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12 mw: CONDUCTED BY B. G. LATHROP | aistrib 2. reviewed the range book 1s from “‘Bence- uth™;. the -illystratiors nd the pages number 700. volume is -uniform with cede and foHow—SE. s of this volume are habet gether 152 pages—it . shows Il maturity. this particul the same.. scrupulous ese that was a ‘ehara care ristic and exac of the former books The present book has a specla! interest in man for it includes a portion ©of the alphabet thatis the initial letter of certain very interesting subjects, for ex- ample, the splendid series of general arti- cles on "the Bible, covering fully sixty pages. . This volume also has & local in- terest on account -6f its articles devoted to California and to the western coast of the .Americas. There exists no authenticated record of Jewish settlers in. California prior to: 1848 During vear, attracted by the coveries_of gold, large numbers of them d he mew: El Dorado. Di- were held for the first time sco on Atopement day, 1849, in a.tent. Many Jews had fo their way to the mines, motably along the American River, and “almost. at every prominent point of settlemient & Jewish “mining” congregation or benevolent so- clety began to flourish, most of.-whom Lave now passed- out of existence, the population. either having shifted to- the new C tan centers or returned to st. Out of the stenderest begin- came forth & number of the proud- business enterprises of the -Pacific i of the United States. In 191 population of California did i 28,000, of which San Franeisco red 17,60. - While the ances- e first Jewlsh settlers in- North were for the greater part -of English or German stock, and the settle- ments themeelves. mostly of quite recent date. the history 'of the Jews in- Brazil ;"the Spain. and-Portugal of the As. early. &s were banished by the.Portu- fon to .Brazil.' ~ After. 1580, itself ciMe under the do- the inquisition -became me in- both countries, and the Mara- (new Christians) of the New World the nce were therefore compeiled to. wear - the mask as they had ‘done in the Old. Whe a was captured by the Dutch 524 the Dutch commander, reward for the services these secret i rendered him, at once issued a fon offering full civil rights and liberty to all who would surren- , hundred Maranos went over to h. Unfortuna recaptured by on the I y for them, Ba- he Portuguese in h taking possession most of the Jews and New Chri from Bahia and else- whire remov to that city, which al- teady had a large Jewish population of fte own. The Dutch endeavored to secure cclon and appealed to Holland for craftsmen of all kinds. Many Portuguese Jews of Holland came to Brazil in re- spcnse to the call.. At this -perfod the Jows Pernambuco (Recifé) alone were numbered by thousands; and one of them, Gusper Diaz Ferreira, was considered one cf the richest men in the country. Nor was the Jewish- population confined to Pernambuco. Great numbers of Jews re- sided throughout Brazil, particularly at Tamarico, Itamaraca, Rio de Janelro and Parahiba. But Pernambuco remained the great Jewish center in South America and the seat of great Jewish scholars: Manasseh ben Israel dedicated the second part ef his “Conciliador’” to the prominent men of that congregation,’ and he him- self had at one time intended to go there. More than B000 Jews were In Recife at the time of its capitulation to the Por-’ tuguess. Many of them removed to, Suri- nam; under the leadership ‘of Aboab and -Aguilar, returned to Amster- dam. - Some went to Guadeloupe and other West Indlan islands,. while a few of the refugees reached New .Amsterdam, as New York was then called. > Mariy Jews from Rio were burned at en auto da fe at Lisbon in 1723. Beveral of these martyrs were men of great re- pute, the most prominent being the fam- ous Portuguese ‘poet and dramatist, An- torilo Jose da Silva, a native of Rio de - Janeiro, who was burned at -Lisbon in 1729, At present there are a few Jewish settlements in Brazil—the Jewish popula- tion of Rio de-Janiero alone numbering about 8000; they are, however, without a permanent religious or communal organ- ization, although the constitution of the republic guarantees to all.inhabitants full religious liberty. The Leaven in a Great Qity. “The Leaven in a Great City,” by Lil< uan W, Betts, is & book showing the ad- ; FHIATEA~ AVERA PRIVER . VE vance in social life gmong the Wworking people of New York: - The writer, leaving it of the problem the orgarizations cre- d-for the purpose of dealing with the incapable, with the vietims of ¢hronic or cute erty, demonstrates:the infijence of the altruists and the churches in the lives of those who ask for nothing buf'the opportunity to earn: wages. The * book makes clear to'a cértain extent thé needs of a great class, who, majintaining home d social standards, add, by. the bravery and purity of their lives, to the financidl, political and moral