Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29


comes into print In the breezy, jaunty
fashion with which we fancy his tramp
Ing the country with rod or gun. His
book Is chronicle Of sporting ex-
periences that carries along with 1t a
good deal Of exciting narrative and q
considerable amount of interesting In
formation In regard to the flora and
fauna of the country he loves SO well.
The illustrations are from photographs
and the get up OF the book Is superb.
Life In the Open, BY Charles Fred
erick Holder. New York: q. p. Put
nam's Sons,
1.-The Lady OF the Decoration"-the
yellow babies In Japanese mission
school named her that because Of a
little enameled watch she wore, think
ing 1t decoration from the emperor,
and Frances Little uses that for the
title of a book about her. Young and
old, men and women, American, Rus
sian, German, Chinese and Japanese
fall in love with the lady Of the deco
ration" on sight. and never, seemingly,
fall out; and the reader too quickly
comes under her charm.
She Is a bewitching little Kentucky
widow, who goes to teach Id a Japanese
mission school, partly to support her
self. party to escape from the world
which knows too well the tragedy Of
her wifehood and widowhood. At first
she does not herself know that her sad
little heart is all Jacks. 1t Is only
when she thinks that Jack has grown
tired of waiting that she comes to
understand that it Is not homesickness
alone which makes life in a foreign
land so lonely. One rejoices with her
when she comes into her own SO
dramatically.
The Lady of the Decoration, BY
Frances Little. New York: The Cen
tury company.
A clever idea is concealed within the
covers of Phillip Verril Mighels' Chat
witt" that is something not every book
can boast. And it is we'll handled. 1t
is the story of a magpie which learns
"man-talk" while in captivity, and es-
capes to the wilds to astonish beasts
and birds alike with his weird accom-
plishnent. Chatwit leads chequered
life, matching his wit and cunning
against the forest creatures who are
in the story are mountain lion, the
bear. the coyote, the buzZard, etc.
Their plots and counterplots have a
strangely human interest.
Chatwit; the Man-talk Bird, by Phil
lip Verrill Mighels. New York: Harper
& Bros.
"Some Trinitarian Forgeries' is evil
IDENTIFY sincere attempt on the part
of one who signs himself "A Mono
theist' to resolve the mystery which, in
the minds of many Christians, hedges
about the Trinity. He attempts by
ScriptBral interpretations to explain
these things, and doubtless does so, to
his own satisfaction. AS to the con-
vincing powers of his arguments on
others-every one must answer that for
himself.
Trinitarian Forgeries. BY a Mono
theist New York: The Grafton Press.
Margaret Potter's "The Genius" is a
bold step by that writer into field of
limitless area, so far but little filed. 1t
is a novel of stirring plot, and yet q
striking presentation of the artistic
temperament in it's most interesting
phases. The story is based upon the
life of famous Russian composer, the
sensitive, gifted son of powerful.
iron-handed government official. His
career is a strange and deeply moving
one of shifting fortunes, dramatic epi-
sodes, and final artistic triumphs. This
novel is the first OF Miss Potter's "Tri-
logy of Destiny" three stories of Rus
sian life each complete in itself, but
linked together by supernatural
theme unusual in conception, although
natural in treatment.
The Genius, by Margaret Potter.
New York. Harper & Bros. D