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12 THE MORNING JOURNAL-COURIER, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1908. ' . TUB TECHNIQUE OF T1IR NOVKL Ry Prof. Charles K. llnrne of tho College of tho !ily nf Npw VnrK. Published by Harper IlrnthcrB, New .York. (I. BO. A hftok nf real and permanent val ue, presenting an entertaining anrl jii'ofltablo cllHcunslon nf a, subject of Interest to the general rentier aa well tin tho amateur and tho professional novelist, Dr. Homo, in woll equipped for the work, being Instructor In English In tho College nf tho City of Now York and himself a writer nf short stories, Including tho hlghway man tales of "The Alnonman," which received a special prize In a short story contest a few years ago. Ho In a writer of verse, anil has ben Identi fied with the work of editing. Tho hook follows tho hlntorlo meth od of clear and precise Rtatomenls, nowhere trenching on debatable, ground, and alms to trace with appro priate examples the evolution of story -wrlling. It Is expected to supply a mvwh-needed text, an a guide for col lege work, at the samf. time affording entertaining 'reading. ,' Prof. Home's work la not Intended to furnish the brains with which to produce a brltllnnt. novel, but It does lav down, the general principled un derlying the proper making of one. Tho book evidences wide research In the, novel writing field. It reviews the field from Its crude and earliest beginnings to the present day. The eessentlals of the modern novel Prof. Horne finds after a comprehensive study of the subject are (1) Plot. (2) Motive or verisimilitude. CM Charac ter portrayal. , (4) Emotional excite ment. (5) Background. ) Style. The combination of all these things was scarcely attained before the nine teenth century. The antique romanc es are always lacking in one or all of these essentials. Fiction In its earli est and simplest, form was plain false hood "the intentional separation of the expression from the fact." This being the ease, this form of ribbing must have been prevalent before the budding of the human Intellect, for as the professor remarks: "The cat, when she strolls with that lazy, somewhat bored air 'away from tha half dead mouse only to turn and pounce on It as It crawls brokenly to ward It hole, Is a flotlonlst skilled to the finest detail. Thfi fox when he trots back over Its own trail, then Wps aside Into the brush, tells such a complelo Bnd artistic He ns baffled Prof. Horno surmises that; "Our v protoplasmic ancestors did" not He. The starfish does not; none, of the radlata do Even the articulata are, gentle men. of their word, and may be relied on to the last grasp." Hut with the coming' of self-consciousness , vanity was born, and following naturally. Imagination was born, and story-tellers multiplied and replenished the earth. Tho next advances were ob vious, says Prof. Home: If one man could Invent a tale, so could another; and each must make his heroes overmatch tho Inst. The soaring talent, In Its poetic exaltation of mundane fact or Its simple Joy of self- laudation, had not then to en counter carping critics. There wero no all-wise cyclopedias, no known laws of naturo even to guldo and curb it. The discussion of the early begin nings of story telling among the Egyp tians and the, Greeks 1s very Interest ing. The "oldest story In the world" known as tho "YVostear Papyrus," or "Tales of the Magicians," dates back about 4,000 years before tho Christian era, quite a while previous also, to tho story of Ruth In our Bible or "Pa mela" or "Robinson Crusoe." The "Westcar Papyrus" presents stories or "yarns" told by sons of King Cheops to their father In which, for Instance, there Is an unfaithful wlfo who falls In love with a page and who comes to grief through being betrayed by a servant while tho page is swallowed by a crocodile which Is conveniently evolved for the occasion out of wax and swells to large proportion In order to fully absorb and thereby punish the , unlucky and misguided young lover. The elements of the true novel as laid down by Stevenson and others are referred to by the author and this from Stevenson seems to come near to filling the bill. "Passion, wisdom, creative force, the power of mystery or color, are allotted In the hour of birth, and can neither be learned nor simulated. Rut. t ho Just and dextroiiH use of the qualities we have, tho proportion of ono part to another, 'and to tho whole, tho eli sion of the useless, the accentuation of the Important, and the preservation of