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12 Srnest Seton-Jhompson's “JLives of the funted.” T i hardly possible that any one who reads at all has not made the ac- quaintance of Ernest Seton-Thompson through his charming animal stories. If such there be let him delay no ger, but go right out and get “Wild Animals 1 Have Kno and then “Trail of the Sandhill Stag.” and then the “Biog- a Grizzly,” and then this latestot Thompson’s books that has brought out by Charles Scrib- Lives of the Hunted." Lives of the Hunted” contains, as its hor =ays, “‘a true account of the doings f quadrupeds and three birds.” In ubject m: , treatment, form and gen- eral make-up It is very similar to “Wild Animals I Have Known''—even more fully strated, for there are more than 20 awings done as only Mr. Seton-Thomp-* son can do animal pictures. Mr. Seton-Thompson has always re- ceived due credit for the full-page 1llus- trations of his books, but for the marginal hes a hazy idea has arisen that pos- sibly they were done by Mrs. Seton- Thompson: or at least it was known that Mrs. Seton-Thompson had something to do with her husband’s books, but what it was has never been exactly stated. This i ned in the preface of the present i that Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson does in my work. The stories are written by myself, and all the pictures, including the marginals, are my own handiwork, but in cholce of subject to illustrate, in in the technical ideas of its treatment, book-making and the preliminary designs for cover and title page, and in the liter- from thelr literary value as good stories well written, all of Mr. Seton- n's tales deserve credit for work ey undoubtedly accomplish in a i cause—stopping the extermination of armless wild animals. He say: 1 have tried to stop the stupid and bru- work of destruction by an appeal—not reason: that has failed hitherto—but to pathy, and especially the sympathies he coming generation.’ His stories ocertainly do appeal to the s very strongly. After you read vou will find yourself carrving rackers in your pockets for free distribu- on among every band of little vellow ps that you chance to meet. “Chink” is this kind of a dog, the regu type of just “dog” that is so well . known Every passing wagon and horseman and grazing Cslf had to be chivvied, and the from the guardhouse strayed k felt that it was a solemn duty owed to the soldiers, the Cat and him- elf 1o chase her home at frightful speed would dash twenty times a day after old hat that Bill used deliberately to Ch w info 2 Wasp's nest with the order Fetch it Tt took time. but ntless disasters hega tell. Chink slowly realized that L were long whi and big, fierce Dogs with wagons t Hon have h in ir heels: that Calves have rel- es with s on their heads: that a 2t may turn out a skunk. and that . are not Butterflies. Yes, it took long time. but it all told ink began to develop a Wving, growing ynmon end. ( growing of this grain and the de ment of “Chink” is most satisfac- though it is rather pathetic k" has a trust given him and his rearly costs him his life. Mr. Thompson assures us that the story it is so inter- n any event & well told that it cannot fai or mpathetic point for evers n Z th may happen t th f any one who has read The Development of a Pup he Kootenay Ram,” s the lonz ory In the book. You will get more al history, and of the Kk that the mind. out of this tale in five < could get in an hour text book—but that is a criticism hould be tacked on to an estimate rv ome of the author's articles of the most dramatic bits that Mr. = Thompson has written is where he f Scotty MacDousgall taking the for twelve weeks following the ten mountain ranges and five miles of Finally in the weeks Scotty and Krag are general- ght of each other: 414 he not fly far away, and baf- nter by kis speed? Because he The man had his dried veni- colate. enough for many da an red cnow - they were gone he could shoot re or a grouse, hastily cook it. and . day on that. But the ram re- hours to seek the scanty grass r the snow.” They become 86 much accustomed to ning each other that each grows to e other’s life: in fact. when ¥ manages to lay the great ow &nd has at last in his possession magniScent horns that he had ex- to sell for & fine figure, he refuses to part with them. The strain the chase has been too much for him 4 in every great wind that blows past onely cabin he seems to hear the ghostly voice of the ram calling at him Scotty has given up and earns his Nving by an, but still the impression that = after him grows stronger from The ghostly finger