The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-01

SUNDAY, NOV ly frame Of mind. Her diary is not for little people nor for fools ] knew little more of her than can be learnt by any reader of the book. saw her but once. She was disquetingly beau tiful and talked much as she wrote
 She believed the world treated her badly. She did not see that we all receive from life just what We bring it. May be so. May be- the young woman didn't know right from. wrong, but she discusses both in her book il great deal as If she did know: somebody must have told her about fl and sine was trying to ''uplift'' herself This young person had been asked in marriage by young Ger man officer. She loved the officer, but he was poor in worldly goods so nothing doing. She had a great voice. she thought; so she went to her master to have it examined, tuned up, fixed, plugged, or done anything necessa- " to or with it, that she might employ the voice to give her a career. The mas ter told her that the voice wasn't any good--it was fair, yes-bat nothing to 'career" about; so that instead of ae- cepting the young German officer, she decides to see life" in all it's phases.
 
 much, but sufficient to run her pace un- til she won more at Monte Carlo. Then began her career of enjoyment CD. for she took in in her pursuit of knowledge: (Here's the list of places) Dresden, Lon don, Christiana, Stockholm, St. Peters burg, Moscow, Paris. London Monte Carlo, a voyage of eight days across the Atlantic seeking those green fields and pastures new" to Little Hungary in New in York, New Jersey, New York city, back we go to London, all in a hurry (no hap piness in the United States lying around loose) at Buckingham gate. Monte Carlo again, Cairo, Scheveningen and, last, London-and still happiness didn't come to the poor young woman. She certainly had a hard time of it looking for happ- ness; may be she didn't look in the right places. At any rate, after reading the book through this reviewer cannot make out just what she was looking for that she didn't get--but may be some reader can do better. If you wish to help the poor woman out, take run around the globe with her, and if you find out really what she was trying to do, except 'fol- low the man from Cooks" kindly advise this department; it will be very much obliged.
 '.Tabers Pocket Enclypedic Dictionary, Physicians Edition,'' by C. w. Taber and Dr. Nicholas Senn. 0Jaird Ss Lee) This book is intended to fill demand not supplied by any other pocket medical dictionary. It embraces all the reall: i'm portant medical words in active use and is free from 'paddings' or the use Of vague obsolete terms or words with no medical significance. It is convenient In size Syllabification and phonetic, re- spelling of vocabulary words, full deriva- tions with English equivalents for the Latin or Greek words.
 Physicians and medical students who desire the gist of a subject without Wad- ing through dozens of volumes and hun dreds of pages will find this dictionary an epitome of medical information, d cyclopedia and dictionary combined. The author has been assisted by many prominent physicians, surgeons and spe- cia1ists and access has been available to the standard authorities and current medical literature of this and other coun- tries.
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 ..The Letters of Jennie Allen. To Her Friend Miss Musgrove," by Grace Don worth. Small, Maynard & Co)
 Providence. April 25th 1906. Miss Musgrove, Dear Friend:
 q took some close into the armerry and give thenn to you to send to the suf- ferers out to Californy and I hate to trouble but I got to have one of them back. It was black all-syool shevyott with a jacket to match trimmed kind Of fancy number sS burst measure and passymenterry acrost the front and the collar.
 '1 wouldn't trouble you but it belonged to my brothers wife and she is mad about it. I thought she was willing but she wasn't. She says she wasn't done with 1t and she was going to wear it spell longer. She ain't so free-hearted as what I am and she has got more to do with than l have having husband to work and slave for her.
 'I guess you remember me. I am short and stout and light completed. I talked with you quite a spell about the sufferers and said wasn't it awful about that earth quake. I shouldn't wonder if they had another one right off seeing general con dition of the country is kind of explosive. 'T hate to take that black dress away from the sufferers but I will hunt round and see if can get another one I will call to the armerry for the other one if you will jest lay it aside so no more at present from your true freind
 JENNIE ALLEN,
 'No. 21 Scott Court,
 "Providenee R. l. 'I like your appearance very much" This letter from Jennie Allen, with all her funny spelling and lack of punctua- tion and quotation marks acts as the in troducton to this ridiculous book. recent ly issued from the pen of Miss Grace Donworth. There are a number of let ters to Miss Musgrove," evidently woman of culture, devoted to good works in Providence from Jennie on every con ceivable subiect--it is q box of letters. The book Is very bright; there is really a laugh on every page. Jennie Allen will take you out of the dumps in a jiffy. Try her and see!
 "Over Bemerton's." by F.. V. Lucas. (The Macmillan Co.)
 If you know Mir. Lucas and his de- lightfu productions 1t would not be worth while to tell you much about his latest book. lover Bemertons." It would only be necessary to announce the publi- cation of new book. If you don't know MT. Lucas you have missed a great deal