capital of the city. It is published by Dodd, Mead & Co,, New York. Price $150 net. Railway and Commercial Telegraphy To the student who contemplates taking up ‘the study of telegraphy ““The Twen- tieth Century Manual Rallway and Commiercial Telegraphy by Fred L. Meyer, will prove a valuable acquisition. It 1s a practical work, for the author has been for a period of fourteen years on some of the fastest wires in the United States, Canada and Mexico.and the pres- ent book is the result of. a careful selec- tion of a large amount-of material. The work embraces all kinds of prac- tical train orders, railway and commer- cial messages, phrases, universal abbre- viations, punctuations and other compila tions of importance to both’ student and operator, covering, as it s, a great many branches of raflway and commer- clal business unknown ‘to .the average operator, who has not had an opportun 1o work on more than ore; or two roac The manual is divided ixfto: elght parts, “talls of legal logic. R Henry Altémus Company; ‘Philadelphia. Price $1. S e L ‘Woman’s Manual of Law. A booik that should appeal to women is, A, Greene, LL.B., member of the Boston bar, lectirer on law at Lasell Seminary. This book presents in a clear, simple, yet"entertaining manner those principles of law governing-the business world and doinestic life which every woman should kinow. To-day when there are numberless women ‘wage-earners.and mary women capitalists'it is more necessary than ever before that womern should know the laws governing ‘the holding and management of property. ‘Ignorance of legal rights and labilities is likely to cause financial The- iriformation is.condensed and are mo unnecessary fine-spun de: The book is the re- sult of years of.experlence as lecturer upon the subject of which it treats, not only before seminary students and club wornen, bt also before working girls’ clubs and mothers’ meetings. " . Three preliminary chapters are given up to laying a foundation for an intelligent understanding of the matter to follow. The. pntire cycle of a woman's life, from her marriage to the grave, is passed in loss there review in successive chapters. First the- laws affecting the domestic relations are considered. = Then follow those . dealing 7ith buying; sélling, and care of all kinds of property, in ‘every ‘case the pecullar legal restrict woman who is 1 ‘ried being considered. will ‘and by the laws of. inheritance is treated, including the rights-of the widow or. the' widower in the property of elther. Naturally much space ig -given to- the law of domestic. relations: Questions con- cerning the wife's right. to ‘make pur- chases for ‘herself and have the “bill charged to her husband, questions ag to- the ‘mother's right to the custody of her child and her liability for. its support, questions as to the right of the husband’s, creditors to take the wife's property, questions as to whether a wife can will away her property, etc:;, which are of vi- tal interest to every woman, are ade- quately answered in this book. - Another question. which appeals. to many women is the relation bétween mistress and ser- vant. “The legal rights and labilities of both parties are here clearly set forth. Since the laws of the several States are subject- to changes at any session ‘of the Legislature the author sets forth the gen- eral underlying principles and then teaches the reader how and where to look for local modifications in her own State. An appendix is added, giving, in an al phabetical Ist of .the States and Terri- torleg, the date and publication of the lat- est dlgests of the local laws.” One.excep- tion has been made, however. The exist- ing State 5 - the custody’ and guardianship of children have been ar- ranged and. describeéd. -This- manual is published bySilver, Burdett & Co., New York. ‘Price $150. . s g The Next Step in Evolution. “The Next.Step ini Evolution,” by Isaac which are subdivided into lessons,” thuseK: Funk, -LL.D, is a brief study in evolu- making the progress of study gradual and by easy stages. - Part I contains instruc- tions in elementary electricity and de- scribes student’s outfit, batteries, circuits, wire testing, cutouts, switchboard, etc. Part II describes the Morse system of telegraphy, giving the alphabet, manipu- lation, sending, recelving, punctuation anl various ‘emercises. Part 1II comprises commercial business, such-as office. calls, operator’s signals, commercial abbrevia- tions, service and office ‘messages. 