The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-01

! NandeTupS DOCK ~ a faitnful anu tTuSJ-
worthy description of the country and
! its people.
Beyond Chance OF Change ia the title
finally decided upon for tho new book
! by Mrs. Sara Andrew Shafer, which will
! be published next month, Mrs. Shafer
| will be pleasantly remembered as the author
of THE Day Before Yesterday the faith
full chronicle of village life In the Middle
West in the late COS.
The new book by DR.. s. Weir Mitchell
which is scheduled for publication by the
Century Company in March is a story Of
Northern people in the South during the
Reconstruction period. thus adding an
other to the long list OF stories written
with this very tumultuous time as basis
The title OF Owen Johnsons new
novel, In tho Name Of Liberty was sug-
gested by Nine. Roland's words, 20
Liberty. Liberty how many crimes are
committed in thy narnel' IL is STORY OF
the Terror--the Revolution forming
setting for tale OF the love OF two children
Of the people.
| One Of the interesting things to be brought
out by Mcclure, Phillips Co. is Charles
| Wagner snew book MY Appeal to America
Mr.. Wagner made great number OF friends
| for himself and his cause during his lecture
| tour here and his appeal is plea to Ameri-
cans to help him spread tho doctrine OF
-The Simple Life, not only in this country
but also in France where no preached it
/ q st TO the laborers and then to the people
Of fashion after the people Of FASH on found
out that Mr.. Wagner had modish follow
! ing in America. number OF leading men,
such as DR.. Albert Shaw, John Wanna
maker, George Foster Peabody and Levi
P. Morton, have become Interested in Mr..
Wagner's work and in his endeavor to
have a church Of his own In Paris They
have formed committee, of which Mr.. Pea
body is chairman which will receive sub
scriptions toward 100000 fund to pur-
chase building site. France will furnish
the building. Mcclure. Phillips d Co. are
contributing the proceeds from the Gale OF
the book and DR.. Lyman Abbott has written
delightful introduction to the book.
Evidently the prophets arc not without
honor in their own country and among
their own people across the border. for
the two "best sellers in Canada during
the late holiday season were Ralph Con-
nor ms ITObpsGlOI, WIN d ItDplQ VI
is, 600 within month Of publication. and
Norman Duncan's frst book, Doctor Luke
of Labrador
Among recent valuable finds In the Old
World is that of fresoo repres enting the
origin Of Rome recently discovered In
Pompen The picture was brought to
light under the director OF the excava-
tons at Pompei, Prof. Fttore Pals who
has prepared a popular account OF this
interesting painting for tho February
Century. A reproduction in color Of the
fresco is a notable feature OF the current
number.
A paragraph has been going the rounds
Of the press concerning the following in
scription. which it is said was written by
Mark Twain for tho tombstone Of his wife:
Warm summer sun.
Shine kindly here.
Warm southern wind.
Blow softly here.
Green sod above,
Lie light. lie light.
Good night dear heart
Good night good night
The lines arc not written hy Mr. Clemens
himself, but are favorite ones with him,
and when he had them engraved on hia
daughters not his wife's tombstone, he
enclosed them In quotation marks. Who
the writer is he does not know. but he says
they seem touching and beautiful 10 him
and expressed what he felt better than any
words of bis own could do.
The current number of Hdrper's Bnsdr
gives "a the three deadly symptoms Of
old age, Selflshness. Stagnation, Intoler-
ance. and the three antidotes for these fatal
symptoms, which sometimes occur on the
sunny side Of 30 and sometimes never
manifest themselves at 20, are Sympathy,
Progress. Tolerance. Some one else has
said that you can tell the generation
man belongs 10 by his attitude toward
motor cars. But probably the most indis-
putahle evidence OF advancing years Is
the tendency older people have to talk
about growing old, tendency oddly enough
peculiarly marked In America. One never
hears a fluffy young thing Of twenty con-
hding 20 a girl OF Lesser years about being
older than she was five years ago. And
one rarely hears a hearty Englishman of
sixty who can ride to hounds and take
care Of his after dinner bottle Of port talk
ing about growing old What the Bnzor
calls the wickedness OF growing old
seems TO be q national curse In the land
where the eagle screeches and the fool
ishness of talking about 1t amounts TO q
malady as infectious as = plague. II is
more prevalent than appendicitis or pneu
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