a. uniform character from end to end these, which taken together constitute technical perfection, nrc, to some degreo within the reach of Industry and Intel lectual courage. What to put In and what to leave out; whether some par ticular fact be organically necessary or purely ornamental; whether, If It bo purely ornamental, It may not weaken or obscure the general design; and finally, whether, If we decide to use it, we should do so grossly and notably, or in some conventional disgulno; as ques ' Hons of plastic style continually rearls Ing." In other w irds, novelists, like poets, are born not made to order. Prof. Home gives the history of the modern novel and discourse on the style and methods of Rlehnrrison. fielding, Hal zae, Smolletl, (iiinintto Bronte, ,I;ine " Austin, Dickens, Trollope, Thackeray end many other novelists, all In an at tractive fashion. In closing Prof. I Ionic remarks: "I 1 would clo.se as f began by Insisting I hat; In these two principles, In truth and unity, truth to life underlying su perficial lack of fact, and unity of pur pose underlying superficial variety nf expression., In these two are found the rp.rdlniil principle of the novel. .vAo THE HALF-SMART SET. Anonymous Published by Frederick A. Stokes Company. New York: Illustrated in relor by Armand Both. $1.50. A charming English story, from rtavt to finish worth rending Patricia, Ihe heroine l,s delightful, foibles, wil fulness and all, and pervades the bonk, :oitelstcnl, clover, frank and winning, winning, and though she treads on dan gerous ground, Is I rue and loyal to her husband despite trying aggravating circumstances that would have proved a settler" to a young woman less gifted, less loving. The author has cre ated a very winsome and attractive hernlno In Patricia, who Is ono of tho prettiest, and most clever literary achievements In recent fiction. The foreword of the publishers on tho book'H cover, well and truly seta forth what tho reader has In store as fol lows: "This clever novel, published anonymously, Is the work nf a well known author whose hooks have sold many large edition. It deals with those people who nre not In the recog nized 'smart set,' but who live much the same kind of life and indulge In the same costly pleasures; gay 'week ends' at country houses, coaching par ties, motor trtpa abroad, yachting cruises, and extravagant entertain ments greatly lacking In formality. Pa trlcln, tlie heroine Is a captivating and quite iinserutahle young person Inno cent and shrewd, naive and daring and delightfully piquant. The unfolding of the strciiRlli and sweetness of hof character, amid Insidious influences Is the them of the novel, a winning. wholesome love story, full of lively ln- Idont and dialogue, yet often touching the maln-sprhiKS of emotion and sounding deeply the realities under the gay masquerade." Forewords of the kind are often mis leading but this one goes as nil of the foregoing tribute Is ruMalned and real ized in the story and the reader will follow the fortunes nf the gay, Inno cent wilful Patricia with unalloyed pleasure. Alro will be recognized the author's r-klll In the very clever way In which she pictures the tern, prim, bi goted, crafty, unamlable father-in-law and his wife and daughters, prudish, narrow, strictly onventlnnnl, among whom Patricia finds herself, unhappy, n isconstrued, misunderstood, the pret ty, winsome Millie alone excepted, and from whom she breaks away and re turns to her mother and over-stylish sister.?, after giving them a piece nf her mind that Is distinctly refreshing and deserved. Pat's husband Chris awakens from his doubts and fears af ter an enforced absence In Russia from his petted and spoiled child wife, an absence taken in obedience fn stern. linrelentless parental demands brought on by Pat's ndherence to her own win ning but frivolous personality. He awakens to find mnut convincing proof of his young wife' loyalty and devo tion and daring and the closing scene when Pat brilliantly defies her Induc ers and when the supposed villain whose attention to Patricia and admlr atlon of her charms had led Chris' folks Into a gross misconception of both him and Patricia, Is discovered to bo the accepted lover of the lovely Millie and a most acceptable future son-in-law for the Irascible daddy of Chris, Is brilliantly pictured. Altogether the book Is decidedly far ahov the aver age of summer novels. NO It ALT, TOUR TEARS. P Mnud Yard ley. Published bv R. K. Fenno & Co., New York; $l.!i). Maud II. Yardley, the English writ er, author of ".Sinless," presents a pa thetic character In the beautiful Val eria, who loved not wisely, but too well, who in her guileless youth, exu berant, trustful, captivating, Is betray ed by an attractive and cultivated vil lain, and upon the death of her father, an artist, repairs to the homo of her betrayer, confident in his love and honor, and expecting soon to become his wife, to find that he Is nlready married and that she has been basely deceived. Homeless, with nothing left her by her warm-hearted, tender. Im provident father but a legacy of debts, she confronts a desperate outlook and finds the home of a devoted friend of her father closed to her by the un willingness of tho wife to take her In, and the only alternatives are a refuge with two ungracious maiden aunts dif ficult to live with, or the acceptance of further dishonor. After fruitless atempts to earn a livelihood and an unfortunate train of circumstances she drifts hack to the power of her be trayer who Is passionately fond of her and defeats his wife, Patricia, who is aware of his true character and has long detested him, Moreover, she has a devoted lover who has long ad mired her and known the secret of her marital unhapplness. Tho story de velops with the meshes continually entangling the unhappy and beautiful Valeria who finds tho cup nf happi ness In the sincere and rapturous love of a worthy gentleman who would win her for his wife, dashed to earth by the fiendish plotting of her Jealo is betrayer. Tho end Is tragedy for Val eria, and her betrayer, but the charm ing Patricia, at last finds true wedded bliss. The situations aro vividly drawn, the characters also, and the story though tending at times to tho melodramatic Is absorbing and skil fully drawn. JACK' 8Pr'RM)CK. PRODIGAL. By George Horace Lnrlmer; published by Houbleday, Page & Co., New York; $l.r,. At Judd's, A Jolly book about a Jolly fellow whose animal spirits are overflowing and who gets Into all sorts of tight places, particularly after hn has so offended his masterly multl-mllllon-alre father that his supplies of ensh from the "govfrnor'a treasury are cut. off. Jack Spurlock enters upon the scene hs a student at Harvard who spends money like water in various ways chiefly In dinners to his student friends at which champagne flows in abundance and who after a. hilarious evening with his comrades buys a, tame bear from the hand organ man and enticing the animal Into one nf his rooms at the college dormltiry from which nn the arrival next, morn ing of some lady visitors from home he frees the animal which wanders off and finally lands In the claps room on the platform back of the profes sor to the huge delight ot the stu dents and the sudden Interruption of the recitations when the professor turns to find himself confronted by a. bear who Is evidently disposed to do tho hugging uct to tho amazed and maddened professor. Jack stup idly gives himself away by going to the professor's aid and leading off the bear who recognizing Jack at once as the friend who hud fed him with chocolate bon-hons, bestowed lively demonstrations of affection and pleas ure upon the unhappy Jack. This at tention of the bear to Jack convicted him. sure cfcough and the last straw was thus added to Jack's delinquen cies and uprourlouH career coupled with his shocking neglect nf his stud ies and Jack's college career came to an Ignominious end. Homo comes the prodigal to the Irate and exas perated fother, who Is a big financier, who sets him at. work In one of the olliees as a clerk, hut Jack soon loses his Job and goes to a still lower pos ition In the big factory only to Join In a strike of the workmen against his father and to become the leader of the strike and to confront his sire as the spokesman for the mob of strikers. Cast out Jack and nearly mobbed by the enraged strikers who thought Jack had proven false to them, the prodigal now at his wits' end for money seeks high and low for a Job. A godsend comes to him in the shape of a legacy of f 10,000 from an Hunt which became due on Jack's coming of age out of which he has to pay $2,000, which In an emergency he had borrowed fnm a friend of his father's. From now on Jack's vary ing fortunes and adventures will be followed with unabatlng Interest by the reader and tho love story which Is hnpplly Incorporated into the tale. Rut above all th reader will be re galed by the freshness and originality of the story, Its lively style and the many aphorisms and epigrams that MAlUJATtKT DELANO, Author of "H. J.'s