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L eue) ey S €7 JITH the long winter evenings come the ghost stories—weird tales to be read when the hour is late and the lights low. The best on this order that have been present- tice is a book of soms fifteen T. Quiller-Couch (Q.). The ory beats the signature (Q.) recommendation of its , but no matter how weil the excellence of the s follow. In this case, en no fall for muster with the pretty lit- Andersen’s Margit ors frozen brought far as s cast h of Christ Lugger” tells of rister by md never- of the reader as ng ‘sketch, and in place the Hawthorne roposes a story or f which 18 ‘to be laid a street lantern; the is near going out; to be simultaneous (Pub- New & note gleam.’ er's Sons, G. LATHROP. B - en of the Merchant Szrvice. tht ume Frank T. Bullen, author ng of the Cachalot.”” aims hore rcaders with the o go down to the sea velihood. He discusses 1ghly and acquaints us life of the commander, of c dafly ate, of the steward down to the ap- ce boy.” Mr. Bullen is an English- ind most of his examples are taken ritish ships, though does not mple justice to the merits n saflor as an officer and : one of the anecdotes he tells :n error that needs correc- t relates to an incident in the life rand American seaman, ‘Captain ro won fame years ago as e clipper packet Dreadnaught, 28 the London Times once like a book of Hlomer.” Dur- ¥ gale in a voyage across the » was dashed ageinst the bui- such force that one of his k ove the knee. There board, and mortifica- decided, Mr. Bullen ne limb himself, which ccomplished. The ac- ¥ aptain, SBamuels in his the Forecastle to the Cabin,” Mr. Bulien so far as the concerned, and the captain s decided upon cutting d mate, in whom dence, induced him i much. con sipone the operation, and fourteen s alterward, more dead than alive, he reached Fayal. Here the surgeons in- sisted upon amputation, but the captain was determined. The limb was carefully packed and after a delay of nearly two months the ship continued her voyage and in due time reached New York, There a surgical operation was performed, a plece of bone was cut off and at the end of three months the captain was about as well as ever. After a lapse of thirty- five years the veteran seaman walks down Broadway as vigorous and - debonair as many men his junfor in years. (Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York. Price $150.) Nella, the Heart of the Army. Philip Virrill Mighels is an American resident in London. . Last autumn he con- celved the mnovel which has just been shed—"Nella, the Heart of the —and tn which he claims indirectly ve solved the servant-girl problem. He advocates nothing short of the organi- zation of an army of women, an out and out military organization. the sole aim and object of which is to train and equip girls and women for household and other labors. He advocates recruiting, drilling, uniforming, diseiplining, training and quartering the girl soldiers in barracks. His argument is that an army would do as much for girls, to make them smart quick, obedient, rellable and prompt. &4 es for men and boys. He maintains ere would be far more inducement women to join the “Army of Indus than there is for m to join th jon's regular army. Indeed, in_ ht el he has worked out a scheme in & most. feasible, in :m to make the ¥y splen- he other ~han ymes which are cal- he v office,” to whicii 4 always apply with a cer- and com: “regis The The Ct Ch istms One the wooden do ver vain to v and the do and say shuts her up fr who has he Christmas ape together. gel takes her to see Kris e, who promises her a “live toy e Christn return home, wakes ur starts te yvers that she has been mas she does receive a “live toy } shape of a Christmas angel—a little ‘baby% brother x he book is very tastefully bound and e drawings are cleverly done. (Pub by Little, Brown . Boston & The Story of the Heavens the Heavens,” by Sir LL.D., D.8Sc., Lown in the Uni recognized au of 1 Ball tory ige, 1 subject of which it trea -four twent solored. 3 i 24 is a faithful record of the jiscoveries and achievements in thel of astronoi ugh out-o the rt from hi¢ regu tronomy geometry at the university, .t Britain. He vccupies at present the {tion of astronomer royal of Ireland Story of the Heavens” is {n as great T demand on the Continent as among Eng B Bone's speaking people, and bhas h several translations. | y Cassell & Co., Limited, New Price £ K.) Elements of Spoken French. 