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14 ‘ ; : THE SUNDAY CALL. : : ; 1 1 | | CONDUCTED BY | j B. G. LATHROP | * 2 T is not so difficuit a matter to make an after you ha your pl 1-fledged and a quota of dramatic situations thought out, but to preach a sermon through the me- dium of the short story—that requires one of the most delicate combinations of art a genius. The most perfect example of this class of composition is a collec- tion of short stories just published Charles Ecribner's Sons, New York, u Ger the title of “The Blue Flower,” & Henry Van Dyke. Those who r Dr. Van Dyke's book of last sea The Ruling Passion,” are alread) r with thi vie, of which he is a master. He posseses to a marked degree the faculty of beautiful thought expression through the medium of c type. Every one of his stories has its lesson to ch, and yet the good is don diously that the reader uncon- bes the truth of the sermon ing the pleasure that comes him from the perusal of fiction. Dr. Van Dyke is not bnly a good story teller and a student versed in all the subtleties of human nature, but he pos sesses & rare genius in the art of writing that ces his work far above the aver- age of latter day production In the present coilection there is one story in particular that deserves to live as a clas- sic in the English language. That is the tale of “The Other Wise Man.” Nine stories are bound together in the Three of them have been ted separately, but in reference to their appearance here and regarding the title of his book the author has this ic say: I wished to bring them into one book because they seemed to me like parts of the same story—the long story which will not be perfectly told till men learn a new language—the story of the search for hap- piness. which is life. “Many men have told parts of this story, but whether they end in joy or in Jmportant Rooks The Fhilesorhy of Desp ir, Davi¢ Starr Jordan. 75 cens, :1.5%, $5.00. The R-manrce «f the Cormonplace. Gelett Burgess. $1.59, $5.00, $.5.00. The Cynic’s Celerda- o Reviced Wisdom Herford, Mumford, 75 cent . The Children f ‘he ~hornwreath, Gertruge La Page. 3.50. The Tomove Catajogue will be sent upen request Wiusirazed 1 Elder and Shepard 238 Post SL, San Francisco £ OUR M:‘\! fgmp‘m;e BOOK ( S&e™iui suthor & CATALOCUE Sent gratis on applicatior. wholesale and retall dealers in HOL{DAY EDUCAT.ONAL {BOCKS AAD LIBRARY TEE WEITAEER & AT COMPANY, 723 Markes Erveet.- e i FEOTGGEGEGEGERPE TG IRER Jects., We are PO T T v | grief the tory is still unfinis search gocs on. A hundred years ago, Germany, Novalis, a wise man and a poet, began to write the story again, and thought to tell the whole of it, in his ro mance of ‘Heinrich von Ofterdingen.’ " ne first book he called ‘Expectancy,’ and the second book he called ‘Fulfillment.’ But in the middle of the second book he broke off to take a Jong journey, from which ed and the Le bas not yet come back. “If you would like to know something about the meanirg of the search for hap- piness, as fully and as clearly as it can you will read the bit of translated here (some- t confess), and perhaps for want of a better ti- ook is named after ‘The Biue All of the stories are written in a fan- cifal vein, half real aud nalf unreal, but with the lesson ever clear at the end of the greatest happiness to be found in perfect love, devotion and truth. In the first story, “The Source,” is recounted the loyaity of faith and the constancy of purpose that brings the Blue Flower of happiness to one voung girl who cannot seek it abroad. for her duty Mes at home. It is a beautiful fairy tale with the prob= lem of human life subtly woven through it and in such artistic vein that to tell it in other words than those of the author would bring it at once to the common- place. It i1s not only the things that Dr. Van Dyke has to say but also the way that he has of sayiug them that consti- tutes the great charm of his writings. “The- Mill” is charmingly done in the guaint old: style that makes a proper set- ting for a story oi the days when knights were afield and every wod had its giant and every cave its.dragon. It tells of the ultimate finding Of. the great happiness. the Blue Flower, by a youth who is final- ly wise enough to see_at his feet the prize for which be has been looking 30 far and so wide. “Spy Rock™ shows the other:side; the futile search of one who will notusee the Blue Flower even when it is almost thrust upon him, but must needs trample upon it that he may