BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 627, 2 October 1909, Page 9

BOOKS AND AUTHORS.

|l;>S2 : 'i^^VEßSEs!bi!;b"-AND; : NiGWi-- , -^ v - : W'L::^:^:-^.;v:^Kf:'--e:X^^;-is^-■')<■:' v\ : -;- |g^;.^'^;;:;At; ;; DREAMS. ■/■,■■ .... ; fc'H: , ; : ;/K*''!.tffrom;,the-Frenoh.'.qf--Paul'..tferlaine.j' •"-.» f ; ,;r.;- I.■'; Oft-timesi'.in'.droams'intense, sho doth appear, ''■<&;',■■ .:. >;/This huknown:pne;l; loye,:whb.loveth mo;.;. 'K v i/'':fl V: ■':;• she blianges/yot unchanged/is she '■ ='; 'iS.;;'■'•■ Each.time'-'she conibth to me,' ah,'how;near! . k i'K:.•:"■', My he^rk:for I ;hey.,"h , apsp.arent:is (butolear\'y iH:*^v;^ : Por;Jh.er:'aldne,j;alas!;it$ } ' mystery);;'.v;; ~-.:.. i ■i?'vji' : ;' : ' *•':- ; She smoothes'my.forehead," alli'iiiy,;agony■"'■.'■ £.?;;;; yyShe,.weepS:'awayr-sho ouly, ; loved,'and dear. : / ;K!;?;';. : 'iHowjlboteth'she, what'colour eye'sand hair? .-- ?&';■ : ,j tell!-; ; Her name? 'Tjs sonorbus : . . f:i : ;'s..''v ind'W'cet-as those that ransomed spirits)bear,• ■V.i;K-*ti:VN6'.'scnlptared.'g'ojldcss'hath', : .m6re calm a mien; 'H?; -V '■:■'<'■ v 'r -"i'Aiid fo^'her'voice— hot sweeter,wer l e,,to"'us: v.;* : : : ; ,ilioyed.ivoic'es that have been. '\'K'-p'-.: ••■i? , 'ft'w-:'i : f;^l*4 er i c l? Niyen,' in.'"TheiNatioa." : V S:5-A'Taotr'ar&jaaV with-theisprrbws/of'ages.' ■;■. \ '■-■ ■Si'^.'-'Thbtf.art-grim■:\vit^i l .the' Iristing'.or^gain, , ,jpy ■'■■>- .'Thonlartrivise;.with,. : the/, : wisddmr,of-sage's, ■:. V;'..j-;;-y.Vj ; *And : I .h^artless,t i iwith\pain.v.;•.■■". k) °\':..,(v^' And £hy/tean ife.more'bittCT' ; thaii brine--, : '>:.:;' ?.■ iYet 'thy'vbiceMs" f as>.vasl;'as'.the 'sea's is, :■■- "■: -~V.'*-~ : y : .'TOty soul.is\more*strange, than. ourAlffe. is,;.' .;. 5 :rlX'.'i ''!*■' ■'aft mad than strife is, , {'•J'.'.? , ThatwasVii)ad A 'sirice : <3ocl;.badeVit begin. ■':: i-0. S\; vThou art'o'rue'ir and thou' , .kho'w'st.hot , .,bl!pityi vA .Xfe^^retlswfeter^than'loyois^orjwjno,.-,■■'.";' ■■'.■',' ; : !\},; : .};-, ;Olll'weary.!'uriwea"rying,'*city,'';' - '.:, '■V'-' "■'::';''■'-, %& '■;!*■. ■■' -i/ , ; pliUllqther..of,:Mine. •.■'■■.'.'■' • Oh : !-..inater^6f ; rfflenV"'iani.nnma^iri^vo, ! v>0,^;*•-'.■ ;;;.;. : i. '': ■'■ '.•.JTHou art : 'drear..with' the : ruin:>of dreams':': :' & Oh ! r ' Ibver, 'beguilei-y- fbrsakeri, V S: r '.,:; .iu.:.'-.■.'.. v 7 '; , ' ;"'-. V ■ ?]hou art darki;iyet 'a>glitter' with 'beams: ■••;■:.- i'/'t■■■?!■':>;Thy-i&ecet-is thine, arid;is:nb ; man'si.,■;■.•,.',:.;.. ■'.'.,::. ' '•j ';': :Thpn,hast, : ein:in' thy.streets for a,sign,.,,.jv,. "tv's'-'O- ,Tel'itily' : Veico «:.-f :;;,,;:';:;•■ ;£.£;■ ''■. Ohl'Mpther.pf .MinoV;. , v . .■..-. 'fly, ;:;:'; Barr,;.in;tho; , '^estmin ! ster , .Gazette.'V.

