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In these war times- It -does not come amiss to Inform ourselves upon past great deeds and events In our own history. ."A book of interest viewed in this light Is that recently published on the storming of Stony Point by General Anthony Wayne at midnight -of July 15. 1779. The story Is admirably told by Professor Henry P. Johnston— an author well qualified. to pre sent an excellent work, upon an episode heretofore but meagerly given. While this brilliant attack of the Americans so care fully planned by Washington and daringly executed by "Mad Anthony" is now little more than a historical . memory in tho minds of the people of the -present day It was ot the time regarded as of the most vital importance. It was. the de cisive blow of the year, for It meant the capturing of a generally considered im pregnable position, with comparatively lit tle bloodshed — a loss to' the English of prestige, stores and an Important forti fication. The Americans of that day went wild. over the success. It meant as much then: as some of our own surprisingly brilliant episodes of the Spanish war mean to-day and was the cause for the writing of. many official letters of congratulation and widespread" rejoicing. . . The present. work contains, by way of illustration and explanation, many rare maps. Among the Jlf ty-slx .documents In "Stony Point'* there are two new letters from Washington ; four, from Sir Henry Clinton, the British commander, in chief; two from Lord Germain, Minister of .War in London, one of which contains, the King's regret and alarm at the defeat; one from the British, Peace Commissioner, Eden, . and over twenty-five I others -from Generals Heath, McDougall, George 'Clin ton, Colonels Feblger, Scammell, Putnam and others, which are now published for the first time, throwing much light on the operations of 1778 and 1779 ' and Stony Point In particular. .Few of the remaining ¦ . - • - rupt Spain, but after a short time at Manila I discovered that the Filipinos had been grossly misrepresented." The book adds little to what is already well known to the average reader who has followed the reports in the newspapers of the events around Manila. Mr. Sheridan, a civilian who had never seen war, was naturally shocked by much of what went on around the captured city, and his sym pathies turned to the side of the weaker as Is common. His book . will be of no permanent value as it Is mainly, a record of individual experience, Interspersed with copies of official proclamations issued by the American authorities or by the Fili pinos, Btlll it contains a record of an Im portant event in our. history from the standpoint of an eyewitness who, while a foreigner, -was not prejudiced against us. and it is worth reading for the . oppor tunity it affords us of seeing ourselves as others see us. (Published by, John "Lane, The Bodley Head, London and New York. Price Jl 25.) > ¦' ' . ,_.;••; "The Law of Animals." - It Is seldom that a book wrltten-for. the use of . the professional ( man j proves good reading for other people; and especially is this true of; works , designed for the legal profession. John H. Ingham of the Philadelphia bar Is the author of a work which. u-huVit will' doubtless : Drove in- dard's previous Revolutionary stories. He now comes -with his Indian and negro comrades of the earlier book to take his place in the adventures of the former whaler Noank. fitted out for a privateer ing trip. Mr. Stoddard has confined him self sufficiently to, historical facts to make his book instructive as well as thrilling and absorbing. The Noank is in many tights, captures numerous prizes and even sells Into English ports with the Ameri can flag flying. Altogether the story is just the kind to. delight the heart of young America, who in these times Is apt to be pretty well , filled with patriotism and mentally fitted ; to ' appreciate most thoroughly a glowing tale of the deeds of his ancestors. ->.»*^ 1 * The illustrations of the book are by Crawford and are exceptionally well done. Half-tone reproductions of them are given on this page. ¦ (Published by the Lo throp Publishing. Company, Boston- Price U 25.) '¦___ "A Ballplayer's Career." Some people might, think that a book of 339 pages wasi rather long when taken up entirely with ' baseball matter; but then those . persons are. not lovers of the great national game. For all the enthu siasts Of that; game there is a treat in store for them in a. book recently written : by Adrian C. Anson, late : manager and captain of the Chicago Baseball Club, en titled* "A, Ball Player's Career." the same and growth of the more Important build ings—Notre Dame, the Louvre, the Tul lerles, the Luxembourg, the Hotel de Ville, etc. Kew illustrations add to the attractiveness of the volum». "The Dishonor of Frank Scott," by a new English author. M. Hamilton, will be published shortly by Harper & Brothers. Those who have read the manuscript say