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Tti The > Last Days of Pekln Is t a anew anewbook B + W Wbook
1 book > Mk by Pierre Lot faltaa hI hIin 1fg Vfafta + iM wsw wswin who whoin
in his capacity of naval officer aiarch aaarehcel 1IIa1ebinfo aiarchi
cel i into Pekta with the allied troops troopsnc tropeT11 nepII nepIIn
< nc n T11 in bill capacity of corrwpoa4sat e ethtrotlet sad aodrloHtrotier sadrlethetrotter
rloHtrotier MW wan all that there was to toI
I e seen 1 > In His m sketch lIkte ketebss Beat t to Ffy M Mtaro il ilPI
y taro PI urn 10 are aow paaltsad la e book bookr IMIokrnrm bookrrn
r rnrm rm and haw bsesbsilsitlte beea trsaalatetf by Myrta Myrtatones JIJ11aJ
L tones innsThose tonesThose J 00 > 8 8ThOf
Those who road r lads rd Book of Pityld Pity Pityani PIt
ani 1 no ld of Death pabttsbed 1 several eral eraland year yearm Yearst
m t L and were encased to lad It a cfaroa cfaroaiii eIaroaof 0broeiri
iii of the Itvea I of punycats are aware awareihiit awarethir ware
ihiit 1 ho r this t h 18 French genius is extremely extremelyrniJ extremel extremelrn1 extremelytmld
rniJ of cats There is I battle ttle murder er and andFiilrfpn aDdlIorffO codsudden
sudden death enough BOU ia I this book on onIkin onI onk
k Ikin kin I into to satisfy the readers Ne4 of the mart marthmrtiooal moptntlonal mostsensational
sensational journal but though tbe tbesmtii tbeSI1lf1l thesm
smtii sm II of decay deca deolylag tag corpses and the be mys mysirry myaI mystery
irry I pry and horror of oakaowu keOW1a and unglcasant un unplrasant unpalaef8
plrasant palaces are on almost ewy ewyIIE eve eTeepac y ypas
pac < l Loti otl tads his cat and promptly promptlyalopts prompUrilolts promptlyidopts
alopts the animal 1 which thenceforth thenceforthntk theDefortbnak tbeoeforthr
ntk r akcs > > s itself at t home la these peculiarly peculiarlyr
< r + pnIAI < > nial arrOundlagB reuaett Cat palaces and andauthor aaetllIthor andrathor
author rathor are described becI with a power POW and andvividness aDdivi sodtke
vividness ivi < inpsa which ldeb make a ath this t is book one of ofh oftII
tII th h unique and fanrinatiac fJll atlq spectmeas of ofwar ofwar ofwar
war literature llteratoreThere 11t literatureThere erat eratThre
There is grttesomenoM aome aomeOWnfBa and grae graeFoTuness g genmcnesp
FoTuness la this book it t reads Ilk like a achi achilH8e a1hinese
chi chilH8e nose chamber cha of horrors transls tunslarl tunslarlinfo < M Minto l liotn
into French l rench and presented with all n tbe tbeiiallic tbea theable
iiallic able a 111 vivldoN viYldnev of detail to shrinking abrinklnllAnloSaxon shrinklnRAngloSaxon shrinkingAngloSaxon
AngloSaxon nerve The people of our ourMvxl ourhbod ourhl
Mvxl hl xf in spite Iplt of their reputation for forbrutality forriJta1ity forbrutality
brutality do lo uot revel in horror when whenIt whenIt
It comes to imagination LoU does Tobe To Tobe Tohe
be sure there was not tiT t b a other ma material matfrlal material ¬
terial for reveling reven ta I tae t s last at days d of ofIVkin ofI ofPekin
PekinOne IVkin IVkinone I > kln klnOne
one of the leas a UerrtMa UerrtMaascribes rI1tIe posses possesIrlhee JIIPIIdpcrlbtll
ascribes s meal 1 which will willrllnlon ho and a eempanion com compxnion
pxnion took ia a palace of Ute Yellow YellowCity YeI YeIity TDowPity
City ity near the Lake of the Lottot Lotae tho tholotuses tMlot s slotuses
lotuses lot U6PB Incidentally being doad dsm sad decliyio 40caying do docaying
caying cliyio like 1111 > most othor 6t tbtaga ia it that thatvioinity tltatidoil thatvicinity
vicinity idoil Here la the description Pttoe of thoro tho pema1 h hmeal
ro meal ma1It al alIt
It is almost totally tota11 dark At an anrbony aDdJOny anebony
ebony table my companion and I IatPd ares are areFiatfHl
FiatfHl s atPd wrapped wnp M in our military 1l1tary cloaks cloaksvith cloakw cloaksHish
vith w i I h collar turned up our teeth chat chatring cltatrin chatring
< ring rin with cold and d are served by our oarorderlies ourrderliell ourorderliea
orderlies with trembling limbs Jim limb A feeble11tIe feeble feeblelit feeblelit
lit 11tIe Mo I Chinese biOI candle and I of rod wax a stuck stuckin stuckio stuckIn
in a bottlea bottle a candle picked up In the thedebris tbePori thedebris
debris Pori from some ancestral ncNtral altar altarbeds altarbedsa sheds shedsu
u dim < light lI bt blown AS It is I by the wind windOur wlDdOur windslur
Our plates plat in fact all ail the dishes dlsb dlsbor are areor anof
or porcelain of Inestimable value 1m 1mIorial ImTrial toepcrial
Trial yellow marked with the cipher of ofa ofa ofa
a fastidious emperor who was a eontcmporary eon eonirmporary eoD1pmpora
irmporary 1pmpora of Louis XV But our wine wineand wiDe8n wineand
and 8n our muddy water watprltolled boiled and re reboiled reboi reboiiwi
boiled boi I for fear of poison In the wells wellsare wlI wlIarf wellsarc
are in horrible old bolt bottles leu with bits ofpo of ofpotato
10 potato ate cat into shape by the soldiers soldiersfor eoJdIrfpr soldierfcr
for corks corksThe corkaTh corksThe
The Th gallery where this scene takes takesplace tak takespoises
place 11 u I T THy < ry long lon tMUHstaftce tIMllltlecin tliedlsttdcoisiet tliedlsttdcoisietin u lost lostin
in in obscurity obtcurlt Y where hprt tbe splendors plfndo of ofIiltlc an anAsiatic an anAsiatic
Asiatic Iiltlc tal tale are dimly perceived Its Itsrides ItsfiIS
rides are of glass lall6 up to the height I < < bt of a aman aman aman
