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Recent Fiction and Other Literary
Contributions.

NSSSut IlStiuu duu OtnSS AAtSi@
Contributions.
Lovers OF romance and adventure and
Students of the French revolution will
alike miss good deal IL they pass by
the "Reds Of the Midi" translated from
the provencal OF Felix Gras, and Issued In
beautiful style by the Appletons. II Is
the story of the March of the Marseilles
battalion to Paris the 1900 who knew
how to die' that Barbaroux longed for.
The story is written with great spirit, It's
Vehicle being the peculiarly impression
able and impressive personal "reminiscences
OF boy in the ranks, with which Is as
sociated captivating and pathetic little
romance that is calculated 10 hx the
characters on the mind for long,. long
time in association with the great figures
OF the awful days of '93.
1t Is a fresh story is this OF the march
of the Marseilles men. Their memory
will ever endure Ia the ringing battle
song that they originated, but IN oil the
stories OF the French Revolution, told by
romancist, by historian, by reviewer and
philosopher, we find this pictur-
esque six hundred only in the side light
OF the mass OF tremendous events In
Paris itself In this little book, they
are brought into prominence and we get
q fine view OF them, while the scenes OF
which they We're part the causes OF
their springing into being are touched
with marvellous effectiveness to complete
the picture.
1t is valuable contribution to history,
we should say, is this stirring story,
sksetchy though Il may be from a
ingly fine reading as story, too. Cd.
Appleton IL Co. For sale by Preston Il
Rounds. Price sl.60.
"Ah there are many average men.
And all so good and bad, like you,
And all so bad. snd.good. like me:
And sll so false and all 50 true
30 full Of Joy and misery
should not a poet now and then
Make songs to glad these average men ?"
And Sam Walter Foss is just the poet
to make songs to gladden. us average men.
And Lee 81 Shepard have beautifully
printed and sumptuously bound a lot OF
this kind OF poetry ny this poet, de-
Hghtful book to be read and picked up
again and read and TO keep by you for
bit OF good cheer. hen the day IL dark
and the daily drudgery has well nigh
taken all OF the poetry out OF the soul OF
the average man and the average drudge.
''Let lvftier poets sing of.Knights" rip
ples this poetl. ~ sing newcomer, q
man whom fate cfeated late, Her master
piece, the drummerv' And how much OF
simple poetry there is In life we are
with truth and sympathy always, for
the poetry is within the average man and
his average doiDgs, after all--lots OF ii
and all the time. And blessed be the poet
who teaches us that. (Lee a. Shepard.
Price f1.50)
Resders who are familiar with "a
| Spinster's Leaflets" end ga Hilltop Sum-
| mer" will find In book of sketches en-
IAI 49, Al.~k. Nata
Keith, the characteristic qualities of the
| authors previous work. "Aunt Billy" ="
"a Wayside Character" "a Day Of
| Days." and "Miss Hetty," are all de-
| lightful sketches which seem to bring
| with them breath OF fresh air from the
| country, while "The Desultory Club
| discusses in manner appropriate 10 its
name variety of topics OF special inter-
est TO thoughtful women. Uncle Billy,
| Mehitabel Prince, Daniel. and the others
are all denizens of some New England
| village with which we are acquainted.
| (Lee * Shepard. Price, sl.50.)
Fayette stratton GILES has written, the
Baker Il Taylor Company have printed
! and Gregory sells for S1.25 a book entitled
"fhe Industrial Army" What the book
| seeks to elucidate under this title is set
forth in chapter !, in part as follows:
| ''In elucidation of these questions, we
L
and potential industrial forces of labor,
ana the resources furnished by the
| natural media, may be- SO organized,
| under just, equitable aud desirable soci-
| illogical conditions that the material
| necessities of each normal individual may
be provided for against full equivalents
| rendered by him without infringing the
law of just individual freedom copdi-
toned by the. law of right and without
| doing violence to our existing civic insti-
| tutions." According to the author the
social equilibrium has been destroyed
while advances in physical science have
been made at enormous strides. The
"Industrial Army" is not a metaphor. 1t
is to be tak4n literally as you shall see If
| you read the book. Through IL the in
dividual acquires life rights to food, shell.
| ter and raiment Just as military army
| does, yet without curtailment of individ-
| ual liberty or industrial freedom. Ii Is
| cooperative industrialism, an old idea
clothed in new and rather interesting
| uniform.
| Clever Kate Sanborn writes ever so
cleverly OF dogs. cats and all sorts in
my Literary 200" ((Appleton), tribute
| paid in an uncommonly readable vein to
| our household pets. History, opinion,
| pet animals, are charmingly blended. 1t
sounds commonplace to write that ii is
"hard to lay the book down." but that is
q fact (For sale by Gregory, 75c.)
| Every volume of the Scribner series CT
"Women OF Colonial and Revolutionary
| Tines Preston a Rounds, s1.25) is a
new delight. t'Eliza Pinckney" is the
third and latest in the series. Harriott
Harry Rayenel, great great grapdaugh ht er
OF Mrs. PiDckney, is the writer. The
| scene is now in South Carolina and the
| picture Of social and domestic life under
| the pamettos in the eighteenth century,
is exceedingly attractive. We should
think that this series ought to have a
| tremendous sale among the patriotic
orders" of women so much the fashion
| nowadays. The next volume will tell
US OF Martha Washington.
"Children should be treated with the
greatest respect even by their parents, f"
| writes Robert 4. Horton, M. A., ID. ID.