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talking. Some OF the conversations re-
mind one OF oliver Twist" and some OF
"Chimmie Fadden."
The episode Of the Hebrew hoax ia one
OF the most amusing things in the collec-
ton. and the story OF the theft of the
Persian cat is another. The incident of
the Honolulu King is not pleasing. but
there is little genuine romance in the
life OF beggar. and this bit OF trickery
Is about on the level Of beggar-morals.
altogether this is a book unique not
only IN its subject. but In its point OF
view. In Poor People" Mr.. Friedman
showed delicate and poetic touch. a
sympathy with the needs and thoughts Of
the poor. which is absolutely lacking in
this book but he was then dealing with
a grade Of poverty considerably above
that Of the beggar. In by Bread Alone
he exhibited an unusual power OF word
painting which is likewise not 10 be
found here. His beggar tales are con-
ceived In a spirit more or less whimsical.
and introduced by expressions more or
less fantastic. While the stories can
only be the outcome Of actual observa-
ton of the life Of which they treat. they
do not bring the reader into that life.
He is looking at freaks in a museum. not
human beings Of like nature 10 himself.
But II is a clever piece of work when all
is said Boston: Small. Maynard & Coz
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LORE OF THE ,SLUMS.
4n Entertaining Book That Pnbor Be SIo, of Bepeay

given of the signs used TO designate
houses of different opportunity from
the tramp's point OF view. During the
invasion of country districts by tramps.
not long after the railway extensions
made IL feasible for them 10 get to
rural neighborhoods without walking
there, IL became TO be generally known
that the vagrant army had certain
marks which they placed on houses and
gateposts 10 indicate the reception
which beggars might expect. Mr. Fried
man says that the sign OF a cross dog
was the letter X: for cross dog and
n cross woman, il was six-pointed
star; a kind lady was designated by a
circle: cross within a circle meant
food and clothes; an upright paralello-
gram meant the chance OF money. II
this had been understood in the DAYS
Of the scare, farmers might have saved
the tramps trouble by marking their
own houses
1T is impossible TO say, without per
sonal experience. whether tramps and
beggars do talk in the way attributed to
them in this book. and some readers may
be inclined to be skeptical about the
bright sayings found here Yet Josiah
Flynt and many other students of tramp
life can bear witness that the men OF the
road are not deficient in brains or
shrewdness. especially when it comes to
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LOVE AND PHILANTHROPY

PRINCE OF SINNERS" is
the alluring title OF .he

IS A PRINCE OF SINNERS" is
~ the allurins title of .he
latest novel OF E. Phillips
oppenheim- There is no sort of doubt
that the average novel-reader likes to
read about sinners. Now, II the title of
this book had been "A Prince of Saints
II would not have sounded half so at
tractive.
The book. however needs not to de-
Pend on its title for its reputation. The
author knows how to tell story. and in
this case the story Is we'll worth telling.
The character referred to in the title is
one Lord Arranmore. a dark and dubious
being who is understood 10 have had
surdry dreadful experiences and TO be
very wicked. The hero is Kingston
Brooks. a young solicitor. and a more
lIhable youth is not TO be found in
recent fiction. He is a gentleman with
out any obvious effort. which is not
always the case with the men who bea-
that title either In books or reality
Ones sympathy is with the young man
from beginning to end. even though his
for doing good In the world may
be a trifle quixotic
Two other delightful characters are
Lady Catherine Caroom and her daugh-
ter. Lady Sybil. charming without az
feotation, and witty without being too
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HUMAN NATURE STORIES.
MI. HQ8kInson SMITHS TIerO Of tie Under Dog.

