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The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-11
R. US MOTHER AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE. By Margaret Deland pub lished by Harper X Bros, New York s1.50, at Judd's.

'R us MOTHER AND SOME, OTHER
 PEOPLE. By Margaret Deland. pub
 $1.50; at Judas.
 Mrs. Deland returns 10 the field of her former most successful work, short stories, a field in which she is remarkably gifted This new volume gives a new evidence of that sure touch, that potent charm which has distinguished her previous literary ef- forts In 1t she again reveals her Insight of ths deep things of life that are common experience to all and touches chords of human nature that find genuine response Some of her best work will be found in these stor- ies They are six In number and delighted thousands of readers when they appeared in various magazines. Perhaps the strongest of these simple but impressive tales Is Many Wa ters" which tells of the love of de- voted wife whose fine sensiblities and tender conscience and her implicit faith in her husband arc rudely shocked by the discovery among some old papers and memoranda of her husbands. that the law suit against him which he had won had been m fairly won and that as the admins trator of an estate, he had wrongful- ly appropriated S3.00o The anger and shame of the husband at the rev elaton of his perfidy and wrong do ing, the grief of the loving and tender wife, and her successful pleading for the rectifcation of the wrong done furnish chapter which will dwell in the memory
 All of the stories are gently serious except the first, which has the charm of the sweet simplicity and humor that adorned this authors "Old Ches ter" tales This first story, from which the book takes it's title, deals with re- awakened joy which simple hearted gentleman. a widower of fifteen years, experiences in chance acquaintance with q bell boy at the hotel where he is patiently awaiting the recovery of his eyesight after an operation The acquaintance deepens Into affection for the lad, bright, sympathetic lad who was of just the age the mans sons would have been had he lived. Naturally the mother of the boy drifts into the story, sweet, shy. gen tie and pretty woman, and with love enkindled for the lad the lonely man finds his heart has willing room for the mother also, k. Us mother
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-11
The Pebble in His Shoe.

Down along a primrose way
 Where gentle breezes sweetly blew A pessimist fared all the day
 And wore pebble in one shoe. His face was blackened by frown, He seemed to bear nameless dread: He heard no music shifting down Through lcafy branches overhead. Although the world was at its best, With Peace untroubled on her throne. He carried sorrow in his breast And hopelessness was In his tone. Down along primrose way
 Where gentle breezes sweetly blew The pessimist fared all the day And kept the pebble in h1s shoe.
 Chicag Record Herald.
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ard Escombe, the novel which has been a companion serial to The Shoul- ders of Atlas, and which will be pup lished on the same day.
 The May issue of the Quarterly Jounal of Economies (published for Harvard University by George H. Ellis Co.,, Boston, contains as usual articles of theoretic and practical in- terest. It opens with an article by Prof. Taussig of Harvard on the rela- ton between capital and interest, in which he discusses some recent theo- ries and, more particularly, criticises some of the doctrines of Prof. Clark of Columbia. Of more practical in- terest Is an article by Prof. Henry C. Adams, the well-known statisticIan of the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion. Prof. Adams describes tho min ute supervision of railroad accounts which the commission has undertaken under the authority given by the Hep burn Act of 1896. One characteristic feature in that supervision Is the re- quirement that railways shall carry depreciation account for their euuip- ment and shall regularly write off specified amounts for depreciation. Prof. Adams discusses the larger pos sibilities of such supervision, and points out how 1t may serve not only for strengthening investors conH- dence In railway securitiesn but for settling controversies between rail- ways and their employees. Another article on railway subjects Is a long and exhaustive one on Australian rail ways by Dr. Victor Clark of the Unit ed States Department of Labor. Dr. Clark was recently sent to Australia by the department, and examined the situation on the spot. His verdict on this great experiment. in public man agement of railways is. on the whole, favorable. He does not hesitate to point out mistakes and difficulties, yet he is convinced that the Australian people have solved the question in the right way for them. None the less he concludes that the people of the United States have solved the question In the way best for them al- so. and have been wise in not eii- tering upon public ownership. Of immediate interest Is an article by F. $. Meade of the University of Penn sylvania on the price policy of the United States Steel corporation. Mir Mead believes that the Steel corpor- ation is acting wisely, and, on the whole, is acting in the public interest in refusing to let prices drop. There is here an illustration of the greater stability of industry which Is urged as one of the advantages of trusts. Without the trust the Irregularities of prices and fluctuations of industry would be greater than they are with them.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-11

