davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-12-28
Fraternities scored.

Fraternities in high schools were
vigorously denounced by c.. E. De-
butts, principal of the Pontiac high
school, in an address before the high
school section of the association yes
terday afternoon. No one defended
the fraternities.
The Illinois High School Athletic
association met yesterday and discuss
ed the subject of salaried coaches for
high school athletic teams. The teach.
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my loss. and perhaps little to my
shame, that / was not before, In any
detail, aware of its existence. II had
had specific knowledge of the book, I
should surely have availed myself Of
that knowledge when 1 arrived upon
that lovely California coast, which Tay-
Tor visited fifty-six years before me,
after voyage from New York that
took him four months and a half, and
me four days! His studies were cor
respondingly Observation-Disclosures this
booklet which you are so gracious as
to publish--is clearly the rapid record
of rush J."
The little book Is the story OF a New
York newspaper man who was invited
to accompany a party of railroad OH
Gals and their friends upon the initial
trip over the new route OF the Union
Pacific. through Council Bluffs. Omaha.
Denver. Salt Lake City and Las Vegas
to Los Angeles and San Pedro.
The trip was one grand good time,
but Mr.. Schuyler found ample oppor-
tpnity to note down his Impressions Of
the trip. Under such auspices he saw
the country under most favorable con-
ditions.
(E. P. Putnam's Sons, New York.
Price $125.)
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Will to Be Well and Dismiss
Your Physician

The VIII to Be Well" by Charles
Brodie Patterson, is a unique doctrine
for clean and wholesome life, but
whether to call ii Christian Science or
mental science. or any one of the hun
dred-and- odd other Sciences" = so
called-to cure all human ills, whether
of mind or body, it is impossible to
say.
Ir his preface the author says: In
the mind of man there is the dawning
of new and vital fact that the au-
thoritv of law is resident in his own
life; that health. strength and happi-
ness, as conditions of mind and body,
must be made manifest through con-
scious effort on his part by the use of
spiritual qualities and mind-faculties;
that through the indwelling spirit his
mind must be quickened and renewed
and his Body strengthened and made
whole
The work has been given to the pub
lie before, but the author has revised
It carefully and added four chapters
giving Ibis latest thought on the all
important subject of mental and
physical health
Dunk & Wagnalls Company, New
York. Price $1,000
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with all due respect to the author
of Anna Karenina. I confess that
since a few years the great old map OF
Yasnala- Poliania Is giving his admir-
ers heartrending example. We who
loved him now tremble every time he
thinks Mt to break his silence every
time he sends the world one Of these
poor. meager messages OF morbid res
ignatfon. which are nothing more than
what one could expect from monk
living in the early centuries. Is no
body with TOlstoi who takes heed
tives. no friends who might tell him
not that the time OF being silent has
come. for one must not pain man with
such past. but merely give him the
consoling Illusion that he Is still speak
ing to the world. while taking such
precautions as to suppress his further
utterances. and thus prevent his ad-
mirers from abandoning him.?
Word comes from France that the
cross OF the Legion Of Honor has bean
awarded to II. c. Standardization In
consideration of his services to French
literature through his recently pub
lishsd biography Of Moliere.
Road Amundsen. to whom belongs
