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12 HE lover of Shakespeare will find a great deal to enjoy in Hamilton Wright Mabie's work, ‘“Shakes- peare, Poet, Dramatist and Man,” of which the third edition has just been issued by the Macmillan Company. The exhaustive work of generations of critics has, in so far as scientific data is concerned, left little that is new to be said concerning Shakespeare. Every word that Shakespeare wrote has been weighed so carefully that, considering alone the technique of the dramas, so to speak, there remains small occasion for the exercise of originality in criticism. Very wisely Mr. Mabie has not attempt- ed in this work of his a studied investi- gation of each play for the student of English; what he has attempted to do nd what he has succeeded so admirably doing has been to draw from the well known facts of Shakespeare’s life and from his works an evaluation of the phe- nomenon of Shakespeare’s genius and an explanation of the possibility of the ap- pearance of this phenomenon. Mr. Ma- €'s_fine appreciation of the beauty of deeper meaning of life, whether this reveal jtself in a play of the emotions or the phenomena i1 - of nature, and his facllity in expressing this appreciation, have lent to his work & poetic quality Which must appear in any criticism of Shakespeare if this is not to leave u; pon the reader the impression that there is something essential lacking. Mr. Mabie’s book opens with a brief ac- co of the origin of the drama in the crude attempts to accompany by ce and gesture the choric son the festiva on to ex- s rude beginning there 1 development of the he true drama of clas- » narration of events by horus had given place to representa- on of adve d emotions by means . ch of individual Ts. After the passing of the splendor the Ay and the brilliancy of the of the best age of classic litera- e dark ages, in which the degenerated into pantomime coarsest type. With 1g came renewed uc- models, and a > drama toward the t before Shake- written play precursors of those d for the highest n dramatic art some length of life at Stratford, and d about the town; as that while Shakespeare’s genius ed its bent from the circumstances his later life, it was t6 the e gained while a youth at 1e acquaintance he made Warwickshire scenery look for th s wide knowledge and impulses dominating beth, which exponent of the intimate s of naty h exqu ich were no mear e systematic, Shakespeare had t town, which of- tages of educa- m- t warning, and experience. The able’s book is that appeared in his b ogical development of throughout civilized d baving free play 2nd, and that these rest expression in ason that his soul their meaning. 1t excellence the em. genius of the Angio- n his lfe previous to the us found utterance in ation and not in contra- ork wiich he produced 7 a poet for the dramatist who appeals and understanding of he perennial popularity of shows that e speaks in a lan- understand; that 1 the gamut of hu- not found expres- it 1s not dif- seeming disadvan- are’s career worked for His quiet Iif> ities of the coun- Straiford gave time and plac e ear to the marvels told by v d strolling players of the won- ders that were opened to view by the dis- are is he is the experie T3 ew world and by the grow- iess of the inherent strength s of England. Then, too, ance or the growing poverty of ther drove him to London he was practical knowledge of later stood him in such acq tance with old roved the inepiration and future work age of Elizabeth the thea- ed by representatives of he license of the time, vlayed as freely in 7 as that of the noble ult the playwright g popularity must in eal 10 an experience as uman nature itseif. That id this with pre-eminent success is shown by the fact that for the arned and the simple of all times his plays have come to be a treasury of the knowled concerning the workings of the human soul Holding in view the idea that Shake- TR The * Love Sonnets «» HOODLUM By Wallace Irwin, Introduction by Gelell Burgess. Deliciously Absurd Irresistibly Clever The Latest Slang. 