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Thompson" came the answer. Maurice Thompsonl" unused the old man. Dunno him. There's or Abe Thompsons boys liv- in up the State, but never heerd as there was a Maurice among 'em." You don't read mueh?" inquired the traveller gently. ''ReadF' said the old man, scornfully Young man, raises corn!'
 
 Gertrude Atherton, whose name has re- gently been much before the public as the author of Senator North" wrote recently Tt is not known to the pablic generally that the late Senator Davis wrote and had printed and bound two monographs of re- markable merit and interest, one on Ham let the other on Mime. Roland Both were the result of deep thought and study, and it is to be hoped that Mrs. Davis will now publish these studies and give the world an opportunity to judge for itself of a literary gift known so far only to few. Mrs. Atherton is of the opinion, while expressing her apprecia ton for the fascination of MT. Davis literary style, that in the statesman was lost a man of letters who unQuestion- ably would have left an enduring name. But she consolingly adds that statesman ship is of so much greater importance than letters that we have no right to complain
 
 The reception and dinner which were giv- en to Mark Twain the first week in De- NS@AA -N said to have been the most notable event of the kind that has ever taken place at /, the club. The occasion was also distin-. 1 guished for the number of prominent men | who were present, including list of the foremost men of the day, not only in liter ature, but in all the professions The din- ner, aside from the speeches made, was re- | markable for the decorations of the rooms. 1 Mir Ciemens and MT. Mabie, the toastma- ler, were framed in by a pilot house, from I the corners of which were suspended coi- | ored lights, and the cornice of which bore the name of "Alonzo Child" the name of one of the steamboats which MT. Clemens l used to pilot on the Mississippi river The walls were festooned with hanging moss and other southern growths. It Is said that ] in these decorations MT. Clemens found the principal theme for his speech, which was 1 reminiscent and constantly delightful. Tho 1 whole affair was a beautiful and touching l tribute to our foremost man of letters, who has been so long absent from his native country. And possibly the most beautiful ] part was the request made by MT Clemens | when the dinner was first arranged that the speeches should not be reported, as he felt that the public tributes already paid to him fully supplied the public needs.
 One of the most popular as well as one of the most beautiful of the new books re- gently published is Monsieur Beaucaire," l by Booth Tarkington. It's popularity con- tinues to increase, and no doubt this is | largely due to the beauty and exquisiteness of the binding, illustrations, paper and print-its outward form, well as to It's 1 inward grace. The author is indeed one of the most gifted contributors of contempo- raneous fiction, and 'Beaucaire'' is justly and surely destined to ever increasing sales and popularity It would be unpardonable | in the reviewer to give even the slightest hint of the theme or story found in "Beau- | caire," so that it must suffice simply to say that it's grace and beauty. It's pervaslve I charm and sweetness, will finger many l day. Those who enjoyed When Knight hood Was in Flower" chiefly on account Of a certain spiritual quality, will be equally