the honor OF having passed from the
Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean in the
only ship that has ever made the North
west Passage in its entirety, Is the hero
OF General A. ". Greely's paper in the
February Century, giving the story OF
this voyage and Of the observations
secured during many months sojourn
and work at Gjoa Harbor.
The rumor Is persistent that The
Fighting Chance" is to be staged. but
Appleton's announce that Mr.. Cham
bers has made no arrangements as yet.
The book is still at the head OF the
column of best sellers" :
Harold Bindloss Is an Englishman
and. lives a quiet country life at Great
Corby. Carlisle, England, fact rather
surprising TO one who has read his
novels, which arr stlrrinEly descriptive
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ness is not an essential in writing Of
this kind, amusement is the thing. The
story is ingenious. In barest outline,
two absolutely unscrupulous American
stock manipnlators learn that a young
English girl is sole heiress to a large,
block OF stock in an American railway
and go TO Englapd with the intent OF
marrying her to get control of the
stock She is very poor and does not
know she has been selected as her I'm
cle's heir. When the first American
puts in an appearance. with all the
evidences Of wealth and position. she
is forced ~ sordid mother to accept
him. Here the story opens. Enter the
upright and honorable hero. who sees
in his first glance that Lydia is not
pleased TO be engaged TO the American
and himself falls in love with here at
first sight. The other American arrives
and then the rush OF incident beEin1
On every fourth page something hap
pens-something sensational Lydia 10
abducted so often that il becomes al
most a habit. but she is too bewildered
70 talk much and when she does IL is
not to much purpose. She is kidnapped
by the second American and taken
away on his yacht TO be used as host
age in driving some sort OF q bargain
with the first American in regard to the
railway stocks. She is confined IN
by the same villain. carried off by tn.
English hero in her nightdress anc
made TO walk miles through brsmble
and swamp before she gets other cloth
ing; she is stolen again by the second
American, placed first on one yacht
then on another, left in a cave to be
drowned by the rising tide-enough TO
whiten the hair Of any ordinary girl
il is full OF battle. murder and sudden
death; there is a gun play" every few
lines. A shipwreck finally sends the
villain TO his deserts and the other
gives Up TO the battered but still active
hero.
There are sixteen good illustrations
by Cyrus Cuneo. who must have en-
joyed the story himself TO Judge from
the spirit with which he has pictured
it
Doubleday. Page & Co., New York
Price sl5OO
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After surfeit weeks long, Of prob
fem stories, novels with purposes, Chris
han science essays. books on socialism.
science, politics and what not, II would
be a thin-blooded reviewer who would
not reach eagerly for a story BY H. b.
Marriott Watson. The name is a guar
anty OF flesh and blood narrative with
10 hidden meaning But The Privateers"
must come after and below the remem-
bered delights OF Hurricane Island
and who that read IL does not remember
the swift rush OF II, the savage light
ing, the romance made real2
In The Privateers" the teller Of
tales Sc quite as generous but not so
eonvinoina The two American villains
are not OF the flesh, but they are OF the
type on which the British novelist In
pists, q rare combination OF stage
Broker, Montana 'holdup" and gentle
rpanly brigand. the like Of which is not
between our oceans. But convincing
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1.-THE Parsons Boys Well Told
and Wretchedly Pictured