1V- gives instructions in beginning rail- way telegraphy and explains how trains are moved by telegraphic orders; abbre- viations, schedule and numbers; defini- tions, technical terms, giving also prac- tical ralilway messages, rallway and train signals, etc. Part V comprises advanced reilway business. Part VI describes block signaling and block examinations. Part VII contains technical: orders and tel- egraphic reports. Part: VIII comprises advanced and expert commercial teleg- raphy. The manual is {llustrated with.cuts and engravings, showing the technical parts of a telegraph instrument, also drawings in black and white and in colors, the lat- ter showing the regutation practical color signals used on blocks and on trains and engines. In addition to these illustrations there are given fac simile telegrams, train orders, railway messages and commercial and railway forms, so that the etudent may see at a glance that part of a mes- sage which goessover the wire, as dis- tingulshed from the printed portion.. Pub- lished by Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago end New York. Price $L S Doughnuts and Diplomas. “Doughnuts and Diplomas,” by Ga- brielle E. Jackson, is book for girls. Mrs. Jackson s a versatile writer of un- usual gifts and grace and ‘when she has a story to tell it {s safe to predict that it will find the immediate approval of every person who reads it. As e picture of actual life, “Doughnuts and Diplomas"” is a very convincing book, but perhaps its best charm is in the inim- itable way in which the-story is set forth. It is full of sunshine and humor and the author's strong heart interest in her characters makes them stand out clearly; and there is plenty of local color as well. We first meet the heroine in a little vil- lage nestling at the foot of the Adiron- dack hills. It is “baking day,” and Fran- ces Fern is kneading bread. We note, however, that her eyes, as often as her occupation permits, are upon the pages of a Latin grammar propped against the wall before her and this double oc- cupation argues her to be a young woman with a definite plan in view and sufficient strength of purpose to overcome all. ob- stacles in the way of its accomplishment. As the story progresses the plan unfolds and at last we come to know that the making of “Doughnuts” in New York bas been a means to the acquisition of a “Diploma” in Michigan. Published by Part, tlon that appeared first about.a year. ago ns an. introduction to.a revival of -the stery of -George Croly’s “Salathie christened “Tarry Thou Till I Com Dr. Funk was so encouraged by the favorable criticisms at that time that he has broad- ened and enlarged hjs theme- into the present booklet. " Of iiis work the Hon. Héwitt :has written: “This is nce and religion that his booklet is pub~ I have -ever read.” lished by the Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York. Price 5.cents. School Composition. The Americgn, ‘Book Company, New York, has jyst issued a book on “School Composition,” by Willlam H. Maxwell, M. A, Ph.D.,, LL.D,, City Superintendent of Schools, New York City, and Emma L. Johnston,. A, B., principal .of Public School No. 140, Brooklyn.. The toplcs for composition’ suggested in this book are those which will appeal to children— their -occupations ‘and games, the workd as seen through childish eyes. The pupil is shown how'to present these subjects clearly and ‘interestingly by his analysis and jmitation of models chosen with care fror the leading authors.. This analysis THE SUNDAY - CALL. TAHITI, THE GOLDEN. - “The Woman's Manual of Law,” by Mary in the.powers.of the. astly, the proper dfsposition of property 7, AT taken from -a charming. little bro- chure written by Charles Keeler and. entitled “Tahiti- the Golden.” - Mr. Keeler, a Cailfornian’ and graduate of our State University at Berkeley, Is al- ready ‘so well known 'as a writer” of na- ture studies, and for his delightful verses, that his name jn itself:is sufficient guar- antee that the little pamphlet-will do tull justice-to the poetic beauties of -this - tropic isle. -The.autlior has caught with. sympathetic touch the soft, lazy cliarm of Tahiti and breathed it into his pages With that indescribable .talent which. is the heritage of the true poét. As.you read you Seemi:‘to.be with him in this land of kindly peoplé, fanned by fhe soft ‘breezes: of the trade-wind, iistening -to the lapping of the tide on the beaches, and -harking to tlie laughter and sengs. of the natives. He brings the. scenery, the life and the customs-befors you with that vividness possible only to the trained mind and sympathetic insight 'of the clos student of nature, ' During the last tw: Tflz {llustrations _on this page are ‘years &ince steamers have beéen running. direct to Tahitl from San Franclsco the island has become much more’ of ‘a re-— alfty, but even fo-day. it. must seem: a veritable fairyland /to the ‘visitor .who comes from our hnorthern -‘elim Mr.