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-.s- -;:. n-S'tp sm-r' V- o- j--wjr5K!"rTa! z f vrr- THE WASHINGTON HERALD. SUNDAY. JANUARY 26, 1913. Zz . ljpqBrsTsTsWsMPjsEgggJsxcsEsarsTs Pinchot Tells How (Frerared by the editors of the Saentine American By RIFFOnD PIACIIOT, Four-fifths or the timber In the United States Is In private hands. Its preserva tion depends absolutely uon what the owners choose to do with It The owner LOOKOUT S.TVTION l"On FORUST of aiij part of it ma illou his trees to stand uncut or lie may cut them under the prevailing method of destruc tive lumbering so that a new forest will not replace the old, or he may con sider his t mber land as a permanent factor of wood and apply the principles of firestrv This last is what the pulil c welfare requires that he bhouM do but less than 2 per cent of the priv Uely held timber land of the Pnited States are now be ing conservatively handled With the Tltllls NI) TEIEPHONE LINES s ms to fiiii: pvroou i rf a i brr f m e so clearly be- rp tti man an deo the dan- e w are treating four-fifths of our tn.r n tt wa best calculated to 'rig en tli t famine with the least LATEST BOOKS FOR THE LIBRARY TABLE n. .ivconsoN. t natuial -.po tatlons that a mk t m th Ten American I nion on t f rtiia c I'anal woulJ be excellent i ot p in its s nipathctii treatment of a. - t t Mitimilelv affecting the affairs of ai t rerublics forming the union bu n its i-curacv and interest of por tra a! arr quit, justified in Panama in 1 What It I- What It Means,' by Jo n Barrett. Director General. Pan meu an I nion s tie Pan- inerican I ninn is the international organization and bureau or inform nion miintaiiied at Washing ton lv all ihe twenty -one American repuhli s, including the United fetates and the twenty Latin-American coun iries for the purpose of develop ing greater commerce, better ac-riualiitaiir-c more intercourse, and as t e Panama. Canal will be . potent perman nt peace among them, and Influen e in accomplishing these ends, it s fitting tint such a handbook should be published under its auspices." Mr Barrett fctatcs in a "foreword ' to the volume whii li has just been Issued Mr Birrctt who has behind him a xaried and iluable experience as direc tor general of th Pan- merican I'nlon. Minister to Panama Minister to Argen tina to Colombia and as holder of other diplomatic posts, sets forth graphically the gcogiaphy and history of Panama and the canal An account of the heroic, but futile efforts of the French, the years of toil and privation and disaster wasted, the ace of Idleness that followed, the Incep tlon of the work by the I nlted Mates aftir varying experiences in international diplomacy and domestic legislation, the achievements of American engineers and scientists and workmen, the near ap proach to completion this narrative of human endeavor to join two great oceans by the division of continents of land Is told by Mr Barrett In a style at once Impressive and delightful He sees and describes the canal from the point of xlew of the statesman, realizing its mlghtv potentiality for peace and the arts of peace, vet lie shows a full ap preciation of the picturesque features which would strike the ordinary sight seer, for whom, indeed, Ihe book Is in tended to be both a valuable treatise and a convenient vade-mecum, containing In formation about hotels, trains, steam boats, normal expenditures of travel and the other matters which make up the problems of the voyager Sir Barrett s book Is splendidly illus trated with pictures of the canal and its vicinage, an well as the Latin American country and its cities. LEAIM FIWM THE Cm BLAbTIPUL- By AmrlU M and Jacob F. Startvrather. Boston 8beraun French & Co rriee, XI 23. The author, or rather the authors, since a portion of the volume contains the selections written for special occa sions by the author's husband. Jacob F. Starkweather, has written as the spirit inspired because they have written witn the spirit of love which must hold the Interest of both mind and heart. In the to Protect Forests. for th paper CoryrUiit. 