The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-09-22
Literary Notes

In the fall list Of Doubleday. Page &
Co. are two nonfction books which, by
a strange coincidence, treat OF the same
general subject. though from points of
View so divergent as to make the SIM
ilarity in titles seem almost incredible.
The subject Of these two books is the
man who is down. In just one thing
are the circumstances. attitude. and
ideas of the authors alike. Both have
been down, and both raised themselves
by their own bootstraps. The one is
The Man Farthest Down. by Booker
T. Washington. the negro educator. The
other is The Man Who Bucked Up"
by Arthur Howard, reformer and re-
Gently Mayor Of Salem. Mass.
Stewart Edward Whites book en-
Africa is scheduled by his publishers,
Doubleday, Page & Co. for publica-
ton in October under the title OF "On
the Last Frontier" There are many
books on Africa, but Mr.. White, with
his rare understanding of the open, has
tried to tell the ordinary American just
what Africa is like in terms that he can
understand.
There is much in Mr.. Shuster's book.
The Strangling OF Persia says the
LOUubH uli, WHICH Is interesting,
mixed with much more that it would
have been better to have omitted AL
though. according to his own account.
the 'rancor and bitterness which at
first filled his mind when he was sent
to the rightabout have now disappeared.
his book is really nothing else than
heated and venomously worded attack on
those who crossed his path during the
eight months in which he was in the
service of the Persian government"
A second printing of Ralph Straus'
The Prison Without a Wall" and
fourth printing of Roman Rolland's
much discussed musical novel. Jean
Christophe," are announced by Messrs.
Henry Holt & Co.
Miss Schauffier's name is guarantee Of
her competency to write of missionary
work in Persia, and her book, THE
Goodly Fellowship" is proof Of her
marked ability in constructing a novel.
view of the. Irish question. both Eng
lish and sympathetic. is still rare enough
to attract attention. In the October Gen.
fury Sidney Brooks will discuss the an
cient problem in the light that home rule
is sure to come, and that it will be one
Of the means Of lifting Ireland from the
position of a depopulated dependency to
that of a self-supporting commonwealth.
Charles Scribner's Sons have Just is
sued a new musical literature list which
gives full description OF the very strong
line they have of books in the various
departments of music. Among works
dealing in a general way with the whole
subject are those of James Huneker, H.
E. Kraehbil, Henry T. Finck. and Ed
ward Dickinson. But they have in the
more special lines books dealing with
dramatic music. orchestral music. the
music Of the piano and organ, sacred
music. the music of stringed Instruments
and vocal music. This list they will send
to anybody who requests 1t, free OF
charge.
In view of the approaching visit to the
United States of Rudolf Eucken. the IA
nous professor of philosophy at the Uni |
versity of Jena, a peculiar interest and
Importance attaches to his latest work, |
Main Currents of Modern Thought"
which Charles Scribner's Sons have just
published. It deals with the most vital |
problems of modern life and thought |
SUCH as materialism, idealism. intellec- |
tualism, pragmatism, the conflict be-
tween socialism and individualism. the |
of civilization. the basis of |
character and personality, the |
religious crisis. and the function " phi |
osophy. Prof. Eucken will lecture at |
Harvard