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6 f^){sfofls)e~ STRIKES DELAY BOOKS DISAGREEMENTS REGARDING WAGES CAUSING TROUBLE M«ny Orders Not Likely to Be Filled for Weeks—Kipling as an Artist— Two Types of American Fiction— Timely Volumes—A Writer's View of His Profession. The book arid magazine publishers are likely to be seriously delayed with their output because of the strikes now going- on among- their employes. With every printing plant running there is not sufHcient means of pro- duction for the extra l;irge numbers of books to be issued this fall. Almost every publisher is far behind in his \u25a0work —some books are entirely out of print and orders for many of these are piling up daily. Now conies a strike among the pressmen, and scores of shops are closed. Even though the strikers return to work in a few days the publishers will be delayed still further, and it is not at all unlikely that many orders for books will be un- filled for weeks to come. In spite of minor difficulties, how- ever, the book trade has a most prom- ising outlook this fall. The heavy ad- vance sales of many new novels indi- cates a confident feeling on the part of the dealers. Booth Tarkington's "The Two Vanrevels" has sold to the number of 60,000 copies, and the story has just been published. "The Fortunes of Oliver Horn," by P. Hopkinson Smith, is near to 60,000 copies; Gilbert Parker's "Donovan Pasha" is being or- dered heavily, and the serial publica- tion of "The Little White Bird," Bar- ries new novel, has created a large advance demand for the book. These are but a few of the best books whose popularity is already assured. "Just So Stories." Kipling's "Just So Stories" are at- tracting more attention than is usual even with a Kipling book because the author has illustrated the stories him- self—and even the most severe critic must acknowledge that the work is \u25a0well done. M. Rudyard Kipling inherit- ed not only the ink fever from his father, but a keenly developed sense of the artistic in other expressions than that of letters. The elder Kipling is well known as an artist, and but for his more brilliant son he would prob- ably have made a world-wide reputa- tion as a man of gTeat learning. He has a marvelous memory; he knows more about India than any other Eng- lishman. The editor under whom Rudyard Kipling worked in India once described the father as the most de- lightful companion he ever met. The whole family seems to have the passion for writing. It is said that more poems by Kipling's mother and sister are to be published this fall. The sister, now Mrs. Fleming, has the rep- utation of being able to quote every line in Shapespeare's plays. In this season's output of American fiction two distinct types are to be noted—the psychological novel, such as "The Wings of a Dove," by Henry James; "Our Lady of the Beeches," by Baroness yon Hutten, and in the "Confessions of a Wife," and the real- istic novel which records contem- porary life and business, such as "Capt. Macklin," by Richard Harding Davis; "Donovan Pasha," by Sir Gil- bert Parker: "The Fortunes of Oliver Horn," by F. Hopkinson Smith, and "The Blazed Trail," by Stewart Ed- ward White. The latter book is not exactly a fall book, having appeared In the spring, but its growth In pop- ular esteem has been bo continuous that it ranks now with the better class of fall books. At the present time four English novels. are running serially in Paris newspapers. "St. Ives," in the Temps; "The Last Days of Pompeii," in the Soliel, doubtless because of France's interest in Mt. Pelee; "Dr. Nichola,* in the Vie Illustie, and "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab," in the Matin. In addition to these, another leading pa- per there is anxious to increase the list by publishing a translation of "The Hound of the Baskervilles." "Those Black Diamond Men." "Those Black Diamond Men," a com- bination of short stories and a novel, was fortunate in having made its ap- pearance just at a time when almost everyone was beginning to discuss coal, coal strikes and coal operators. The book has enjoyed a good sale and probably will continue to be called for all winter. Of similar timeliness is a volume Just published called "The Anthracite Coal Industry," which purports to be a study of the economic conditions which prevail and of the existing rela- tions between capital and labor in the Pennsylvania coal fields. Another book just published, which Is to be recommended for the relief its title gives the reader, is "A Country Without Strikes." Such a country act- ually exists, but it is our antipodes— New Zealand. As an echo of the Dumas centerary celebration comes a now volume,"Alex- ander Dumas (Pere)," by Arthur Davldson, which gives an interesting account of the novelist's life and re- lates many stories of him. Accord- ing to one of these tales, Dumas hit upon the name of his most famous romance in the following manner: He was out on a shooting expedition With young Prince Napoleon, son of Jerome Bonaparte, in 1842, and after a violent storm reached Elba. While exploring they discerned a'lake, sugar- loaf shaped, standing out of the sea. "Ah," said the boatman, "that's where you would have got good sport. Yonder island is full of wild goats." "Tndeed! What may its name be?" "They call it the island of Monte Cristo." Dumas later persuaded his compan- ion to row around the island in order to know more about its possessions. "What's the use of that?" said the prince. "Because," was the reply, "I intend BY HERBERT BREWSTER. *Let the GOLD DUST twins do your work." 11^^ Xrg^y Snow white clothes are the result of using GOLD OUST It makes light the labors of washihgf. Turns wash day into play day. Far beUcr than Soap and more •concmical. Made only by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY. Chicago, hew York. Boston, St Louis. Makers of OVAL FAIRY SOAP. in memory of this trip with you to give the name of Monte Cristo to some novel which I shall write later on." When Dumas made arrangements for his book, called "Impressions de Voyage Dans Paris," his publishers urged that his novel should be a sen- sational romance, and Dumas contrived an intrigue involving a rich aristocrat known as Le Oonte de Monte Cristo. F. M. Bird's Confessions. There is always a nominal interest attached to the dissection' of authors by the critics, but when a writer calmly dissects himself more than or- dinary interest is aroused. Frederick M. Bird seems to write not of a full and bitter experience in a current mag- azine when he lays bare the secrets of his professions. Apart from egotistic imaginings, the truth is that the literary life is as poor as any other vocation and probably jraorer than most in "literary material." Its details are not picturesque; they are not romance; they are not even in- teresting, except to the "literary fel- JULIAN RALPH. low" himself, and not always especially so to him. There is next to nothing in them to attract the curious whose work and play are on different lines; and other literary fellows do not care to hear about them, for they know just how it is. Bro\vn wrestles with a sonnet; all that can be said about the process, the frowns and heavings and gurglings has been said a thousand times, chiefly in comic papers and par- agraphs. If he accomplishes his task, possibly he gets $5 or $10 for the re- sult. In one case out of a million or two it may be remembered for a decade. Smith sits down to cudgel a novel out of his inner consciousness: who wants to watch his throes and share the joys or sorrows that precede or attend creation? (People sometimes do in the stories, I notice, but these are high nights.) His wife may have to see that he knocks off for dinner, and gets to bed for 2 a, m. She may share his anxiety as to tne concrete result. His intimates, if he is impu- dent, may say, "Smith is trying to write a novel," and go their way. But suppose Smith scores, or Brown is acclaimed as a new Tennyson. Why, then, if notoriety or fame be won there will be hard facts, statistics, biog- raphies and bibliographic data, arti- cles or items in books of reference. We shall want to know what the great man eats for breakfast ana where he buys his trousers. But as for fiction, no. The professional life of the man of letters, however successful, can, as a rule, furnish nothing to romance; and as for realism, realism can find more to interest and instruct in the daily experiences of a plowman or so- ciety woman, not to say of a lawyer or engineer. Machinery is a more hopeful field for tales than lettei-s, and it is being worked now. Business has innumerable varieties and ramifica- tions, but what is there that is not hopelessly commonplace in a writer's work, beyond the joy of discovery, as situations and characters evolve them- selves from his brain and take on a semblance of vitality? Stevenson could put that in a few glowing lines, but not in his stories; he knew it was not a theme to dwell upon. MAGAZINES OF THE MONTH. Among the important leading 1 articles in the October Atlantic is Frank Fox- croffs "A Study of Local Option in Liquor Selling." Mr. Foxcroft has examined the workings of the Massachusetts local option law very exhaustively. His clear and interesting account of the conditions of its administration, its operation, and its effect upon individual towns and cities •will be read with profit by everybody in- terested in this vitally important sub- ject. Current History for October contains the world's history during August—pre- sented In departments entitled '"Interna- tiona] Affairs," "Affairs in America," "Affairs in Europe," "Affairs in Asia and Oceanica," "Affairs in Africa," "Science and Invention,"' "Education," "Religion," "Sociology," "Art. Music and the Drama," "Important Statistics," "A Literary Chronicle," and "Necrology." The November Century contains the closing installment of "Confessions of a Wife." The book was announced for publication on the 15th of October, but the large demand has made it necessary to put off the date of issue for one week so that a sufficient number of copies may be printed to fill the first orders. It wiil be issued Oct. 22. Col. Curtis Guild Jr.'s article entitled "The Spellbinder," In the November Scribner's, is a very practical human document on public speaking. There are many amusing anecdotes of Incidents that occurred during recent campaigns, and much helpful information regarding the best ways of attracting and retaining the attention of large audiences. "David Harum" has reached its 100th edition, 666,000 copies of the book having been sold. The November Pearson's heralds the approach of the Thanksgiving season with a. bright cover on which bell ringers and proudly strutting turkey vie with each other as harbingers of good cheer, while inside the covers is indeed a feast of "good things." The number opens with a cleverly written paper by Edward N. Vallandigham on "The People vs. Politicians," giving the true story of the futile opposition by his own party to Cleveland's third nomination and his final triumph over his opponents at the mem- orable Syracuse convention of '92. . EXCUSED. I've waited your coming long and late, And saved myself for our tete-a-tete — "Pis rudeness to let a lady wait, O Mr. Affinity! Mama is worried and heaves a sigh, And poor papa has an anxious eye. Where are you, I wonder? and why so shy, O Mr. Affinity? And—well last night, when the world went dim, I found myself in the arms of Jim— And so I promised to marry him, O Mr. Affinity! —Ethel M. Kelley in New York Press. The Polite Tramp. Jogging Jake—Pard, yer lookin' rather gay for a man that's just been fcJt ij a bulldog. Tired Tim—Well, the critter was a fe- male. I'm always satisfied to give me Beat up to a lady.—Philadelphia Rec- ord, FOR THE WEAKER SEX. Woman's Exposition. The New Edition of Dickens. GIVEN UP TO WOMEN LAST NUMBER OF COLLIER'S IS Contains Much Wisdom, Yet Most of It Would Apply Quite as Well to Men—Question of Whether or Not David Copper-field Was a Gentleman —Views of George Ade. The last number of Collier's Weekly was an unusually interesting one and called the woman's number, although one wonders why, as there is not much in it to interest women especially. There is, however, an article by La- vinia Hart, called "Don'ts for Women," which contains much wisdom which would be equally valuable for men. The writer says that it is necessary not only to be good, but good for some- thing. To find what you can do the best and do that one thing, if possible to do it at all, as well as you can, and that is genius. Persons can be divid- ed, according to the writer, into two classes, the leaders and the led. The former comprise those who have found their work, taken advantage of their opportunities, and made something of themselves, while those who are led are the dwadlers, those who are always going to do something wonderful the day after tomorrow or next week when they find time. The woman says truly that the present is all we have; we talk vagmely about the future and what we are going to do presently, while all the time our lives are slipping by and the golden hours when we might have worked belong to the dead past. To- day is our only future, for it is yes- terday's future, and tomorrow it will be gone beyond control. Miss Hart seems to think that women are great- er dwadlers and have more to answer for in the way of wasted time than men. This she thinks is due to the fact that men expect an active career and better appreciate that the days of youth are the best they will ever have for work. This may be accounted for in other ways also, as man goes down to his office and works steadily every day with his mind fixed on that one thing, while women's work is so diversified that they are expected to do many things well. In the natural order of things women do not concen- trate their minds on one object jje men are more or less obliged to do unlegs they take up a business career so com- mon today. Then frequently they make a great success of themselves and evince an astonishing aptitude for work. A genius, says the writer, is an ordinary human being who has dis- covered his talent and made the most of it; who has found his work, persevered in It and loved it. She makes no al- lowance for those bom under a fortu- nate star, and though she does not say so, evidently does not believe in luck. Is there, indeed, such a thing as luck? Ifone has not that something known by the name persevering, hard work is a good substitute for it. In the same Collier's is a most en- tertaining account of the woman's ex- position which has been opened in Madison Square Garden, New York, under the auspices of the Professional Woman's League. This is, indeed, an Adamless Eden, for not a sign of a man is there about the affair except those curious ones who come to view what women have done. As the masculine visitor drives up to the entrance his carriage door is thrown open by a six- foot negro women dressed in a royal purple coat, with brass buttons, tight trousers and shiny boots, and a high hat with a cockade upon it. He goes to the box office to purchase his ticket and is greeted by a half dozen charming young women who are extremely busi- ness-like; further on is a feminine tick- et-taker in gorgeous uniform of green and gold. "Move on," says a soft voice, and he looks up in astonishment to find himself confronted by a truly mag- nificent policeman, fully six feet high, who carries a formidable-looking "bil- ly" and regards him with an icy stare. After this he is prepared for anything and nothing else makes the impression that has been made upon him by the doorkeepers and the policeman. Once inside, the most wonderful things greet him on every hand; indeed, it is the Chicago world's fair on a small scale, even to the streets of Cairo. Here and there are bands of. music, the players all women and in uniform; then the visitor goes to the industrial section and here he finds everything under the sun which women have made and can do, from a completely equipped newspaper office, making up and print- ing a daily paper right under your eyes, to a Red Cross hospital on the field of battle where everyone from syrgeons down to soldiers are women. Then the visitor goes to the Midway, and here he finds the most entrancing Japanese, Swedish, Dutch, Italian and Spanish girls. Here are old Dutch kitchens, spotlessly clean; Viennese restaurants, sidewalk cafes and Cairo bazaars, end- ing up with the street of all nations. Another section represents Venice in carnival time, a facsimile of the gay scenes, with St. Mark's, the Grand Canal and the Palace of the Doges in the background. The balconies are crowded with pretty Italian girls who pelt the visitor with confetti, while fakirs on every hand rob him of his last penny. This Immense and unique show takes the place of the annual entertainment or fair given by the league each year; those who arrange it and take part are almost all actresses, which ac- counts for their ability to carry out their various parts with such success. The proceeds of this affair go to the support of indigent and invalid act- ors and actresses, and the league this year hopes to make a much larger sum than ever before. A new edition of Dickens' works is being put out in London, and a cor- respondent in a weekly review speaks of the immense popularity of these books after bo long a lapse of years, popularity far exceeding Thackery, Bulwer, or even George Eliot. Pickwick Papers comes first in the hearts of most Dickens lovers, with David Cop- perfield a close second. Some one has written a letter to a literary paper ask- ing whether David Copperfield was a gentleman, the question occuring to the writer after a passage in the book in which Dora tells David that she should not have married him as she was not fit to be a wife; and David replies: "Oh, Dora, love, as fit as I am to be a husband." From this the writer ar- gues that David was somewhat of a cad, because he seemed to assent to Dora's strictures upon herself. As an individual he seems to think that Da- vid, our beloved David, was a snob, and he proceeds to say some very un- pleasant things of him. The writer says: "I know, of course, that the great majority who can never admit the slightest fault in a favorite will disagree with me; but I should be pleased to know If any agree." It Is not likely that he will find many lovers of Dickens who agree with him, not possibly because he la not right—per- naps he is and perhaps that one re- mark and many others of David's might have been more tactful—but be- cause the lovers of Dickens would find it difficult to describe just why they cannot bear to Have their Dickens idols destroyed. Many of the stories are absurd, the incidents quite improb- able, if, after 'all, 'anything is improb- able, but to those^who like them they have an indescribable charm which de- fies analysis a*d canot be explained by any particular^liturary taste. Dickenß is Dickens, an& there is only one, and David Copperfteld^vill be loved and his short married^life with Dora will be wept over long 1 aft*/r his critic has gone to his last home. - This 13 what We London Academy has to say about George Ade's "More Fables in Slang,", which must indeed try the souls the English to read and understand, if-indeed they accom- plish the latter process at all: "In the reading oT'Mr. Ade's Fables, ev- erything "cTepenns upon mood. We can quite understand that s£>me people would find them almost offensive; we found them extremely entertaining, but we are prepared to admit that at another time we might have been less pleased. Yet in that case we think the fault would lie rather with ourselves that with Mr. Ade, for his work, trifling as it is, shows great observation, and here and there provides quite wise comments upon certain phases of life." On the whole this is wonderfully fair for an English paper, considering that there are not a few Americans who find the fables rather difficult reading. Mr. Ade should give up that nonsense and devote his time entirely to the writing of comic opera, for he has made an undoubted success of "The Sultan of Sulu," the only comic opera which has had a glimmer of reason in its lines or plot for several years. Mr. Ade himself is reported to detest slang and to be very tired of writing the fables, so It is not unlikely that they will cease to be before long. Takes Off Modern Writers. The art of parodying famous writ- ers is becoming almost a profession in this country, and much valuable time and effort is put into caricature that might be turned to good account in original work. The newest of these parodists is Owen Seaman, who has written a little volume called "Borrow- ed Plumes," in which he takes off modern writers very cleverly. Among those he parodies are Marie Corelli, Henry James, Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Hall Came and others. The following imitations of Maeterlinck's style are es- pecially good: "Where is my pet lamb? I do not see it on the sofa as usual. Ah! ah! I smell mint-sauce. No, I will not take any luncheon today. I loved it so. It was not altogether like other lambs. It was more -ominous, and now it is cold. • \u2666 •' "Hush! Not so loud. Sister Ann may overhear you. She is a hundred and twenty-five yards away under a willow; but you never can tell how far her soul reaches. Perhaps it covers as much as three acres. * * * "Sister Migraine, I have a headache. Have you a : headache, Sister Mi- graine? I thfr.k lam going to be very unhappy. • \u25a0*• * "Oh. Oh! t have a pain in my des- tiny. It is just here. It is not indi- gestion. Oh, no! It is certainly not indigestion. * * * The Booklovers Library is not only prosperous and flourishing but is pro- posing to branch out in various direc- tions and one can only hope that its financial backing will be equal to the expenditure involved. From the first of October its rates have been raised and a new feature added which makes it possible for the members to go to the library, if there is one in the city, and exchange books as often as they please, as well as receiving books by wagon delivery. Added to the long list of popular and standard works, they have now a religious library, and li- braries of French and German litera- ture, and have perfected a system by which members can obtain books on all the leading railway trains from Boston to San Francisco. Added to this they have placed libraries on the American line steamships and have established themselves both in London and Paris. Also they have a chain of libraries- across the Pacific and half round the world. The way in which this library idea has grown and de- veloped is simply marvelous and would seem to indicate that these enterpris- ing Booklovers have filled a long felt want. The monthly Literary Bulletin which has been issued for several months, will in the near future be turned into a monthly magazine of the same proportions as the leading mag- azines of the country, according to the latc-st announcement of the Philadel- phia managers of the Library, and will be sent free to all members. The chief value of the books sent by the Book- lovers system over and above the pub- lic, library system, is that by the for- mer one is certain to receive new and clean books, which, of necessity, can- not always be the case with the much handled volumes of the public li- brary. Martin Writes For Life. E. S. Martin, who is well known to the public as the writer of paragraphs treating of the current news of the day in Harper's Weekly, is also a poet and the publisher of several volumes of poems. What is not generally known in regard to him is his editorial con- nection with Life. His name is not used, but he has been writing for that paper for some years. His last book, which is now several weeks old, is culled "Poems and Verses." His first book of verse, published in 1882, and entitled "A Li'ftle Brother to the Rich," it is reported has been sold to the extent of twenty-five thousand copies, which is rather remarkable for a volume o£ light verse. Mr. Martin had rather a remarkable experience with this particular book, as it was published once in London with the title "Pirated Poems," and was the re- sult ol the browsing of one of a firm of pixblishers in a bookstall, where he came across the poems which were then published anonymously. These London publishers reprinted them with the following explanation: "To the author: The publishers of this book have produced this volume of an old copy found on a bookstall. They have endeavored to trace the author but have failed, and they undertake to pay the author (whoever he may be) his share of the profits—if any—aris- ing out of the sale of the same, from the date of this publication, and as lor.g as the book shall find favor with the public. The author must prove his identity to the satisfaction of the pub- lishers, or to the satisfaction of such arbitrators as they may appoint." Mr. Martin sometime afterwards learned of this