davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-09-23
What is Life?

In the last analysis nobody
kno ws, but we do know that it is
under strict law. Abuse that law
even slightly, pain results. IT.
regular living means derange-
ment of the organs, resulting in
Constipation, Headache UT Liver
trouble. pr. Kings New Life Pills
quickly re-adjusts this. Its
gentle, yet thorough. Only 25c at
w. M. Bloss', Ceredo; R. n.
Williams, Kenova.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-09-23
FearfulOdds Against Him .

Bedrldden, alone and destitute
Such, in brief was the condition
of an old soldier by name of J. J.
Ravens, Versailles, o. For years
he was troubled with Kidney dis
ease aud neither doctors nor medi-
clnes gave him relief. At length
he tried Electric Bitters. 1t put
him ON his feet in short order and
now he testifes. "I'm on the
road to complete recovery" Best
on earth for Liver and Kidney
troubles and all forms of Stomach
and Bowel Comp ANTS. Only SOC.
Guaranteed by w. NJ. Bloss,
Ceredo; r. N. Williams, Kenova.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-09-23
Come and See Me.

The corn crop promises to exceed
two billion bushels. Wall Street
cannot hurt the prevailing prosperi-
ty under such conditi ons, much as it
may hurt New York's pride to admit
the fact.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-09-23

WHAT Senator Clay of Georgia
thinks about Mr.. Bryan would melt
the types. What the Senator says
about the "peerless leader" is quite
sufficient to blister the cutlcle.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-09-23
Published Every Wednesday.

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:
One cSpy, one year, 300
One copy, six months, go
Strictly cash IN Advance.
Twenty nve per cent. will be added when
eash IN not paid.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-09-23
Wayne Courts.

Terms of Circuit Court: Fourth Monday in
January, May and September.
Terms of County Court: First Monday In Jam
uary, April and July, and Third Monday III No
vember.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-09-23

fob printing Of all kinds neatly
q and promptly executed on rea-
s0nable terms.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-09-23
Good SnlGe.

Our spices are the purest and best
and contain all the aroma and sharp
ness that only the best quality of
freshly ground spices can contain.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-09-23
Bucklen's Arnica SaIve

Has world wide fame for mar
vellous cures. 1t surpasses any
other salve, lotion, ointment or
balm for Cuts, Corns, Burns,
Boils, Sores, Felons, Ulcers, Tet-
ter, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores,
Chapped Hands, Skin Eruptions
lnfallible for Piles. Cure guaran-
teed. Only 25c at w. NJ. Bloss',
Ceredo; R. N. Williams, Kenova.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-09-23
k]1s.usRxsaA

Human rakes scrape very little
ogether.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-09-23
The GSrodO Advance.

Republican Newspaper that
has large circulation i'm the Big
Sandy and Twelve Pole Valleys
An excellent advertising medi-
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-09-23

1t costs more to neglect duty
than to perform it.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-09-23

One bad turn deserves another
revolution for the better.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-09-23

Men seldom pay taxes on what
they are reputed to be worth.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-09-23
For Sale by Il Ney williams. Ken0va.
- A Few Facts! :

Longfelow could take worthless sheet Paper
and make 1T worth S5,OO0-Thats Genius.
j. L. Morgan write few of
worth 81, 600, 600 That's Capital.
We can take and write check for 81 900 would
worth dime-That's Rough
Your wife can buy coat worth s10 but prefers that
That's Natural.
There be merchants who will tell that thew have
goods than have-That's Gall.
Mechanic take pound of steel
and make it worth $S00-That's Skill.
We have good stock of Watches Clocks Jewery
struments as can be found and will sell at reasonable
That's Common Sense.
Come and See Me. 7. J. SHEPARD, JsweIer
MiIender Block, CGr6dO, W.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-31
Sargent's Paintings.

