Evening journal., 1908-08-27
LITERARY COMMENT
Clement storsr Foster.

The strong personality Of Mr.. Henry
c. Conrad, who has been in public
life and notice for a period of more
than quarter of a century, eminently
fits him to write the history of his ma
tive state.
Delaware, with a territory confined
within 2,120 square miles, is a star in
the aggregation of states rife with
great possibilities, and actualities. not
withstanding the meagreness of its
boundaries.
Here the -Lenape-Redmen,
known for their prowess-gathered
about the council fires 10 talk of the
incursions of the white man.
Here. too. before the time Of the
Mohawks, the Mohicans, or the tribes
of the middle west ever thought OF
strenuous opposition. the RED men
of the Big water" met in council and
discussed the white Peril" as we now
talk of the denizens of the Orient.
Mr. Conrad takes care of his sub
ject matter so Interestingly that it
seems a profanity to call his work
history-although it is nothing else.
If one knows the lore and legend in
the stories of James Fenimore Cooper
it is certain that the first volume Of
Mr.. Conrad's history will attract at
.tention-and, mind you, this attention
win be held to the finis of Volume
three.
In the first volume Mr.. Conrad tells
of the dimensions of this small star in
the fiag its divisions, division and
the people who from the time before
we knew how to count the years peo-
pied the place where the sun-kissed
fruit grew and satisfied and pleased
the people who came from the rock
bounded fjords of the Vikings
II was indeed a pity that Lord De
La War was satisfied with so small
a portidn of this terrestrial sphere
Lord knows he deserved more, and es-
pecially so if he had been enabled to
hand over the bounteous products.
It would be taking a fight toward the
face of providence TO tell Of all the
good things Mr.. Conrad has crowded
within three volumes, and these none
too large
The author is also the publisher, and
it may be said that neither native son
or stranger within our gates" should
miss this real good reading.
sss
Have you seen McClure's for Sep
tember? 1t is full of meat Kuropat-
kin tells something about the war be-
tween Russia and Japan; but the other
features of the book appeal more
strongly to the -booded American.
The war is over and we know who
won. The other offerings are exceed
ingly good.
Why they should print a farmers
paper in Philadelphia is a mystery;
but the Farm Journal of that bucolic
urban town is an aggregation of good
things. If il comes down the lane in
the rural delivery wagon it is well to
look it over. 1t is worth the price.
Suppose you put in about ten or ff-
teen years to fit yourself for a posi-
tion as a college professor. Would you
expect to make as much money as q
corner grocery man2
According to a bulletin of the Car
negie Foundation, as quoted in the
/ Popular Science Monthly, the average
salary of the full professor in the hun
dred leading institutions is about 81, 500
varying from about S4.S00 to abou
81 400. Higher salaries are paid in
"A
! Harvard or $1,000 at Columbia ar
> practically the maximum money prize
! open to teachers.
This monthly for September con
tains the following articles: "The Bo
tanical Gardens of Ceylon," by Pro
fessor Francis Ramaley; "The Pre-
historic Aborigines of Minnesota" b,
II n. II. Winchel: "The Movement to
Professor r. NJ. Wenley; "The Practi
cal Value of Pure Science" by Pro
fessor Thomas Fl. Montgomery, Jr.
b "The Physique of Scholars. Athlete
= and the Average Student" by Profes
sor ID. A. Sargent; Modern and Earl
= Work on the Question of Root Excre
] tions," by Howard S. Reed; "Silver,
{ by Theodore F. Van Wagenen; Japan
ese Writing, by Dr. e. W. Scripture
|, "The Life and Work Of Herbert Spen
/ cer;" 'The Financial Status of tn
q Professor in America and in Germany.
\ It isn't a far cry TO the Metropoli
of Hoosierdom and the Bobbs- Merril
, Company Qndianapolis); but they ar
not keeping people busy with origina
review work
Thank you. Mr.. George w. erich
field. for your excellent and timel
story of Mr. Bug House" Castro Cal
rights reserved, in case of a libel suit
of Venezuela, in the September Every
body's. II is not necessary to use an
other expression than the homel
American phrase: THE Nail has bee
driven"
Announcement is made by the Amer
lean Forestry Association. Washington
ID. c., that with the September issu
of the Associations monthly magazin
its title will be changed. The maya
zine has heretofore appeared under tn
title of Forestry and Irrigation. TIL
Associations announcement says IL ha
q, been decided to change the title of th
!, magazine. which. with the Septembs
> issue. will appear under the nam