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THE SUN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1913. NEWEST BOOKS SEEN THROUGH REVIEWS AND COMMENT CRITICAL REVIEWS OF THE SEASON'S LATEST BOOKS New Fiction Deals Willi a Misalliance, a College Girl's Career and Pure Romance. Books for Young People Plentiful and Diversified Calendars and Christmas Cards. H. Dorun Company), relates facts about uiilinul.s mill Insects In the story form that Is now prevalent. flplsodcs In the llfo or wild animals uro told entertain ingly wltli nil tlio excitement of tales of adventure by V. Bt. Man In "On Nature's Trail" (George H. Doran Com pany) and nro Illustrated with remark able drawings by Krnest Arts. From Hoddcr and Htuughton conic three gift books elaborately Illustrated In colors that classic of youth "The Swiss Family Koblnson" by Joliann David Wyss, with many artistic pictures by T. H. Kobln Minj "A History of Oermony" by H. K. Marshall, simplified for young people with pictures by A. C. Michael, und ono of those miscellanies of fiction and In- fnrmntlnn ttuit Mum In he nonnlar In Out 'of simple tnaterlalH Katharine throughout In to nttract nn extremely f'neiiinti "Thi Vnr' llnnli tnr linvn" Tynan In "A Mesalliance" (Duineld unprepossessing young man. Whether , wlth 00iore,j ,,atM by well known Brit mid Company) has concocted a pretty ho .stlrre.l by th occasional remarks ,,,,, nitistrutors and many other pictures. and Mary Lamb's effort In "Shake spearo Stories" (Kdwurd Arnold: Longmans, Orecn und Company) Con Blanco and Mary Maud tell tho plots of nine of Shakespeare's plays; those which, for one reason or another, uro produced on the stage, most frequently nowadays. Tiie book is illustrates. Another Interesting story book has been made out of ethnographic ma terial by Katharine Hcrry Judsou In "Myths and Legends of tho Great Plains" (A. C. McClurg and Company, Chicago), the fourth collection of In dian legends the author has gathered. Of books supplying Information tnore or less nugarcoated there Is an abun dance. In the undiluted form parents who believe that their Infants should be told about sexual matters are di rected as to now tney snail tell l iciri mid agreeable story, with several people In It who havo life, a story that would have been livtter If she had not felt obliged to provide excitement toward tlio close. Her hero at the beginning Is delightful, lie Is consistently tho gen tlemanly fellow who has nothing In particular to do In life In which he his old llame and becoming tlm guar dlnn nf a pretty girl Is artistic anil natural. The Into play whe he lia. despised und In the taugtu of or an unconventional youtii wno rorces j,,vo preUy lltl,0 voume(! bearing the his attentions or else has some power mprnt of j. M. Dent and Sons E. P. of Initiative of her own, she Is dlscon- Dutton aml Company) present classics tented and sets people In her circle by , Very llttructlVc shape: "Stories from the eais. hen she Inexplicably moves , Kln(. Arthur nnd j,ls Round Table" aro out of the t ut and brings prosperity to ' tol(1 l)y nitric Clay, with colored plc her family the author disdains to ex- tlr,.H by Dom Curtis: the story of "Hay- pi.un now sue conies to uo it. hue nt- ,;,,, , narrated by Christopher Haro iHins ner luuoiiiou, oniy 10 run on wirn .imi H,istiiite,l bv Herbert Cole; 11. C do In life, and the manner , ' , , ; anu m e ' uerocro e: U drawn into looking after wnlcll Is a rcll,f , tho a,,m(I8 of h I 07;;,V;i"ry .' transited by Mrs. mm necoiiiuiK win Kiiiti- re. mors as uoni oui 10 x lie enu. Kdgar I. lie ctty girl is artistic anil It Is a beautifully written and poetic I ,y Mnxwel conventions come more sermon that Winifred Klrkland gives us , provides p n he meets tho woman ' "Th i'jrlmas HIshop" (Small. c.mrI(lfl ,,, Mnvtwirrl mill lnmt.iti. ltnntnnV Mhn frMcKTH fit Hold OUt to tiie eml. K.lirur Jawum. U llliii.trifttf.l vrv nrnft!1v It la a beautifully written and poetic I hv Muwv.ll Armrteld! ChnrlM holiliimm pictures for a Detection from lrrjiiil! Hl-ilrv T1fM an A uynaru ana Lompany. notion). ho rvl.ll.rirk crtin Tilnv thn tnr th iiKiKt'M iiirt rtMiifr sco imp ronnirv tfiivn i.im.i t - t-i .i.ii. i .i.u.mum. uuu..-. .... ,m..,. . un . , ,., ,noiign tney were , translated Into Kngllsh prose, ueior,. mm. ... me nisi iv.o cpisoues. i.-or the smallest readers and those with the angry woman and the worldly ho have o be read tn the lector, the lesson Is clear and the reader f ,1PW adventures of Hose fYNelll's evil tongues seems excessive even In nn Kngllsh tale and tho time worn murderous gamekeeper Is dragged in without rhyme or reason. That does "- .w ,u ...Hniw.suimi- ingenious anl popular creations will ...h .