c T£at /wUes't'J of i "philosophers,: ■; "Mr. •"•:'.-:;U''':">D6olty^ ;;'■"; \i\y?.. ; P.f i 'Eli o tV? ay" 0 ) 15 -,^ 0 ™^ ■::"''-' b: ■'>;"i :./:;''What^bOTks ;; does,^e';:adyise?-: i says:;y«.;---I l . fe r .;.:'.:/>hav'eri!t: got'th':'com'plete;list.:yet,:b'ut : what;.l rKviy,": ; ee«nliv"'it:.wa3■gVod.-:' ; Spe"akin , f'r-'"mesiif;alpne,, p:':l :^I; 1: -.:•-■;;. '- 1-can■.'get'.'rth.'V.'same:; H ; :; : • i;7;dhrinlj<'But'' 1 iiini'^y/'thkifif -a:'inaV 'was a i':'.' : confirmed , ,,book-reader, -if:.''h>-.yas a :man';that i'/;- /; ■ cudden'ltigoito'sleegwithputtakin'fa'book, au'., ''■ !.;;!: : -if .he..re.ad.. before .bre.il<fasti.l.shutl;think;that "-'-■■•;' .Dootor; Eliot's-very jold ■vatted -books'are. cbm- -- J : t parativElyi' harmless:--"They 'are sthrong,'■ it; is •i-r^'- ; :•■■ thrue,;' ;!ffhey;':;will • ■ go:" tq.':th' • head.' :I wud, !"■■;". -adviso^^ : ai'.nian.'{who is'aisily-'affected-bobooks. '•:'' : ; : r':/i-to: stick , ; to: Archibald':'Clavoring, ( Gunter.'. But; , ! , ■V^',■■.theyj.will* hrirt^np. , wan :'who's used; to: feadin'. :'<■'.:':. ■"':i They, will-.cause•■no'.wan" to•;go" ; hprne," , an'-.beat '.•■'-;'.'■": his;wife'.-y-.:He ; out'carefully.. : : : ;■'/::':;'Give::jne^me^tbols^-says-ho, v r ; an' : il.will: saw; -■;.?":■; : ont 'alnve-foot :shelf "iy;ibooks'.'" An'-he'dohe :':.,- .'',V- : >,v:tV-.first' : ;thing',to''hayevin. a.libry is;.a'shelf. '&■"';":■'• •-■F'rmf'timeJ_-.b.';um'e.-th'is' l tcan , :be'-tast«f , ully. V decorated''with.:lithrachur*:;i' : Jßut ; ;th'- shelt--is-f.;; ; may get 1■ i:'v-: ; ' -.miied:up;-with':'readin' : -matther'-:on th'.'table., )-,'■•-■•:'!:feet-frfinith' : flrire"an'<herin'etical!j ;, -:sealed."-, ■-; '■.: ,-.,■■':'li'Jjyh'at : j'bobks;: : .dees:..yie : ,^ '^.ricpinmind?.'•;■'lr ■ '" '■■^y.ooofse,;i "'folk-lore- as/Epicababulus '■' ,iS-.'j.in'Jiyarsupia-: i ariV^th>' , CTrfuksiiv,:Hyperph^ .'•■'-"•.' , i;'^^tift^^vßut■V.^t;'sj^'o^«j l ■■■i}, ': •■,: •'<•". : ■;;T!ght v i'':t^is.-,ifKw4?tvye^inißhi;;-callr'-'snmm'«t'i fl;i'ci^d ; ;ii«cnbe''(iti : '■■■'■■ ! 'wudden't\hardly"-cainit a :V.':'v'detectiya .ain'.t?ft,jproblein yj ; AreopapigiCa>uisi:a.;Greek.VguM ;who ": /vbecohies'thj iditPr'uy'a ; d'a'ily: : h(swspaper. '-That ■■>/■ : .■ : ::jis:tft-vt'esinhih':-:iv":'th' , ;plot. : .i l -.1.'-won't.- toll, ye "7'-- !: .■-'. --:,•:.'. ;. ! inJOTiht':ir'i'tr- i 'But;ye , irriiver : 'gness ; whb.;com-' ;'•'.'. '■■:.■:': • fOihirol'd. absolutely, unexpected.; ■v:-.';' .- .an'x'-wan'.--ivHh-'-'be«t' [: ; '.:;": ■■■ eeJJ«rs iy-'-its-day : ; , '.'.Tlitrej were,four ..editions |-.'. ■•'::in'anny^paper-cb^^ (' -■' v 'i;:pri4tMCf'r:;:,circu'latipn^onV.;tn , ,''raaU,''coaohes. t-'V:'.■• : '-rmj.'iPt SAire/itf'.it-iver-■ was>-dhramatised,;;if ■■--' : : /.itv^aan't-itefe's.'t-chftnstif'f .'some .■■'/V\vi'-'-.:<"Th'V.darinV'',i^tte.' : JT:."Areonatigica-'-,beV-pHTet' vV : --v ;; 'Cromwell—butNj'iiwon't , ' tell;-'ye.;';-Te/ must :;^;:..Tead.it.' , "?rherS":are'Ubm.e.'akful comical things '{'■?..■ i. ini.itjSl drtn't \ tlncle Joe; Cannon,: :*T. ; : -whtf/faTsi.it! is., tftishy. ; i Itfis light,'; perhaps 'h:■::-[■'■. : aven' ,> frivolpus.trßut,%it.'has:gr-'reat-merit,;. : JI -V ..; : can't;'think'sjy..;'anri,vthing.":;tliat':.wu'd: t be,,mbre' |''tj'--!Vv';;.Byi^aWe; r ,tTiin,';ljpnVSn\a-:' , V '■; ; . -\ •'■;' .plasj 'jv.'.'spni.ethin'f;|n'i-y«,'ef'.'.hAniSp'ch' a';.hof 1-1. ', ■/■■aayffan're'ad.ii^'-this'-litHe;-iim'.;if. ; pure Enidish .;;;-:-.an'!-hivin': , a'i.pro:fisspr-;;fr'm' ; .cblledfe .within.' ; y.'!'. '■ aisy ■ call ..to 'tell ye {what; it.Vall .'.meant.'.". I niver ''''■'■:■'. f'r:'A 3 )onf .}ouri\e'y>:. I niver.;go f'r. f'- : ''-a long : journey without a copy: iv..Miltpny'Ag-: pi-'-vvropapitica'-'in.mei'pobket.' i-I;; have, lent; to p;A : : :-brakemen,. ; an''.;the,v.l)ayp.'iriyatyably retnrmd f ■■.!:',:■'::- -it; r.'