4 ~Elements of Bpoken Freneh™ is the firsc] in the toy couw et not all a dream—anu - gives the story a very@+ n turn, for the next C A thoroughly revised editior= ! The author, by lhe; »ors man, and. upward trend of msir 5 is o fellow xf ry important astronomiical spclety )n"_ gl that such a policy was embodied in the law of the Hebrews and was practiced with more or less regularity by the chosen people for seven centuries. In the book the operation of the policy is worked out with considerable detail. The work will repay reading as a curifosity {f for noth- ing else. (Published by J. S. Ogilvie Com- pany, 57 Rose street, New York. Price $i.) Haif Porticns. ““Half Portions” is the unique title of a handsomely printed and copiously illus- trated book containing fifteen short stor- ies, mainly of society episodes. In res- taurants “half portions” are served to one person only, but these ‘Half Por- tions’’ are set before the entire reading public. Among the best of the storfes are "My Lady of the Veil,"” by Clay Ar- thur Pierce, and ‘‘Her First Dinner,” by E. R., both fllustrated by T. K. Hanna Other artists who have combined to make this a very attractive book are Oliver Herford, Allan Gilbert, W. L. Jacobs, W. H. Hyde and F. T. Richards. The storles are none of them serious in tone, but are cleverly told and each one provides a de- lightful way of passing a spare quarter of an hour. (Published by the Life Pub- Iishing Company, New York. Price $1 be some uncertamty ames Whitcomb but there ne about his noet. The one mystery ms to be the dute of n this connec- “Was born =0 long ago that he persists in neyer referring to the date.” His £ s put s age at about 5). His so light a color that if any part hed with silver it cannot be mas the age fley is } noticed, lie is as spry as ever, and life ms to =it easily upon him. Aer L tace, c shaven, smiles steal :Fr\nd ofte: wnd the miid biue eves Ii; and dance with laughter at tive provocation. He welghs his words tering them, d with strangers. slow of speech, and roughly befc ut- never at his best ed, the most marked tl s does not lve in the: © He is an enthusiastick characteristic of the poet is shyness, and . with” his familyL ¢ven now, after years of experience, it is u positive crdeal fof him to make his ap- HOME Home-Folks!—well that-air name, to me, S as poetry— i, Home-Folks—they’'re jis the same as kin— And c All brung Without no ove same as we have bin, we, sense of a series of handbooks on pronuncialit;'n:::‘)t thelr oncommon consequence! vased on phonetic principles by C. V.4 Cusachs, B. A. (University of Barcelona).They've bin to school, but not to git professor of Spanigh in the United States:*The habit fastened on 'em yit and Maurice N. Kuhn, B. Naval Academ es L. (Univers! ¥rench in Harvard University. Paris), tutor ot readers now any age. The plen is unique and consists i o to supplement the erdinary grammars nnd-' in use, and is so short and*f" Er lives in tow, simple that it can be used by students of¥’ But whether country 80 as to ever Interfere With other work 'at’'s waitin’ here: Home-Folks crops to plant and plow, d keeps a4 cow; Jakes er town, They know when eggs is up er down! of twenty lessuns in which all elementarys. sounds, after having been analyzed care- fully and accurately, are grouped togethers according to phonetic similarities regard- less of spelling. In this way each lesson, is un exercise in pronunciation and in il Justration of a particular sound. Follows ing this ie a short lesson in reading, in which the sounds alrcady learned become parts of eentences which relate to every- day life. By this method the student not only learns to speak French and to speak it correctly but he acquires a vocabulary which i3 very large and which is possible in no other way with the same effort. (Published by the American Book Com- pany, New York. Price 50 cents.) Qur Nation’s Need. There are some books that defy a prop- er classification, and *Our Natlon's Need,” by J. A. Conwell, is one of them. It deais with economic topics, but it trehits them in a manner that is a*strange mixture of a sermon and a fairy tale. The book is so extravagant it is difficuit to treat it seriously, but the tone is so sincere it would be rudeness to make light of it. Every page shows it to be the earn- est thought of an earnest man, and yer it is difficult to read it without smiling. The nation’s need, according to the au- thor, is, to use his own language, a policy of ivide up and start even.” He says “‘a divide up and start even may be revo- lutionary, but this is no reason why it should not be adopted.” He points out La! can’t you srot "em—swhen you meet 'Em anywheres—in fleld er street? And can't you sec their faces, bright As circus day, heave into sight?