that a most unusual and startling plot Is involved and that the tale is full of novel and surprising situations. The publishers believe that the book will be a great suc cess among all classes of American novel readers, and will excite a great deal of comment. The tales contained In L. Frank Baum's latest children's book, "A New Wonder land," are unlike any ever before written, dealing with a series of adventures In a country so absolutely unique that the book will lead its readers into untrodden fields of wonderment. Yet the stories are as sweet and wholesome as they are won derful, and the book is expected to be the year's big hit In Juvenile literature, aa "Father Goose" was last year. Frank Ver Beck has illustrated it In hla most humorous vein, and R. H. Russell Is pro ducing the work In a way to make It a veritable joy to the beholder. ' Frank Ver Beck's new book of burlesque drawings. "A Hand-book of Golf for Bears," Is postponed until fall. J. A. Altsheler, whoso striking novel of the Civil War, "In Circling Camps." Is just published, was the cause of an amus ing discussion when his earlier book, "A Soldier of Manhattan," was published In England. The English critics were en thusiastic in their praise of the power and Interest of the book as a novel, but Mr. Altsheler's patriotism In writing of the relations of English and Americans just before the Revolution was taken up In the English press and made much of an an evidence of the persistence of anti ' English feeling In this country. As Mr. Altsheler was Influenced simply by a de slre to preserve the actual spirit of the time' m literary form the seriousness of the English press over this imaginary evidence of hostility to England had Its entertaining slde^ That "nothing succeeds like success" the. constantly growing subscription list of the magazine Success amply proves. That very readable and practical monthly record of achieve ment Is edited by one who may well be styled, the modern successor to Samuel Smiles, the famous author of "Self-Help." Besides hl3 magazine work, Dr. Orison Swett Marden, the editor of Success, has issued a number of books bearing on the same general topic as to how success is won. . He has, however.' a new book in press with - the Lothrop Publishing Com pany which is unique in this particular that Is designed especially for young peo ple—the boys and girls of America who are always ¦ responsive to Inspiration and incentive. These are precisely what Dr. Marden will aim to give them in hla new may mret in reading or consulting more elaborate and professional books." The conclusions of the author's study so far as they affect the main monetary question of this country are thus stated: "The revolution Involved In the plans of the silver men would be as fruitless of good as It would be reactionary and re« trogressive in the choice of money ma terial. The solid backing If not the con scious motive of the movement resides In the interests of Bllver property which would secure an opening to the mints and so to a bigger market. But why should the Interest of sliver outweigh all other commercial Interests? In magni tude It is among the least of them; no great agricultural or manufacturing or mining Interest but surpasses it In any of the leading countries of the world. • • • The value of the world's stock of It is far from augmenting proportionally with the bulk. Nor can a market be given it that it will make it equally pre cious with gold — not enough all the na tions of the earth should build upon it their currencies; a gold medal will always overrank and outshine a silver medal, re gardless of any positive convention. The relations of the two values of substances reside In the fixed natures of the sub stances and of the man who estimates and compares them. Any attempt to reverse or alter the natural relation of any. two things or entitles must end in dead fail ure, preceded by more or less, disaster." ("Coin, Commerce and Currency.*.' The Neale Company, 431 Eleventh street, Northwest Washington; price postpaid, S25.) "Tbc Last of the Flatboats." This is the story of the adventures of five young "Hoosiers" who take about the last of the Western river flatboats down the Mississippi to New Orleans: They start from the town of Vevay '¦ on 1 ,' the Ohio, and have plenty of adventure. But the book Is more than a story of adven ture: It Is a perfect storehouse of facts, not only about the Mississippi and "its interesting family of rivers," but of the possibilities, productions and Incentives which America yields and of which ac tive, earnest and ambitious American boys may profitably avail themselves. Mr. Eggleston evidently writes from close and careful knowledge. He has not only dealt picturesquely ifrlth our ¦wonder ful Western' river system, but he has covered a field, geographically, which no boy's story has yet attempted." The five boj-a take the "Last -of the Klatboa.ts," as they call their craft, well laden with con signments of