The Washington herald., 1907-10-13


from Dan 10 Besheby. Ye'd never NV
suspected ef ye'd seen thet boy of Mac
Grath's a-lying reOun in hammocks a.
readin' from mornin till night, thet he'd
be a-writin books as he does Et fust
we didn't read 'em much back in Syra-
cuse, cause we thought We knowed they
wouldn't be Wuth much. a-comin' from
thet lazy boy uv MacGraths. But, were
pretty peart about Teadin' Nv EN- meow.
Syracuse is es proud Nv her boy as Puck
It looks pretty much es il a-lyin' in
hammock a-smokin'N up ct the sun zen
Istenin TO the leetle birds a-singin', want
seeh Id Improbable business arter
all"
The articles entitled Your Savings"
which have been appearing in the satur-
day Evening Post. of Philadelphia. have
been revised by the author, Isaac F. Mar
crosson. and viii be brought out in book
form ~ a fortnight by the Henry Al
temus Company, of Philadelphia, under
the title How 10 Invest Your Savings"
This department has been one OF the most
successful in the history of the the Post,
and has attracted wide interest and COM
ment. The book has been written 10 make
what has been hitherto most difficult
and technical subject thoroughly intelH-
gent 10 the layman. Among the chapters
are: Saving by System. the A B c Ct
Investment, How 10 Invest, Investments
for Women, Facts Every Inventor Ought
TO Know, Real Estate Mortgages, Bonds.
Stocks, and a complete glossary OF
financial terms and words. Not the least
significant chapter is that on Pitfalls
Tor investors, which IS enliveQed by
many human interest stories of actual ex-
perience. The book will be handsomely
brought, and the price viii be popular.
Mr. Aiarcrosson is the financial editor Of
the Saturday Evening Post and writes,
among other departments of that pubu-
cation, the much-quOted wall Street
Men articles, which appear every third
week. He is a well-known magazine
editor and writer and before Joining the
Posts stan was associate editor Of the
Worlds Work
Here is the record Of book popularity
at the Public Libraries for the past week
NonfeuoH-St- Augustine City Of God:
NemseH, College Chemistry. fiction.
, IL Morgan, 'Alice-for-S Short Hall
Aunt Jane. OF kentucky childrens
room, Grimm, Household Tales" Bar
bour, -Four Afoot"
United States history and politics are,
Of course. subjects Of perennial interest
The three books in especial demand were
Fiske History of the United States;
Bryce, American Commonwealth, and
Claiming United States Of America, 1866
1853. Mythology Is, of course, a subject in
constant demand. Two books most called
for in this subject were Bulfnch. Age of
Fable and Gayley, classic myths in Eng
lish literature.
Camille Flammarion, the French astron-
omer. has written a work on the subject
Of psychicaI research entitled Mysterious
Psychic Forces, which is to be brought
out in this country The author has
comprehensively reviewed the work done
by European scientists in their attempt to
investigate psychical phenomena. and he
gives the record of his own study of the
celebrated medium Eusapia PaladinO.
who has now been under scientific obser-
vation for thirty years.
The Rev. Daniel Hugh Verder has pub
lished a book of poems, a few religious.
the most OF them dealing with things
secular and profane-some Of them quite
pr0fane-passiOns A series of quatrains
in the heart Of the volume are. perhaps,
more successful In conveying the writers
ideas than are the more ambitious forms.
We quote from the best Of these:
: zee the level lawn as far as eye can reach,
And just above e hangs a mist ss on the sea-
These are the days Of yeaTnings Friends vague, in
distinct
Yet reaching from our depths to all eternity.
Ny bedroom walls are bare and cold and white.
So have J fresc0ed them With fancy free
Here are Two vrestlsrs. there an iron-cad knight,
Then comes a wreath Of maidenS IN sIoTtTe glee.
When all my friends have parted and have gone.
I listiess Iie and cannot sing a song;
Bus when my blood with strong affection leans,
Up iTom ms heart rush lyrics in a throng
In October will be published Edith
wharton's great story, The Fruit Of the
Tree" This splendid novel viii be the
book OF the year. and Is a permanent ad- !
dition to American literature Henry van
Dykes new book. Days of" stories and
essays on life out Of doors in his ini- |
mitable style. viii also appear this /
month, as well as F. Hopkinson Smiths |
new book. The Romance OF an Old |
Fashioned Gentleman" which is the most !
charming story published in years |
Thomas Nelson Pages new book Of |
stories, called Under the Crust" and |
the new edition Of George ". Cables /
The Grandissimes." beautifully Illus /
trated viii be brought out before the end /
Of the month
The University Magazine published at |
Montreal pays its respects 10 The
American Newspaper" ridiculing espe-
eially the stock highfalutin phrases that |
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