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"The Yardstick Alan"
By Arthur Goodrich. Published by D. Appleton
& Co., Xe^r York and London. Price, sl.so.
"The Yardstick Man" is a modern
tale of finance, love and mystery which
•moves about a - railroad deal in the
stock board of New York. It is rather
overdone and is not' particularly well
written, but the tale itself hangs to
gether well and holds lh^ Interest of
the reader throughout.
A young man, Roger Mathewson, has
been out west ever sin^e his college
days. He was not much of a success
In college and seemed to get In wrong
trfth his professors and the good boys
of the school, making his friends
among the sc.ipegraccs and the good
follows. While out west his good qual
ities are discovered by a rich railroad
man and in return for a favor done he
adopts the young man. 'From that day
Roger works to prove his appreciation
and the '.iiue comes when he can show
It. "Daddy" is ill; his Wall street ene
mies hear of It and take advantage of
the news to get him In a hole with his
railroad. Roger hears It all, flies to
New York, where not one knows of his
relationship to the railroad man. He
does to an old college frlenJ's house.
The college friend. Edward Jon3s, Is
& broker very successful in his busl
nf»!=s; later he Is the Yardstick Man.
Roger does not discover till almost
the end of the campaign that his host 's
the broker who is managing the tight
for the worst of his adopted father's
enemies. A very pretty and inno
cent little girl, the daughter of the
pastor of the coHege suburb, plays an
Important part In the untangling of
the thread* of the tale. Of course she
1? responsible for the love story, too.
and It is a sweet little one.
When a certain crisis comes in the
tale and Roger Is obliged in one speech
to tell Jones what he is and what he
thinks he is, he uses the term "Yard
stick" to Indicate the narrow outlook
on life which Jones has. His whole
existence has been ordered on conven
tional lines: built by rule and measure.
and he shrinks day by day. mentally,
morally, even physically, for his whole
life is built and planned about money.
He knows only a conventional god —
the grod of fashionable churches. His
life is all false. When Roger finally
makes him understand he is crushed,
hut one can not but think that his
business VT.mculties coming at the same
time helped to open his eyes. Every
thing comes out nearly all right in the
end anyway, so the tale may be counted
a sucess.
"Leonora"
Fir Francos Rumsry. Published by D. Appletoa
&. Co.. NeT York and London.
A book which starts out to be great
and steadily deteriorates is more" of
a disappointment than one hopelessly
mediocre throughout. This book is
euch a one. and it can not be dismissed
without a line for its fine beginning.
Mr. and Mrs. Marley are shown as :in
average mldtilc class couple-. Mr. Mar
ley was a dealer in cotton goods.
Almost by accident he suddenly found
himself worth $2,000,000.
"The fir^t result was Mrs. Marley's
demand for culture. She always said it
had ccrae upon her like a shining light.
Its advent, indeed, was synchronous
with that of all those sudden elabora
tions of living whlrh are the require
ments of the newly rich. With the
•necessary complexity which $2,000,000
carry with it. Mrs. Marley dis
covered that she lived and breathed
only for perfect beauty. Art. music and
what she designated as the higher
forms of thought laid hold of her. She
bought pictures of the most Intense
Impressionism, she could bear to listen
only to Brahms, she gave up her pew
in church and feared she was becoming
an atheist. Mr. Marley's evenings grew
lonelier and lonelier. The children ran
riot. More and more 'objets d'arf were
bought, more and more servants en
gaged, and alt the while Mrs. Marlc-y
eat in her boudoir -with the curtain
half drawn and talked about her. soul.
She learned quickly, and at the end of
a few months she called It. in a hushed
voice, tefnperament. Whatever ' the
flnal ; label, it was inevitable that she
sho-jid reach the conclusion that her
husband had martyred it."
The book is filled with passages quite
as keen and analytical as the one
quoted, and the author lias done some
fine work on Mrs. Marley. She Is not
fo successful with Mr. Marley. finally
killing him off because he is useless to
her. Of the three children, Leonora is
the only one who counts, being the only
one who feels the situation.
The parents separate and agree that
each shall have the children for three
months at a time till they are 18 years
of age, when they will be allowed to
choose for themselves. Divorce is not
epoken of, for the story is set a number
of-, years before today, when divorce
was* not so common and was still con
sidered disgraceful.
.Leonora soon sees that ;her parents
care nothing for her. They do all they
can for the children, hoping to win
their love, not because they want it but
because they hate each other. This Is
not the best training for children, and
each one shows its effects in different
ways.
