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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-08
KINGSTON IS VISITED
BY MORE EARTHQUAKES

Kingston, March s.-Since Monday,
several sharp short earthquakes have
been felt here. They were accom-
panied by a loud roaring noise.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-03-08

Mrs. 4. Romero and little son left
on No. / this afternoon for trip 70
Los Angeles. ssss. $3.50
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.

From Office Boy to Reporter" BY
Howard r.. CARTS. Chatterton-Peck Com
pany, New York.
In his latest story Mr.. CARTS, who is a
local newspaper man, has made an effort
to give the b~ook-reading public some idea
of the Onerous duties of a reporter in
his everyday life, and, although he has
colored his material highly, he has sue
ceeded. Unlike many stories Of the life
of those who daily reproduce for the public
the news of the world, his story does not
smell too much of the shop"
In the character of Larry, the copy boy,
the author has pictured the steady youth,
who has the desire to rise in the world,
so in%frequently found, alasl among those
who occupy a similar position. His rapid
rise from cub copy boy to cub
reporter is due entirely to his own efforts
and a few opportunities which the author
allows to fall his way in telling this en-
pertaining story.
The book is one which should interest
every growing youth. Mr.. CARTS an
ounce that 1t is the first of n series of
books treating on the everyday life of
the pencil pushers.'' and If this is a
sample the appearance of the second
In the series will doubtless be anxiously
awaited by many.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

RAINY Day Diversions" BY Carolyn
Wells. Moffat, Yard & Co, New York.
Reviewed for the EVENING STAR by a
boy of II years.
Rainy Day Diversions is the kind of
a book to have around when it's a rainy
day. but l think many girls and boys
would enjoy having it on a fine day just
as much. In fact, it is a boob that will
be found very handy at any time what
ever the weather may be. IL tells of all
kinds of queer tricks and holiday amuse-
ments. and when you don't know what
to do with yourself or your friends a peep
into this book will give you some ideas and
suggest all kinds of ways of passing the
time pleasantly. The tricks are described
In the form OF a story, which makes ii
more interesting. And as for Uncle Bob,
who does the card tricks, number tricks
and domino tricks, ! am sure all the boys
and girls will be quite fond OF him by the
time they get to the end of the book.
h book tells you what TO do on New
Years Day, st. Valentines Day. Wash
ington's Birthday, April Fools Day,
Memorial Day, Aroor Day, n Fourth of
July and Thanksgiving Day. Boys and
girls of all ages will enjoy the book and
make good use of 1t. And any boy or girl
would be glad to have it. TOM.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
THE NEW BOOKS
Inquiries and Opinion" by Brander Matthew'S "Magda
Queen Of Sheba," a Curious Literary Find--ShOrt
Stories by ]. B. Connolly and Tom Mason.
ChiIdren'S Books.
ChiIdren'S Books.

beginning, surrounded the theft which
plunged Israel into the greatest mis-
fortune" According to this informant,
the manuscript, of 164 pages of goat
skin. fell into the hands of British
soldiers after the battle of Magdala, in
1868, when Emperor Theodorus killed
himself after being defeated. When
the British subsequently sent an envoy
to Emperor John, who succeeded Theo-
dorus. John demanded the return of the
book. The demand was granted. The
volume, according to NJ. lie Roux, bears
the seal of the British museum and an
Endorsement by j. Winter Jones, prin-
cipal librarian in 1872. Thus il may be
proved that the book may have been
seized by the British. Tt was placed in
the custody of Abyssinian monks until
M. LIE Roux, through a lucky incident
and the generosity of King Menelik,
was able to get hold of it and make the
translation from which comes the Eng
lish version. The author of the orig
inal is unknown, but whoever he was,
ancient or modern. he wrote an inter-
esting story laid out on lines similar to
those of a modern novel
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
Arhe Crested seas.y

