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mantle enthusiast II. S. canHeid's story Il Ia
his usual happy vein. He deals with Bohemian
life, OF which he Is apparently thoroughly fsni-
lar, The Rout OF the Golden Fleece" by Mrs.
Moses P, Handy. Is trihe Frenchy. but never
theiess, Il is done 90 delieateiy that II can not
offend
Pretty nearly the whole range Of human In
terest is covered In the February number Of the
National Magazine New Englands only IL
Illustrated monthly. Thus under the several heads,
we find
Polities--"Affairs at Washington" by Joe
Mitchell Chspple; Regeneration Of Mexeo's
Army and Navy by s. Glen Andrus THE So
eialist Psrty's Mission, BY Frank Putnam, In
Note and Comment
Science" Science, the First World Move
ment," by Elmer Gates.
Art---"A Woman's Success in Photography" and
Art Movements of Today" the latter by Fred
eriek w Coburn.
Religion" chrstendora to Rally In Jerusalem"
by. II. l. Clevelandj Americas Debt TO Roger
Williams" by Rev. T. NJ. Merrmisn, and 'Pari
inirvana," by Frederick s. Ryman,
Travel-"In Tub to Tangier," by Lewis E..
MaeRrayne; The Playground Of the Million
aires BY Winthrop Packard, and The Norths
Southernmost CITY," by Howard Roovs
Letters--Sudies of important new books in
Notc ana Comment by FRANK IutnAM
Character President Roosevelt as a
Father" by II, |. Cleveland and "A Type OF
Western Enterprise" by Joe Mitchell Chappie
Woman's Work-~"How Boston's Club Women
Built Their Home" by Joe Mitchell Chapple
Fiotion--Six complete stories by Hayden Car
ruth, Carrie Hunt Latta, Harold Bolee, James
Ball NAylor, Charles Townsend and Winthrop
Packard.
Poetry--contributo by Hilton R. Greer,
Frank Putnam, Clara NJ. Grover aad Ernest Ne
Gaffey, with selections from Shelley and Raleigh.
The North American Review for February Is a
very attractive number.
The Ambassadors" new novel by Henry
James begins in this issue and Introductory 20
II Is a somewhat volurnnous disquisition by w.
d. Howells, entitled mir. Henry James Later
Work" Prominently placed in this months is
sue is puugent and powerful paper over the
signature Of w, J. Gaynor, justice of the SUI
preme court Of New York which is headed Law
lessness Of the Police In New York.
The opening article is the second paper in the
Mark Twain series on Christian Science"
4 4 :
"The Pit" Doubleday, Page & Coz, which Is
about the wheat Spectators in Chicago, and Is
the last novel written by the late frank Norris
is just out In book form. II was completed last
week as serial in that excellent paper, the
Saturday Evening Post.
The late Frank Norris was looked upon as
perhaps the most promising young American novel
list, and such literary critics as Henry M Alden
Julian Ralph Mr. Howes and Owen Wister have
recently confirmed this opinion When Mr. Nor
rs died a few months ago, he had just finished
proofreadiug the last pages OF The Pit" the
story OF an attempted corner in the worlds wheat
supply. The author planned to tell, In three
novels, the epic Of the wheat, from the Western
ranches that fought the railway--the subject Of
"The octopus"--to the selling in the worlds mar
set and the final relief Of famine IN am "Old
World" community. The last novel was to be
called 1.-THE Wolf" and Mr.. Norris had planned
a trip around the world 10 gather material Thir
ty thousand copies of The Pit were sold before
the novel was published
4
Readers of Kipiiugs Just So Stories" which
ran for sometime in the Ladies Home Journal
will be delighted to know that these stories have
at last been issued IN book FORM with character
istic illustrations by the author. l, is hard 4
say at what class OF literary work Kipling is a
| his best; but II he is not AT his best in tn
writing Of sensible nonseusical children's tale
/ he is surely almost. From the opening explana
| ton of How the Whale Got His Throat &
the tale Of The Butterfly That Stamped" Il ]
filed with delightful tales to read to the littl'
folks during that hour, the get-together boul
! which precedes their bedtime,
lust So Stories" by Rudyard Kipling; pub
lished by Doubleday, Page Co.
4
Those who have derived pleasure from peru
sal Of William Careton's Irish tales will derive
no less pleasure from perusal OF Father Ton
of Connemara" The warmhcarted clannish, bu
hospitable West ireland folk are there with theii
queer customs and traditions, Father Tom, the
big hearted Jolly parish priest the pretty col
leens the pathos, the humor and the independent
unbreakable spirit of the Irish all portrayed
simply but we'll. in way that makes the resdei
snuggle the characters close to his heart.
Father Tom OF Connemsra," by Elizabeth
O'Reilly Neviilei published by Rand McNally
g. Co., New York and Chicago.