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ts of Elizabeth,” by Elinor promises to be one of the oks of the season. Elizabeth Is a ng English miss of 17, whose re w back to the Conquest,” :mbered at least two count- hess among her relatives.” ived the greater part of her ad on Continent. Her nd her mother an invalid f the opening of the story, s to pay visits among her d writes accounts of her ex- o her mother. orked out in this way. In always has a certain it. Under the guise nk confession on the acter the author is af- xcellent opportunities for ingenu- s 1e & allowed liberties of style ke writing, and in turn beth first at Naseby Hall, ket week. She is absolutely n affairs of the world, a child nce as well as in years, frank of her likes and dis- very charming person. 1 quantity for the peace ngsroom. Her impressions of pressed through the epigram- im of schoolgirl sentences give charm, greatly ennanced by aloud The matter is ephem- you mneed some one to laugh the time of reading, rather t over with after each has his own solitary lamp. s evidently a close student and her character draw- »en of Elizabeth is excel- ons at times are inimi- tle of her gossip: Kk by ade a mistake in what you bred people behave nicely up, because they don't a put their elbows on the table, nyhow in their shairs. Mrs. Vavaseur behav v they are b quite old talk about things that no stranger i, but I dare say I shall pick nd after dinner, in the illa_did introduce me wose girlyg-you know. Well, best of the two; Lady Violet both poke their heads, and They have rather the f people with tight boote. nconscious heroine, the any a sharp rap on social clety—all in a humon As the letters cover E France in the visits, we America can laugh to our heart’s content night be well to mention incidentally, r. that in reading the book aloud jer would better glance ahead or 4 stumbling blocks which pear in an expurgated edi- izabeth is the pink of innocence, are of the woridly wise. lier mother she writes understands little whereof she ever the enfant terrible purties and constantly skelefons without recogniz- such, but revcaling their nevertheiess surel: to the con- ar ise on ssive descriptions they certainiy fter having caused Gescribes the partic- are Hazeldene, goes to visit her relatives on the Continent. Here she writes a bit on French homa life and has a dash of yachting on the Selne. The descriptions of the French visits are very bright, very clever—aud frequently over the verge. The author evidently knows France and its language well, as is shown by the colloquial exc lence of the interpolated French. This part of the book is possibly rather mo: “Frenchy” than is absolutely necessary, but In these days, while it may cut it out of the approved list of Boston libraries, still it’ will not lose the author mary readers. True, any number of these same readers will hold up thelr hands in war - ing disapproval, but are sure to pass the volume along to their “dear friend who wishes to form her own opinion.”” At any rate we must give Elinor Glyn the credit of close insight into human foibles and possessing the power of a forceful pen. One criticism wiil probably be made ¢ these letters, and not without some foun- dation, that is, that there are possibly too many of them. Necessarily they are rather similar, and while as bright as they can be, still taken for steady diet. they are apt to surfeit as too rich a des- sert would do. They should be read in half-hour-a-day installments. There is no connected story told in them —even Elizabeth does not seem to gros mentally, but is as ‘‘green” =zt the end as at the beginning. It is hardly to be expected that a girl will change much in the limited space of four months—the time covered by the correspondence, bu‘ still traveling as much as she does, mee!- ing so many different people and having s0 many varied experiences, she cannol fail to imbibe a certain amount of world- | ly wisdom—sufficient, in fact, to give the book a very satisfactory and pleasant ending—when she closes her visits France and returns again to England— and to Lord Valmont. (Published by John Lane, New York.) B. G. LATHROP. R e o A Treasury of Irish Poetry. Whether ore is interested in the “Cei- tic” movement or not—which same of lare has been agitating many of the good geu- tlemen of England—the true lover of good verse cannot fail to appreciate a charm- ing anthology recently published by the Macmillan Company. It is “A Treasu v of Irish Poet edited by Stopford Brooke and T. W. Rolleston. This Irish verse, written in English, cannot occupy a lofty place possibly, bu: it certainly appeais to the heart with the true ring of sincerity. The editors are tc be complimented upon their selection, showing variety and good taste. There have been other collections of a similar nature, but hardly any which can ap- proach this for completeness. The