The Washington herald., 1913-03-02
LITERARY NOTES

One of the most picturesque characters
| whom Carl Lumholtz encountered in the
| Mexican expedition which resulted in his
| New Trails Of Mexico CScribner's) was
| Castillo. an old Papago medicine man.
Mr.. Lumhoitz found him singing outside
| house to a patient who was lying on
\ his back in front OF him The singer
accompanied himself with the scrapine
together OF two sticks. Near an inverted
basket on the ground recounts Mr..
Lumholtz, ''an eftigy of a horned lizard
| had been placed: ii was made of wood
| and daubed ocher. its head turned toward
the patient. The medicine man finished
| his treatment by placing the effigy re-
| peatedly on the patients leg, breathing
and blowing at the same time. The
| man had a pain IN his leg which had
| been caused by horned lizard, for. ac-
cording to Papago beliefs. all animals
| have the faculty Of making people III
except the deer and the pronghorn an
| telope. To relieve the illness the doctor
had sung song to the animal asking
1t to talke the pain away.
Rudolf Euckes. the Jena philosopher
who has been lecturing at Harvard this
winter as an exchange professor. is
about to deliver a series of lectures on
the Deems Foundation at New York
University. These lectures. like his
latest book. Main Currents OF Modern
Thought (Scribner's), are concerned
entirely with the present state of spir-
itual life. All these lectures are to be
given at the Presbyterian Church. Uni
versIty Place. Tenth Street, New York.
! Their subjects are:
The Present Situation" Develop
ment of the Ethical Principle" "A De-
fense Against Opposition and Doubt"
Evolution of the Characteristic Fea-
lures of Our Moral Principle" THE
Deepening Of Morality in the Struggle
for Spiritual Preservation" Moral
Losses and Gains In the Present Time,
the Necessity Of a Strengthening Of
Morality"
The sudden leap into popularity Of a
new card game, ''Coon-can." has left q
great many people behind. But they
can easily catch up by reading the ex
position Of Coon-can in J. B. Elwelrs
Auction Bridge" (Scribner's). in which
the famous authority sets forth the
principles and rules and laws of auc-
ton, as II is played under the new count.
The book was intended to deal solely
with auction. but on account Of the in
creasing popularity Of Coon-can. and the
fact that there was no adequate treat
ment in print. Mr.. Elwell thought 1t best
to include a. chapter dealing with II.
waIburga. Lady Paget, whose book
Of "reminiscences Of diplomatic life at
many courts. Scenes and Memories"
was published but a few weeks ago by
Charles Scribners Sons. arrived re-
Gently in New York. and is now stop
ping at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. II she
ever visited this country before she
makes no mention Of II in her book.
although residences at practically all
the most important courts of Europe.
as the wife of Sir Augustus Paget. dip
lomatic representative Of Great Britain.
are there described with a great deal OF
humor and skill.
Henry Hughes. author OF Golf for
the Late Beginner Mcbride. Mast &
Coz, took up the game after he had
reached middle age. SO that this book
is more than a theoretical adaptation
to fit a good title.
Mcbride. Mast G. Co. announce the
publication on March 1 Of THE Balkan
War Drama" by Cyril Campbell. who
was special correspondent of the Lon
don Times at the front.
Kathleen Norris's Poor Dear Mar
garet Kirby" (MacMillan's). has gone into
a second edition, pretty positive evi-
dence that people like collection of short
stories when they are good. MrA Nor