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FIC7I0N The Increasing Purpose of Mr. H. G. Wells. ..l:.A,,.,- ,:-, H. G. WellB. l.mo, pp. The inodern fanct-on of fiction as a critki.-m of Hte-e functton so wtdely Bisaadarstood, mlaapplled and mia nped-flnda Ita fi-Uaat loatlflcatloa ir. ur WeUa'a novela, Oae may question ;(,s 0f the electlve afflnlUae, . hts of the inilivi.lual versus Inatltutloa of manlage, but when ( teaia with collective hamaalty, with ? in ,!?? maaa, hc is alwagra And his linal a.hlevemrnt never forgets that rlght to a story ritlcbaa riticism of contem : kcbea f?r and wlde Bt-dy of Interrela thc lnfluancaa wblcb mar oe ; common, and oa which K , , . a Btudy of aurvlvlng infln | -,.1 of the ih-w lnllu ? all, it ls still " elency m tbe oeat In all its branches. Mr. W< Ua'a hero la a sctenttst, a man . taught to thiI k i0g| tiiy. Marrlage Ukea him iratory lato the world, - blm by the haphasard. . unforaseelng ? ts aaTatra, perr ttma economle. it , f "muddllng through," of bla own matter of rechless e*> . ? . . boM parenta )1V, . through her tralnlng for woa ilri'a fathet* la a ial.,; , . iy of that abuaa of pareatal ,_th-Titj whlch led in the eleedng ntury t" the aboll thorlty Iteelf, with a I - e tta place i acept :>" of children. Most alar, ",. Wells, or. rather, to the dilettanti. wh I, wjl, ie or underatandlng, ?,;,:- ?:. ..ments and BOCtetleS f-r tha -aplift, !? ;: ' mant antl everythlng, from the drama tothe moral, n ental and phyateaJ Qual? ttiee ' ? I iman race Itaetf. Those ddlere never thlnk out tbe rn.l ihe movementa they start; thc*. " '???? if U)"y ' top to conaider whether wbal ? ertake ls the right tblnc to c rtet tly aat-sfted *_ad lelf.gatlslied, I i be dotog somcthing? sayt ??T> aato ndli rt of ll ?*?' ' for.i ' ' thla s,,rt "f t .'"V I all the i I that't- the ritat ? the atrength .... . imen an.l mleeellaneoua I . . - ? ? iti ple'a affalrs tliat that sort or . ry. ? done. , Ul ' "!''" ... mt- and \ingt shed ; Nobody di.l lt. but any ? ; : rddl. can cfcalaa to . ? l ' reached manhood la the fourth t-arter tury with the firm an i inspiring beltef bl the ultimate victory of Kh Mientific meth.-.ls over tgr.orant authority and ha; ha/ard Of that with H'lxl-v at theb" head BJ their brterprel 'he multitud'*. did not. could not, foreeee the ap-_-_-_eo<ua 8uper?t:t!ons and panacea* et the No doubt we . _re only <.. the bray ka a dfcspen?ttan sf ala tratandlngi but < vea so, Mr. WeflaTa voiee of warning and T.r>> test is only lha more timely und sig nificant. i-m presented ln thls story b :n saa ..???? the same as that deait wlth by Robert Berrtek ln "The Healer". ? mi tha American "/rlter present** the wif.-'s, and eof*" claliy ? r-'s, detnands ns shack les ? ? >he man as "hoecagee la f Ur. Vfella deala "lth them as rirhts that are WVOBgS onlv ? ' I jle system of .r. ing is ; ..man's asplrati<>ns ,J'.?, nor arf they evi-n rdaa laaka aahdeney in | ianning, bat Ihajf M * oen ironirient, of h tr j to tixtii sbe aaarttcea '_.t I ffatT. yet to the gre^t.-r aaflt of her offspring- This B-aterla] benellt brings with it ?erlder opportunltlee of intellectual and, moral ' and phyakal develofaaent sh* iM the atarnal mother lighting for 'her chli ?-r'-n, |f neeasaary a' the ej,jj,.nse of bar mata Ha aronld oonftl__ao to de vote hla ,!