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man and this frail wall is all that sepa separafB aepa1I sepaaee
rafB 1I aee 1 us u from the sinister darkness darknesswhich darkDeaawhlrb darknesswhich
which surrounds us one OD has a feelingthat feeling feelingthn feel1qrbI
rbI that the waDd wandering rln forms outside the theIhnntoms thephantom thephantoms
phantom attracted by our O nor Jr small light lightnay tlebtTrI lightway
nay TrI from n distance see us at table aDd aadthis aDdIhi andthis
Ihi this is disturbing Above the glass lua there thereIs thereis
Is I q a series of light frames containingrich containing containingrice contIDIDCr
r rice l > paper which reach to the ceiling cellingfrom eelUDIlfrom ceilingfrom
from which marvelous ebony sculptures sculpturesdepend aculptw aculptwjopend sculpturedpend
depend dellrato as lacework this rice tiesi riceii
1 ii qt rer > r is torn and allow tbe mortally mortallyod mortallyoil
< od 01 < 1 night wind to strike us Our frosrn frosrnrest frOPnrlt frosni
i e < rest on 1n imperial yellow lIow carpets of ofthe ort
the t h finest wool 001 with the five ftve1aonaecI ftve1aonaecIAn livehornedAn homed homedAn
An Anthology for Young RcadmJolden Rcadm R Rold ReiidstmGolden
Golden old D Numbers umbfrs is I the somewhat somewhatrnUinatical somewhatenIYmatlcal tl tlfOllCmatical
rnUinatical title tltl of a book i itmJod oi oifor vrap In Int
t tmJod + ndcd for young o mK readers rt > adpra and an4pepplled an4pepplledby n4 n4ty ompUed ompUedy
ty y Kate Douglas Vtggln W < < eln and Mora Arch Archil Arekiiaid ¬
il jal iiaid aid < i Smith with introduction and ia iatrlesves btrleavea
trlesves l lJ by > y the th former The making of ofn ofn ofn
+ n anthology is I always an imgratefol imgratefoltuk uagrstfvituk tefalj tefaljuJk
tuk anal there I Is probably nothing notblD ex oxn I IrUnnll1
n 1 running rUnnll1 a newspaper newlpa fr which wbldto wbldtolfoplr sor so sonvny
nvny r ray people think they tht > y could do better betterthn bettfrt
thn t v n the t t person who Iso is I at it Itco OoaaMora OoaaMorafault Cot ldsra ldsrahl
11 > fault could 4001 < 1 be found with IQ this t cc4 cc4lTtlon eoIItlon colGnn
Iu Iurason lTtlon Itlon by almost anybody a for the thoreason tbenn
reason nn OD that whatever Is I iaclodod lael ia such suchi
1 bookomebodvs book somebodys favorite poem Is I al always al3Y always ¬
ways 3Y left out All the same as a gift giftTcik giftlc
Tcik lc > 11 ik for any boy Joy or girl beginning DDID the thev tbely thedye
v dye ly > of Jitirsture Jit rature It is very good goodTnerc podT1rp goodTr
Tnerc i r t III to lu trash in It and there are areny areny areray
< ny poeais p which are not a easy ey 7 to lad ladu IndID IDdIII
ID u the ordinary library libraryThe librai libraiTlw libraryThe
The poems are clssottod according to toRuiijts toF tosuhe
suhe Ruiijts F rt t Aroonx the th sataora aau represented ivprosentedthe nted ntedthr
the nat nature ire poems are Joaes VeryI Very VeryAMrhh VerJllrlth
AMrhh llrlth I rlch Kinsley Stevrasoa Lowell LowellVlliam LeNenOlIiam Lowellt
Vlliam t lIiam I1ak > and Keats All of ofshnkespeares ofhk ofbnkcspeare
shnkespeares bnkcspeare hk PfatP1I s fairy fair songa are bra here and andseveral aDeIpral andcvcral
several pral of Allinghams as well as the tbeSahrina thea theSahrlna
Sahrina a hrna priK from Comus ComusSeveral ComuS
S Several 0 vcral fra I of the best of tbe old English Englishare 1CD IIb
> chits s are here Tbe Pled Piper of ofhrtein ofIf ofHirlln
hrtein If It n Nerve Kiel High Tideft Tide Tidei
< 11 i tlv ft b roast oa8t of Lincolnshire I Lord VI
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dntoWM aprawtlBg n epos them ClaM d dus te teJIIputtte tous
us gfcputtte messes 1 burners of etotaonae etotaonaeof e eof
of the oM Id inimitable blue w with tk goldelephant gold goldttopfeants aoMare
elephant aa podoatals are softly all burn burntec i orn orntEl rD rDt
tEl there t are magalncent aadfaactful aadfaactfulscreens 1184 stdtattdtuiscreen fudtal fudtalpMea1s
screens phoenixes pMea1s of enamel apopadtheir spread spreadtheir
their long wings thrones ttq aesq > monsters monstersthings monstersthings aten atentIaIap
things without age sad without price priceabound priceabound
abound 110 And there we an inelegant ineleganttesty Inelegantdusty t t611t
testy 611t worn soiled with the air ofooaes of ofcoaraa ofliar
coaraa barbariaas liar Installed Ued Him ta Intruders tatroders tatnIIen
troders in fairylandThere fairyland fairymadThere fair7 fair7T1Mie
There ia another u chapter to Which the theeffect the theegeet
effect e < < ect of opium is dwerlhad after this thisTho WITIIe thismeaner
meaner meanerThe
The fom fDlDw fume s of Ute Uteaw opUsm eep us wawake usawake
aw awake e till very 11 late I la a stet of mindthat mind mindthat ailt41 ailt41tat
that fs both lucid and at t the be same sametime nameties e
ties time eonfaaed Wo w have wear natal oatUnow natalnow W Wnow
now understood C004 Cktoeao a art It to ro rovented revled r rvealed I
vented to OB for tile trot time ttm tonight toalgtotIn toId toIdIn
In the beginning 011 we were ignorant t tla aa aais asis
is all u the world of its almost terrible terriblegrandeur terriblegrandnr terriblegrandeur
grandeur until we saw w the Imperial ImperialCity lJDperlaiCity ImperialCity
City aid the walled 11M palace of the tit Son Sonof SoDof Sonof
of Heaven H now at this nocturnal hoar hoaramid boarm14 hoaramid
amid m14 Ute fragrant fumes that rise in incloud I Ic inclouds
