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Upton. This IN the tenth volume OF this
small ohilds classic, and however we may
wonder at the taste Of youth there can DO
no doubt az to the popularity Of the books.
Returning from the stage to the nursery,
whore 1t properly belongs We have Babes
in Toyland" COX, Dufleld & co.,, with a
multiplicity Of authors Glen MacDonough
and Anne Alice Chaplin for the text, and
Ethel Franklin Belts for the pictures, which
are very good, especially those that are not
oolored.
Interesting pictures accompany some
pleasant, stories. very reminiscent Of Alice,
In volume illustrated In black and white by
Clara E. Atwood, called In the Miz' (Lit-
tie, Brown d Coz. The stories are by Grace
E. Ward
1t may be that children may find some
thing to amuse them in 'The Mother Goose
Puzzle Book by Willard Bonte (E p.
Dutton d Coz, or -Puss in the Corner,
by Edith Francis Foster Dana Estes 4 Coz,
or "A Picnic on Pyramid" by Marian v.
Loud, or BILLY Whisksrs. Jr.,' by Frances
Trego Montgomery (The saalfield Publish
ing Company. II they do there Is moth
ing, either In pictures or stories, that we
can find to justify their taste.
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The Little Girl in Old chicago.

Amanda Douglass perennial Little Girl
who has appeared in 80 many cities, mas
finally cropped up. in "0ld Chicago and
tells the tale OF the developments OF that
breezy metropolis in the usual way, which
will interest the sort Of young Americans
for which It is prepared. particularly those
who dwell in Chicago. She begins her
career in a log cabin and concludes IL In
lake shore palace, like all good Chica goane;
and lives long enough to see for herseil
the second Fort Dearborn, the Great FIRE
and the white City" This story moves
rapidly in that climate and little girls have
very long lives. Antiquarians interested
in the beginnings of the pork industry
and the grain trade will enjoy reading OF
the prehistoric days when grain was trans
ported in OK carts and pigs were Kept IN
the gardens, if not in the parlors OF the old
log houses. There is much more about
the Little Girl" and her friends in the BOOK
than there ia about the city, but nothing
better could be said or written concerning
Chicago than Mother" Haynes's summary
Chicago won't ever be the Garden OF the
Lord, but Adam and Eve were turned out
OF that"
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Lawn Tsnnia by MIR. Psret.

1t may be due to the innocuous desuetude
into which lawn tennis has fallen In the
last few years, or 1t may be owing to the
author himself, but the volume on Lawn
Tennis, by j. Parmly Paret in the 1Ameri-
can Sportsman's Library (Macmillans)
is prominently gentleman's book. The
game, except in championship matches,
has almost ceased to attract public stten-
ton and can therefore be played by those
who care for it with little fear OF notoriety.
That has passed over to golf for the time
being.
This enables Mr.. Paret to explain his
game sanely, and thoroughly good game
it s. The pictures might be a great deal
better. Perhaps experts may be able TO
make something out Of the queer triple
snapshot photographs, and there may
be some meaning in the photographs OF
various tennis tournaments, but We fancy
that more cuts Of strokes and positions
might be Of greater use to the neophyte.
The portraits OF players. too, are more
interesting than instructive. Nevertheless
Mr.. Paret has given us an interesting ac-
count Of an interesting game, which it
would be a great pity to lose.
A too short account Of lacrosse has been
added in a single chapter by Mr. William
Harvey Maddern. Surely here we have a
national game that deserves better treat
ment
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The Knitting OF Souls.

In THE Knitting OF Souls Maude Clarke
Gay has presented highly colored story
OF Puritan days, that the Puritans them
selves would have forbidden any one in
the colony to read. The hero, Kenneth
Brooks, foster son Of Gov. Bellingham, 10
really not Puritan at all, but a modern
Unitarian incorporating In the solemn
garb OF the old Reformers. The heroine,
Lady Virginia, wife Of an unworthy COM
missioner sent out by Charles H., seems
more genuine and wears ravishing costumes
that suggest Mrs. Patrick Campbell. The
author avails herself of all the picturesque
material Of the day-Indians in beads and
warpaint, cavaliers from the Court with
plumed hats and jewelled swords, and
lissome maidens with distracting eyes
cleaning from beneath the Puritans cap
or the jewelled circlet OF the chieftain's
daughter. The Lady Virginia changes her
things as often as the Kaiser on a royal
visit or the leading lady Of a sensational
drama All the women are In love with
the hero, but he has "a stern Puritanicd
conscience" and loves only one himself
the married one. As the story 10 strenu-
ously moral some one is appointed to shoot
the husband, who richly deservesit. King
Philips War, with all It's horrors IL appro-
priated for the climax and the curtain 10
rung down with the Lady Virginia In the
arms OF the hero.
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Light on South America.

