The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-05-09


| NiIfred Campbell, the Canadian post
has been spending some tisne In Scot
land, one Of the results Of which h I
novel TIau Of ths OrcadeAv II b :
taie II intrigue and adventure md
Il0ve In feuda. Scotland.
| STARTING in Lie = another book
which PROPOSES to IA young people In
detesnlnins the choice OF I calling o.
profession Thirty occupations ara
lpresented and their aivantages and
disadvantages set forth The author
= Nathaniel C. Fowler. Jr.
An exquisite little story. beautiful
In it4 fancies and In Hs telling. Il
The Story and Song Of Black Rod
erick," by Dora SIgcrson, which re-
cites the story of the unIoved bride
and how she saved her husbands soul
from the place Of torment
A book on Jamaica" was ePnounced
by the Macmillan Company on the day
when the news was received OF the
earthquake at Kingston 1t contains
an account OF the history and chief
features Of Jamaica and Is illustrated
In color The book is written by A. 8.
Forrest and dedicated to Sir Alfred
Jones'
Francis Coutts, who has inherited
much Of the wealth of the Baroness
Burdett- Coutts, Is man of literary
taste. He soon will publish two i'm
portant books, one a volume of poems
containing a few lyrics and come 5000
lines OF blank verse, the other a vol
ume OF criticism Of the book Of job.
concerning which Mr.. Coutts has an
entirely new view.
allowed to forget, has been abroad {"
You would know it from I'm Pastures
New" If In no other way. He wrote
some diyerting papers TO keep himself
in our memory while he was away,
and these are now gathered into a
book. 1t carries the hall mark of the
AIDE humor, but is much less embroid-
cred with slang than most of Mr..
AIDES work That Is not 10 say that
Mr.. AIDE is not as amusing as ever. but
that he is somewhat chastened- An
drew Lang might try him again-
Now that letter writing Is fast dying
out as an art through the pressure OF
modern life and the availability Of
modern inventions for communication
and travel, books of letters written In
the old days have peculiar charm
Three books of this kind OF unusual
literary interest are the collection OF
letters In the personal and literary cor
respondenee OF Robert, Earl of Lytton
(0wen Incredibly, edited by his daugh-
ter, Lady Betty Balfour; The Letters
OF William Blake" and THE Life and
Letters of the First Earl OF Durham"
The biography of the Earl OF Durham
has been prepared from family papers
and contains an unpublished poem by
Byron.
Hector Macpherson, Jr., the young
est expert astronomer in the world,
although only eighteen years OF age,
has produced two notable astronomical
works. Astronomers of To-day" and
"A Century's Progress in Astronomy"
He is the son of Scottish journalist
and lives near Edinburgh. When -
years OF age he began TO show strong
interest in the subject of astronomy and
fitted up corner Of his home as an
observatory with telescope, star maps,
etc. In order to obtain accurate in
formation for his books the youthful
author learned French, German and
Italian, and oorresponded with the
leading astronomers each in his ma
tive language. He is member Of the
Societe Astronomique de France, and /
also member OF the Societe Beige |
1 Astronomie.