farm produce, through the . bends and rapids,-" the dangers and de llgrbts of the erreat river, with "moving accidents* by flood and field," and a vast development In self-reliance, Intelligence an<? self-helpfulness In the boyish owner* •nho make the voyagre. The Interest In the book lg, heightened when It is hinted that the orlclnal of "Ed"— the most y*C this the <2ar of tho historical novel it is a relief to find a cleverly written I" bit of fiction that does not depend upon the glamor of old-time dress, an cient diction or stirring incident founded upon "well authenticated fact." It is a pleasure to read a story that deals with contemporary flctlon and is good simply because ?t is well told and is a true pic ture of modern life. There is a young r.uthor— a Virsir.ian. by the way, as is .Mary Johnston of "To Have and to Hold" f-me— who has written several good *"«cks. but the last is the best of all. And this last Is really a remarkable work — its i;ood In its line as Miss Johnston's work of pcpular favor is in the way of a his torical novel. It is unfair to both these vounp authors To compare the work of either with the other, for Mary Johnston's last book deals with Virginian history of long ago and Ellen Olasgow is "Voice of the Peo ple" finds for Us theme Virginia of the present day. One is a book of dra matic action and the other a study of ihe development of character. It Is only fair to cay. however, that Miss Glasgow has veil accomplished a more difficult task, tr.d though the book may not have a» CT«at a popular lun as "To Have and to Hold" it is safe to state that it well de rcrves as much attention. "To Have and to Hold" is filled with dramatic situa tions uv.d ttirrins adventures— plenty of blood. ai:d we might add just a little thunder. -The Voice of the People" is not a bock of act!<~n. but still it contains soir.e pu'ai climaxes for all that, and the author's pen picture* of her character* are splendidly drawn. The story :s of Virginia of the present day— political Virginia and plantation Virginia. It is the life story of the effort of one of the people to rise above ilis sta tion, to marry out of his class and to be cume a loader among men. There is no complication of ptot, no gentle deceptions to keep ihe readers curiosity on the qui vivo, no claptrap playing to the gallery— ar.d yet :t is a book that once taken up will not be put down until finished. The hero is Nkk Uurr, who makes his icltial api'farance in the s=tory as a little red-headed urcivln, the son of a poor farm er ol the low class, and yet at this early age liiied with a desire to study law and not follow in his father"? footstej.s &s a tiller of the soil. He has uphill work of It. and this is where Miss iJlasgov.' is clever in her art: her stcry la so real and entirely lacking in maudlin sentimentality and exaggerated situations. Nick, the lad. is oflVrt-d a chance to study with a epeclal tutor of the children of the best families of the village, and slowly ad vances to the goal which his childish fancy has set. The gradual development and tiroadeninsr of this farmers boy is exceptionally well done, and not a bit overdone. He has everything to over come; the class hatred against him; his father's entire lack of sympathy in his work; the < or.ftant drag of the farm work, which he kef ps up in addition to his stud ies. Nick wins his friends as he goes, but bis main standby ar.d sympathizer is his stepmother, a woman always linding fault with him and his work and yet ready to wear f.tr fingers to the bor.e in his cause. A most pathetic character is this crea ture, who knows naught else but poverty, sickness and toil, and yet expects nothing more from life; neither happy nor discon tented, because she has no time to think of her lot. Alter Nick has educated himself suf ficiently he receives an offer to enter a lawyer's office and etudy haw. It seems loo pood to be true, and he can hardly contain himself now that his long-cher ished dream is about to be realized. Then comes the reverse— the skillful twist of the author to strengthen her story— for he f.ndi that in order to save his father's larrn from mortgage he must take a more lucrative position in the village store and tell Hour and ribbons. To narrate all the obstacles which are met with and over coir.e by this eon of the people would be Lut commonplace statements of reverses and suceffs. It is Miss Glasgow's faculty of making her characters teem living person-j whom the reader feels he knows as friends and enemies, that imparts the great interest to all these trials and tri umphs, and not the mere repetition of dra matic cveiits. Nick falls in love with a girl out of his class and with him, but the match comes to nothing, and she weds a man of her own social position in life. Their love affair is. really one of undying affection end t-steem. and yet neither of their lives is broken by this separation. Even the reader cannot l;e!p feeling that it is all for the hept. fo