Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-03


"A man ought to read Just as inclin-
alton leads him; for what he reads as
a task will do him little good. ."-Bos-
wells Life of Johnson.
Romance of Arlington House. by
Sarah A. Reed. One of the oft-quoted
extracts from the writings of Richard
Lovelace marks the semiclimax in the
delightfully."- dainty little love story
that centers about the famous old home
of Robert E. Lee, now the national
cemetery where hundreds of this
country's heroes are buried. The beau
tifully woven story of the triumphal
journey of General Lafayette through
the States after the war is subordinated
TO the thread of love and romance
which, taken from the letters of Vir-
ginia Cotton, southern beauty, written
in 1924 TO her mother runs throughout.
The famous French generals aid an at
tractiNe young captain in the Northern
Army. loves and is loved by Virginia,
but the latter's father forbids the mar
riage because of a situation originally
Burr. (ChappIe Publishing COS Then
are inspired the captains words,
adapted from Lovelace; II could not
homer thee Se ns nGa eSms oTed nSt
the father voluntarily withdraws his
objections and a very sweet ending
marks one OF the most delightful his
torical romances that have been given
to the public in recent years. Such
sidelights as the mention of Lincoln s
love for drives about Arlington House
when he wished to escape from the
turmoil that centered about the White
House. and an intimate visit with the
authoress to the very halls of the fam
Gus old colonial dwelling, increase the
human interest of the book.
Harper's Magazine for November
contains plenty Of good reading not
tho least interesting of which is Mr..
Swift's Romance, by Marie Manning. 1t
is a story of South American capital
after twenty years absence and finds
things somewhat different and not
wholly to; to his liking; His inevitable
makes a splendid story.
An interview with Napoleons brother
reveals some interesting episodes and
on the life OF that famous Corsican.
The Pentecost of Calamity. by Owen
Wister. owen Wister. in this recent
work, depicts vividly the tragedy OF
Germany not in a critical or vilifyinG
manner, but rather in sadness at the
part that she has chosen to play 'ir
| springing at the throat OF an nu-
! expecting and unprepared world
| Germany is first depicted as it was in
time of peace, and the authors owr
! opinion, formed after a visit TO and
careful study of the country. gives us
the real picture OF attractive Germany
and its energetic people, which con-
J trasts all the more .vividly with the
! impression made upon our minds BY
J the later pictures, which shows Ger.
many in a condition analogous to that
! in the Middle Ages, when fanatacisn
sent entire communities into various
/ forms of madness" A new angle from
which France and Belgium may be
viewed is suggested, namely that the
war may perhaps be a blessing in
disguise to these two nations, in that
they have been awakened to realiza-
tion of their martyrdom. and an appre-
! citation OF their stole bravery. in the one
case, and have been reused from theiI
| former sluggishness and stirred to new
life in the other. AS far as Americas
/ part is concerned. Wister has this tC
/ say: Perhaps nothing save calamity
will teach us what Europe is thankful
to have learned again-that some