- By James Whitcomb Riley. D., editor of The Missionary Review, his- torical records of noteworthy ethical, re- liglous and reform movements during the past fifty years are ingeniously presented in such a way as to clearly set forth the basio principles and incentives for new and enduring Christian effort. It is im- possible to give a full outline of the con- tents in this brief review, but such topics Oxford Movement Toward Holi- "' “The Revival “The Prayer Basis “The Pentecostal of the Prayer Spirit,” of Mission Work,” Movement,” “Woman's Work at Home and Abroad,” “Ramabal and the Women of Indla” “Organizations of Christian Young Peopl ‘The Problem of City Evangelization,” “The Stimulation of Mis- sionary Zeal,' “Systematic Christian Work Among Soldters” and “The Growth of Bellef in ‘Divine Blessing' ** serve to In- dicate the wide scope and the practicality of the volume. To the sociglogical stu- dent, minister, theological student or other religious worker this latest contri- bution to the cause of practical, progres- sive religion wiil come as a most welcome and helpful contribution. (Published by Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York. Price §1 50, pearance on a public siage ia sunny and genial: he has a wa shake for his friends, a emile of s for th who come to him with their lit- tle troubles, and his ready broad as it is unostentatious. pears pow on the his p Sincy public eve, except for an occasional poem on some important occasion. His latest book of verse just published shows, how- , that he not Leen idle during this terval “Home-Folks' Bowen- “Home-Folks,” published by the Merrili Company, Indiunapolis. The poem Is here printed by permiss on of the pub-F lishers and is fully protected by copy- right. FOLKS. And can't you hear their “Howdy As a brook’s chuckle to the ear, And allus find their laughin’ ey As fresh and clegr as morning skies ? ' clear Jis feel em shakin’ hands all day ? And feel, too, you've been higher raised By sich a mectin’?—God be praised! Oh, home-folks! you're the best of all "At ranges this terestchul ball— But north er south, er cast er west, It'8 home is where you're at.your best. It's home—it's home your fac In-nunder your own v Your fambly and your neighbors "hout Ye, and the latchstring hangin’ out. . - . . . . Home-Folks—at home—I know o’ one Old feller now 'at haint got none—. Invite him—he may hold back some— But you invite Lim, and he’ll come, “Fables of La Fontaine” so popular. ‘his own hands and dramatic streeis of Indianapolisyiat he {5 scen to be a man in the fullness of 3 Vhich forms the Introduction toJthe touches wh Mr, Riley's new beok of poems, entitled-3tead" so popular as a play 3o an't you—when they've gone away— . i pealing to lovers ’l'.rgence. etdotes of Animals,” «pthe excellent work which made his “Hun- ‘we find next to *Where the Mocking Bird Sings” an essay on “A Poet of the Poor” (Theocritus), and after “A Swamp Beauty” and “In the Woods with the Bow,” a chapter called “Under a Dog« ‘wood with Montaigne.” And so it goes throughout the volume. A glimpse of the author's Winter Garden is given In a colored frontisplece. (Published by the ge;l‘{ury Company, New York. Price ) Foster’'s Bridge Manual. Bridge has already displaced poker and whist to a certain extent in the East, al- though to us of the West it is still rather an unknown quantity. It is said that in ‘most select societydom of New York some very pretty stakes pass hands in an even- ing’s play, although R. F. Foster in his recently published manual on the game tells us that “playing for high stakes, es- pecially if they approach too closely to the limit that one can afford, will do more to spoil a person’s game than anything cise, for no one can do himself justice either in his makes or in his play while he {s worrying about ths amount he may lose on the game.” Mr. Foster accounts for the taking up of certain games and making thenf the vogue by ‘‘something in the development of the race, in the condi- tion of society or-in the state of publie morals,” and claims that “there is proba- bly no game which so fittingly mirrors the attitude of the American mind in the conduct of business aff: as “bridge.” In his present manual he gives a careful description of the game and the various l¢ads to be considered. His work ms to be careful and thorough. Mr. Foster is already well known by his works on whist and dupli-ate whist (Published by Brentano, New York. Price $125; Consrque ces. After “The Bath Comedy™ possibly are inciined to expect a litfls ton mr from Egerton ( re¢ent nove ‘‘Consequences,’” not up to his u standard. It is longer than the pe bis plot would seem to warcant of it are rather lnosely hung toge The hero is a young Enghshmar who makes the mistake of marrving in Spain a young lady of as flery a ¥ own. He takes her home to try and finally their disagrcements cul- minate in her going. contiary to his wisies, to a ball. The excilcd and irate husband then resolves to take mat