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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
COAL

OUR Acton Helena Is the best coal mined We make no exceptions, It burns freely leaves no elinkers and few ashes. Try our high grade red ash nut. Banks Coal Co.,
 Phone 76s --tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
WANTED-BOARDERS.

BoARDERs and roomers wanted at s2i South lMcDonough St., from October list; also, furnished rooms for rent. Hot and cold bath, gas, telephone. etc -7-st
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
ENGRAVING.

WANTED-You to illustrate your ada with our cuts; they add 2b per cent. to the att tractiveness of any ed.; talk it over with The Advertiser Engraving company Fnoas
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16

ORIENTAL RUGS
 At Auction. Bailey Furniture co. Bankrupt Stock. - 10 Commerce St.
 Sale starts this morning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
FURNITURE

OCTOBER ist We will move to 2Os-2li
 Montgomery st.. stock at I06 Dexter Avenue made now delivered on October lst, if de- sired. A. c. Rhodes 6 son. Go. --tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
PERSONAL.

 WANTED-Any relative friend of J. r. Clark. formerly of Texas. who resided in this city within the last two years. will ascertain news of unusual interest by com munacating with Post Office Box No. 2ts.
 --ie-Tt PERRIN Greatest living palm reader and as- trologer will advise and read yours future. Send two cent stamp for instructions. Carl L.. Perrin, 1402 Broadway, N. Y. -18-3t MEN-Don't pass this by. Write us for sealed literature describing the South ern Wonder Appliance which astonishes the world and dumbfounds medical sci- ence for sexual exhaustion. Can be car 'ried in vest pocket and lasts for years. Sold by druggists; used and endorsed by +physicians. So. Inst, Co.,, Box 531, Houston Texas. -16--5t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16

WANTED-To lease a plantation contain ing ten or more farms; suitable to live on with family. Can furnish good references.
 tiser --1-2t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
DRUNKENNESS

cured without inconyenience or loss of time from business by the Jaznes Home Cure for a product of the famous James Sanatorium. Over l4000 eases have been successfully treated Write in confidence for our 60-page illustrated and interesting book let sent free under plain cover.
 JAMES sANAToRIUM. Memphis. Tennessee.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
MULES AND HORSES.

WE HAVE just received another carload of nice horses, also Q good supply of mules, Prices right Come and see us. 12t-123 Lee St, Abraham Eros, Horse Mule Co.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
DRINKS.

l., D. Hale and Company sell the genuine Coca Cola, unadulterated When you feel the need os the pure stuff. .'' come to McGehee Brothers Drug Store Fount 0-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
wANTED-To BUY.

WANTED-To contract with reliable parties for 7x9-s sawn cross ties. Must be delivered
 to M. O. Railroad ors L. N Railroad South of Montgomery. on account of freight rate. Address Marbury & spesr Lumber Co.,,
 Montgomery Ala -9-tf
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
HORSE sHoEING

-.-s--c5--. S-,s- I5c--s shos So ana co,,rt phnrsa a45-Practicai and scientific horse shocing; good work, prompt service; al
 work gtiaranteed W. N Tally. Mgr. S0l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
WANTED.

WANTED--To buy 100 pounds good, clear linen or cotton rags The Advertiser Co. q
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
FOR RENT--ROOMS.

take charge of whole house. 1st of October Mra Burke. 427 8. Perry. Phone 2O5s.
 --I3-st
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
CHANDELIERS.

Wn manufaoturs our own fixtures. con- sennentIy we sell to the consumer at factory
 prices West Electric Co. l17 Commerce st Phone s2S 6
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
TRUNKS


 WHEN you see the word trunks We want vou all unconsciously to think of inc Montgomery Trunk Factory. 103 Bibb, Sehare every kind are manufactured. 's
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
FOR RENT.

