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five years service, is able to back plays
to the tune Of $500 a clip Above all.
that man knowing nothing OF the big
world should attract a woman like Poppy
is hard 10 believe. However, he helps
her husband and helps her by the force Of
an example which must have been rather
milk and watery, and, after joining the
Catholic Church. goes home and dies in
rather melodramatic way. Poppy that
night has made a sensational success on
the stage, but she has promised 10 watch
by Dominic till the dawn, and with her
makeup still on her face and some ad-
mirer's bouquet pressed to her bosom, she
takes her position at the head of Domi-
nic's bier and-the stcry ends.
1t is not pleasant story, nor q par
ticularly skillful one, and Mrs. St Leger
Harrison. who disguises her identity un-
der the nom de plume of Lucas Malet
shows but sparingly those flashes Of wit
which made her earlier work tell in spite
OF its obvious crudites. 1t is extremely
improbable that "The Far Horizon will
in any measure duplicate the success of
Sir Richard Calmady." (New York
Dodd, Mead & Coz
Prof Hugo Munsterberg, OF Harvard.
author Of Psychology and Life" Amer
lean Traits" and '-The Eternal Life" and
editor OF the Harvard Psychological
Studies, has just been honored by the
German Emperor with Crown order Of
the second class. Prof Munsterberg's g
books are published by Houghton. Mifiin
& Co. who this week are issuing a new
edition of s. T. Packard's Whittier
land THE Country Road" by Alice
! Brown; Through Man to Cod" by DR..
George A. Gordon. and Christ and the
Human Race" by DR.. Charles Cuthbert
Hall.
The disaster at Kingston, Jamaica, re-
calls the interesting visits made to that
island by Mr.. and Mrs T. Quincy Smith.
or Washington. These visits were the
subject OF two books written by Mr..
Smith, and these give an intimate view OF
the place and its people Mr.. Smith was
much struck by the East Indian cooue
labor on the island and by the Moroons,
the descendants OF runaway slaves. who
form quite a settlement. At Kingston
they stopped at the famous Myrtle Bank
Hotel, which is one OF the buildings re-
ported TO have been destroyed He tells
too, about visiting the most famous shop.
the one called self Help" which was
founded By Lady Musgrave, and which is
similar 70 our wOmen's exchanges. In
his cecond book he tells US that Kingston
Is an ideal tropical city. and that it owes
its existence to the destruction Of the
great pirate city OF Port Royal. just
across the harbor. which was visited by
r-fh 10 in,
marked that its water supply was good.
and its streets cleaner than in many
American cities. OF the fine buildings he
mentions particularly the royal theater,
the hospital the colonial bank. and the
parish church. The two books of Mr..
Smith give an interesting and informa-
tive account OF a beautiful trOpic city
which seems 10 have disappeared as so
many tropical cities have The books were
issued only for private circulation.
Tales Of Many Lands" by Rose A.
Braendle. a Washington author. is a lit
tie book Of stories Of many countries
which shows its author TO have Travelled
much and 10 have observed more than a
little. There are tales here Of England.
/ France. Italy, Kentucky. Virginia. and
with the spirit Of romance. Indeed. in all
/ Of them the poetic quality is greater
/ than the practical, and as a whole, one
/ feels that an author with imaginative
qualities as firmly developed as those of
this author might have told better stories
/ had she known less. Mrs. Braendle has
/ a style that is clear. direct and without
/ frilIs: she knows what she wants 20 say,
and she says it, with the result that she
! has got together n galaxy of tales that
viii give many readers an interesting
/ hour. washington, d. c.: Press OF Glib
! son Bros).
There IS a quiet grace about the poeticai
work OF Helena Coleman that commends
itself to lovers of musical and well-con-
structed verse She has just issued a new
/ book Of sonnets with the imprimatur oi
( the Tennyson Club. Of Toronto, Canada
/ The opening sonnet shows the beautiful
style of this author:
/ Within M garden. on the southern SIDE
Where warm and strong the suns hsttalons fall
/ Tho lilies grow superbly white and tall.
/ The miguonette aud phlox spread Ear aud wide;
The roses there are ms perpetual pride.
/ The ivy rots laughing up the sail
| And all my h0aerloves. both great and small.
1 A daily feast OF lOTelincss provide.
And deep within the garden Of my heart.
/ Upon that side where thou art wont % shine
/ And something Of tiny sweetness to imTart-
There sprang these little wandering songs o.
mine;
I know not if they show thee what thea art
But any Worthiness they have Is thine.