The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07

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C~omrade," by Una Silberrad; Ine
Weavers.' by Gilbert Parker.
Non-fction-''Food and the Principles OF
Dietetics,' by Robert Hutchinson; Boston.
Cooking School Cook Book" by Fanny
Merritt Farmer; "Pragmatism," by Will
lam James; Days Off" by Henry Van
Dyke; The Dolls House." by Henrik
Ibsen; The Altar Fire by Arthur
Christopher Benson.
Literary Notes.
No less than four of the honorary de-
grees conferred by Yale this year We're
awarded for literary work.. Hopkinson
Smith, Herbert Putnam, George Tooker
and Frederick Trevor Hill being the re-
cipients. The last-named, whose first pre-
eminence was in the law, achieved liter
airy prominence through his novel, The
Accomplish and the series of legal es-
says. recently Incorporated in book form,
which appeared in Harper's Magazine, en-
titled Decisive Battles of the Law
The collected works of Dora Sigerson
Shorter MRS. Clement X. Shorter), which
is, although several hundred copies will be
handled in this country by the Harpers,
an English edition, contains an introduce
tion by George Meredith, in which the
Victorian poet and critic has a notable
worn ~ say uPVii GAi5fo1 AAA5
There has been OF late a cry says Mr..
Meredith, for the more rigid enforcement
of rhyme; strange to hear when the
many writer's Of verse are wearing the
poor stock we have to sflreds. That hard
-consonantal smack on the ear of an exact
similarity Of sound is required in what
is called our heroic verse, which relies for
its effects on the timely clapper. In lyrics
the demand for music Is imperative, and
- 1,,apffkxr Ia IopiaA 10 tho Eno1ich
tongue, rhymes there must be. Unhappily
the monosyllables chiefly in request are
a scanty lot. Attempt to translate Heine,
and our weakness in ~dissyllables battles
the experiment. An unrivaled instrument
|talist like Mr.. S~winburne, prince of Wrists,
does marvels with the language. Lesser
men, however correct their arhyming, be-
tray the cramp OF their hand in frequent
repetitions of the rhymes"
The first fiction story sold for publica-
ton by William Wallace Whitelock, au-
thor Of When Kings Go Forth to Bat
tle," the popular novel recently published
by the j.. B. Iippincott Company, bore
the unfortunate title, after Many Years"
The story was purchased by a fashion
magazine, but whether owing to over
crowding Of its columns or a too conscien-
tious regard for the mandate of the title,
the editor did not publish the story until
after six years." and then the check
was for $2SS,
OF all the theories propounded by Fried
rich Nietzsche, the iconoclastic German
philosopher, none have welded a stronger
influence than those dealing with the
woman question. His views on this ques-
ton are strangely contradictory, and
seem to have been different at different
ffpooc in hi0 life ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS owkron,o
anti-feminist views, Wagner's idolatrous
worship of woman, both left a deep i'm
press on his mind. He evidently regard
ed woman as the eternal paradox-at once
the parasite that preys upon man. and
the inspirer who lifts him to the heights.
Did Nietzsche ever dream Of a Super
woman to match his ideal Superman? The
answer to that question is found, says
Current Literature, in his definition OF
marriage. He said: "Marriage-thus L
call the will of two beings to create an
other who shall be more than they who
created 1t. Marriage | call reverence unto
each other, as unto those who will such
a Will. woman Is as necessary to the
contamination Of this perfect marriage
as man; and in woman, the Indispensable
mate, the mother of the TRANSPORTED man
OF the future, Nietzsehe undoubtedly fore
saw and welcomed the Superwoman.
Bernard Shaw began his journalistic
propaganda at the age of 20 by solemnly
announcing to an Indifferent public that
he was an atheist; he will probably end
it one OF the most deeply religious and
truly constructive forces in the world to-
day, says Current Literature. For. con-
tinues the writer, behind Shaw the dram
aust and Shaw the Socialist politician
Is the all-pervasive thinker and philoso-
| DneT OF whom tho 40 u G - - o,,- .-.
paper paragraphs is but a comic mask.
Co. 3. s. he himsel confesses, s'gets
on my nerves and bores me, except" he
aoos shfewdly, when he is working out
sonlething solid for me. or saying what /
want said.' Like A~ristophanes and Heine,
with whom he is akin, Shaw laughs when
he is most tragically serious, but unlike
them, he is more the practical philosopher,
than either wit OF dramatist.
Shaw believes that the shaping force i'm
manent In me-God universal will, super
consciousness. whatever we may call it.
can only work its will through man when
man at last becomes not only intelligent
but truly wilfui. Il tell YOU he makes
his Don Juan say, that as long as | can
conceive something better than myself /
cannot be easy unless / am striving TO
bring IT into existence or clearing. the way
for 1t. That is the law of my life. That is
the working within me of Iife's incessant
aspiration to higher organization, wider,
deeper. intenser self consciousness. and
clearer self-understanding.'
Shaw may well be called an apostle OF
the era Of win, of that new theology whict
expresses neither the fear nor the love Of
God, but rather the endeavor to perform
the will of God.
President Roosevelt had : as guest al
luncheon at the White House r~eoentl,
Will N. Harden. The President is q
and wanted to talk with him about them