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beside her. We were upon a knoll
which ran down to the little stream, and.
shaded by a group OF great trees. our
position was not unpleasant. The spot
was remote from the customary haunts
OF the youth Of the neighbOrhood, a fact
upon which ] considered US both subject
for felicitation. the more so because we
appeared 10 have escaped the attendance
OF an fntolerable fellow. William Fen
triss. who was everlastingly loIling at or
near the Grays' domicile."
Enter the Rival
In course OF time the Intolerable fell
low appeared. however, with a guitar
round his neck trolling the following
impairment ditty:"
when Beauty wanders far from home.
For a June-time ramble.
Then Cupid starts to ambush her
At a rapid amble-
Sylvia, Sylvia, turn not away;
Hark TO the words I'd be saying.
Sylvia, Sylvia, Love turks all day
Where'er your feet go a-straytngt"
no fancy could depict what charms
Always must surround her
Till Cupid heralds them abroad
When he's caught and bound her.
Sylvia, Sylvia, never beratei
List to the song I'd be signing:
Sylvia, Sylvia, Love lies in wait,
Ever his nets for you trying"
Needless to say, Mr.. sudgeberry dis
approved OF this frivoHty. He said:
What vain pretension 70 elegance is
disclosed in the imperfections OF the
last stanzai One does not sigh a
song. but sings it. It's pulled in with
a rope for the rhymei"
And when the amused Mr.. Fentrisa
refers to "a jewel OF a day." and to bis
ladylove as Queen Titania,'' he IS thus
pulverized by Mr. sudgeberry:
In that case she has small use for
fatterers and idlers; queens, II they
have been brought UP properly, discov-
ering early in life how to detect such
gentry. Queens, sir. having
sober lessons to learn, far prefer en-
ployment IN useful and improving con-
versations with persons Of sense and
breeding. Queen Titania. rest assured.
would have small interest in the cheap
figure of speech which would turn ma
ture into goldsmith's shop"
A Sparkling Story.
Thereupon the irreverent Fentriss re-
piled that his rival would have her stiH
in love with the gentleman with the
ass head" And he burst out laughing.
but why. Mr.. Sudgeberry could not N
derstand
This is the least OF the many amusing
situations IN the story It sparkIes ali
the way through No one IS quicker
than the Gentleman from indiana u
catch the peculiar bouquet OF the wine
Of life in any vintage. and he has pre-
served throughout the speech and
thought OF the old colonial society. with
capital little story. New York: Har-
per g Brothers)
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.lMunsey's" for November.

''Munsey's Magazine" for November is
unusually rich in good notion. There
are also several interesting descriptive
articles, OF which the most prominent
is THE Land Of Feuds," by Hartley
Davis and c. Smyth. illustrated from
photographs. There is also a copiously
illustrated article on Golf in 1908. %
Fritz Morris writes OF 1.-The Foremost
Jews of Today" The most striking of
the stories is perhaps when a Queen
Loved Duncan" a tale OF the South
American jungle which reminds one of
Rider Haggard. but is the work OF
Kenneth Brown. There is also an anus
ing bit of comedy by Katherine Hon-
man, entitled "A Luncheon with Mar
ion" The fiction includes at least half
dozen other entertaining stories OF
all sorts and conditions OF men, and
there are poems by Clarence Irrmy,
Frank Dempster Sherman, Grace Mac
GOwan Cooke, and others.
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BOOK REVIEWS AND NOTES OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS
A COMEDY OF OLD NEW YORK
Delightfully."- Dainty and Unusually Amusing