stle, but hi is e which binds them. FHc alone and the boat bel with no sign of its occupant conclusion is that he has 1 arown and the widow is left to mourn the re- sult of her disobedience. Shc goes back to. Spain and a son. This son in Gisposition. The re der a different name is not done, but the meeting son, the development b £0 and the final estabiish ship, shows more of (Published by Fred y okes Com- pany, New York. Bongs of 1l Colleges Bv ryiady ‘oves a good, old, roli ccllege song i'he mere fact th has pa el the fire of college c sufficienr guarantee 1l prove e out of ten, and popular with nine pec the tenth one thon it is safe to say The d ificult reat af. home a in srme for and bringing them up-te-date, for new tunes and words are constantly being the fertile-bralned collegian Chamberlain ard) and Karl. P. Harrington (V yan) have solved the difficulty in their compilation nd arrangement of ‘‘Songs of All the leges " The book is one that should i on every plano, and, of y a prominent position fratarnity house in the collegs orid. It includes all of the old favori 3 ften also with the latest words which have been adapted thercto, and many of the new so which have caught the ears of ti ilege folk. The book Is w d, cl printed and will open c no small points in the active servic a volume of this kind is called on to perform. (Published bv Hintis & ble, Cooper Institute, New York. Price Qu ncy Adam: Sawyer. Adams Sawyer,” by Charies Pidgin, is a nove! that po ses ich made the “Old Homa- Its pictures ¢ the fresh, wholesome New Ingland ife are very cleverly drawn and the bright and natural humor will be found relief after the many novels of plot and rdramatic incident for which this se: has been notable. The scene of the stor: laid in a little village nos far from oston—but just far enough to give the son Favor of good old country life—zere the q:.‘ef)ple still live and take their snjoyments and troubles as their ancestors hav: done before them and in exactly They hold thelr meetings. play games -have their = sirging schools sleigh rides and parties—all old days. Mr. Pidgin gives the touc tlife to his descriptions. He usea the ect of those parts with disaMmiration nd without exaggeration. There is noth- .ng of the dramatic about M Pidgin's hook, but it is one that cannce heip ap- of artistically drawn cenes and characters, handled with sure and and delicate touch. (Published by C. M. Clark Publishing Cumpany, Bos- ton.) he same way, their Hurdred Anecdotes of Animals. Mr. Percy J. Billinghurst is one of the Jfew artists who can draw animals as they irenlly are and vet Impart an expression that seems to give them human intelli- Hig recent book, “A Hundred An- is no _exception to red Fables of Aesop” and ‘A Hundred This il e e el el ioiieiieiek @latest publication {s uniform with his pre- Mother Goose Cooked. John H. Myrtle and Reginald -Rigby have united in bolling down the old ver- sion of Mother Goose and presenting her again in a welrdly illustrated yolume en- titled “Mother Goose Cooked.” The color work on thé illustrations. has been car- ried out in most amazing réds, blacks and greens that will go straight to th hearts of the little . folk. The rhymes show the ingenuity of the author in bring- ing the matter up to date for modern re- quirements.. Witness the following: ° Little Jack Cornet, By Was rude to a hornet, That lived in a nest close by; e put out his tongue, And now he's been stung On the nose, and the mouth, and the eye! The accompanying pleture of Jack and the busy hornet is as full of iife and ac- tion as the doggerel. (Published by John Lane, New York. Price 75 cents.) Ferward Movements of the Last Half Century. In “Forward Movements of ' the Last Half-Century,” by Arthur T. Pierson, D. My Winter Carden. Maurice. Thompson, whose novel, “Alice of Old Vincennes,” has been justly con sidered one of the best historical ro- mances of the year, has made another de- mand upon our gratitude in his recent Yolume of essays, entitled “‘My. Winter Garden.” “A Nature Lover Under ‘Southern Skies” is the suggestivé Sub- title of this happily named book. Mr. Thompson spends ‘his winters on "the Gulf 'of Mexico, and revels in the balmy climate that enables him to pass most of his time out of doors. An Intelligent _ Observer of birds and bees-and trees and flowers, ‘he writes enthusiastically of the fauna and flora of this earthly paradise. An archer of long standing, and an ex- . periéniced racohteur, he draws the long bow with a skill that endears him to the lover of good storfes, if nbt to the feath- ered folk of Bay St. Louls or the neigh- borhood of Tampa. And as a-diligent and diseriminating reader of what is best in the Ifterature of Greece and Rome. and France