Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-11-28
BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Mrs. Humphrey Ward has another move
nearly ready TO succeed Robert Elsmere, >
On THE SENSES, INSTINCTS AND IN
TELLtoENcE OF ANIMALS, WITH SpE
CiAL REFERENCE TO INSECTS. BY SiI
John Lubbock, Bart illustrated. ID. AID
pleton Il 90, New York. To all who care
FOR what John Borroughs called q another
world down here, this book will be found
more absorbing and lar more strange than
any fiction. We are all familiar With the
Isot tnat IN many animals and insects the
organs OF vision, smell and hearing are
much mors perfectly developed than they
are even In savage man. Sir John Lub.
DOCK goes into the details OF the arrange.
ment snd relative power OF these
organs In insects, and many q reader
Will learn with establishment that
grasshoppers and crlcxets carry ears ON
their legs and that gnat hears with clus
ter OF hairs, while the common fly tastes
with bunch OF the same on the end of its
nose. The hints OF other senses unknown
to man are not neglected, ard the author q
name is a guarantee thar nothing has been
sacrificed In his effort to populariz science
BY the wsy, the December Popuia-
Sctence Monthly has an article by the
eminent Dr. Jsstrow on the decaptiye
character OF the evidence OF the senses.
The Queen OF Bedlsm ia the title OF a new
army novel by Captain Charles ling.
The ACTORS MAKEUP Book, by N,
X
New York, isi designed for the use of the
Theatrical profession, but oung people who
may be thinking OF private theatricals will
hnd good deal OF intereat In this little
pamphlet. There are directions as TO how
lean face may be made to appear chubby
ana young face old or the reverse. There
Is special treatment on the use of srtjti oial
wigs and boards, and the many little arts
ana touches made necessary by the ohsrac
Ter ana conditions Many an amateur will hs
geatly relieved to learn how TO man aoa
the rouge and powder and how 10 take ca ,e
nt m himself when duly frescoed for the stage.
Ihere are some appalling pictures of ACTORS
and actresses in process OF max mn the
change In tha features being so great that
until tho final touch OF the wig Ia add al
they seem unnatural. From the same pub-
lisher We nave two neat little books q The
Court OF King Christmas" a Christmas en- :
for Ion yoqng people
Gypsies Festival" by N. Earle, In Also a
musical entertainment for young people.
but requires only three characters 6esid 80
chorus and the "gypsies."
Elsie Leslie Is the name OF the bright
ntlle giri who has been porsonating "Lieile
that masterpiece OF juvenile fiction. Sba
went to call upon the suthoress not long
ago and the Rochester Herald thus d q.
scribes the interview:
-" Are you tired OF acting Fsuntleroy.
Elsie ?" asked Mrr. Burnett. ~ sm coming
10 sos you to night"
"Tired? No, indeed l like It yery
much" wy
And how do you spend your time when
you are not at the theatre ?T
%, 1 read great deal. / have lust
poeh ieaulng some OF your books.n And
the Llttie giri talked on for q few minutes.
showing the greatest interest I'm cbarscters
tnat nave n2ured In some of Mrs Bnrns,,,s
In tone OF Kindly warning ''
you must not read too much. ElsJo vo,
snould play, and you should bs out o, o9c,s
enjoying tne sunshine and the fresh air -
On, but i do" WAS the quick rsn,y
.aho tnen have my dolls as well and
have named one OF them 'Topsy,' a,tsr Sha
doll you had when you were a Iittis viri 'o
"Why: child, how did you know about
81 read about it somewhere, thynk 4,
was in book called Lives of Fsmons
Women" aud then there wss a neal -
merry laughter, into which Elsie's voics
broke after moment with the query
odd Lord FsunlIeroy really know a
boolblsck ~
"Yes."
.Wss that In New York 7"
mo IN Washington. That is where he