The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-14

probation Of life that, according to the
writer, is based upon the Fundamental
dtctGtes OF universal reason The work,
which Is published by Appleton & Co.,
liz divided Into six books, which sue
cessively follow progressive stages of
thought until 1t eliminates as Or.
Mars concelves, In the philosophy or
Christian Science.
The author attempts IN the present
volume to review the whole problem
effectively and to show by results
that Christian Science Is n body If
truth which. instead OF being isolated
and detached from the experience and
learning OF modern culture, Is In
reality their outcome, or the necessary
embodiment of all the scientific and
ethical tendencies OF the Christian
consciousness.
Dr.. Mars goes into his subject ex-
haustiye1y, and with a most enthu-
siastic belief in the arguments which
he uses to sustain his views. He is
certainly an advocate for and an ar
dent disciple of the Christian Science
movement.
PERSIA: THE AWAKENING EAST.
BY W. 2. Cresson. J. B. Lippn-
colt Company. Of Philadelphia,
publishers. $3.50.
Tho Persian poets and the fasclnat-
ing romances OF the arabian Nights"
have nlled the mind OF the average
reader with curiously inaccurate ideas
OF the Persia OF to-day,twllere the an
cient civilization strives TO adapt itself
to the progress and the demands Of
the present.
just because there Is blur pro-
dttced hv ct t,,t \.
one strives to recall connecting links
of history between ancient and mod.
ern Persia, carefully written book
from scholar. whoshas taken .hs
color and gotten his data at first hand,
Is most acceptable thing.
one Is pleased to acquire fresh
knowledge OF Teheran, with its mix.
ture of broad streets and new quar-
ters with the older parts about the
bazar that are still distlnctively ORR
entail. The description of the royal
palace, once the citadel of Teheran
Is distinctly, fascinating. and the pic
ture OF the Crown Prince which EN-
bellishes the pages given UP to it is
thoroughly charming
The book concerns itself otherwise
with the Parliament OF Persia, itsI
political rulers. with tile religions of
The country, with hawking in Per-
STA, and with Bagdad Of to-day, the
once glorious city of the Caliphs, now
given over to ruin and decay.
Referring to Babylon, Mr.. Cresson
says: The mother of cities Is but
name. sermon. on the vanity of
human riches. Leaving the shelter of |
the little palm grove, we came out |
on Windswept desert--low mounds of |
gray sand, shaped by tho desert storms |
with the dust-dcvils playing between
them-the site of the palaces AMI
hanging gardens, the gigantic tenn
pies, busy marts and other wonders |
of acknowledgements capital. described |
by the writer's of old Persia Near by |
tho eternal river still flows between
desolatc flats OF salt marsh. white with |
rime."
THE coBBLER. BY. Emma "A. Travis, |
N. D. The Outing Co.. of New |
York. publishers.
A very clever and rather original |
story of man who is very talented, I
possessed of most emotional and |
artistic temperament pagan In his T
sensuousness, who ut the outset of
the story makes a Very unusual mar
riage with beautiful young girl who
Is his opposite in everything.
He is the son of village cobbler
and she the daughter OF a Judge; she
is self-contained and self-p oIsed to
degree. and he lends himself to every
caprice of fancy until he is as unsta-
BILE as water.
Mismated, these two natures drift
apart. They pass through various ex-
periences. and then, chastened and
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