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80 TWO yANRENBLS. Booth Tank
',,~,o,, Cloth, S.so. Mcclure. Phillips
60. New York.
- saIa here by the Bell Book and
etaf,o7ery Company.
n The Two Nanreveis" we come
fSyYt upon one Of those most rare OF
ts}f ! iat;er-6ay locks, a tale in which
Et--sssS.rsS 10 'slorioEsly forget ourselves
$500 and plunge soui-toTward, head
s-s-'-S- long into the books profound"
CON 10 calculate profts.--"so much
-, nv so much reading"-and yet one
-e',b perhaps, after ALL gives to the
--,,fri-g soul. value received for every
,-,-,,te spent In its porusal. There is
Mont the talcs Q daintincss and deli
Youthful sweetness OF fancy. and
: whimsical lishtness that wells with
-,s-rrl7se fnconscquence its deeper thougs
.,s-noirc inconscquence its deeper
,,s,,rl,ts Of tragedy. and wondering-a
.-Esrress and 8 glamor that lift tn.
,.-~+ and swecten the thought as the
-r,-, realities Of 3 purposefui tale can
.,,s- 40. il may be in those sweet old
,svs al which tho author tcll that soT
.tF-oss and wretchedncss ran riot as in
ar oa.n time. that injustice fourishcd.
I'D sin made sly the outward sem
,'5-cas Of Efe. ana that men and wome,
v-,stled Irliserably with conflicting ideals
&C do The heroes and heroines Of our OWL
I,.,er-6ay tales. But for the sadness or
os3r Of a ioRg-Sone time We are not
sel.d 70 drop g solitary tear. Instead of
Bss 81 IS 10 the bright radiance OF
--,,,1z girls life snd TO the beauty that
lored her like a mantle. to the poetry
n rr- presence, the ioyousness of hel
,-rsle. the music Of her voice, the tender
-.zs Of her heart, that We are bid TO
,,,r-, our world. weary vision to be blessed
ami refreshed by the sight OF so much
ioveiiness and grace. While around and
about this rare creature as q setting fol
her SlIilcless life and as gracious
background for the unfolding Of her sad.
tender, and hope-flled story. cones the
sr.rt Of soft sunshine. the silver radiance
~ the moon, the freshness Of spring bios
sons. the sweetness OF outdoor perfumes
me melody ri soft music. the stateiiness
n old houes-life, youth poetry. sweet
ness. cumpassion-Iove and beauty as they
sweu the heart and find expression in the
outward shining of q beauty-decked
vrorid.
And If through the sweet and luminous
ecstacy Of the tale, come thoughts OF
sZaited duty, courage, self-sacrifice.
Nth these setting forth OF that rare
srd manly friendship which does indeed
PASS n. love OF woman, thsse qualities
arc IS but the heart Of the story, tenn
p.rtng and shaping its ideals. yet remain
inE bur as sacred and potent influences.
instead OF Haunting themselves in the
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merits and faults. this writer has had
a magic insight into the heart Of child
hood His sympathy and accord with til.
sweet childhood about US. SO easily for
gotten and overlooked by the very best
and wisest of grown-ups. has been an
unfaiiing characteristic Of his genius. anu
from the pathetic humanness OF little
"Nuhammen Din" and the childish real.
ity of "Baa. Baa, Black Sheep" to the
delightful books OF .'Just-So-Stories, jusl
published he has known the minds anG
fancies of his small readers as few writ
ers have ever done.
For the twelve stories in this new vol
ume, the scenes are laid in many lands
and far distant countries. Asia. Africa
South America. and Australia. are al,
found between the covers Of this fascinat
ing book each represented by some w.ilr.
steal tale OF its characteristic animals
and each spoken OF as place OF most
ordinary and ulatter-of-course interest.
The writer has made his OWN illus
ira lions for tho book. These pictures are
for the most part in striking and original
outline and the explanation that goes
with each one. to ensure the small read
er's proper understanding OF It, is lnlm1ta-
hIe. The author is pla1nuvely distressed
that he is not allowed to use the colors
out OF his paint box. and In one case,
his regret is SO keen that he is drawn
TO beg his readers to paint the picture
themselves. the banana leaves green and
the Elephants child red, because ''ba.
nanas and elephants are hard to draw,
and eft would look better" colored.
