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dinary ghost story. 1t makes house
so full of shapes and sounds, because OF
tragedy once enacted under Its walls.
that these follow 1t in It's moving from
one street to another, as was its fate
to be set down in a new place. 1t IS a.
wild, weird tale, and 80 skillfully and
forcibly told as to hold the readers at
tention by an uncommon fascination.
1t Is an uncanny creation, and this must
always be said of this type of romance;
but that Miss Dawson shows ability of
an unusual order is not to be doubted.
The volume will prove an attraction.
and is another evidence Of Mr.. Doxey's
enterprise and skill in bookmaking.
TWO HEALTH SEEKERS IN SOUTH
ERN CALIFORNIA. BY William
A. Edwards and Beatrice Harraden.
j. 3. Lippincott company.
This Is a meaty volume In the way OF
facts and figures concerning the climatic
conditions of Southern California, and
will naturally attract much attention.
DIR. Edwards has told the truth about
the effect of the climate upon various
diseases and the whole truth, as he
sees it, A tone OF firmness and discrim-
ination pervades the volume, and 1t is
as impartial as one could desire. DR.. Ed
wards points out the mistakes that have
been made by health seekers in not
learning the local conditions and in ex-
pecting unreasonable and impossible re-
suits from coming here. He enumerates
the benefits and how they can be pro-
cured, and points out many things i'm
portant to know. On the whole, the
doctors conclusions are favorable to
Southern Californias claims as very
healthful region, as well as the most
comfortable one on the continent If not
in the world. But some complaints, like
certain forms of nervous troubles, he
does not think are favorably affected by
a residence here. This accords with the
experiences of many old residents.
Miss Harraden wrote the first and
fourth chapters Of the volume, which are
of general excellence. but of no great
value to the serious Cecker after truth.
On the whole 1t is volume that will be
found exceedingly readable and in the
main thoroughly honest and Intelligent,
1t is small, attractive and inexpensive.
AN OUTLINE HARMONY OF THE
GOSPELS AND A KEY TO AN
OUTLINE CHART OF THE JOUR-
NEYINGS, PRINCIPAL EVENTS
AND TEACHINGS IN THE LIFE
OF JESUS--THE CHRIST By
James o. Blakeley, Los Angeles.
This ingenious chart is designed to
be an essential helper to the student and
teacher of Gospel history. The group
ing of events happening within certain
periods of the Savior's life makes it
easy to summarize and remember them,
and we are told that this work is highly
commended by Sunday school teachers
and others who have examined 1t. MIR.
Blakeley is a teacher of long experience
and is a faithful student of Gospel his
tory. His plan is certainly a most in
teresting one.
THE PRINCIPLES OF LIGHT AND
COLOR. BY Edwin u. Babbitt. NJ.
D.. LID. author Of Human Culture
and Cure, etc.
This is very large volume, literally
illustrated, and sets forth the authors
views as to the curative forces of light
and color and other fine forces. His
aim Is to show that a scientific basis
exists for ali the beliefs connected with
the subject. He has been dean of the
New York College of Magnetics (now
called the College of Fine Forces). We
learn from circular accompanying the
volume that the college has been re-
moved from East Orange, N. j., to Los
Angeles, and that DR.. Babbitt Is to in
augurate series of lectures here, with
headquarters in the Byrne building on
Broadway.
NOTES
Mrs. Sala is preparing her late hus-
bands Commonplace Book for pubIica-
tion.
Mr.. Frank A. Munsey of Munsey's
Magazine is about to enter the field of
the Ladies Home Journal with a new
periodical to be called The Puritan.
Some of the best known writer's and ar
lists Of the day will be represented in it.
On his recent departure from New York
Ian Maclaren left a great many friends
behind him. During his rather brief visit
he had great personal and public sue
cess; from his lectures he is known to
have made $4,000
What is symposium? Lord Rose
berry tried his hand at some kind of an
explanation in speech quite lately. and
he said. 'Of course we know all about
Plato, or perhaps we don't. And. of
course, we know that If anybody wants
to get particularly dull article inserted
in magazine he calls it symposium
about something
Prof Mason. describing the influence
of Walter Scott, and how the influx o.
romance literature came about. writes
that when Scott was in the middle OF
his Waverley series, the number of nov
els published year in the British ISL
ands was twenty-six. About the time
that he was finishing he had so devel-
oped the novel instinct that the number
had risen to 102 a year
1t is perhaps not very generally known
that Miss Alice M. Longfellow. the eld-
est daughter of the poet Longfellow, is
q writer of considerable power. 1t is to
be regretted that she has not written
more for publication. In the new edi-
ton of Evangeline issued for school use
by Houghton, Miffin g. Co., in their Riv-
erside Literatu ture series may be found
an interestingt sketch by her, entitled
Longfellow in Home Life.
Col. II. w. Higginson in his reminis-
cences in the January Atlantic kpeaks Of
an interesting coincidence. It was his
habit to read late into the night. and
sitting Up till one morning he left his
bookmark at an unfinished page. having
to return the book to the college library
A year later he happened to take the book
from the library again. chanced to get
up at o'clock to read and began again
where he left off. Afterward looking in
his diary he found that he had skipped
a precise year between the two days and
continued reading the same passage.
Hawthornes Grandfather's Chair. is
sued in the Riverside Literature series.
forms an admirable stepping stone to
the more formal textbook study of his
tory II contains True Stories from New
England History, covering the period
from 1920 to 1903. Houghton, Miff1n g.
Co. have placed in their new edition a
portrait of Hawthorne; an interesting
picture of Kings Chapel Burying-
ground. in which the first burial was
y.,p n ~. n.