cloud c clouds la ov overheated 0 gallery 1eIT our ourImpressions OUImp otrimpressions
Impressions Imp of the Mg somber temples templesof 1 1of
of too U yellow enameled Ied rootf roeI6tbe arwsldng arwsldngthe eaIring eaIringthe
the Titian buildings that rise above abov tel terrace telra teeraces ¬
race ra races of r marble ant hie are exalted above abovemere aboftmeN soonmere
mere captivated eapUftt I admiration a ttratls au to respect roapectand respectand ct ctand
and aw awe aweL
1It awtho tile thousand details taU of It its itsbroMery em embroNerJ embryoldery
broMery and carruga carWI which surround surroandus IIOU IIOUu
learn how howskillful 1towt bowskillful
us u to such profusion we
skillful and how exact this tld art is inresdrlsg in inrendering IDre8Cleriac
t rendering the grace of flowers Iowe tug tuggerating exaggerating q qpntlq ¬
gerating their superb and languishing languishingposes JaapatablDIraIM languishingposes
poses and aIM their deep or deliciously dolleiouslypale dellcloual7pale deliciouslypale
pale colorings then la I order to toeIeaI makeelar make makedear
dear the cruelty enelt of every kind of Urine Urinething J11 J11tIatDC livingthing
thing down to dragons and butterflies batterliesthey butterfliesthey tted ttedt7
they place claws e horns terrible en1 smiles smilesaad UDIIHaM smtksand
and leering eyes upon them tile they are areright are1IIIIIt areright
right these embroideries wol eriell on our cush eusklo cushions eusltIou ¬
ions lo s aro a e roses rose lets lotas flowers en chryaan chryaanlias cbrJuDI chrfnnllns
lias I Daughter and many J other poems poemswhich poeatSwlllelt poemswhich
which paassss the lyric Quality ia a high4egree high highdegree bt 1t 1tw
degree Two thing w are notfoable DOU esbie ble hi hithis titt1tIa tothin
this collection which make MS It frpscially frpsciallyflt e pe all7 all7It
flt for children cIdN and young people p of ofgrammar efppaIDU ofgrsnmar
grammar and high school 1too1 age agethat eM eMtIaat f fthat
that It is full of oflllll8lea1 f aasataa poems po ma andthe and andthe aadUte
the other It is rich nellie la poems paes watch stategreat state stategreat tate tatepoeat
great truths in a simple 1Ibap and beautiful beautifulway beautifulway tUnl tUnlWQ
way Anybody ADbod who has taught ta t school schoolknows schoolknow elaooltt
knows that these two things t appealespecially appeal appealspecially ppealpeeIa11
specially peeIa11 to boys bo and girl atria They like likethe liketile likethe
the musical au tcal quality la verse ene and a they theyUke Ute UteMlatbDeDta theyIlk
Uke Ilk sentiments which can throw come comelight 101MPt somelight
light Pt oa conduct Witness W the popular popularity pepalarIt p pslar pslarIty ¬
It ity of autograph albums aDd their tMlrtllllew sea seaheists sentiments ¬
timents and Ute number of quotations quotationsoa qaota o oIifes
oa Iifes life hn lessens ns la the averrge aver 11I8 compaitba com composlUen comu
poslUen u of the early J ttta teeM TIs TJ other othersort otllereort othersort
sort of poem which appeal r 10 o theswak the theawakening tbeof
awakening swak stag sea sense of literature lItert Ilter tare 1 Is of f thetype the thetype Utetype
type represented ted by H h Tide oa the theCoaat UteCGut theCoast
Coast of f Lincolnshire than which ktt no nomore DOIDote wmore
more exeutolte versemaelc Tenec wa was ever everwritten everwritten fer ferwrltt
written wrltt This stanza a for example willaffect will willaffect willdeet
affect the sensitive ear and fancy of ofMte1t ifeach f feach
each a pool apll like masse massetWream modetpos
tpos 0 the rode w we aw tW thatThe
The sobs 01 bells WI wet swsisg lit litI bg bgI
I 1IIertt matte tt the Wi lite beea Hgbt HgbtStream uk ukIKram
Stream from rro the rknrch to tower er fd NIlA sad Mgb MgbA =
A lurid mark rtt ami dried < to toA wv seeAnd wvAnd
And A d iwcsome IW bells tI they were w rc to me meThat meT useTlat
That T t in the dark rang ran < < Knderby KnderbyThe Fnderb1ThO PnkrbyThe
The poetry poEtl of Kipling Is so rich In Ini I Iiork iswork
i work of this sort that it seems strange tr
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H To create a new character ic to be credited only to toKipling toKipliDg toiphng
Kipling iphng Barrie Ban e and a few of the very first rank In Inhis Inhis Inhis
his CA A Daughter D ughter of the Snows London has reached reachedthis reachedthiI reachedthis
this high level lev l of distinction It is of fascinating fascinatingniu fuointinginwr fasoinatillginterlnt
1 inwr interlnt If PhilaielJIIHa Telsgrsph Telsgrsphfluitcated T 1Ofsl1 1Ofsl1IIlustrated
IIlustrated niu riUed with drawhn drawings t in color by b F C YOHNgoemd YOHN YOHNBotmd YOHNBoadln
Botmd Boadln in crimson cloth Decorated DocortedPubttshen DecoratedPublkbenJ DecoratedPubHabersJ
Pubttshen PublkbenJ J B LIPPINCOTT COMPANY COMPANYPhiladelphia Philadelphia PhiladelphiaJ
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tlt tbemume e emuate m ua te A As a far the t iaaoci s the thescarab theIICUI thescarab
IICUI scarab II the ftle lies sad the U moths t they theyan theywe theyare
an just Ilk like theee uo horrid Ullage paint painted paintla painted ¬
ed la gold relief on oar court fans fanswaea fauW tansWhen
When W we arrive at t that special form formof fermof termof
of physical 01 prostration which sots Il t the themind themind
mind 1841 free disengages the the astral tral body bodya lHHIytlte bodynno
a nno they tlte ay at Benares everything evUllog in inthe Intbe inthe
