The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-27

10 exquisitely neat and 1tting. Hls coun-
tenance d most syn,pafhetics rAdf4uDg that
kind OF sympathy that 'c6htpfeDendb is1l.
psrdons All, at a glance. II one we're m
sorrow or sin could imagine his nndsngin
n. lola the ideal friend. the perfect helper
His manner 10 % geutle. 80 winning, 30 r.
resistibly beautiful IN an iiideseHbabiy ten
der and delicate regard. He inspires re-
spect, admiration, enthusiasni, al III AL"
The Bradley Book for October Is in the
crescendO Of his constantly improving noel
of literature and art Beauty and the
. Beast" spectacular extravaganza by
viii Bradley Is the principal Feature.
There Is beside a profusion OF strong lit
erary and artistic desiderata.
THE Penny Magazine is making o
determined effort to be first in the field.
In point of time IL succeeds admirably.
Early last week the October number was
displayed in the ne wristbands. 1t Is
creditable number. devoted, as usual, to
fiction and some excellent poetry.
Mr. Rudyard Kipliug's new story, called
William the ConQuerer." deals with the
famine In India. Mr.. Kipling. IL Is
said. is going TO write OF the more serious
side OF Indian life. aud will. for lime ut
least. turn his back upon Mrs. sHa wshee
and her Interesting. il not admirable circle.
The features Of the Lotus for September
are articles ON the French Salon and
PeleZ's L'Humanite. continuation OF
FenolloZZa's discussion OF art nuseuoss.
and the varied departments OF this high
class magazine OF literature. art and etfu-
cation. Every student should read the
Lotus
why has IL proved impOssible?" asks
one OF the ContriDutors' Club in the AtlantIc
Monthly, Ito write a story OF classical
life-Greek or Roman which IL not mere
l,.p 81 ant Nm " l.
serts, ''from Bulwer down, has made
an ything I'm this line more lifelike than a
sculptured Slab" $685.. r--
The National Geographic Magazine.
published in this city. presents IN the cur
rent number illustrated accounts OF the
recent Japanese earthquake. articles Oh
DR.. Nansen's return. the topographic terms
o, Spanish America. the mineral products
Of the United States. and many other
scientific topics Of geographic interest.
1t is said that Marie CorelH has never
surpassed Tier early book .Bara abba s. but
those who have had the privilege OF read
ing the advance sheets OF THE Murder of
Delicia," predict for IL even a greater sue
cess. 1t is a book with purpose, but so
deity handled that the reader takes up
the authors cause vehemeDtly, the cause OF
wOmaDkiDd. ----.
Mrs. Wordsworth, the friend Of all girl
readers, is about to put forth her annual
volume Of charming fiction through her
American publishers. the LppiDcott's. This
year her tale is called "Philippa,' - nd the
company introduced to us again a group
Of young people who have natura ways and
do things that inevitably interest all who
are like them.
Stephen Cranes new book. THE Little
Regiment Will soon be published 1t
will contain four stories. ,lich, believe,
have all been published in magazines or
newspapers. After this Mr.. Crane says
that he Is not going To write anything more
about soldiers 1t is very hard to get
him TO write ANYTHING at all His pub
fishers have 10 more difficult task than
10 get him To deliver copy UP to time.
In n footnote TO the first instalIment Of
Mark Twain IS ne W story OF TON Sawyer"
in Harper's Monthly, the author says:
strange as the incidents OF the story are
theJ are not inventions. but facts-evcn TO
the public confession OF the accused.
take them from an old-time Swedish
criminal trial. change the actors and
transfer the scene to America. haveadded
some details. bnt only couple Of them are
important ones.
Some one has been casting doubts on the
popularity OF Don Quixote,' and the indie
ratigable searchcr after facts has immedi-
aUely made IL his business to collect and
tabulatc the sta tistics relating to the circu-
lation OF Cervantes' Immortal work. From
these we learn that he book first saw light
in sos. and since its production there have
been in all 1924 editions. Spain naturally
stands first with 52S, but England is a
capital second with the splendid score OF
33i transiations. In French there have
been II. and in Italia II %, Portugal con-
tribUting only 81. But the grea test sur