At last we have the pleasure Of meeting
with an intelligent book on that blindest
az all tangles, South America. The title
of Mr.. Charles Ed mond Akers's book
"A History OF South America, 1s54-l904"
(E. p. button 4 Coz, Is too ambitious;
II In rather an account OF present political
conditions in the various States, with enough
Of the past history Of each to make these
comprehensible, and this history Ia told
with varying care In each case, pretty
deliberately for Argentina for example, and
hardly at all for Colombia and Venezuela.
The style, too, is that OF newspaper articles
rather than Of formal history, and Mr..
Akers in his travels seems to have formed
strong prejudices- He sees things pretty
clearly. however, and tells them wildly;
he puts some semblance Of sense into the
local revolutions; he has used common sense
in his arrangement Of material, and, above
all. he has thrown overheard the night
mare OF Simon Bolivar and the war Of
liberation.
1t is wonderful how much simpler every
thing becomes by starting at the southern
end OF the continent instead OF the top.
After few Introductory pages describing
the geography and the way in which the
Spanish colonies became ernancipated, Mr..
Akers starts in with the individual history
of Argentina as an independent State.
This Is told adequately enough, with great
stress on the later years; so IL that Of Para
quay. Uruguay 10 treated rather cavalierly,
and Brazil's history Ia chiefly that OF the
present republic. Chile and Peru, again.
in the last twenty years are dealt with
satisfactorily, Bolivia Is accounted for, while
Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela are barely
touched, except for contemporary matters
like Crespo's rule and the Panama matter.
From the his, orical point Of view II will
be seen that Mr., Akers's book has grave
defects. which we hope he may remedy in
future edition. A . presentation OF
soeual political conditions 1t is q very useful
piece Of work. lively and intelligent. 1t will
make the resdeF understand what is going
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Picture Books for Children.

Christmas Is not 80 far away, as the mass
Of picture books for the very young that
is coming in testifes. The largest assert
ment 30 far comes from the Frederick A.
Stokes Company. This includes. first of
all, Commander Robert E. Peary's Snow
land Folk" We have had delightful picture
books from Mrs. Peary and little Miss Peary;
now we have one from the explorer him.
self, to be sure with his little daughters
help. These are interesting sketches Of
Esouimau people and OF Arctic animals,
with wonderfully good Photographic illus
tratons. Another good book is "Mammys
LII Chilluns," pictures and text by Clara
Andrews Williams. The colored pictures
are immense, funny as pictures can be, and
the jingles are very good, too OF diff
ferent sort are the two Fairy Tales by
Dumas" translated by Harry A. Spur.
One is La Jeunesse de Pierrot," the other
La Bouillie de la Comtesse Berthe Both
are as charming in their way as Dumas's
tales for grown folks, and they can stand
translation better than the others. In the
Book Of the Dog" for which Elisabeth F.
Bonsall provided the pictures and Alice
Calhoun Haines the text, the decorative
designs are far better than the colored pict-
ures, though one or two Of these are very
good. We cannot praise Mr.. Louis Rheads's
pictures in Pets for which Alice Calhoun
Haines has again provided the reading
matter.
From Blaclde a Son. London. through
Charles Scribner's Sons, we receive four
juveniles. The illustrations Of two by
Stewart Orr 1.-TWO Merry Mariners" and
-Gammon and Spinach are very good
indeed. both In drawing and color. Mr..
John Brymer's rhymes to them are rhyth-
mical, which Is all that can be asked, per-
haps. Tho pictures OF the other two, THE
Animals Academy" and 'Droll Doings.
by Harry Nelson, though coarser in exc
ciItion, are more humorous, some of the
animals in both being capital. and who
cares how bad the verses may be II the pict-
ures are funny?
An accepted Juvenile classic appears in a
new edition in The Golliwogg in Holland "
| Uongmans, Green & Coz, with pictures by
Florence X. Upton and verses by Bertha
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certainly worth doing.

