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BOOKS OF THE WEEK SEEN IN REVIEW AND COMMENT
THE SUN, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1916.
CRITICAL REVIEWS
OF THE SEASON'S
LATEST BOOKS
A New Edition of Samuel Butler's Remarkable Novel
- Picture of Society Life in India
New Travel Romance by the Williamscs and Other
FictionWide Assortment of Juveniles
Handy Attractive Volumes of the Locb Greek and
Latin Library Books on Many Themes.
TV re l.i far too much good Kngllsli
iM feu! sense In the writings of Sam
Uf! Ii itler for him to ho monopolized
t) ctlifr mithora nnd by tho devotees
cf literary preciosity so that n new
edit in rf the one novo! ho wrote, 77u
Way of All 'Mi (!',. . Dilltnii
Company), which enables the general
public to hecome acquainted with him
Is wfii-otne. It Is n remiirhnble hook,
a book written for tho author's own
plcasuro and held hack till after his
death, In which ho discussed with
great frankness many things that he
disliked and yet did not take hliiuiulf
fc erlnuly but that ho could make
fun of his own prejudices, a book that
every thinking man can read with
le.i.niro for Its brightness, Its humor,
IH straight reasoning ntul Its satire
en many conventions. That does not
make It a very good novel, however;
much less "one of tho great novels
of the world," as .Mr. Arnold Dennett
Jiuts It, though It f-cts the model for
the novel of Infinite nnd often Insig
nificant detail, that Mr. Bennett Mimr
t:mcs favors, and for tho novel of un
important nubiblography. which tho
jr ineer ltrittsh t-ehool of fiction prc
ftrs to turn out.
The ftory. such ns It Is, la certainly
autoHographlcal. It seems to attack
rellplon, Christianity and the Church
(f England, In which the author once
nas a c!ergymnn: but If examined
lth a little caro thou attacks are
tal!y on the conventional mode of ac
re;"!::!; and treating religion, on the
c-msirin hypocrisies In the church, In
Jueat.n nnd In life. Tho author's
tea! t'.ttcrn ss Is against parental au
thority and tho lullucnco of the fam
ily The reissue of tho book Just now
Ii curio-is, because In very recent fic
tion these bitter attacks against the
tyranny and Indifference of futhcrs
tr.d the suppression of tho Individual
t) the fum.ly are very noticeable.
He trarvs one family through flv
prorations for nearly a century. He
rir'. w.th a kindly farmr with mo
(Hn,. il talent nnd a knack of huc
redrg and his more ambitious wife.
Thev h 'Ve a son wlh whom they do
r1' in'Tfere. who becomes a sc!flh,
"r.nn i", nnd succesful business
ir He browbeats his own children,
1 the uuthor kivos us a first Instal-r-'
of domestic cruelty. His son
('':r.p." a clergyman and marries an
" - tlvo woman who Is wholly
i.'--v.ent to him: they belong to the
pen. -v in before Puller's own, and he
rr.,t?i the narrator of the story the'r
' s'-mp irary. It Is a wonderful pic-
' h" paints of the two: the self-
r.- : l.'ness, the religious bllndnes,, ,
; ' mss. U,e senseless cruelty to
c. -iren, the determination to
For mystery, unqual
ified, absorbing mys
tery, let me commend
"The Blind Man's
Eyes," by William
MacHarg
Balmer.
galloping
and Edwin
Here you go
along page
after
hand
Page,
hand in
the most
with
baffling situations,
prying with all your
wits to get at the bot
tom of them, but in
vain, until in mercy
the joint authors take
you into their confi
dence in the last three
chapters. It is easy to
say that the book is go
in? to have a big sale,
and it is worth it, for it
is immense entertain
ment, and well con
structed. .S7. Louis Republic
TheRlindMan'sEyes
At All Booksellers
Ubutmttd. $1.35 n(.
