TJIF. SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 13, 1903.
"I care not how humble your bookshelf may be, or how lowly the room
which it adorns. Close the door. Shut off with it the cares of the outer world.
Plunge back into the soothing company of the great dead. Thers stand your
roble, silent comrades, waiting in their ranks. Pass your eye down their files.
Choose youf man. And then you have but to hold up your hand to him and
away you go together into
Alaska, the (.rent tonntry, by Klla H'Kx.n
son. Illustrated. -;i The Macmi.lan
Co.. New York City, and the J. K. Gi.l
fo Portland.
From her earlier books. "Marlella. of
Out West." "When the Birds Go North
.A :atn." "From the Land of the Snow
Pearls." Mrs, Higginson has many ap
preciative readers In the Pacific North
west, especially In the Pugct Sound
country. She was born In Council
r,rove. Kan., was educated at Oregon
City Seminary and at a private school,
and Is a well-known writer of stories
and verse. LP to quite recently she
was. and for all that 1 know, today. Is,
connected with the literary department
of a Seattle newspaper. Her newest
book. "Alaska." will not only retain the
appreciation of what may be called her
usual readers, but will gain new ones
as well.
To be sure, the number of books on
the Far Northwest Is legion, and it
would almost seem that at this late day
It .would be difficult to throw fresh
light on the picture. Airs. Higginson's
"Alaska." however. appeals from
among the cloud of witnesses by its
sparkling- wit. wealth of description, a
lively Interest that never flags, and
bright historical pictures. Then the
book Is suitably illustrated. In all. It's
the Pacific Northwest book of the year.
Mrs. Higginson thinks that two great
American statesmen. Seward and Sum-
per. must have been inspired when they
saved for us in the face of the bitterest
opposition, scorn and ridicule. Alaska,
the country that Behring discovered
and which is now coming to be recog
nized as the most glorious possession of
any people: but. first of all "were the
gentle, dark-eyed Alents inspired, when
they bestowed upon this same country
with the simplicity and dignified re
pression for which their character Is
noted the beautiful and poetic name
which means "the great country.'"
No writer has ever succeeded in de
arriblng Alaska, Mrs. Higginson says,
and no one ever will; but each must
do his share according to the spell that
the country casta upon lilm. "The spell
of Alaska falls upon every lover of
beauty who has voyaged along those
far Northern snow-pearled shores, with
the violet waves of the North Pacific
Ocean breaking splendidly upon them;
r who has drifted down the mighty
rivers of the Interior which flow, bell
toned and lonely, to the sea."
In describing Unimak Island, the
statement Is made that one of its most
active volcanoes, Shishaldin. is the
most perfect and symmetrical cone on
the Pacific Coast, not even excepting
Jlood. Not having seen Shishaldin, I
cannot challenge the comparison, but
all the same am not "going back" on
our own Mount Hood, because It is the
best, greatest and most glorious ad
jectives fall me. Fill up the blank to
ault.
It Is worth while to note that our
author has wisely availed herself of the
researches of earlier historians In sum
ming up her estimate of Alaska. She
lias borrowed from Bancroft's "His
tory," Dall's "Alaska and Its Re
sources." Elliott's "Arctic Province."
tc. The point is made clear that in
a tourist's ten-day trip from Seattle,
and seated on the deck and often in
the cabin of a luxuriously appointed
steamer, one cannot really know Alas
ka, and that to do this and fall under
the spelt of the real Alaska, one will
sail on to Westward, on to I'nalaska.
or go northward and drift down the
Yukon, "that splendid, lonely river that
bas its birth within a few miles of the
e. yet flows 2300 miles to find it."