1313. by Mom A Co.) Ex-Chief Forester. possible delay and in the most aggra x ated form Tho great Interstate cpneentration of timber land ownership has made clear FHUiS IN A N VTION .L FOREVT. the dutj of the nation to Interfere for the protection of the legitimate interests of us all lumbermen included Since the nation owns but a small fraction of the standing timber, and since the wis handling of all of that timber is essen tial for the future welfare of the coun- trv, there remains nothing for the people to do but to accept the situation ana regulate the handling of privaic forest land There is nothing revolutionary In such i doctrine The Swiss, a people far more democratic than ourselves. have long ago adopted it, and the Federal government protects and regulates the forests necessarv for the general wel tare In Ihe republic eif trance- thi1 dextrine is" one it the fundamental con ceptions of government There Is obvl- ouslv no more reason why an individual in the I nited States should le allowed to handle his own forests In a way to Injure the public welfare than wh he should be allowed to use his own prop ertv In a city so as to endanger the public health I am far from having any quarrel with the fullest exercise of State sovereignty over the forests within the boundaries of each ''tale But the problem of the forests, like the problem of the streams, is by its very nature an Interstate affair Tt may take long to work It out, but before we are through with It the regu lation of the lumber Industry In the Interest of the public welfare must be and will be accomplished mainly by the nation Itself. There are then two principal thing to be done First, the States and the nation must improve the conditions hich now surround and retard the practice of forestry by private owners becond. the destruction of our forests by the private owners of timber lands must be stopped I anticipate with con fidence that the lumbermen will give their powerful help In the task, but whether they do or not. the problem Is far larger than anything except the na tion Itself, and the general welfare must control. poems which make up this volume the reader Is sure to find manv spots of In terest and appeal In one or another field of its lore Mrs starkweather has been ouent contributor to the periodical press and is known also as a hymn writer and .1 lecturer from nulrtlt nnil nlalfnrm 'I he I aim In the verse here brought together 1ms been both to entertain and to edlty without attempting to soar Into the realms of the unknown and purely fan ciful The verse is meant to be a prac tical and helplul stimulus to the thoughts ind deeds of the higher life, tire poems ranging from the vivacious little ones, which children will enjoy, to thoughtful and suggestive ones for the mature, touched now and then with humor ind seriousness that belongs to the tunda inental facts and truths of lite, CHUlsTVIAS ru-UStS AND OTIIrJl TOEMS By O V VcVrmun, Boston herman French . tin. I-tki $1 Ji In the midst of his activities as clergy man and educator the author has found time to cultivate the muses. Poetic and ryhthmic expretslon seem natural to him He was class poet In his seminary and college day s, being "born a poet. ' It Is quite manlfeet that these xerses are not forced In expression, but find utterance with the spontaneltv that come from the soul The devotional pieces are a worthy con tribution to lyric poetrv Lxalted in thought and expression and accurate n form, they rank with the best. Many of them have been set to music Others were made for special occasions, such as golden and silver weddings, tilrthaay anniversaries and similar events. Its devotional atmosphere will commend it to all devout minds. The longer poems are scrmonic, suitable for special occa sions, such as Christmas. 1 hanKf giving, Centennial bunday, and Memorial Day, some of them having already been used in this connection The Intrinsic worth of the book as a literary production should win a scnoiany clientele and its wide range of topics are well calculated to hold and charm the reader. VMirtEW THE OLAD- By Mana Thompson 11a viesa. The BobtK-MtTTill Comtany, Indianapolis. In her latest story, "Andrew the Glad," as In "The Melting of Mollv," Maria Thompson Daviess draws a picture of life In the picturesque valley of Harpeth. I Tenn. It Is romance of the South, a sympathetic tale. The characters belong to the South's new order of wealth, culture, and so ciety. The love affairs ot the two sets of young people are involved There Is a granddaughter of the Confederacy, Tactical, business-like, modern, and a outh, pleasure-loving, haphazard. In consistent. There Is a inald from the North, sentimental, sensitive, and a lad. serious. Intent, purposeful Andrew tne uiad is tne second oi nts family to bear the title Ills father acquired it In his boyhood and retained It to his death And even when he found himself on