The leading article in the November
number OF .Scribner's'' is John S. Sar-
gent by Royal Cortissoz, and numer-
GUS reproductions Of the paintings OF
this artist ada greatly 10 its interest.
M. Cortissoz Indirectly answers the
critics who complain that some Of Sar-
gents later work is not his best. by say
ing that nobody can strike twelve
every time Through Bret Harte's
Country" by Ernest c. Peixotto. is H.
Illustrated ny the author. Another Wesr-
srn article Is How We Bought the
Great West. by Noah Brooks, a VET
Gran gold miner Other articles of in
terest are THE Literary Merit OF our
Lattcr-Day Drama" by Brander Mat
thews; Camp Life In Arctic America.
by Andrew J. Stone. and The Senate -
by Henry Cabot Lodge. There is a poeu,
oy Carolyn Wells, entitled IRA nscend-
encc, and Ella Heath contributes n
metrical translation of Alexander Push
kin's Prophet" The fiction Includes
A Syndicate Hero. by Cyrus Town
send Brady; Their Countrvmen." nv
-JSmes Barnes; The Resource of Ran
dali. by Henry G. Rowland. and s.Ged. .
by Ella ". Peattie.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-31
HAMLIN GARLAND AGAIN.

- ASILIN GARLAND has written q
n new novel called "Hesper." deal
ing with Western life when Nh.
Garland began writing. his Main TRAY
eled Roads and other sketches of the
Middle West caused lovers OF the Ameri-
can novel to hope that he might write
more stories. Since the appearance of
THE Captain of the Cray Horse
Troop. however. and the Inclinations
evinced by the author to pose amid IN
dian cu-iosities instead of attending TO
his knitting. the hope has been rather
in the opposite direction
In ''Hesper" he introduces US to an
other Of those Eastern heroines of his.
whose chief object in life seems TO be
to get around under foot at inconven-
lent times. The hero then is due TO lead
the lady gently but firmly out Of danger.
with a noble but sorrowfUl expression.
and spend his time for the next few
hours neglecting his business to take
adoring care. OF her. If one is 10 be-
lieve owen Wister and Hamlin Car
land. woman is rather nuisance in
the west-a delightful nuisance. II may
be. but still a nuisance-and the cow
hoy As too polite To say to. New York:
Harper * Bros.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-31

a sort of parody of current social his
tory, and introducing in it's pages sew
eral anecdotes already stale from repe-
ution in the newspapers. In short, the
attitude of MIR. Benson while telling this
story Is that CT an Englishman who has
been making a globe-trotters tour OF
the States. and come back with bad
temper and a disposition TO appreciat &c
England
the millionaire OF the book is pos
sessed OF the impossible accomplishment
OF knowing whether a dish is properly
favored without tasting it: he is an au-
thority on art and architecture and
furniture. railroads. steamships and a
number Of other subjects. Ills daughter
is moderately charming and Mrs. Ems
worth. the actress. quite so. BERTHE. the
lamb. who is also lord. Is a sort of
hero of the book: at any rate he marries
the heiress- The villain. who neatly
neeces BERTHE and is himself feeced at
the end. is a famous impresario. There
IS a tired English Beauty with a tired
and consymptive lover. and there are
several other folk. but the book was
really written TO let the author free his
mind about America. New York. Har-
per & BrOs.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-31

knows All Science and Health through
aside o. tn Bible. and II she had had a
grandfather with the asthma and some
what wrong with his legs and told him
continually that there was nothing the
matter with him except Error. 1t is
doubtful whether il would have been
any pleasanter for. the friend shan il
was in the old time when the child mis-
sionary descended upon them When a
child Of eight explains 10 her GRANDPA
TIERS physician that she is sure he
doesn't know il IS wrong TO believe IN
materia medica, for he reflects love all
the time. when she tells her cousin. who
IS blue over a love affair. that all she
has . do is to remember every minute
that Gods child must be manifested.
when she declares that even her doll
knoWs that reality is different from
sir disease. and death-weIi. IL may be
extraordinary. but IL Is anything but
attractive Boston HOughtOn. Miftin
< Coz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-31
Ok REVIEWS AND NOTES OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS
AFAIRY TALE FOR GROWN PEOPLE
Amusing Adventures of Daring Young American in Bermuda

