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Will Not Submit
/ to Puritanical Laws.

to Puritanical Laws. approval: II
were made to introduce into Germany
puritanical regulations, such as form the
chief stumbling block of American police
administrations the result would be dis
astrous. The Germans would not permit
any interference with their right to buy
beer wherever and whenever they please,
nor would they tolerate any legislation re-
stricting their freedom of choice of
amusement or refreshment on Sunday.
That American cities do usually make
more or less effort to restrict personal
liberty In this respect causes the German
to argue that the strict police regulation
he knows is in fact much more liberal
than the lax enforcement of law in Amer
ica-the difference being in the character
.he legislation.
or the sphere OF German municipal
regulations no American can find fault
The German municipality sometimes has
to deal with the narrow streets and
insanitary buildings inherited from its
ancient ancestors. but even in the oldest
parts of the oldest towns the streets are
well paved and clean. In the new cities
and in the new quarters OF the old cities
the streets are kept up in ideal fashion
and they are just as well paved and
Just as clean and just as well shaded
I'm those sections OF the city where the
poor workingman lives as they are in
the fashionable quarter There is no dis
elimination in favor Of the wealthy.
The building regulations are the best
ever devised, since they are intelligently
enforced and since they take into ac-
count safety. sanitation and beauty.
Every house must be Of practically fire.
proof construction, II must be strong
enough to obviate any possible danger
of collapse, II must be constructed with
every possible sanitary precaution and
II must not mar the symmetrical beauty
OF the street. If il Is to be factory
there must be air enough and light
enough for every workman. II II is to
be a store there must be sufficient
amount Of light. entrances and exits
in plenty. sanitary accommodations both
for customers and employees, and the
ike If it is to be tenement house
for factory workers, it must be construct
ed in accordance with laws which guar
antee to the tenant the same blessings
of light air and sanitary conveniences
possessed by his richer brethren. The
building laws are enforced by the ordi-
nary police. as well as by a special corps
of technically trained inspectors, and
curtously enough, i'm the eyes of an Ameri-
can. the inspection is made each day
and not after the building has been fin
ished and has collapsed.
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nRURY In loving remembrance OF JANE a
DRURY who departed this life four yesr
ago today, August p. 1906.
BY HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN.
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But 1t must not be thought that the
Germans will submit tamely to regula-
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For instance, 1t is forbidden 10 water
flowers except between the hours OF and
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THE
GERMAN
ADVANCE

NIHSS@Ez
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

LIFE OF HIRAM PAULDING, REAR
ADMIRAL. u. =. n. BY Rebecca
Paulding Meade. New York: The
Baker Il Taylor Company.
A MIDSUMMER MEMORY; An EIegy
on the Death of Arthur Upaon. BY
Richard Burton Minneapolis: Ed
mund D. Brooks.
FOREST AND TOWN; Poems. BY Alex
ander Nicolas De MeniI. Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa: The Torch Press.
A TEXTBOOK IN THE PRINCIPLES
OF EDUCATION. BY Ernest Norton
Henderson, Phi. D., professor Of edu-
cation and philosophy in Adelphi
College. Brooklyn. New York: The
Macmillan Company. Washington:
Brentano's.
THE ESSENTIALS OF CHARACTER,
. Practical Story of the Aim Of
Moral Education. BY Edward -. Sis
son. Phi, D.. professor of education.
the University of Washington. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
Washington: Brentano's.
REAL RELIGION; Friendly Talks to
the Average Man ON Clean and Use
fui Living. BY Howard Allen
Bridgman, author Of steps Christ
ward" Boston: The Pilgrim Press.
ANTI-MATRIMONY, a Satirical Conn
edy. BY Percy MacKaye. New York:
Frederick A. Stokes Company.
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held II. Lieut.. Commander Belknap tells
the story Of the American househuiiding.
with many intimate details. He headed
the American relief expedition, and now
narrates how the party under his direc-
ton erected loo dwellings. n hotel.
church. monastery, laboratory and
two schools. and furnished the material
for the building OF 1000 dwellings else
where. The volume preserves per-
manent record Of one Of the most notable
achievements in charitable relief ever &C.
complished.
John L. Mathews. author of RE
making the Mississippi" etc. Illus
trated from photographs. Boston:
Small. Maynard & Co.