L(~ KERRY" is the name OF the
latest romance by Booth
Harrington, and those who
like Monsieur Beaucaire''
Will perhaps like this even better 1t is
a comedy Of New York country life In
colonial times. and Mr.. Harrington has
hit upon the laughable expedient of put
ting the story into the mouth of a pre-
posterous prig, and making him tell IL
in such a way as to reveal his own char
acter and that Of everybody else in the
comedy. while remaining himself quite
unconscious OF anything but his own
worth and dignity.
An Old-Time Ping.
Sylvia. the heroine, is a dainty mink.
with wit, beauty. style and heart all to
her credit. and the hero. VIII Ftntriss.
Is madcap Princeton student, while
Mr.. Sudgeberry. the teller Of the tale,
is the lady's other sutton, used by her
for various coquettish purposes The
real fun OF the story lies in the kind
Of man Mr.. Sudgeberry is. He reveals
himself early in the narrative during q
walk with Sylvia. While the descrip-
ton Of this walk is no more comical
than many other passages in this anus
ing book, IT is worth quoting as an ex-
ample
How glorious it is to be stirring
so earlyi' says she presently See the
dew shining on the cobwebs in the
grass, and bark to the birds in the
grove. La. I could dance for the very
gayety OF itY And she began to sing a
little song.
1t had ever been my custom 70 re-
ply to such outbursts of Miss Gray
with some thoughtful sentiment. de-
livered in a serious tone, as tending
to check Cor moderately the ebulIiencies
OF her disposition, hence 1 answered,
walking the while with quiet dignity:
SudgebeTEy's Lesson.
How often do we unthinkingly pass
by lessons which humble nature sets
for our Improvement! Here In the lowIy
cobweb we see an allegory, if we be not
too needless. What lesson do you OBJ
tain from 1t, Miss Gray?'
g My purpose was effected at once,
for the song. which was an idle one.
with no moral to it, ceased, and she
became all interested and sympathy.
What lesson. Mr.. Sudgeberry?' she
inquired gravely.
Why I answered. the lesson of
industry and perseverance,
Yes. indeed. Mr.. Sudgeberry. 1 see
the SPIDERS industry. How appropri-
ate.'
Our walk had fatigued Miss
Gray. for at this moment she exclaimed,
with an accent Of relief, How beautiful.
Mr.. Sudgberry! Here we are at the
brook and sat down tn the grass.
After ascertaininR that the ground
was not damp, the sun having by this
time sucked up all the dew. 1 sat down
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wool to you suddenly. you are startled,
but when il is a big animal in a wild
place. you beat all records on the back
jump. At least that is what Jimmy did.
and he started to run away, but Taw-
kwo jumped up and down and waved his
arms frantically and shouted until the
bear, who was a peaceable beast. drop
ped TO his four feet and ambled away"
ojibways and Crees.-
There is a story Of the meeting of the
Ojibway band with a friendly band OF
Crees, which is full of interest. and an
other picturesque episode is the funeral
Of a little Indian child showing the
real lightly and poetry of many tradi-
tionaI customs of Indian life. OF the
religious ceremonies carried on by the
Ojibways and Crees. the author says.
The men were conducting. inside the
big lodge made Of poies and branches.
some mysterious and noisy ceremony.
An Indian Funeral.
Jimmy never got a glimpse of what
was going on inside. but he was con-
tent to sit by the hour in The hot sun.
listening 70 the modUlated rise and fall
Of weird minor songs, the clatter of
bones. the boom Of drums, the shuttle OF
hands and feet. Every once I'm a while
one Of the men would appear for a mo-
ment at the doorway his gaze exalted.
his features painted in brilliant stripes
or dots, his form dressed all IN frinEed
buckslNin lavishly ornamented with
beads. And it vas a pure delight at
last. when the cOnjuring was over. to
see the strangely clad men come forth
into the gathering dusk and file silently
to their tepees- Jimmy's little heart al
ways sensed a thrill at what he some
how dimly felt TO be a reincarnation OF
glorious past
Now the days were very long. The
sun did not set until nearly 9 O'Clock.
And at night Jimmy was astonished and
that shot its many colored flames far
over the zenith"
Realistic and Charming.
Nothing very remarkable here. per
haps; il may seem as If almost any
body might have written il: but these
bits of description, like stones in a
mosaic. fit together into a most charm
ing picture 5f Indian life IN the wilds
Of the North. adapted without apparent
effort to r child's COR prehension; and
that is not a thing so very easy TO do.
after all.
Some OF the illustrations are fun page
color pictures, which are quantity beau
tiful. The innumerable marginal
sketches are less satisfactory. and the
book would have been quite as well
without them. (New York; The Macmil-
Ian Company
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STORIES OF THE EAST SIDE

