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essentially worship of the Imperfect,
as II is a tender attempt to accom-
pllsh something possible in this i'm
possible thing we know as life"
This cult is said to have had
strong influence in Japan-on home
and HABITS, on art and literature, so
that no student of Japanese literature
could pass it over unnoticed. Okakura
says: I'm our common parlance we
speak of the man with no tea In him,
when he is insusceptible to the serio-
comic interests of the personal drama"
Other of the essays are: The Schools
of Tea" "Taoism and Zennism, The
Tea Room" Tea Masters" and
beautiful one called Flowers
There is also a wise thing ons"Art
Appreciation" In that essay the au-
thor, when explaining that for art ap-
probation the spectator must cultivate
the proper attitude for receiving the
message as the artist must know how
to impart It, gives some sayings from
the Japanese wise men. One said: APP
proach a great painting as thou
wouldst approach a great prince" A
Sung critic put his experience this
way: I'm my young days l praised the
master whose pictures l liked. but as
my Judgment matured / praised myself
for liking what the masters had chosen
to have me like"
(Fox, Duffield & Co. New York;
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pleading that runs through the book
pleading TO youth not to lose the glory
Of its youth by making any mistake
Of pride, stupidity or anything that a
superlatively loving heart would sweep
from it's path as a trifiing hindrance:
She has a trick of speech,
a laugh Oh. it is like a re-
frain of old music TO me. a signing
strain from d lost lifei Her little. slen-
der throat could hold it in both my
hands Go back to her
If knew her happy, my restless spirit
would, 1 believe, find some kind of
peace. All you think il will be hard?
a woman's heart. Forget that your
pride is hurt. Remember that you are
young. Oh, if you but knew, Life
has one unsurpassable flower for
youth-take it now, lest a breath from
heaven scatter its bloom. Its scent is
for youi The love of your youth. go,
gather il. Go back to little Sidoniaw
There are a number of good illus
trations in the volume. They are done
by Lancelot Speed Two of these pic
ture two interesting crises in the
love affairs of Steven and Sidonia. One
Of these is when Steven is asking
Sidonia to be his wife and to come
away from the unhappy place where
she is living in the guardianship of
unworthy relatives. "Sidonia, will you
come with me?" he cried. And now
he was on his knees. quite close to her.
i will go with YOU" she replied
Her child eyes We're still upon him
and seemed to ask for something yet
And at this he bent and kissed her,
gently, as he would have kissed a
child, and did not guess that at the
touch of his lips Sidonia's woman soul
was born"
The other picture illustrates a beau
tiful episode near the close of the ro-
nance. Sidonia, during her estrange-
ment from her young husband has
been sorely beset by me1 with evil
designs upon her. Jerome, the King
Of Westphalia, wants her for his favor
ite and the proposition is to have her
marriage annulled and a new marriage
arranged with a complaisant nobleman
of the court just for a blind When
the plot thickens dangerously Sldonia
realizes that her only safety is to fly
to her young husband, the Austrian
Count She slips TO his apartments
finds he is not there, hears approaching
voices. and in trepidation hides in his
big. old-fashioned curtained bed. Here
Steven finds the tired girl fast asleep
He loops back the bed curtain and
drops upon his knees by the bedside.
over and above the old protective ten
derness, an infinite tide of love flooded
his whole being-his child wife,"
Hans Geiger suddenly enters what
he supposed were bachelor apartments
and beholds this picture Then he is
happy. The children he loved are to-
gether.
(The Macmillan Company New
York. S1.50)
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could not conscientiously answer other
wise than, II am, and l am mott all
depends upon what socialism exactly
is" The question would mean a diff
ferent thing to almost every man who
put II; and the answer of a positive
yes" or mo- would mean a different
thing from almost every man who gave
Spargo's new book is an approxima
tion of this as yet impossible task of
telling US what socialism exactly is. To
express briefly to you what is in the
thought of the modern exponents of
socialism, 1 might pursue the cloud
smile further and say that they be-
lieve socialism will come by economic
necessity. 1t will come blooming or
glooming up from the horizon, alike
unbidden and unhindered, even as the
clouds do, and not even ask you wheth-
er you like 1T or not. It is regarded
by these theorists as part of the
evolutionary process. A sort of cosmic
force, too big for human control.
The coming of socialism by economic
necessity is what is known as the ma
terialistic conception of history" and
the term "materialisticY being objected
to as savoring of fatalfsm, the express
sion the economic Interpretation of
history has been used is an improve
ment Spargo thinks the socialistic
state will never be realized except as
the result of economic necessity. He
does not, however. deny to human
Ideals and endeavor large share
among the components that mold great
events of human history, and he quotes
Karl Marx, the noted socialist author
ity, was saying:
The materialistic doctrine that men
are the products of conditions and edu-
cation. different men, therefore, the
products of other conditions and
changed education, forgets that cir
cumstances may be altered by men and
that the educator has himself TO be
educated"
the natural individualistic instincts of
man as to make, 1t wholly hateful
reading to individualists. Spargo says:
The socialist ideal may be said to
be a form of social organization in
which every individual will enjoy the
greatest possible amount of freedom
for self-development and expression
and in which social authority will be
reduced to the minimum necessary for
the preservation and insurance of that
right to all individuals"
The ideal is pretty enough, but the
individualist will naturally hesitate to
vote himself into a sweeping change
on the mere chance that the theorists
can put the pretty, ideal into practice
And even the men who believe that CO.
operation is bigger thought than
competition will have to wait until the
further evolution of the social organ
ism shows US more clearly how the
urge of those two vast forces, competi-
tion and cooperation, can most har-
moniously act in union TO perfect
human welfare before they trust to
untried socialism to accomplish that
result desired by all. Evolution may
accomplish that result in some other
way than by socialism. Meantime
Spargo's book will help to make clear
to us the dreams of the modern So
cialists.
macmillan Company, New York
sl25.)
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Essays in English
by Japanese Writer