Mrs. Higginson makes it not only
comprehensive that she actually parti
cipated In the Alaskan trip she so well
risribes. but that she has absorbed
the spirit of that land. One rover she
met on her trip said to her:
If vou love the sea you've got to follow
Ir. and that's all there Is to It. A man can
gl along without th. woman he love, best
on earth. If he has to. but he can't get
along without the If he once get. to
kisg It. ! g.t. so It seem. like a thing
c to bin? and it make, up for every
thing else that be doesn't have. And It.
iist Ilk that with Alaska. When a man
m made two or three trips to Alaska, you
csri't get tlim off on a Southern run. as
lorg ss he vmn help himself. . . . No. I
oon't know wn.t It Is hut I do know how It
It Is; and so doe. every other poor devil that
ever heard that something calling him
that's Just Alaska. It wakes you up In the
middle of Ut. Qlght Just a. plain as if some
body had .!d your name out loud, nd
you Just lay there the rest of the night
aching to go. I tell you what. If ever a
roumrv h.d a spirit It's Alaska: and hen
It once g.n hold of you and gets to calling
voti to com, you might Just as wen get up
and start, for' it calls you and follow, you,
ard haunts vou till you do.
The Oregon treaty between this coun-
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try and Great Britain Is criticized by
oiir author as "by it we lost the splen
did country now known as British Col
umbia, which, after our purchase of
Alaska from rtussla. would have given
us unbroken fronta.se on the Pacific
Ocean from Southern California to Beh
ring Strait, and almost to the mouth of
the Mackenzie Kiver on the Frozen
Ocean." But have we lost British Col
umbia for good? Not a bit of it.
Within the next 100 years or so. by
peaceful International agreement Brit
ish Columbia, if not tne otner portions
of Canada- wlu belong to the United
state9 But you won t see It.
There are no snakes In Alaska, It is
asserted, and that Is the reason why
the serpent has tio place In Alaskan
basketry, for the very good reason
that the Indians and Innult. who never
leave their homes, do not know what
snakes are. It Is stated that the
worst feature of Alaskan social life Is
the "coming out" of many of the
women in Winter, leaving their hus
bands to spend the long, dreary Win
ter montha as they may. "To this self
ishness on the part of the women Is
due much of the intoxication and im
morality of Alaska few men being of
sufficiently strong character to with
stand the distilled temptations of the
country.
We are told that there are SO differ
ent species of birds In Southeastern
Alaska, and that the greatest glacier
in the world Is the Malaspina, located
on the western shore of Yakutat Bay,
with a sea frontage of more than 60
miles, extending from the bay to the west
ward. It Is estimated that the length
of the splendid sweep of this glacier
from its head to the sea at the foot of
Mount Ellas, is 90 miles.
The most fascinating historical period
described Is the reign of the. Rus
sian Governor. Alexander Baranoff,
who at one time was In supreme com
mand of all the Russian territory in
America. Baranoff's .rule in Alaska
seems to have been one of splendid
but rude magnificence. He had the
expansion spirit, but particularly the
governing genius of our own Mc
Laughlin, In the settlement of the old
Oregon country. Baranoff believed
In high revels and getting drunk "like
a gentleman." During his administra
tion, naval officers and other travelers
were enthusiastically received by Mm
in the period just previous to our War
of 1812. and it is related that "the only
thing asked in return from the guests
was the capacity eat like gluttons,
revel like roisterers, and drink until
they rolled helplessly under the table."
Yet. Baranoff had his grander moments.
Mrs. Higginson also visited the Yu
kon Territory, and makes comparisons,
which are not all the time flattering.
Site complains that when she xlsited
White Horse that a swarm of mosqui
toes attacked her so severely that her
hands were swollen to twice their ordi
nal size and that her skin became dis
colored. T'ngallant Canadian mosquitoes!
Eskimos and Indians met with were in
variably fond of music and It is related
that at a recent festival held at Fair
banks. Alaska. when some visiting
Indians were invited to sing "O Come.
All Ye Faithful." they sang one verse It.
their own tongue, as follows:
Onu, tsenuen whudugudun-huta yllh;
Oni, yuwhun dutllsh, oni nokhlhan,
Oni. dodutalokhlho,
Oni. dodutalokhlho.
Oni, dodutalokhlho,
I.'-id.
It Is not the mining, businesslike, lucky
strike Alaska that is presented to us In
this volume of observation. It's pictur
esque Alaska. '
Klncaid's Battery. By Gorg W. fable.
Illustrated, rrlce, 1 5o. ("h.rles Scrlb
ner' Sons. New York City.