Limn, BROWN & COMPANY
Publishers
Have you
ever seen them
a "Movie"?
Have you ever been
to the "Movies"?
Have you ever heard
of the "Movies"?
If so, read
Behind
the
Screen
Slot, of th, "MovUf
iy milium iuioN wotrr
Alt
Jk.C.
DookstorM
MeClirf C.
Br
1
im make
1
ak
r
crush their spirit In the man and tho
reflection of his characteristics In tho
more senllmentnt womin. A painful,
Bloomy view of conventional, respecta
bio Kngllsh life. They uro tho chief
characters In the story.
Their son, tho hero of the latter
portion, is Hutler's contemporary, nnd
lr bablv 111 tn:inv iovu ltttfln 1,1..-
self. He Is the victim .if brutal treat-'"
ment on the part of his parents nnd'"
of a wrong education; his faint strlv- I a
ing for Individuality Is encouraged by.
An mint nn.t lii.it K tUn ....... 1
wntrh hit,. hi i ..... '
kind of sclentlllc Interest. His Imag
-- I.(t 1, VIIUlMli), IIL'UI
ination drives him nor..!!...., ..v lt..l"n" '"" "'P-''
many scrapes; one Impulse turns him
,. .. , ... . f
Into holy orders, another sends hlni
Into n prennturo kind of slummlm:
work which .voon wrecks his career,
stlil another Into a preposterous mar
riage, from which he Is rescued after
a time. His own children he turn i
over to foster parent.s and tnkes
care to leave them nbnlutely nlone.
Later he writes bonks for posterity,
which shock peoplo and do not suc
ceed. Throughout Hutler preaches the
virtue of money, which to him means
Independence, nnd ho sees that all his
peoplo are ultimately well provided
with It.
In substnnce the story is a plea to
give Individuality a ohanco; the au
thor resent.s the -work of thn schools,
of the Church nnd nbovo all of par
ents In breaking down tho will of
children; he seems to nccept the theory
of heredity and expresses his opinions
very entertainingly on a great variety
of subjects, especially music. His
Knglih Is admirable, nnd It Is de
lightful to find no mention of Rus
sians or Scandinavians nnd very llttlo
of Germans.
It Is nenr'y thlrty-flvo years since
Butler died, a man of about sixty. He
was little known at the time, and was
handicapped by a name already es
tablished In literary history. His fame
has grown rapidly anions those who
a.vumn a superior knowledge of let
ters, nnd he should become Known to
others too. Ho Is Introduced In this
edition by Prof. William Lyon l'hclps
rnther patronizingly and flippantly;
he c.mnot nvold dragging In "Hudl
bras," and Insisting on its wit as the
literary histories demand, but ho ad
mits that tho nineteenth century
Samuel Hutler had wit also.
NEW FICTION.
llrltlMi S..cli-t I. Iff In ImlU
The Hrttlfh community In n station
'on tho Ganges Is In some trouble when
two strangers came to It In I. A. It. I
Wylle's The Hermit Doctor of Gavn
(O. P. Putnam's Sons). The colonel In .
command has become Insane: he
u ";" - " 1
verge of mu Iny and maltreats beast.-.. ,
He also declines to help the doctor In
ne uiscj ui'uiiiivu i' uviji ijit- uuiiwi 411 i
h.s campaign against epidemics
nmong tho natives. One stranger Is
n wealthy Kuraslan who insists on
butting violently Into white society, to
his own discomfiture: tho other Ls a
famous dancer who Is entertnined by
the Hnjah of tho district and Is re
garded with disfavor by many of the
, women. The doctor Is forced to knock
'down tho colonel, who Is paralyzed:
ho then discovers that ho loves tho
dancer nnd that she loves him. Ho
feels obliged, however, to marry the
colonel's daughter, a nnrrow minded
Kngllsh girl, while tho dancer, thlnk
! lng sho cannot do without luxury,
marries the Eurasian. Possibly It Is
jtho Indian citmato that makes people
j discard sense. A revolt among the
natives Instigated by tho Eurasian and
Ian aged fakir comes to naught owing
to the quick action of the doctor and
tho dancer, nnd the occurrence of a
'convenient number of deaths enables
I tho two to be united nt the end. Thero
. nro picturesque and exciting scenes
In this talo nnd some very attractive
characters, but the general effect Is
somewhat confusing.