that tho genial and gentle spirit OF Mr..
Smith is a thing 10 thank Heaven for
and remember. He is one OF the brilliant
have their fun at the expense of the
weak. That kindliness is an essential part
of genius is unhappily far from true
hut ii is not necessary to assume, on the
other hand. that sneering supercilious-
ness is. One may open the books of
Hopkinson Smith. any and all of them
in the comfortable certainty that there
is nothing in their pages which can hurt.
re paints mankind, as he paints land
scapes. for the love of the subject, and
knows how 10 be realistic without being
unpleasant.
The salient quality of these sketches
may be their truth and gentleness. but
not less noteworthy is the artistic skill
with which each subject is treated. A
collection of types so remarkable. so
odd. and so interesting is seldom to be
found between the covers Of one vol
ume. The first three stories deal with
the Southern mountain white folk. and
better stories of their kind cannot be
AouhN- - but NHo huONS lntSt people
the tales will be recognized as abso-
lutely true to life. and as interpreting
with rare skill natures which must
otherwise have suffered dumb and for
gotten. Two OF them deal with the
"moonshiner,' the other with q knight
in the disguise OF a countryman. The
Appalachian highlands arc little known
TO the world, and the race of people in
habiting them is yet a sealed book to
the foreigner" as they instinctiveIy
call the outsider. Hence oppression.
misunderstanding and wrong.
Readers of Caleb West" will remem-
Der the plucky young captain of the
"Screamer." He reappears in one OF
these tales. Another deals with the
Franconia region. which the author has
already touched in his Fortunes OF
Oliver Horn" If any proof were needed
Of the photographed character OF the
latter book it is to be found here.
These stories are the kind that oliver
Horn most certainly would have writ
ten.
compartment Number Four" Is an
entertaining little skit of pure comedy.
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SCIENCE OF AGRICULTURE
Il Stray Of tie Gr0z0kh Of Crobs.

ITHE SOIL: An Introduction 70
the Scientific Study of the
Growth OF Crops" by A d.
Hall. Is a book which will be valuable TO
any farmer with modern ideas. and also
TO those who are Studying the problem
OF irrigation. The author is an English
man. and has gone into the subject
with the thoroughness and conscientious
accuracy common to the scientific Brit
on when writing on such a subject
While many of his illustrations and
statements OF necessity deal with Eng
lish grounds. there is no reason why
the book should not be OF material
use TO the American farmer.
There has OF late been a growing con-
viction among the farmers of this coun-
try that nobody can know too much 70
be farmer, and that a thorough edu-
cation is as useful in agriculture as in
engineering or any other practical bust
ness. The sons OF farmers are more
and more generally attending agricul-
tural colleges, and applying what they
learn there to the farms which they
inherit. with more or less encouraging
results. To such men a work like this
will be both interesting and helpful,
though the scientific terms which II
contains might have been too much for
their fathers
The author explains at the beginning
that the study of the soil does not con-
sist merely in the distinguishing good
soil from bad. but rather in the prob
lem Of making good soil from bad; in
other words, developing the producing
capacity of a piece of land which might
originally have been poor. He shows
that in the wheat lands OF Manitoba the
crop is drawn from the capital of the
ground. so TO speak, while in a Kentish
hop garden or other land. where an ex-
tensiye system OF cultivation Is prac-
ticed. the crop does not remove as much
as IL receives. This is probably the rea-
son Of the difference in prosperity be
tween certain lands. long cultivated,
which are now said 10 be run OUT and
unprOductive, while other lands, Guilt
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AMUSEMENT Nv Paris.
Il Book of Gay Life in tie Feneh Capital

was the most hilariously happy OF the
guests. He embraced the bride and
groom and toasted the happy pair IN
numerous bumpers. and at last proudly
zigzagged his way back to the menag-
erie. All his lions should hear what 4
good time he had had, he said 10 him
self AS ne reeled along he imagined
that he was twenty-One and a bride
groom: then somehow he dreamed hat
most Of his lions had grown wings and
had pink fur on their paws and that all
his cages had turned TO solid gold
Then my friend did very foolish
thing: he stumbled I'D the steps OF the
trained bears cage. apoiosized to the
steps for tripping over them. slipped
the spring latch and entered the den
Taking his hat of politely to the bear.
who. at hts unexpected entrance, rose
on her hind legs, Champeaux fell into
her arms.
'PepIta,' he said. I save had a good
time. a good time. old girl and he
slapped her enthusiastically on her
scrubby neck
''Pepita squealed. embraced him in
turn as IL In sympathy. and looked at
him queerly with her small round eyes
Then Champeaux groaned-PePita had
broken his ribs" New York: Funk *
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PIONEER LIFE IN TENNESSEE
Charles hghy4 c,uak Strikes 0ulo Nru Trail Historical ul