Leonora grows up .hating divorce
with a passionate and unreasoning
hatred. She makes no possible excuse
for It. She falls in love and discovers
that the man she loves has been
divorced. His "wife had met and loved
another man and the divorce was ar
ranged to allow her to marry him,
which she did. Leonora can not see
any reason in it, even so. She consid
ers her lover a married man, and ?o
they part. It takes half the book and
much psj'chological study to clear the
path of obstacles. " Here It. 4s dull and
dreary reading, too. None of tho
artistic appreciation nor the clear char
acter study is shown in thishalf of the
book, and one prows wearier and
wearier in the reading. With so much
good material It is to be regretted that
the author did so little with it.
"The Shogun's Daughter"
By Robert Amea Rennet. Published by A. 0.
"McClurg & Co.. Chicago. Price ?1.55.
A new sort of Japanese story Is of
fered to us in "The Shogun's Daugh- .
ter," by Robert Ames Bonnet. We can
always trust Mr. Bennet to do some
thing unusual; witness: "For the White
Christ" and "Into the Primitive." The
Japan he shows us is. not go very well
known even in history and is quite v\n- #
known to fiction. It is the Japan of the
early '50's, before Perry's -visit to its
shores, when from a western point of
view it was very much unenlightened.
The laws were very curious and very
strict. They would punish any Japan
ese Tjho left their shores, to study for
eign customs, and returned* so there
seemed no way that the ardent patriot
could help the progress of his country.
One noble young man smuggled him-/
self on board a trader and made friends
with a young American, a blue blooded
southern aristocrat who had none of
the prejudices of race and color which
have since developed. They became
great churns and traveled together for
a few years, when the young American
decided to go with his friend to Japan.
They were both likely to be beheaded,
but they might succeed in getting their
information to the shogun before this
misfortune overtook them.
The tale of their entering into Japan
and all the excitement and "danger
through which they went subsequently
Is vividly told. The account of the for
malities, the caste, the red tape wound
about every little act "of daily life, is
scarcely less rigid today, but many of
the narrow, unprogressive laws have
changed.
Our young hero falls in love, of
course, but with the betrothed of his
friend and adopted brother, and.
worse than that, she is the shogun's
daughter. The love story is prettily
developed, but all sorts of battle, mur
der and sudden death lurk in his path
way. Tragedy and romance go hand in
hand through many pages and one Is
not likely to lay the book aside with
curiosity unsatisfied- It is fairly well
written, but contains far too many
Japanese words, which, even though
translated, are confusing to read. The
book is illustrated with some Ameri
can-Japanese drawings in color by W.
D. Goldbeak not at all in keeping with
the text.
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"The Heritage of the Desert"
By Dr. Zane Grey. Published by Harper &
Brothers, New York. Trice $1.50.
If Dr. Zane Grey's book, "The Heri
tage of the Desert." contained no other
chapters than "Silvermane" and "The
Breaker of Wild Mustangs," it would
still have an important/place in west
ern literature. Those two chapters'de
scribe the catching, and breaking of a
wonderful wild-stallion and the scene
is so vivid one feels he has seen it all.
August Naab., a : , Mormon, has settled
in an oasis near the/rim of the; Grand
canyon. \u25a0\u25a0O«9 .day .out. on - the desert he
picks up a young raan.in a dying con
dition. He proves : to;be John Hare,
wlio. as a last resort, has' been sent out
from his. eastern hbme on account of
consumption.;.. Naab " takes him home
and he is nursed back, to health and
life and love, too. / The character of
Naub ': is very interesting.' He is a
peaceable man, 'but .can use "a gun; if
need be. He is of eo' simple. a nature
as almost to be" primitive, j but .he has
great strength Pf character and..tre
mendous eelf-reliance;'. ::/
Mescal is a half Spanish, half Indian
girlbrought up byNaab.' Throughher
affair with Hare we hear of a number
of old Mormon customs;which:are/dis
appearing in :the train 'of civilization.
The story Is full of j Interest., every page
Containing some exciting adventure, and
the love \u25a0 stbry;being;dbne with " r delicacy
arid > restraint.* v The: book; more," than
fulfills the promise S of -"The Last of Uhe;
T'i;iin3men" ; andadds'a^riew face toour
g-illcry of wcstern?writ*ers.-,T ;,'>
UNA H. H. COOL
BOOKS REVIEWED
"The Yardstick Man," by Arthur Goodrich.
"Leonora," by . Francis Rumsey.
"The Shogun's Daughter," by Robert Ames Bennet
"The Heritage of the Desert," by Zane : Grey.
"Hunting With the Eskimos," by Harry Whitney.