A battle epic, straight from the heart
of the South, and so much of the latter
spirit Is present that one again uncon
sciously drinks In much of the quiet
charm of "Old Creole Days." "Klncaid's
Battery" will be a leader In Its class,
for It fairly pulses between love and war,
and moves In and around New Orleans
before and during the armed strife be
tween North and South from 11 to '63.
What is Klncaid's battery? A Confed
erate field batten- armed with six frown
ing brass guns presented to the cause by
two devoted daughters of the South, who
believed In their hearts that what -e
fought for was right. The leading char
acter In the novel is one Miss Anna Cal
ender, aristocrat. Just the blue-blooded
girl that the youth who now cheers when
they sing "Dixie" would rave over. She
has two lovers Fred Greenleaf, a North
erner, and Hilary Kincald, for whom the
battery is named, a Southerner and her
heart Inclines toward Kincald. Here Is a
fancv picture of Anna drawn of her while
Greenleaf and Klncaid were yet chums
and before the Civil War dawned:
In the midst of the gay skirmish and
while .he yielded Cireenlesf her chief at
tention. Hilary observed her anew. What
he thought h saw was a golden brown
profusion of hair with a richness In it.
platted colls, an unconsciously faultless
poiae of head and, equally unconscious, a
dreamv (ottiRsa of .weeping lash.. A. .he
laughed with the general, her student noted
further what seemed to him a rare allkl
nes. In the tresses, a vapory lightness In
the short strand, that played over the out
line, of temple and forehead and the un
studied daintiness with which they gath
ered into the merest ml.t ot a .hort curve
before her exquisite ear. "A child', mouth
and a woman's eyes," he mused.
Flora Valcour, a Creole girl, adds con
siderably to the action by quaint con
versation. Another Creole girl Is Vio
torine Lafontalne. who sings out as
Captain Kincaid and his battery ride off
to war: "Louisiana foot-rifles, ah, but
the'r true name Is the Chasseurs-a-
Pied. 'Twas to them my papa billons
biffo. he join' hlsself on the batt'rie of
Captain Kincald, and there he's now a
corporeal:" However, If Captain Kln
caid presents a warlike appearance on
cage 66. as he rides at the head of his
battery, he is equaled in every military
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HELEN KKI.I.F.K, "LISTENING- TO THE TREES.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12. (Special.)
Helen Keller, that marvelous blind
deaf girl has written a book. That is,
she has written a series of essays which
have been brought together In book form
under the title "The World I Live In."
It is one of the most remarkable of hu
man documents. That it is unique should
go without saying, for Helen Keller is the
first of the human race afflicted, as she
1. who has received the highor education.
It is one of the most Interesting of hu
man documents because It give a clear
respect by Colonel Greenleaf. Federal,
later on.
Some of the war pictures Riven, for In
tensity of description, nearly equal the
realism shown of the famous "Re4
Badge of Courage."
Eut shot. Bhell and battle-smoke pass.
Then enters peace and true love- reigns:
Out forward yonder on the upper deck,
beside tall Hilary Klncaid.
Greenleaf eyed them from the pilot hou,
where he had retired to withhold tb
ward reminder Inseparable from the blue
liven-- in Hilary. fingers wa. a writing
which he and Anna had just read together
in reference to It he wa. saying that while
he South had fallen to the bottom dep h.
of poverty the North had been rowing
rich and that New Orleanfor 'n"-"-?
?fr.ld tna". what he called them-Yake
with greenback. In every pocket, eager to
.et up any gray soldier who knew ho to
make, be or ao mi.i"'e ----- ' ,1(J
able. Moved by Fred Greenleaf who couM
furnish funds, but preferred
to be anything but a soldier, ,h .e"rpnr''
ing hushand of the once deported but n
ever so happily married schoolmlstres.
who
"Yes. I know." said Anna.
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Well for a trifle, at its roui.
th, man had bought Kiucil ndr'
which stood waiting for Hilary
control and In the end recover to his ex
elusive ownership on
the way
larger
iningtC Who gave the subject an Intense
tendernes. of unsordld Interest wa. that
t meant for the palr-what so
sands of paroled heroes and the m
"e loved Pand who loved them were hour
y finding out-that they
L,ar, after all, but they might even
X?" and then name their wedding day.
which then and there they named..
Br the hrlstma. Fire, by Samuel M
Vrothers. Houghton. Mifflin &
Co.. Boston.