- Keeler spent about a year there, 5o his -“writing rings full-toned with the true at-. mosphere of the lahd.. He writes not as a transient guest; but rather .as one who Las lived the’ 3 fullest the daily charm of existence’ .in Tahitl, the Golden. The book is-{f[ustrated with many -excellent half:tome: reproduc- - tions of photographs niade for this: pub- ° licajlon and:is’ artistically bound in dee- orated paper. It is publishéd. by . the Ocednic Steamship Company, San Fran- ¢lsco. g 2 ts carried on’ by the making of synoptic outlines.. .The 'scheme.of " work: is -there- fore essentially inductive and’ correspond- ingly helpfil. ‘Exercises in. the corréct use of words and in the. formation of typical ‘sentences” are . given instead of drili- in-the correction .of faulty English, which appears-in so. many books of th character and Is offen’injurious in its efs fects. -Price, 50 cents. Some New Boolsg F. Tennyson Neely, New. York, has just published thrce voiumes of fiction and & book of poems for the winter- season. < “The Flesh and-the Devil,” by Horace L. Cole, is a novel that we are told was written_ off - on--a typewriter behind fron bars. - It {s°a meélodramatié story, follow- ing the ratker startling. experiences of the -hero, Howard - Gordon, who goes from one escapade to another until he is finally landed in jail. - But the book ends with &' reunion ‘and slow musle, so it is -all right after all. Price $1 8. “In the Trail of the Pack Mule,"” by $1d. H. Nealy, is a story that will inter- est boys, for it follows the life and for- tunes of the people of the-frontier--plenty ?‘fm?ghl! and plenty of Indians. Price ““The Poorhouse Lark,” by Mary B. Willey, is a story with'a little waif from the poorhouse as heroine. The scenes are lald in’ rural parts, and. the -tralts of-. the. honest couritry folx are made quite entertaining.. Price $1 50. < “Furnished Room Houses,” by Silas Wright's Widow (Annie M. Burdiclp), is founded, so wé are told, on fact. tis a. story of New York lifé that touches in a pleasant way -the .most picturesque side of the many-sided life cf the great city. * Price_$1 50. 3 ‘“Pocems of Life. and Loving,’’ by Har- riet Spangler Shelley, is a book of verse by & lineal descemdant of the poet Shel- ley. The verses are in varying vein. Here {s an éxtract from the poem “Dis- appointed” that will serve to give an iglea of the author's work: Now thou art gone; but still In dreams 1 hear thy volce and soft footfall; Again [ live the happy time When life was love and love was. ail. And though another one may_ claim The tones and glances that are thin May claim thy.love; yea, even.tn No magter, what, thou still_art e! Stories of Old France. ““Stories of Old France,” by Leéila Web- ster Pitman, author .of “‘Another Girl's Experience,” hds just heen published by the American Book Company, New York. This book is well suited to serve as an introduction to " French .history, for it presents' charming’ stories of the most sallent characters and evenis of old France, written with' fidélity to truth and at. the same time clothed with ro- mantic Iinterest. The work: gives -frequent glimpses of all c¢lasses of people and shows Frerich life in: its every form. The author has made skillful use of il- lustrations chosen from the mastérpieces ot French art, and of photographic views ot many of the scenes of the storfes. A map of the old proyinces renders easy references -to geographical points. Ths is the Jatest additon to thé -series of Eclectic School Readings: Price, 0. cents. . How to Attract the Birds: A book charmingly illustrated- and de- lightfully .written is “How to Attract the Birds,” by Neltje Blanchian, and published by- Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. Price, $135. This author is .quite an authority on the subjéct and has already written several books on kindred matters, such as “Bird: Neighbors,” “Birds That Hunt and Are Hunted” and “Nature's Gérden.” The present book -has its chap- ters ornamented with a great number of extraordinary photographs, making an al. together unique work on.a very interest- ing subject and one not generally .dis- jife ard imbibed ‘to -the .- cussed at such langth and with such care. The chapters are: *“How to Attract Bird Neighbors,” “The .Ruby-Throat's Cater- ers,” “Bird:Architecture,” ‘‘Home Life,” “Songs Without Words,”” ‘“Feathered Im- migrants,” “Nature's First Law,” “Why Birds Come and Go” and.“What Birds Do for Us.”. s g 5 Nature and the Camera. A. Radclyffe Dugmore, the ‘author.of “*“‘Bird Homes,” has' come to be recognized ‘anid quite deservedly as an authority In ‘the new mowvement of photographing live birds, animals, fish, flowers, etc. His lat- est Dbook, ‘Nature and the' Camera,” cannot fall to awaken the enthuslasm of those who would work along the .lines so successfully followed: by Dugmore. ‘This volume, which is.uniform in binding -and - size . 