curious publication of his own work and when he went to London in- terviewed the firm that put it out. It is not stated whether or no he re- ceived his share of the proceeds, but it is presumable that he did. Mr. Martin is a brother of the wife of Maj. W. F. Wilder, who is now stationed in St. Paul. Strange to relate American pub- lishers do not seem over-anxious to obtain the .right of printing the re- cently written Tjook of the erstwhile pr< sldent of the defunct Dutch repub- lic. This Volume of Oom Paul's is to be published simultaneously In Hol- land, Germany and England. So far it is not reported' that any English edi- tion further! than the one to be put out in Lcnd'on by Mr. Fisher Unwin is to appear, although there is no doubt that the work will have a large sale in this country. The book is said to be about one hundred thousand words in length, and was dictated to his sec- retaries. It tells the life story of Mr. Kruger from the time when as a boy he trekked adross African prairies with his father who was trying to get nway from English tyranny, to the day that he fled from his own country for the same reason. All the problems which stared his people in the face are treated vigorously, the Jameson raid is given an airing which may make some persons a little uncomfort- able, and Mr. Chamberlain, it is be- lieved, has been estimated at his proper value. It is a matter of regret that Mr. Cecil Rhodes was not spared to peruse this volume. Mr. Kruger was never given to wasting words in idle compliment' or of polishing the truth to make it more agreeable to the ear, so his book will certainly be direct enough to suit even the lasmi "Got" and "Gotten." THE ST. PAUL GLOBS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1902, ardent pro-Boer. It Is scarcely pos- sible that no publisher will buy the rights of this book for this country, where the heroic struggle of the bur- ghers was watched with much sym- pathy. The advance orders In Ger- many and Holland for the work are very large, and in the former country the mere fact that It contains an "ap- preciation" of Mr. Chamberlain Is suf- ficient to make a large advance sale. The same reason might sell large numbers of the book over here. Janet Ward —By Margaret E. Sangster. Published by Fleming- H. Revell com- pany, New York, Chicago and Toronto. Margaret E. Sangster, already well known to the reading public as the au- thor of "Winsome Womanhood" and '"Ly- rics of Love," has written a charming story in "Janet Ward," a girl of sense who confronted life much as most of us find it, in the end discovering, in the lan- guage of Miss Sangater, that "those young women are happiest who find their career ending In a good man's love and their world bounded by the four walla of love." Aunt Abby's Neighbors—By Annie Trum- bull Slosson. Published by Fleming 11. Revell company, New York, Chicago and Toronto. "Aunt Abby's Neighbors," first pub- lished last June, has proved so popular with the reading publio that it is now out in a second edition. Ralph Granger's Fortunes —By William Perry Brown, illustrated by W. H. Fry. Published by the Saalfleld Publishing company, Akron. Ohio. "Ralph Granger's Fortunes," the story of a young man's contests and conquests sea and land, is one of those common- place books which is neither very good nor very bad. It isn't bad enough to put one into a helpless series of yawns or good enough to keep one reading it into the wee sma' hours. Sooner or later, prob- ably sooner, William Perry Brown will reach the conclusion that he ought not to have written It. Daniel Boone —By Reuben Gold Thwaltes. Published by D. Appleton & Co., New York. Mr. Thwaites' "Daniel Boone" is the latest of the Appleton's life histories. Aft- er giving Boone a number of left-handed compliments, such as, "He was not really the founder of Kentucky" and "His serv- ices in defense of the West during nearly a half century of border warfare were not comparable to those of George Rogers Clark or Benjamin Logan," Mr. Thwaite says: "Boone's picturesque career pos- sesses a romantic and even pathetic in- terest that can never fail to charm the student of history." He testifies that Boone was great as a hunter, explorer, surveyor, land pilot and rifleman. Mr. Thwaites' book is a brief but thrill- ing story of the life of a pioneer of the West. He acknowledges that most of the information published therein comes from the manuscript of the late Dr. Lyman Copeland Draper. Eagle 8100d —By James Creelman, il- lustrated by Rose Cecil O'Neill. Pub- lished by the Lothrop Publishing com- pany, Boston. In "Eagle Blood" James Creelman. long known as one of the most incisive of newspaper writers, has made an excep- tionally strong novel. In his war descrip- tions and diplomatic interviews he is happy to a degree. His story introduces an Englishman of noble family, who comes to America for the purpose of making his way, not by a marriage for money, but by his own ability. Eagle Wood—the American spirt—conquers lion blood —the blood of old England. He is American- ized through the strong influence of a Yankee girl who is depicted as the ideal type of American woman. The work Is one of the great psychological intensity, tender in its love motif, quick and varied in. action. The Millionairess—By Julian Ralph, il- lustrated by C. F. Nudemord. Publish- ed by the Lolhrop Publishing company, Boston. Julian Ralph throws out a strong hint in his "The Millionairess" that the women of the "400" of New York drink wine, smoke cigarette and swear. At any rate, he describes such characters. He credits these women with mocking the laws which uphold civilization, with making light of wedlock in speech and in the conduct of their lives. He reports conversations in which they and the men of their degenerate circle practically de- clare that our rich fashionables make their own rules of conduct for themselves. By the persons who know New York best, Mr. Ralph has been praised for his faithful picturing of the ways of its plain citizens, as shown in his "People We Pass" stories. In his latest and most mature work, "The Millionairess," he conducts us into the company of "the best families," and leads us to startling dis- coveries of lawlessness and downright vulgarity, where we looked only for ex- emplary living. Mr. Ralph is a born New Yorker, and has seen the fashionable set at home and abroad. His work has al- ways been trustworthy. The weight oi probability, therefore, all favors his lively picturing of the set called "The Catamar- ans" on the edge of New York's famous "four hundred. But "The Millionariess" is not a ser- mon, neither is it all, or even largely, an exposure of our decadents. There is plenty in it that is as sweet as the breath- ings of field flowers. The novel is the life story of a lovely girl of great wealth, who is to all intents alone in the world. Richard Gordon—By Alexander Black, il- lustrated by Ernest «Fuhr.* Published ;• by the ; Lothrop J Publishing.- company,'. Boston. \u25a0 -•: .'•-\u25a0..•\u25a0.-\u25a0- .\u25a0•.. '. .:\u25a0 \u25a0; •'\u25a0 In - Black's "Richard Gordon", is a pic- ture 'of New York life,' in .which the hero," a rising young lawyer and politician, seeks the hand of a beautiful girl, who, although she seems to care for -him and loyally aids him -in his» career, -refuses 5 to: show her real feeling:. The reason for this. re- fusal is the well sustained mystery of this novel, which has a dramatic and pleasing climax. *' "\u25a0 •* "-\u25a0 ..\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0*".\u25a0.\u25a0"\u25a0'"-\u25a0""'" -'' *"*•.--' , ..* . The tale is full of incidents and clearly drawn - characters..; It -is varied in : scene and incisive in : style. It . furnishes a bril- liant , spectacle :of the life, social, political and : artistic, in : the \u25a0 metropolis. - Its - mo- tive, while bold and daring, is so handled that the reader 13 given a piece of fiction not only• interesting ; and \u25a0, satisfactory in the reading, but ;:thoroughly wholesome : and ennobling in Influence. "5.; ' . Stage • Confidences—By Clara Morris; S illustrated with many photographs por- traying her well known - characters.'' '•' \u25a0 Published iby the -Lothrop Publishing '"; Company, • Boston. • -<\u25a0 \u25a0'. / "r-r-."*>"\u25a0' i- 1->--.-r Clara -. Morris,;, greatest of America emotional actresses, talks in "Stage Con- fidences" .with humor, - point - and • oharm > of the mysterious, v alluring, exacting life i behind the\u25a0- footlights. ? With : story, s epi- gram and Illustration i she strips it of• its false iKiltie* &nd ? nvei s valuable advice, In passing, : to ; stage -;aspirants, while in- -..-.\u25a0 -^'"^.\u25a0\u25a0^ :.\u25a0'\u25a0-\u25a0;\u25a0\u25a0.". \u25a0.-\u25a0::.\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0•"•\u25a0 v-;-""'.- •\u25a0.•\u25a0"\u25a0-:: \u25a0 The word "gotten" which is never in very good odor, has been up for discussion recently and many persons who know what the best English Is have filed their protests against the common use of it. A young woman wrote to a literary paper in criticism of the common use of the word, and she was indorsed by no less an au- thority than Thomas Wentworth Hig- ginson, who goes into the family his- tory, as it were, of the objectionable word. He says it Is a Southern im- portation and he first heard It in 1841, when he was visiting cousins in Vir- ginia, and the common use of it all ovpr the country he claims was one of the results of the war. Unpleasant as thp word is, there are times when got, which the critics say is almost always sufficient in Its place, will not do at all. And got Is almost as ob- jectionable as gotten; "I have got" is a form of expression painfully com- mon and one which custom has jus- tified, but "I have" will do just as well in almost every case, and is infinitely more euphonious. It will, however, take considerably more than pro- tests to literary papers to drive got and gotten out of the ordinary talk of the time. —The Book Lover. St. Paul, Oct. 18, 1902. The Whirlwind—By Rupert Hughes. Published by Lothrop Publishing com- pany, Boston. "The Whirlwind" is a story of the Civil war. The tale is one of a striking por- sonality, who Is boldly and strongly de- lineated, from his humble, country child- hood, with its environment of poverty and family degradation, through a brilliant political and war record, up to a presiden- tial candidacy—all of it graphic, typical and of compelling interest. John Mead, a representative, self-made native statesman, a man who sins, suf- fers, achieves and wins through to event- ful canonization as a historic character, is the center of a novel which depicts the American life, political and social. In a most memorable way. The book em- bodies the private life of a public man, and it is the author's gift to make us realize in John Mead's career how home- ly and human, yet how splendid and tragic, that life may be. Fine portraits of men, unforgettable women, mothers, sisters and wives, make "The Whirlwind" veritable and fascinating; and the strik- ing title is a good description of the sweeping career of the hero. terestlng and amusing all readers by her picturesque matter and brilliant style. Her manner Is peculiarly frank and inti- mate, and these reminiscences are well- named confidences, since she enters into close, friendly relations with her audi- ence. Miss Morris' reputation as a writer is already firmly established, and "Stage Confidences" will enhance It and be generally recognized as a character- istically racy and enjoyable work. In the opening chapter Miss Morris says: "Dear gifted woman, pause before you put your hand to the plough thai will turn your future into such strange fur- rows. Remember the life of the theater is a hard life, a homeless life; that it is a wandering up and down the earth, a life filled full with partings, with sweet, lost friendships; that its triumphs are bril- liant but brief. If you do truly love acting 1, simply and solely for the sake of acting, then all will be well with you and you will be content; but verily you will be a marvel." John Gildart—By M. E. Henry Ruffln. Published by William H. Young & Co., New York. This is one of the saddest of stories, but it is well told in blank verse, with snatches of rhyme sandwiched in. It relates the fortunes of John Gildart, a young Con- federate soldier, who, while in the field, learned that his farm buildings had been burned and his wife and baby boy were suffering for the