look the higher in & valn effort to discover and hold that which might have been his for the mere picking up and cherishing. One of the stories, Dr. us, Van Dyke tells has some slight foundation in legend. It is the story of “The First Christmas- Tree” and tells of the penetration of Winfried and his little band of stalwart Christians into the heart of the wood where is being held a sacrifice to the false £0d Thor. There } sibly more of dra- matic interest in t an in any of the with perhaps the exception of *The st Word.” This latter a strong story of the backsliding of one of the faith, who, like the man who sells his own shadow, sells but one word. the word of spiritual life. for worldly happiness. Better than all, however, in literary ex- cellence and in the lesson it teaches as well. is “The Other Wise Man.” It con tains the embodiment of the divine spi of the religion of Christ beautifully set forth in the perfection of word-picturing. This particular story was published by Harper & Bros. in 18%. so possibly you bave ‘already read it; if not, you have many a treat in store for yvou—for it is a work of such literary merit that it wiil stand many readings. As a book for a Christmas gift, this lat- est work of Dr. Van Dyke's stands forth pre-eminent, both for its intrinsic worth and on account of its appropriateness in subject matter for a present at this ‘sea- sun. Price $1d0. Famous Artists. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.. New York, tion a book Sarah K. Bolton on “F; ous Artist Reverence for what is great is a universal feeling, says Hermann Grimm. When we iook at great men, it Is as if we saw a victorious army, the flower of a people. marching along. They know all speak one common ing of castes, of noble o- e who now or-in times ks or acts !'ke them rises i¢ admitied into their circle. The care of the world’s great art- itet, considered together, form one of the roblest examples of endeavor ever given language, end to the world. Their art is something of man and vet beyond him. By reasn of fte duai it becomes the source of highest inspirations. for it shows what man has done and, therefore, can® Go > The volume is prepared In h style-and enrichgd by tone reprod of masterpieces”of art and portra:ts the number of forty. The appreciazion of Michael Angeio, Raphael, Titlan. Ru- bens. Reynolds, or other of the ten art- iste considered Is heightened by these ac- companying art plates. The volume is of 4% pages, cloth, gilt top. Price, $230. Sea Fighters From Drake to Farragut Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, have just published a book of sterling vorth” for young readers, entitled * Fighters From Drake to Farragu i by Jessie Peabody Frothingham and is trated uterda The sea fight- to whom she devotes her,pages Drake, Tromp, De Reuter. Tourville, Suf- {ren, Paul Jopes, Nelson and Farragut. The author. gives from three to “hve chapters tc each of her heroes. each chap= ter picturing simply yet grapnically sonie great episode which called for the heroic qualiities of a born leader of men on the sea. The spirit of daring and of adv turous achievement ls present in ev page of the book. Pri net. The House Under the Sea. x Pemberton has a way of making mprobable sound probable and does » plausible a manner and in such 3 yle that he ‘holds your atten- from the start to the finish of his staries. His latest be he House Un- der the Sea,” is no exception, but fully up 1o the standard of his former books of adventure. This is a story of both land and sea and with enough of; the unréa! in it to lend fascination to a plot of strikingly human interest. There Is plenty of mystery and fighting; any amount of hercism sprinkled with just the preper flavor of love. and a number of bad beginnings with good endings. Mr. Pemberton writes in a simple straight- forward style that Is most effective in nevels of adventure and he has the knack of piling incident upon incident until the reader is in a breathless whirl of excite- ment. 1f you care for stories of adventure “ghe House Under the Sea”.is just the book for vou. Tt is published by D. Ap- pleion & Co, New ¥York. Price $§1 50. -8 Faithful. The author of ** s Toosey’s Mission.” who always hides his identity behind the title of his best-known book—or her book, more likely—is out with another volume. 