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Doubleday, Page & Co. are publish
ing biographical study of General
Samuel Chapman Armstrong. the
founder Of Hampton Institute and the
man who trained Booker /. Washing
ton.
A G. McClurg & Co. announce that
arrangements have been completed for
the publication in England of Mr.. Gle
ments Handbook of Modern Japan"
which has proved SO timely book in
view of events in the Orient.
Beatrice Harradan's recent novel,
katherine Frensham,'' is reported to
be having a marked success in Eng
land, and, indeed, in Europe, it having
already been translated in French,
German, Danish and Norwegian.
The present crisis in the far east
calls attention to two volumes which
the Macmillan Company published last
year-Wirt Gerrare's Greater Rus
STA" and Il. H. Skrines "The Expan-
sion of Russia" The second Of these
is a history Of the growth and extern
sion of Russia since 1915.
Among the books which are coming
into larger demand on account of the
lively interest in the Observation-Disclosures
imbroglio Is Mrs. Ethel Colquhoun's
vivacious account of journeyings in
Japan, Corea and from Vladivostok
over the trans-Siberian railroad, pub
lished by A. S. Barnes & Co.
James Joy Bell, although only 33,
has created two characters which
promise to live: the small boy, "Wee
Macgreegor," and the quaint, lovable
old Scotchwoman, 'Mrs. M'Lerie."
Mrs. M'Lerie," Mr.. Bells new book,
Of which there are eager anticipation
and pleasant prophecy of success, is
published by the Century Company.
'The Truth About Trusts" is writ
ten by John Moody, the editor Of
Moody's Manual, and will be a vol
ume of large scope, treating in an au-
,thoritative way and from a practical
standpoint the entire modern "Trust
Movement" 1t will embrace complete
descriptions of all the large consolida-
lions or trusts and will furnish great
amount Of information about railroads
and franchise corporations which has
never been published before, as we'll
as comprehensive description Of what
Is known as the Goal Trust"
A. w. a'Beckett tells pleasant
story Of the late Phil May in John
Bull. Mr.. May was lecturing once be-
fore the Society Of Women Journalists.
He explained to his audience that he
was much better with his pencil than
with his tongue. But he began to draw
some clever caricatures, and then
picture Of beautiful angel with lovely
eyes and flowing hair and wings. He
had given names to his caricatures, but
before the angel he paused, looked at
his audience and smiled. Then he
turned round and wrote under the
comely angel, A Woman Journalist"
Some ingenious person said recently
that great humorists were always thin.
A contemporary asked its readers to
search their memories for "a fat-and-
great-humOrist," and the following
passage from Thackeray's English
Humorists" was sent in: Swift was
fat, Addison was fat, Steele was fat,
Gay and Thompson were preposterous-
ly fatal that fuddling and punch
drinking, that club and coffee house
boozing shortened the lives and en-
larged the waistcoats of men Of that
age" Perhaps the ingenious person
will reply that he meant humorists of
a different order. but even American
humorists have not all been thin.
The annual report Of the director Of
the New York public Libraries con-
tains some unpleasant reading for
those who would fain believe in the
honesty Of their fellows and give them
the luxury Of handling and selecting
books from the shelves Of public Ii
brarieS. Here is a distressing para
graph: "The losses due to theft from
open shelves are still large. The num-
Der Of books reported missing at the
monthly inventories was 5,496, against
{, 4S0 reported last year. OF this num-
Der 996 were from branches that were
acquired during the year, but this still
leaves 1850 to be charged against the
older branches, an increased loss of
1000 books. During the year 1914 books
previously reported missing were re-
covered, so that the net loss from all
branches has been 5000