Of bare sole upon the ground beneath
the window was distinct for a moment;
In the blank interval that ensued lac
heard the continual rise and fall OF the
breathing of the night; the Ginning and
chanting of woodland cicada. in regu-
lar alterations: the rush OF the Tennes-
see River dashing over the rocks. Once
more that sound, as or bare foot. and
again beneath the window.
He was exceedingly deft and light.
and certain in all his movements: when
IT had passed. he slipped out Of hts bed
and crossed the room TO the window. not
sound attesting his progress. save that
once puncheon creaked. He stood for
a moment motionless. then peered
through the rift between the shutter
and the window.
outside there was glare-a sudden
glare. He saw a figure so grotesque as
to recall for a moment the associations
OF his delirium: then half dozen figures
came into view. all In Indian fle. and
strangely bedecked. They were making
the rounds of the house again and again.
evidently working a charm. Perfect
silence waited on their movements. save
always beneath the window the stroke
Of a bare foot fell on a sleek and clayey
space with that slight sibilance that
gave him warning. Heads surmounteC
by torches Enclosed in great gourds.
hideously painted In the semblance OF
human faces. showed faces below stiT
more hideously painted; buffalo horns,
and tails adorned figures grotesquely and
silently dancing; others wore bears
claws and hides; a human panther ran
on all fours. now and again leaping so
high into the air that he seemed some
inconceivable triumph OF mechanism in
stead OF a living creature The soldier
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waited for an even longer period. are pro
ducing more than ever
Among the subjects discussed are the
causes of the fertility and sterilitv of
soilh. the action of organic matter IN
the soil. chemical analysis the effect %
ullage on the absorbing capacity OF a
given plot OF ground 10 absorb water.
the origin Of soils, etc. il viii be seen
that these are all problems bearing d.
rectly on the interests of the farmer.
As has been said. there is a good deal
OF technical language in this book. but
with the aid of 2 dictionary Il can be
read by almost anybody. Most farmers
are already familiar with the subjects OF
which 1t treats; only the names will be
new TO them. Many scientific problems
are far more simple than they seem
Chemical analysis, for example. sounds
difficult. yet any ingenious boy can make
himself laboratory at small expense. in
which he can do very fair work in this
line. Much Of the work OF the chemist
is simple enough TO be transpIanted 10
the farmers own home, where he can en-
large his knowledge of his farm with
the AID OF the latest scientific dis
coveries.
There is not much doubt that this kind
OF farming will eventually be the typi
cal American kind. In the great ranches
of the West. where the land readily re.
spends TO the mere touch OF the Guilt
vator. such knowledge Is not yet needed
but the Eastern farmer will find Il both
interesting and profitable. New York.
T. +. Dutton & Coz
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felt his heart sink. Seldom did the IN
dams permit the presence OF white
strangers in their more national Gus
toms. and thus often the depth OF their
savagery. their fantastic barbarism. Law
unrevealed- Some strange significance
surely marked this grim pantomime. en-
acted in the darkest hour Cf the night
about the silent dwelling. while its I'M
conscious inmates slept. Their lives
seemed TO hang by hair. He bethought
himself, with pang OF terror, OF the
young packmen quartered in the attic OF
the trading house-suTely the glance OF
wakcful eye must prelude the crack
Of rife. for could a sane man imagine
this to be aught but the revelings OF
the creatures in the midst OF an assault
But while he gazed in a terror he could
hardly suppress. yet dared not voice. in
one instant while the panther was in
the mid-air trajectory of one OF its wild
leaps. every light was extnguished. ev-
cry figure vanished and Turk and listen
IS he might. for the impact of the bare
foot upon the clayey soil which would
intimate that in the darkness the strange
procession continued its rounds. he
heard only the vague sighings of the
melancholy woods. creak once OF the
timbers OF the house. and again the
voice OF the Tennessee River dashing
against its rocks"
Another unusually fine passage deals
with an Indian masquerade. In which
Indians dressed as animals took part
In sort of pantomime; and another is
that which describes the escape OF Cal
lum Bane" by impersonating an Indian
demigod- The book is. in fact. artistic
from beginning 20 end. and among the
multitude OF historical novels II is one
to be remembered. (Bostcn: Houghton
Mfflin & Company
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witty TO be true. Mary Scott, the heroine.
is not quite so satisfactory She is lit
II" too good 10 be natural But her
uncle, aunt and cousins. the Bullsoms.
are delicious throughout as genre work.
There is plenty OF humor in the book,
much real feeling. and absorbing inter-
est. One is never tired of It. and one is
always curious as to the outeome-the
two prime qualities in a novel with
plot
Incidentally, the author sketches a
plan for helping the poor which ought to
interest people who like philanthropy
The hero OF this book establishes his
bureau OF aid on the broad platform OF
helping everybody who needs IL, no mat
ter what the character of the applicant
may be. so long as he OF she is genuine
ly In need. AS every one who has ever
locked into the matter knows. the main
difficulty in organized charity is the
danger OF wasting money on people who
aro not telling the truth. and who live
BY charity because it is easier than TO
work. 1t is claimed that the Brooks
scheme gets around this difficulty. II Is
certainly much more in accord with the
principles OF the New Testament than
the charity which aims TO aid only the
good and deserving. Philanthropists
ought to read this. IL only for their own
entertainment Boston: Little. Brown
& Col
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More Blessed 10 Gz0e