-cii-u ... ...Mi,. t-. in mi- tun ii ruuse iov: me nictiires or "The lCnw. not prevent tho story from being very ' pleasant reading, for everything coinea right at tho end In u cheerful woild. Apparently tho uuthrr of "The Main J toad" (Harpers), Maude Radford War ren, has been reading sonio of the litera ture about sex und has felt obliged to keep the word In mind In writing 1i-r atory: the reader need not feel ularmed, however, for tho thing appears In no part of 1L It Is an uccount of the normal career of tho college gill of tu-djy, so far as wo can make, out. whoso aniatlvcncss is of the head und neither of the heart nor of tho body. Tho girl Is brought up In a Western country village and decides to go to college; the author is severe on her people for their neglect to Inform her about sex and because she Is "sheltered." She Httcuds the Chicane university, where she becomes infatuated with her Instructor in Kngllsh, an ungentle manly person, who becomes enuaged to her and then Jilts her for u young w Oman with property. Sao for the engage ment most schoolgirls, w- Imagine, have gone through that exKtieiKe. She goes to ll with u very wealthy rela tive and grows tired of tho whirl of society. Incidentally she sees a coarse capltullst lose his head over his wife's secretary, for which ho Is quickly brought to book, and she is properly disgusted. She becomes a suftr.ise oia- tor and ajso a settlement worker, meets episode, with the Imperious old lady, on pios. Thrlr Hook" (Frederick A.Stokes which the author dilates more, the Im- , Company) are as funny und pretty as presslon Is vaguer; the woman's confes- ever. Wordless, but none the less at- sion ana tne uisiiops disappointment tractive to Infancy, Is a two volume toy Hie definite enough, but the sense of! book, that with a little Ingenious m.i failure Is to strong that the reader can , nlpillatlon Is turned Into a doll's house, hardly share the hope that the memory "Hetty's Mungalow Doll House" (Hon or lilm, after he Is dead, will remedy enlow Hook and Toy Compunv. New The Very Best of the New &mmWmtmi Novels for Christmas Gifts Christmas Gift-Books of Unusual Quality a "V. Tcnibarom," the latest work of Frances Hodgson Uurnctt, princess of story-tellers, Is tho kind of fairy lulo of a real world that everybody loves. It Is tlio story of a New York waif and newspaper ieporler, suddenly confronted with the responsibility of a vast IlngU-h Inheritance. ; and It Is told as only '.Mrs Hurnett can tell a story, for her skdl Is thn skill of the born teller of tales. Charles H. Chapman has illustrated tho book delightfully and In an entirely new way. Dr. S, Weir Mltohell's new novel, Vcstwas," a story of Civil War da. by Dr. William F. Boos In "At the lis a worthy successor to his "Hugli r A Trayeler at Forty ! Br THIODOAE DREUEt ffi At fortv. Theodore Preiser, w!ioe tl.'tlon has given his tiamn clenlHcsnoe strong authors of tbe day, has just jj! made bin flrrt trip abroad, Vj und the Impact of Europe sL. on ins inrect ana psneirsi- 1J ft v?? illustrated bv Ulackens. Jg? Prut flM ntt, postag H 3P anil. Inif mind lias resulted In a travel hook of a most un usual and refreshing sort Fountain Head" (Small, Maynard and Company, Boston). Direct Instruction about practical matters concerning oren air exploration und camping-urc given by 0f the most brilliant and powerful t., ,.. A " . . . . I I . T" I- 11 .... III,. I .. . uua.u in iuc jiuy oiuui n nine 'novels or our m. "westwnt m" s n Wynne. Kree Quaker." which has been Blven undisputed rank at the great noxtl U. of the American Involution und one Book" (Doubleday, l'age and Company). a useful manual for enthusiastic scouts. Interwoven with a pretty good story all the essential facts regarding sheep ralsins; and getting the wool to .mar ket aro revealed In Sara Ware Bns sett's "The Story of Wool" (The I'enn Publishing Company, Philadelphia). In the Meld of history wo have "Historic Adventures" by nupert S. Holland (George W. Jacobs and, Company, Phila delphia), a series of episodes In Ameri can history that aro passed over rather hurriedly In the new books, ranging from the Barbary pirates, John Brown and Perry tn Japan to Schwatku In the Arctic and Hobsou at Santiago. Kvcu less remembered are most of the worthies called by Charles H. L. John ston "Famous Frontiersmen" (I.. C. Page and Company, Boston). Their ex ploits on the border, from the da;. before