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From Purcr CIimes.

The endless marvel Of rebirth
Evades us. still We question why
And when the waters OF the Garth
Become the waters OF the sky.
From stream or sea their flight begun
AsccndS unseen and unpursued.
Till 10. they trail across the sun,
A many-tintcd multitude!
Another day they come. the same,
But every Tctluent drop Is new.
A strange lihation bears their name;
They shine celestial in the dew.
Some element of finer strain
And more ethereal mode We know
In the clear sweetness of the rain.
In tine white glory OF the snow.
Aloft where astral life Is given
The liquid wanderers soar, and wait,
Till, swift returning fresh from heaven,
They meet us thrp' the rainbow gate.
Foreycrmore they rise and sink
For us between the Here and There,
And all cafth'S sordid acres drink
The crystal OF the upper air.
So falls loves holier sacrament,
In dreamy call and spirit kiss
OF the dear saiuted souls who went
To dwellings of diyiner bliss.
Still ours. they haste on snowy wings
Below at memory's fond command,
And every tender visit brings
A sweetness Of the Better Land.
Theron Brown
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CURRENT VERSE.
A Collect for TnonL.e,,,nr n,v


l thank Thee. Father. for this sky,
wherein Thy little sparrows fly;
Eor unseen hands that build and break
Ihe eioud-pavilioHs for my cake
This icetiug beauty, high and sild
Toward which / wonder. as A child
I thank Thee FOR The strengthening hills
That give bright spirit to the riIls;
For blue peaks soaring up apart,
To send down music on the heart;
For tree-tops wavering soft and high,
Writing their peace against the sky;
For forest farings that haye beer;
For this fan rain that shuts me in,
Giving to my low little roof
The sense Of home. secure. alOof.
And thanks FOR mornings stir and light,
And for the folding hush OF night:
For those high dcitics tlnt spread
The star-hllCd chlsfu overhead.
For cihn chemistries that Weld
The green fires Of the April field:
For all the foam and surge of bloom;
FOR leaves gone glorious TO their doom
All the Wild loveline-s that can
Touch the immortal IN 4 man.
Father of Life. thank Thee. too.
t0r old acquaintance, near and true
For friends who came into my day
And took the Loneliness awayt
For faith that held on TO the last:
For all sweet memories of the past
Dear memories Jf my dead that send
Long thoughts of life. and Of lifes end
That make me kno,. the light conceals
A deeper world than il reveals.
Edwin Markham, in Success"
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Sy nlpnthy.

As We mourn in our midnight OF sorrow,
Alone in our crying and iears,
As the pitilcss face OF Tomorrow
AppaIls-with its vista of years.
As We shrink from the toll ii discloses-
The unequal battle alone,
The thorns-whcse we waited for roses
The music that ended in moan.
As We Lnccl with n heart that is broken
For Loneliness, longing and dread,
And press in passion unspoken,
The answcrlcss lips Of our dead.
The Father in pity surprises
Our sight with luminous star
That slowly and sweetly uprises
And bcacons this hope from afar.
That hearts which aTliction hath blended,
Illumined by heavenly light,
Their discord and darkness have ended
And Brotherhood shineth in might.
So even our midnight of sorrow
Foretokens JOY from above
A promise OF beauty tomorrow.
When earth may be lighted by Love!
-Ernest Neal Lyon, i'll the Independent"
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Prcdestinnfion.

Heigho, Had | my youth ;
/ would be wise in truth:
I'd hold the balanced mean
OF reverence, nor careen
Meath blasts of childish sco-n
For wisdom old when / was borni
BY ordered little things
I'd guard the hidden springs
OF life-the quiet hours;
Nor be the thing that covers
To work hastc-marred, that so
stings like the barb Of hidden foeI
I'd ask no larger field,
But Till mine well 10 yield =
Its fullest tilth: and then,
As deafened not by men,
Nor rowing in unrest.
I'd hear an upward. new behest.
HeiEho, Ia not be !,
But lost identity!
Perchance Whom man rcvcres,
Rebalancing the spheres,
Would then put in the space,
Another failure in my place!
Sophia \. Walker in the Independent.
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NIiSnppIicd.

