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t" The Master of the Inn +"
By robert Hcgrck. author Of Together
Published BY Charles Scribners Sons. New

by NODtft t1cEflck. autEOF OF fIOretler.'
Published by Charles scribner's Sons. New
York
1t is difficult to imagine a more
beautiful little fragment than Robert
Herrick's The Master of the nm"
1t might fittingly be termed a brochure
on unselhshness, for that is the theme
of the little story.
A little place, too small to be called
a village, indefinitely located in New
England somewhere, is the scene of
the story.
Some 30 years before the tale opens
the Doctor" had bought this deserted
propertx and had moved into 1t. He
apparently made no effort to attract
patients to his 'inn,'i but they came
somehow or other and were healed.
One patient told another and always
they said: "He heals both body and
soul" There were no charges, but
the patient learned somehow what he
was expected TO do when he left The
doctor had built a school and needed
funds to keep it going, and was very
interested in the success of his project.
When the patient left he was expected
to put what he could in sort of con-
tribution box behind the door.
The cure was kindness and common
sense. The doctor acted as a sort of
father confessor, and the married pa
tfentS tOl0 MIN their Troubles ana re-
ceived good advice and sympathy.
They were given certain tasks to per-
form about the farm. but the doctor
watched them and only allowed a
healthful amount of occupation. The
tired hands rested the tired brain, and
the example of goodness set them by
the doctor put their minds in health
ful condition. The book is auto-sug-
gestion and Christian Science, and
mental healing-up to date and in
finitely more attractive than any of
them The pretty little story of the
unselfshness of the master and the
slow growth of understanding in the
famous New York surgeon is almost
romance.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01
The Right Man {"

By Brian Hooker. Published by Boibs Merrill
company. indianapolis. Price $l.50.
The title of this book brings to mind
The Best Man." by Harold McGrath,
which appeared last year. 1t is unfor-
tunate for Mr.. Hooker that ii does, for
one can not but compare the books fur
ther than the titles.
This is a slight little story which can
be read in an hour but is helped
out by large print. wide margins and
thick paper into making a real book.
The making of the book is most artistic.
The binding is attractive and the color
protogravure illustrations, by Alonzo
Kimball, are very handsome.
The story is of a trip across the. At
lantic on an ocean liner. A girl and her
aunt, her hance and another man are
the characters. The girl is hardly
typical American; she is too nervous
and too weak and vacillating. The
two men fight fer her through the five
days of Se trip, and 1t is hardly fair
to the ahor to tell which wins. for
that Is the whole story. The tale.
slight though II may be. is we'll told and
some of the conversation is clever. 1t
is a new situation, but not an appealing
nor a convincing one.
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The PaIar Of Danger "
By Mabel wagnalls,