I An Automobile Guide.
A fairly complete description of tho
i favorlto automobile routes on Ixing
Island nnd through New England hns
been written In tho form of letters,
accompanied by maps, by C. N. nnd
A M. Williamson In The Lightning
Conductor Discovers America (Double
day, Pago and Company). It Is com
blued with a somewhat Intricate ro
manco conducted by tho herolno of a
previous nutomobllo tale. The girl she
Is Interested In Is cnnrming unu ner
lovo story would inspiro more Interest
If somo explanation nwo umiun.u'.u
for tho Inexpllcnblo fascination exer
cised on every one by her somewhat
dissipated stepfather. The authors aro
'enthusiastic over every Inch of thn
country covered, 'whether It be tho cast
end of'l.ong Island or thn roads lend
ing nut of Uoston or the trip through
tho White Mountains; they are ever
ready with tho historical nnd literary
associations of tho places they pass
through. Tho illustrations nro from
beautiful photographs.
An Amiable Old Salt.
A largo number of very pleasant
, peoplo nro gathered togother by F.IIza
bcth Lincoln Gould In Captain Old
(Tho Penn Publishing company,
Philadelphia) but tho author makes
llttlo uso of most of them. A retired
sea captain gots mad nt tho way ho
la treated in his natlvo town nnd de
pnrH to tho city, lie becomes Inter
ested In tho peoplo In his boarding
house and In some ouUddo, Ho man
nges to help several along, takes a
hand In guiding a love affair, upsets
tho plans nf somo strong minded fe
males and wins tho heart of tho board,
lng houso keeper. The render would
like to know more about the peoplo
who appear for a moment only, the
nlco little girl, the keeper of th;e toy
Jahop, tho amiable dentist ana o on.
NPj I
Author of "A Western Warwick
(Doran).
A
fems llko n wast of good material
drop ,hcm 80 BOon'
Wmnnn'i Cnnfeeeliin.
,..
monplaco flirtation
is told both in
French and In Kngllsh In L'Aubcrgc
London), by
Odette St. Lys. The
sceno seems to lo some American
watering place. Neither party seems
overburdened with moral scruples.
Little Is revealed of the man's psychol
ogy: the woman begins the affair as a
temporary flirtation nnd discovers
after it Is broken off that she cared ,
more for tho man than sho thought.
Mr. Illxnn'a Xrir l'hotnptnr.
Hncournged by the success of one
sensatlonnl movini? picture tale the
How Thomas Dixon has tried his hand
again on a similar theme In The I'till
o) a Sation (AppletonsL and has ap
apparontly met with favor on the i
screen. His story is nn hysterical
appeal for preparedness, and a dem
onstration of tho preemlnenco of
woman.
JUVENILES.
The .Vninl Arndenir.
Tho hero of Chaplain H. II. Clark's
Jfidiilpmnn Stanford (I.othrop, I.re &
Shepard Companyl, Is not only n man-
ly but also nn exemplary vouth. The
nuthor engages our sympathy for him
by describing his life previous to hl
admission to Annapolis. There during
the llrst and second year he meets
with hazing, with serious breaches of
discipline nnd with nn unusual amount
of perfidious conduct, nnd Is obliged to
decide whether ho will observe the
oath ha took on admission or will fol
low the undergmduato Ideas of class
honor. Ho comes out of the ordeal
pretty well. The rest of his naval
academy career is hurried over, for
the author has the administrative
views regarding hazing chiefly In
mind.
