Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-20

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gals for a number of years, that he
send her some of the specimens men
toned in his article as having been
noted near his home at Canton, Mass.
The request was complied with, the eX-
amples were presently turned over TO
the Well-knoWn naturalist, DR.. Felt OF
Albany, N. Y, with the result that in
the collection was found one which had
not heretofore been classified 1t was
named in honor of it's unwilling dis
coverer
jeanette Marks and her collaboration,
Julia Moody, authors of Little Busy
bodies" the new story-told nature
book for children published by the
Harpers, have said in the preface, DAT
ed from Mount Holyoke college, that
the book was written with the deter
mination that the child should not be
bored. 1--WE, too, have been children.
We used to climb trees and turn SOM
ersaults. And we remember so well
what it used to be like to have to
learn dull things we did not wish TO
know. SO we said to ourselves as We
looked over our spectacles at each
other: No, they sha'n't be told a
single embarrassing fact; they sha
be dull, poor dears, as we were SO long
ago, before we put on spectacles ana
began to call ourselves wise
1--WE hope you will realize the mes
sage continue, that more wonderful
than the most wonderful fairy story
is the created life of these little in
sects; we want you to know something
of their joys and troubles; we want
you to learn how to be kind to them
and how they may be useful to you.
Does this seem a little bit like SER
mon? Well, you see, we forgot we
had kept on our spectacles SO long
and somehow spectacles always turn
into sermons
However some dilettanti may take up
psychical research as an amusement,
it is regarded as a very serious pur-
suit by Prof. James H. Hyslop. secre-
tary of the American Society of Psy-
chical Research. Just what it may
lead to DR.. Hyslop has indicated III
a recent interview in which he explains
that "Psychical research some people
regard simply as spook hunting. TIC
them it is midway between joke sci
ence and a monomania. The reason
however, why l am willing to give all
my time and thought to it is because
| believe it offers a possible means OF
proving my philosophical theory, based
on the study of the truths of scien-
tific research and the theories that
have been elaborated ever since men
began to ask, What do we really
know and How do we know it?'
The underlying basis of his life work
Dr. Hyslop has brought out, not ID
his suggestive and entertaining books
on psychical research, but in monu-
mental volume on 1.-The Problems OF
Philosophy" just published by Small
Maynard e Co., in which he develops
reasons for believing that the universe
is not a great confidence game and
that it is possible for mankind to learn
something about the nature of tho
human soul and of God.
Herman Whitaker has written a pre-
face to a new edition of THE Planter
his recent Harper novel, in which he
calls to mind the familiar truth that W.
learn more history from our novels
than our textbooks. I'm view of this
influence it behooves a writer" says
Mr.. Whitaker, "to go slowly over new
ground, and to make certain that while
depicting life his book reflects the trutf
without eXaggeration or distortion
Once sure of his facts, however, 1t i:
equally incumbent upon him to hew tC
the line, let the chips fall where they
may. Contrary to the opinion of the
critic who thought that its cruelties
had been accentuated to procure ar
artistic effect, very real Indignation