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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1910-03-19

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The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11
"Gr0ver Cleveland:
A Record of Friendship"
BY Richard watson Glider.

By Richard Watson Glider. published by the
Century company, New York. Price $l-se-b
Among all the writings OF the late
Richard Watson Glider the last prose
work from his pen is likely TO give him
more enduring fame than any other.
He entitled his book. Grover Cleveland;
A Record of Friendship" and 1t is the
finest tribute to that greatly misunder-
stood leader that has been written. The
little book, while belonging to bio
graphic literature, is not perfect biog-
raphy. 1t is q sort of Boswellian note
book, covering a period of 90 years
when the writer enjoyed the friendship
Of Cleveland. The style is intimate and
friendly. with no hint of formality, and
one feels that Mr.. Glider has taken each
one OF us of into a quiet little corner 10
listen TO his anecdotes and to hear him
read bits of some treasured old letters
from the great man.
At the Cleveland memorial meeting
in Carnegie hall, March Is. 1903, Mr.,
Glider read a poem which is very ap-
proPriately used as a preface TO this
volume. The last stanza is quoted:
0 strong oak riyen, tower OF defense.
Fallen o, captain Of the hosts struck down
O cries Of MISUNDERSTANDING swift
To sounds Of triumph and great victories.
For hnto the hands Of one Of humble soul
80 be who died accomplished mighty deeds.
And he who fought has won the infinite peace
And sleeps enshrined in his peoples hearts,
And IN the praise OF nations and the world,
And rests immortal among the immortal great
Not to MANY men was Grover Cleve-
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11
lhs "reminiscences Of Rosa Bohheur" !"
Edited by Theodore stanton. published By D.
Appleton & Co.. New York. Price S3.l

Edited by Theodore stanton. (Puhlished By D.
Appleton & Co.. New York. Price S3.1
The "reminiscences of Rosa Bon
heur" which is really a half narrative
made up of letters of the great artist
and of her friends. is by far the most
important and interesting addition to
biography which has appeared this
year. There is something which Theo-
dore Stanton, who modestly calls him.
self the editor, has done in the COM
position of these memoirs which has
made the remarkable woman a very
human and lovable figure, two quail
ties not often associated with her
name. She was always the great artist
and so, away from her fellows-and
her personal peculiarities. her love Of
tobacco, her masculine attire and other
unfeminine traits tended to sort of
isolation among women. The friends
she had, both men and women. were
strong and loyal TO the last. Miss
Anna NJ. Klumpski. formerly of San
Francisco, was her companion and
friend during the last years of her life,
and is often mentioned in these pages.
Rosa Bonheur had a most uneventful
life She was born in 1922 and all her
teaching in art was obtained from her
father A number of ancestors were
sister also, so the atmosphere of art
was always about her. She spent more
than 40 years of her life in her Cha
teau of BY on the northern edge Of the
forest of Fountainebleau with two dear
friends, Nine. Micas and Mile, Micas,
who kept house for her and took away
from her all domestic worries. She had
here a really wonderful menagerie of
lions, sheep. deer, chamois. horses and
dogs and they were not mere models
they We're dearly loved friends.
The book tells of everything of In
terest which hefeH the artist, but it is
a record OF work and success. Love.
which is the large part of other rem
iniscences. had no place In this life.
She told herself that she was once as
a young girl sought in marriage by the
village apothecary and that the court
ship lasted week. The book is fully
Illustrated by pen and ink sketches,
photographs of her most famous paint
ings and pictures of herself and mem
bers of the family.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11

lands friendship given as freely as to
Mr.. Glider, and it is knowledge OF the
man, not the politician, that he has
recorded in this hook. He can not too
often lay emphasis upon Cleveland's S
earnestness of purpose and his honesty
and constant desire to be true to his
principles. The book closes with this
noble tribute.
1T has come to this, that his fellow
countrymen in general, even those that
dissent from his political opinion,
recognize in Grover Cleveland a man
who. being mortal, was not without
fault and limitation. yet who stands
pre-eminent for unfeigned purity of
intention, for singular frankness, for
scrupulous and unusual honesty, for
faithfulness to duty, for resolution, for
courage and, above all, FOR absorbing,
dominating patriotism. It is not strange
that almost the last words that were
heard TO fall from his lips were these,
I have tried SO hard to. do right"
The book contains many illustrations
from photographs, some of them inti-
mate views OF Cleveland and his FAM
Ay in private life. which add to the in
terest Of the work.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11
"IORD ALISTAIR'S REBELLION"