pres- ent volume brings the field quite up to date. ireland’s poets are by no means un- known as singers of heart’s songs as can be recalled to the reader’s memory by such names as Mangan, Davis, De Veres, | Drennan, Ferguson and the even more familiar one of Moore. represented as well as some verses by ancnymous writers of scarcely less merit The editors have done their work most thoroughly, not only in the matter of se lection of the poems themseives, but in | the men chosen to write introductions ex- | planatory of the authors’ lives, style and | works. Mr. Brooke has written a comprehensive preface, which adds not a little to the ia- | terest of the reader in the matter to foi- | low. Speaking of the general plan car- ried out throughout the work, Mr. Brooke | says: All of these ar: | men. We laid aside then our original in- tention and our book is a systematic rec- ord of the best poems we can cull from the writers of the nineteenth century. Tt is also a history of the development of a special national art and as such has a real place in the history of literature. The modern, as well as the earlier forms of that art, stand completely apart from the English poetry of their time. Moreover, the book illustrates very vividly the his- tory of Ireland and of her movement toward a national existénce.” The book is published by the Macmillan Company, New York. Price $1 7. Encyclopaedia of Etiquette. The general impression of so-called “books of manners’ is that to have a copy in one's possession means that he or she is deficient in the qualities that go to at 19 years of age returned to London, his birthplace, and ap- plied himself to ‘“blackletter” law, -a study hereditary in his family' since his great-grandfather left his home in ‘the county of Somerset and settled in London. In 1888 he married and in 18% was called | to the bar. Falling health drove him to | an extended tour in Italy and aroused in | him a strong desire to enter the field of AURICE, HEWLETT was born in 1861, and after leaving Oxford literature. On his return to London he began - to lecture =at South Kensington and - University College on medieval | times.He also wrote for several literary | journals, apd in 189 he published his first book, arthwerk Out of Tuscany,” which was a record of his impressions ot his Itallan journey. He had not yet found his proper ground of pure romance, although he was making for it uncon- sclously. Soon followed “The Masque of Dead Florentines.” In 1896 he was made head of the land record office, a post which had been filled acceptably by his father be- fore him. His training has thus been re- markably varied as barrister, lecturer, essayist, poet and student of medieval and Itali; life and thought. He himself speaks indifferently of school and college life, but attributes much of his literary bent and skill to the influence of his father, Henry Gay Hewlett of Shaw Hill, who was an antiquarian with a passion for whatever was quaint and pleturesque in medieval customs, furnishings and chronicles, and whose temperament and tastes were shared by his son. | During the last three or four years Mr. Hewlett has been a familiar figure In Whitehall and Is to be seen almost caily lunching at the National Club, in White- hall Gardens, with a congenial group of | officials and literary men. Mr. Hewlett is a listener, rather than | a talker, but his face will be the first to light up with an appreciative smile over a happy turn or some subtle pleasantry. | He talks well when he has warmed up to | the point of quick improvisation on some theme which fires his imagination. He | is a man without affectation of manner, | or devices of pedantry, and likes to do simple things in a simple way. He is too | modest and too sensitive ever to talk about himself or his own work; but those who know him well honor him as a high- minded artist without conceit and wiih- out reproach. He has no.ambition for writing mary books or for making mer- ndise of his art. He has self a high standard of ar: ship, and he Is not willing to lower it for the sake of popuiarizing his books. He ““The use of English by natioral poets and versifiers may be sald to have begun toward the end of the eighteenth centur: it has continued ever since and this book is a history and anthology of that poetr.. we have aivided it into six books, repre g on the whcle distinct phases, buc 100 sharpiy verlap one another aa arise, in the midst t who will revert to the types of the past or make a forecast into the future. <'he short introduction to these books discuss the charact and the historical sequence of the general movement of Irish poetry during the eenth cent “The arrangement of the selections i these six books illustrates that movemen: When the book was first projected [ wished to include nothing in 1t which 1id net reach a relatively Ligh standard cf excellence. But I soon discovered—arid