the brink of dependence and poverty, after he had lost all he pos sessed over a dice box to Peters Brown. the carpet-bagger, Andrew Servier, the nrn "Andrew tae Glad," could not re NEW PROCESS (Prepared by the editor! STACKING THK EGGS BEFORE A French engineer, M Lescarde, has developed a new process for preserving eggs which Is said to be much superior to the common cold storage method The process has reached the manufacturing stage, and plants are starting operations one In France and one In Belgium. In carry ing out the I.escarde process, the eggs are first examined to see that they are perfectly fresh- The next stage consists In packing the eggs In special metal boxes In which they are treated ith carbonic acid gas and nitrogen The room In which this stip Is carried out is kept cooled to a rather low tempera ture The eggs are fitted Into perforated frame", which are placed In sheet Iron boxes holding six frames of 1(V) eggs each, or sx eggs In nit The sheet iron case Is surrounded by a wood framing so that it can be handled readily and the boxes press a smile as he thought how fate mocked him. And afterward this same Peters Brown married Mary Caroline Darrah. a Harpeth girl, and carried her back with him to his home In the North. lrown adored his wife, and when she died he tried to bring up his daughter to be like her mother The best Idea In the story s in the re turn of Mary Caroline Brown, daughter of this same carpet-bagger, to her moth er s old home Ignorant of her father s standing In the feouth, after his death sl comes to get acquainted with lur moth er's people falie meet Andrew, who has returned, from his work as a civil en gineer In Panima .Having been Injured In the collapse of a bridge, Andrew Is In that interesting stage of convalescence that Invites the attentions of his women friends. Besides, he is a playwright and a poet, and with his pretty sentimental ism has won a place In their hearts Mary Caroline recognized Andrew at their ac cidental meeting, though he Is Ignorant of her Identity. At their formal Intro duction. Andrew finds that this girl whom he loxes. is the daughter of-the man who laid tho foumlatlon of his for tune by taking advantage of the weak ness of a Servier The struggle of emo tions and the disappointment which tho lad experienced add a powerful element tn the story To add zest to the book an amusing political situation has been Introduced, that is done with a light touch and af fords an opportunity for interesting com- ment. There is a 'possum hunt that serves a subtle purpose There are many good sayings, some exceedingly natural tslk and phrases that are sure to please the reader. INFANT HtATHEKBl By Payne KnlUDC. Illus trated. lkxton-Uttle, Brown A. Co. Price, J135. The charm ot this story lies In the characfr of the girl heroine with her quaint New England name. Modern fic tion demands less of plot In the earlier, more elementary sense and more of char acter portrayal; that Is, the customary conflict of forces takes place with the character or characters rather than In the outside world There is enough action In the story, enough of tragedy touches in the life of the little Joyful, but she passes through It all radiantly until she comes In contact with the Bings woman, who poisons the mind of the girl From that point starts the conflict between the faith and Innocence of Joyful, who be lieves In her own Intuition of Thorn's character, and the bigoted criticism Im planted by Mrs. Bings. The struggle is fought more intensely- because of the loneliness of Joyful's position and be cause Mrs. Bings has destroyed her faith not only In Thorn, but In all men and women. Not only la the scene New England, but the people also are New England. Granddaddy, In Bptte of his wholesome fear of Marthy, his wife, stealing away for a sail, Mrs. Somers. the neat but garrulous boarding-house keeper, the ambitious Nathaniel tied to his farm, but giving all his spare moments to his pet study, and Joyful, the little wild flower. are typical of New England village life. There are touches of humor In the story', particularly In the character ot iK-M l.ftL?9i9(BSBSSSSSSSSSSSS72t-.lVaBSSSSSSSSSISBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBl FOR PRESERVING EGGS PERFECTED IN FRANCE of the Scientific American for thai prr CorTrlzht, TREAT3IENT IN THE GAS TANK. can be stacked up In the apparatus V hen the box is filled with eggs, a small amount of chloride of calcium is put in to absorb the greater part of