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A Book on Japan.

japanese Girls and Women. " by Alice
N. Bacon. has come out in an exquisite
iy illustrated holiday edition. The pic
lures. which are in color and in black
and white. and over fifty in number. are
by a japanese artist. Keishu Take
nouchi, and are Joy in themseN es. No
book on japan in many years HIS been
so satisfactorily illustrated as this. Mrs
Bacon is a sympathetic and accurate
writer on the subject of Japanese wo-
men. and while predisposed m favor Of
the adoption Of some features Of West
ern civilization by the people Of tha
Isle Of the Dragon-FIy." she recognizes
as most thoughtful people do nowadays.
the beauty and significance Of the life
OF old Japan. The book Us likely 20
come as an Interpreter oCsthe japanese
TO many American readers. It does not
touch upon Oriental philosophy or folk
lore 10 any great extent. but Is confined
10 the actual daily life Of the japanese
woman. and the origin and meaning OF
the customs by which she is bound.
CBoston. Houghton. Mimin & Coz
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A Story Of Middle Georgia

Gabriel Tolliver." by joel Chandler
Harris, is a story Of Georgia life IN the
characteristic styb Of this author. 10
must be admitted that Mr Harris is al
his best when dealing with negro types.
and even Ia this book in which The main
Interest is supposed to lie In the char
acters OF the white people. Tasma It'd.
the strange half-child. half-woman
brought from Africa. is altogether the
most impressive parsonage.
Nan. the heroine. Is chllduko ana al
-5oge ther Iovsble maiden. simple and
natural. throughout. and the begin
ming Of the book. in which her child
ish frolics with Gabriel and other play-
mates are described. is altogether
charming. The conditions Of reconstruc-
tiOn days are merely skctchCd. though
two or three episodes Of The formation of
the Union League among the negroes arc
loosely woven into the plot They are
incidental, however, and the real inter
est Of the story is the love interest.
lNew York Mcclure. Phillips and Coz
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Poetry and Dates.

A book that is attracting wide atten-
ton among school teachers. parents Of
school children and students Of history
and poetry. and is certain TO hang from
the boughs Of thousands Of Christmas
trees this season. is Every Day in the
Year" the new collection OF poetry
which IS aptly styled "A poetical epit-
cue Of the worlds history" This
volume. edited by James L. and Mary K.
Ford. consists Of nearly eight hundred
roems. commemorative Of the most
striking events in the history OF the
world and arranged according to the
days Of the calendar
For example, December IA is the an
uiversary Of the death Of George Wash
Iugton In 1893, Of that Of the Prince
Consort OF Victoria in 1861; Of that Of
his daughter. the Princess Alice. just
seventeen years later. and Of that Of
Prof Agassiz in 1873. Dr. samuel John
son died us years ago. on December lS.
which is also st. Lucy's day and the
anniversary Of the battle OF Fredericks-
burg. fought in 1862. The day before
was the thirteenth anniversary OF the
death of Robert Browning and the 18TH
was the sixty-second Of the final in
terment Of the great Napoleon under the
dome OF the Invalides.
The Washington times., 1902-12-20
A Novel Of North and South.