okakura- -Kakuzo Is a name of curl
Gus sound. but 1t is one well worth
mbering, for the Oriental who
bears it is not only one of the clever
est OF Japanese writer's but he can hold
a fairly sparkling place among the
brightest writer's of English. When
his essays appear In some of the fore
most periodicals most of the articles
that bear his company In the issue are
dull reading by comparison with those
signed "Okakuro-Kakuzo." He Is
graduate of an American university
and uses our language as if 1t came
as easy to him as his mother tongue
The quality of his writing may truly be
called scintillating and his style has
that light touch which is so pleasing
to some literary tastes. His wit is
very alert and nimble and it will be
woe to the dull Westerner who ever
goes into a conflict of words with him.
Seven Of his pretty essays have been
put into book form under the title of
'The Book OF Tea" The first of these
essays, THE Cup of Humanity" orig
inally appeared In one of the big re-
views il tells how tea has been
ennobled into "Teaism." which is re-
ligion of estheticism, the alteration
of the beautiful among everyday facts"
This religion or cult was founded in
Japan in the fifteenth century, and the
essay says of 1t:
1T inculcates purity and harmony,
the mystery of mutual charity, the ro-
manticism Of the social order. 1t is
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Volume of American
Verse for Children

Days and Deeds" is book of verse
for children's reading and speaking,
compiled by Burton E. Stevenson and
Elizabeth E. Stevenson. The aim of
the compilers was to gather into one
volume most of the significant poetry
relating to American holidays and to
great Americans, with especial care for
such pieces as are suitable for reel
tation. There are number of pieces
selected to suit the different seasons
of the year. The suggestion for the
plan of the work was the continual de-
mand at the Ohio library for the poetry
suited for holiday and special exer-
cises in the schools, and the endeavor
of the editors was to select really
giles that are usually offered to chill
dren. 1t Is such a collection will
fulfill the hope of the compilers that
the volume will be found elevating.
stimulating and inspiring"
At the close of the book there is a
very brief selection of Poems Every
Child Should Know" The very few
that are honored by election to this
place are: THE Chambered Nautilus"
Adhem," by Leigh Hunt, The Arrow
and the Song" by Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow; Crossing the Bar" by
Alfred Tennyson; "Invictus," by Will
liam Ernest Henley; "Prospice.' by
Robert Browning; "L'Envoy," by Rud-
yard Kipling; and extract from "Thana-
topsis," by William Cullen Bryant. and
to close IA Farewell" by Charles
Kingsley. The farewell may bear
quotation here as being one of those
pretty things that should be seen so
often that they can never be forgotten
My fairest child, l have no song to
give you;
No lark could pipe in skies SO dull
and gray;
Yet, If you will. one quiet hint I'll
leave you,
For every day
Be good. sweet maid, and let who will
be clever:
Do lovely things, not dream them. all
day long;
And so make life, and death, and that
for ever,
One grand, sweet song.
(Baker & Taylor Company, New
York !
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Truth Dexter" Out
nHandSOme Edition

