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A STRANGE STORY.

JOHN WARD. NJ. ID. BY Charles vaA
limo, PIP. 800 Mitchell Kennerley.
When an author fuses current
theories OF heredity with the belief IA
reincarnatlon, he may, il no has imae
nation, produce striking results. Th1
is what Mr.. Vale has done in this book
which bears testimony. not only to Nh
imaginative powers, but also TO a gres,
measure Of mystic faith in his own
strange story. Its best quality lies, ia.
deed, in the impulse it gives to ths
readers thought TO venture far N
speculation beyond what It suggests
rather than states outright. The man
and the woman-they have met and
loved and mated time and again
through the centuries. always with dis.
aster to their offspring. She has bea
his Helen, his Cleopatra in the past
she is an incarnation of Aphrodit..
temptress and destroyer; and il Is no,
until they meet again, after untold
years, in these pages, that the man de.
velops to the full the power Of clairvoy.
ance that has been the gift, at various
periods, Of the men of mis- race-his
own earlier reincarnations, no doubt
With clairvoyance comes retroysion;
he sees the past, he recognizes the
woman, and this time, man Of science
that he now is. cognizant of herediM
he vows himself TO eugenic self -denid
The faint, one assumes, is insanity Ia
some strange form or other. but On
this, as on much else, the author Is
silent. Reason is confused by this
combination OF Western science and an
Oriental belief, but IS mystic fiction
the book has a curious power Of CON-
polling attention TO the end.
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NOVELS WORTH WHILE
BY POPULAR AUTHORS
Mr. De Morgan Acknowledgements Benson on the Sir
of the Enthusiastically and Reincarnaton--
Mrs Norrss Domestic Comedy.

TO it's ultimate conclusion, can ro,4.
be seen. But the story which il ma
to carry this lesson is worth while !.
cause it is not oyerburdened hv /.
There are here some admirable n,.,
ures of the quiet, dignified life Of -.
English aristocracy at its best sor.
interesting glimpses OF English ROM.
Catholicism, and, set in this enyi,o,
ment. a number OF notably symua,A.
tie, truly seen and admirably draw
character studies-of Aunt Anne s,..
of all, rarely beautiful figure. NJ,
foundly human withal. OF Mrs, B..
sington. who bravely hides her mI..,,
under an unending stream Of sr,u
talk; Of her daughter, who covers n,
inhuman selfishness with a cloak Of A.
ceiving charm; OF the victim OF n.
fathers sins, in whom is lllustr,,u
the authors lesson; Of his two typIc,,.
ly Anglo-Saxon friends. and Of lov.
able boy. Last. but not least. thar
is here a curious type, a retired bus.
ness man turn. mystic, who is lu.y.
esting In himself, and not only a, NJ,
authors mouthpiece. And, suprsu.
virtue in these days, the book Is IL
stinct with high breeding.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-07
"KLAlAM AND KLICKATAT"
A New Edition of an Early
Western Classic.

THE CANOE AND THE SADDLE. BY
Theodore Winthrop. To which are now
first added his Western Letters and
Journals. Edited. with a biographical
John III. Williams. illustrated in colors.
half-tones and etchings. Royal Svo. PIP.
40 Tacoma. Wash: j. ii. Williams.
Theodore Winthrops "Klalam and
Klickatat," the narrative of his adj
venturous travels in the Pacific North
west in 1858, was first published in
1861, the year Of his death in battle
at Great Bethel, in defence Of the
Union. His first publishers substituted,
wisely one thinks, The Canoe and the
Saddle" for the title of his own choos-
ing, "Klalam and Klickatat," which the
editor and publisher Of the present edi-
ton has fifty restored to the book as
subtitle. Frequently republished
during the thirty years following its
first appearance, this treasure house Of
information concerning Indian life and
the ways OF the wilderness frontier in
the DAYS when Seattle was as yet little
lowed to go out Of print" and stood
i'm danger of being forgotten by all eX-
cept students Of the history OF the
West. Mr.. Williams, himself an au-
thority on that history and valued
contributor to its literature. deserves
thanks for this carefully edited, well
printed and capitally illustrated new
issue Of the work.
This is not a mere reprint, but
defnitiye edition. expertly annotated
by one who has taken fullest cogni-
zance throughout of the readers prob
able measure OF unfamiliarity with
early Far Western conditions. lie has
added Winthrop's journal, hitherto un-
published and his letters TO his family,
these together forming a complete ac-
count Of the whole Of their authors
STAY on the Pacific Coast, and greatly
widening the scope Of his picture Of the
region at the time Winthrop visited
San Francisco at the height of the gold
boom, he saw the growing Columbia
| and Willamette settlements. was made
welcome at army forts and Hudson's
/ Bay Company posts, described the life
there, and gave the results Of his
/ studies of Indian customs, legends and
speech. His long ride homeward, with
It's daily meetings with westbound emf
grant outfits IS also described at length
in these letters. Mr.. Williams has
completed his laudable and altogether
successful undertaking with life OF
Winthrop, in which he lays stress upon
the admirable qualities Of the man.
Here he has drawn freely upon the
"reminiscences Of early settlers, who
babe the visitor from the East a hearty
welcome.
This is the first illustrated edition OF
THE Canoe and the Saddle" ever pub
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LITERARY CRITICISM
AND BOOK NEWS
Louis Napoleon's Mexican Adventure Nth
Some Acrid Remarks Stewards Diplo-
macv-A Classic of the Early West.