certainly worth doing.
A strangely interesting book has been
made out of Government reports in Heroes
OF the Storm" by William D. O'Connor
little, Brown d COY. The stories are taken
from Mr.. O'Connors reports to the Lie
Saving Board, official accounts OF gallant
efforts at life saving, sometimes sue
cessf,,l, sometimes not. They show how
much romantic material which is at the
same time true may be found by those
who know how to look for 1t in the direst
Of Government publications.
An abstract Of the memoirs OF the Du-
cheese d'AbantAs, Marshal Junots wife, is
offered in English translation by Catherine
M. Bearnel, with the title A Daughter OF the
Revolution" E. P. Dutton a CO... Few
French memoirs OF Napoleon's time are
better known than these In English, but
this edition is presented in attractive form
with many illustrations.
No volume of the STORY of the Churches
series that we have seen Is 80 disappoint-
ing as that on THE Episcopalians, by Mr..
Daniel Dulany Addison Che Baker and
TAYLOR Company. The books are intended
to tell the history OF the various scots in
the United States; here We find the author
wasting half OF his space on an account
of the Church Of England before its settle
ment in America. The rea'ilt is hurried
statement Of events in the United States,
with a sketch here and there Of q notable
person, but no tangible information about
events in the Church itself. la4.
For good many years Harvard
University has been endeavoring to force
experimental methods in physics on the
preparatory schools instead Of the learn
ing by rote from text books. For twenty
years rast Prof. Edwin Il. hall has tried
20 introduce these methods into the entrance
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Theodore winthrop Resurrected.

Who is there nowadays that remembers
Theodore Winthrop2 Some old fogies
doubtless remember the charm and fresh
ness of John Brent and Cecil Dreeme"
and remember still more wildly the shock
that went through the North when he was
killed in the first days OF the war. 1t seems
that he left the manuscript of a novel, a
first draft, which his sisters have preserved
for more than forty years and which they
have finally allowed to be printed, after
Mr.. Burton f. Stevenson has edited 1t. as
Mr. Waddy's Return" Henry Holt d co.,
The reader will have no doubts as to
whether this was worth doing. Though
the book may be a first draft only, the FIRST
half of it is simply charming and will hold
it's own ,ainst the food Of highly respect
able modern fiction that flows over US
this season. The shipwreck scenes at the
beginning, the delightful pictures Of a
Boston before the war, are as fresh and vivid
as anything that DR.. Holmes ever wrote.
The last chapter, too, is very good. The
intervening scenes in New York and New
port are only sketched in tho rough, and
the author would probably have changed
the absurd names and mode Of conversa-
ton he had jotted down. 1t is interesting
to see how he describes another fine black
horse in this story of society. The parts
that are fairly well completed make up for
by those drawn more rough and perfectly
justify the publication. 1t makes us feel
all the more keenly what a thoroughly
American genius was lost by that miserable
bullet at Great Bethel.
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Fiction.

Crude melodrama, banished from the
stage, has found home in the modern
romance OF adventure. Tho pioneers in
the field Of imaginary history and diplo-
macy probably expected their readers to
feel the same amusement at absurd critical
situations that they had in devising them,
but their followers have noticed that the
craving for excitement will enatle any.
thing to pass and that good workmanship
is waste OF time. II is in tie Balkan
Peninsula that Mr.. Arthur W. Mar mont
plants r., suffering heroine n "1lo Cuean's
Advocate ifrede;ick A. Stokes Company,
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New Editions.

To that monument OF American scholar
ship, DR.. Horace Howard Furness's "A New
variorum Edition Of Shakespeare 81: B.
ippincott Company another volume has
been added containing @Lovues Labour's
Lost" This makes the twelfth play, II we
are not mistaken, that DR.. Furness has
brought out in nearly thirty years, with the
elaborate apparatus Of variants. OF explana-
tory notes and Of comments from all past
eypounders Of Shakespeare that make il
a work for all time. 1t would seem.
There are hopes that the work may be COM
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More OF q Universal History.