the Revolution to nearly our own time, are full of excitement to boys who like Indian stories, and are worthy to stand by the side of those that writers for youth keep repeating. The brilliant picture of Ameilcan life, man ners, and sentiments, at a period that was one of the moat Important In the development of the country; It Is also a rare !o story, In "The Truth About Camilla" tier truilw Hall ls written a novel of un usual distinction the story of an Ital ian adventuress, whose days are crowd ed with color and adventure. The Trade of tie World tr JAMESDAVINfOItT WHELP LEY, wfc tnovt cmAUsm l wlkfc It writM An authoritative and bril liant presentation of many phiiseH of International trade and thn vital part It plays In world nroirress. Illustro- 25 Horn from photograpli.4 of tut, postagt J'Jctnti. if I M Zone Policeman 88 l, HARRY A. FRANCK. tr ("A VtiUjMran'Aru4 Kleanor Hallonell Abbott's little blue- H Af'lthful, aeeurate, rivld and-whlto book, "Tho White Linen picture of thlnirs as they Nurse," will probably go to every nurse i y arnlntheCanal Zone. Many In the land on Christmas Day; but it Is j Jft a love-story for every novel-reoder, 1 IJT whatever his vocation an Idyllic love 1 atory achieved, by the author of "Molly 7 MaUe-Uolleve," out of the strangest liu man elements that were ever compound cd In fiction. Herman l'felfer made the clever 1 lustration. lllutrauous from enap- sliot'. I'nu fi.vu nn, poii agt lletnts. ! &i Daddjr Do-Fannj - I Br RUTH MtENERT STUART, 2 titicr! "Stair" th lies nerinanent v. v...-1, nnt...nv v.i,... " itinan in "The Honour of the Clintons" (Dodd. ' bedroom: the othr a Vwg Voom a d . S JoTn T MclntyreTn thi" atorleM Mead nnd Company) Archibald Mirshall bedroom, and the two can be joined to. I) Tl'L,, l .t,,?'t"''M Thon,Mn .'lilt nill.W I 111 hf,.t1 ...,u .. fn ih II I ...-. I V.I J i'H'M,IU 11 H'll- ' ...w..v.vj u u mittll.t 1 ,i liu I VU IV kill f-."-t a . H l WH'II UV about which he has written before. It I Jingles relating to plant life written by ( THE HEART OF THE YEAR. rrl I'oeni, b- Md)tli .tlarsarrt Murrar (Age 1H), League Member. !Tl'SK-II ROWS', ami vtllnv, and crtmnon, and cold, IVl ,,,f ,oir ,r Itaiet comr tailing, falling: I'loaitino the rnfta iriA a uenllh untold, IVud'ny u ami sen of mr and mold, ll'.iff the rtttltt vind i celling, Sprinn m Mr titnr of frrmh hupm and jo, llVirn tl,f Krrtr'a youthful heart it a-throbbing; Then irarm Suminrr riiun with a proud, Quetn-likr poiM, Tilt the wild ,ti,(rrin utnd comet Q'tobbtng, And Autumn ah. Autumn, in'IA broien, teented leaf, Srr hme the fair are fulling, falling. Hut the yrnr's irititry heart in broken with grief. And ll'inr rtxtl up like a vuiltll vhite thief. And the wind i fortxer lulling, h'rum ChrMmn Stocking Xumber of St. Xicholat. Is n conventional British novel. In which the pride of a country squire Is humbled, tltr.IK.li lift mi. n if. In T.I. ,M,litr., an eccentric socialist, wno preaches free llo,ln;lt,r tlJ the rlR,u a. cls.on. The love to her, und beliives that she hus got close to the rvulitlua of life. She also discovers that she is In loe with a mun who Is mairled to a helpless Invalid, nnd indulges In academic de bates In her own mind as to whether she shall live with him according to the Hoclallst's theories or hold to conven tional morality. She prefers the latter ultimately, whereupon tho obstacles are removed and she marries. There Is u certain amount of talk about sex again, but no hint of passion and precious llt- cheerful Incident that eau-.es the trouble Is the theft at a house party of the hostess's Jewelry by one of her guests and the conviction In court of another guest w ho Is not wholly Innocent. When Ccrtrude Ina Itoblnson. are contained in in oblong volume called "Floral Falrlo. The Mistletoes' Pranks" (Floral Fulrles Publishing Company, New York). Parents who do not care to put the HH'le In their children's hands may mal.e use of a simplification, "The Bible Story and Its Teuchlntr for Chll- dien." by the Baroness Freda de Knoop Chums, tact with them. "In Kentucky With Daniel Boone" and "In the ltockles With Kit Carson," titles that explain themselves (The Penn Publishing Com pany). The manners and customs of foreign lands und foreign youth are de scribed In the series to which "Our Llltle Servian Cousin," by Clara Wis trovsky Wlnslow (L. C. Page and Com pany) Is the latest addition, while tho added difficulty of remoteness in lima attaches to Julia Darrow Cowles's "Our Little Athenian Cousin of Long Ano" ( L. C. Page und Company). Less didac tic und