By Mabel Wagnslls, author Of Stars 81 she
ODe-a," etc Published by Funk Wsg-
nails company. New York Price S1.5o.
The Palace OF Danger" is a story writ
ten around Nine. Pompadour, though
the heroine Is a little convent girl from
st. Cyr. In brief. Il tells Of Louis XIV
and his amusements, among these be.
ing his passion for private theatricals.
As the tale goes. IL comes to his no.
tice that a certain handsome young
courtier Invariably is selected to play
Romeo 10 La PSmpadours Juliet. The
yolpg courtier, Count Roman de Vrie
is dismissed, but happening to know
a stable boy who strongly resembles
him he induces the boy to take his
place while he remains In the palace
10 continue his affair with la marquise.
When the boy dies the members Of the
court all think II is De Vrie and it is
only when the king walks on to the
Pompadour's balcc--. where De Vrie is
hiding, that the court learns the story.
The love aisair between Distini, the
little convent gl~l, who is the real hero
inc and De Vrie, is rather stormy and
uncomfortable, but the people OF those
days seemed to expect certain amount
o. discomfort IL they had anything to
do witE royalty. However, II all ends
well for them and the book closes with
the Psmpadour back in power and al
most everybody happy.
The book is fairly wei written, but
drags in spots.
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the Nlghtlngaie.' By Jasmine ). Van DresserF
Paul Elder Co.. New York.
..The Panther Tale Of Temptation" By
Anne Warner Small. Maynard Co., Boston.
dorothy and the Wizard OF Or by L. Frank
Baum: the Reilly q Briton company, New York
'.ay Life" By Josiah Flynt; the Outing pub
fishing company. New York.
''Toasts and Maxims." 4. E. Fenno Co..
New York.
''The Cruise Of the Phoebe" By James otis:
Dana Estes 6 Co.. New York.
"a Damaged Reputation By Harold Bind
loss: r. y. Fenno 4 Co. New York
The Altar Stairs" By @. B. Lancaster;
Doubleday. Page & Co., New York.
''In Peanut Land By Eva Dean; r. 3. Fenno
& Co.. New York
Tanning the Barbary Pirates." by John d.
Morgan; Mclaughlin Bros, New York.
.At Large" by Arthur G. BenS0ns G. p
Putnam's Sons, New York.
Judith OF the Cumberlands." (" By Alice Mac
Gowan; G. p. Putnam's Sons. New York.
First and Last Things" by II. G. Wells: G.
p. Putnam's Sons. New York.
"A Physician to the Soul" BY H. W.
Dresser; G.. p. Putnam's Sons. New York.
ssHow the World Is Clothed" By Frank G.
Carpenter; American book company. New York
ssThe Courage OF Captain Plum" By James o.
Curwood; the Bobbs- Merrill company. Indian
apolis.
ssThe Law OF the Rhythmic Breath.'' By Ella
A. Fletcher: r. +. Fenno Co.. New York
THAT Gay Prodigal. the Kiss In HIsforvst.
Informant publishing company, Cleveland o.
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Ioggers add much interest. Qothrop.
Lee & Shepard.)
DR.. Everett r. Tomlinson has the
rare faculty of writing instructive
books for boys so attractively that they
do not know they are being taught
anything. Our Own Land Series" re-
ceives It's third addition in this volume,
called -Four Boys on the Mississippi"
1t really tells where they went, what
they did and what they saw. The OBJ
ject OF these books Is to show how
much OF interest there is in our own
land and how much to learn before
the regulation trip abroad is taken.
The four friends OF the previous vol
umes are In camp on the Arkansas
river and are so fascinated by their
life and experiences. that they prolong
their travelling to d fine tour on the
Mississippi. Hothrop. Lee & Shepard.)
That her Brick House Books" are
a success Is attested by the fact that
the eighth one by Nina Rhoades is an
early holiday Offering. This book is
called Brave Little Peggy" and
though she has a hard time at first, It
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M0pctE6 by Ihp0 wv. GOOG

by a large number of Browns" (Lo-
throp, Lee e. Shepard.)
"An Among the Loggers" Is the
arst OF a promised series, "The Nor
man Carver Series" by Clarence
b. Bur1efgh. The author is best
known by his Raymond Benson series.
and the first volume Of the new series
promises equal pleasure. Norman Car
yer Is a bright youth whose father
thinks that q winter Of practical af-
fairs will be better for him than school.
where. though clean and honest. he is
continually getting into scrapes. He Is
sent to the deep woods OF Maine, where
his father owns numbering interests,
and set to work ~ oompany's clerk
An eventful winter follows. which il a
great experience for the lad. Besides
being a first class story the book is
filled with information concerning the
growth and cutting Of timber, and
some fine descriptions Of the life Of
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01
"The Riyermaa /"
By Stewart EdwaI
nf.-r.r H--fr -