The Fortunes Of Oliver Horn" is F.
Hopkinson Smiths latest contribution
to fiction, and while st is not exactly
his best work, It is very little short
Of his best. One often feels that the
novel into which an author puts his
personal experience is less finished. ar
tistically. than one in which mis- atti-
tude is wholly impersOnal. AMI .here is
every reason to believe that his story
is largely autobiograDhicaL The plot is
somewhat disjointod and the main in
terest OF the story is undoubtedly In
the character drawing.
Kennedy Square" " the home OF oliver
Horn. IS obviously Baltimore. The home
OF the heroine, Margaret Grant is
somewhere I'm central New Hampshire:
Dir. Smith has marked it by the name Of
the mountain Moosilauke. which he
spells. by the way Moose Hulock. The
antebellum art schools Of New York
furnish setting for the beginning oi Oil
ver's romance.
The figure Of Richard Horn, the in
ventor. is i'm the center OF the canvas,
whether intended 20 be there or not. He
is a true Southerner with all the virtues
OF the North and none OF its faults, all
the graces Of the South and none OF its
but Mr.. Smith scarcely admits that the
South has any faults However. Richard
Horn. whether he ever existed in the
flesh OF not. is most lovable being. and
worthy OF high honor and respect Per
haps the best chapter in the book Is that
in which he is introduced in a bohemian
studio party at the climax OF oliver S
career. there 70 carry of the honors
without the slightest consciousness OF
the fact Richard Horn alone would bc
worth the price Of the book, but there
are Malachi the butler, and Miss La
vinia. the sweet old maid friend. ana
Mrs Horn. the grandc dame. and John
Grant. the sturdy Northern brother OF
Margaret. and Margaret and oliver
themselves. most likeabie young people
With this fascinating combination OF
characters. and the condition Of the
years just preceding the war as a setting
the artlst-author could hardly avoid
evolving delightful results. This book is
likely to be more widely read than any
other which he has written since "Col-
onel Carter az Cartersville." CNew York
Charles SCribner's Sons.)
The Washington times., 1902-12-20
A Study of Childhood.

The Child Mind" by r. H. Brother
ton. is a study Of a little English girl.
revealing her attitude toward grown
people in a way which Will probably set
parents thinking. Some OF them are al
ready thinking so hard that Il IS not
doing them or the children any good. But
the general teaching Of the book seems
to be that children get on best when
their elders leave them to amuse them
selves. encourage them to ask for in
formation. but do not try too hard to
enter into their lives and pursuits. There
is one half-cOmic, half-pathetic chap
ter which coUtains an account OF an af-
ternOon which Kitty's father and mother
spent. as they thought. in amusing her
by playing with her dolls. In reality
they were amusing themselves. and they
did not take the dolls or doll house half
seriously enough to suit the child. who
felt like apologizing to her inanimate
family for the stupidity Of her human
relatives
There is good deal Of pathos in the
OONN' @i'Ose1i'eI' as there Is In the lives
OF most sensitive children. The adult
says. "Oh, child's trouble doesn't last. %
and forgets that to seven years old an
hour seems as long as day does 10 the
grown person. and also that the child
has none Of the consolation which comes
Of experience. foresight. and reason. The
child cannot see possible pleasures
which will be better than the one lost
The Washington times., 1902-12-20

Boston Days" by Lillian Whiting
is a holiday book intended 20 give the
reader an idea OF the literary lie Of
Boston The author has had exceptional
opportunity for the gathering Of photo
graphs. letters and data on this subject
and the most stri6iug features OF the
book are wealth OF detail anS a fixed de
termination to worship. Miss Whiting
is no; Bostonian. but she has put on
her Boston with such thoroughness as
10 suggest a belief that the literary
lights Of the Hub were all demigOds
She quotes. at the beginning of the first
chapter. the aphorism that Boston is a
condition and not q locality. In her view
Il is hardly that. Her Boston is not even
a condition: 20 Is a theory
All the same. when one has sCrapei Off
the Iaudatory adiectives and made some
allowances. there is an immense amount
ot interesting reading in the volume ror
anyone who likes literary reminisCence.
The fact that by some peculiar arrange
ment of fate an extraordinary number
OF brilliant people lived in and about
Boston some fifty years ago cannot pos
sibly be gainsaid. Even now the city
has not altogether lost its fascination
as a literary center. and probably har-
bors more authors than any other Of its
size in America. The writer who tells
US Of the daily life Of the men and
women who made Boston city Of let
The Washington times., 1902-12-20
An Original IuveniIe Book.