1t contains two stories, “Faithful” and “Wards Cross,” both as deeply and sin- cerely religious as the earlier stories from the same ven. The second shows the same touch of sadness that appears too often in the writer's works, but the first < bright and hopeful, touched with a del- jcate humor. Faithful is the devoted governess, who marries prosperously after proving that /{ [, 690D BYE; THF RJIVERE) B~ 2 COODEYE; THE Woo> she deserves all good things, and is amus- ingly afraid of her good fortune even while enjoying it. “'She came to see me the other day and it was the funniest thing'jn the world; she was quite embarrassed by the rich rustie of her silk dress and the soft warm smell of her splendid sables. I wondered when tea was brought up why she hes- itated to take off her glovés, but when she did 1 saw her blush uneasily at the sparkling diamonds on her hands that had lost ail their hard-worked aspect and were soft and white and prosperous looking. “Dear saint! I think she would have felt happier with a hair shirt under her finery.” (Little, Brown & Co., Boston. Price $1.) How Baldy Won the County Seat. “How Baldy Won the County Seat,” by Charles Joslah Adams, is a unique story of the West of a generation ago, by a “unique man—Charles Josiah- Adams—the veteran clergyman, lecturer, author and Journalist. Mr. Adams, to whom one of his friends in Journalism said not long since: “While you belong to to-day, you always seem to me to have just stepped out of a book!" spent many years in the West, which is now but a fading memory. He was a part of it. This may account for the remark which has been reported It is certainly what made it possible for him to write such a novel as he has produced—:in which the old West actually relives The chief characters are a young cler- gyman—Emory M. Emérson—and his hcrse—Baldy—which so thoroughly corre- late and complete each other that one of them can not be thought of without the other Published by F. Tennyson Neely, New York and London. Price $1 2. The Housewives of Edenrise. People who are interested in problems of married life will find some of those per- plexing questions presented in a bright, entertaining way in “The Housewives of Edenrise,” by Florence Popham. It is an English book and sketch, for it can hard- Iy be called a story, is a picture in light and delicate outline of a conventional English village society stirred into a little deeper excitement than usual by the ap- pearance of a new woman. The woman is reputed to be separated from her hus- band. Edenrise soclety hesitates to re- ceive her, but eventually does so. After a time the woman is summoned into a di- vorze court and there are read and pub- lished some of her letters. Among them is one in which she describes the society of Edenrise as consisting of *“the old- fashioned sitting-hen kind of women, their bald and highly respectable hus- bands, enlivened by one milk and water ‘curate.” The letter rouses wrath In the " viliage and of course the new woman de- parts under the shadow of social con- demnation. The charm of the book lies not in the story itself. but in the delightful manner in which it has been told and in the va- rious comments of the author upon the life problems that are presented from time to time as the development of the new woman progresses. The work is too slight and sketchy to merit serious treat- ment. but it can be recommended to any one who delights in the delicéte touching of difficult problems, in clever: epigrams and in a genuine faculty for seeing the humorous side of ordinary home and vil-* lage life. No better entertainment for an evening of desultory reading can be found anywhere In recent literature. There is a glow of genuine vigor in every page and there are times when it sparkles with a true wit. Always. however, it avoids se- riousness and never does more than sug- gest an earnest conviction concerning any of the problems involved in the relations of men and women. In its way it is a little masterpiece and deserves a wide reading from people who are tired of love stories and social platitudes.” It is pub- lished by D. Appleton & Co. Price $1.50. American Jewish Year Book. The fourth issue of the American Jewish Year Book Thas just been published by the Jewish Publication Society of America. This year the Year Book is largely-devot- ed to information concerning national Jewish organizations, lists of important events, dedications of synagogues and other public buildings, and special articles on the “Jews of Maryland,” ‘‘Commodore Levy,” “Jews of the United States, etc. The Year Book for last season dealt /mainly with the condition of the Jews of Roumania. In the