"The American Ffower Garden," by Neltje Blanchan.
m HUNTING WITH ;?THE • ESKIMOSi
Harry Whitney,
. To the literature of travel and ad:
venture has been added one of tho most
interesting books which has fallen into
the hands of the reviewer/ fftr^jriany 'a
long day. It is the narrative, atmost
like a diary, of an entire year's ex
periences spent" among 'the- highland
Eskimos, the most northerly' inhabUr
ants of the. earth. Harry Whitney is a
friend of Mr. Peary and sailed with
him as his guest on the Roosevelt in
1908 from New/Bedford' to Sydney.
There he met his fellbw sportsmen, G.
H. Norton and E. P. Lamed. : They took
passage on the Erik bound for northern
Greenland in ' search of some good
shooting in Etah, hoping for some tro
phy of the muskox, the most ardently
desired animal to add to, all collections
of North American big game. The
author tells us he had no connection
whatever jjzlth the. "Polar expedition,"
"being simply a passenger oft : the' little
steamer. The Erik took :on board |30
tons of whale meat for food for the
dogs of the polar party and hesays
traveling with this, meat is an experi
ence never to be forgotten; Uhat when
fresh it has a most unpleasant odor
and when decaying it is simply inde
scribable. The Roosevelt and the;Erik
were'iri Etah a little over a week, the
Roosevelt preparing forits polar dash
andy the Erik storing provisions and
making ready to sail back to civiliza
tion! It , was then "that Mr. Whitney
felt, that he had not had enough hunt
ing.. He had killed -walrus/caribou,
whale, hare and birds, but the elusive
muskox had not ', even been^sighted."
Then it was he decided to reriiain over
the winter arid, though unprepared, he
managed, with the assistance' of- Peary
and Captain Sam Bartlett of the Erik,
to equip himself, fairly well with cloth
ing and provision". /He -built v. shack
at Etah and remained with five Eski
mos, the only white man In the coun
try, with the exception of -two of
Peary's men in charge of his stores at
Annootok. \ \u25a0\u25a0.'.' , x-i
The hardships which Mr. Whitney
was /.obliged to. endure, are modestly
spoken of 'and one is obliged/ to read
between the lines to appreciate/ them.
In \ the . space of a 'short review we
can not follow him throughout his trip,
but 'a few quotations : will be given to
show somewhat the author's style of
telling his story "arid/; some of tho'very
interesting: observations ho has to make
of Eskimo life sind character. ; '
It is interesting to note what. he has
to say on the subject o>f baldness: ;
" • * .'• I noticed that uiy h!fir
was coming out in great bunches. This
was doubtless ,due to .wearing, the
kuletar hood' so continuously.; The
skin hood covering the head completely
precludes air circulatiori, : and I/pre
sume loss of hair was' to have been
expected, though so far as :I: I observed
the Eskimos are. not affected in this
way."-; - / .-'-;•;;\u25a0" -:' : ,- \u25a0\u25a0'' :.'-\u25a0'.
The author, grew: a little hpmesick
•when-Chl'istiriaa came" and decided r to
celebrate. .He invited the. Eskimo f am-,
ilies to 'come' to his igloo^and; explained
what". Christmas meant and .how; it;,was
celebrated./ He gave^ them ; eabh some
canned goods, .whichfare always a j lux
ury, to them, and .forhimself hadsome
jam and some : choice candy, present
ed to him . by Mrs.' Cam esrio; and Mvs/
Peary when he left civilization?; -. While"
the Eskimos : were / celebrating /with;
him the dogs broke into the igloos; of
Kudlar and -iKulutinguah,; two :-of i his
best friends, .andr: tore; up /everything
within reach. Here.t he author- speaks
of a very interesting trait of the/ Es
kimo: . :'.'\u25a0'-'\u25a0 ' :•:--' j'-r./J-': :-•'":'
/ '.'/ •. .:/-.* * I'eaid. th* Eskimos; are
optimists. They arenot .only optimists,,
but philosophers. / Life: with^them is a
continuous struggle .for, -existence, jet
they enjoy life ; and are' happy. '/This
was- a serious loss/ to /Kudlar/and/Kur;
lutinguah/and -their families. : A white
irian would have -drawn); a; long, face; and
borrowed :.;'much unnecessary v trouble
from " it^ , Bdt' hot so the: Eskimos, lit
was a thing; that / had ;\u25a0'\u25a0 happened \u25a0 \u25a0] and ;
could .not be .undone. /No; 'amount^ of.
worry; could help or •: remedy ; It irii/ithe
least;'; Then ; why •• worry?; Worry .-/. is
harmful, Ml : ...; begets /'.depressed; /, spirits,/
and : the;- mind .; incthat 'condition / affects
the physical system. */ ; .This Jis -Eskimo!
ph^losoph~y/and';jthevEskin\b/itherGforii^
docs notv worry, no ' matter *j ho »/ I ;''jji"tjil'\
"HUNTING
mm HI I
thevprovocatibn for it. nurtures '
ppt^jniam. When anythirig.goes wrong,
' instead of feeling badly^heUreats. lt. as'
r*f joke have' played-upon^'
him. So-.j-'jcuidah i-> and"4ljiulutiaguah
laughed. ] The dogs. had^played a* huge,
joke on them." . y V .- !