of warn- am 2 Mr. Seton-Thompson points at rtcr in the final climax of his sfficient to reform the most ale of those who slay merely for nk there is no romance in the 2 little, cheap English spar- t read “A Street Troubadour. ec how little you have thought of he lives of the Jowly. It is as dainty a ercriptive of domestic bird troubles u can imagine. Bear” is simply fine The umor is delicious. This story is the re. of some heart-to-heart interviews he author had with the bears In Yellow- tone Park All the animals there are protected by the Government. No guns are allowed In the reservation and consequently the wild creatures become quite tame Near the Fountain Hotel is quite a dense forest, the home of many bears. These bears make a free lunch counter of the garbage piie from the hotel; 0 to make a close study of the beasts Mr. Seton-Thompson a pit in the garbage plle and hid that he might get pictures and a loger acquaintance with bruin. This cer- tainly shows the enthusiasm of the true over naturalist. Parenthetically, we must compliment Mr. Seton-Thompson on ni= hardfhood—not so much in risking dis- overy, but in sacrificing self for science against that strong combination of files, warm weather and garbage. Johnny, himself, is the delightful but ather impossible son of Grumpy. He is peptic, has a mangy coat and one vad leg, and spends most of his time in getting his mother into trouble. One of Johnny's funniest escapades is when he #ets a whiff of plum jam from the kitchen window. It is too good to miss, so here tis in full I srst heard the story from three bronzed nountaineers. As they were very sensiti baving their word doubted, and very shots with the yevolver, I belleved every ~ood word they told me, esvecially when afterwand indorsed by the park authorities. It seemed that of all the tinned goods on the pile the nearest to Johnny's taste were marked with & large purple plum. This conclusion he had airived at only after most exhaustive study. The very odor of those plums in Johnny's mnostrils s the eguivalent of . S0 when it came about one day that the cook of the hotel baked a huge batch of plum tarts the telitale wind took the story afar into the woods, where It was wafted by way of Johnny's nostrils to his very soul. Ot course, Johnny was whimpering at the time. His mother was busy ‘‘washing his face and combing his Lcir.” so he had doub cause for whimpering. But the smeil of the tarts thrilled him. He jumped up, and when his mother tried to hold him he squalled, and 1 am afraid he bit her. She should have cufted Bim, but she did not. She only gave a dis- approving growl and followed to see that he came to no harm. With his littie black nose in the wind, Johnny led straight fof the kitchen. He took the precaution, however, of climbing from time to time to the very top of a pine tree lookout to take an observation, while Grumpy stayed below. Thus they came close to the Kkitchen, and there, in the last tree, Johnny's courage as a leader gave out, so he remained aloft and ex- pressed his hankering for tarts in a woe-begone wail. It is not lMkely that Grumpy knew exactly what her son was crying for. But it is sure that as scon as she showed an iInclination to g0 back into the pines Johnny protested in such an outragecus and heartrendine screech- ing that his mother simply could not leave him, and he showed no signs of coming down o be led away. 3 Grumpy hersel? was fond of plum jam. The odor was now, of course, very strong and pro- portionately alluring, so Grumpy followed it somewhat cautiously up to the kitchen door. There was nothing surprising about this. The rule of “live and let live” is so strictly enforced in the park that the Bears often come to the kitchen door for pickings, and on get- ting something they go quetly back to the woods. Doubtless Johnny and Grumpy would A Book of Lyrics Worth each have gotten the tart but that a new fac- tor appeared in the casc. That week the hotel people had brought a new Cat from the East. She was not much more than a kitten, but tlll had a litter of her own, and at the mo- ment that Grumpy reached the door the Cat and her family were sunning themselves on the top step. Pussy opened her eyes to see this huge, shaggy monster towering above her. The Cat had never before seen a Bear—she had not been there long enough: she did not even know what a Bear was. She knew what & Dog was, and here was a bigger, more awful bobtailed black dog than she had ever dreamed of coming right at her. Her first thought was to fly for her life. But her next was for the kittens. She must take care