For generations the American people
have been allowing water power OF great
value to 20 to waste in all parts Of the
country, and now that the commercial
worth Of the harnessed streams Is growing
evident to an enlightened public. the
marvel is that the movement for the I'M
rounding and utilization of the waters
does not progress even more rapidly thal
at present. Mr.. Mathews In this Hoiums
tells simply and xividiy , the r, s.orS ws o.
not done in the past and what Is no"
being undertaken in different parts OF tht
country He points out the value In DOL
lars and cents of the scientifically handed
stream, not only for power purposes pu
for irrigation. He shows the evil enect:
of unintelligent forest cutting and directs
attention to the tremendous waste invoiv
ed in the rough and ready methods OF the
earlier lumbermen. A series of illustra
tions gives point to the various sueges
tions of this work, which brings up t.
date the subject Of water. conservation
in a manner to intensity the public inter
est in that question.
ADVENTURES IN HOME-MAkING
BY Robert and Elizabeth Shackle-
ton. Illustrated with many photo
graphs New York: John Lane
Company.
The American people are acquiring 9
sense of domestic art and are beginning
to apply to the development Of the home
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certain principles which. if given fun op-
portunity. will eventually work notable
transformation in social conditions. The
truth has come'to westerners that IL il
possible Ia be comfortable and artistic
without being rich. In the present vol
ume * told an adventure in home MAX
ing that called for a larger Investment
Than perhaps many OF those who will
read il are prepared to make. But in tn
telling OF this tale of house transforma-
ton the authors give some valuable in
structions of universal applicability,
pointing out the essential principles "f
art i'm the home and emphasizing In" pos
sibility of making use OF uGineSS Ia the
end of creating beauty. For those with
means this work presents inv aluablc sic
gestionS. and enforces the truth that a
work of transformation such as thiS
yields far more pleasure to those en-
gagged in il than initial construction.
THE DOCTORS CHRISTMAS EVE. Ey
James Lane Allen, author of The
Bride of the MiStlcto". etc. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
1.-TWO voices for him that day-thc sam"
two that are i'm every man. the only two
In any man: the cry of the Jungle VIII
and the voice of the mountain top
| Thou shalt not
This Us DIR. Birney. the good friend, the
kind physician. the indugent father the
uhloving husband.
There are two children. The girl l.
an earth-earthy little creature who
/ wants all the good things of life at bar
| gain prices. The boy is something high
| er and better. Together they represent
| the jungle and the mountain top-th.it.
/ fathers body and soul
| The story is one OF sunlight and shadow
anu or temperament rather than Of plot.
Ihe Christmas spirit of the opening
chapter. when the girl and boy on y mrr-
i ry visit to their fathers friends have "a
! snowy field to themselves and "A fan.
| chance to reveal their opposite natures.
| should make the book AN appropriate
contribution to the literature of Nh.
| Yuletide season
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Septinat1s
BY WILLIAM. LOCKE
Copyright. 1908. By the PHILLIPS Publish
Ing Company
Copyright, 1907. By John Lane ConpaSy)
CHAPTER XIX.-Continued.

He felt the touch of her gloved hand
on his. and it sent a thrill through his
veins which almost hurt, as the newly
coursing blood hurts the man that has
been revived from torpor. The mistiness
that serves q strong man for tears cloud
ed his sight. He had longed for her; she
had come From their first meeting he
had recognized. with the visionary's
glimpse Of the spiritual. that she was the
woman Of women appointed unto him for
help and comfort. But then the visionary
had eclipsed the man. Destiny had naught
to do with him but as the instrument for
the universal spreading OF the Cure. The
Cure was his life. The woman appointed
unto him was appointed unto the Cure
equally with himself He had violently
credited her with his insane faith. He
had craved her presence as q mystical in
fiuence that in some way would paralyze
the Jebusa Jones dragon and give him
supernatural strength to fight. He had
striven with all his power to keep her
radiant like q star, while his own faith
lay dying.
