The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-08

mon fishing in Newfoundland" which he illustrates by camera.
 "A Camera Hunters Vacation" Is Illus trated also by its author. Herbert K.Job. with photographs of Florida woodland ways. water ways and birds. Earnest Seton Thompson is always delightful as recorder of observation. He has eyes to see and a pen to deliciously tell us what he sees. May he ever be the wood- land watcher and recorder. It Is hard to believe this delightful raconteur of Natures Stories of The Tree Trunks" Is the same man who left his rich woodsy paths to do these inane fables thst happily have run their course-until they re-appear with backs on. To such stories as these, however. when the keen observer draws his text from the mark ings made by Che bear at measuring his height the sap-sucker on the poplar tree. or by the "storming elk and black tail--running their sharp. lower teeth like chisels up the tree." to such tales as these eager listeners will ever gather nor tire of the telling.
 John Burroughs contributes an article in The True Test of Nature Literature, this Is timely definition of the Dean of Nature Lovers.
 Other articles of equal interest are: Ten Days in Camp: The Delightful Art of Canoeing; The Evolution of Noun tain Home; Mountain Climbing Vaca- tion: Orpingtons. The Most Talked of Breed of Poultry.
 Oliver Bronson capen writes another of the series of Country Homes Of Famous Americans. The home described and pictured by excellent photographs in this number being the Concord Home of Ralph Waldo Emerson.
 Some helpful suggestions can be taken from the papers, Asparagus as Mort gage Litter; Success with Strawberries; Keeping Bees in Small Suburban Back Yard; and A One Acre Farm.
 The illustrations are as always oeauti- full result of the photographers art.
 The Key Stone: This Southern mag azine is full of suggestions to club wo- men. The club women of the Southern States are especially urged to attend the seventh biennial of the General Federation of Women's Clubs in St- Louis. May 17-25.
 The fine work of the club women Of Sumter, S. C., might well be followed by our Alabama clubs.
 The woman's Club of Sumter is do- ing fine work in literary extension work. This club has already sent out in the surrounding county five libra res, eaCH Onc IHduC uP oh s"ShSS say V books and twenty-five magazines, and it has three more in preparation"
 I know of no greater blessing to county neighborhood than library of a few good books to be passed from house to house, where reading matter is as scarce as it is in the isolated set- dement's of our South.
 Sunshine Bulletin: The truly wonder full organization Sunshine" is doing now much in this work of placing li- braries in the rural schools of the South. This account of a board meet ing at Sunshine headquarters will show plainly the organization and intention of the work:
 MT. Bishop. who appeared in behalf of the free libraries for the Southern States, stated that he had been for years interested in such a movement, having been raised in Tennessee, and knew from his boyhood experience the need of books and reading matter throughout the South. He had talked with Henry Watterson and others, but no plan had been formed which could be so far-reaching until now, when a gentleman of large wealth has agreed to contribute to this object if an incor- porated organization working in this line could-take 1t up and carry out the plan with board of trustees. The In- ternational Sunshine Society being most eminently fitted to carry out this work, Mr. Biohop asked that the mat ter be temporarily arranged and sub- mitted to the council for ratification.