; The author giv4s a vivid description
•of his sensations when he. and lila party :
out, hunting discover: that the 'ice they
are ; on has broken adrift; Jt is no joke
for av.'hile and they are obliged 'to tak-eV
desperate chances, .but finally they gain,
the iriairiland safely. s'Another Interest
ing description is a race down the side ;
of *a, glacier in dbg sleds." ..The : author
says he never went so fast .before e^
. cept possibly in an a'utohVobile.' j-* He
. himself -came to grief arid had a nar-*
row escape" from death; but/like .the -
Eskimos' he* is learnings their optimism
and. airs \u25a0 well that ends well. - ;
Mr. Whitney, says: was very
amusing to watch the Eskimos
for bed. .They stripped naked, ; then 4
/Avrapped themselves ; in", deerskins >. and",
rolled up iria bunch. aa'dose together ;
as ,they could; get. • ; • It makes no-, dif
ference to,them how crowded a place is
.nor how many there are of them,. there.
>is ; always f room s enough ; and | for'; one *
more.".He says if urther that 1 the woman I
were': quite :beyond . his r ' understanding, 'j
."For weeks at a time:. they would' re- .
main' inactive' within -the; igloos, tak- 7
Ing no -physical exercise whatever, and "
then; stai't^out- upon a \u25a0 200" or 300 mile T
' journey/ pr'-'niore, often .-.wi th ; .a--- goqd ,
sized pickaninny upon their -backs,' run
ning uphill.and dawn Rafter' the konia-.
f tik arid never showing signs; of weari-S
ness.'*; \u25a0...,~~»V-. '-\u25a0..'\u25a0'-\u25a0' -j : -;"'\ .:.' r--'~i'J '. - : - : '' \u25a0 , :
\u25a0 - ..The author, tells bt; a curious super-;
stition among these people, "which for
bids' any Eskimo to eat ;hare -until he (
• has killed his : first v bear,; On -'several •
occasions goffered . hare meat to. chil
dren. Invariably^ they ; asked me if it
was okoqdy ;;( hare), -^. and -when they
.learned that It -was TpasJsefd'it- back, tql
ma without; testing i it:-- Slrnilar; super
stitions 'prevail. •'\u25a0as to duckti' eggs and
deer's moat,'.'; - : / v \~' '):.'\u25a0 ///\u25a0 '.''\u25a0 ,- ; r-' '.
„; Mr. Whitney made elaborate arranga
nifenta to go ;bn; his muskox huiit.'en*
gaging a uuriibcr: of tritidnnU, trusted:
Eskimos' to j join; the expeditioii. They
were in Annootok, and v one evening,
gr«;itly to their surprise, Dr. Frederick " :
A. : Cook \aiul ; two v Eskimos/ who .; h:ul "
beeu 1»8 sol^companlona'for.two year«, ;:
oame ip to camp. Thai uiithbraccuni-;
•""paniotl them to EtaH.y where they found-.
r some supplies, ftheu /Doctor, Cook left "
for" the, aoutliton .the: way.Ho ' oivillKa-r ";
: tlon. .'Notja?,wprd is :Baid; as, topis' dis-V
of Uhe north' poleand one 'won-. !
ders^whether^the' author "omitted: this'
; intentionally. ibr if Doctor Cook omitted
. to^tell him'of;hls discovery.; ..' ; '
During^the.'* trip to vEllesmere land ;
for. the hunting , the -author gives- a~ re- ;
markable menu qf ; u. meal coriaumed ; by
the Eskimos 'one 'day .^v; He' says : " :
?}i Vl Jshalljnever ;forgot^ the feast that ;
• those ~; Eskimos : had f when : -we next
; halted. ;; I made a 1 caret ul note fof; what v,
the -six men) within;: % three~
hours— scveifliares •(these weigh from \u25a0.
10 -I t p. ;i i \u25a0 pounds; each before^ they \ are \
dressed) ;> ; bne3seal,Vahaut' a bucketful ;,
of 'dried walrus meat prepared"; hy^Doc-
tor Cook for ; idog-foodX.whiloVhe >waa;
-at^AnribotQk,^ two .large cups s of .teaand
of
;the \ seal fandfalliof. the\har©; : meat: they ?
