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THE SUNDAY CALL. unique publication has just v Clure, Phillips It 1= a fac- memorandumn The pub- skill —even »ver by hand vearance of f the book. the pages been photographed esent ‘volume of the or- e could be Hor N uthor’s This it ecial Intereat becaus th written or comptied by Al y The only ex r in the memorandum Is J. McC: Dawis, r the lit- v the cam- ng can, r from 11 id not at por did he ad- Ithough the pers in- nding for politically over to t a man a life-! arty public: He was pon his tion of came the more ne and 1 the nom! Legislature. he sald to “=own. ot nominate an East- be beaten. We must the 0ld line Whigs. You : you are a Kentucklan; u have heen o slave holder. You will € tt of the large conservative ne Whigs and the men and rympathies who, t slavery remain where nst its further ex- be afraid to trust ran high as the eam- 3 and Captain Brown - « cre confronted with the ¢ ancoln stood for the equallty sued with the doubters as best he felt the need of a dis- oln himself—something s own words that on the c in the cam- for a written ex- his views. The % of the pregent has now been repro- hers precisely as 1t carme from his pen and hand. king of the matter which Mr. selected as best caiculated to ex- s views, Mr. Davis says: Lincoln went over his published wos for several previous years. in- ing 1hose n hie debate with Douglas, then -~ concluded, and clipped out ver he had said on the subject of uality.’ These extracts he pasted memorandum book, tory notes wherever need- he esked Linc ton war 13 s ldressed to Captain Brown ges of the little boo! This ining t easence of all. be 1 previously sald, wes the most recent 1 avthorftative statement of his views uld possibly have made, and s precisely the thing which his friend supporter bad felt the need of ot his canvass.” . irown carried the book in his nill the close of the campaign, weeks later. Whenever the dis- “nezro equality” came up he show tho doubters Lincoln's own ds on the subject. Still, with the short e jeft, the argument was not sufficient to seve the candidate from defeat. prefu- @ice was too sirong. The book, of course, was only Intended for use in that campaign, but Captain Brown carefully preserved it and carried it with him in subsequent political bat- ties. The captain died in 1868 and _the book went to his two sons, Willlam and Benjamin W. Brown of Grove Park, Ll., con roughe w cusston - of by whom it is still owned. The great value of the present reprint lies in the fact that it is an es of the only book of which Abrab coln is the author, or, to be more ex the compiler. There is undoubtedly a fas- cination in turning over the pages of this musty littie relic and following the thought and studying the peculiar serawl- ing hand of one of our natlon’s greatest men. B. G. LATHROP. OQur Islands and Their: People. “Our Islands and Their People” is prob- most complete work of the kind It is being put on the market scription In twe ur parts of thirty-two quarto pages each. -These twenty-four ts bo together make two large volumes—reference books with- out which no library 1s complete. The o ject of th e war with incidental; is not to treat of the hat is merely taken it is a‘mat- r of history. covers far more und than that. It view of the late S h islands or pleasure-seeker could g them in person. Necessarily volumes of such a charae- JOYE DE OLIV. AL+ 444 4444440044444 + + Illustration from “Our Isl- ands and Their People.” (Copyright, 189, by N. D. Thomp- son Publishing Company.) 