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which are fully in sympathy with the
spirit of the text.
C'Henry Esmond with illustrations, by
T. H. Robinson. The Macmillan Co 81 For
sale by the st. Paul Book and Stationery
company
Mr.. Norris is one of the few remain
ing writers who have not succumbed
to the modern demand for short and
clever books. To say this is not to
impugn Mr.. Norris cieverness, but to
praise his conscience, in that he still
gives US five hundred readable pages
when three hundred would be as pro-
iitable ''Clarissa Furiosa' is good,
substantial story of a young heiress
who marries a good-natured but not
otherwise particularly worthy or suit
able man. After several violent hlrta-
tionS on his part, she leaves him and
adopts some rather vague ideas about
the emancipation of women. Various
things happen. and ultimately both OF
the separated pair see the error of
their ways. Being a man, Mr. Norris
naturally makes much more abject the
repentance of Clarissa for wandering
off after the strange gods of woman
writing essays on The Perjury of
Marriage" than the repentance Of
Guy Luttrell for flirting with every
one who came in his way. Consider
ing that Clarissa was perfectly con-
tented with the world as it is at pres
ent arranged, so long as Guy showed a
fair amount Of appreciation of her So
ciety, it seems trif1e unfair of Mr.
Norris to make her eat Seven-eighths
OF the humble pie, while Guy stands
with his hands in his pockets and &C
eepts her penitence. But then Mr.
Norris is only an Englishman and per-
haps does not know that different
hal Wiz nI1lH Ho
gaging in the erring husband under the
circumstances. The book is pleasant
reading and ends happily-two things
which cannot be said of many cleverer
novels.
c'Clarissa Furiosa,' by w. E. Norris. Har-
per Bros $l5O For sale by the st.
Paul Book and Stationery company
The holiday publications of Raphael
Tack and Sons are at hand and com
prise, as always, a host of dainty and
attractive things. The Christmas cards
are simple and effective in design and
lavish in good wishes. Among the
booklets we note two pretty floral ones
containing quotations from Longfel-
low and Holmes. The calendars for
the coming year are especially gor-
geous. The newest design shows the
surface of an oval shape covered with
a dozen orchids, birds or angels heads,
which move aside upon tiny
pivot, revealing a calendar for one
month under each. Then there is a
floral calendar of twelve leaflets with
quotations from -Tennyson, one of
Golden Words" from Ruskin, one Of
Biblical quotations, and an attrac tiye
Turner Calendar in brown with quo
tatlons from Ruskin. There are the
usual number of children's booklets
gay with bright colors and a very
fetching set of quotations in three
volumes, Hopes Memories" and
Dreams" Altogether among the
Christmas publications of this house
may be found souvenirs suitable for
all members Of the family, from the
youngest up.
Among the juvenile holiday books
issued by Lee & Shepard are "The
Merry Five" by Penn Shirley, being
the second Of the "Silver Gate series.
and dealing with the sojourn Of the
Rowe children on the Pacific coast
and the good times they had there, and
The Rosebud Club by Grace Lebaron.
being the conclusion of the Hazel
wood" series and telling how Elsie
Lovelace went to England and what
she did there.
cents. ''The Rosebud Club" by Grace LIE
Baron" Is cents. Boston. Lee & Shepard)
-Four Young Explorers" is the latest
issue in the "All-Over-the- World lii
brary'' by the indefatigable oliver OPP
tic The hero, Louis Belgrave, and
his friends visit Borneo, Siam, French
Cochin China, the Philippine islands
and China itself The sights they saw
and the adventures they had are re-
lated In this writer's customary viva
ciOus style.
CFour Young Explorers" by oliver Optic
! $l25 Boston. Lee & Shepard)
The publishers Of the Chap-Book
have put forth little volume of ''Chap.
Book Stories" which is a very pretty
specimen of book-making, and con