The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-22

Dutchmen; others were moderately
straight and sober half way up, and
then took a hazardous topple until one
wondered what unrecorded law of nature
kept them from falling over. AS l stood
in front of one of them, bearing a tablet
of 1907, l peered into it's half-open door.
Before me rose the form of Hendrix
Hudson in serious and stolid council with
the members of the West India Trading
company, fitting out the Half Moon for
her voyage of discovery, the opening
wedge for the founding of New York. 1t
seems strange to me that some historical
society has not transported one of these
houses 10 our shores 20 mark the most
picturesque phase of our existence"
The author also writes of his trip to
the Isle of Marken, v-hich all who have
taken will readily agree Is the trip OF
trips in Holland. The author writes:
1T is said that the willy Jew leaves a
collection of antiques at the houses most
visited by tourists and collects his share
from the apparently simple occupant and
that the treasure hunter, bent on his mis-
sion of picking up rare and old pieces
often finds that it is he himself who has
been picked up
1.-THE Madigans" by Miriam Nicholson,
the author of In the Bishops Carriage,
is said to be an absorbing original and
remarkably clever story. There are eight
of the Madagascar irate father, because
all of his children are daughters pla-
cid, helpless maiden aunt and six active,
daring clever youngsters. The story Is
the record of the manifold adventures
of these interesting children, told with
all the ability and wit which made In
the Bishops Carriage" a success in spite
of its subject matter
1.-THE Staying Guest" the latest story
by Carolyn Wells, is another popular
book Many consider it her very best
story, and at any rate 'Ladybird' is
captivating little maid.
OF THE Undercurrent" by Robert
Grant, reviewer writes:
ut is a novel in that it has a simple
and sympathetic romance as basis; 1t
is a great novel In that 1t presents each
typical phase of modern life as master
would paint it, seizing the supreme mo-
ment and interpreting it's significance"
Henry James new novel, "The Golden
Bowl" is enjoying a popular sale. or 1t
Mr.. James himself writes:
ut lis distinctly, in my view, the most
done of my productions, the most COM
posed and constructed and completed.
= = l hold the thing the solidest' as
yet, of my fictions."
OF the story a reviewer said recently:
"He continues to bestow on all his
characters his own form of speech down
to the disposal of the adverb All are lit
tie, faithful copies of their author, madly
absorbed in introspection even In the
crisis of their lives"
'Baccarat, the new novel by Mrs.
Frankan, is said to be by all odds the
most dramatic and intense story which
she has yet written. 1t is by Frank
Dandy" the same author of pigs In
Clover" 1t is said to possess no less
depth and feeling than pigs In Clover
now in it's seventh edition. 1t deals with
young Frenchwoman-a wife-who is
left at continental water place by her
husband, and while there is brought by
the gambling table to a critical pass.
"Bethink yourselves Tolstofs letter
on the war between Russia and Japan is
published by the Hammersmark company
of Chicago. OF 1t recent reviewer writes;
This pamphlet meri.s the widest pos
sible circulation. 1t Is a cry of one of the
greatest constituencies of any age to
the conscience of twentieth century civil
lZdIlOn. outI POWciiul piVdS as
Count Tolstoi's will necessarily greatly
aid the cause of peace. This little PAM
phlet is admirably adapted for propaganda
purposes and is printed in clear, pleas
ing type"
David Eugene Smith. professor of
mathematics in Teachers college. Column
bia university, has recently published his
monograph. The Outlook for Arithmetic
in America which is a valuable con-
tribution to pedagogical literature. AS
practical exposition Of the authors theo-
ries. his two new administration & Co
publishers-are attracting wide attention
1.-The Problem of What Crops to Grow
and How to Put the Land in Good Con-
dition for Them" is the title of an inter
esting article which appears in the jan
uary issue of Country Life in America
The author, Charles w. Burkett. Is well
qualified to speak on the subject of prac'
teal farming He occupies the chair OF
agriculture in the North Carolina College
of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, anc
is one of the authors of Agriculture fol
Beginners" the most popular elementary
text book on the subject.
In Parsons Magazine for the curren
month is a thoughtful and interesting