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suggestion previously mace py the In >
dustrial Commission. declared that 1t
was possible for Congress to regulate
corporations and many other subjects
which had previously been left TO the
States. by the expedient of excluding
from interstate and foreign commerce
all such persons or corporations as
may fail to comply with Federal
statutes Upon this theory rest the
prosecutions under the antitrust act
and much of the legislation before
Congress The subject Is important
both in Its relation to political economy
and for its effect upon the structure
of government. Mr.. Prentice treats OF
its constitutional aspect. giving an ex-
haustive review Of early statutes. OF
State and Federal practice. defining the
powers Of government, of the growth
OF stage coach lines and OF railways.
the development OF corporations, the
known as trusts, and the history,
meaning and possibilities Of the anti
trust act.
over the Nuts and Wine" by James
Clarence Harvey. IS q collection OF
toasts, after-dinner speechlets and
words now and then between. Some
few have merit. but there Is q too OBJ
yious effort about 1t all.
publications or houses OF known
reputation would not put forth books
of this kind year after year. This
particular achievement - In the form
OF a bottle of wine In . cooler. No fault
Is to be found with paper and print
ing, decorations, etc, but the shape
Of the book is mere freakishnsss.
(H. III. Caldwell Company. Boston.)
Julien Gordon (Mrs. Van Rensselaer,
Cruger) contributes tho leading story
to the January Smart Set. and the
year 1907 begins auspiciously for that
brilliant periodical Mrs Cruger calls
her novelette, Broken Statues" and no
dner piece Of work has come from her
pen. She knows the world thoroughly
and her people are real human beings.
The greater part Of the scenes are laid
on shipboard and the author finds op-
portunity to enrich her story with
many touches Of exquisite humor.
Few writer's Of the day have such q
Wide audience as Jack London. and In
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\ Romance of Revolutionary
Times and People

The Maid of the Mohawk by Fred
erick A. Ray. is love story of the
beautiful Mohawk Valley in the time
of the Revolution and Immediately pre-
ceding it, The story is told by the
hero. Henry Van Horn. who marches
with Herkimer to meet Brant and his
Indians and is wounded in the fight at
Oriskany. He acts as scout for Her
kimer and later on a spy for Wash
ington, and is put in peril of his life
by the jealousy of his Tory stepbroth-
er Jeanne, his sweetheart. is the means
of helping him to gain his freedom, too
late, however to accomplish the cap
ture of arnold, whose treason he had
discovered.
&c NJ Clark Carananr Rastar
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Art Novel by a New Writer Is
Capably Done

II appears from the little paper
packet on The Breath OF the Runners
that II IS the first book by Mary Mears.
and It Is a good book-one of the few
art novels published since the Gay of
sRooericlS Hudson" and The Marble
Faun." Beyond that 1t is OF a dis
tinctive style and treatment.
Though tho title is of a kind to
ostch the eye and pique curiosity. it
suggests anything but the atmosphere
OF the story, which is all of art stu
dents and studios. picturing and color
ing them with a fidelity and realism
The significance OF the title one finds
sn this passage; In that race without
beginning and without end. In that
struggle for bread. for gold. for excel
ience. for glory, And once again a
blast like the fierce breath OF runners
struck across her face"
The runners" with whom this story
concerns itself are the girl Beulah, who
from a cameo cutting becomes notable
IN sculpture, and also her envious
friend. Enid. The girls are admirably
contrssted throughout the story, but
Ynever more effectively than in their
Mon Of which leads TO the climax of
The tale.
It is an III business guessing an
author from his writings. but one
might hazard upon this story the con-
cept OF e Mary Mears joyousiy young,
abuncantly enthusiastic. passionately
artistic. Be that how II may. she is
20 be congratulated upon her first
fruits OF authorship.
(Frederick A. Stokes & CO., New
York Price s1.5o.)
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Friendship" Love" Happiness" Ma
ture" and Success"
Another is The Twins and the
Why's, a fairy tale worth while. by Su
san F. Thompson. tits like those won
derful old cowslip rhymes OF the last
century, always with moral. The
can and can't twins" have a hard time
learning their lesson, but, of course, 1t
all comes right in the end. The booklet
is decorated by Spencer Wright
Fear Not is made up of quotations
from the Bible and inspiring thoughts
from later sources" selected by d. j.
D. and z. w. One might guess that D.
]. d. is Della ]. DIESEL. but it is not so
easy to identify E. W. 1t is an attractive
booklet. printed in black. with the
message in each quotation in red. The
little book is artistic in appearance, a
companion volume to The Blue Mon
day Book"
-Ye Gardeyne Boke" is a collection
by Jennie Day Haines OF garden poetry
and prose from PalladiGs TO Henry Van
Dyke. 1t is a beautiful holiday book.
Exquisite decorations and Illustrations
by Spencer Wright make the volume
additionally interesting to Californians.
The Princess of Manoa." by Mrs.
Frank r. Day. is a collection of ro-
mantle tales from the old folklore of
Hawaii, interesting in themselves, but
as 10 style rather forced. The illustra-
tions. by d. Howard Hitchcock, are not
worthy the beautiful setting. for the
book is most artistically bound in
boards and printed on brown paper,
with decorations and chapter initials in
red
Ethel Watts -Mumford Grant and
Richard Butler Glaenzer advertise
themselves on the cover as "responsi-
BILE" for the Auto Guest Book" of mo-
bile maxims. II is the same kind Of
clever foolishness and wise saws upside
down that made the first few "Cynic's
Calendars popular.
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Professional Humorist Also Z
Good Traveller

