The Washington herald., 1907-06-09
The World of Books.
BY HECTOR FULLER
BY HECTOR FULLER.

cal lessons he concludes:
L do not know. and doubt whether scholars
know. II the Book u Job had a great effect or had
any eject upon the after-derelofrucut rf Jsvts1
Thought But If Il did have any effect Il NAV have
saved them from an enormous clas-e snd decsv
Here IN this Bn1k the question is really asked
Whether God invariably Tunishes vice with reurst7-
al punishment and rewards virtue with terrcstri-
al prosperity. II the Jews had answered that quss-
ticn wrong they might have lost an their after.r-
hieuec m human history. They might even have
sunk down % the level Of modern well-eiucated 81
deiy. for when eHea people have begun 70 be-
leEe that prosperity is the reward q virtue their
next calamity is Obvious. n prosperity is regarded
s. ihe reward 4 virtue. e will be regarded a. ths
SYMPTOM II virtue Men win leave Of the heavy
task ot making good men successful They VIII
adoDt the easier task 0f making ont successful men
good This. which has happened Throughout mod
en- c1mmcrce and journalism. is the utimste Meme
sis q the wicked optimism of the comforters y
Jeb. II the Jews could be saved from IL. the Book
Of Job saved them.
Carmichael" tho first novel OF Anlso7
North, recently published by Doubleday.
Page & Co, is making a decided hit In
Canada. The Canadian critics are declar-
ing that IN Carmichael" they have
book which has struck the KEYNOTE ~
Canadian literature. Carmichael IS the
story Of farm life in Canada. and is a
faithful portrayal OF the life and char
acter Of the people, which We In the
United states know little about. The
romance Of Dick and Peggy. the bitter
family feud which is so patheticallv knit
into the romance. represents a story of
unusual interest.
The Dickens Fellowship IS arranging
for a "Pickwick' exhibition at the New
Dudley Gallery in London, during the
coming summer. L will be opened on july
l9, and viii probably be visible for. some
weeks. The exhibits are expected 70 in
clude a copy of every edition Of pick
wick with the numerous translati9rs
plagiarisms. Illustrations. Typographical
views and other items connected with the
famous book. Collectors and others who
are willing 70 lend exhibits are asked t1
communicate with the honorary secretary
OF the fellowship, at Whitcomb Houss
Whitcomb street west As America is
fun Of enthusiastic Dickens collectors. IL
is hoped that contributions may be re-
ceived from this side.
The nom de plume Ouata Watanna. au-
thor Of The Diary OF Della" just issued
by Doubleday, Page & Co.. covers a
number Of interesting facts. The au-
thoress is the daughter OF an EngIshman
of the name % Eaton, and her mother is
Of pure japanese and Chinese descent.
She is married 20 Mr. William Babcock.
an American. a resident Of New York
/ City She has two Young sons who are
( members Of the Sons Of the American
Revolution. Mrs Bsbcock is but twenty
/ six years old. and is the author OF seven
/ books Her complex ancestry is evidenced
+ in the versatility Of her writings.
I The Harvard Travellers Club has
awarded its second medal % Mr.. Els
I worth Huntington. at present an instruc-
tor in geography SO Yale University. For
/ his exploration Of the Euphrates River. IN
/ 1901. Mr Huntington also received the
I GIN memorial from the Royal Ge1grsphi-
cal Society Of London. In 1873 he accom-
panied the PUmpeiiy expedition to
/ Trans-Caspia, and he has recently re-
turned from a year in the deserts OF Chi
/ nese TurkCStau. where he Travelled prqC-
+ tically alone. His account Of this last
/ journey will le published in the fall by
/ H1ughton. Mifiin & Co. under the title.
/ The Pulse Cf Asia"
OF the fifty books published during the
/ last year by Msssrs Doubleday. Page &
/ Co. thirty-one were approved by the New
/ York State Library which recommend
/ ton covers about 90 per cent Of the total
! years publications.
Houshton. Nnfin d Co announce
Some Unpublished. Correspondence Of
/ David Garrick" in the Riverside Press
Series Of Special Limited Editions.
/ Some Of these letters were printed in
4 the Atlantic Monthly. The book has
/ been edited with a connecting narrative
/ and elucidative footnotes by Prof George
+ ? Balm, Of Harvard University
/ Sir Edmund T. Bewley has had pri-
vately printed at Dublin volume enti-
/ tied The Family Of Poe or Poe" but the
/ Athenaeum says. Readers anticipating
that the present work will settle the truth
about Edgar Allan Poe's ancestry will
/ probably be disappointed Beyond
/ carrying back the poets known lineage
/ for another generation. he has little more
/ than conjecture 10 offer He is severe on
some Of Poe's biographers for the ro-
nance they have imported into the tale
Of the poets forbears. yet is doubtless
right in deeming his iancee. Mrs Whit
! man. responsible for the picturesque ped
/ igree provided
/ Upon the publication by Little. Brown
&, Co. of new edition of The Complete
/ Angler" a press clipping bureau Of New
! York addressed a letter TO Izaak Walton.
( care Of the publishers. soliciting his or
/ ders for clippings of the reviews Of his
book Perhaps this was the agency
which recently wrote 10 F. Petrarch, %
[ care of a London publisher. asking him
20 send along $ il he wished 90 know
how much publicity his work was re-
ceiving.
Originally issued in two volumes. the
Essays Historical and Literary by
John Siske. are now republished by. the
/ Macmillan Company in one compact vol.
ume. No more admirable introduction "a
the work of the brilliant historian could
be wished than this volume. which illus
trates his art in its twofold aspect.
While Prof Roberts is still too far Of
10 join IN the hurly-buriy Of the nature
takers campaign, his brother, Theodore
Roberts, Is preparing a retoinder to Pres
ident Roosevelt The publishers Of Prof
Roberts books. L. c. Page q Co, report
that the Presidential attacks have had no
adverse influence on the volumes in ques-
ton They add: IF occasionally the
nature writer's err in a few details, why
there are others. The infallible man is
not yet born
Alaska Needs Railroads.
From System.
The thing that is holding back Alaskan
mining and trade is the Inadequate rail-