(<? to pure setei em\ ber ex ?n an extravag _nt soelal en rtre__n.nl forcaa him to turn hls kcI th ?eyat1_et_-ed rnbber. Ired, he plans to re ' va te hla laboratery j sbe, aspiring t.. al honors, __eks to drlve hlm U tUm more intrlcate, gr. WaUi antera upon thla it tbe r< adjustm.-nt of ? aad tbe stiii bawttdarad 1 aaaa ? inatttntloa of mar ' *r huaband nor even chll Mittlc. f. BU her life ln these " wher, si,,. no bresjer needs to *erh aad think for theaa and serve msa all tAag Aayg T-1(. nKlM'H fl!lthor u>' la ki.'j,. beyond raaalL lilflHUng on a level, th-y must flnd the new rela ?*aa_ahlry tegattar through the muddlo *e co!/tlnu.; lo make of exiateme. fhtfte two dlseover it through a re turri, to the prlmitlve- a wlnter spent ! me Labragor vlideeneaa. They go *>''r\ to uttcr nnitual dependenee, tbe ?An'a on th* woman as great aa h?-rs ?n hlm?lt la a return to tho funda /fciental fot<?s of txistenc-, love and food. Hut thla \n the fiction of the real anlatlen that is to iaaaa muat be found ln th? mldst of tt-l btutlr for life ln the muddled cen? tre of clvilizatlon. Tbo majorlty of ua cannot Uee from lt, and ce'aae from effort for a %faak% to takp ^ b(?ar_ mgs at a distance. These two, returned to London, will f.nd tbat tbe real ,,roh lem of readjustment awaits tham there Thtta Mr. Wcils, at the end of hls atory, leavea us race to face with a new Bit uation. a new quaation, a new toteraat And that is. after all. thfl 1-st vr_r, and the trucst, of cndiiig a story?espectal ly so signlHcant a story as this. The diseased, on the verge of vlolence. Thls, then, Ifl a study of jealousy, and in dealinK wlth that passi.m the dark est imaginiiiRs of the author are ad mlaslbla There are the darkest fa-ts .-f daily Ilfe around us to Justify her. In manner of tre.itment tha atory if, bowerer, melodramatle rather than "stronir." bt cauafl its pByehotogy is not ,!..?]. i.r rxmrtoclng, either in tbe case II. <;. WELL8, AUTHOn <>I* ''MAHKIAfJE." ii-Yun a photograirti I proof read Ing ef thifl volume ls un* pardonably aU]fl_MML A NE1GHBORHOOD STORY. Tlli: RICH MRfl BUROOYNE. By Kath !??? n Noi rta. 1 L b Hi nry Hitcheock. 12 , -/ Mac mlllan Company. ? Mrs. Burfojme aettlea ln a llttle Call f rnia town, brlnglag arlth ber all the -.f life in the great woeld ? -i aad a! Waahlagtoa, for she is tbr* wldow of a dlfldomat The local "soclety" does Its 1.-st to flVB an imirati.-n ef t_oas brllUanl clrclea; it is bnsiiy aa_aged ta th? contetnporary effort of rjoaapUcatlng Ilfe aad addlng n> Ita ooal The rleb Mrs. Burgoyne, on the (itber hand, <aln.lv goflfl ber own sirnjle way. [BBtead <-f coplea of San Fr.ai ' plOfl of New Torh coatumea thal of raris ntodela, ahe arears i-iain. coav* fortable wi n are 1 of s.lf-e..nsrious an I le ln are i;ot giTOfl v. ith | . i.ut Bblnlng othar Im_taa*>?-. aad bar aub s_?aee la aot Inraatad la Bhow*j fur? niture, hanginga aad brlc-h-bra^. Hut she eaa afftard such thlnga -la aha aot the rich Mrs. Burgoyne? therefora ahe aets <*? aaaa axasnple thal __*_ f< Uow BB-. Hut therfl is rnore flJ-Th for her to da iu t) ? : ?' .?? town - In rta Bttna, when- UM la. t-.ry gtrtfl Viv- Thls ls tha tflflaeht-g of the boaa*, whlch la con ad to the read.-r ln an togeaiOUfl plot that bolda more, tbaa one auriaisa to the unfoldiiiK of Ita > It is aii BBort ^"i tbe aurfaca -tbe n ai taught, bo ta apeak, la wetrds ? bat, thia only adds in the end te the r/Bfreshlag simplieity thal is the chief Miarrn of thifl tal*. MORE CjbTTON WOOL. MRA ____& I'.y B 1 I I i. U-BB. i .. I roul Jeday, 1 '<>.'? ?'