He had been a fool All the time it was
the sheer woman that had held him. the
sheer man. And yet had not destiny full
filled itself with a splendid irony In send
ing her to him then. in that moment OF
Ills uttcT dHS "a TIC ulScT
ton Of the fantastic faith whereby he had
lived for years? From the first he had
been right, though with a magnificent
lunacy. 1t was she. in very truth. who
had been destined to slay his dragon. /,
was dead now. 4 vulgar. Shiny monster
incapable Of hurt, slain by the lightning
flash Of love. when his eyes met hers q
moment or two ago. In confused way
he realized this. He repeated mechan'
ically:
what a fool I've been. What a foo
I've been!''
WHY asked Fora, who did not under
stand.
"Bscause-'' he began. and then he
stopped, finding no words. II wondeI
whether God sent your
I'm afraid IT was only Septimus," she
said, with q smile.
''Septimus?'
He was startled. What could Septinlus
have TO do with her coming? He rose
again. and focusing his whirling senses
on conventional things, wheeled an arm
chair to the fire and led her TO It, and
took his seat near her In his ONCE chair
Forgive me-" he said. 'but your com
ins seemed supernatural I was dazed b,
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the events they chronicle may follow each
other more accurately. In the new. tesla
lized to yield single full and orderly
story. In order to appeal to the children's
interest the text has been printed chiefly
in the form that they are accustomed to
see in their other books, with short SEN
fences and paragraphs. Repetitions have
been avoided and the editor has reduced
as much as possible the multiplicity OF
names of both places and persons. Eight
illustrations from the work OF Gustave
Dore appropriately embellish the work,
while on the fly leaves of the cover is re.
produced Dore's great painting, The
Hosts Of Gibeon.' The work thus pre-
pared constitutes a valuable edition to the
library of the young.
AMERICAN HOUSE BUILDING IN
MESSINA AND REGGIE. An Ac-
count OF the American Naval and
Red Cress Combined Expedition, to
Provide shelter for the survivors
Of the Great Earthquake Of Decem-
her "a, 1905. BY Reginald Rowan
Belknap, lieutenant commander.
United States Navy. late naval at
tacfe to the American embassy at
Rome. illustrated. New York: q.
p. Putnam's Sons.
When the cities of Messina and Reggie
were overwhelmed by the earthquake OF
two years ago American relief funds were
poured out in great volume for the res
cue Of the unfortunates whom that dis
aster had left without shelter or employ
ment. Had it not been for the adoption
OF the American temporary house struc-
lures for emergency use in the earth
quake disaster the suffering entailed
would have been much greater than 1t
was. In remarkably short order city
| of comfortable homes was erected. The
putting up Of these portable dwellings
gave employment to large number OF
workers, who were thus kept in funds
without drawing upon the strictly char
liable allotments. Furthermore, the bust
nesslike administration of this measure
Of relief by the American officers placed
in charge presented an object lesson
which may have had beneficial effect
upon the minds Of the peasants who be-
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the wonderful sight Of you. Perhaps it's
not you after all. I may be going mad
and have Authorizations. Tell me that
it's really you"
touch for yourself-and my sudden APP
pearance is tho simplest thing in the
world
ter in Egypt"
80 did 1 until I reached Marseille. This
She told him Of the tail Of the little
china dog, and Of her talk with Septimus
the night before.
$50 came to you,'' she concluded, las
soon as l decently could this morning"
And I owe you to Septimus,' he said.
"Ah, I know! You ought to have owed
me to yourself" she cried, misunderstood
ing him. IF 1 had known things were
SO terrible with you I would have come.
I would. really. But was misled by
your letters. They were SO hopeful Dont
reproach me-
, "Reproach you! You who have given
this crazy fellow SO much! You who
come to me all sweetness and gracious
ness, with heaven in your eyes, after
having been dragged across Europe and
made to sacrifice your winter of sunshine
just for my sake! All, no! It's myself
that I reproach."
For what?' she asked.
For being fool. crazy. blatant,
ed, shifting the arm Of his chair as new
view Of things suddenly occurred to him
"How can you sit there-hOw have you
suffered me these two years-without de-
spising me? How is it that l haven,
been the mock and bywOrd of Europe?
must have been.'
He rose and walked about the room in
great agitation.