4444449 e Br+++44+44444444444440 ter cannct come whotlv from the pen of In the presen{ instance there s introduction oy Major General 'h Wheeler, U. 8. A.; but the -bulk e matter is by Jose de Olivares, the uthor and war correspondent. H's descriptiops and interesting nars s form one of the leading features rm of the work. William §. Bry- the author of several valuable books has done some excellent work carefully arranging and editing the story T half-tone reproductions certainly deserve special mention. The photographs for the greater part protected by ln- copyTigl and therefore are ex- They were taken by Walter B. 1send and number over twelve hun- | give an idea of the clearness of tographs as well as the Interest- biects which have been caught by nera wre also glven a great number of <t maps in color as well as colored wvures of noteworthy scenes T ext covers all of our latest ae- quisitions—territory large enough for an . . Porto Rico the Isle of Pines; the Hawafian group and the Phil- Islands. The topography, geogra- cultural nd other re- = e fully discussed. The im- and socfal life in the cities wns, villages and homes are taken up 1 and evary phase of life. dre: tion and appearance is set forth the man to bs He is a gentle- r. Olivares was just ployed in such a work man of broad intelligence, erudite sch = ap, learned in Spanish literature, his- tory and language, of great fraveled ex- perience. and otdservati and well posted on Every historic event : have been photographed, thus i 2 the text an impressing it on ler's with double force. There is nothing s rior to an actual photograph in a work of this character, for it leaves no room for the inaccuracies of chance or the uncer- tain fancies of the artist's imag ion mera -cannot be ~ctherw than and truthful. Tt paints —the mou the hilis, tt ine the placid brooks and piunging —the people, heir homes and dome surroundings, :heir daily life and. occup- tions. their peculiarities of appearamce and costume, and all those varying apd novel features that compose the sum cf human interest as it exists-at the present time. It is real life transferred ‘to tha printed page The volumes are so. arranged -that:the reader s~ taken . through,a systematic tour of every part of the new possessios. He not enly learns to-know ghe country geographlcally and -tepogranhically, -but he becomes intimateély ‘acquainted . with < the life and customs of -tle- natives. Through the camera heé is given peeps into their homes and dauy occupations. ‘A few hours spent In looking over the pic- tures alone of this work will give a bet- ter idea and iruer conception of the peo: ple and places presented. than months of travel could . do—for: -they . represent months and .months of ‘hard . labor by trained experts, . (Published ‘by N: D: Thompson Publishing Company, St Louts, New York, Chicago, Atlanta.) Ad Astra. 3 “Ad. Astra,” Dby Charles: Whitworth Wynne, is & sermon in.verse: - It is ‘& poem of love—love for God—love of man woman and love of man for man.. Mr. ne takes ‘for his: text Matthew 37-40, “Thou shalt love the Lord -thy 7ith all thy heart, and with all thy and with all thy mind. This is the t and great commandment. And the ond is like unto it, “Thou shalt love neighbor as thyself’ On these two thy commandments hang ail the law and the prophe He dedicates his work “To an Unknown Goddess." His poem i& lengthy—some two hundred and thirty-seven stanzas—but the thought transition 1= admirably done. = The.au- thor's melodious couplets fix ‘the truths ‘more firmly in the reader's mind than it expressed in prose and his philosophy has much In purity of sentiment to recom- mend itself to the thinker. - In this age of atheism Mr. Wynne has undertaken a “skill labor which should have its effect. Here are two stan which will give an ade- quate idea of the metrical form and algo a glimpse Into the character of the work: 18 an Age of lethargy and vicel With: stimulants 'are all our senses fed— The pattent soul fs made a sacrifice, To pay for pleasures of the heart and head, While soft narcotis numb with nervous dread— No wonder that its spirit-sight s Almm'd, And Ged the further off, Love's lamp halt- trimm'd! ot to love—Love scorneth lust!— thou say T lovel and Love defile? nt, tender of its trust, toop to any thought of gulle, s wilel— True love is a perpe! Whose smoke in heaven-ascending rise. thoughts This - poem was first printed in April, 1900, reprinted in September. 1900, and then again in October, 1900. 