Evening star., 1901-11-02

Hshed in the magazines heretofore. They
are Krag, the Kootenay Ram; a Street
Trouhadour, being the Adventures Of a
Cock Sparrow; Johnny Bear; the Mother
Teal and the Overland Route; Chink, the
Development of Pup; the Kangaroo Rat:
Tito, the Story of the Coyote That Learned
How, and Why the Chickadee Goes Crazy
Once Year. Tito is a great favorite be-
cause perhaps of her survival at the close
of the tale. 1t is almost a fundamental
principle of this writer's work that his sub
jects meet with violent deaths. He de-
clares that they do so die by force in ma
ture and should likewise in fiction, espe-
cially as the fiction is but a direct repro
duction of fact In his present preface he
defends himself from the charge of cruelty
IN Staying Lobo, one of his most noted
animal characters. He says further:
I'm answer to a question many times put, may
say that do not champion any theory of diet /
do not intend primarily to denounce certain field
sport or even cruelty to animals. My chief mo-
tive, my most earnest underlying wish, has been
to stop the determination of harmless wild an
imals; not for their sakes but for ours, firmly be-
ueving that each of native wild creatures is in
itself precious heritage that we have right TO
destroy put beyond the reach of our children. l
have tried to stop the stupid and brutal work Of
destrucilon by an appeal-not to reason: that mas
failed hitherto-but to sympathy, and especially
the sympathies of the coming generation"
BRIGHT DAYS THROUGH THE YEAR. Full
page color plates after paintings in water col
ors by Frederick NJ. spiegle; together with new
stories and verses by Mabel Humphrey New
1ork: FREDERICK A. Stokes Company.
There is a page Of color printing in this
delightful book for the little folks for each
of the months, while the letter press offers
a seasonable story or rhyme. The child is
carried through the seasons with a sense Of
personal intimacy with the youngsters who
tear off calendar leaves on the first of jan
uary, post valentines in February, pluck
roses in June or bob for apples at Hal
loWeen.
SWEDISH FAIRY TALES. By Anna Wahlenberg
Translated by Axel Wahenberg. Illustrated ny
Helen Maitland Armstrong. Chicago: "A. c..
McClurg & Co.
These are not old-time fairy tales, out
Of modern construction. They do not suf-
fer, however, from their lack of classic as
sociation. They reproduce the spirit Of the
far north and offer some novel types in
fairy lore such the Cloud King. The
drawings are exceptionally attractive, IN
terpreting the stories with rare fidelity and
imagination.
THE BOOK OF THE GRAPE. By H. W. Ward,
de,er a IT, d 81 IGr asi years =, Head Gar
dener.' Together with a chapter on the Dec
orative Value Of the Vine, by the Editor. New
York: John Lane.
This is the third of the series Of hand
books on practical gardening, edited by
Harry Roberts. Dealing with the grape, it
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ture into small compass and offers an
abundance Of compact practical advice
The vine has it's historical associations
which are not wholly neglected in the prac-
tical consideration Of the subject. Mr. Rob.
erts in his own chapter pleads for the vine
as a decorative factor Of Importance in
landscape gardening.
HELD FOR ORDERS; Being Stories of Railroad
Life. By Frank H. Spearman. New York: Ne
d WaShinptOn dxyord n
LOthrop.
The romance of the practical has been
disclosed Of late in the course Of stories
which have revealed that there is a life IN
the great industries which the hurried pub
lie never sees. The grimy. noisy railroad,
type of the modern spirit of intense appli-
cation to facts, is one of the last insplra-
tions to be imagined for the creation Of
entertaining stories Of human nature, If
judged solely by it's externals. Yet there is
perhaps more adventure daring, danger,
risk love and real romance to be found In
the years routine of railroad system Than
In any other of the great commercial agen
cies of the time. These ten stories which
fill the present volume have in part an
peared In serial form. They have charac-
ters In common, although each is distinct,
and they afford an absorbing range of ex-
periences, smelling strongly of the smoke
of the round house and ringing with the
clangor of the train.
THE RAPE OF THE LOCK. BY Alexander Pope
Illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley. New York:
John Lane.
Pope's poem has been chosen, in this SET
ting, for place among the series called
Flowers of Parnassus. The Boards. .ey
drawings afford the striking feature Of the
combinations, as the lines are familiar to
most readers of classic English. Boards
ley's vogue did not long survive his death.
which occurred a few years ago, and these
revivals from his work have an odd ap-
pearance now so numerous have been The
imitators who have crowded in ephemsral
enterprise upon his footprints.
CASHEL BYRON'S PROFESSION; Newly Revised
with Several Prefaces and Essay on Prize
fighting, also THE ADMIRABLE BASHyILIE:
or, Constancy Rewarded being the Novel OF
Cashel Byron's Profession done into Stage
Play In Three Acts and in Blank Verse By
George Bernard Shaw. Chicago: Herbert S.