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Kate Douglas Virgins books have
been translated into many languages
and have made their way into the most
out of the way corners of the world.
A missionary school for girls in Tadjin,
Turkey, recently presented 1.-The Rug
giles Family" translated into Turkish,
as part Of recent entertainment given
by the school, and it proved to be the
hit Of the evening.
In imagination children are perhaps
more resourceful than their grown-Ilns
and one Of the chief stimulants in aid
Of this pleasing trait has been the col
lections of fairy tales gathered together
by Grimm and Andersen. Miss Tappan
in her new book, "The Golden Goose"
has set forth in charming simple En-
glish a number of the old Scandinavian
legends which have a common source
with many of the tales of these classic
story tellers.
All who are fond of animals and are
Interested in the question whether they
consciously feel happiness or unhappi-
ness will find the most remarkable ar
gument which has yet been written on
the subject in 'The Religion of Ma
ture," by E. Kay Robinson. The ques-
ton Of animal consciousness is, how
ever, only part of Mr.. Robinson's theme,
the object of this striking book being
to reconcile science with religion and
to prove that the story of the evolution
Of man is in complete harmony with
the account Of his creation. 1t is an
intensely interesting subject, handled
by the author, who is editor of THE
Country Side" with the style that has
made his nature-writings so popular.
The question Of women's work and
It's relation to the labor market has
been treated in two Of the late novels,
''The Pathway of the Pioneer" and
Ring in the New" Sir Walter Be-
SAINT several years ago in The En-
dowment Of the Daughter" urged 1t
as the duty Of all parents to emulate
the French "dot'' system. 1t has been
said that Sir Walter did not carry out
his own principles, an erroneous i'm
preston arising from the fact that long
before he died he placed the larger part
Of his savings in the hands Of trustees
for the benefit of his wife and daugh-
tiers, thus leaving only a small sum in
his will. Both the daughters were well
provided for and are now happily mar
ried. =
A correspondent writes: I'm the thir-
teenth chapter Of Thackeray's THE
TeWcomes,' I find two bits Of slang
which are very generally believed to
be Of the most modern coinage: There
where the champagne TASKS which poor
Jack Belsize had emptied; the tall
settler water bottles, from which the
gases had issued and mingled with the
hot air of the previous nights talk !;
glasses with dregs Of liquor, ashes Of
cigars, or their black stumps, strewing
the dead men, the burst guns of yes
terday's battle So we must thank
Thackeray for hot air and dead
men, In the thirteenth chapter of the
same novel he speaks Of the cocktail :;
but that is not SO strange, considering
his knowledge Of America"
Mrs. Margaret Deland, whose new
novel, 'The Awakening of Helena Rich
ie," is we'll received, was born in Allie
gheny, Pa, and educated in private
schools In 1880 she was married to
Lorin T. Deland Of Boston and has
since made her home in that city. Her
summers are spent at Kennebunkport;
Me-, where she loves to work for hours
IN the large garden that she has made
to blossom under her care. Mrs. De-
land has risen gradually into the dis
tinctive place in American literature
that she now holds. "John Ward.
Preacher" "Old Chester Tales" and
"Dr. Lavendar's People" are her best
known works, but "The Awakening Of
Helena Richie" is said to surpass any
thing that cbn hoe