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Folk of the Sea.

...rbe Strife Of the Sea-" by T. Jen-
kins Hams. is a sort OF ocean jungle
book. dealing with the ways Of the
whale. the shark. the penguin, the alba
tross. the ray. and other salt water
folk. 1t is a great story book
Mr.. Hams has. be it said. at the out
set, avoided making these creatures hu-
man. and therein lies the grim fas-
cination of the tales. Half OF them are
horror stories. as much Of the htera-
ture Of the sea must be. but the author
treats hts subject with a certain re-
serve. He is content 10 make ones
hair rise of its own volition: he does
not go so far as to take the scalp.
The worst OF these. from the point OF
view Of a nervous person. is The out
cast" a story of a fight between man
and devil fish, which would do credit
to Victor Hugo. "A Tragedy Of the
South Atlantic is one Of those mar
veIous tales which are ever found in
the wake OF the whaling industry II
is one of the best. if not the best. of
the eleven in the book. and the old
whale who leads the attack on the
whaling ship Is a hero worth discuss
ing.
The White Follower which deals
with a pet albatross, is really charming.
vivid in description. and intense in in
terest.
1.-The Sea Dog is another strong bit
Of work. and so are The Cape Horn
ers" and "The Old Man of Sand Key" a
pathetic pelican story. with nothing
sentimental in its Dathos. The Nib
bIers" Is probably the only story ever
written about ship rats, and The Log
gerhead'' is probably the only one about
d turtle.
The strength Of these stories is their
originality. There Is nothing literary
about them; they might have been told
in sail loft or over the mending OF
nets. Yet the descriptions are marked
by the somber power Of the writer,
who knows hoN 70 handle a stern sub
ject without being afraid of it. While
imaginative, as II animal tales must
De. they are in no senSA artificial. The
salt OF the sea is in them. the lash of
the waves inspired them; to read them
is like voyaging to Rio on sailing ship
The year has been unusually rich 10
books OF the sea. by various authors,
some Of whom are men OF genius. but
few are as good as this. New York:
The Baker & TAYLOR Coz
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A Bright Juvenile BOOK.

New Fortunes; or, How Molly and
Her Brothers Came TO Boulder Gulch,
by Mabel Earie. is a new Juvenile book
by a new and interesting writer. II is
intended for readers OF from twelve 10
fifteen years, perhaps the hardest public
for any writer TO suit. and il Is bright.
wholesome. and interesting from begin
ming to end. The heroine is a girl Of
seventeen. who goes to keep house for
her brother in a Western mining camp.
and the perplexities. adventures, and
friendships of their life there are de-
scribed with much humor and vlvacity.
one particularly refreshing thing about
the story Is that no love interest IS
dragged in (New York: A ;. Barnes
A Col
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The Ancient and Honorable.