Bertrand of Brittany" the hero of Warwick Deeping's novel by that name which the Harpers have just is' sued. is tho renowned historic knight Bertrand du Gucsclin. who has figur- ed several times before in English romances. Readers of The White Company may remember the flashing sketch there of this future Constable of France. In that case, however, the figure was touched with a bit of caricature. Mir. Deeping, while mak- ing his hero ugly and uncouth ex- ceedingly." has made him pictur- esque figure snubbed by a disdainful mother, and driven by tragic resent meht of all things into the Broceli- ande forest, the company of outlaws, and the companionship of light won- en It s Tlphaine, his love--or, as she appears in The White Company his very comfortable wife-who Is his redeemer.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-11

Is the state of Vermont nourishng a school of authorship? Within the pas, seven months Henry Holt & Go. have published "Gunhild" Ca Norwegian eplsodc) by Mrs Dorothy Garfield Fisher of Arlington, Vt, "A Turnpike Lady Ca story of Vermont in Revolu- tlonary days) by Miss Sarah N. Cleg. horn of Manchester, Vt., and lover Against Green Peak ca book of reminIs- cences of country life) by Miss zephlne Humphrey of Dorset, Va. Mir Holt who has a country place near Burllng- ton, dlsoWns any special preference for Vermont authors, as such. and is tell ing his friends that in the above cases arrangements for publication were made in New York, he not even know Ing before the books appeared where their authors dwet.
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finds in the desoate father one who needs comforting but though the man woos her ardently and perslstently, the lady though inclined to and tcn- derly regarding her sultor, does not yield assent. A tragedy occurs and over the bier of "R, J,' and mutual deep sorrow over the lads death the mutual love of the pair Is deepened, The reader will find. at last, how 1t all terminated A capital character pie ture is that of the refractory sister 1n-law of the kindly gentleman with her constant and long standing ap- prehension of his entering for the sec ond time Into the marital state Her final discontinue Is retribution hap oily bestowed by the long suffering victim.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-11

The J. R. Lippincott company. Philadelphia, will publish shortly an exceedingly attractive book, The Perfect Garden by Walter Page Wright, editor of The Gardener, and a well-known English expert on gar dening and horticulture. Mir Wright has written much upon these sub jects, and describes in his new book many of the practices and methods in use in England that have made English gardens famous throughout the world. The book is profusely H. lustrated in black and white, and also has number of pictures in color that are reported to be as fine as anythig of the kind that has so far appeared.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-11

The editor of the National Maga- zine, (Boston) Joe Mitchell Chapple, has made strikingly successful de- parture in the editing of magazine. He has invited his subscribers through page in the National to All out monthly bulletin as to their personal preferences for magazine articles, telling of men and women they want to know about, and the subjects in which they are most interested. He has on file record of what a hun dred thousand subscribers want from month to month and the highest com pliment that can he paid to this ener- getic young editor is that he seems to be pleasing them all. The "Af- fairs at Washington" fulflls this de- mand of subscribers personal sug- gestIons. and the Happy Habit de- partment fulflls another need. This department has had such wide and popular interest that a book called Happy Habit has just been publish cd by The Chapple Co., Boston, con tainins selections from the scattered leaves of Joe Mitchell Chapple's not able career as a magazine editor
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Two new volumes are appearing this spring in Lippincotts Educational Series, which is edited by Dr. Martin G. Brumbaugh. The new books are "The Educational Process" by Ar thur Cary Freshman, professor of pedagogy in the State University at Lexington. Ky, and "The Study of Nature,' by Samuel c. Schmucker, who holds the chair of biology at the West Chester State Normal school
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No less than three books on the negro problem, says the New York Tribune. are on the fall list of one publishing house. Doubleday. Page & Co) Probably the most important of these will be considered a work by Booker T. Washington called The Story of the Negro" In this book this author traces the history of his race from its origin in Africa to It's pres ent position among the white nations and this history. as he sees 1t, Is eA- presslve of positive, triumphant achievement of progress. Then there is a book by Ray Stannard Baker. who has recently spent several years collecting material, in which the effort is made to give a completct as well as an accurate presentation of the exist ing racial conditions as they are found in both sections of the country. "The Black Millions" is the title given to Mir. Bakers elaborate work. Finally there will be large volume entitled Studies in the American Race Prob lem" by Alfred Holt Stone, who was appointed by tho Carnegie Institu- ton to write the economic history ol the negro. In this forthcoming vol ume Mir. Stone brought together number of studies based on his ex- periences as an owner of large plan tatlon in Mississippi, together with an extended survey which he has made of conditions throughout the south. Three essays by Prof. Walter F. Will cox of Cornell University and of the Census Bureau on Negro Crimnali- ty," Census Statistics of tho Negro" and the Probable Increase of the Negro Race in the United States are included in the volume.
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Yes I'm working for the uplft. now"
 Noble man! And what are you do- ing?"
 Running freight elevator"
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It is not commonly known that Amelie Rives, author of The Golden Rose, the much debated love story just published by the Harpers, and first famous for her novel The Quick and the Dead, is an accomplished DOT trait painter and once spent two years in the Paris studios, absorbed in her work from o'clock in the morning until the daylight was done, The Prince Troubetzkoy, her husband, is distinguished portrait painter, but the art of the Princess was developed before their meeting. Recently how ever, she has devoted herself to lit- erary work almost to the exclusion of the other talent
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-11