Allen Upwards novel is satire on
respectability in the English upper
classes. His hero, Lord Alistair, rebels
at the existing order Of things. respecta-
bility. as we'll as social and religious
conditions The author wields the
same brilliant pen in this work which
he used with such effect in his earlier
book THE New Ward" and proves
himself master of wit and epigram.
The plot of the book is concerned with
a conspiracy at the death of Queen
Victoria, which planned, not to seat
pretender on the throne, but to attract
attention to themselves as members of
of a party interested in the "legiti-
mate successors" for several thrones.
Lord Alistair is the dissipated
younger brother of the duke of Trent,
a respectable prig, a cabinet minister,
and a man with no sense Of humor.
Lord Alistair is made the mouthpiece
of revolt throughout the book. Con-
ventionality especially arouses his
seorn, and most of his best speeches
are directed against it, The age in
which he lives the end of the Victorian
period. is thus summed up and set be-
fore the reader:
In this world cant became a re-.
ligion and hypocrisy was enforced by
law. 1t was world whose literature
and art were adjusted TO the mental
and moral level of the Sunday school,
1T was a world in which terrible dis
ease, bred of moral corruption, scourged
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11
Tales OF Men and Ghost" !"

by Edith Wharton published by Charles
Scribner's sons New York. Price S1.50)
It is difficult to write of Edith whar-
ton and not drop into superlatives. She
is our best short story writer today
and these particular short stories are
the best collection she has offered us.
There are 10 stories in this book, two
Of which are supernatural and seven
concern men. In the last one only does
a woman play an important part The
stories have appeared in magazines
during the last few years so are
doubtless known to a few, but all the
admirers Of this author will wish to
possess them in this permanent form.
The Bolted Door" the first in the
collection, is a strong tale and one TO
he discussed again and again. The
Legend is a splendid hit at faddists
who become obsessed with an idea and
fail TO recognize the originator of it
when he appears. The Debt" is a
wonderful study and one which will be
argued about. Galen Dredge, the great
biologist in the tale. is splendidly
drawn. The tale shows a remarkable
understanding of men.
It is a wonderful collection of STORIES
and when we consider that they all
deal with intellectual situations and
are in no sense tales of romance, the
success of the book will be more sur
prising. One can not resist the obvious,
however. and must say that from the
pen of a woman the tales are most
amazing. Mrs. Wharton has given US
a real treat.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11
For the Juvenile Readers

Mary Ware In Texas by Annie
Fellows Johnston. is the eleventh VOL
ume Of the Little Colonel Series 1t
Mixes up the life of the little heroine
two months after the close of the last
book, The Coloners Little Chums,"
and carries her to Texas, where she
spends the winter with her mother and
Jack in San Antonio and the hill coun-
try. OF course. she has many new
and interesting experiences and makes
many new friends. Several or the old
and loved characters of the earlier
tales are mentioned in these pages,
the Illustrations are attractive. and
the book is daintily printed and bound
IL. c. Page & Co.. Boston; $500
Those Smith Boys" is the title of a
tale for boys by Howard r. Garis, in
which the author displays a remark
able imagination. The tale is inter
esting. Notwithstanding its several i'm
probabilities. In the very first chap
ter a giant kite is manufactured. A
little girl has been tied to the kite,
and when the string breaks the child
is carried away. A thumbless man
has a lot to do with things in the
story; he is suspected of stealing
$4,000 from the father of the Smith
boys. The boys are full of mischief.
but have to pay in the end for all their
tricks. (R. K. Fenno & Co., New York;
$l.25).
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11
Notes and Gossip of Writers