These delightful essays are "Snt"
ened by captivating humor mingled
with a certain playfulness that nowa
days stamps nearly every page Dr.
Crothers writes. Read, for "ance- J
his hint nbout women s clubs: A . goo
lady who soes to the art class is able
to talk of Botticelli, but s he has no
right to look down upon her husband
as an Inferior creature because he sup
poses that Botticelli is one of Mr.
Blank's 57 kinds of pickles. He may
know some things which she does not.
and they may be fully as Important.
A doctrinaire, affirms our es sa st
Is a person who defines truth in this
nutshell: A truth Is that which has
got Itself believed by me. And also, in
this one regard:
His thought, form an exclusive club, and
. new Idea apl.lie. Mr admiwion
.... i . h. waiting lit. A
black-
It is pi.-cu - -
sufficient
perm a tie n 1 1 y t o exclude It. When ,n Idea
:? a7, rhe,lophi"onryme3.,tr.arni
Lnd on good terms with one another.
Whether anv of them are relared to any
allty outside of their own circle would
be a question that it would be Impolite
?o ask To the doctrinaire there seem.
I" sordid and vulgar in the anxlety
from an
SOm-iniB rn-iin.
;rcmeeet.t It tT indicate" that' one
ilot Intellectually in comfortable clr-
'T'.ho'ufd not object to his. unprepared
ne for the actum state of thtnp the
doctrinaire did not assume the airs of a u
perlor person. He lays all the blame for
tPhe discrepancy between himself and to.
universe on the universe. He has the right
key. only the miserable lock, won ,t fit it.
HI. praise is always for the deed,
"or "for the yet unborn; when he looks on
ST. contemporaries he take, a gloomy view.
That anv great man should now be alive
he considers a preposterous assumption.
Ha treats greatness as If It were a disease,
to be determined only by post-mortem
examination.
t-he Orphant Annie Book, by Jsmes Whit
comb Jtil-y. Illustrated. The Bobb.
Merrlll Company. Indianapolis, ma.
Of course, you've both seen and heard
of the "Orphant Annie" verses by James
Whltc'omb Riley, and If you have not
you're a Goth, an unread person. But
It is surely safe to conclude that you
have never met with such a daintily
artistic copy of the joys and sorrows of
the said Annie as is here presented. The
Illustrations are by Ethel Franklin
Betts, and are creditable specimens of
high-class art and engraving. The
book-cover Is a graceful representation
of the famous Annie, she of the "if-you-don't-watch-out"
temperament, as
she sits In the midet of white flowers,
which nod on tall stems. It seems to
us that the artist makes Annie wear a
half-roguish grin, or rather the sus
picion ot an"about-to-dawn smile.
There Is the characteristic dedica
tion: "Inscribed, with all faith and
affection, to allhe little children: The
happy ones, and sad ones, the sober and
the silent ones, the boisterous and glad
ones, the good ones yes, the good ones,
too: and all the lovely bad ones."
Each page Is a striking art picture,
and the typographical appearance of the
book Is excellent. In addition to the
"Orphant Annie" verses, the book in
cludes such equally old favorites as
"Billy Miller's Circus Show," "Some
Scattering Remarks of Bub's." "Lixa
beth Ann on Bakln" Day," "The Boy
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idea of the terms in which a person with
three senses grasps the things which we
comprehend with the aid of Ave senses
and the way In which she is able to inter
pret them In the language of the five
senses understanding!)-. For Helen Kel
ler speaks of "seeing" and "hearing"
things as do we. And actually through
her sense of feeling she does detect
sound vibrations In an intelligent and
discriminating way: so that 6he knows
the rustle of the trees and feels the ap
proaching storm. This picture ehows
her "listening" to the trees.
Lives On Our Farm." "The Squirt-Gun
fnele Maked Me," and "The Old Hay
Mow." ,
For whom is this beautifully appear
ing book meant? Some lucky boy or
girl. And to be tied with strong string
to a Christmas stocking.
The CwremaiT. Letter, and Her. in Reply,
by Lance Swift and Oarol Steele. Glllara
Son. A Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.