Children of Men" is the somewhat
unsatisfactory name given to collec-
ton Of clever stories Of East Side New
York life by Bruno Leasing. 1t is IN
satisfactory because it suggests nothing
OF the nature OF the contents, and there
are many readers who would be attract
ed to the book at once If they under
stood that 1t dealt with the New York
Ghetto. The sketches themselves are
pathetic, humorous, trTtS1c, realistic
and always interesting. No fault can be
found either with subject or treatment.
''Out of His Orbit" the story OF an
unhappy man who attempted 10 teach
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fL| He ALPHABET OF RHET-
ORIG IS the name Of a sensi-
bic little book by Rossitor
johnson. who Is. perhaps. as
well qualified 10 discuss this subject
as any one else who has written Of the
ways % writing and speaking. Mr.
Johnson has a strong sense OF humor.
and that Is a most useful thing IN using
rhetoric or criticising the language Of
others.
1t is not known. 10 be sure. why the
author saw fit TO dedicate his book TO
al that care TO speak and write correct
~" when who" would have done quite
as well IN place of that, and wish
IN place o. care" and his criticisms
sometimes strike one as hypercritical.
For instance. he objects 10 Tenny-
sons metaphor: The whole round
world is every way bound by gold
chains about the feet Of God. "
lie thinks that this conveys the
idea OF the Creator wearing a
ball and chain. again he cTtticises the
phrase. Drank in the words Of the
speaker" as unpleasantly suggestive
when. in fact. It expresses the attitude
OF certain eager listeners remarkably
well. One may absorb, or drink in, or
become permeated with. the thoughts OF
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Yedder and His Work.

"Everybody's Magazine" is responsible
for this;
The line OF difference between an ar,
lists most conscientious work and the
more popular work which he might get
more money for is often very slight, and
is a constant temptation. But there are
still few stanch Idealists who hold out
The now venerable Elihu Vedder sits
In his plain lodgings in Rome and roars
against the tempting American publish
ers who beseech him TO illustrate Their
new enterprises.
why should II Why should 1? I'm
poor enough, you can see. But If ]
illustrated your unholy thing it won't be
my best art, and Z swear I won't come
down"
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ITHE STRANGE ADVENTURES
:. OF Mr. MIDDLETON" by
Warden Curtis. is a distinct

ELTH HE STRANGE ADVENTURES
voc OF Mr. MIDDLETON" by
Warden Curtis. is distinct
" original piece OF fooling.
One might expect that, from the basis
Of the book-Arabian Nights legends OF
the Windy City. Chicago may be
bizarre. but she is seldom trite
Mr.. Middleton is a young man Of
ordinary attachments and limited in
come, who becomes acquainted. through
no fault Of his own. with an emir named
Achmed and his slave Mesrour, who
do him various queer services and cause
him to hear many peculiar adventures.
Once they gave him a rich Oriental cos
tune. which he disposed Of as follows:
Having kept the Oriental costume
for several days, and seeing NJ pros
pect of ever wearing IL, and his small
closet having become crowded by the
presence of a new SO suit which he
purchased with part of his gains. he
presented it to the young lady in Engle-
wocd previously mentioned, who reduced
the ruby red jacket 20 a beautiful
boIero jacket. made a table-throw of the
sash, and after much hesitation seized
the exceedingly baggy trousers-which
were made with but one seam-and, rip
ping them up. did with a certain de-
gree of confusion fashion into two
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NEWELL AND CARROLL

And daintily whimsical IS this:
KING FISHERS WOOING.
King Fisher courted Lady Bird
(Sing Beans, sing. Bones, sing Butter
GlesD
FinJ me my match. he said;
With such n noble head.
with such a beard as white az curd-
With such expressive eyes"'
90 Yet pins have heads said Lady Bird,
(Sing Prunes, sing Prawns, sing Prim-
And where you stick them In
They stay, and thus a pin
is very much 10 be preferred
To one that's never still!
q" Oysters have boards. said Lady Bird;
(sing Flies. sing Frogs, sing Fiddle
I love them. for l know
They never chatter so:
They would not say one single word
Not II you crowned them kings!
(Sing Cats, sing Corks, sing Cowslip
teaD
And they are sharp-1ust what
Your Majesty Is not:
So get you gone-'tis too absurd
To come ACQUIRING met
And this is fairy song from the
same book
Rise. oh risei The daylight dies.
The owls are hooting. ting. ting, ting!
Wake, oh. wakel Beside the lake
The elves are fiuting. ting ting, ting.
Welcoming our fairy king,
We sing, sing, sing"
That song, by the way, is supposed 20
have been sung 70 an accompaniment
played on bluebells.
AS for the Illustrations. they are Mr.
Newels, and nothing more need be said.
New York. Harper & Bros.)
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his wife lesson is exceedingly funny
So is "A SwallOw-Tailer for Two" The
End Of the Task Is intensely pathetic.
"A Rift in the Cloud is a suggestive
little Hungarian sketch. The Ameri-
canization OF Shadrach Cohen is a bit
Of comedy dealing with the relation of
the Jew of ancient type to his "Ameri-
can sons. There are two or three
sketches of sweat-shOp life. In short.
the author seems TO have understood his
material thoroughly and handled II
without blunder; and that is much to
say of stories Of the East Side. New
York: Mcclure. Phillips & Coz
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A BOY AMONG THE INDIANS
Experiences and Adventures With the OiibWays