Instructive but for more amus ing is Lucy Htch Perkins's "The Irish Twins". (Houghton Mifflin Company), in which the author, with clever draw ings nnd plentiful dialect, endeavors to represent the dally life of two ordinary Irish peasant children. In plain fiction for the older children a few volumes are left for notice. For loys we have "The Trail to EI Dorado," by Joseph Mills Hanson (A. C. McC'lurg l's ery ono of thn many thousands uno re.i.I that s.iucy and joyous little bo,,K. .Meltliff of Molly" by Mar.a D.ivlest, will want to rc.ul tin author's biatid-n.'W honk, "The Tli l"i Box," a whimsical comedy, written with dellclously flavored sentences around the old mate-motif, from such a modem feminist viewpoint that every readet feels both charmed and challenged n. the point of u personal response. John I'dwin Jackson, a Southern''. nude the Illustrations, and they havt. caught the spirit of the book dell fully. .Uncles whlih have thn swing and mule of the real negro songs. Many 11 luktrstii.ns. J'rice fJ.VOntl, stagt 7 centi. 3f The Jingle-Jungle Book Br OUVER HERFORD 6fS A W)k of clnrneterWtle rhyme and pieture-.. 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Price $5,00 net, ?S carriage 19 centt. iT The Reminiscences of Augustus Saint-Gaudens k Edited and amplified by hi ton, & Homer Saint-Gaudens k!f St The House in Good Taste g By ELSIE DE WOLFE, America's Most Successful Woman Decorator Two volumes, royal octavo, about 400 pages each. Frontispiece portraits in photogravure, and eighty seven reproductions of Saint-tiatidcns's work and of photographs of interesting persons and places. Trice, boxed, ST.vO vet, carriage .?o' cents. 5ft Every lawyer you know, and moe men, would enjoy Trederlck Treui Hill's "The Thirteenth Juror." It Is a man's book, full of man talk, portra Ing vividly the evils of a politically In fluenred judiciary and the Injustice of law that Is the tool of lawyers. "Murder In Any Degree" Is a collec tion of some of Owen Johnson's ver.v bet thort stories. Including the nolrtru classic. "Evi Threes." A book all men like. "1 have tried In 'John Barleycorn.' 4 A unique and delightful dicuinn of the problems of house-furnishing which eomo to every woroau, whatever her environment or her income. Four insets in color and forty-eight in black nnd js white, showing interiors designed and carried out by Miss de 'Wolfe. Koyal octavo, 800 pages. Price $1,50 net, postage CO a (.. & t4 0 THE CENTURY CO. Union Square New York 4 r c cl i runAm - c u: f the facts uro discovered the conduct J. M. Dent und Sons, B. P. Dutton and i McClurg und Company). Notwith.stand and Company. Chlcaxo). in which the author describes tiie Journey of two I says Jack 1ondon of this srlm. grip ioys across tiie plains before the rail- pinx autoblugraphlcal record. roans were num. who ure cared for by n benevolent old i lady with a strong Oerman accent are recounted In "Hilly To-.Morrow's by Sarah I'ratt Carr (A. C. , vim um . a ut.tvH. iu.u. tu iir.'- The tale of two wait', .he llnuor nrnhleni frn. ,h ler-onal sldp." He has written nl-j ., swift and Impassioned story of adventure. The Arthur Rackham . luuuivi vvvaw of every person concerned, though 'Company), presented In beautiful tvno natural, leaves an unplea.-ant linpres- i graphical dress. The book would be slon. more satisfactory perhaps If the author An aml.iblo surgeon, who becomes , had omitted her own commentary: this engaged when the girl he loves throws Is u-eful. nevertheless, when It Is slm hlm over. Is naturally greatly distressed J ply explanatory. The colored Jltus on dl.scoverlng that after all she Is tratlons are from famous Italian paint ings, lu "Tho Hhepheid of Cs All" llevell Company) Mary ing Company, Philadelphia), lie and Mevv.nt relates the story of the New she contlnuo to be troubled until a suit- Testament lu tho form In which It able soul male Is found for the young . might have become known tn two con- . person. He happens to b an aviator, . temporary ( nimren. Tlio nook is lllus- IS , ... . , . .. , I ...1,1. ... i v . 1 1 c ii is ine mariien innovation in tni """ i ii-.u'hi iiiioioKrapiis or fie nvie licit Is Inr-vltitlil,. rnr tin. nn fortunate heroine is not a living being. ;n.vlous to have him In T.Mnple llalley but tncrelv a type, and therefore scMes. ; ,,IlT?" of "llt " ,.( 1 h. .V011" V!"'11"''- , ' l'1 .''. lu spllu of all the talk. Tho tlrst part of Cyril llarcourt's "The World's Daughter" (John Lane Company) la pure romance and 1'harmln!' V Vf.nn.