? ' : ?;.?,-? B_ds npaa tba peiat ol vlew, but also WfOh tbe dlflsraaca beiareea tWO ''ivillrationf. Mr. _a__aOB*B -8*8 pOOk, like, Miss Norris's, Ifl 8 BeJghbOr BrOOd B_ _y, bUt Of 8 Mttle BBgUsb town, vhoea S..eicty" is oomposed chiefly ef| retireil. army officers, bfl-Tlflte*. and the b.ke. Engllshmen r tlre early from .-icti*f*e Ilfe, especially when the) have 8 r\rttl8 money of thelr own and thelr v.4.ven have a llttle tnore. They nre all [ n only moderate clrcnmBtancea, whlch narrowly llmit tlo-ir entertainments, | ami tbelr ruinds have shrunk wlthln UM l-ossibilities of their means. They vegctnte, feeding on the most trllling of local interests, rivalne* and Jeal ouaiee, rejototag la tbe aaaalleal *Foaaip Bbout each other's affalrs. OOBtenl with their thin layer of OOtton wool, never AreaaBlag of eaaessrlag from it. Nelther, belng nt best only uop'r mld dl8 el8__, though a few of tbem el.tim relationship wlth 'Vi.uiity," do they BV dulge in soaadaL Their ihras are quIU propar: they hare not Imaginatlon enough even to thlnk Of BttCh thlngs, much less to talk of them. kast of all to venture upon them. Ami yet, Bl OBB moment, thelr monotonous, Beadly stralght llne threatens to twist Uself into a trlan^'le. It is all St_d}ted and daaciibafl wlth B_teroea_>pio pat-aaea aad fldellty-and BOOrBi but Mrs. Ames. .,iie thinks, deaerved mme aympathetlc tr?atment at the author's han-ls. Ht ra was a pathetle eaa*. as the _BB8B-lag ; vlctim of tbe trlanKle, but she had tem paraaieal and wisdom aao-gb to | sU-ightefl H out ln time. The men in UB8 piettire?one muat aOflajflN l| as 8 i first hand study. made with a purpose - are even smaller and more boaelrSSa than tbe women._ JEALOUSY. AU r.KSAK'S Wll H. A B08J I. Bfl Mar iarlta BpaldiriK Oerry. Illuatrated by Jaaaafl Montao-iery Flagg. Utao, pp. 3l?. Harper & Hroa. lt wae an impulse of womanly com passlon that caused Mrp. Ward to kiss i the man whom ahe had Jllted for an | other. It was an Impulse eompoeed of many aeml-confldoua lnfluences that made her confeBB the faet to her hua band ln 8-Ch a confused manner that he, belng JealouB by naturc. 8B__80t8d the worst. He kept tho BUaplcion to himaalf and fed hlB Jealousy upon lt ' until he became as a man mentally of tho mlnor characters or ln thnt of the three dirertly concernod, <t whom Ihe woman is most clearly ^een and drawn. Hut tho biMik mak^s up for thla by an abundance of hogenloua plol with Inceaaant action. lnd< i d, it is <-ssen tlally a story of plol and Inddent II .;. ala with the oonaequeacaa of jo;i;? more than arltb the J00J0US) lt-".f. BOOKS AND AUTHORS Current Talk of Things Present and to Come. We may exped in the rr-ar future t>> read a deUgbtful tr-atis.- on the Bbabe* ?poare-Bacon eoatroversy from th<- [.^n of the lata Andreu 1__b_ iT. dhw therein tha Baconlan'a coatentlon I il his Idol really wrote tho playa, and as wei! with tba CUflO thal it wea a Oraal Cnknown reepoaslbla tor them. Ia the en bla \otc for WIII Sli.ikt-s|. The work Is sald to I logf* ? ai. wlthout tha acrUnony wblcb Ha di ahow, MuBical Workt. Ifuek lovere wfll ^f glad to know thnt lf. PaderevrSkl'a I.h "ti Cbopla ?iii soon be laaued, and thal aboul the aame "me win appear Ih Charles Btanford'a monograpb oa Brahma. Each volume .