-s~--~>---N-~-~-~--~---->
 FOR RENT-New building. No 1i9-i2l coosa Street. In the hea rtof wholesale district Two stories and cellar. Good ele- vator. Fifty.foot rear platform on double railroad trackage. "S.." phone 100A l5tf WE HAVE a large three-story brick hotel all new painted and calsomined. with all convenienoes water and lights. will rent cheap. if wanted apply at once to J. B.
 Parish, Clayton, Ala. -14-7t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16

wANTED-Position by graduate in pharma- cy. registered experienced, single and best references. Address "Salol." care Advertiser.
 -6-7t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
FOR SALE.

FURNITURE-shop worn furniture going cheap. also stock of foe boxes at 36 Com merce St., Gay & Sightler. --1O-st
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
FINANUIAL.

MONEY to loan on wasohss diamonds. jew. airy, guns and pistols; don't worry your friends when in need of c small loan; come 10 ue; our business ls strictly confidential
 MontgoTne Loan Co --ts
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
WANTED-sITUATI0N.

WANTED-yPosition. young lady desires em- ployment as stenographer for one month without compensation just for the sake of the experience. Address, ''Inexperieneed. D"
 care Advertiser. -6-su-no
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
KODAKs.
MISCELLANEOUS.

WANTED-Confederate money, Curios, &c., send by mail to me. or write close descrip- tion of what you have. Highest references. Liberal prices paid. pr, C. T. Stoval 90 Crew St. Atlanta, Ga. --23-3t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
WANTED-FEMALE HELP.

WARTED-Lady or men solicitors to sell our grand line of imported advertising goods; big commission: no hold backs. Ma tional Calendar 6 Advertising Novelty Co.,,
 Box SSOs New Orleans --3-3t
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16
LOST

LOsT-Receipt for one bale of cotton, weighing SIT pounds. marked A-307. stor- ed at Marks & Gayle's Warehouse. Any per son is prohibited from buying or other wise trading for this receipts. Finder will be rewarded for return to Marks & Gayle, Montgomery. Jim Bibb -Is-2t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09
Literary .Nes0s and Criticism.

OF Mowgli., When that inlmitable wanderer tells
US Of wild life and Of the beasts who are his
friends. he carries instant conviction. We be-
heVe In HIS world, as though we had ourselves
travelled through the forest with Baloo the
brown bear, with Bagheera the black panther
and with Kaa. the one merely lovable serpent
the world has ever known But Mr.. London
young man who dreams dreams. and, in the
course OF them. lives over again his life in the
Mid-Pleistocene period, does not for the 1rac-
ton Of second persuade us TO place the slight
est confidence in what he has to say his
struggle for existence is plainly Fictitious az
fair. developed by Mr. London With some mar
rative skill, but never made really credible. A
few grImly dramatic episodes in the tale scarce
ly atone for the improbability and unpleasant
ness OF the book as a whole Before Adam
strikes us as tour &c force that has not come
of.
Mr. Lawrence Motifs short stories IN thf
volume called The White Darkness, are SO
tersely written. so rapid in movement ana SO
simple in their appeal that we can wen anoru
to forgive the bits OF French-Canadinn dialect
freely scattered through them The people III
these stories are genuine. friendly souls, artless
in their emotions and direct in their actions.
Always the author has a good situation IN whlch
to involve his characters. and without OVERRIDING
the backgrounds he draws from the bleak
Northwest. he contrives to make them play
fresh, invigorating part in his work me
White Darkness" is a good collection OF human
anecdotes. set forth with spirit and admirable
craftsmanship.
Martin Hewitt Investigator is a book OF
detective stories having not an atom or dis
tinction but possessing, instead. all OF inc
qualities OF ingenuity and surprise which are
necessary to fair success in this branch OF popu-
lar fiction. Mr.. Morrison takes little more
time 10 the spinning of his yarns than Is quite
legitimate. Otherwise he does very we'll waking
the readers interest and holding it until each
Of the problems attacked is comfortably solved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09
REPRINTS.