LI% HE MAGIC FOREST" by
Stewart Edward White, is
a graceful little fairy tale with
a considerable mixture Of real
ism. 1t viii appeal especially TO small
boys who are fond of outdoor life and
the woods though il viii be read with
pleasure By mar adults. Jimmy Ferris
IS a small boy who, by a chance so
uncommon as 10 come near absolute i'm
possibility, is thrown into the company
OF a tribe OF Ojibway Indians for five
months. The story OF his adventures
is wonderfully wen told and fascinat-
ing, and there is just enough magma
ton in the whole thing 10 give II wings
A Valuable Hint.
One point which SIR. White makes viii
be useful to his boy readers. He eX-
plains that a woods Indian never kills
vvastefuuy, and that boys who 80 about
the woods with guns popping at every
bird and animal they see are not at all
Indian like.
A scrap Of Jimuny's adventures, which
may serve TO snow the simplicity and
truth of the descriptions, and their fas-
cination for the child mind, is as fol-
lows:
lone day as the canoes were padding
down a long narrow lake, Ah-kik called
his attention 10 something white a long
distance from the shore. The speck of
white was moving slowly toward them.
In a little while it defined itself as an
animal. Everybody sat quite stiil. The
beast was not ia a hurry. Sometimes
IL trotted. sometimes il walked, some
times II stopped 10 investigate some
thing on the shore. In the canoes the
dogs backs were all bristllng. Soon
Jimmy could see that the animal was
not white. but gray. and that IT looked
a great deal like the Indian dogs. except
that II was larger and that 1t sloped
from heavy shoulders 10 lighter
haunches- When just opposite the wait
ing line of canoes the Indians raised a
mighty yell Startled the animal scut-
tied along the beach like the Wind. Point
after point II passed, still running. until
at last. again as white speck. 1t bob
bed out OK sight. The Indians laughed
cOnsumedly.
Learning the Language.
." .Me-en- gan explained f-h-klk.
But Jimmy knew also the English
name now. for he had often watched
the wolves in Bronx Park cages.
-" 'Nfakws' he learned in a manner stu
more exciting. he and Taw-kwo- camo
on little oDen space in the wood one
morning. The grass was almost knee
high. Suddenly out Of II. not ten feet
away, a great black bear rose TO his
hind legs and said 'woOfr Now, # a
human being in a civilized room says
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incident than the author sees at to put
there. However. II Is all well writ
ten, and the description Of the re-
treat from Moscow is really mastery.
He says great things in a few words.
"A hundred years ago Russians did
great deeds, and the rest was silence"
Napoleon the Great was a consum-
mate liar"
These axioms. presented with serenity
and assurance. are truly impressive. But
much better than these is the vivid word
painting of the retreat-the best thing
in the book save perhaps the wedding
scene at the beginning. (New York: Nc
Clure Phillips & Coz
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Another Literary Dog.

Bennett Musson. who Is comparatively
new author. has written a fairy story
entitled ''Maisie and Her Dog Snipe in
Fairyland." Mr. Musson is almost as
devoted to dogs as he is to children.
and finds 1t difficult, not only 10 keep
the dogs out of his stories, but to pre-
vent them from being the principal char
acters when they do come in. So true is
this that his friends have frequently
commented on it, But Mr. Musson did
not realize no faithfully he had written
up dogs until he overheard the follow
ing dialogue between two Of them:
Have you heard of the great change
that has come over Musson?"
No replied the other. What do
you mean?"
He is writing a story that isn't all
dog" Which Is "Maisie."
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THE DAYS OF NAPOLEON