'with. four ether ‘‘Nature Books," published by Doubleday, Page & Co, New York, contains about 200 pages and- nearly sevéniy-five -half-tone reproduc. " tlons, {llustrating fully the methods. em+ ‘ployed by the author. Mr. Dugmore ex- plains eveéry -step with the .utmost care, 80 that the student of photography can- not fall te follow in his footsteps. Heé fitst gives fn détail a description of the necessary apparatus, -the dark room, de- - veloping, - printing, retouching, exposures, etc. - Chapter II explains the drt of pho- fogi<nhing live -birds and their Dasts. In chapter III the author takes up the matter of catching with the camera wild animals at large as well as those in cap- tivity, and. the knack of making artistio photographs of domestic animals. Chap- ters IV and- V.discuss respectively the matter of taking pictures of reptiles and insects. ' Chapter VI gives Mr. Dugmore's ‘Interesting methods for photographing fish in. an_aquarium. The last chapter of thé book is on the subject of photo- graphing trees, shrubs, flowers, etc. In this nature series Messrs. Doubleday, Page & Co..are to be congratulated upon the " superior quality of typographical work, paper, binding and pictures used. These books have an appearance that, taken with the high standing occupied by their authors in the world of nature Students,. entitles them to a permanent position on the shelves of any library. ature and the Camera" is Tom Tad. - “Tom Tad,” by William Henry Venable, is a story. that will be appreciated by boys, and grown-ups as well. There is plenty of both fun and wisdom to. be fourid in the book. It narrates the good times enjoyed by Tom in the -Miami woods, his physical and mental develop- ment through several years of eventful boyhood, his “hodgepodge” schooling, his loves, his innocent pleasures and tragic griefs, and includes a very dramatic inci- depit of the Ohio River flood of '84. “Tom Tad"” is published by Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. * Prige $1 5 American Date Book. The “American Date Book,” by W. E. Simonds, is a handbook of reference relat- ing to the United States that will be found most. convenient by journalists; writers, politiclans, librarfans, instructors and students... It _contains 9000 - United States history dates so - thoroughly classified under elghty-one heads that any date is found with Instant ease. This book has been brought down to 1902 su the value of its 216 pages can well b realized. It is published by the Kama Company, Sage-Allen building, Hartford, Sonn. Price $1 AR L Literary Notes. Dr. Paolo de Vecchf of San Francisco has presented the Qqecn of Italy a su- perbly bound volume of Katherine Hook- er's “Wayfarers in Italy.” Queen - Victorta, it now transpires, did not like “*Middlemarch,” because “fine as it 1s,” she wrote, “it is a disappointing book. All the people are failures.” But the Queen had a quite surprising diversity of taste In fiction. Her fondness for the books of Marie Corelli Is well known, and we now learn, from a new biography, that Merriman's ‘The Sowers’ gave her much pleasure.” As “The Sowers” |is quite as thriling end adventurous as “The Vulturés,” if not more so, a new lght is shed on the tastes of this con- servative woman, The Camera Craft Publishing Company. fan Francisco, has issued a book of " in- struetions for- amateur - photographers that. will appeal to the lovers of the pho- tographér's art. It is convenient In size and modern in text and contains eighty- five pgges of clear and legible type. " The author 1s himself an amateur (Fayette F: Clute) and one who knows just the littlo potnts of doubt upon which many. a cam- era novice has spent time, patlence. and money in vain. ice, in paper, 25 cents. Messrs. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. have in press, for Immediate publication, “Down 'the Orinoco,” by Senor Perez Triana. - The author describes.a leisurely journey from the Andine Plateau of Bo- gota, in the republic of Colombia, to the upper water-shed of the Orinoco -River and thence on - by canoe .from . one river to another, -striking the Orinoco above its.raplds and .down the river to the Atlantie.’ In view of the -exciting eyents now taking place in that region this volume will uridoubtedly prove of exceptional in- terest. Owing to the sTeat advance in medical THRHI H/Y SIRP1E00 SOYE 3 thy n practice of surgery. during recent years, D. Appleton & Co., New York, have found it necessary to bring out a third edition science,” and more particularly of “A Textbook of Nursing,” by Clara S. Weeks-Shaw. The first edition of ‘this book appeared in 1885. In the present vol- ume many of the chapters of the first’ edi- tion have been rewritten and new meth- ods of treatment are set forth with which évery nurse should be acquainted. It is a book that will be found useful.not only fn training schooly, but also in private families . arid by private students. The price is $1°75. The appearance of ‘Professor Willlam H. Pickering’s new ‘‘Atlas of the Moon,"” which contains the best photographs yet sécured, the publishers, Doubleday, Page & Co., announce, has been delayed a few weeks because of an important new dis- covery by Professor Pickering. The atlas is hy far the most complete one ever at- tempted, with explanatory chapters cov- ering what is known