- ate ;raw.vllke' ! s hungry^dogs.". ';.:;;; r
V. All "sorts iof v hunting are v de-V
r scribed;:; some; ; involving f much; clanger/
arid hardshlp^.but'all of <iriterest. i The
customs;; of,', the ;; people? are Jtliprpu'glily'';
i'. gone, .into, arid;!; with • so :rriuch] attention?
to interest ing detail that any /one inter
ested in '-arctic-' :life ?and~adyentures wUi >
.read the "book; with .rexciter.ient i and-'
,pront., ; The illustrations' are from-phq-
tographsl made Jby i the , author j and '. are ?
\ excel lent. •;• They h show .; the people ' and^
the country in a: new and different ivay^;
.than ever/ described^ ori pictured before^
\ The? book < contains ', a -unique |record^of
!i arctic; experiences;-*. fpr>the-:"a.uthor,,".by
j beirigicut off ;frorii:clvilizatipri^fbrJrriore*
.than 1 4^months was forced; to s tudy.Hhe; v
/natives in", a -way jiot^bef ore' attempted s"
'by any, scientific; investigator, and he ac- 4 \u25a0
iquiredrm"uch'nevv;iriformatibri.' s Nb,l6verß
;^of^ books "/of itTavel^andiFadyenturer can v?
: ;a(r^rd^tbVbejwithout^this % one/:.; lt;;";is:';
of; great value and interest. \u25a0 :
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"The American Flower Garden"
By Neltje Blanchao. : . Published by Doubleday
1 . Page ft C 0.,. Garden City, New York. Price
->' -|5.00. .-._-\u25a0: -...,-/ .;; i-:ri;- ' / •.: --\u0084
Any one interested In gardens will
bo glad to hear, of a new book on the
subject, especially when he . learns that
It caters almost the entire subject:
use, beauty, cost, location, .everything
he canthlnk'of — -here it is. This won
derful volume is entitled "The Ameri
can Flower Garden" and is written by
that charming woman using the pseu
donym- of . "Neltji Blanchan," - whose*
every written word shows her intense
love of nature. \u25a0 That this love has
study : back of it is shown by this
thoroughly practical and beautiful
book. • j . ;
: At. this time of the year those who
have gardens are putting in bulbs and
seeds or are transplanting and dividing
roots, getting all' ln readiness for next
year's blobming. ;Some of us who can
not go out of "doors- in "winter want
advice; here it is; for the cold climate,
the warm climate,, the : medium cli
mate, for all : parts -of* the country..
There are! about 10(J full, page illus
trations from photographs, some of
them colored. They are all beautifully
taken;,; the composition being as care
fully planned as -though the work was
to have been -painted. : Sln.ce most of
the book demands and receives so much
praise it may, not be airiiss to call at
tention to one defect which -; cheapens
It and will I ! surely/ prejudice masculine
readers: ;?v"A -thousand r bulbs cost no
more thanfoOicigars/'ißays the author,
and It will shock i any -reader, f/ir bar
ring that the style ;is good throughout.
. All . sort? -of gardens are treated in
the text,; the.formal garden, old fash
ioned garden/ naturalistic garden, wild
garden. rock'j3farden t water garden, and
the suggestions- for planting: are all
sensible. Garden furniture is talked of
and the reader is sure to get many new
ideas. Planting; lists by . Leonard Bar
ron: supplement' - the .author's work,
thereby making the book of value to
beginners as,* well- as to experienced
gardeners. "^ /'.
Miscellaneous Books
-- "The, Art of the Short Story" is the
title of c little book by George W. Ger
wig f Ph. D.,and Is a '-study.' of the short
story frpm the standpoint of the .writer
as well as the 'reader. The author does
not claim that any one can write a
short story- af ter; reading ; the volume,
but he does claim -that a reader -will
have a keener underntanding of litera-.