Mother" Harper Rrotliers. are worth while with which the to-y Is studded. Jack's adventures are mainly comical also and his errors lean to virtue's side as there is a sturdy honesty and opposition to ! shams in Jack which Incline the reader to follow his career with sin cere hope of his winning out, which he does, with the aid and guidance of the genial Major Magotlln, a southern stnge actor with a propensity for drinking and gambling, and who narrowly borders on being a swindler, but with redeemable qualities, Includ ing a seml-bnrbarlc code of honor and an Inborn hatred for meanness, the major is undoubtedly the best piece of character drawing In the dory. Jack and the major become warm cronies and have some surpris ing adventures In New York 'ind Maryland. The differences In two types of families of wealth on Long Island one class the new rich, the other the seasoned aristocrat are brought out In very real able style to ward the book's ending. PRIVnipi,KS OP PSYCHIC PHHjOSO PHY. By Charles n. Ncwennib. Prlc $1.40; postpaid $1.f0. nbllshed by Lotlirop, l,eo & Sliepard Company, Hoslon. This Is an Interesting thnugh ab struse treatise which Is an excellent representation of the accepted theory of the power of the mind over the body. It is In line with the existing "new thought" movement and offers a rational explanation and a practical application of psychic or soul science. It is, moreover, a logical statement, of the principles suggested In the earlier hooks of the author that will help to make them better understood. It treats of the evolution of character along the lines shown by evolution of form In the study of physical science and considers man's relation to God and nature and his responsibility and adjustment to his fellow men. It deals with the problems of suffering and disease and claims the right and power of humanity to win for Itself all freedom and happiness. It sets forth the theory that man possesses latent soul forces hy which he can control his environment and dominate his life upon the physical plane without post ponement to an Ides.l future state. The awakening to spiritual conscious ness Is announced ss the key to un limited power In the material world, giving absolute action to the will. It points to "the waters of quietness" In the land of the soul as the source of all creative energy and gladness In (lie life of man, and besides discuss ing God, nature and man deals with human suffering, the healing of dis ease nnd kindred themes. The op timistic prevails in the arguments and theories presented and the bright and cheery tone throughout of this vol ume will prove Inspiring to many who are. Interested In this new thought movement, and seek to live In a serene atmosphere away from the real toll and struggle of the average life. A BOTTLE IN THE SMOKE. By Cooks Tlon-Csrlos. Published by R. F. Fen no fk Co., New York; $1.S0. This Is nn exciting and absorbing historical tale of monastic, and quasi regal life in England during the rules y a-.. r, A of Kings Henry II, and Richard I. at the close of the twelfth century. The chief scene of the story Is the famed Renedlctlne monastery of nrndlleld iliousn'al. Mury St, Edmunds hi Suf folk, Which at tho period wim ruled over by Abbot Suinson, one of a lino of thirty-three abbots which succes sively wero In charge of lis affairs from King Canute's time to the era of the monastery's dissolution by Henry VIII. The chief characters between Jorolln, chaplain and secretary to the abbot of Ht. Edmnndsbury, aro lrfidy Kohese de Ookelield, an attractive gentlewoman who resides near the ab bey, and with whom the monk Jocelln Is desperately In love, though the lady herself remains true to her af fianced Henry of Leicester, one of ihe four sons of Henry II. hy Queen Elea nor, who with Richard Coetir de l.eon Is In captivity on the European conti nent, Lady Rohese, who, In addition to being a lovely young dame, la well dowered with t'hl.1 world's goods, and this fact makes her the wnuld-ho vic tim of the Prioress Rosamond tho 'fair Rosamond,' as she was called, mistress of Henry II., who designs that Rohcfle shall become Ihe wife of her roysterlng son, Geoffrey, 'the fav orite' In the race for royalty, so that her wealth Khali enrich that princely bastard. To tho latter, Lady Rohese has great repugnance, and In com pany with the monk Jocelln who himself Is much under the spell of her charms she proceeds from God atowe to London, Joselln meanwhile assuming the ftyle and motley garb of a Jester to enter the king's