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taken for his latest book. THE Call
of the Wild is the reyersion to the
type and the life of his ancestors OF
splendid st. Bernard dog, Abducted
from his home in southern California,
Buck finds himself drawing sledges,
with other dogs, for travellers and gold
seekers in the Klondike, Ills good
blood survives, and rises superior to
the brutal hardship OF his work
Thanks to his blood, his muscle, his
spirit and his breeding, he becomes the
best trail dog in the Klondike. The
book Is full of wonderful descriptions or
"the toll of trace and trail" and OF the
whole vivid, daring, picturesque,
prImeval life of Alaska during the last
six or eight years. The Macmillan com
pany announce the book for issue early
in July,
According to the London Bookman,
the circulation Of Wee Macgregor
since it's appearance on English soil
has Increased by leaps and bounds
Among the books most In demand In
England during the past four weeks are
Mrs. Wards Lady Roses Daughter,
"The Reflections Of Ambrosine,' by
Elinor Glyn. and "Mr. Dooleys Obser-
vations" Mr.. Dooey, though so Amer
lean and so Irish, has become prime
favorite In England.
one Of the hopeful things about the
movement which Mr.. Alfred Holder
book. "a Fight for the City records Is
that college bred men and rich mems
sons took off their coats and waded IN
10 the muck Of politics and won splen-
dIdlv a desperate fight. This book is an
account of the campaign Of 1901 In New
York city that returned Seth Low as
mayor and w. T. Jerome as district
attorney. Mr.. Holder took very &C
tive part in the campaign, ana ne mas
been engaged ever since, as one or the
men I'm the district-attorney's once IN
the fight OF decency against corruption.
Mr. Holder believes that the fierce ana
famous contest recorded In his volume
was the beginning Of what viii be IN
acme sense a new era that hereafter
The weuborn and wellbred will take
more active and effective interest IN
municipal politics. Perhaps some or
them will do this as a stepping stone
To the big game-lnternatlonal pollues'
That adorable little mite Of q school
girl. Emmy Lou, the story OF whose
book and heart Mrs George Madden
Martin has 40 charmingty put down on
paper. is 10 Invade England special
edition of the book has been made for
an English house by the American
publishers. Mcclure, Phillips & co. II
win be interesting TO note the success
Miss Emmy Lou has with her English
readers. She certainly made captves
OF all OF us with American blood, VINO
met her but that Is not 90 be wondered
at. since on this side OF the water we
are avowodly becoming nation OF
child worshlppers But the English
| mother and father, who relegate their
| offspring 10 the nursery and the nurses,
seeing them only on tolerance at VI
were. nj the time when they are wash
! ed. combed and starched, may have a
different point Of view. Emmy Lou may
enlighten their ignorance and do some
| good missionary work with their unre-
sponslve hearts.
Miss Josephine Daskam, whose Me-
| molrs OF a Baby Is appearing serlally IN
! Harper's Bazar has long been famous
as an author who never had manu-,
script returned, Now she has prickea
| this bubble OF reputation, ana claims a
| place among llt Ifl''Afis AN''f
she is quoted as saying in n recent
! interview, hut Il was my own fault,
When my work began to have greater
vogue unlocked an old desk and sent
some very had things J had writ
ion at college. TO the publish
ers They were rejected | don't
ike writing" continued Miss Daskam,
oIf could DO as wish ] would evolve a
plot or two every day and have others
work them up, form a kind Of syndl-
cate | enjoy the results Of my writ
| ing but the actual writing ! find
| tresome." Miss naskam says her ilc-
lion Is almost entirely pure invention.
~ don't find" she says. that facts iur-
nish good material for fiction. Besides,
when one writes OF characters as they
really are she gets hundreds OF letters
telling her they are overdrawn. II she
writes inventively, the letters tell her
how absolutely true they are. and ask
n she didn't know the writer's best
friend and draw the character from
her"
Rudyard Kipling has cabled 20 his
| American publishers Doubleday, Page
& Co. the title for his new volume OF
poems The book viii be called "The
Five Nations' and viii contain not only
all Of Mr. Klplngs recently published
poems. but also % new poems never be-
fore published In any form.