-l haye'read.it,to men 'thaf'wanted.to', fight I ;.;-': -ffleVan'-^ L -.-•'■ v- : :",oiir day/have;read -if! ; I'll, bet ye eight dolf\" • ■ ■■lars.that-ißve .wait 'till- ; th''stores let put', ye ,i v :' y ; , c.ah" : g6 teri'-'men >';';''■;; • ye.'.meet! at liaste,.two,, an'r-I'll 'take: odds -on ■j ■;:•':' .' three,' hayVnivef; aven. heerd■'; iv ,this pow'rful ■V-■■.- : ' -:• thragedy;' ; '.yet .'-while - .'.it 'ifas, rtin'nin'. ; ye ,cnd- '•'■.: ' :;.. ; den't'-b'uf:ac'opy,:iVyth':.'i'ircsideCpnipany6n,' ; '■.'.'-,• "■;■■.'■ an cinohries it'-has,p/ptictcd,.th'-shelves ■ ,-?,•"': iv/more' libries.thin anny. iy - .lliHon's,:ppm ; ?s, : "■'; "■-.';'.',; '•; f'r-'iHbfpri 'tells-ine this;anthbr.-'.whp lye" hardly .- ; ;.:;:?.i':'-iyer'--hoar.mentioned :in. th'',sthreet .cars.at;th' ■•:'■-■ '■£! ]-;.prisint''moment,': .was} a'pote'tas .-.well.'as; an ~: :-v. ,'■-. nn'thdfi an'-blind at. that. • an'.""what. is.more; '-..:, -:h4ld:a'prprn'rieriVpollytickal job. ■ I , .wondher. -v,r :..' iK!'twj)'-nundherd ! 'jears ;fr'm':'now■ people, will .r:'.:i:'.:..c«as».' : fd. talk-iviWillum'Jennings Bryan; .He Iwilh they ?,,(.:;'' ::'.■ ■: ■ :^'- i . :- ■ ■■■ :'. : .v f Well,! : '-a.' grand /thing -to' ''■■:■ : : -.lnjyf good ;books',-ibut'it .must'be: grander, still, ;,-': ; ",'..to injye ; :anny: : kind;iv. ! books'. ;'.Hogan can 'read.. v'" ; S-.. i'';.aiurftliiiig,':;:Ho';aih't : He's. I:.:- ;.. - -/' >He reads ■ ; :'-.V-'> - - : vwhiii ; He> reads, in bed;.: Ho ' s'■ reidf«with-his: meals.' , ; He .is 'av'eecret reader.'. ;?,'•;'•;; ■■'-"Sei'jiipsiin -'second-hand -book: stores.,- He; can't, ; ; . •':.; gbfon a''thraih,"an':-haye':-anny'.fun 'Ipokin,.at fv'.■'!;;•(■ ■ - th'.-\pther 'passengers, ior; invyin'.'fth'.'.'farmers '■';]' v:,":• their .fields an',Vnptkinvyin'f:their.houses....Not >::■'.' : -'- : .■i l -"J:¥ibiEj;.iy.-;it."iHe. , 'has,'to'''put .'a'■book^in•■his t ■ :■•■".■■■■'^^v,■■••Moket:'.iHe'.H■,.^»U. f yb■••■.th'at^th^: - :,::;,..,:. : ■ Ddctor'.Eliof s. cillybrated '■■ old :.blcnd;, an', he'll' v !',.;, .j.tjJlk .larnqdly, ; about:;th':-: , 'yaryous. vintogos.'. But. ; .'".'. •'.:- / 'EVe:'. :seen him read books v that wild, kill' a' O' :,: -^-'- ; <: : '-t9rjckmani. , ';.'-^^:;result'- -: iTMt;-is l .''-that': , .Hogan: ■■■■■■'..:,■; '.jf -.always :wrong' about .-ivrything.,' He>sees.th',. t :.'■ :.:.; : -upside'down.-'.-: Some -men'■ aro 'affected [)";'■.'■,„ &ifi , Tent.":;;:fieadin "makes, thim'weep; v J,',:'': makes-Hbgau:believo; in: fairies -while" he's 'at-! ■.v.''-'^'^'; : '-Jt'>' > -;.:■:,:";!.;iln'.-ths ; ;-wurrld; f'r'.him -'but -dark villyans ;.; .".' ';■:, -.Mondet-heroes./'An' he's -always fightin';the>e ; ,'. .-j." here;imaginary 'inimies-an , ; frinds./wantin';to V:'.^- 1 :--'".:-'dejtt^'.V;a'. : p'obrV-:.tir.ed,-''.--scared. ; '''yiUyaii'-",.'an' - ;:::,.:';;■ lo'iin'- - -IVd'thried ::.•/;■:;■,to•,'stPp<him.;>^se : ye'er;wiir,:power,' : says I. .-:.;:- :: ' ;Sfay iji-.thVopen air.'.Take soft ! readin.';How £r.y:;, : .d'j%' '.-get on' in' th', '-wurrld ; ,th' rfay. f•■■■:■: ' ..-.'yc: are,- goiri'-?.- 'Who.: wud "make : a' confirmed :;f:-:-;>i:V:r;eader ! 'th';'cashier, iy'a - -bonkP --:Ye'd. aiyide ~-:■;'.": yeer.;customers 'into' , villyaris'.an'; heroes; ,; -'an?■'^'^■;/^■:'.'..■Jβ^^od(ln't;' > len■d;mbney..■.'to.•tV!' ; :: : "-; ■ :', /.thin'^e'd'' be'wrbng' .aven'if-ye were 1 right. -'JS't ':■:'■ •■'•'-.;■ ':• be' more;'apt- , to : have .th' :':■;'-■; .V money;to''bring;back'-'ttinth^heroes,' says.l. .'-,-' - - - ■ •■-. Tβ- may be - right/;say;s hf ■: "But 'tis i.too. late .■.'■■S:. , '.:> ,^fe'.'dojdni^'tWiig'/ffitt'me.'-'''>AnV; 'l:abii?t"Care.