% 111 contala a setectSoa of the music of the reapoctlvo ceaa** Story of a Country Home. The maklng of B COUtttry h'?me on ti.. abore af s beautiful lake Is de* ociibed -ti tii- spint of thal krre af ra to whlch the Oennaa "Ellsa beth" has SCCUStpmed us by a West* ara woman, Mrs. Charles L Hutchtn* son, of Chlcago. Tha lovellaaaa ol tbe gardea is Uluetmted la drawlng ut weU bs in text ln tho volume, wblcb M I'lurK ls brlngtBg OUt, under the tltle of "' mr ('ountry Life." D'Annun.io'a Naw Work. The straago alaleiiaiiil thal Rignor ri'Annunzlo la writitig a bOOft intended fur tha young giri baa iirift^d into the foreign Journala. Thal be ahould mnke the attempt ls as dlfBcult to bellt-ve as that h<* should eucceed ln lt. On Dancing. Daadag appears te have beea later* estlng autbora aml publlshera aiike. Tbe Upplneotta bgve just bro'Jghl out j. k. Craarferd nitch'a Uluatratad I.h <.n "lfodern Dandng." I'oiid, ataad i i ... bave in press "Dandng md Daa* cers of To-day," by Mr. und Mr\ C, 11. Caflln, also Illustrated. A thlrd book of tho sort ls Btlyl L Crlln'a "l>an clng: Ancient and ModSTtt." Thls ls on the Appleton Ust. A New Craddock Story. charles Bgbort Craddock (otherwlae Mlss Murfree), who has not produced many booka ln rOCeut yeara, has a novel on the E-tPPt-COtt press. Thls ls "The Orrdeal," a dramatle romanee of the Oraal Smoky Mountalns, a rogtoa around whi'h this uutbor's fancy haa often played. Siflurd'a Philoaophy. Another Ibean, Hgurd, the soa of his laf.-i, haa wrltten a volum.' m..re or i, 11 radical and more or kss philoeophlc on man and hls ways. I'nder. fho tltle of "Human Qulnteoaanoe/' this bOOh wlil soon be published by Mr. B, \\. Huebsch. A Changed Title. Now atn! then two auihors happen to hlt upon Iba aame tltle for their re tpacttve books, and it la generally an apt tltle. Thls ncldental chobo was lateiy made f?y Mr. __, Alexander I'owtll, whose book, "The Last Krontler." is announced by tho Scrlb ners, and by Mr. gtswart Kdward White, for whom Doubleday, l'age & Co. were bringing out a volume under the aame title. Hoth booka deal wlth Afrlca. Mr. White haa rellnqulshed tbe tltle and has selected hs a substl tute "The Land of FootprtntB"?an ex? cellent one. New American Novala. Mrs. Edlth Whnrton's novel, "The Heef," a atory of matrlm'ony, will be laaued thls nutumn by Appleton. Mr. H. S. Ilarrlaon's new book, "Quecd'a" successor, will be publlshed ln January by the Houghton Mifflin Company. Library of White's Pennant. An Important library to be sold ln London next winter ls that of Gilbert I White's friend and correspondent, j Thomas Pennant. That wealthy coun | try pentleman, who was fond of 1 it. lerature and of natural hlstory, and was himself a writer, formed a splendld library, which has to this day remained intaet. It includes many rare and valuable books, among them an unusu ally large number of Amerlcana. Col leotors will turn hungry eyes upon a very flne copy of the flrst edltion of Captata John Smith's Hlstory of Vlr gtnln, the scnrce maps and purtraitu belng ln flrst class conditlon. Booka on Acting. The long looked for Diaries of Mac ready, the a< tor, will bo brought out here by the I'utnams, and wlll be heartlly wch'oineii by a\\ students of the theatre of the past. The??e Jonr nals cover the years lS.'