the palace a as well as ia I tile outside ouUideworld outsidesee outsideworld
world seems see easy and amusing og We Wecongratulate Wecotlate Wecongratulate
congratulate ourselves 1 upon poD having cometo come cometo eometo
to live li in the Yellow City Ctt at t so o unique uniquea
a period ia the history of China CIII at a amoment aat amoment
moment at whoa everything rrthlq I Is tree and we weare weaN weare
are left almost alone to gratify our ourwhims ourwblm airwhims
whims and curiosity Life seem see to hold holdtomorrows holdtomorrow holdtomorrows
tomorrows filled with new new and Interesting Interest Interesting Interestt ¬
t ing circumstances etrc In ID our conversation conversationwe
we w Sad word formnlas fonD Images ta t ex express exu express ¬
press the u Inexpressible the things that thathave UaatbaTe thathave
have never been said Tile hopelessness hopelessnessthe 1M
the misery maer that one carries ear about t likethe like likethe Ilk IlktM
the weight on a convicts log J is Incon Incontestabiy Incontestably boontenably
tenably lessened and as to the small smallannoyances smallannoyances 11 11aDD07Deea
annoyances of the moment the little littlepinpricks littleplaprteb littlepinprick
pinpricks they exist no longer For Forexample POIple Forexample
example ple when we w see ae through the glass glassgallery lla llacaller glassgallery
gallery tbe pale light of a moving movinglaatern JRODC JRODCID movinglantern
lantern la a distant dItI at part of our palace palacedisturbance palacewtaoat palacewe
we ay wtthotttpe wtaoat t e fJ s Nylf Nylfdisturbance I f fdlatUlllaltee
disturbance More M < < re thieve tltl They 9ley raq must mustsee molttee t tW11
see us a Well hunt them them t down tamer tamerrow toMorrow tettsorrow
row rowAnd
And It mums of no a consequence even evencomfortable eftftCOIDfortab1e evescomfortable
comfortable to 0 us a that our cushionsaa0 cushions cushionsail cakkJ cakkJaa4
aa4 ail oar imperial silk silks 1b are shut off 0 < < fromthe from fromthe fromUte
the cold and DeI the horror by nothing DOt1Wt < < but butpane butpa butpanes
pane pa of glass glassv glassTat 1IIaUft glassThis v
Tat This I ia the best t book beyond quos quesUoa 41 41Uoa quostier
Uoa yet t written on the 1M siege of Pekta PektaThe PeklaT1te PekinThe
The squalid and Dd horrible tragedy tn d7 ha has net netbefore Ntbef notbefore
before bef been treated tr with anything OtIOI like likethe likeU likethe
the U power of imaaJmUloa tad wealth Iok etlanguage et etlunger otlaquap
language found ta this tit book Those whoknow who whoknow who whoIIDOw
know Lotis LoU style t will expect 8X1 = t this uaRd uaRdIw and andfor sadfor
for those who do not this tIa Is a good goodtime pollI gaollee
I time to discover it The book ia I iaattradlftlJ meet meetattractively mostattractively
attractively bound and Dd illustrated illuatratedtoa Bos Boston Do Doto ¬
ton to Little Brown A Co Cothat Cotltat Cothat
that so o poor a selection 1ect10D was made mad mcwa1M a aThe as asThe
The 1M Dove of Dacca and The RecessiSal Reces Recessional Receeoeb ¬
siSal oetly oobe The be Last Rhyme of True TrueThomas True TrtltTItoIDa TrueThomas >
Thomas wa was certainly I worth including includingIn InchdlrIn
In such a eolleetion and so is some of oftbe oftbe ofthe
tbe terse la the Jungle Books Books ADd aadThe ADdTIle andThe
The City of Sleep in The Brushwood SrtshwoodBoy BrushwoodBoy 8rU8 Wo d dBoy
Boy It to possible however thartbe thartbeeditors than the theeditors j jedlt
editors edlt thought that If the youthful youthfulreader youtbtIIreacSer youthftlreader
reader learned to like Kipling too well wellit we wellIt a aIt
it might lead I to Investigation of his hisworks 111 hisworks I Iworb
works in general and the anger Dller of par parents pareDt parents ¬
ents eDt and guardians IlUrdla who might not re regard repr4 regard ¬
gard his Barrackroom Ballads as aslultable asluUable assuitable
suitable literature for youth New ew York YorkMcClure YorkMcClure YorkMcClure
McClure Phillips Co
Dogs and Children ChildrenDogtown ChildrenDogtown ChildrenDogtown
Dogtown by Mnbol Osgooft Osgo l Wright WrightIs VrlghtIs
Is a book addrossod as the author ox oxpresses oxpresses oxpresses
presses It to all who lovo children lihlld and aadlogs andclogs anddogs
logs The author WhOM Tommy TommyAnne TommyAnne TommyAnne
Anne and other books have made her harRamo herBamo hername
name known as a writer of Juvenile lit literaturo tlteraturo literaturo
eraturo Is a devoted lover of dogs anl anlthe anlthe andthe
the fourfooted characters in this book bookare bookare bookare
are simply delightful There Is a most mostInteresting mo mostinteresting t tIntore
Interesting Intore UnJ beagle family known as asWaddles asWaddlos s sWaddlos
Waddlos Mrs lr8 Waddles Vaddl and Jack Jackand Jackand Jackand
and Jill there Is tho big dog Lumber Lumborlega Lumberlegs Lumberlegs
legs and tho French poodle Hamlet Hamletand Hamletand Hamletand
and there are many othor dogs of various vari various various ¬
ous broods and sizes belonging to the theresidents there theresidents
re residents ldonts of a suburban town which vrhiehfrom whichfrom vhlcltrom
from the size Izo ot 0 > its canine population populationreceives IJOpulatlonreeohes populationreceives
receives the name n me of Dogtown Tom TommyAnne TomI TommyAnne ¬
myAnne now known as Anne reappears reappearsIn
I In this story as a tall girl of sixteen sixteenwith sixteenwith
with a small brother Tommy who has hastaken ha haI hastaken
taken the first half of o her baby name nameaway nameaway nameaway