1In {ts present form it is a model of the publisher’s best art—c 1 ele type, cream colored paper, ma 1 but two stanzas to the paj (Published by John L New Yo Price 81 25.) iness Law. Thomas Raeburn White, B. ., LL. B., of the Philadelphia bar and lecturer on law in the University of Pennsylvania, is the author of quite a vanlable book on “Bus Law.” Some time ago the re- B daughter of one of the Scottish nobility, Who married far beneath him and then ‘fled to the wilds of Colorado, where he endeavors to wrest back his fortune from the world. Griselda finally goes back to London in the hope of establishing her clalm to the estate of Lomond, which would bave been her father’s heritage had he lived. She is now beautiful and Wwealthy. As fate will have it she falls i love with the young Lord Lomond, incumbent. of the Lomond name and chattels. His mother is flercely op- posed to Griselda, whom siders as an adventuress. Grisel rdian_1is also against the match for reasons of his own, and then there is also a chaperon who. plays no small part in the develop- ment of complications. It is such a gen- eral mix-up as this that taxes the au- thoy's ingenulty:and sustains the reader’'s curfosity. Mr. King is a consclentious writer and a good literary workman. At times the dialogue is tiresome—there be- ing rather too much of it—but on the whole the book makes pleasant enough reading. (Published by Herbert S. Stone & Co., Chicago. Price §1 25.) Elizabeth and Her German Garden. “Ellzabeth and Her German Garden, not having been copyrighted in this country, the fleld is clear to all American publishers who think it worth thelr while to publish the same. Laird & Lee of Chicago has just issued a neat edition of this popular story. They credit the Princess Henry of Pless witk the au- thorship and publish her portrait in this connection. This is misleading, for ac- cording to the latest reports the Princess nothing to do with the book what- ever. The cloth edition s on the market for 16 cents and paper 2 cents. If you have not read the story by this time you should get a copy at once. Outlines of Roman History. es of Roman History,” by L Morey, Ph. D., professor of history and poli science, University of Rochester, the rise, progress and decay of the Romar empire are so treated as to emphasize the unity and continuity of the narrativé. The work is adapted to the needs of secondary school courses. Spe- cially helpful to the student is the serles of progressive maps. which show in detail e steps in the expansion of the Roman A noteworthy feature of the announce the glad tidings of his own com- ing nuptials. He offers his sister a homie with himself and-the prospectlve sister-in- law, but after a short experience in the new household Lettice. reaps the unfruit- ful reward of her.sacrifice. The new ais- ter-in-law §s not a winning characier; in fact, her vulgarity is far from pleasant reading matter. (Publishéd hy the Mae millan Company, New York. Price §1 W) A Qualker Scout “The Quaker Scout,' N. P by Wi is a brisk tale of the Civil ¥ “ dash of 1ove in it and plenty of ailveniure Mr. Runyan is a pnewspaper wetler and paragrapber. He writés in rat a nen sational vein and some. of are improbable but exciting watlons [ carry the attentlon of the remder who s not a stickler on avsdlute plaus!hitlity, Mis hero is a remarkable person-who bewins n disgrace and under- the charge of the Sheriff. He makes his escupe by n leap from a moving train to the river; swims out with his handcuffs on: finds a file and severs his bonds, and then enlists in the army. He gets through all his troables successfully in the end ‘and marries the girt he loves. The boos would make good reading for the traveler who wishes to pass the time away on something light (Published by the Abbey Press, New York. Price $1 25.) The Opera, Past and Present. “The Opera, Past and Present—An His- torical Sketch” is the title of a book by Willlam Foster Apthorp, the author of “Musicians and Music-Lovers,” ‘etc. As this history is supposed to cover over three centurles In four countries the treat- ment of the subject 1s necessarfly limited to a compendious sketch. The author gives a clear and connected aécount of the first establishment and gradual evo- Jution of this form of art from its very beginning down to