this was strongly urged by my brother —that the buok on those lines would not at all represent the growth or the his of Irish poeury in the En Moreover, our original ready been carried out s in his too brief anthology. le that we should adopt a dif It must aulso be sald Wit sorrow that the Irish poetry of the ixty years of the last century wou'd ach, except in a very few exam- ples, the requirements of a high standart i excellence. Art is pleased with the edit tory guage had does his work as Keeper of the records MAURICE HEWLETT, AUTHOR THE SUNDAY CALL. guests; rules for dancing a german and leading cotillons; proper form in connec- tlon with weddings, theater parties, visit- ing and house parties, receptions, musi- cales, garden parties, funerals and christ- The latter part of the book is devoted to some words to bachelors on the lines so- clety dictates their hospitalities shall be conducted; the proper dress and etiquette to be followed in riding, driving, golfing and bicycling; a few rules on correspond- ence; and last, hints for the dress and dutles of servants and the social -position of children. ! The volume is supplemented by an al- phabetical index for convenient reference and has nine half-tone reprodiictions of photographs especially taken to explain the text in relation to dinners, weddings and liveries. (Published by McClure, Phil- Jdips & Co., New York. Price, $2.) Two Stories in German. “Inkognito,” by Baldwin Groller, and “Cand. phil. Lauschmann,” by P. Albers- dorf, are two Interesting stories in Ger- man which have been edited and pre- pared for students of German by Max Lentz of the Paterson Military School. This is the latest addition to the series of Modern German Texts which the Ameri- can Book Company is issuing. The two stories contained {n the volume will be welcomed for their healthy humor as well as for the interest of the pen picture of German student life presented in the lat- ter. Both are suitable for second or third vear reading. Besides the complete vo- cabulary and numerous notes containing all explanations necessary for the full un- derstanding of the text, the editor ha: added a set of exercises for drill in Ger- tury Primer of Hygiene,” by Mrs. Jean- nette Winter Hall, and an “Intermediate Physiology and Hygiene,” by Winfleld 8. Hall and Jeannette Winter Hall. These books complete the series of four intended for ‘pupils’ instruction In the New Cen- - Series of Anatomy, Physiology and yglene. Commencing with a few brief objéct lessons in general physiology, they proceed to the consideration of the hu- man- body. The language used is free from technical terms and readily com- prehensible by the child, while familiar facts are used to exemplify the principles digcussed. The illustrations are numer- " ous, consisting both of amatomical dia- grams and attractive pictures closely re- lated to the subjects treated. The im- portant laws of hygiene are fully dis- cussed and enforced by interesting anec- dotes. ' The books conform to the other issues of the serles In glving the propor- tion of space required by law to the dis- -cussion. of the effects of alchoholic drinks and other narcotics upon the human sys- tem, and have been issued under the di- rect supervision of the textbook commit- _tee of the advisory board of the Woman's Christlan Temperance Union, Useful and practical instruction on clothing, bathing, the need of pure air and other practical subjects make these books peculiarly val- uable and helpful for the young. (Primer of Hyglene. Price 30 cents. Intermediate Physiology. - Price 4 cents.) Literary Note “A Triple Entanglement,” a pleasing novel from the pen of the ever populsr Mrs. Burton Harrison, Is the latest issae of the Lippincott Series of Select Novels. Reviews of “The Trust Problem,” by Professor Jenks, have been made in French, German, Austrian, English, man prose composition. These exercises Italian, Spanish, Australian and Japanese of crown lands, and he wooes the muses as the creation of his leisure hours. He regards literature, not as a money-mak- ing trade, In which success is measured by editions, but rather as an art,’like music or painting, to be practiced = by “those who love and honor it. Like Thack-, eray, he has established a confidential relation with his readers by virtue of the beauty and charm of his style, and he sets high value upon his reputation as an artist. Mr. Hewleit scems to have spent his time at Oxford reading and *“scribbl'ng” to use his own phiase. and left col ege without obtaining a schelarship. Of this notably a poster by Sewell Collins of William Gilette as Sherlock Holmes, and a stunning cover. There are many inter- esting short stories in this issue. As some but not all animals have qual- .ities that approach the human, so some people_are immortal, but not all, says Dr. Samuel D. McConnell in his book on “The Immortality of the