Several additional volumes Of the His
torans' History" compiled by DR.. Henry
Smith Williams, have come to us from the
Outlook Company. They range from XIII.
through XIX, and cover the completion of
the history Of France, the history Of the
Netherlands, of Germany, OF Scandinavia.
OF Switzerland, Of Russia and two volumes
Of the history OF England. Six more volume 3
will complete the work.
The plan Of the work, as we pointed out
in previous notice, is to join mosaic OF
extracts from historians Of very varied
merits, some first class authorities, some
original sources, others of inferior merit.
including school books, with connecting
text by the editor himself. This sort Of
work might have been done much worse
than DR.. Williams has done it, but it unr
doubtedly. could have been done much better
by a properly trained historical scholar.
The practical exclusion Of Georg Waltz,
the chief of modern Germanio historians, the
main authority on Merovingian and CAROLYN
gian history and institutions, is noticeable
but DR.. Williams is inclined to fight shy OF
constitutional history. The inclusion of
extracts from DR.. S. r. Gardeners school
history and other works Of that grade is
rather astonishing, too.
The ingenious scheme Of hiding the
identity Of most of the writer's from whom
extracts are taken by putting the reference
to their names only in a table of contents
is furtheredsby RELOCATING that table fire.
quently to a different volume. The illus
trations are pretty poor, and the maps still
poorer. The work is by no means bad
history, but it certainly is unduly preten-
tious, and a much shorter compendium
by competent scholars would prove more
satisfactory to most readers.
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on and what men are striving for In the
countries Of Latin America, matters inn
portant enough now and that will become
much more pressing after the Pan anna
Canal is cut through. Mr.. Akers has
opened the way TO comprehension Of South
America
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NEW BOOKS.
Continued from Sepsnth Page.

are you saying'' and once more they took
each other into a long embrace that said
everything which they had both vainly
tried to put into words ,
It seems here as though Mr.. Howels had
allowed himself to be little freer than
his habit has been, but the somewhat ardent
manner does not disturb U.S. We repeat
that we have found this an interesting
story. Its many characteristic fine touches
have greatly rejoio ID us.
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The BOY Captive Of Old Deerneld

"The BOY Captive Of Old Deerfeld," by
May Wells Smith, is story OF early Colonial
days which begins a new series devoted
to the attack on Deerf1eld and subsequent
events, in which the ina gination Of the
author is not allowed to pervert the facts
OF history and research. The book re-
counts the experiences of the captives
taken at Deerfeld especially those OF the
minister's son, Stephen White, a boy OF ten.
Stephens peris and hardships on the
march to Canada were compensated for
in his exciting adventures in the Indian
camp, where he lived for more thana year
as the companion Of an Indian boy Of his
own age. It was a care-free life, with no
Latin gra mmar or best clothes to bother,
and, as Stephen said himself, II they only
had had plenty to eat more than one white
boy would envy them. The author is well
known as the writer Of the Young Puritan
Series, and the book is specially apropos
at this time as the 200th anniversary of the
capture of Deerfeld has been celebrated
within the year at the old town.
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Other Books,

II Sainte-Beu must be translated we
can imagine no better way for him to be
introduced to an English speaking public
than through Miss Katherine p. Wormley's
Portraits OF the Seventeenth Century,
Historic and Literary, two volumes e. p.
Putnam's Sons). Miss Wormley long ago
proved her skill a. q translator. The es-
says Of Sainte- Beuve, the foremost French
critic Of the nineteenth century, that she
has selected are peculiarly attractive. In
the first volume we have the chief historical
characters Of the century, Louis XIV, with
his mistresses, his oourtiers, and his oppo-
nents, Richelieu, Mazarin, de Retx, Nine
de Longueville, the heroes Of the Fronde,
all the personages to whom Dumas gave
life. In the second volume we have sum-
mary OF the literary glories Of France In
the classic period. orn lille. Roche, Mol'ere.
B7ssue' La fon;aine AID the res. Though
;jai N,-B use's Chief charm i~il he FIRE. Oh
h. wro:e, Miss Wor.nLay's translation was
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Continuod on Ninth Pope,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
SOME STAGE hUMsUGS.