the present time. He considers the different schools, composers and works with ths Idea of bringing out what part they have played in the general development of opera as it is to-day. In his preface he outlines the aim of his work: Syccinctly stated, the main object of the present volume in this: To show how & general desire for some such form of dramatico-lyrie art as the opera was gianifested in France and Italy considerably before arny possibility existed of its coming Into actual being; bow this possi- ommendation that they should have a good time and take their chances—presumediy af matrimony. They decide to go to-Lon- don for the season; how.they managed thelr affairs must be read, of course; their little bubble bursts, and though one mar- ries, it is disastrously, for three months lator €he has such-aequalntance with pov- erty that she has learned what it Is not to lave enough to est. - Then the other ihres refurih to Gilham and a severes #l¢* eniues between Philippa and ¢hold mitters, Adele being {nvallded and (isey teo -wrathful to be useful right i the end, for Philippa n with £15,000 a year, which round, It is a brightly written, pretty liitle story. which will be certain 1o find favor with the readers. (Fublshied by ¥, M. Buckles & Co,, New York, Price $1 25.) I hings com marfes i m mafns help all Transition 1846-50. Willey, 1: D., is the author aph on “California’s Tran- 1546-1550."" The book is really wbie contribution to the his- California’s Pertod, Mamuel 1. Gf . monog #ition Perl quite n yalt tory. of ihis. State, for the author, in ad- ditfon ta - large amount of reading on the wubfect, wis himsolf a ploneer and lived In Monterey in 1849, Moriterey was at that time the eapital of the territory and the headquarters for the United States armv, and Mr. Willey took every opportunity under the favor- able eircumatances offered by his position apd abode of gathering Information and preserving historical papers and such doe- uments as féll into his hands. He has dedicated his volume to the So- clety of Callfornia Ploneers, ons of whoss objects s “to colleet and preserve in- formation connected with the early settle- ment and subsequent history of the coun- try.” The volume numbers some 1% pages and seems very complete In its treatment of this Interesting period In our State’s his- toryy. (Published by the Whitaker and Ray Company, San Francisco. Price $L) Wed by Mighty Waves. *Wed by Mighty Waves” {s the title of a thrilling romance of {ll-fated Galveston. written by Miss Bue Greenleaf and pub- lished by Laird & Lee of Chicago. Tha story s full of action, dramatic love- making, heroic rescues, hair-breadth es- capes and harrowing Qescrigtions. The Two portraits, one nevee before pubiished, add to its attractiveness, Bird-Lore (The Macmillan Company) for February publishes a list of fifty prominent orafthologists residing throughout the United States and Canada who have consented o respond to s dents’ requests for {aformation or vice; and also an address on Audubon Elliott Coues, letters from Audubor Edinburgh to his sons im this cou outline lessons for the month's study reading. and other matters of Interest to bird lover: rver 1- ad- The March Century wil contain an ac count of the flight of the Emoress Dow. ager from Peking. The author, Miss Lu ella Miner, a missionarv of the Americ Board, obtained the story from a Chines gentleman, to whom the facts were by a friend who accompanted the Em Dowager when she fled from Peking. was generally supposed that the roy family had left Peking several davs or even weeks before the forelgn troops en- tered, but It is known now that t 14 not flee untfl after the legations weres re- lieved. Historfcal students, owners of libraries, and all interested American history will find a mine of Interesting Information in the istory of America Before Colum- bus,” by P. de Roo, recently jssued from the Lippincott press. Mr. de Roo enters a fleld practically unexplored: the pub- Jished results of his isbors show that he 1s by no means a tyro, either in historical research or In the narration of the facts he has learned. In