necessities of life. Gil- dart deserted and went home, but after supplying the needs of his family re- turned to his regiment. He was court- martialed and sentenced to be shot. His wife and child journeyed to the camp, to take Gildart by surprise, and reached their destination just as the husband and father was executed for desertion. An Old-Fashioned Girl—By Louisa M. Alcott, with twelve full-page pictures by Jessie Willcox Smith. Published by Little, Brown & Co.. Boston. Little, Brown & Co. have given the pub- lic a new and attractive edition of Louisa M. Alcott's "An Old-Fashioned Girl.'' It will be remembered by scores of girls who have grown up to womanhood that in this book Miss Alcott described "the good old fashions which make women truly beauti- ful and honored, and render home what it should be —a happy place where pa- rents and children, brothers and sisters, learn to love and know and help one an- other." The Adventures of Torqua—By Charles F. Holder, author of "The History and Antiquity of Catalina." Published by Little. Brown & Co., Boston. Mr. Holder lays the scene of "The Ad- ventures of Torqua" 200 years ago on isl- ands in the Pacific, not far from San Diego, Cal. Two boys, natives of Spain, banished from the Castilian kingdom, es- cape from a Jesuit mission, and, guided by Torqua, live a wild, free, out-of-door life among the Indians. The book abounds in instruction as well as adventure, and has striking illustrations. Glimpses of Chinese and Chinese Homes — By Edward S. Morse, formerly profes- sor of zoology in the Imperial univer- sity, Tokyo. Published by Little, Brown & Co., Boston. Duiinsr a short visit to China, Prof. Morse endeavored to study more partic- ularly the domestic ways of the people, and especially to sketch in rapid outline their rooms, kitchens and the homely de- tails of domestic life. His description of street scenes, a Manchu drill room, Chi- nese mob. street magicians, a pottery town, food, clothing and many other de- tails of Chinese life will surely be of in- terest to the general reader. His four years' residence in Japan, resulting in his well known book "Japanese Homes aril Their Surroundings." and the superb quarto Catalogue of Japanese Pottery, published by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, was a thorough training for the journalist's work in China. While his Chinese experiences were of the briefest nature, his methods of observation, coupled with an Jn- tlmate knowledge of a cognate nation, give an added value to the work. The reader will find for the first time hasty pen-and-ink sketches of matters about which he has read, and, despite the abounding literature on the subject, many features shown in a new light. Hazel Pierce —By William A. 110. Pub- lished by A. Hograve & Co., New York. This book Is as queer as Is the author's name. The whole story seems to be told backwards, the result being at least con- fusing. Hardly one chapter continues without going back from where the pre- ceding one leaves off. However, the tale is an interesting one and the author may do better some day. The heroine, Hazel Pierce, is one of those good young women who say "Yes, mamma." and go^to church every Sun- day. She falls m love, of course, with an equally good young man. This yountr man had never had a chance to be bad and when it came he was very bad in- deed and deserted his poor fiancee, who finally died of a broken heart. Her dear mother, her brother and her father pre- ceded her, and the villain of the book turns good in his old age through love of Hazel and daily mourns over her grave. Brenda's Cousin at Radcliffe—By Helen Leah Reed. Published by Little, Brown & Co., Boston. "Brenda's Cousin at Radcliffe" is in- tended to be a faithful picture of under- graduate life* of the young women who attend Radcliffe college. The portrayal is no doubt accurate, as Miss Reed is herself a graduate of the college. The book, at any rate, is written in entertain- ing style and should be interesting to all girls who have attended boarding school. "Brenda's Cousin at Radcliffe" is Miss Reed's third of the "Brenda" series. The Law of the New Thought—By Wil- liam Walker Atkinson. Published by the Research company, Chicago. Mr. Atkinson says of "The Lav/ of the New Thought" it is written to answer the questions: "What Is the New Thought?" "What does It mean?" "What principles does it stand for?" "How does New Thought differ from Old Thought?" He says he feels that all these ques- tions and many more have been thorough- ly and satisfactorily covered in this work. The Lost Wedding Ring—By Cortland Myers. Published by Funk & Wagnalls company, New York and London. Cortland Myers, a Baptist minister of Brooklyn, approaches his subject from the negative side. He tells what marriage is not, before he discusses it in its positive aspects. The evils that beset the mstitu- tio'n command his first attention. "The lost wedding ring" is to him "lost sanctity, security and saJvation." In the latter half of the book, however, the lost is found, and the chapters "The Kingly Husband," "Queen of the Home," and "Strong as Death," present with glowing fervor the Christian ideal of the life union of man and woman. As Dr. Myers says in the preface, "The home is at the foundation of human so- ciety, and the marriage altar is at the center of the home." And so in nine help- ful talks he discusses the Institution of marriage from a religious standpoint. Who Are We? or Moral Degeneracy and Its Attendant Evils—By M. E. Wood- ling, M. D. Published by the Abbey Press, New Tork. Dr. Woodling's book is a brutally direct "roast" of those men who, Insisting that their mothers and sisters shall be pure, themselves go on periodical debouches. It is a chance, if Anthony Comstock gets his THE COLER BIRD. Too Good to Be True. PICTURE PUZZLE,* eye on the work, he doesn't demand that It be excluded from the malla. Dr. Wood- ling evidently feels that he has at lenrV gone the limit in his methods of expres* aion, as he says on one of the closing pages: 'Some may say that the lan- guage used herein is too severe, too caustic. It will only blister those who need blistering." The style of the book is rigorous and its contents instructive. BOOK HINTS IN PARAGRAPHS. Ella Higginson. the poetess and novelist has a story In press for publication this month by the Macmillan company. It will be called Mariella. of "Out West " The heroine is an intelligent daughter of crude, hard-handed parents, and the plot hangs on the conflict of ideals brought about by her culture in sordid surround- fnfßn!l ei n,.G« er £2 Oke> ?' no was President of. the : Grafton Press, has recently with- draw .from that company and is now publishing under his own name at No. 79 Fifth avenue, New, York. Mr. Cooka formerly held responsible positions with Harper & Brothers, Collier's Weekly and D. Appleton & Co., and his exceptional experience - then, and since, in the up- building of his own business, has given him a most favorable standing in the publishing world. The Methodist Publishing House, In To- &?;u "I a Pa"- has ha<3 large portions of What a loung Boy Ought to Know" and 'What a Young Man Ought to Know" two of the purity b(jpks in the Self and Sex series, translated and published In Japanese. The total absence of pure words in the Japanese language rendered the work of the translators exceedingly dlcult. and the size of the Japanese char- acters rendered it impossible to puMi.sh either book entire, especially the book to young men, as it would have made a volume as formidable as an encyclopedia The Interest In Mrs. Carter Harrison's new book of fairy tales, "Prince Bilver- w'i!l?Sl"Jllas bocn so Brent that a second edition has been put to press before date of publication. In a brief book entitled "Jesus' Way" (Houghton, Mifflin & Co.) President Wil- liam DeWitt Hyde, of Bowdoin college, attempts to show what Christianity was as Jesus taught it to his disciples, when It was known simply as "the way." be- fore it had been cast into a theology by tll6J?, ersonallty of Paul, or expanded into a philosophy by the writer of the Fourth Gospel, or stereotyped into an institution by Catholic symbols, or reduced to a sys- tem by protestant creeds. Among the important books Doubledav Page & Co. publish during the fortnight is Rudyard Kipling's new book, the "Just So Stories." for which Mr. Kipling himself has made over forty illustrations; also the second volume of their Variorum edition of FitzGerald's works, and "The Memoirs of a Contemporary," an authentic work with intimate accounts of great men of Napoleonic times, by a woman who went to war In men's clothing to follow Mar- shal Ney. Little, Brown & Co.'s autumn announce- ments contain twelve new Juvenile titles besides new illustrated editions of two of Misg Alcott's stories. Lily F. Wessel- hoeft has written a new animal story. entitled "Foxy the Faithful;" Anna < Vt- pin Ray. author of the well-known •Ted- dy" stories, has written "Nathalie's Chum," containing favorite characters; Helen Leah Reed, whose "Brenda" stories for older girls have been well received, has brought the. series to a close with "Brenda's Cousin at Radcliffe;" John Preston True, who has been writing the Stuart Schuyler series of Revolutionary' stories for boys, adds a third and nnal book entitled "On Guard! Against Tory and Tarleton;" Lucy M. Thurston, the author of "A Girl of Virginia." Is rep- resented with "Jack and His Island,' a story of the war of 1812, for boys. "The Doom of King Acrlsius." by Wil- liam Morris, is one of the very finest In the list of R. H. Russell's latest output of choice books—choice both as regards literary quality and the essentials of ar- tistic bookmaking. The illustrations, which include twelve platinum full-pngo prints of the utmost delicacy and finish, are reproduced from the series of mar- velous paintings by Sir Edward Burne- Jones. In no other book that could bo named have the genius of Morris and th« artif Burne-Jones found ;i more completo and harmonious expression. Fitz Hay Carrington contributes an introduction ot critical value. The book is handsomely printed with decorative initials, and i.s exquisitely bound in white buckram stamped in gold. George Acle's new book of "Fables" will be Issued in a few days from the pub- lishing house of R. H. Russell, New \ork. It is entitled "The Girl Proposition; A Bunch of He and She Fables," and It in packed with the sort of entertainment which Mr. Ade's numerous admirers have a )ight to expect. The book will be ap- propriately illustrated by Holme and Mc- Cutcheon. The new Dooley book will be issued by R. H. Russell, Kew York, the latter part of this month. A glance at the advance sheets justifies the opinion that it will be hailed as the richest Installment of Mr. Dooley's wisdom and wit with which the public has yet been regaled. The many admirers of Nfxon Water- man's charming verse will be pleased to know that he is about to put forth a new volume entitled. "In Merry Mood; A Book of Cheerful Rhymes." It will contain over 100 poems, mostlyuhumorous and all In the cheerful vein characteristic of Wa- terman. Sing not. I pray, of the nightingale, Nor prate of the warbling wren. Chant not in praise of the peacock's tail, Nor yet of the modest hen; Boast not of the lark or the linnet's note, Their song is not worth a word Compared with the chuckle that's in the throat Of the wonderful Coler bird. And sing no song of the blithe cuckoo. Nor the toothsome canvasback. Of the shifty loon or the ehy curlew, Or the bird that goes "quack! quack!" Sing not of the bittern or gull or tern, By such is my soul unstirred, But sing in words that sizz and burn Of the wonderful Coler bird. The eagle soars on a widespread wing. And the clouds are its barbican. Of the swift gray goose the poets sing. And eke of the pelican; I care not for swan nor the smart blucblll, Nor the hawk by the blue sky blurred, But I sing o? a nest at the foot of a hill Where bideth the Coler bird. —Rochester Post-Express. Dolly—Please, Miss Sharp, mnmma says, have you really left your songs at home? Miss Sharp—Yes, dear. Why? Dolly—Well, papa says it sounds too good to be true! Be« the , i^A Th* KM Ywi Haw Always Bsngtt These mountain-climbers have had an accident. Find two more cf tiit-»f companions. Solution for yesterday's puzzle: The violinist is on the left of the doS» his son Is In the foliage of the plant Vjmiwttttt \u25a0lyg^q^^pßfcra— f fil/lUKCrU4tUB»',;- , -» * hi BBBJBJPBBBBBBjBBBBJBjB * ' I "*—i»J-'J "'H