Kit Cnraon.
The nnme nt Kit c.irsnn f, hound
up Indlssolubly with the romance of .1
I.lalns In the days of the buffalo ',
the Indian. In Scouting vith Kit
the p
and
Ci raon
(Doubleday,
P. i go and Com-
' " ' ' " ' " " " .v ' ' .
k h, ,
lmt mMf.MeH tho WVftlty of a
historical nurrntlvo by blending It
ho Rrtventllrei o youtnful
,.,''
.oncers
Winter Sporls,
In the fourth volume of his "Well
worth College" series, Icc.-l!nat .Yum-
her One (Little, Hrown nnd Company),
t naitn w n..i-i, M. .t.w.it.... I
... w....r.
good nnd bad, busy with matters of .
sporting nnd school ethics as well as 1
with their nthletlo activities, which
begin with football, range through
most of ths things that are dono In
winter and -wind up with Iceboat
games. Hoys who hnve begun the
series will want tho continuation.
Indlnn Tales.
Through tho dozen stories contained
In Elmer Russell Qregor's Warpath
and Hunting Trail (Harpers) the ad
ventures tho Indlnn boys go through
nnd tho life they live aro drawn from
nctual facts. The author endeavors
very successfully to Improve on tho
old time Indian talea by making uso
of all tho moro accurate knowledge
we now havo of the Indians and their
way.s. This detracts In no way from
tho excitement of tho ndventures.
Tnnitnar a Tartar,
Attention Is rather distracted from
tho outdoor llfo ln loulse M. Hrclten
bach'a Eleanor of the Houseboat (The
Pago Company, Uoston) by tho hcro
Ino's endeavors to cure herself of her
I heedlessness nnd occasional selfish
ness and by her efforts to Improve the
lot of two unlucky youngsters who are
tyrannized over by an eccentric
grandmother. Sho Is a natural llttlo
girl and her self-Improvement Is not
very effective, but she 's charming
enough to please the old lady nnd re-
fprm pr com,lclely, Tho children In
tho story aro all amusing.
Cnmp Fire filrU.
Hevy Is hardly applicable to tho
conglomeration of youthful femalo en
ergy that Is collected In Girl of the
Mornino-Olory Camp Fire (Lothrop,
Leo & Shepard Company, Tloston), by
Isabel Hornlbrook and gang seems too
rnascullno a term. At any rate tho
author gatherM her girls somewhere
on tlio New Kngland const nnd puts
them through tho ritual of tho order
nnd many of the adventures girls hope
for when they put the uniform on.
Sho describes effectively what the ob-
THINKING
AS A SCIENCE
By HENRY HAZLITT
Your oirn mind OUGHT to be con
tinual plraimro to you. If It Ii not 7011
run make It ". Moreover, It will PAY
you to lx shin to think accurately ami
reason accurately tiltliout fattens.
MM net. (I'oMaiP i:tra.l At any
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Tta.Iie Stirrmar
l.iwcol..tvt.kei- of
" I 3joy " ( Appie Ion)
1 Jects of th new systems of outdoor
education are. Sho also Judiciously
1 places a boy scout encampment close
at hand.
.More Itrtl Ilnnap Children.
Having kept up the Interest In her
large and amusing family of children
from babyhood up through several
entertaining volumes Amanda M.
Douglas prepares to launch them on
'the world In the fifth of tho scries.
The ltcd-llouse Children Growing Up
tLothrop, Leo nnd Shepard Com
pnny). one girl gets married and the
lovemaklng for tha others Is under
way, so that the end of the series Is
In sight.
True Tntea for I.lttle Ohm,
Kor tho who object to mem flc
tlon nnd fancy for children facts that
do not lutvo to be eoriected are put
In story form. This Is done very
prettily by lluth O. Dyer In That'
'hy Stories (I.othrop, Lee and Shep
ard Company), In which she explains
fncts that would strike children about
j familiar flowers, plants. Insects and
Ismail animals.