I away from her and there are other othprInteresting oth otherintoresting r rInteresting
Interesting human characters though thoughthey thougbthey thoughthey
they are rathor east In the shade by bythe bythl bythey
the thl quadrupeds quadrupedsThe quadrupedsThe quadrupedsThe
The readers ra dors of this book are llkoly to teknow toknow toknow
know more about the trays of dogs when whenthey whcnthey whenthey
they have finished It than they ever did didbefore dillI didbefore
I before unless they are familiar with 1th the theanimals theI theanimals
animals and unusually observant Into Intothe Intothe intothe
I the bargain Mrs Wright has h evidently ovidoatlyIncorporated o evidentlyincorporated ldGDUy ldGDUyIncorporated
Incorporated In it much material gained gainedfrom gainedfrom aiRed aiRedfrom
from actual observation of her own pets petsThis petsThis petsThis
This includes pictures for the illustra illustrations illustrations illustrations ¬
tions are obviously from photographs of ofreal oCral ofreal
real dogs and they hint at many good goodtimes go04times goodtimes
times In the homo whence the stories storiescome storleecome storiedcome
come There are no extraordinary dog dogrxnecdotos dognneedot08 doganecdotes
anecdotes In this book nothing that Is Isat illat isat
at all uncommon among intelligent dogs dogsbut dOgJIbut dogsbut
but the knowing ways of almost almo t any ny pot potanimal petanimal potanimal
animal which Is considerately treated treatedare treatedare treatedare
are interesting to ether other owners of pets petsA pewA petsA
A bit of description midway In the book bookIs bookIII bookIs
Is rather amusing it concerns Jack Jackaad JackaDd Jackand
aDd Jill the puppies puppiesIn
In tho early morning before the sun sunbad sunhad sunhad
had crept around the apple tree the thetwins thetwins
twins twIns usually sat on either side Ide of the thedoorway thedoorway thedoorway
doorway to tho burrow burro with their mother moth mother moLhII ¬
er II lying on the grass nearby The two twoplaces tw twpiaCH twoplaces
places wor wore not equally good as from fromone fromlne fromone
one lne side the entire length of the path pathfrom P4thfrom pathfrom
from the gate as well as the garden and andstable andatalJle andstable
stable could be seen at a glance while whilefrom whll whlltrom whilefrom
from the other they the could only see one oneway OReway oneway
way at A a time without much neck twist twisting twistlag ¬
lag
Jill nearly always managed to secure se secure Ierure ¬
cure the best place and if Jack happen happened ¬
ed to get there In advance of her she sheresorted sh shreHrted sheresorted
resorted to variy d taetlcs to dislodge dislodgehim dlloogehim dislodgehim
him First she would ald amble down the thewalk t1Mtwalk thewalk
walk with aa ongor expre expression alln on her herface herface herface
face and give a bark or two as If at aa aaintruder allItrvder aniatruder
intruder If this thi8dld did not bring Jack out outshe outwould outshe
she would sniff 881 < < at the ground and then thenbegia thenbegin
begin 8 to dig frantically giving the most mostMdicToua mOflt1dlet moottadferon
1dlet MdicToua grewls the while whileJacks whileJeks whileJacks
Jacks curiosity curlOllIt usually overcame overcamehim orcalllhllD overcamehim
him at this point for toad hunting was wasone wuORe wasone
one of the twins favorite sports and andhe andhe andhe
he never tired of digging out a fat old oldpatriarch oldPAtrlareh oldpatriarch
patriarch with a spotted bide who lived livedunder livedulMler livedwader
under a stone by the pump and making makinghim makinghim makinghim
him bophophop until nUI he refused to tobudge tobwdge tobudge
budge another step and flattened hm hmself hlmIf htmself
self If obstinately ia the dirt when he hewas heallowed hewas
was allowed to go home and rest for forthe tortile forthe
the next days excursion and strange strangeto
to say H the toad rather seemed to like likethe likeU likethe
the U performance performanceIf
If I both these lures failed Jill would wouldresort wouldreeort wouldresort
resort to force by sitting squarely OB OBtop ontop 8 8top
top of h her r brother Soon he would move movea moea
a little lIttl in order to br breathe athe more freely freelyor
or stretch his legs As A soon as ho stirred stir stirred stirred ¬
red Jill settled ttled more heavily until she shewas shewedged shewas
was wedged between her brother aad aadthe aadU1e andthe
the stone tOIl side 141 of the burrow then one onedetermined ORedetermined onedetermined
determined push settled the matter and andhe agelhe andbe
he would roll over lock at her rue ruefully ruerutty ruefully ¬
fully stretch himself and take the se seoad ser seroDd seeend
oDd best place placeThere placeThere placeThere
There Is 1 no plot Iot to the book to tospeak topeak tospeak
speak of but there is an absurdly absurdlyfuaay abllurdlyfay absurdlyfussy
fay chapter about e a dogs tea party partywhich pilrtrw partywhich
which w lch was not In the least like Uk Mr MrHarry MrHarry tlrHarry
Harry Lehrs Lellr Newport dinners to pet petmonkeys petmonkey petmonkeys
monkeys and there Is a bit of a ro romance ramaDee romauce ¬
mance toward the last lal It la a pleasant pleasantoutofdoor ploasantoutofdoor pleasantoutofdoor
outofdoor book likely to afford Its Itsreaders Usreader itsreaders
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Depicting in a charming romance the thetroublous the thetroublous thetroublous