The latest Of George AIDES publish
fngs is In Pastures New the chron-
icle Of his journeyings in Europe early
this year, during which he wrote home
regularly TO his dear syndicate his I'M
pressions OF London. Paris. Naples and
Cairo II is no secret that Ade can
talk and write real English, but there
IS a certain surprise to find him keep
ing Il UP all through as much of a
book as this. He lapses, it is true,
upon rare occasions into Americanisms,
but never into the exaggeration Of Ade-
tErns. And Ade is a delightful traveller.
He sees the familiar people. things ard
places that are ordained for all who
obey the law Of Murray and Baedeker,
but how picturesQuely. with what
freshness OF interest he sees them. He
opens to US q new London. Paris and
NapleG and a very different Cairo in
fhis volume, which IL q real book OF
travels, whatever he may have designed
q 20 be, and no matter what might
have been expected from professional
and petted humorist abroad. And yet
zt iB full OF Ade-so pleasantly per-
soual that one could wish IL 20 be more
90. As for the fun Of II. one must
needs have q sour and soggy spirit not
GO erin and chuck1e all the way with
AAs over seas and back again.
C6cc1ure Phillips Co., New York;
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Volumes Designed for Little Ones
and Half Crowns"

Mrs. Josephine Scribner Gates, author
of the popular Doll Books" has two
new ones for the ,.ittle people. The
first, The Live Dolls House Party" is
tale of little girl whose dolls all
came to life one day. Just enough Of
the pathetic is blended with the hui
morous to make this original story
one Of keen delight to the little girls.
The other story, Little Red, White
and Blue" is woven around the strange
experience of a little girl born at an
army post. Very easy reading, the fun
and play, all children can understand
and enjoy. and perhaps they may abb
sorb some of the patriotic sentiment
and devotion to the flag. A gay rod
binding fine large type and good pict-
ures make 1t an ideal gift book.
(Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapo-
lis:)
Nixon Waterman's Boy Wanted" Is
an unusual achievement, being advice
pure and simple, yet avoiding with
adroitness the trite and the obvious In
which most books of it's kind abound.
ils interest Is largely due to the au-
jects and his optimistic philosophy. 1t
is a good book to place within the
reach of ..ie growing boy. Some good
reproductions of photographs and
paintings of the homes of great men.
and of the great mon themselves. will
particularly interest the boy reader.
(Forbes g. Co.. Chicago, Price $i.2B.)
Dear Readers: The Monkey Shines
OF Marselcen' have become 30 popular
and the demand 80 great for book
during the past year that he has now
become sufficiently important ~ . pub
lie character to Justify this puhlica-
tion.''
Such is the introduction OF the picture
book called Monkey Shines Of Marse-
leen." by Norman e. Jennett. It 10 .
collection Of comic pictures which have
appeared In . New York paper, and
they certainly do justify publication in
book FORM Even old Sobersides will
not be ashamed to smile at some Of
these.
tMo1.ousnlin Bros New rsrhs
signal Lights tale Of life on the
prairies by Louise NJ Hopkins. 10 Z
fairly good story Tor boys whon they
have arrived at the 'Tndians age. The
time Is during the Civil War. when the
country could spare very few sold1oro
to take care OF the prairies. then In
tested with Indians, ana the parr6tive
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The Corner House" Full OF
Mystery and Thrills