of them. She must at least cover their retreat. So, lke a brave little mother, she braced herself on that doorstep, and spreading her back, her claws, her tail and everything she had to spread, she Bear an unmistakable STOP! The language must have been *'Cat,” but ths meaning was clear to the Bear, for those who saw it maintain stoutly that Grumpy not only stopped, but she also conformed to the cus- tom of the country and In token of surrender held up her hands. However, the position she thus took made her so high and the Cat seemed tiny in the distance below. Old Grumpy had faced a Grizzly once, and was she now to be held up by & miserable little spike-tailed skunk no bigger than a mouthtul? She was ashamed of herself, especially when a wall from Johnny smote on her ear and reminded her of her plain duty, as well as supplied his usual mora; support. So she dropped down on her front feet to Proceed. Again the Cat shrieked, “Stop!" But Grumoy ignored the command. scared mew from a kitten nerved the Cat, and ehe launched her ultimatum, which ultimatum was herself. Eighteen sharp claws, a mouth- ful of keerl teeth, had Pussy, and she worked them all with a desperate will when she land- ed on Grumpy's bare, bald, sensitive nose, just the spot of all where the Bear could not stand it, and then worked backward to a point out- —_— Reading. GELETT BURGESS. - BOOK of Iyrics from the pen of Gelett Burgess has just been pub- lished by Small, Maynard & Co., Boston. Many of these ap- peared in “The Lark” at the time when that attractive magazine was searing in flights of fancy under the able editorship of Mr. Burgess. Others of these poems a w in print for the first time. Mr. Burgess' name has become 5o asso- clated with nonsense stuff, with the bi- zarre and with freakish literature that many do not know of the really fine seri- ous work that he can do. Here is a lit- tle gem of twelve lines “HILDHOOD. Fair as a star. rare as a star, The joys of the future lfe To the eyes of a child, to the sighs of a child, Heavenly far and high! Fair as a dream. rare as & dream The hopes of a future sure To the wondering child, to the blundering child Trasting, and free, and pure: Fair is the soul, rare i the soul Who has kept, after youth is past All the art of the child. all the heart of the child Holding his faith at last! Now. those verses do not have the Bur- gess ring as we are accustomed to hear it. do they? They are so simple, 8o pure, 80 honest, and =o entirely the opposite of anything grotesque. Yet they are his, and his book, “A Gage of Youth,” con- talns many others in similar vein that are equally delightful. His “Ballade of Conceit” has more of the better known Burgess in it. They are rather hard lines to run on a book page -something in the nature of a cold bath for the humble reviewer. 8till, as no onec is chilled but the lowly critic, let ug re peat them BALLADE OF CONCEIT To all ye critics who come to chill And 1o smirch the work of the blessed few, Who feed on the fancy they try to kill, 1 snap my fingers—the sapless crew! What do 1 care if they bark and mew? This in the teeth of the mouths that whine: What have ye wrought ye can this’ to: By Jove, 1 made it, and it is mine!” Never a book that was writ so 1ll, Never a picture 50 false of hue, Never a wong with so little thrill, ‘That it had not gomething I'm glad was true! What i€ 1 fall? I can still pursue Joy of Creation, the gift divine! And he who creates has at least thi “By Jove, 1 made it, and it is mine view: Thank God, who gave me the wits and will, And the raging passion to put it through, I never saw task that took o much skill 1 dared not try, and I dared not do} My work is crude, and a bit askew, You're free to condemn it, line by line, But, bred of my brain, in my heart It grew: By Jove, I made it. and it is mine!’ - ENVOY. Crities, your parasite life s new! Drink my conceit, for it flows like wine; Mere Is my poem, and here Is your cue: By Jove, I made 1t, and it is mine! “Willy and the Lady,” from a popular standpoint, is the best thing in the Look ! When 1 say popular, however, T should add In the way of “masculine popularity,” for it may be that the fair sex will take exception to the general sentiment of the poem. Anyway, it is rattling good stuff. Read it aloud and see what a fine swing the lines haver WILLY AND THE LADY. Leave the lady, Willy, let the racket rip, She is goIng to fool you, you have lost your &rip, Your brain is in a muddle and your heart is In a whirl, long with me, Willy, girl? never mind the Com: Come and have a Man-Talk, Come with those who can