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The call of The Wild, by Jack Lon
don: 12mo.; cloth: Price $3.50; New
York: The Macmillan Company.
Mr.. Hamilton w. Mabie, one of the
worlds greatest critics, reviews this
novel as follows:
In his new story. THE Call of the
Wild" Jack London has written the
romance Of dogs life with a vigor,
insight, and dramatic power which no
other similar tale except Bob, Son of
BATTLE approaches in interest and
literary quality. The Scotch story de-
ponds largely on the human clements
which are mixed with it; THE Call of
the Wild centres entirely in Buck, the
great dos who is stolen from a ranch
IN southern California, where he is the
soul OF fidelity, rewarded by the great
est freedom and affection; taken to the
far North, and made a member of a
team Of dogs who carry the mail into
the Yukon region. Gradually his char
acter changes under the pressure of
new and hard conditions. He becomes
leader and master among his fellows.
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WING in him. In the end, after the
rnost adventurous life described with
/ graphic power, 1.-The Call of the Wild
becomes more and more distinct and
hna'ly masters him, and he reverts to
| Tue savage state in the northern wilder
!. ness becomes the mate of wolves. and
lives as his ancestors lived centuries
before him. This change from civiliz-
alton to savagery is effected gradually.
and is traced, stage by stage, with
| dramatic and deepening interest. The
story has a deep psychologist interest.
and may be read as a striking parable:
out ii is, above all, an absorbing tale
OF wild life, full of pictorial power and
| abounding in striking incidents of
frontier town, camp, and adventure
Ion the Road with Circus" By w.
Z. Thompson. Profusely illustrated,
With decorated cover design. 81. The
Isaac Goldman Company, No. PSI
William street, New York.
Boys and girls will welcome the
advent of this fascinating book, for
what boy or girl is there who knows
not the charm of the circus? They
| may have seen the tented show once
only, but in this interesting volume
| they may follow the circus through all
| its varied and stirring travels about the
country. And as one never outgrows
that early delight in the circus, the
narrative is every whit as entertaining
TO groWn-ups as it is to Juveniles. The
BOOK is a handsome one, tastefully
Bound IN cloth and colors. with full
page illustrations, depicting actual
| circus scenes and characters. Its story
! is clearly and Wholesomely told, and
no one need hesitate to place it in the
hands of the young people. Circus life
in all it's Kaleidoscope phases and as
poets is unfolded in e manner that
sustains the interest from the begin
ming to the end.
The writer has lived in the atmos-
phere of sawdust and naphtha and has
| wandered with the circus in it's con-
tirent-wide travels. He has been the
| close companion of the men, women
and children he writes about, and his
descriptions and anecdotes therefore
have an added charm.
"On the Road with Circus has
lively chapters which describe the
arrival of the circus trains and the un-
loading of the mysterious cars, the
magic growth of the tented arena, the
glory and splendor of the street parade
the wizard wonders OF the sideshow, the
jungle scenes of the menagerie tent
the glittering performance in the big
tent beyond, and the departure al
night, when Circus Day" has closed
and towns and villages are wrapped in
| slumber.
Then there are laugh-compellns
yarns and dramatic "reminiscences from
the lips of owners, managers, elephant
keepers. animal trainers, press agents
| bareback riders, gymnasts, acrobats,
clowns, freaks characters, whose
lives are full of thrills and moving
| Incidents by food and field"
There is a romantic air of fascination
about the book that will make it de-
| light wherever the circus is known and
| loved.
Some Fruits of Solitude" by
William Penn. The Remarque edition
of Literary Masterpieces, published by
II. NJ. Caldwell Company Boston.
\ dainty little gift book is the
| Remaroue edition of some Fruits of
solitude" by William Penn. 1t is
| printed on handmade deckle-edged
| paper, and is bound in flexible red
| leather, AS frontispiece there is an
| etching by Marcel, and Edmund Gosse
contributes the introduction. Some
Fruits Of Solitude" is Il collection of
| uplifting reflections and inspiring max
| inns. which in the main are as pithy and
applicable today as they were when the
eminent Quaker garnered them
| several centuries ago. This book is one
I too little known to present day readers,
| and Messrs Caldwell & Co, deserve
the thanks of all book lovers for bring
ing it forward in such an attractive
| form.
The Man who pleases and the Woman
who fascinatos by John A. Cone; cloth:
| pp. 13i: New York: F. Tennyson Nicely.
| This book shows wherein much OF the
charm that is commonly ascribed to
"Nat;,raI NrarnetiSm," is really the