28c¢ Elder and Shepard, ' 238-POST STREET. l RO speare's writings are a record of the deep- ening and broadening of his experience and of his spiritual unioldingi Mr. Mabie reviews the list of plays and poems. He points out the coincidence of the different groups of plays with certain crises in Shakespeare'’s life. He finds that most of historical plays were written when Shakespeare was filled with a splendid enthusiasm for the growing importance of the national greatness of England, and that the best of the comedies were com- posed when Shakespeare was the ris- ing tide of fortune, when he had already gained an enviable fame and when he was reveling in the discovery of a won- derful creative faculty; while the mas- terpleces of tragedy were the result of the bitterness of spirit which laid its hold upon Shakespeare when death entered his own home, and when the political dissen- slons which marred the peace of the last years of the reign of Elizabeth had brought disaster to his patrons and friends. In the last dramas of Shakespeare, “The Winter’s Tale,” “Cymbeline,” “The Temp- est,”” there are evidences of an enlarge- ment of vision, an added tenderness of feeling and a reserve of judgment, which distinguish fittingly the end of the labors of a writer whose work it was to em- body in substantial form the history of humen feeling. In these plays there rings again an echo of the joyousness and op- timism of youth blended with a note of resignation and serenity, which evidences the peace which Shakespeare had at last attained after the stress of earlier years. One thing that Mr. Mable says on the subject of the sonnets deserves a hearinz. In judging Shakespeare’'s mental and’emo- tional life through the medium of these . poems. Mr. Mabie would take a middle sround and consider them nelther the formal expression of artifielal sentiment nor, on the other hand, a faithful de- scription of actval experiences. For, he argues, while in Shakespeare’s time the sonnet had come to be such a common vehicle of literary expression that writers had to simulate emotions to make up a sufficiently large supply of themes, still the traces of genuine sentiment In the poems are too many o make it probable that the truth is other than this: that the personnel of the sonnets is fictitious, but the sentiments and emotions volced In them are largely genu Lysbeth. One of the best things written by Rider Haggard 1s a romance of Holland in the time of Alva. The novel, which is called “Lysbeth,” from the name of its heroine, deals with the fortunes of a family which lent adherence to the New Faith at a time when the death warrant swiftly fol- lowed upon a suspicion of alienation from the rational religion of Spain. Lysbeth is a charming voung girl, whose beauty and wealth invite ..e attention of a Spanish soldier of fortune, who at the time the story opens is in command of an important garrison in Holland. The Spaniard. Count de Montalvo, succeeds in winning Lysbeth from the man she really loves, Dirk Van Goord, a Hollander, like herself. Not long after the marriage be- tween Lysbeth and the Count it is dis- covered that the latter has been married for several years to a Spanish woman. In despair Lysbeth flies from the home whose master she had already learned 10 hate and fear. She takes refuge in a lorely marsh, where she is succored by a poor outcast, Martha the Mare, who has been reduced from a position of af- fluence to destitution, and who has un- dergone the most terrible tortures be- cause she is under a ban of the church. Lysbeth is restored to her former lover, Dirk, whom she marries. With him she pasees many happy vears. But unhap- piness agaip comes to Lysbeth when the Spaniards increase the persecution of the Hollanders to such an extent thgt that unhappy people is goaded to throWw off the yoke of one of the cruelest mas- ters of historic times. The fortunes of Lysbeth and her family are connected closely with that of her country; for the wealth of some of its members excites the cupidity of «the Spaniards, and the misfortunes of unhappy Holland find an instance in the persecution to which this particular family is subjected. Mr, Haggard has chosen for the time of his story a period so full of interest that a story of the time even passably well written would hold attention. But given in addition to the interest of the historic background of the romance, the well known skill of Haggard in telling a good story, the result is a historical novel of more than average merit. Besides, in this latest book of Haggard’s he has made a successfyl attempt to win the sympathy of the reader.not only by the charm of recital of adventure, but by that due to a good picture of interesting char- acters. (Published by Longmans, Green & Co., New York. Price $§150.) Drawings by Gibson. The volume of drawings by Charles Dana Gibson which is issued this year by R. H. Russell presents all of the at- tractions for which we have learned to look in Gibson's work. The book contains eighty-four draw- ings, half of which form a series repre- senting the courting of a beautiful young widow by a large circle of admirers. The widow makes her first appearance when she is still overcome with grief at the loss of her husband. She seeks one di- version and then another as a distraction from sorrow and intime re-enters soci- ety. But, although there is offered her pleasure in plenty and ny lovers as well, she makes her escape from the world and takes refuge In a convent, where she appears charming