The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-05-26
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

DR.. c. Hanford Henderson. who may be
classified as belonging to the conservative
opposition. says in his new book, @The
Children OF Good Fortune" Just now
the newspapers are filed with the praise Of
large families and gentlemen in high places
are calling bachelors and spinsters names.
But no such congratulations are possible.
The large family may be a part Of the NOR
atty Of life or Part Of the immortality,
aud as the matter commonly works out
1t Is the latter
The great Motoor Noringa composed an
ode in the eighteenth century in which he
said: SHOULD any one ask me what the spirit
Of Japan Is like, ! would point to the blos-
SONS Of the wild cherry tree bathing in the
beams OF the morning SUM-" Okakura
Yoshisaburo's book .The japanese Spirit"
translates the spirit OF his countrymen in
like manner because Of the trees sunny
gaiety and readiness to scatter heartshaped
petals with a Samurai's indifference to
death" He adds an interesting explana-
ton OF the fearlessness which the Japanese
have shown in facing death, which lies In the
,lnshakable belief OF even the most modern
Japanese In the invisible presence of the
]
bird knows whittier to wing its way home
Even so with us all when the night Of Death
spreads its dark folds over our mortal
minds"
In his account of THE Piercing Of the
Simplon" in the June Century Desler WEIGH
gives some interesting data Of the Simplon
hospice, which in spite Of the many changes
fS>lI 10 Of fl,a lr, al
in the world, the monks insist they will
not forsake. Napoleon provided for this
hospice in his plan OF the Simplon route,
but the work on it ceased at the time OF
Napo!e on's overthrow. In 1925 work Upon
it was renewed by the Augustine monks
OF ST. Bernard The poor brethren who
make it their life home provide food and
shelter for the traveller to the extent Of more
than ten thousan nd persons year. A good
dinner with wine is provided and no charge
Is made, but those who can afford il put
fair price in the contribution box. The
buildings contain 400 rooms, a beautiful
place of worship, and the famous st. Bernard
dogs. bred nd trained by the monks, are
never failing source Of inte: est to the
visitors.
In Philip verrl Mighel's new novel
.The Ultimate Passion there are ten tele
grams, all Of them quoted directly from
original messages sent and signed by two
of the most powerful and notorious char
acters ever deevoped by American poll
tics. One Of these great bosses" is now
dead, the other still lives, That his inter-
ference with legislative affairs at Albany
should thus have leaked" from the Western
Union Office and be presented to the public
in a novel founded on facts will no doubt
cause the writer OF the kilograms some
vigorous emotions besides surprise.
"The Corrected English New Testament"
prepared by Samuel Lloyd. is recognized
by Biblical students az work Of importance.
Mr.. Lloyd has been lifelong student of
tho Bible even as a boy listening with
interest to speeches on behalf OF the Bible
Society long after his elders had begun
to show signs OF WEAKNESS. He early be-
came interested in the circulation Of the
Bible in Spain, when it was penal ofense
to distribute the Bible in that country and
emissaries of the Bible Society worked
In peril of their liberty and often OF their
lives. Five years ago the British Foreign
Bible Society conferred upon Mr.. Lloyd
the honorary title of life governor in recog
milton Of his fifty years advocacy OF the
cause.
Miss Jean Chamblin, author OF tho new
critic serial, Lady Bobs, Her Brother and
l." is of French and virginian ancestry, and
was born in a Nevada mining camp and has
already had an interesting career anording
excellent opportunities for gathering lite
rary material. She has studied kinder
sarten work with Kate Douglas Wiggin,
engaged In active philanthropy, travelled
extensively in this and other countries
and toured for several seasons as char
acter actress.