The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-11-27

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The Christmas number fthe ssNelD Lip !
tiHc0tt' Magazine publishes complete
Amelia E. Bars latest and best novel, en-
titled "Souls of Passage" The author
saws this story is the fulflment of twenty
years intention, though only within the
last twelve months has she felt that the
time was ripe for launching her daring
plot It is certainly the best thing Mrs
Barr has done, not even expecting THE
Bow of Orange Ribbon" The title, "Souls
of Passage" element shows strongly on
one side of the story which deals with
picturesque reincarnation. There is
striking psychological incident that one
cannot forget, but, above and beyond all,
the novel is an intensely human story OF
Scotland, in which people love or hate,
succeed or fail, live or die, in the most
genuine sort of manner. The reader will
| feel a glow of gratitude to the author for
writing about educated Glasgow people
whose speech is understandable without
foot notes. Surely, humor, love, and
pathos gain much by not requiring to be
| translated. Most of the action of the
story takes place at a Highland castle be-
longing to the Provost of Glasgow, where
he takes his family to spend the summer.
Here, while the young people are laugh
ing and loving. the Provost and his old
friend, Ian Macrae, meet after many years
Macrae is believer in reincarnation, de-
claring I'VE are Souls of Passage We
are here for a purchase" Miss Agnes
Repplier contributes one of her charming
ESSAYS, calling it ''As Advertised" 1t hits
at the oddnesses of advertisers, past and
present, and is witty and satirical in Miss
Repplier's own inimitable way. Readers
of IA Monk from the Ghetto" which APP
peared in the July number of the 'NeV
LibbincOtt,' % are eager to see another story
by Martha Wolfenstein. and they may now
have the opportunity. An Idyl of the
'Gass' Jews street, is in two chapters,
and is an amusing story ola Jewish honey
moon GAS Others See U.s." by George
Hubbard, is bright little one-act drama,
which may be played by one actor. It is
appropriate at the holiday season. The
B1uffing of Johnny Crapaud," by Patrick
Vaux, is vigorous and unique sea story
of an incident that may happen some
Christmas night in the twentieth century
of Englands history as mistress OF the
sea.
s'Nigger Baby and Nine Beasts new
book by a new author, issued by new
publishing concern, sweeps fresh and
sweet as a wind from the West through
the whirl of holiday leaves. ''Nigger Baby,
Horse with Great Soul" is delight
fully strong, naive story of the life and
varied experiences of black race horse
The other eight tales describe the adven-
lures of girl with wild and domestic an
inlals, whom she understands and portrays
with rare intelligence. In one of these
stories thrilling description is given of
an Indian raid, in which the lives of the
settlers were saved by the quick wit and
stubborn devotion of Mexican burro.
s'Angel" is thequaint and humorous life of
a crow, and also realistic study of a GER
tain phase of child life and character.
Thor deals with bear whose brief ex-
perience of civilization left an impression
so deep that by it he ruled his kind. The
author has the rare gift of taking the read
er away from himself and hurrying him
along with the beautiful black racer, over
the clover meadows of California, up to
the pinetopped heights of the Sierras to
the haunts of bears, deer, foxes and wild
cats. Incidentally the book shows that
the higher instincts of these beasts are
evidences of partially developed soul
The illustrations by Gustaye Verbeck
are in his most vigorous style. The full
page in which appear great black bear
facing the fury of chinook" wind in the
mountains, an old Mexican trapper, a
child at the log cabin window, is delight
fully realistic. Ess Ess Publishing Co.,
1885 Broadway, N. Y.
Within the past three months there has
been considerable comment in the news
papers about the use of new anasthetic
I-eucaine-in surgical operation, the
eucaine being injected in the spinal col
umn. Apropos of this subject the Medical
Record, weekly journal of medicine and
surgery published by William Wood and
| Company, at 81 Fifth Avenue, New York
City, has, in the issue of October Is, an
excellent article on Corning's Method of
Anasthesia, from the pen of L Marcus,
M. D. This method, he claims, has taken
a permanent place as a valuable therapeu-
tic agent. In the article it appears that
spinal anRsthesia is not such a new thing,
having been first resorted to by ]. Leonard
Corning in 1885. He injected twenty
minims of a two per cent. solution of
cocaine into a dog, and in FIVE minutes
afterwards noticed an3sthesia in the
lower extremities, the dog entirely recover
ing four hours after the first injection
Another experiment was on human
being, with satisfactory results. The
article in the Medical Record is interest
ing not only to the profession, but is of
equal interest to the laity, touching a sub
iect which has been discussed by many
since the report ola case in Philadelphia
hospital, of application of anesthetics to
the spine and which was generally ac-
cepted, especially by the laity, as an entire
innovation in medical practice, while as a
fact, it was used, as above stated, IS
years ago by an American surgeon.