Troy and Margaret West Kinney, the
we'll known New York artists, will
spend the winter in Spain, partly for
pleasure and recreation, partly to study
and partly to execute an important
commission placed in their hands by
A. C. McClurg & Co. They are to make
a series of paintings for Messrs. Nc
Clurg to illustrate the translation of
Senior Vicente Blasco Ibanezs great
story of bull fighting, Sangre Arena"
which will be brought out next fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kinney are to make a
study of the scenes depicted, and it is
safe to say that the pictures will be
one of the artistic events of next year s
publishing season. The story has been
put into English by Mrs. Charles F.
Lummis, who ranks very high as a
translator from the Spanish, and her
rendering will have the approval of
Senior Ibanez himself. The book will
be brought out under the title, Blood
of the. Arena
Mark Twain was once a publisher.
and the sum he paid in royalties on a
single day was a record in its day.
William Dean Howells tells something
of the matter in his recently published
book of "reminiscences called My Mark
Twain The book was General Grants
Memoirs" Mr. Howells writes: .It
was his proud JOY to tell how he found
Grant about to sign contract for his
book on certainly very good terms, and
said to him that he would himself pub
lish the book and give him a percentage
three times as large He said Grant
seemed to doubt whether he could hon
orabfy withdraw from the negotiation
at that point, but Clemens overbore his
scruples. and it was his unparalleled
privilege. his princely pleasure. to pay
the author a far larger check for his
work that had ever been paid to an
author before.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett has
completed a novel entitled The Secret
Garden" which, after serial publica-
tion, will appear in book form in the
fall of 1911 Mrs. Burnett recently re-
turned to this country from abroad,
Yhere she spent part of the summer
travelling and attended the passion
play.
E. Phillips Oppenheim is another
novelist who has taken up play writing
One of his sketches was recently pro-
.duced on the London stage
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11
Master of the Vineyard"

Myrtle Reed. flauhliShpd by @. p Put
mans Sons. New York Price S15O-l
II is almost treason 10 murmur any
thing but pleasant and polite common
places about any novel by Myrtle Reed.
she has been so successful so long that
a large majority of the public think
she must be able 10 write novels, but
with the appearance Of this last book.
Master OF the Vineyard" the polite
patience Of the reviewer is exhausted.
The book is a homily against divorce.
So far, good; but the arguments and
the tale told TO hack her theories are all
wrong and would never convince any
body.
A nice young maa lives in the coun-
try with his widowed mother. She is
anxious 10 have her son work the vine
yard and keep il up IN the way it has
been kept for generations. The young
man tries 10 please his mother and fails
miserably Also he tries 10 teach in
the country school, here, too. he fails.
He fails because he is dissatisfied He
can not conquer his distaste Rosetti
is the cause OF his dissatisfaction. eve
strongly suspect that like many other
people Of artistic temperament he is
extremely vain and idle)
A young orphan girl living with a
meek old maid aunt and a cranky and
somewhat comic grandmother, takes
long walks into the woods with the
Young man while he reads Rosetti to
her and makes her dissatisfied. (What
IN ROsetti should have disturbed these
sensitive young thingse soon they
are in love and then they are enga ged.
From the city comes trouble in the
- faar
married woman, unhappiIy married.
with gorgeous costumes eve get all
the details), and FURNISHED hair. cop
per colored and wonderful" Edith has
come to the farmhouse 10 ask the
Young mans mother for advice She
knows what she wants, and though she
reads Rosetti and becomes disturbed.
she is not at all vague about her
troubles:
I want love. I want some one to
care for n7e-tO be proud OF me for
what I am and the little things I can
do, II 7 painted a hideous dog on a
helpless china plate, I'd want some one
20 think Il pretty" And there is the
weak young man ready TO her hand.
Briefly, then, the young man breaks
with the country maiden and begs
Edith 20 get a divorce. She writes 10
her husband. and though he admits
that he has not cared for her sum-
clent-y IN the past ne wants q chdhce
TO try again-so Edith goes back 10
him.
II is best not TO read any more; 1t is
TOO sickening. The young man and
Edith write long letters TO each other,
and finally she asks him TO be kind to
Rosemary. the country girl so he mar
ries her. II is hard TO forgive Rose
mary. for she knows all about Edith
and knows that her husband viii al
ways love Edith, for he has been care
ful 10 tell her that for her comfort
As soon as Rosemary and the young
lover marry the-Rineyard thrives, so all
is well and mother is pleased. II is one
Of the most irritating books Of the sea-
son and is the poorest of Miss Reed s
efforts. She is a little too daring in
this tale. She has taken advantage OF
good natured public and given II
STUFF which is an insult TO Intelligence!
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11
"The Master Road"