service and so be near to and watch over the Interests of the monk-Knight's Idol, Rohese. How the story goes In new scenes of tha English metropolis and what, after Jocelln assassinates Prince Geoffrey, his own as well as Lady Rohese's enemy, Is the ultimate end ing of tho tale, we may not here fitly relate. YVc may, however, hint that before the exciting and cleverly nar rated story closes, Henry of Leicester, now released with King Mchard from captivity, happily appears nn the scene to the Joy and happiness of Rohese, while the faithful Jocelln has to re turn and do humble penance for his love and worldly ambitions In his lonely cloister. The novel Is one that will be read and remembered with lively feelings of admiration and In terest by nil who read It. The style Is enjoyable and the lone and spirit of the hook also highly commend It to the many lovers nf a romantic tale of the period In which the scene nf the story Is laid. Itook Notes, V. R, II. Trowbridge (a nephew of our townsman Colonel Rutherford Trowbridge), the translator of M. Turqnan's book on Napoleon's sisters, Is also at work on a book of his own, to be called "Seven Splendid Sinners. These seven nre Catherine the Great, Mine. Lamotte, who was Imprisoned for her part In the affair of the "1 )la mond Necklace;" the Huchess of Po lignite, the friend nf Marie Antoinette Mme, de Chateauroux. one of Louis XV's favorites; Meluslna. von der Schulenhurg, Huchess nf Kendal, the Hanoverian mistress of George I.; Elizabeth Chudlelgh, Cnuntiss of Hrls tol, who died In 17SS, and Lola Mon tez. Mrs. Alice Muriel Williamson, au thor of "The Lightning Conductor." and the new book "The Chaperon," Just Issued by the Met 'lure Co., New York, arrived InM wed; on board the Celtic. Mrs. Williamson, as is gener ally known, Is an American by birth, her maiden name being Alice Muriel Livingston. About thirteen vears pro she went to England for a few mouths but meeting .Mr. Williamson she be came engaged anil married. This Is nno nf the few short visits she hits made to her native country. Tho Wil liamsons have a prelty old Elizabeth an house In Surrey, about thirty miles from London, where they live In sum mer when not motoring, nnd a bunga low In the pine woods on the Riviera, where they spend the winter. "The Chiiperon" Is the Jolly story of a motor boat trip through the water ways of Holland, reviewed In our col umns n few days ngo. It Is rumored that, the Williamsons have still an other story in preparation which will he published In the fall. With the publication nf (lie June number "Harper's Magazine" cole brates Its fifty-eighth anniversary, "Very appropriately," remarked the New York Tribune, the old cover has been used, that sedate, simple but graceful design which faithful render have always pleasantly remembered. Nn cnmmemoratlve articles appear In this number, but. Mr. Alden In the "Editor's Study." discourses nt large In morn or less retrospective vein, and his word point to literary devel opment which have marked the per iod from 1 KftO lo 1908, He starts with a paradox saying thati "Simplicity Is more an urban than a, rustic quality In our modern humanity," but he has no difficulty In enforcing the truth of this observation. Speaking of the ur banization of the whole country, ho shows thot It has wrought a remark able change In the world of litera ture. "The writer to-day," he gnos nn, "knows no local renter and courts no literary affinities; he does not. even care lo be considered a literary per son. His aftlllntiori Is with his read ers." In his turn the, writer spreads that "urbanization" to which Mr. Al den refers. It Is beyond question that "literature in all Its forms, from the novel to the newspaper, has, morn than anything else, widened the sense of community," Countless readers In the United States have a grateful sense nf what Mr. Alden has himself done through 'Harper's Magazine' to aid this beneficent movement." The Lothrop, Lee Phepard Co, Boston, have just published an Im portant, and timely hook, "The New Old Healing." by Henry Wood, In which this veteran metaphysical writer discusses the so-called "new" religious healing movement and proves Its ldon- psychical healing laws and forces. Miss Isabel Hornlbrook, author of Camp and Trail, Ih at Gloucester, Mass,, in close companionship with skippers and fishermen, engaged In putting tho finishing touches on a vig orous sea story for bnys to be entitled "From Keel to Kite," which will be published by the Lothrop, Lee & Shep- nrd Co., IJoston, next