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STRIKES DELAY BOOKSDISAGREEMENTS REGARDING

WAGES CAUSING TROUBLE

M«ny Orders Not Likely to Be Filledfor Weeks—Kipling as an Artist—Two Types of American Fiction—Timely Volumes—A Writer's View ofHis Profession.

The book arid magazine publishersare likely to be seriously delayed withtheir output because of the strikesnow going- on among- their employes.With every printing plant runningthere is not sufHcient means of pro-duction for the extra l;irge numbersof books to be issued this fall. Almostevery publisher is far behind in his\u25a0work—some books are entirely out ofprint and orders for many of these arepiling up daily. Now conies a strikeamong the pressmen, and scores ofshops are closed. Even though thestrikers return to work in a few daysthe publishers will be delayed stillfurther, and it is not at all unlikelythat many orders for books will be un-filled for weeks to come.

In spite of minor difficulties, how-ever, the book trade has a most prom-ising outlook this fall. The heavy ad-vance sales of many new novels indi-cates a confident feeling on the partof the dealers. Booth Tarkington's"The Two Vanrevels" has sold to thenumber of 60,000 copies, and the storyhas just been published. "The Fortunesof Oliver Horn," by P. HopkinsonSmith, is near to 60,000 copies; GilbertParker's "Donovan Pasha" is being or-dered heavily, and the serial publica-tion of "The Little White Bird," Bar-ries new novel, has created a largeadvance demand for the book. Theseare but a few of the best books whosepopularity is already assured.

"Just So Stories."Kipling's "Just So Stories" are at-

tracting more attention than is usualeven with a Kipling book because theauthor has illustrated the stories him-self—and even the most severe criticmust acknowledge that the work is

\u25a0well done. M. Rudyard Kipling inherit-ed not only the ink fever from hisfather, but a keenly developed senseof the artistic in other expressionsthan that of letters. The elder Kiplingis well known as an artist, and but forhis more brilliant son he would prob-ably have made a world-wide reputa-tion as a man of gTeat learning. Hehas a marvelous memory; he knowsmore about India than any other Eng-lishman. The editor under whomRudyard Kipling worked in India oncedescribed the father as the most de-lightful companion he ever met.

The whole family seems to have thepassion for writing. It is said thatmore poems by Kipling's mother andsister are to be published this fall. Thesister, now Mrs. Fleming, has the rep-utation of being able to quote everyline in Shapespeare's plays.

In this season's output of Americanfiction two distinct types are to benoted—the psychological novel, suchas "The Wings of a Dove," by HenryJames; "Our Lady of the Beeches," byBaroness yon Hutten, and in the"Confessions of a Wife," and the real-istic novel which records contem-porary life and business, such as"Capt. Macklin," by Richard HardingDavis; "Donovan Pasha," by Sir Gil-bert Parker: "The Fortunes of OliverHorn," by F. Hopkinson Smith, and"The Blazed Trail," by Stewart Ed-ward White. The latter book is notexactly a fall book, having appearedIn the spring, but its growth In pop-ular esteem has been bo continuousthat it ranks now with the better classof fall books.

At the present time four Englishnovels. are running serially in Parisnewspapers. "St. Ives," in the Temps;"The Last Days of Pompeii," in theSoliel, doubtless because of France'sinterest in Mt. Pelee; "Dr. Nichola,*in the Vie Illustie, and "The Mysteryof a Hansom Cab," in the Matin. Inaddition to these, another leading pa-per there is anxious to increase thelist by publishing a translation of "TheHound of the Baskervilles."

"Those Black Diamond Men.""Those Black Diamond Men," a com-

bination of short stories and a novel,was fortunate in having made its ap-pearance just at a time when almosteveryone was beginning to discusscoal, coal strikes and coal operators.The book has enjoyed a good sale andprobably will continue to be called forall winter.

Of similar timeliness is a volumeJust published called "The AnthraciteCoal Industry," which purports to be astudy of the economic conditionswhich prevail and of the existing rela-tions between capital and labor in thePennsylvania coal fields.

Another book just published, whichIs to be recommended for the relief itstitle gives the reader, is "A CountryWithout Strikes." Such a country act-ually exists, but it is our antipodes—New Zealand.

As an echo of the Dumas centerarycelebration comes a now volume,"Alex-ander Dumas (Pere)," by ArthurDavldson, which gives an interestingaccount of the novelist's life and re-lates many stories of him. Accord-ing to one of these tales, Dumas hitupon the name of his most famousromance in the following manner:

He was out on a shooting expeditionWith young Prince Napoleon, son ofJerome Bonaparte, in 1842, and after aviolent storm reached Elba. Whileexploring they discerned a'lake, sugar-loaf shaped, standing out of the sea.

"Ah," said the boatman, "that'swhere you would have got good sport.Yonder island is full of wild goats."

"Tndeed! What may its name be?""They call it the island of Monte

Cristo."Dumas later persuaded his compan-

ion to row around the island in orderto know more about its possessions.

"What's the use of that?" said theprince.

"Because," was the reply, "I intend

BY HERBERT BREWSTER.

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in memory of this trip with you to give

the name of Monte Cristo to somenovel which I shall write later on."

When Dumas made arrangementsfor his book, called "Impressions deVoyage Dans Paris," his publishersurged that his novel should be a sen-sational romance, and Dumas contrivedan intrigue involving a rich aristocratknown as Le Oonte de Monte Cristo.

F. M. Bird's Confessions.There is always a nominal interest

attached to the dissection' of authorsby the critics, but when a writercalmly dissects himself more than or-dinary interest is aroused. FrederickM. Bird seems to write not of a fulland bitter experience in a current mag-azine when he lays bare the secrets ofhis professions.

Apart from egotistic imaginings, thetruth is that the literary life is as pooras any other vocation and probablyjraorer than most in "literarymaterial."Its details are not picturesque; theyare not romance; they are not even in-teresting, except to the "literary fel-

JULIAN RALPH.

low" himself, and not always especiallyso to him. There is next to nothing inthem to attract the curious whosework and play are on different lines;and other literary fellows do not careto hear about them, for they knowjust how it is. Bro\vn wrestles with asonnet; all that can be said about theprocess, the frowns and heavings andgurglings has been said a thousandtimes, chiefly in comic papers and par-agraphs. If he accomplishes his task,possibly he gets $5 or $10 for the re-sult. In one case out of a million ortwo it may be remembered for adecade. Smith sits down to cudgel anovel out of his inner consciousness:who wants to watch his throes andshare the joys or sorrows that precedeor attend creation? (People sometimesdo in the stories, I notice, but theseare high nights.) His wife may haveto see that he knocks off for dinner,and gets to bed for 2 a, m. She mayshare his anxiety as to tne concreteresult. His intimates, if he is impu-dent, may say, "Smith is trying towrite a novel," and go their way.

But suppose Smith scores, or Brownis acclaimed as a new Tennyson. Why,then, if notoriety or fame be won therewill be hard facts, statistics, biog-raphies and bibliographic data, arti-cles or items in books of reference. Weshall want to know what the greatman eats for breakfast ana where hebuys his trousers. But as for fiction,no. The professional life of the manof letters, however successful, can, asa rule, furnish nothing to romance;and as for realism, realism can findmore to interest and instruct in thedaily experiences of a plowman or so-ciety woman, not to say of a lawyeror engineer. Machinery is a morehopeful field for tales than lettei-s, andit is being worked now. Business hasinnumerable varieties and ramifica-tions, but what is there that is nothopelessly commonplace in a writer'swork, beyond the joy of discovery, assituations and characters evolve them-selves from his brain and take on asemblance of vitality? Stevensoncould put that in a few glowing lines,but not in his stories; he knew it wasnot a theme to dwell upon.

MAGAZINES OF THE MONTH.

Among the important leading1 articlesin the October Atlantic is Frank Fox-croffs "A Study of Local Option in LiquorSelling." Mr. Foxcroft has examinedthe workings of the Massachusetts localoption law very exhaustively. His clearand interesting account of the conditionsof its administration, its operation, and itseffect upon individual towns and cities•will be read with profit by everybody in-terested in this vitally important sub-ject.

Current History for October containsthe world's history during August—pre-sented In departments entitled '"Interna-tiona] Affairs," "Affairs in America,""Affairs in Europe," "Affairs in Asia andOceanica," "Affairs in Africa," "Scienceand Invention,"' "Education," "Religion,""Sociology," "Art. Music and the Drama,""Important Statistics," "A LiteraryChronicle," and "Necrology."

The November Century contains theclosing installment of "Confessions of aWife." The book was announced forpublication on the 15th of October, but thelarge demand has made it necessary to putoff the date of issue for one week sothat a sufficient number of copies maybe printed to fill the first orders. It wiilbe issued Oct. 22.

Col. Curtis Guild Jr.'s article entitled"The Spellbinder," In the NovemberScribner's, is a very practical humandocument on public speaking. There aremany amusing anecdotes of Incidents thatoccurred during recent campaigns, andmuch helpful information regarding thebest ways of attracting and retaining theattention of large audiences.

"David Harum" has reached its 100thedition, 666,000 copies of the book havingbeen sold.

The November Pearson's heralds theapproach of the Thanksgiving seasonwith a. bright cover on which bell ringersand proudly strutting turkey vie witheach other as harbingers of good cheer,while inside the covers is indeed a feastof "good things." The number openswith a cleverly written paper by EdwardN. Vallandigham on "The People vs.Politicians," giving the true story of thefutile opposition by his own party toCleveland's third nomination and his finaltriumph over his opponents at the mem-orable Syracuse convention of '92..

EXCUSED.

I've waited your coming long and late,And saved myself for our tete-a-tete —"Pis rudeness to let a lady wait,

O Mr. Affinity!

Mama is worried and heaves a sigh,And poor papa has an anxious eye.Where are you, I wonder? and why so

shy,O Mr. Affinity?

And—well last night, when the worldwent dim,

I found myself in the arms of Jim—And so I promised to marry him,

O Mr. Affinity!—Ethel M. Kelley in New York Press.

The Polite Tramp.Jogging Jake—Pard, yer lookin' rather

gay for a man that's just been fcJt ijabulldog.

Tired Tim—Well, the critter was a fe-male. I'm always satisfied to give meBeat up to a lady.—Philadelphia Rec-ord,

FOR THE WEAKER SEX.

Woman's Exposition.

The New Edition of Dickens.

GIVEN UP TO WOMENLAST NUMBER OF COLLIER'S IS

Contains Much Wisdom, Yet Most ofIt Would Apply Quite as Well toMen—Question of Whether or NotDavid Copper-field Was a Gentleman—Views of George Ade.

The last number of Collier's Weeklywas an unusually interesting one andcalled the woman's number, althoughone wonders why, as there is not muchin it to interest women especially.

