The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-06

evening sBeethoven's, Ninth Symphony
containing Schiller's "Songs of JOY" will
be given at the Auditorium by the Thorn
as orchestra and the Apollo a. club. To-
morrow afternoon mass meeting will be
held at which the German ambassador
will deliver an address and Professor Cal
vim Thomas of New Y ork-the best Amer
lean exponent. of Schiller's achievements
will give the principal Grafton. The
united Maennerchor of Chicago will sing
various popular songs of Schiller's at the
second meeting. On the morning of May
an academic conference of students of
German literature. will be held at the
Northwestern university building, and
SchillerS influence and literary attain
ments will be discussed On the afternoon
of May 9, the, actual date of 'Schiller's
death, short program will be given at
the Schiller monument in Lincoln park,
and that evening, in the Auditorium, the
Song Of the Bell''t will be presented and
an important address delivered by Cen
eral Major DR.. Won Pister, the represen-
tative of the king of Wurtemberg. ~
The accompanying picture of Schiller
at Carlsbad is from an old print repro
duced in the current Critic in connection
with an article on '"The Schiller Centen-
airy, ''by Mary Caroline Crawford.
The Open Court for May is devoted en-
tirely to Schiller and contains several of
Schiller's POEMS
SONGS BY ROBERT LovEMAN:.--
Poems of varying quality and appeal are
to be found in Songs from a Georgia Gar
den and Echoes from the Gates of Silence,
by Robert Loveman. The flaws, for flaws
there are, are chiefly those of carelessness
apparently, for some of those We have
+S.;I1 ci1x Jfoh Ia
From gay to grave is the long step be-
tween the following samples Of the con-
tents Of the volume, which holds much OF
the truly musical and imaginatiye:
49, A riot in the rosebush, .4- -. --s~.
scuffle in the grass;
The frightened flowers wonder -:
.s, ,.: If war has come to pass. ,... 80 :
& . "A chatter and a clatter. i.
q II q a wriggle5 and sluirm, ~ < =
And all the about plump
And juicy little worm.
We stand upon a narrow strip Of years,
Times boundless ocean LAYING either shore;
One pale axpanse behind u.s.! and before sa.s,
| Another sea its Vastly bulk uprears; =
Out of the submerged centuries doth come
No hint of whisper Of the yelled plan. q,
Still DER the desert winds the: caravan
/ To read the riddle but the sphinx is dumb.
Mans soul, a restless captive clad in clay,
l. Sees not beyond the walls of Night and Day;
| The wrecks: Of creeds and dogmas strew the
| z + past, - - 3d. Z -.5$
And prophecy is but idle breath.
To know we must adventure at the last
| Meath the grim guidance Of the pilot, Death
| J. B. Lippincott company Philadelphia.
/ ANDREW LANG DOESN'T BELIEVE
FIN COURSES OF READING.-J. l.. G..
writing in the May Critic of Andrew
Lang's Adventures Among Books" says
| When young men, especially in America.
write to Mr. Lang and ask him to recommend
! a .course of reading" he writes back g. Dis
| trust a course sof reading. People who really
care for books read all Of them. There Is nc
Eother course. Let this be a reply. No Other
| answer, shall they get from me, the inquirine
young men. - .,s>. r.->.. ~. Dbl.
| tiresome as they foolish s ... - -
| And yet how is one, Ito s'read all o
them when there are only twenty-fou1
hours a day and two or threescore year.
to do it in? ~ " - =
| COUNTRY LIFE AND THE JOYS OF
1.-THE FRUIT TREE = When one
thoughts turn toward country llfe-and
| thank kindly heaven, mems thoughts ar
| turning more and more in that direction
one Of the things that lures is the frui
tree Memories of the old apple tree tina
[stood down in Farmer Browns orchard il
the corner farthest from the house, by tn
Elane leading to the "ol' swimmin' hole,
accentuate the lure. And so will %Th
Orchard and the Fruit Garden, by E. F
Powell, the latest addition to The Coun
try Home Library" S +.
s"The object of this. volume is not t
furnish an exhaustive treatise on orchar
fruits and fruit gardens, but, to furnis
la thoroly reliable book for thoseEwho ar
Establishing their homes on the improve
basis of intensive culture; and especial
to assist those who are escaping from tn
jconfinement Of city life to the freedor
and luxuries Of suburban homes
The plan Of the book is seen in til
treatment of '"The Apple Tree" FRS
there is a descriptive chapter, Them !
chapter on varieties. and then one 0
/ handling and marketing. The chapter
are illustrated with good halftones.
Altogether, then, the, book is one stoslur
to- the country OF, to hold there those a
ready enjoying the charms Of the open lifs
t Mcclure, Phillips & Co., New York.