-' :(>-,'V-,;;'lt,may':hnrt''r^o?fn ; .th'-.eycs:'iv- me ! . fellow-. V: J ■•■.-. cbunttrmen.-.biit look'at th fun I get put iv it. i'-.''-: ;■ '■-- 'L-wadden'e'thrade-th'-injanyous wiblied ■ people |:; :•:'''.. : ,'an' th'>'najnt' 'that'.-X-.'cnn.'see:. Vx' all th'-poor, ; ',':, -diill,' half-and-half crather'B:tha,tfyo:find in th' '-i- ■'-:!:■;.■ : .'-^wnn , W t - ; saya/ihe,'.;.'.;.v.'t'-. , - , -.'' :! ::''4 ,, .-'';;; : V- '■ V '..-. } Jα;■μf^ni■'y^%}nlA''is'■lα3■Mni, : :':■:::■,-. ■:'.th' l -mo9t'proji'iiant,g(!t-rich;4in"ck ,man iv his ,:.'.. .'■-, ; : a- man full.' ' ;i'.:--.-An''-mayhtj;Woman's righj:;'/,: ■'.:■' ' •'■;"; \T- '

: ;; ' bad" books. ■. v •;■:The-firsKof-a/Genes -of"'articles which the Lcifidpn'.'{Standard"'! is'printing under: tho head-.Churchjand'-.Mpdbrn Life"■Jβ'a disconrsd by-'the!, Bisjiop of Bristol on "Novels and ;,>;,-;.'■■/. ■S^';\--. .'vWliaV:.is'..a : .iiJb(lcrn.'novel .meant'for? It: is 'meant;to set ibflforn -,jis s6me"pjiaso\ of .social life, it'may .Ke'the social'life •qt'tMhighdr or the! middle or *tho lower classes. '• To' bo a .good • novel /it;m'i?st\l>o;\triio'to. its class,, whatever; .' that-; class \\\vs must:ho .true :to. life. Bnt roqcial (ivery :olas3- has..many/.faces, many-depths,,' Which'of-tlio faces shall, 'ho : taken ifoiY'jiortraiture,; which' ; of; the ;.;depths shall. .prtiVi(lo. ; ;,thc., ..pitlios—the:, : .'tragedy/ --. if uSp-snail- the author ;:maKp..-efv,the;;Kre'at opportunity ? : • Shall he be-of. the-thpHKhtless,'aimless,,careless.peo-ple : who ;by ■■ mere chanee. do" good,, do harm; or ehalj' Ve.'JiaVe.a'dellnitp pujpose.-.to _be a bless-. : ingidrfto be.a;pe.3(;? y,.r v ' '■■"•'•' So-;- ■'•; Responsibilities. '■{■jyr!"- , .\ i '■;.:'<%.:■ r ; . vThd;.aiithor., r o{- aJijiovelV-cmstrncts- :a, book a cipmpa.nion..for eici'ftid .women in,'times, of.relaxation, in ■ timee_

of. quiet ithouglit, |in'times,,irhen) tho,reader is alone and Vin with 1 mind''open ..and ■feelings free from tho guards and fences we put upjnouf'social-life.,. The,book is to -reach hundreds ond thousands of persons whom the author will never know, will never see.' -It is. .to ... to many an innocent mind , a stranßer, who will bo at once admitted .to tho .'closest intimacy, to direct' influence.: in the inost unguarded momenta. . It is to, teach somethipg of lifo to some fair young girl as sho sits at night by her bedroom fire;,to put thoughts into the hoart of a.young nian maki»i! his resolves for life. ■ The responsibility is nothing short of tremendous., ...' .;•,. ■""•". . Wo enter into a book, and it'enters into us. Parts of it take possession of. us. ■Wβ: have selected it. at iwill, and wo read it or'hot, as wo '.jileaso. , ': We act as if wo, wero dominant, and it a mere minister to our pleasurc.'or our heed of Test, or our'.desire for amusement. . But tho caDtivo enslaves the conqueror, , if .tho: reader is not repelled: ■.-•■■■.•:•' . - ;-.■• : ■ When-yon choose a book and shut yourself up with it, and givo'yourself over to'its fascination i when you allow its pathos to touch your heart, its suggestions to move yourXfeelings, it may bo your passions for good .'.or for evil, to influence your , 'mind, you make it for the time your companion, , 'your guide, , your/own 'familiar friend..'* You may ■ cake.it , or reject it.in.the first instance. : It is seldom forced upon you by circumstances, as'a personal companion-may. be. And having chos,en it you can dismiss it again if you feel out.of harmony .with' it. But if .you-go on.with.it.' and really iead it, with'tho i mind'and" not ,iiieioly':with.tho..-.cye, you deliver yourself into its hands'. ; .■ ■' ■ '■ ;■ ''.""■■.■"•■■.■■' '. '.' ■