By Stewart Edward white. author Of THE
Blazed Trail" eta Published b.. the
Mcclure company, New York. Price Si.oo
The time was the year 1872 and the
place a bend in the river above a long
pond terminating in a dam. Beyond
this dam and on a fat lower than 1t
stood two story mill structure. Save
for a small stump dotted clearing and
the road that LED from it, all else was
forest. Here in the bottom lands fol-
lowing the course of the stream the
hardwoods grew dense their uppermost
branches just beginning to spray out in
the first green of spring. Farther back
where the higher lands arose from the
swamp, could be discerned the graceful
frond of white pines and hemlock and
tire sturdy tops of Norways and spruce.
"A strong wind blew up the length Of
the pond. It ruffled the surface of the
water swooping down ia fan shaped,
scurrying catspaws. turning the dark
blue surface as one turns the nap of
velvet. AT the upper end Of the pond
fl even succeeded in raising quite re-
spectacle wavelets, which lap lap Tapped
eagerly against barrier of floating
logs that filed completely the mouth Of
the inlet river. And behind this barrier
were other logs, and yet others, as far
as the eye could see. so that the entire
surface of the stream was carpeted by
the brown timbers. A man could have
walked down the middle of that river
as down a highway
That is the setting of The River
man." and the characters are worthy
of their background Jack Orde
is the riverman. He is the head Of a
crew OF river hogs" the name of the
men who drive logs on the river. He
is just an everyday sort of a man, but
he is OF the right stuff. He Is no
white corpuscle; he is real man, filed
with good red blood, of thes fine, strong
type that stands for the best that we
brag about in Americans. Orde pos
sesses common school education, but
he conquers by sheer force, mental and
physical. the difficulties that come near
to swapping him at times. He rises
from riverman to boss of the river, and
he crushes his enemies and wins the
girl of his heart.
The love story is the least thing in
the book. Carroll Bishop, "the" girl, is
a good girl. and one is glad the river
man gets her, but after the smell of the
woods and the fine, big, wholesome out
of doors which the book breathes the
love episode seems tame and confined.
Not that Carroll Is in any way to be
criticised; ii is just that somehow one
can't but feel that women do not quite
at in to this strong. rough picture.
The book is like tonic after the So
cfety novel, the sex novel and the prob
lem novel with which the market has
been glutted. When the readers of THE
BIazed Trail" know that this book is a
sort of sequel or a continuation of that
splendid yarn that fact alone will induce
them to read it, and, furthermore,
they can be assured against the disap-
pointments which so many seeueis
bring for this book is IL ANYTHING bet
ter than its predecessor.
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{ The long Arm Of MannisIsr ;
Bv e. Phillips Oppcnheim, author OF The
Arenger'' etc. Published By Little, Brown
& Co. Boston. Price S1.50.

Bv r. Phillips Oppcnheim, autnor OF lhe
Avenger'' etc Published By Little Brown
& CO. Boston. Price S1.50.
Mr.. E. Phillips Oppenheim should
take a vacation. He is working too
hard. Every line OF his latest volume
shows Il and he has written too much
good stun to force book like this on
his admirers.
The Long Arm OF Mannister" is in
reality 10 stories bound together by
Mannister. the hero. They might be
called the adventures or the vengeance
OK Mannister. Before the book opens a
band Of nine sharpers has taken ad-
vantage Of Mannister. One Of them has
run away with his wife and in some
way the others have got possession
OF most Of his property. The circum-
stances OF the affair have been partic-
uiarIy vicious and Mannister vows
vengeance. Like the count OF Monte
Cristo, Mannister pursues them, but in
stead OF a dramatic pose and more
dramatic ~oner" he keeps list of
names in his pocket, and as he gets
even with one Of them he draws line
through the name.
With horror piled on horror-and
thzy are horrid-the book must have
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the city. The author, Charles Clark
Mumm, is well known and this book is
the most powerful from his pen. The
reading of 1t might save many ignorant
and innocent girls, but 1t Is sad. al
most tragic story. The story is long
one and there Is scarcely CLEAN OF
happiness until the very end. and 1t Is
a nerve racking experience to have to
read 1t. 1t would make stirring nelo-
drama of the most sensational type.
(Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.)
No one but a. virginian gentleman is
quite capable of depicting the ideal
called to mind by that term, and no one
is better qualified TO do SO than George
Cary Eggleston. The title of his new
est book, Two Gentlemen of Virginia.
is the expression used In number OF
Instances between man and man to ex-
press a sense of honor so high as to be
above the need of written agreement.
The author tells how young man who
had won prosperity in the west in
herited a run down plantation with it's
outfit of negroes, in connection with
whom the young master tried interest
ing social experiments. There is pic
turesque plantation life. there are some
complex life stories OF interest, and
finally there is one of Mr.. Eggleston's
Gentlemen of Virginia" and some 9TH
ers The book is indifferently illus
trated by Frank T. Merrill. (Lothrop,
Lee & Shepard.)
'sThe Browns at Mount Hermon" is
the latest "Pansy" book and one Of the
most interesting The heroine, young
lady of wealth and culture, alone in
the world. is named Mary Brown
Mistakes are constantly arising. result
ing from her common name, andtone of
them prompts her to take position for
the summer hardly intended for one in
her station in life. The scene of the
eventful season is laid in California at
an encampment where progress toward
higher things is 80 naturally made a
part of a healthfu1 and happy life that
1t makes q profound impression on
Mary. The interest in the story Is in
creased by a pleasing little romance
and the humorous situations afforded
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01
/" The Man From BrOdncy's -