THE Parsons Boys written by
Robert Casey, will find its way into
every Sunday school library; in fact. it
might well have place in every juve-
nile library. Then while the boys and
the girls as we'll are reading 1t, many
of the fathers and mothers-the boys
and girls grown .tall-will find time to
live again in it's pages some of the
mischtevous merrymaking of their own
young days.
The book, which Is said to be real
story of real people, is clean and re-
freshing and done in simple, direct
English. It is a refutation OF the
charge that "the parsons boys are the
worst brats In the parish'-printed as
an Indictment at the beginning. Fur
Their color and setting is given by a
few admonitory quotations from the
Bible. Then the tale starts out enter
tainingfy, some OF the tricks OF the
parsons boys outdoing those of Peck s
Bad Boy" The end is happy and peni-
tent, of course, the parson living to
see the miracle wrought Interest is
given to the plot by Civil Wartime
setting.
The illustration. which is profuse, Is
nothing short OF an artistic crime.
the marginal embellishments" by Luz
lie King being beyond pardon. Those
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"The Lone Furrow" Ranks With
w. A. Fraser's Best

within the last few years some
stories depicting most feelingly and
faithfully various phases OF Canadian
life appeared from the hand OF w A
Fraser. Bfooswa." a remarkably fine
native story. was one that received
much appreciation from discerning
critics; Thoroughbred" was hne,
strong novel: Thirteen Men" collec-
ton Of thirteen short stories. was q
book 70 read and re-read. Now comes
a new novel, The Lone Furrow." which
is deserving OF no small success. With
out IN the least suggesting that his
STYLE is imitation OF any other writer's,
II may be said that he has something
OF the vfgor and strength OF Kipling
and the intimate understanding Of
character and emotions that has been
the charm Of Barrie and Ian MacLaren.
This story is a simple tale of q home
IL Scotch folk settled in the tiny VII
lage OF Iona, in Canada The narrow
nindedness and bigotry Of the old
fashioned Scotch Presbyterianisun give
the color OF the book, which turns upon
Of the little Scotch church where he
has almost caused split among the
members by preaching a religion of
modern practical sense. q religion for
week days as we'll as Sundays. His
obstinate congregation look askarce
upon a minister who approves OF
cricket and bowling and kindred plea
sures and is even instrumental In get
ting an organ for his church The
romance itself fs anything but old
fashioned: It is only the setting and
some Of the characters that are rural.
As tina Plot develops the issue is seen
70 be the influence an inherited appe-
lite fer drink and drugs may exert
upon human character and the terrible
misery which follows in their wake iz
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almost pr --Iment were IL not woven
so entertainingly into the story.
The beauty of the character OF the
waiting wife. Jean. her strength and
steadfast belief in her husband. her al
most angelic resignation and her pa
thetic condition make altogether as -.ne
2 picture as has been put into a novel
in many a day.
The teller Of the tale himself has ave
charming children. and they are so
woven into the tale that they are a
very necessary part@of it, 1t is easy
to see that the author is real child
lover.
II is hard to praise too we'll book
with so very many good points; 1t is
one of the best bits of fiction of its
Cd. Appleton & Co. New York. Price
s1.50.)
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Much Information Crowded Into
a Small Book

Statisticisns and those who delight IN
accurate numerical estimates and COM
PARSONS of the things about them and
in all countries will ind Henry Gam
Nets Statistical Abstract of the
World" the first edition of which is
just out, q most satisfactory addition
to their book shelves. It IL a bit of a
book and has not been numbered with
endless recapitulations.
It used to be an axiom that photo
graphs and statistics did not lie. The
fact Is that they both do, but that does
not detract from the genuine value Of
either. In compiling his book, Gannett
has availed himself of the best and
latest obtainable facts and figures and
puts them in most compact form. The
contents deal with area and population
each considered relatively with the
~---~,--+~ --d values OF the worlds
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Laurence Motifs Fine Tales of
the Far Northwest

A fine collection OF tales. conferred
about the Canadian Northwest mounted
police, is the White Darkness" by
Laurence Mott. They are distinctly
better than any stories Of the frozen
north that have appeared lately-bet-
ter. even. than ''Mooswa OF the Bounda
ries" or "Copjuror's House." which have
stood as typical of life IN those barren
lands. Mott knows the blood and iron
men Of the northland" as il he were one
OF them. His tales are realistic. ap-
pealing, wondrously sympathetic The
loves and hates. joys and SORROWS Of tho
poor trappers OF the northland, these
lowly representatives Of that large
class OF ignorant French Canadians and
half-caste Indians, are told so simply
and with such perfect understanding as
20 make the tales intensely interesting
The mounted police measure their
beats" by the hundred rugged miles;
their powers are large and their duties
wide OF scope. as needs be they must
when a handful OF men on horseback
keeps the Kings peace for a thousand
lea CUES OF wilderness. These duties
take the troopers into strange places.
and il is about these experiences that
most Of the tales are built. The emo
tional side Of the simple natives Is
strongly developed. Many Of them are
too ignorant to be immoral. their state
belnE rather Immoral IMAM immoral
But the love OF wife and child is rs
savage as an animals love and as faith
full.
The first story, from which the book
takes it's name. is uniquely pathetic
tale OF snow blindness. and OF how the
happiness OF little home was saved by
the intervention Of one of the guardi-
ans OF the peace. The second tale,
"Jacouette." is too fine a story for any
collection. IT needs TO stand alone TO
be justly valued IT is OF young wife
who sacrifices her baby and herself and
braves death in the snow that her hus-
band be saved from arrest and prison.
Some readers will find Motifs French
Canadian dialect hard to read and at
times dificult to understand, but IL APP
pears 20 be the only medium through
which these stories could be told.
fOuting Publishing Company New
York. Price $500
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New York Attorneys Damnation
of the Tariff

