situation is likely
to clear away some of the fog produced
by rhetoric and false logic applied e
this vexed question. \ paragraph OF
Social Distribution" is worth quoting
in this connection
The principles OF economic dlstri-
button are very simple and have beer
repeatedly set forth. With them We
have nothing to do here. But what
may be distinguished as social Cistri-
button presents a problem. II may
be a question whether IL belong tc
pure sociology at all. II the sociaI
forces do not produce it. it does not
SO belong. But II they do produce II
even TO a very limited extent, IL comes
in for treatment here.
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II S. Powell OF Camden is in the
city.
y. 5. J. Doughcrty Of Thornton is a
business visitor in the city.
L. S kerpaugh Of lteusleg was in
the city iast might on business.
Mcssl7 Nrhoa. " Baird ana II II.
Sehm.ck of Little Ro-E ar 9a=i4eas
visitors III tie cil&.=
Miss Bessie HINT - Jefferson
Springs is Tic gaest OF III. J. K, Per
sons and family for a leW weeks.
Mf A. W Schneider with the
Chamberlain Medicine company, Bes
Moine5. iowa. is III rue city on bH5f
ness for hiz Epuse.
Mr.. and Mrs Althoimer left this
morning fer Chicago who're they viii
attend the Wedding Of their son, Mr..
Ben J. Althcimef Who weds Miss
Belle Mandell of that city Monday.