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LINES OF TRAVEL
PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP co

The company's elegant steamers SANTA
ROSA and POMONA leave REDONDO at
II a. m. and PORT LOS ANGELES at 2:30
D. m. for San Francisco. via Santa Barbara
and Port Hartford, Feb. 4, 8, u. 16. 20, "a, 2S.
Mar. A. g. H. 16. 20. "a, 2S, Apr ], 5, 8. 13, II.
q. 25, 20. Leave PORT LOS ANGELES at
a. M and REDONDO at II a. m. for
San Diego via Newport, Feb. 2, 6, 10, IA, Is,
%, 26, Mar. 2, 6, 10, a. 49, 22, 26, 3O Apr. Z,
| II. Is, 10 % q. The Santa Rosa will not stop
at Newport. Cars connect via Redondo
leave Santa Fe depot at 9:45 a.. m. or from
Redondo railway depot at $3.50 a. m.
Cars connect via Port Los Angeles leave
s. P. r. r. depot at 1:35 p. m for steamers
north bound.
The steamers HOMER and COOS BAY
leave SAN PEDRO and EAST SAN Pc
DRO for San Francisco, via Ventura, Car
nenteria, Santa Barbara, Gaviota, Port
Hartford Cayucos, San Simeon, Monterey
and Santa Cruz at $3.50 p. m, Feb. l. s. Q,
49, H. 81 25 Mar. !, 5, 8. 13, IT, 21. rs, 20, Apr.
2. 6, TO- IA, is, 22, rs, 30. Cars connect with
steamers via San Pedro leave S. P. r. r
(Arcade depot at 5:03 p. m. and Terminal
railway depot at 5:15 p. m.
The company reserves the right to change
without previous notice steamers, sailing
dates and hours Of sailing.
W. PARRIS Agt., 124 w. Second ST., Los
GooDALL, PERKINS & CO.. General
Los ANGELES TERMINAL RAILWAY
NOV. %, 1897.
PASADENA-Leave Los Angeles: S:20
a. M, $3.50 a. M, is p. M, S:25 p M, 5:1a
p. m.
M, 1:42 p. M, sos p. M, $40 p. m
MT LOWE AND ALTADENA-Leave
Los Angeles: $3.50 a. M. 1926 p. m.
Arrive Los Angeles: II 10 a. M, Sos o. m.
The only line from Los Angeles making
connection with Mt. Lowe railway without
change of cars.
GLENDALE-Leave Los Angeles: TOO
a. NJ, IL 80 p. m, 5:15 p. m.
Arrive Los Angeles: S:12 a. m, 1:S5 p. m,
II. lone II BEACH AND SAN PEDRO
Leave Los Angeles: 9:25 a. m, las p. ms
ss5:15 p. M, $3.50 p. M
Arrive Los Angeles: n"S:15 a. M, 1900 a.
M / :25 %. M, *+4:50 p. m, s5:10 p. m.
CATALINA ISLAND--Leave s'9:25 a. ms
arrive **1:25 p. m.
sSundays only "+Sundays excepted.
Boyle Heights car pass Terminal sta
ton. S. B. HYNES. General Manager.
LOS ANGELES AND REDONDO RAIL-
way Company.
Los Angeles depot: Cor. Grand ave- and
Jefferson st.
Leave Leave
Los Angeles Redondo for
for Redondo Los Angeles
$50 a. m. 500 a. m.
1:30 p. nj. II 100 a. m
4:30 p. m. S:15 p m.
Take Grand ave. electric cars or Main
st. and Agricultural park cars.
T. J. PERRY superintendsnt ]
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NOT1CE-THE LOS ANGELES CITY
Water Co. will strictly enforce the fol-
lowing rules: The hours for sprinkling
are between the hours Of and o'clock
q. m. and and o'clock p. m. For vio-
lation Of the above regulations the water
will be shut of and fine Of 50 will be
charged before the water will be turned
on again. tt
THE DAILY JOURNAL, PUBLISHING
county official records, real estate trans
fers, mortgages, liens. building news; one
dollar monthly; 2O5 New High st. If
IF YOU ARE IN A HURRY FOR YOUR
laundry, we will have 1t done, and done
right, in a few hours. THE EXCELSIOR
LAUNDRY. Phone 367.
CEYLON TEAS, s5c, soc. 75c; GENUINE
Mocha and Java, SIC. J. d. LEE & CO.,
100 W. Fifth, between Spring and Main.
1868
l. w. LEWIS NEW GRILL AND FRET
work shop can save you money and give
satisfaction. SIS W. Sixth, near Olive
2-27
CHINESE AND JAPANESE HELP FUR
nished. GEO. LEM, 2401z e. 1st; tel. g. 403.
II
SHOES REPAIRED-MEN'S SOLES, 35c;
ladies' soles, 30c. 405 s. Spring. 6-12-9S
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FOR SALE-IF YOU WANT A GENTLE
surrey horse or work horse cheap, call
on w. M. BIDDLE, 71O e. Tenth st., near
San Pedro st. 81
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Rooms
Furnished Rooms