addition to pecullar fit. ness for the task, he has possessed the ad. vantage of leisure and of access to manu. scripts and other rare original sources in the leading libraries of Europe and Amer- ica, especially in the Vatican. Those al- ready familiar with the standard Ameri- can histories by the Bancrofts, Prescoty and others will prize this because it sup- plements or rather antedates them in the paturs of its subject matter, and is not inferior to them in its intrinsic interests, The leading articls in McClure's Maga-~ zine for March will be & character study of Edward the Seventh, written by George W. Smalley, the American cor- respondent of the London Times, and {l. lustrated by & remarkable collection of photographs. Life portralts of Queen Amgrican Soldigrs Firing From 2 Captured Filipine Breastwork. Dattle incident near St. Rogue, showing substantial manner in which Filipinos ‘construct fortifications. oner of Education ates Bureau of Education the eed of a more dequate il training young persons ring for business life.” The pres- st greatly in supplying port of the Commi for the United St forth set the elementary principles of ‘law relating to the mor common busine transactia in a style clear and free from techu The author handles his subject in-s that can be readily understcod by persons unused to legal phraseology. The work s a representative presentation of the sub- ject of cémmercial law as given by the members of the faculty of the University of Pgnnsylvanta—one of the first: institu- tions In the eountry .G offer a theroush tralning in commercial branches. An able introduction to {he subject has been writ- - 1 P. Falkner.: Ph. D., asso- ciate oféssor of .statistles fa the Unl- versity of Pennsylvamia. -The hook [s pro- wided. with 2 copdous-index and glossary of definitions of teclinical lega! terms, and comyirises some 267, pages. '(Pubfished by Sflver, Burdett & Co.; New York. Price $.50.) : 1 ten by Rola ‘Easy :Steps in: Latin. 3 Ste in Latin™ i5'a handy Mttle texthook by ton (Mass) High School. The methpds employed are those which have heen.test- ed in- the author’s.classes, and combine brevity .and simplicity: with a natural and- common sense system of instriaction. - The lessons are so condensed that they miy be readily learned by. the average.pupil in an hour. The number. of sentences |§ reduced. to give time.for more practice in_repetition, while many novel and help- ful featurés are iatrodiced to interest.the fearer and. hold his attention. : The ‘vo- cabularfes give familiar terms rather than merely ‘military words: most of. the les~ sons -include drill on Euglish deftvatives or'synonyms; classes of derlvatives have been introduced: earlier than‘usyal to cail attention to final syllables, agd quotations from English poetry serve td .fasten-inci- dents or characters discussed in the pu- pil's ‘memory. (Published by the Amer!. can Book Company, New. York. Price T cents.) 3 . Griselda. “Griselda,” by Basil King, is a:story that will make an interestin~ two -hours’ reading for those fond of light literature. - The author’ presents & rather ingenious plet, ‘earried out for the greater part in the dialogue of his actors.. He show in handling complications gnd painstaking in.-detail, Griselda Grant ia the “heroine "of the story and the-only. Mary Hamer of the Taun: - beok 1acks somewhat in the drarhat _ment s6_characteristic. of her work is - book is 1ts description of the character of the Roman people at erent periods of thefr history, in ‘which the' treatment of not dimin- the progress n in their their wars and conqu ished the. space allotted their ot civiliza and me lon of every-place mentios arid Ineclude plans of the more im- portant battles. The illustrations jnclude the more noted speciméns of Roman.arch- 0d a collection ‘of paftraits. of disfingiished m Emperors, -1 produced from authe busts- and s es. The stylé. 