The Washington herald., 1913-07-27

perament Is the outcome OF . mixed
parentage. and whose uncontrolled pas
sion finally, after Q fiery ordeal. is con.
verted into self-sacrificing devotion.
Miss Dell writes well. She 10 not
afraid of sentiment and has done In
the "Knave of Diamonds" something
equally as thrilling and vivid as was
its precursor. OF course. the story Is
fascinating. written with power. and yet
with reserve, and with . surprising
knack of contriving the unexpected,
which is notable.
: Miss Dells characters live and enjoy
such a popularity. because they are hui
man, and withal. widely dissimilar In
their several attributes.
MAN AND HIS FUTURE Psr II. The Anglo
saxon): BY William Sedgwick. Philadelphia
J. b. Lppincott Company.
In the first part of this work the author
tried to show by the discoveries of science
| that we are on the verge OF a tremendous
development, and that by our knowledge
and by our everyday occupations We ars
shown Enthusiastically to stand closely re-
lated to II. And he contends that re-
| ligton in the form OF Christianity has
been telling us very much the same for
nearly two thousand years. but II was
necessary to keep the two accounts quite
separate, in order to bring out clearly
| the VaHulty OF DOtn.
| In part two he tries to show what that
development is. From one standpoint he
claims that Herbert Spencer's philosophy
is a failure when 1t is pitted against re-
! ligion. When IL Is used with religion II is
| a great success He goes on to say:
| For II can, as We hold, be shown that
the teaching Of the bible. and in particu.
lar the teaching OF the Master Christ as
set forth by himself in the gospels and by
his followers in the Acts and Epistles
when 1t is read by the light Mr.. Herbert
Spencer's philosophy throws upon 1t. gives
an entirely rational explanation: and. in
fact. the only rational explanation that
! can be obtained"
| The outcome is to be brought out by the
Anglo-Saxon. under the Master Christ cap
| turing and getting control of the wild
energies of repulsion by the use OF ma
Chinery and thereby compelling those wild
nergies TO cooperate with energies Of at
| traction in putting up the one vast build
ing which will complete the work of evo-
| luton.
| The author argues that man Is out Of
place here. His proper place is lin that
new, wonderful life which is to come"
| (Then why is he hereO
THE LAND OF CONTENT: By Edith Barnard
| Dclano. New York-D. Appleton Go.
! Where love and happiness are there Is
| the land of content This Is a fine old
| saying that rarely has been better dem
| onstrated than In this romance OF some
| particularly attractive people. living and
| enjoying life in the Virginia mountain re.
gion. There are few men like John Ogil-
! vie, who finds happiness in doing good in
a general way, with no other object In
mind than to help some one. And Yet he
! Is 4 perfectly normal, natural figure. a
| man always attractive, always unpre
| tentious.
| He is a physician, and therefore better
| equipped than most men for the mission
that he undertakes. Moreover. he is a
great physician. who goes to the noun
/ tain primarily to recover his own health.
but. having accomplished that part OF his
purpose. he remains for the benefit of his
| fellow man. A strangely stolid. absent
minded, strictly professional man is John
| OSilvie. He regards each woman that he
knows as a case he meets no other
kind until this story is written about
! him.
Enter Miss Rosamond Randall worth
| millions, a spoiled society girl of New
| York. She casually visits the little
mountain town and learns, much to her
l surprise. that she has something TO live
I for. and il is not a man, either; at least,
| lot at first. She also takes up life in the
| land OF content. and her action is due in
| no small degree to the influence of sood
| Mother Cary, happy woman, who has
the power to impart happiness to others.
| THE PORT OF ADVENTURE: BY C..N and
| A VI. Williamson. Illustrated. Doubleday. Psge
| 4 90, New York.
The well known ''firm'' OF Williamson
| & Williamson is dealing this time in
some California goods. In this susared
package offered to the public there are,
| carefully prepared and neatly arranged,
all the ingredients congenial to the pub
\ lies taste. First there is the globe-trot-
/ ting: then. Is going to and talking about
California is very popular now. the old
Mission lands of California are prettily
worked as a picturesque setting. A spice
of that romantic spirit which is ever
associated with Spanish life and customs
tls stirred into the dish. and the required
| amount of love. garnished in a literary
style of sweet favored sentiment is
presented.
1t is very nice to have a princess in
story of this sort. and so. naturally,
we have one here. 1t is delightful, too.
for her to be a romantic young widow.
| (The niddie-aged prince never lived with
this lady as his wife). Mysteries are
lrery good things in stories; the money
kings give an air to a background. A
beautiful former opera singer also is a
good touch. and it in felicitous to be
named Carmen. Also a slip now and
then of light. very light. comedy always
goes very we'll. 1t is not so we'll though,
1t would seen. to have your surprisingly
handsome and superlatively noble hero
such a comical creature as MIR. Nick
Hnlard.
THE HOBBY: BY Harold Kellok. New Ymf-
The Century Company.
A simple minded hero who cares more
| for bugs than for the law and bungles
his opportunity until the climax:
charming and unconventional heroine
| who prefers the hero to a clever mil
lionaire; an unprogressive aunt who is
forced to make an airship flight to bene-
fit by a will: busting and tender
hearted Office boy, as well as other de-
lightfully varied and entertaining char
acters, make up the story of Mr.. Hob
by"
Although thereNis nothing that could
be formally called plot, the interest
mounts to a certain entomological con-
gress. where Mr.. Hobby, alias Henry
| Noteworthy, finds his fortunes changed
in every way for the better.
He relates the story himself, and there
is vigor and self-abasing frankness In
his personality, which imparts some
originality to the book. In a superficial
way the book is well done. coming within
| the law of literary proprieties and por-
traying plausible and amusing situations
LITERARY NOTES.