FOR RENT-SUNNY ROOMS. Csc. PER
night; 81 per week and UP. 519 8. Spring.
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THE HERALD.
Rates for Classified Advertising

L.iners-5 cents per limo for each
insertion. Notice of Marriage, Birth
or Deafh--Free. Obituaries, Funeral
Notices and Special aiAnnouncements-
10 cents Der. line.
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Hotels and Lodging Houses

FOR sALE-s5Oo; LODGING HOUSE. "a
rooms fine business location and low
rent; will take 5000 cash; balance can
stand. T. M. KILLIAN, 235 w. First. IA
FOR SALE-FIRST CLASS LODGING
house; 60 rooms; good business. Apply
room 12 Freeman block. tt
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FOR SALE-LAND IN PARCELS TO
suit at Colegrove, a near suburb of Los
Angeles. on Santa Monica electric road.
COLE & COLE, attorneys, 232 N. Main
st., Los Angeles. If
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A Profitable Lease

Clack Bros. and Poland are building,
MP q mics little fortune from their Orc
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TO LOAN-IF YOU WANT MONEY ON
real estate security. I have 1t in any
amount; $4,000 to $4,000 at per cent.
5-20-tf
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IOWA LOAN CO., LOANS ON DIA-
monds, jewelry. sealskins and house.
hold furniture; business confidential;
money at once. w. e. SANSOME, man.
ager. rooms SIS and Sc. Bryson block,
Second and Spring SITS. A
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FOR EXCHANGE
Miscellaneous

FOR EXCHANGE
s15O0-10 acres, partly improved. over
looking ocean, near Santa Monica; also,
$4,000, 60 acres with water near Arizola,
Arizona also, s2500, 100 acres near Red
ding; also, $780, five lots in Pomona.
We win use any or all of this first class
property and pay some cash for good
Los Angeles houses or lots.
POINDExTER & WADSWORTH,
Is 30S Wilcox block.
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EDUCATIONAL

WOODBURY. BUSINESS COLLEGE, 22s
8. Spring ST., Los Angeles, the oldest,
largest and most elegantly equipped
commercial school in Southern Califor-
mia; hundreds of successful graduates in
banking and business houses; in session
all the year; enter any day; evening
school on Monday, Wednesday and FRI
day evening; three complete courses COM
mercial, English and shorthand and
typewriting; a thorough, practical and
progressive SCHOOL, large faculty of ex-
pert teachers; rates of tuition reasonable
Call or write for catalogue.
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TO LOAN-A BARREL OF MONEY ON
diamonds, pianos. furniture and all first
class securities; business confidential.
CREASINGER, 247 s. Broadway, rooms
and 2. 6-29-tf
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FOR SALE-HORSE, BUSINESS BUGGY
and harness; first class outfit; SIS. 222
Franklin st. IA
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HOTEL AND HOUSEHOLD HELP. MRS
Scott Miss Mccarthy: employment; tel
49, 10TH 8. Broadway. 2-15
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ESTHER DYE. MAGNETIC HEALER;
seven years successful healing in Los
Angeles; diseases diagnosed and located
without asking questions; consultation
free. Send for testimonials. Corner of
Spring and Sixth sts., over drug store.
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MASSAGE