-r r.!i. ..nrl .i,.r... woman, both detached from all social r'"r'' ",",d "fUT com!nK' to ,Kr',,f. wl!h ties, meet by accident und set forth on a duy's enjoyment in tho rutin try gardless of what the world may say.' Thev tall; to eii.'b other ultb.ntt it' s leader will enjoy their outing them. They may kii- a bit too soon and may bo merfond "f bathing, but the aiithor'M touch is mi light that It would scenes lu the Holy Land, If youth will not read the great books In the world's llteraturo It may be as well to tell It what it Is that they tell in "Tiie nook of the Knlo" (J. B. his machine is properly repaired by tho s-urgcon. A curious medley of orphan asylum abiiM's. occultism mid diatribes ngalnsl I f- tr-ilnt .1,. Inst li..t th,.v ,.!,..ie ..mill,,, sensuality of nun will be found lu, Llpplneott ( ompany) II. A. (iuerber ... .liK-iiu.-. jtii.i v .iiij.ii!y, i iiiiaueipuia i, i'..-.. ... .... h.cai ejnt: poems irom The young heroine has the happy fac-j Homer down to Hiawatha. The author nit v of reading the past history of the seems to have covered the ground ,.f h nriventMn. till tV,r.v ,r I.. ....... ll.es a "."". ""n ana IIIU town. There the r o n i a nee V t ops and the ?ZSZ TlT'l author might also have stopped as well. ??2JU?ul',Tn. L"l,U.of Why the young woman sends tho young "on w"hc,n her fac ts man off vve cannot make ou ; his sub- nin ha ma()(, , flt Oood b;i(, sequent behavior does not Justify the mivo n,eB,mil,e cMWren nm, th,.ro Js experiment; he drop, from romance bringing these home to mere scrnppy bohemlunism. Nothing Is l)l(,lr parcnts A-t ...u m .i All IiislLMlltleiinl lilslnrle..! Infl.l.n, lu Kngllsh, she becomes rather concise but there are enough poems described, which most of us should have read, but are rather glad we haven't, to supply intellectual hostesses with ft nnfe navo illegitimate .cniwren and there is grouna for conversation. Ambitious youth may learn from these synopses exactly what it la venturing on when u tiiKes tip "I'arad so Lost" or "Xh LIls Parker Butler's "The Jack-Knife .Man" 1 that happy omblnatlon of humor, p.itlioi, anil hunvitiiiy that inahes a look r-.il and dear. It is the book, of all he has so far written, for ! Kills Parker Butler's njni' will b. re-memb-red. At all bookstores. Published by THE CENTURY CO. for crown persons rather than for t:, nursery. ing the title. "Two Little Parisians," by Pierre Mllle, translated by Uerengere Drilllen (John Lane Company) Is a study of the psychology of a smull Trench boy. written in the quaint srn tlmentul style that the French ue only In writing books for or about children, for girls there aro "Helen and the fn Invited Guest." by Beth Bradford C. 1 chrlst (The Penn Publishing Company) describing the troubles of a young house keeper when several ,Uier pertou force themselves Into her househol I. "Alys In Happyland," by I'na Mao donHld (L. C. Page and Compa.iy) Is a continuation, the heroine being -till a rlertnr. d :hrl...,.n. . smull girl. Alice Turner Curtls's "A , Little Maid of Provincctown" (The penn ' " "PProacblng end of l:u:i is ,. Publishing Company i Is for older pirls. m,ucp,i '' " app-arunee of il. iimt tho story being placed In the time of f,a ,in,,,"' '' '. Tu.m the Life Pub- tho Uevolution. The same author's ' IT :,,""Pa"- hr..ugh th urge "The Little Runaways and Mother" " ,),rain 'Uiipauy. . u,w- rfl t , (The Penn Publishing Company) Is the r,'lar's ,JUllt .nno pl ui. n.mi.dy. third of a series and continues satis-. t '" Ur" ,,V,rp!'' "itl1 r factorlly the .simple adventures of thei Jvo 'l"1itl'1 Panted on each of si;, of young people of the earlier books. '"' "T'tS. .'i'" ''"lnl'' -'"'o'ed plc- Por the littlest ones Katharine P-le's ' '"If" Zh ' la' 'l-i.Ir James "Tales of Two Huhnles" (13. P. Dmton ; i1Bve ThlSi S'do'n T1"'" ,hHt nnd Company) will bo very welcome. The i 71? . -i e ,,wu,0"- simple stories are In prose and verse ! Lfi f , attractive costumes that .m.i tn. r,Mr... r AJ.i,i ' ."h..lnt0 ''"'kgnaind decorate "The and such as children enjoy "Nancv ! , , ' j , la. tv' se -'.V V"'""' the Woods." by Marlon Bryce .John Lane Company) Is more elaborate. We ' P( u.ual htchn ?. " I na' H," n ,h , V . -e . . 1,1 u, "ev,, drawings selected ni ba he fairy wile part. The colored pi- nil7imI f()r ...,. ,,, r,lU.UiUrJ. 1 The most beautiful edi tion of Mother Goose ever made. There aro twelve f.uciuatingpages in color, und more thnu sixty de lightful black-and-white i4rfiv.i,i.