Remember that these clever letters
are written by a busy lawyer to a
young artist woman he had never seen,
and vice versa. His opinions are un
usual some people would, say extraor
dinary. And he croaks, sometimes.
For a caveman he writes good Eng
lish and displays an intimate knowl
edge of readable literature. Some of
his opinions:
I care more for Hamlin Garland than for
Guy de Maupassant. 1 like James Whitcomb
Riley better than Robert Browning. I like
Mr. Dooley better than Mr. James. I be
lieve that Miss Alcott and Margaret Sidney
bave done more to mellow hearts and
brighten the live, of both old and young
than all the Balzac, and Zolas who. ever
.delved Into muck and mire. 1 like Burns,
the peasant, better than Byron, the lord.
I can get more useful ideas from Kipling
than from Milton. I like the sermon on
the mount hetter than any of the creeds
I've ever examined. I'd rather you would
paint for me for everyone a picture ot
some lowly cigarette girl at work m a catrv
loft 'than to reveal on your canvas the lines
of your appealing Egyptian dancer. By vis
ualizing the human tragedy or etilld whos
natural heritage Is sunshine and laughter
you can. with art. true, lofty art, for youg
vehicle, reproach the world for Its cruelty.
nd. perhaps who know. ameliorate
"man'. Inhumanity to man."
The tilrl Question. By .Tonn W. Harding.
Price. $1. G. W. IMllingham Company,
New Tork City.
Reflects Chicago life and principally
the funny sayings of one Cornelius or
"Con" Ryan, manager of slang, and also
of a food-swlftly-swallowed restaurant.
Con Is also In love with his glrl-cashie"-,
and he is pictured as a shrewd-observer,
fond of giving his opinions. Here are
several of them: . -
T think anv guv ought to coo out a Love,
Honor and Obey as aoon a. he raises the
nrice.
I notice that every guy that's wise to
what J. Plerp. Morgan Is goln' to do next is
rollin' hi. own cigarette...
Make a guy think he's the mustard and
agree with everything he .ays. no matter
how phony It is, and you got him nailed
to the mast.
Anybody that marries a chorus girl la
takin -chances If he don't . have his flat
fitted ud with footlights and an orchestra
Any time yon see a fresh young rabbit
who has a high batting average with the
Geraldine. you can gamble he's never much
of a ten-strlka with the poker players.
I ain't the rtresldent of a National
bank, but when the pipe la drawing right
I can figure out where I can get tne coin
to pay for the Installments on enough red
plush furniture to- do tor two people. Would
you be wlllln' to hold down the other end
of the breakfast table from me for life?
What Is it? Just a book for the giggles.
The Country Rand. By Henry A. Shuts.
Illustrated. .Richard G. Badger. Boston.
Have you ever played a horn or a flute
in any country band? If not. you've
missed one of life's greatest treats to
the young.
The author of this laughable book of
experiences must have "been there" him
self as one of the band, for the revela
tions he gives while a member of a
band In a country town in Eastern Mas
sachusetts have the real ring and are
not overdrawn. They were funny old
quicksteps in which the E-flat cornets
did all the eexcutlon, carried the air and
did ail the ornamental work." he says,
"while the tenor and alto horns went
um-pah, um-pah, and the big brass horn
hoarsely vociferated oomp-oomp."
How the author began with a wheezy
flute and tin whistle; how, at a musicale
he tried to play through an alto horn
but ultimately found that some wag had
placed a wooden 'plug in the tubing;
how. when he first joined the town band,
he walked so fast that he ran into the
drum-major are all told with natural
humor. The little book Is sure to awaken
many pleasant memories or the past in
the remembrances of Its readers.
The Four-Flusher. By John Edward Has.
sard. G. W. Dillingham Company. New
York City, and the J. K. Gill Company,
Portland.
A pretty face In a rapidly passing auto!
And there you have the plot of this up-to-date,
slangy story.
The latter consists of a series of let
ters written by a "sporty" New Yorkei
named John Dangerfield Smith to .his
female cousin, telling her of the prog
ress of his wooing with Miss Vance Glen
don, patrician, but also a sensible girl.
Smith consumes a vast amount of liquor
in living up to his description of a four
flusher: "A man who Is trying to make
people believe that he is something that
he is trying to look like."