talk, Light your pipe and listen, and the boys will see you through; , Love is only chatter, Friends are all that matter, Come and talk the Man-Talk; that's the cure for you! Leave the lady, Willy, let her letter walt, You'll forget your troubles when you get it straight, The world is full of women, &nd the women full of wile; Come along with me, Willy, we can make you smile! Come and have a’ Man-Talk, A rousing black-and-tan talk, There are plenty there to teach you, there's a lot. for you to do: Your heafl must stop its whirling Before you go a-girling, Come and talk the Man-Talk; that's the cure for you! Leave the lady, Willy, the night is good ana long, Time for beer and 'baccy, time to have a song; Where the smoke is swirling, sorrow 1t you can— Come along with me, Willy, come and be a man! . Come and have a Man-Talk, Come and hear the clan talk, We've all of us been there before, and jolly #lad it's through! We'll advise you confidently, And we'll break 1t to you Come and talk the Man-Talk: that's for you! tly, the cure Leave the lady, Willy, you are rather young; ‘When the tales are over, when the songs are sung, When the men have made you, try the girl again; Come along with me, Willy, you'll be better then! Come and have a Man-Talk, Forget your girl-divan talk, You've got to get acquainted with point of view! Girls will only fool :you, We're the ones to school you, Come and talk the Man-Talk; that's the cure for you! Now that you have finished “Willy and the Lady,” I can hear the small voice shrieking “Kipling.” Well, suppose it does suggest Kipling. There is no harm in that, is there? If Burgess can beat Kipling at his own game, why so much the more credit to Burgess. . - &B. G. LATHROP, another THE SUNDAY CALL side the sweep of Grumpy's claws. After one or two vain attempts to shake the spotted fury off. old Grumpy did just as most creatures would have done tinder the cjrcumstances.” Sh turned tail and bolted out ot the enemy country into her own woods. But Pusey's fighting Llood was up. not content with repelling the enemy. she wanted to inflict a crushing defeat, to achleve an absolute and final rout. And however fast old Grumpy might go it did fot count, for the Cat was still on top, working her teeth and claws ltke a little demon. Grumpy, always erratic, now became panic-stricken. The trail of the pair was flecked with tufts. of long black hair, and there was even bloodshed (in the fiftleth degree). Honor was. surély satis- fled, but Pussy was not. Round ‘and. round they had gone in the mad race. Grumpy was frantic, absolutely humillated, and ready to make any terms, but Pussy seemed deaf to hi cough-like yelps, and no one knows how fe the Cat might have ridden that day had not Johnny unwittingly -put a ‘new idea into his mothesls head by bawling in his best style the top of his ‘last tree, which tree mpy made for and scrambled up. X This wi clearly the enemy's country and th view of his reinforcements that. the Cat wisely decided to follow no farther. _She Jumped trom the climbing bear to the ground ™ and then mounted sentry guard below, march- ing around with tall in the air, daring that Bear to come down. Then the kittens came out and sat around and enjoyed it all hugely. And the mountaineers assured me that the Bears would have been kept up the tree til| they were starved had not the cook of the hotel come out and called off his Cat—although this statement was not among. those vouched for by the officers of the park. ““The Mother Teal and the Overland Route” tells the story of the thrilling adventures of Mrs. Duck and her family of ten in getting from thelr nest into the pond. “The Kangaroo Rat” is a study In natural history that reads like a falry tale—that Is, as far as the daintiness and charm of execution are concerned. ““Tito" 18 a strong story of “The Coyote That Learned How.” It is one of the best in the book and I regret that lack of space prevents giving it more attention. The main point of the story lles in the out- witting of a man by a coyote that had been brought up in captivity and by bitter experfence learned the lessons of dogs, poisons, traps. men and guns. Tito finally escapes from her captors. and then, in the pursuit till the death that is ever the fate . of the hunted thing. she turns her prac- tical though severe educatien tn good use. (The price of “Lives of the Hunted" is $17) B. G. LATHROP. The Award of Justice. ““The Award of Justice” is a novel by A. Maynard Barbour. As was to be expected of the author of “That Mainwaring Af- fair,"” this new novel by Mr. Barbour is replete in