There is, however, an article by La-vinia Hart, called "Don'ts for Women,"which contains much wisdom whichwould be equally valuable for men.The writer says that it is necessarynot only to be good, but good for some-thing. To find what you can do thebest and do that one thing, if possibleto do it at all, as well as you can, andthat is genius. Persons can be divid-ed, according to the writer, into twoclasses, the leaders and the led. Theformer comprise those who have foundtheir work, taken advantage of theiropportunities, and made something ofthemselves, while those who are led arethe dwadlers, those who are alwaysgoing to do something wonderful theday after tomorrow or next week whenthey find time. The woman says truly

that the present is all we have; wetalk vagmely about the future and whatwe are going to do presently, while allthe time our lives are slipping by andthe golden hours when we might haveworked belong to the dead past. To-day is our only future, for it is yes-terday's future, and tomorrow it willbe gone beyond control. Miss Hartseems to think that women are great-er dwadlers and have more to answerfor in the way of wasted time thanmen. This she thinks is due to thefact that men expect an active careerand better appreciate that the daysof youth are the best they will everhave for work. This may be accountedfor in other ways also, as man goesdown to his office and works steadilyevery day with his mind fixed on thatone thing, while women's work is sodiversified that they are expected todo many things well. In the naturalorder of things women do not concen-trate their minds on one object jje menare more or less obliged to do unlegsthey take up a business career so com-mon today. Then frequently they makea great success of themselves andevince an astonishing aptitude forwork. A genius, says the writer, isan ordinary human being who has dis-covered his talent and made the most ofit; who has found his work, perseveredin It and loved it. She makes no al-lowance for those bom under a fortu-nate star, and though she does notsay so, evidently does not believe inluck. Is there, indeed, such a thingas luck? Ifone has not that somethingknown by the name persevering, hardwork is a good substitute for it.

In the same Collier's is a most en-tertaining account of the woman's ex-position which has been opened inMadison Square Garden, New York,under the auspices of the ProfessionalWoman's League. This is, indeed, anAdamless Eden, for not a sign of a manis there about the affair except thosecurious ones who come to view whatwomen have done. As the masculinevisitor drives up to the entrance hiscarriage door is thrown open by a six-foot negro women dressed in a royalpurple coat, with brass buttons, tighttrousers and shiny boots, and a highhat with a cockade upon it. He goes tothe box office to purchase his ticket andis greeted by a half dozen charmingyoung women who are extremely busi-ness-like; further on is a feminine tick-et-taker in gorgeous uniform of greenand gold. "Move on," says a soft voice,and he looks up in astonishment tofind himself confronted by a truly mag-nificent policeman, fully six feet high,who carries a formidable-looking "bil-ly" and regards him with an icy stare.After this he is prepared for anythingand nothing else makes the impressionthat has been made upon him by thedoorkeepers and the policeman. Onceinside, the most wonderful things greethim on every hand; indeed, it is theChicago world's fair on a small scale,even to the streets of Cairo. Here andthere are bands of. music, the playersall women and in uniform; then thevisitor goes to the industrial sectionand here he finds everything underthe sun which women have made andcan do, from a completely equippednewspaper office, making up and print-ing a daily paper right under your eyes,to a Red Cross hospital on the field ofbattle where everyone from syrgeonsdown to soldiers are women. Then thevisitor goes to the Midway, and herehe finds the most entrancing Japanese,Swedish, Dutch, Italian and Spanishgirls. Here are old Dutch kitchens,spotlessly clean; Viennese restaurants,sidewalk cafes and Cairo bazaars, end-ing up with the street of all nations.Another section represents Venice incarnival time, a facsimile of the gayscenes, with St. Mark's, the GrandCanal and the Palace of the Doges inthe background. The balconies arecrowded with pretty Italian girls whopelt the visitor with confetti, whilefakirs on every hand rob him of hislast penny.

This Immense and unique show takesthe place of the annual entertainmentor fair given by the league each year;those who arrange it and take partare almost all actresses, which ac-counts for their ability to carry outtheir various parts with such success.The proceeds of this affair go to thesupport of indigent and invalid act-ors and actresses, and the league thisyear hopes to make a much larger sumthan ever before.

A new edition of Dickens' works isbeing put out in London, and a cor-respondent in a weekly review speaksof the immense popularity of thesebooks after bo long a lapse of years,popularity far exceeding Thackery,Bulwer, or even George Eliot. PickwickPapers comes first in the hearts ofmost Dickens lovers, with David Cop-perfield a close second. Some one haswritten a letter to a literary paper ask-ing whether David Copperfield was agentleman, the question occuring to thewriter after a passage in the book inwhich Dora tells David that she shouldnot have married him as she was notfit to be a wife; and David replies:"Oh, Dora, love, as fit as I am to bea husband." From this the writer ar-gues that David was somewhat of acad, because he seemed to assent toDora's strictures upon herself. As anindividual he seems to think that Da-vid, our beloved David, was a snob,and he proceeds to say some very un-pleasant things of him. The writersays: "I know, of course, that thegreat majority who can never admitthe slightest fault in a favorite willdisagree with me; but I should bepleased to know If any agree." It Isnot likely that he will find many loversof Dickens who agree with him, notpossibly because he la not right—per-naps he is and perhaps that one re-mark and many others of David'smight have been more tactful—but be-cause the lovers of Dickens would findit difficult to describe just why they

cannot bear to Have their Dickensidols destroyed. Many of the storiesare absurd, the incidents quite improb-able, if, after 'all, 'anything is improb-able, but to those^who like them theyhave an indescribable charm which de-fies analysis a*d canot be explained byany particular^liturary taste. Dickenßis Dickens, an& there is only one, andDavid Copperfteld^vill be loved and hisshort married^life with Dora will bewept over long1 aft*/r his critic has goneto his last home. -This 13 what We London Academyhas to say about George Ade's "MoreFables in Slang,", which must indeedtry the souls the English to readand understand, if-indeed they accom-plish the latter process at all:

"In the reading oT'Mr. Ade's Fables, ev-erything "cTepenns upon mood. We canquite understand that s£>me people wouldfind them almost offensive; we foundthem extremely entertaining, but we areprepared to admit that at another timewe might have been less pleased. Yet inthat case we think the fault would lierather with ourselves that with Mr. Ade,for his work, triflingas it is, shows greatobservation, and here and there providesquite wise comments upon certain phasesof life."

On the whole this is wonderfullyfair for an English paper, consideringthat there are not a few Americanswho find the fables rather difficultreading. Mr. Ade should give up thatnonsense and devote his time entirelyto the writing of comic opera, for hehas made an undoubted success of "TheSultan of Sulu," the only comic operawhich has had a glimmer of reasonin its lines or plot for several years.Mr. Ade himself is reported to detestslang and to be very tired of writingthe fables, so It is not unlikely thatthey will cease to be before long.

Takes Off Modern Writers.The art of parodying famous writ-

ers is becoming almost a profession inthis country, and much valuable timeand effort is put into caricature thatmight be turned to good account inoriginal work. The newest of theseparodists is Owen Seaman, who haswritten a little volume called "Borrow-ed Plumes," in which he takes offmodern writers very cleverly. Amongthose he parodies are Marie Corelli,Henry James, Mrs. Humphrey Ward,Hall Came and others. The followingimitations of Maeterlinck's style are es-pecially good:

"Where is my pet lamb? I do notsee it on the sofa as usual. Ah! ah!I smell mint-sauce. No, I willnot takeany luncheon today. I loved it so. Itwas not altogether like other lambs.It was more -ominous, and now it iscold. • \u2666 •'

"Hush! Not so loud. Sister Annmay overhear you. She is a hundredand twenty-five yards away under awillow; but you never can tell howfar her soul reaches. Perhaps it coversas much as three acres. * * *

"Sister Migraine, I have a headache.Have you a : headache, Sister Mi-graine? Ithfr.k lam going to be veryunhappy. • \u25a0*• *"Oh. Oh! t have a pain in my des-tiny. It is just here. It is not indi-gestion. Oh, no! It is certainly notindigestion. * * *The Booklovers Library is not onlyprosperous and flourishing but is pro-posing to branch out in various direc-tions and one can only hope that itsfinancial backing will be equal to theexpenditure involved. From the firstof October its rates have been raisedand a new feature added which makesit possible for the members to go tothe library, if there is one in the city,and exchange books as often as theyplease, as well as receiving books bywagon delivery. Added to the long listof popular and standard works, theyhave now a religious library, and li-braries of French and German litera-ture, and have perfected a system bywhich members can obtain books onall the leading railway trains fromBoston to San Francisco. Added tothis they have placed libraries on theAmerican line steamships and haveestablished themselves both in Londonand Paris. Also they have a chain oflibraries- across the Pacific and halfround the world. The way in whichthis library idea has grown and de-veloped is simply marvelous and wouldseem to indicate that these enterpris-ing Booklovers have filled a long feltwant. The monthly Literary Bulletinwhich has been issued for severalmonths, will in the near future beturned into a monthly magazine of thesame proportions as the leading mag-azines of the country, according to thelatc-st announcement of the Philadel-phia managers of the Library, and willbe sent free to all members. The chiefvalue of the books sent by the Book-lovers system over and above the pub-lic, library system, is that by the for-mer one is certain to receive new andclean books, which, of necessity, can-not always be the case with the muchhandled volumes of the public li-brary.

Martin Writes For Life.E. S. Martin, who is well known to

the public as the writer of paragraphstreating of the current news of the dayin Harper's Weekly, is also a poet andthe publisher of several volumes ofpoems. What is not generally knownin regard to him is his editorial con-nection with Life. His name is notused, but he has been writing for thatpaper for some years. His last book,which is now several weeks old, isculled "Poems and Verses." His firstbook of verse, published in 1882, andentitled "A Li'ftle Brother to theRich," it is reported has been sold tothe extent of twenty-five thousandcopies, which is rather remarkable fora volume o£ light verse. Mr. Martinhad rather a remarkable experiencewith this particular book, as it waspublished once in London with thetitle "Pirated Poems," and was the re-sult ol the browsing of one of a firm ofpixblishers in a bookstall, where hecame across the poems which werethen published anonymously. TheseLondon publishers reprinted themwith the following explanation: "Tothe author: The publishers of thisbook have produced this volume of anold copy found on a bookstall. Theyhave endeavored to trace the authorbut have failed, and they undertake topay the author (whoever he may be)his share of the profits—if any—aris-ing out of the sale of the same, fromthe date of this publication, and aslor.g as the book shall find favor withthe public. The author must prove hisidentity to the satisfaction of the pub-lishers, or to the satisfaction of sucharbitrators as they may appoint." Mr.Martin sometime afterwards learnedof this curious publication of his ownwork and when he went to London in-terviewed the firm that put it out. Itis not stated whether or no he re-ceived his share of the proceeds, butit is presumable that he did.

Mr. Martin is a brother of the wifeof Maj. W. F. Wilder, who is nowstationed in St. Paul.