Soul” about to be pub- lished by the Macmillan Cémpany Dr. McConnell's theory is that immortality is the highest step in a long process of evo- lution, the final resuit of the survival of the fittest. His argument is worked out almost solely on biological lines. A novel is announced as immediately forthcoming from the press of the Henry Altemus Company, Philadelphia, which will particularly interest readers in Cali- fornia. In tke first place the book is by a well-known California writer—Geors Homer Meyer. Mr. Meyer has long been known on this coast as an entertaining writer of fiction, especially short sketches novel and striking, and also as a promi- nent member of the newspaper frater The interest in the book will lie, how not only in the fact that'its auth Californian, but in the story is of local color. The title Swords of Morales”-—a romance Spanish days in California. the sc the story being laid in that portic State now knewn as Sonoma Cou t the time when General M. G. Vallejo was Military Governor of California Mr Meyer passed the greater part of his 1 hood in Sonoma County and while ther absorbed the spirit of the old times of Spanish rule and thoroughly studied the romantic history of the place. The Critic for March is in many re- .spects the best they have ever issu It counts among its congributors George academic perfod he says “I-.wasted my time. I dreamed. I tried to do things too big for me, and threw them up at the ‘first failure. T diligently pursued every . false god. I don't thipk I was very hap-+ py, and I am sure L was very disagree- able. I doubt mow if I was ever a boy except for a short period, when by rights T should have been a man." - Though in an office which requires ‘pre- cisfon and humorum regularity Mr. Hew- iett has not carried into his Mterary work .any such methodical wa He ras an eccentric plan of his own which su'ts his temperament. He writes In the morn'ng and evening with great rapidity, warm- OF «RICHARD YEA AND NAV.” ing up to his' work as soon as the pen is in his hand ard dashing off page after page of manuseript without staying for | revision or- deliberate s‘udy. When the manuscript is" finished he looks it over and’ either .tears it up or casts side. Making a fresn start he writes his stor a second time without reference to -the first effort, dashing it off page by page and writing alw at white heat. When the $econd manu- script Is comvleted he surveys his work | critically and either flings the copy into the waste-basket or lays it asjde where he cannot refer to it. He mak a third and passibly fourth attempt on the lines, and finally suceeeds in finishing story .te his own satisfaction. Not lgast advantage ga'ned by this method work 18 spontane'tv of style. “The ¥ est Lovers” has the effect of improvis tion from beginning to end. The d practiced and it is art that conceals art Every page has the freshness and sparkle of,an Impromptu performancs inspired sudden idea or Instantaneous impression and this subtle effect is sustained in chapter after chapter without impairment of fascination and charm. Mr. Hewlet gift comes from\a vivid imaginat which'ig not hampered and kept und restraint by his ‘extraordinary method of composition. With every new manu- script he gains a fresh access of power fmagination and sensibility; and as. hi final copy is dashed off with increased heat and accelerated movement the sens of spontaneity is intensified. His volume of poems, “Songs and Medi tatlons,” was published the year he me by ceived his civil service appointment and | the manuseript of “Pan and the Young Skepherd” was placed with a publ r. The publication of this last book was de- | layed and in the meantime. in 159 Macmillan Company brought out Farest Lovers.” This extraordinaril beautiful story was followed in the nex year by “Little Novels of Italy.” ‘eonfirmed the. opiniens of those discern- ing”eritics who had hailed Maurice Hew- lett’s earlier. work as an event in litera- ture, Now at the close of the century he has given us “The Life and Death of Richard Yea and Nay,’ a historical ro- manee, planned somewhat after the man- ner. of a_*“‘chanscn de geste” and about which is growing a veritable lterature of critical essays and' reviews. Among the more famous Americans who have been captivated by the le and power of this wrlter. and whose views have been published, are James Lane Al- len and Hamiiton W. Mabie. while among many of his countrymen stands pre-emi- nent the name of Frederic Harrison in a masterly article in the Fortmightly Re- view for January, 191. gentleman. as the case * he or she is trying by to acquire an artificial re- would really be no re- finement at all. T is right in one sense and wrong in another. A person may be naturally refined and by environment en- titled to mix with the most refined ele- ment of scelety and yet he may not know just exactly what to do according