Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-23

to the quaint secluded life of New Eng
land, life which the traveller rarely
sees. Power Lot" Is unquestionably
Nova Scotia story, though Mrs.
Greene no longer makes her location
absolutely definite. The town is
quaint place, situated on the high, wind
swept cliffs, in what Jim Turbine, who
tells the story, calls "a God-Almighty
rampage" 1t was the quaint people
of Cape Cod whom Mrs. Greene discov-
cred twenty five years ago, as a young
woman. She did not-write of them for
publication, but only to amuse a rela-
tive, and when the book was published
1t was against her wish and with the
expectation that the names and char
acters would be changed. The results
were threatened libel suits, resulting
from the conhiving of certain lawyers.
but the only real outcome was such a
boom to the book as has rarely been
duplicated since. 1t is not too much
to say that Power Lot" is one of Mrs.
Greene's best, if not in fact her best,
book.
Power Lot" by Mrs, S. P. Mel.
Greene. New York: The Bakar &
Taylor Co. $1.50.
The American Book company has
issued an admirable new line of five
school readers books for the fall trade
The matter handled shows nice dis
elimination and is of higher class
than usual. 1t also issues Mines pro-
gressive arithmetics in three books,
which seem far ahead of the usual line
of books of this cl.ss. An especially
noteworthy book is Little Stories of
France" The stories in this supple
mentary reader were written for chill
dren from to ID years of age. They
give the simplest elementary facts of
the history of France, taking from each
epoch central figure-such as Ver-
cingetoriX, Charlemagne, Joan of Arc,
Henry of Navarro, or Napoleon-about
whom the story is woven. The child is
thus enabled to compare the past and
present of this interesting country. and
to view the one in the light of the other
The style in which the book is written
is clear and simple. and the facts are
charmingly related. Numerous attrac-
tive Illustrations add to the helpfulness
of the volume. Another attra ctive and
useful volume is "Half Hours With
Fishes, Birds and Reptiles" so written
that any child may acquire from it
much knowledge of natural history.
The September number of the Garden
Magazine is an exceedingly interesting
one. The leading article of the month
by the late Louis Harman Peet is an
exhaustive discussion of the American
beech, the European beech and it's many
varieties. An article on growing winter
salads is by Frank II. Presbey. There
is an interesting article by l.. and e.
NJ Barron on quality tomatoes for the
home garden. A very attractive idea
of what may be done with the piazza inl
winter is described by Mrs. M. X. Far
rend. 1t often hal pens that there APP
pears in the home fruit garden new
form Of some fruit which the owner Is
very desirous of perpetuating. Prof. S.
w. Fletcher tells how it is done with
out the use of greenhouses or other
expensive appliances. DR.. Conard de-
sorfbes class of waterlilies. Not the
least interesting article in the number
is one IN which Hell l r. Albee de-
scribes ga rden of pink flowers.
The traditional business end of a
mule" that from childhood we are
taught to regard in the same class with
lightning and sudden DEATH is shown In |
the leading article Of September Farm |
ing to really consist in trying to swell
the farmers bank account In the arti-
Gle on why a Farmer Should Raise
Thoroughbred Poultry" the leading
packers of the United States have
Joined In stirring appeal to farmers
to replace their moqPrel stock with
thoroughbreds. An ef irely new point
OF view is taken In ich the poultry
fancier is shown In true relation to
the farmer. In THE ,lection and Use
of Fertilizers" by Of. William T. |
Brooks, one of the Test subjects In
agriculture is discus In an entirely
readible and instruotr> way.
Other articles are Filling the Silo,"