Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-22
Some of the Latest Books

cerities and shams of modern religion.
The clash between the ideals and tenn
| peraments of a young woman whose
early training was of a strictly orthodox
character and her husband, a wealthy
mill owner, whose business life has
| blunted his moral perceptions, furnishes
the drama of the story.
THE WORK OF OUR HANDS. BY
H. A. Mitchell Keays. New York: Nc
Clure Phillips e Co.
1.-The Fortunes of the Landrays" is a
| novel that reCountS the lives and loves
| of four tions of family who sue
| cessively take part in the settling of
Ohio, the crossing of the plains during
the gold fever of 49, the opening of
Utah, the civil war, the boom town per-
iod in the middle west, and the begin
ming of the industrial epoch in the Ohio
valley. Through the whole story runs
the romance Of Virginia Landray,
sweetheart, mother and grandmother.
The volume is we'll illustrated
THE FORTUNES OF THE LAND
RAYS. BY Vaughan Kester. New
York: Mcclure, Phillips & Co.
In christmas With Santa Claus"
Frances Trego Montgomery tells her
| little friends of a visit to Santa, lust
a short time before Christmas. The
old fellow picks them up in country
road and carries them off to the
Northland in his sleigh. In the great
| Kriss Kringle castle they are made
acquainted with Mrs. Santa Claus and
n party is given in their honor Then
they help Santa pack his chimney bags
ana are carried back to their homes
in the sleigh drawn by the reindeer of
kindly memory.
CHRISTMAS WITH SANTA CLAUS.
By Frances Trego Montgomery Ak
ron, Ohio: The saalfeld Publishing
| Co.
"The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary"
by Anne Warner, is a story abounding
in amusing action and, aftener, ridicu-
lcus contretemps. Aunt Mary is a
| very wealthy spinster who is blessed
with scapegrace of a nephew, Jack,
who manages to keep her pretty thor
oughly stirred up until finally she dis
inherits him. But alas, this gives her
no relief, but on the contrary she
loses all interest in life and finally
| falls ill. Then Jack writes her fond
letters, dealing largely with his own
'impaired' health, and so works upon
his aged relatives feelings that she
decides to visit him in New York.
Well, Jack and some of his college
friends give her such a reception as
she never dreamed of; as Jack says,
they give her the time of her life
! Thus begins the regeneration of
| Aunt Mary"
THE REMUNERATION OF AUNT
| MARY. BY Anne Warner. Boston:
Little, Brown & Co.
Frances and the Irrepressibles at
Buena Vista Farm" by Frances Trego
Montgomery, is a story for boys and
girls. 1t describes the adventures and
experiences of a party of young people
during a summers vacation on a farm
| of he WISCONSIN, 1al
| is evident from a hurried reading of
the book that the characters, even to
| the pets on the farm, are real The
volume is profusely and appropriately
| illustrated.
FRANCES AND THE IRREPRES-
SIBLES AT BUENA VISTA FARM.
BY Frances Trego Montgomery. Akron,
Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing CO.
"Uncle Bob; His Reflections" is a
volume containing a number of short
stories by Laura Fitzhugh Preston,
most of which have been published in
various publications. Notable among
those garnered in the book are THE
Coat of Many Colors," "Marse Adam
an Miss Eve" and "Uncle Bob at the
Circus" The host of readers who have
enjoyed Miss Preston's random sketches
| will be glad of an opportunity to find
them in a form suitable for preserva-
ton. A portrait, presumably it is life
like, of Uncle Bob, done by Outcault,
serves IS a frontispiece and adds to the
value of the volume.
| UNCLE BOB; His Reflections. BY
Laura Fitzhugh Preston. New York: The
| Grafton Press.
1.-THE Home kindergarten" is a book
| which Katherine Beebe has written, as
she says, for mothers who though un-
Ill Io,otY, H. lit
garten, are willing to devote a few
hours every day to their education. To
aid these mothers by instructing them
| in the means and methods to be pur-
sued, the author has presented in an
attractive form the best way of develop
| ing their children's faculties by whole
| some work and play and thus laying
| the foundation for habits of self con-
| troll, industry and concentration. Miss
| Beebe was president of the first kinder
garten association.
THE HOME KINDERGARTEN. BY
Katherine Beebe. Akron, Ohio: The
Saalfeld Publishing Co.
Business Philosophy is the title Of
book by Benjamin f. Cobb, which
| contains a mass of excellent advice to
young men, and old ones as well, con-
| cerning the entering upon and con-
tinuing in business career. The fol-
|
may give an idea of the scope of the
work: System" GLOW to Handle a
Customer" "How to Treat Employees"
"The Glass of Men to Employ" Buy
ing" Letter Writing" The author
does not confine himself to beginners
but gives much shrewd advice to those
at the top of the ladder. His tone
is at all times inspiring and optimistic,
The style of the book is informal,
marked by constant bits of actual eX-
perience and anecdote.
| BUSINESS PHILOSOPHY. By Ben
jamin F. Cobb. New York: Thomas Y.
| Crowell & Co.
Under the title, "The Torch" George
Edward Woodberry has grouped eight
lectures on race power in literature,
which were delivered by him before the
Lowell institute of loston. The sub
jects considered include: MAN and the
Race" "The Language of All the
World "The Titan Night" Spencer"