Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-10

Muir, reaching out like Thoreau for
the infinite; Walt Whitman, big
souled, uneducated, who studied
human nature and wrote of the COM
mon people at the dictates of his
emotions and not in mechanical
fashion; and many others he tells
about.
The Civil War was a fresh be-
ginning in the history of the Amer
lean mind-it was then that a really
national literature began with the
consolidation of national sentiment
which the war brought, and it was
not until after the seventies that the
new romantic school sprang up, south
ern in it's atmosphere and spirit,
northern in it's truth to life and condI-
tions. This book is the first full
length account of our literature dur
ing the period that can fairly be call
ed contemporary.
Hepsey Burke, by F. N. Westcott.
Hepsey Burke is "a sister to David
Harum, by the brother of the man who
wrote the original" The possibilities
that are suggested by the title are
fully realized in the treatment of the
character by the author This is Mr..
Westcott's first novel, just as David
Harum" was his brothers first ap-
pearance In the realm of books (H.
X. Fly Co, Publishers, s1.35 metz
Hepsey Burke is a story of life in q
small town, told in the mannerisms
and with the convicting truth that only
n man who has lived with the type of
people in the story can impart to
such a work. The characters are
largely drawn from life. Hepsey her
self carried with her an air of in
domitable conviction that things
worked themselves out in the long
rum" a bit of the philosophy of her
life, which was a source of inspira-
ton and sympathy for those all about
her. She is the motherly kind whose
presence smooths down the wrinkles
and brings a feeling of peace and fell
low-feeling that adds years to life.
Hepsey is sure to please you with its
unfailing humor and good nature.
There is man in the city of New
York who has inside information con-
cerning the fairy world. His name
so far as can be learned lis Gilly
Bear, and the books which he has
just published through the medium
of Samuel Gabriel Sons and Co.
publishers, are books which must by
their very nature appeal to the little
folks who have not yet, as someone
has so aptly put it. ''mislaid the key to
of particular interest, all of which
once appeared in story form in the
New York Sun, but are now in book
form. They are Tom-Tit Tales. Fun
In the Forest, and The Green Tulip
They have sometimes been called bed
time Stories but they lose none of the
charm of reading nor of their attrac-
tive color illustrations by being perused
in the daytime. Just before the
Sandman comes is the time to read
them, however, and it is then that
the life, action and adventure which
they portray are best appreciated
The Marvellous Organ Grinder, the
Pollywoodle Family, Dingo the Dragon
and Lady Lightning are all characters
in the first of the three books. while
in the second we are fully Informed
regarding many scions of the animal
kingdom that will enable us to under
stand their whims and fancies little
more clearly than before: and the
third, The Green Tulip. is-a fairy tale
of Holland in which the little Greer
Fairy has lost his darling green tuiiT
and the heartbroken little fellow gains
the sympathy of Katrina and Jan
the little heroine and hero, as vol
must have guessed, and after many
adventures they find the tulip and
restore 1t to the little Green Fair!
and they all live happily ever after.