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,-,.-,-.ly one ~ the irouies Of fate
u,rs Twain. greatest OF Ameii-
"' ,,norists. should have been
.,1s,arted man. a fataIist and a PES
I-., II. ala not often reveal ms
.,r,,orby He almost seemed ashah-
# hut be took the trouble
- write little book. What is Man?
.,,b he issued anonymously ana gave
,,ro NJ his intimate friends, and
49, made his meaning so clear that
p, o,s could misunderstood. Tie book
!, dated February, 1905.
Marx Twains phllosophic confession
a, ,,tb is In the form OF a dialogue
A,seen an Old Man and a Young
Ma, The Old Man may be said to
,,,,ssert Mark Twain himself. and the
,orysratlon IL largely devoted to two
fundamental questions-how far a man
. free agent. and whether he Is
sslenced whom within or without.
Marx Twain throws all his subtle men-
uny into sustaining these that man
IA, no more responsibility than a ma
bne and that the influences which
isurmlns his conduct come from the
outside" 1t is a desolatIng doctrine. '
III, Od Man frankly admits; 1T Is not
Inspiring, enthusing, uplifting 1t takes
The pride out Of him, 1t takes the hero
len out Of him. it denies him all per-
sonal credit AL appIa use, 1t not only
degrsdss him to a machine, but allows
him to control no over the machine;
makes mere coffee mill Of him, and
neither permits him 10 supply the cof-
lee nor turn the crank his sole and
Titeogsy public function being to
grind coarse or fine, according TO his
make outside impulses doing all the
rest Current literature tJune).
With the death Of Biornstierne
Bjornson, Norway has lost one Of it's
rost capable makers Of literature. ana
toi only Norway, for the famous au-
hots works have been translated into
many different languages. In America.
BIS writings under the general editor
snip of Edmund Gosse. are issued In "a
Uniform edition by the Macmillan CON-
iany. The set includes 10 volumes,
Win the following titles. Arne- Absa-
BINS Hair. and A painful Memory
me Bridal March. and one Day
'alialn Msnsana and Mothers Hands
FISHER lass-A Happy Boy-Hcritage
o. ne Kurtz q vols) In Gods WAY
Vols)-MaEnhlld. and bust
ana Synnove Solbakkeu
he Chicago Record Herald. In its
comment upon Bjornstierne Bjornson's
We and works, says. He was "a genius
W 'uch versatility and ~ such power
N 50 many differ mt fields that he had
% effect on the life Of his country at
many points. Poet, dramatist, novel
w 'oelal retormer-such was Born
IN And In each OF the fields which
We es'ayed he was supreme"
rex Beach, who is now on a holiday
~ fanams, accompanied BY Mrs.
.esSh has completed the work OF cor
.,s'Vng proofs on his new book. soon
oe published by the Harpcrs II
~ 70 nave an unusually large number
Henderson. "'
,. L u X. Chostorton has lately
sl'l.lei up Thackerly as a sort of ro-
,-i a."1 pessimist To call him pessi-
s ",s, only would De. MIR. Chesterton
$500 ooh harsh and mdicrous To
vonit,Oe MN merely In romantic terms
s.,.'u, oe equally unsatisfactory The
CO., aehniuOn Of his splrit. MIR
an ,lon rnds 10 this-that ne loved
e,s, Hesn and beautiful things. like
4 An Iuhantics, but loved them with
nsi ueIate recollection of their eter-
i5ry ~ ehce ana decay Human his
a. =, "su Tor him the high monotonv
80 e'etiasting song. In which evsr,,
ways the same" -' '''' tune Is al
49,. % IN this sense and from, ,hts
a. - W view that Nj Chcstertnr 60
FpssL, ilackeray mastCrpieces. 10
s,ti,s -. Inc Book % Snobs." that
musb human weakness. as "a worL
d1neo sveued and very admiralty
dseass o' shohulshness is indeed a
trd ,,s-out society requiring n LARGE
tina ~ t9.'aiule analysis" Tho more
t8ntinn. enllE Fair" Mr. Chesterton
dscss =. Vas an Inspiration. II pro-
Son n, lhe mind the same Impree-
d,sI,s mixed voices ana almost ma
ss1'.s competition AS "A cr,,,'Iod
bis 4 gi, market day Everyone i'm mis-
'r.n n Hiied with a futile enorsy :, o NJ
lss.a a,9hd Ar Chesterton snasl vi vi
efays NJ, most romantic of Tbnck =
The ma pug as much the sadJest
hin, most dreadful ana blood .cbiii'y,,,.,..
And roi WIS world is "a tired l<indnn.t
ysaB,, VAN ana E ,d is tho tyne Of Ina
hrge aug srl lasteiess magnanimitv. he
-CS,, oa.H eyes darken The mi, y ,... ~ e,
literature June).
Abr sslhlp-Dveners," q now hmm, So.
IAN. new ,. lnnocents Abroad T" i' NJ,
ssbsy,,m made the journey IN r. All. Mi,
countri.." way visiting almost tbo s sa,ne
psTy srs as Mark Twain's in1 M, name
NIX ana IKE them. lived in mag ons nary l,r
TIM d moved forward from ne IL snip ,p
CsiSAoii99 Mark Twain Her. ae ~,
Friend p, Inspiration OF Nv VI w. NY
bsto,, 1 N published but a ,'lt fs, a inc
mark Twain's death. -" Gays