subtle is the author's pen In picturing Southern feelings and life. Nick Burr attains the goal that he has to long struggled for— he Is elected tha Governor of the State, defeating his former sweetheart's husband in the race for office. He dies true to his high princi ples In endeavoring to rescue a criminal negro from the hands of a lynching party. In "The Voic? of the People" Ellen Glas gow has given us a good, wholesome novel with a healthy, normal, moral tone, and yet fully as interesting as It Is meritorious. (Published by Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. Price Jl 50.) "Problems of Expansion." As editor of one of the leading American newspapers, cx-Slinieter to France, special Exnbassador on the occasion of Queen Vic toria's jubilee and a negotiator of the treaty of peace between America and Spain, it is natural that Whitelaw Reid eho'jld take a keen and intelligent interest In the prob!e-ms of expansion, and his book bearing that title shows how broad a view he takes of questions which the parties in interest are apt to regard too narrowly. The author has been well known as an ex pansionist ever since the appearance of "The Territory With Which We Are Threatened," In the Century for Septem ber. 1S9S — almost simultaneously with his appointment to the Paris conference, and his views were plainly expressed at the White House before the delegates received the'r Instructions from the President. Some of the aspects under which he con siders the. general subject are indicated by the titles of the several essays and ad «5r^?=!?e^: "The Duties of Peace." "The Open Door," "Our New Interests," "A Continental Union." etc. To Mr. Reid's Ion? -Tcj??rienee as an editorial writer and political speaker are largely due the clear ness and cogency of his utterances, and writers and speakers in the_ coming Presi dential campaign are likely to turn these rages often for facto and arguments on the most urgent of current political ls mii'S. '(Published by The Century-. Com pany, New York. Price Jl 50.) ~-v Ciassic Dictionaries. Messrs. Hinds & Xoble have published a series of classic dictionaries of the greatest value to language students und to teachers. Sir volumes, uniform in Ftyle, are now ready. They comprise: German-English and English-German Dic tionary, French-English and English- French Dictionary. Italian-English and Kng-lish-Itall&n IMctionary. Latin-English end English-Latin Dictionary, Greek- English and English-Greek Dictionary. v.ork has been csneciilly planned and The English-Greek Dictionary 1* the sec ond part of the Greek-£n?ilsh — Engrllsh- Greek, bound separately, and Is published at or.e-half the price of the latter. The etries Is bound In half morocco In. the convenient size of fcxSVi Inches, price 12 each. The books are of a eizo and ar rangement most handy for quick consulta tion—a very Important feature In their utility 'to a busy worker — and the typog raphy and paper are of the best This carefully produced to meet tb« require ments of students and teachers in colleges and hlsh schools. The books have been carefully edited by the most competent linguists and every helpful addition of im portance to the student of languages has been made. For example in the French L-'Ictionary a complete list of all the nouns of double gender, with their mean ings, has been introduced; and also signs to indicate the plural of the forelRn and compound nouns. The corrected spelling. accents and hyphens have been used of all French words according to the recent academy alterations. In the German Dic tionary a collection of idioms, proverbs knri quotations has been given, which is Iargrer and more varied than that to be found In perhaps any other German-Eng lish dictionary; and an arransoment has I «*n adopted which will enable the stu dent to make the proper selection o^ the German word which answers most closely la the sense conveyed by the English word. (Published by Hinds & Noble, 4-5-13-14 Cooper Institute, New York City.) "Coin. Currzncy and Cn)n)irc2.' A volume which in 1S35 would have at tracted much attention and been widely read has just been issued under the title "Coin. Currency and Commerce." It is a comprehensive study of finance «nd of the relation of money to business. In the year when those questions were the chief Issues before the people in a Presidential t lection, the work would have been ac counted a valuable contribution to the campaign of education. It will not have Fuch wide reading this year, and yet it fully deserves the study of all who are In terested in the important problems with which it deals. The treatise while based upon scientific principles Is written in a popular style, :>nd is designed to appeal to the intelli gence of the average citizen. The object of the work, as stated by the author in his preface, "is to make a suggestive out line- study, stimulating to genuine thought and presenting in a helpful order the top ics embraced In the general subject of