to some Soclal law to meet the requirements of society, There are certain laws which have been laid cown from time immemorial that every one is supposed to kave at his fin- ger's ends, but there are others which change from season to season. As we live n a world of conventionality it behooves us to be posted unon the world's conven- tions—just as much on the changing of fashions as on the perpetual rules. It is with the idea of making known the requirements of etiquette of to-day that Emily Holt has recently compiled & voi- ume under the title of “Encyclopedia of Etiguette—What to Write, What to Wear, What to Do, What to Say—A Book of Manners for Everyday Use. Her toples cover and bring up to the present standard of requirements all the finer points of etiquette in sclation to so- cial functions. She begins with a disser- tation on just the proper form of intro- ductions, both verbal and through the medium of the verfumed soclety billet. Then is taken up the ofttimes perplexing points of making and returring calls; the correct cards for different purposes and different people; the etiquette of dinner invitations, menus and table manners: the invitations to balls; the question of chap- erons and chaperonage; the duties of -5 1 mans finement—w 1ici embody words chosen from she eorre- sponding part of the text, with such vari- atiors in thelr use and the construction of the sentences embodying them as cannct fail to give the student most help- ful grammatical drfll.. The book is neat bound in clpth and affords to the teacher of German' an excellent opportunity to place new and attractive reading matter in the hands of his pupils. (Price 20 cents.) N=z11 Gwynne. With the revival of the interest in Nell Gwynne and the great success of a piy with this fascinating character as th: Lercine a novel on the same lines does not come amiss, In “Nell Gwynne of Old Drury—Our Lady of Laughter,” by Hall Downing, the climatic voint is the saviny of the life of the Duke of Richmond for a capital offense against ‘he crcwn. What- ever may have been tha faults < £ the wi ward Nell all historiavs agrk: in g her unbounded good noture ind a corr sponding good heart of unselishness. Af- ter the iron rule of Cromw-ii and the Puritans England wos just rue to id ize some charming a-tress. No thearers bud Leen allowed to aeep onen and when on the restoration of Charles II tha drama received royal patronage stage fa vorites excrted no small influence in ai- fairs of state. The v-esent volume is written in an easy style, and covering as it does 50 interesting a po-tion of Englisn history it cannot fail i hold the reader’s attention. (Published by Rand, McNaily & Co., Chicago.) ng Science Primers. _The American Book Company of New York has just brought out a “New Cen- papers. The publishers, McClure, Phillip= & Co., will go to press shortly with the “ourth edition. The Overland Monthly, for March is out with an especially interesting number, a large portion of which is taken up by an article on Golden Gate Park. The numer- ous illustrations have been well chosen and ihe work of half-tone reproduction is well done. Another paper deserving mention is “The War Correspondents of To-day,” by James F. J. Archibald. The illustrations for this article are unique and striking. The storm which raged in regard to the authenticity and authorship of “An Eng- lishweman's Love Letters” is not yet spent. A statement that Oscar Wilde was the author of them comes by way of a cablegram iu the New York Herald. But the question of the author's sex is usually considered settled by the intérnal evi- dence.” It is simply said that no man could ever have written them. At any rate, the incident is closed In so far as Oscar Wilde is concerned, for now the publishers, of the -authorized® edition, Messrs. Doubleday, Page & Co., go so far as to say that he did not write them. Truth for March is a very attractive number. Their color work ig some of the best of its kind done in the United States, In the current issue there are three sup- plements deserving special mention: one is a fine engraving of George Washing- ton, the same being the first of their Hall of Fame serfes; another is a colored print of the Oxford Fiver; and the third Is a study—The Old Miniature. There are many other drawings of merit in the number— Meredith, the great English novelist; Rev. Dr. R. Heber Newton, one of New York's most famous clergymen; Professor Ed- ward Dowden, the distinguished Shakes pearean scholar and ecritic; Mrs. Rich mond Ritchie, the daughter of Thackeray, whose reputation as a writer, howaever, is not dependent upon her father's name; George M. Smith, the eminent London publisher, and Professor N. S. Shaler of Harvard University, who writes of his friend and fellow sclentist, the late Thomas Huxley. The illustrations in this rumber are varied and valuabie and in- clude the latest portrait