Give. as the morning that flows out of
heaven;
Give. as the waves when their channel
is riven;
Give as the free air and sunshine are
given:
Ask no return. only utterly give!
Pour out your love like the rush Of a
river.
Wasting it's waters forever and ever
On the burnt sands. that reward not
the giver;
Love as He loves you who gave you to
live.
Give. though your heart may be wasted
and weary:
Laid on an altar nh ashes and dreary:
Though from it's pulse a faint miserere
Beats 10 your soul the sad preSage of
fate:
Bind IT with cords of mistaken devotion:
Smile at the song Of its restless emo
ton;
It's the stern hymn of eternity's ocean:
Hear. and in silence your future await
So the wild wind strews it's perfumed
careSSeS.
The desert, evil and thankless. it
blesses:
Bitter the waves which its soft pinion
presses:
Yet never II ceases 20 whisper and
sing
What. If the hard heart gives thorns for
your rosesl
What II on rocks your tired bosom re-
poses?
Sweetest IS music with miuor-k keyed
closes.
Fairest the vines that on ruins will
cling.
Anonymous.
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n GENUINE COWBOY
Il Record Of Ills True EXPERIENCES.
ME LOG OF A COWBOY" by
Andy Adams. is said TO be the

CCTHE LOG OF A COWBOY" by
Andy Adams. is said TO be the
record OF the experiences Of n
real cowboy. and as such it will be re-
freshing to those weary Of the numerous
fakes in this line which have been foisted
on the public. II is safe 10 say that no
outsider can so master the intricacies Of
ranch life as 10 write OF It without max
ing plumbers, especially as the real cow
boy is rapidly becoming a thing OF the
past The book OF Mr. Adams. however.
sounds like the truth. There is not much
fine writing about IL. and It is all the bet
ter for that
There f. q good deal OF fun IN this
book most Of Il over comparatively un-
important things. as fun in everyday
life Is. There Is story Of a poker game
which lasted most of the night, and was
to decide who should have an extra fried
egg for breakfast next morning, a tur-
keys nest having been found containing
enough eggs to go around and one be-
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sPECTER OF POWER" the
latest novel OF Charles Egg

q A sPECTER OF POWER" the
~ latest novel Of Charles Egg
bert Craddock MARY y. Muir
free) is along a different line from any
OF her other books. and not less inter
esting It IS an historical novel deal
ing with the pioneer life of Tennessee.
French officer named Laroche. sent
on a delicate diplomatic mission TO the
Indians, contrasts finely with CaIlum
MacIlvesty, the Highlander, his rival in
the affections OF Lilias Lesley. the
Scotch factors daughter. and with
the savages. Moy Toy and Push Koosn.
Lilias also is a dainty heroine. in her
affection and her coquetries, and her in
nocent idealization of her lover. But
the chief beauty or the story is It's style.
1t is told in language perfectly adapted
to the theme. and with all the exqui-
site art which the author displayed in
her less complex stories Of the Tennes-
see mountains. One sees before him
the wilderness and its people. and learns
to know the valleys OF the Cumberland
as they were before history begins 10
deal with them in detail.
One Of the finest descriptions in the
book is that OF the midnight dance round
the factors dwelling. as witnessed by
the French officer. I. was symbolic. and
portended sudden death at no very dis
tant day 10 the inmates of the house
thus marked But no hint OF its meaning
is given for some chapters after the de-
as follows:
There came again the tread of feet.
stealthy. quiet as before; the impact
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A Library of Achievement.