Topsys and Turvys. 1y Peter Newell.
is altogether the most original iuve-
nile book OF the season. It is SO ar
ranged as 90 be read either upside down
or downside up, with equal pleasure.
one couplet being at the bottom OF re
page. and the other at the top. We
see, for example. three Japanese lag
glers making their bow TO tho audience.
with an explanatory coupIct underneath.
reversed, the page shows the jugglc-s
on their backs making various articles
spin upon the soles OF tholr roat. while
the concluding two lines of the ouat-ain
are printed beneath. The fact that such
reversible pictures are possible was
probably discovered by Mr. Newell. ard
certain it is that nobody else could
have drawn them They are in color.
and the tints are very dainty and rich
The drawings are not an of equal merit
in some OF them one has 10 look hard
20 see the pOiHt-but the point is all
ways there; and any child will find un-
told fascination in studying tho book
from beginning to end. CNcw York: The
Century Company
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Pictures by Menpes.

From the publishing house OF K n.
Russell comes a notable book OF travel.
t.World Pictures" by Mortimer Menpes-
II is a most interesting compilation OF
pictures Of travel in many foreign lands
The numerous illustrations are truly
eclectic I'm subject as well as artistic
I'm treatment-not of the stereotyped
sort that fills every guide-book and
view OF the World" The pictures
include a series of fifty beautiful re-
productions in color and hundreds OF
thumbnaI sketches introduced through
out the text-over five hundred in all
Miss Dorothy Menpes supplies the let
terprcss. which is I'm itself an exceed
ngly well-written and fascinating his
tory OF travel.
The Washington times., 1902-12-20
Besant's Last Book.

Sir Walter Besant said not long before
be died hat he had been walking about
London for thirty years He also had
been writing about the things he had
seen. His "MaPnum Opus ON London IN
The Eighteenth Century is to be publish
cd this month. II is a large quarto book OF
about zoo pages and with about l04 Illus
uations from contemporary prints and
O map. Among the subjects dealt with
viii be the appearance of the city and
the streets; church and chapel, govern
ment and the trade OF the city. manners
and customs, society and amusemeuts.
crime. policy. justice and debtors
prisons.
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Books Received.

