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out not from reading him. He was
widely condemned in his day, but is
the most widely read of all the
fun makers. A posthumUus child of
Nye's Is his latest volume "a Guest
at the Ludlow,"a volume Of short
sketches, but nothing new can be
said of the author and his genius, yet
1t is "a temptation to speak OF this
last volume Of his as gem OF the
book makers art. The story OF Lud.
low street Jail revives memories of
Boss Tweed and other figures in the
political history of Gotham which are
familiar TO all, and the other stories
take up points in all phases of life
which speaks In plain English to the
mass of all everyday people. This is
the last genuine stuff from Nye, and
his admirers will all want It. The
Bowen-Merrlll Co., Indianapolis, sl.25.
One Of the commonest subjects dis.
cussed by the "llterary societies." is
"what the country needs" II some
of these organizations had more real
literary learning, the verdict would
often be More HOLSTERS" At least
this would be the case where james
Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier poet is
read. This representative of the
plain people has contributed to- the
happiness Of Americans more llber-
ally than any other one writer In the
past decade, and If more Hoosiers
would produce comparatively more
good nature and smiles, all would risk
the dangers of over-prOduction. The
latest volume of this common folks
minstrel, is "a Child World" which
contains the music Of his boyhood,
and leads the reader to cono.nde that
all children are born into the same
love of things great and small-that
there is no high or low degree in the
realms of the child world. Each line
appeals to the heart of everyone who
has been or still is boy or girl. The
(Bowen-M Merrill Co., Indianapolis,
sl25.)
Americas great balladist is out ip
prose, and hereafter Will Carlton will
be known as happy writer of stories
as we'll as rhymes. In ''The Old In
FAINT" the first story in his recent
volume by that name, the samet vein
of humor, horse sense and pathos is
brought out that characterizes the
"Farm Ballads" and other favorites.
Carlton cannot but please at all times,
and while voluminousness ought to
be condemned on every hand, one can
not help liking this pet of all modern
American writer's. Harper & Bros,
New York
Shakespeare the Boy' is product
of many years study of the great
Elizabethan poet, by the American
who has probably given the works of
Shakespeare closer study THAI any
other, William j. Rolfe. The author
has in this volume given glimpses of
rural life in England when Shake
speare was a boy, and better under
standing of many illusions in his
works. The book is the outgrowth
OF series OF articles written some
years ago for the Youths Companion,
yet withall it forms good commenta-
tor on many phases of the great drama
lists writings. Harper & Bros, New
York;
Nothing is more delightful than
new volume of fairy stories, and few
things add so much to the formative
period in youthful development. The
latest thing is a compilation from the
best writers OF the day by Zoe Dana
Underhill. The stories are taken and
adapted from the French, German,