members of Congress and the press
which merely proves that he knows far
less Of us and our ways than he THINKS
he does-but ends by graciously admit
ting that the man whom we. mistaken
~ no doubt, rank among our greatest
statesmen succeeded in accomplishing
the task which he had set himself-the
enforcement of the Withdrawal Of the
French troops from American soil
without recourse to war
This is, as has been said before dra-
matte, sympathetic history. Therefore,
it is partial. The author holds brief
for the victim of Napoleon-an appeal
ing figure. no doubt, but a man whose
very amiable qualities untitled him for
part in history. He was a gentle
man and a dreamer; impractical. cred
ulous, with a mystic belief in his des-
tiny as son OF his illustrious race;
and Carlotta-"the better man Of the
two" as he himself called her-sup-
piled the vaulting ambition that
spurred him into action and toward his
fate. One can contemplate this unfort-
innate couple only from the dramatic
point of view. Historically they are
of less importance than almost any
other Of the figures that played their
parts in the international whirlpool of
which Napoleon and Eugene had blum
deringly made them the vortex. Less
important than Juarez and Porfirio
DiaZ, less important than BaZaine, TO
whose ability and loyalty our author
does full justice; far less important,
last Of all. than William Henry Seward.
The book is provided with several
appendices, among them the text of
the Convention of London and several
other documents flowing from the
French occupation and Maximilian's
rule; there is voluminous bibliog-
raphy, and the illustrations, over two
score and ten in number, include por-
traits Of nearly every parsonage of M
portance connected with the tragedy,
and Of several others whose relation to
it is dynastic rather than historical
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gods, also, and spirits and ghosts, and
Of many animals, bre'er rabbit
among them There is no ballad here
Of East and West. but a legend or
North and South that Is among the
best in the collection. 1t tells how
North went travelling. and after visit
ing many tribes fell in love with the
daughter OF South. Her parents re-
fused to allow the marriage to take
place, for they said. Ever since you
came the weather has been cold. II
YOU stay with us we shall all freeze
Whereupon North said that If they
would give him their daughter he
would take her back home with him.
No sooner had the couple reached his
country, however, than the Ice houses
began TO melt. North's people came
to him and said, 1T is the daughter of
the South. If she lives here all the
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THE DE MORGAN CHARM.