ture and a deeper love for It; with per
haps a'mora intelligent .desire to write'
and to write well. Jha. book will
serve as a guide and an inspiration to
individuals who seek' a Juller knowl
edge of this, most fascinating form of
-.expression. / The volume opens with a
brief historical summary of 'the de
velopment of the short story and
passes at once to a study pf the prin
cipal elements, which mark It as a
modern product. These elements' are
plot, human interest, character, dra-
intensity and theme. To -.each
\u25a0of these- subjects a -chapter is given,
with extracts from works.of standard
writers. ', (Percy Publishing company,
Pittsburg. 75 cents.) \u25a0 , :_\
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Of all the brilliant and- popular tales
; of Bret Harte few have had such wide
popularity as' the" thrilling romance ;of
"Salomy. Jane's Kiss." On the stage'it
made , a successful play. ?• It"; now ap
• pears;-; for the first time, in a separate
edition, with some interesting pictures
In :and, tint by' Harrison. Fisher
and Arthur I. Keller. It Is further em-,
bellished with _ marginal .^decorations
and is daintily bound. It^ should .be a
popular gift book f or [ the coming holi
day -season. (Houghton, Mimin,& Co.,
•New York. $1.) M . \u25a0-* -
.It: is in answer to many requests,
from "little people" who have enjoyed
his previous -book. "A .Junior ; Congre
gation," -that -this book, VLittle Talks
: to Little People," by Dr..JamesiM.'.Far.
• var, appears. I-'ifty- two stories ,were
in the. first' book— one for each Sunday'
of tho year— -and 1 fifty-two
more.; are to! be 'found here. • Doctor
;Farrar,~it . will:; bo | recalled, has been^
; eminently successful for^so'rae 25 years
for -.more in., keeping- the little people
interested in* the; Sunday- Services of
\u25a0 hls^church,\and:has/prefaced the Vegu- ;
lar '."morning - sermon > with a'\sermon
ette^-OT, more correctly, ; a < short; story
-T-tJtwignedjto impress. . on ' his younger ;
hearers ; some ; lesson"^ ., appropriate, to
each Sabbath of the.year.. To talk en
tertainingly: to children Us an , art -in.
which Doctor Farrar; particularly ex
cels. For v parents jto r read' to 1 their,
children no nibro * nor in
structive; stories'; nor talks -very brief
arid rto 'the point -could , be desired.
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\u25a0'•"Hlumber Sea Chanteys"' is' the; title;
of ' a'vpook of /'little songs': for- little
.voyagers fto dreamland." : written -by i
LuciavChaTso ; Bell^daintily.^ lllustrated
iby^Rlta^Bell *Jaraes\and' set" to music
by^ Carrier Stone Freeman^, -While per
\u25a0 fectly/adapted : to _the- delicate' ear.; arid .
\u25a0sensibilities -of a";; little \ child, .every
number/ of -;th!sl* volume; is "good ;music'
arid \u0084was f written . with I #\u25a0' sympathetic .
understanding of -the The'
' book '; lsTattractl vely4 bound -for a gifi f t, '
but ZkCl the i; same 1 ; time is • substantial \u25a0
en9ugh?-for; use: ;,:(Paiilr Elder &;co:;'
San :l<^-anciscb. :[si,)^ wi'
Gossip of s ß6oks and Venters'
'\u25a0;\u25a0'; Denis A. McCarthy,;! the Boston, poet,'.
; is = having. ithe-^doubtful< Measure" -- of;
reading in theVne*wspapers,\'lni. which .
'Edwin,: Markham : reviews books, -.that :
\u25a0 heY is dead.) In - commending his book %
!offi.yerse,?.f Avßbuhdrof-.'Rimes,*' Mark T :'
:• haihlref erred jjtoj'th© author ! as ? "the;late ;
KDenlsl McCarthy."ithe I* famous |vocalist."^
immediately iwrQtt^tdjMarU-^
[ham^tlmt^Mt^willltake^morQUhaniitho^
?inahiwithUhe"hoe tdr kill Jan Irishman"," - :
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JUVENILES FOR THE WEEK
The cold, bracing air of the north
land, that tonic • which enters into th£
very life blood and enthuses to deeds
of daring and bravery, surges through
our own more sluggish systems as we
read "Hero Taiesof the Far North."
Wo admire, we love, we reverence^hese
men whom Jacob Rils has so graphically
portrayed in his' latest voiume and who.
as heroes belong not to any one locality,
not to any one nation, but to the world.
Their stories the author has tolJ in an
inspiring fashion. They are not his
fanciful creations but 'are actual inci
dents taken from the lives of brave and
chivalrous men whose names are writ
ten indelibly" on the 'pages of . Den
y mark's history. Hans Egede, the
apostle, of Greenland, Gustav "Vasa,
Sweden's King Waldemar. the
first Danish lawgiver, and King Chris
tian, to whose -memory the people still
I cling with more than filial affection —
, these were men, men well suited to be
the heroes of all ages and all nations,
yet till now little more than names, for
their deeds have.ne.ver before been told
in English. (Macmillan, New York;
$1.35.)