of Mrs. Hum- phry Ward, never before published Six editions of “Richard Yea and Nay” have been printed since its publication on November 1. The first edition lasted a menth, while the last four have all been issued during February. The book ‘n now in its forty-Aifth thousand, The last edition of 10,000 copies went to press on Thursday ‘and was delivered to the bind- ers on the Saturday following—a record of rapid printing. While it is perhaps idle to_speculate on the forces which are at work behind the popularity of a writer of Mr. Hewlett's power, it has been in- terestiig to watch the widening of the cirele of his readers. Beginning with a few of the most famous literary men in the country, the appreciation of Mr. Hew- lett's work Is growing at a pace that even his friends hardly expected. “The abfest and mest far-seeing states- man in Europe to-day” is what Henry Norman, M. P, calls M. de Witte in the March Scribner. The zlertness and time- liness shown by Mr. Norman in these ar- ticles on “Russia of To-day" is strikingly exhibited in this elaborate paper on M. de e 1 sat at the card table puyags, wer songs, political and humo:- : d sce Mre. Bmith and Lord Val- o0 poetry, and with the songs of love : gy were quarreling. She .., of peasant Yfe, but she does not ad- + g and e o hem into her Shrine. It is only quite s of "Damn? all o¥er iy that modern Irish poetry can claim - 10 be fine art. But as it has now, in what - s the cricket party and ' .jj.q the Celtic Revival: reached thai to visit her Aunt Mary. oo the history of the poetty that pro- B T oh® ceded it and examples from it are of ey o eeaves vaiue and of interest, at least to Irish- say anything 1o you.” 4o the first expression may still appeal to T imil: situated. s insist upon trying on all thes and ruin her best hat. next visil is 10 anoiher rejtive, a Grea Maria at Heavilund Manor— La pleasant time for KEihizabeth f reader. It is a family » bave a “‘regular agua- turbot” for dinner, can- ables “without shades,” and that weei and jammy."’ s a good old party, deaf as . g5 it M & post, a its her observations to “Tut, tut d “Eh! what?” Altugether Elizabeth is not v happy. She writes of her {iist morning: down lste for prayers. I'ncie Johm ant Maria repeats responses best, as she can't hear a but I suppose she counts up, and. from habit, just suys “amen” when she gets the cnd Wf—thirty. say—funcying that will be t;and it is generaily. Only Uncle John stop- the riddle to say “Damn that dog o was whining and scratching outside, that put hemout 30d brought in the “ames duilness is a little relieved by the of Lord Valmond, who had beea e the cricket party at Naseby, but whose ears had been boxed by Elizabe:n for attempting to sieal a kiss. I is easy arrivg to see be has becn rather hard hit in more sénkex than one, and being a maa of perseverance i& destined to play an important part e séquel of the letters. abeth, wfter sweing the horscshow ! { TTENTION “d to the has beeh again direct- igilance of the examin- ing and reading committees of the Public Library as mani- Boston fested in the rejection of a number books which have met with wide rea ing from the general public outside as well ag within the limits of Boston. The reasons far rejecting these books have mot becn made known in all cases, al- though Mrs. Isebella M. Alden, better known as “Pansy,” and one of the best known writers of children's books, bhas had three of her books listed under the heading of “Rejected.” . At various times, according to a letter in the New York Bun, the committee has found it neces- #ary to include the following list in that category: Mary £. Wilkine' ““The People of Our Neigh- borbood.” Maria Louise Pool's “Friendship and Folly,” “A Golden Stream’ and “Land 'n’ Bushes. George Ade’s “Doc. Hurne” and lore Fa- bies.” Winston Churchill's ““The Oelebrity. Paul Bourget's “‘Domestic Dramgs. Sir Walter Besant's ““The Changeling.” Lilltan Bell's ““The Instinct of Steplath hocd” end ““The Expatriates.’” p William Le Queux's “Scribes and Phari- sees.” Captain Charles King's ‘A Wounded Name." Cutcliffe Hyne's ‘“The Advent et e Adventures of Captuin Mre. Burton Harriscn's “Good Afaericans,” Paul Leicester Ford's “The Tattle Tales of Cupid.” Harold Frederic's “‘Gloria Murd Amella E. Barr's It Kight to Forgiv 5. R Crockett's Kgerton Caxtle’s Mary Hartwell Catherwood's “Spanish Peggy.” W. Pett Ridge’'s A Son of the State’”” and /By Order of the Magistrate.” Jesse Lynch Williams' ‘‘Adventures of Freshman.'* Max Pemberton's ‘Kronstadt.” Laura E. Richards’ “Love and Rocks." Gertrude Atherton’s ““The Californian: “Senator North and “A Daughter of the Vine." R. W. Chambers’ “In the Quarter, siders”” and “The Conspirators. Moily Elilot Seawell's ‘“lhe Loves of Lady Arabel! Henry James' “The Two Magics." Robert Barr's ““Tekla,” and “Jennle Baxter, Journalist.” - Mearten Maartens' “‘Her Memory.'" Julia Magruder's “‘Straun.’