The Washington herald., 1907-06-23

70 INFORM you lhat you nave Decn ulldul-
mously elected Son of Gambolier."
Lafayette McLaws has d new book
ready, which Little, Brown & Co will
| soon issue. It is called The Welding"
and IS a story Of American life and char
acter. showing particularly the elements
In the early republic that led up 20 the
trouble between the North and the South
The failure up 10 date to secure suffi-
cient funds for the monument to r. l..
Stevenson, planned to be erected in
| Edinburgh-that city of statues-has
greatly detected his admirers. It is true
that there Is tablet to the romancer's
memory in Edinburgh but it cannot be
and is not considered satisfactory. A
special appeal is now to be made to
Americans, a land that Is full Of Stew
ensonians
Later in the year Messrs. L. F. Dut-
ton viii publish for the American
market Arthur Christopher Benson's
life Of Alfred Lord Tennyson. This
work will comprise a single volume Of
average size. Messrs. Dutton are now
issuing their handsome new editions Of
Mr.. BensOn's The House Of Quiet" and
| The Thread Of Gold" uniform in STYLE
with brown cloth bindings stamped
with designs I'm gold Of two colors. and
heavy paper 12mO. square. $50 net
These editions have been given import
ant new prefaces by Mr.. Benson.
As the exponent Of the outdoor life.
Hamlin Garland needs no praise. and
his latest tale, ''The Long Trail" brings
TO light again all his enthusiasm for
the primitive wildernesses Of our coun-
try. Primarily a story for boys. il also
possesses no little interest for grown
up readers. being a narrative of the ri
yalty and privatiOn encountered on the
way to the KlOndike over the old TeIe-
graph Trail II bears evidences Of Mr.
Garland's personal acquaintance with
| the country traversed b. his hero. and
II gives an emphatically clear and vivid
potr1yal " the life Of the time and the
place. Is publishers are Harper a.
Bros.
English Style" is the title Of caustc
essay by Joseph S. Auerbach. in the
June number Of the North American Re
view, treating the subject particularly
with reference TO the manner in which il
is taught in the American colleges. Mr.
Auerbach oriticises Barrett WendeHs
well-known textbook. English COmpo-
sition' He further observes.
As we have baeu directing ogr restless energy
toward commercial suprcmacy. made possible ty
laws which have perhaps been TOO Vr0dical 10 their
Promotion and protection Il industry We have IN
order % insure our sucress cast ont Of cur life
much II its composIre and irs tine rewards. we
have failed often % discern The relative importance
q things. cr % aTpaise them at their real value.
We have even fallen short Of many duties no owe
% C1r reisibor and the State. As we have grown
Fat With material prosperity, we have starred our.
selves spiritually. l. viii profit us much % ey-
change some Il 0fr practical aims and results for
few oldflshiuuel standards Of ideals and of con
dg.f
Th5H, too if il be not yet tsugbt from the
lulVit, il is beginning 20 be recognized that in the
divine CIDER ci The world there has been and
never viii be Iiac- tor TIE Intervention q mir
ace or accident. and Il Is reasonably certain that
ErT beliefs and radHsmsnts WiI enter into cur
religious faith. We must seek ont some c0mptuSl-
ti0l for the consequent less.
More and more rs these thoughts are brought
home % ms. the great books Of literature O. which
the Bible Is sgprrme-Uhethgr We regard their never
failing springs of Intellectual JOY their lofty asuir
aiious after truth and beauty their deep insight
into the perTiexnr problems Of the world or their
conception Of Righteousness should come 20 occuy
reversd place and asscrt a controlling influence
in the lives Of men.
Messrs. \. S. Barnes & Co will pub
lish. in August. a Voyage with Captain
Dynamite" by Charles Edward Rich. In
September they will publish An Inter
!
The World and a Woman by Ruth
X. Gardiner, and Little Travellers
Around the World, by George Bonawitz.
Onoto Watanna. author Of the recently
published novel "Diary Of Della. has
written in a recent number Of an Ameyi- !
can magazine a most interesting article on
THE japanese in America" The w ter. /
who Is descended from pure Japanese and
Chinese stock. being born in Nagasak
and spending part OF her childhood i'm
Japan, IS herself one of the best authOri- /
ties on japanese matters in America to-
day. Her article IS Illuminating in more
ways than one, and II gives rs a decidedly I
better and juster idea of japanese char
acter than we have had Onoto Watanna |
closes her article with this characteristic |
paragraph Il am not Oriental or Occi- /
dental either, but Eurasiau. | must bleed |
for both Of my nations I am Irish more |
than English-Chinese as well as japanese. |
Both my fatnerland and my motherland I.
have been the victims Of Injustice and I
oppression Sometimes l dream Of the /
day when all Of us viii be world citizens /
not citizens merely Of petty portions Of /
the earth. showing our teeth at each /
other. snarling, sneering. biting. and with /
the ambition Of the murderer at our /
hearts cOre-every man with the savage /
instinct Of the wild beast 10 get the better /
Of his brother: TO prove his greater 1
strength, his mightier mind, the superior /
ity Of his color"
a collection OF the letters Of the late /
Dean Hole is in preparation for early /
publication by The Macmillan Company. /
Written TO intimate friends and members |
Of his family, they are rich in gossip. /
anecd0te and reminiscence and they
promise to be a valuable addition to Eng /
lish literary personalia. The volume will |
be illustrated with portraits and facsimile |
In Putnlms Monthly for July Lawrence |
Binyon viii write about John White, an |
early governor Of the Colony Of Virginia, /
and grandfather Of the first English child /
born I'm America The point Of interest in |
this is that Mr.. Binyon, who is in the /
printrOOm Of the British Museum. has 4
found under his collection a volume of /
watercolors by Gov. White Of Virginia /
scenes. As these are Of artistic excel /
lence and apparent accuracy. and certain
" Of very early date, they are inyalu-
able historically.
a correspondent OF the New York Mail /
comments on that glory Of AnglO-Saxon |
emphasis. the prefix "un." He compares