-d Artlmf llui.l?. I I"11". l"1" designed tho delightful cover and the (jiriint sampler title i:ige. Quarto, 2S0 pages. Price p.5'J net, fnstngt S4 eenU. Rudyard Kipling's The Jangle Book New Illustrated Edition Sixteen full-page 'illus trations in rich color by tho famous English art ists, Maurice and Edward Detmold. Text in black, with a charming border in green on ever' page. Lovely cover in green and gold. Vice fs.i0 ntt, postage IS antt. i.t Miss Santa Claui of the Pullman The new hook bv Annie Fellows Johnston, the most popular writer for children to-day and prob ably the most widely read since Louisa Alcot't. Christmas cover, and altogether delightful n luMration (the Ironti. piece in color) by ll-q. paid Birch. Price flM net, potagt 10 eei.ts. SEND FOR OUR CHILDREN'S CLASSIFIED LIST THE CENTURY CO., Union Square, New York ft An Old Man at Fifty A Young Man at Seventy The Remarkable Story of Sanford Bennett, a San Francisco Business Man, Who Has Solved the Problem of Perpetual Youth By C. E. PAGE, M. D. Author of "Natural Cure fer Comumutlon," "How to a the Babr," ete. "M IHKItK lh no longer any occasion Cause and Prevention." Tina book is a I to Ko hunting for the Spring of complete history of hlm-elf and his e- valescenc" "nun n 'atlt'o,'',1 p .old ' JSZmVv i "tW UM 'V" by v "s stupid and lather contemptible, by Alice S. Hoffmann In "The Book of MTIA lilt Itfrktl'nrrii It'll iet.i. I "I I L itr ..... -,it lliai bntiu HIV lilt r.i 1111 UtllK 1. I 111 . I I 1 .1 ...i.i. . . I I Htli'l..',! I.IWIItlUS tll'ltt Ml) ComrT.nv V i,l u-h.'V n 1 .,,u"?n a"1 H.vmes and .he colored pictures of "A Zn I, nli I ' ' , IH Us , pn h"s dr, v.', rnn Lni0? 0! "r0VVne, Plmr"m VrUwr" ' Key Cammack and p "Tl, K Oo I W h, " M 10 '" nM KM Seemingly not satls.le,. with Charles 0V !I ton l. ! m . .. K ' ""V '".'V - " wl' At.t.e TlitllltiL-svenrtl. VV'li.rt.,. I.. l 1., ... ... ii, ...i- !oH( of OI(1 QUPi,ee" fj. It. Llpplncott puppets move about I ke persona y con- Comp:tny). ,t s Illustrated with ,. few views In Quebec and some Irrelevant London pictures. A slight love story Is Joined to de scilptlons of the elToi ts to aid tho blind In Helen W. Woodruff's "Tho Lady of tho Lighthouse" (George II. Doran Company I. now uiwarien nana rolit.er.s were ducted tourists U what Ma.well Gray offem her readers lu "The DcIre of tho Moth" (Appletous), vet there are provok Ingly good blt In the Mory. The elderly olerk with his ipilet tragedy, his .Mala jtrop wife and his pretty daughter, In their dingy home In London, ato at tractive nt the start. Ills binldeii con- ,r.,... ,iv... ... on 11... ...11 ..- Averted Into sacrificing their lives In venture of love and blood is startling. ri,.r to f,lvo K ,,aby ,. , , lpuort but the episode is properly dramatic. js t(),i wuh melodramatic effect by 1'eter Then the Luglish travel t i-,k0 i,- jti Kynn In a short story entitled 'Tho gano anu meet mo nauans iiiiu tun Tliree Godfathers" autnor mariis tune wiuie i-'iio uescrioesj Company). i tie nurneiy, tin lopoKr.ipii , uie pension life and the tdrnnge behavior of vauotis Italians on whom she bestows her pat ronizing sympathy as well as the ten- (Genrgo 11. Doian i.iriuui muni, uui j-unce uu penencew, ami contains comulete in in i i.eon laueo to niscover in ins structlons for tho.e who wish to nut hi world famous inUslon, ages ago, has been health and youth-building methods ' I... .,...!, t . 1....,, I'll. I,, I....... it, ftlnll r,rn- thwlr .m.-m i.uu I, lu .. ,1 -t. . I 1 . Mires b) K Clausen are charming and Selection,, ,,.. r..,-' -.,,.1,' . ..i! ' sine America, hv Sanford Hennelt. a Sun It la a book that evi.rv man un.l wnnm. the marginal pictures are good. The decorate.! nI.. i win. .. ,-..,.. .'...i .1 Pi anciscn business man He cun prove vv ho Is dex.rotis of rcmalnlnc vnunc ni'ie .. '.-3...K i.tr luiirvu, nitietn, seyeiuieT'i I. To-day und. as Mr. Hennett tlrnilv believes, th humor of both, however, seems designed ure provided in "The 'iMnn'er Calendar, 1 bv Kannle Merrill runner THE DAY FOR POETS lly (HAItl.l.S IIA.NOM towm:. TlinniS Ins never bctn such a deep MI-h Harriet .lonroo out In ChU-aci merest lu imetry as there Is t deserves htKh praise for her venture of this ..um. i.l'i. inn m:.f?t. . iiri.iv.r ..... ., ii.,, . i.r . gladly gives seven uliil elithl iiucph in month. I'artru li.ii. h.ul .-. l.i,. ..n,i ,,. .j.iik success, nun vuoukii one nilrht iiu.il- nook for Vonnw Tenple. The output of juvenile llteraturo this timentallty, the childish simplicity and 1,111 "us tt','t '''' largo, but It has been the nlcturesnuo villninv ami bloodthlrs. offered to the public earlier than usual tineas which Untlhh tourists expect aml h"tl,'' fb-slgned especially for the from the natives. holidays havo been relatively scarce. e.l.. .t,.,. I., .1 . . M:in' of tlm n,.,ii,'u l,.,lu I...... tin..) ,..