Strange to relate American pub-lishers do not seem over-anxious toobtain the .right of printing the re-cently written Tjook of the erstwhilepr< sldent of the defunct Dutch repub-lic. This Volume of Oom Paul's is tobe published simultaneously In Hol-land, Germany and England. So far itis not reported' that any English edi-tion further! than the one to be put outin Lcnd'on by Mr. Fisher Unwin is toappear, although there is no doubtthat the work will have a large salein this country. The book is said tobe about one hundred thousand wordsin length, and was dictated to his sec-retaries. It tells the life story of Mr.Kruger from the time when as a boyhe trekked adross African prairieswith his father who was trying to getnway from English tyranny, to the daythat he fled from his own country forthe same reason. All the problemswhich stared his people in the faceare treated vigorously, the Jamesonraid is given an airing which maymake some persons a little uncomfort-able, and Mr. Chamberlain, it is be-lieved, has been estimated at hisproper value. It is a matter of regret

that Mr. Cecil Rhodes was not spared

to peruse this volume. Mr. Kruger

was never given to wasting words inidle compliment' or of polishing the

truth to make it more agreeable tothe ear, so his book will certainly bedirect enough to suit even the lasmi

"Got" and "Gotten."

THE ST. PAUL GLOBS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1902,

ardent pro-Boer. It Is scarcely pos-sible that no publisher will buy therights of this book for this country,where the heroic struggle of the bur-ghers was watched with much sym-pathy. The advance orders In Ger-many and Holland for the work arevery large, and in the former countrythe mere fact that It contains an "ap-preciation" of Mr. Chamberlain Is suf-ficient to make a large advance sale.The same reason might sell largenumbers of the book over here.

Janet Ward —By Margaret E. Sangster.Published by Fleming- H. Revell com-pany, New York, Chicago and Toronto.Margaret E. Sangster, already well

known to the reading public as the au-thor of "Winsome Womanhood" and '"Ly-rics of Love," has written a charmingstory in "Janet Ward," a girl of sensewho confronted life much as most of usfind it, in the end discovering, in the lan-guage of Miss Sangater, that "those youngwomen are happiest who find their careerending In a good man's love and theirworld bounded by the four walla of love."

Aunt Abby's Neighbors—By Annie Trum-bull Slosson. Published by Fleming 11.Revell company, New York, Chicago andToronto."Aunt Abby's Neighbors," first pub-

lished last June, has proved so popularwith the reading publio that it is now outin a second edition.

Ralph Granger's Fortunes —By WilliamPerry Brown, illustrated by W. H. Fry.Published by the Saalfleld Publishingcompany, Akron. Ohio."Ralph Granger's Fortunes," the story

of a young man's contests and conquestssea and land, is one of those common-

place books which is neither very goodnor very bad. It isn't bad enough to putone into a helpless series of yawns or goodenough to keep one reading it into thewee sma' hours. Sooner or later, prob-ably sooner, William Perry Brown willreach the conclusion that he ought notto have written It.

Daniel Boone —By Reuben Gold Thwaltes.Published by D. Appleton & Co., NewYork.Mr. Thwaites' "Daniel Boone" is the

latest of the Appleton's life histories. Aft-er giving Boone a number of left-handedcompliments, such as, "He was not reallythe founder of Kentucky" and "His serv-ices in defense of the West during nearlya half century of border warfare werenot comparable to those of George RogersClark or Benjamin Logan," Mr. Thwaitesays: "Boone's picturesque career pos-sesses a romantic and even pathetic in-terest that can never fail to charm thestudent of history." He testifies thatBoone was great as a hunter, explorer,surveyor, land pilot and rifleman.

Mr. Thwaites' book is a brief but thrill-ing story of the life of a pioneer of theWest. He acknowledges that most of theinformation published therein comes fromthe manuscript of the late Dr. LymanCopeland Draper.

Eagle 8100d—By James Creelman, il-lustrated by Rose Cecil O'Neill. Pub-lished by the Lothrop Publishing com-pany, Boston.In "Eagle Blood" James Creelman. long

known as one of the most incisive ofnewspaper writers, has made an excep-tionally strong novel. In his war descrip-tions and diplomatic interviews he ishappy to a degree. His story introducesan Englishman of noble family, who comesto America for the purpose of making hisway, not by a marriage for money, butby his own ability. Eagle Wood—theAmerican spirt—conquers lion blood —theblood of old England. He is American-ized through the strong influence of aYankee girl who is depicted as the idealtype of American woman. The work Isone of the great psychological intensity,tender in its love motif, quick and variedin. action.

The Millionairess—By Julian Ralph, il-lustrated by C. F. Nudemord. Publish-ed by the Lolhrop Publishing company,Boston.Julian Ralph throws out a strong hint

in his "The Millionairess" that the womenof the "400" of New York drink wine,smoke cigarette and swear. At any rate,he describes such characters.

He credits these women with mockingthe laws which uphold civilization, withmaking light of wedlock in speech and inthe conduct of their lives. He reportsconversations in which they and the menof their degenerate circle practically de-clare that our rich fashionables make theirown rules of conduct for themselves.

By the persons who know New Yorkbest, Mr. Ralph has been praised for hisfaithful picturing of the ways of its plaincitizens, as shown in his "People WePass" stories. In his latest and mostmature work, "The Millionairess," heconducts us into the company of "the bestfamilies," and leads us to startling dis-coveries of lawlessness and downrightvulgarity, where we looked only for ex-emplary living. Mr. Ralph is a born NewYorker, and has seen the fashionable setat home and abroad. His work has al-ways been trustworthy. The weight oiprobability, therefore, all favors his livelypicturing of the set called "The Catamar-ans" on the edge of New York's famous"four hundred.

But "The Millionariess" is not a ser-mon, neither is it all, or even largely, anexposure of our decadents. There isplenty in it that is as sweet as the breath-ings of field flowers. The novel is the lifestory of a lovely girl of great wealth, whois to all intents alone in the world.

Richard Gordon—By Alexander Black, il-lustrated by Ernest «Fuhr.* Published

;• by the ;Lothrop J Publishing.- company,'.Boston.

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ture 'of New York life,'in.which the hero,"a rising young lawyer and politician, seeksthe hand of a beautiful girl,who, althoughshe seems to care for -him and loyallyaids him -in his» career, -refuses 5to: showher real feeling:. The reason for this. re-fusal is the well sustained mystery of thisnovel, which has a dramatic and pleasingclimax. *' "\u25a0

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. The tale is full of incidents and clearlydrawn - characters..; It -is varied in : sceneand incisive in: style. It . furnishes a bril-liant , spectacle :of the life, social, politicaland : artistic, in : the \u25a0 metropolis. - Its- mo-tive, while bold and daring, is so handledthat the reader 13 given a piece of fictionnot only• interesting ; and \u25a0, satisfactory inthe reading, but ;:thoroughly wholesome :and ennobling in Influence. "5.; ' .Stage • Confidences—By Clara Morris;

S illustrated with many photographs por-traying her well known - characters.''

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Clara -. Morris,;, greatest of Americaemotional actresses, talks in "Stage Con-fidences" .with humor, - point -and • oharm >of the mysterious, valluring, exacting life ibehind the\u25a0- footlights. ? With : story, s epi-gram and Illustration ishe strips it of• itsfalse iKiltie* &nd ? nvei s valuable advice,In passing, : to ; stage -;aspirants, while in-

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The word "gotten" which is neverin very good odor, has been up fordiscussion recently and many personswho know what the best English Ishave filed their protests against thecommon use of it. A young womanwrote to a literary paper in criticismof the common use of the word, andshe was indorsed by no less an au-thority than Thomas Wentworth Hig-ginson, who goes into the family his-tory, as it were, of the objectionableword. He says it Is a Southern im-portation and he first heard It in 1841,when he was visiting cousins in Vir-ginia, and the common use of it allovpr the country he claims was oneof the results of the war. Unpleasantas thp word is, there are times whengot, which the critics say is almostalways sufficient in Its place, will notdo at all. And got Is almost as ob-jectionable as gotten; "I have got" isa form of expression painfully com-mon and one which custom has jus-tified, but "I have" will do just as wellin almost every case, and is infinitelymore euphonious. It will, however,take considerably more than pro-tests to literary papers to drive gotand gotten out of the ordinary talk ofthe time. —The Book Lover.

St. Paul, Oct. 18, 1902.

The Whirlwind—By Rupert Hughes.Published by Lothrop Publishing com-pany, Boston."The Whirlwind" is a story of the Civilwar. The tale is one of a striking por-

sonality, who Is boldly and strongly de-lineated, from his humble, country child-hood, with its environment of poverty andfamily degradation, through a brilliantpolitical and war record, up to a presiden-tial candidacy—all of it graphic, typicaland of compelling interest.

John Mead, a representative, self-madenative statesman, a man who sins, suf-fers, achieves and wins through to event-ful canonization as a historic character,is the center of a novel which depictsthe American life, political and social. Ina most memorable way. The book em-bodies the private life of a public man,and it is the author's gift to make usrealize in John Mead's career how home-ly and human, yet how splendid andtragic, that life may be. Fine portraitsof men, unforgettable women, mothers,sisters and wives, make "The Whirlwind"veritable and fascinating; and the strik-ing title is a good description of thesweeping career of the hero.

terestlng and amusing all readers by herpicturesque matter and brilliant style.Her manner Is peculiarly frank and inti-mate, and these reminiscences are well-named confidences, since she enters intoclose, friendly relations with her audi-ence. Miss Morris' reputation as awriter is already firmly established, and"Stage Confidences" will enhance It andbe generally recognized as a character-istically racy and enjoyable work.

In the opening chapter Miss Morrissays:

"Dear gifted woman, pause before youput your hand to the plough thai willturn your future into such strange fur-rows. Remember the life of the theateris a hard life, a homeless life; that it is awandering up and down the earth, a lifefilled full with partings, with sweet, lostfriendships; that its triumphs are bril-liant but brief. If you do truly loveacting 1, simply and solely for the sakeof acting, then all will be well with youand you will be content; but verily youwill be a marvel."John Gildart—By M. E. Henry Ruffln.

Published by William H. Young & Co.,New York.This is one of the saddest of stories, but

it is well told in blank verse, with snatchesof rhyme sandwiched in. It relates thefortunes of John Gildart, a young Con-federate soldier, who, while in the field,learned that his farm buildings had beenburned and his wife and baby boy weresuffering for the necessities of life. Gil-dart deserted and went home, but aftersupplying the needs of his family re-turned to his regiment. He was court-martialed and sentenced to be shot. Hiswife and child journeyed to the camp, totake Gildart by surprise, and reachedtheir destination just as the husband andfather was executed for desertion.An Old-Fashioned Girl—By Louisa M.