The Historic Book A Tale OF Two
Worlds and Five Centuries. edited by
Justin H Smith, will be interesting 20
many people as souvenir OF the visit
Of the Honorable Artillery Company
to this country. 1t contains a completes
history OF the HcnOurable Artillery
Company of London. with portraits of
It's officers. and a similar history OF
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company Of Boston. with portraits
Marginal Illustrations show the progress
which has been made in the equipments
OF the London company from 1887 TO
the present day, and the uniforms worn
by each company at various periods OF
Its history. The portraits include nor
only the present officers. but many OF
the former ones, and 10 anyone who
is connected with either company the
book cannot fail TO be fascinating.
(NcrwOod, Mass: The Norwood Press)
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somehow takes for granted. Ner Is one
disposed 10 md It improbable that
Charles Major thinks nOvelists create
situations in order that they may lead
Up to certain things they wish to say.
Mr. Ma tor s novels sound as if they were
CONSTRUCTED on that plan.
But there are one or two curious
thipi;- : the book for all that. We find
hers e;tlr example. the sentence.
Il n, 0ardon Sir Malcolm fer ,orget-
ting ii -ure Ssadge, while he rides 10
HaddJn Hall with the seductive 1Iary
Tudor
Mr. Major has taken some daring lib
critics with history. bur did he mix
Stuart and Tudor to that extent? We
think not.
And who. please. is 'Eo ridge men
toned as the author OF Alice IN Won
d,rland?" Was not Charles Lutwidge
d odgson the author Of that classic?
Aud why should the DerDetrator of thess
''bucks'' have anything 10 say about
lazy and superficial critics?'' The DOd-
ridge biunder appeared IN The Hardy
article when il came out IN 2 periodical
but apparently nobody cared to correct
II before its appearance IN this book.
(Boston: /. c. Pese & Coz
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In THE Interference Of Patricia LII
Ian Bell has told a love story at which
she limited in THE Dowager Countess
and the american Girl and a very
good story it is. 1t is short-hardly
more than a novelette-and the society
OF Denver is likely TO protest vigorously
against the picture which the author
has drawn of that town, and the very
frank statement she has made concern
ing the life of its people. 1t may be true
that Colorado air is so stimulating that
the men have to get drunk end the
women 20 fiirt in order TO work OF ex-
element. but they probably will not en-
joy being told so.
However. The Interference Of Pa
tricia" is. taken for all 1t is worth.
quite the best book Mrs. Bogue has yet
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written. This Is probably due TO the
fact that in Patricia she had a heroine
with whom she could let herself go. She
has always been rather inclined to Gre
ate heroines who gave one the impress
sion of going around with a riding whip
in one hand and revolver in the other.
and when displeased by anything being
liable either to use these weapons or to
sweep out of the room like a tornado ina
petticoats and slam the door. Bat In
the case of heroines supposed TO move
In the best society this inclination really
had TO be curbed, because society
wouldn't stand IT.
Patricia is the daughter Of a business
buccaneer who owns half Denver. She
falls tempestuously in love with an Eng
lishman and in the fervor of her devo-
ton would be quite willing to scalp her
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An Extraordinary School.

THE Manor School," by L. T. Meade.
Is story Of English schoolgirl life. the
heroine being a high-strung little dam
sci OF thirteen. Christian Milford.
Christian. on finding that she is TO be
summarily dumped into a "strlct dis
cipline" boarding school. TO stay for six
years while her parents are absent IN
Persia. runs away. and is not found
for twenty-four hours. This escape. nat
ural enough in the circumstances. is the
occasion Of much tribulation. for the
child's schoolmates prosecute and os-
tracize her into a brain fever. Nothing.
apparently, is done to the inconsiderate
parents, who as they are here pictured
are quite detestable Extraordinary
country. England. according 70 the story
books. New York: The Mershon Com
pany)
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: THE CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE" :.

raignment of political monopolies. More
temperate, and far more decent than
The Beopard's Spots" IL IS a much
stronger book for that reason. though
the antagonism OF the author TO the
people he call 'nigras" Is nearly as
strong as that of Mr.. Dixon He sug-
gests no remedy for the deplorable con-
dition of things which he pictures save
the old. old remedy OF honest and indie
pendent public spirit, and therein he is
wise. Nobody can make a community
decent II II does not want TO be decent.
and no outside assistance from heaven
OF elsewhere can save people from dis
ease II they persist in drinking bad
water. Shan Morgan. as has been said.
supplies the respectable element OF the
story. He is no impossible hero, only
a typical young Southerner Of the bet
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A Breton Romance.