headed executive ability. seized him as
his spirits rose with the exhilaration of
wonderful light and air He had strained
every muscle, every nerve to win a
race; he had worked with every power
that was in him. mental and physical.
to win a law case; he would put this
through in the same way-with his
might. II would be a story 10 tell when
he should be ninety. if he could do it.
And he would do It. With a firm jaw
and shining eyes he looked silently at
the sliding shore OF the little country
he meant to rule.
The scenery at Bermuda is singular
" well adapted for the setting of a
comedy as the unerring instinct of the
author has OWNED The dramatis per-
sonae are well chosen. The story would.
in fact, make an excellent light comedy.
1t is a tale of love and laughter
The heroine is one OF those girls who
might have sat for Gibson-one feels
she is-but the hero is not exactly OF
the Christy or Harrison Fisher type, ami
is none the worse for that. One cannot
imagine this couple standing poised at
each other like two game chickens ready
to peck. There IS character i'm them
both. and in every person in the book.
down to I-indsays Irish valet with the
British mask.
This character work is done by light
and clever touches. not by mannerisms.
Mrs Clintons gay little sandpiper
walk. the dark. boyish face of the
pseudo governor: Miss Bibbs. "a little
woman, withered and gentle:" Evelyn
Minors gold hair. framing her face
like halo Teddy Ogilvi's grin-all
are fresh. bright pictures as vivid as the
sea and as refreshing as salt breezes. Ii
Is a good holiday book. New York
HaIDer AZ Rros1
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-31
The New York Stock Exchange.

Some people have des cribed the New
York Stock Exchange as sort OF den
OF wild beasts but r. c. Stedman. who
writes of Life on the Floor in the
November Century" outs quite a diff
ferent aspect on il. Some or the color
work in this issue of the Century is
wonderfully effective. notably Sunsets
in Tropical Seas two pictures by f..
w Stokes Among the fiction OF interest
is horse story by David Gray. Ernest
Thompson Seton contributes some wild
animal fables. and other stories Of in
terest are THE Marrying Of Susan
Clegg," by Anne Warner; THE Summer
of St Martin" by S. Weir Mitchell .
THE Missing Exequatur." by Benjamin
II. Ridgely, and THE Little Canoe" by
Henry Wallace Phillips. a new serial.
by Maud Wilder Goodwin, entitled
-Four Roads 20 Paradise" begins in
this number. Some unpublished letters
Of Thackeray appear under the title
.'Thackeray's Friendship With an
American Family" edited by Lucy w
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-31
THE PEOPLE OF THE BANKS


crooked shoulder, which healed Of IT.
self. and broad scar. which slants
from the tip OF his nose far up into
his hair. tell him that the fight was
hard. But what matter all this2
Notwithstanding ALL wneu next the
sea baited its trap with swarming herds
he set forth with John. his bro
the hunt; for the world which lies hid
den IN the wide beyond has some strange
need Of seal fat and stands ready to
pay, as OF course. II pays gold TO the
man at the counter in ST Johns. and for
, what the world pays a dollar the out
post warrior gets a pound OF reeking
pork But what matter? What matter
all this toll and peril? What matter
when the pork lies steaming on the table
and the yellow duff is In plenty in the
dish? What matter when. i'm behold
Ing Il. the blue eyes of the lads and lit
tie maids flash merrily? What matter
when the strength OF a man provides so
bounteously that his children may pass
their plates for more? What natter
when there comes a night wherein a
man may rest? What matter in the
end? Ease is a shame; and, for truth.
old age holds nothing for any man save
a seat in a corner and the sound Of
voices drifting in
The smell OF the salt Is I'm these
stories; the sound OF the sea-chanteys
and Of the rough. quaint speech which
Is heritage from Old England II is not
all hard work and hard fate. however.
Listen 20 this:
Love sows industriously and broad.
cast when spring turns the SOL or
hearts with its glowing plow sun
light and a tempered wind yellow.
balmy daysl In hearts that are fu
tile. tho seeds burst and shoot. and
flower. all in a moment, as of some
heavenly magic: and the perfume is
waited TO the fallow places which re-
member and rejoice again. All the
wilderness is about the business of mat
ing. How sweet the sound of IL isl 1t is
twitter and hutter. twitter and nutter.
the day long. on the Old Crow Road
So strong Is the human Interest in this
book that its beauty Of style takes sec
ond place. and IL Is only I'm some ex-
tract OF descriptive character that one
sees how fitly chosen Is every phrase
The Way Of the Sea-" should add much
TO the authors reputation as a close OBJ
server Of human nature. and an artist
in words. (New York: Mcclure. Philips
< Coz
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-31
BOOKS RECEIVED