WHEN GHOST MEETS GHOST. BY
William De Morgan. l2mo, PIP. $50.
Henry Holt * Co.
1t is the late Justin Mccarthy. if
memory be not at fault, who. in his
"reminiscences, has told the present
generation just what the publication of
a new novel by Charles Dickens meant
to mid-Victorian England. 1t was a
vivid picture he drew Of anticipa-
tory delights of sentiment and humor
always fulfilled. in varying measure, in
the reading. He drew the picture in
the COS, before the coming of Will
lam De Morgan, thanks to whom we Of
The present day have been able to re-
aliZe for ourselves the pleasures or
which the Irish literary statesman
wrote. To be sure. without Dickens
and ThackerayA-the De Morgan charm
might never have been ours TO enjoy;
indeed, the best approach to a full APP
probation of it is through these two,
even as It is apt to send us back to
them, especially to Dickens, with re-
newed zest. But William De Morgan
is more than n literary descendant,
more than a revival. He IS a compan-
ion and frlend-and occasional philos-
opher-welcome for his own sake
when Ghost Meets Ghost" is true
De Morgan: in other words, his plot Is
Dickensian among the humble folk in
the neighborhood Of the Tottenham
Court road, and on the London water
front; It is Thackerayan in the seats
OF the mighty; and he adapts his man.
ner to his mOmentary environment, al
ways managing 10 be himself by the
way, and keeping his characters
strictly in their Victorian place,
where unmarried women over thirty
were considered pdSS6es The plot,
with its ghosts who were very much
dead for fifty years; with its villain
from the convict settlements in Aus
tralia, its orphans in Sapps Court. their
Aunt M'riar and their Uncle Mo, the
retired prizefighter, the very man, by
the way, who had lost an eye through
the shard flung at him by Joseph
Vance's loyal son; with its blind lover
and his devoted love in the rarer at
mosphere of Ancestor Towers, and the
elderly-mid-V elderly, that is
-courtship of/an NJ. p. and the afore-
said devoted loves maiden aunt; these,
and how everything came right in the
end-all this, and ever so much more,
must be left to the De Morganites. a
class of readers Just as real and. no
doubt, just as numerous. as the Dick
ensians and Thackerayans themselves.
Yes, the De Morgan charm is here,
butt is sadly diluted with a De Nor
gan cliche, which proves the mechani-
cal De Morgan to be just as labored
and tedious as the real De Morgan is
spontaneous and delightful. Our
author has spent three years or so in
writing this book. and he has over
written it, For the first time in his
career he has furnished his readers
with a valid excuse for skipping" He
has become unpardonably verbose.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-07
RELIGIOUS IDEAS
A Volume of Interdenomina
tional Essays.

GETTING TOGETHER. hssal py
Friends i'm Council on the Regu!atlNe
Ideas of Religious Thought. Edited by
lanes Morris Wilton, IN. -. (hale)'
Svo. ID 303. Sturgis q Walton.
When DR.. Wilton first began as
public teacher TO separate between the
necessary and the negligible elements
in religious belief his temerity get nm
into hot water, with the promise-irom
the unco orthodOX-Of worse woes. III
was in those distant days when fear
ful female saint could eXclaim: IF you
take away my total depravity. you take
away my all. And now they're say
ing how everybody's going TO be saved
nj last: but we hope for better things.
The heretics OF yesterday become the
heroes OF to-day, and the venerable
staff editor Of THE outlook" can sit
under his own vine and fig tree with no
synodical brickbats impending.
Roth I'm the ESSAYS he has assembled
and in his own chapters Dr. Wilton
shows a characteristic concern Tor
discovering fundamental agreements
among religious thinkers. The scholars
contributing 10 the discussion belong
severally TO the Baptist, ConSrega :
tional. Jewish, Methodist Episcopal,
PRESBYTERIAN, Protestant Episcopal,
Unitarian and Universalist denomina-
tons. Many of the theological diverg-
ences Of the past may be explained,
DR.. Wilton believes, by the fact that
men have differed in the principia OF
their reasoned thought. The vast diff
ference between ancient and modern
astronomy springs from their antago-
nistic underlying principles Of geocen-
trio and heliocentrc motion. The DIFF
ference in the religious thinking OF
such oppOsites as the deist, Thomas
Paine, and the theist, Edward Card,
are rooted in opposite primary con-
cepts-an external deity, dwelling
apart from the world and men, and
the indwelling god, who is over all,
and through all and in ALL" Coming
to unity in the fundamental principles
Of religious thought, men may be eX-
pected to agree as nearly in theology
as they now agree In astronomy. with
minor dlversities of opinion as to
canals Of Mars or their metaphysical
equivalents.
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SIMPLE ANTHONY.