BIRDCRAFT A FIELD BOOK OF TWO HUNDRED
SONG. GAME AND WATER BIRDS. BY Mabel
Osgood Wright With eighty full page plates by
Louis AgassiE Fuertes. 12mo. pp xiii. 3lS. CThs
Macmillan Company
RELIGION, NATURAL AND REVEALED. A Series OF
Progressive Lessons for Jewish Youth BY y 8.
Joseph. Revised edition. 12mo. pp. xii. $40 CHE
Macmillan Company
THE WORKS OF MRS. GASKELL (Enutsford Edi-
toni In eight volumes With general btOgraph-
ca introduction and critical introduction TO each
BY Dr. a. W. Ward. assisted BY the
Misses GaskelL 12mO. &C. p Putnams Sons)
The hve volumes just received comprise MY
Lady Ludlow" "Sylvia's Lovers Cousin Phiiis."
"VVives and Daughters' and North and South
ISAAC PITAsANs SHORT COURSE IN SHORTHAND
An exposition OF the authors system Of photography
I6mo pp. w. 1872. Qsaac Pitmans Sons9
and for SELF instructor.
HUMAN PERSONALITY AND ITS SURVIVAL. OF
BODILY DEATH. BY Frederick W. y. Myers Edit
81 ami abr iged by his Leopold Hamilton Myers
svo Do xviii. 4TO. Oongmans. Green & Col
The original edition OF this work issued soma
four years ago. In two volumes
FROM KING TO KING. The tragedy OF the Puritan
Revolution. BY c.. Loves Dickinson. 1oI,os lss.
(SlcClure. Phillips Coz
Written a series OF dialogues IN blank ard
prose
THE WRITINGS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. Col
lscted ana and edited with lie saa i1trodustiou by
6S2 CHE Macmillan Company
The final volume In this handsonsy uaass edition
Of Franklins writings containing tbs remainder OF
ire correspondence and miscellaneous papers. the
life a list OF correspondents. index OF persons
On index OF pieces and subjects
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09
FLORIDA.
BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
MISCELLANEOUS.

THE PREPARATION AND CONTEST OF WILLS.
With Plans and Extracts from Important Wills. By
Daniel 5. Remsen svo. PIP Iii. $50 Baker Voorhis
& Coz
sEcRErAR1A1. WORK AND PRACTICE. By Alfred
Nixon. F. g A. and George H. Richardson.
A. ). A A. Also Company Law by Thomas Price,
Ii. b 12mo. p. VIII 3s6. Qongmans. Green & Col
In "Longmans Commercial series.'' edited by Al
fred Nixon
ALCOHOL. The Sanction for It's Use. Scientifically
Established and Popularity EXpounded by a Physiol-
Ogist Translated from the German OF Dr. J. Starke
limo. pp. XXX. 81. &c. p Putnam's Sons)
THE STORY OF THE HYMNS AND TUNES. By
Theron Brown and Hezekiah Butterworth Illus
trated- Svo. xviii 654. american Tract Society,"
THE EFFICIENT LIFE. By Luther H. Quick. II. d.
With double page frOntispiece. limo. xvi. leS.
Doubleday. Page & Coz
Practical suggestions for men and women who are
obliged live undGS intense nervous strain. The
book is dedicated President Roosevelt
OXFORD AND THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS. BY
r. = SchOlz and :. X Hornbeck limo PIP. vii 1T2.
Henry Frowde)
A history Of the origin. purpose ana qualifications
OF the Rhodes scholarship system.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09
TRAVEL.

