Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-15
SOME LATE BOOK NEWS

Edward s. Ellis, one Of the best living
writer Of boys juveniles, has Just
completed two nice books "A Hunt on
Snow Shoes aid "The Cruise Of the
Firefy." His former works have met
with success and I'm these has reached
a height of interest, thrilling situa-
tions and adventures that he has never
surpassed IN any Of his works. "A
Hunt on Snow Shoes" Is full Of hair
raising episodes, and Is the story Of the
adventure Of two boys. Clarence and
Sidney Langdon, during their holidays.
How they win out In a race with a
bowling pack OF wolves, elude a gil
gantic bear, a moose hunt that ends
I'm n chase by the moose, how they are
captured by a crazy man, how Sidney
falls down the ravine with panther
how Clarence finds the den of gang
OF desperadoes under a waterfall and
what comes Of It., are all adventures
witch no boy should miss.
A Hunt on Snow Shoes by Edward
s. Ellis. Chicago. The John G. Winston
Co.
A fine new sehies of FIVE music read
ers, graded, has just been Issued by
the American Book Co. They are
called the "Melodic" course and are
coincident with the same companys
"Harmonic" course. each being planned
to cover the field of music tuition, but
in a different way.
The awakening of the east is prov
ing one Of the most important and In
teresting problems in the history Of
civilization. Since the discovery OF
America no one event has been more
significant. The result of the Russo
Japanese war, on the one hand, and
the rapid growth of the United States
as a world power" with it's eastern
possessions on the other, but intensi-
fy the profound import of this latest
phase in the worlds annals. While
much has been written and said con-
cerning these eastern peoples, there yet
remains widespread ignorance con-
cerning them. They have been allen for
so many centuries that we of the west
cannot seem to grasp their genius
and spirit. 1t remains for such books
as 1.-THE Spirit of the Orient" by Prof.
George William Knox, to explain many
things hitherto dark He does not view
the orient with the cold aloofness of a
frank outsider" but he displays a
sympathy and intimate knowledge al
most native. Thus India with it's adj
mixture Of religions and jumbling of
castles is revealed from within out
wardly-much as an East Indian him
self would explain it. China and Japan,
also, are discussed in an easy, discurs
i've way which yet throws a flood Of
light upon them.
The Spirit of the Orient. BY George
William Knox. New York; Thomas Y.
Crowell & Co.
"Cupid's Middlemen," by Edward B.
Leet, is a humorous book, not a fun
n.y. book. 1t is a stirring story narrat-
ing the things that happened when the
Middleman wrote his chum'S love let
ters. The poets helped the good work
along, but a fiery prospective father
in-law and the nervousness of the diff
fident lover upset the smooth running
of events. The path of true love be-
came unusually rough, but the delight
full ending chapters present the surpris-
es that straighten out the tangle. The
moral of this book is that a man should
never try to help another man make
love. John Olden is cited as an ex-
ample to give point to this moral.
Cupid's Middleman. By Edward B.
Leet. New York: Copples & Leon.
The author of "Up from Slavery"
and the founder of Tuskegee institute,
Booker T. Washington, has been ac-
customed to giving Weekend talks be-
fore his students. on the most practical
subjects possible. He does not deal
with theories, but with facts which
Will most assist his hearers in their
struggle toward good citizenship. A
one of the best, has been enlarged by
the author, and now appears with the
apt title of Putting the Most Into
Life" 1t is discussed under six heads,
dealing with the physical, moral, spir-
itual, and racial aspects of the case.
The discussions are broad-gauge sem
sible, and inspired by that intense de-
sire to uplift which has caused the
author himself to rise from the hum
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influence.
Putting the Most Into Life By
Booker 7. Washington. New York:
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
That interesting series. Her Broth
er's Letters which were printed SER
tally in well known woman's period
ical, is now available in book FORM
The authors name Is not given, but
they sound enough like the discourses
of Edward w. Box to have been from
his pen. They are nice, lady-like let
ters, hardly masculine enough to come
from any other man. In the main,
their sentiments are good, though often
priggishly extreme. The first one in
weighs so bitterly-and even senseless-
~, not to say morbidly-against de-
collette gowns that it may disgust
some who will thereupon read no more.
But they improve as they go on. Still,
one can hardly approve of a cad who
tells tales on a rival in love, even
though that rival be unworthy.
Her Brothers. Letters. Anonymous.
New York: Moffatt, Yard e. Co. $1.25.
Success Nuggets" BY Orson SWEET
Marsden. A unique little book, is not
given over to long-wlnded sermons on
right living, or to discussions as to
why some men succeed and others fail.
Instead, it treasures up-as it's title
signifies-little nuggets of thought
mined out of the worlds experience.
AS editor of Success, the author has
specialized upon this one theme until
his view has come to be that of an
expert; and the thoughts here chosen
and classified by him are directed to-
ward specific needs. Their force also
will be increased by the striking way
in which they are grouped.
Success Nuggets, by Orson SWEET
Marsden. New York; t. Y. Crowell
& Co.
A book to prize, to read to keep
that is Famous Actors Families in
America" BY Montrose j. Moses. II
this work contained nothing more than
the photography, it would be worth
while, for the author has blazed a
broad, clear trail In the thirty-five final
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