«. • *
Palmer Cox, the Brownie man, has
given the children seven \u25a0 Brownie
books, -but that did not satisfy them,
so the eighth is now offered. In 'this
latest book of Brownie adventure there
are all the old favorites and some, new
friends, and they help a hospital and
" harvest ice and. sow seeds in most
novel fashion and play many other
| Brownie pranks.
, Palmer Cox's Brownie books are
based on the folk tales told him in his
boyhood by hi 3 Scotch-Canadian neigh
bora. : According to legend the Brownies
are smalPmale spirits similar to fair
ies. They differ from the old English
gnomes in , that they are kind ajid
happy -little folk and -delight in small
acts of /helpfulness. While- never vis
ible they are supposed to be tanned
brown by the sun and to have brown
hair, hence the name. In the first book
they were all alike and went in bands,
but later, one by one, Cox Introduced
the dude, the policeman, the soldier
and all the other different Brownid
characters. (The Century company,
New York; $1.50.)
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The number of The Red
wood, the paper published by the stu
dents of Santa Clara college, deserves
special mention for the excellence of
its ; articles. \,There are a number of
good poems by Rodney A. Yoell, M. T.
Dooling Jr., Roberto Flood. C. A. Dig
nan and Frank D. Warren. The best
contribution Is a long article. "The
Life and Writings of Henry Harland."
by G. Glastonbury. which does not
show a sign of the amateur. The
magazine is well printed and bound.
(The Redwood. Santa Clara college,
. Cal.; 15 cents, $1.50 per year.)
" "The Boy's Book of Model Aero
planes" Is the title of a book by Fran
cis Arnold Collins, in which thousands
of boys in this country and abroad will
,be keenly interested. It has been writ
ten "for the rapidly increasing army of
bright American lads who are not only
Interested' in airships and aeronautics
but are really doing their share in ;he
development of the sport. It tells all
about how to-maka aeroplane models
and how to fly them, very simply and
helpfully, with -.plenty of pictures to
illuminate the text. (The Century com
pany, New York; $1.20.)
'•-,*-'••.;\u25a0 V
•The New. Boy. at Hill Top" is the
title of Ralph Henry" Barbour's latest
story for boys. It tells of a boy's expe
riences at a boarding. school. The first
chapter describes his arrival and re
ception by the others. The remain
ing chapters tell of his life on tha foot
ball field, on the crew, his various
scraps and tights, school customs and
school entertainments. His experiences
are varied and cover nearly all the inci
dents of boarding school llfe.'v The. book
contains four. illustrations in colors and
is wellprinted and bound. iD. Apple
ton'& Co., New York;"sl,so).
• ''•'.* -•',"•'\u25a0
Gilbert Patten, who wrote the "flock
spur" series of schoolboy athletic sto
ries, has started another series. These
have ; to* do - with the school career- ot
"Clif Stirling" and the subtitle of the
first one is \u25a0••Captain of the Nine.". The
author must be a baseball enthusiast, or
he could : never .write of the | excitement
of the games in the sympathetic fashion
he does. The book Isentertainlng and
the boys will 'look forward to its suc
cessor. (David. McKay, Philadelphia;
\u25a0 $i.25).; ..-.- \u25a0 \u25a0£.. •.. : ':^. ;•'. :- \
.The: second book :of "Speaking • and
"Writing" is published.' It is written
by the' same author, William -H. Max
well.. Emma L. Johnston and Madalene
D. Barnum. 'p This is .for use in tho
fourth year. Particular attention is
given to : correct '.pronunciatioif /and
enunciation, as well as" to spelling: and
. punctuation. »• The first part of the book
;consists7of;.oral "exercises to teach the
art of %stbryj telling. The other ahree
parts deal ; ;wlth written' expression, the
chief "aim being to give! the' pupil pro
.\u25a0"gressive-Vtrainlng-fin , letter writing.'
(American book company, New York; 23
-cents).' '\u25a0\u25a0" ' -.'-\u25a0' '^ V, \u25a0 , '• .
.'* -' i - ' .•'\u25a0 *- "..'\u25a0;,- * - .'.* ' \u25a0\u25a0 "*
, uThe^lfnpressions Calendar for 1911 is
the finest one for the. price which "has
been seen.- : ; "A : weekly. "calendar l cora- %
but .the;originalLrevlew had started on
its -.rounds arid iitj has -appeared in a
half 'dozen* papers'already; followed by '
a^ correction. 'Hit j appears r that" the New
Yorker ? had )::\u25a0' some « one ;. else Yin f mind
whenhe read j'A,.Ro,und'of Rimes.".Me-;
Carthy.V"", wh'o'^has x-. recently,? returned .
from^anV:"eventful^_yislt :'to his \ native
towh\in-.lreland,fis how. engaged ;in re- '
yiging^and enlarging another, book- of
poems, ">"Volce» i Frony Erin," lor;publi
cation"'next'month."' '•\u25a0\u25a0• .\u25a0\u25a0"\u25a0*\u25a0 .;,--" ;
posed of 54 beautiful mottoes, each pas*
fine enough, for a Christmas card. Tho
mottoes are well selected, there being
a number from Stevenson. Cable. John
Muir, Van r>yke. Browning, Tennyson,
Phillips Brooks and hosts of others.
