Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-02

man of millions who left a VIII pro-
Viding a foundation for endowing
scientific research and for the estab-
lishment of a new religious denomina-
tion. His surviving relatives have a
tolerably amusing time deciding OF
how to be faithful to the old mans
memory and directions. The story is
OF quietly interesting sort, fit to read
about tea time. 1t will not cause you
to sit up all night, but then it will not
give you a headache, as do so many
! of the popular thrillers of the day.
| The publishers are G. p. Putnam 5
| Sons, New York city.
THE March of Portola and the Dis
| cCvery of the Bay of San Francisco
| is described by Zoeth $. Eldredge, to-
| gether with the translated Log of the
! san Carlos" The California Promotion
committee, San Francisco. has made
an attractive volume of the narration.
Heavenly Heretics" is the mildly
| startling title of a series of biog-
| raphtcal appreciations of five religious
/ leaders who have left their impress on
! the thought of recent centuries. 1t is
/ by the Rev. Lyman p Powell, rector
/ of st. Johns church, Northampton,
/ Mass. The subjects chosen are Jona-
! than Edwards, John Wesley, William
/ Ellery Claiming, Horace Bushnell and
T I llllllDS DtbbhS. II IL 0ttiN " soy N'i'ee
( very many of the admirers of these
men will resent the noun in the title
/ as much as those who differ with their
varying viewpoints will hesitate at the
adjective. None will quarrel, however,
with the comprehensive and sympa-
thetic appreciation of the author. HIS
style. indeed. is more pleasing when
he is writing of those with whom, pre-
sumably, he least agrees. The essay
on Wesley is particularly Illuminating
and the one on Claiming at times eIo- =
quent The least pleasing OF the nNe
is the discussion of Bishop Brooks, IN
which the personal friendship of the
author at times betrays him into too
extravagant panegyric. He admires
and loves too much to analyze. Il is d
sublime admiration, but it sheds SO
dazzling a light that we can scarce
see its object.
Heavenly Heretics. BY Lyman =
Powell. New York and London; q. r.
Putnam's Sons.
The Green Book Album for January
| aupears in a totally new makeup anu
presents number of articles and
stories pertaining to the theater anu
| its neople. One notes, moreover,
number of articles by well known the-
atrical writer's. Among the player
authors who contribute to the January
/ issue of the Green Book Album are
Henrietta Crosman, Theodore Roperts'
]. E. Dodson and Edmund Breese. Inc
Psychology of the Ballyhoo Is enter
tainingly considered by waiter Prlch-
ard EATON. the newest plays are re-
viewed by Charming Pollock, WhlIe
Rennold Wolf, in his Chronicles OF
BROADWAY" reflects the life of Amerl-
cas- rialto. A bright article on the
lively wit of Beerbohm Tree is one OF
the features of the magazine. me
play-story of the issue is Madame n
One of the prominent pieces OF nc
ton in the January Smart Set Is Mary
GIascocl<'s .'rThe Out Trail" story OF
Alaska and the gold fever. 1t recounts
the love of a strong man for praVe
woman who did not care enough anu
the tremendous sacrifice he maze lor
her Cords Chance is a newspaper
story. which Newton A. Fuessle WORKS
out to a rather unexpected conclusloil
Jeanette l. Helm presents an interest,"
ing picture of gypsy life in her STORY,
''The Road of Rebellion" "a Painter
Of Dead Women" by Edna Under
wood; Fate" by S. Ten Fyck
Bourke; "The Cuthbert Case by Alice
Hathaway Cunningham; "A man
Right" By Edith Barnard Delano;
ana "The Prime Essential" by Paul NJ
Rosenwey, are other contributions.
lone Thousand Salads" by Olive
Green, is a homely, houseWlfely niue s
volume whose name is amply self
descriptive. Apparently every variety
of toothsome compound is Included
those with fish, meat, vegetables, frult,
eggs. cheese and nuts receiving the eX-
elusive attention of separate chapters
An initial chapter is devoted to the
etiquette of salads-when to eat what
the Justice and value of which every
housekeeper will doubtless determine
for herself. Blank pages at the PACK
of the book provide a place for addl-
tional recipes
one Thousand Salads. BY Olive
Green. New York and London: G. P.
Putnam S Sons,
In telling the life story of william
Fitzhugh Gordon, q Virginian OF the
Old School," Armistead c. Gordon, rec
tor of the University of virginia mas
drawn many interesting sketches OF the
prominent men of the period. Jefferson
Calhoun. Monroe, Tyler, Jackson, Hous-
ton. Randolph of Roanoke, Marshall,
Yancey. Clay and Crockett-these and
others move through the pages OF the
hook and utter their sentiments re-
garding the issues of life and pol1tlcs
| then dominant The author is not
afraid to idealize some of these men,
but he nevertheless keeps consistently
to the thread of his theme. Students
/ of American history and politics will
| find valuable information in his narra-
! ton.
William Fitzhugh Gordon. BY Armi-
stead c. Gordon. New York and Wash
| ington: The Neale Publishing company
A monograph study of the charaeteI
! of Abraham Lincoln, from boyhood To
| assassination, is essayed by George
! Haven Putnam. Lift. D., and late
/ brevet major of the One Hundred and
( Seventy sixth regiment, New York state
volunteers Its immediate occasion was
| the Lincoln centenary of last February
liz on which the author delivered an
! address at the New York celebrat on,
embodying much of the matter now in
/ closed between book covers. An ample
appendix includes much correspondence
| illuminative of the turbulent SOS and
a series OF notes upon the address
proper. The style is spirited, and eX-
| cept for occasional involved sentence
| structure simple and direct.
| Abraham Lincoln. By George Haven
/ Putnam. New York and London: e.
P. Putnam's Sons.
Prefaced by quaint old cut OF
Roger Bacon, the History of Chemis-
try" which Sir Edward Thorpe. G. B.
Morosco-Egan Dramatic and
ODerafic SchOOl