and England and America, he cul- tivates in his Winter Garden not merely the plants that perish, but the flowers of _thought that flourish perennially. Here vious volumes. The scheme throughout the hook is to glve on one page an an- _ecdote_ of some animal and on thé oppo- site page an explanatory illustration. The anecdotes have been well selected and ‘will prove of considerable educational value to. the young. The drawings are in pen and ink and are excellent. "(Publish- ed by John Lane, New York. Price $1 50.) The World’s Discoverers. This story of bold voyages by brave navigators, written by Willlam Henry Johnson; will interest both young and old. It describes the voyages of Marco- Polo, Magellan, Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Drake, Bir John Franklin and others, and shows what desperate suffering has been endured by men whose one thought was to bring back to their own people knowledge of a new and undiscovered world. As the author says, the work Is not a miscellaneous collection of voyages of discovery. It includes only such as were made with a view of finding a sea _route to the Indies; and its purpose is to trace in outline that great impulse which, starting In the fifteenth century with the awakening of Europe, has reached its final ‘achievement in our own iime. The 0 volume is plentitully illustrated, and the typographical appearance is notable. (Published by Littls, Brown & Co., Bos- ton. Price $1 50.) Italian Cities. The Scribners have recently brought out in two volumes the writings of Edwin Howland Blashfleld and Evangeline Wil- bour Blashfield on “Italian Citles.” No persons could be better qualified by travel and association to write upon such a sub- ject. They have the peculiar knack, gen- erally so rare, 6f making the reader see as with his own eyes these gems of art and architecture of the southern clime. In volume one the authors take Ravenna, with its rich mosaies and sculpture; Slena and the Palazzo Pubblico, the annual fes- tival, the primitive painters, the Sienese School of Painting, its cathedral; they devote a chapter to “The Florentine Art- ist,” and yet another to “In Florence with and then two chapters to Par- ma, the ducal city and Correggio.' In vol- ume two they consider Perugia and the Griffin's Brood, Cortona and the Daugh- ters of Santa Margherita, Spoleto, As- sisi, Raphael in Rome and other frescoes in the Stanze of the Vatican; Florentine sketches, the Age of Preparation, and fin- ally Mantua, the ducal city, the Reggia and Mantegna. (Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York. Price, in two volumes, $4.) The Friendly Year. In choosing and arranging his selections from the varied works of Henry Van Dyke, giving to each day some passage from that author’s stories, essays, criti- cism or poetry which we be most apt and belpful, George Sidney Webster has done his work most carefu and con- sclentiously. liis little volume “The F ndly Year will make an excellent com nion, with its Jofty thought set forth for each day of the coming year. Mr. Webster ‘says in his roduction: “In mal lectic t ng this little year-book of se- e suggestion of which is entire- Iy my own, I have not sought to illustrate literary qualities so much as to bring qut the dominant note of human friendlines and comradeship. which runs through the writings of an author who knows books well but who cares more for people.” Mr. Webster chooses for January 1 the following little stanza, which it might be well for ail to take to heart: Four things a man must learn to do 1f he would make his record true To think with confusfon clearly; To love his fellow me y To act from honest mo ¥ To trust in God and heaven secureiy. Atwood's Pictures The too brief career of Francis Gilbért Attwood has been carefully watched oy se interested in satirical and humorous rt, and his death at an early age has left a vacancy without a successor. Mr. Atf- wood's best work was done In recording from month to month in dainty yet force- ful vignettes the most strikin~ events of temporaneous history. Tnis was dous a idea of the having any bur =sing Interest. Gathered together, howe ver, they put In attractive form a pictorial history of ten years of the world's doings which is most unique. Had Mr. Attwood worked on a little broader lires he might well have been considered the John Leech of America. As it is, his work, though less striking, possesses more huma and an equal appreciation of the plc 2l value of pass=ing ents. The present collection, “An Artist’s History of the Last Ten Years of the Nineteenth Century,” makes a luxurious book, taste- fully bound in cloth and gold. It is also carefully printed on heavy paper. (Pub- lished by Life Publishing Company, New