and we may expect to know about the lunar planet—about atmosphere and water snow and even vegetation that is known to be there: Just ‘what Professor Pickering’s recent discovery s has not been stated, but he 1s now withholding the proofs to include the results in the atlas. A nove! ‘by ‘Vance Thompson wiil published soon by -the " J. - B.. Lippf cott Company _under . the - title; “Spinners of ‘Life."” = Mr. Thompson -has: been in this country for -the past two months arranging for the publication of this book and for the staging of a new play by him which Belasco will bring out. He has. but recently réturned to Paris, which for some years has been his residence. Mr. Thompson has had a va- ried experience as journalist, author and playwright, and is a graduate of both American and German universities; and as a writer upon many subjects, and with special skill and interest upon current events and soclal life, as fllustrated in his correspondence from Paris, he s well known to many thousands of readers. His new novel is sald to develop the esoterio interest and to be the most matured and strongest thing he has yet done. The race for a place in the fiction mar- ket - has become so keen that the man who produces but one book in a year is considered to have exercised fair re- straint. In the majority of cases the plece of fiction which has been written deliberately in the long run gives the largest amount of satisfaction. to the greatest number of readers. The an- nouncement by the publishers that Churchill Williams' new novel, “The Captain,’™ will be ready at the end of the present month recalls the fact that have had no novel from him since the summer of 1801, wben his “J. Devlin, Boss” began to make its way. Mr. Wil- liams, In fact, has been engaged upon this novel for two years. The Lothrop Publishing Company announces that A. L Keller has produced a most interest- ing series of pictures for “The Captain.” Amateur Tennis Champlon Eustace Miles, author of *Muscle, -Brain and Diet,” has written another book, which will be published in January by D. Ap- pleton & Co., entitled “‘Racquets, Tennis and Squash.” There is no: doubt that it will at once meet- with recognition as.a standard book of sport, equal to that ac- sorded to Its predecessor from the same bouse, “Taylor on Golf,” issued last fall. Mr. Miles, who also holds the American amateur squash-tennis champlonship of gw. insists upon a careful physical.train- g as & prerequisite for good sport, and m his introductory note gives some valu- able advice on subjects in ‘connection therewith. Alr, food, exercise, the bath, stc., are treated in a careful manner, while the broad and sensible view taken - s the physical and moral value of sport gives the work a unigue interest. The February Smart Set opens with ' “The Woolng of Marcus,” by G. B. Bur- gin, a novelette out of the usual run. The short stories of this number are equally distinguished for variety. Readjustment,” by Johnson Morton, re- “The Yeals the emotional phases of & woman at her life’s crisis; ““A Luncheon at Nick's,” by Kate Jordan, delights with a ituation at on novel ‘and amusing; Hedrt of Gold,” by James Branch Ca- bell, is = mtal romance; “The Courting of Drusfila West,” by Emma Wolf, relates a unique love affair ‘With -the New,” by Felicfa Goddard, sprightly dialogue; “La Donfia della Fin- estra,” by Justus Miles Forman, cleverly portrays a struggle between sense and sentiment. Other stories especially worthy of mote -are: - “Instructress of Me by Ella W. Peattle; “What Polly Knew by Sarah Barsiwell EHiatt; “The Wedd! of Waldo Larpontiér,” by Mary Tracy Earle, and “From a Little Red Book,” by Virginia Woodward Cloud. Victor du Bled, the French writer, who is an authority on sccial matters, con- tributes an essay on “Le Salon: Qu'est-1I7 Que. Doit-il Etre?" which should gladden the soul of any woman with soclal as- pirations. Fr’m an entertaining sketch of the au- thor ¢ “The Virginian,” published in the Baturday Evening Post of Philadeiphia, we learn that Mr. Wister is contemplat- ing the production of another novel of Far West. “But first,” he said, I shall write a story round a New England sus perstition. Would you belleve that wit 1a sound of the whistle of the New York, New Haven and . Hartford locomotives there are people, many people, who be- lieve in- vampires?"” “Not really va res—persons in human form wao suck blood of their fellow beings?* ‘‘Yes, the real, old fashioned; ‘Arablan Nights".vampires.. I think it should make an_interesting.novel.” “And: then you' will ‘'w e the Weatern stor; es—of a somewhat earller day than “The. Virginian:” "It will be a broader ng in the whole of pioneer unters, first settlers; cow- from from. acq mean o who was a certafn y In't you the man man of this ranch or that in Books Received. THE - THINGS TH ABIDE—By Orrin Lestle Elliott. 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