All the good old properties or good
old melodrama are IN The Corner
House" by Fred NJ. White, and all
working overtime, but none the less
Il is q dull mind that will not find il g
bright story. There IS. first, nys-
terious corner house. dreary and de-
serted, haunted by a horrible tale Of
murder and suicide; a swift black
motor cara very dependable car, by
the way, always fast enough and never
out OF order. a good. young doctor,
wronged. his beautiful, brave. young
sweetheart, always on hand to help at
the critical moment an adventures
brunette, to be sure-handsome. des-
perate and wicked: a drunken husband
and q weakly vicious accomplice- II is
q cast without flaw. Excitingly and
rapidly these figures move on through
intricate, ingenious plot and counter
plot TO an ending that would be
y-IespicaJ4e II Il dealt less kindly with
the grand. young doctor and his beau
tiful. brave sweetheart.
Or z Fenno & Co. New York;
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Here and There Among the New
Publications

The English sonnets OF Jose Maria
de Heredia, having gone through three
editions, are too we'll known to need
new mention of their beauty, but DR..
Edward Robson Taylor Of San Fran
cisco, who translated them, was not
quite satisfied with his work and so
has made another revision Of his trans
1ation. The book Is most artistically
bound and printed.
(Paul Elder & Co.. San Francisco.)
Margaret Collier Graham has written
In Gifts and Glvers" a unique little
lecture, which is good reading for the
holiday season. 1t is full Of genuine
humor, with vein of satire underlying
all the fun that will make many a
reader blush in recognition. The glar-
ing human weaknesses furnish Miss
Graham with a fair target for her
kindly withal that no offense is given.
Morgan g. Shepard. New York. Price
Is cents.)
Burt Estes Howard has COM
pleted a little volume called The
Shepherds Question: which is help
to belief IN the completeness of the life
hereafter. He says: The idea Of Inn
mortality II not the product OF labored
the long stairway of logic" but that 1T
is planted as an instinct at the very
foundation Of his beng" The book IL
Beautifully printed in two oclors
throughout and r. . welcome addition
to the holiday booklet library.
(Amey1cAn Unitarian AssonaA4lon,
Boston pEies 80 cents?
one Of Massachusetts most interest.
ing old characters was Father Taylor.
founder Of the Eeamen's Bethel In the
port Of Boston. His unique life story II
entertf .ningly told In . little booklet,
Father Taylor" by his old friend.
Robert CollysS.
(Ams1ican Unitarian. Association.
Boston Price 50 oepts.)
-
The latest addition to the literature
Of Socialism IL Tn the Fire Of the
Heart" by Ralph waldo Trins. . series
Of wol1-Wrttt6n essays on the economic.
seelAl and indnstxtal questions Of the
day. The authors attitude toward these
AueSfions = gloomy ana full Of fore.
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Of the republic In its struggling days.
(American UnEarian Association.
Boston. Price so cents.)
President Edwin Holt Hughes of
De Pauw University, Greepcastle, Ind
has collected eleven Letters on
Evangelism which he had first de-
livered as lectures. His converts were
SO pleased with his arguments that he
has been persuaded to write them. SO
now they appear, appropriately enough
a holiday time, in small volume.
Jennings e. Graham, Cincinnati.
Price % centsN
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Is OF the adventures of a lad of 18
who is spending his summer with his
uncle at one of the forts. 1t is a little
improbable IN spots, but on the whole
interesting.
&C. NJ Clark Company, Boston. Price
s1.bJ.)
Tudor jerks contributes another to
his Magic Wand Series in "Timothy's
agical Afternoon which is as full of
joy for the child as any of its pre-
decessors. Timothy picks up the
wand, which the magician leaves in
the streetcar and after that-we1l,
leave it TO the children. Every one
of them will want magic wand like
Timothy's.
(Ienry Altenlus Company. Philadel-
phia. Price 90 cents)
Indian Boys and Girls" is a holiday
book for children. There is a mis-
taken idea that any old thing in the
picture line is good enough for chill
dren, but 1t Is too bad in these days
of many and talented artists, not to
employ the very best for the impress
sionable child-mind. The stories and
verses. by Alice Calhoun Haines, are
good, but the color plates by Alice
Mar are worse, IL possible. than the
weird and unnatural numerous Illus
trations in black and white" by Ed
win Willard Deming.
(Frederick A. Stokes Company, New
York. Price $1.50.)
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Old, Old Problems the Excuse
for Two Novels