the moisture of the air, and then the cover Is soldered on. leaving a small hole in the top for the circulation of air or gas The boxes are then ready to be taken to the sterilizer, which consists of a large cylindrical tank, seen In the rear of one ot our illustrations The boxes are sticked upon roller tiucks vvhlih an then run upon rails to i tank a considerable number being treated at a time The cv Under has a tight-closing door, and resembles an In jecting cylinder for treating rxllroad ties The tank is first of all exhausted to extract the gas-es or air from the air rocket of the eggs, and also the gases dissolved in the albumen .fter this has been done, carbonic acid gas is sent into beautiful Louise Parsons, who xallantly pursues all forms of Orientalism, but who is hopelessly conventional in her actions. The story Is somewhat rambling but tt reaches a dramatic moment when Marie aile is posing for Thorn's pic ture of Hester I'ry'nne, and the artist Is enabled to catch the expression he wants for his picture, because suddenly Marie finds herself gazing Into the eyes of Scott Stevens, the man who has wronged her Till I ITTI 1 c.r VT SHOF Br I'erry Brrhoer. ito us IJttle Ilrown A. Co. I'noe J1.3w storv of romantic adventure that holds the Imagination because of its exciting Incidents and the Intense plot Interest rather thin Its analysis of char acter, though Suzanne Is charming and Haselton brave The scene Is laid In the fictitious city of Dravstadt In Sax Oldenberg. C) and the time is rather vaguely hindled, some things point to a preent date and some to a few cen turies past The land Is beset with struggles for the throne and opens with a massacre of the king, then comes the further Intrigues of Christian of arna. who is undecided whether It I necessary foe the safety of his reign that he should marry the Princes Su zanne who stands nearer in succession than he The action centers around the princess, who is held prisoner In a cas tle, and her lovely and spirited mald-of-honor, wo Is prcfered both by Prince Christian and Capt Haselton Haselton though captain of the guards, stands absolutely alone, for the guard, charac teristically made up of hired saldlers from all parts of the wdrld who have drifted into Dravstadt. Is at tho will of him who will pay the most for It, the Prince Christian offers the highest bid There are exciting adventures In the story before Haselton finally carries the mald-of-honor across the border, and the author has a genuine surprise for his readers when the mald-of-honor turns out to be the Princess Suzanne In dls gulfe, and the supposed princess her mald-of-honor. FimTIIFIt BEMIMUCENCra (nequel to Berate iiernon of a DirJomat s V ife ' . By Mrs. Hush Fraaer New Tcck-Dodd. Moid 4. Or These ' Further Reminiscences." by Mrs Hugh Fraser, are written In the same pleasant, easy style, that all he.r other reminiscences possess A little more dis cursive, perhaps, a little more branching off In the "that reminds me" order of story, but this does not make them any the less pleasing The book Is Just a series of rambling recollections gathered promiscuously. Strange memories some of them are. What Is this that she tells us of Garibaldi? That for the last twenty years ot his existence he was not Gari baldi at all. Listen to this: "There are many people who still be lieve, with some assumption of reason. that there were two Garibaldis the real one and a double, who for convenlece sake often personated his patron during the tatter's lifetime, and was deftly sub stituted for him at his death." On these grounds, says Mrs Fraser. can be explained the extraordinary de cadence of Garlbadll'a military capacity alter 1S63, while she quotes the authority 1SB. by Munn & Co ) the apparatus from steel bottles contain InK compressed or liquified gas When the proper point fn this operation Is reached the carbonic acid gas Is shut off, and a portion of it is then again extracted by pumping, to be replaced by a certain amount of nitrogen fed from compressed gas cylinders The eggs are then ready to be removed from the tank, and the trucks are rolled out, after which the workmen solder up the small Inlet opening. As the pressure In the box is above atmospheric, there Is no danger of air leaking In Tne eggs are now ready to be taken to the cold storage quarters, where they can be kept for a long period of time. MAKING CLOTH FROM THE BANANA FIBER There is not a village in India that has not its clump of banana trees and not