Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-04
BOOK NOTES

y BIOGRAPHY is usually about the
ID drlest of library work-unless
one except autobiography. There
Is little of the romantic about a life
till it has lost it's angles and well de-
fined outlines in the mist of the past
till one may exc out here and trim
down there with impunity, knowing
that none there is who may dispute
his accuracy because none knows any
more about it than he. A biography
of Walt Whitman, therefore, should
not be written for some years yet; he
was a person of so pronounced an in
dlV1duality-so atmospheric, as it
Were-that true portrait is essential
If any be attempted; and yet, will not
close portrayal disillusionize? Bear
Ing these facts in mind, one approaches
Horace Traubels with Walt Whit
man in Camden" with fear and trem-
bling, but one leaves it with gladstone
heart. For it is violator of all tradi-
ton; 1T not only leaves all the angles
and the roughness, but by this yery
same token 1t gives us most true, in
teresting, fascinating portrait of as
odd genius as America has produced;
and after its perusal one realizes that
it must have been so, else Whitman's s
others, were a farce indeed. Mr.
Iraubel has done a tremendous task
strikingly well, and his book is a liter-
ary treasure.
With Walt Whitman in Camden. A
Diary Record of Conversations. By
Horace Traubel Boston: Small, May
nard & Co.
Whenever Frederick Remington
takes pen or brush and gives us Of
our own great west, it is worth while.
when he combines his great talents as
Writer Writer ana artlst, 1t is treat 1.-THE
way of An Indian" is of the latter
quality; written and illustrated by
MN, 1t treats of real Indians, and is
done by one who knows them at first
hands. There are eight tales in the
volume, with nearly as many pictures
and While the volume is not epOch-
making in any way, it is yet well worth
possessing. '4
The Way of An Indian. BY Fred
erick Remington. New York: Fox.
Duffield & Co.
A romance of the fall of the Hohen-
staufen dynasty iii Italy and the over
throw of Manfred by Charles of Anio,,
the champion of Pope Clement w, is
"Castel del Monte" by Nathan CALI
zier. The middle ages are noted for
the weird mysticism and the deem fatal
ism characteristic of a people believing
in signs and portents and the firm hand
of fate. Mr.. Gallizier has brought ont
these characteristics in marked degree
by his descriptions of the thrilling in
cidents which began with the arrival
of the Ghibelline ENJOYS at Palermo,
and only ended with the complete de,
feat and death of Manfred at the hands
of Charles of Anjou and his supporters.
Castel del Monte by Nathan CALI
zier. Boston: l.. C. Page & Co.
Morley Roberts certainly has versa
tility, since his newest book has nor 81
single point of similarity with either
"Rachel Mari" or his welI-known sea
stories. Its setting is the English So
called upper crust" of the present day.
Lady Penelope" is quite the most nm
to-date young lady imaginable and
equally charming. AS might be ex-
pected from such a heroine her auto
MODELLING plays an important part in
the development of the plot. Lady Pen
elope has large number of suitors
and her method of choosing her hus-
band is original and provocative of de-
lightful situations and mirthful Incl
dents.
Lady Penelope, by Morley Roberts,
Boston; l.. G. Page & Co.
Theodore and Theodora," by Marian
w. Wildman, is a story of the exploits
and mishaps of two mischievous twins,
and continues the adventures of the
interesting group of children in 10y
atty Island Miss Wildman's success
full book of last year.
Theodore and Theodore. by Marian