MRS. HARRIS. 4ss 8. BROADWAY.
room Al, fourth floor; take elevator. tt
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MINING AND AssAY1Na

THE BIMETALLIC ASSAY OFFICE
and Chemical Laboratory, ~ 3. Main ct.
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FOR RENT-RENT $40, FOR ROOMED
house, 617 Wall st. Apply 1899 Maple ave.
IA
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LOS ANGELES BUSINESS COLLEGE,
212 w. Third St, Currier block; up-to.
date, progressive, advantages unsur-
passed; day and evening sessions: write
for catalogue and booklet on new budget
system. 2-2S
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SPECIAL NOTICES

GOLDEN BRAND HYGIENIC COFFEE
pride of Los Angeles home products; the
recognized table beverage of our leading
physicians and best families; it cures
indigestion and constipation; try it once;
large packet, Zoe. If your grocer does not
keep 1t take no substitute. Write the
manager. 515h s. Main St., and your or
der will be attended to. If
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Miscellaneous

FOR SALE-15 H p. BOILER, 900 FEET
tubing A. H. SUSSKIND, room 107 He'll
man block, Broadway and Second st. IA
FOR SALE-THE FRANKLIN ROOM
ing house furniture. Apply 1411s N.
Broadway. 19
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WANTED
Male Help
HUMMEL BROS. G. CO.,
EMPLOYMENT AGENTS.
California Bank building.
S00-302 W. Second st., in basement.
Telephone 500.
Male Help

AN ESTABLISHED MANUFACTURING
and mercantile company wants to engage
the services of a clerical business man
with the possible object Of secretaryship
and opportunity for Investment; best OF
references given and required. Address
W., box 80, Herald. II
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BATHS
EXCURSIONS

ROCK ISLAND PERSONALLY CON-
Quoted excursions every Tuesday and
Wednesday; low rates; quick time; Un-
lon depot. Chicago; unequaled service
i Ontoe. IA 8. Spring st. 2=2S
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Miscellaneous

WANTED-JUMP-SE SEAT BUGGY; MUST
be In good condition. Address A., Box
26, Herald. 16
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PATENTS AND coPYRIqHTs

DAY q DAY OBTAIN PATENTS FOR
inventions. designs, register trademark
and copyrights. Offices. 233. 2A and 2S5
Stimson block. Established 1slb 1-S-p9
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FOR SALE-FOR $3.50 A MONTH AND A
small cash payment I will build you a
new 4-room cottage plastered and paint
ed to suit in my Third Addition, Eighth
and Mateo SITS. Why pay rent. when you
can own your home? c. A. SMITH, 213
w. First st. If
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FOR SALE
~~
Houses

FOR SALE-5-ROOM COTTAGE, HARD
finished w. C. basement; cement walks:
lot 6Ox2OO; south front; 2h blocks from
car line; built but four months; owner
going to Klondike this week; $3.50, half
cash. SHERWOOD g. KOYER, IA s.
Broadway. 16
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FOR RENT
Houses

FOR RENT-NEW FLAT WITH THREE
rooms In 5 minutes walk of Herald office.
208 N. Grand ave. IA
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Situations-Female

WANTED-BY A MIDDLE-AGED LADY
who is home-lover and home maker,
a position as housekeeper. Address A
16, Herald. Is
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FOR SALE-AT A BARGAIN, LOTS
with cottages at corner of Wall
and Winston st. CITY, 4S9 Wall st.
3-10-9S
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FOR EXCHANGE
S5000--New house of rooms, near West
lake Park; we want Santa Ana or Tustin
property.
POINDEXTER & WADSWORTH,
Is 30S Wilcox block,
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AGNES H. PLEASANCE. TRANCE
spirit medium; sittings daily. s55h S.
Spring ST. If
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Female Help

