The Washington herald., 1907-11-03


now issued by Punams The book was
first published in 1851, when the author,
Robert Arts Willmott was incumbent of
the living at Bear Wood where John
Walter of the London Times, had lately
built the Church of St. Catherine The
little essays are not much more than a
collection Of quotations examples. and
anecdotes; but they are put together
with d happy touch and their quaint
flavor Of learning and morality is still
thoroughly enjoyable. For example, take
this:
When Beauclerks books were sold Wilkes ex-
pressed his asonishmcnt az finding 80 large a col
lection Of sermons in the library Of q fashionable
scholar johnson said: Why sir. you 20 re-
member that sermons make considerable branch
81 English literature" The caution might be widely
sprtGd In every Christian land the learned mind
has poured its choicest gifts into theology. Chry
session. warns The fourth century Ike a sun The
dlsco1rses Of s.. Bernard are shining lights in dark
ages Dante. whom he preceded by more than a
hundred years, caught no views Of Paradise from
the mountain top more fruitful serene. II we
turn our eyes 10 France Bossuot is Der gandest
pet and Pascal eclpses M0ntesquieu.
The gloomy recess Of ecclesiastical library
IS Ike a harbor. into which a faT-travcliug cri-
osty has sailed with its freight and cast anchor.
The ponderous tones are bales Of the mind mCE-
tlihl4l-r DllIs OF distant countries steal lENl4
the red leaves the swelling ridges OF velum. and
the titles in tamished sold. Daveuant's description
OF their covers spginked with dust and long streets
al spiders webs, is striking the lesson it gircs
IS significant
The Greed Of the Churches. and Other
Sermons" by Rev. Henry Sloane COT
fin. pastor OF the Madison Avenue Pres
byterian Church and lecturer in Union
Theological Seminary, IS published by
Charles Scribner's Sons. The three
following books Will be issued: "Ameri-
can Birds, Photographed and Studied
from Life" by William Lowell Finley
president Of the Oregon Audubon So
cietyi Father and Son. the strange
boyhoOd experiences OF a weN-knOwn
literary man, whose name is with
held from publication, and Natural His
tory Of the Ten Commandments, a
unique book. whose purpose II Is 20 show
that the DeCalogue is recognized and
obeyed by animals by Ernest Thompson
Seton.
The record of popularity Of books at
the Public Library during the past week
shows that In nqnhction the call was
Tor Montgomery Leading Facts i'm
French History" and Mark Twain's
Christian Science" In fiction the de-
mand was for Burnett's "The Shuttle"
and Gilbert Parker's The Weavers %
The children called for Alcotts Little
Women" and Defoe's Robinson Crusoe -
There Was considerable interest manifest
ed IN United States history during the
past week. and Channings United
States History of America" EIson's
-.
Eggleston's Household History" we're
all extensively used. Psychic research
also seems 20 be a subject OF continued
popularity in Washington. and Funks
Psychic Riddle" and Hyslop's THE
Borderland Of Psychical Research" We're
in strong demand.
Referring to an item In this column
last week IN which we said that the au-
thor Of The Martyrd0m Of an Empress"
remained anonymous. q friend declares
that the author is Mrs. Margarite Cum
life Owen. Ny friend writes: This IS
SO we'll known among libraries that the
library printed cards issued by the
library Of Congress. and sent 10 all
libraries over the United States. put the
books Of this author under the name"
Mrs. Owen is the wife OF Frederick Gun
life Owen, who writes the articles
signed "Ex-Attache.
II the President be not always consid-
crate in dispraise, no one commends more
warmly than he. He counted the late
jeremiah Curtin among his friends. and
was deeply interested in the two great
volumes on the Mongols left unpublished
at the time Of Mr., CurtIn's death. For
the first to be published next month.
the President has written a eulogy to be
used as foreword He speaks of Mr.
Curtin as one of Americas two or three
foremost scholars. notes his facility in the
requirement Of languages, his gift of
style III his mother tongue. his industry
ana restless activity and curiosity 10 see
strange peoples, and the Imagination by
which he properly appreciated the sweep
of historical events. His extraordinary
translation of the Polish novels Of Sien-
kiewicz would have been enough 10 es-
tablish hrst-ClasS reputation for any
man. continues the President. but moth
ing that he did was more important than
his studies Of the rise Of the mighty
Mongol Empire and its decadence. In this
particular field no other American or
English scholar has ever approached
him."
The six following volumes are being
published in BrentanO's new Classics in
Art series: Rafael" Rembrandt" "Ti-
tian.' 'Durer," 'Rubens." and .'Velas-
queZ Each Of these volumes contains a
brief biography Of the artist whose worI,
IS presented, and IS enriched with from
two to four hundred reproductions Of IA
nous paintings
Little, Brown & Co, announce a seventh
printing of 10000 copies Of Aunt Jane
of Kentucky" by Eliza Calvert Hall the
book recommended by President Roose-
Welt; nineteenth printing OF The Wood
Carver of Lympus," by Mary f. Waller.
an eighth printing of "A Prince OF Sin
ners, by Z. Phillips Oppenheim. and q
fourth printing of The BETRAYAL " IN,
the same author. a second printing If
Susan Clegg and a Man in the House "
by Anne Warner; a third printing. in adj
vance Of publication. Of "The Neither
Milestone, by Fred NJ White; and a
second printing Of Judy" a new fan
juvenile by Temple Bailey
when ! was six I wrote a book Of
adventure-doubtless my mother has It
yet. I illustrated It myself. Il must be
an absurd production, but still il showed
the set of my mind" said Sir Conan
Doyle 10 Mr.. Bran Stoker in recent in
terview. Sir Conan Doyle went on to say
that at school he was in some demand
as a story-teller IN later years Steven
son, Bret Harte. and Dickens influenced
him. The first OF his short stories TO be
published, appeared, he said, in 1873.
while / was still a student. Il was in