money. It is hoped the book may serve in some degree as a primer for a con siderable class of Inquiring minds, and enable them to test the validity of par ticular theories and opinions, and to an twsr the most essenttai questions they "Arden Massiter." "Arden Massiter." by Dr. William Barry, is an attempt to record in fiction the story of a great Italian house, in its last days, as affected by the contrasting influences of a changeable time. It may be 11 described as a romance of. real life, with an historic and religious background. It abounds In dramatic situations, and is briefer and more simple and direct' than "The Two Standards?," which attracted general attention a year ago. The name is that o£ a j-ouns JiCfiUfilunaa o£ soclai- documents have been utilized heretofore by historians, so that the present work may be said to be a rich contribution to the period and ev^ent. (Published by. James T. White & Co., New York.) "The pilipino Martyrs." Under the title, ."The Filipino Martyrs: a story of the crime of February 4, 1S99," Richard Brlnslcy Sheridan, a London bar rister, gives a narrative of what he saw in the Philippines at the time of the out break cf hostilities between the natives and the American troops. The title of the book reveals what the author thinks oi" the situation, and shows on which side his sympathies are ranged. It is only fnir to state that in his- preface he says: "When the American-Spanish war was de clared In the c«.i;se of humanity and for the protection of a weak people from the cruelties of a merciless oppressor. I was an enthusiastic advocate of America's hu mane policy. I regarded Americans then as I do ! now, as- the champions of the suffering, and believed that they ware prepared to sacrifice the blood and lives of their citizens at any cost in order that justice should be done, and the weak emancipated from tyranny and deception. . . . I believed the United States had acquired the Philippine Islands, not only, by right of conquest, but by right of pur chase, and 1 admired the generods gift of «£0,0O0,CO9 made to ccr.nuared'and bank- being the personal experiences and remin iscences of Mr. Anson himself. Mr. An son begins right at the beginning in this account of his career, giving a full state ment of his birthplace and ancestry. The main interest in the book is in that part, and the greater part, by the way; which Is taken up with an account of the tour of the club in the United States and then abroad. They play ball and see sights alt around the world. The book Is well illus trated with half-tone pictures of peoples and places. One of the most striking of the photographs is that one which shows the baseball team scattered all over the Sphinx, and yet another of a ball game in the shadow of the Pyramids. (Published by- the Era Publishing Company, Chi cago.) Literary Notes. It Is interesting to learn that portions of Miss Cholmondeley's work in "The Dan vers Jewels" are almost autobiographical. "Stoke Moreton." the country house of the Danvers family, is In reality Con dover Hall, Shropshire, where the author spent many of her happiest years, and the theatricals which play so prominent a part in the story actually took place there snortly before the story was written. Certain characters in "Red Pottage" are also taken from life, the original of Dick Vcrnon being no other than the novelist's younger brother. An important book will be shortly is sued by the Abbey Press, 114 Fifth ave nue. New York. It Is entitled "What Is the Matted With the Church?" and is by the Rev. Frederick Stanley Root. Dr. Root deals with pessimistic facts in an optimistic spirit and while strongly Indict ing the traditional church, he shows that faithful are the wound3 of a friend. There is promise of very considerable dis cussion arising from the contents of this book, the facts of which have been mar shaled together with considerable skill and cleverness. "The Life and Letters of Thomas H. Huxley," edited by his son, Leonard Hux ley, which promises to be as important a. contribution to biographical literature in its field as the life of Tennyson. Is to be published in the autumn by D. Ap;>!eton & Co., who first Introduced the worKs of Darwin, Huxley and their (jsawJatea to American readers some forty years ago. A timely new edition of Philfp Gilbert Hamerton's "Paris in Oid and Recent Times" Is published by Little. Brown & Co. It traces the early history of Paris and gives, in Mr. Hamerton's usual de lightful manner, an account of the origin "The NoanK's Log." valuable to the lawyer, is nevertheless of Interest to the reading public — especially to lovers of animals and the farming fra ternity. >It is a work on "The Law of Animals" — a treatise on property in ani mals wild *and domestic and the rights and responsibilities arising therefrom. The book numbers 800 pages of excellently compiled matter and covers the legal as pect of the animal kingdom from the humble oyster to the elephant. No simi lar