The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-11

fiesta. she is abducted by friends of her rival. Isyl Shea. the maid of honor, and the latter is crowned. Then follows the carnival which is pictured in brilliant col0rs, and later the search of the miss ing queen. Mysteries and plots abound | While the various characters are wait ing for something to happen, each one in turn tells a story. Of the book The Literary World" says: Tt is excellent os it's kind. and its kind is excellent
 when it is so well done as in this case. To those who like delicate, airy fOoling. combined with a pretty, if absurd, little love-story, we can heartily recommend this book. It is a pleasure to add that
 the makeup of the book is excellently suited to the contents
 The New York American says: -As
 quaint and altogether as original piece of imaginative fiction as has yet been issued. Overfowing with eonta- gious humor" At sl.5O. published by Mcclure, Phillips, & Co., New York. Dainty Devils is the title of soci-
 ety novel, the characters of which fig
 ure in New York's aristoeratic life. The
 narrator of the tale, first as bride and
 then as a fascinating young wife, un- folds a chapter of her early married
 life replete with interest and told with vivacity and delicacy. She is fond of
 her Jack, whom she accepted because
 she loved him, and because she didn't
 want to marry Rube, short, fat man,
 wealthy and stupid. Jack, by the way,
 was '.thirty-five, very big and hand l some. and half the girls in New York wanted hina-some for his millions
 some for his good looks, some for both. !"
 Jack and his bride went to Italy to
 spend their honeymoon, and enjoyed
 every minute of their stay abroad. It
 was when they got back and had set l tied down in their splendid home that 1 all the trouble began, all owing to de- signing. artful, intriguing, soulless wo-
 man. who wanted to get rid of her hus- 1 band, most worthy and refined gen.
 tleman, and marry another and young CT man. The plotting starts in, and
 sDot''-Jack' wife-is involved in sea of trouble, but good, faithful Jack s l faith in her never faitered. There is i an exciting chapter or two in the clos 1 ing of the story. In the end the good
 triumph. the devils are punished, which l is as it should be. The book is bright
 and very readable. Price s125; publish ed by William H. Young & Co, New
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 Bacteria Yeasts and Mods in the Home;" 12mo. cloth; 29S pages; eighty illustrations by the author; list price $1.O0; published by Ginn and Company,
 Boston.
 1 This book contains an important sum mary of the facts which have rapidly l accumulated in recent years concerning | the relation of micro-organisms to all matters connected with the home. The work is a popular and not scientific discussion, free from many technical | terms and admirably adapted to the needs of the housewife, the student of domestic science, and all others inter-
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 | Mods, which are the cause of mildew. the spelling of many foods, and the de- lcay of fruits: yeasts. which are the foundation of fermentation in the rais- l ing of bread; and bacteria, which cause I food to spoil, meat to decay and conta- Igious diseases to spread, ,-all these phe- inomena which are of the most vital im- portance are presented in an interesting
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