~ Wilderness Cry By George Ed
ward Day. touches the social purity
problem. Its question is the old, old
one. Why should there be one standard
for men and another entirely different
set for women2 The astonishing thing
about this story is that it is written
by a man. and that he is unsparing
of has own erring sex.
&C NJ Clark Company, Boston Price
$500
The problem novel is not to be es-
capped Now we have Out of the
Ashes" It's author, Harvey Rennolds
in subtitle, says "a possible solution
of the social problem of divorce" but
in reading the tale-and it is most
improbable-no solution is to be dis
covered. The rare thing happens to
the hero and heroine. that after di-
vorce and his failure to make things
go just right with the correspondent he
begins to appreciate his wife and be
sorry he was unfaithful, and after
hopelessly loving her through 2S0-odd
pages they finally make up and re-
marry.
&C. NJ. Clark Company, Boston Price
s150.)
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Essays by Oxford Thinker or
Religious Problems

H w Garrod of Merton College, OK
ford. has gathered a number of essays
under the title OF Religion of All Good
Men" Some OF them have appeared
before as booklets or brochures. includ-
ing Christian. Greek or Goth?"
Hymns" Christ the Forerunner." One
OF the new essays IS THE Economics
of Religion"
'Tt is constantly said" the author
processes, that the historical criticism
OF Christianity has for the present gen.
Grafton lost its interest. 1t is a wave
that has spent its force. In sense. this
is true. Historical criticism no longer
interests those classes which 1T former
Iy did interest With this
am not concerned. I am. however, con-
cerned to call attention to the fact that
the classes who formerly busted them
selves with the criticism Of Christian
ity on its historical side are mot inter-
esting themselves IN the criticism OF II
from another side I say, with
some confidence. that never, 1 believe.
was the hold Of religion upon the minds
and the hold OF Christianity weaker
And with still greater confidence I
would affirm that the difficulty which
young men OF today have in accepting
Christianity is not intellectual. but
moral"
(McC1ure. Phillips & Co.. New York;
Tales for Children by the Son
of "Pansy"
One OF the delightful books for chill
dren this year is knights of the Silver
Shield" by Raymond NJ. Alden-a group
Of stories OF all kinds. fairy, historical
and nature, simply told for young
readers. Each tale has its purpose,
but no preaching" goes with it, Mr..
Alden 10 the son OF Mrs. G. R. Alden,
who has written. under the name of
"Pansy," many books for children, so
his genius for reading the child's
heart may be regarded as a lawful
inheritance.
(Bobbs-Msrril Company. Indianapo-
lis.)
Publications OF Two American
College Presidents
President Charles w. Eliot of Har-
ward IL eminently lifted to write on
the subjects he has chosen for his lit
tie volume this fall. -Four American
Leaders," he calls II. and IL contains,
muchly condensed and closely sum-
married.. enough Of the lives of Frank
lin. Washington. Charming and Emer-
son to show what influence these four
great Americans had IN shaping the
political moral snd intellectual life
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Attractive Books of Selections
Prom the Elder Shop

The Elder book shop OF San Francis
60 and New York has ground out an in
teresting grist for the holidays In the
shape Of collections OF various writings.
artistically printed and bound and for
the most part selected with a nice dis
criunfnation- The most attractive of
them all is Paul Elders own contribu-
ffon. Mosaic Essays" a grouping OF
brief essays, poems ana fragments on
The San Francisco call., 1906-12-30

