Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-27
Los ANGELES HERALD MONDAY MORNING MAY 27 1907

body's. on certain we'll known animal
writer's whose stories are false to nature.
Roosevelt on the Nature Fakirs" is a
salutary exposure, and comes fttingly
from one who is recognized as the world
big game authority. An article especially
Eyerybody-ish In type, and dealing with
high finance, is Will Payne's THE Cheat
of Overcapitalization." Stock watering Is
PERHAPS the most serious problem before
the country today, especially the stock
watering of, railroads. Mr.. Payne tells
very clearly how 1t is done and how 1t
works vicious injury to the people. The
subject of crime and punishment, so strik-
ingly introduced by Brand Whitlock In
the May Everybody's, Is continued with
an impressive article on the facts, called
THE Tragedy of the Released Convict"
by l. K. Friedman.
1.-THE Ministry of Beauty" by Stanton
Davis Kirkham, Is a treatise on the phi
losophy of beauty, not merely of the
ethics of good looks, but of that deeper
soul beauty which is the soul of things
beauty of conduct, of heart, of life. The
all common necessity is the divine neces-
sty Of beauty RnTpose TSra Its It's
circumference ft ei ' to center - to the III III
purpose os Of beauty Itself There are are
chapters on beauty, life, religion, .philoso-
tone of the book is optimistic and health
full and every misanthrope and pessi-
mist should read it. Its getup is hand
some
The Ministry of Beauty. BY Stanton
Francisco: Paul Elder & Co.
In less than two years three big men
have thrown up the most important sin
ge lob eyer granted Me by the American
Daniel Vincent Casey tells the interest
ing story of the Panama canal and shows
why the government cannot work on a
hold big men to the task Mr.. Casey tells
Just what John F. Wallace did, just what
Theodore P. Shonts did, just what John
tentnt Colonel George w. Goethals finds
the work today. In summing up the
withdrawal Of Wallace. Stevens and
seed; politics-not pay roll politics. but
the costlier influence which business in
terests can bring to bear on the award
ing of contracts for materials and sup
plies; restrictive legislation-laws stu
pidly applied to the whole country's busi-
ness which would ruin any single indus
try; these are the, things which drove
Wallace and Stevens from Panama and
Shonts from Washington
Seldom have love letters been written
which contained more of the beauty of
pathos, the poignancy. of despair than
Indian Love Letters" by Marah Ellis
Ryan, which seem literally written with
the hearts blood of the undetermined
Indian who sent them to a girl he had
loved in the east
HE who writes was first an Indian
shepherd, who dreamed dreams and sang
songs. Then for one little breath of
heaven he was called by you friend
and now he works at forge in tower
over a gateway that was very ancient
when, the first castilians came to the
when you let the Indians eyes look
into your own across dinner table IN
New York the Indian knew In that. flash
that his bonds were farther In the future
than his eyes could see."
OF course it was all hopeless. What
place could an Indian, no matter now
highly educated have In the ,tnt,1 th9,ught5s ali5
breeding? But he was inspired to these
letters which breathe the spirit of re-
nunciation and show how inevitable Is
table prose poem. They are especially
fascinating in this region. where the real
Indian is known-as is also their writer.
indian cbIcSso hOye Letters Rscnrg Ny MaTas CO. S
"Exmoor star" by A. E. Bouser. is an
autobiography Of a pony, and four colored
plates and numerous black and white IL
Illustrations convince us that the pony was
an animal whose life was sufficiently In
teresting to become matter OF reGoru'
self as possessing a shaggy, curly, Woolly
coat of sober brown; a long shaggy name
that hid his face-an Exmoor pony or nc
ordinary quality, but of good blood ano
| fine mettle. He was a frisky pony, as be-
came his Arabian sire. He tells us about
| his first Shoes" a change of masters, his
| Joining circus, how he was petted by G
prince his adventures in the Rockies. how
| he became polo pony and now IN
| wreck he saved twelve people from GROWN
| ing. The story is written brightly, Is ful
of incidents and will surely please young
Exmoor Star. By A. E. Bouser. New
York: A. S. Barnes e. Co.
Two new socialistics works just issued,
which will doubtless attract attention
from followers Of that cult are Land
ring)," by Frederick Engels and The
Theoretical System of Karl Marx" by
Louis B. Boudin. Both come from the
press of Charles H. Kerr & Co.. Chicago,
and are included in the International
Library of Social Science.
Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, novelist
and historian of Indian wars, has written
book that is very different from the
work by which he is best tx ano%n Geth h
suffering and death of Jesus told in dra-
matte form. DR.. Brady has evidently
felt that this was the greatest drama in
the history of the world. He handles the
New Testament story in manner that
is at once reverent and matter of fact.
The work Is wholly in prose, and there
are lOnS descriptive lHleTluueS, given
somewhat after the manner of stage di-
rections, 80 that there is no interruption
to the progress of the. dramatic action.
The agony in the garden, the betrayal.
the trial before Caiphas, the trial before
PLATE, the whole great story of the pas
sion, all is told in connected. reverent yet
intense fashion that makes the whole
sacred theme most vivid.
Gethsemane and After. BY Cyrus Town
send Brady. New York: Moffatt, Yard
e. Co. S1.20.
Heart Melodies is the latest compila-
tion by Mary Allette Aver. Miss Aver s
wide research, excellent taste and un-
usual intuition in choosing gems of
thought in prose and verse that cheer,
encourage and uplift, have become known
throughout the country, and the beautiful
third volume of choice selections by this
gifted woman, who rises superior to her
own physical pain to gladden. so many, is
sure to be sought as book to be kept
near at hand by those who recognize the
value of ministering to the mind by the
noble and gracefully expressed thought of
others, and who wish a worthy and pleas
ing token for friends at Easter, holiday
season or on any occasion for remem-
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