A library of achievement Is announced
as one OF the things in making by
Doubleday. Page & Co. 1t will include
Booker Washington's up From Slav-
cry" Helen Keller's autobiography,
''T"He Woman Who Tolls" and "Tollers
of the Home" the last mentioned being
made up of series of papers on do
nestle service by Lillian Pettengin, a
college girl who has been investigating
the problem OF domestic service by the
eminently practical method OF being a
servant.
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THE UNDER DOG" a new col
lection of stories by f. Hop

b-NbI-IN DOb. new col
lection of stories by F. Hop
kinson Smith Is one of the
most delightful books yet written. It's
peculiar charm lies in the unconscious
revelation of the authors point of view.
the buoyant bonhomie. the quick SYM
pathy. which enables him to come swift
ly into touch with all sorts of men.
There is no heroine I'm this book. there
are few women characters. but there
is much of the inner. unspoken romance
OF mans life. for all that. The title is
explained in a preface so happily writ
ten as to be worth the quoting:
I'm the strife of life some men lose
place through physical weakness or lost
opportunities or impaired abilities;
struggle on as they may. they must al
ways be the under dog in the fight
Others are misjudged-often by their
fellows; sometimes by the law. If you
are one of the fellows. you pass tho
man with a nod. II you are the law. you
eNb ms AsAt WIN a SthNtNCE-
still others lose place from being
misunderstood: from being out of touch
with their surroundings; out of reach
of those who. II they knew. would help;
men with hearts chilled by neglect.
whose smoldering coals-coals deep
hidden in their nature-need only the
warm breath Of some other mans SYM
PATTY to be famed back into life.
once In a while there can be met
arother kind. one whose poverty or un-
oouthness makes us shun him al sight.
enc yet one. IL we did but know il. with
joyous melody in his heart, ofttimes in
tune with our own harmonies. This kind
is rare, and when found adds another
ripple TO our scanty stock OF laughter.
These under dogs-grave and gay
have always appealed to me. TheiS
stories are printed here in the hope that
they may also appeal to you
A few of the cleverest of recent writ
ers of fiction have shown a spirit so
DRAMATICALLY opposed to this-a DISPOSE
ton to trample so easily upon the under
dog simply because he is not on top
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~ VOW PARIS AMUsES ITSELF"
RI is the rather piquant title

LIV VOW PARIS AMUsES ITSELF
RI is the rather piquant title
o. an abundantly illus
trated book by F. Berkeley Smith,
NJ whom II may be said incidentally that
he Is a son OF F. Hopkinson Smith. the
human wonder. Mr. Smith. the younger
Is not master OF quite so many arts as
his father. but he can write an enter
tanning hook and select fitting pictures
for II and he knows his Paris.
There are chapters devoted TO hotels.
70 heaters. to the Quarter Latin, to
boulevards. suburbs. and the circus
The pages are dotted with amusing lit
tie anecdotes OF well-known characters
NJ Paris. One, which may serve as an
instance, concerns an old French
trainer and owner OF menagerie,
Champeaux by name. II is as follows;
AT one time having Installed his
animal show in the :ete lorraine at tho
Place du Trone, he attended the we'd
ding festivities OF a friend. II happened
TO be a bourgeois wedding and the
bride and groom and their guests male
merry with champagne and congratu-
lations in one OF those Partisan res
taurants where the second foor above
the cafe is rented to wedding parties
and banQuets. The festivities kept up
until the hour grew late. Champeaul
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.ITHE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A
BEGGAR," by /. X. Fried

DEpbhAs " - IA w.
man, is a piece OF work quite
different from that by which this au-
thor has become known to the pub
lie. and 1t is rather hard to classify.
II purports to be a collection of the
experiences OF the members of The
Beggars' Club" these members being
known by such names as Cripple Tom,
Crutch McCanister, Hungry Henry.
Squint Eye, and so on. People who do
not like stories of low life can find no
excuse for reading this book.
A typical experience is that of "Moll-
buzzer." name which being interpre-
ted means ono who picks the pockets
of women. Says this beggar:
"Meh mother was Irish washer
woman. an me father was a German
by profession atore he come to Amer
lea. His trade was ter watch meh
mother work an ter lick me. He
didn't work no union hours at either
end"
Those who remember the tramp
scares of twenty-five years ago may
be interested in the explanation here