* Jules Verne's “An Antarctic Mystery.” Zola's *‘Storfes for Ninon." E. W. Hornang's ““The Amateur Cracksman' 2nd ““Dead Men Tell No Tales.”" Rcbert Herrick's “‘Love’s Dilemmna.'™ Shan F. Bullock's '‘The Barrys. Joseph Hatton's “When Rogues Fall Out" and ““The White King of Manoa.” vl::'-m 8. Van Zile's “'With Sword and Cru- <l a ““Out- the Stanley Waterloo's ‘“The Seekers.'" Edith Wharton's “‘The Touchstone.” Arlo Bates' “Love in a Cottage.” John Kendrick Bangs' *‘The Idiot at Home." Ople Read's “'In the Alamo."” A verdict was at one time brought against “David Harum." This, however, has been recalled and the library now boasts thirty-five coples. In its report the reading committee has submltted in cer- tain instances comments and reviews of the Dbooks which K have come ~un- der its inspection. Speaking = of “‘Resurrection,” it is announced that “it is a powerful but incomplete work, giv- ing a photographie picture of the mental, moral and physical filth believed by the author te exist in all classes of society in Russia from the nobility to the peas- antry. “To Have and to Hold” is thus commented upon: g “A story with a strong, bright begin- ning, a heroine that you first wish to trounce and then adore, and some fine scenes scattered throughout. But it would have been much stronger and kept much more of its early dignity if some of the agony had been reserved for another oc- casion."” Robert Grant's “Unleavened Bread” 1s sald to be “‘a very disagrecable and ex- cellent story agalnst women'’s clubs, writ- ten with the intense purpose that self- deception would be unmasked: a severe indictment of political manipulations and private interests.” ‘“The Soft Side,” by Henry James, is described as “an inter- estlog puzzle for one who cares to see how a clever writer can hide plot, expres- sion, style, clearness and force under a rubbish heap of semseless words. * * ¢ It is not diamond cut diamond. It Is rather a flashing diamond used to cut muddy crystals which are full of flaws.” Marie Corelli’s “Master Christian” is said to be written fn “a turgid literary style, interlarded with poor French and Ital- ian.” D'Annunzio’'s “The Flame of Life" is “glorifled sensuality and ecstacy on every page, until one is weary of rhap- sodles.” “Eleanor” is said to be *full of uncertain notes, because it comes out of an unsettled mind. It would not be good for girls. They would be casting about for Manistys, as girls of a bygone time locked for Rochesters.” The reading committee has also refused admittance to the fiction catalpgue of the following eight novels: “A Silent Singer,’ by Clara Morris. “‘Kennedy of Glenbaugh,' by David McClure. “Enceh Willoughby.”" by James A. Nicker- son, “The Greatest Gift,” by Arthur W. Marche ‘mont. B % ‘White Butterflies,’”” by Kate Upson Clark. ““The Soul and the Hammer,” by Lina Bart- lett Ditson. g 5 “The Immortal Gerfand,” by Anna Robesom Brown. Novels That Have Been Blaced Under the Ban in Bostor. The following four were deemed un- safe for the fiction catalogue, but were ad- mitted Into the general catalogue: with his imagination | re- | 3 Witte, who, while the article was in the press, suddenly became known to al Americans by his policy of retaliation in raising the import duties on American machinery. Mr. Norman quotes, for the first time in English, the official speech made a few vears ago by M. de Witte, in which he explained and defended his whole policy of “Educational Protection Every manufacturer, exporter, and stu- dent of politics and history will be inter- ested in this exposition of Russia’s pres- ent economic policy. The Jamieson-Higging Company, (‘hl: cago, announces that on March IS it wi fssue probably one of most tinnal novels of the The if the story is “The Warners. and the author s Mrs. Gertrude Potter Daniels, the daughter of the steel magnate, Orrin W. Potter. and a ster of Miss Margaret Horton Potter, the year. title who, !ast year. leaped into fame on ac- count of her book “Uncanonized.” The story conc the werk x of Chic 3 is a direct ack on trusts, The th he scif tly from the ¢ The hero is first sweet- ered papers plot is thrilling. exeit- s marked evidences publishers are so mmense sale that the t of 10,000 coples. Dan who ¢ Parsons was in ) making investi- an Railway Syndi- ance of many he leading ¢ fiicials who have recently come to public notice through the Boxer On one occasion Mr. Parsons able opportunity to take a members of the for- r with Minister Conm= ger, and since the publication of his book in which the picture appears, the follow- | ing interesting facts regarding these offi- cials have come to light: Hsu Yungi was bebeaded by order of the Empress during the siege of Peking. Wafg Wen-shao died from exposure { during the flight of the imperial party. Chao Shu-chiao is one of the officials whom Minister Conger thinks should be beheaded. Yu Keng has