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 "The Morning Glory Club, by George A. Kyle; cloth decorative, with a color ed frontlspiece by A o. Scott, $1.25; published by L. c. Page & Co.,, Boston.
 The doings of The Morning Glory club will furnish genuine amusement to the reader, Originally formed to ''ele- vate' the village, it quickly develops into an exchange for town gossip It has saving grace, however, in the per- son of motherly Mrs. Stout, the uncul- tured but sweet natured and pure minded village philosopher, who pours the oil of her saneness and charity on the troubled waters of discussion and 'condemnation. There is, moreover very pretty and entertaining love story sand wiched in. The school ma am falls in love with the minister's son, both are persecuted and misunderstood through the first two-thirds of the book, and re- deem themselves by nursing the minis ter through a sporadic but opportune case of smallpox after which he pro- nounces his blessings upon them in the presence of the whole town.
 Like "The Second Mrs. Jim" which this book in sense resembles, it is a series of clear and interesting pictures of the humor of village life.
 John L. Given, the author of "Mak- ing a Newspaper" which Henry Holt & Co. will issue on tha twentieth, was till recently on the staff of the New York Evening Sun In his book he will give a detailed account of the business, editorial reportorial and manufacturing organization of the daily newspaper In a large city, aa- dressing particularly the young men and women who want to know the re- quirements, best methods of making a start, and rewards of journalism, and also the country newspaper workers who aim for the prizes of metropolitan journalism.
 1 Mir. Henry Holt seriously entering the fields into which his novels so | agreeably made occasional excursions, has prepared volume of essays en- titled "On the Civic Relations" to be 1 published by Messrs. Houghton, Mfr lin &s Co. It's chief topics will be the evolution and protection of property rights; Government promotion of con- yeniences, through mney and ther uti- lities, and taxation. It is intended both for school and college use and for the general reader
 Messrs. Mcclure, Phillips & Co., will introduce new novelist this spring, whose first book, to appear under the title of '"The Artist Temperament" has already made a great hit in London. The identity of the author is kept even from the publishers, the pen name "Jane Wardle" being used. The story deals with the lives of London painter folk.
 Miss Marjorie Brown, author of "The Viper of Milan" has recently finished new novel, called "The Master of Stair" and Mcclure, Phillips & Co. will pub l fish tt at an early date The Master Of Stair" Is the father of Nancy Stair, l the heroine of Eleanor Mccartney Lanes novel of last year, and Miss Bowens story deals with what is l known in history as the Massacre of Glencoe, the author having discovered in recently unearthed historical ma | terial that there never was a massacre of the kind handed down in poetry and | tradition, when the entire clan of the l Macdonalls was wiped out by the | Campbells. All the historical figures of the time, including William of Or ange, are introduced in the story, of which the dominating character is the wild and sinister Master of Stair. The publication of new leather edi- tion of Charles G. D. Roberts New York Nocturnes." a book of verse con- ! taining some of MT. Roberts best lyr-