Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-11
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Two Wilderness voyagers," By
Franklin weiies Uaikins. Mr.. Calkins:
has written a notable story. 1t Ia In
no sense a novel, being wholly free
from any thought of affection between
the sexes and concerned only with the
life of a youthful brother and sister,
children TO the Ogalalla chief, Fire
Cloud, who escape from captivity
among the Chippewas in the far North
and make their way painfully through
forests and over prairies to comfort
their serrSwing parents. But, though
concerned with children except so far
as grewn people are In relation 70
them 1t is not to be classed among the,
books intended merely, or even Drf-
marily, for the young. It Is rather Of
the class Ia which Robinson Cfusos@
and Treasure Island" have been
placed, of engrossing human iatsrsst
to everyone, man and woman. beg and
girl alike. Fleming H. Revolt Csm-
pany, Chicago and New York
In the North American Review for
December the achievements Of Pres
idens Roosevelts First Year" are j1-
dicially considered by tive distinguish
ed writer's, whose identity. beyond the
fact that they are. respectively. "A
Progressive Republican" and "A JEFF
fersonian Democrat" Is withheld Ex-
Speaker Thomas b. Reed asks What
Shall we Do with the Tariff% Mark
Twain makes some characteristic
comments on Christian Science" In
the first Of three papers he has pre-
pared on that subject.
Woodrow Wilson, the new president
of Princeton University. opens the
December Atlantic with an able and
stimulating article on THE Ideals Of
America" believing that new world
has opened before us and that we shall
rise as q nation to the level of Cur
opportunities.
Country Life in America for Decem.
Der is a large Christmas Annual with
beautiful cover and hundred SUI
perb illustrations, and colored supple
ments besides. The spirit of jollity
of the season pervades the bulky mum
Der of winter sports, unusual house
parties, Christmas homes and many
things of winter at her best Rudyard
Kipling contributes the poem, Pan in
Vermont" defying the man who, In
winter. brings the seeds of phlox and
hollyhocks into the snowbound ~coun.
try where Kipling once lived.
The two most striking articlesyk,
the well-varied contents OF ~
Worlds Work for December arc Pres.
idents Eliot's-of Harvard-article on
The Needs OF American Public Edu-
cation" and Frank w. vanderlip's Con
sentative Note of Warning on the H.
nancial situation.
the latest and longest and must ever
flowing Christmas stocking could pes
sibly be is the Christmas st. Nicho-
las with its store OF Christmas verse
and story and fun. Edwin l. Sabin.
Howard Pyle, Guy Wetmore Carryl,
Ruth McEnery Stuart. Louisa M. AL.
colt. C. Il. Borchgrevink and Alice
Caldwell Hogan are among the notable
artists and writer's who have contrib
uted TO this bountiful store Of Christ
mas cheer: and the result is a maya.
zine that will please and interest the
grown-ups as well as the children.
John Henry Freese. Observer at the
Harvard College Observatory, discus
ses The Making of the Universe" In
the December Century. endeavoring to
answer the question: do stars change.
and is any order of change discern.
ible?" One of the reasons for posi-
disintegration of comets and meteors.
Extraordinary as it may seem, two
hundred tons of meteors fall upon the
earth daily.
CONNER cial Geography" by Walter
H. DIN, NJ. s., has been recently pub
lished by Crane & Co.. Topeka. Kan.
This book was written especially for
High Schools, Commercial Colleges.
and the grammar grades in city and
district schools. The facts presented
in this geography have been grouped
in three primary divisions. Part
Classics commerce and discusses and
enumerates the IDS to commerce, and
matters which influence trade. Part II
carries the student on commercial
trip around the werld, by practical
commercial route I 1t combines de-
scription and Indignation in such
way that the pupil feels he is making
the journey himself Part III presen-s
miscellaneous facts Of comm rec and
geography intended to encourage lab.
oratory work among practical lines.
"The Mission OF DR.. Lorenz to Amer
lean Children" Is the subject Of an in.
structive article by DIR, " p Gibney.
of New York, In the Review of Re.
views for December. The methods of
the great Austrian surgeon are clearly
described. in terms which the general
reader can understand.
Just say Ralph Conner" and that's
enough to exhaust first edition of
fifty thousand copies--as is proved by
the accumulated orders for "Glengar-
ry School Days" before 1t is fully on
the press. There Is an unlimited
wealth of incident in the "Glengarry"
woods. Many of US knew little Of that
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