present volume there is printed a dispatch recently sent by the Secretary of State, the Hon. John Hay, to the Government of Roumania, through the United States Foreign® Minister to Athens, copies of the document being for- warded also to the Foreign Offices of -the powers who were signatories: to the treaty of Berlin, which éstablished Roumania as an independent state. This is considered the most important step in behlf Of the oppressed Jews of Eastern Europe taken by any government since the Berlin con- gress. A new system of estimating the number of Jews in the United States is .also practically indicated in this volume ‘and should awaken considerable interest. Our Merchant Marine. American naval history has been writ- ten by many men, and it deserves al} the attention given to it, but there is nothing in the record of its battles and its vic- tories more romantic or more satisfying to American pride than the history of our merchant marine. The country is therefore deeply indebted to Winthrop L. Marvin for compiling a history of the American merchant service that is at once instructive and interesting. The historian notes that we have fallen from the high prestige we once held upon the seas, and that the upbuilding of our new navy will not restore it to us if we do not at the same time atso promote the merchant service. He says: “The two services are joined by an intimate rela- tionship; they are indispensable the one to the other; they have the same brave, vigorous traditions, and for many years they were cherished with equal pride by the people of the nation whose flag they bore to victory. Now our war fleet. after a period of neglect and decline, has again grown strong and prosperous, while our merchant fleet on the ¥fgh seas has shrunk to a mere shadow of its ancient greatness. “It is the firm belief that the renais- £ance of the merchant navy will also come—indeed, is already near at hand— that this volume has been written.” The book throughout is infused with a strong spirit of patriotism. Moreover, It is written by a master of the story-teller's art. There are chapters that are as good as any romance, while at the same time strict regard has been paid to accuracy and to those matters of fact and com- merce which are essentjal to a work of the kind. Mr. Marvin very justly says: “The picturesque aspect of our ocean ad- venture is net less important than the economic and political. No heroes of the ‘1liad - or -the Crusades were bolder than the merchant navigators of the young re- public. Our national independence was really won-and ‘maintained for us on the sea by the splendid constancy, valor and -Clure, Phillips & Co. skill of the armed crews of our trading ships, whalers and fishermen, who in the Revolution were almost as numerous as, and far .more effective than, the entire army of Washington.” Out of the material furnished by Amer- ican fishing fleets, whalers, clippers and merchant navigators, Mr. Marvin has made a work of high merit. It is a book to be read equally for pleasure and for instruction. Nor is the story confined to our deep sea ships. Full justice is done to the coasting vessels and to the wonder- ful fleets that have been built up on the Great Lakes. 1In short, every feature of the achievements of our merchant marine is duly chronicled. Mr. Marvin laments the present decline in vur ocean shipping, but be is not despondent. He concludes by saying: *“The present exclusion of America from the deep sea is only for a “time, and now for a brief time. No race like ours, with a grasp upon two oceans, and the nringled blood of Viking and pioneer, can long be cheated of its birth- right.” > The American Merchant Marine, by Winthrop L. Marvin. Published - by Charles ~ Scribner's 'Sons, New York. Price $2 net. % paialis New Series of Books for the Children, The Century Company is issuing a very attractive series of books for young folks under the head of St. Nicholas Books. They are well bound, uniform in size and replete ‘with good illustrations. * Six of the books are already on the market and should prove quite a help to the seekers after Christmas presents for the young- sters. Two. of the volumes that are be- fore us certainly seem just the right kind to please the youthful mind. One of these is “The Cruise of the Dazzler,” by Jack London. "Mr. London's name is so well and favorably known on this coast as a writer of excellent fiction for grown-ups that now ‘that he has taken to writing for the juveniles it is safe