Alcott, with twelve full-page picturesby Jessie Willcox Smith. Published byLittle, Brown & Co.. Boston.Little, Brown & Co. have given the pub-

lic a new and attractive edition of LouisaM. Alcott's "An Old-Fashioned Girl.'' Itwill be remembered by scores of girls whohave grown up to womanhood that in thisbook Miss Alcott described "the good oldfashions which make women truly beauti-ful and honored, and render home whatit should be —a happy place where pa-rents and children, brothers and sisters,learn to love and know and help one an-other."

The Adventures of Torqua—By CharlesF. Holder, author of "The History andAntiquity of Catalina." Published byLittle. Brown & Co., Boston.Mr. Holder lays the scene of "The Ad-

ventures of Torqua" 200 years ago on isl-ands in the Pacific, not far from SanDiego, Cal. Two boys, natives of Spain,banished from the Castilian kingdom, es-cape from a Jesuit mission, and, guidedby Torqua, live a wild, free, out-of-doorlife among the Indians. The book aboundsin instruction as well as adventure, andhas striking illustrations.

Glimpses of Chinese and Chinese Homes —By Edward S. Morse, formerly profes-sor of zoology in the Imperial univer-sity, Tokyo. Published by Little, Brown& Co., Boston.Duiinsr a short visit to China, Prof.

Morse endeavored to study more partic-ularly the domestic ways of the people,and especially to sketch in rapid outlinetheir rooms, kitchens and the homely de-tails of domestic life. His description ofstreet scenes, a Manchu drill room, Chi-nese mob. street magicians, a potterytown, food, clothing and many other de-tails of Chinese life will surely be of in-terest to the general reader. His fouryears' residence in Japan, resulting in hiswell known book "Japanese Homes arilTheir Surroundings." and the superbquarto Catalogue of Japanese Pottery,published by the Museum of Fine Arts,Boston, was a thorough training for thejournalist's work in China.

While his Chinese experiences were ofthe briefest nature, his methods ofobservation, coupled with an Jn-tlmate knowledge of a cognate nation,give an added value to the work. Thereader will find for the first time hastypen-and-ink sketches of matters aboutwhich he has read, and, despite theabounding literature on the subject, manyfeatures shown in a new light.

Hazel Pierce —By William A. 110. Pub-lished by A. Hograve & Co., NewYork.This book Is as queer as Is the author's

name. The whole story seems to be toldbackwards, the result being at least con-fusing. Hardly one chapter continueswithout going back from where the pre-ceding one leaves off. However, thetale is an interesting one and the authormay do better some day.

The heroine, Hazel Pierce, is one ofthose good young women who say "Yes,mamma." and go^to church every Sun-day. She falls m love, of course, withan equally good young man. This yountrman had never had a chance to be badand when it came he was very bad in-deed and deserted his poor fiancee, whofinally died of a broken heart. Her dearmother, her brother and her father pre-ceded her, and the villain of the bookturns good in his old age through loveof Hazel and daily mourns over hergrave.

Brenda's Cousin at Radcliffe—By HelenLeah Reed. Published by Little, Brown& Co., Boston."Brenda's Cousin at Radcliffe" is in-

tended to be a faithful picture of under-graduate life* of the young women whoattend Radcliffe college. The portrayalis no doubt accurate, as Miss Reed isherself a graduate of the college. Thebook, at any rate, is written in entertain-ing style and should be interesting to allgirls who have attended boarding school."Brenda's Cousin at Radcliffe" is MissReed's third of the "Brenda" series.

The Law of the New Thought—By Wil-liam Walker Atkinson. Published bythe Research company, Chicago.Mr. Atkinson says of "The Lav/ of the

New Thought" it is written to answer thequestions: "What Is the New Thought?""What does It mean?" "What principlesdoes it stand for?" "How does NewThought differ from Old Thought?"

He says he feels that all these ques-tions and many more have been thorough-ly and satisfactorily covered in this work.

The Lost Wedding Ring—By CortlandMyers. Published by Funk & Wagnallscompany, New York and London.Cortland Myers, a Baptist minister of

Brooklyn, approaches his subject from thenegative side. He tells what marriage isnot, before he discusses it in its positiveaspects. The evils that beset the mstitu-tio'n command his first attention. "Thelost wedding ring" is to him "lost sanctity,security and saJvation." In the latter halfof the book, however, the lost is found,and the chapters "The Kingly Husband,""Queen of the Home," and "Strong asDeath," present with glowing fervor theChristian ideal of the life union of manand woman.

As Dr. Myers says in the preface, "Thehome is at the foundation of human so-ciety, and the marriage altar is at thecenter of the home." And so in nine help-ful talks he discusses the Institution ofmarriage from a religious standpoint.

Who Are We? or Moral Degeneracy andIts Attendant Evils—By M. E. Wood-ling, M. D. Published by the AbbeyPress, New Tork.Dr. Woodling's book is a brutally direct

"roast" of those men who, Insisting thattheir mothers and sisters shall be pure,themselves go on periodical debouches. Itis a chance, ifAnthony Comstock gets his

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eye on the work, he doesn't demand thatItbe excluded from the malla. Dr. Wood-ling evidently feels that he has at lenrVgone the limit in his methods of expres*aion, as he says on one of the closingpages: 'Some may say that the lan-guage used herein is too severe, toocaustic. Itwill only blister those who needblistering." The style of the book isrigorous and its contents instructive.

BOOK HINTS IN PARAGRAPHS.Ella Higginson. the poetess and novelist

has a story In press for publication thismonth by the Macmillan company. Itwill be called Mariella. of "Out West "The heroine is an intelligent daughterof crude, hard-handed parents, and theplot hangs on the conflict of ideals broughtabout by her culture in sordid surround-

fnfßn!lein,.G« er £2Oke> ?' no was Presidentof. the :Grafton Press, has recently with-draw .from that company and is nowpublishing under his own name at No. 79Fifth avenue, New, York. Mr. Cookaformerly held responsible positions withHarper & Brothers, Collier's Weekly andD. Appleton & Co., and his exceptionalexperience - then, and since, in the up-building of his own business, has givenhim a most favorable standing in thepublishing world.

The Methodist Publishing House, In To-&?;u "IaPa"- has ha<3 large portions of

What a loung Boy Ought to Know" and'What a Young Man Ought to Know"two of the purity b(jpks in the Self andSex series, translated and published InJapanese. The total absence of purewords in the Japanese language renderedthe work of the translators exceedinglydlcult. and the size of the Japanese char-acters rendered it impossible to puMi.sheither book entire, especially the bookto young men, as it would have made avolume as formidable as an encyclopedia

The Interest In Mrs. Carter Harrison'snew book of fairy tales, "Prince Bilver-w'i!l?Sl"Jllas bocn so Brent that a secondedition has been put to press before dateof publication.

In a brief book entitled "Jesus' Way"(Houghton, Mifflin& Co.) President Wil-liam DeWitt Hyde, of Bowdoin college,attempts to show what Christianity wasas Jesus taught it to his disciples, whenIt was known simply as "the way." be-fore it had been cast into a theology bytll6J?,ersonallty of Paul, or expanded intoa philosophy by the writer of the FourthGospel, or stereotyped into an institutionby Catholic symbols, or reduced to a sys-tem by protestant creeds.

Among the important books DoubledavPage & Co. publish during the fortnight isRudyard Kipling's new book, the "JustSo Stories." for which Mr. Kipling himselfhas made over forty illustrations; also thesecond volume of their Variorum editionof FitzGerald's works, and "The Memoirsof a Contemporary," an authentic workwith intimate accounts of great men ofNapoleonic times, by a woman who wentto war In men's clothing to follow Mar-shal Ney.

Little, Brown & Co.'s autumn announce-ments contain twelve new Juvenile titlesbesides new illustrated editions of two ofMisg Alcott's stories. Lily F. Wessel-hoeft has written a new animal story.entitled "Foxy the Faithful;" Anna < Vt-pin Ray. author of the well-known •Ted-dy" stories, has written "Nathalie'sChum," containing favorite characters;Helen Leah Reed, whose "Brenda" storiesfor older girls have been well received,has brought the. series to a close with"Brenda's Cousin at Radcliffe;" JohnPreston True, who has been writing theStuart Schuyler series of Revolutionary'stories for boys, adds a third and nnalbook entitled "On Guard! Against Toryand Tarleton;" Lucy M. Thurston, theauthor of "A Girl of Virginia." Is rep-resented with "Jack and His Island,' astory of the war of 1812, for boys.

"The Doom of King Acrlsius." by Wil-liam Morris, is one of the very finest Inthe list of R. H. Russell's latest outputof choice books—choice both as regardsliterary quality and the essentials of ar-tistic bookmaking. The illustrations,which include twelve platinum full-pngoprints of the utmost delicacy and finish,are reproduced from the series of mar-velous paintings by Sir Edward Burne-Jones. In no other book that could bonamed have the genius of Morris and th«artif Burne-Jones found ;i more completoand harmonious expression. Fitz HayCarrington contributes an introduction otcritical value. The book is handsomelyprinted with decorative initials, and i.sexquisitely bound in white buckramstamped in gold.

George Acle's new book of "Fables" willbe Issued in a few days from the pub-lishing house of R. H. Russell, New \ork.It is entitled "The Girl Proposition; ABunch of He and She Fables," and It inpacked with the sort of entertainmentwhich Mr. Ade's numerous admirers havea )ight to expect. The book will be ap-propriately illustrated by Holme and Mc-Cutcheon.

The new Dooley book will be issued byR. H. Russell, Kew York, the latter partof this month. A glance at the advancesheets justifies the opinion that it will behailed as the richest Installment of Mr.Dooley's wisdom and wit with which thepublic has yet been regaled.

The many admirers of Nfxon Water-man's charming verse will be pleased toknow that he is about to put forth a newvolume entitled. "In Merry Mood; A Bookof Cheerful Rhymes." It will containover 100 poems, mostlyuhumorous and allIn the cheerful vein characteristic of Wa-terman.

Sing not. I pray, of the nightingale,Nor prate of the warbling wren.

Chant not in praise of the peacock's tail,Nor yet of the modest hen;

Boast not of the lark or the linnet's note,Their song is not worth a word

Compared with the chuckle that's in thethroat

Of the wonderful Coler bird.

And sing no song of the blithe cuckoo.Nor the toothsome canvasback.

Of the shifty loon or the ehy curlew,Or the bird that goes "quack! quack!"

Sing not of the bittern or gull or tern,By such is my soul unstirred,

But sing in words that sizz and burnOf the wonderful Coler bird.

The eagle soars on a widespread wing.And the clouds are its barbican.

Of the swift gray goose the poets sing.And eke of the pelican;

I care not for swan nor the smart blucblll,Nor the hawk by the blue sky blurred,

But I sing o? a nest at the foot of a hillWhere bideth the Coler bird.

—Rochester Post-Express.

Dolly—Please, Miss Sharp, mnmmasays, have you really left your songs athome?

Miss Sharp—Yes, dear. Why?Dolly—Well, papa says it sounds too

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