a village In which the fruit is not gathered and the fiber in the stalk wasted It has been left to the Chinese to teach us how the tons of banana fiber thrown on the rubbish heap every year can be converted into banana cloth and sold at a most remunerative price The process of manufacture is very (imple and quite within the reach of the natives of India, particularly those and there arc thousands of them who have had some Uttle textile training in cotton or Jute mills One-year-old plants are selected and the stalk Is unrolled and steamed over cauldrons of boiling water till soft. It Is a simple matter then to remove the green outer skin by passing strips of the stalk through an Instru ment provided with a couple of blunt blades, which act as scrapers The fiber thus obtained Is placed in cloth and pounded. In. order to drive out excess moisture and Is next cleaned and twitted into yarn for weaving Banana cloth Is said to be eminently suitable for tropical wear and is very durable At present the price would seem to be al most prohibitive, as a roll of banana cloth, live yards long and one yard wide. sells Tor about j.T0. As this enterprise Is a brand new one, high prices are to be expected, but they are sure to right themselves as the demand for this kind of cloth grows and the supply endeavors to keep pace with It. BLASTING WITH COMPRESSED AIR (Frrjrrd b the editor, of the Sarntlse American 1 Uu CMKT Copyright, UO. by Murin i Co ) In modern mining the operators are ready and willing to avail themselves of any new methods or devices which will cheapen and Increise the production ind a method recently adopted in some coal mines dislodges the mass of coal by thu direct application, behind the miss, of i charge of compressed air The method appears to be effective and seems to have no elements of danger either to the mine or the miners. of Count Gonidac. who gave "categorical testimony" as to the substitution, that this also was the reason why Garibaldis sons "wcro Indifferent to their putative father " Indeed, a strange story and one that needs the proverbial "grain of salt," But Mrs Fraser Is not an ardent admirer of the great ' liberator" and admits that she has been abused for her opinions In other xolumcs. It Is hate of all that is good, and a worship for its own sake of all that Is evil ' By which remark. It will be seen, thtt Mrs Fraser has very strong opinions on things political and religious. There Is no need to object to them even when ono differs, as naturally people with strong opinions are bound to differ, from many expressed in this volume. hy. for Instance, should she be hard on the Jew In Poland" She says: "If ever Poland Is to regain her na tional sovereignty she must, first of all. take measures against the Jews within her borders, measures that are not ot 'Pogrom,' which can never serve any good end. but of genuine restraining Justice " But sho gives no suggestion as to what those measures should be, except to say that Poland Is In much the position of certain other decadent nations in which the military virtues have been stifled by commercialism Her reminiscences are not all political or rcligiouB some of them social, gay, or serious, as the case may be, with many a pleasant family recollection of the authors brother, Marlon Crawford, and the history of some of his famous books, especially the fate that met his earlier ones. ("To Leeward was re fused by the publisher) Stories are there also of those in tiro high places, some of whom Mrs Fraser has known herself, others of whom she had heard tell "Sovereign Treaties and Traditions is the heading of one chap ter that contains anecdotes of Murat and Metternlch. Archduke John, and also the venerable Emperor of Austria. She gives a pleasant picture of the Emper or's weekly reception day. As she puts If None so poor or none so humble but the Emperor receives them as a father does his children: he sits on one side of a table, and If they wish they may cccupy the chairs on the other side. There Is no one else present. If there be any rich people among those await ing audience, the probability Is that they may have to wait the longest. It Is a strange collection of humanity that fills the Emperor's ante-room on these oc casionsevery kind of sorrow, hope, anx iety, or ambition Is brought to their Emperor. A contrasting picture is this to the grewsome one of King Ferdinand keep ing the head of Murat In a glass box for years. Mrs. Fraser also tells of her experi ences In