Franklin Pierce. New York lawyer
has written a book on The Tariff and
the Trusts" of which Its publishers
say In a frenzy of italics that it is
readable, entertaining, complete. logi-
cal. fair, judicial timely.
Another admirer of Mr.. Pierce's book
says that 1t presents "a clear statement
of the fragrant wrong of the Dingley
tariff' Every duty is, in it's essence, a
wrong. Every payment exacted is a
wrong unless you get what you pay for,
That is about all there is to the tariff.
1t Is a matter OF trade. The raisin
growers and the wine men OF Caltfor-
MIA. for instance,.'a willing to pay
higher price on steel or cotton manu-
features In order that they shall get
q like advantage for their own products.
Quite probably there are abuses of
adjustment such as are likely to grow
out OF any complicated business trans
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A Chicago Professors Work on
"Sex and Society

one OF the notable additions to the
list of books for the week comes from
Professor w. 7. Thomas. 1t is timely
and suggestive study in anthropoiogy,
sex and Society,"" The position ana
standing of the author in the depart
ment of sociology in the University OF
Chicago is enough to show the public
the serious object OF the book. Pro-
fessor Thomas has the discrimination.
rare among scientists. to write III a,
STYLE easily intelligipie to the laynian.
and his articles published in the Amer
lean Journal of Sociology were OF I'M
mense popular interest. These essays
he has expanded and revised and COLI
Iected to make this book. To quote
from the authors note: while each
study is complete in itself. the general
thesis running through all of them is
the same-that the differences in bod
ilv habit between men and women par
ticularly the greater strength, restless
ness and motor aptitude of man. and
the more stationary condition OF
woman, have had an important innu-
ence on social forms and activities and
on the character and mind OF the tive
sexes"
Developing that premise. he writes
nine papers, two of which, The Adven-
titious Character OF Woman" and The
Mind of Woman and the Lower Races"
are of particular interest. Because of
Professor Thomas almost colloquial
handling of these scientific themes he
was adversely criticized and much
maligned when these papers first ap-
peared. In the first he eiucidates his
theory about the lapses OF morality
in women by showing that they were
unknown In primitive society when
women were on q more equal eco
nonic plane with men. Slowly but
surely men have deprived women of
commercial ee<1vfty and relegated her
TO a pos1tion A the bone where she has
nothing 20 Do but take care Of her
children and adorn her person. This
condition. he ssys, contributes largely
to moral lapsss among the women of
today.
'arhe Mind Of Woman and the Lower
Races deals with the fact that the
failure Of modern women to partici-
pate more fully In the intellectual and
occupational activities fs due to the
superficial social conventions OF the
day. Among the other subjects dis
cussed are Psychology of Modesty and
Clofbs,,-" 49, 49, rp--s--s4s--- -~~-~s-
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of the widest part Of Western Amer
lea and British Columbia Mr.. BindlosS
writes in letter to his publishers: IT
have no literary acquaintance. In fact.
my associates in England are mostly
postmen, and, when possible, railroad
men. One finds them so much more in
teresting."
Sir A. Conan Doyle. creator OF Sheg-
lock Holmes. has been doing some real
detective work in behalf of young
Parsee lawyer who was imprisoned for
three years--in Sir Arthur's opinion
without cause. The long account OF his
Investigations which the novelist has
just published is as interesting reading
as any story in The Adventures Of
Sherlock Holmes" and ought to 80
far toward bringing about a reparation
to the unfortunate young Parses-
Some of the most noted Parisian
artists have contrived to transform Ed
mond Rostand's country home. Arraga,
in the south OF France. into a fairy
land. The walls of his magnificent
apartments, whose windows look out
over the crests OF the Pyrenees. are
covered with the very delightful tales
which Hans Christian Andersen and the
Grimm brothers have immortalized-
Bernard Grady is a new poet on the
horizon. The few lines selected at
random from his little book OF Wallis
are In minor key, but his work il not
at all pessimistic:
Good-by Il the word that comes to rest
Its weight the heart OF the lightesr brsagts
And awaken the soul To thought OF gloom
The word OF all words I would entomb.
Marie Corelli. the versatile. has
turned her genius to hymn writing.
She was poet before she became a
novelist. and her latest hymn. entitled
..At Eventide,' has just been published
IN The Sunday-school Hymnary."
Mrs. Kate Douglas Wiggin-that Is
to say. Mrs. George c. Riggs=haS
been spending the week at Govern
ment House. Ottawa. acting. with
George W. Chadwick and Langdon
Mitchell. as judge in the dramatic and
musical competition for the trophy
given by Earl Grey for the best ANA
teur performance. Mrs. Riggs II to
award the prizes
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most important products. and with an
enumeration of the exports and i'm
ports OF every country OF the world.
The author has tabulated his material
In such lucid form that II may be
easily understood and instantly avail
able for reference. It should have a
place IN every library and in every
school.
San Francisco, fighting to come again
into It's own, may take some exception
to the place accorded 1T among the
cities. it's population being given as
s55,s1s, smaller by 10000 than the most
conservative estimate now. But the
United States stands first in practi-
cally everything that marks progress,
dividing honors only with the United
Kingdom.
John Wiley & Sons, New York. Price
70 cente.
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Newspaper Mans Book About
Voyage Westward