TO the picture Of the Elephants,s Child
having his moss pulled by the Crocodiie
there is appended this explanation.
..This Is the Elephants Child having his
,,,.e p,,IIed by the Crocodile. He IS much
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worlds eyes as outward adornments Of
duty whose grinness forbids their flower
ing into TIE beauty which should be their
natural exponent.
Indeed, unbending realism may well
,fring its hands over the violence done its
senets here. Betty Carewe is too exquisite
= being for flesh and blood creature Of
earthly origin; CraiIcy Gray, the we'll
beloved town scamp Of Rouen. had done
no deed, to merit the exaitation OF his
death; and Betty takes her happiness toe
easily One can well imagine with what
zcst some Of our modern writer's would
have had this most lovable Of heroines
give up her lover for the sake Of her
sather. who had murdered his friend. and
then gone journeying around the world to
hide his remorse. But Miss Betty's heart
IS z simple one and her soul is not dim
med by conflicting sentiments and emo,
liens. She takes the blessedness God has
sent her and grows lovelier with the TAX
rs. and IN such a spirit too, does lover
ol the ideal and the beautiful in litera-
,lrs, read this tale Of youthful romance
End sNect fancy, and become happier fol
'he reading.
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surprised and astonished and hurt, and
he Is talking through his nose and saying
Led go! You arc hurtig BEL! He Is pull
ing very hard, and SO is the Crocodile,
but the Bi-Colored-P Python Rock-Snake is
hurryins through the water to help the
Elephants Child. All that black stuff
is the banks Of the great gray-green.
greasy Limpopo river (but I am not al
lowed to paint these pictures), and the
bottly-tTee with the twisty roots and the
eight leaves is one Of the fever-trees that
grow there
Underneath the truly picture are shad
ows Of African animals walking into ar
African ark There are two lions, two o.
triches. two oxen, tvs camels. two sheep
and two other things that look like rats,
but I think they are rock-rabbits. They
don't mean anything. I put them in be.
cause I thought they would look pretty.
They would look very fine if were allow
cd to paint them
And to each Of the other pictures is
given key no less lucd IN its details.
The stories themselves are filled WITH
charningly childish repetitions and cxpla-
nations and with delicious child words
such as "squiggly.' "jumpsome" "ooshy.
skooshy," "towelly," ''squoggy.' ''nub-
bly, tsnarley-yarley." and many othe,
OneS-GedT& TO an dnieltered VOCABULARY.
and they are Lied, too, with a most
Gathering array of big words used naively
and in q most off-hand style. One would
not presume to doubt any young hear
cr's most complete knowledge Of their
meanings.
The author Is generous, too The mea-
sure Of his gifts is full. pressed down.
and running over. Not only does he tel
his stories entrancingly, then illustrate
them in detail. ten stop to explain his
illustrations. but at the end Of each tale
he has added as a browning gift, poem
of moral import, searching out and set
ting forth for the joy and edihcation of
all who will attend. the inner meaning
and lesson OF the tale Just told.
The stories are addressed. throughout
to certain cager-eared and small "Bes,
Beloved" for whose betterment many
wise hints Of proper conduct are casually
let fall during the progress of the tales.
and whose charmed and enthusiastic re.
ception Of these wonderful nara lions
cannot fail to be shared by thousands Of
other small and Englisn-speaking "Best
Eeloveds" the whole world over.
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KING Nf0f1BO. Paul Du CaailIu. Cloth.
$3.50 CHI les Scribner's Sons. New
York Fer sale here by the Bell Book
z~1 Stationery Cnnpany
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the tale is told, and a thought comes OF
the innumerable tales of like import, with
which our shelves are flooded and of the
greater books which tell almost the same
story. and yet which are Il part OF the
worlds more perfect literature, the ques-
ton arises as to whether the labor which
has been put into the production Of this
story was not q wasted effort. There Is
no need for my book which is but q
feeble repetition Of q better work, and the
writing Of such q tale can but be vain
ard useless expenditure Of time and
talent.
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Y this pleasing little volume the
writer seeks with charming sue
cess, to establish the claim
that, in spite of the passing
away OF Moimes, Emerson.
Hawthorne Lowell. longfeiloW.
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JUST so STORIES" Rudyard Kipling.
Cloth, sl.2o. Doubleday, Page & Co.
New York.