"Barlascn Of the Guard" by Henry
Seton Merriman, IS likely 10 please the
rather large class of readers who al
ready Ike the authors writings, but
It Is improbable that IL viii win him any
new admirers There Is no plot In il
worth mentioning. and only one charac-
ter OF any consequence. that Of Bar
Iasch. the old soldier This SCARED,
reckless and resOurceful" warrior de-
votes h mself 70 the welfare OF Des' RE
Darrag1n. bride OF a spy. whom she has
raarriei in ignorance Of his real. char
acter. There is room in this situation for
q great deal more character work and
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MOTHER book by Lewis Carroll
n he's been decorated by Peter
I \ Newell in the same style as
Alice in Wonderland. and
Through the Looking Glass. =" The third
OF the series is The Hunting OF the
Shark. ard other Poems including the
poems scattered through the Alice"
books and "Sylvie and Bruno" a
cspricious fairy story which came TO
Night IN the eighties. one hopes the
next book 70 be Illuminated by Mr.
SeweIIs peculiar genius Will be "Davy
snd the Goblin" He ought 10 make a
success Of that. Il may be news even
70 admirers OF Charles Lutwidge Dodg-
son that he never wrote any serious
verse. or indeed. anything serious ex-
cept mathematical works; but some OF
the poems IN this collection are exceed
ingly graceful and pretty. Whatever
Lewis Carroll did. he did well. This
dcdicatory poem from -sylvie and
Bruno" is as delicately fanciful as the
book Itself:
rs all our life. then, but a dream.
Seen family in the golden gleam
Athwart Time dark. resistless stream?
Bowed 10 the earth with bitter woe.
Or laughing at some rare show.
We nutter Idly 10 and fro.
Mans little day IN haste We spend.
And from its merry noontide send
No glance TO meet the silent end"
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The Author Of aMeGreeror y

]. J. Bell followed up his first sue
cess by his novel Ethel" and now by
another series OF short domestic
sketches called "Domesticities. He is
friend both in literature and life Of
Robert Barr. His work in England goes
largely to the ''Idler."
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A Great Book of Toasts

One of the unique holiday gift books
is announced under the title Of the
Yuletide edition o. ''Waes Hazel; A
Collection OF Toasts, Crisp and Well
Buttered," by Edithe Lea Chase and
Capt w. Z. p. FreI.ch, L. s. A.
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A New Marvin Book

Samuel Merwin's new novel The
Whip Hand" published early this
month, is the story of a self-made col
lege man in the lumber regions of
Michigan. In this novel Mr.. Merwin
has returned 10 the setting of modern
business life. such as IN Calumet k
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MOTHER book by Lewis Carroll
hes been decorated by Peter
\ Newell in the same style as
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: KERRY" is the name OF the
latest romance by Booth
4 Harrington, and those who
The Opelousas courier., 1903-06-06
The Greatest Depth of the Pacific.

The soundings made in the Moser
Basin and in Tonga-Kermadec Deep,
were accompanied by great excitement.
1t was on a beautifully clear day, the
twentieth of February, that the Alba
tross approached within a little more
than n hundred miles of Guam. The
vessel lay to, and preparations were
made for one f the frequent sound
ings. At length, the silence was broken
by a brief order and the tinkling Of d
bell. Slowly the machinery of the en-
CINE began to work and slowly the
tough wire rope began to sink beneath
the water. Foot by foot, fathom by
fathom, it slid from the ship. One
thousand, two thousand. three and
then four thousand fathoms disap-
peared. The record was passed. Five
miles Of rope!
1t was an anxious moment, for the
strain caused by the immense length
and weight of the wire rope on the
machinery was tremendous. But
everything held firm; and at length,
when the mark recorded four thousand
eight hundred and thirteen fathoms, or
29,978 feet, practically the height of
Mount Everest, bottom was touched.
It was an added triumph for Amer
lean geographical science. - Leslie's
Monthly,
The Opelousas courier., 1903-06-06
A insect

In Nature we have an interesting &C.
count of the Hypopeltis, an insect
which ravages the tea bushes, from
the observations recorded by E. E.
Green, entomologist at the Royal b.
tanic Gardens, Ceylon.
There are two periods of inactivity
during January to March, a season Of
comparative drought, and again from
June to August, the season Of heavy
rainfall. The present paper deals with
observations made during the former
period.
: Attempts were made to capture the
insects by means Of a powerful acety-
lene light, but failed, partly, perhaps,
on account of their relative scarcity;
the females when caught were found
to contain a large number Of eggs, but
detailed examination of shoots and
leaves showed that very few eggs had
been deposited, and such as were
found were mostly empty.
The writer condemns the system Of
close plucking, whereby a brush-like
formation Of small shoots is produced,
which is particularly suited to the
tastes of the Hypopeltis; he points out
that systematic capture Of the insects
would be economical, and suggests an
arrangement Of cutting up the plantas
ton into blocks, each block being
screened off by a narrow belt Of trees.