September. Frederick A. Ptokes company of New York unnounea the appearance very shortly of a new and revised edition of iDr. II, S. Sager's well-known book, "Tho Art of Living In Good Health," This revision, because of Its amplifica tions and additions, Is a publication of prime importance. The publication of Tudor Jenks' "Pho tography for Young reopln" has been postponed until the fall, In order that tho publishers (Stokes) may have the opportunity of adding to it further material that recent advances In pho tography have made essential for Its completeness. Mr. Jenks is at present writing a volume, the title of which will probably be "Chemistry for Young People." For September, Stokes announce a new long liovcl by Marie Corelll, the tltlo and subject of which will be an nounced at some time early In the sum mer. Of late Miss Corelll has InsTsted on sllencii In these matters until she thinks fit to. disclose them. Her pub lishers, however, aro In a position to give assurances that this new novel will touch on phases of life that are of Intense Interest, and that It will af ford Miss Corelll's admirers the same pleasure and profit her previous works have yielded. Stokes' "Encyclopedia of JMusle and Musicians" Is the title of an Important volumes that Stokes now have under way, This will be the most comprehen sive work of IIr kind, as It will cover a number of points heretofore neglect ed. The book will be published during the full. Mrs. Mary E. Wllklns Freeman has a new novel, "The Shoulders of Atlas," appearing under tho Harper Imprint. She has declared her Intention of writ ing only an occasional short story Irj future, preferring to devote herself to the novel. Prof, Vernon L. Kellogg of Stanford university, author of "American In sects1," "Darwinism Today," etc., has in press with Henry Holt & Co., of New York, to be Issued In their Amer ican Nature series, a volume entitled "Insect Stories." Altho the author calls these "strange, true stories of insect life," their truth Is not likely to In quest Inncd even by the Great ipe nouncer. They are primarily for young folks but are also open to grown up niiture-lnvcrs. Messrs. Henry Holt & Co. are al ready having to send Miss Mary Wright Phimmer's "Roy and Ray In Mexico" to a third edition. Their suc cess with this hook has encouraged them to arrange with the author for her "Roy and Ray in Canada," which will be Issued early In tho fall. These books ore said to combine nn Interest ing human story for young folk with much valuable Information so quietly worked In as not to bore the young sters. The fall fiction of, Houghton, Mifflin company of Hoston will Include stories by Miss Mnry Johnston, Mrs. Clara Louise llurnhnni, Miss Alice Brown, Charles Egbert Craddock, Mrs. Eliza loth Stuart Phelps Ward, and C. Han ford Henderson. They also will publish "The Kmiiaiited Castle," Ilnrpcr & nrcrtlicrs. the first novel of Harry James Smith, whose recent shore stories In the lead ing magazines have been notable for their delicate literary art. Among tho now Llpplncott Issues (Philadelphia) aro "The Small Country Place," hy Prof. Samuel T. Maynard; "Why Worry," by Dr. George Lincoln Walton; "Rlghthandedness and Left haridedness," by fir. George M. Gould, nnd "The Life and Works of Christo pher Dock," by Prof. .Martin G. Rrum bougli. The. last-named bonk deals with the famous "Schoolmaster of the Ship pack," who was the pioneer American writer nn education. It includes an In troduction by ex-Governor Penny pack er of Pennsylvania, The new hook by "Barbara" (Mabel Osgood Wright), which has been an nounced under the,, title "The Markls and the Major,'! Is to he called Instead "The Open Window." It Is to he pub lished 'about the middle of the month (Macmlllan, New York). The latest volumes from the Funk and Wagnalls company, New York, are the new Issue of "The New Encyclo pedia, of Social Reform" (1,325 pages) and "Wanted a Theology," by the Rev. Samuel T. Carter. Mrs. Julia De W. Addison has a book on "The Arts and Crafts of the Middle Ages" In the press of L. C. Page and company of Boston. Mrs. Addison was one of the sixteen charter members of the Arts and Crafts society of Boston, tlty with old spiritual and and Is herself a craftswoman of no mean ability. Notes about books find authors from B. W. Huebsch, New York, follow: C. F. G. Masterman, author of "In Peril of Change," a series of notable essays on social, religious, literary and economic subjects, Is now a member of tha British cabinet. He Is only 3B years, but has long been