The calendar is 6V£xlQ inches and boxed
for the holidays. The decorations by
Qharles Frank Insorson are axti3tic and
beautiful. (Paul Elder & Co., San Fran
cisco; 50 cents).
• . •
"My Advice Book"" Is another little
album arranged by Hersohe,! Williams
widen will tax the ingenuity of the
owner's friends. Each page contains a
question. "How shall I pose for a pho
tographer?" "How can I dispose of a
tiresome caller?" etc. There are 50 or
these questions and the owner asks a
sketch and four lines of advice on the
subject. The old fashioned autograph,
albums are seldom seen nowadays and
will be welcomed with delight by tho
young people. (A. C. McClurg & Co..
Chicago).
•• . *
A foolish little booklet entitled
"Making Faces" — a study in facial ex
pressions, by Herschel William, may
afford its owner some amusement when
it is completed. It is a sort of album
and each page has a blank space for
a picture, name, address and date. The
picture is supposed to be drawn by
the contributor of himself, or a kodak
or caricature pasted in, and each on©
indicates an 'emotion. "Fear** Is the
sample page, with the line, "Thi3 is the
way. I look when I'm scared." The
youngsters will be sure to get some
fun out of this book. (A. C. McClurff
& Co., Chicago.) I
•« . •
"The College Freshman's Don't Book"
is a book of good advice^ by Georgo
Fulerton Evans (A. B.). a sympathizer,
that -costs 75 cents, and by the same
token can be proved mathematically
to be infinitely more valuable than the
advice that costs nothing. From a pe
rusal of the little notes printed on the
broad margins of the neat pages you
will find that the advice covers a re
markably "large number of thlng3 that
the average freshman learns from di
versely flavpred experience. The most
unusual thing about it is that It is
expert* advice, good advice and tak
able; not all good advice is takable.
Most of it is too priggish; this isn't.
(Paul Elder & Co., San Francisco.)
Now these stories are all true, the
tales in "The Hump Tree Stories,'" by
Mary Joss Jonea, for they" arß told
mainly on the excellent authority of
Mr. Bis Bill Brown Bird of the Low
Limbed Hump Tree. And they tell of
the adventures of High Hopper, Grass
hopper. Humper, the Green Worm,
Black Brother, the Little Wild Pig.
Mr. and Mrs. Blackbird, who are so
wise and clever; Little Miss Tadlets.
the Ambitious Froglet. the Pink But
terfly, who is called Wlnky Pink, be
cause he winks with.hia wings; Dicky
Swif t. - the Squirrel and other enter
taining folk of the woodland, the
river bank, the garden lands, the green
grass region, and the adventures of
the little people it tells about are most
eye widening and hair curling and ex
citingly true. (Paul Elder & Co.. San
Francisco. $1.)
- • • •
In a book entitled "Two Boys in the
Tropics" Mrs. Ellsa Haldeman FisryeJ
messy tells in a fascinating manner
what happened to two youngsters when
they did just what every wide awake
American boy would like to do—voy
aged to South America in a sailing
bark. A hundred and more exciting
adventures they had on their Journey
and after their arrival. They. are. set
forth by Mrs. Flgyelmessy in a way
which will make the pulse of the read
er quicken. One of the admirable fea
tures of tho book is the fact that un
consciously it gives a splendid picture
of the people and customs of British
Guiana, a country which to the major
ity of people is little more than -a
name. " The author's husband was
United States consul to British Guiana
for more than 20 years, so she has had
rare advantages for studying the coun
try and the people. (MacmilHan's,
New York. $1.25.)
One of the most, interesting of the
hew publications fur juveniles is called
"The Red Magic Book." It contains
drawings by EmiHe Benson Knlpe and
verses by Alden Arthur Knipe, and It
is full of the realest magic you ever
saw. Attached to the book is a sheet
<\f red gelatin. When you have look«d
at a colored picture until you know
every detail of it. you drop the red
gelatin sheet over the page and lo:
the whole picture changes to something
else. An attractive gift book for a
child. (Doubleday. Page &.Co., New
York.)
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