The Washington herald., 1907-06-23
Volume OH ''The Brit
ish City Is Timely.
NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES
A Disappointing Yarn by OnotO
WRnRtanna-A Good Indian story
with Natural History Effects, and a
New Tale by the Author of "EliEn-
beth and Her German Garden"

expert on the question Of municipal own |
ership. and allied economic topics. by his /
volume on The City" has. since that /
book appeared. been making careful
and intimate study of municipal organi- /
cation IN Great Britain. the result Of /
which he has embodied IN a work called 4
The British City" It is in the British
city that the principal Of municipal |
ownership has borne the best fruits. and 4
Mr. Howe's account OF what has been
done is fun OF detail, historical and sta /
tistIcal. His book is also a critical dis /
cussion Of the workings Of municipal /
ownership in Great Britain, and a les /
son is drawn from various British cities
which may. with profit be studied by
those interested in the subject for the
United States Mr.. HOwe's point of view
Is strictly the economic one He is care /
ful to differentate between the British I
city and the administration Of British /
cities. Many of US have been taught 10 /
regard English political organization and |
administration as perfect, this view is /
not held by Mr.. Howe But he does in
slst that the British city IS a great sue I
cess. II is free from corruption is or
ganizGti0n is simple direct and demo- /
cratic. There is no machine, no sp0ils 7
system. SAYS Afr. Howe; Great Britain's
local politics are in the hands Of her /
business men"
The difficulty with the British city, as /
such. Is that Il is under the scrvitude Of
an economic master, the Parliament De- /
spite its unquestoned honesty and eflci- /
ency, the British city is the ward Of its
feudal master. which Is as Indifferent to
the needs of humanity. and as arrogant /
in oppression OF the people as any boss
in any American city" Very interesting /
is Mr. Howe's view Of the city Of to-mor- /
row, which, he thinks, will seek to re-
lleve the vicarious cost Of those who con- /
tribute their lives TO the making Of a city. 4
lie SAYS:
T. viii become sympathetic political organization
inspired by abstract formulas ~ rhe proper limits
of cooperative activity save the fundamental one I
that the cad of government IS the welfare NJ The 4
people. such sense is ALREADY long way adj .
yancod. The change which has come over ta' atf- .
tEde Of the cities of the United States IS little
sIsrt 4 revolutionary. The city is hsiug inspired .
ty O. ueH morality. T. lies latent iu every com
mgnlty. and Crly needs leader 'o cali 30 into .
life. r. Is rGr morality o. social Justice. which IS I
flt mission g industrial 5=u1aae t8 the modern .
world. It is ibis that makes Che cfv Il tomorrow
ihe hope ~ Civilization. Just as ths cs Cd. iotag .
IS its desp1r
This is q scholarly and painStaking /.
work that should be Of great value 20 /
puhliclsts. and 90 those citizens who take
20 heart the problems OF government
which all good citizens should under
stand lNew York. The Macmillan Coz T.
Bacterial Infections of the Digestive
Tract" 10y G.. 4 Herter, II. D. profes-
sor of pharmacology and therapeutics iu
Columbia University. Is the expansion OF
a lecture recently delivered al the New
York Academy Cf Medicine. before the
Harvey Society for the Diffusion Of Med
teal knowledge The volume is not in
tended a. an for the general reader; in
deed. hardly for the general practitioner
Of medicine, but Tor the specialist II
deals IN technical and scientific way
with the bacterial conditions of the de
gestive tract. and this involves. OF course.
more or less discussion of pure food.
care in diet. aad SO on: subjects I'm which
the general public are recently taking
much interest DIR. Herter believes that
with proper knowledge Of the bacteria
that infest tht digestive tract and the
way they should be avoided or treated.
would do much 20 proloug human l.fe
and therefore. the volume has a sociologI-
cal side, as well as a medical one. lNew
York. The Macmillan Coz
Spirit Lake" by Arthur Hemjng. is q
cleverly told Indian story. illustrated by
the author. II deals with the SauIteaux
Indians. the greatest fur hunters in Can
ada. and 1t IS evident that th= author
knows them and their characteristics
we'll They are a branch of the OjIb-
ways. one Of the tribe of the Algonquin
family. The story follows the fortunes
of a fur hunter. named Standing Wolf,
who Is warned by the ConjU-Or Of his
tribe not 10 visit certain hunting grounds
for fear of death. I'm spite of the warn
ing Standing Wolf visits the grounds mt
Spirit Lake. taking his family with him.
His adventures are described with much
detail and considerable interest The
reader is inducted into the art Of trap
ping foxes end wolves. Of killing moose
and bear. and gets vivid picture Of the
Indian, self-sutiicient in the trackless
wilderness. There is a good deal of nat
ural history in the book. and some curl
Gus things are told about athe animals.
notably the wolverine. so it is 10 De hoped
that no one will attach the epithet ma
ture-faller' 10 Mr.. Herter's well-written
book. New York: The Macmillan Coz
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is a new story by the author Of Eliza
beth and Her German Garden" and it
is almost as interesting as this, one Of
tho most famous Of recent stories. The
novel is I'm the form Of letters all of them
from Rose Marie Schmidt At first one
thinks it is 10 be a love story. pure and
simple. for the first letters dated from
Jena are to My dear Roger" and the
very first letter from Rose Marie starts
out with. This is only to tell you that 1
love you" All Of the letters are full
OF love for this unknown Roger. who is
in England, until it seems that his father
objects to his marrying. and then Rose
Marie gives him I'D in a heart-breakiug
epistle. She writes;
But do y0u suppose that having given you an
this. | am going 20 give YOU my soul as Welg To
moan my life away. my beautiful life2 Y0u are
not worth IT, You not worth anything hardly
You are quite iuy5rtebrate Ny life shall be srlen-
did in spite Cf yUl. Iou shall not cheat me Of
ono single chance Of hearen. Now Food-ty. Please
burn this last Cne. too | suppose no one who
heard it would quite believe this story would quite
believe IL possible for a man % 90 such lengths
of-shal We call it unkindnesss-to a girl IN
single month; but you and know it is true
That letter is dated December T. There,
is a pause. and then begins on March .
the letters 10 Mr. Anstruther Formal at
first. they soon grow into friendliness,
then into warm friendship Her letters
are very dear. They are full Of nice gos-
sip, there are humorous descriptions of
the fathers and lovers. the mothers and
students. the gossips and cooks Of The lit