Rv Carlin Eastwood published by the Alice
Hartman company 542 Fifth avenue, New
York. Price Si-35.D
The Master Road" is a melodrama
pure and simple and would scarcely
REQUIRE more than a few days time
TO put it into shape for the stage. It
IS inst the sort Of thing TO interest
the people Of today too. for il has a
lot IN il about equality, that great
question which under so many names
Is agitating the world.
Gratia Drexler is Of the socially
elect but is dissatisfied with her way
Of living She is an orphan, living
with an aunt and uncle, who are very
rich and love her dearly, but the pur-
poseiess existence bOres Gratia. and,
Drawing their displeasUre, she goes into
settlement work. When this tale opens
she has been actively working for a
year and Is desperately in earnest
One man. Hartley Taine, has been lifted
from the ranks and is now a CO.
worker with her. He has been an apt
pupil and we are scarcely surprised
that he fails in love with Gratia. She
IS shocked. but not exactly surprised.
She hardly expected him TO tell her,
and her years Of training as to caste
make her scOrn this very honest love.
The results OF this scorn are far
reaching and make the story told in
The Master Road" II is well writ
ten and logical throughout and makes
2 strong and interesting tale. The
character drawing is excellent par
ficularly the weak and vain Sue Bax-
ter. The book contains a frontispiece
by Blanche Litcher formerly a San
Francisco artist, but now Of New York.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11

great pirate empire ravaged the seas
with a cruciffx at the masthead and
stole pagan continents
Lord Alistair has inherited all his un-
conventional tendencies from a drunken
and dissolute father. His puritan mother
who adores him has given all her good
qualities TO the narrow and bigoted
elder son. Alistair is living in Chelsea
with Molly Finucane (who is no better
than she should bel, but he is not hap
py. His mother thinks if he could only
meet a good woman he could be saved.
AT the crucial moment she Introduces
him to Miss Hero Vanbrugh and it
seems as if her plans would come out
right. Heros father, Sir Bernard Van
brugh, takes a hand in the game for a
while and does several surprising
things; surprising at least to the duke
OF Trent and his mother Sir Bernard.
by the way, IS a splendid portrait; a
fine physician many years ahead of his
times; the author has caught real per-
sonality in his sketch; there is not
enough of him.
"Of course" says Alistair Doctor
Louvres is a scoundrel. but he is an
interesting one. Honest men are such
bores." And in this remark Alistair
expressed more of his character than
he knew. Perhaps the strongest of all
the motives that stirred him to quarrel
with the social order in which he had
been reared was it's dullness. He
judged of life like a novel-it is the
villain who is the soul of the plot.
The book is worth reading. not as a
novel, for the author is obliged to
sacrifice his tale to his purpose, but
as a satire on some phases of life
today, not only in England, but every
where. The work from literary stand
point is excellent and will furnish many
quotable passages and much food for
discussion and debate.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11

the race. and every effort to stay its
ravages was fought against tooth and
nail by the maenads of social purity
1t was world in which selfishness was
inculcated in a million sermons, and
slander and persecution were reckoned
as good works. 1t was a world in which
blackmailing became a recognized pro-
fession. 1t was world In which men
sent sailors to be drowned in rotten
ships and built chapels with the pro-
ceeds. 1t was world which oyerthrew
kings and set up monopolists; which
suppressed slavery and invented sweat
ing; which substituted the prostitute
for the concuhine; which imposed a cur
few on beer at home and sold opium
abroad at the point Of the hayonet. A
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11
"The End of Dreams"

