Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-28
For January

tical book, entitled Health Through
Self Control in Thinking, Breathing,
Eating" He points the way to health
and happiness in a sane and scientific
manner, which is all the more effective
by being written in pleasing style
and by the fact that the author as
sumes no position in advance of his
own definite knowledge. He empha-
sizes the Importance of correct breath
ing, upon which he has long been an
authority, and discusses fully the ner-
vous system and how the mind may
build the body healthfully. Much
space is also given to the science and
art of habit formation, and the effect
upon health. q The important matters
of eating and digestion are treated most
ably, and in connection with each sub
i ject we are shown how we may make
ourselves in every way better and hap
| pier by the simple exercise of knowl-
edge and self direction that can be at
| the command of EACH
Health Through Self Control, by
William. Anthony Skinner. Boston,:
Lathrop, Lee & Shepard Co. Los An
geles, c. c. Parker.
"Shebusawa, or the Passing of Old
Japan" by l.. Williams Adams, is a
romance of love and heroism, based
upon the fall of the shogun and the res
toration of the mikado, possibly the
most interesting if not the most potent
period in the history of Japan and of
the Orient. The story details the Civ
ing way of the old to the new, and pre-
sents in a dramatic and fascinating
manner the causes which won for ia
pan her place as a world power, both
in culture and in arms.
Shebusawa. BY L. Williams Adams
New York: G. P. Putnams Sons. Los
Angeles, c. C. Parker.
"The Gate of Death: A Diary" Canon
ymous) is concerned with a theme
death-which must claim, at least at
moments, the attention of the most
thoughtleSs. The author was brought
to the gate, which is named in the title
of the book, by an all but fatal acci-
dent, and fingered there long without
passing through. Face to face with the
dark angel, he looks back over his life:
tells us how the relative values of
things, when seen from the valley Of
the shadow, were changed; with what
feelings he contemplated his past; what
notifications were made in his views
of duty, God and immortality, and with
what heart he confronted the unknown.
The Gate of Death. New York: G. p
Putnam's Sons. Los Angeles, c. C.
Parker.
keeping Tryst," by Annie Fellows
Johnston, is dainty little booklet con-
tanning a King Arthur tale whose i'm
port is for uplift and whose story is we'll
worth while. 1t is fetchingly gotoup.
Keeping Tryst. BY Annie Fellows
Johnston. Boston: L. C. Page & Co.
"The Sword of Wealth." by Henry
Wilton Thomas, is a powerful tale of
woman's love triumphant over events
which. amazing as they are might oc-
cur easily in real life, although pro-
nounced new to fiction by those who
have read the volume. The men and
women who keep the drama moving
are beings of flesh and blood, imbued
with the ideas and passions that belong
to this century.
The Sword of Wealth. BY Henry
Wilton Thomas. New York: G. P.
Putnam's Sons. Los Angeles, C. C.
Parker.
1.-THE Man of Property" by John Gals
worthy, is one of the few volumes
among recent works of fiction to which
one thinks seriously of turning a second
time-a book in which an intelligent
man could browse with satisfaction,