prominent In English politics and letters. Ho Is a fellow ot Cambridge university and literary ed itor of the London Dally News, An Interesting sign of the times Is the International Moral Education Congress which will be held In London In September. The vice-president for the United States Is Professor Earl Barnes, whose book, "Where Knowl edge Falls" In tho Art of Life series, was published necentlj. Mrs, Emily M. Bishop,, who wrote a successful book,"Seventy Years Young" which teaches people how they may avoid old age, has been at work for some time on a new book. She will re sume her lectures at Chautauqua this summer. Inez Haynes Glllmore, whose first novel, "June Jeopardy has Just been published, lives at Brookllne, Massa chusetts, and has Just returned from a season spent abroad with her husband. Her short stories have attracted atten tion In the magazines for some years past and her book will bring more gen eral recognition. Nothing Is brighter or wittier than tho heroine, Thethry's ten tests of men. Every girl will apply them to' the men of her acquaintance. The recent Catholic centenary In New York has attracted attention to that phase of Lieut. Stephen Jenkins' "A1 Princess and Another," which refers to the difficulties under which Catholics worshipped in colonlnl New York. We have had novels of colonial life among the Quakers and among tho early southern eettlers, but Lieut. Jenkins' book Is the first one which has ade quately treated the same period In the surroundings of old New York. At the recent banquet of the Ameri can Booksellers association , held in New York the speakers Included Mark Twain and Will Irwin. One of the sou venirs distributed to the guests, who represented the book trade of the United States, was Mr. Irwin's "The City That Was," which remains the most enduring memento of the San Francisco thnt was blotted out by the disaster of 1006. A new edition of the book Is In preparation. The Mnga.lncs. In McClure's for June Ellen Terry recalls her flmt appearance in Ameri ca. : further Instalment of Carl Schurz's reminiscences deals with "President Johnson and His War on Congress." The llfo of Mrs. Eddy is concluded. The two Gilbert Stuarts In the Metropolitan Museum, whore au thentlclty has been doubted .are repro duced In color, with an article by Sam uel Ishnm. Georje Konnan sets forth "The Problems of Suicide." Mary Stewart Cutting's novel is continued and there are stories by Mario Belloc Lowndes, Mary S. Watts, Harvey J, O'Higglns and others. J no June iippincott s opens with a complete novelette by Helpn Mllecette, a young writer who Is rapidly making a name for herself. It is entitled Tho Plague of a Heart" and is very interesting. There are numerous other stories by well known con tributors nnd a good supply of poetry, "Educating Our Roys," the series of four papers by Jos?ph M. Rogers, is concluded in this issue. Five hundred photographs of Presi dent Roosevelt, all assembled In one big doublo-page picture. Is an ex traordinary feature of the June Woman's Homo Companion. The first chapters of Harvey J. O'Higglns' great story, "A Grand Army Man," based on Belasco's famous play of the same name, other stories in the num ber are by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Zona Gale, Temple Bailey and Clinton Dangerfleld. The departments are well sustained this month. "Mr. Dooley on Diplomacy," Is the tltlo of an article which opens tho American Magazine for Juno by F. P. Dunne. Lincoln Steffens contrlbiUcs "An Apology for Graft," and pttV Stannard Baker writes of "Tho Negro In Politics." David Grayson writes an Interesting essay, "On Relng Where You Belong." There are other arti cles and a good lint of fiction, Includ ing tho second part of "Simple Sep timus," tho serial by William J. Locke. Tho Atlantic, Monthly's leading arti cle Is "City Planning In America," by Clinton Rogers Woodruff. Other papers are "Biology and Human Progress," hy T. D. A. Cockerell; "Our Great grandmothers' Novel," by Agnes Rep- pller; "The American Tramp," by Or- lyando F. Lewis; "The Statesmanship of Stein," by lAndrew D. White; "Tho Case of Greek," by Albert G. Keller; "A Broader Motive fnr School Hyr glene," by William H. Allen. Margaret Sherwood, Jane Tratt, and others con tribute fiction. TOHN WOLF 739 Chapel St. Over Hull's Drug Store. "OT3R m m Alnslco'b offers a complete novel, Tho International," by W. A. Fraser. and entertaining short stories by Ralph i). i'aino, Austin Adams, Owen Oliver, Johnson Morton, and others, Rupert Hughes