i.'Mpst people like a'clean, bright, stirring,, eventful novel, with quick; conversation and soari tepartee,'with a dash of pathos,- wi.th something, of'tragedy which .works,:out.'.fairly right in tho'.end.■'. But novels as a. 'class'pfinfluences;'would miss their mark if thej'did; not some of them go deeper into .'tho: tempta--tions, the sorrows, .the tragedies of life :than a novel, of that happy.. character does "go. ■■~. • :■; Who. that read the book some sovertteen ."or' eighteen years ago'; does 'not .'remember../the bitter .cry of va fallen- girl to her mother: ." Why didn't you warn me? ' Other- Riris know what 'to , guard against, .because, 'they;f-Tead hovels. ■■' I .'never.-had' tlie chance, ari'd.'.'ybu didn't warn ','me!", Now that ; .touches': the Critical'point; at which tho worthy .'and' tho base writer, of works of fiction .part.comp'any. •The .'worthy"^vriter..has carefully ..studied I tho, question,'ls iknpwledge. defilement fiand; the further , questipri', •" How,'. to., convey knoirledge' Jo.-as not. to :spoil innocence?" ' And,., those question's '.iwVihs been studied, with Ca-iaithful aiid; pare ..heart,: tho scene, is ,, ; drawn: with, ;a firm; arid , , tactful, hand. : ~ - ■;>, ■■■: !..■•''.»',' ,v Contrast-with'that , a largo!numbeMt : riiight fairly ,be said:'a large proportion—of 'modern nqvels.l.especially .-.thoso-; written by unknown women; women-novelists who are -known have ■been ■ umoiif?' the .very .worthiest, as among' tho most interesting,-of .our writers- of'fiction.." , . , No words .'are -strong enough 'to.-scarify .as they, deserveto be scarified the writers of many of the .modern novels;, though indeed the people we should i ; m'ostlike.:.to.i scarify, are tho jpublishera 'off-siich' irork's; ':Suggestively pruriont, the, characters breathing, and breathing - out; the atmosphere of the ;Divorce Court, such books are a public enrse.. Thatthey are .written, .published, and ; read: ore : manifest:.tokens of. decadence of. the' race. A rotten society is but' a .poor, backing for our Dread noughts., One of tho most.influential of Englishmen, AlCum, ■ told the" Northumbrian's more than eleven hun-dreds-years ngo what', was the certain end pf rottenness! of. morals... .The ..appointed. (end came".-,'■,',. ■" ..; ';••.-:'. v -r.- ; ''.-- ;"'.- .. ■■-."■'.. ••■'..■■•■■•'."--,- ■''■', -Where'-to.Vapply'tt-remedy? ,Tho .miserable books- are n'ot: legally obscene, or they' might. beTdealt'ivith.. The ' phrase'-" obscene 'literature" .itself-^needs-clearer definition, and its legalJ.application'. needs•! to;bo stiffened. '.It ■is rid secret'.'tbat-.'confßrbnces are being: -held : under; the influence: Of. the -Church >'ith. tliese objects in view. /"'Again, -much more gnidarfeb as.lto their; reading. is ■ needed, by. .the" young of'bol;h sexes," : Here again it is no secret that under .ihe'inflne'ncejof. .tbe.'Church.: discussions are-bqingjheld as tprthe ; formation.of reading guilds, ..which? .shall.', get., hold . of .tho 'upper classes'pf schools, 'elementary,and..: and Ikebp.-hqld.'.uppn. the -boys, arid «the girls, .the yonjig.'men , and ; the;younp. , women/.after they leave'i school , . •';----'■ " »-"•■•-.-•■• ..,'; '

'•■ One/mbre, one of the : greatest of the social :homo: influence:! at the disposal, of the Church of .England is the'.Mothe're''-Union... A' , recent pamphlet of : : that -/invaluable' society, on , the (ftusesVof. deals - with the {question**- of bad- books' and bad plays iahd vile .leaflet? ,witK,.a : ;frankness, beyond? praise. ■In -these and! like-.methbds -lie\such'' remedies as can be found.l As. healthiness' of mind is ■lncreasinMyiEafQiniftlided^ithe-demand .for..pr.i)■rient books.will.decrease. The moment thero ; ceases_ is abated:and-will-"die of'starvation.'- The'sooner .the ..bottervfor' the dominance of England Tand the.telfare -of; the-World. :-■•>.'. ~-i° . -.- !•'