.rvr.l. Dnrlag this senson also will be publlshed (by Moffat. Yard i Ca.) Mr. William Wtater. blstory of the An_tt1caa atage, entltled "Tho Wallet of Time." A Kipling Revival. Klpltog aathuataam ln feSagiaad bas had in recr-nt years a BBrfOUfl det llne but the advance orders for hls forth comlng "Collected V.rse" show a re? vival. The two llmlt.d adltlOBB 818 al ready sold out aad IHa printing order for tho ordlnary edition has been trebled. ls Real Poetry Possible? Ih there to be any mOTS POStry cre ataflT real poetry. we oieea, aot pomp oaa Uaah *rerea or pretty rhymea. Mr. Kdmtind -_BB8, hlms' lf ? Doet Of sorts, declares that he is DO__d tO say that in his opinion tbe btMB] poetry has all beea written. it Is the readtrr*a nrst ImpubM to deay that thls la poarible; thaa with dewalag -Uagirtag he says to hlmself, "Why BOtf* lt may bfl po. Certalaly ihe rsraa that la pro4ues -0-_daya bas nothing in lt to prove the eontrary. Mr. OBOSBS |0efl OB to say -and with raaeoBi Tba ordtaMury Batural f.?rms of poetleal speech hara been exhau ted A ? <? reault, \ ib| poet arho Ifl famlllar wlth every posalble moda ot e_presslon that haa been rmployed by arrtterfl in Ihfl p_ai teels thal ba i-< not alloa d to aufllclently natural and obrloua exprea Ail that ls left lo blm, then V " , Ither to be very trleli nl or renr oo scure, au<! i am afraM that II la dllBeutty nol a ne re paealng one, but arUl more more fatniiv ar?-. t 'ho<- p, ople write iu like Kngltiih and i-'r. i.. li. arhlch are arorn and rubbed as lt were bjr uae, llhe i olna ti. it hatre long i... n < nrrenl iu con- rjui n. ?-. I antlci ? , ,, ? 0f th? futtire wlll be larfely ?? ? arhlch hari I ' ? t.-ar. lanaruaaea whlch baVa n< .. ?? ] .. ated ? llu ratun . ln arhlch I -Sb i an stlll b< ? ? itlon and wlthoul r< tlon 'i I see kda . - I net d taardl -mt-. : ' oe .,< hiiv ipomi nt by the ? a v.-rv greal ,,v,.r ? ?? tiea lhat aeem ln ? : one. feel aure I tion ths ? - by m iki ilt t.i. Mr. ? IceBa corn adea thal an er ? ,.[ j... try a III conl if n excellent np tc a la polnt, b ? and ra Ith hlm that it aill t.me portrait of the artlst when a boy, which came from the brush of the sub ject's father, and the story followed hls cornments: When new it was exhlbited at the Acad emy, our hosfsa Informed U3, where lt nttracted the attention or an Edlnburgh gent.**1^an. who lnqulred the prlce. The artlst n-plled that the portrait was of hla aon, .-?!,_ __lns ol fatnily Interest only. was root for s.t!.'. Thereupon <atne an? other letter. In whlch hls correspondent ataaad tbal he, too, had a son about the oamo age: nould the artlst palat his por? trait? The ,-trtS't w;is a little dubloua about undertaklng the commlaalon, and Inuulrcii whether the son was "lnterest ing." The reply aettled matterfe. It ran as follows: "My son has n.'lther bralns t,or food looka, io 1 tuppoee we had better drop the . itij, i-t;" The letter was sl?iied "i". Btevenson." and tho son was fiobert Loula Stevenaon, whose portrait i>y James l-'aed was thus lost to posterlty. "The Hollow of Her Hand." This is the tltle of Mr. George B. Mc CutCbeon'a new novel?a title which luggeeta a herolae of osrceeatve faertaa* tlon. Dodil, Mead & Co. will issue the book next month. BOOKS OF THE WEEK. - ART AND ARCHITECTURE. COLOUH IN THI BOMB. Partteolartf aa Ap I.lle.i tO tb< Ii lUttrUI Art*. Wlth Notes on Archltecture, - ilpture, ['nintlii?s und I'pon Di ratlon aad Qood T-ate. By Kdward J. DUTMO, Wlth forty-Mx full paf-e illuatra ilnii". nf v '.???. f.ur ht.- ln color. Follo, pp. i\. 11.7. (London: Oaorga Allen l.M . Boma of the .tiaptrra nr" nn d?-flnttl<>ns anl relatlou of nolori, _tml neutral colors. deco rutlori | THB rn:.--'' anu CHIBF QROUNDBS OV ARCHITECTURE. By john Btrate, Paynter Flrat [.rtnte.l ln IM A f.