"The Crested Seas" BY James Bren-
don Connolly. Charles Scribner's Sons,
New York.
A collection of thirteen short stories
of the sea. Mr.. Connolly is a master
of his subject. He knows the sea, and
loves 1t, and he makes us view IL
through his sympathetic and clear-see-
ing eyes. The fisherfolk of Gloucester
he knows best, and their simple, hardy
lives. lived always close to calamity
and death. he makes very real to us
The grim fascination of the sea is felt
in Mr.. Connolly's pages as in those OF
no other American writer. He has the
sense of character as we'll as of a pic
ture, his stories are peopled with
men of flesh and blood and iron. The
present group of stories nave their
humor as we'll as their tragedy, and
their wholesome sentiment as well as
their bleak reality. Anyone who likes
a sea yarn well told will enjoy this
book Immensely. Its salt atmosphere
Is positively invigorating.
President R~oosevelt's alleged effort
to make Mr.. Connolly the Kipling of
the American main by giving him a
training as a b~lue-Jacket may
have been somewhat ridiculous, but the
idea that there is Kiplingesque sug-
gestion, albeit complete individuality
in the nervousness, tersenesS anu pn-
turesaueness with which Mr.. Connolly
writes is by no means ~ill-founded.
1.-The Crested Seas" Is a companion vol
ume to 'out Of Gloucester and "The Deem
Seas TOLL and introduces Tommie Oil
sen. Clancy, Wesley Mars and others again
to the reader.
Mr.. Connolly is the son of a New Eng
land skipper and was brought up in the
region in which most of his stories are
laid-the Gloucester shore. He is a Har-
ward man and was a member of the Ameri-
team team at the Olympian games in 1888.
He has hunted whalss, punched steers on
a cattle ship. fought at Santiago, fished
with I.app fishermen out of Hammerfest,
Finnish fishermen out Of Vardo, and Ger
mar. fishermen III the Baltic, to say Moth
ing of some dozen OF moro voyages, two
of them In the heart of winter to the banks
Cf Newfoundland
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

ships that exist. sometimes. between a
literary man and his wife. Mrs. Wallace
was almost a worshipper of her husband,
whose eourtship and married life with her
were ideal. Susan Wallace was herself a
writer of both prose and verse, but she
reiegated her own work TO an unimportant
place for the sake of his. 1t is said Of
Mrs. Wallace that she cherished every
scrap of paper inscribed with any word
of her husbands. General Wallace's pub
fishers. the Harpers, nave many interest
ing records OF this reverence Of hers i.
the wife's attitude toward Ben Hur" and
the Autobiography" after the authors
death. Ben Hur" remained to her 10 the
last an inspired document. and the Aus
biography" the latter quarter of which
was the work of Mrs. Wallace after the
death OF her husband. she would allow no
hands to touch save her own.
Everybody seems agreed that Lloy5 -
bourne. who grew up as the literary
protege of his stepfafher. Robert LOUIS
Stevenson. and who collaborated with him
In such great works as "Ehb Tide" The
Wreckers' and THE Ivory Box has
finally grown to such powers that he can
take the longer flights alone. His short
stories have had a recognized position for
years, but he has not been accepted as n
novelist of the first rank till now. When
his new work, The Adventurer." vas
running serially in ~Everybody's It pro-
voked the lively interest. 1t is now brought
out In book form by D. Appleton & Co.
The Mikado,p "Pinafore.v Patience, =
Pirates of Penzanee.,, "Iolanthe, and
the other operas of Gilbert and Sullivan
have not outiived their popularity. W. S.
Gilbert who, in addition. has written a
number of amusing plays, is also well
known to the reading public as the autho
of "Bab Ballads and "The Playwright .
John Lane Company announces IL pro-
fuseiy illustrated volume, dealing with his
life and work, among their series entitled
Stars of the Stage"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
aA BncheIor,a nahx.n

