Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-16
Between New Book Covers


to be: plain, well illustrated. fascinat-
ing and practical. These talks on the
common objects of life are bright and
crisp, models of point and breVity. Inc
truths presented are after the manner
of parables-presenting important
truths of the gospel to the comprehen-
sion of even the smallest child. Parents
and teachers will welcome this volume
as help in the religious training of the
children.
Talks to the Kings Children. BY Sy'-
vanus Stall, D. d. Philadelphia; Inc
Vir Publishing Co.
John C. Ten Eyck's newly publisher
volume, Government for the People,
condenses into brief, marrowy state
ment the essence of good government,
local and national, in America. 1t IS
little sermon addressed by the author
to those well meaning citizens whose
own shortcomings are wholly RESPONSE
BILE for the bad government OF WHEN
they complain so loudly. 1t is essen
TALLY the protest of sanity against that
faint-hearted and pessimisttc view OF
American political conditions which IS
seemingly Increasing among the very
voters who are numerically able to re-
form present abuses if they would take
the trouble to do so. 1t outlines our
system with consummate clearness,
showing that, while machines and lead
ers are altogether necessary, their
character is wholly at the dictatlon OF
those citizens who care enough to per-
form their simple political duties.
Government for the People. By john
c. Ten Eyck. New York: Moffat, Yard
&c Co.
The first volume of the New schaff-
Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious
Knowledge" has made its appearance.
The vast work is to be completed in
twelve volumes. Upon it an editorial
staff of more than 900 have been in
active collaboration for the past six
years. The publication is wholly new
and all information is brought down
to date. 1t is said to have cost $3.50, 900
to date and covers about $1,000 topics.
When completed it will make pub
LEGATION of 5000 pages. The work is,
of course, non-sectarian. 1t should
prove we'll nigh indispensable to stu
dents and teachers of religious sub
jects.
The New Schaff- Herzog Encyclo-
pedia of Religious knowledge. New
York: Funk & Wagnalls Co.
Eugene w. Chain. former prohibit
ton candidate for president, has re-
Gently issued In book form Lincoln
biography originally prepared by him
for deliverance as lecture before
chatauqua assemblies. The text is
brief but impressively appreciatiVe
and doubtless accurate. The work is
published under the title, Lincoln, the
Man of Sorrow" and includes also
Mr.. Lincoln's temperance address, de-
livered at Springfield in 1912, the
Gettysburg address, the two inau-
gural addresses, and other state pa
pers The little work is not only a
valuable contribution to American
literature, but American biography
and history as well. In the last two
respects it's value lies chiefly in the
fact that it comes nearer telling the
truth about Lincoln than any other
biography of that great American
character. Mr.. Chain has a style
peculiarly his own. He tells what pur-
ports to be the fact, with a blunt dis
regard of probable criticism and at
the same time with reverence and a
eulogistic spirit that is refreshingly
American and instructive.
Lincoln, the Man of Sorrow. BY
Eugene w. Chain. Chicago: The Lin
coin Temperance Press.
Henry Wood, the veteran writer on
psyche therapeutics and the various
phases of New Thought" is out with
ILIl6 VOluI1le WHICH nc Calls 1nt
New Old Healing" This title suggests
treatise designed to exhibit the re-
lations between the mind and physical
ailments and a demonstration that
there is nothing new in the so-called
new healing movement in the church.
The book itself does not realize to us
the expectations aroused by the letter.
ing on the cover. Instead Of being a
study of a very interesting develop
&c T1roatfNal1Xy t1nfhinor
than collection of fragments. In
looking it over one feels that it's au-
thor has just been through his pigeon
holes and notebooks and made use of
everything which seemed to him to
have a bearing on his subject. In fact,
Mr.. Wood says in his preface that his
volume is more like a scrapbook than
unitary treatise and does not rec
ommend his book as one for consecu-
tive reading. He says "Vital prin-
ciples are presented in it to be drawn
upon as occasion invites; daily con-
tact with the thought it contains is
earnestly recommended" The teachings
of the volume, its author believes, are
ain accord with a liberal interpreta-
ton of the Biblical and Christian point
of view"
The New Old Hearing. By Henry
Wood. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shep-
ard Co.
Mr. Williams tells us in a breezy
preface to his new book, 1.-THE Girl and
the Game, and Other Stories" that
"Poler" Stacey was in princeton
Stories," so was his friend Stehman
and others of the type he re-employs.
This should delight admirers of COL
lege stories from the pen of Mr.. Will
liams, with its crisp charm of MARIA
ton. The pranks he handles with a
seeming very personal knowledge are
far from being the vicious horseplay
we hear of from time to time and
which has been one of the reproaches
to our student life.
Something of the manner of work.
manship may be caught in the open
ing paragraph of the story, THE Girl
and the Came: "The rest Of the
team are down in the banquet room.
The dinner is over and they are sing
ing now. I can hear them away up
here, and I am all alone in a hotel
bedroom, stretched out on the sofa,
away from everybody, and that is
where I ought to be. My right foot is
in a bandage, and I'm glad of it. Some
times 1t throbs like the dickens. Let
| it throb."
For a ghost story which can travel
on its own legs. "At the Corner of
Lovers Lane" is second to few. and
the ridiculous series of denouements in
"Leg Pull" would delight those not
too squeamish.
Mr.. williams book should please
men of all colleges, not merely those
from Princeton, and, indeed, it warns
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