ToPslS AND TURYYS. Peter Newell. Illus
uated IN color. NcW York. The Century Com
psny-
japanese oii::-s AND WOMEN. Alice N.
Bacon. New edition. Illustrated in color. B0s-
ton. Houghton. Mifhin & Co.
THE STRONGEST MASTER. Helen Cbo,ts
Prince. Boston; Houghton, Nifin & Co
SEA TURN, AND OTHER MATTERS.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich- Boston: Hcughton. Nf-
Gin & Co
FURNISHED ROOM HOUSES. Annie VI. Bur
dick New York; F. Tennyson Nicely.
POEMS or LIFE AND LOVING H,--i.+
Spangler shelley New York: r. Teunyson
SIGNoRA- A CHILD OF THE OPERA HOUSE.
Gustav hohbe. Illustrated New York. r. n.
Russell Co.
LONDON: ITS LIFE AND SIGHTS. Edited
and arranged by Esther Singleton illustrated.
New York; Dodd Mead s. Co.
THE NEGRO IN REVELATION. N HISTORY
MD IN CITIZENSHIP. j.. J. Pipkin. Intro
uucJlon 10y Cen John b. Gordon. New York:
y d. Thompson Publishing Co.
LOVE AND LOUISA p Maria AIbanesi
Philadelphia; j. B. Lippincott Company
HASTING THE PIRATE. Paul Cresw,el. Il
iustr1ted London: Ernest Mister. New York:
+. p. Dutton & Co
THE PRINCESS kALLISTO. William Dana
0rcutt. illustrated In color Boston. Little.
Brown Co.
\ IN NflA Al-iA VI AlE NNOMS. Jack LOn-
don Illustrated in color. Philadelphia: j. B
Lippincott Company.
MUSIC AND ITS MASTERS O. B. Boise.
Illustrated Philadelphia; j. b. Lippiucott
Company
THE WEATHER AND PRACTICAL METH
ODS OF FORECASTING 1T. T. b. Dunn New
York: Dodd Mead q Go.
THE HAUNTED MINE. Harry CastIeu,on-
Philadelphia. Hcny r. Coates & Co.
NOLLiE AND THE UNWISEMAN John
hendrick Bangs Philadelphia. Henry T. Coates
s. Co.
JIM AND JOE Edward 5. Ellis Pbiladel-
phia. Henry +. Coates & Co.
FOUR LITTLE INDIANS. Ella Mary C17tea
Philadelphia; Henry T.. Coates & Co.
The MI SHROOM BOOK Nina L. Marshall
| Illustrated. New York: Doubleday Page x
Co.
WISE SAYINGS FOR WEE FOLKS Illus
trated London; Ernest Mister. New YORK:
T. =. Dutt0n & Co.
OF PEEP SHOW. Constance NJ Lowe and
Edith A. Cubirt. Illustrated London: Ernest
Mister. Sew York, J.. r. button q Co.
SHORT TALES FROM STORNLAND EVELYN
Everett-tirccn. Illustrated. London. Ernert
Mister New York: L. p. Dutton 1 20.
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Fiametta said one day. but he has got
the kind Of face you want TO look at
again. Z wonder how it isr
other people wondered the same
thing. but the fact remained that Paul
attracted attention. He was noticed o.
and by people who were by no means
fond Of children as rule. Like Fiamet-
"a. he did not know what shyness meant.
He looked the whole world in the. face.
and the world looked back at him and
smiled. Perhaps 90 was because his
world was so entirely Of his own Great
ing that it wore for him so pleasant an
aspect Life. for him. meant one long
pageant which could never. under any
circumstances. become monotonous be-
cause il was so full OF surprises From
his very babyhood the AngcI-Playmate
bad wandered with him hand IN hand At
three years old he informed as that he
went every day 20 a magic place where
there was no nannas and all kinds OF
fruits ripe al the same time
Harry and ! were not par
ucularly enterDr.sinE children. and up
TO Paul's arrival had passed our time
in mcnotcnously virtUous peace. con
tent with such excursions into the un-
lawful as occurred 20 our by no means
vivid lmaginauions. But from the mo-
ment that Paul began TO walk the pos
sibiliues Of wronsdoinE increased ten
iold. and we seemed born to trouble as
the sparks fly upward He was. nurse
said. the naughtiest and most 'mishtifuI'
baby she had ever held in her arms"
And this is the house in which the
story happens:
'As we rounded the last bend Of the
The Washington times., 1902-12-20
Nature and the Camera

Nature and the Camera. by A. Rad
cline Duzmore, is as the title Indicates.
a book Of Instructions on the subject OF
Photographic birds. animals. and other
natural objects Tho authors former
book. Bird Homes" proves his expert
ence fin this line. and this book viii he
Of more definite service 90 the amateur.
Tho reproductions OF photographs which
adorn the book might IN some cases have
been better. but one cannot have art and
science combined iu one photograph ev-
cry time. (Ncw York: Doubleday. Page.
& Coz
The Washington times., 1902-12-20

gives a fair idea OF its nature. Phila-
delphia: Henry T. Coates & CO..
Short Tales from storyland" is the
title Of fat book containing a number
Of stories by Evelyn Everett Green. il
lustrated in color, and black and white.
by Mrs. Seymour Lucas and Eveline
Lance. The illustrations in color are
particularly pretty. Wise Sayings for
Wee Folks" is another book OF the
regulation picture-book shape. contain
ing proverbs in rhyme. with pictures
In color by Bessie Hitch. The rhymes
and pictures are equally clever. Two
other picture books In charming coIors
are Pets at the Farm. "and "Farmyard
Folk, ," intended for very little children.
From the same firm comes a large
number Of small books Issued in sets
OF four or six, and illustrated daintily
in black and white and color. Most
OF them contain one. two. or three short
stories for children under ten years.
and they make extremely pretty and
inexpensive gift books.
BY far the most original books in the
collection, however, are two entitled
"Our Peep Show" and "The Fairies
Playtime. in which each leaf is double.
with another inserted between. which
permits the revolution OF the interleaved
pictures after the manner OF magic
lantern In the former. for example.
there is an easel in one picture. with a
round hole in the noodle; and four dif-
ferent pictures may be 50 moved as to
FIJI the hole one after another. If this
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Nonsense Verse.

