Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-15

Nesting In his hand, while he was
writing his book TN and Out Of the
Old Missions Of California" The ded-
ication Of that book led many people
to write to the author expressing a
desire to know more Of the story Of
"Scraggles." In this story, which Mr..
James has now tenderly and faithfully
told. Is described an unusual instance
Of q friendship between man and one
of the lower animals. It was an old
tradition Of the indians that birds and
beasts once had a language similar to
mems and conversed with them. Mr..
James has tried to place himself in
the personality of the bird, letting It
tell the story, and has succeeded ad-
mirably It is a bright, wholesome and
winning tale, and should create q new
interest in the songbirds.
Scraggles. By George Wharton
James. Boston: Little, Brown g. Co.
PolIicers' "Up-to-date Houses" con-
tains 150 designs for houses from $500
up. In many of the designs a tyro
could suggest improvements, but some
show taste, skill and artistic worth.
New York. j. s. Ogllvie Publishing
company.
"Dreamthorp," Alexander Smiths
book of essays written in the coun-
try" Is almost classic. Lovers of lit
erature are indebted to Mitchell Ken
nerley, the New York publisher, for a
beautiful new edition of these essays,
with a fine biographical and critical
Introduction by John Hogben. The book
is artistically a fit chalice for the
beautiful thoughts 1t contains.
In whats Next? or, Shall Man
Live Agaln?" Clara Spaulding Ellis
has compiled answers by 200 great
Americans to her queries as to the
souls Immortality. In this day, few
doubt future state; to all who do,
this compilation ought to be sufficient
reply in the affirmative. Only those
in secular life are quoted. Among
those quoted are Nine. Severance and
Gen. Adna r. Chaffee of Los Angeles.
What's Next? Compiled by Clara
Spaulding Ellis. Boston: Richard G..
Badger.
Thanks are due Mitchell Kennerley,
the New York publisher, for issuing in
so neat form a thin but interesting
selection of Algernon Charles Swim
burne's best verse. "Anactoria" gives
title to the little volume, which is little
indeed. compared to the eleven books
required to contain his complete works.
but the poems here preserved are
worthiy selected and comprise not so
much the faded favorites all know as
those examples of higher versification
more likely to live through time.
Anactoria and Other Lyric Poems.
BY Algernon Charles Swinburne. New
York: Mitchell Kennerley. 81.
The keynote of Thoms Gibson's little
but important work, The Pitfalls of
Speculation, may be held to be struck
in the foreword which faces his OPEN
ing chapter: $50 great are the oppor-
f,,nifiae offaro6 hx cpant1la Two nhanUaS
that, with proper methods and self-cou-
troll, the poor man cannot afford to
overlook them.' While the public atti-
tude toward speculation is undeniably
hostile, there has been a modification
of harsh Judgment of late, as a more
general knowledge Of such matters has
spread, and as it has come gradually
to be understood that speculation may
be a safe and legitimate business
when business methods are applied to
it. And it is in fulfilment of duty to
the public that Mr.. Gibson has set down
in order certain facts which will lead
to correct line of thinking, and has
pointed out the reasons for the failure
of 80 per cent of the speculators as well
as the methods by which the minority
have succeeded.
The Pitfalls of Speculation By
Thomas Gibson. New York: The Moody
Corporation.
Three high-class school books just
from the American Book company are a
Beginners Greek" by Allen Rogers
Benner of Andover and Herbert Weir
Smyth, Phi. D., of Harvard; an Intro
ductory Course in Argum by
Frances M. Perry of Wellesley, and
the Mine Orations of Cicero" by AL
bert Hardness of Brown, assisted by j.
@. Kirkland jr., Exeter, and G. A. Will
liams, Kalamazoo. All three are of the
usual high order Of textbooks issued by
this concern.
So full has been the life of George
Brandes, so large has been his part in
the worlds affairs, and so high is the
position to which he has raised himself,
that his own story, told by himself
should prove very valuable as a guide
book to others on life's way, regardless
of any personal interest in his history
great as that it. Hence a hearty well
come undoubtedly awaits his "Remin-
iscences of My Childhood and Youth.
now just issued in splendid dress by
Duffield. The large volume is compre-
hensive to d marked degree; it's style
is excellent, and its interest never flags
1t is more like a fictional story than ar
autobiography, and considered in this
guise it is as fascinating as almost any
story of today
"reminiscences of My Childhood and
Youth BY George Brandes. New
York: Fox, Duffield & Co. $3.50 net.
For the young girl about the home
who desires to acquire a fund of in.
formation about that most necessary
but least known of all sciences, house
keeping. Saturday Morning" by Caro-
| line French Benton, is just the book
The greater part of it's contents were
published in Good Housekeeping. ant
they proved so interesting and so valu
able there that the general demand fol
them in book form was wisely antici
pated For giving a girl a complet,
idea Of a woman's household duties, i
is admirable.
Saturday Morning. BY Carolin,
French Benton. Boston: Dana Este
& Co.
All boys love stories of adventure
hence II. c. Moore's "Afioat on the Dog
ger Bank will appeal to them mos
surely. 1t is a fine stirring tale o
shipping in the North sea and in China
waters; it gives much information
even as 1T tells a strong and fascinating
story, and it will be read with aViditl
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