By George Barr McCuteheon author Of The
HUSBANDS OF Edith. etc. PupIsnso, ny
- GORGE BARR MccUTCHEoN
goes back in his latest piece of
romantic fiction. THE Man From
Brodney's," to the style which
made him famous. It vividly recalls
.'GraustsrlS" and those early books OF
his, so delightfully."- improbable.
In this story the author has chosen
one OF those mysterious and indefinite
south sea" islands as a setting. It is
called the island Of Japat. and sapphires
and rubies almost literally pave the
streets.
Two old men, dissatisfied with their
lives and with civilization. have wan
dered to this island and have grown
rich IN these same ruby and sapphire
mines. When they come to die they leave
8 most extraordinary will BY its terms
the grandson Of one is TO marry the
granddaughter Of the other in a year
after the death Of the two old men. The
author here tangles himself up hope
lessly by having the grandchildren al
ready married. but not to each other.
The viii states also that IL these two
DO not marry the property shall go TO
the native islanders, from whom the
two cid men had wheedled It IN bygone
days.
The two claimants with their lug
gage, a lawyer apiece, servants galore
aud all travelling paraphernalia. take
themselves OF TO the island 10 be on the
spot when the settlement occurs. The
viii has stated that they are to go
and live there for six months and get ac-
Quainted The native islanders are repre-
sented by a famous law firm (Brodney's),
which sends out one HOllingsworth
Chase. & splendid and fascinating young
American, who accomplishes ali the i'm
possible tasks set him. Then, too comes
q princess real McCutcheon princess
to visit the English heir. She has all
the qualifications Of a princess, is raw
ishingly beautiful and falls IN love with
Chase and he with her.
The plot is very complicated from
this point on It is pure JOY to follow
the author, to see him entangle his char
acters IN the most hopeless and dis
tressing dilemmas, and, Of course, get
them all out again. The love story of
the princess and Chase keeps the reader
guessing to the very last page. and the
property difficulties OF the other charac-
ters are so satisfactorily settled that the
last chapter leaves everybody satisfied.
Harrison Fishers illustrations leave
nothing TO be desired, and the printing
and binding are artistic. Altogether it
is a most satisfactory book.
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taken from a study OF SIR Thomas
Upton The author denies it. but the
likeness is more than coincioenee
William Somerset Maughams the play
writer. is a most prolific worker. NO
less than three plays and a novel were
produced by him last year In England.
His play. Jack Straw" is having
successful run in New York A new
novel Is shortly TO be published called
"The Explorer" whose chief character
Is drawn from Cecil Rhodes.
Horace Fietcher's works on dietetics
have now become so widely known that
the verbal progeny Of his name
ietcherism, to fetcheries etc--are De-
ginning to be spelled with q small
initial letter. Fletcher himself looks
on this process with some amusement.
and wonders IL he will be immortalized
by being put into the dictionary as
a synonym for ito chew" and thus
Join the band OF martyrs whose chief
members up to this time have been
MacAdam and NJ Dolly. II Is, or
course, q matter OF history that the
former OF these gentlemen invented
road making material and the l2rtsr
very diminutivs tableeioth
Although Mr.. George w. Cable was
born IN Louisiana and fought on the
confederate side during the war. his
home at present is In North Hampton
Mass, where he has lived for a num-
ber OF years.
Nine. Waddington, author Of
Chateau and Country Life In France.
is the daughter OF the late Charles
King. president OF Columbia college
from 1s4s to 1854. and granddaughter
OF Rufus King. the second minister
sent to England by the United States
after the adoption OF the constitution
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Books Received