Fie, what a sinful waste it is TO use
Fine calfskin or moTOcco-making shoesi
Be il the tlaintiest footgoar Of them all,
That Flora wrinkles gIyly at the ball,
'T,yere far more finely, httingly applied
TO bind my Hazlitt, Keats, Akenside.
And what shame that gold, fair gliding gold
AS sordid silly coin should be toldi
For greasy grccnbacks would as well suffice
To glut the miser or To pay the price,
While gold for this was evidently made
To letter and embellish Pope and Praed.
And further: 'Tis sin. and nothing less,
To sduander fax upon a Womln's dress.
Aye. though a maiden flash upon my sight,
Her snowy form with snowy linen digit,
Swift to the mill that fabric fair should goi
We need fine paper for Racine and Poe!
Amos II. Wells, in the Era.
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PITY of the Leaves.

vengetul across the cold November moors,
Loud with ancestral shame there came the bleak,
Sad wind that shrieked, and answered with a
shrek.
Reverberant through lonely corridors.
The old man heard II; and he heard perforce.
Words out Of lips that no more 10 speak
Words OF the past that shook the old mans
cheek.
Like dead. remembered footsteps on old floors
And then there were the leaves that plagued
him so.
The brown, thin leaves that on the stones out
side .s--.t
Skipped with a freezing whisper. Now and then
They stopped and stayed there-iust to let him
know
How dead they were; but II the old man cried,
Thcv futtered off Ike withcred souls of men,
Edwin Arlington Robinson.
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Song of Life.

Maiden Of the laughing eyes
PrimrOsc-kirtlcd. winged, free,
Virgin daughter of the skies
Joy.-whOm gods and mortals prize,
Share thy smile with me!
Tet-lcst ]. unhecding. borrow
Pleasure that today endeIrs
And benrImbs the heart tomorrow.
Turn not wholly from nc, Sorrow,-
Let me share thy tears!
Give nc Of thy fullness. Lifei
Pulse and passion, power, breath,
Vision pure. heroic strife
Give me Of thy fullness, Life!-
Nor deny me death.
Florence Earle Coates. in ''Harper's Magazine"
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4 Sleeping Sntyr.

Along the fountains rim he lies asleep,
And dreams perchsnce OF some 1.-the vine
crowned maid.
With leopard-skin about her shoulders laid,
Who summons him to follow her ana leap
nov, iyicI hanks where merry naiads keep
Cav festival to music blown by Pan
Strange melodies unheard in haunts OF man
The som, Of them that neither sow nor reap.
The wind may touch his brow with fallen bloom,
The dawn with sunbeams, and the dusk with
dew;
wild hyacintiIs may swing their bells OF blue
Above him, yet he hceds not; thieving gloom
MAY snatch the hours as night the day Ger
takes,
And life may come and eo-he never wakes.
Charlotte Becker.
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anecdotes of a personal nature. (New
York: Frederick \. Stokes Company.
T.5O)
ITO Girls" by Heloise Edwina Dorsey,
is a book Of advice for girls of from four
teen to eighteen. in the form of letters,
half-motherly, and wholly well meaning
and well expressed. 1t will be a good
book for mothers to give to their daugh-
iers, and perhaps here and there one may
read it. If she does, it will probably do
her good. (Boston: Small, Maynard &c
Co. SLCl)
Heart Songs" by Gertrude Theresa
Clark. is slender volume of verses. some
of which are dainty in style. The pret-
test are the child poems, and Remarks
/ by a Minister'S Hopeful has in it con-
siderable humor as well as human ma
ture. tToledo, Ohio: The Merrill PressD
AS n Falling Star" by Eleanor Gay
| lord Phelps. deals with the travels of a
wealthy young woman with crippled
/ child who is her protege. incidentally
| several descriptions of Italian cities are
given; but the main interest of the book
/ les in the study of the child's character.
| Chicago: a. c. McClurg & Co, 81
'Iincoln's First Love" by Carrie Doug
! las Wright, is the narrative in semi-his-
/ torical form of an alleged romance in
( the early life of Lincoln. When keeping
store and studying law at Salem, H., he
is said TO have become greatly interested
in Ann Rutledge, the village belle. Mrs
! Wright has made this tradition the basis
I for Il pathetic little story, which will be
an addition to Lincoln literature. (Chi-
Z a. 90 4
AT the Sign of the Ginger Jar is the
| title of some verses by Ray Clarke Rose.
/ which ar, reprinted from the department
! of that rame in Chicago paper. They
are certainly newspaper poetry; the ear
mark of haste is on most of them, and,
while there are couplets here and there
which show true poetic feeling, and not
little humor. nearly every one is defect
| i've somewhere. Some of the rhymes are
I also of the kind which bear marks of the
Inallet, and that tool is not the proper
one with which to make poetry. Chi
cago: y. c. McClurg & Coz
THE Belgian Hare Manual is little
book which will prove valuable to those
who contemplate raising the animal in
question. The author, George F. Hall, of
| the National Belgian Hare Association,
claims that the industry is extremely
profitable. Chicago: Laird & Lee)
From the Heart of the Rose" by
| Helen Milman. Is a collection of letters
about nothing in particular and every
/ thing in general. The author herself de-
scribes them as scattered thoughts, and
| that is very good expression. Some of
| them are bright and interesting, but the
general effect is rather miscellaneous
| (Jonn Lane: The Bodley HeadJ
Horace at Cambridge" by owen Sea
man, is a little book of limitations of
Horace, the subjects of which are drawn
from Cambridge scenes and characters
1t will prove interesting to those who
enjoy clever parodies, though probably it
will be better appreciated in England
among Cambridge men, than here. (New
York: John Lane.)
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" no.