as ever and still worshiped at a distance by her faithful swains. The remaining drawings fllustrate the foibles of different sorts and condltions of men and women. We still find among Gibson's characters, if they may be called so, the stately girl whom he has made famous. But we find, too, as time goet on, that Gibson can draw not only fair women and good looking men, but people interesting for their peculiar traits of form or feature. The value of Gib- son’s work is enhanced, as he adds to his surety of touch a better appreciation of the differences of temperament which dis- tinguish even persons of the same general type. The beauty and daintiness of the vol- ume must make it, like its predecessor: a leading favorite among holiday books, (Published by R. H. Russell, New York. Price $.) A Detective Story. A detective story of the most lurld type has been written by Burford Delan- noy and called ““£19,000.” The English in which the story is told is so defective that at times it makes one shudder. Still, in spite of fauits of style the story is so in- geniously constructed that it cannot but prove entertaining to those who like tales of crime and the retribution which follows, Thé succession of murders and disasters with which the book is replete are committed for the sake of mineteen thousand pound notes issued by the Bank of England. This money in reality be- longs to an obscure farmer living in America, but it does not reach his hands % 3 -‘,?}‘a' s untfl it has caused the gravest disasters to many, and has threatened the happi- ness of the farmer's own family. When the story ends, however, the money is in possession of its rightful owner, and promises to give happiness sufficient to wipe out the memory of the sorrows it has occasioned. (Published by R. F. Fen- no & Co., New York. Price $1 25.) A Cabinet Secret. ““A Cabinet Secret,” by Guy Boothby, is an absurd tale of the calamities occurring to leaders of affairs in England at the outbreak of the war in South Africa. A band of foreign anarchists. in order to inflict as much harm as possible upon the English Government at a time when fits difficulties leave it open to attacks from its enemies, plot to kill the leading states- men and generals. The principal agent of the band is a beautiful woman who masquerades as a grande dame, the Coun- tess de Fenetza. She goes from the Conti- nent to London, where she maintains a THE SUNDAY CALL. a new hope and joy. (Published by Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York. Price $120.) Sylvia. If ingenious advertising can make a novel famous, then “Sylvia” should take front rank. The author or the publishers have hit upon a device new in introduc- ing a novel to the public. The heroine of the book, “Sylvia,” by Evalyn Emerson, is described as ‘“‘the most beautiful in Europe.” Twelve well known illustrators have each drawn to represent Sylvia a portrait portraying their ideal of beauty in woman. The twelve pictures of Sylvia introduce the reading matter of the book. The pictures are preceded by a notice in- viting the publit to try for a prize of five hundred dollars by sending to the publishers a coupon found in each copy of tHe novel. Upon this coupon is to be written a list of the photographs in or- der of excellence, according to the opin- ion of the sender. Those whose list cor- 1 BOOK OF SONNETS IN SLANG BY A SAN FRANCISCAN. wWaLwe Aage- BN IRwiIrg .o B e @allace IJrwin. ‘Wallace Irwin, a young San Franciscan, whose verses in lighter vein have already caught the public's fancy, now comes forth with a book that out up-to-dates them all—“The Love Sonnets of a Hood- lum.” Mr. Irwin has taken the highest form known to lyric writers and with due regard to all the mechanical convention- alities and requirements of the sonnet, gone to work with an impassioned ardor that-gives even the ‘“Letters of an Eng- lishwoman' an icy appearance and mokes the slang of George Ade's fables look like the English of a college professor. From a glance at the advance sheets it is safe to say that the book will make a hit. Through the twenty-two sonnets runs the story of the love of Willie for his Mame—a sad tale of woe expressed in more slang than even the American lan- guage has been credited to possess. Here is the third sonnet, which shows the gen- tleman’s remarkable ideas concerning the wearing apparel that should win the heart of his inamerita: As follows is the make-up I shall buy, Next week, when from the boss 1 pull my pay: A white and yellow zig-zag cutaway, A sunset-colored vest and purple tie, A shirt for vaudeville and something fly In gunboat shoes and half-hose on the gay. Il get some green shoe-laces, by the way, And a straw lid to set ‘em stepping high. Then shiall T shine and be the great main squeeze, The warm gazook, the only on the