"A Nonsense Anthology" collected and
edited by Carolyn Wells. is a book OF
nonsense verse and some comic poetry
which is not strictly nonsense. There
is an Introduction which explains the
purpose OF the book. and somewhat eIab-
orately eIpounds the real use and sense
of nonsense. As an example Of prose
literature Of this kind Miss Wells quotes
the following:
"She went into the garden to cut a
cabbage leaf to make an apple-pie and
at the same time a great She bear com
ing up the street. pops its head into the
shop What. no soap2 so he died She
imprudently married the barber, and
there were present the Pickaninnies. the
Joblilies. the Gayrulies. and the Grand
Panjandrum himself with the little round
button on top. and they all fell TO play
ing catch as catch can till the gunpow-
der ran out at the heels OF their boots.
The nonsense verse OF Lewis Carroll.
Edward Lear and Peter Newell is TOO
well known TO need further advertising:
likewise that OF ". s. Gilbert and
Thomas Hood. There Is verse here from
some unexpected sources. notably Alex
ander Pope, a. c. Swinburne, and John
Milton. But by far the largest CON
tributor. and as satisfactory as any. is
rrr nfH frfa L.
evolved a French version Of Down Went
McGinty." and this piece Of macaronI
verse IN Latin:
Puer ex Jersey
lens ad school:
Nidit IN meadow
iniestum mule.
lie approaches
magnus 5orrov!
puCr IL skyward.
Fnus ad morrow
MORAL
Qui vidit thing
Non Il well known
Est bsuc Tor him
Relnqui 10 alone.
There are two or three of the non
sense poems Of James Whitcomb Riley
IN the collection, notably The Man in
the Moon" Anthony DeaIe is the au-
thor OF an amusing imitation OF KiDling.
entitled Here is the Tale" being the
story Of Jack and Jill told in Kipling' S
best ballad style. There are other imi-
tations in the book, but that one is the
best.
II is bool IN t-aoD ~, tn HE - .,
take down for rest and refreshment now
and then, book 20 read-piecemeaI-to
children, a book to laugh over and like.
II is not an encyclopedia OF its kind, and
does not pretend to be. But Miss Wells
has discovered in our literature a hole
which nobody suspected was there. and
has put something into Il 20 stay. and
for this all lovers OF laughter may be
grateful. New York: Charles Scrib-
uer's Sons.)
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tors in it's day is. therefore. doing work
which is iu IT'S sort valuable.
To has been the fashion of late TO ridi-
culc the plain liyiug and high thinking"
theory. but tbe fact remains that until
the world is made over again on a Diff
ferent plan those who do its thinkia-
must often live plainly. and it is a..
Ereat to do that in Concord. Mass. a.
in some HtJo town Of France OF Ger
many. 10 is easy TO beIttle the iulu-
c1co Of Emerson and Alcott. Tarke~.
Claiming, and their associates. bat it is
certain that they were I'm their day On,
beginning or an influence which is sun
working for the uplifting OF thought I'm
This country. though the modern worl'
takes it not with q shock. as our fore
fathers did. bu, as a matter Of course.
on" Of the results OF the TrauscendCu-
tai movement was. as everyone knows.
the Concord school Of Philosophy. and
q bit Of reminiscence in this connection
throws some new light on that unique
institution.
Dr. Harris. who. whom junior iu
Yale College. often met Mr.. AIcott. says
OF his Conversations.
1t was perhaps difficult for those
who attended the conversations to name
any one valuable. idea or insight which
they had gained there. but they felt
harmoniously attracted 10 frce-thinkinr
and there was a feeling that great stores
Of insight lay beyond what they mad
already attained. That a person has
The Washington times., 1902-12-20
Dennis Kearney .

