. The Argonaut. ofhis slowly increasing influence upon his grimemployer or the personal affection that grad-ually grows between the man and the Tetlow is as much a machine as theengines upon his road and nearly as con-scienceless, but under the subtle stress of hissecretarys character we see the slow awaken-ing not only of humane attributes, but ofpublic spirit. The description of railroad life,of the pulsations of a great transportationsystem, is not marked by a large technicalknowledge, but this is not a defect in a storydependent for its great interest upon psycho-logical motives
. The Argonaut. ofhis slowly increasing influence upon his grimemployer or the personal affection that grad-ually grows between the man and the Tetlow is as much a machine as theengines upon his road and nearly as con-scienceless, but under the subtle stress of hissecretarys character we see the slow awaken-ing not only of humane attributes, but ofpublic spirit. The description of railroad life,of the pulsations of a great transportationsystem, is not marked by a large technicalknowledge, but this is not a defect in a storydependent for its great interest upon psycho-logical motives and told with an unusualknowledge of human nature and an apprecia-tion of the finer mental forces that haverarely been so well utilized. Charles Scribners Sons, New York, havepublished The Faith of a Modern Protes-tant, by Wilhelm Bousset, translated by Low. The essay is devout and scholarly,but it hardly marks the highest wave of theo-logical thought. The price is 75 cents. I£ Marquise Turkish Cigarettes. FINEST MADE 10 for 25 Cents March 20, 1909. THE ARGONAUT 185 LITERARY NOTES. The Italy of Holidays and Others, by W. Published by Harper & Broth-ers, New York; $3. We are glad that Mr. Howells took thisjourney and so was enabled to give us suchan effervescent and sunny book. He visitedMadeira, ran through two up-town blocksin Spain, went ashore at Genoa, visitedNaples, Pompeii, Rome, Leghorn, Pisa, andreturned to Genoa. The delightful wickednessof Monte Carlo attracted him for awhile,or was he attracted to Monte Carlo in spiteof the wickedness? At least, he went there,and he tells us of his visit without moralizing. It is almost to be wished that Mr. Howellswould moralize sometimes. A book of aboutthree hundred pages might find space forsomething other than delightful, sparkling,polished chatter, for some slight recognitionof the depths that are very real underneaththe gay and shining surface of life in south-ern Europe. A table so fine ought not
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