Harrison Rhodes, whose latest book Is lively humorous story, The Ad- ventures of Charles Edward" Utth, Brown X Co., Boston,, Is q native of Cleveland, and q graduate from Adel- bert college, Western Reserve univer- sity and Harvard. '93. He was formerly associated with the publishing house Of Stone X Kimball, and was one of the editors of the Chap Book, as we'll as dramatic critic for the Chicago Tribune After the Chap Book went out Of existence Mr, Rhodes went to Lon don, where lie stayed for the better part of ilve years, writing short stories, and doing miscellaneous literary work. But Mir. Rhodes has the disease of the wandering foot. and London could not hold him longer. Since then he has had no fixed abode. Paris, Rome Algiers, Cairo and New York are equally home to him, and a letter may, and frequent ly does, cross continents and seas be- fore finally reaching him. He brides hlmsef upon possessing no personal be- longlngs which cannot be packed into his trunks at moments notice. and his most ardent hope is to continue in the same condition.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-11

Tho demand for Anne Warner French's "rhc Rejuvonation of Aunt Mary published ny Little, Brown & Co, goes nlc ly on. Coincdent with May Robsons tour of the Northwest. after a return engagement in Chicago of four weeks, In tho dramatlzed yer. sion, comes tho necessity for another edition the tenth. This edition is call- el thc Players edition, and is Illus trated from photographs of scenes in tho play.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-11

Marjorie Bowen, or Gabrielle We're Campbell, to give her her real name
 author of "Tho Viper of Milan" whose latest book, "The Sword Decides" has just been published by the Mcclure Company of New York though she has lived in London nearly all her life, is not a metropolitan born and bred but native of Hayltng Island in Hamp- shire, one of the most beautiful spots on the south coast of England. At an early age she showed a remarkable aptitude for painting and began to look upon art as her profession Writ
 ing was more or less secondary mat ter-a pleasant way of whiting away an hour or two in the evening but now, of course the tables arc reversed. Miss Bowen Is one of those people who love 0 quiet life. She lives with her
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-11

J. R. Lippincott company has just received a letter from Erwin Clark son Garrett, the author of My Bunkie
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-11

A report on communications purpori
 Ing to have come from pr Hodgson since his death will be a striking fea- ture of new book hy Prof James II Hyslop, entitled '1Psychical Research and the Resurrection" which is about ready to come from the press of Small Maynard & Co, Boston, Other attrac- tive works are in the current list of the same publishers These include q brief biography of Poe by John Macy The Psychology of Advertise ing by Prof Walter n Scott, a promising novel called "Fate's a Fid. dler' by Edwin G. PinEham, a Kansas City newspaper man, and a third edi- tion, with revsions and additions, of Mrs M D Frazar's "A Practical Flu ropean Guide"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-11