ANTHONY THE ABSOLUTE. BY san
uel MerWin. illustrated by K u
Crosby. 12mo. PIP. SEQ. The Centu''
Company.
It won't do 10 take Mr.. Merwins
story too seriously. TO look TOO deeply
for purposes or meanings. His hero .
too singular, too decidedly Of hctic'
rather than OF life, to represent a typ
that Of the New Man. for instanS
who may evolve TO match the Nss
Woman. In fact, one must assume tna'
the author himself occasionally srnils
secretly at this Anthony the Absolu's
this ingenious, unworldly doctor o.
music, who loses what small stock II
manners he has whenever diletNna
dare 10 differ from him on the sup!e'
Of his art and science. Anthoh''
theories Of the rights OF woman are /"
advanced as his knowledge OF her y
limited. He champions her emotlonaL
intellectual and economic Independents.
and is willing 10 go TO any Length "
self-sacrifice TO secure them-ano
csreer-for the one woman with VICE.
he has suddenly fallen head over can
in love. The situation is. indeed en'
tirely beyond his experience, for YIN
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stead. new distinctions and emoluments
to those no longer in need OF them. IL
was for this reason that he refused all
the honors offered him by universities,
learned societies and governments.
A Poet Not Neglected.
When Alfred Noyes lectured recently
at Smith College two hundred and
forty women students brought to nm
sets OF his collected Poems with re-
quests for his autograph. Four edi-
tons of these two volumes have been
called for since their first publication
by the f. A. Stokes Company in Octo-
Der of last year.
The Father of the Danish Drama.
In his life and study Of Ludwig Hol-
berg, which forms the latest volume OF
the Harvard Studies in Comparative
Literature, Professor Campbell, Of the
University of Wisconsin, introduces TO
American students of the drama an in
teresting Danish playwright Of two
centuries ago. Holberg was a man Of
he made himself both millionaire and
man Of title. Furthermore, he was
professor, in turn, of law, metaphysics,
history and eloquence at the University
of Copenhagen, and the author OF
works on these subjects which were
authorities in that day; cosmopolitan
familiar with life in England and on
the Continent, and. chief of all, me
first to establish the drama in Dem
mark and to write for its stage. "Po
lite learning in Denmark" said Gold
smith enthusiastically, rose and fell
with the celebrated Baron Holberg."
He was, as it happened. Goldsmith's
own prototype, in his meagre student
days, when he travelled through
France and Italy afoot, and spent two
and a half years at the University OF
oxford. The Italian commedia DELI
arte and the classic essays Of Addison
alike affected his style. but none so
much as his master, Moliere. AS a re-
suit. none of the great eighteenth cen
fury dramatists shows so wide a blend
of tendencies and influences. Professor
Campbell traces the many relation
ships that made Holberg the most cos
mopolitan figure in the literature of his
time.
Zine Feathers"
Eugene Walters Fine Feathers is,
at present writing, the latest drama to
he novelzed. The work has been done
by Webster Dcnison. The book bears
the imprint OF A. G. McClurg & Co.
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lished. IN this regard, too, Mr.. Will
Jams has scored notable success me
beautiful colored plates, fifteen in mum
Der. are from paintings by Sidney Law =
fence and Judson r. Sergeant; conten-
norarv portraits are reproduced, and
the National Museum at Washington
has given the publisher generous as
sistance in the matter Of Indian pct
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-07
EUCKEN AGAIN.

Can We Still Be Christians" by Ru-
dolf Eucken, has just been publlshed
by the Macmillan Company. The Ger
man philosopher answers his own ques-
ton affirmatively, but ION the one con-
dition that Christianity be recognized
as progressive historic movement
still in the making, that 1t be shaken
free from the numbing influence OF
ecclesiasticism, and placed upon
broader foundation"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-03-07
CURRENT TALK OF
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Percy Mackayes "Nlasque Of St. Louis -Dodos Daugh
ter'-Ludvg H4olberg, Earliest Of Danish Dramatlsts
Mime Waddngton's Memoirs.

