The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-06-19

readers. May they. for their own en- richment, be many!
 Transformatfon.
 The humbelst life that lives may be
 divine:
 Christ changed the common water
 into wine.
 star-like comes Love from out the magic East
 And Life. an hungered. finds his fast
 a feast.
 The savfour's Goodbye. A Paraphrase.)
 Within my Fathers house all mansion.
 where g,s.I,. I abide there shall ye alsc Transcending cloud and sea aad earth and star,
 To comfort you the Spirit comes afar MT. Lanier is well known in Ala. bama and in Montgomery. He has ta. ken energetic and helpful part in all the upward and widening movements \ toward progress of the New South. He Is known as successful man of affairs as we'll as a poet and thinker His volume of truly delightful and grace fui poems should find a large and ap- preciative audience at the South. But the poet of love, life, experience. of Ma | -N NSA pOtoS bHo DlEQS and n0w- CTS, belongs not to one section, but to the world W
 Apollo and Keats, Clifford Lanier Richard G. Badger.
 l The publication, Social Prorress [. edited by pr. Josiah Strong has brought to the publishers and the edi- TOT an immense number of letters from ministers and public speakers, who nave fairly overfiowed with grateful ness. It seems that in the scomniIa- nons and classification of statistics Dr. strong has furnished a vast deal of in formation on all topics of bunnan mn. nft' which can be found nowhere else lcuriously enough. too. the labor lead CTS have found 1t of the greatest ser wee to them, and have been loud in their praises of 1t.
 The publication of ''The Evolution of Knowledge by Raymond St. James ferrin, is announced as delayed for sev- eral weeks owing to necessary revisions which the author determined to make the last minute. These revisions come too, after careful study extending owe, fifteen years, during which time the services of the best philosophers and critics in the country have been em. ployed in the classification of the work Arrangements have been made for pub. llcation of an English edition by VII. Hams and Norgate of London, who are the publishers of Spencers works. Mir. Thomas B. Clarke, who is known throughout the country as the first SC. rious collector of American works ot art, and who has done more to call at. tention to them than perhaps any liv. ing American. has found a "veritabls treasure" as he says, in Pictorial Com. position and the Critical Judgment ot Pictures" by Henry R. Poore. H, writes. The book will prove a verita. l ble treasure to the enthusiastic student of art. old or young. Here Is a little volume for which there is a great need The style is delightful. and it will b, my pleasure to recommend the book tc anyone who has the slightest interes in pictures, critical or otherwise, ant so help facilities of appreciation aIons the line of arts true creed" | Wood Folk At School. For humanity at school there are no better books than the Wood Foll series of Dr. William J. Long The books read like the most wondrou. fairy tales. from page to page the ey, is carried in perfect fascination Thes, tHc OI TedllIy IIVeTN incident in the lives of the woodfoll recorded has come under Dr. Long. personal observation. The story o the two lawns. the one who learned hi. lesson. the other who would not is { dainty tragedy of the forest, but will draw tears to the eyes. What knowl edge of wood life that story displays and all told with a simplicity that Ii Icharming. Farewell, little dapplet fawn. 1t was mans careless wooins and needless betting that brought yo, to the chops of the tramp of the woods great Bear.
 The Fish Hawk stories are morsel of nature lore. The faithfulness of tn, fish hawk pair, their return year b. year to the same nest. their recognizet proprietorship of the same pond seasol after season, their careful rearing O the young-such well-bred little brat l-alL read deliciously. How the tw, little fishermen of the nest learn to fly to fish. to make their own living wil be eagerly read by little folks of tn world taking their lessons in life.
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