strength and in the vivid por- trayal of human nature ip its most allur- ing aspects. The contest of/brains in track- ing and bringing to justice violators of the law always possesses a fa:cination and Mr. Barbour is an adept In depicting the many exciting scenes and Incidents In- velved in a story of this kind. The scene of “The Award of Justice” is laid In a spot full of attractiveness—a vuluable mining property in the heart of the Rockies, owned by a wealthy Easter syndicate, of which the venerable mif- Henal Mr. Cameron, is the head. A rascally Western mining company en- trusted with the management of the mires is systematically plundering the owners. A young nephew of Mr, Cam- eron—a mining expert. a miilionaire and a hero—is sent out incognito to investi- gcte. The thrilling story of young Hous- ton’s intelligent battle against trained, strong and unscrupulous. villainy is well told and culminates in the blowing up of the mines for the purpose of destroying all evidence of fraudulent practice on the yart of the manager. But this is not the only nor the principal element of interest in this fascinating Laok. Not one but several romances of interest. covering the fleld of business, friendship and of love, are skilifully blend- ed tn unity. . Fduston, the hero, is provided with a #itting mate in the Jomperinl Miss Gladden, swhe, in the most patural way. {s brought vpon the scene at the right time to dis- cover and admire his great qualities. The beautiful Lyle Maverick—In the rude sur- roundings in which she was found un- accountable for her refined character— reered in the severest hardships of West- ern life, is a young girl in whom Morton Rutherford, the friend and companion of Houston, finds a much prized treasure. even before he knows who her parerfts really are, The gloomy recluse of the mountains who has figured in an exciting way in the mining story is another inter- erting personage. whose past, when it is finally disclored, proves full of surprises to the friends he has made among the mountains. (Published by Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago. Price $1 50.) Social Spirit in America. “The Soclal Spirit in America” is by Charles Richmond Henderson, professor of sociology IN the University of Chi- cago. The alm of the book.1s to place before the general reader some of the forms of actlvity that are being manifested in the interests of soclal reform. It is belleved that extending the knowledge of the manifesting of this social spirit will greatly enlarge/ the activity toward soctal progress. The titles of a few of the chap- ters will indicate the character of t book: ‘‘Better Houses for the People,” “Public Health,” *“Good Roads and Com- munication,” Are D = Earners, Community ity and Correctjon “The Soclal Spirit in Conflict| with Anti-Social Insti- tutions.” ! The author's studies in this spetfal field have given him a wide acquaintance with present conditions, and his knowledge of reform movements enables him to write with intelligence and fairness. “The concrete methods here described are not imaginative Inventions of the au- thor, but ways by which earnest men and women have actually achleved success. No attempt has ‘been made to produce an exhaustive encyclopedia of soclal res forms, but only to illustrate a tendency and encourage individual workers and as- soclations. “Many people of generous and patriotic sympathies eager to advocate goodness, truth and beauty are discouraged from undertaking large enterprises and cosmic schemes by their vastness, remoteness and complexity. Show them a way from their own door which leads straight to a wask which s not beyond their resources of knowledge, time and money, and they cheerfully follow it to a definite duty, and return to thelr homes with satisfaction of heart and consclence.” 5 The book will be found an excellen manual for social and study clubs and will be equally interesting and valuable for the general reader. It is fully indexed and contains a well selected bibllography to each chapter. (Published by Bcott, Foresman & Co., Chicago. Price $150.) Great Masters of Painting. “Among the Great Masters of Paint- ing” 1s an Interesting volume from the pen of Walter Rowlands. Works: on the history of art are very numerous, and also, for the most part, exceedingly dull. Mr. Rowlands, however, has succeeded in the rare task of writing a book which Is not only instructive but also readable, fresh and exhilarating. We are not given a catalogue of the names of painters and canvases, but are seated In the studios of the great masters of art and behold the