Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-20

liOu, duQ ludC was T.. Il. Bdr0um,
whose name was known . every man
and woman, every boy and girl in the
United States. | can present no names
that will rival Mr.. Barnum's in general
POPULARITY, not even that of Mark
Twain, who lived for several years
in Muscatine and Keokuk, and Robert
j. Burdette, whose harmonious contri-
buttons to the Burlington Hawk-Eye
made his reputation and paved the
way for the appearance of his first
great book, The Rise and Fall of the
Mustache and Other Hawkeyetems.'
Iowa at the Worlds Fair.
I'm the Iowa building at the Column
bian exposition Miss Sara Maxwell, a
former state librarian, collected books
and pamphlets by Iowa authors to the
number of 700, and since 1893 the DEL
uge has continued with ever increas-
ing force. This list of Iowa books in,
cludes works on every subject. from
the translating of the Bible into the
Ojibway language by Dr. James to the,
comedy, The Star Gazer,' and the
popular extravaganza, Ali Baba,' of
Franklin Warren Lee. Much of this lit
erature is destined to everlasting OBJ
livion, but part is worthy of the high
est praise Among the single volumes
deserving special mention are Miss
May Rogers comprehensive Waverly
Dictionary L. M. Richardson's popu-
lar 'Girdle Round the Earth book
of travels with never dull page in it,
and many others.
Prominent Literary Divines.
Rev. w. Mcintosh Salter of the
Ethical society of Chicago has writ
ten numerous philosophical treatises.
Mr. Salter is the son of Rev. VIM. sal
ter of Burlington, one of the famous
Iowa band of Congregational min
listers. A man who has written much
Iowa history, another noted divine and
author whom Iowa claims is DR.. New
ell Dwight Hills, who was born in
this state. The late VIM Stevens
Perry, second bishop of Iowa, man
well known and loved on both sides
of the Atlantic, was probably the most
voluminous writer of the American
Episcopal branch. A list of his publi-
cations comprises 125 separate titles.
Iowa coIlees Produces Talent.
Iowa college has given us three
men known for. their work for the
practical good of others. Few have
done more in recent years to promote
rational study of our government than
Professor Jesse Macy Of Grinnell. His
Civil Government caused a revolu-
ton in the study of that subject He
was of assistance to Professor Bryce
in the preparation of The American
Commonwealth DR.. Albert Shaw,
editor of the Review of Reviews, is
graduate of Iowa college. He has
devoted his life to study of social
science. Perhaps more notorious than
noted is George D. Heron formerly
professor of applied Christianity in
Iowa college. This chair, unique in
that there is no other like it in any
ether college, European or American.
1t was founded to make the study of
Christianity a systematic part of coll
lege work. We cannot enter in detail
into his. teachings; his message will
be found in his books, The Christian
Society," The Message of Jesus to
Men of Wealth The Christian State
and The New Redemption. Suffice
lit to say that his great purpose is to
bring the kingdom of God among men
by arousing them to adopt and to ap-
ply the Christ life to all human rela-
tons. Professor Herron's failure if
failure it be, may be attributed not to
his aims but to his methods.
Authorities on Sports.
CIV. Bruce Leffingwell, formerly of
Clinton; has the reputation for being
the best writer in the world on field
sports. The old principle of writing
what you know is strikingly set forth
by Hamlin Garland. Mr.. Garland be-
lieves that the coming American writ
er will celebrate the plain American
people. and he practices what he
breaches. and his last, Boy Life on the
Praifies,' gives us the comedy and the
life on prairie farms as learned by the
author himself while living success
sively on his fathers farms in Wis
consin and Mitchell county, Iowa. An
other Iowa man who is considered an
authority on sporting journalism is
Emerson Hough of the Forest and
Stream Mr.. Hough was born in New
ton and graduated from the state uni
versity with the class of $3.50! It was
not until this year that Mr. Hough
floated into fame on The Mississippi
Bubble one of the most popular books
of the year. At present he is working
on a comic opera with L. Frank Baum,
who wrote The Wizard of Or
Van Buren, County Represented.
Harry White, the author of Differ
ences,' was born in New London in
1866. He has written several good
works but his Differences is the best.
Margaret Collier Graham, the gifted
author of Stories from the Foothills
was born in Van Buren, county and
lived in Keokuk until her marriage.
She is now occupied with the care of
her twenty acre fruit farm in South
Pasadena, Cal, but finds time to write
occasional short stories for the Allan
tic and Century magazines.
Davenport's Two Authors.
Especially dear to the hearts of the
club women of Iowa is the name of
Octave Thanet,' whose short stories
descriptive Of the life and scenery of
the middle west are the perfection of
art. Alice French was born in An
dover, Mass, but at the age of 5
years came to Iowa with her parents
and has ever since resided in Daven-
port Through Miss French's writ
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