''Barbe OF Grand Bayou" by John
Oxenham. is a vivid and powerful ro-
nance OF Breton life. Barbe being the
daughter OF the lighthouse keeper OF
Grand Bayou. a magnificent young wo-
man. with the strength of a man, but
nothing else masculine sbout her. Alain.
her lover, is a typical Breton sailor,
strong. simple. and brave. The efforts
of a rival TO get rid Of Alain. and the
hatred OF Barbe's father for The young
man, lead 70 a series Of complications
involving an adventure unique IN its
horror and peril. The author has man
aged his plot skillfully. and the crisis
OF the story comes quite unexpected by
the reader. The local color is good This
story is not one Of those which might
have happened anywhere: every one OF
its episodes really belongs 70 the life OF
Brittany: and that is something to say
OF any novel IN these days Of facile and
not 100 skillful taking. (,1ew Y0ri1. Do1d.
Mead * Coz
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'''The Circle IN the Square" by Bald
win Sears. is a Southern novel, which
has justly attracted much attention
from the honesty and earnestness of
the author, and the strength of the
character drawing Mr.. Sears has evil
IDENTIFY tried In all sincerity to tell the
truth apout certain phases OF Southern
life, and II looks as If he had IN a
measure succeeded. Ia addition 10 this
he has created an admira bic hero.
Shan Morgan Is a magnificent specimen
of young man. Intentionally or otherwise
the author has made him the only decent
young man in the book
The scene Is laid in small and sleepy
Southern town, IN which political agi-
tation turning on race antagonism has
paralyzed all industry and corrupted
every public official. 1t is fearful ar
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A Bool, for Boys.

1.-THE Young Ice Whalers," by Win
throp Packard, is an unusually good ad-
venture story for boys. il deals with
the fortunes Of two youths who go on
a whaling voyage 20 the Arctic regions.
become separated from their ships COM
pany. and remain eXiled among the Es-
kimos for two years or more. All
sorts of exciting. but not improbable
episodes make part of the story. and
much Information about the Arctic re-
gions viii be gained by each boy who
reads the book. (Boston; Houghton. AHf-
fin & Coz
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ter sort. The other young men are con-
temptible roues
some criticism has been called forth
by the over-elaboration OF the dialect In
this story and discussion has been go
ING on for fortnight in the columns Of
a New York paper over the question
whether white people anywhere IN the
South ever say you all when address
ing a single person, or use such phrases
as he air. and that all" 1t is assert
ed by people who say they have lived
for years in Kentucky and Alabama that
these phrases are heard there, and
others assert as positively that they are
not. Certainly IL is not usual for the ed
ucated Southerner TO use them but on
the other hand. the characters In this
story are represented 10 be lifelong
jewellers in a little mountain town. far
from colleges or any other corrective in
huence. (New York: A. 8. Barnes & Co.
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father or anybody else IL necessary. She
announces her intention OF entering the
inner circle of Denver after this manner
II want to break into society. l want
TO know these swells who are forever
coming to Denver 10 get rich. God help
EN-. I want 10 do 1t in a big
way. I want TO knock people silly
want TO fiabbergast the whole bunch. -
And that Is precisely what she does
But for all that "Patrichy." as her
father calls her. is a iovable sort of girl.
The average man might feel, II honored
by her affection. a little as Balzac' s
French soldier did when the panther
fell in love with him. but the story OF
that idyl is interesting, you viii remem-
Der. At any rate. a brass band heroine
is something new in life. CNew York:
Harper & Bros.)
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fkr VOW TO JUDGE ARCHITECT
n URE." by Russell sturgis. is
Il i companion volume to H. r.

Poore's work on Pictorial
Composition. It is intended 20 explain
the difference between various styles
and the reasons therefor. so that ordi-
nary people can understand. Moreover,
he reasons for these differences are
given, and the reader viii be able to
follow in a general way the progress
OF architecture from Greek and Roman
times to the present day.
For example. Mr.. Sturgis says of the
cathedrals Of the Middle Ages:
THE construction OF the medieval
churches is as complex as that of the
greatest Roman monuments; this COM
ing from a necessity of providing inte-
riors relatively larger than those Of the
Roman imperial epoch. The builders
were of the twelfth century. and even
in the most nearly weIl-governed coun-
tries of Europe had but limited re-
sources No king, no great noble con-
trolling a province, no bishop. no con-
vent however rich. could dispose Of
resources for one instant comparable
to those of a Roman pro-consul in
even a small town Of the empire. The
medieval men had to get as much build
Ing as they could for their money.
The Washington times., 1903-12-19

