Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-08

experiments ana investigations. II the
soul is composed of matter-that is, OF
a substance which we now recognize as
matter-it must have the quality OF
gravitation. But it may be composed
OF a substance not now recognized aSl
matter, but which many years hence
many be included in the category OF
matter when our scientific knowledge
shal! have developed much more eX-
tenS1Vely than at present.
One thing is certain: If the soul has
weight it will always be a difficult
problem to weigh it, on account Of the
gases of the body escaping at DEATH
DR.. Hyslop in this matter as we'll as
others stands pre-eminently for appIi-
cation of scientific methods to phe-
nomena alleged to be occult.
Here are some epigrams from "An
Adventure in Exile" by Richard Duffy.
The sparkle of the dialogue is half the
charm of this Normandy romance:
BY snob you mean one who can do
things we can't afford to do, and has
the bad taste to do them.
A cynic is only a sentimentalist
wrong side out; and sentimentalist is
a man who hasn't the courage of his
convictions.
Nothing costs so much as free love.
A woman loves man. A man loves
himself. That's the difference between
men ana women IN love.
Besides, she told herself, she was not
a f1irt. She was only a woman whom
men could not help making love to.
1t is a satisfaction to wear deep
mourning when the deceased leaves one
money to pay for it.
A single man fits in anywhere; but
when he gets to be known as a bacne-
lor, his only use is to fill emergency
gaps.
AccordiDor 70 +ba 1.1o,,,o,, he he 1,,,--,,
shall man be philosopher or fool
All men are vain of gray hairs at so,
especially when the hairs are next the
temples. 1t is one of the obvious fiat
teries of an interested woman to re-
mark them.
She has looks, youth, money and little
trace of the maternal instinct-she was
born TO be widow
She knew she was a clever woman.
Yet she wondered whether or no there
were some men to whom a woman's
cleverness was merely a blank cart
ridge.
An Adventure in Exile. BY Richard
Duffy. New York: B. w. Dodge & Co.
Kate Douglas Wiggin, who is one of
the most enthusiastic admirers of Ken
meth Grahame'S new book, "The Wind
in the Willows" writes about the book:
In rtOtous fancy, delicious and unex-
pected humor, and that poetic touch we
remember so we'll in The Golden Age
The Wind in the Willows is a deli
ciOus, enjoyable, unique and enchanting
book" The reviewers have been
unltedly enthusiastic. The Chicago Tri-
bune says: "a book as rare as it is per-
feet, a book of the outdoors, a book for
lovers of the poetical, for lovers of
literature; and the Outlook says: Its
great charm lies in the imagination
that fhrnII Icrn Of
The book now and again touches poetry
as one touches it in life, incidentally
and by the way"
Charles Frederick Holders recent
novel, "The Marooner'' gains in inter
/ est for it's readers when they learn
| that much of it is founded on actual
personal experience. The eerie incident
with which the book opens, for in
stance, the inexplicable finding of
vessel deserted and adrift in the gulf
| stream, but sound and normal in every
way, is matched by an actual happen
ing in the authors own life, and he
notes significantly that in his case the
only living thing found on board was
a gigantic tarantula. The WreCking
and looting scene on the Florida reef
| later in the book was sketched from
memory of a similar incident in the
| sos, which by chance he witnessed.
And he adds that if he had divulged
the story of it to the public then it
would have cost him his life. Much Of
the fascination of Mr.. Holders style
and of the tale he spins is due to this
intimate personal knowledge of the sea
and sea people.
Edgar Allen Forbes of The Worlds
Work, who is now travelling in Africa
making a complete investigation Of
white Mans Africa, and How He Got
IT, writes interestingly of an adVen-
ture that recently befell him with a
lunatic: 81 have found the MoOrs such
an interesting people that am rewrit-
ing the article and getting some more
pictures. It is interesting work This
morning l photographed bundle of
rags and then disturbed his slumber to
give him a billion (worth about l
cent?. He happened to be fierce luna
tic, and like a flash he struck my hand
and sent the coin flying. From the
glare in his eye 1 could see the finish of
my camera if he had but known about
the photograph; he has just passed my
windows, bowling"
The spat between the governor OF
Washington and the governor of New
Jersey over the formers refusal to
honor the latter's requisition for one
Elliott A Archer amusingly recalls
-
novel, "The Little Brown jug at Kill
dare" A moonshiner very popular in
his neighborhOod, so the story runs
is at large on the border line between
North and South Carolina. The gov
ernors of the two states are reluctant
to arrest him, and in order to put the
burden on the other fellow and at the
same time answer the demands Of jus
tice, each prepares a requisitiOn for
service on the other. 1t is at this
stage of the interesting proceedings
that the governors daughters take d.
hand. And then the fun begins! The
Bobbs-Merrill company, December, 1908.
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard company
announces that the date of publication
of the important metaphysical book,
"Steps Along the PATH" by Katharine
H. Newcomb. author of "Helps to
Right Living" has been postponed.
The conspicuous place occupied by
the stage in current literature has been
a matter of general comment this win
ter. The surprise of the entire book
list, however, is Paul Wilstach's de-
lightful Richard Mansfield: The Man
and the Actor which passed into its
third printing within seven weeks of
the day of it's publication. The reason
is probably found in the echo from
most of the reviewers which say that
the life of that strange and wonder
full man has all the charm of romantic
fiction. The qualities of pictures add
vivacity to the narrative.
Dr. Orison SWEET Marden, editor Of
Success, has just completed a book
which advance readers call the most
original and vigorous piece Of inspira-
tiOnal writing he has vet done IT is