EAST OF sUEZ. Ceylon. india, China and Japan, BY
frederic CORTLAND Penheld illustrated BY draw
ings and photographs svO. PIP. XVIII. $50 (The
Ceatury Ccnpany.)
wanderings through the great Eastern cities.
With special attention TO American trade pOssiblli-
ties.
rrTF OK TEAM ON THE OLD OREGON TRAIL.
1S52-l0O0 BY Ezra Meeker illustrated. 12mo Do
aas published by the authOr.)
An account OF journeys from the Missouri,
River Puget Sound. the first in 1852. the second
n 1906
SWITZERLAND: THE COUNTRY AND RS PEOPLE
written By Clarence Rock painted hy Eftis Jar1ins
svo Do x go CO. p Putnams Sonsl
The Illustrations include. besides the eolorst re-
productions from paintings many Interesting half
touss frun photographic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09
MUSIC.

GROVES DICTIONARY OF MUSIC AND MUSICIANS
Edited BY J. \. Fuller Maitland u. A. F. 8 A.
Illustrated In five volumes. Vol III &to pp- will
$50 The Macmillan Company
Carrying the record from Joseph Mas 20 louisa
Fanny Pyne The frontSoieCs Is photographs
portrait q Mozart
a HISTORY OF, THE CHOIR AND MUSIC OF TRINITY
CHURCH. NEW YORK. From Organization TO
Year 1897. BY A. II Messiter- With portraits
Svo pp K. S24 edwin S GorhaYn.)
UNIVERSITY HYMNS, With Tunes Arranged FOR Mems
Voices BY Professor Horatio Parker and Professor
Harry Jepson Svo Dp. Xviii S3i. a. 5. Barnes
& COD
Arranged by the department: OF music at Tale for
use in the university.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09

asked the boys why Joseph said, "See that We
fall not out by the way A boy from neigh
boring village. used to riding about the farm.
cart"
No less amusing is the following:
When asked for the reply OF Naaman the
leper to the command to wash seven times in
the Jordan boy gave the answer as rs thy
servant dog that he should do this thing?'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09
RELIGIOUS.

THE CONVERTED CATHOLIC Edited by Rev. James
a O'Connor Vol. NNIll January 20 December
1905. Svo. PIP. $50 (James \. OCOnnOr)
FREEDOM IN THE CHURCH; OR. THE DOCTRINE
OF CHRIST BY Alexander V. G. Allen. 12no. pp.
xiv 223 (The Macmillan Company
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAI4 COMMENTARY on
THE BOOK OF PSALMS. Bv Charles Augustus
Briggs d. d. Lit. D.. and Emile Grace Briggs
d. n Vol III. Svo PIP viii 5T2 (Charles Serb
ner's SOus.)
THE DIVINE WISDOM AS REVEALED BY THE
METHODS OF CHRIST AND OF THE SPIRIT,
Manifesting the Harmony and Unity In Nature. Man
and the Bible. BY John Coutts. 12Tno pp. VII. SS4
Qondon: National Hysenic Company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09
UNCONSCIOUS HUMOR.
ndon Tribune.

From The London Tribune.
1t is curious fact that the Scripture lesson is
invariably the occasion for the greatest display
OF Juvenile wit Here. for instance is a delight
full example of infantile ingenuity:
Down In Hampshire curate was giving a
Scripture lesson on Joseph and his brethren lie
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09
NATURE STUDY.

CYCIOPEDIA OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE, a
Popular Survey Of Agricultural Conditions. Practices
and Ideals the United states Canada Edited
by l.. II Bailey. With hundred full page plates
nd than thousand Illustrations the text
In four volumes Vol 7. 4tc. pp. xviii. SIS
THE Macmillan Company
This volume all subjects farm cultivation,
soils plans and atmospheric environment and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09