westward the Course of Empire"
by Montgomery Schuyler. is an admir-
able little book 1t accompliShes its
purpose. The authors predatory letter
In which he explains and excuses his
volume, is worth quoting: "I am really
very much obliged to YOU, he writes,
for calling my attention TO Bayard
Taylor's e. Dorado 1t is distinctly
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Gossip of Books and People Who
Make Them

The publication OF Charlotte Bronte's
hitherto imprinted poem has brought to
mind the lukewarm welcome extended
70 her first poetical efforts. In 1876
The poems of Currer. Ellis and Acton
Bell were issued and. according to
Charlottes statement. exactly two
copies out of the edition were sold.
The Bronte sisters transferred the rest
of the edition ito the trunkmaker."
The past season is said to have been
the best In the history OF bookselling.
The outlook for good books of fiction
seems better than that of last year.
Some important serials have already
appeared which will be done into books
when the serial publication is finished,
among them stories by Edith Wharton,
May Sinclair. Mrs. Burnett and Maurice
Hewlett.
Have cheap books come to stay?
This is the question which has aroused
much discussion In England. according
to Philadelphia Ledger correspondent,
since Messrs Chatto & Windus made
the surprising announcement that they
intend reducing the price of their
novels from s shiliings (about $3.50
to half crown (about 621z cents). The
publishing firm promises TO issue for 2
shillings and pence new novels Of
ordinary length by weil-known au-
thors, printed and bound in the ac-
cepted style
This new departure 10 important not
merely because 1t lowers the price OF
books, but for other reasons as we'll
OF course, no publisher can AFFORD to
bring out small editions at this price.
There would be loss on an edition of
1000 copies If the books were sold so
cheaply. Consequently, II the half
crown novel becomes the regulation. no
publisher will accept a manuscript
which he does not expect will have a
really large sale. This means. perhaps,
that we shall have fewer mediocre
novels.
In replying to Tolstoi's recent at
tacks on Shakespeare NJ. Maeterlinck
notes that "the almost periodical crit
icisms from Tolstoi are now without
any critical value" He adds;
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action. Mr.. Pierce thinks that the
whole thing is bad business and it
may be added that he writes well and
entertainingly-
tThe Macmillan Company. New York.
Price $1.5o)
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In replying to Tolstois recent at
tacks on Shakespeare NJ. Maeterlinck
notes that ''the almost periodical crit
icisms from Tolstoi are now without
any critical value" He adds:
The Crittenden record., 1907-01-18
Hs, s.srs. Out.

Robert Watchorn. the commissioners
a, immigration, has made a sympa'
tbetIc and thorough study OF the lm'
migrant types that reach New YORK
Dlscusslng these types the other day
no said: The most naive are ias
Germans from the smaller and re-
moter states. They have the charm.
lpgly simple and quaint minds OF chill
dren A beautiful German girl dis
embarked here the other day. She
was tall and strong. blue-eyed ani
yellow.haired. she wanted TO know
At once II there we're any letters Tor
her The postmaster at the pier. after
getting her name. said. by way OF a
loke: 1s II q business or love letter
that you espect,' The girl faltered
"A business letter
well. there's nothing here. said
the man altar looking over tho assort
ment
The girl hesitated. Then. blushinl
a. red as q rose, she said Would
you mind just looking among the love
letters now. sir7'"