"These things have all come crowdina
up together. One can't realize everything
I'D 80
manity!' How they must have jeered be-
hind my back II they thought me sincere
How they must have despised me If they
thought me nothing but an advertising
quack! Fora Middlemist. for heaven {
sake tell me what you have thought OF
me. What have you taken me fora
mailman or charlatan?
ut is you that must tell ME what has
happened" said Fora. earnestly. Il dom,
know. Septimus gave me to understand
that the Cure had failed. He's never
clear about anything in his own mind
and he's worse when he tries to explain
it to others
"septimus.' said sypher. sis one of the
children Of God"
but he's a little bit ineoherent or
EARTH she rejoined. with smile. What
has really happened?'
Sypher drew long breath and pulled
himself up.
'.Fm on the verge Of a collapse. The
Cure hasn't paid for the last two years
1 hoped against hope. I flung thousands
and thousands into the concern. The
Jebusa Jones people and others outadver-
tised me. outmaueuyered me at every
turn. Now every bit OF capital is gone
and I can't raise any more. I must &c
under"
Fora began, Il have fairly large for.
tune"
He checked her with a gesture, and
looked ut her clear and full.
God bless you," he said. MY heart
didn't lie to me at Monte Carlo when il
told me that you were Great-soulcd
woman. Tell me. Have you ever be-
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the extremes of conditions at that
period. but between these contrasts
pulsed the life Of the Roman people.
and the authors reference list shows
the research he has made to give to
his readers a correct realization Of
who and what these people were. With
a map for guide and with a suggestion
that the reader look down upon the
Of his imagination, the author consti-
tutes himself cicerone, and. by way of
a start. outlines the Roman methods
Of travel in A. D. 81. This is the first
the realistic allurement of a motion
picture-a journey of highways and by
ways that enlightens the student as
thoroughly as history will permit. con-
greatest empire in that wayback day
when the tragedy of the Nazarene was
still red OF memory and the time had
almost come for the destruction of
Pompeii. Added to the. simple excel,
lence of text are more than a hundred
illustrations, a map and several plans.
sWEDENBORG AND THE "SAPIEN-
TIA ANGELICA" BY Frank Sewall,
NJ A., q. .. New York: Dodge Pub
fishing Company.
Biographical literature is indebted to
the author Of this little book for force
fully concise history Of the man who was
q mathematician, inventor and writer be-
fore he entered upon the soul study that
resulted in the creed that bears his
name. Practical enough to write upon
subjects that range from treatises on the
manufacture of tin plate to his vast work,
the ''Principia,' which marks the adj
vance Of his mind from the scientific to
attention to the vigor of Sweden
borg's intellect, when he wrote Oh his visi-
tations to the spiritual world. as proof
positive that he was not mere medium,
as some critics have contended. The sec
ond half of the book gives a clearly put
conception of the "Sapientia Angelica,
and there is a final chapter. Relations to
Modern Thought furnished by Rev.
Isaiah Tansley, B. A.
The student who reads simply to famil-
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fTeQeIlCh rOIDeS O8AASi0 Va
IA Cairo. Egypt, opened in the
Il u Veerhof galleries Wednesday
and will continue until the end
Of next week The collection consists OF
about thirty-five or forty paintings, al
but five Of which represent scenes In
Egypt. They are interesting views and
cover a wide range Of sub1ects-the pyra-
mids, the temples, street scenes In Cairo,
the Nile and the desert. And they are
painted not only with skill, but SYM
psthy. j., go. i.
For nearly twenty years Mr.. Ogilvie has
lived In the shadow of the pyramids and
temples, with but few periods of absence
In Europe and America. and his kuowl-
edge Of Egypt Is, therefore. more init
mate than that Of the traveller or tenn
porary resident. During the excavations
at the Great Pyramids Of CHA, carried
out recently by DR.. G. H. Reisner, on be-
half Of the Museum Of Fine Arts Of Bos-
ton and Harvard University, Mr.. Ogilvie
was occupied In painting q series Of pic
lures Of the remarkable fourth dynasty
statues which were found. The object
was to thus preserve a complete and &C.
curate record Of the discoveries. the stat
ues being distributed between the mu-
seums at Boston and Cairo. These paint
ings DR.. Reisner owns, but he has per-
mitted Mr.. Ogilyie to bring them to
America for the purpose Of exhibition. To
the afcheologist this series Is OF the ut
most interest, but to artists and the gen.
erai public the water colors are more
significant They are what the traveller
sees, or would see with expert guidance
they are Egypt as the painter himself has
come to know it. From one who has
made a speciality Of archaeological trans
scriptions it would seem reasonable to ex-
pect accuracy, but In addition to veracity
Mr.. Oglivie's works have charm. He
handles his medium In the English man
ner, using pure color and clear washes.