buncl, The Oklahoma wonder, the whole cheese, The baby with the Honolulu hunch— That will bring Mame to time—I should yes! Ain't my dough good as Murphy's? guess! Bad luck hovers close to the doughty lover's standard, however, and Murfhy carries off the lady. Willfe sings of the say Well, 1 sad culmination to his wooing in the fol- lowing pathetic straf At noon to-day Murphy and Mame were tied. A gospel huckster did the referee, And all the Drug Clerks' Union loped to see The queen of Minnfe street become a hride, And that bad actor, Murphy, by her side, Standing where Yours Despondent ought to be. 1 went to hang a smile in front of me, But weeps were in my glimmers when I tried. The pastor murmured, *“T%o and two make one,"" And slipped a sixteen K on Mamlie's grab: And when the game was tied and all was done The guests shied footwear at the bridal cab, And Murphy’s little gilt-roofed brother Jim Snickered, “She's left her happy home for Dhim.” The last two lines of the epilogue have a ring to them in a humor particularly fetching: To just one girl I've tuned my sad -bazoo, Stringing my pipe-dream off as it occurred, And as I've tipped the straight talk every word, If you don’t like it you know what to do. Perhaps you think I've handed out to you An idle jest, a touch-me-not, absurd As any sky-blue-pink canary bird Billed for a record season at the Zoo. If that's your guess you'll have to guess again, For thus I fizzled in a burst of glory, And this rhythmatic side-show doth contain The sum and supstance of my hard-luck story, Showing how Vanity is still on deck And Humble Virtue gets it in the neck. Gelett Burgess has written an introduc- tion in quaint defense of the perverted combination of the sopnet and slang. The humor that underlies his apparently pon- derous exposition of the peculiar fitness of slang and its use by old writers of world fame is quite delightful and pe- culiarly Burgess in flavor. Mr. Irwia's book is published by Elder & Shepard, San Francisco. * splendid establishment. She makes her way into English soclety, and by this means obtains information of the move- ments of the commander-in-chief of the British army, the general who is to go to Africa in charge of the army there, and of several other men of equal distinction. Through the machinations of the reputed Countess these men are kidnaped, and put on board an old ship which is to be sunk at a certain time by an infernal machine. But this aesign is frustrated, and at last the Englishmen are rescued, while the anarchists meet death in a storm at sea. (Published by J. B. Lip- pincott & Co., Philadelphia. Price $1 50.) King Midas. “King Midas,” by Upton Sinclair, takes its title from the struggle in the heart of a beautiful girl just entering womanhood, who tries to please her friends and to gratify her own love of the beauty and Juxury that wealth brings by giving her hand to a millionaire suitor when her heart does not go with it. It s a wonder- ful study of a woman’s soul. Lovers of music will be especially interested by the skill with which music is made a lan- guage for the expression of emotion and the revelation of character. The story ends In scenes of thrilling dramatic in- tensity, culminating in tragedy; but be- yond the tragedy is seen the promise of $ } Impressions Calendar 1902. Beautitvl, Practical, Good When the Year Is Done, 100 Postpaid Anywhere. e 238 POST STREET. - responds to the opinion of the majority of contestants as to respective merits of the pletures will divide the prize. The introductory notice of “Sylvia,” Wwhich reads like an advertisement of a new soap, prepares one to expect reading matter on a par with that found in an advertisement. To be sure there Is in “Sylvia” a plot—such as it is—but con- sidering style and general merit, (ke novel is not to be criticized seriously. As Uterature it is of the class which appears serfally in a fifth rate periodical. The only one to whom the novel can be rec- ommended is he who wishes to find a quick road to wealth by seeking one of the infinitesimal bits of the five hundred dollar prize. (Published by Small, May- nard & Co., Boston. Price $150.) Tommy Foster's Adventures. We are indebted to Mr. Frederick Ober for much good iiterature. He has written some two dozen books of various kinds, dealing with travel and adventure mainly, and now and then a dip into history. “Tommy Foster's Adventures” is a book that boys will read with keenest pleas- ure. It appears opportunely, too, for at no previous time has there been so gen eral an interest in the Indian tribes the Southwest, among whom the hero of the story passed several pleasant yet exciting weeks. Tommy's father is sufferer from asthma and is ordered “Out West” to obtain, if possible, relief from his ail- ment. Tommy's mother goes along to take care of her husband, and Tommy—a pretty lively boy of 14—is one of the party because there is no one with whom he can be left. They reach a little, strag- a . 