immortal ‘works of the’'imagination in the process of making. Thus we be- come in faney the 'contemporaries of Rubens and '‘Titlan and Velasquez, as-well as of Hogarth and Reynolds and a score of other painters represented int this work. This is in many respects an exquisite and . valugble giftbook. To have lllustrated the book with reproductions of well-known paintings by .the masters whose works are described would have been an easy task; & much more useful and difcult Y She was Qlever Bock of <Jingles From Japan™ ERE is an f{llustration from the cover of “Jingles from Japan.” A. 8 M. Robertson, the San Francisco publisher, undoubtedly has a most taking holiday- novelty in this odd little ' volume with ita Japanese paper dress and its ' striking Japanese illustrations, by Miss Helen Hyde and -merry Jingles by Miss' Mabel Hyde. ‘The pictures, in red and black, are real- thing has been accomplished in reproduc- ing famous paintings of scenes in the lives of the painters themselves. AS. for In- stance, “The Death of Leonardo da Vinel,” from the painting by J. A. D. Ingres; “The Sleep of Fra Angelico,” by Albert Maignan, and *“Charles V Picking Up Titian's Brush,” by Carl Becker. (Pub- lished by Dana, Estes & Co., Boston. Price §150.) Parliamentary Practice. The publication of a gecond edition of Rufus Waples' *“Handbnok on Parlia- mentary Practice’” has afforded the au- thor an opportunity to revise the original work and to enlarge it by the addition of matter which eriticism of the original work showed to be necessary. The revi- gion and additions, howéver. do not ma- terially alter the treatment of the theme. In his prefage to the second edition the author has bad the satisfaction of being able to say: “Eighteen years have passed since thig book was first published. Dur- ing that time there has been a larze cor- respondence on the subjectof it and many questions have been asked and answered; vet no one has pointed out any error in the book. S8ome exnlanations. however, seem advisable and some additional mat- ter desirable. This book now introduces the subjects more gradually than it did before, presenting first~ the elementary principles. A new chapter Is added cover- ing several toplcs and attempting to cor- rect some misleading notions.” The aim of the work is to reduce the whole code of parllamentary practice to a system® readily comprehended so that any ques- tion which arises may be solved on prin- ciple. Tt undertakes no innovations upon established usages and has no other ob- Ject than that of enabling a learner to ac- quire a knowledge of the rules, and methods by which parliamentary work s carrfed on. As the author himself ex- presses it: “No novelty in the law and usages of deliberative bodies is introduced or attempted: on the contrary the merit claimed is that of rendering rules of order plain, certain and readily applied.” (Pub- lished by Callaghan & Co., Chicago.) Pine Ridge Plantation. The hero of “Pine Ridge Plantation,™ by William Drysdale, is an underpald and overworked farm drudge, who Is not con- tent to work almlesgly from day to day, but who sets out to make his own living. He purchases a piece of cheap land In the South and through persistent efforts converts it Into @ prosperous cotton plantation. The evolution of the “patch” into the plantation s consist- ently worked out by the author, and the story is brimful of life and carnest en- veavor. Its purpose is to show how “lib- «rty and living” may be secured without capital, and how Independence of char- acter is bound to succeed in the end. But .the book is never a serles of sage rules or models by which the owner of Pine Ridge Plantation succeeded. It is simply the picture of a sturdy, energetic American boy and his sister, who had more than one laughable experience in their first days of unguided effort, but who learned something from each epi- sode—just as any intelligent, ambijtious boy should learn from a perusal of this practical, entertaining story. (Published by Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York. Price $1 50.) . God Save the King. A new story Is out by Ronald MacDon- ald—also the author of that stirring ro- mance, “The Sword of the King,"” cover- ing a period In English history a little earlier than its predecessor. Like the former story, the present one is autobio- graphical in form: but it is the hero this timeé, not the heroine, who tells it, and who flgures as the chief actor in the thrilling events described. This young royalist befriends, at a critical momeat, the defeated and wandering Charles 11, before the King’s escape to the Continent after the battle of Worcester. The hero ine aids him in this adventure, and she and he and the restored monarch are’the principal actors in an exciting episide that furnishes the climax of the story. (Puo- lished by The Century Company, New York. Price $150.) Royal Rogues. A charming fairy tale that will win th heart of any child is ‘‘Royal Rogue by Alberta Bancroft. 