The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-10


Moore in particular. were slammed up
and down the country, and no reviewer
seemed 10 be able to write anything good
about them without at the same time
adding a sting The New York sun for
instance. found one episode in the book
the most outrageous thing We have seen
in print. The St Louis POst-Dispatch
says, 1t shocks you with appalling frank
ness and Indecent confidence" The Provi-
dence Journal declares that Mr. Moore
might be any disreputable vagabond
Dragging of his escapades 10 his pothouse
companions. The San Francisco Call
remarks, lit is not easy 10 be patient
with the shabby, sOTdid sensualism. The
Albany Argus called Moore. "a wild
Irishman running amuck in English liter
allure. with a sharp pen for Il weapon.
On the other hand. Prof Harry ThurstOn
Peck called Moore "the greatest literary
artist who has struck the chords Of Eng
fish since Thackeray.' and James Hume
ker declared that the Memoirs We're
written in distinguished English, often
rising in pitch 10 the Hottest tone You
pays your money and you takes your
choice,
Longfellow's centenary celebration,
which comes soon. and Of which we spoke
last week in these columns. reminds one
of the romance Of the Acadians, whose
sorrows. beautifully pictured in rhyme,
have perhaps been rather disproportion-
ately mourned. The Acadfans deported
from Nova Scotia by the British govern
ment in 100 were simply removed. They
were not exJerminated. as was the HUI
guenot colony in Florida by the Span
iards. They We're mere handful com
pared with the 100000 French citizens
dragoOned out of France by the Edict of
Nantes The Acadians did not suffer so
hard a fate as that of the 10000 Tories
who were driven into vaga bondage at the
close Of the Revolutionary war. There
is little pity wasted on the HuguenOts or
the Loydlists. but the sufferings of the
Acadians have darkened many an even
ing. and Longfellow's poem has been the
cause Of many tears. II was the Rev Mr..
Connolly who told the story of the part
ed lovers 10 Hawthorne. who turned the
material over 10 LOngfellow The out
come was ''Evangeline," published in 1917
Tt took hold at once, became immensely
popular, and now that sixty years have
elapsed its popularity is as great. per
haps. as ever. Year after year school
children read the poetic tale of the desc
laticn OF Grand Pre- and every year
thousands visit Grand Pre- because il is
the scene Of Longfellow's poem. One Of
the best OF recent editions of the poem is
that published with Christy Illustrations
by the Bobbs-MerriI Co, of indianapolis
Despite his great popularity as a novel
list. the late Jules Verne never earned
from his pen as much rs 5000 a year
The reason was that early in his career
he arranged with his publishers 20 fur
nish them TWO novels year for "a stipu-
lated sum, and il never occurred to him
when NE became famous to demand more.
According to the Publishers Weekly 10
less than 7.l59 books were published dur
ing 1906. Of which AZ were new editions
These figures show decrease over the
two previous years, due. it is supposed
to tee printers strike at the beginning of
the year. Still. there were enough.
soils" by 5. ". Fletcher. is the sec
ond volume in the Farm Library is
sued by Doubleday. Page * Co, of New
York. The author IS q member OF the
faculty Of the State Agricultural Col
Iege Of Michigan. The Farm Library
has been planned to do for the farmer
what the Nature Library does for the
student and lover OF nature Soils" is
a technical book, written in q popular
style 1t is q volume born of actual con-
tact with the soil and a desire to be OF
service to the men who are getting a
living from the soil. The technical lecture
room phrases are replaced by words in
common Use on farms. and the result IS
that the science Of soils is presented In
simple and practical way. It is not a
contribution 10 agricultural science. but
an Interpretation of tia new presenta-
ton of what is already known. II tells
Of the Soil Builders" Of The Nature OF
Soils. The Kinds of Soils and How Best
to Manage Them" The Benefits of Til
lage. " The Object and Methods of Plow-
ing The Draining of Farm Soils" and
SO on. The volume should prove Of the
yer. greatest value 20 farmers, and its
numerous illustrations, admirably repro
duced from skiIlful photographs. aid the
reader much in a proper understanding
of the text.
II. 3. Marriott Watson, whose latest
novel. THE Prlvateers," was reviewed in
this column recently, was born in Mel
bourne, Australia. where his father was
a minister He went 10 New Zealand al
the age OF nine. where he grew up. He
was educated in England and took VI
newspaper work in 1887. He has served
as assistant editor Of Black and White
and Of the Pail Mall Gazette. His wife
is Rosamund Marriott Watson, who has
written several volumes Of verse Of ar
excellent quality.
In their Library Of Early English Nov
elists," Z. P. Dutton & Co. have just
published THE Monk" by NJ. G. Lewis
edited with an introduction by z. A
Baker, NJ. A In the same Library a
volume of Early English Prose Ro-
mances," edited by William J. Thomas
with Introduction by Henry Morley. has
also appeared, containing. among others
THE History of Reynard, the Fox. "
Robert the Devil" The Pleasant His
tory of Tom A. Lincoln" "The History
OF the Damnable Life and Deserved Death
of Dr. John Faust"
A jolly little love story is Eleanor Hoyt
Brainerd's "Bettina." as graceful and as
ua4iIbS a. d poe-ii' shotts But sweet. Inerc
are no problems in the story. hardly any
adventures. and the hero Of the tale
spends most Of his time on a sick bed
but it is charming for all that. and one
reads it with a fine sense Of its whole
soueness, its fine atmosphere.
The hero Is a young man who is wan
deTing slowly and in meditative mood
down to the ferry from New York across
to New Jersey. when a very pretty cir
sieZes him by the arm and tells him to