Evening journal., 1907-06-22
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tual autobiography, translated with an
Introduction by Lorenzo ORourke. Funk
and wagnalrs Company. sL@.
This volume. never before published in
English, appeared as the chief memorial
'at the Hugo Centenary, where II was ac-
'cepted as the most Authoritative COM
mentary on the personality OF the great.
est Of French poets. Hugo says: "A book
Is someone. DO not doubt that" This book
is Victor Hugo. the philosopher Of tho
infinite. Herein are unfolded those mighty
dreams Of the universe-of God. the Sou
iand Force. OF man working out his divine
destiny IN the realms OF literature and
art-dreams which The master shaped
with the wonderously delicate and power.
ful instrument of language into Titan
images Of beauty and horror Of light and
darkness.
When the man Of war has satisfied his
hunger for heroism he returns home and
hangs his sword on nail. It is not the
same with the thinker Ideas are not tc
be hung on a nail Ike swords When the
philosopher, when the poet Is resting, his
ideas continue the nght They go forth
IN the'cause Of freedom. like sublime mad
men, to crush false ideas and to move the
world.
Hugo's intellectual Autobiography.
l-e Chevalier, de Maison Rouge, by Du-
mas, edited as a French textbook by
Sauveur and Jones' published by the
American Book Company. TO make il
practicable as a school book. the novel
has necessarily been much abridged. to
the great impairment OF its literary quail
ity. However the story. based on the at
tempts to save Marie Antoinette from the
French Revolutionists. is the thrilling
kind warranted to make the reader sit
up until two O'clock and look under the
bed before refining. To the detected learn
or who has weanedly inquired ''Win the
cat Of the girl enter the garden Of the
merehantT and has received the witty
answer, mo, but the sister of the clerk
has some pens. some ink, and some
paper" and has later nhumbed out Sec
ond-reader stories, no doubt the Chevalier
will appear like pie after bread-crusts.
Personally we wish the publishers would
'll US what the girl said on page twelve.
'enters Industrial Reader-Foods.
can Book Company eOc.
ter AL there Is nothing more Interest,"
than to find out how things are done
the world. Most adults can give but
ague and indefinite answers 10 a child
drious concerning the past history Of the
soffee, spices, fruits, meats and dairy
'roducts found on the family dinner table.
In the next generation the fortunate adult
whose school reader memories are not OF
-Curfew Shall not Ring Tonight" and
The Boy Stood on the Bur-r-r-ning
Decki' will respond quickly Pepper
comes from the berries Of a climbing
plant with glossy green leaves. The
Greeks were using pepper when Alex
ander the Great conquered the world. 1t
was largely through pepper that the
British obtained India" Meantime we
recommend that papa keep this reader,
which is up-to-date and oopiously illus
trated with good photographs within
reaching distance of the dinner table.
Arrows Of Ambltion-by Hochwalter.
Published by the Mayhew Publishing
Company Boston.
A medieval story of the mishaps but
final victory Detailing a brave, unknown
soldier in his wooing Of a fair, noble lady.
There is little of novelty. but the story
is well told, so that the characters appear
living beings instead of the colorless pup
pets so often found in this type of story.
The Sealed Book, by Alice Livingstone,
r. F. Fenno and Company. son wrong
/ ly accused. the sweetheart who marries
him, the jealous cousin, relatives, old SER
wants, accomplices, daggers. poison. in
nocence triumphant. The people are ar
tincal. the condolences improbable, the
plot impossible. but just the same II is
an exciting story.
Practical Health-whipple. Metaphysi-
cal Publishing Co. The book ds q. resume
of all the theories Of mental. not religious.
healing. It is of interest at a time when
so much sense and rubbish lis being writ
ten and read about this subject. 1t is re-
grettable that Mr.. Whipple has used such
involved and ponderous phraseology.
An Industrial Achievement-The Pope
Manufacturing Company. 1S77-1s07. "To
the man who works and who loves his
work, no romance is so fun Of vital in
terest as. the great romance Of business. ="
And that is why this great firm has put
into print its interesting history. a. Yankee
romance of struggle, honest fighting and
deserved success.
geographically the book is finely got
ten up. We congratulate not only the
company. but the nation which can boast
Of business success worthily achieved by
fair-play methods
Dodd. Mead and Company's fall an
nouncement list is unusually strong in
the representative fiction writer's, whose
new novels they will publish.
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