Fer sale here by Hunter & CO.
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and the rest of New England's greatest
school Of letters. there still remains in
Boston writer's Of ability and reputation
great enough to win for the intellectual!
old town the right even yet to call itself
literary centre. In support of her as
sertion, she gives sympathetic sketches
and applications of Thomas Bailey Aid
rich, Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
Edward Everett Hale. Julia Ward Howe.
Alice Brown. Louise Chandler Moulton.
Edna Dean Proctor, Margaret Deland,
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Arlo Bates.
Henry Cabot Lodge, Bradford Torrey.
Beulah Marie Dix, Charles Eliot Norton.
Louise Imogen Quincy, Oscar Fay
Adams, Kate Sanborn, Lillian Whiting.
and Of a long list of other writer's notably
of interest and importance in the literary
world. AS a matter Of course, one finds
whole bookful Of the untenpered praise
such as is given here, just little bit tire
some and somewhat suggestive of those
occasional subscription books Of Leading
Men and Women" of such and such a
town, into which subscriber finds en-
trance and large praise on the payment
Of q modest sum. Yet in spite Of the
fault Of what might be called over-opti-
mistic criticism, the book is a readable
one, is well illustrated, daintily bound
and makes q very attractive reference
book for a great number OF familiar
names.
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Tor sale here by Hunter e Co.
TITLE WOMEN Is one Of those
rare books written for girls.
which becomes in very truth,
the sweet help and inspiration
that their authors intended them
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I PURITAN KNIGHT ERRAl1T. Edith
johnson, Cloth, S1.z5. L. 9. Page &
Co Boston. For sale here by Miller
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lS neat ny ItUAlSI q W.
ROM that almost unimaginable
time when the nanlc Of kipling
was but little known to the
world Of readers. up TO the pres
ent day when this world joins
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nothing to mark It as unusual among a
great number of books Of the same kind
The story details the life of charming
New Orleans family which had made it's
fortune in that southern city and had
then gone to New York to enter the larg-
er life of the more progressive metropolis.
Business difficulties followed the venture.
and the climax Of the tale turns on the
financial fall Of the family and its final
rescue from poverty. Hope, the heroine,
is a beautiful young creature with tom
boy habits. and heart of gold, and her
enthusiasm over football, and her love
for Princeton are allowed to play big
parts in the developing of her story.
The book lacks some Of the writer's
best characteristics and will not add to
her reputation.
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IE author Of this very sweet
little story of colonial New
England, has known how to
make pleasing appeals TO her
girl readers. She has developed
her gtory OF old time child life
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LITERARY BOSTON OF TO-DAY. Helen
NJ. Winslow Cloth, s125. L. c. Page &
Co, Boston. For sale here by Miller
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libraries of genuine growth, which do not
possess battered and much read copy Of
this classic Of gtrlhood. It is loved and
read, no matter in what shape it may
appear. but the present edition adds to the
unfailing attraction Of the story itself,
the further charms Of good binding. paper.
and print, together with a series OF de-
llghttul illustrations by Alice Barber
Stephens, giving in full page presentments
and most human 'guise, the March girls
in the quaint, berutfled costumes of their
day. occupied in the various doings Of
their sweet and girlisil lives. The edi-
ton is in every way most satisfactory
one and cannot fail TO be received with
universal pleasure.
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.NONG small boys and all right
minded small girls, Paul Du
Chaillu's name is one TO conjure
with, second only in power. in
deed TO that Of jules Verne
ioi,r1salS And thfrA IL little
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Hope LORING." Lillian Bell. Cloth,
s1.G5. L. C. Page & Co. Boston.

ale here by Miller & Rhodes.
IOPE LORING is a story Of
which one finds little to say
either In praise or blame. It Is
written In an easy unaffected
style. and is reasonable, bright.
and intacestinr. h11f haa IN Il
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LITTLE WOMEN. Louise N. AIcott
Cloth. $500. Little. Brown & Co., Bos
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MILLIONS ENGLAND. Lucia Ames
Mead. Cloth, eoc. L. c. Page & Co.
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into fsir romance Of youth and love.
gathering her people. habits, and scenes
from The sturdy history Of the sternest
81 Puritan colonies and tinging and
tightening its nrmness and tragedy by
the sentiment, which, Of necessity, springs
from the thought, the beauty OF her girltsh
heroine and the gallant ulanliness of
her Young cavalier hero.