In May st. Louis, Mo. will celebrate
the 1jOth anniversary OF its founding.
Part Of the elaborate programme an
nounced for this occasion will be the
production of 1.-THE Masque Of st.
Louis" which Percy MacKaye has been
commissioned 10 write.
"Dodo's Daughter"
f.. c. Benson's "Dodo's Daughter a
sequel to his "Dodo" one of the much
discussed novels of twenty years ago,
Will be issued by the Century Company
on March 20. Dodo was a very modern
girl in her day-almost in advance or
her time, in fact. One wonders If her
daughter will make her look old-fash-
toned. The story may, indeed, prove OF
interest as a study of woman's progress
during the last quarter century.
Mime. Waddinetons Memoirs.
a new volume OF "reminiscences by
the sparkling author of the Letters Of
Diplomats Wife" is sure of a hearty
welcome. Nine. Waddington's new
book, NY First Years as a French
woman" is announced by the Messrs.
Scribner for March u. Readers Of
"Scribners Magazine" have had a
foretaste of its contents. which deal.
, along with many other important peo-
pie and events, with the personages
gathered at the Congress of Berlin, at
which NJ Waddington was one of the
delegates of France.
The Nobel Prizes.
That the Nobel prizes were instituted
by their founder for the assistance and
encouragement Of young talent-as
scholarships" not for the pur-
pose to which they have been put, that
of rewarding still further men who
Gently been explained by one of the
witnesses OF Nobels will. The same
view OF the matter was taken some
time before by Gerald Stanley Lee in
Crowds where he speaks Of the
failure of the prize trustees to side
with the darers and eXperimenters in
literature" He adds that "the prize
acts twenty years too late, falls into
line with our usual worldly ornamental
d. ID. LII. ID. habit, and has become,
so far as literature is concerned, a mere
colossal. kindly, doddering old age
pension from few gentlemen in
Stockholm" Herbert Spencer repeat
this handicapping OF promising begin
ners by ignoring them and giving. in
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lodges will melt. You must send her
back to her father" And so North and
South were separated forever.
The illustrations are mostly from
Indian exhibits and drawings In the
Smithsonian Institution and in the re-
ports Of the Bureau of Ethnology.
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IS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

IA WRITE ME-; can yet you any book ever
published On my subject. The most expert
t1ok finder e1fant. When IN England call and
zee my 1jDDD rare hooks. BAKERS GREAT
NOOK EiDP. Jonn Br;xbt st, Birmingham.
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THE MEXICAN EMPIRE.

MAMMALIAN IN MEXICO. The Story
Of the French Intervention, 1861, .
rated. Svo. PIP. xvi. $50. Charles
SCribners Sons.
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ANTHONY THE ABSOLUTE BY San.
uel Nerwin. illustrated by R. "
Crosby. 12mo PIP. SEQ. The Centur'
Company.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-05-09
WAKEFIELD NEWS.

Some of the smaller children Of the
Wakefield school sold candy Wednes-
day to start fund for getting window
shades
Mr.. Chas. Argue was in town Tues.
day.
Mr.. Bert Babers was at home for
the weekend.
Mr.. Ruffin Stirling is at home on
account of illness.
The Wakefield school gave basket
picnic Friday. All had a good time.
Mr.. r. H. Stirling was in town Mon.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Wildblood are
the happy parents of little daughter,
born May LIST.
A meeting of the Farmers Equity
Association was held at Mr.. Whitman
Wilcox's store, Tuesday.
Miss Jessie Folkes of Star Hill has
been spending few days with her
grandmother, Mrs l.. j. Davis.
Mrs. Matt Gilmore and two children
we're in town Wednesday.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-05-09
FARMERS ORGANIZE SOCIETY.

A branch of the Farmers Society of
Equity was organized at Wakefield,
last Tuesday The charter was signed
by eleven members, with M. R. Jack.
son, president; B. F. Terry, vice-pres.
ident; Whitman Wilcox, secretary.
treasurer. The next meeting of the
organization will be held on May 18th.
In the meantime the officers will make
an effort to secure the cooperation of
all the farmers In the neighborhood.
The meeting held Tuesday last at
Star Hill schooLhouse for the purpose
of organizing branch of the Farmers
Society of Equity did not result In or.
ganization. 1t was decided to wait,
until after full discussion, for which
there will be opportunity when the
|neighborhood gathers on May 16 for
the second ward primary for police
juror to succeed T. D. Bickham, re-
signed. At that time fuller concen.
sus of opinion can be had than at any
other time.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-05-09
HOME PERSONALS FROM WOOD
VILE REPUBLICAN.

Mrs. T. S. Bennett Of Lake Charles,
La, and Mrs. P. s. Johnson of Jack
son, La, were called here during the
first Of the week to attend the funeral
Of their aunt, Mrs. Helen NJ. Jones,
the widow of 1t. Gov, Jones of Mis-.
sissippi
Miss Katherine McGehee and Miss
Isabel Percy Of Pinckneyville were Wis
itors to Woodville on Monday. The
latter left the following morning fol
southern Louisiana, where she has O
position as companion to an elderly
lady.
Mr.. A. M. Fishburn, formerly man
ager of the local telephone exchange
has been promoted to the position Of
Commercial Manager Of the Bator
Rouge District for the Cumberland
Telephone Company, which includes
Woodville. His many friends here
Join us in extending congratulations
to him on his promotion.