1.-THE Making of the Criminal" Ohe Macmillan
Company. by Charles Z. B. Russell and L. NJ
Rigby. appeals TO that interest shown by all
juvenile and adult criminals which has been
productive Of much good but has unfortunately
distracted attention from the equally serious
question of the criminal youth. Young children
and old offenders have been studied and fairly
well cared for; boys at the threshold Of manhood
though. have not been handled as a special
class, but are usually treated as adults and pun
ished accordingly. The authors Of this book be-
lieve that this practice constitutes the most lam
entable feature of modern reformative systems
The evil. though. is most gIarlng in England
sleeping out. unlicensed peddllng and errand
running misdemeanors punishable by imprison-
ment in the common jail
The writers have adduced significant statistics
and information concerning reformatory laws in
various countries. They draw comparisons
many and invidious, between English MEDIEVAL
ism and the enlightened though still imperfect
ed practices and statutes Of the United States
Hungary and Germany The first aim of the
volume seems to be that OF arousing English
men to reform. The sociological student will
find nothing new in these pages. but may well
benefit by the large collection and purposive ar
rangement of statistics and laws A long ap-
pendix contains the reformatory statutes OF
France. Germany Holland Hungary Canada
Victoria and New York State. together with spe-
cial reports OF commissioners on various meth
DDS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09
POETRY.

THE LOTUS OF THE NILE. AND OTHER POEMS.
BY Arthur Wentworth Eaton. 12mo pp no
tThomas whitaker
THE HYPOCRITE 4 Bv Bingham Thobrun VIII
limo. pp. 106. (BrOOklyn Lyceum Publishing
Company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09

Mr.. W. G. Rawlinson published his we'll known
work Turner's "Liber Studiorum" nearly
thirty years ago. In the mean time he has ac-
cumulated much new information on the sub
tect, and this he has used in the preparation Of
a revised edition. which has Just been~jssued by
the Macmillan Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09
ar Henry James's working methods are thus
described by his publishers:


Mr. James dictates, He dictates only the first
draft however. and III does this slowly. and his
secretary afterward puts the draft into typewrit-
ing. with unusually wide spaces between the lines
This typewritten draft is then gone over by MI
lanes with pen and ink, with infinite care. Every
word is weighed; every thought is pOndered; and
he begins elaborate to interpolate, 10 add new
beauties.
slowly the fabric grows under his loving care;
slowly the sentences and phrases take on the final
aspect toward which he has been working; and
only when is all his satisfaction artistic
literary workman does he permit it to go out 10
the world
Those who have painfully and wrathfully Ia
bored to extract the meaning from Mr.. Jamess
latest lucubrations will appreciate the story of
one who besought the author to explain the
exact meaning of a certain passage. Where
upon Mr.. James responded. with cold gravity.
that If the passage as it stood. which repre-
sented his careful and studied thought. did not
explain itself to the mans mind, he did not deem
It advisable worth while to enter into any
verbal discussion of it
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09

General o. o. Towards autobiography vii
be published next autumn. Many pages viii
be devoted to his experiences during the Civil
War.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09

Mr.. Charles Crawford in a new volume OF
"Collectanea" gives the result of six years
study of the "Bacon-Shakespeare Question" 1t
was wasted time, but we may add that he Of
fers serious refutation of the Baconian argu-
ments, proving that BacOn's supporters are i'll
acquainted not only with the mass Of Eliza
bethan literature. but also with the work OF
Bacon himself
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09

Miss Marjorie Bowen author Of Tho Viper
of Milan" has temporarily deserted Italy for
Scotland, and has written in book entitled
THE Glen of Weeping" a story dealing with
the massacre of Glencoe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09

Mr. Barnes, American is the title OF the
sequel to Mr. Barnes. Of New York. which
Dodd Mead & Co. about to publish. The first
part of Mr.. Barnes's story has carried the name
of its author. A. c. Ciunter, into many lands, for
his book has been translated into nearly all
modern languages.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09

THE SHEEBURNE
OF ATLANTIC CITY.
unoer the same management. has been ted
as strictly modern EUROPEAN HOTEL.
SFACIOIS FRENCH GRILL. WHITE SERVICE.
COMMODIOCS ROOMS. EN- SUITE WITH BATHS.
acc 90 the charm OF the extensive
ing This celebrated place dOubly attractive and com
Portable 20 It's patrons.
Reservations may be made.
JACOB WEIKEI. Manager.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09

An admirer Of the late poet Giosue Carducc
calls the Italian "a modern pagan. blend 81
Goethe and Baudelaire, with preponderance OF
the latter" Carducci's Hymn to Satan he be-
lieves TO have been somewhat modelled after
RaNldelaire's "Litanies 10 Satan For Satan
in both poems read the modern spirit OF IN
rest rationalism and humanitaranism."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-04
OUTSIDE VIEW OF GOVERNOR.
Theory That Woodruff May Upset
 Tradition and Run Again.