to predict that he will find a popular audience among them also. “The Cruise of the Dazzler” é:“(s a vivid. and exciting view of the :odern pirate who lives by robbery along tlie “Pacific Coast—petty ~criminals, but men who are at times dangerous. It has an afr of verity about it that will make it quite delightful to the average boy or girl. Itis a sga story in which the hero, & bey, runs away, as many do—and who wishes he had not, as all do. He finds, however, ‘a good friend, and makes the fault a means of rescue. “The Boys of the Rimcon Ranch,” by H. S. Canfield, is a story of ranch life in Texas. The breezy, wholesome tone of the story, the incidents, the studies of natural history, make it seem like Mayne Reid without melodrama. In the story twe New York schoolboys spend their vacation 'months on a Texas ranch, and there is plenty of incident to sustain the interest until the last page has been reached. This series of books is made up of t Lest stories that have appeared at diffe; ent times in St. Nicholas, and are weil above the average of the usuai list of ju- venile fiction. The (itles and authors of the other four books just published are as follows: *“Sir Marrok,” by Alien French ‘The Boy and the Baron.” by Adeline. Knapp; “Tommy Remington's Battle,” by Burton E. Stevenson. and “Eight Girls and a Dog,” Wells. by Carolyp Gabriel Tolliver. Nine persons cut of ten would probably, if asked, place Joel Chandler Harris among the novelists.' The fact is, how- ever, that the famous creator of Uncle Remus has never ‘published 2 novel, the nearest approach to it being *“The Making of a Statesman,” which might be ranked, in the category, with much of Bret Harte's work, either as a long story or as a novelette.. All his other work has been juvenile books,. verses or short stories. Probably no other living author has es- tablighed so wide a fame without having written a novel. This fall Mr. Harris ‘makes his bow to the public as a novelist in ‘“‘Gabriel ‘Tolliver,"” published by Mc- The scene is laid in Georgia, and the time is ‘the reconstruc- tion period just after the civil war. So far as the story has a purpose, it is to show the-evils and Injustice caused by the carpet-baggers from the North to or- ganize the negroes and influence them against the whites. It is written, how- ever, entirely without bitterness, and even in the fanatical Massachusetts ‘‘Yankee,” whose . incitement of race hatred among the blacks leads to his tragic end, the author's kindly eye sees the high and fine gualities of the martyr to a mis- taken cause. A number of the characters of Mr. Harris’ short stories reappear in this novel. Seeds of April’s Sowing. Some charming verses, gone rather far astray at this season of Christmas books, come from the pen of Adah Louise Sut- ton. They are as laughing and as tearful as April herself. The lines are musical, tight and pleasing. There is a touch of humor here, of pathos there. Miss Sutton uses the French forms te a large extent, and they are eminently suitable to her Tine of thought. Her triolets are particularly successful. One of the “Cluster” runs: When we two went a-maying The shadowed skies were bright; Through leafy woodlands straying, When we two went a-maying And happy thought delaying ‘To noonday turned the night; When we two went a-maying The shadowed skies were bright. The title of Miss Sutton’s little volume is chosen from Browning, whom she quotes: You'll love me vet, and 1 can tarry Your love's protracted growing; June reared that bunch of flowers-you carry From seeds of April's sowinz. (The Saaifield Publishing Cumpany,’l\'ew York. Price §125.) The Private Soldier. Charles Knowles Bolton, - librarian. of the Boston Alhenaeum, has prepared for publication an extremely interesting gtudy entitied “The Private Soldier Un- der Washington.” Going, first of ail. to the diaries ard journals of the men themselves ani then tu other - contemporary documenis, both public and private, he has constructed a straightforward narrative of the daily life, under various conditions, of the pri- vate soidier who served in the Revolu- ticnary War. The citation of authorities shows %ipon what a solid foundation the book rests: while the plasticity and raciness of the author's style give color, atmosphere and significance to the recital of the barest facts. Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York. - Price, §125. Short Life of Abraham Lincoln. The Century Company, New York, has just issued a valuable addition to the his- torical works of the day in & “Short Lifé of Abraham Lincoln.” The “Life of Ab- raham Lincoln” by_his private secre- taries, John G. Nicolay and John Hay, has heretofore been offered to the public only in the original ten-volume form. Re- alizing the Mecessity for an abridged edi- tion, The Century Company asked Mr. Nicolay to :prepare the present volume, which is probably the best short life of Lincoln ever issued. It contains all the essential facts of President Lincoln’s life, his incentives, development and progress, and is in every way an abridgment of the larger work. The death of Mr. Nicolay, who had been for many years marshal of thes Supreme Court of the United States, occurred soon after he had completed his editorial work on this short life of Lin- coln. ‘ine present volume is 8vo, with 578 pages and xvi pages, with frontisplece ard index. §240 net (postage 18 cents). In the Wasp’s Nest. Cyrus Townsend Brady has written a stirring sea story for boys, which Charles Scribner’s Sons have just published under the title “In the Wasp’'s Nest; the Story of a Sea Waif in the War of 1812 The hero was picked up as a baby in an open boat and was adopted by the captain of the U. S. S. Boston. He was a great pet on board the ship and made no end of fun for the old sailors. Appointed a midshipman in the navy about the time of the outbreak of the ‘War of 1812, when he was not more than a\dozen years old, the lad served suc- cessfully on two famous American ships bearing the name of Wasp, and his ad- ventures form the story, which pictures storms, battles, captures, etc., in a way to absorb a boy’'s attention and to arouse his patriotism. Price §1 0. Chanticleer. “Chanticleer,” a pastoral romance, by Violette Hall, is an idyl of modern life. Roger and Mary, happily mated, lose by fire their house with its belongings. They are artists by temperament, though Rog- er's ostensible vocation is literature, and they determine to cut away from their ac- customed life, with its exactions and its cares, its worry over servants, house- keeping and entertainment, and all the artificialities of society, and to go back to nature and build for themselves a new home in the woods, that shall be a home and nothing more. They create a simple but adequate camping place in the rural solitude. Friends hearing of the experi- ment fiock about them and build houses of their own. A love story of charming sweetness develops and holds the reader. The narrative is full of exquisite descrip- tions of nature which belong to the thread of the story. The style is vivacious, has originality, wit and pungency and is splendidly adapted to a romance of this kind. The book will appeal to both lov- ers of nature for nature’s sake and also to all men and women who like a good ro- mance. It is published by the Lothrgnp Publishing Company, Boston. Price $§1 30. e Literary Notes. Josephine Dodge Daskam has written “A Christmas Hymn for Children,” which will appear Yamong the other Christmas features in the December Cen- tury. Katherine Prescott Wormeley is an ir defatigable translator. Best known as the one who translated the “Comedie Hu- maine” of Honore de Balzac into thirty- one volumes of English, she has in addi- tion rendered into English “Moliere,” six volumes; the *‘Versailles Historical Mem- oirs,” twenty volumes, and several vol- umes of Daudet. She has been at work during the past months on Alexandre Dumas’ travel sketches and stories, and the first volume, entitled “Journeys With Dumas—The Speronara,” has just been is- sued by Little, Brown & Co. of Boston, who have long been identified as the pub- lishers of Dumas’ works in English. The Macmillan Company, who are Ed- ward FitzGerald’s publishers in America, are bringing out “The Works of Edward TitzGerald,” edited by W. Aldis Wright. 1t will be a handsome edition in seven volumes, containing all FitzGerald’s pub. lished works. including the several series of letters, which have been rearranged in chronological order for this edition. The velumes will be published monthly from December. The edition will be strictly limited to 250 sets, and will be the prop- erly authorized edition of FitzGerald. R. H. Russell, New York, has just brought out an artistic edition of “Mr. Sun and Mrs. Moon,’ 'a volume of delight- tul poems of childhood by Mr. Le Gal- llenne. The book has been favorably compared with Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verse,” and its high poetic quality justifies the comparison. ‘These