The story, is written in orthodox colonial
romance style, and shows little originality
Of thought or plot, but it Is fair story
md one which viii hold the interest of
ils young readers. And yet, when all
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he will cast it. The effort, will end, how
ever, 1t Is said, with an ode to Herr de
Bornier, Rostand's predecessor in the
academy. and in this ode will be foune
the only poetic feature Of the production.
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iontt that # al the small-Glrls VINO least
'helr small minds on the interminable
Elsie" books, and such like inane twad-
Ne, could be persuaded. instead Of such
dollhouse crtertainn ent, to inhale the
treezv and vigorous cir Of writers lii
1u ChaiIlu and Verne, there would be
'ddad 10 their pleasurers a keener zest
IN tic reading of good stories and IN the
enjoyment of healthful Juvenile iitera-
1urs
King Mombo is an African potentate
Who takes an Interesting part as the
dusky and scantily-clad hero of this new
'aie, and. the writer's adventures as a
friend Of this monarch, and as a traveller
through the strange lands Of Africa, I'LL
he pages of the book with. very real
Entertainment from It's opening to its
'l2se.
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Some healthy daily exercise that does not
over-fatigue but gently tires every part
Of body and brain is also g great factor
in keeping down exercise in adipose.
Book on Canning and Preserving.
J. s. Twenty-third Ward;-I would ike
10 get one Of the best books on preserv-
ing fruit and vegetables II you viii tell
me the price and place where TO get it I
viii be much obliged. Asa recipe for
koumiss
CO TO one Of your large book stores.
wanamakers for example. and exam
inc the list of books on culinary subjects
and you win find just what W desire.
/ cannot tell you the exact price. but
think you can get paper-covered editons
for less than half dollar.
Koumlss.
Take three quarts OF new, rich milk.
three quarts Of hot water, half a pound
of graduated sugar and cup OF good
yeast. Boil the sugar and a very little
water 70 syrup and stir II into the milk
10 which you have added the hot water
Allow it TO become lukewarn. then stir
in the yeast; mix thoroughly and set IN
a warm place like bread sponge Stir
it OCCASIONALLY. and at end OF FIVE or six
hours small bubbles viii come 10 the
surface when It is stirred and It win have
quite a sparkle. When Il reaches the
point pour into strong. perfect bottles.
those with patent shoppers. L you have
them. II not. put in new, tightly fitting
corks soak them hrs0. and tie down
tightly with sort OF slip-knot and lay
the bottles on their sides in the refrig-
orator or on a cool cellar floor. Shake
the bottles once or twice each day II you
notice the mass separating The koumiss
may be used in two days after making
but viii Keep good for weeks. a syphon
should be used for opening the bottles
or the contents may be lost, as It is
exceedingly lively.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-20
pERlLs or RALLooNINe
List Of Many Accidents Of the Pa
Two Years

List Of Many Accidents Of the Pas:
Two Years.
New York. July ls.-The New York
World says:
Following IS the list Of the ul3st serious
balloon accidents IN the past twelve
months.
July j.. 1egi-The balloon OF Frank No
Bride. in making an ascension at Timer
Park. New York. fell thirty feet and then
suddenly swept inland az terrific speed
humping the car against trees and houses
Il was finally thrown with much force
against the side OF a house and It's occu-
pant shot through the attic window. Re
was unconscious for some time. but was
not seriously hurt.
July IA Russian military balloon cx-
piodsd twenty-one miles from 81 Peters
burg. on the Neva. One person was
killed and several fatally injured
August 10--At an ascension AT Hnlsboro.
O.. Grant Hopkins a twelve-yc
boy. became entaHgied 81 the guy ropes
and was carried up z.o9o feet lie was
cllngiug up above the parachute In such
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"a way that the arenaut could not drop
Encouraging the boy 20 hold on. he
brought the balloon 10 the ground in
about eighteen minutes. ard the boy
vas released without injury.
August 21-BenJarnin Benjamin OF No
16l ". Ninety-eighth street. New York.
made an ascension on the Hagensaek
meadows His parachute failed 20 open
and he dropped nearly one thousand
feet. alighung on the edge OF the river.