work has eve,r been published, and this book, covering as It does all the stat utes, reports, digests and textbooks on the subject, should prove most satisfac tory to any practicing attorney. It is certainly the quickest way that he can find authority on any troublesome ques tion connected with the rights of the ani mal kingdom as recognized by the laws of the United States. The author first considers wild animals, including the birds of the air, the beasts of the forests and the tlsh of the sea: then he gives a chapter on "domestic animals, with some interesting paragraphs on the legal status of the dog and the evident advancement this trustworthy brute has made in the esteem of man. Other chapters are taken up with the following heads: "Sale and Mortgage," "Estrays," "Injur ing and Killing Animals," "Theft and Removal of Animals," "injuries to Ani mals on Highways," "Liabilities of Own ers of Animals," "Bailment and Car rtage," "Cruelty and Game Laws," "In juries to Animals by Railways." The perusal of such a book as this affords profit of more kinds than one.-The author concludes his preface in these words; "If the technical textbook writer might hope to encroach somewhat on 'the province ot the poet and the naturaJist and awake in his readers a deeper interest in our rights and responsibilities with regard to th© groat world of our dumb though* not si lent fellow beings and their correlative right to proper protection and kindness nt our hands, such an outcome of the time and labor spent on the present work would be In Itself no. mean reward." (Published by T. & J. W. Johnson & Co.. Philadelphia. One volume In sheep $5.) William O. Stoddard's numerous young r'riends and readers will welcome his lat est book, "The N'oank'a Leg," a dashing tale of the sea In those exciting days of the American Revolution of 1776. It is th« story of a privateer of the Revolution and told In Mr. Stoddard's usual, strong style so acceptable to hla young American read ers. ! The hero of this tale. Guert Ten Eyck, a New York boy, the friend of Na than Hale, figured in one of Mr. Stod* book, the very title of which. " w » n " ln^ Out." is as suggestive of success aa it w the coinage of "American grit. Nearly two years ago Dr. Carlos Mar tyn and Charles F. Rideal. both men or Ideas and enterprise *id both voluminous writers, established a business for ine publication of their own works. Succe f* Is said to have attended their efforts in a most marked degree, and now Mr. i** deal and his colleague propose to present books other than the effort of their ow.i pens in the same artistic letterpress ana binding that have contributed to the suc cess of their original undertaking. Henc * the house known as the Abbey Press has been established, with agencies in Lon don. Paris and Melbourne. The catalogue of this press containing the list of booKS now in preparation shows the fine ana high-class works which will characterize the publications of this house. This cata logue, printed on rubricated pages, is In closed in wrappers of hand-made paper with deckle edges. The house haa ju?c Issued a volume of essays by Edward A. Tabor, entitled "Danger Signals." being a. free discussion of the dangers which con front the individual, aa well as society, to day in the United States. Robert Grant's new novel. "Unleavened Rread." has given rise to a great deal of discussion, one n?pect of which deals In cidentally with the origin and significance of the title. Henry A. Clapp. well known for nearly a generation as the dramatic critic of the Boston Dally Advertiser and recognized as one of the foremost Shake spearean scholars of the United States, advances a most interesting conjecture on this point a3 a preface to a long review of Mr. Grant's novel in the Daily Adver tiser. "There is not In the book." says Mr. Clapp, "a phiaso or a word which directly conveys the author's idea In choosing this name. It is possible that he means only to indicate a kind of bread— an J. In a figure, a type of character — ¦which 13 hard, dry and" unpalatable. But a shrewder guess may be mafe at his inner thought. He'mfty have in mind a great passage from one of St. Paul's most fa mous letters, wherein the apostle bids his correspondents to keep a certain great feast 'not with the oUl leaven, neither wiih the leaven of malice and wicked ness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity ami truth.' Translated out of the Hebrew metaphor, then, the title of the novel \voul<? be 'Sincerity and Truth." The reader will scon discover that the* name is ironical." Mr. Clapp. in conclusion, pronounces "Unleavened BreaJ" "a very remarkable novel, rich in ileas. strong in high appeal, of great interest to all students of life and character, and especially to every American who loves his country and de sires the best of things for her." Jack London, the author of "The Son ot the Wolf." published by Messrs. Hough ton, Mifflin & Co.. is a .young man. not yet twenty-fcur years old. His father ¦was Pennsylvania-born, a soldier, scout. barkwoodpnan. trapper and wanderer. His mother was horn in Ohio. ,I5oth went West independently, meeting and marry ing in San Francisco., where Mr. London was born. The pioneer spirit was strong In his ancestors, and the unrest of it seems to have descended to him. His early life was spent en California ranches, but when he was nine years o!