The Baronet IN Corduroy" by AL
bert Lee. is a novel Of the time OF Queen
Anne. dealing with the gambling fever
which possessed London in that day. It
has. Ike most or Mr. Lees work. a Ger
tain gruesomeness about it. but Il Is
not nearly so much Ike a nightmare rs
his CHASTITY Netherland romance. "The
Key OF the Holy House" The pictures
Of London life, high and low. the debt
or's prison. and the condition OF the
masses. are very good. and the story is
fun Of incident. New York: d. Apple
ton e. Coz
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The Country Bou.
kL"HE COUNTRY BOY" by For
rest Crissey, is series or
L sketches Of the life OF an

II" HE COUNTRY BOY" by For
rest Crissey. is a series OF
sketches Of the life Of an
average American boz frank.
truthful and amusing--the sketches, not
the boy He is amusing 70 the reader,
but probably was not so regarded by his
parents; he was as truthful as other
boys; but so far from being rink. he
was as shy as a little WOOdch1lck His
nearest and dearest never suspected
some of the emotions that tiled his
soul-hatred Of Howard Richard Tay-
Tor. for instance. thus wildly described:
"A new emotion stirred his blood as
he plodded past TIE solemn peaked
church, fierce. vindictive passion OF
resentment He knew 1t was a wicked
feeling, but he didn't care. He was
glad OF it, What II he did hate the
red-headed city cva-sss. who brushed his
hair so smooth put on clean clothes
every morning. and could play the
pianU? Harlow leaned over the low.
whitfield railing that spanned the mill
race bridge and thought how he would
like to throw the lordly Howard Richard
Taylor down where the pumpkin seeds
and sinners were flashing their gIeam-
ing sides in the deep water"
Reprehensible as this feeling was,
many ex-eountry boys viii remember
something like it and chuclzle with rem
iniscent glee when the too-insolent
Howard is finally chastised by Harlow.
The war between the cockney and the
zap" is OF long standing. but on his
own ground the zap does not always get
the worst of it.
Mr.. crissey knows the American boy
thoroughly; there Is no doubt about
that He has written a delightful book
on a subject universally and eternaIly
interesting Chicago Flerasng II.
Reven Company
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((%HE FORTUNES OF Fiji by
Molly Elliot Seawell. is one OF
the most entertaining hooks

<(%HE FORTUNES OF Fiji by
Molly Elliot Seawell. is one Of
the most entertaining books
this author has written, II
not indeed. the best of them all 1t IS
the story of a little Partisan actress of
the time OF the first empire. and of Car
touche. one Of the old moustaches Of
Napoleon, who was her guardian and
devoted slave and Of the merry Bo-
hemia in which they lived until Fiji was
transplanted to bourgeois responsibility
and dullness. There is not a line in
the book that is not delightful
One OF the refreshing things about
Miss Seawells work is that it is sell
dom intended to be taken seriously
The tale trips as lightly as a dance
measure thrummed on a guitar. or the
twinkling feet OF Fiji herself. The SEN
timent is graceful without being arti-
fetal and. above all. the author makes
us see things. Without an effort we
land in Paris and follow the ups and
downs OF the dainty heroine until at
the end she bids her audience adieu
with a ripple OF mischievous laughter
Nobody can be bored In reading this
book. no. not for an instant
One Of the particularly funny situa-
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The Progress Of the Arts.

The Art Album OF the Information
al Studio" is a collection Of represen-
tative plates from THE international
Studio" carefully selected and ar
ranged. forming a most attractive gift
book It is intended as sort Of resume
Of the progress Of the arts for the past
seven years. and fulflls its purpose ad-
mirably. New York: John Lane, The
Rndlnr Haadl
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Mark Twain's Audiences.

This Mark Twain anecdote comes
from ''Harper's Weekly"
Il was on the train somewhere be-
tween New York and JDa West. Mark
Twain was travelling between towns on
a lecture tour, and a friend had been
drawing the humorist out on the sub
ject of his experiences.
What sort Of audience" he asked.
do you like best? Who, IN your
opinion, make the most responsive and
sympathetic listeners?"
College men," replied Mark, after
moments thought-"college men and
convicts."
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Feminine Philosophy.