: AMERICAN TARIFF CONTROVERSIES N THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY Edward stan
wood Boston: Hought0n. Mifiin Co
DOCTOR XAVIER Max Peinberton New
York: ID. Appleton & Co.
BUNCH OF KEYS Ma-gazet johnson. Il
lustrated BY Jessie Wclc0tt. New York:
f. p DuttOa & Co
THE INSIDE HISTORY OF THE CARNEGIE
STEEL COMPANY. A ROMANCE OF NIL
lions James Howard Bridge New York:
The Book Lovers Press
THE GOLLIWOGG'S CIRCUS Florence K
pton Illustrated New York: LOngnarz.
Green h Co.
TETnEBAT TITMOUsE. A New and Improved
kdiJion>cf Dr. Samuel Warren's Novel Ten
thousand a Year Edited by Cyrus Town
send Brady. Illustrated New York Funk
& Wagnalls Company
THE METHODISTS- story Of the Churches Sc
riss- John Alfred Faulkner New York:
The Baker & Taylor Company
4 DAUGHTER OF THE RICH. NJ T. Waller.
Illustrated Boston: Little. Brown 60.
NaSepeace Thaekeray. Illustrated. London:
]. NJ Dent a Co New York: The Mac
milan Company.
T0MoRROW'S TANGLE. Geraldine Bonner.
indianapolis: The Bobbs- Merrill Company
JOY AND POWER Henry Dyke View
York: T. y. Crowell & Co
NEW FORTUNES: Mabel Earle. New York:
A. : Barnes & Co.
Wilson. New York; d. Appleton 4 Co
BILLY WHISPERS KIDS Frances Trego Mont
goincry. Illustrated. Akron, Ohio. The
Saalfeld Publishing Company
The PROUD PRINCE. Justin Hnatly Nc
Cartkv. New York: r. H. Russell
WEE FOLKS ALPHABET. Pictured bv Bessie
Hitch London; Ernest Mister New York:
r. 4. button 4 Co
JUDITH OF The PLAINS. Marie Manning.
New York; Harper < Bros.
NOTE BOOK OF AN ADOPTED MOTHER. TX
PERIENCE IN THE HOME TRAINING Or A
BOY. Eleanor Davids. New York: r. P.
Dutton 4 Co
"REMINISCENCES or THE CIVIL WAR Gen
John b. Gordon New York. Charles Scrib.
ner's Sons
THE AWAKENING OF THE DUCHESS Frances
Charles Illustrated in color hy I. II.
Caiiga- Boston: Little. Brown K Co.
COLONEL CARRIERS CHRISTMAS. p. Hopkin-
son Smith. illustrated m color BY r. G..
Nchn. New Ycrk; Charles Scrihner's sons.
TIE DIVERSIONS Of A BOOK LOVER. Adrian
IT, Jolire. New York: Harper s Bros
SHE STOOPS To CONQUER. oliver Cold
smith The Thumb Nail Series New York:
The Centnry Company.
PiENSts'A'. LABOR AToRN MANUAL. FOR SEC
oNDARN SCHOOLS. :. T. Coleman. New
YORK. The Amsrican Book Company
MONEY AND CREDIT Wilbur Aiirich Re
vlsed EditiSsl. Ne~ York: The Grafton
lrIss.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-31