-i r-lmtle of lha Dnrt -dillon, arlth an Intro u ? Weaver, F. S. A., Boa A i; I B. A. Folto, pp. xviil. (Im 1 by Ckarlaa Berll ni r"a Hons.) Thla rrprlnt of th-. nr?t Bngll'h book on archltacture Is lli.ili.'l t., 1,000 cupl'S. BIOGRAPHY. QflOROn PALMBBI PtTTtfA-f. A M?*motr. To ..?tii-r wi*h a Record : ? . Earlltr Yeara of tha Pul i ? * . \ v Hlm. torgt Haven Putnam, l.ltt. D. Krnntis plero. 8vo, pp. vi. 47'!. (O, P. l'utnam'a Tha aarratlva Inchtdw r*miniacnee? of lir<- ln I_-ndon ln 1 Wa, an.i rofer - ? ? in. B of lettera and othnr pttet ns of dkit__etlo_ un both ?-. lea ot tha Atfantio T DB W1TT T.U.MAi',!" AH I KN'F.W BUL ? 1.1'p T, Da Wlu Tnlmige, D. D. ? Wlth Cbnclndlnc Cbaptera by Mrs T. De Wlft TalmafO Wlth lllualrations. 8vo, pp \ui. <ae. tjt. p. n t:.,n a oe.) A". .'. ' THF1 Tfffl-U BROKTE& n> May Sinclalr. U'ln, IU*-*-*ratlo-__ Ovo, pp _vl, 296. (Tho Bousatoa Mlfflln Ootnp__y i A blorrapHcal and Tltlral atudy. UBTTERS OF OBOROB MERBDITB. Col o.i Edlt. : i.\ Hla Boa. In two vol antt, liinairai i Ho, pp, -*_ 82?; 824. (Charlea Bcrt-ner'a Boaa.) Tho Ifltten eovflf Um perjed from ISM to l!?oft, arid many of them ara _d-reea>d to hls l!f-> long frlende, Admlral Maxa*. I>or.l Mor ? la own famlly, itoNrt I_>uia SterenfloB, Mr Fredcri ^ Jrcenwood, and Tiipodore Watta Dontoo. EDUCATIONAL. qubbtii as oe sba____p______ T_e T?m di of \.ni..- Hv albart H. Tolmai 12mo.pp.l_, M; ix, IS. (Chtc-co: Tha Utalrenrity <f Chtaaaai Prtse.) pem* bli ta costaln lli's of questlona. anl chaptari on Indlrldual acta and arenes of th* playa ? and atraSlaa of the . baraetera NO MV-f-t-flBD HISTOET IN NFTW TORK ?-? M> ?? i_~ 'By Andrflta Bloan Uraper, I.U (8yr_--_M: C. w. Bar __?_ i doltvorod b?fore thf N'*a Tork Aaeodatleo m November, 1011. . B3CPERIMEKTAL BOtJ ? I -. l;. I- ?: R RUI r M A . B, A . il^nginana, 0 I ?:. .ln raaulta of ln\>-tl.a ? . n< ? -ut).' t ..f exjierlmental .?--.t .m Menniann'a "Voi ing ln Ule eiperi ? FICTION. :.-.!; u-narO i-'iano. *I1 more nnd more dHhVult for tbe poet to raaeh tbc blgbeet fegrea ol affectWe ncs8. "Monsieur des Lourdines." Alpheaaa de crhataa-hHaat'a "Mon? sieur des I/.urdliies." Whlch WtfO -M ?Ui.n.ot.rt i-rl/e la ParlB |88| V'.ir. has 1 ,-. n trariHlatefl into Bngllab by Lady Theodois Daeldaoa, aad bj publlshed bare by tha Oeorge H, Doraa Company ??,,.... tba tltle 8f "The Keyiiote ? A rerlea of the ator- appeared in these rolumne at the time of the pul.licatlon ?, the iYeaeh ortaTB-U. II la a meri . piuoa .1 work. kept In a mtoor Key as betits Its r.-n.- t-rnSBB of time .,,,",,' ,,,?,.? .;i ooantry maneloo neaf Poltoa m the relgn cf Lotala-PbUlppe !,s tbeeae la the ruln of an an.nrt famlly by a apendtbrlfl bc* away ta ParU aud lt illustrat.-H n clamall-ni by ;.,..., UtfOttf- sonow. The translatlon is well made. An Old Phyaician's Booka. Dr Stephcn Kmlth. who la now ln nis nlnetietb year, 1? nrlnalng out iwo hooka of more than . o.nmon tat*-reHt. OB8 Of these. under the tltle of * lhe* Clty That Wns." descrlbes the Now York Of VBkM and the lnspection of the clty by a gr.mp of physiclans, whlch led to the creatlon ot a metropolitan Beard ef l_ealt_ and consequently to aaaltary l*af08-_ The other volume, ??Who Ib Insune?" ls aald to contali atrlkingly ortgtaal vlews on lnsanlty Boqidred during tho venerablo doctor'g experlence as Commlssloner of Lunacy ln this Btute. StevanBon in Youth. An odd Btory of R. 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