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growing thinner with the years, and
earnest and eager eyes that viii never
lose their expression until the soul
ceases TO look through them II pre-
sents one OF those faces that is never
old TO the beholdgr in a Hight just dim
enough TO hide the wrinkles
The better work of the author is seen
I'm his shorter poems. one OF the prettl-
est and tenderest Of which Is under the
heading Of Child Lost" These are It's
concluding lines:
Her llfe was light TO me where night
had been.
Il was herself she horalded
When from her little era she said
Each morning, Papa, ligh is coming
IN.
She was a newness and a solace deep
newness like.the dawning light,
A soace Ike the lulling night.
A Joy Ike waking and a bliss like sleep.
Her being was around me as a sky
OF summer is around the earth.
/ never thought OF any worth
OF life without her love 20 price Il by.
But suddenly I missed the child one
day;
] looked, and 10. a stranger stood
There stately IN tuil wOmanhood
Where had left the little maid al play.
"The Farmstead. The making Of the
Rural Home and the Layout of the
Farm" by l. p Roberts. director of the
College Of Agriculture IN Cornell Uni
Versity Is one Of the Rural Science
series which. taken together. consti-
tute the best agricultural hbrl-y in The
English language Being written by
Prof Roberts. it could not fail 20 De
packed with useful information and
wise suggestions Compactly stated. IL
deals with the subject OF making pleas
ant country homes, not from the stand
point OF the landscape gardner on the
city man who is planning a country
residence FOR occasional use. but from
that OF the plain farmer OF small means
The subject OF economical house build
INK Is dealt with IN considerable detail,
suggestVely, Of course. since Prof
Roberts Is stated 90 have been I'm the
business In early life Three chapters
relating 10 the furnishing, decoration
and sanitation of country homes and
10 rural household economy are written
by Prof Mary Roberts Smith OF STAN
ford University. who Is a daughter OF
Prof Roberts and has Inherited her
fathers practical common sense. New
York, The Macmillan Company
The wide popularity Of Henry WAL
lace's Letters TO the Farm Boy has led
TO its complete revision by the author
and the publication Of a third edition
by the Macmillan company, As is wen
known this book Us by q plain common
sense writer expressed IN language ~
which Defoe or Buuyan would not have
been ashamed. II Us intended 10 give
a healthy sound talk 20 boys who by
the-by. In spite of the books title are
likely 90 belong Co many other occupa-
lions than that OF farming.
There II local interest IN the volume
on "Our Native Trees and How 90 Iden-
tify Them" by Miss Harriet L. Keller.
for the author Is a well known educa-
tor of the Cleveland public schools. the
outline pictures among the numerous
illustrations are by Miss Mary Refer.
another experienced Cleveland educa-
tor. and the photographs for the other
Illustrations are largely ny local photo
graphers But the local claims ~ the
work 20 attention are merely incidental.
The book rs an impOrttnt contribution
20 the study az American trees and viii
undoubtedly aid materially In develop
sng taste Tor that study. The want Of