<i the family removed to Oakland. Cal. Since his ninth year, with the exception of the hours spent at school, his life has been one of toil. It Is unnecessary to giva the long list of occupations; none ni them trades, all heavy manual labor. We may merely allude tr» hl3 expertencw in fol lowing: a bay life, his long voyage on a sealing schooner along the coast north to the Russian side of Boring Sea. and his numerous short voyages since. There was an underworld in the United States which Mr. London longed to ex plore, and by the time he was IS he had become possessed of an interest in sociol ogy and economics. Swayed partly by this and partly by the fascination of the en terprise, he stepped down and out of the world, and was swallowed up in that strange region known as "the road." He took this step thoroughly, living exactly aa other tramps lived, and the long_ months he spent on the road bred In him a lifelong interest In the institutions of men from both an economic and an ethical standpoint. , After this tramping expedition Mr. Lon don returned to Oakland and applied himself to study. He had previously graduated from the grammar school and had read omnlvorously. He now attended the High School for a year, stayed at home. and. without coaching, crammed the next two years into three months, took the entrance examinations and en tered the • University of California at Berkeley. He was forced, much against his will, to give this up just prior to the completion of his freshman year. More work followed and then Mr. Lon don went to the Klondike in the fall rush of 1807. He had a great variety of ex periences there, but upon the death of hl3 father he returned home. He married, recently, a Miss Maddern, who lived on the Pacific Coast, and he and his wlfa now make their home in Oakland. Cal. As to Air. London's literary work, his first magazine article was published In January. 1899. In the Overland Monthly, and is now the sixth story in the "Son of the Wolf." Since then he has done work, for a large number of the best magazines and papers, besides a host of lesser publi cations, newspapers and syndicates. His early reading bred in him the deslr* to write, his varied experiences have given him the material and he Is still studying, so that many critics regard him as sure to make a prominent name for himself in the world of literature. Books Received. UNTO THE HEIGHTS OF SIMPLIC ITY—By Johannes Relmers. L. C. Pago & Co.; Boston. > AT THE COURT OF THE KINO — By G. Hembert Westley. L. C. Pag© & Co., Boston. HELENA'S WONDERLAND- By Fran ces H. White. L. C. Page & Co.. Boston. CAP AND GOWN IN PROSE— Edited by R. L. Paget. L. C. Page & Co.. Boston. THE BARON'S SONS— By Maurtis Jo kal L. C. Page & Co.. Boston. THE BLACK TERROR-By John K. Leys. L. C. Page & Co.. Boston. THE HEART OF HETTA— By Efflo Adelaide Rowlands. Laird & Lee, Chi cago. Price. $1 25. - TOIL— By Daniel Florence Leary. The Whitaker & Ray Co., San Francisco. Price, in paper. 25 cents. LESSONS IN LANGUAGE WORK— By Isatel Frazee. The Whltaker & Ray Co., San Francisco. Price. 50 cents. THOUGHTS ON THE PRESENT DIS CONTENTS— By Edmund Burke. Cassell & Co.. New Tork. Price. In paper. 10 cents. THE LAW OF ANIMALS-By John H. Ingham of the Philadelphia Bar. T. and j. W. Johnson & Co., Philadelphia, One volume, .<=neep. $6 CO. THE NOANK'S LOG— By TV". O. Stod dard. 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The story practically begins with what may be called his ac cidental murder of a member of the pow erful secret society, the Camorra, with whose chief Masslter comes into, close personal relations. There is a distinct love story running through the plot, and one romantic event follows another with little intermission, the action being wrought out by forces characteristic of the closing nineteenth century. The mise en scene Is alrrost wholly Italian landscapes or places with, which the au thor, who has lived long in Rome, Is well acquainted. One of the most elTectiva scenes Is a political uprising in the. Roman capital, based, no doubt, upon the author's observations at the time of the entry Into the city of the Italian troops \ in 1870. (Published by the Century Company, New York. Price $1 50. "Trje Storming of Stony Point." 12 BOOK REVIEWS brainy boy of the party— was the author's elder brother. Dr. Edward Egglestonof "Hoosler Schoolmaster" fame. The illus trations are by Charlotte Harding, and have faithfully caught t/ie sentiment, ad venture and local color of the story. (By George Cary Eggleston. Lothrop Pub- HcVifnir Cnrrmnnv. Boston. Price $150.)