The Washington herald., 1907-09-29

s.. Nothing that Stevenson ever wrote
has been more popular than his letters,
and in this attractive edition they should
have even greater success than before.
This month will see the publication of
stories and Sketches" by DR. Mary
Putnam Jacob. The book naturally ap-
pears under the Putnam imprint. At the
time of their first publication. these pa
pers received favorable attention from
the critics as well for literary quality as
for originality of conception and mag
NATIVE power So experienced an editor
as Richard Watson Glider described the
paper printed In Scribner's In 1871 as
zone Of the best American magazine ar
ticles Of which he had knowledge" 1t
was "a very general opinion on the part
OF editors and others who had knowledge
OF these productions of Mary Putnam $
earlier years that they gave evidence
Of distinctive literary capacity, and that
If she had been willing to devote herself
TO literary work, or even 10 give some
portion of her time 10 such work, she
would have achieved. as an author. dis
tinguished success, The present volume
has been brought into print with 5he be-
lief that il constitutes a real cOntTibu-
( tion 10 American literature and also as
( d memorial 10 the life OF an -carnes,
worker the activity 0f whose intel!eC
could not be entirely restricted within
the channels Of her chosen profession.
/ Prof Archibald Cary Coolidge. OF Har.
ward University, has written and viii
/ publish shortly a work on The United
| States as World Power" which viii
/ be a critical study OF the international
/ position Of the United States to-day. The
authGr discusses in detail and with many
/ comparisons the situation arising from
/ the formation and growth Of the United
States, the composition of its white pop
uiation, the colored elements; the Monroe
I Doctrine. the Spanish war and the ac
/ Qutsition Of colonies; the economic status
/ Of the country; the relations os TIA:
| United States with continental Europ,
[ and with England; the relations witt
/ Canada and with the countries Of Iatir
/ America; the presence OF the United
\ States in the Pacific, and its relation.
with China and Japan.
! Those curious readers who Ike to pene
/ trate pen names viii be interested I,
/ learn that the real name OF Eliza CaIver
/ Han, the author OF Aunt Jane OF Ken
1 tucky, IS Ida Calvert Obenchain. aut
/ that she IS the wife Of Prof. A. NJ oben
( chain, the president Of Ogden College
/ Bowling Green, Ky.
/ Prof. Otto Pfielderer. of the UNIVERSITY
Of Berlin, though sixty-eight years old
is indefatiguable. His new book. "ReHg
ion and Historic Faiths" has just beer
/ published by p W. Huebsch. New York
! and represents a course Of popular lee
lures TO audiences composed OF student
4 and the nonuniversity public Prof
/ PdeIderer will be the principal figure al
the international Council of Religion
Liberals az Boston.
The New York Times publishes thl
sonnet, hitherto unpublished, by Richart
Hovey:
PER ASpERA AID ASTRA
10 a. r. g.
There Is no heart that -1rrows not The higher
The path winds for our feet 0'gr shards aud stone
/ Tie sharper cuts Tie singing uiu5 that means
| And walls f0T !aEe q uuatuned desire.
J They that are struggling IN the lower mire.
| For al their scrURius, never know the Tr0aus.
/ Tie Niutiusag1ny the dread monotones
I OF GClgotEa. that whos7 would aspire
/ Must Sbulder with throughout earth 5 period
Crowned Poet Read Gods message through th
storm
Yea. there shah pierce thine oVn hes-,, zoo.
sword
/ For AT, like Mary. haidmaii Of the Lord
Tears ont II her own quiTerins flesh the form
To cothe che unseen and living Word O. God.
Richard HCvey
April. lssS