"A Bachelors Baby" BY Thomas l..
Mason. Moffat, Yard & Co, New York.
A very inviting book in its externals,
with a cover of gold and brown and
white and laughing, pudgy babies faces
peering out al over it. And the con-
tents don't belle the exterior, either.
Tom Mason, beg pardon, Thomas l..
Mason, for so the dignity of advancing
years and honors has now decreed it
shall be, is always bright n clever,
as an editor of the cleverest humorous
weekly in the country, and a Jerseyman
in the bargain. indeed, should be. But, in
his present volume he has let 1t be known
that he is no longer content to wear
the cap and bells merely. He has a
serious purpose in his writings, and a
/ definite philosophical conception of life
to enunciate. He says so very soberly
in his preface.
That's all right, Mr.. Mason. We
give you our unqualified moral sup
port. Formulate all the philosophical
creeds you can lay pen to and give 'em
to us as much as o sweetly please, so
long as you s~ugarcoat them so daintily.
Most people are rather partial to phil
osophy handed out in guise so agree
able and amusing. We knew well that
the genial author of 'grhe Won Blu
mers,' that capital suburban satire.
could shed q great deal of quiet sound
sense without seeming to make, an eff
fort to do so. We had the idea already
that there was a good deal Of simple
wisdom gracefully expressed beneath
the fooling, and we see no reason now
to change our minds. But the main
thing is to keep us entertained, and
your avowal that that is still your first
intention gives us heart to ask for
more.
"A Bachelors Baby" is a companion
volume to "A Corne in Women" 1t is
in just the same vein. Humorous short
stories and sketches, verse and epigram
and modern fable, all very light and
frivolous, with lever Illustrations by
clever artists to add to the attractive
ness, make up the varied contents.
Perhaps the book is not quite so clever
as the earlier one, but an attempt to
duplicate a prior performance SO nearly
is apt to fall a little short. Still. it is
capital stuff and ought to brighten
many an odd moment of it's reader.
The story that gives the book its
odd title %recounts a sentimental little
episode of a confirmed bachelor who
adopted an infant orphan because he
was sorry for it and had liked its
parents.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

New Books at the Free Public Library
The Polish Jew, His Social and Geo
nomic Value,'' is a careful presentation,
impartial both from the Russian and
Jewish point of view. A valuable contri.
button to the literature of immigration.
1856 pages. Macmillan. $3.50.
The story of the Southern soldiers known
as Mosby's Guerillas is told in "Remi-
niscences of a Mosby Guerilla" by John
w. Munson. 277 pages. 81.
Those readers who are constantly asking
for a good book about h West will find
a bonanza In 1.-THE Greater America" by
Ralph ID. Paine. Some of the chapter
headings are: Past and Present of the
Soo,'' eth Story of a Copper Mine,'' "A
Breath from Alaska and "Gold Camps OF
the Desert" 1927 pages. Outing. $3.50.
THE Old Engravers of England in Their
Relation to Contemporary Life and Art
d540-1SOO), by Malcolm C. Salaman. 21S
pages. Lippincott. 81.
To-day on the Nile" by IL. w. Dunnine
is a delightful book of travel in Egypt by
one who made "A study of the country be-
fore going there. 30 pages. Pott. $2.25.
In Church and State in France. 1900
1907" Mr. Arthur Cation has given a clear
statement of the facts in the case. An APP
pendix contains the French text of the
act of separation. Longmans. $3.50.
A of the most noteworthy
events occurring in our country's history
from 1885 to 1905 is given in Twenty Years
of the Republic" by Harry Thurston Peck.
76t pages. Index. Dodd. $3.50.
John l.. Given, late of the New York
Sun, gives a detailed account of the bust
ness, editorial. reportorisl and manufac-
turing organization of the daily paper in
his book Making a Newspaper" 81!
pages. Holt. $3.50.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
Most Popular Books.

AS indicated by the demand at the New
ark Free Public Library the most popular
books Of the week have been:
Fiction-"The Younger Set" by Robert
w. Chambers; 1.-THE Shuttle" by France.
Hodgson Burnett; 1.-THE Viewers by
Gilbert Parker. 1.-The Domestic Adven
turers," by Josephine Dascom Bacon; 9TH,
Helpmate," by May Sinclair; The Daugh.
Ter OF Anderson Crow" by George Barr
McCutcheon.
Observation-Disclosures by William
James: "The Master-builder," by Hendrix
Ibsen; 1.-THE Complete photographer by
r. Child Bayley; The Ego and His Own,
by Max Schmitt; christian Science by
Samuel Langhorne Clemens Mark Twain
essays, by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

Of a great many of them. and this book
will thus be welcomed with pleasure. 1t
contains descriptions of fifty wild flowers,
with very good illustrations by W. l. Bee
croft. many of them colored. As well as
a botanical description Of the flower. there
is the story of IT. which will interest the
smaller children very much. and also. in
many cases a poem about it. The many
Illustrations. as well as giving a very good
picture of the flower, show, in the back
ground. the kind of a place where the
plant will be ound. This book will be
liked by every person in the family. and
everyone will be aided by it in a very
pleasant way. A. W.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
PETRO BARBUzA is OUT.
Monk" That Got Drunk Is Free Once
More.