-.,...- ... ..... i ji.et.-l ill llio - ' ."'"no i.tiva nern ' ,,nlnt t. Pln, u ,t ranchmen whom Clainuo V,. Mill ford ""tlced already In the columns of Tins I S LJ i-nt-' h a?.'i1", has frequently described in previous "UN, but tlio rearguard now under re lates arc related In "Tho Coming of Cas- vle,v 1" fully nn worthy of attention. Hldy and the Others" (A. C. McClurg! begin with books Intended to semi and Company. Chicago). They are ex- H'fts, lu which tlio pictures and the citing stories of the wildest West, ns full attractive get up first draw thn atten "f gun play as a moving picture show, H'J". Helma Lagerlocf's charming tale 1n which of course the heroes always "The Wonderful Adventures of Nils," come out ou top of tho heap. They are 'n which Scandinavian geography and good stories of their kind nnd far inoro . nature study aro dexterously Inter vlgorous than most of tho ranch lllera- woven with un Interesting story, Is pub turo that Is turned out, llshed In a beautiful volume adorned Tn "A Young L-idy" f John Lane Com- with extremely tlno colored pictures by 7iany) Horace W. C. Newte manaRes to Mnry Hamilton I'rye by Doubleday, convey to tho reader the dulness of a ''ag" and Company. The tramdntlon Is prosaic London suburb about which his by Velmu Swanston Howard. Very good Impressions ure extremely gloomy, but artlstlo paintings of nnlmals familiur to which ho describes with the minuteness young children by K. J. Detmold make tu Dutch painter. Thn objtct of all the largo quarto "The Hook of Hahy dwellers lu It Is tn conceal Hie oeeu- Pets" (Hoddcr nnd Htnughton New patton which takes them dally Into Lon- York). Thn text, describing rabbits -IS v".'.' '" 1,r,'aU 1,u" ,,ln sorlMl K,it R"ll,ca I'Ibh, equlrrols, kittens, puppies' I'."! r''Kar'1 "H l",mf,,1'1'"ly anova birds, fishes and tho rest. Is by Florence ibo?; tnJ !"? """ ""?. "y never rlss K. Dugdale and Is well written and slm Imm, ; ir!'"l,",ll,l'llly;,1" cvl,",nco ,,,n' A much sm'111" book with a m. lalloni ',' "wn ''""""'-M ronver- pier pictures, "neally Truly Nat i "o bfttlons. The object Of the h..rn!. Mtni-I... . Ilt Q .L .au'" w..., i w .3. .vuuuriiii tueorft ... n .ei oi.iiii, verso now eti nin- ttnu.'is complain that these are times of III f.ii tune fur them? ! was amused the other day to read that credit was duo to tlio distinguished editor of the Uniilixh Kevieui for the Innovation of length) poems In the periodicals. Thlr treil ears ago when the flmurt Sot was launched Arthur Orlseom, the editor, nnd lilmself a poet realizing tho lutent love of i no 111 Kiuioni nn readers, made it a considerable length. And he dared to follow this course it whole year. Hlchard llovey's satire on "Hon Juan," one of the most aiiuzlncly clever things that line loet ever did. owes Its first publication to Grlscom, and then followed audi memo rable examples of modern verse at Theo dosla Carrlron's "Tho King's Chamber" and Clinton Keoll.ird's ballad of tho Grand Vlzlor I havo forgotten the exact title. Caiman hu! many an altogether unknown singer were richly represented In the Hmurt .S'r's paxes. And onn must nut forget that In the .WbinUe Monthly Moody's Kienti-st poem, "An Udo hi Time of Hesitation," appeared. Mrs. Whartonv Ir, van Dyko nnd the Princess Trnubet skoy havo frequently coutrlbuteil poems of considerable lenuth to Kcri liner's and Harper's, and John nrlsben Walker many years ago was not afraid to publish Ln G.illlenmi's version of the Huhulyat In the C'osMiopolltiiir. In the Christmas Century this year one finds "The Hhoes of IlappI ness," by IMwIn Markhnni, covering seven panes, and lu tho same number Sara Teas dale's "Tim Carpenter's Bon," covering three. And watch the Varum ech month. Ho who shall say that the editors ale unkind and prejudiced against th peom of lcnfthT i . ' ' ' ...,.... ... ,ii'- . .-".in. ., 11,1 Klelnteich ). All uplift quotation 111 prose or verse traces eaf.li day In "The l.eagiio Calendar," published bv the Good Cltlzen-hlp League, I'lushlliK, I.. I., with long poems Interposed occa sionally. Pretty borders lend attrac tion to the quotations of "Kemem luarico" calendar (Krnest Nl-ter; H, I". iMittou and Compiiny); the "HuImiivU" ciilendnr, Irom the same publishers, Is really un edition of the quutriilns printed although It one hundredth nulestonu of life, thou: I weaK. To- rea.i. hen he was Kor tho purpose of spreading broad i i i at vi ,iu ne was a worn-out, cast uio metnoiis or promotim bea't'i broken-down, decrepit r.1.1 man, To-day and lonv-evlty developed by Mr Henne is in p. rfe i health, a good deal of an Interesting cluht page booklet whk . an ,i blete and as young as the average Is, In erTecl, a imniaej of his system man "t .... has been prepared by the publbhcis .i.i ..i.sfi .i..iiiuH ,u innei tor ner un- Catholl.l tHt.' Iter nn.