The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-18
Book Reviews and Notes of the Publishers.

eFoLKWAYs," study of the soeiol- ogical importance of usages. manners customs, and morals by w. C. Suhl1ei' Professor of Political and Soe{hi sa9 ence in Yale University; cloln' u1S pages; list price, s3.OO; malllng lpn+o,3 pt $32O; published by Ginn & Co., Bostoh' An analytical definition of the folk ways and a description of their func- lions in the formation and integration of society. The folkways are the ways of satisfying needs which become habitual and customary by the unco-' ordInated co-operation of individuals each trying to satisfy needs as well as he can. When these unco-ordinateu iu- dividual acts become habits or the lh- dividual and. after some generations traditional customs of ancestors, they are recognized as advantageous to so- cIal welfare. Then they get phAoso- phy and become rules of the llte policy, Thus they get notion of ought anu are sanctioned by religion and by the force of the society At this stage the folkways turn into mores. Taken to- xether they make a social phllosophy and public morality. A large part. of the volume IS deVote9 to such Illustrations as labor anu wealth in the struggle for existence slavery, cannibalism, infanticide, Kill ing the old, and blood revenge. A more extended review of this notaole "orA will appear later.
 A 1,Xr R Lancaster; published by Doubleday Pare & Co, New York; price Sl.6o.
 Mr. Lancaster presents, a strong breezy vivid picture of life in the rocky regions of New Zealand, a pie ture which fastens itself on the mem ory. It is a wild and fascinating part of the back country of which Ae tells in developing this tale. Of it he says eThey that serve her shall love Aer' for she will have no divided trlpute' Tn their strong youth they must take her yoke gladly; nor may they pend nnder it or break. And in return she gives them little rest and much dan ger, and-many tlmes-death. She gives too the power to be steadleu against self-whic is the greatest power of all; and the child-wisdom that finds iov in the Little Things that lie along every track. And that Is why the nils men can play with the rocks ana thc big bush and the mountain rivers, ano then go down and take the townships to pieces in faiety of heart whicf an occasional night in the lock-up doe' not dim."
 The story itself is loosely hung to- gether The characters are mostly rough, sturdy undlsciplined men o wonderful endurance and nerve inurec flo dangers hunger and exposures sfurdv Steve and Randall, "the fallen, both are in love with sweet, girls, th' one with Maiden, the other with Ellie Then there is wild Lou, whose terrible end saves him, no doubt, from poig nant sorrow. Then there is staunch Te Douglas Murray, police officer fo thirty square miles of district" who i university graduates also and like wise an Honorable plucky gentleman. There is Father Denis, fine ol ''Cath'Iic" priest, and the brave, trus ty engineer, Ormond. The towards c the tale have their merits that redeer them from any suspicion of being or dinary common place poltroons. Ther Is a surging of high spirits, and c deep emotions that stir the soul as tn various characters are delineated an the dramatic situations brought out The authors style is energetic an much of the time rocky, and to get i touch with the spirit of the book take patience and resolution. By determine effort the reader is rewarded, but tn tracks" might have been made ease for the reader to tread" Of the boo the Chicago Fecord-Herald says: "A for the hard, vivid, soul and body test ing life and land and atmosphere c New Zealand-simply, it's there! Tn slight story thread matters. little though 1t Is good to know that Eff in the end prefers Randall to Killia while Steve gets Maiden. It's the spirt that tells in books of this kind, an the spirit here is hot and strong an relentlessly gripping as the liquor con sumed in Whalen's bar-parlor-wit words and style to match it. Not wc mans tale this, by any means br lllGH WILL LOD SlCCp lOA lt9 lSaSilli5' B. Lancaster indubitably is genit in the rough"
 LONG KNIVES,' story of Geor{ Rogers Clark's Expedition by Geort Cary Eggleston; (illusrrated 12n cloth); price $1.5O published by Lot TOD, Lee & Shepard Co.,. Boston
 Long Knives" is a graphic narr' tive of adventure, embodying the r mantle wonder story of George Roge Clark's truly Napoleonic conquest
 all the region north of the Ohio f the struggling American republic, du ing the Revolutionary War The ba history of that wonderful campaign in itself dramatic romance, and minute attention to details of col dition and custom, together with u construction of personal story of i tence human interest as a thread upc which to hang the historical facts, M Eggleston has given new and fast hating glamour to the tale of the hi torians.
 It is said that certain of the autho ancestors were soldiers under Geor