Simplified versions of unobjcctlon-
c,losel; Possible to the language of
lhn "rlBlnnl. hayo been made by Mar-
caret Howard In Truly Stories from
the Surely lllbla (Lothrop, Lee nnd
Shepard Company). Tho omission of
the punishment of tho nnughty chil
dren who mocked Kllsha Indicates the
discretion used by the nuthor In her
selections
THE LOEB CLASSICS.
Tho project of making th whole
body of Creek nnd Iatln literature
of dreeK nnd iMn literature
accessible to tho general reader, which .need a good deal of It fully as much
thn liitnrpst nf Mr. Jumps I.orh ln'n -n-nmen. Tho miscellaneous char-
. . . "
t,;ils,,rnI studles mnKcs possible and
...,...h hn tni,.n ,h form of th
ANOTHER STRANGE STORY
FROM THE RUSSIAN SUPPLY
Peredonov, th chief character ln
Feodor Sologub's story of "The Little
Demon," translated from the Russian
by John Cournos nnd Klchard Alding
ton (Alfred A. Knopr), has a wonder
fully disagreeable manner. His un
varying rudeness Is extremely simple
nnd direct. It would hardly be be
lieved that he was a schoolmaster If
tho story did not explicitly say so.
Ho never Indulged In Intellectual play.
The cavo man with a bludgeon was
not to bo more easily apprehended.
Peredonov and his mistress, Var
vara, hated their landlady. To prov-
It they defaced tho papered walls of
their dwelling place, We behold tho
pair ln their dining room about to par
take of a repast. They were given to
quarrelling. "I'd Uko to pplt on you."
said Peredonov oalmly. "Just try It,'
said Varvara. Peredonov tried It.
"Pig!" said Variant. She was hardly
disturbed. Volodln, a friend, came In.
Ho hnd tho voice end face of a sheep
Ho was a carpenter. The three had
coffee, tarts and vodka, Peredonov
threw the dregs of his coffee on '.he
wnll paper. "It's to spite the land
lady," ho explained. "Wo always d'rty
tho walls after every meal." All throe
spat on the wall paper nnd emeared It
with their boots.
Peredonov picked up tho cat and fell
to torturing It. He pulled Its ears nnd
tall, shook It by tho neck. "Plow Into
Its eyes. Urush Its fur backward,"
counselled Volodln. Tho treatment
habitually bestowed upon the Pere
donov tat rendered It fiendish. Time
nnd ngaln It appears ominously nnd
horribly In the story. At all the Pere
dnnov supper parties the united com
pany wiped their boots on the wall
paper.
It was Peredonov who devoured the
pound of rnlslns that Varvara had
Intended to use for cooking. Klavlda,
tho kitchen maid, was charged with
the theft nnd thn gluttony, Her tears
wero pitiful, her angry denunciations
of the master excusiblo nnd Justifi
able, "She's very touchy, Isn't she?"
said Peredonov. The cat slunk ln and
looked at Peredonov with evil eyes.
It snarled pavagcly when tho school
master tried to catch It. It scratched
tho tormentor's hand and ran behind
tlio sideboard. From that place of re
treat Its narrow green eyea gleamed.
Peredonov was afflicted with many
auparatltlout fears. On thlt occasion I
he thought of the cat M a werewolf. I
William Mm
Co-u.thor 'The Blind
Mm! EyeXl'ttUBrorfCo.)
hndy and attractive volume of "The
1 Loeb Classical Library" (William ,
i Helnemnnn; (1. I. Putnam's Sons), Is
, being carried steadily Into execution. I
More than sixty of tho 300 volumes
or moro that are planned are already j
.published; they Include authors who I
wrote long after literary standards had
dsKcnerntcd Kach contains tho text
edited by a competent scholar with
inn KnRllsh translation facing It, the
notea needed for Its proper under
standing and a brief Introduction. Six
of tho newest volumes are nt hand.