Pulpit extrayaganzist uncontrolled,
As heady 4 wild ass racing free
And snuifns up the windi 30, scorninS he
Pathways by other footsteps beaten, bold.
Through tracile>s regions over mountains old,
He ranges where his own far footsteps fee
All following. since TO mortal eye can see
How they 10 any clear direction lold
But there at least he thunders on in tread
As masterfu wayward, and less
Unwearable. And, strange thing TO be said,
This wild-ass ranger of the wilderness
From each excursion brings some gospel bread
Wherewith the gaping hun2ering soul to bless! /!
William Cleayer Wilkinson in the Critic
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miscellaneous Books.

1.-THE Century Book for Mothers Is
book by Leroy Milton Yale and Gustav
Pollak which should prove invaluable to
inexperienced young mothers, and might
be read with profit by some experienced
fyrandmothers. In fact, il somebody could
induce grandmothers to take course of
training in the care of infants, it would
in many cases be beneficial. The young
wife may have studied all the scientific
methods of bringing up a child, she may
have the most earnest desire to obey the
doctors Instructions, and allow her child
to eat only the simplest and most health
fui food, but if there is a grandmother
somewhere in the background who insists
upon feeding baby a little Of everything
that is on the table il generally cOmpli-
Gates the situation. The old proverb that
an ounce of prevention is worth a pound
Of cure is coming to be recognized more
and more generally as a good foundation
for the domestic science Of health, and it
is refreshing to note that in this book of
advice the authors again and again en-
phasize the Importance of forming right
habits for the child at the outset. In fact,
the keynote of the book is common sense,
and that is worth some science and good
deal of unreasoning experience.
The minutest details of the furnishing
and discipline of the nursery are given
attention, and there is something here
about every problem, however small,
which is likely to come up in ordinary
| human experience. \ considerable num-
ber of chapters is occupied with answers
to questions which have been asked at
one time or another of the authors. 1t is
notable that they do not advocate any
hard and fast rules in the training of
children, but fully recognize the fact that
a child has its individuality, which is often
as pronounced as that of a grown per-
son, and that what viii do for one child
will not do for another. Altogether it is
probably the best work Of the kind yet
published, and one very much needed as
well. (New York: The Century Company.
5000
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anything better than this. He Will not
because in this line nobody could. new
York: Mcclure, Phillips & Co. S5O)
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II parcel Of land is leased for a term Of years
in Maryland, and in said term the land is sold
under forced mortgage, does the lease still hod2
2 Does lease to be good have to be recorded9
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NOTES AND QUERIES.

Who wrote "A Dream of Fair womenl'
r. A. W.
AIfrsc Tennyson.
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Is there an association, national or otherwise,
Of women who oppose woman suffrage? c. L. I.
Yes; Massachusetts and New York have
such organizations, and a national body
has been formed. with Mrs. Henry M.
Whitney. Of Boston. and Mrs. Arthur NJ.
Dodge, of New York, heading interstate
committees.
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LITERARY NOTES.