iect OF clear starry night. creeping over
the earth even while il is still daylight
ana almost before one has come "a
realize that the sun has set: not the
usual paie-starred. indigo effect OF the
sky but sense of deep, brqoding night
that is most subtle and peculiarly hard
TO catch. owing to its shortness of dnra-
ton. On this trip l feel that | mad
caught it absolutely
A Book Without Women.
There is one story of an atte-,r,+a,,
smuggling trip that did not come on.
owing to the counter scheme of cor,
tain parties; there is another of BoIes'
revenge on those pirates: there is a
tale or treasure-boX on a mysterious
Island; there is one of a shipwreck on n
desert island and there are four others
including the one about McKim. The
Scotch-Puritan, Tuscarora Moneol
atavism. with the eyes that glinted
red on occasions. 1t might almost be
called 4 book without women. for there
is no love interest till one comes to the
seventh tale. that of the rescue of q
castaway European girl from the scum
of the earth, in the shape of beach
combers. The eighth. which tells how
Jordan Knapp met his fate is not quite
as real as the others, but 1t Is very
good.
Altogether. this collection may fairly
be called rafting good bunch OF sea
stories. and II is to be hoped that
Mr.. Rowland will give us more Far
Eastern fiction. He might do a sue
cessful novel If he has the Judgment
to weed out his material properly be-
fore beginning. New York Mcclure,
Phillins A Co..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-31

~ ECAUSE OF the clever work that
- he has done in the past. the APP
pearance of a new book by Z. T.
Benson is always a matter %
some interest; but otherwise his latest
novel The Relentless city. would
hardly be worth much attention. II is
of interest as showing what the author
thinks of New York and how far wrong
ne can go in depicting American char
acter. and that is about all.
u seems of very little use for Ameri-
can critics TO explain that real Ameri-
cafs of average culture do not guess
and "caiculate" and scream and chase
tides: the English novelist seems tacitiy
70 reply Isl non e vero. ben trovG-
toro. and 80 serenely on. creating his
dreadful American millionaires. male
and female. though. curiously enough.
the pretty daughters always speak good
English or at least good American.
Mr.. Benson is old enough and clever
enough TO know better. but he falls in1o
this error without even knowing il. and
his Ars. Palmer is quite the most dread
IN American woman of fortune yet Gre
ated Moreover. he has committed the
glaring indiscretion of making his novel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-31
DRAMAS FOR CHILDREN
Little Fairy Plaus Written EsDecaIlu for Children.

are simple and in meters often used IN
light opera.
All OF the plays contain fantastic
element ike that OF the drama tized fairy
tales and musical extrayaganzas which
have become familiar to the public
They are daintily written. with an eye
for dramatic effect The Dream Lady
Is as good as any. and should prove
charming when well played The heroir, ,
Of this IS d princess who has declared
her intention TO marry no prince who
has not seen her mysterious friend. the
Dream Lady. This spirit IS visible 10
children poets and dreamers. but not 10
older and more worldly folk. and the
fancy Of the princess is heartily rfdi-
culed by the King and Queen. The play
might easily be heightened and the
comic element increased by introducsne
several suitors who prove unable TO see
the Dream Lady. A pretty episode Is the
appearance Of the dream spirit TO the
children and their talA with her
White Magic Is another pretty con-
ceit, and like '"Tne Dream Lady and
others. could easily be acted on an ont
Of doors stage. This fairy song. with
which IL closes. is an example OF the
style OF the songs:
From the wide. dim forest gladea.
Where the grass grows green and tall:
Prom the deepest leafy shades.
We have heard the fairy call.
Words ike sound Of falling rain,
When the birds begin TO sing:
WORDS a. soft as whispering leaves
These alone the fairies bring.
Others OF the collection are Little
Bridget The Gift OF the Fairies
The Wonderful Rose and In Ar
cady- (New York: John Lane: The
Bodley Head)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-31
Two GERMAN BOOKS.