1In fact ‘“Royal Rogues" is so well told that it cannot but appeal even to the grown-up whose duty Imprcs$ions Calendar 1902. Beauttivl, Practical, Good When the Year iy Done. $10 Pyt e Eer and Shepard, '238 DOSTSTREET. ly quite out of the ordinary. They have all the Japanese swing and dash. for Miss . Helen-Hyde has spent some time in Ja- pan. In fact, she has only quite recently returned to S8an Francisco, with her trunk full of Japanese curiosities and with Jap- anese art at her finger tipes. Aside from the jolly tone of the verses the lines con- tain many a picture of Japanese life that 18 novel and interesting. - (Price 75 cents.). it is to read out loud to the smaller mem-~ bers of the family. The heroes are merry twin rogues, the gons of a king, but with a strain of fairy blood in their veins. Their explorations In fairyland are de- lightfully wild and strange and calcu- lated to hold the young reader in a state of breathless attention. The book is re- markably well jllustrated in color and half-tone by drawings from the brush of Louis Betts. (Published by G. P. Put- nam’s Sons, New York. Price $§1 35.) e e = Literary Notes. Katharine Pyle's clever {llustrations adorn the pages of her new juvenile, “As the Goose Flies,” which Little, Brown & Co. will publish early in November. These pictures are numerous and give added in- terest to the fairy tale. which should be as popular as Miss Pyle's “The Christmas Angel.” Lane's translation of “The Arablan Nights,” which has just been newly pub- lished in six volumes by the Macmillan Company, contains 100 photogravure il- lustrations by Stanley Wood and an intro- duction by Joseph Jacobs of fairy tale fame. They are handy volumes, light in welght, and well printed, with handsome covers. As we come toward the Christmas holi- days larger space in the magazines Is given to fictlon. The Cosmopolitan in- cludes a tragic story of the Mexican fodt- hills by Thomas A. Janvier: a very clever society story by Carolyn Wells, one of the old French romances by Richard Le Gal- lienne, an unusually interesting Indian narrative by H. T. George and a weird story by 8. R. Crockett. Doubleday, Page & Co., are just pub- lishing Charles H. Coffin magnficent book on ‘“Photography as a Fine Art,” with a h ictures showing tha work of such expert photographers as Al- fred Stieglitz, Gertrude Kasebier, James T. Kelley, Frank Eugene, W. B. Dyer, Clarence H. White, Edward Steichen and Rudolf Eickmeyer Jr., and others who are doing the most of what is artistic in pho- tography. Mary Hartwall Catherwood, author of the new and Interesting novel “Lazarre,” is the subject of the monthly portrait and biography in November Book News, Thére Is a timely article on the writings of Theodore Roosevelt: also a sketch ani portrait of Margaret Horton Potter. ~The Author's Calendar for the month is given. the magazines are briefly reviewed. ani Dr. Talcott Willlams talks about tha more important new books. There are more than the usual number of reviews of new books, and pictures from same. Harper & Brothers published on October 25 the following new books: “Heroines of Fiction,” two volumes, uniform with “Literary Friends and Acquaintances,” by W. D. Howells: *“‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” with forty full-page il- lustrations by Peter Newell; “Over the Plum Pudding” (sixth and final volume of Harper's Portrait Collection), new Christ stories by John Kendrick Bangs; “The House Divided,” a novel by H. B. Marriott Watson, author of “The Princess Xenia,” and “Let Not Man Put Asunder,” by Basil King, the tenth voi- ume of the Amarican novel series. Messers. Herbert S. Stone & Co. have revived an old fashion in publishing “The Christmas Garland; A Miscellany of Storfes, Verses and Essays.” In olden Uimes the Christmas annual was as reg- ular as the season itself and as gayly welcomed. It formed a kind of fireside companion for the entire family, and was its main supply in the matter of reading. Through its mcans many a good thing has seen the light, and with such names as Octave Thanet, Maurice Thompson, Maria Louise Pool, George Ade, Clyde Fitch, Louise Chandler Moulton, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, John