Katharine Pyle's clever Illustrations
adorn the pages of her new Juvenile, As
the Goose Flies" which Little. Brown &
Co. will publish early in November.
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Because 1t was the central. or seventh.
in position OF the original thirteen States.
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Whose possession is the Ivory Coast how
extensive is it, and what are its products? J. II.
1t is a French colony. having been or
ganiZed as such in 1898. Its area is ex-
timated at 10000 square miles. and it's
population at 2.5O0Oo0. 1t exports rubber,
palm oil, gold, and mahogany.
The Washington times., 1901-11-10

What is The size OF Tairmount Park in Phill-
delphiaf T.. ",
1t includes 2.7s1 acres.
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Who Is Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
2. Who are the Senator's from Te1asi j.
There is none now .. Charles A. Cul-
berson and j. w Bailey
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Why is Pennsylvania called the Keystone stsie1
r. b.
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How many railway nail clerks were appointed
from Mississippi in 1900? "
The number appointed for the entire
country was 1876; of these Mississippi was
entitled to To-
The Washington times., 1901-11-10

A memorial of Richard Blacl1more, the
novelist, is to be set up in Exeter Cathe-
dral. 1t will take the form of n medal
lion portrait or bust
The Washington times., 1901-11-10

What percentage OF tn, population of.th United
States lives in the towns and cities? L. \. NJ.
The urban population returned by last
years census was 33.l per cent OF the
whole, Indian Territory and Indian reser-
vations being excluded. The limit OF
population for city or town in the calcu-
lation was 5000.
The Washington times., 1901-11-10

What became of Columbus son after his Ather
was recalled to Spain?
His legitimate son. Diego, who was his
heir, lived until 1876. His body was trans
ferred to the cathedral at San Domingo,
and lay beside the body that many be-
lieved TO have been his fathers.
The Washington times., 1901-11-10

What connection, il any. has the key Of tbs
Bastie with American 2 What is the origin OF
the phrase Pouring oil the troubled waters?'
W. H. b.
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now. when ] hear certain purblind folk
talk of Fairies and Brownies as a race
peculiar to the romantic parts OF Eng
Iand. ireland, or India, ! think:
" You have been wasting your t'llit
reading hooks. You have never btth
on the shifting CuTrumpaw, when the
moon of Inc Mosa5 comes up 70 Sltht
the river at its every bend, and hathe
the hills in green and veil the shautS
in blue You have not heard the
moonlight music. You have not seen
these moonbCams skip. from thistle
top and bayonet spear. to rest in peace
at last. as Ey appointment, On the
smcoth-swept dancing floor of tiny
race that visits this earth each nlEht,
coming from nowhere. and disappear
ing without a sound OF falling feet.
You have never seen this. Tor Nou
have rot found the key to the secret
chamber: and, if you did, you stiH
might doubt. for the dainty moon
light rCvelers have coats Of darkness,
and become invisible at Will.
Indeed. | believe you would say the
whole thing was a dream. But what
about the lace, tracerics in the dustF
They arc there when the sun comes
up next morning.
The pictures which go with this descrip
ton are as quaint and ethereal as tn
ideas which ii suggests. The book shout
find a place in every home where ther
are children. and in the library of ever.
lover of nature. CNew York: Charlie
Scribner's Sons. sl.25)
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Who were the national candidates OF the Prohi-
bition party in 1892? 2. How many votes did thsy
geta 3. Where was the nominating convention
John Bidwell, OF California, for Presi-
dent: DIR. Cranfill, OF Texas. for Vice
President. 2 262, 799. g. Cincinnati.
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Yes. 2. 1t should be recorded.
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Mr. George Douglas, the Scotch novelist,
author of THE House with the Green
Shutters" published by Mcclure, Phil
lips & Co, was born in the West Of Scot
land, and brought up amid farming
and mining population. At eighteen he
proceeded to Glasgow University In his
last year there he won a scholarship
worth over N0j1. With a portion of il
the future author went to oxford. Hav-
ing finished there. Mr.. Douglas went
down to London, and with n total capital
of Gl7 started out as d man of letters.
The Washington times., 1901-11-10

