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THE. STORY OF A STRANGE CAREER. Be.
ing the Autobiography Of Convict. Edited
by Stanley Waterloo. Chicago: d. Appleton
& Co., ,2O3-2o7 Michigan boulevard. Price
81 20 net; $1.12 post paid.
Mr.. Waterloo, in his introduction,
,vouches for the literal. truth Of this auto
biography of a. man who was an ensign
in our navy during the civil war and had
about forty years experience as a sailor
on various ships of various nationalities,
which he details without attempting to
conceal his crimes Of robbery and bigamy
and falsehood, and the reader Is left with
the conviction that he committed others,
for he alludes to q sojourn TN Joliet prison.
On the first ship upon which he shipped
there occurred a horrible murder which
was never cleared UP, and he was arrested
on suspicion Of committing the crime; but
was discharged. The story is, withal, in
teresting, notably the portion relating to
his career as a naval officer during the
war for the union. He was taken prisoner
in southern prisons. and was nearly
starved.
THE STORY OF LIZZIE MCGUIRE. By Her
self. Boston: II. A. Dickerman Son.
This Is a very shabby parody on Mary
Maclane's book, which is really SO dis
gusting that it is likely to win sympat thy
with the Butte girl. who is working as
a feature writer on the New York World
and is likely to make something of her
self in literature under the discipline of
metropolitan Journalism. In this parody
there is not an atom Of genuine humor,
although the author strains vigorously his
mental apparatus to strike a single little
spark. Mary Maclane can afford to ignore
this book. De- ~a.
THE POLITICAL WORKS OF HENRY J. Nc.
KAY. Wausau Pilot Office, Wausau, Wis.
The handsome face Of Mr. Mckay looks
benevolently upon the reader in the 'front.'
ispiece, and he tells us that his book sis
the result of several years of intermittent
glimpses at the wonders and beauties of
nature lying at our own doors, and of the
str1vings of the spirit within the writer
| as he felt their influence upon his thought
and life" Many of us have felt the same
way, but have not been able to get into
type as Mr.. Mckay has. There are over
q hundred poems, many of them inspired
by the beauties of nature and the bugles
Of war, but even Mr.. Mckay loses. his
radiant inspiration sometimes for he gives
us this:
| Sitting at the table
With his, pen and Ink
ThoughtfulIy the poet scratched his head
Friction oft repeated ... ...-...
Sleepy brain defeated,
And the poet wrote and went to bed.
Tossing in his slumber, @
Dreaming of his fame,
Autocrat 'mong poets, he was one;
He dreampt of his power,
| But for short hour,
Then he lost his vision with the sun.
| The Lawson History of the Amerfca's
Cup. "A Record of Fifty Years BY Win.
field M. Thompson and Thomas w. Lawson
| Boston.
/ The authors of this volume are well know
| In the yachting world. Mr.. Lawson was tn.
| owner Of the Boston-b built yacht Independ
| ence.. and Mr. Thompson is a recognized ex
pert and authority on yachting and mos
| able writer on the subject. In this beautiful
| " printed and daintily bound volume is EN-
| bodied a complete and detailed history of tn,
contests for the Americas cup, including (
! description, mastery in character, of the ia
! NOUS race off Cowes, at which the, America
\ schooner yacht, American built and mannet
/ and designedeby George Steers, won the Roya
4 Yacht suuadron's challenge cup, beating tn,