troublous days of Reconstruction in the theSouth the theSouth theSouth
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Stirring situations tit aitlltrtlo nations quaint qNc nt and andlovable andIOtlbk andlovable
lovable characters a delightful delightfultriple dl delightfultriple l htful htfultripl
triple lovettory and above all alla alla alla
a picture picl such a as has never neverbefore IfBVfrbororn neverbefore
before bororn b boon n drawn of the strug struggles struggl8 struggles ¬
gles gl8 of a highspirited people peopleto
to adjust adt themselves tlcemmJ to the theharsh theIuJr theharsh
harsh IuJr circumstances ef f the III c congaeredgive con conquered conlrmgivt ¬
quered lrmgivt give Mr Harriss new newnovel noJVnOJol newnovolaplacs
novel novolaplacs a place by itsolf in Ameri American American American ¬
can literature It t is true his historical historical historical ¬
torical fiction without a single singlehistorical singlehistorical singlehistorical
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Georgia Cranford is a refresh refreshing refreshing refreshing ¬
ing oasis in an arid waste of ofhistorical ofhistorical ofhistorical
historical romances romancesNew romance3New romancesNew
New York Sun SunJust SunJust SunJust
Just such a story as Mr MrHarris MrHarris MrHarris
Harris might be expected to towrite towrite towrite
write in the maturity of his hisindividual hisindividual hisindividual
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Child Verse VerseA
A Pocketful of Posies by Abblo Far Farwell Farell Farwell
well ell Brown is a bundle ef C lyrles Iyrl for and amiabout aDlIabout andabout
about children which should make a acharming IIcharming acharming
charming gift for any mother of a family familyor
or for a poetryloving child They are arereal arereal arereal
real poetry of o the daintiest and pretti prettiest prottlNt prottiect ¬
est fancies aad lovers of verse cannot cannothelp cannotbolp cannothelp
help enjoying thom Some of them the are arebright arebrIght arebright
bright nonseso and some are full of ofmeaning ofmoaning ofmeaning
meaning for grown people but they are areall ateall areall
all simple enough for a child to enjoy enjoyOne enjoyOne enjoyOne
One of the best known of those poems poemsis poemsIs poemsis
is tho Ballad Dati ad of tho Little Page a atouching atouching atouching
touching and simple story of a little littlefellow IItUt1tetlow littlefellow
fellow who lay weeping all alone in his hisbed hisbed hisbed
bed in the palace because becau o ho was as afraid afraidof alraldof afraidof
of the great Queen whom he had come to toservo toservo toservo
servo Presently a sweet whiterobed whiterobedlady whiterobedlady
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lady came and comforted him and sang sanghim sanghint
i hint to sleep and when he saw w the Queen Queennext Queeni Queennext
i next day ho found that she was not one oneto oneI oneto
I to fear for that she had played nurse nursemaid nynemaId nursemaid ¬
maid for a child It Is rather a pity pitythat pitythat pitythat
that the custom of o speaking pieces pieceshas pieceshas pieceshas
has gone out of fashion fa blon in most of our ourschools ourCbools ourschools
schools for C r any childs child imagination imaginationwould Imaginationwould imaginationwould
would be the richer for learning by heart hearta
a poem of this kind kindElusive kindElusive kindElusive
Elusive and delicate in its roguish Im Imagery Imagory imagory ¬
agory Is this which may serve as an anexample anexample
example of the general character of O the thebook thebook
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Ive M sees > en the blitebcife blue belie tlltklhtg tWN g
Just rune nHIg bjr ttay t tI tin banes leadsIve baneswen
I Ive wen the der itewJrofH dr0p9 twfnfelfe twfnfelfeVw celalr g
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Ive sn the tafcte llIIe4e skiver skiverWhere shiverWhere ltinTWltere
Where tired tiredAn4 wings sought cost rwtAnd costAnd
And fewerpetal Sower petal quiver quiverWhere IfUIyerHre qulretrikere
Where Hre little feet had II pressed pressedIve presesLIve
Ive MOB It R a toadstool t llMool never wererTb weTerT1Mt neverTfet
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I always 1 M Iii IiiAnd polHeU polHeUOM N Ncool
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And yet they never wait waitHowever waltUownec waithowever
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Since Robert Louis Stevenson wrote wrotoChildVerse wroteChildVerse
ChildVerse Clt1ld VerH tore has been nothing nothingprettier nothingprettier
prettier In the way of lyric fancies fanle faa iee than thanthese thanthosc thanthese
these little songs s ng Boston JollglitonUmili HoHghtonMifflin HoHghton iougktouMlffiir
Mifflin Co
Robin Hood HoodRobin HoodRobin HoodRobin
Robin Hood and His Hi Adventures by byPaul byPaul
Paul Croswlck Is 1 what every boy bo who whohas whohas whohas
has read Ivanhoe has longed for fora foradotailed a adetailed
detailed biography of the famous outlaw outlawtelling outla outlatemug outlawtelling
telling all the things which S Scott ett did didaot didnot didnot
not tell of him It is a thick book of ofnearly otDearly ofnearly
nearly threo hundred pages with nu numerous DUmoros nutnor0u5 ¬
merous pictures IB black and white and andeeler aooJ andicier
eeler icier J r capitally reproduced The Tile celer celerwork c cederwork 1er 1erwerk
work is especially 08 eClally pretty prottyTo prattyTo prettyTo
To those whe love the old Saxon sto stories storlee ateries ¬