''The Damsel and the Sage Wo-
man WITNESSES" by ElinOr Glyn. Is
something like The Reflections OF Am,
brosine." with the story left out 1t con-
tains the authors philosophy In chunks.
The style. OF course, is charming
nothing OF ElinOr GINS is ever less
than that-but the slightly cynical re-
fections on love and life which add
spice to a novel are apt to be a little
monotonous when taken unalioyed. II
is so IN this case. The book should
have had pictures. New York; Harper
6. BrOs.)
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rhe Latest Golliwoggs.

THE GoIliwoggs' Circus. by Flor
ence and Bertha. Upton. is the latest
OF a popular series, and the grotesque
figures OF the GoIliwoggs are as funny.
as ortlandish and as fascinating as
ever. The color work Is very good.
Clew York: Longmans. Green & Coz .
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The Bondage OF Ballinger," by Ros-
well Field. has come out In new edi-
ton 1t Is a charming. quaint romance
Of a book collector and his fatal pas
sion. and those who know the work
Of Mr.. Field can imagine its style
Chicago: Fleming H Revell Company
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For Elocutionists.

Selected Reading From the Most
Popular Novels Is a little book com,
piled by william Mather Lewis. head Of
the department OF oratory and debate
in Lake Forest College. If one wants
a book Of reading for public use. this
Is good one. New York: Kinds &
Noble
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A Crazy Man.

THE World Destroyer" by an author
whose pen name Is Horace Mann" is a
story of the Authorizations of an insane
man It is well told. and the interest
does not flag washington: The Lucas
Lincoln Company
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That delightful boy book. Jimmie
by z. c. Laughlin. has come out in a
new edition, the first having appeared
about FIVE years ago. The Illustrations.
by Will Vawter. are entirely in keep
ing with the text. They are all boy.
live boy. and II one may make guess.
Indiana boy. Indianapolis; The Bobbs-
Merrill Company
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JOSEPHINE'S GIRLHOOD

tGEH AMzELLE FIF1NE," by
NU Eleanor Atkinson. is a
charming story OF the girl
hood OF the Empress Jo-
sephine. II does not touch on her later
career at all. but deals simply with
her Ire on Martinique. Il IS nearly as
picturesque as Lafcadio Hearn's stories
Of 'I'Isle des Revenants." and gives
vivid and delightful picture Of the
island
The interest Of the story is so purely
romantic that one feels disposed TO crit
icise the Introduction Of a sea-fght
The desire OF the reader Is TO hear "
Fjhne. not OF the history Of the time.
This IS really the only fault which can
be found With the book
The description OF the Mardi Gras car
nival as held By the negro population
OF St Pierre is beautiful. II is the
more impressive from the hidden. SIMS
ter political meaning introduced by the
author. A part OF it's runs as follows:
''MountiSn heights Of blazing green
circief behind the jewellers; sky and sea
OF burning blue arched above and below f.
streets Of dazzling yellow, crested with
Eame-red roofs, fell from their dancing
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aThe Colonel's Opera CLOAK"

THE Coloners Opera Cloak, by
Christine c. Brush. which came out
nearly thirty years ago In the mo
Name" series, has been republished with
exceedingly attractive illustrations.
This whimsical little story Of a South.
ern family in the North is likely to re-
tain it's popularity for long time yet.
Boston: Little. Brown & Coz
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1903-10-29

beyond me aud work yourself up into
d fever over Iii"
NO." he answered quietly, "but /
wish his mother were nearer"
"Oh, bosh! 1t isn't coming to that.
But wish he were In better shape.
He is broken up badly without this
hole In him"
He would not leave till 7 had prom
Used to take him up the next day,
though was doubtful enough of his
reception. But next day the Duke
came down. his black bronco lingo
wet with hard riding
Better come up, Common" he said
graveiy, .sand bring your bromides
along. He has had q bad night and