The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-06

| ''Joe's Place" is a neatly bound VOL
uIne of poems by John ROsslyn. pub
lished by George ". Jacobs & Co,
Philadelphia, and attractiveIy iilustra-
ted The whole story comes from the
lips best fitted 10 tell from the heart
that has borne the experiences nara
ted, and been schOOled and taught by
them.-notwithstan the narratOr's
I lack Of schoolin." The rhythmic
form into which the editor author has
cast it makes notable its homely but
heart touching philosophy without at
all irnpairing the natuTalness or direct
ness of the story. There is a genuine
pathos and deep human interest in the
story which appeals to people, old and
young, who are finding life's problems
hard to solve. 1t is a wholesome and
+ helpful book. Price s1.OO net; for sale
/ by ali booksellers.
/ Until long-felt want is filled and
some author appears who can write
stories for girls and boys with the abid-
ing interest, sweetness and charm Of
Louisa II. Alcott's work, the publishers
{ of Miss AIcOtt's stories Uittle, Brown
& Coz will continue to find host of
! eager readers for successive editions of
Little Women and "Old-Fashioned
Girl" such as they have recently is
sued. The first is brought out with fif-
teen full-page illustrations by Alice
/ Barber Stephens, and the second with
twelve full-page pictures by Jessie
, Wilcox Smith. It is doubtful, indeed,
! whether any writer of future days can
! displace Louisa n. Alcott in the affec-
/ tions of the young, no matter how bril-
liant, original and otherwise captivat-
! ing he. or she, may be. 1t is certain
that no writer of recent times, with the
possible exception of Mary Mapes
/ Dodge. has approached Miss Alcott's
| standard.
! 1t is a fact not generally known that
Nellie Blanchan, the author of that
most charming of outdoor books,
Bird Neighbors," is none other than
! the wife of Mr.. Doubleday, one of the
firm by whom the book is published.
That Mrs Doubleday is close and
sympathetic student of the lives Of the
i people in "tree-top country, this work
| furnishes the best attestatton. 1t has
already run through several editions
and is doubtless destined to appear i'll
many more.
The new story by Alice Caldwell
! Hogan, author of Mrs. Wriggs of the
Cabbage Patch" will begin in the De-
cember Century. 1t is named from one
of it's characters, ''Lovey Mary" an in
mate of a charitable institution VINO IS
said to have as many interesting char
acterstics as Mrs. Wigs. She runs
away and becomes an inmate OF the
! Cabbage Patch" so that Mrs. Wigs
and her children, with Miss Hazy,
Chris and the rest, become characters
in the new story, which is said to b.
fully up to the mark CT its author s
previous success. For seven consecu-
tive months Mrs. Wigs Of the Cab
bage Patch" has been among the six
! best selling books in the United States.
The group of separate paers in The
Century on Trusts" the first one of
! which, on THE So-called Beef Trust,
was in the November number will be
! continued in the December issue by a
paper on the United States Steal Cor
porati0n, by Henry L0omis Nelson. Mr.
| Nelson says that it is his purpose to
! explain the causes of the origin of the
company, to give some idea of it's vast
| wealth and the tremendotN force which
It may exert in the Industrial world,
and to set forth the policy of its found
! ers and managers; but the article is
! neither an attack on nor a defense of
| the CORPORATION, which is by far the
most important industrial organization
! in the world.
An American critic has found in
| Howard Pyle's latest work a quality
! similar to that of Watts, the English
painter; and the American artist is ac-
! knoWledged the founder of a new
| school of illustration, a worker Of great
scope and variety and unrivaled in his
/ own peculiar style both in black-and-
white and in color work, While his PEN
and-ink drawings Suggest the old Ger
man line work in their semi-rude, mas
| culine and always interesting and vital
quality.
His latest piece of work is an illus
trated allegory which he has contribu-
ted to the Christmas Century, and is
| beautifully printed in color.
! The Theater issues a fine Christmas
number, double the usual size, and con-
tanning nearly. one hundred pictures
and two extra supplements in tints, in
addition to the cover in twelve colors,
showing Julia Marl0We in her new play.
| Otis Skinner leads the list of distin-
guished contributors with a toast to the
magazine, which, with this issue, COM
pletes its second year of success.