"a A rs DEM DEURscHEN DICR-
IA TERWALD." by J. II. billiard.
is a collection of German po-
ems. with vocabulary. intended for be-
ginners in German The collection
contains Heine's -Kinderzeiten.' Die
Lorelsi.- and Die Grenadiere.' and
Luther's Elm Feste Burg. INLAND s
Der Within Tochterlein." and others.
many poems which viii appeal TO older
students
German Compositions. by B Mack
Dresden. OF the Wisconsin State Normal
School. is a little book intended for stu
dents of German who are somewhat ad-
vanced- TO such students It is likely 70
prove valuable New York. American
Book company)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-31

CAREERS or DANGER AND DARINGk Cleve-
land Motfett. New York: The CenIufy Com
pany.
IN SEARCH or A SIBERIAN KIONDlKE.
Washington Nan3erlip and Homer b. Hal
bert Illustrated New York: The Cen
fury Company.
PRESENT-DAN EGYPT. Frederic Cortllnd
Penfeld. New Edition. illustrated. y,
York: The Century Company
PA GLADDEN.; THE STORY or A COMMON
MAN. Elizabeth Cherry Waltz. New York:
BABY DAYS FOR VERY LITTLE FOLKS.
Edited by Mary Mapes Dodge. Illustrated.
New York: The Century COMPANY
A CHRISTMAS WREATH Poems Bv Richard
Watson Gilder. New York: The Century
MORE GOOPs AND HOW NOT To BE THgM-
Gilett Burgess Illustrated by the Author.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company
UNDER THE lACKSTAFF. Chester Bailey
fernald. New York: The Century Company.
THE BOOK OF CHILDREN'S PARTIES. Mary
and sara White Illustrated. New l1rk
The Century Company.
OVER THE BORDER Robert Barr. New York:
Frederick a. Stokes Compeny
A FOREST HEARTH. Charles Major. New
York. The Macmillan Company.
THE GOLDEN CHAM. Gwend0len Overton.
New York: The Macmillan Company
RIPS AND RAPS. l.. de v Matthewinan. IT,
Illustrated by T. Fleming. New York: Fred
erick A. Stokes Company
THIRTY YEARS or MUSICAL LIFE IN Ion
DON Hermann Klein. illustrated. New
York: The Century Nompany.
on THE WE-A TRAIL. Caroline Brown New
York The Macmillan Company.
TdISTLEDoNN. Mrs. G. y. lamison. Illus
trated; New York: The Century Company
MRS. MlGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH Alice
Hogan Rice. New Edition Illustrated IN
color by Florence Scovel Shinn New York
The Century Company.
Lowry MARY. Alice Hogan Rice. New Fdi-
ton. Illustrated in color by Florence ScoveI
Shinn. New York: The Century Company
ORDERED TO CHINA. Wilbur j. Chamber
lin. New York. Frederick 4. Stokes Com
pany.
THE YOUNG ICE WHALERS. Winthrop Pack
ard. Boston: HoughtoE. Mifiin & Co
THE CHASM. Reginald Wright kaufman and
Edward Childs Carpenter. New York: d.
Appleton & Co.
ORGANIZED LABOR. John Mitchell. Phila-
delphia American Book and Bible House.
Ny OLD MAIDS CORNER. lille Hamilton
French. New York. - The Century COMPANY
THE YELLOW VAN. Richard White.ng New
York The Century Company.
LITTLE STORIES. : Weir Mitchell New
York: The Century Company.
SIXTY JANE John Luther Long New York.
The Century Company.
THEODORE LESCfiET1ZkG. Cclntossr Angeie
Potocka. Illustrated New York. The Cen
fury Company.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-31
LABOR AND POLITICS.

The Trusts New Too1-The Labor
Boss'' is somewhat impressive article
by Ray Stannard Baker IN the Novem-
Der -MeClure's Magazine" IL is illus
tratec with a portrait of Sam Parks
Another article bearing on the problems
OF the metropolis is New York: Good
Government in Danger by Lincoln
Steffens. The cynical may be inclined to
ask If there was ever enough good gov
eminent in New York TO be in danger:
but. nevertheless. Mr.. Steffens' article
Is Interesting reading. A paper on The
Sabbath school, by Eugene Wood is
full Of demure fun. Mr. Wood has
genius fer extracting entertainment
from commonplace features OF Ameri-
can life. THE Wonders of Radium' is
one Of those descriptive papere by
Cleveland MOffett. Breath Of the
North" by Norman Duncan. is another