Little, Brown X Company are nub- fishing e new popular" edition of a favorite American romance, Truth Dexter This book has continued as one of the fayorlte American novels. nearly 100000 copies having already been sold. This new popular edition is printed from new plates, with new cover design, and a characteristic from tispiece by Alice Barber Stephens.
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work is done during the morning, Ev- cry day she writes at least five hun dred words, often considerably more. One of Miss Bowen's American admir- CTS is Mark Twain, and so keen was the interest ,he took In her first novel that tho author reciprocated by dedi- eating "The Master of Stair" to the eminent humorist.
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eminent humorlst,
 Mir Edgar Jepson, author of Tan gled Wedock," which has just been published by the Mcclure company of New York, though descendant of robustious, hard living race who have lived In Lincolnshire since the days of Hereward the Wake contrlved himself to get born in London, which conse- quently he declares to be the only place in which a self-respectlng Eng lishman would allow himself to be born. His boyhood was spent at the village of Wentworth, so rich in TO- mantle associations and he s grad uate of oxford university. While still at college he developed a taste for It. erature, but thinking that he would like to learn something of the world and human nature before he began to write about them. he started with two college friends on a tour of inspection. In little tin pot of steam yacht they went coasting along the shores of France and Italy. and in six months had as many narrow escapes from drowning as the average seaman en- joys in thirty years. They saw many cities, came safely back to the port of Rome, and from there overland through Europe to England. After making his grand tour in this modern fashion, Mir. Jepson went into wild Wales for a years school mastering and thence to the West Indies, where he spent thres years. Mir Jopsons first literary suc- cess was a novel entitled The Pas sion of Romance" but perhaps he is best known as the author of three in- vigorating juveniles" "The Admirable Tinker Tinker Two" and Lady Noggs- Pceress.
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civilization. As was said of Venezu- ella by Robert C, Morris of New York, in his recent lecture before Yale uni VersIty;
 ''rhe history of Venezuolas foreign relations shows that during her whole natIona existence, for exasperatIng consciousness she excels without eX. ception any other country in the world, But even to anyone unfamiliar with that past record, most casual exam nation of the voluminous correspond once relating to the five claims now pending clearly shows that the pa tience of the state department has in- deed been sorely tried by the attitude of contemptuous disregard and insoent defiance assumed by General Castro's government In regard to them"
 France Is also stirred up over the ar rogant expulsion of eight Frenchmen from Venezuela and The Temps, re- viewing tho situation, expresses regret that France did not send ships to lombard Puerto Cabella instead of sim ply breaking off diplomatic relations, when M Taigny the French charge d'affaircs was expelled from Venezuela two years ago. It declares that the time has come to act
 The New York Globe says editorially: Tt was but short time ago that cer. tain Englishmen were vigorously charging Venezuela with breaches of faith their declaration of facts being almost on all fours with some of our own. Moreover, European experience of Venezuelan trickery and contentious ness Is of long standing. MT Castro has been known for q nuisance in half a dozen foreign offices for many years Great Britain, Germany and Italy submitted to the tedium of a long diplo- matic dispute before they took action in 1902 to lombard and blockade the Venezuelan ports And the end Is not yet"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-11

The new edition of Sir Oliver Lodges The Substance of Faith, which the Harpers have announced, reflects the public curiosity if, it does nothing more. Since the distinguish ed scientist declared his belief in spr- it's, the demand for his reasons has become unsuitable, and his work is be ing read by orthodox and unorthodox with kind of incredulous admiration. More detailed views on this subject are surely to be expected from Sir Oliver in the near future.
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On the eve of publication of her to be issued by the Harpers carly In June, Mary F. Wilkins Freeman has declared her intention Of writing only an occasional short story in future, and devoting herself entirely to the production of novels Mrs, Freeman's deepening interest in this more ex- tended form of fiction Is delightfully."- evidenced in an appreciation she has written of Max Pemberton 5 Sir Rich
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THE NEXT STEP IN EVOLUTION. By Dr. l. k, Funk, Published by Funk X Wngnalls New York; 50 cents.
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ard Escombe, the novel which has been companion serial to The Shoul- ders of Atlas, and which will be pup lished on the same day.
New-York tribune., 1908-10-12
DIAMOND TRADE REVIVES.
Precious Stones VaIued at Nearly
Tzco Millions imported Last Month

Normal times have returned in -he diamond
trade and increased activity Is shown IN various
ways by the different branches or the jeTelry
trade. according 70 prominent importers and man
ufacturers in the Maiden Lane district
A large number Of the diamond houses have re-
Gently sent their buyers to the European markets.
Fer nearly year Americans showed no interest
in the foreign markets because 0f the depression
at hcme. as result OF which the people of the
United States had temporarily ceased 70 buy dia-
mCrds.
Now. the importers say. tire trade = starting Up
again where Il left on early in the fail OF Iast
year. and there is again tine Old dinculty OF get
ting the perfect. crear wlite and blue white dia-
mOnds- According 10 the dealers. the syndicats
has demonstrated its control of the market. fcr
with all the depression the wholesale price 81 ths
gems has been firmly upheld IN the last year. 50
that importers and teEelry manufacturers are
now paying the top prices which were reached
just before the depression started
Figures obtained at the Custom House co-rooo-
rate the dealers IN saying that the trade IS rap
idly reviving- The valuation OF precious s-ons5
and pearls imported in the last month S1sl3.-
4o2. and this IS looked upon by the dealers as
fair monthly showing. quite up to the usual month
y total OF five six years ago. although not
coming up 10 the hzh figures attained IN the three
or four years before the decline began.