~ wood Leveffe Wile01. 1PubIlshed hy
Mitchell kennerlcy, New York;
The End OF Dreams is an example
of.-an author. who. to put IL vulgarly,
has .'bitten Of more than he can swal-
low" The inspiration for the tale
comes. Of course, from 'Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. HYDE" the prototype Of all dual
personality tales. In this story we find,
however. that the hero is really two
men. two souls, and nearly two bodies
for his better and worse half are
separate and only know each other
vaguely through dreams. The author
could have interested his audience
NE9Sch more IL feDhad employed little
II tlety, but his methods are SO crude
II It after reading few chapters one
sees the whole tale. and is irritated
that IL lasts so long. Another point Of
criticism is the wonderful list Of names
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11
",Jinl Hands"

nv Richard Washburn Child published by
the Macmillan company, New York. Price
$150l
1t is almost unkind of the publishers
to send "Jim Hands" to the reviewers.
weary already with the stacks or
Christmas books, for it is one that can
not be disposed of with a word, nor un-
noticed, or neglected in any way what
ever; it has to be read through from
title page to the advertisements at the
back 1t leaves me harboring the wish
that it had second volume Jim
Hands" is a real love story. clean and
simple and sweet, but filled with
humor and pathcs. philosophy, and a
keen insight into life. Jim Hands Is
the foreman in a shoe factory in a
small country town. having risen to
that position by honesty and ability.
He has a wife and three children. and
all are comfortable and well cared for,
and haves received good educations.
They represent the ideal Of a prosper
Gus workin gmans family. In the open
ing chapter. scarcely an introduction
he offers to tell US an about Katherine,
his daughter. and we know he has
real story to tell. 1t is a new idea,
this telling of the love story by the
father, but how we'll he does 1t ana
how his heart is in it!
The story is OF Katherine. but never
for moment do we lose sight of Jim
Hands, who tells US of her He has
an old fashioned way of relating his
story, and though he may frequently
digress from his theme to tell some
anecdote of his family life or factory
experience, these digressions have some
bearing on the tale and are delightful
bits. Curing his wife of being an
invalid is a splendid story, and the
Jennie Lyons episode, the useless fac
tory girl whom no one could fire is a
tale in itself as fine as one OF o.
Henry's sidelights on life.
Katherine is splendid girl and her
young lover is quite worthy of her, and
though for while things look pretty
black for him, to the others in the
story, the reader knows 1t will all come
out right in the end. There are many
fine character studies in the book,
SO we'll done and with such unusual de-
tail that they seem photographs from
life. 1t is an intensely real story and
one which many readers will reread
with the keenest pleasure.
The San Francisco call., 1910-12-11

'iThe Land of Living Men, by Ralph Waldo
Frine. Thomas Y CroweIl & Co.. New York.
The Spendthrift." by Porter Emerson Browne.
G. w Dillingham; company. New York.
Twenty Years at Hull House" by Jane
Addams. Macmillan company. New York
Fairy Tales of All Nations by Logan Mar
shall. John c. Winston company, Philadelphia.
Indian Wars of New England (three vol
Clarke & Co., Boston.
what Eight Million Women Want by
Rheta Childe Dorr. Small, Maynard & Co.,
Boston.
1.-The Conservation of Water" By John L
Mathews Small, Maynard & Co., Boston.
FLORIDA Trails by Winthrop Packard. Small,
Maynard & Co.. Boston
f''Therold Archer KDowfton. Poet - by Fred
eric Zeigen. W. B. Conkey company. Chicago.
Brown County Folks by Kin Hulbsrd. Abe
Martin publishing company, Indianapolis.