YhfcnS published IN Fferencs zbous
two 30Ufs ago and was Immediately
and Enthusiastically hailed by italian
and French critics as the best critfQus
extant on the Italian writers OF fiction.
DR.. Kennard traces the genesis OF no
tion In the Italian literature. establish
Ing its connection with the universal
human tendency TO story-teIiinE. and.
beginning with Alexander Manxonl In
the early nineteenth century. considers
chronologfcally tho outstanding italian
f1ctfonists. including Massfnno D'Agrs-
Clio, Ippolito Nievo, Edmondo do Ami
els. Antonio ogazzaro. Giovanni Yer
ga. Anna Neera. Grazia Dslsdda and
Gabrielle D'Annunzio. BY comparing
author with author and work with
work. and italian productions with the
works OF non-Italfan writer's. he difrer-
entiates the italian literary genius
from that of other peoples. and exsm-
plifes by the history OF Italian fiction
the laws and processes that underiis
the never-ending conflict between cias-
sicist and romanticist, between idsaliSt
and naturalist. Not the least valuable
and interesting are the HdelfghtB
which are thus let IN IN the hives ana
minds of the Italians thsmssivsA II 10
curious and interesting that DN Ken
nard. though an American. has pub
Hshed more IN italian and French than
in English. and that tho vogue OF hts
italian fiction is second only to that ef
D'Annunzio himself.
Lloyd Osbourne IS spending tAa WIN
ter in the Riviera He took over with
him his big touring car, and VIII make
numberless excursions while WORKING
on new book His automobile noveln.
Baby Bullet" and ~Thres Speeds yor-
ward" (Appleton). proved that he
knows the motor car a. few writer's do
Donald c. Mitchell. whoss psn name
Tx Marvel" brings tho wsil-ioved
"Reveries Of a Bachelor" fnseantly TO
mind. Is still alive. He - 81 now, and
still lives At his country seat -Ed9o-
wood" near New HRvsn. whfnh ~
built nfty-one years ago.
When Owen Johnson. authov oe 7fn1
Fargus," began to write. his drst name
struck him as uncommon IN the world
Of letters Today there are ak least
Owen Wfster. Owen Kildare, Owen Sea-
man. owen Meredith and, best known
OF all. that character OF versa owan
Moore.
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Two Volumes for the Lovers of
All Outdoors

The best description of The Nature
Lovers Treasury" by Carrie Thomp-
son Lowell. is contained in the first
part of her own preface: Many collec-
tions OF nature poetry have been made.
among them two recent compilations
by men eminently fitted to speak with
authority These volumes. edited by
Bliss Carmen and John Burroughs. are
notable because they are selected from
two different standpoints-that of a
poet and that of a naturalist There
IS a third point of view, which is that
of the lover of nature who is neither
poet nor naturalist. but who has, never
theless. keen appreciation of all the
life-giving forces which are to be
found in natures realms.
The book is exactly what it claims to
be and contains many beautiful exam
pies of both prose and poetry. The
compiler OF the little volume has chosen
her selections from such well-known
writer's as Stevenson. Aldrich. Burns.
Bryant. Browning, Lowell, Thoreau and
about 100 others.
(Dana Estes & Co. Boston)
The Young Folks Nature Field
Book" by ]. Alden Loring, is the best
OF the kind in many a day 1t is
written for the young lover of outdoor
life who has not studied natural his
tory IT is arranged like a calendar
book, and IL the entry for each day be
read carefully the young student can
grasp as much of what is going on
around him in the animal and flower
kingdom as he would learn in a long
course at school. This volume is in
tended for the Eastern United States;
one devoted to the western half of the
country might well follow IL.
o.
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1ngersoll Expurgated for Sensi
tive Readers

A volume OF selections from the writ
4urs ana lectures OF Robert @. Ingersoll
has been made by We're Goldthwaite. a
Boston attorney. Many people will not
read Ingersoli because Of his 'fnndep
tsachlngs, and the authors aim In this
book is 70 acQuaint the public with
his beautiful doctrine OF love with
out fear OF meeting the unpleasant
passares~ It seems a pity that those
who are not firmly grounded enough In
their own faith TO read Ingerson In the
witty, epigrammatic. unexpurgated.
original, have 20 be catered TO at all:
but stili this IL q most attractive vol
uzne and much wisdom and good taste
have been exhibited IN the selections
(Paul Elder q Co. San Francisoo.)
ffr-f Nx T>-A~O To Hfo<o~r, -,
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''The Court Jester" Is History in
Attractive Form

s-rhe Court Jester" by Cornelia
Baker, is history IN an attractive form.
lie Clorieux was the court Jester under
Charles the Bold. After his master
died be was miserable under the Dow
sger Duchess. and schemed until he
was sent as q present TO the Duchess of
Brittany. Life there was not all he
wished. but he was near his adored
mistress and happy. Le Glorieux 10 a
real fool, patterned after those we
know in the middle ages. keeping his
Company always amused. but having
tis own serious side.
(Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapo-
ffa1