WANTED-DRESSMA APPREN-
tices. MISS EXTON, 231 Stimson block.
1e
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MONEY TO LOAN-FOR BUILDING
purposes or on improved city property.
monthly repayments. same as rent, low
rate of interest. METROPOLITAN
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION.
107 East Second st. 2-15
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WANTED-HIGHEST PRICES PAID
for household goods, carpets. etc. MAT
THEWS, 454 8. Main. Phone green 524. If
WANTED-GOOD ROLL-TOP DESK.
Address A., Box %, Herald. 16
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MONEY TO LOAN IN SUMS FROM $1,000
to $2O0,0 on inside gilt-edged income
bearing property only. Inquire of F. Q.
STORY. room 1903 Henne block, 122 West
Third St
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FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

LUDWIG q MATTHEW'S, WHOLEsALE
and retail fruits and vegetables. MOTT
MARKET. 1aS &, Main at. Tel $50 II
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MONEY WANTED-$9OO, $1,000, $4,000, $1,000.
$25OO, $4,000; all good city loans, at per
cent net.
POINDEXTER & WADSWORTH,
* 308 Wilcox block,
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Partners

wANTED-YOUNG GENTLEMAN TO
take interest in good paying, very desir-
able business; $1,000 to $500 required; giv-
en- on trial, with small payment down.
Address j.. box 40, Herald. tt
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MONEY TO LOAN

UNION LOAN COMPANY. STIMSON
block. corner Third and Spring, loans
money on all kinds Of collateral security,
watches, diamonds, furniture and pianos,
without removal; low interest; money
at once; business confidential private Of
flee for ladies. CLARK A. SHAW, man.
ager. rooms 113, ia and 115, first floor.
Tel. 1861. References. Citizens bank, Sc
curity Savings Bank. If
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Business Property

FOR SALE-TAMALE BUSINESS FOR
sale cheap; willing to instruct parties. In
quire at 72d Wall st. IA
A RESTAURANT COS w. SIXTH ST. II
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TO LOAN-MONEY IN LARGE OR
small amounts at lower rates Of interest
than others charge on all kinds Of col
lateral security, diamonds, watches. jew
elry, pianos. furniture; life insurance and
all good collateral; partial payments re-
ceived; money quick; private Office for
ladies. @. M. JONES. rooms 12-14, 254 8.
Broadway, 1-30-99
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OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE, GA 8. HILL
St.; classical, Latin-scientific and Eng
lish courses; preparatory department fits
for best northern and eastern colleges;
February Sth grade graduates and tour
lists attention! REV. GUY w. WADS-
WORTH, President. 1O-12-14-16-1S-19
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MONEY LOANED ON DIAMONDS,
watches, jewelry, pianos, sealskins, car
riages, bicycles, warehouse receipts and
all kinds of collateral security; storage
free in our warehouse. LEE BROS, 4O2
s. Spring st. II
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THE KING PAWN SHOP MOVED TO
ia ". Main street, now the Diamond loan
Office. Money loaned in any amounts on
collaterals. Fair dealing guaranteed. B.
FANTA, proprietor. 1859
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BOYNTON NORMAL, 525 STIMSON
block. prepares teachers for June exam
nation; enter Monday 1:3O p, M; new
subjects; write or call. IA
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PERSONALS

MEDICAL ELECTRICIAN REMOVED
from $40 s. Grand ave. to 61S W. Mighth
ST.; female diseases treated by electric
ity: cure guaranteed. u
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MARK TWAIN'S LATEST.

FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR-ByM Mark
 Twain Hartford Conn: The American
 Company. John J. Newbegin, agent for
 the Pacific Coast. Price, cloth, $4
 That wit like good wine, improves with age, is made clearly manifest by Mark Twain's latest story, "Following the Equator" The humor in this new vol ume is, if anything, even keener than that which appeared in this popular writer's books when he was a quarter of a century younger. The writer's style is also decidedly more even.
 Mark Twain is as much an American institution as the circus and the peanut vender. Two generations have laughed with him, and others will continue to do so as long as the English language is spoken. His humor is spontaneous and clean; its quality, like that of mercy, is never strained.
 To those who cannot afford the luxury of travelling around the globe, this book can safely be recommended as a substi- tute. Moreover, by taking this route, the globe-trotter will see all the sights and will not have to put up with the insults of overbearing custom-house officials.
 The present work consists of over TOO pages and is profusely illustrated by such well-known artists as Frost, Dan Beard, T. Fogarty and F. M. Seinor.
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POETRY WORTH READING.
THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHTLY Edwin Arlington Robinson Boston: Richard c. Badger & Co. Price s1 25.

THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHTLY Edwin Arlington Robinson. Boston: Richard c. Badger & Co. Price s1 25. Mir. Robinsons poetry is far superior to much that is foisted upon the public to-day. His verse is not the whining of a sfcIIv poetaster, neither is it so full of egoisrn as to be merely a rhymed record of his own moods, word picture of an unpleasing personality. The trouble with the majority of our minor poets is that they chirrup about themselves and their little sorrows instead of singing about Gods sunshine. the world and the joys and griefs of their fellows. MT. Robinson appears to be an exception to this rule as his verse is decidedly healthy, and except In a few places, metrical and even. The sonnets are particularly good pieces of workmanship, and the thought contained in them is on far higher plane than that of the average verse writer. One of the best of these is worth reprinting
 Oh for a poet-for a beacon bright
 To rift this changeless glimmer of
 dead gray;
 To spirit back the museS, long astray, And flush Parnassus with a newer light; To put these little sonnet men to flight
 Who fashion, in a shrewd, mechanic
 way,
 Songs without souls, that flicker for a To vanish in irrevOcabIe night.
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FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT.
IRTEsY CHARLES sCRlBNER's SONS.

the whole scheme of intercourse depends | upon the exchange of the smallest ideas | in the thinnest of verbal artifices.
 Lack of intelligence. says our author blandly is the chief reason why society finds conversation so difficult. Apparently there are people who need to be told that a certain kind of address should be met with ''Really!' "Indeedi' and 'Oh, yesr' You might suppose that any talk ing animal above the intelligence of a parrot would make these valuable ob- servations spontaneously; but it is clear that without a course of study, many ladies 'fn society" will find themselves speechless. Take the case of hostess in a new house receiving a ceremonious call from neighbor. You might think that she would start upon the tempera- ture by instinct People have discussed the heat and cold for so many genera tions that even a baby lisping it's first syllable ought not to be considered a prodigy if it were to hazard this entranc- ing subject to another baby at their first meeting. But the hostess will probably be dumb unless she has pondered the textbook which gives her this inspir- ing lead: 'I am afraid you find it rather warm here; perhaps you would like to sit a little way from the fire?" Why should not every visitor and every lady "at home" be openly armed with copies of 'The Art of Conversing,'" like tour ists with Baedeker, and begin the con versation with, Let me see; what is the dialogue for this act? Oh, here we are page 33''? This frankness would rub off the edges of strangeness and ktndle any spark of humor that by rare chance happened to be handy and combustible. But this would never do 'in society" that wilderness where the natives dwell in shuddering dread of ''vulgarity" There may be condolences in the drawing
 room about the milliner. though the | hostess may not say, Where did you | get that hat?' because the phrase might | be reminiscent to somebody of a comic
 song. But no self-respecting woman i could confess that her innocent commen- | tares on the weather were laboriously
 modelled on '"The Art of Conversing." A certain sprinkling of science may | season your small talk. The oracle has
 thoughtfully recognized the x rays. q am very much interested in hearing
 about the rays. I had my hand put under
 them. The bones appeared to be enor-
 mously large. Why was that do vou
 think?' This question is said to nut
 an almost ready reply into the
 mouth of the companion of the moment n The bewildering student may wonder ! what it is. If the ''bones" are feminine
 he ought to reply that the x rays are ev-
 idently capable of malicious exaggera-
 tion. But even if this obvious compli-
 ment came to hand ''ready-made" would
 it not be regarded by the lady as a trans
 gression of the rules of the game? She
 might be tempted to retort. You are for
 getting the copy-book!"
 LONDON'S FORTY INMORTALS
 The London Academy has made m 9
 list Of Forty Immortals. selected with
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HISTORY IN POPULAR FORM.