ries of this knight of the greenwood greenweedcourtliest gr6 greenwoodoourtlleet nwe d doourtlletl
courtliest of all robbers and most gea geaereus geaerlHls gosereun
ereus of outlaws the stories which have havebeen havebt8n havebeen
been preserved by the common folk of ofEngland otEnglaRd ofEngland
England in their country count songs and tradttioas tra traditions tradltlolUl ¬
ditions the book wilt seem good reading readingfor roadlasror readingfor
for boys There is I a fresh wildwood wlldwoodflavor wildwoodftavor wildwoodflavor
flavor to the legends of the outlaw of ofNottingham ofNoUhagham ofNottingham
Nottingham which is lacking in some someof someof someof
of the literature preserved in old man tasnueeripta manuscripts maRueerlpls ¬
uscripts A man must needs be strong strongof strongof strongof
of body bod aad heart to have his deeds deedswritten deedBwrItten deedswritten
written In the hearts of the cowmen eommeapeople eommenpeople cowmenpeople
people for this tit sort of lore goes not by byfear byt byfear
fear t ar nor favor London Ernest NJster NJsterNew NieterNew
New ew York B a P Button Co CoMarys CoMarys CoMarys
Marys Lamb LambeMary Lambyary LambtMaryHad
eMary tMaryHad yary Had a Little Lamb is the ti title title title ¬
tle of a small volume which e containsthe contains containsthe nlalns nlalnstIte
the story of the famous nursery classic classictold clnHletold classictold
told with much circumstance and many manypictures manyplctur manypictures
pictures plctur II by Fannie M r Dickerson and andMary andtlary andMary
Mary herself the artist being H Alvin AlvlnOwen AlvinOwon AlvinOwen
Owen There is a picture of Mary IB In iaher Inher inher
her old age and one of the lamb lambthough lambthough lambthough
though the latter Is probably more accu accurate accurate accurate ¬
rate than authentic There Is also a apicture apIcture apicture
picture of o the scboolhouse where the thelamb thelamb thelamb
lamb went to school New York Fred Frederick Frederick ¬
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A Carolyn C uoyn Wells Nonsense Book BookThe BookOITbtI BookThe
OITbtI The Pete and Polly Stories Sterl is I a BOW BOWbook RCWhook newhook
hook of nonsense non enso fiction by Carolyn CarolynWells CarelReomcwllBt CarolynWells
Wells somewhat in the vein of her herformer Iterformer herformer
former work ia this thl line Polly IB Fairy Fairyland Fairyland Fairylaud ¬
land and its sequel s queJ If anything there thereIs UientIs thereis
Is more genuine unadulterated absurdity absurdityin abll rdlty rdltyIn
in this thl book than in the others It is IBlarle a alarge alarge
large flat book of promising a aspect peet withcapital with withcapital Uk Ukcapital
capital illustrations by Fanny Young YoungCery YOURgCory YeusgCory
Cory one of the pictures befog ea the theoover Uleoover thecover
oover aad presenting rear r8 1 elevatlo elevations e of oftwo ortwo oftwo
two small children and a eat in a SUB SUBbonaet IIURbonaet sunbonnet
bonaet with a giraffe and a toucan te eaa Mar staring MarIng Maring ¬
ing them out ef oeunteitaaos If that to tonot Ienot kcnot
not enough eR ugk to wake ke the average child childhungry childhungry
hungry for the t o content sensing can cando ea cando
do it itNow ItNow ItNow
Now this is the sort of literature literaturewhich IttcraturwhIch literaturewhich
which is not instructive aDd nobody can canassert canBHort canassort
assert that It is without danger of land landing lalMlIng landing ¬
ing in a lunatic asylum but try it t on onsome ORIIOme onsome
some child and see so the effect effectThe GaeetThe erectThe
The Crocodile looking very Mnky inhis ia iahis IDhis
his Elizabethan ruff pulled the wheel wheelbarrow wheelbarrow ¬
barrow train along with great alacrity alaerltyaud alacrityand I Iaad
and the engineer n er kept htm 11 steered steeredstraight steeredstraight
straight so it was not long before our ourfrioBds ourfriends 1 1frloadfJ
friends Pete and Polly arrived am at their theirdestinatioa tMiIdestlnaUon theirdestination
destination which as you Y knew WM WMnothing WIMI weenothing
I nothing more or less l IIII than the Heart ef efAfrica ofAfrica r rAtrlca
Africa This humbly aDd extraneous ex aItetHt per ¬
tion of the earths earth surface Art is aa s i ireous tMr tMrmoUI er erruous
reous heartshaped heart aPif1 plot of ground cov covered eovored ccvored ¬
ored entirely with scarlet mwgeraatiim mwgeraatiimwhich fishgeradarswhich g gwkleh
which bloom irrevocably and eoaflDH eoaflDHously eoafl8t19UBly ooetlnuously
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Here Is room for serious Il rloua argument argumentHas arptHas argumentHas
Has the child nature changed since the thedays tMdaYB thedays
days of our greatgrandfathers when whenthe wkeat whenthe
the t e New Eaglaad primer wa wall considered coaetderedabout couNeredaleut consideredabout
about the sort s rt of 0 literature suited lted to tochildren tochlldron tochildren
children T Or was it that the Cite authors of ofthat ofthat ofthat
that revered book and its eonteafporarns eonteafporarnsdid o coatespoearlladid teI Jtorallh Jtorallhdid
did not know what children ehlldr needed neededboas neededhoes T TDaM
boas hoes the modern child really reAlI like 1Ik con conglomerations 001Iglomeratlo eoaglomeratioas ¬
glomeratlo glomerations ef C long words which wltlc de donot deDot denot
not teach a lesson or tell a possible possiblestory possiblestory HMI Ib1e Ib1estory
