Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-09-16
Books, Bookish People and Things
We get good by being unsenerous to book
E. B. Browning.

be edited as heretofore, by Frederick
A. Richardson, whose policy has be Il
to make II representative of the bes;
modern thought in this country and ~
Europe.
Among the articles of more than or.
linary timeliness in the June number
re discussion of the Marquis Ito b.
John w. Foster, the distinguished wri-
ter on diplomatic questions; an analy
sis by Max Nordeau of the differences
between European and Oriental races,
apropos of the Japanese and Russian
War; an article on the Negro Problem
In the South by President Eliot of Har
ward University; The Presidential
Campaign by Joseph B. Bishop; an
appreciation OF Herbert Spencer b,
Professor Josiah Royce, of the Har.
ward Philosophical Department; a
study of Education in the Middle Yves.
by Charles +. Thwing; and many 9th.
er articles from equally authoritative
pens.
An instance of the rapidity with
which new piece Of slang travels
across the country Is shown by the
term "Fusser". When THE Fusser's
Calendar" first appeared few people IN
California knew what a fusser was. A
fusser, II seems, is an habitual beau or
lady's man, and the new rules for his
correct conduct and etiquette are said
by those who have had the advantag.
Of seeing the advance proofs to rival
Ruth Ashmore" and "As Seen BY
Him in humor If not In practical sus-
gesuveness.
Twenty.third Annual Announcement
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secretary. 19Oi.l9O5 reports of one
Of the best postgraduate schools In
the United States.
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Abbotts Alkaloidal Digest. BY DR..
A. c. Abbott. Suggestions for chemi.
cal application for those who believe
in this form Of dosage. The Clinic
Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill.
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Second editions OF "The Real Bene
dict Arnold" and "The True Aaron
Burr by Chas. Burr Todd have re
Gently been issued. Interest in these
two characters in Revolutionary his
tory has been aroused. Both books
have been adopted in one Of the West.
ern States for use in School Libraries.
According to the lists published In
The Academy, the two novels that are
having the largest sale in England at
present are Mr.. Hewlett's Queens
QUAR-" and Mr.. Winston Churchill's
"The Crossing" or the former have
already written. says Mr.. Alden In the
New York Times Saturday Review.
Last week noticed the first adverse
review Of the book that has SO far been
published. With this exception, the
praise that the book has received has
been unanimous. Mr.. Churchill's
book Is also highly praised. The re.
views that have SO far been published
are alone a sufficient answer to the alb.
surd charge that there is a prejudice
here on the part OF critics against
American books. Had the book IN
question been written by the other Mr..
lhnrThin tho 81 IaA
Churchill, II could not have been moro
warmly received. Possibly II is tru
that some persons buy "The Crossing
because they believe that II is written
by the English Churchill, but judging
from the way In which the press has
spoken OF the book, the time Is not ia,
distant when, instead of confounding
the American Churchill with the Eng.
fish Churchill, the opposite mistake
will be made and people will vote TO;
Mr.. Winston Churchill for Parliament
under the impression that he is the
author of The Crossing.
The Day Before Yesterday" by
Sara Andrew Shafer, is in its third
= = .
A book that will be gladly received
by many readers Is Mr. Clifton John
sons Highways and By-Ways Of the
South. The opening chapter Is called
Spring on the Florida Coast.
MacMillan's Globe Edition" OF Ten.
nyson's works will include his entire
covering 300 pages, and sell
for $3.50. II has been difficult hereto
fore to get in one handy volume even
the poems, early and late, of this poet
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"The Folly of Others" BY Meth
Boyce. Cloth, Az x7hin., 232pp.,
illustrated. Fox, Duffield e. Co..
New York.
For some curious psychological rea
son, books of short stories have never
been popular with the most of read,
ers. A good short story by itself Is
gladly received by the magazine and
Its readers, but three such stories OF