Chile, when her husband was stationed there, and many a lively tale she has to tell of the habits and man ners of these Latin-Americans. Her ver satility Is her greatest charm The reader Is never sure to what subject her memory will flit next. What she says Is always1 Interesting, though we don't MIlAjS C4)VT7 niW UVTl New Device Enables One to Sign Ten Papers at Same Time (Prepared br the editor, of the Edentlne; Amman for this piper Coryrishi. WI. br Mann On) U'm?' 3 if -' 41 1 1 1 1 1 f I ! I WBfk THIS MtCHIN-E DUPLICATES OF 1 A "MSTEIt FEN." A wonderful duplicating device is the signature machine, which enables the user to sign his name ten or twenty times In one operation The Talking Machine IITnred bj the editor, of the bcnentine Amrncan Befopj the incorporated bocicty of Musicians at I-ondon. Prof Sylvanus Thompson recently discoursed on the merits of the talking machine lie said that young people could hear lower notes than old people, and the animals at the zoo. particularly cats, heard all sorts of sounds that we could not hear He reprented the effect of the difference of th pitch of notes by dis playing on th screen waved lines which Artificial Daylight by tPrtpwrd bj the editor, of the haeniirlc Amenon A recent number of the Electrical World contains a study of artificial day light by Messrs II K. Ives and M Luckiesh. They have endeavored to produce a "daylight window with tung sten lamps by subtracting from the light emitted by the tungsten filament some of the excess yellow and red rays This they have succeeded In doing by using glass screens of cobalt blue and signal green, together with a gelatine film containing a certain amount of dye To be sure, this resulted In reducing the Railway Terminal Snow Melters (rreimml by the editors of the Scir-ntifle vmenrin for th paper Copyrljiit, 13C by Mann & 0a! At various points outside the tralnshed I ing perforated steam coils They are set of the Chicago and Northwestern new in the track floor flush with the tops passenger station at Chicago snow melt- of the ties, and the melted snow 1 ers have been provided, which are doing carried off to the sewers by drain pipes good work. They consist of steel pans I leading from the pans Snow is shoveled with semi-circular bottoms, and contain- ITTERAKY NOTES. As Is usually the case L Phillips Op penheim gave the critics keen enjoyment In his Iat novel. "The Tempting of Tavernake Little, Brown & Co "The Son of Columbus." by Molly El liot Sea well, has received the commenda tion of the Navy Department, Two copies of that book have been sent to the library of every ship in the service Har per's The Putnams will publish in February a volume, entitled "The Story of the Bor gias," by John Fyvle. author of "Trag edy Queens of the Georgian Lra " The striking personalities of the Borgias have afforded a fascinating problem alike for historian, for psychologist, ind for nov elist, A lurid legend grew up about their lives, and for three centuries their name was a byword for the vilest In famy. But in cur own day a number of writers have attempted to rrhabili tate the characters of the Borgias by that process of Juggling with historical evidence popularly termed "whitewash ing" Mr. Fyvle attempts to present the true history of this extraorldlnary family after a careful sifting of all fresh evi dence. Mary Elizabeth Halls ' Candy -making Revolutionized' has had its revolution ary propaganda delayed by procrastlnat Ing printers The book will appear, how ever, a fortnight hence The confection ery revolution to which the title of the book alludes lies in the substitution of common v egetables largely potatoes for harmful materials, such as analine dyes and plaster of parts, which have lmmemorlably gone into commercial can dles. To the home candy-maker, too, the new method appeals as simpler, cheaner. and more wholesome than the old way. Murgls &. Walton Co J. II. Fabre Is the naturalist whom Maeterlinck calls "one of the glories of the civilized world." His books on nat ural history are as graphic, as thrilling, and as full of entertainment for the gen eral reader as an exciting novel In this book on the spider Fabre entertains both those who know something about the habits of spiders and those other unfor tunate. Ignorant people, whose method of greeting spiders is to scream or try tc quash them. Dodd. Mead & Co The author of 'One Way Out," who calls himself William Carleton, has now confessed that In 'One Way Out he told on'y half his story, so