Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-12-12

she startles the sobriety of the Hub
and POUNDS a new religion, and In New
York, where she jostles the Smart Set
and literary folk and foists a coal
HEAVIER on society. The satire on the
four cities is good-natured, but is prob
ably more daring than anything of the
kind before written in this country.
Joshua James, Life Saver" is the
title of a little volume by Sumner /.
Kimball which describes the life of
member of the United States life-saVing
service who achieved a calm, almost
obscure heroism in that great and be-
neficent organization. The story of his
life is simply told in a manner that
combines not a little of the romance
and adventure which made. it eventful.
The narration of sixty years devoted TO
the saving of human life as ones daily
and routine duty cannot fail to interest
and impress.
Joshua James. BY Sumner I. Kim
ball. Boston: American Unitarian as
ISOLATION.
The fifth of the Wagner music
dramas to be retold by DR.. oliver
Huckel in English verse is Die Wal
l5ure" ("The Valkyrie"), following THE
Rheingold." which has already seen
print The text itself is in smooth
flowing blank verse, paraphrasing ac-
ton, dialogue and setting at once, thus
giving the reader a connected view of
the drama as whole. The poverty and
badness of the usual opera libretto,
not to speak of it's lack of literary
merit, is thus avoided in favor of q
genuine poem with life and color.
The Valkyrie. Retold by oliver Huck-
ell. New York: Thomas T. Crowell &
Co.
IA nh Of
George Bernard Shaw is more than a
biography of an extraordinary man by
an extraordinary biographer. The book
is full of Mr.. Chesterton's own phil
osophy and his delicious points of view.
In a foreword to his book Mr. Chester
ton explains his position clearly. Most
people, he writes, "either say thar
they agree with Bernard Shaw or that
they do not understand him. l am
the only person who understands him
and l do not agree with him" To
which Mr.. Shaw has replied with
equal spirit, 1T is a fascinating por-
trait study and 1 am proud to have
been the painters model" (The John
Lane company, New York;
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pennell started
out twenty years ago to make system
attic study of the cathedral towns of
France; and the results will be EN-
bodied in the book which the Century
company publishes under the title of
French Cathedrals." The text Is Mrs.
Pennell's, and the book will have 1888
Illustrations from drawings by Mr..
Pencil, the originals of which are now
I'm the Luxembourg museum, the prop
erty of the French government.
The first sign of the approach of
Christmas is the publication October
6 by the Macmillan company of "The
Took Of Christmas" This charming
little valume is both in spirit and in
form a return to an older fashion. 1t
Improvement upon the Christmas an
nual which was so familiar to our faith,
ers and grandfathers. In spirit it
suggests the simpler and more whole
some Christmas which they celebrated.
and for which Hamilton w. Mabie
pleads so earnestly in the introduction
which he has contributed. The text
of the book comprising the best things
that have been written about Christ
mas, its customs, beliefs, spirit and
sport, is accompanied by a large num-
Der of striking decorative drawings
the work of George Wharton Edwards
There are, in addition, reproductions
of a number of celebrated pictures by
great masters. ancient and modern
The cover. designed by Mr.. Edwards.
is in keeping with the artistic excel
lence of his work. and every detail
shows the care bestowed upon the
manufacture of the book.