+tHAANAOAA %A40 ANAAA ~A6eNAAAs
 The experience of Governor Wood ruff at the hands of the Connecticut
 legislature is interesting. He has de- veloped into one of the most forceful governors the state has ever had, mak- ing an impression on public senti- ment more notable than that created
 by any recent executive with the pos sible exception of George P. Mclean. His initial message was a brisk docu- ment in which various sensible re- forms were. proposed and at which the republican majority in the general assembly has been baking ever since.
 The governor is business man and
 he believes that business methods
 should be used in trae state adminis- tration. He is hostile to the pres
 enc method of selecting county com
 missioners in party caucus, to the
 payment of sheriffs by means of fees and to the unrestricted investment
 of trust company funds; and his latest
 proposal is that Storrs college, the agricultural of the state, shall be nov CN u d lllOI6 dCCGoSlJlS pSAAiN5 el SU$5-
 gestion made often in the past be-
 cause the college is in a remote eoun- | try town and moreover two miles from
 the nearest railway station. Governor Woodruff's program is as unwelcome to the reactionaries in the legislature as Governor Hughes's plans are to the
 Raines- Grady gang in New York; but l.. L 1t l., most of his suggestions, and the re- suit of his spirited assault on rut and routine may be to make him for
 midable candidate for the governor
 snip next year.
 In Connecticut the tradition is that
 governor shall be retired after ono
 term in office, and the tradition has
 been infrequently disturbed in re-
 cent years because the executives have given the public no particular reason
 to desire their continued presence in
 the chief magistrates office under the gilded dome. So certain have tde republican managers been that MT.
 Woodruff would not succeed himself that the candidates of the two party factions were long ago selected, with Lieutenant Governor Lake on the one hand and Representative-at-Large George L. Lilley on the other. But Governor Woodruff; plain man not much given to oratory or display but clearly the master of trenehant pen, is likely to upset these cut-and dried plans. It he wins his fight with the legislature he will be the logical can didate of his party in 1908; if he loses he Is apt to to become the candidate of the people and on that basis may carry the next convention. by aoclama- Journal
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-04
CROSS LITERATURE.

What makes the book so cross?" asked the youngest listener who had for a few minutes, for lack of any thing better to do, been paying some slight attention to the reading that was inteded for her eledrs.
 The young critic was right, the au- thor was undoubtedly "cross" In early childhood this sort of thing Is we'll understood, and called by It's right name. When a small person starts the day in a contradictory mood and insists on taking everything by the wrong handle,-he is not allowed to flatter himself that he Is a superior person with a temperament or a fine thinker with a gift for righteous indignation. He Is simply set down as cross. It is presumed that he got up the wrong way and he is advised to try again and. see if he cannot do bet ter. But when a person has grown up and is able to express himself in literary language he is freed from these wholesome restraints. He may indulge in preeyishness to his hearts content and 1t will be received as sort of esoterie wisdom. For we are .slmple-minded creatures, and prone to superstition. When we sit down with a book it is hard to realize that we are only conversing with a fellow-be- ing who may know little more about the subject in hand than we do, and who is attempting to convey to us not only ais life-philosphy, but also his aches and pains, his likes and dllslikes and the limitations of his own experi- ence. When doleful sounds come from the oracle we take it for granted that something is the matter with the uni verse, when all that happened was that one estimable gentleman was, on a particular morning, out of sorts when he took pen in hands,, M. Crothers, in the. Atlantic.