poems are marked by beauty and tenderness and a depth of feeling that has commonly been ascribed to the au- thor. The book is charmingly illustrated. There is first-rate entertainment for thcse who like adventure and Intrigue in the novel, “The Story of a Scout,” Joha Finnemore’s rew book. He it was who Wwrote “The Red Men of the Dusk” and “The Lover Fugitives,” but his new yarn is far and away the best thing he has done. The scene is laid on the French and Spanish. border during the days of Wellington's. campaign, and while the THE FIZLD s AROUND LAY BARE To THE : + The Illustrations on this page are from ‘“The Blue Flower” by Henry Van Dyke. Copyright, 1902, Charles Scrib- story does not bother about psychelogical | i | ) problems it furgishes just the ,sort of reading for onc who wants recreation and scmething to stir the blood. Thgfe are eight spirited ilustrations. It is pub- lished by the J. B. Lippincott Company, Philacelphia. Under the title of “Authors at Home™ iblished by the A. Wessels Com- New Yeork, some personal and bio- graphical sketches of w known Ame: can authors, edited by J. L. and J. B. Gil- der. The sketches bear tne mark of au- thenticity because the writers were se- lected for the purpose by the authors. A partial list of Table of Contents fol- lows: “John Greenleaf Whittier,” by Har- riet Prescott Spofford; “James Russell Lowell,” by Georze E. Woodberry: “Pro- fessor Goldwin Smith,” by C. G. D. Rob~ erts, and “Edmund Clarence Stedman.” by Anna Bowman Dedd. Turning from his severer studies-in his- tory, Mr. Andrew Lang has now essayed a new departure in fiction. In the “Dis- entanglers” he has sought to combine hu- mor and fantasy with a satire of conm- temporary soclety. He shows us how two ingenious young Englishmen, aided by va- rious pretty girls, set up an agency for the benefit of familles, one member of which seems to be in danger of making an undesirable marriage. In narrating the one series of strange cases which these practitioners of a new profession were called upon to settle. Mr. Lang has succeeded in achieving both unity of theme and variety of adventure, while each of the amusing episodes is enlivened by-a humor as playful as it is delicate. The book |s to be published by Long- mans, Green & Co.; New York. Current History for November opens with a strong frontisplece portrait of Sir John Gordon Sprigg, the Premier of Cape Colony, who so stoutly and successfully resisted the proposal to suspend indefi- nitely the Cape Town constitution. Por- traits and sketches also of various (‘world’s leaders” of the present hour form a very attractive opening section to the varied and timely contents. An il- lustrated article on “The Coffee Plant in Mexico” immediately precedes the judi- cious and valuable department of “Inter- national Affairs.” Some of the cover ti- tles are: “The Case of the Roumanian) Jews,” “European Alliances,” “The West, ern Asiatic Situation,” “Affairs in Afri- '’ “On-goings in Greater America,” Canadian Independence,” ‘“Progress of Polar Exploration,” ete. The depart- ments on science, education, sociology, art, literature, etc., are devoted to toplcs of the times. The illustrations are nu- merous, pertinent and of excellent qual- ity. —_—— Books Received. THE BOY—HOW TO HELP HIM SUC- CEED—By Nathaniel C. Fowler Oakwood Publishing Company, ston. $1 2 PSYCHOLOGICAL CALENDAR—Publisheq by the Whitaker & Ray Co., San Francisco. 850 cents. AROUND THE CAPITAL WITH UNCLE HANK—By Thomas Fleming. The Nutshell Publishing Company, New York. LIFE OF ULRICH ZWINGLI—-By Samuel Simpson. The Baker & Taylor Co., New York, FUNDS AND THEIR USES—By F. A. Cleveland. D. Appleton & Co., New York. §1 25. " MY LIFE IN MANY STATES AND IN FOREIGN LANDS—By George Francis Train. D. Appleton & Co.. New York. $1 25, A DISCIPLE OF PLATO—By Alligood Beach. Roberts Publishing Company, Boston. STORIES OF CALIFORNIA—By Ella M, Sexton. The Macmilian Company, New York. $1 00, A NONSENSE ANTHOLOGY—Collected by Carolyn Wells. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1 25, JOHN GAYTHER'S GARDEN AND THE STORIES TOLD THEREIN—By Frank R. Stockton. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. $1 50, HOW _TO BE A YOGI—By Swami Abhedan- anda. The Vedanta Society, New York. LE TOUR DE LA FRANCE—Par G. " Edited for school use by L. C. Syms. Ameris can Book Company, New York. 60 cents, LE PAYS DE FRANCE—Par Plerre Foncin, Edited for school use by Antoine Muzzarelli. American Book Company. New York. 0 cents.