The sun., 1903-01-14
nooks AND BO6KMAxINs.

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n Aberdeen, Scotland. there i . stationsr
and news agent who site behind his shop
oounter and writes when customers fall.
In his day he has been ploughman, shoe
m.ker and policeman. but Absrdeen Uni
~.rsity has added LID. 10 his name, John
Macintosh, and a movement is now on
too, TO offer him public testimonial In
rsrognition OF the services he has rendered
scottish literature through his Historic
n,o,land," History ofCivilizstion In Scot
land, and the other books he has written
behind the counter.
Peter Newell tooka vacation just before
he plunged into wprk on tho illustrations
Tor Lewis Carrollk Alice He and his
family went to colorado on . camping
expedition and we're just settling then-
selves comfortably in tent life when news
came that thee had been q nocturnal
murder in tho neighborhood. The rose
colored views bf the Newell family. con-
cerning tent Life underwent . lightning
change. Goiyg to bed was. under the
circumstance, quito out Of the question.
Then Mr.. Newell gave tho lie to all sooRers
who say thai artists are impracticable. He
cut out hue silhouettes representing men
with fierce mustAches, cigars and belt
srsenals. gfouped a. II interested in game
of poker These silhouettes he fastened
TO the inAer canvas Of the Il GIFTED tent.
Then the Assembled family fled out to view
the result.
They were delighted. The shadows
thrown from the silhouettes indicated .
tent fuh Of pokcr-playing deeperadoes
The cahlpers left their lights burning at
night hereafter and slept In peaos.
A s,ries Of .half-forgotten books' an
nouncd by an English publisher, will be
delightfully."- reminiscent to the older gen.
era,idh. THE Mysteries Of Udolpho' will
beginthe series. Who has not heard Of it9
Who, among the younger folk, has read itf
Preident Eliot of Harvard who is also
president OF the American Educational
Association. has written book upon edu-
catih in America In which he analyses the
bentfits and shortcomings Of the existing
educational system and proposes for teach-
ing plans for obtaining better results.
Books may come and books may 20, but
Ben Hur' apparently bids fair to 60 on
fortver. Harper 4 Bros. are bringing out
iew edition OF their Players Edition.
the story is being included In school libraries
Throughout the country as supplementary
re,ding, and now we hear Of an association
inipired by the story and known as the Order
Of Ben Hur.
In composing recipe for Christmas
juvenile books, one must not fail to advise
putting dash Of Santa Claus into the title.
There were several stories In whose names
Santa Claus appeared this year, and every
one Of them sold like hot cakes, though, on
the whole. they were very poor STUFF indeed.
but much more deserving children's books
hung heavily on publishers hands.
Miss Louis. Forsslund has sketched many
Of her fellow Long Islanders In her book
The Ship Of Dreams and says 1t Is
only fair that she should accept her neigh
bors criticisms humby. One old bachelor
bayman took her seriously to task the other
day.
sIt's a iice book he said. but
But wlat7' asked the author.
-They didn't git married."
But you know they will got married.
Miss Forsund explained. you are made
quite sus Of that
.Um-m.-it might b. their intentions to
git married. said the bayman. dubiously,
as one who had had experience with the
mu.abAity Of matrimonial intent; but they
didn't"
G. J. Putnam's Sons are about to publish
lit book which might probably be read
marled and inwardly dgested in this coun-
try tf dissonant and Objectionable speaking
yoiles. Ernest Pertwee, professor OF elo-
cutbn in the City of London School, is the
aYtor Of THE Art Of Speaking and he
nvkes q strong plea for the development
ofthe speaking voice In children, and gives
simple practical rules for this develop
nent, which should be OF benefit to parents
a we'll as to teachers.
BY catching the American young, some |
thing might be done to improve the tone
and pitch Of the average American voice.
W. B. Yeats is working upon a novel |
and his admirers are intensely interested |
in the new departure. But Mr.. Yeats |
announces that he will call his book THE |
Speckled Bird"
Is IL possible that the poet-romanticist |
does not read the novels Of Augusta Evans |
Wilson?
G ". E. Russell. author OF the witty and |
worldly Collections and Recollections.'
and An Onlooker's Note Book, has sur |
prised his public by publishing = volume OF |
elgious papers under title Of THE House
hold Of Faith
Laurence Housman publishes his "Aucas-
sin and Nicolette" with the announcement |
that it is by the author Of An English |
Nomans Love Letters; and straightway |
an ethical question is dragged into the
open and worried.
Various highly reputable persons at
one timep another have said that they had
Mr. Housman's authority for denying his
authorship of the .Letters.' These per-
sons cosld not have prevaricated, say
the momlists. Therefore, Mr.. Housman
must have told fb. Out upon him!
II the premises are correct, the con-
clusion may be true. and even the example
Of the moral Sir Walter cannot excuse
the falss one. But In this day Of calcium
lights anonymity is 30 hard thing to at
tain! Ones heart goes out to the un-
regenerate Housman. Possibly he believes
In that modern definition which has much