Footlight's Fake Heroes Of To-day
Present Doicfui Spectacle.
Theatrical combats. especially with
the sword, have always been ridlcu.
lOus enough. We readily recall the
stamps, the In has, and the furious
banging Of one cheese knife against
the other, and the thrills In the gallery
us the sparks few. or course, no one
In real life ever fought In such fash
ion, and, Of course. from Spartacus'
army up to the bawling. scene.eat ting
gladiator himself, the whole spectacle
was extravagantly, almost pitiably
preposterous. One saving grace Of this
tomfOolery. however, Is to be found In
the fact that the old.timers seldom
hurt each other. They made 10 pre-
tense Of trying to do so, indeed. They
whacked away ut each others swords
and struck fire with astounding fury
and entire harmlessness. Never, never
shall we forget the vision Of Mr.. Law
renee Barrett engaged In deadly com.
bat with a blood-stained rutiian big
enough to eat him alive, but shifting
his weapon with such frequent and
deadly accuracy as to reduce him to Il
despairlng plea for mercy.
But In these times they do not man.
age things so pleasantly. We are be.
coming realistic. The good old days
OF fustian are gone, never to return,
and 30 we have lot Of curlcd AMI
scented matinee heroes posing as war
riOrs and paladins; whipping ont ra.
piers with cigarette stained fingers,
ana breathing proud defiance with
onion on the side; Offering their lives
on a property punctilio, and, altogeth-
or, making Rupert ana Bayard look
like plodding publicans. 10 the dis.
corning eye, Of course, they present a
doleful spectacle. Nevertheless. when
It happens that one of them hurts an.
other, all sympathetic souls are gricv-
cd. They are not important They
could be spared. As u matter of fact,
many honest and clear-minded men.
Notwithstanding natural inclination
to shoot In moments of actual suffer.
Ing. content themselves with sorrow
and disgust. And so 1t Is that real
wound received in stage combat caus-
es tears instead of laughter. Why
break Il butterfly upon the wheel?
Why put swords into the hands of i'm
ltation cavaliers and force them to pre-
tend the habits of the genuine article,
Washington Post
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10

T. KosC1UszKo when he entered
the American camp at the time when
men and encouragement were lacking.
II came to fight for American indie
pendence," was the reply.
"what can you dor
"Try me-"
Try him they did, with the result
that individually he did more to aid
the struggles for liberty than could q
regiment Of troops. Kosciuszko 1t was
who built redoubts and breastsvorks;
KosciuszkO It was who by his knowl-
edge Of engineering constructed ram
parts and forts: KosciuszkO II was
who planned and completed the works
ut West Point.
At the close of the war he returned
to his own Poland that he might aid in
bringing to her the blessings Of liberty
that he had already helped another
land to win. But his fight was I'm vain.
At the siege of Warsaw. when lie fell
covered with wounds, when the Rus.
slams were entering the city, he ex-
claimed. "The end of Poland"
His words proved prophetic. Years
afterward when Emperor Paul of Rus.
sia set him free from the prison where
he had long been confined. offering
him his own imperial sword, the pat
riot said sadly:
II have no need OF sword, since
have no country to defend"
The end Of Poland was not the end
of the cause Of liberty. From the par.
titioned land with no freedom Of her
own the words and deeds Of her brave
patriot have gone through the whole
world. anlmating other lands to love
Of liberty. One act will not measure
the value Of mans service to the
cause he fights for. Warsaw fell, but
Thaddeus Kosciuszko's memory will
live as long rs man remembers the
name Of liberty.
1t Is not the name Of the victor that
the goddess of fame inscrbcs on her
golden tablet. 1t is the name of him
who fought for right.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
We'd at same Age,

There Is one thing in this world. At
least in such part of it rs Is repre-
scented by the city Of Chicago, that
does not change. That Is the avorag,
age ut which people get married
Men may come and men may 20,
even n new mayor may he some day
elected here. but people will not begin
TO get married any younger or any
older than they did when the city was
new. At Least that Is what Clerk
Salmonson of the marriage license bu-
leau says.
"ln the twenty-five years that ]
have been ut this window" said Mr..
Salmonson. 1.-THE average age of the
thousands of couples that come In here
for licenses has not varied a year.
While. as the population increases,
there occur more frequently marriages
Of extremely youthful ana aged cou-
pies. the age of the great mass does
not change. About % for the man
and "a for the woman Ia the avera re
that has held since this bureau was
opened."-Chicago Tribune.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10
GOssipers at the Club.

Aunt Jane-HOw do You know there
IL 30 much gossip Mt a wOman's club.
Uncle George-Aren't the wOmen's
clubs patterned after the mems clubs2
boston Transcript.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-12-10

L ole, Inuuueub
KOsciuszko, h Q
volunteer in the
American war Of
independence, the
defender Of War
saw. the capital Of
his native land.
"Whatdo you seek
here?" Washington
had q 3 k ID him