"Beowulf" by Samuel Harden Church,
is a metrical translation Of the old Saxon
poem Of that name. This legend, as fas-
cinatfng in its way as the Mabinogeon, is
but little known to most readers, and in
rendering 1t into readable English verse
Mr. Church has made a contribution cf
some value to popular literature. He has
kept fairly close to the spirit Of the orig
inal, preserving the old Saxon straight
korwardncss, and some Of the Saxon
| idioms, so far as this was possible IN the
| translation. 1t is not a great work. but
it is an interesting and scholarly one.
CNew York: Frederick A. Stokes Com
| pany. N25)
Southern Wild Flowers and Trees" is
a new book by Alice Lounsberry, with IL
Illustrations by Mrs Ellis Rowan, and is
worthy successor to the previous books
by the same author and illustra-
tor, Guide to the Wild Flowers"
and Guide to the Trees" The
Southern flora have never been
thoroughly classified in Il popular
text book. Although most school text
books contain all of the species of North
ern flora, which are to be found, they are
not as explicit about the plants and
trees south of Mason and Dixon's line.
This book will meet long-felt need of
field botanists. tNew York: Frederick a.
Stokes Company. $2.00)
"Maude Adams" by Acton Davies. is
little book which will interest the many
admirers OF this popular American ac-
tress. The author does not exaggerate
when he says that she is the most popu-
lar woman on the stage today; and some
Of the things which he tells go far TO ex-
plain the charm which she seems to have
both on and off the stage II is a very
| brief history of her career, illustrated with
many portraits of her In different parts
and interspersod with some-not too many
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None, except that It is at Mount Vernon.
among the Washington relics. 2 The fact
that waves are stilled by oil. This was
known to writer's who lived before the
Christian era.
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"A tortuous and difficult channel may
add to the beauty of mountain brook,
but it does not add to the beauty
of a poem" writes John Burroughs
in the preface Of Songs OF Ma
ture," his anthology of English nature
verse In all the poems which Mr.. Bur
roughS has chosen for this volume, he
has demanded at least two elements
truth and simplicity. Il am surprised"
he says, at the amount of so-cailed ma
ture poetry that has been added to Eng
lish literature during the past fifty years,
but / tind only ii little OF it OF perma-
npnt worth. The painted. padded. and
perfumed nature of so many OF the
younger poets | cannot stand at ALL
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anecdotes of a personal nature. CNew
York: Frederick \. Stokes Company.
SL50)
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THE Belgian Hare Manual is a little
book which will prove valuable to those
who contemplate raising the animal in
question. The author, George F. Hall, of
the National Belgian Hare Association,
claims that the industry is extremely
profitable. Chicago: Laird & Lee.)
The Washington times., 1901-11-10

When was the body of John Ericsson sent to
Sweden? Z
1t was put aboard the United States
cruiser Baltimore, August q. 1880. with
naval ceremony, and reached Stockholm.
September II Rear Admiral w. 5. Schley,
then a captain, commanded the cruiser.
The Washington times., 1901-11-10

"Old Times in Dixie Land by Caroline
L. Merrick. is a book of stories Of ante
brllum life in Louisiana. There are some
interesting scraps o freminiscence in it,
and the author does not conhne herself
entirely to studies of plantation charac-
tiers and dialect. (New York: The Graf
ton Prcss.J
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A book of interesting facts by we'll
known fact-gatherer is Ray Stannard
Bakers Seen I'm Germany He treats of
a host Of subjects suggested by a close
observation of Germanys military and
civil life. Starting out with compre-
hensive chapter on Common Things" the
author writes in a brisk narrative style of
the Kaiser the German soldier and work
ingman, the typical German professor,
scientific and industrial institutions, edu-
cational ideas in Germany with a glimpse
of student life, and. IN a final chapter, of
the cOuntry's prosperity and her prob
lens.
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D. Appleton & Co.'S November an
nouncements include THE Man Who
Knew Better" by 7. Gallon; Under the
Skyllghts." by Henry B. Fuller; The
French People" by Arthur Hassan; The
Apostles of the Southeast" by Frank T.
Bullen; The Alien" by +. +. MOntresor;
"Bookbinding and the Care Of Books, by
Douglas Cockerell; While Charlie Was
Fortune Of Christina NJ NAB. by S. Mac
naughtan. and the story OF The Art of
Building
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The Elf Errant' IS fairy tale. by
Moil5l O'Neiu, which the Macmillan Com
pany viii publish Immediately. The au-
thor has recently become known as the
writer Of some Irish verses of fine quail
ity This fairy story is an English fairy $
adventures among the elfs of ireland, and
running beneath in a sort of apologize
is a veiled study of English and Irish
character. This, however interferes not
at all with the story. but will add to its
interest among the older juvenile read
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then a captain, commanded the cruiser.
VIII you give me brief sketch OF tho life of
A. Conan Doyle? A o. H.
A Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh.
Scotland, May D. 1859. and was educated
at Stonyhursf and Edinburgh University.
From 1882 to 1890 he practiced as a ply
sician at Southsea. Later he Travelled in
Africa, and Arctic regions. His published
writings date back 10 1881. since when he
has bcen a prolific producer.
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Heart Songs" by Gertrude Theresa
Clark, is slender volume of verses. some
of which are dainty in style. The pret-
test are the child poems, and Remarks
by Minister'S Hopeful" has in it con-
siderable humor as well as human ma
ture. tTOledo, Ohio: The Merrill Press.)