NEW BRUNSWICK, Oct. 19.-The
Middlesex County jail has lost its
monkey. Little Petro Barbuza, who got
drunk and tore up a flower bed and did
other mischief last week, and who was
sentenced to thirty days in the county
Jail, has been released on application
of his owner who wanted him back
The monkey was placed under bonds
TO keep the peace, n his sentence was
suspended.
Petro was mighty sorry TO leave. for
he had developed an affection for the
o house, which had beer made his
private quarters. In fact, he had had
two pretty good chances to escape, but
wouldn't take advantage of them.
If he gets o~bstreperous again in
Sayreville he will have to come back to
serve out his sentence.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

- "Magda, Queen of Sheba.'" From the
ancient royal Abyssinian manuscript,
The Glory of the Kings" Now first
translated into a European tongue by
Hugues LIE Roux and into English for
this volume from the French of M. LIE
Roux by Mrs. job Van Worst. With al
Introduction by Hughes LIE Roux IL
lustrated by Michel Engueda Work, an
Abyssinian artist. New York and Lon
don: Funk & Wagna11s Company.
This volume is undoubtedly one of
the novelties of the yea in a literary
way, and perhaps the greatest. The
historical authenticity of any of its de-
tails is not vouched for, nor is the his
tory of the book itself, but In connec-
tion with the claims of descent from
solomon made by the kings of Abyssi-
mia, the book gives the general reader
an insight into one Of the bases of the
claim, even though 1t does not coincide
with either Biblical or profane history.
M. lie Roux, in his Introduction, ex-
presses himself enthusiastically, if not
exaggeratedly, regarding the value of the
manuscript from which he made the
original translation, and also regarding
its style, but his enthusiasm has probably
overhorne his judgment. Nevertheless,
the book is of unusual interest by rea-
SOC Of the romano of its discovery, its
treatment of the subject, the Queen OF
Sheba, and the glamor- that surrounds
rnat personase Tke book purports to
describe how tile Queen came to travel
from her ounsry Abyssinia, to Judea
to visit King Solomon, n how, follow
ing the visit, a son was born to her by
solomon, and how he became the pro-
genitor of the kings of the African
country who have reigned down to
Menelik, the present king. The manu-
script tells how the Ark of the Cove
cnant was stolen from the Temple in
Jerusalem by noble Jews who accom-
panied III Queens son from Judea
when he returned to his mother after a
visit to Solomon. In his introduction,
M. lie Roux quotes the Abyssinian friend
who secured him the chronicle as
claiming 1t Explains the mystery with
(which solomon n his people. from the
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
About Flowers for cbildren.

Fifty Flower Friends with Familiar
Faces" BY Edith Durham. Lothrop, Lee
and Shepard Company. Boston.
While all children like the wild flowers
and are fond Of gathering them, it often
happens that they do not know the names
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
Rnnka ReceiYed.

"The Way of a Man" BY Emerson
Eough. The outing Company New York
1.-THE Queenly Mother BY Margaret L
sangster. Fleming II. Revcll Company
New York. s1.5o.
''Susan C1egg and n Man in the House..
BY Anne Warner. Little, Brown g. Co,
Boston. $1.50.
The Apple of Discord.' By Earle Ash
lev Walcott. The Bobbs-Merri Co., In
dianapolis. $3.50.
Camp and Trail BY Stewart Edward
White. The Outing Publishing Company
New York. s1.25.
'"Tha SHUTTLE BY Frances Hodgson
Burnett. Frederick A. Stokes Company
New York.
Jack the Young Trapper." By George
Bird GrinnelL Frederick A. Stokes Com
pany, New York. $125.
"A Ball of Yarn: Its Unwinding." BY
Robert Rudd Whiting. Paul Elder & Co.,
San Francisco and New York. 70 cents.
Tommy Smiths Other Animals" BY
Edmund Selous. Frederick A. Stokes
Company, New York.
1.-THE House of the Red Fox" By Miriam
Byrne. Frederick A. Stokes Company.
New York.
Government for the People" BY John
- zen fNths NpiAaAAt A"'N ~ NfcF
York. GO cents.
wild Animal Celebrities" BY Ellen
velvln, F. u. S. Moffatt. Yard & Co., New
York. 81.
"The Suburban Whirl," BY Mary Stew
art Cutting. The Mcclure Company, New
York.
1.-TWO Royal Foes BY Eva Madden.
The Mcclure Company, New York. SLIPS.
"a Cheerful Year Book" By F. NJ
Knowles. C. f. Lester and Carolyn Wells.
Henry Holt & Co., New York.
THE Dance of Love" BY Dion Clayton
Clathrop. Henry Holt & Co., New York.
$3.50.
The Flight TO Eden BY Harrison
Rhodes. Henry Holt & Co, New York.
$3.50.
THE Treasurer of the Canyon" BY
Joseph B.. Ames. Henry Holt & Co., New
York. $3.50.
The Broken Lance BY Herbert Quick.
The Bobbs- Merrill Co, Indianapolis.
"The Art of Living in Good Health" BY
D.. S. Sager, M. d. Frederick A. Stokes
Company,fNew York. S1.35 net.
New Treasure Seekers" by E. Nesbit.
Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York.
According TO Grandma" BY Alice Call
houn Haines. Illustrated in color by 3.
Cory Kilvert. Frederick A. Stokes Com
pany, New York. s150.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19
Notes Of the November M~aganInea.