-n,ikU 1 ,.l.,i she Is leading her readers In the right' dl- '" ,'",'"'!'. hroken Into ut intervals lecuon. Personally I cannot help feeling " caieniiar mr ine inonili. utner that that prosiest of pim wrlteis Lzr.i 'mall Nister c.ilpndars. penerallv mr a Pound, masquerading as a poet, does single pace, are called "Morning Glo- more harm for tho high cause of Song rles." "Witty nnd Wise." "Dollv Dim- ,A,n i,e. sntHgonistle editor barrl- ... "Our Ilurrlen Hearer." "I'ler,.! caded behind Iron doors, Hut we cannot all agiee. I found when 1 talked to ,XIIs Monnn that she felt no enthusiasm tor Htephen Phillips has she forgotten "Mar pessa" I wonder? or the vlrll.i Maso Held, And recently she said that lllla Wheeler Wllcot had no soul an tinmzlng statement when one remembers Mrs. Wil cox's sterling work, her earnestness, her clarity of expression und those hundreds Shnkespearo" and "Jack und Gill" (K. 1. Dill tern and Company). Time large chrouios of rosea make up tho unusually largo "I'nlr Flowers" calendar from theso publishers. An assortment of Christmas cards, neally rill of Krnest Nister manufac tine, Iihs leen sent by 11. V, Dutton and Company. These ate nil pretty and for the world and humanity and a great i wl" ht'-ve t,ielr purpose; they hold understanding. strictly to the models of last .vear and There sre livo magazines In existence 1 the year before nnd have nothing ills now which devote themselves entirely to tlnctlve. tho publication of verse. True, two of ' them am Issued lu Linden, but one. ns 1 ... . ... said, comes out of Chlcico, and surely! W "rUuien's C ompensnllon I.h. that Is a pi ipltlous sIkii. I'uMisliers u The I went v. four laws em, I Hp frlcl tu lh tnI.H or vors hi October of 'this year by twenty. two n ,,tr(;e ,,, iiorilll M,,a , nrovl.l., fee m.rV.nn.,' their own expense. aU'll thAfA niLiv ml I,.. ..,.,... ... either for the poet or tho publisher, hut Pnhll,lon u,ul Insurance huvo been who cares T If a flower Is buautlful one's modified and published in convenient first thought Is to preserve it between form by tho Working-men's Compensa- w.o luvor. oi a oook, anu many a per- turn I'ubllclty liureuu, so Mnldeu lane, rumea song to-day is wmih s.ivIul- Mltchell Kennerley has long been the friend of poeta. Ho has been fearless and steadfast In his purpose, and his Im print now means more for a young writer inan tne oia Hooiey Me.ui New York. Tlio use nf charts makes easy a comparison of thn several enact ments, which aro of peculiar Interest In this Htuto now, because of thn up. proval by the electors of the compensu- The poets aro fsrlne weW The tlmesv-. Hon amendment tn the Constitution nt and the editors aro kind to them. I the last election. HHHMBHS w.i SSBSBBBJ Krfi.fnr.1 Un net t l to ("nfor.l IUnpit SI 71 All this ho has accomplished ly Bonte Mr liennells lnt,.-e.sing book. . v ery simple and gentle exercises which I'hyslcal Culture I'ubllshlng Co una i, m practises for about ten minutes be- 2iU Katlron Building. Ne NrVk C loin arising In he morning. Ws, tho This booklet they win sen, free i , exercises are taken In bed. peculiar as any one sulllciently iutoivstc I to vvrl this may seem. for It. . m wm. As Mr. Heuuett explains, his cuss was The grandest thing in the world is not one of preserving good health, but Youth, and It Is one of the "call v Jl one of rejuvenating a weak mlddlo-aged hardships of llfu that. " ts , beaufwiw llu"i!x r',,"Hl ' ?n1' U"J h8 "4Va monl" i,1"n"l, H""" swiftly and t vo what he has accomplished any ono can pHce to old uge ,i, Minpi sh by the nppllcatlun of th b'oe same methods, and so It would seem. All pettml youth during life 1 1 .. wn -l i t velilnh t.lltj Ihrt IIP llslee th.so c Will. ... "S U'1 W nI M "VV I ... ........ , ...v... ,u doiiiuiu neuui'ii u voio uf thanks (if shame. world ovm s eourse lucre are those who will se.uY .11 nieq and . I . a- .., j. .. .1 Into a lenathv deHorlr.tlon of Mr ne. ' "l l" ria' "' so i nett's mnt hods Mr the res nr lnn e ' w" fear of SaU- youth and the prevention ct old uge, All w 1 , ,o"t ceVrTn J ' K rr ,ni Ul y,,mh of this he tells himself In a book whlc ana iu Teas L.f, n lnVstUT,V f 111 ho hus written, entitled "Old Age-Its methods knowle,!,,,. of hi.