If you wish to be "up" In all sorts of
slang for 1908. and live some distance
from New York, by all means read this
novel. It will teach you. Yet Smith Is
a bit of a hero In his way, and he read
er is bound to express admiration for
Smith's luck in becoming one of the
newly rich and in being able to win his
heart's desire. "
The Wolf Hunters. By James Oliver Cur
wood. Illustrated. The Bobbs-Merrill
Company, Indianapolis, lnd.
James Oliver Curwood knows, from
personal experience, what he Is writing
about when he seeks to portray the wild
Indians of Northern Canada, for It is
only recently that he escaped from that
region chased by the redskins and Just
saved himself- from being scalped.
In "The Wolf Hunters." Mr. Curwood
rivals Jack London as a born story-teller.
This time his white hero is young Rod
erick Drew, and two Indians. Wabi and
Mukokl. The three hunters tour through
the Woonxa country, principally hunting
wolves and to earn the Canadian govern
inent's bounty of Jlo for every scalp
taken. The hunters are also attacked
by the Woonxa Indians, and the descrip
tions of various skirmishes in which the
fighters use repeating rifles are tinged
with primal instinct, while the word
nictures of wild nature are admirable.
Any healthy boy will hardly resist the
combination.
Home Again Wilh Me, by James W7hit
comb Kilsy. Illustrated. The Bobbs
Merrill Company. Indianapolis. Jnd.
Beautifully artistic drawings in colors
by Howard Chandler Christy and deco
rations by Franklin Booth made this
holiday copy of this favorite poem un
usually attractive". Just the gem of a
book to appreciate at Chrlstmastide. Do
you remember the lines?
'Stia o' bad I ort to be
Feelin' good, pertjckerly
Yes. and extra thankful, too,
'Cause my nearest kith and kin.
My Evelyn', sohoolin's through.
And 1' got her home ag'in
Home ag 'n with me.
It's the old story of the Indiana farmer
who welcomes his only daughter hoir.?
from school, and everything is fathcr-and-dauRhter
until Jonas, the hired man.
breaks into the picture. Mr. Christy-
gives a true Christy figure and pompa
dour hair effect to Miss Klviry.
A IJttle Maid In Toyland. By Adah Louise
Sutton. Illustrated, price. 11. Saalfleld
Publishing Company. Akron, Ohio.
Belongs to the Billy Whiskers series
of children's books and tells how capti
vating Sally, while furnishing a doU's
house, ste a piece of magic cake and
was herself transformed Into a doll. Then
come funny adventures with the wizard,'
the weather prophet, the handkerchief
man. the doughnut man and others- of
that ilk. The Illustrations are by A.
Russell, who gives six pages done in
colors and lots of black and white draw
ings. The story Is well planned and sure
to interest its audience.
T oodles of Treason Town and Her Snow
Man. By Frederic Chapln. Illustrated.
Trice, si. SO. Saalfleld Publishing Com
pany. Akron. Ohio.
A handsome Christmas volume for chil
dren. The illustrations are by Mer'.e
Johnson and he has contributed 43 paees
in colors and upwards of 150 excellent
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NEW YORK, Dec. 12. (Special.) When
Amelie Rives was a young girl in
Virginia, she showed a wonderful varlety
of talent. She had ambitions then to
be an artist and she went to Paris and
blaeTt-and-white drawings.' Toodles s
a little girl from Florida who. with the
help of one Pedro, fashions a snowman,
and the latter comes to life and bright
ens up the tale with his humor. A jour
ney into fairyland follows.
Songs of Summer. By James Whitcomb
Riley. Illustrated. The Bobbs-Merrill
Company. Indianapolis, lnd.
With pictures by Will Vawter, this
holiday, edition of some of the most
famous of Riley's poems, will surely
find a readv sale. Many favorites are
In the collection: "The Circus Parade."
"Me and Man'." "The Old 'Swimmin'
Hole." "A Summer's Day." "McFeeter's
Fourth" and others. The book Is a
handsome one, and the paper Is thick
and glossy. A hint for Christmas.
Captain Margaret. By John Masefleld. The
J. B. l.ippincott Company, Philadelphia.
Pa.