v Until ,rccentlp.(sayf;on English writer);the ■/•■A.th4naeum"v'has..'been/one"; of v the' trickiest, .pipers :toVcut.;'.'''Ypu'hdd:- to/cut, not only, , :tho [ top , ;.a'nd:}the side ; bf .t'heileaves, :but: th'e.'footas .we'll;.-and*'th,oj:6dds. were, that' , :as/ after your. f work of ■ cutting, , you turned the pages ''you came :u'pbh.-.Bprfle ; edge' uncut. ■;• Fortunately' it •if- npv;.:being 'published '-as , a , ','cut'paper. <:. A like change^ , seems,.'to ■ have,- taken /place • almost '.simultaneoiMly.,..in:itße\ case of .the'"New I ;York •'■'Nation,":varid,;a' 'cprrespondept of that paper takes .to" 'express his "long pent-up indignation".- , against, uncut. ,b'ooks.. Hβ is humorously,bitferr.and asks why,—in ; the case of'books to: which no one wonldrefer unless ho had'to,'the' horror-of having to!:cut;them should' be added to tho horror of;having to read them. It.js cerfainly a cruelwrpng, and the 'remedy withV-the publiehers,-'who should issue,oat books.' Now question of leaf-cnttiiig is'one'on which bibliophiles '.love to.havo.,their. say.-. They;are fastidious as to the' instrument. with whioh: they; ,cut.,:and nowisb approve <Wordsworth's use of a, buttered knife for that purpose.!, Our paper-knife'fjhall bo -.thin, but .not too 'flexible; scrupulously s'mdptK yet-'net varnished, for, varnish comes off., Ycur ;sciraUar-shape(l toys of stool'slice the /margin,, -while-, those • knives bf fragrant sandalwood- inlaid .with a .rosette ,in mosaic, which kind aunts; give promising nephews on 'the !,occasion'tf their, , birthday, aro to be shunned - .like , ; the'/plague.;■ ■ they: notch '•■; and 'splinter-'and'"rend: the"page.. Then" there' are subUe -scruples; as, to.hbw a' book .should be cut. '~• Some ;i>re for 'cutting as: they ■' read, on . raw"-.haste.:'-' and ; changes a gourmet. Gthprs. are, all - for. putting 'first, and• in. that case he , whbacts.'accqrding to the everlasting laws of jight reas'on in the matter will -place' his bodkoa a, flat'sufface, openit at tho.secbnd half or thelast sheet, and,.pushing his knife .llong tho top of (he page past the binding if possible, will bring itout atlhe opposite margin. -;■ In■ this;,way-he-, will work through the book from the end'.backward to.the:beginning.. The initial.question remains, however, whether it. should be necessary to; cut at all.'arid :per- , haps boplcs: of .utility-should ,• be published, already- cut.'! 1 Collectors,-however, : retain a-'-lin-■gering:iendeTness..fprthe nncui'paße.-'.Nor; indeed, necessarily, collectors of the'-D.orian Gray type, who, when hofancicd a book; .would i'procure."nine .large.'paper-.-oopies-'of .the'flrst: edition and have them bound in different .colours so that, they might- snit". his various mopds," and who'affected., "books', bound : in ■-. tawny satins .'or-fair blue-Silks -and" wrought -with fleur..do .lys,'birde,'.and.images." ■ Such' c-ollec- ■' tors uro mere readers glorified, and may.' object to the,trouble.of cutting and'the'rough edges which cutting leaves;'. But the typical.eoUe'c- . tor, he..who, hawk-like hovers over the [bookstalls; in; search of.rare:-editions, ; is fond-of ;uncut books. .In I 'the' word .-has.:an• ambiguity',which has '■ annoye'd peoplewhp ;have'brought.books on the strength of.,their .dosfcriptioa in :a:catalogue. ,-'lt may mean, either, that'.the-margin has never been shorn-by. the.paper-knife.' The latter state is hold.- to v be,- an'infallible /-proof .-of the' book's virginity,.:but\it'is .not.-qait? .infallible! -.One haSyheard of a booMjuyer of .a frugal'jniwho took the trouble to read his books 'without cutting, them, in order that, Living.used them he'-might," if necessary, Tesoll them as' unused.

