The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-11-14

gives the WOfkman'S View or me case. The book contains much historical and statistical matter, showing how the trade union movement developed in
 England and in the United States. It ! takes up the trade union from the point of view of the workman, the capitalist and the public, and shows how it has affected the rate of wages, the hours of labor and the conditions of work. The
 chapter on the non-unionist is especial
 ly interesting, and is particularly wei come at this time, when the question of the open shop is taken up from the point of view of the workman and of the public generally, and legislation is suggested looking forward toward
 the solution of this extremity difficult problem. The chapter on trusts is also
 noteworthy. Mir. Mitchell traces the development of trusts in the United States, and shows the effect of these 1 huge aggregations of capital upon in vestors, consumers and shareholders.
 In his preface to his work MT. Mitchell
 declares there is no necessary hostility
 between labor and capital. Neither can do without the other: each is evolved tltC SaBtldA 10 l1bOA SNfNN and materialized. There is not
 even a necessary fundamental antago-
 nism between the laborer and the capi- talist."
 What particularly impresses the read CT is the broad grasp which MT. Mitch
 ell has shown. MT. Mitchell, although
 unionist of the unionists and probably the greatest leader which organized la
 Dor has had in this country, still att
 tempts to take up the problem from the point of view of the patriotic citizen.
 His point of view is that of the general public. MT. Mitchell does not shirlS the
 discussion of the weak points of labor organizations, and is especially elo- quent in his denunciation of violence in strikes. There are a number of chap | ters taking up the arguments against 1 trade unionism as well as proposed plans for benefiting the conditions of the workman. MT. Mitchell takes up in detail the question of strikes and pro-
 poses method by which they may be prevented, or at least minimiZed.
 There are half a dozen chapters deal ing with the coal strike of 1902, giving l the story of the strike from the inside. Mir. Mitchell states that at the begin
 ming of August the strike was about to
 collapse, and that if energetic action had been taken at this time by the ope- rators, the strike would have been lost. The inside history of the strike and the story of how victory was snatched from
 defeat is told in a graphic and eloquent
 manner by the author. MT. Mitchell
 writes we'll and Interestingly, and the book will do good, as it will inform thousands of workingmen about the la bor question. Some of his vital points in the issue are, however, open to sharp
 and vigorous controversy and cannot
 be wholly accepted either as dispassion- ate or as decisive. The book has forty-eight full page il- illustrations, and geographically it is
 deserving of all praise. Price $l.75 net;
 for sale at all book stores.
 "Tlle Awakening of the Duchess, by
 that gifted young author, Frances Charles, published by Little, Brown and
 Company, Boston, will be found a bright, charming story. It is, as is we'll
 said of it, the best that Miss Charles
 has written, and her first book, "In the
 Country God Forgot" was one of un-
 common power, awakening at once a wide interest The new book appeals to readers both young and old. 1t is the story of the awakening of mothers love for her only daughter. The 'Dueh-
 ess" was not a real duchess, but was so
 named by her little daughter, Roselle, as it seemed the most beautiful name she could give her, except one. The lit- tie heiress, Roselie, is cared for by her
 nurse, Aramanth, and by Gross Cook"
 has seen the little children playing in the street, and wishes that she might
 be poor so that she could play with
 them. She longs for the love of her
 beautiful mother, who is interested in
 missions, in charitable organizations
 and in society. The story of little Ro- selle's loneliness and longing is touch ingly told and the awakening which
 brought her the joy she had been a
 stranger to and frightened her young life is beautifully told. The obvious lesson of the story is one which is need
 ed in thousands of American home lives.
 Price $1.5o; for sale by all booksellers.
 "The Life Radiant by Lillian Whi- ting, author of "The World Beautiful" etc., 16mo, cloth; S1.00 net; decorated cloth, $1.25 net. In her new book Miss Whiting aims to portray practical ideal for daily living that shall ernbody
 the sweetness and exaltation and faith
 that lend entertainment to life It is, in a measure, a logical sequence of "The
 World Beautiful" leading into still di-
 viner 1armonfes.
 Miss Whiting has studied the expo
 sition of the mysterious new element,
 radiun, as given by Sir William
 Crookes, and she draws from his dis
 coveries an analogy on the spiritual
 side of life that, as this marvellous ele-
 ment gives off perpetual rays of light and heat without diminishing its store, so in life one may radiate sympathy, and joy, and energy from an infinite source, if the human spirit is in con- stant receptivity to the divine spirit.
 'The Life Radiant is characterized by the same essential qualities and method of speculative thought that have marked t"The World Beautiful"
 The contents are: The Golden Age Lies Onward, Discerning the Future, the Ethereal Realm, the Power of the Exalted Moment the Nectar of the Hour Little Brown &y Conpany DlJb-