THE STORY OF MARIE-ANTOINETT
 By Anna L. Bicknell. New York: The
 Century Company. Price sS.
 Miss Bicknel's life in the Tuileries Under the Second Empire marked her out as a writer capable of retelling in popular form the pathetic story of Marie Antoinette, one of the most unfortunate characters in history. The daughter of the Emperor of Austria, welded at 15 to the Dauphin, Queen of France in her nineteenth year-if ever career opened auspiciously it was that of this beautiful woman. Yet history records no sadder or more tragic fate than that which lay in store for her. The happiness or the early years of her reign gave way to mis- cry, humiliation and physical suffering, followed by violent death. The lights and shadows of this unhappy life are vividly brought out in Miss Bicknell's fluent nar- rative, and one lays down the book with the feeling that he has been an eye witness of the gayeties and griefs of the court of Louis XVI.
 It is happy circumstance that Mime Vigee I.ebrun fiourished contemporane- ously with Marie-Antoinette, for heI charming portraits of the Queen and other members of the court circle ado greatly to the establishment of a vol
 ume which, even without them, would bC one of the handsomest of the year.
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TWO NEW PAPER COVERS.

THE FREEDOM OF HENRY MERE
 DYTH-By NJ. Hamilton. MISS PROVIDENCE" by Dorothea Girard.
 New York: D. Appleton & Go. For
 sale by DOXey. Price 90 cents each.
 The first of these tales Is the old, old story of a woman desperate for admira- tion. At one time she got plenty of it. She saw it slipping away from her, and as men receded she advanced, till she went too far" The immediate conse- quences of that fatal step was c divorce and all that it implies in England. where the plot of the story is laid. Several incl dents of secondary importance are work ed out to a satisfactory conclusion, and the story is entertainingly written.
 Miss Providence" is a romance of a very popular order, wherein man s youthful lapses turn evidence against him as he is about to be married, and cause trouble with his fiancee, The story changes from England to Australia, and contains the usual amount of mischief making and match making and ends with the reconciliation of the lovers.
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SMALL TALK A LA MODE.

It Is permissible to wonder who reads the guidebooks to conversation and eti- quette which are turned out by arbiters of fashion every year. There must be a demand on the part of people who are seriously in quest of enlightenment; for, although these works are occasionally amusing to the general reader they can not depend mainly on his patronage. Moreover, they are not written by the practitioners of ''comic copy; they have gravity Of tone which befits the social importance of the theme; and they are distinguished, as a rule, by intimate knowledge of the usages- of society" It is this knowledge which produces the eff feet of unconscious satire. A new volume called The Art of ConYersing'' has no literary merit; the author does not pos sess even an elementary sense of humor
 and yet we have picture of life which might almost be described as more subtle and searching in its irony than the Book of Snobs." The vapid inanity of what passes for conversation in polite circles, the small subterfuges of the social mis- cellany which is -'at home,'' gives dinners and dances and runs down into the country for couple of days, could not be better portrayed by consummate artist. In one of MT. Pinero's farces some of the dra- matis personae are driven by a fire in the dead of the night to the house of a neighbor; and in the morning one of the refugees, with a broken ornament under her arm. plaintively remarks, How awk- ward it is to break a bust in the house of a comparative strangerr' This agony of etiquette must be the dread of every serious student of ''The Art of Convers- ing" He or she is doomed to spend much of the day, and not a little of the night, among comparative strangers; for peo- pie ''in society" rarely have the time or
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life Is graphically described from its commencement to its close. In the text will be found the recital of how he sur mounted every obstacle in his path and, although of humble origin, became one of the greatest men of the age. The mar rative also includes the most interesting and picturesque episodes in Franklin's home life and is just the thing to place in the hands of boy or girl.
 The second story has been looked for ward to for some time past. It is a companion tale 10 Sweetheart Travel CTS" and is dedicated to "Old Boys, Young Boys, Good Boys, Bad Boys, Big Boys, Little Boys, Cow Boys and Tom Boys" It should therefore not go beg ging for readers. In it are related the numerous adventures at home and school of one Hugh John Smith, a lad whose father owned several farms on the bor- derland between England and Scotland. Master Smith is a pugnacious individual, of the kind likely to appear heroic in the eyes of boys of his own age. A few el- derly personages enter into the tale. but 1t is dominated by the younger element from beginning to end. The charming illustrations by Gordon Browne are fully in keeping with the movement of the mar ! ratiVe.