The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-11


 bachelor, whose fancies savour de- lightfully of silk hose and white cock ades, red lips and patches. Cherish ing memories of the girl he loved with all the heart of him in his youth, he prefers to all other women his roses, his Marguerite, his Rosalind and Ju- liet. In this garden of Already comes the daughter of his sweetheart. won derfully like her, and his blood runs warmly again. But youth calls to youth and he resigns himself, not wholly respectfully, to re-cultiVation of his gardens. The story amounts to pretty fight of fancy delicately execu- ted. The publishers have given it an | appropriate setting; binding, illustra- tions and marginal decorations are in l excellent taste.'
 "The Little COloneps Christmas Va 1 cation," by Annie Fellows Johnston. Illustrated by E. P. Barry. Published by L. C. Page and Company, Boston. Since the time of Little Women" no | juvenile heroine has been better be- | loved of her child readers than Mrs. Johnston's Little Colonel" and those familiar with the series will gladly welcome a holiday storyS about thelt | favorite character, ''The Little Colo nel."
 The excursion, a picnic in the snow, a progressive Christmas party and too many other. experiences to mention l separately, make The Little Colonefs i Christmas Vacation equally as inter- esting as the previous books in this series. Miss Etheldred B. Barry had | illustrated this book.
 "In the Desert of Waiting" and, HThe Three Viewers" by Annie Eel lows Johnston, author of the Little Colonel series, published by L. c. Page and Company, Boston.
 These are tiny gem books, less than fifty pages in each.
 In the Desert of Waiting" is the le- gend of "Camel-Back Mountain" pie turing the the desert waste of disap- pointment which always lies between man and the City of his Desire. 1 It teaches lesson of patience inci- denta1ly and furnishes a few moments real pleasure as does "The Three 1 Weavers" also.
 | This is a fairy tale for fathers and mothers as well as for their daughters, and all will be interested in the fate | of each weaver.
 | The two stories were originally irl- 1 cluded in the Little Colonel books, and many will be glad to find them published individually.
 Two Little Knights of Kentucky" by Annie Fellows Johnston. Illustra- ted ted in color. Holiday edition, Pub lished by L. c. Page and Company. Boston.
 Mrs. Johnston, the author of the | three books above mentioned, is fo- 1 nous for her Little Colonel" stories They tell about the little Kentucky girl who was given the above name and this volume is a holiday edition of the story of two little knights who were boy friends of the Little Colo nel," and they are almost as great fa- vorites as the little lady herself Their eager attempts to carry out the prin- ciples of King Arthur and his Round Table form the subject of this charm ing little book.
 The attractive binding and charming illustrations in color by Harold Mat thews Erect combine to make this a most desirable holiday book. All of the above books by l.. c. Page & Co. for sale by the Edward Malley company. f According to the New York Sun | Professor R. l.. Garner is going again to West Africa with his graphophone to study the ape language. Those who have followed this scientists investi- gations will be interested in a record of some of his discoveries entitled
 Apes and Monkeys; Their Life and Language" a book which is published by Ginn and Company.
 ! Otis Ashmore, superintendent of schools at Savannah, Ga, and author of valuable manual of pronunciation, has been spending 8 month in Boston and it's vicinity studying the most im- portant features of the educational life there.
 ! EIinn and Company announce that they have in preparation an edition of "Das Verlorene Paradies," edited by Professor Paul H. Grummann of the University of Nebraska. This book will prove especially interesting to the student because of its portrayal of the political and social conflicts of modern German life.
 c. W. Burkett, professor of agricul~ ture in the North Carolina College of I Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, has recently prepared a suggestive mono- graph entitled Agriculture in the Pub lie Schools" Ginn and Company offer to send copies of this pamphlet, post paid, to any address on request.
 Ginn and Company's November Textbook Bulletin for High Schools and Colleges has just been published. It contains brief descriptions of all their new and forthcoming books. Those who wish to receive copies of the Bulletin should address the near est office of the publishers Our Little Mexican Cousin,' by Ed ward C. Butler; illustrated. Published by L. c. Page and Company, Boston.
 This is one of the Little Cousin se- ries, which give such delightful and in- teresting accounts of childlife in oth-