Los Angeles herald., 1908-02-09

| NJ. NJdInDDGI. II. IL, dulllOA u AAhSA
Pentecost What?" and 1.-THE Indwelling
| Christ" discusses the doctrine from
every point of view and constitutes an
| admirable popular presentation OF It's
I subject. The author is strong writer
and his work is especially timely IN
these days when so many hazy views
| and nebulous theories of the great cen-
trail fact of revelation are being eK-
plotted. 1t abounds in apt quotations
| from leading authorities. Pastors Will
find in 1t many helpful suggestions
and stimulus to further reading. IL
you have been unable to find an idea
of the atonement that would fit into the
spirit of the times and yet not violate
| your feeling that the atonement is
real thing, this book will help you.
| Placed in the hands of young man
| harassed by theories that seem unten-
| able and antiquated it will be a gra-
cious sunrise. The power of the book
| is in its clearness, it is free from the
| Technology of the schools, uses the
| language OF the people and will do
what the author hopes for in his pre-
face-f1nd the bases for the new evan
| gel which is to bring in the new evan
| gelism in conception by the atoneS
ment which is at once vital, reasonable
and preachable.
The Heart of the Gospel. BY James
! NJ Campbell, D. d. New York: Flem-
/
| Fowler Bros.
Mrs. Lucy Long of Los Angeles has
collected a number of her poems, writ
| ten at various times during the past ten
years or more, and has published the
collection under the. title Unity" The
| little book is printed with marginal
illustrations and an occasional half
| tone portrait. 1t is embellished also
by reproductions of autographs of cele-
| brated personages who have written to
| the author in appreciation of her lit
erary labors.
The poems, none of which is of any
great length, are pervaded by a fine
spirit of patriotism to the nation at
large and to California. Many of them
are already familiar to Mrs. Longs
friends, but others are here printed for
| the first time.
Unity. BY Lucy Long, Los Angeles.
Printed for the author.
| Perhaps you never have appreciated
| the value of whiskers, but whether you
have or not you will be able to increase
largely your knowledge of the subject
by reading Ralph d. Paine's latest bit
of book foolery, "Mr. McKackney, Col
lector of Whiskers. The treatise has
been illustrated by Wallace Morgan.
Mr.. McKaclney is a wealthy gentle-
man of many years, who has long been
| collecting human whiskers and who in
cidentally discovered that they were
| capable of wonderful musical vibra-
tons. When. the author and artist
| bounded him to his retreat Mr.. Nc
Hackney was devoting himself to the
task of writing the final word on the
whiskers in art, history and music.
The first story concerns a Titan
heard discovered on Hank Wilkins in
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upon to visit the scientists home and
when told to prepare for dinner he
remarked. "All I've got to do about
| dressing for dinner is to comb the
cookie burrs out of my whiskers and
report all standing" When Hank
looked at the collection of boards he
wove in his brain something like this:
| ''Whiskors short and whiskers long,
| Whiskers weak and whiskers strong
Why, this is the place where belong"
How Hank did favor for his host
ana WAS adopted as the hair appac-
ent is told in the first chapter.
There followed the pursuit of the hir-
suite orchestra, wherein there was a
great view of the Piccadilly Weeper,
the Burnside, the Mutton Chop, the
Chest-warmer and the Populist De-
light.
Mr.. McKackney, Collector of Whis-
kers. By Ralph d. Paine. New York:
Outing Publishing company.
"The Welding" by Lafayette Nc
Laws, is an important new novel by
| writer whose southern training and af-
filiatjons have afforded unusual oppor-
tunities for the study of conditions in
that section. In following the career
of David Twiggs Hamilton, the am
bilious son of a Georgia cracker, who
receives his education through the
generosity of Alexander H. Stephens,
the author deals with many events of
historical interest, and gives intimate
! glimpses of such notable men as
| Henry Clay, John c. Calhoun, Daniel
Webster, Jefferson Davis, Alexander
| II. Stephens. Robert Toombs, Presi-
! dent Buchanan, Horace Greeley. John
Brown, Abraham Lincoln, Gen. Robert
e. Lee, William Lloyd Garrison, Gen.
| u. S. Grant and Gen. William T. Sher-
man.
The Welding. BY Lafayette McLaws.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
| A delightful out-of-d door love story.
the scenes of which. are located In CEN
| trail Indiana, along the Wabash, is Eat
| the Foot OF the Rainbow" by Gene
| Stratton Porter. This is a tale of sturdy
companions, country sports with gun
and rod and of the mighty affairs of
love In it's primitive aspects The prin-
cipals of the "stage" are Jimmie Ma
lone and his wife and Dannie McNoun.
Jimmie was a Celtic type, while Dam
ME was from "Iornpipe Land" Both
| the men were rat catchers of the Wa
| bash.
In the quest for happiness at the
bar Jimmie pays little attention to
his wife or their property. Here is
where Dannie becomes heroic. He
keeps one eye on the family of his
friend and the other on Jimmie, rescu-
| ing him many times from exposure
while he is in the lethargy of rum, and
doing odd ''jobs" about the house for
| the wife.
There was a little romance back of
this. Years sefore-about fifteen
Danny himself courted Mary and was
jealous though diffident. Jimmy had
aspirations, too, and with his keen wit
went to Mary and informed her that
Danny had sent lin to tell her that
he had never loved her.
Mary mourned in silence over
Dannys coldness and accepted Jimmys
protestations of love, eventually mar
rylng him-and misery.
Ultimately Jimmie is frozen to death
while lying out of doors in a drunken
stupor.
Mary leaves the farm to live with
her sister. But she comes back for
visit and Danny accompanies her to the
| old home. At supper, little niece of
| Mary gives a hint Of The woman's at,
lection and happiness is not long de-
layed