that he has been Impelled to tell the rest of It In a second olum, to be called New I.lv es for Old," which Small. Mayntrd & Co are publishing this month. As Carletou's business prospered, he bought a farm, and In the country village ran up against another set of conditions which surprised him. but which he pro ceeded to tackle In the same spirit which won success for him as an emi irrant to the- slums. He found the town asleep and began, as he expressed It, to blow the resurrection trumpet Small. MaynarU & Co. will publish Immediately the first book on the Balkan SIGNATURE MAW TIMES B'VVMEATsS Through the use of a master pen all pens attached to the device are con trolled, and bonds, checks and certlfi cates are signed with great rapidity as an Aid to Science for Ih purer CorrricM. 1313. by Munn & Co l had been traced by the vibration of sound through an instrument known as the phonotogra-ph By the Invention of gramophones, he raid. It was possible to find that these waved lines represented musical sounds as well as variations of pitch TAhile ho could hardly regard the gramophone as a musical instrument, except in cer tain circumstances, he looked upon it as a valuable scientific instrument. Manipulating Rays for thk putt Cbpjttstt, UU. by Mann i. Co light efficiency considerably The con sumption was 10 to 12 watts per candle power Six 60-watt frosted tip tungs ten lamps were used in a tin box 1 by IS by M inches. The bottom of the box consisted of two glasses, one coated with the gels tine film, and the other being rough surfaced, so as to act as a dlffuscr This gave an illumination of about V candles and the approximation of day light wai exceptionally good By Its use colors could be matched as well as in daylight j to the pans and there melted. war to appear In this country. It Is called "The Balkan War: Adventures of War with Cross and Crescent," and as the sub-title implies. It covers both sides of ihe conflict The side of the victors is covered by the well known English novelist. Mr Philip bibbs, -who held a roving commission with the Bul garian army from the London Graphic, and that of the vanquished by Mr. Ber nard Grant, special correspondent of the London Dally Mirror The book is illus trated from photographs "A Gentle Jehu In Japan. by Ethel L. McLean. Is printed on hand-made deckle edged paper, containing many beautiful illustrations printed in colors and mount ed. Dodd, Mead . Co. "Until the Day Break. by W. L. George, like one or two of Joseph Con rad's, deals with an anarchist His de velopment from boyhood until he throws a bomb Is traced with remarkable fldelltv and force It Is an unusually well-written novel Dodd, Mead . Co Robert Hush Benson, or Father Ben son, as he Is better known. Is the author of Lord of the World" and a number of other novels ' Come Rack Come Rope narrates the thrilling story of a young man and a girl who were Catholics and lived during the persecutions of the time of Queen Elizabeth Dodd, Mead Co. Hamlin Garland, the novelist, whose house In Wisconsin was recently destroy ed by fire, will spend this month and next in the East. He Is planning a lec ture tcur for the coming year Many readers of "The Girl With the Rosewood Crutches" have tried to Iden tify its author, but none has yet been successful. One man said he was sure that Mabel McKlnley wrote the book M. Pierre Lotl made a flying trip to this country In the early fall to superin tend the staging of Ms new play. "The Daughter of Heaven." He has written his "Impressions of New York" during his brief stay, "from the point of xlew of a barbarian from the Orient," for the readers of the Century. Under the simple title of "Composi tion." Doublcday. Page & Co. publish this month the new edition of Prof. Arthur Wesley Dow's exhaustive work upon the elements of art. It Is a stan dard treatise upn art-structure, for the use of students and teachers, of art the synthetic method of teaching art- approaching It through design, instead of through drawing Arthur fetringer's new novel, "The Shadow," made its official appearance on January 5. Its central theme a detec tive who follows a fugitive on a zigzag race around the world, never giving up the cnase though it costs him ever) thing as suggested to Mr Stringer by De tective W. P. ("Camera Eye") Sheridan, who told the story of one of his own long pursuits of a prisoner all through Brazil and other parts of South America, losing the trail more than once, but per severing until he landed nla -