Tomany houses'.,thd;autumn will-bo a timo of new'.eiperiments.in.prices. Messra/'Neledn "are, issuing a series-oE-novels shillings net. . llr.. Hcinemanh intends to .publish, a number, pf novels !in. parts;-the-number .vary-, ihg-nccor'ding to 'the - length of the'book; Mr. Hnll' Caine's new- -noror will ■Kβ obtainable in twb.'partsint : twb 'shillings '«ioh,;'. : llr. •: liam'de Morgan's longer-book in , two'parta at three ..shillings, each;,. ■ : ' V,.- '. v , ( ''■■.'.•;; ■-, > • Tho h oS • not; y«t ■ been - found'. which I Lord .Kosebery, : is;iinabloito grace*with:a fiie, I- speech;.'; of a Scottish horr' I tiijaltttriil society gave him the'.opportfnnitythp i other (lay to Speak delightfully upon' garden- . ing.'/jNaturally; ■he.-rercrl'ed'to.-ghrdon•■'Books;' • "Thore is no' litorature inoro delightful ■ than . that of .gardening-1 do not mean,tho numerous!' catalogues,''which -are perhaps the most-arid form that printcd;:maUer..'C!m assume,' but, I ido mean tho literature of .-gardening,, from;;BaconV c fampris / essay.''doirnwards—ljteranire that-gires c- you'a wisn tq" ; bei»'gardener.'and the" B.i, eimple- pleasures;o£ tne. art. I-woii't mention.

nny.bf theso. books that .'appeal to.me, bccauso it is an inconvenient form of advertisement—. not that I object'to advertisement, which has .become the law of,nature in. tho twentieth'.cen-tury—but-the last time I did anything of this kind I did refer to a. book on gardening! and received nt once a dozen letters asking for a copy, ami as it was privately printed, and I had only one.copy,'.l was unable to reply , 'to those letters with.any' satisfaction. But thero are books like Walton's Angler : which delight tho people who do'not care about, the sportv They, speak of books which Rive you a taste.in ! the month for .the art. they deal "with, and'give, you a pure and. high' satisfaction on reading them. The .literature' of gardening is another reason which makes me,regret f did not choose to bo a gardener , ' in* taste. : I cannot .help believing,' and believing firmly, in tho moral training and. atmosphere of gardening." ''■■'. ' • '■' ..'..! ... - ~

Teddy bears on the cover, and a border of .elephants, zebras, giraffes, and rhinpeeri around some extremely poor '• handwriting, signed "Theodore Roosevelt," will cause a run on the "Lone Hand" .for October. ' For Mr. Eoosevelt sends his 'first ■ article from- the , '.wilds, of Africa. It is long, and interesting, and is illustrated by many photographs taken by Kermit Koosevelt- We , are not''permitted to reproduce the article and its photographs, but •tho law of copyright will not>prevent us fr6m saying that the article is not particularly well written,,'that; We very , night,-Mr. Eoosevelt ■arrived at the .shooting, ground'.the giraffes, doubtless in , their mad- anxiety to get-away, knocked down telegraph wires "and-posts, '-that Mr. Hpbsevelt' , moralises terribly, thatr.hisjstyle is dull and "pot-boilery," and thati'nfter.:.re.portihg his bags.be winds tip,, with the observation, "Nature is merciless ■.indEed.".-But .any: thing he. .Writes.will'be rcad>: : ArtHnr Adains's story'continues, , ' and is excollenf. Lindsay illustrates very vigorously, an-Larticlo. by the' late AY: H. Train en (t nintiny incident. There is,some good verse—Jliss.'Kathleen-Bpiii-ohamp has a pleasant ' little . child-song-and ari interesting and varied collection of articles arid stories.: The editor has apparently not yet succeeded-.inv'establisliinji.a , section'.for booklovers, and .the ■ little" public ; that iis more interested In.literature 'than in-Mr.' Eoosejelt's irruption'into the peace of Africa and.violent assault upon the home and happiness of • the rhinoceros. But-the "Lone Hand" still iniproves.: ■'.; ■' .: \ '■• ■"■ 'n'.' '_• . : ',". ■• .' •

