Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-26

this author, who has made such beau
tiful translations from the Sanskrlt
that carries its own charm. Readers
of Mr.. Bain's works can lose them
selves in the glamour of a world of love
and romance. The author has con-
jured into being scenes Of mystic and
exotic loYellFss. II would be futile tt
attempt to portray in a hasty review
the enhancing beauty of the work. II
is modestly yet beautifully bound
I Those who dip into this book are apt
to be captivated and held entranced
until the end is reached and they will
| Law it aside with a sigh of regret.
An Incarnation of the Snow. By F.
w. Balm. New York: The Knicker-
booker Press.
c. F. Kings book, "The Light of
Four Candies" is out. AS was antici-
! pated, 1t proves to be history of the
authors long war with Thomas w.
Lawson, and is as sensational as Mr..
Kings announcement. made when he
returned from abroad several months
ago to face the various proceedings that
! had been brought against him, led the
public to expect. AS a result, stock
exchange members, bankers, business
men and politicians who find the inside
stories of transactions in which they
were engaged now made public, are
busily engaged in explaining things,
today, and there is a possibility that
at least one brokerage house may lose
it's stock exchange membership and at
/ least one national bank director may
be forced to resign, because of the
books revelations.
When King made an assignment last
spring and went to Ceylon, a nervous
wreck, he was petitioned into involun-
| tary Bankruptcy and indicted on thir-
| ty-one counts for alleged larceny. This,
| he claims, was all incidental to the
Lawson campaign against him, and ms
| those with whom he had had business
dealings-except his client5-did not
stand up for him while he was away,
he does not see, he says, the necessity
for protecting them now that he is
back and has resumed business There
fore he has told his story without find
! ing it necessary to suppress any names.
There are fifty chapters and 515 pages
in 1.-THE Light of -Four Candles" and
through 1t all, with the continuity of
history and the absorbing interest of
novel, runs the story of Kings four
years fight with Lawson. 1t is story
of strong men fighting a story of mod
ern finance as the game Is played in
1.-THE Street" without mercy for the
weak and with no quarter to the
losers.
Lawson is characterized, throughout
the book as 1.-THE high priest of Thug
gee" "the great charlatan," 1.-THE lead
er of the wolf-pack." "Caiaphas," and
other similar names to fit the particu-
lar incident in which he appears. In
chapter entitled "The Wolf-Pack and
Its Leader" King writes:
"I feel that / know Thomas w. Law
son-none better. l have watched him
for an aggregate of many hours, with
| the trained eye of the newspaper man,
accustomed to measure men. l nave
heard his voice, have seen his manner,
have analyzed his habit. l am COM
petent to paint something of picture
of the man who possesses the dtstinc-
tion of having conducted the most ex-
tensive and successful confidence
games the world has seen since the
days of Law and the South Sea Bub-
/ ble."
The Light of Four Candles. Pub
| lished by the author at the Journal
building, Boston
The Putnams have just published
1.-THE Art of Natural Sleep" by the
| Rev, Lyman p. Powell, a book that
! should have no difficulty in finding a
large audience.
OF all the ills that flesh is heir to
| insomnia is certainly not the least dis
tressing. 1t Is the curse of those who
are overwrought by work or care, and
| unites with bad nerves to wreck the
happiness and physical well being OF
multitudes On the other hand, restful
sleep is as Indispensable to all as 1t is
elusive to some. Sleep is, as we know,
| the "balm of hurt minds, great nature S
second course, chief nourisher in life
feast; sleep, too, it is that "knits UP
the ravelled sleave of care" All this
being true, book that tells men how,
Il. fNE n nCfV 1RftU va
to capture sleep is a boon to thousands.
Such a boon the method set forth in
''The Art of Natural Sleep" has been
| TO many, and such a boon, now that II
is put at the disposal of the public in
| the form of little book, it will assur-
edly be to very many more. In this
! volume, ordered and compact and
ready for use, are brought together all
the helps which science and the prac-
tical experience of centuries have rec
/ commended for inducing wholesome,
natural and refreshing sleep. Here, or
nowhere, insomniacs who shun the use
of drugs will find the long sought way
to the coveted land of Nod.
Mr.. Powell, 1t should be added, Is
one of the leaders In New England OF
the Emmanuel movement"-a move
ment of spiritual healing under the
wing of orthodoxy. He is friend OF
/ the Rev. Ellwood Worcester and OF
the Rev. Mr.. McComb of Emmanuel
! church, Boston, the inaugurators of the
Emmanuel movement.
The Art of Natural Sleep. BY Rev.
Lyman P. Powell. New York: G. p
Putnam's Sons.
Henry B. Fullers stories of Ameri-
cans in Italy, called "Waldo Trench
and Others" are rapidly winning a
place for themselves as a series OF
clear and delicately accurate portraits
of a new phase of Americans abroad
AS the New York Sun said: There
is much entertainment in Mr.. Fuller's
stories They are full of an affective
humor. They are admirable" and an
other reviewer says: "He has qualities
not too often found in combination
brain, knowledge and an instinct fol
expression. In Waldo Trench ano
others he shows how different thing
may be a story about Americans
abroad from the caricatures so often
published"
Waldo Trench and Others. BY Henry
b. Fuller. New York: Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons.
"The Bird Our Brother is the latest
book by Olive Thorne Miller (Hough-
ton, Mifflin & Coz, and is described
as a contribution to the study of the
bird as he is in life. Mrs. Miller has
undoubtedly made a more intimate
study of the ways and manners OF
birds than any other American writer
perhaps than any other writer in the
world. Her observations cover a period
! of twenty-five years or more, during
which she has devoted a very large
share of her time to that careful OBJ