Truth Dexter" the novel by Sgd
ney Mccall, published some years ago.
has met with such continued favor
that a new edition, a beautifully illus
trated one, has been brought out to
meet the demand for the well written
story that has successfully undergone
the time test. The pictures are done
by Alice Barber stephens and very
sympatheticcally and, one may easily
imagine, with loving touch has she
drawn for us this most lovable heroine
Truth Dexter All who have admired
Truth from the word picturing of sgd
ney Mccall will be glad to behold that
beautiful spirit as embodied by the ar
lists skill.
The text of the original story re-
mains unchanged. 1t is a North and
South story with the fine intent of
soothing away sectional bitterness or
course the most dexterous way to do
that is to make us all fall In love with
a very charming Southern girl and
via alteration of her, learn to like and
understand the feelings of the South
better than we did before. The heroine
of the story, the charming Truth, is
such a girl as created for us by the
artist and author.
Although not a new book, the new
edition deserves that new attention be
given to this excellent story that is
well enough liked to live another life.
If you have not read It, here's Just a
glimpse that may help you guess II you
would like it. It's a picture of Truth
and her grandmother, taking beautiful
embroidered baby clothes out of an
old trunk, for Truth has just dis
covered that she is to become a mother.
When the grandmother warned Truth,
it was IL the angels wing touched
her" The chapter is called "Annun
ciation" The words which I here
quote, about the old trunk, have no
doubt made appeal and met response
from ten thousand hearts:
Something indescribably pathetic
lives in old trunks. They are the true
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Gossip of Authors
and Their Writings

The latest number of the Political
Science Quarterly has an article on
Canadians In the United States, by S.
Morley Wicket of Toronto. Canada, In
which he has this to say of the good
effect Of immigration from that part
of the world: This much may be ven-
tured, however; the presence OF many
Canadians in the United States and
of Americans in the Dominion is a
pledge OF amity and peace, a pledge
that has all the greater value in
North America. where unlike Europe,
two great nations practically divide
the continent. 1t Is, therefore, con-
ceivable that these nations. having
only their politicians and themselves
to differ with. might forget. in mo-
ments of popular excitement, that the
national policy of the other is not
necessarily hostile In intent. 1t is
we'll, too. in the interests OF pax Ameri-
cana, that both countries are finding
responsibilities beyond their continent.
The United States is changing from
an American republic TO an empire
with worldwide outlook-theugh
with his theory of the manifest des-
tiny of Canada Mr.. Goldwin Smith re-
CARDS this very tendency as a misfor-
tune. Somewhat similarly, Canada is
passing on from the stage OF self
contemplation to the prospects of i'm
PCAAdA lAtCt VSlS.
If we Americans were of a purely
British stock. we should not be what
we are-at least, II we may Judge by
the record of the Australians, who are
OF a purely British stock, and who
have accomplished nothing as yet in
literature or in art or in science The
Australians are now more in number
than we were when we separated our
selves from Great Britain; and yet they
have not produced a single man OF
eminence- Indeed. 1t may be doubted
whether one American can mention
the name of single native Australian
or has ever read a single volume by
a native Australian author. The Aus
tralians seem to afford an eytreme ex-
ample of the disadvantages of inbreed-
ing, whereas we Americans reveal the
advantages of commingling of stocks,
which has quickened our sluggish Brit
ish blood.-Brander Matthews, in The
Reader duly.
The July number OF The Worlds
Work has an article on The Rebound
of San Francisco" by French Strother.
with this subtitle: How the disaster
brought out the temper of an indomi-
table people returning at once to the
building a new city from the ruins Of
the old--incidents by an eyewitness
illustrating the way in which the city
met this test of American civilization
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Socialism Discussed
in Its Modern Sense