A romance of the sea in the good old
days when English and Spanish adven
turers fought to found empires in the
new world. Told with plenty of com
manding sweep and action, flavored wilh
the tang of the salt breeze.
JOSEPH M. QCENTIX.
IX LIBRARY AND WORKSHOP.
These books were received for review
through the J. K. Gill Company, of this
cltv. "Bill, a Cheerful Dog": "Henry of
Navarre": "Pete. Cow Puncher1: The
Wolf": "The Four Flusher," and The oiri
Question,"
The demand for Miss Eliza R. Scldmore's
"As the Hague Ordains" continues so re
markablv good that its publishers are hav
ing to print that book for the eighth time.
The onlv change in the new edition, it Is
aid. Is In Its dedication, the Emily E. of
previous editions turning out to be Emliy
Karnes McVeagll.
The key to the pictures on this back page:
The double-column hand-drawing Is a rep
resentation ot a poster illustrating tne
meaning of Meredith Nicholson's new novel
of the South. "The Little Brown Jug at
Klldare." which is unique in Its class be
cause It's a joke and a laugh from start
to finish. Who would have thought that so
much romedv could have been generated Dy
the gift of two brown Jugs, one containing
moonshine whisky and the other humble
buttermilk? The get-up ot the book Is
highly creditable to the Bohhs-Merrtll to.
Books Added to Library
The following new books may be exam
ined at the Public Library during this week
and will be ready for circulation
December 14:
BIOGRAPHY.
Hawkins A sea-dog of Devon;
of lr John Hawkins; by R. A. J.
Monday.
the life
Walling.
1907 .
IjlTOKS IN FOREIGN LA NO I AGES.
A5;,.pBlandt Nordpolens nabocr.
Carlen Rosen pa tistelon.
Tegner Fritiofs saga.
Chateaubriand: Les martyrs,
cooper Stlnnder.
IV.sen Peer Gynt.
Kullberg I.udwlg Rosenberg and snhn.
Llman Hnhenzollern.
MscFierllnck l.e tresor des humbles.
p.on- Les deux femmes.
Sperling EIne weltrelse unter Deutscher
flagge.
DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL.
Calvert Toledo: an. historical and de
scriptive account. 19CT.
Craig Recollections of an Ill-fated ex
pedition to the head-waters of the Madeira
river in Brazil. 1"7.
Lane Cairo SO years ago. ln.
Smith China and America today, inns.
FICTION.
Day The story of two boys; retold by
Clifton Johnson.
Oppenhelm The great .ccrct.
Smedley The daughter.
Williams The girl and the game, and
other college stories.
LITERATURE.
Trevelvan The poetry and philosophy of
George Meredith. I'.'Ofi.
Warren, comp. I'nder the holly bough;
a collection of Christmas poems. 1007.
SCIENCE.
Hepwortb Notes on maritime meteorol
ogy. 1o7.
Houston Wonder book of volcanoes and
earthquakes. IPO".
LANGUAGE.
Monsanto and Lsnguellier A practical
course in Spanish. .1603.
for a time studied under an American
instructor. Then she returned to this
country and wrote "The Quick or th
Dead," which suddenly brouclit her famn
in unexpected measure. Then she mar
ried John Armstrong Chanler, who was
one of a small army of men In her tram.
Chanler and she did not get ulong to
gether, so they were divorced ami after
a time she married Prince Troubctskol.
She has been loss in the public s eyo
since that. time, but her husband has had
great vogue In society as a painter of
portraits. Now their positions arc (sud
denly reversed. The Prince-painter has
'become an author. He has written what
he styles "an episode" called "The pas-er-By;"
while his wife. Amelie. lias
painted as a frontispiece for it a very
beautiful picture of a woman the heroine
of the story. The dedication is interest
ing as well as quaint: "To you Amelia
who wrote 'Augustine the Man.' 1 dedi
cate this book because it is due to you
as the light Is due to the flame.''
. . . The single-column halftone Is the
frontispiece of Miss Marlon Cook's Christ
mas story. "The Child nnd the Dream," a
book which is now on sale at the .1. K. OS 1 1
(.'o.'s. The pretty face In the picture is
taken from life, I am Informed. It 1. thrtt
of a little East Side girl, but I do not have
permission to disclose her identity.