8ling town in New Mexico, and right here /Tommy's adventures begin. His first exploit is to shoot an Indian dog, mistaking it for a coyote. He Is locked up in consequence, but an Indian boy of about his own age helps him out of this trouble, and the two become fast friends. Then still more exciting adven- tures follow, and the mistakes and trials of Temmy before he arrives at something like wisdom are told in a delightful way. Tommy is not a liero exactly, but he is a plucky lad and is sure to have plenty of admirers. (Puolished by Henry Altemus & Co., Philadelphia. Price $1.) etk ' Nautical Encyclopedia. The Marine Review Publishing Com- pany of Cleveland, Ohlo, has just issued from its press a comprehensive diction- dry of sea terms under the title “Patter- son's Illustrated Nautical Encyeclope- dia.” The claim is made that there is no book like it upon the shelf of any one, because there is no book like it in exist- ence. An honest effort has been made to incorporate into the work the meaning of every word which has to do with the sea and {its ships—machinery, as well as hulls of vessels. To this end infinite pains have been taken which have prac- tically embraced the sifting of the entire nautical history of the world. The work has been most thoroughly done. The def- initions are clear, and the text is embel- lished with over 600 engravings, which {I- lustrate every possible part of ship con- struction; To that numerous body which have to do with the merchant marine and the navyy with ship construction and ravigation, the book should prove an in- valuable work of reference. It contains over 500 pages, is serviceably bound in white duck, and stamped in blue, and is altogether an excellent example of the art of printing and binding. The price is 83 Year Book of Lyrics. “A Year Book of Famous Lyries,” by Frederick Lawrence Knowles, is a unique compilation combining the general excel- lencies of ap anthology with those of a year book or calendar of daily selections Every page has one or two short poems which are acknowledged masterpieces, and are pre-eminently suited for memer- izing. In all thére are more than 500 poems. While It is impossible to group 80 many selections without involving some unevenness in quality, the general average is exceedingly high. Seventy- four different English and American poets are represented by selections, an-i the birth and death dates of the more no- table of them are indicated in fine type on the appropriate pages. The illustra- tions include sixteen full-page portraits of famous poets. There are indexes of titles and first- lines, a general introduction, and seven pages of explanatory notes. The mechanical make-up of the book is good, and the cover design is simple and appropriate. (Published by Dana,Estes & Co., Buston. Price $1 50.) Winifred West. “Winifred West" is a story for girls, by Blanche M. Channing. The scene is laid in Western Massachusetts, in a simple country home. The young heroine is the daughter of a thoroughly goed and con- sclentious physician, who has endeavored to give his children, of whom there are a large number, as good an education and as many advantages as he possibly can with his limited means. Tne young girl develops a great taste for the violin. and her parents finally de- clde to give her the benefits cf a winter's study in Boston, under one of the finest of violin masters. Here Winifred is thrown upon her own resources. Her sim- ple country life comes as a ray of sun- shine in the Boston home where she stops. Her steady application to her work, making the most of her opportuni- ties, wins its reward, and at the end of . the year she recetves unusual praise from her stolid old violin master and from the large audience which gathers to hear the final recital of his pupils. (Published by W. A. Wiide & Co., Boston. Price $1.) Last of the Arawaks. “The Last of the Arawaks,” by Fred- erick A. Ober, is a story of adventure, fn which the author gives a pleture of the internal condition of affairs among * the people of the island of San Domingo, ‘where revolutions are of almost constant occurrence. He shows clearly the des- potic power of their chief executive, who at the time of this story was President Heureaux. Into a plcture of the times the author has woven many interesting facts con- cerning the early history of the island, with which the name of Christopher Co- lumbus is inseparavly connected. « Mr, Ober is well able to write under- standingly concerning the affairs of this island, for his life has been spent more or less among the various islands. He has spent much time intGovernment em- ploy in the island