John Spargo, author of THE Bitter
Cry Of the Children" The Socialists:
Who They Are and What They stand
For" and some other books, has tust
put forth a new volume called Social
ism" II is a summary and interpreta-
ton of socialistic principles. This is
not, as many of the books on socialism
are, a study Of that system from the
impressions made upon an outsider but
II is che exposition of an avowed social
list. 1t is modern socialism that the
author treats of and endeavors to make
clear to the public, that modern devel-
opment of socialism which is so very
different a thing from the old idea of So
cialism, which was so close TO COM
munism the two PHILOSOPHERS became
so mixed and mingled in the public's
conception OF them that the objections
if they were applicable to socialism.
Spargo, in this work, shows the wide
distinction between the two. A fea-
ture of his writing is that he has de-
signed TO keep the reader from con-
founding the authors personal Views
with those which are universally held
BY socialists.
1t is this feature of trying to present
what are the views Universally held by
socialists which will be most welcomed
by the widest circle of readers. For
socialism is in much need of clear
definition. 1t is perhaps impossible to
state with formal exactness just what
II is. because il is still in the nebulous
stage and without clear-cut outlines 1t
is a thing still way up in the air, and
s looks pretty silver cloud of prom
ise or a darkly ominous one, according
to the various conceptions.
Socialism is so variously conceived
of, so differingly stated, and so lack
ing in the test of experience that there
are no doubt thousands of men who, If
asked If they are beliavars IN socialism
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use colloquial inelegancies and the
vernacular of the street. The author
tells US that his aim is to avoid being
dictatorial as TO the precise course to
be followed. and he would not lay
down any rules that would prevent
speaker or writer from exercising his
rights as an individual. but he wishes to
point out common errors which the
speaker or writer may unconsciously
commit.
In his introduction Vizetelly calls
attention to some curiously absurd err
rors which appear in works where they
might be least expected They serve
not only to warn everybody that almost
everybody is likely to make blunders
in the use of language unless they are
very careful, but also to console those
who inadvertently commit the fault.
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Book Deals With
Errors in English

Frank H. vizetelly. who is an associate
editor of the Standard Dictionary, has
added another little volume to the
STANDARD Desk Book Series" which
has the title "A Desk Book of Errors
in English" 1t includes notes on col
ioouialisms and slang to be avoided in
conversation Mr.. Vizatelly thinks that
the corruption of English, which he
deplores as a besetting sin of English
speaking people, may be attributed to
.sour abnormal passion for novelty"
This is the cause of the tendency to
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BOOKS Received.

SOCIALISM-By John Spargo. Mac
milan Company. New York s1.25.
DAYS AND DEEDS "a book Of
verse for children's reading and speak
tng). Compiled by Burton z Steven
son and Elizabeth B. Stevenson Baker
4. TAYLOR Company. New York;
A COMMENTARY ON THE NEW
TESTAMENT-By Professor Bernard
weiss. Of the University Of Berlin
Funk & Wagnalls Co, New York and
Iondon. Four volumes: SO per volume
EDOUARD REMENYI, Musician.
Iitterateur and Man: An Appreciation
-Rv Gwendolin Dunlsvy Kelley and
George p. Upton. A. C. McClurg
Co. Chicago.
FOR THE SOUL OF RAPHAEL "a
Romance Of Old California)-By
Marah Ellis Ryan A. c. McClurg &
Co., Chicago. $3.50.
THE GLORY SEEKERS (The ro-
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In the early days OF the great South
west)-By William Horace Brown A
c. McClurg & Co. Chicago $3.50
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lurking places of memory, the strong
holds of the past. Museums and art
galleries may shelter long lines of
classical antiquity, but in trunk the
only classification is love. Useless
things here are the precious; and the
history of a broken heart is often
written in a worn-out glove, a tawdry
valentine, little pair of toeless boots"
(Little, Brown & Co., Boston0
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The true hero of a good story died
recently in the person OF "Edgewood
Cold Steel" Richard Harding Davis
famous bull terrier. The Bar Sinis-
ter" one of the best OF all dog sto-
ries. was really the story Of the rise
of Edgewood Cold Steel from Obscur-
ity to the position of one of the great
est of prize winners. The dog justified
his success in the story by actually
winning some forty prizes at leading,
bench shows throughout the country
until he was as well known to lovers Of
good dogs as his story was TO lovers
Of good fiction.-Scribners Notes.
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ilton, after which Montreal Fort Erie
and Windsor wiz successfully be the
scene Of racing. A second meeting at
Montreal Will precede the fall meeting
at Woodbine, and Hamilton will close
the circuit usual No definite plans
have been made for Winnipeg, where a
new track is being built
Jockey Farron has been refnstated
by the Metropolitan Jockey Club. Jack
Phillips, who bong ht his contract after
his suspension at Buffalo last spring,
believes that he has the making of a
first-class rider
Distemper is prevalent at both New
Orleans tracks. especially among the
coming two-year- oids.
George Rose resumed booking oper-
ations at Ascot Park yesterday after
having been absent for few days on
account of the death of his father-in-
law at Santa CRUZ
Jockey C. Ross Isas entirely recovered
from the effects of his recent fall at
Ascot Park.
Yesterdays scrat Clan
destine, Fred Bent. Neptunus.
Gossiper has been put upon the
schooling list and The Skipper has
been taken off it.