The Washington herald., 1908-02-16

clesiastical history, and has run through
three long editions in Germany. is the
Outlines of Church History by Hans
Won Schubert, professor of church history
at Heidelberg. This work has now been
rendered into English by Maurice A.
Chauney, NJ. a.. and will be published
by G. p. Putnams Sons. Tn its English
version it carries a scholarly supplement-
airy chapter by Miss Alice Gardner on re-
lgious thought and life in the nineteenth
century. The volume will form the latest
addition TO Putnams Theological Trans
lation Library"
Mr., Theodore Roberts seems to have de-
eided to follow literature as a profession,
and has completed another novel. which
he calls Captain Love; the History OF
Most Romantic Event in the Life Of an
English Gentleman During the Reign Of
His Majesty George the First Containing
Incidents of COurtship and Danger as
Related in the Chronicles OF the Period
and Now Set Down in Print" The sec
ton of the volume remaining after the
title viii be occupied by a story of high
waymen and high play, and other mat
ters invariable in a Georgian novel, but
none the less attractive 10 readers.
The, estate of Prince Serge Dmitriyevich
Urussov. where he is now residing, and
where he wrote THE Memoirs Of a Rus
sian Governor" is situated in the prov
ince Of Kaluga at Razva. Prince Urus-
soy is occupied there at present with his
duties as landlord. with the development
OF local reforms. and the compilation of
other memoirs which will eventually con-
stitute a later group.
The Amesican Unitarian Association
viii continue its new edition Of the Com
plete Works Of Theodore Parker" by is
suing two volumes this month "The
Transient and Permanent in Christianity"
and Ten Sermons of Religion" A small
volume, containing one or two essays by
President Jordan, will also appear. The
sale Of this authors addresses and es-
says. especially prepared for young men.
has been so large that they are to be re-
printed in uniform style, making a COM
pact library of informal ethics.
What stories do children prefer to read9
Interesting answers TO this question have
been obtained from the children of to-day
themselves by Claude G. Leland. libra
rian of the board of education of New
York City. At his request teachers in the
grammar grades In the public schools.
especially those in charge of the work in
English, collected and sent to him re-
views of opinions written by pupils on
favorite authors or favorite books, which
gave reasons for the choice About four
thousand such reviews, representing the
higher classes in nearly every section of
the five bOrOughs. were obtained this
way. The reviewers were between the
ages of ten and fourteen years. Little
Women" headed the list The ten favor
ite authors in the order Of their pref
erence were: Louisa NJ. Alcott. K D.
Wiggin, F. II: Burnett. Charles Dickens.
H. a. Henty, John Long, II. b. stowe
Il. w, LOngfellOw. Sir Walter Scott, and
a. Z. Barr. The ten favorite books in the
order OF the preference were: Little
Women" tAlcotU, Sarah Crew Dur
netU, Uncle TOMS Cabin" (Stowe)
Black Beauty" lSewelD, Birds Christ
mas Carol (Wiggin}, Robinson Crusoe"
tRefoe). "Rebecca Of SunEybrock Farm
CWigginl. old Fashioned Girl" (Alcot1.
"Grimm's Fairy Tales" and 'Evangeline"
Longfellow)-
The c. NJ. Clark Publishing Company
has in preparation Climbing Up to Ma
ture, papers by Miss Florence J. Lewis,
a weil-known Boston journalist.
Bailey Millard in the February Book
man, tells of the California naturalist,
John Muir, who does no work for money.
is paid less for the time he consumes
than any other recognized writer. and
the simple life. preferring pow
erty in the Sierras to any quantity OF
wealth in a city OF his simple tastes
Mr.. Willard gives this anecdote:
Once Muir was dining with me in a cafe in san
Francisco. We sat down and be began % tell me
a story. The waiter came around several times int
as the story was such good one l thought /
would wait until it was ended before ] gave the
order Muir talked and talked. and in between he
would reach over and break III a piece OF bread from
a French loaf on the table. This ne die z5oI
many times The story reminded him II another
and he talked and ate bread, until finally. beirg
Very hungry, ! broke in with We'll what shall
order for sou, Mr.. Muir" Order" he reusatcd
in his abstraction Yes o-ier-to eat" He leaked
over al the last little remaining piece Of bread on
The plate and said, as If waking from dream.
Eat! Why, I've had all I waut-that bread was
bully"
Messrs Henry Holt & Co. will follow
William de Morgan's striking new novel,
Somehow Good" next week. with two
strongly COntrasted novels. Edward Bar
rOn's The Lost Goddess" a fairly
breathless" tale of the adventures in
Brazil of some New Workers Of to-day.
and J. Breckenridge Ellis "Arkinsaw
Cousins" a quiet story. notable for its
humor and telling delineations of char
acteT.
In his article in the February Circle
On Poems That Have Moved Mankind"
Edwin Markham says that the great
poems that have stirred the world have
not been lyrics of happiness. He adds:
So it is not surprising to find that The two great
poems that touched the quick Of the world il. tie
middle Of the last ceutUUy-'The Song Of the Shirt
and The Bridge Of Sghs''-weTe poems arraignirs
the evils q the day that intOIeHble, ndefensible
dsy OF Englands most ashen shame. As from afar
the golden dome Of ST. Peters announces Rome or
Is the snowy crest Of Mount Shasta pr5caipls CaIl-
toTuia so Poet Hood out OF all his singing is now
first and best known to the world by these two
lofty songs OF his iumost heaTt-s0ngs spea6in- Tor
,Le AaI IclIale lAIions OF L"dot IN these poems,
written by a dying man in the last months e his
life, Hood has caught into precious walls Of com
passion the blood and tears Of Londons women Of
5oTToT-the miries of the living death Of me sew
ng-women selling flesh and blood for root ard
bread and the agOneS Of those other brozenhearted
women bounded To death by want and shame And
these are poems true for all times and all lands
they plead for Manhattan and Chicago AMI Fmis
this very hour. as they pleaded for London half
hundred years ago.
Mrs. Humphry Ward is expected TO ar
rive in New York in March for long
postponed visit. While in this country
she will be the guest of Mrs. Frederick
W. Whitridge. Of New York, who. being
he daughter of Matthew Arnold, is her
cousin. This visit will be the first Mrs.
Ward has ever made TO America.