He sank 70 his chin In tho soft usud and
his arms were caught fast. He was
rescued in a few minutes. but not before
he was terribly bitten on the face by
mosquitoes
August sl-At Evansville. Ind. C. Sim
none. a young arenaut. was fatally In
jured by a fan from his balloon during a
public exhibition
October AT the Interstate Fair at
Trenton. y. J.. one Of the Jewell brothers
areouauts had made an ascension. tut
the balloon did not sail well and he had
10 cut iosa his parachute direeuy over
the grounds. he saw that he ~ about
to drop into a crowd or women ind chill
dren So he swung aside. lighting heavily
on a cattle shed. He broke his leg IN
Jured his spine and hurt himself inter
nally. but finally recovered.
October Lillian lie Fay. a woman
/ aeroaaut whose real name was Mrs. L.
\. Seeley. made an ascension at Ia
sale. H. about dusk. The balloon went
very hish and became invisible as night
fell No trace OF the woman was found
for seven days. when hex body Was re-
/ covered from the Illinois river.
November 81 captive balloon contain
ing eight men and a woman broke from
its moorlngs in san Francisco and driftsd
oat over the open sea. At times u al
most dipped into the ocean. bit finally
rose % a considerable height and ergted
landward. u aBghted safely not FAR
from the shore. but fifty miles from the
place where il started u was up for
about two hours.
Feb !. 1s1-A military balloon operating
over Berlin. IN Germany. vas carried
away in the gale with two men h H..
one dropped from the balloon ard ss-
capped with few bruises TIM other
capt Tartsch Won Sheffield. of the Ger
ilan army. tried 20 aiisht. bun nls feet
caught in The ropes AID while be hung
bead downward dis brains were dashed
downward ard Bis bFaias dashed out
against house
May i7.-At Paris the airstzp Of Senior
Aususto Severe the Brazlliaa aeroaaat
assembled successfully. bat ~ @ height
of I5e3 fett exploded and Severe and
his companion. George saehel French
engineer. were Instantly Killed ne sir-
ship vas a rival CT that q saafos-
Dunoat
Nay a-Elith BROOKS. a woman aero
naut. made 2 parachute drop a Shelf
GELD Easianf but the parachute failed
20 open and the woman wa dashed 70
pieces.
May "A military balloon operating
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Cheese oueiet.
Take two ounces - sE2gs1 c5sess. So
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near Augsburg Bavaria. and carving
Lieut. Von Hgled q ths German army.
was streek by lightning ard hurss into
flames. Il dropped 70 the ground ard
the bones OF Ven Hlilera feet were
broken
May s7.-At Manhattan Beach. a Coi-
orado sumner resort. Ben" Bowen an
eighteca-year-old lad. formerly 81 Brook
lyu. feu iaio the lake from a balloon aad
was drowned.
May Sat Newark y =. "Prof~ 70
strange made short drop with a para
chute but The parachute failed to open
untn Il was within a few feet % the
ground ana lie strange feU heavily. ia
juriag himself seriously
May sI--Harry Haynes. known a. tbs
oue-arrued aeronaul. ruede an ascension
his parachute when 29o feet above The
earth and wss maaug a successful drop
when AZ a hslshth ~ about SO feet hs
lost his hola and fen head nrst on =
sand bar in the Hudson being Instantly
Killed
July "a French marine balloon So
cen6sd az Touion. France. with LIEUT.
Baudic in she car. The balloon was blown
rapidly to sea and before two fast tor
peao boats could get 20 tie RESCUE Baudls
was drowned.
Jane As aeronaut stGimau vas
starting up a. Milford. Mass.. the foot q
Louis Ward. twenty years Old caught
IA the guy ropes and n was carried
into the air He hung about tive fest
above the aeronauts reach. 0isng ths
/ lad Instructions how 20 hold ou. SULLIVAN
cut loose his parachute ard dropped.
Ward iande1 safely on the other eide q
the lake
Juiy AT Hoag Lake PARK Rhode
Island Hiss Mabei ward. AIRED eizateen.
sister q Louis Ward mentioned above.
attempted a paraohuie drop on ~ wager
az BOX ~ candy. The para ate fsli
% feet before q opened The1'fts sud-
den stop jerke1 ths gouas wanan ioose.
and she fsii Sd fcss breaking hor shieh.
fractufiag her Jaw ga an electric s.rs
aad otherwise in1arine herself