His craftsmanship Is good and his tech
nique accomplished. These water colors
are not sketches, but finished paintings,
seriously studied. Perhaps they lack the
spontaneity of work produced by "nrst
intent" the cleverness OF which always
allures, but for this the sincerity Of their
manner fully compensates.
Only those who have attempted "a
handle water colors will know how DIM
cult are some Of the problems he has at
tackled and how successful are his solu-
tions. The desert pictures are especially
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progress, and this in the face Of tradition
a nd handsca x,r,ixaor La The, mere nllIler ri:

progress, and this In the face OF tradition
and hand:capping law. The mere numer1-
cal strength Of women in economics, COM
munity life and politics is made the SUBJ
ject OF a significant outreaching discus
sion. What these women want, SO the
author says. is to be permitted to work,
under favoring conditions. merely for race
preservation and race Improvement along
time to time lay down.. Altogether. one OF
the very best Of the discussions in the in
terests Of women.
WHAT IS ART: studies I'm the Tech
niQue and Criticism Of Painting.
By John c. Van Dyke, author Of
Art for Arts Sake etc. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
This discussion is given up to the other
side of the question: as the author puts
it. The other side is, in this case, that
OF art In and for itself. What it is; what
are the elements that go into its making !;
its nativity in the soil and life OF its sur
roundings; the artists relation to it. All
this. by way OF contrast to the external
attitude toward art, the attitude Of the
connoisseur. the collector. The study is
made in familiar phrase, free from class
and cult terms. 1t is, besides, rich in ex-
ample, largely and happily of the modern
sOft fuil VI HiloTlIlhtlOn AHu luteieSt, II
makes a profitable reversion to a some
what neglected side of the subject Of
art.
LIFE IN THE ROMAN WORLD OF
NERO AND ST. PAUL. By II. G.
Tucker, author Of Life in Ancient
Athens etc. New York: The Mac
milan Company. Washington:
Brentano's.
Nero is to this work what Hamlet is
Ito the play. He dominates nearly every
chapter Of the four hundred and more
pages, and through his personality one
gets a wildly human insight into that
important epoch Of the Roman empire
Claudius Nero making bonfires Of
Christians on the Palatine Hill and ST.
Paul Journeying through the empire
preaching Christ crucified represent
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meet an Indian whom one Of them had
befriended. He had promised to show
them a gold mine which had long been
famous in that region, but the secret Of
which had been jealousy guarded by its
aboriginal possessors. They found the
gold. but they were trailed by others. for
tune hunters and enemies, and grim
tragedy works out to its logical con-
clusion. the tragedy of fortune seeking.
of intrigue and conspiracy for other
mems property. The figure or Red Scar
lett is admirably drawn, and Mr.. Jones
has produced a thrilling tale of the north
west which insists upon continuous at
tention.
THE CENTENARY EDITION OF THE
WORK OF CHARLES DICKENS In
80 Volumes. Illustrated. London:
CHAPMAN & Hall New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons. Washing
ton: Ballantyne & Sons.
Three more volumes OF the centenary
edition Of Dickens have been issued. two
comprising nicholas Nickleby'' and the
third presenting "A Childs History OF
England The Nickleby volumes carry
a portrait of Dickens by Daniel Maclise.
r. A., with thirty mine illustrations by
"Phiz," these being the original Nckleby
pictures. The "Child's History is illus
trated by Marcus Stone, r. A, and ].
Mahony. 1t should be noted again that
the purpose Of this edition of Dickens
is to provide funds for a great national
memorial to the novelist and to make
adequate provision, Furthermore, for his
only living descendants, two grandnieces.
THE NARRATIVE BIBLE. Edited by
Clifton Johnson. illustrated by Gus
tave Dore. New York: The Baker
& Taylor Company.
In twenty-one chapters is here given
the condensed 'story'' of the scriptures,
having been prepared with especial con-
sheraton for juvenile readers. Mr. John
son has retained the impressive words
and phraseology Of the Bible almost ex-
clusively, making only such changes as
are suitable for this use. He has printed
out Of their customary order several
books of the Old Testament in order that