The opening chapter of Mrs. Humphrey
Wards new novel, THE Testing of Diana
Mallory" gives the chief note Of distinc-
ton to Harper's Magazine for November.
The heroine is a young Engllshwoman
whose family affairs are involved in mys-
terry. To the same number Nine. de Bun
sen contributes an instalment OF her remi-
n~iscences of diplomatic life, in which she
gives many personal details Of the mar
riage OF Queen Margherita of Italy. The
artist and writer Charles Wellington Fur
long takes his readers to "A Plantation
In the African Hills" and In text and pic
lures show them some of the striking
pecuIiai1ties of that country. In Socialism
and Communism in Greece Thomas ID.
Seymour. LII. D., professor of Greek al
Yale University, paints a picture OF
Athenian life, and shows how many Of
our new" IDEAS are merely a renewal OF
the old, Besides Mrs. Wards novel. there
are eight short stories by Norman Dun :
can, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, Justus
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

The death OF the widow of General Lew
Wallace recalls one Of those rare friend
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

The author of ''The Martyrdom of an
Empress is publishing a new novel.
through the Harpers, his week, called
Emerald and Ermine."
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

A new novel by the author OF THE Mag
netic North and "a Dark Lantern" Miss
Elizabeth Robins. is to be published this
month. 1.-THE Convert which is Its name,
is said to be a story of the woman-suffrage
movement In London.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

The Macmillan Company is publishing
~Arethusa,' by f. Marion era wford; "The
Crnclble, by Mark Lee Luther; "Comrade
john by Messrs. Samuel Merwin and II.
Is. Webster; 'Nina's Career by Christina
Gowans Whyte; The GentIest Art" by
%. V. Lucas, and several other
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

Richard Harding Davis's "The Congo and
the Coasts of Africa is just out. This
rev book is an account Of the AUTHORS adj
ventures and experiences along the Congo
and the coasts of Africa. and will be of
interest to lovers Of big game, hunting
and outdoor life.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

Edith Wharton's novel. THE Fruit of
the Tree will be published today.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

THE Novels of George Meredith: A
Study" by Elmer James Bailey, just pub
lished. is the most complete study yet
made of Meredith's works. IT shows the
analogics between Meredith's fiction and
that OF his predecessors, with the result of
giving him q firmer anchorage in the reg
ular evolution Of English literature than
has hs<etofore been awarded his product.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

A new species OF ''superman" is por-
trayod in IAN Impossible Girl" the
novelette,. in November Young's Magazine.
The theme is the Shaw theme of the re-
versal of man from the pursuer to the
pursued.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-19

The winter turning of the tide OF travel
toward Egypt gives Thickness to the series
of papers on The Monuments of Egypt"
which The Century will publish in the Inn
mediate future. The articles are from the
pen of the author Of THE Garden of
Allah" Robert Kitchens.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-12-17
CHARGED With
ROBBING HELPLESS

RENO, Dec. 16.-The police of
Reno are looking for man by the
name of John Lorraine, who recently
robbed sick man in the Peoples
hospital in this city Lorraine has been
employed as janitor in the hospital
and when the sick man was brought
to the hospital he happened to be in
the room alone with him.
The patient took his watch and
chain, about 5000 in gold and dia-
mond stick pin valued at about $3.50,
and handed them to Lorraine to give
to the matron of the hospital. Lor-
aine took them, but instead of giving
them to the matron, secured his coat
and hat and left the hospital and has
not been seen since. 1t is believed
that he has gone to California.