1n which the matter {s pre- itecturn 1d systematic. Book -Com- ‘Elements in Physies. Therée’ -has been recently publis) book on “Blemente of Physics,”” by H A, Rowland, Ph. D., physigs and director of the ph oratory in'Johns Hopkins Univarsft Joseph 8. Ames, Th. D.; .professor physies and sub-director’-of .the phy: laboratory. n' tlie same’ nniversity this: book. the text is considercd “-6f frst importance, while the laboratery, struction {8 relegated to a secondary po- sltion, inasmuch -as:the exnerlménta’can be made ‘only after the. general principles and Tundamental liws have been léarned. With“this {n mind the authors bave divid- ed’the hidek intd two parts, the first con- taining a _reliable: toxt. With attractive expianatory illusirations; the second le- ing devoted to lecturé dempnstrations hy the “Instructor, laboratory - experiments, and a sufficient number of excetlent prob- Jems. In this ‘way thé two are Kept en- tirély ‘distinet' and the hook made miore valuable ‘for reférence and review. .(Pub- lished: by the American Book Company, New York. Price $1) 5 & 1 lak- e ! Foes-in-Law. The lovers of Rhoda.Broughtsi's light, breezy style will Be glad to learn that theré is another volume from her proiif -pen ready for distribution. ‘Her ‘late: As callé her romanee’ “Foes-in-Taw. " the title sugiesis; it is a tovel coneerning the troubles ofrelative conmnected -hy law. The heroine of the story 'is Lettica Trent, who puts aside an offer o6f mar: riage from-the ‘village ministes that she may keep house for her bathe- Jor brother. The brother proves' an- in- grate as far as devotion to his sister and; ‘appreciation’o? her sacrifice 15 ‘¢oncerned, :for-after a short absence ‘he returns to - 1,1 D., professcr of 4 _Deen in order. bility was at last realized by the devising of & style of artistic monodie compgsition by the Plorentine. music reform. and how the opera Stself was among the firat practical results of that reforni. That the theoretical principles in sceordance with which the overa was first e tablished in Florence, In- 1595, were .essentlal 1dentical thos= promulgated in the n teenth century by Richard Wegner. That the opera was first divertdd fromdts original ar tie purpose through the nflnences of Carissimi and, from being an’ essentially dramatic srenic form of art. became, a- pursly -musi cne. And finally, how this Car! ! ennitinued to make. itgelf feit,:even thrc h Ingpite of the Gluck Wagner.at. gave 1t its deathblow. :Mr. Apthorp divides. his chapters as fol- lows: Beginnings, The BEurouean Con axest, Gluck,: Mo: The T Th Fren Schdol, Tmans, Wagn The Development of the Art of the Opera inger. The Present.. Ja thie: appendix he ives Peri’s preface -to. “Ruridice” and Gluck’'s preface to “Alceste: n_his ‘chapter on the ‘art of the apera singer -the -guthor ‘presents manhy poinfs at will be of intareét to-the singer. Tie up the Cerman scliool saving hey “have, for .the \most .p: but added stronger and-strobger- emph: their ihborn and carefully nuriure fempt for voeal techniqie in: w1l its phs Here pectacle {of the world to gape at: The spectacle of a race.of.bo a Bred musfofans. mtailectually. and: portie wifted. on the beyond their colledigues In pther:countries, flied -with the profonndest Jové and re- spect for thelr ari. vét fondly “expecting 0 the greatest thingsin dramatic. sing ents.of a s § tutély withor swer of deing! Né doubt there have nd still are at German stgers, fil‘(‘d‘l”v women;: buf, when réally great, they have sung in: the Ttalian. mot in tie ‘German w It can‘be seen hy- this that Mr. Apthorp d not hesftate to-ex- Press the force of nis convictions: Whits there will doubtles. many who do net agrée with-him in views ‘still “they. must 'admit that ‘he writes conscientiousty 4nd understandingly. e—that The book is illustrated. with portraits of: Ny, Gluck; EEENS 3 Rosstni, , Méyerbger-aind Weber. (Published Price $1 2 The Conguest of London. -In *“The Gonquest of London,” by Doras thea Gerard, four orphaned givls, between. 