The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-16
History of the Horse.


History of the Horse.
A noteworthy article in the No
Vember number of The Century will be
the first complete account of the ex-
pIoratlonS of the American Museum
OF Natural History. under the William
Z. whitney Fund, into the evolution
of the horse in America. The story
OF these explorations. which up to the
present time have brought together
more or less complete remains of III
FOSSIL horses. has been prepared by
henry Fairfield Osborn. Da Gotta
professor of Zoology in Columbia Uni
versity and Curator in the Museum
VINO has had charge or the work
The article will be Interestingly illus
trated. and should excite the pride of
americans in the unexampled com
pletenesS of the fossil resources of the
great New York museum.
The personal appearance of The
Reader Magazine for October is sing
ularly attractive. From it's deIicately
tinted cover to its last advertising
page nothing but the most perfect
taste is displayed. The table of con-
tents shows care in the making Read
ers of widely varying desires should
find ample satisfaction. Between
Emerson Hough's story of 1.-The Girl
and the Julep,' which is real Ameri-
can humor. and Israel Zangwilrs es-
say on the very satisfactory assassi-
nation Of Monsieur de Plehve," there
is a wide field that is covered by
1.-The Issues of the Campaign" by Ar
thur 1. Street. IAN Incidental Trag-
edy.' by Elliott Flower. American
Literature" by VIII d. Howe. 1.-THE
Cattle on the Hills by Hector Fuller,
the only war correspondent who got
into Port Arthur. wet Weather
Talk" by James Whitcomb Riley, 'Oc-
tave Thanet-A Little Biography" "a
Visit TO the Farm two charming
drawings in color by Will Vawter, be-
sides many other illustrations and dec
orations. some good verse, and INSTALL
ment OF 1.-THE Man on the Box" the
last Deck Melton story, the conclud-
ing article on railway accidents in the
series by Francis Lynde. and the al
ways interesting editorial department
of Writers and Readers"
The interesting coincidence has
been discovered in the proof sheets of
MY Lady Laughter Dwight Tilton' S
new novel soon to be issued. that the
publisher of the romance is a lineal
descendant of one of its characters.
The book is to be issued by the c. M.
Clark Publishing Company. at the
head of which. as is generally known.
is the first woman book publisher in
the world. Caro- NJ. Clark. In reading
the opening chapters Miss Clark was
surprised to find among the most
conspicuous characters of the romance
Dr.. Joseph Warren, the hero of
Bunker Hill, who. as it happens. is an
ancestor of Miss Clark in the direct
line on her mothers side. The Dor-
trait painted by Dwight Tilton of the
sturdy patriot is reported to be de-
cidedly gratifying to his descendent.
The late Lafcadio Hearn passed by
cable the final proof of the last chap
ter of his new book the day before his
death. It was a singularly dramatic
ending of life unusually full of dra-
matte incidents. that he should have
finished his most ambitious analysis of
the Japanese the very day before he
died. His new book. Japan: An
Attempt at Interpretation" will be
published at once by The Macmillan
Company. This Interpretation of the
Japanese, their history, and their place
in the modern world has peculiar
timeliness.
There are thirty-eight signed con-
tributions III the November Smart
Set, and no magazine can offer
greater variety of stories and poems;
certainly no SldHudIu is HlSiel. Inc
novelette, which opens the issue is
called "The Surrender" and is writ
ten by j. H. Twells. Jr. 1t is pow
erful study of divorce. presented with
great insight and feeling. The scenes.
many of which are dramatic in the
extreme, are laid in Paris. and the
author reveals an intimate knowledge
of the French capital.
1t is announced that Mrs. Humphrv
Wards next novel will appear seriallY
IN the pages of The Century Magazine.
Like Lady Roses Daughter persons
known in history will figure as the
characters.
Mrs Alice Hogan Rice. the author
of MRS. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
aud 'Iovey Marv." is to contribute
he leading serial to The Century dur
ing the coming year.