York. Price $3.) Poetry and Morals A story or verse containing an appro- priate and striking illustration of a moral truth is the pleasantest and surest me- dium for enforcing a character lesson. Such an illustration arouses the attention, stimulates the interest and causes convie- tion. In “Poetry and Morals,” by Louis Albert Banks, D. D., the author’s skill in stating and illustrating familiar truths in an impresswe and winning manner and securing-the animated interest of the read- er is strikingly, evidenced. The author has arranged several hundred simple truths in paragraphs appropriately headed In full- face type. The truths are explained in a few terse sentences, and then verses, en- tire poems or prcse selections having di- rect bearing on ths truth are added, form- ing a perfect storehouse of suggestive ma- teriai for the preacher and writer. (Pub- ished by Kunk & Wagnalls Company, w York. Price $150.) A Trip to M;;Orlontv Christine Collbran, a young lady*of six- teen. has written quite an interesting ac- t of her trip to the Orfent and around the world, Miss Colibran sees everything with the bright eyes of you' and has 2 very happy and direct way of putting her thoughts on paper. The book is easy reading and contalns a vast amount of information served in such a way that It will interest young readers. The sights of Japan and Korea are covered quite fully and the iliustrations from photography prove no small addition to the text. (Pub- lished by Rand, McNally & Co., New York. Price $1 25.) A Squirrel Calendar. The Dodge Stationery Company of San Francisco are to the fore this year with something quite odd In the way of a cal- endar—something that will make owr Eastern cousins wonder. It is a calendar in black and white with the cutest little gray squirrel on one side that you ever saw. The unique feature of the card is that the squirrel has for its body and tall the skin and tail of a one-time lively California squirrel, which makes it look as natural as life. Rather hard on the squirrels, but artistically it is certainly a great success. They have also published a very attractive little desk calendar, “‘California Rose Buds,” which consis of' four soft brown card board leaves, each one of which has a hand painted water color medalllon on it in addition to the calendar of the months stamped in whita with a steel dle. (Squirrel Calendar, $1 2. Rose Buds Calendar, 75¢.) The Day Dream. There has just been issued a very taste- ful little volume containing Alfred Tennyson's “The Day Dream.” It wil make a charming Christmas present for those who wish to give a little remem- brance of small cost but great artistic merit, for the poem has been elaborately inustrated by Amelia Bauerle. The artist deserves more than passing mention for the grace and correctness of her draw- ings. (Published by John Lane, New York. Price 50 cents.) Ideals. Elder & Shepard, b~ a happy thought, are publishing on heavy board the supple- ments which have helped make their charming magazine “Impressions’ so pop- ular. These consist of eight cards of ‘“Ideals” or ““Thoughts of Great Minds for Life’s. Conduct”—all typographically per- fect and orinted in rich reds, blacks and Bold. The cards are inclosed in an eles gantly embossed envelope and the wholo Put In a neat paper box. Embracing as they do the best thought of such master minds as Matthew Arnold, Regina E. Wil- son, Emily Dickinson, Willlam Henry Channing, Edward Howard Griggs, Wash- ington Irving. Robert Louis Steven and “The Worldly Wisdom of Noureddin AlL" from the “Arablian Nights,” these leaflets cannot fal attract the hollday lovers of the best 1 art and ltera (Published by Elder & Shepard, San Frar cisco. Price $1.) —_— Literary Notes. “The Christmas Angel,” Katharine Pyle’s charming new book for childrenm, is in its second editio The Continental Publishing Company has in hand T v blication a col- lection of Mrs best short stories of the old da lifornia. Soma of them appeared \gazines and added greatly “The Splendid Idle title of this book. ry reputa is to be x4 Christmas St. One of the features Nicholas will be a st Bertha Run- kle, the only short story sver published by the author of “The Heimet of Na- varre.” The scene is la Engla the time of Henry V. an t “The Sorcery of Hal the A true story of “Christmas flower” is told by Elizabeth During the past millan Company has publis worthy novels. “In the K Mari “The H¢ Steel. The large edit and the fif a week of One of the most extraordi manent successes of cont made by ature was that the Pubtle humor vasive human interest of tlops. MecClure’s Magazine wil contain the first in a serfes of “Mora Dolly Dialogues,” he ¢ of the earlier wor! 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