Kendrick Bangs -and Ed- mund Gosse to back it up the present re- :;l“l should carry on the tradition worth- ¥ McClure's Magazine for Novamber has some very noteworthv artffles. One, that is probably of the greatest general inter- est, is an exccllent paper on President Roosevelt by Willlam Allen White. Mr White is so we!l known through his char- acter sketches -f Bryan. Hanna and Cro- ker that it Is hardly necessary to say anything further in his praise. Another article deserving specla mentlon is one by Ray Stannard Baker on “What the United States Sjeel Corporation Realiy Is and How It Works." Other features Colonel .ioslyn, U. 8. A." by M. Quad; “Faster Than the Express Train, a description of an automobile race from Paris to Berlin, by Walter Wellman; “'With His Back to the Wall,” by Josepn M. Rogers, and numerous other storles and poems. Doubleday, Page & Co. announce that thelr magasine, “Country Life in Amer- ca' has found a welcome of unexpected proportions and enthusiasm. The pub- lished announcement has led to orders for more than'the first edition and of ad- vance subscriptions from would-be read- ers In unexpected numbers. Not , only does the idea of Country Life in -Amer- ica appeal to all 'who love the country, but the name of the editor, L. H. Balley ot Cornell, gives solld assurance that the magazing will be popular, 'interestin, beautiful and of high standard. To make sure of a ‘“falr start,”” the publishers is- sued a complete sample number and have improved vastly upon this, now that they have finally issued the initlal number Among the contents is an article by the cditor on abandoned farms, what they are and yhat may be done with them, with charming {llustration: an Hlus- trated account of ex-Governor Levi P. Morton's place, Ellerslie; o two-page col- lection of suggestive pictures of pleasant country homes: the history of the frog from tadpole to froghood, with remark- able photographs by A. R. -Dugmore made from life; articles on planting the lawn, the art of letting things grow, the newest fruits, and a vast amount of prac- tical matter about the garden, the green- Louse, and even the window box, all of which is abundantly llustrated. Justin Huntly McCarthy has been for some years constructing a romantie novel founded on the career of Francols Villon. Contrary to the general rule, Mr. M: Carthy has dramatized his story before publishing it, and E. H. Sothern, in pro- ducing it, has scored one of his most dis- tinguished successes. “If I Were Kmg" the tit® of the now finished novel and it will be published within a few weeks by R. H. Russell in a most at- tractive setting. In it Mr. McCarthy has presented a most interesting picture of the life and time of Francois Villon, full of thrilling adventure and dramatic epi- sodes and interwoven with charming a love story as has ever been told, writ- ten In that graceful diction and delightful style of which Mr. McCarthy is a master. There. is no doubt that it will be one of the most widely read books of the year. Beautiful drawings in color and pictures of Mr. Sothern and his company in the principal roles, together with attractive type and handsome binding, make the book as charming in appearance as it is fascinating in plot. John Lockwood Kipling is an accom- plished " artist. Those who knew him in Indja remember the time when Rud- vard Kipling, though creating a consid- erabie local reputation in his short stories, was best known as the son of a famous father. Mr. Kipling senfor was for a generation one of the central figures around whom the artistic education of the native poputation flourished. Under his guldance the sons of the best familles were instructed in painting, modeling. sculpture and woodworking, and in his schools were students ranging from tod- dling boys of tenderest years to men of thirty and upward. After ten years at Bombay he accepted the appointment of principafj of the La- hore School of Art, where he was also curator of the museum. It is sald by one who knew him and his contemporaries that Mr. Kipling, senior, was the most proficient Oriental scholar among Euro- pean residents. He had a marvelous knowledge of the-dialects of India. Added to this he was one of the chief authorities on antiquarian subjects there and was wont to be appealed to from all parts of India for his judgment upon any interest- ing “finds” of doubtful origin. Such a treasure-store of strange and beautiful things his house was as to be the envy and despair of every antiquary of his ac- quaintance. 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