The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-07

and gardening. Their aim, on thecon I trary, will be to provide the instruction
 necessary in order that useful ant
 beautiful gardens may be cr@hted. MT Charles Ilott, the author of the volume before us, has for forty years been en
 gagged In the practical study and cul ture of the vegetables on which he now
 writes. Recently he has been engaged
 by the County Council of Cornwall 1T
 experimenting on large scale With g
 view to determining the most suitable
 crops for extended culture in that coun- 1 try and the most suitable methods of | culture of those crops His lectures IT l Cornwall have very considerably modl- | fled the gardening practice of both pri-
 vate and market grower. He gives in
 this book the results of long practical
 experience in the subjects treated with full and complete information, and
 this book is one which should be owned | by all who cultivate the articles ot which he speaks. The photographs which illustrate the book are selected | for their practical value rather than as pictures fer adornment purposes alone There are sections devoted to cutting, sowing forcing, bundling,
 markets for asparagus and also the in sects and diseases of the plant. The
 asparagus IS a decorative plant and the history and cookery of asparagus are
 next considered. The rest of the book is devoted to sea- kale, celery, salsify
 and scorzonera, giving descriptions of
 each, with a treatise on their cultiva- ar clear well
 executed and appropriate to the text.
 For sale by all booksellers.
 Bridge Whist How to Play It, by
 Leonard Leigh 15S pages, handsomely
 bound in blue and gilt, cloth covers;
 published by Henry T. Coates X Co.,,
 Philadelphla, price $100; for sale by all booksellers. The hundreds of lovers
 of whist in this city will find in this
 work complete. accurate and lucid guide to the effective playing of bridge
 whist which is becoming so popular:
 Whist Opinions and by his contribu- tiohs to numerous journals, has estab- lished a reputation for masterly work. Bridge Whist contains a concise and clear description of the game, with comprehensive enunciation of its prin- ciples. In the tactical portions of the book the text Is copiously illustrated by examples and specimen deals. The need for special leads adapted to the peculiar and varying conditions of Bridge is supplied in new system which has been subjected to the test of analysis and experiment. The book presents for the first time, to the gene ral public code of laws for Bridge Whist, the need for which has hitherto been keenly felt by lovers of the game.
 A Thoroughbred Mongrel, by Stephen Townsend, F. R. c. s., Frederick A. Stokes Co.,, New York. No one can read this capital story about dogs and about their masters and other "hu- mans besides their masters without having their love and respect for the animal creation, especially the dog ere ation, increased. The wise Hett has a story worth telling and worth read ing, and she is made to tell 1t in way that twill secure her full and ready at tention until her tale is ended, and we leave her in her serene and contempla- tive old age, sorry to part company with her and wishing her all kinds of good luck and future happiness, if there is any kind of future for her and her kind. MT. Townsend delight fully tells Hett's story. the story of her fortunate rescue from an unhappy fate of her frolics and little escapades with the big naughty Jock when he chased sheep, of her sensitiveness and partic- ularly of her jealousy of the little Chi huahua dog which came into her own i home circle and monopolized all the at tention until its true pedigree was dis covered and it fell from grace into dis grace, and not at all to blame for it i either. A pretty mistress wins lover and a husband in the progress of the | story, which is one that all will find pleasure in reading. It is a story pure and simple, and though there Is no the readers of the book can | put feel renewed impulse to treat ami nals with all kindness, even if the Mexican hairless dog sent by the Amer can lover to the British lass did turn put to be a fraud. There is very | pretty and appreciative introduction to | he book by Francis Hodgson Burnett, l we'll worth reading of course. The | book is already in it's second edition.
 Godfrey Strong, by Laura E, Rich lrds 217 pages illustrated; Dana | Estes & Co., Boston. This is delight l ul new book by the author of Captain | January" that charming tale designed | or children, but appreciated by young md old This new book by Miss Rich lrds will also find it's way to the heart | if all it's readers and can be warmly l to all who love sweet l tory of New England life. The char cter drawing is excellent and there are many delightfully."- dainty pen pictures. The story centers upon virile and al- ogether human village doctor who is o fortunate as to find home with two maiden ladies in a seaside village of | Jew England. To them comes niece, nd, of course, the doctor falls in love l you see, the tory is quite conven- ional in it's plot-and eventually, after
 dangerous accident and the usual ursing by the loved one, the couple re, with the aid of a bustling nono- enarian matchmaker, happily mar jed" The reader will recognize in the wo maiden sisters and in several other the village people of the story dis met and not unfamiliar types of New ,ngland life and character, that are dmirably drawn, and the delicate and ossamer-like touches here and there illustrative of the pathos and milder