The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-05-15

resents the ascendency of reason over the
 animal instincts.
 l pr. Johnson, he says, held that early | debt Is ruin. His words on the subject
 are weighty and worthy of being held Tn
 remembrance Do not accustom your self to consider debt only as an inconye- nience; you will find 1t a calamity. Pow
 erty takes away so many means of doing | good and produces so much inability 10 resist evil. both natural and moral, that
 1t Is by all vlrtuous means to be avoid ed. Let it be your first care, then, not to be in any mans debt Resolve
 not to be poor. Whatever you have, spend less. Poverty Is great enemy to
 human happiness; 1t certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues im- practicable and others extremely difh- cult"
 Under "Diligence and Thrift the au- thor relates that when an American
 President was asked what was his coat of arms, remembering that he had been
 newer of wood in his youth. replied; "A pair of shirt sleeves" doctor once taunted bishop who had been tallow- chandler in his youth, with the meanness of his origin, who replied: "lf you had
 been born in the same condition that
 was, you would still have been but maker of candles"
 Miss Miriam Nicholson is a Californian by birth and still makes her home In San
 Francisco. In that city she began to
 write on special assignments for the newspapers, and later as dramatic critic. Afterwards she spent two years in Philadelphia, where she was a mem-
 Der of the staff of the North American, finding time also to write for the maga- zines. Her short stories have been in- variably successful and have attracted
 much attention; so that two years ago she dropped newspaper writing altogether and gave her whole time purely to liter ary work. So writes the critic In the
 Bookman of Miss Michelson whose novel, "In the Bishops Carriage" has recently been issued from the press. This reviewer continues end says of this new novel, her first: 'It shows in every page and every line a natural gift, cultivated and trained by intelligent effort It Is long time since we came upon the work of new writer of so much promise" If such praise can be given in such
 periodical as The Bookman about such book as "1n the Bishops Carriage, I then it Is no wonder that publishers ac- cept and produce so much that is worth less knowing that 1t Is possible to make any sort of an old story Ego" If there is talent or any kind of ability either In the selection of a theme or the telling of 1t discoverable in Tn the Bishops Car riage' the writer in The Bookman must either possess a strangely perverted taste or some fine powers of discrimination not possessed by ordinary people. The story is about a woman thef-a puerile sub ject for self-respecting readers, and told in the most inane manner.
 Apropos of all our June weddings, some
 mention of Books for the Wedding Day
 will be of interest. 'The Bride-Her
 Book is rich in new ideas up-to-date In treatment and complete in every detail.
 None but original drawings are used and
 the entire book has been designed and
 arranged by MT. Orson Lowell. The print ing has been carefully done on the high est grade of wedding paper, the illustra-
 tions are of peculiar interest and the
 cover is extremely dainty.
 Wedding Memories" is designed by Miss Grace Peebles and has dainty water
 color effects. The binding is pure white
 cloth with brides roses in delicate color, a conventional design.
 Wedding Roses as the name sug-
 gests, Is a brides book, Illustrated throughout In roses. The cover is very
 attractive. with title In gold and silk binding.
 "Wedding Chimes" Is In white leather ette and satin, with silk tassels. The cover is richly ornamented with embossed vio- lets and furnished silver title. The book | is full of selected poetry containing mar
 riage certificate and pages arranged for autographs of the bridal party. the guests, etc All are published by c. R. | Gibson & Co.,, New York.
 ] '"rhe Panorama of Sleep" by Nina Pie ton. The Philosophic Company New York
 Are you a dreamer? An idle day
 dreamer, I do not mean. but one who Is | more or less tormented with all sorts or dreams during the period of sleep when
 one usually supposes the mind should be at rest. If you do dream dreams or see
 visions then maybe it will be of interest | to you to learn from the Philosophic com- pany that these dreams may have a meaning. It seems, though, that they must not be the result of the minds &C., | tivity during the day; or follow through
 any association of ideas the thoughts Of the waking hours.
 "The Panorama of Sleep by Miss Nina Picton, called also Soul and symbol, has just appeared from the press or II the publisher says: "It comprises sixteen symbolic dreams vividly described, ex-
 actly as dreamed by the author and en-
 tirely authentic. The teachings indicated are profound and the style in which they are given is classic. yet simple. straight
 forward and intensely interesting. In