(reek.
A complete edition of all the works
of Marcus AurcHus Antoninus hns
been prepared by C. It. Haines, who
thas revised the very corrupt text and makes her apple charlotte. The pro
supplied tho translation. It contains . ccedt go to Secours National for
not only "the communings with him
self," but tho three speeches that aro
extant, nnd the sayings that aro at
Itrlbuted to him gathered from all
sources, i ne nutnor anns an lniroauc- ,n. (irldland's rractical .amJscupc (Mr-
Hon, a brief sketch of the stoic phi- jdenlntf (A. T. Do I.a Maro Printing
losophy nnd a short essay on tho Km- jand Publishing Company. New York).
pcror's edict against the Christians. for the problems tho nuthor deals w.th
I Three volumes of 1'lnfnrrh'j Livrx, (ro those that tho owners of small
I the text and notes accompanied by the places In tho suburbs nnd In the coun
IndmlrablB translations of Professor , try must meet. The general principles
emeritus llernndotte Tcrrln of Yale
University, are now ready: the "Plu
tarch" will tako up ten volumes.
(,
The Latin authors In the prent j
Instalment nre all poets. Prof. Paul
Nion of Howdoln College has un-
dertnken the Vlautus In four volumes,
of which the tlrst. containing no
Plays, Is ready. His work Is the ex
cellent prose translation and the
notes.
Tho Virgil has been entrusted to
Prof. H. ltushton Fnlrclough of tho
Stanford University, who wisely uses
prose. The first volume c"ntsln th
Eclogues, the Oeorglcs nnd tho first
six books of the Enelrt.
Prose Is likewise the vehicle em
ployed by Prof. Krnnk Justus Miller
of the I'nlverslty of Chicago for his
translation of Ovid's Metamorphoses
in two volumes.
These nre no "ponies,
but scholarly
translations of the texts now accepted
as the best, which those who still re
number their Latin and CireeV: can
read for themselves, If they choose, on
the page opposite.
USEFUL INFORMATION.
Ilnalnra Mnttrra.
There should be no restriction of sex
In procuring the Information supplied
In Lillian C. Kearney's Winf V.vcry
1 Ilusincss Woman Should Know (Fred-
: erlck A. Stokes Company), for
erlcK A. &iokcs company;, lor men.,h,ln ln -..,, rotintrlr lmt th.. f-iri
" .. . .. . .
ncter or tne tniormation is empnn-
Islind bv the nlnhabetlcal arrangement
It Is remarkable what Interest a
number of people had In getting Pere
donov married. The town was full of
antagonistic plots directed to this
common end. All the girls seemed
willing to marry tho sombre lunatic.
Both Peredonov nnd Volodln, tho
sheep faced carpenter, were subject to
dreams. We find Peredonov dreaming
that he was being married ln a velvet
frock coat and that ho nnd Varvara,
the dream bride, were to be adorned
with gold bracelets. As for Volodln,
. ,,!,,,. ,,,, . ' .... ' I
he dreamed that ho was sitting on a
gold throno nnd weiring a gold crown
nn,l (hn. tl, .rr,.n,lln ,0l.l!
Volodln walked up nnd down the
supper room while relating his dream,
shaking his head nnd bleating. Every
body lnughed. Afterward everybody
wiped his feet on the wall paper.
Peredonov had Just looked In the
mirror anil concluded that he had
still lliO years to Uvo when tho cat
sneezed under the bed. Peredonov
frowned and drove out the cat, which
escaped from thn room with a loud,
piercing mew. It wns then nnd there
decided that the cat wan n devil,
whereafter the company had vodka
nnd sweet cakes. Following upon this
Peredonov occasionally pronounced
exorcisms over the cat.
A young lady In the story has
the ancient Greek pesslon for beauty,
which sho expends upon a fourteen-year-old
boy. No harm comes of the
matter except somo slight scandal.