Literary' England' was greatly. .surprised, the other day to Uarn that Mr,: William Watson had .been. married ,on ;* August' 11, ;, at B'athy/.to itiss Adeline Eririg, a^very" ' beautiful'.lrish girl. In all '"English .verse - (comments - the "Daily News' , ) there ■ is '. so -more - terse descriptionof the'-position.-of. Erin than in the famous lines of his "Ode oil tho Day of the Coronation -of -King Edward VII.":. ~ ; -~, , * _ . ... !the .lovely and the lonely Bride'.. '■' -f Whom ifo have wedded but have never won. It is also. pftrtici)la'rl,v,''iriterestin!t ; to. recall at the present moment verses "To a'Lady" which he placed at:the front of his:passionate book of poems, "Tho'Year-of Shame,".-in IS9G: Daughter.'of Ireland—noy, 'twere-better said, Daughter of. Ireland's' heanty,- Ireland's' grace, Child: of her charm, 'of'.her romance; whose •*■':. face.-. ■ ', '■ ■ ' '*"■'" ' ' '.'■'- '■ .. Is legendary, -with her Hed! ...... .-}-. Though .Wrong be'strong, though" thrones, bo 'built onicrimes,; '''■:?;''!•' "..-'. ,;'-'.■;.. ■To. know, you,-Lady, is to/.-ddnbt no more-..; That in the: world aro mightier powers than -•■ 'those;. \ \- : -> '•" •■ '..- ..:..■ ■' .'■'.-•" .. .:. that defbrmity and, hate are Time's And love and.loveliness Eternity , !!. ~, . ./ /..Mr. Watson, who is '51 years" of' age,- has a now'' volume of poetry in the press. ':. . ■■'"., : : The! "Westminster'. Gazette" / prints,. without apology, or comment,.,the following version of three' of the best-known''of.the".quatrains in .Fitzgerald's' "Ktinaiyat" - .^...'-'..',. ."-V. Un liyret ;de.'beaux; vers lus a l'bmbre. d'un ."■■•; boisV,- : ,. ,; ~.-;,-; •';.■■'.-■'.sk.':ivi t '-..-'-'/::i;{-i'■'''' Du.pain, de boh'fiex ■vin-dans-'une'etuche./et .■. toi -■;;"', Chantant aupres de. in'oi: dans-la- lande deserte—. iinnde.ideserfe alDrs.'serait.lo.ciel.pour.mpi..;, On. dit.queia lipnne: et lelezardsont la': V On Jamshyd antrefbis :but,ferme .et festoya;',! : Et ißiram.'i grand chasseur devarit '. Allah, > -- ; I'bnagro ■■■::•■.-"' ■:-".■".'• ';■ y. , ■<;■-,:•.• . \ .-. -Pietine sur nel'eveille.'.pas. ~-■'-. jNexherchant'plus ce qu'est ni Dicurii hommo I ■■-. en vaihy \ ■;■': '■.-,-. . •'■ Donne a' chasser '-. aax 'ienfa ■:■' la brouillede j .:':demajn,.^ p „-: rv ":/-"^:. t . .■,.;;;.,.'. ;Et I laisse:erri;r>.tes-do)gts-par , nii'la cheveluro ,Duq graciloechanson'nui te verse" levin.' . ■ •■;Tho',6ktra V 'fboti;' , 'it|-Vi'il-: be•>':'seen,' ■'iocs not iimpair the .curious., melancholy, and finality of iFitzgeJaldV.stahz'a,:but-rathef heightens .them: ; An;.; essay. on Stiakespoafe'.' by' Swinburne", written .'in.1905, was published for. the first .time'last-month. The following may;be':quoted, as poet's .'tribute t« the /great ■Elizabethan:—"There is one book in the world of.. which ,-,it flight be ■' affirmed, and.. argiied,. without fear, of derision from any .'but .the eupreme' and crowning -fools ..among the foolisliest of,mankind,"that it would-be better for the w6rld':to lose'all;others and. keen'this one. than, to' lose .this , and ' keep' 'all otter treasures bequeathed-by human genius to all that."we pan. 'conceive ".of eternity—to all that we can imagine of fmmortality.' That'bobkis besf.known,, and".best described for all'of .us, Bimply by'" the' L'simple . English. namp of its autnor.: The word -Shakespeare- connotes more than .any..other; man's name that .ever was written or spoken uppn. earth." The bearer of that riamp was th,e one'supreme creator'of men who ever:rose among mortals'to show them and to leave with them an all'but innumerable race, of evident.and indisputable immortals. i No child of. man' and woman ■■ was too high or too low for his '.perfect apprehension and appreciation. ' i OfV good; and'evil,; in-;' all their subtlest, and ■ sublimest forms :of thought' and action and -revelation, .he knew.'.mofe than ever it has been given. to any other man to know.All this incomparable '.birthright ■ might', conceivably have been bestowed. on'» man- from whom the birthright of;song-had by-'equitable compensation been absolutely withheld.;: But except upon-the: greatest'' of. lyric and." pro-phetic--poete' it: has never . been " bestowed in' ampler or more entrancing measure." .-' ■';■•'.'■

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