. .
The circulating department of the New
York Public Library gives the following as
the most popular books of a recent week:
Adult fiction. Ward's "Testing of plana
Mnllorv." Chambers' "Firing Line." Fox's
Trail of the Lonesome Pine." Juvenile fic
tion, pyle's "Merry Adventures of Robin
Hood." Harnett's "Little rrincess," Daland s
"Friendship of Anne." Nnnflctlon, Ihsen'.
"Plays." Kennedy's "Servant In the House"
and Monroe's "History of Education."
Dr. J. K. Mitchell, a son of Dr. S. Weir
Mitchell, has Just completed a book that
is likely to prove of great utility and value.
It bears the title. "Self Help for the Nerv
ous." and is an expansion of a series of
letters written some time ago for a wo'
man's magazine. In them' Dr. Mitchell not
only gives clear direction, for the sufferer
from nervous disorders by which they can
save themselves suffering and colla-pse. but
elaborates the hardly less necessary advlc.
for the friends and families of nervous pa
tients. The author of "Anne of Oreen Gable"
who. living In Quiet Prince Edward's Island.
Is unaware of the ways of the advertiser,
sent her book to Mark Twain In the Inno
cent hope of amusing him and was rather
overwhelmed by receiving In reply hissec
retarv's statement that in writing to Fran
cis Wilson of the book, the master of his
craft bad named Anne "the dearest and
most moving and delightful child since the
Immortal Alice." It is unnecessary to saj
that the author in question was as much
delighted as surprised.
New Book. Received.
"Bill, a Cheerful Dog." by Frederick
W'hite. Illustrated (Moff att-Yard ) .
The Wolf." by Eugene Walter and
founded on the play of that name by
Charles Pomervllle. Illustrated. (Dilling
ham Company).
"The Auto Hovs." bv James A. Brnrten.
$1 (Saalfleld Publishing Company). How
four boys buy an auto. Well told.
"Pete Cow Puncher." by Joseph B. Ames,
SI Ml '(Holt & Co.). A rattling, lively
story of life on the Texas plntns. for boys.
"Henry of Navarre (Putnam's). A ro
mance of August. Ifi72 and relates Id thrill
ing si vie the massacre of St. Bartholomew,
gWessel'y nnd Glronos Handy dictionary
of the English and Spanish languages, n. d.
FINE ARTS.
Abraham The complete mountaineer.
1!)"7.
Sullivan The Olympic games at Athcn,
lOiMi. 11107.
Van Dyck Sir Anthony Van Dyck; by
Hugh Stokes. 1(10.-,.
Wright The art of caricature. 1 !M4 -
RELIGION.
Farls. comp. Pleasant Sunday afternoons
for the children; a hook for parents. l:M7.
Lindsay History of the rerir.iitilion. - v
10011-11107
Plummer The church of the early fath
ers. 1;mi;.
SOCIOLOGY.
Mackpy Symbolism of f l-eenuisunry. I;')
S,,i(.k-Mediaeval stories; tr. fr-im ths
Sw-dlsh by W. F. Harvey. I'."'-'.
Wilson Constitutional government in ths
United Stales. P.inS.
USEFUL AP.TS.
Lidgerwood Manufacturing Cn Cabteway.
for hoisting and .eon e tug. l'.'os.
Lidgerwood Manufacturing Co. Logj-lnif
by steam. H'O.Y
Moody Men who sell things; observations
and experiences of over 20 jears as Maid
ing salesman. HtoS.
Rlrkard Guide to technical writing. H'OS
Rowan Boiler incrustation and corrosion.
l!)fl.
Starbuck Practical wrinkles for' rh.
plumber. 1907.
Terry India-rubber and its manufacture.
11107.
Vosbnrgli The tinsmith's helper and pat
tern book. Ed. 4. Haiti.
BOOKS ADDED TO REFERENCE DE
PARTMENT. Berlespsch Rhododendron; bllder aus den
Schweizer Alpen.
Channing History of the United States.
V. 2. I'KIS.
Crelle calculating tables. Ed. .1. !".
Dresden Komgllehc gcmaldeKalerie. Cat
alog. g-Glft. "