of San Domingo, and at the World’s Fair had charge of many of the South American exhibits. (Published gywv:'. A. Wilde Company, Boston. Price The Spectacle Man. ““The Spectacle Man” is .a story of a missing bridge, by Mary F. Leonard. The scene is laid in Louisville, Ky., and has as its central figure and heroine a young girl, whose character the reader soon learns to love. In the early chapters of the book the reader realizes that for some unknown reason an unpleasantness exists between the girl's father and his rela- tives, but it is not untll the closing chap- ters that the author divulges the reason, which proves to be the marriage of the girl's father and mother, which did not meet with the approval of .his family. The little heroine, however, develops such beautitul traits of character that without her knowledge she is the means by which her father and his aunt are reconciled. (Published by W. A. Wilde Company, Boston. Price 3§l.) The Little Lady. “The Little Lady—Her Book," by Albert Bigelow-Paine, is all about the Little Lady who lives in the House of Many Windows, and it has In it all the good stories and good times that have made her happy, and that will help to make many other little people happy. It takes the Little Lady from city to country and back again, and tells all that she did, and sald, and how at last she started to school “with another little boy named ‘Willle.”” Whether it be the storles that the Big Man tells or the songs he sings to the Little Lady; their excursions to the beach or to the Far Land of Trees and Fields, or the Little Lady’s quaint replies, there is a fascination in it all for the child reader. (Published by Henry Alte- mus Company, Philadelphia. Price $L) * A Heroine of 1812. ‘A Herolne of 1812 i{s a Maryland ro- mance by Amy E. Blanchard. The story takes up the many hardships and reverses which characterized the early part of the ‘War of 1812. The young heroine, a stanch supporter of the policy which guided the early events of the war, threw herself heart and hand into the cause. Although differing in opinion from some of her Northern friends, yet she wins their hearty admiration. The hardships through which she passes form the found- ation for the story, besides giving a true picture of the early stages of the war. This volume will be followed by another in which the scenes attending the latter period of the war will be depicted. (Pub- lished by W. A. Wilde Company, Boston. Price $150.) In the Mikado’s Service. “In the Mikado's Service” is a story of two battle summers {n China by Dr. Wil- liam Elliott Grifis. The story takes up the causes and results of the Chino-Jap- anese war, showing to what an extent American civilization has entered into Japanese affairs. Hardly had the coun- try emerged from this struggle when, in unison with the other civilized nations of the world, she marched into China itself, and united in relleving the beleaguered city and suppressing the Boxer movement. The author has treated the entire sub- ject in story form, and has made not only a delightful book, but one which is au- thentic as a history of this period. (Pub- lished by W. A. Wilde Company, Boston. Price $1 50.) The Fall of the Curtain. “The Fall of the Curtain” is a novel which at times shows some degree of merit, but which for the most part bor- ders too closely upon the sensational to deserve more than very moderate praise. The leading theme, thc growth of spirita- ality and unsel in_ the- soul of a worldly, selfish woman, deserves a more skillful treatment than is accorded it by the author. The plot itself is fairly intec- esting,. as the denouement unexpected On the whole, the novel readable f one be got in a humor to criticize. *““The Fall of the Curtain” is by Harold Begbi (Published by the Bowen-Merrill Com- pany, Indianapolis. Price $§1 25.) My Lady’s Diamonds. F. M. Buckles & Co. have just published a new novel called, “My Lady's Dia- monds.” by Adeline Sergeant. Few writ- ers of to-day have so constant a publie as this author. The present story is a sen- sational tale that enlists the reader’s sym- pathies from the outset. A mystery so inscrutable hangs round the heroine that even the man who loves her wavers in his faith, and the wrdeal she goes through is terrible as death. (Price $1 25). e ml Sk Literary Notes. Messrs. A. C. McClurg & Co. announce for early publication a life of Herbert Spencer, by Dr. Dayid Starr Jordan, president of Leland Stanford University. It will be complete to date, and compre- hensive in every particular. The lack of any reliable biography of Spencer will un- doubtedly insure a favorable reception for a volume by so eminent an authority. A useful book in these days of wonders is entitled ““Wireless Telegraphy: A Popu- lar Exposition.” It is written by G. W. de