Really Babies" by B. Brownell; Rsnd-Mc-
Nally company, Chicago.
'sfhe Muffin Shop" by Louise A. Garnett;
Rand -McNally company, Chicago.
IAN Among the Loggers." by o B. Bur
leigh; Lothrop. Lee & Shepard company. Bos-
ton.
Lothrop. Lee Shepard company, Boston.
-Four Boys on the Mississippi. By y. T.
Tonlinson; Lothrop. Lee Shepard company.
Boston.
Brave Little Peggy" by Nina Rhoades;
Lothrop, Lee z Shepard company Boston.
Tho Gentleman" by Alfred Oliphants the
Macmillan company, New York.
The silver Butterfly" By Mrs. Wilson Wood
row; the Bobbs-Merril1 company. Indianapolis
The Right Man. BY Brian Hooker; the
Bobbs- Merrill company, Indianapolis
Human Body and HEALTH" BY Alvin Danscns
American book company. New York.
swat Miligsn." By Bozeman Bulger; NJ. A.
Krans. IA East Seventeenth street, New York
''Tn the Open" BY Stanton ID. Kirkhams Paul
Elder a Co.. New York.
The Life OF Mary Baker Eddy" BY Sbyl
Wilbur; Concord publishing company, New York
"Among the Gospels and the Acts" BY Peter
Ainslee; Temple Senurnay company. Baltimore.
The Little Brown Hen Hears the Songs Of
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a pleasant ending, so we find Mannister
in the last chapter pursuing his poor,
repentant and suffering wife and finally
forgiving her and beginning life all
over again.
1t is cheap melodrama and not
worthy of Oppenheim. He can en-
tertain SO well that it is not fair to
pass over the book With a careless
word of praise, just because Oppenheim
did 1t. When an author so successful
trades on his reputation he deserves a
public reminder that his sins are
known.
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all comes right in the end. Peggy
goes from California TO New Jersey to
live with brother and sister whom
she has not known from very early
childhood. Her democratic social ideas,
supposedly Californian, are rather diff
ficult to handle at times, but her good
heart and conscientiousness and moral
courage win her the affection OF all,
and the story ends quite happily. The
graceful Illustrations by Bertha David
son Hoxie will be sure to please the
children. (Lothrop. Lee & Shepard.)
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work. 1t Is as carefully written, but
its subject is complete surprise. The
religion" is a real religion, but 1t Is
cruel experience Evelyn has to go
through to develop 1t. She Is the child
of a cold blooded mother. who
whole life is devoted to the ARTIFICIAL
ties of society Evelyn is in the way
and is exiled to boarding school. Such
school would not be permitted to exist
TODAY, and not in America at any time
1t has a basement divided into many
tiny cells. each containing a piano.
The girls are locked into these cells for
their practice hours, and the process
wrecks the nervous systcm or many
of them-through the terror of being
locked in so small place and knowing
they could not be heard even though
they screamed. Evelyn is locked in one
OF these rooms one evening as pun
ishment. and the French teacher who
deliberately forgot her let's her re-
main all night in the cell. Evelyn has
to fight for her life all night in the
dark. She is attacked by rats and has
a fearful experience. It seems a most
Improbable situation, but the author
gives a vivid and hair raising descrip-
tion of the scene.
The horror of 1t makes her wondes
at the reason for such cruelty on the
part OF the Ffencn teacner an0 Sne
pities her profoundly instead of hating
her. Slowly she develops her religion
and later writes Ii out for friend WHO
asks for help.
The 10 articles of her belief follow :
a. The god of this religion is the
god of kindness.
'.2. He is not omnipotent.
''s. He can not prevent the pain of
the world.
"a. The extent of his power is un-
known.
%. He answers prayer. but only ac-
cording to his powers and desires.
"6. He stands in the relation to man
of father to child.
~. The kind are his children.
IS. Prayer is anticipative.
80. Prayer is Retrospective.
40. Prayer is cumulative"
The only Injunction in her religion is
BE kind"
AS a small child Evelyn has realized
that she has clairvoyant power. She be-
Heves that 1T is the result of prayer,
and that is the secret OF her religion.
She lives the articles of her belief and,
though the life of all about her is arti-
fetal 10 a degree, she maintains her be-
lief through 1t all and 1t helps her
through a great strain In her life.
The book is well written, but hardly
adequate for the subject. The author
had bigger ideas than she has ex-
pressed
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@The Religion of Evelyn Hastings !"

By Victoria Cross. author Of .Life's Shop
windows etc Published by Mitchell
Kinnerley. New York. Price s1.5o.
One of the most uneven writer's of
the day is the author who hides her
identity under the nom de plume of Vic
toria Cross. Some of her work has
been bitterly criticised. chiefly her over
frank treatment OF the sex proplem.
This book, THE Religion of Evelyn
Hastings" is like another persons
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Gessip Of Beels and PsepIs Who Naas Then

The death OF Miss Katherine Pres
colt Wormeley at her summer home
in the White mountains OF New Hamp-
shire recalls the superior record she
achieved in the high and difficult art
OF translation. She rendered into
English some Of the novels OF Daudet.
the dramatic works OF Moliere, and
more notably the works Of Honore de
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SOME BRIEF REVIEWS

Myrtle Baldwin is the story of
country girl who goes alone to large
city to earn her livelihood, and it tells
in pitiful and dramatic detail the mar
row escape she had from the pitfalls of
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-01

By George Barr McCutcheon. author Of The
Husbands OF Edith" etc. Published by
Dodd. Mead Co. New York. Price $i-5o.