The account of It Is delicate and a
beautiful ns the boy. Peredonov Is
quite mad when ho comes to cut tho
throat of Volodln. The whole Im
pression of the story Is that It Is pass
ing strange.
"All tha World' a flolf Links."
The New Golf
BY P. A. VAILE,
Contain all the advlro nocomary fur
the Improvement of the game of imv
golfer. It I sensible and prnctlrablo
and fives dellnlte Instrurtlnn about
how ti cjecuto tho varlom ttrokes,
It aim Is to point ;he way 'a a better
and surer kind of game.
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of tho subjects; theso range In char
acter from slmplo definitions of terms,
lllustrnted examples of business papers,
lists of abbreviations, of synonyms
and of post ofllco distances from New
York to compact and complete llttlo
trentlses on letter writing from tho
business point of view nnd of post
odlco regulations. Much of this, that
is taken as a matter of course by
many people. Is put In tho precise form
that removes doubts that will nrlso
In tho minds of even tho mechanically
perfect and much of It will bo new
and useful even to trained business
men. It Is a helpful book for any one.
Art In Men York
A modest beginning Is mado by
Florence N. Levy with tho llttlo
pamphlet, A auide to the Work of
Art in A'cio York City (the editor,
New York), which contains four trips
arranged so nn to save time and
trouble to tho visitor. Tho first takes
him through tho Metropolitan Mu
seum, tho cecond through tho llrook
lyn one, tho third through tho group
of museums nt 106th street, while
tho fourth shows him tho outdoor art
from thu Hattery to Central Park. Ap
pended nro lists of things to bo seen
In all tho boroughs, of societies, clubs,
schools, studios and art dealers. The
little book Is nrofuselv illustrated. It
can easily bo expanded to as to cover
much moi ground.
Otronomlc Nnrrlttrs.
An appeal In behalf of charity to
man's most sensitive organ Is mad"
in Allied Cookrry by (iraco CIcrgn'e
Harrison and Gertrude. C'lrrKUo (O. I'
Putnnm's Sons). Tho authors have
collected tho recipes for novel and np
pctlzlng dishes peculiar to the several
nationalities that nro fighting the fler
man nlllance, Kngllsh nnd Scottish
dishes as well ns those of Trance,
Italy, Itussla, llelglum, Serbia, Japan
nnd Canada, and havo thrown In sum"
New 1'ngland recipes for good meas-
'uro. Mine. Juwerand tells how she
distribution.
I.nndsenpp rinntenliiK.
Tho tltlo exnetly describes H.-ibert
ho lays down as to the lorathm of the
houe, the arrangement of paths, the
grading of l.iwns, tho planting of
Ifnn, nn.1 ar. f.rtt, fi . nim'lnn l.l.i tn
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whlch th(1. may 1h', employed in small
,,nC(1, j.s considered espnclallv. A good
,,art ,)f t10 book Is tak- n up with the
arrangement of Hotter gardens Tho
p;ctures and nlnns nro nlentlfu! and
always Illustrative. The author is In
variably clear In his directions and
explanations anil Is above all practl- j
cal. Ho keeps the suburban homo j Kor ,n" formative period of Un
steadily In mind. 1 ''hrist.an Church In the series of
1 "American Lectures on the History if
HISTORY ! h Cnttnrhn, Or .1. rtlln
' Carpenter of Manchester College, Ox-
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conventional Judgments on most of
the men he mentions. He gives much
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does to the development of the people
nnd of national l.fe during the half
century. It Is the sort of history
that was common years ngo and that
has lingered loncer In France perhaps
t)ftt ari Oollootoil will bn useful ufter
.1.. ....... " .. ,
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. h meaning has i,ren altered
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Italy, Ppaln, Germany nnd the Hlav
countries, nnd nt thn end dwells on
the development shown by tho war
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