The character and career OF Dennis
Kearney, the anti-Chinese sand-lot agi-
tator. have inspired Mrs. Fremont Older.
the wife Of vell-known San Francisco
editor. TO write a novel OF contrasting
social conditions in California a quarter
of a century ago. Il is called The So
cialist and the Prince" and will be pub
lished some time during the winter by
Funk q WagnaHs Company.
The facts that the oratorical powers of
Mr. Kearney are unabated and that his
daughter Mildred has just gone on the
New York stage. suggest possibilities.
Why might not the novel be dramatized.
and father and daughter play the lead
ing parts?
The Washington times., 1902-12-20
The Story Of a Goat.

"Biliy Whlskers." by Frances Trego
Montgomery. is the biography OF a goat.
and an obstreper0us goat he was. fun OF
intelligence. mostly inspired by Bcelze-
bub. Most people who have kept o goat
know how that IS. There are numerous
illustrations in color. and the book IS
attracuvely gotten up. 1t is funny from
beginning TO end. and viii cause much
laughter among children. akron. Ohio.
The Saaldeld Publishing Company
The Washington times., 1902-12-20

drive and came fun upon the house
standing four square and hospitable IN
it's soft setting Of gay garden and great
eIms. Fiametta stopped short and looked
gravely at it lying before us i'm the rogy
evening light Then she said, softly
What a friendly looking houss,
Like most of Fiametta's criticisms,
the words were curiously apt a big
struggling. two-storied ga5icd house,
built onto by some twenty generations
of prosperous. sl0w-tni1king. kindly
Garsetshiro squires. each one careful TO
disturb in no way the work Of his for
bears. yet each anxious in his turn 20
leave the place a r00miar. more COM
Portable habitatiou than be- had found it,
Every window was big. stone mulHoncd.
and in summer framed iu fragrant vegc-
tati0n There was hardly a square foot
OF wall TO be seen on the whole house.
and from the scarlet gladness Of jap0n-
lea In May 20 the crimson gIories OF tho
Virginia Crecper IN October. there was
continual succession OF color and
sweetness the whole summer through
Frail. faithful monthly roses often
blooming at Christmas. while now
in June. wistaria. honcysuckle and ev-
cry sort Of climbing rose riotcd over the
walls. striving 90 push their way through
the ever-opeh windows, tnat they might
make the house as beauJfui inside as
out We, none OF Us, children 7 mean.
ever wanted t9 so away from the Court. ''
L HHHn H.F
ness of flowers OF bi-d-music. and cathe-
drai chimes. of children voices and ln-
uOcCnt fanlics. OF morhcr-love and care
and tenderness. The illustrations are
by Katharine 81. Roberts. lNew York.
John Lane. Tho BodleY HealI
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his own wit as a fixed quantity and does
not Try second time 10 understand any
thing found too sdificlIt on the first
trial BE set people to reading Emer-
son and Thoreau. He familiar.zed them
with the names OF Plato and Pythagoras
rs great thinkers whose ideas are valid
COW and are to remain valid throughout
he ages.
Mr.. Alcott's talks were full Of inumi-
cation. and all these made up "a series
5f charmed hours in the American Aca-
ieme One beautiful little expression
rom Mr. Denton J. Snider-whoso course
If lectures on Greece was singularly in
teresting-was made regarding Or. Har-
-is Mr.. Snider. referring to one OF the
lectures OF Dr. Harris. was ed by the
warmth OF his enthusiasm into an cX-
tended reference TO the great thinker i'm
which ne abruptly checked himself, say
ing. He is too great for any praise Of
mine So. surely. all who listened to
him felt regarding Dr.. Harris and the
remark suggested to one of the audi
eace a little rhythmic ImpvouptI,
which offered it's tribute 10 Dr. Harris as
The acknowledged master, in the follow
ing stanzas
ao IS too great for any praise Of mine.
so said the artist whose rare touch had
wrought
Tor us the glow Of Grccian m1ms-the shrine
OF buried malesty-ot living thought,
He, whose 6ne power had pictured mountains
Old.
And brought us draughts from Helicons pure
strgami