The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-06-26

will live in history; both will receive, az
they well deserve the admiration of hon
est men everywhere and they will grow
with time, until Ida M. Tarbell will be
regarded as the ablest female writer and
MeClures the greatest magazine OF the
English-speaking race.
An article on Employers Associations,
which will appear in the July Mcclure S,
was written by Ray Stannard Baker. on
a bread-board spread across his lap while
confined In bed at his home in Yansing,
Mich, by broken leg. Mr.. Baker has so
far recovered from his injury as to travel,
and returned to New York this week.
Dr. Henry Rowand's story of the inter-
ceptng of a southern lynching in the
June McClure's, 'The Folly of Lamar
has reused much comment in the south
in criticism OF northerner's attitude
towards this practice. Following closely
on Thomas Nelson Pages discussion of
The Negro, from the southern standpoint
in this same magazine, it somewhat
mixes southern sentiment towards Nc
Cures.
Ex-President Cleveand's endorsement of
the Parker candidacy for President seems
to remove him from any possible connec-
=
lends social interest to his frank discus
sion of the public questions which arose
during his administration. Mr.. Cleveland
is one of the few writing today who has
no axe to grind and naught to serve but
the truth. That appears particularly in
his recent Lecture on the Chicago strike
of 1894, which is to be published in full
in the July McClures
10 of
Is told by Mr.. Henry d. Sedgwick in a
volume based upon the historians diaries.
notes, and letters, and particularly full
in its account Of his youth.
Parkman's plan of writing history was
! formed early; his travels fixed In his mind
the scenes and figures which he was to
portray, and the rest of his life, as is well
! known, was spent In the retirement of an
I invall> scholars chair. His working time
was frequently reduced to less than half
/ an hour day, yet the greater part of his
| career one of such tenacity of pur-
! pose and such magnificent endurance as
has scarcely a parallel in the history of
| American letters.
Many personal letters are used to show
his close friendship with the great men of
| his day.
! Mr.. Sedgwick has recently published a
volume of notable essays which has met
|
ers. Houghton, Mifnin & Coz, and his lit
erary career promises to be an eminently
successful one.
| Another interesting chapter has been
added to the remarkable history of
Mark Twains famous Jumping Frog
story. 1t will be recalled that the story
was told, in substance, by a, Greek au-
thor 1000 years ago; was told in the hear
of run H.
happened in Calaveras county, California,
In 1919; was recounted in print by Mark
Twain about forty years ago, translated
into French and published in the Revue
DIES Deux Mondes In 1872 and retranslated
back into English by Mark Twain, in
which form 1t appears, together with the
original version, in the complete edition
of his works published by Harper &
Brothers. The latest development In the
Jumping Frogs adventurous career
is reported by Mr.. Clemens from Flor
ence, where the humorist has been spend
ing the winter. and is contained in a let
ter received by him from man in st.
Louis. This correspondent calls Mr.
Clemens attention to curious discrep-
ancy in the beginning of the story, in
which Jim Smiley is indicated as the man
who took in the stranger with loaded
frog whereas 1t was Smiley himself who
with an amusing comment by Mr.. Glenn
ems, is printed in the current Harper's
Weekly.
Gilbert X. Chester contributes another
of his brilliant Club of Queer Trades"
stories to the current Harper's Weekly. |
1t is called THE Singular Speculation of
the House Agent" and tells the story
of Lieutenant Drummand Keith fas-
chatting adventurer, and the mystery of /
his dwelling place. The lieutneant had |
one fault; he told the truth ''in too ex- |
act and bold a STYLE he was too vera |
cious.' For, as his friend Basil Gryce |
remarked, telling thing crudely and |
| eoastly as Ii happened makes Ii sound |
frightfully strange. Truth must of neces-
ity be stranger than felton, for fiction
is the creation of the human mind, and
therefore is congenial to it."
| In 1.-The Penobscot Man" Mrs. Ecks-
| torn tells of many experiences and adj |
| ventures of Penohscot river men II is |
| the kind of book which will make a very |
| strong appeal to readers who have en- |
| joyed Whites The Blazed Trail" Andy /
Adams Log of a Cowboy" and Van
Dykes 'F1sherman's Luck" It is a book |
| for the vacation time outdoors The vol |
ume Is redoent with the smoke of the
! river woodmen and guides who tell the
strange stories of their achievements and
adventures. Mrs. Eekstorm has lived
among the people of her story. They are
her people.
Certain of the chapter headings Indicate
the flavor of the volume, as for instance
THE Grim Tale of Larry Connorsa
Hymns before Battle ",Thoreo,l's
Guide" THE Gray Rock of Abol," THE
Naughty Pride of Black Sebat and 9th
ers," and THE Rescue
The announcement by Houghton. Milf
fin & Co. that a one volume popular ed-
tion of Sills Poems is in preparation
brings out the fact that the works of
few American poets are in more constant
demand Sills books having already
reached a sale of twenty thousand copies.
Hawkins Springs is well
adapted for picnic purposes.
! See B. R., L. &. P. Co.