recently been appointed | Chinese Minister to France and is now In Pazis. | The spring announcement from the Bos- ton publishing Louse, Little, Brown & Co., {1s very promising. It includes a novel by | Maud Wilder Goodwin called “Sir Christo- pher.” Mrs. Goodwin's work Is already s ! favorably known to readers of good flc- rming story. “The Head of Riec 'd Le Callienne is on ith “The Love Letters of the Kir Ame the other novels are: “Truth Dexter” by Sidney McCall, “Bal- lantyn by Helen Campbell, “A Daugh- of New France” by Mary Catherine rowley and “The Master Knot™” by Ellis ith. Mrs. Anna Bowman Dodd, who so charmingly “Three Normandy nd “Falaise, the Town of the Con- * has another book in press—“The | American Husband in Pari Besides | these the publishers offer “Fawcett's Life of Queen Victoria,” Professor Wells' ‘““Handbook of German Literature” (a new edition), and “The General's Son,” a story of the seventies by Emma Payne Erskine. on by her Hundred. the list. w | Messrs. Doubleday, Page & Co. an- nounce a change of title on the new ovel by Eden Philpott, now being pub- ed by that house. “The Good Red | Earth,” the new title cabled by the au- ] be a much more agreeable one to American readers. The cld one, first announced, was ‘“Johnnie Fortnight.” { taken from the main character, an unc- | tuous ex-peddler, lay-preacher and hypo- crite, with Pecksniffian virtue and an ir- istible flow of words, less familiarly led Alpheus Newt. “The Good Red rth,"” as a name, comes by way of a christening ‘in thyp new locality in which Mr. Philpoft has fald his story, for now no longer n Dartmoor we partake of the humor of the rustic folk who live in the | rich orchard lapds of the red earth of ;hs‘\'nm Here is the beautiful valley with the village of Cempton and the historic | Compteon castle of the illustrious Gilbert | family. said to have been'frequented by | Sir Walter Raleigh when frée from the | distractions of the Queen's court. This }nn\'e], so some who have read It say, { fully ‘sustains the name Mr. Philpott has 1rmade with his “Children of the Mist.” | Coming at a time when criticism of the | administration’s policy in the Philippincs | is at its height, “‘Harper's History of the War in the Philippine: a carefully edited, non-partisan story of events, i3 of more than ordinary interest. Bearing in mind®he large share of ths burden which our volunteer troops have borme in the actions of the compaign, the publishers have endeavored to make the book absolutely complete In every detail and have included in it rosters of volun- teer regiments (officers and men) that have served in its battles. The volume not only contains the ac- counts of every action written by such trained war correspondents as Frank Millet, Willlam Dinwiddle and John F Bass, but in addition embodies In each case the commanding officer's account of such action. In this way Admiral Dewoy, General Merritt, General Greene, General Otis and General Lawton may all be con- sidered contributors to it, and the book becomes in some sort an official publica- tion. Every exciting and dramatic incident of the war, such as Lieutenant Gillmore's capture and captivity, is admirably chron- icled and illustrated. As a preface to tke minute account of events which have taken place in the isi- ands since the beginning of our war with Spain, the volume embodies a history ot the islands from their discovery by Ma- geilan un to that time As a speciment of modern bookmaking, this book is no less notable than as a con- tribution to history. It contains twenty- six full-page illustrations in eolors, and more than one thousand pictures in black and white from photographs and sketches by Harper & Brothers' special artists In the field. There are also many official maps, War Department charts, reproduc- tions of Filipino proclamations, old docu- ments, etec. The volume measures 1l%x 16 inches in size and is bound In khaki cloth, lettered In silver and blue. % On the whole, Harper's “History of tfie | War in the Philippines” deserves an even | greater success than “The History of tha : War with Spain.” published n a similar | form by the same house. Books Reczived. THE PHILIPPINES-THE WAR AND | thor, wi re ““The Etchingham Letters,” by Sir Frederick | THE PEOPLE—By Albert G. Robinson. Pollock and Ella Fuller Maitland. “Little Novels of Italy,” bv Maurice Hew- lett, ““The Voice of the People,” by Helen Glas- o Their Silver Wedding. Howelle. The examining committee includes in its membership William F. Apthorp, Thomas M. Babson, Mrs. Mary E. Blake, Alfred Bowditch, M.D., Francis H. Brown, Very Rev. William Byrne, John H. Colby, Mrs. W. C. Collar, James C. Davis, Charles F. Dohnelly, James W. Dunphy, the Hon. J. D. Fallon, Thomas J. Gargan, Francis L. Higginson, Rev. E. A. Horton, Sarah Orne Jewett, Rev. Robert F. Johnson, Frapk S. 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