13 and 22, are liviig wpon the modest in-. ‘ome of £120 a year in ‘a-lttle cottage st Gilham, miles away from everywhere; to- thém a gratultously: maliciows ~unclé: leayes £1000 aplece, with the . e arles Scribner's -Sons, New York.' author affirms.that the maln facts and personages are all taken from lifs and she has simply grouped together, In phic manner, a few of the terrible cidents of the extraordinary disaster of afurday, September S, 1900, The: dedica- m expresses eloqugntly not oniy the arde shes of the writer but the unan- imous hopes.of the American people; it is worth reproducin “To the new city of t a 1 £ t ave become, from in.ten vears, the € Amerjcan’ port on'the Guif of Me: o spectfally - dedfcal erously (onites a portion of her-royalties (€loth, ‘in- Paper, ltlio- cents.) y» the Galveston siiffer 1 in- “colas t graphied cover in The Glcbs Mutiny. An Interesting work has justibeen pud- Hlshed by the Abbey Press.. It is a reprint of an-e nt:of “The Globe Mutiny st appearcd in 188, [ Wit Saybrook, 2 Hussey of Nantucket. the only .curvivers from :tha <re of the ship's company hy: the na: The narrat tes ‘the. muthiy i.the ship Nantucket, Pdcific.. Ocean, 1824, and #s on e with ubservatiors sm 8 .and Cy af. the inhabits The book is-a ‘Cre n-one of and “Robinson redl ecase of and Notes. Within a week McC - Phillips & Co. wifl o h ““The : Encvelopedia. of Ett- lquette, 1'by Emily Holt, which is £aid to cover the entire.subject of what to do,.what ‘to say, what Yo write, what .to wear, . Thé velume is Ulustrated bv repro- ductions - of specially posed photographs and is elaimed to be ‘thé most compiste book of manners. for cvery-diy use ever published, ¥n cofméction with Mo Charte & ‘Windus, London, the A. Wessels. Coin- pany. will publish early in Mareli “Rabert Louis Steverison: -A Life Stidy to Cri cism,” by H. B. Batldcn, at present le turer on English lterature ir the Univer- sify “of Viénna, and who was an ol sehoolmate ‘of Stevenson.. The author fa gaid not only to indicatc the nature and quality, but also the Tange and extent of Btevenson's: achlevemert The voluma contains ‘a completeé bibilcgraphy of Ste- ‘venson's books, and of books and articles The photograph is one of Mr. Dotter’s most striking productions. * Victoria will be a featura. The series fu made up of reproductions from photo- graphs und paintings, and it is of notable historical value. They cover the life of the Queen from infancv to old age, and are accompanied by descriptive text. Theodore Roosevelt, Vice President-elect of the United States, will contribute an article entitled, ‘“Reform Through Social Work.” “Disbanding the Unmion Army" is the title of an article by Ida M. Tarbell. This will fully describe the extraordinary feat aceomplished by the Federal Govern- ment at the close of the civil war, when, without auy disaster, a milllon soldlers were returned to quiet pursuits. The ar- ticls 1s -elaborately illustrated. A new fashion magazine of interest te the fair sex is Les Modes. It Is a monthly review of the arts applied to woman and of the same size and elaborats make-up as’.Le Theater, inctuding colored plates and a ¢over in colors. - Each number con- tains: A summary of fashionable events, artfcles on the painters of woman, acces- sofies fo the toilet, interior furnishings and_décorations. together with a full re- view of the: fashiens and of sports and Gutdoor . pastimes. Its fllustrations are direct reptoductions of art and other ob- jécts telating to costume, of drawing and paintings presenting: “lovely woma 10 - our: admiration, bu‘, above ali, Les Modes shows living fashions by means ¢ direct photographs giving the s‘lhou- ettes and details cf ¢ostume of the most elégant Parigiennes ana leaders in soclety, together- with - interfor views of their homes and smap shots of the rome- nades een irig. double Decemiber ber. . (Publistied in . French Manzi, Joyant & Co., New York.) Books Received. Hanay Cyeclopedia and Uni- Laird & Lee, Chicagu. library style, W by \Jllllam Lay The Abbey Press, by Sue Green- agn. Cloth, T3 cents: paper. “Love=A- Collection ef Short Storfea’ MeClure. Phillips & “o.. New York. “Abratam Lincoln—His Book.” Me- & Go., New York. w. and Policy of Aanexation,™ by armdn F. Randeiph. Longmans, Green & . New York. Price 8. LY “The April Baby's Book of Tunes,™ by the author of “Elizabeth and Her Ger- an Garden.” The Macmillan Company, New York. Price §150. 9