story To this It may be answered that thatwhen UIatwhen thatwhen
when Lewis Carroll wrote Alice la laWonderland I IWonderlaoo faWonderland
Wonderland he he e made as radical a de departure departure departure ¬
parture from the childrens book of his bisday hisday ia iaday
day as tbla Is I tram ordinary Juvenile fic fiction kUon Sction ¬
tion and Alice I is a classic There Ther is isonly I Ionly isonly
only one test for juvenile literature and andIt aadIl andit
It Is the same as that t at for any ether literature lit literature 1fterature ¬
i erature If the children o lldren like it it is all allright aUrIght aIIright
right Chicago A C MeCHtrg Co CoA CoA CoA
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with illustrations IB color by It W L LJacobs 1 1JaeoN LJacobs
Jacobs There is nothing uIBg particularlyoriginal particularly particularlyoriginal partlet1arlToriginal
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best manner New York Charles CharlesScrlbners CharlesSerl1tners CharlesSeribners
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The Bears of BiiM mu > > 11 River an early earlywork ewbwork earlywork
work of Charles Major ha Ha beea boon repub repnblished republished republished
lished in attractive terra rm with illustra illustrations nluetraUonB illustrations ¬
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a book of god bear stories stort the scent scentbeing Httbeing noisebeing
being central ladiaaa sad the das dasthose daysthose r rthose
those of the pioneers pion The Tb hero 0 Is Iswlldernesc a awilderness awilderness
wilderness boy who has numerous i iterOllUng ia iateresting isteresting
teresting experiences such as taming tamingtw tamingtw a IC ICtW
tw > bear cubs shooting 4IoUag more MOr boars boarsthan JHrathan bearsthan
than most grows BOB call aad to shoot shootnowadays s1aootnowallays shootnowadays
nowadays and witnessing a terrific ez ezploslon cplOtll oxplosion
ploslon plOtll n of natural ral gas fa ia I a ravine raYl call 11
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Plcketts Gap by 11 Homer Ho Greene Gree e te tea hia isa
a story for boys though girls will ill prob probably probably probably ¬
ably enjoy It quite as much Its hero herois 1teroI herois
is I a small boy brought up by his grand grandfather paDdtathor grandfather ¬
father and the plot to woven wo around the theproposition tJtepropollition theproposition
proposition of the railroad to run Its line lineacross 111MalirOH lineacross
across the old oh mans land through tile tbefamily tilefamtl thefamily
family famtl graveyard The separation of the theold theold theold
old man and his SOB the boys boy father fatheralso taU taUalso fatheralso
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The HnrdYtlntdy UanlJCJw IIrtir0 Kdj by Laura E ERichard Eme ERichards
Richard me te 1 a hook of sensuous jingles jingleswhich Jiagleawhich Iableswltlelt
which are a as good In I their way aa any anythteg anytlag anything
thing since the tlss tl time of Bdward Lear LearMn LearMn LearMrs
Mn Richards JtIeJta II faetttty falk in verstncatlon is isas I IFeat isas
as great as her cleverness el la construct constructing coRstructlag constructfag ¬
lag stories for girl girls and that is saying sayinga
a good deal SeIne of the u jingles bars barstuae h barstunes = a atnee
tuae tunes attached to them and a person personI penonwltk personwith
I with musical faculty could easily mako makoup makoup makeup
up tunes taB for or the other 1 UMn They Just Justnaturally Justturallr justnaturally
naturally turallr slag themselves themselvesThe uee ueeThe themselvesThe
The temptation to quote some of this thisverse tbtaer thisverse
verse er te Irresistible though It is rather rathercheating rath rathercheating r rcltMtlDK
cheating the reader r to do IL It Su Sub < h a abook abook abook
book if quoted affect one In reading it itsomewhat itmewltat itsomewhat
somewhat mewltat a a a dinner watch has been beenenjoyed beeneaJoyed beenesyd
enjoyed in fragrance fee aa JI hour or orthereabouts ortltwebotlta orthereabouts
I thereabouts affects the diner Ia4K However HoweverquoUtiow HoweverIlItOtaUoM Howeverquotations
quotations will give the best possible possibleidea pouIb16Idea possiblekiwi
idea of the contents There J Is for one onething onetliiac onething
thing a aNI ballad entitled The Poor Un Unfortunate lntt Unfortunate ¬
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wise wiseTab
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cupies three pages pac with illustrations illustrationsH
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produce a tragic effect on the reader readerI reAdetoODe readerOsce
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I city wall wallSo all
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there at all al1And allAnd
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a picture of its own ow in it itWhen ItWhea itWoes
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or she will do in the magic land d and andvarious andaa andvarious
various aa are the descriptionsThe descriptions descriptionsThe 8crlptioDaThe
The child c lld suOdently small who findsthis finds findsthis
0 this book on the Christmas tree and an anaccommodating an4i anaeceesmedating
accommodating unrte 4i aunt parent or orelder orMer orelder
elder Mer niter to read tile rhymes aloud aloudwill aloudwill
will 111 to a fortunate youngster youQ ter Boston BostonDana BostonDana oton otonDe
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