Tunzelmann, B. Se., a European au- thority of note, and has just beem im- ported by the Secribners. It makes the whole subject plain to the unseientific, telling the stofy concisely, within the lm- its of a hundred well illustrated pages, the pictures chosen to assist the under- standing. In an attractive volume the A. Wessels Company will publish immediately the two essays on “Friendship” by Emerson and Cicero. The volume will be printed on Old Stratford deckle edge paper. Except the designed title page and unique end papers the volume has no embeilishments, but great care has been taken with the press- work and the book will form a worthy addition to any book lover’s library. The cover is from an old Florentine design and tke book will be bound in cloth and leather. The artistic features of the Christmas number of Scribner’s will include an elab- orately colored cover by Maxfield Parrish and a frontispiece in color by the same artist, drawings by Cactaigne and Jessie ‘Wilcox Smith, reproduced in their original colors, and snow scenes in the . Adiron- dacks by Guerin, printed in tints which suggest the winter .andscape. Another notable art feature will be the collection of portraits of American children from paintings by Sargent, Miss Beaux, Ken- dall, Alexander, Chase, Miss Cassatt, Thayer, Brush, Lockwood and others. Miss Virginia Harned’'s recent appear- ance as Alice of Old Vincennes, at En lish’s Opera-house in Indianapolis, calls to mind a sequence of coincidences, On ‘the very spot where the opera-house now stands once stood the old homestead of the Hon. William H. English. In this house Mr. English wrote “The Conquest of the Northwest,” and from this book Maurice Thampson, in an acknowledg- ment in his novel. says he secured the historical setting for his story “Alice of Old Vincennes." And now on the same old site stands the theater where Miss Harned triumphed as the fascinating heroine of Mr. Thompson's beautiful story. M. Santos-Dumont’s balloon trip on ;October 19 from- St. Cloud to and around the Eiffel tower and hack in thirty min- utes gives special timeliness to a paper In the Névémber Century on the plucky aeronaut and his steerable airship. Tic account of his previous attempts to per- form this feat. the latest, on August 8, having resulted in the destruction of his balloon—a mishap that almest cost inventor’s life—is told with the knowleds and appyoval of M. Santos-Dumont, anl is at once interesting ard authentie. Many pictures {llustrate the text. Among the translations announced for publication this month is “The Simple Life,” by Charles Wagner, rendered from the French by Mary Hendee. This essay is a plea for simpileity in our mode of liv- ing—for “stmple thoughts, simple words simple deeds, simple pleasures, beauty.™ cal sketch of the author are furnished by Grace King. (McClure, Phillips & Co.) Lafcadio Hearn, author of “A Japane Miscellany,” which Little, Brown & Co. have just published, has had a most un- common and romantic experience. His father was an Irish surgeon in the Sev enty-sixth British Regiment. his mother a Greek lady from Cer‘go. He was born at Leucadia, Santa Maura, Iomian Isl ands. He was sent to France at 16 to o educated, came to America when 19 and found himself in New Orleans, where he did editorial work for ten years. In 13§87 he visited the West Indies, with which he was charmed; went to Japan against his wish, but was quite reconciled to his fate, for he married a Japanese lady, studied the Japanese people with marvelous suc- cess and has produced books of rars charm and remarkable value. He is now lecturer on English iiterature in the Im- perial University of Tokio. Volume VII of the Columbia Univers blological series will be on “Regenera- tion,” by Thomas Hunt Morgan, Ph. D, professor of biology at Bryn Mawr Col- lege, and will be published by the Mac- millan Company immediately. The auth has brought together and analyzed t numerous and widespread observations of the power of regeneration in animals a plants, beginning with the famous exper: ments of Abbe Trembley, of Bonnet and o Spallanzant, and extending down. to the present time. The book is nmot omly in- tended for zoologists, botanists and phy- sicians, but also for the intelligent genera reader who wishes to place himself in touch with some of the newest flelds of work and thought in biology. Among the topics in the book is the explanation of the discussion between the modern school of neo-vitalism and mechanism that is at present exciting far reaching interest ‘Theodore Roosevelt, in the introduction he has written to A. G. Wallthan's forth- coming book, “Camera Shots at Big Game,"” censiders the photography of wild animals as a sport and lauds the camera shot above the rifle shot. 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