Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
BOOK NOTES

John Dough and the Cherub' is the
latest childrens story by l.. Frank
Baum, famous among the little ones
for his whimsical fairy tales. In this
| big and beautiful book the author has
really surpassed all his former efforts
in creating fantastic characters that
| will make childish eyes grow round
/ with wonder and cause the older MEM
bers of the family (the old ones all
| ways read Baums books to indulge
In many a hearty laugh. The Wizard
of OF" immortalized the Scarecrow and
the Tin Woodman, Little Dorothy and
the Cowardly Lion THE Land of or"
added the Woggle-Bug, Jack Pump
knhead and the Animated Sawhorse.
Now comes "John Dough-" the bakers
man, made of real dough and acciden-
tally brought to life by an elixir meant
for greater things than rendering an
innate a gaudy gingerbread man with
candy teeth and a vest covered with
aniline.
John Dough and the Cherub. BY l..
Frank Baum. Chicago The Reilley &
Britton company.
The newest volume i'm the Remarque
series is Charles Dickens sketches
of Young Couples" fitting companion
for those that have gone before and
wholly In keeping with the exquisite
/ a
gem and q treasure.
Sketches of Young Couples. BY
Charles. Dickens. New York: II. NJ.
Caldwell & Co.
Did it ever occur to you that the
Darwlnian theory of evolution while
essentially sound in principle is wholly
erroneous in application-that man
namely is not the result of universal
fusion after the fact of creation, but
the fruit of a universal blending before
the fact of creation? DO you know
that even as there is but one God in
the heavens above. in place of many
gods, as the heathen held of old, so
there is but one sun in the universe
in place of many suns as the scientists
of today declare and that sun is formed
by the universe itself? Do you realize
that earthquake shocks, volcanic erup-
tions and seismic disturbances of all
kinds are not so much reminders of
the past as warnings of the future
that the fires deep down in the heart
of the world are not a waning but a
waxing force? These are some of the
wild ideas advanced by William Mar
abel in his THE Rise of Man"
The Rise of Man. BY William Mar
abel. San Francisco: Published by
the author.
Lost in the Forbidden Land" by
Edward S. Ellis, is based on the at
tempt of two Americans to trace the
Pilcomayo river in South America from
its source to where it joins the Para
quay, a feat which had never yet been
accomplished. All the dangers of q
tropical land, and the force and wild I
ness of the river, are to be overcome
besides the resistance of the blood I
thirsty and fearless TOBIAS Indians
who have successfully defied through |
centuries all armies brought against
them. Disaster overtake the hero and
his friend in spite of all that Yankee
ingenuity can do to avoid them 1t is
rip-roaring story and no boy will lay |
it aside until completed
Lost in the Forbidden Land. BY Ed !
ward S. Ellis. Philadelphia: The John |
c. Winston company. 81.
In THE Birch Tree Fairy Book" as
in The Oak Tree Fairy Book are
found the old favorites of every child |
in version especially suited for the |
home fireside. The interest, the charm |
and all the sweetness have been re- |
tanned; but savagery, distressing de-
tails and excessive pathos have been |
dropped. The clean text, combined |
with the beautiful illustrations make |
these the most delightful collections of
fairy tales ever published. Their char
acter and value can be judged by the
fact that "The Oak Tree Fairy Book
was promptly recommended by the
American Library association for the
purchase of small as well as large
Libraries.
The Birch Tree Fairy Book. Edited
by Clifton Johnson. Boston: Little. |
Brown & Co.
All the world loves a lover is an
old saying ever exalted by the poets.
Thelr love songs are now brought to-
gether in exquisite setting under the