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than not mars such interpretative Ia
boz. or small square, shape Q6 MOI
for the pocket. flexible covers ana
handsome page for the eye, these 1T
tie classics suggest companionship on
train or trolley. Among others TO fol-
low, and already announced. are
Princess" Eliot's "Silas Warner" Cole
ridges "The Ancient Mariner Pope's
"Homer's Iliad,' Addison's "Slr Roger
Goldsmith's Vicar" Shakespeare
plays, etc. The price OF these fine little
volumes is only 25c. (Preston
Rounds.l
Little. Brown & Co., the Boston pub
fishers, have begun the issue of "a new
uniform collected edition Of the prin-
cipal works OF Rev. Edward Hale, TO
be completed in ten 12-mo. volumes at
$3.50 per volume. The books are TO be
issued under the supervision OF the au-
thor. including revision and new mat
ter, and IL is planned 10 have at least
one new volume come from the press
each month. The inaugural volume is
out i'm time for the holidays. Ii con-
tains that American classic, The Man
Without a Country" and nine other
stories. The famous story of Philip
Nolan, the Man Without a Country"
OF December, 1868. IL created sensa-
tion i'm that eventful period much of
the kind that Uncle Toms Cabin" had
a decade before. IL aimed at copper
headism, at un- -AmericaniSm under
whatever name, as Uncle Tom had
aimed at the hardly less material in
stitution of slavery. Slavery is dead.
Perhaps un-Americanism isn't quite
dead, never will be. But the story of
Philip Nolan has contributed great
deal in the past thirty-five years TO
encourage patriotism the loyal love or
ones own country, not only in the land
of it's authorship, among the people IL
was Immediately designed To influence,
but in other lands, for it has had thou
sands OF English readers and has been
translated into German and Spanish
and perhaps other languages, seeming
ly as often 10 teach the same lesson
as because II is a marvelously interest
ing story. In note to the edition or
1897, Dr. Hale tells how Philip Nolan
came TO be written, and OF much that
is OF interest. relating 20 the story, and
this Is republished in the volume just
issued. Besides. there is a preface for
the collected edition subscribed on last
"All Saints Day" that is in DIR. Hale's
very cleVerest style. We don't know
how many volumes DR. Hale's writings
would make. lie has been writing un-
interruptedly for half a century. we
should say. His published works have
circulated for millions Of copies He
never wrote anything that was not
worth reading or preached a sermon
that was not worth going some miles to
listen TO. lie has created and he has
elaborated. and the end of his powers
OF origination and artistic, workman
ship seems rs far ahead today as ii did
when THE Man Without a Country
attracted worldwide attention to his
wonderful pen. To pick out his prin-
cipal works within the limits of ten
volumes is To produce somewhat of
library without much effort on his own
or his publishers part, we should
say except that-it viii be hard
70 select where there is so much
that is first class. The new edi-
tion will accordingly be most warm
ly welcomed. IT represents a vital
force in American literature. IT
is as significant and as essential as
ANYTHING that American authorship has
produced. one with the classics of Haw-
thorne OF Irving. of Cooper of the
poets that have contributed to the lus-
tire OF American literature. The fash
ion of the library as set bv the first
volume is a book Of much dignity and
beauty, printed in cold style" type.
bearing n photogravure portrait OF the
author. bound In cloth. with gilt orna-
ment, gilt top and uncut leaves. The
moderate price Of 81 30 is asked for the
volumes IN this most acceptable and
timely library.