contributes "First Aids to th Unmusical." ' Outing has a picturesque description of "Poughkeepslo's Great Dhv" th day of the college boat races by Ar thur Jluhl. Other leading articles are "The Tent Dwellers," by Albert Blge- low Palnej "Our Call to the Country." by Ernest Russell; "How to Correct Protruding Collar Bones," by Dr. "W. k. C. Latson; "Coaching on the Great North Road," by Walter Hale. In Uppleton's Trumbull White tells How the Newspapers Handle National Conventions." John T. McCutoheon has some thoughts and cartoons on "Grad uation Day." Dr. Howard A. Kellv of Johns Hopkins University writes ot, "My Faith." Tho changes in corpora tion Ideals are set forth under th heading, "The First Twentieth Century Revolution." Other articles are "The Price Women . Pay for Liberty." the New Winning of the West," "Across Europe by llotor Boat." The Metropolitan's leading article Is The National Conventions and the Country," by Charles Wadsworth Camp. "What Christian Science Claims" is stated at eome length by Mrs. Eddy's secretary, the Rev. Irving C. Tomlinson. Eustace Miles explains "How to Keep In God Condition With out Expense." An account of "Jeffer son Davis at west Point" Is contribut ed by Prof. Walter L. Fleming. "Ths Story of the Knickerbocker Trust Com pany" is told by Jackson Cross. The Strand contains a new install ment of Sir John Hare's reminiscences and an article on "The Highlanders qf East Africa." by Winston Spencer Churchill. "The New Color Photogra phy" is described and illustrated. Other papers of Interest aro "The Olymplo Champions," "Dog Stories," "How a Picture Is Composed," W. W. Jacobs,' E. P. Bell, and E. Nesblt are among the fiction contributors. The cover design of the June num ber of the Burr Mcintosh Monthly Is a portrait of Miss Christie McDonald In a character study of "Miss Hook of Holland" and Is exquisitely repro duced in full colors. Among the other color pages are portraits of Miss Michelena In Japanese, costume, a scene from Lake Tahoe, Cal., and the usual installment of the series of child pictures in colors by Marguerite Downing. This number contains a fine portrait of Archlblshop Farley with an interesting series of fine pic tures and an article on the "Centeri nlal of the Catholic Church of Nert York," which was recently celebrated. "A New Remedy for Marital Un rest" Is the title of a leading article In June Nautilus (Holyoke). The author presents a novel remedy for marriage troubles. Ella Wheeler Wilcox contributes a poem entitled "The Way." A notable series of ar ticles on child training, entitled "Re ligious Education for New Thought Children," begins In this number. Leading editorials aro entitled "Com ing Your Way." "iLlfe's Gift Horses," "Recognizing No Limitations," "The Rark on the Tree," and "To Insura Joy-Kerma." A special "meditation" by Florence Morso Klngsley and sev eral Interesting departments maks up tho balance of tho magazine. Lincoln Steffens heads the list of contributors to the fifth anniversary number of Everybody's with an ex position of the views of President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft and Senator LeFollette. There aro also articles on "Convict Camps of Georgia," wives of rich men and a good supply of completed stories. Poetry Is repre sented by Arthur Stringer's "Habit," Charles Buxton Going's "A Hidden Threshold" and Herbert Kaufman's "Make Good." And Wallace Irwin has some humorous verses, appropriately Illustrated, Indeed, tho Illustrations throughout aro notable. In Harper's Waldemar Kaempffert tells of a scientific discovery, "The Pressure of Sunlight." V. Stefannson gives an account of "Wintering Among the Eskimos." Frederick Hill con tinues his history of Wall street. Charles IT. Caffln praises the art of Edmund C. Tarbell. Other articles arc: "A Glimpse of the Clipper-Ship Days" by Capt. Arthur H. Clark; ' The Correct Use of Words," by Prof. Lounshury; "Proclivities and Com punctions," by Edward L. Martin. Mrs. Humphrey Ward's serial is con tinued and there aro eight short stor ies. ' Broughton Brandenburg's "Ths Menace of, tho Red Flag" leads ths special articles in the Broadway Mag azine, Other papers deal with the temperance crusade, lavish weddings of American heiresses, disease In the army, the night llfo of Now York, houseboatlng, the art of Thomas Hoveden, Chief Croker and his fire fighters. There, aro nine short stories. Placed with us now, your furs will be carefully examined, repaired, stored for the summer and Insured against moths and fire. TEL. 1597-2. ft