The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-15

ton fail to accomplish. MT. Hume has not entered d new and original fleld' He depicts his situations With perspl- cacity and vigor, and with a touch o1 enthusiasm here and there, ana the dramatic situations are Worked up most cleverly. The plot of the mystery turns upon the disappearance, on the night of his funeral, of the body oL mll- lionaire Richard MarloW. The Villagers of Heathton know very little of Mar lows history, except that he made a big fortune in Mashonaland and had settled down among them with hispret- ty daughter, Sophy to enjoy IL, laAlhs possession of a fine old mansion Tor ms home. A well groomed, cleaf-shlIled athletic young Englishman, Allan lhor- old, is Sophys lover, A tramp, cicero Gramp, while endeavoring to get q nights sleep on the grass in the ceme- tery, was accidently q witness ot the body snatGhing The tramp had seen better days" Sophy mortified at the revelation that the body of her father had been stolen, tells her lover that the discovery of the villains ln the case and their adequate punishment IS the condition upon which she will wed him. Thereupon Allan sets all his wits to work to accomplish the task set for him by the woman he loves and the task proves a very complicated one With many sensations and much detect i've work thrown in. But Cicero Gramp the tramp, is the masterpiece oT the author in character sketching, the real triumph of MT. Hume's efforts in the story. This fact will impress the read CT of the book at the start. Cicero Gramp is the trump card of this very interesting story.
 The far-reaching influence of Mir Booker T. Washington Autobiography may be judged by the following com munication received by MT. Washing tons publishers, Messrs. Doubleday, Page and company A letter from the Protestant college at Beirut, Syria reads:
 I had great pleasure in reading the Autobiosraphy It inspired in me a new spirit and gave me an enthusiasm the like of which I have never felt. There is at present revival of learn ing among the Arabic speaking people, and for my countrymen's benefit l ask the privilege of translating the Auto biography in the Arabic. Please grant me this favor if you have not given the right to somebody else (Signed). Thankfully yours, Ibrahim Abdu Kahil
 Messrs Doubleday, Page and com pany are about to publish Clyde Fitchs $ comedy, Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines, with photographs of the scenes of the play in which Miss Barry more has made such a success.
 '"Che Animal Book will follow "The Insect Book and ''The Butterfly Book in the new Nature Library of Double day, Page and company. It will be de- voted to mammals, and will be the work of several collaborators. It will be Illustrated by colored plates and re- productions of photographs from living animals by such masters of the art as Wallihan and Carlin. At about the same time will appear Food and Game Fishes "by Barton w Eyermann and David Starr Jordan, illustrated by photographs of live fishes in their nat ural haunts by Dugmore
 D. Appleton and companys Febru- ary announcements include Kate Bon net, by Frank R. Stockton; Scarlet and Hyssop, by E. r. Benson; The Pageant and Ceremony of the Coronation, by Charles Eyre Pascos; Practical For estry, hy Prof John Clifford; The Earths Beginning, by Sir Robert Sta we'll Ball; Financial Crises, by Theo- dore F. Burton; Love in it's Tenderness by J. R. Aitkin; Personal Memoirs of Philip and Henry Sheridan, by Brig General Michael V. Sheridan; A Histo- ry of the United States Navy, by Edgar $. Maclay; Haroids Discussions, by J. w Troeger, The Adventures of Marco Polo, by Edward Atherton; History of