The age-herald., 1901-12-08

covers the whole ground or her supJeS@ considering not only the celebrated de- corations in great public buildings and the great decorations of the Chicago Worlds Fair but also many of the de- corations in the private houses that have heretofore not been generally known to the public.
 Among the novel and beautiful calen- dars for 1902 Is a whist calendar. It is by Mildred Howells, and she has, with rare skill combined in its execution orig inality, beauty and utility. First of all it is a practical calendar, large, clear and distinct. It is decorative, the illus tratfve designs being quaintly amusing Each month, in addition to it's picture contains a suitable verse and whist rule which is worthy of being kept in 1 daily sight. It is peculiarly suitable as a holiday gift.
 Basil Kings new novel of marriage and divorce tells of woman's relation to man. In one of Henry Vassell's speeches | he says "Woman is in our lives what the fire is in our chimpeys. We need 1t | for warmth and comfort and all the arts of civilization. But it must be kept just there. Once let it get beyond it's proper l confines and the whole house burns I down. A wife Is at once the greatest joy and the greatest danger in a mans | life. In her place. she is an angel; out | of her place she can be the very devil. When she is ruled, there is order; when she is obeyed, there is anarchy" | Novels of this purposeful class are un- ! conventional but scarcely any approach this one by MT. King in the radical opin- | ions expressed and the perfect candor of his expressions.
 Three much discussed books at pres i ent are Warwick of the Knobs" by John Mi Lloyd; sir Richard Calmady," by Lucas Malet, and Young Barba- rians," by Ian Maclaren. Of the first, readers are trying to decide if it Is greater work than "Stringtown on the Pike" Mir. Lloyd's first novel Of Sir Richard" readers are interested in try ing to decide if the author is as great writer as Mrs. Humphrey Ward. Her former novel, Wages of Sin" reached encouraging sales and her present one is spoken of as one of the finest pieces of late fiction.
 About Young Barbarians" readers are trying to decide whether 1t was writ ten for the young or old. But at any rate we all know and love Ian Maclaren and his new book is one of the pleasant est healthiest and best books of the year.
 J. A. Mitchell, the author of that very delightful little favorite, Amos Judd" has just published another novel entitled "The Pines of Lory." The tale opens on the little steamer, Maid of the North, bound from Boston to the St. Lawrence. Much clever and what might be termed up-to-date talk Is playfully indulged in upon the deck. And no one knows better how to manage interesting and rather impossible situations with ordinary pro- saic people than J. A. Mitchell, unless it be that other prince of writers, Frank K. Stockton. A certain critic in writing of "The Pines of Lory" says: "To all lovers of lovers, and lovers of out-of- door things and milder forms of folly, this book is affectionately dedicated.
 The Macmillan Company announce a Churchills "rhe Crisis" It is said that this story has reached the 330,000th. This house also announces that F. Marion Crawford's new novel. Marietta; A Maid of Venice,' has run through four