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The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

THE HOLE BOOK, By Peter Newell.
 Published by Harper X Brothers,
 New York sl2b; at Judd's,
 A great attraction surely for young folks who will be overflowng with in- rocent delight at the big, charming. beautifully colored pictures which em- helish and adorn the ample pages of this holiday production and will turn page after page with eager interest to see what the bullet did next In its course through the book. There Is the hole and no mistake, real round hole through every page. IL was made by a bullet which Tommy Potts, small boy had accidentally fired from re- volver Among other things, 1t makes a clean dimple in the face of the clock. pierces the gasoline tank of a passing automobile. with natural results: it makes hole In the wall SO that the mouse gets away from the cat: 1t ships in two the swing and punges Sister Sue to the ground; 1t breaks the branch and drops the coveted fruit into the small boys hands. bores hole through the peasants grain bag and so on, un- til the readers smile resembles Hump ty Dumpty's when Alice was afraid it would sever the top of his head And what should prevent such shot be- Ing heard round the world. save, in- deed, the icing on Mrs. Newlywed's g own cake? There at last the force of bullets can no farther go. For more of this story 1t will be necessary to see Mir Newell direct He has seldom been better worth seeing while the book appears t bc made Il lely of rhymes and pictures 1t may be said to have a swiftly moving plot, well drawn char acters, and e striking climax.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

Every monthly magazine carri many as two continued stories When man takes six, it means his wife is carrying twelve cont stories in her head in addition t' ing tho cooking and trying to fin how much the new hat cost wor the woman next door.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

A PRISONER OF TIE SEA By
 Chauncey C, HotchlSss author of
 Betsy Ross For a Maiden Brave"
 "A Colonial Free Dance etc, Pub
 lished by the John MrBride Co.,. New
 York; Sl50
 "A Prisoner of tho Sea, by Chaun- cey C. HIotchklss who is well remem- bered by many New Haven friends, is the first novel from that author in some four years, The narrative is based upon the dedication of over one million dollars by the Cuban agent of a prominent shipping house in New York city, lately forced Into bankruptcy All that the public knows of the truth is that the agent turned the firms available assets Into cash and jewels, put the proceeds on board of his private yacht and sailed
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

THE WEIGHING HOUR Ky Augustus
 rhomaa Illustrated with pictures
 from the play Published by Harper
 X Brothers, New York, Sllbj at
 1udd's,
 "rhe Witching Hour" has been writ ten by Mir. Thomas, based on his play which made such a sensation in New York. Telepathy mental suggestion, and the gentle power of unforgotton love are the telling points. At the house of Jack Brookhold a chival- rous and hlehbred Kentucky gambler youth commits murder through frenzy produced by the sight of a eats.oye in a scarf pin. The inhu- ence of the aat's-cyc is hereditary and an old sweetheart of his grandmother Judge Prentice remembers her fear
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05
ALI, IN THE SAME BOAT, Hrmo

Al.L IN THE SAME BOAT Humorous
 drawing and verse by James MOnt-
 gomery Flagg 75 cents New York;
 Life publishing Company
 James Montgomery Flagg is as pro- life as he is funny, and that is saying a great deal for the rapdity with which he turns out his mirth-provok- Ing product His If: a Guide to Bad Manners, "Why They Married" :" and Tom -foolery' have had and are having a successful gloom -dispeling career. They are now joined by "All in the Same Boat" in uniform bind ume deals with the persons one meets on ship-hoard in crossing the Allan tic and every one of MT Flagg's types will be recognized by the thousands of Americans who Journey abroad, Although Mir. Flaggs drawings are caricatures and his verse is the fun- poking kind, 1t would not be difficult to take the cabin list of any large transatlantic liner and correctly af- flX real names to each of the subjects of the authors pen and pencil He has. to considerable degree, the Thackerayan gift of seeing the salient points in the humanity he encounters and turning them to satlrical use.
 If you have q friend or friends go- ing to Europe you could render a ser- vice by sending copy of "All in the Same Boat on board the steamer.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

BRAVE LITTLE PEGGY. By Nina
 Rhoades Eighth Volume of ths
 Brick House Books" Illustrated by
 Bertha Davidson Hoxie; Sl00; at
 JuGd's Published by Lothrop Lee X
 Shepard Co.,. Boston.
 The continued popularity of the unique "brlck-house" cover designs simply attcsts the excellence of the stories bound in this attractive way. Peggy comes from California to New Jersey to live with brother and sis ter whom she has not known since very early childhood She Is SO dem ocratlc in her social ideas that many amusing scenes occur. and 1t is hard for her to understand many things that she must learn But her good heart carries her through and her consciousness and moral courage win affection and happiness All of Mss Rhoades' stories have way of ending delightfully."-, and the general good taste which is an unfailing char acteristlc of her books entities them to the favor which they enjoy
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

The automobile and the airship have had their novels, and more than one of them, but apparently electricity Is yet q comparatively fresh field for the novelsts, Messrs. Henry Holt and Company have arranged with Mss Adele Marie Shaw, and Miss Car melita Beckwith for a novel to be en- titled "The Lady of the Dynamos" The lady in question is very attrac- tive English girl who when the American electrical engineer discovers
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

for parts unknown. Such an incident is full of possibilities for an author, and In Mir Hotchkiss tale the unsus- pecting hero, a native of New York, finds himself an officer on board the yacht in question and the crime grad ually unfolds itself to him.
 The dominant notes of the book are action, mystery and love. The pretti- es. and most charming of American girls occupies the center of the stage The plot and counterplot of her two rival admirers on this adventurous cruise gives rise to string of excit- ing cldents.-mutny wrecking tac- tics. and risky deeds of darng-off- setting one of the most attractive love- imaginable. In the end, after a series of intensely dramatic situations, virtue trumphs, as virtue | should, but the book owes It's in- 1 terest to nothing salacious or erotic; though absorbing, 1t Is absolutely clean. The iluustrations are in color, by Bert Knight
 Mir, Hotchklss is man of about 1 fifty years. His first venture into lit- l erature was with his Tn Defiance of the King, which he began in 1893 for the sole purpose of entertaining the lady who has since become his wife. He was advised to publish the story, and the book met with instant success. Since then he has brought ont seven novels and has contributed I largely to various magazines. Like other authors Mir, Hotchkiss has his peculiar method of working. He can. not dictate line to an amannensis neither will he write if anyone Is neal him, his best work being done in 2 room as barren of furniture and orna. ment as possible, He confines him self to one thousand words a day holding that to he an ample stint 1T imaginative writing,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

THE HARTOT RACE: from Ben Hur
 By General Lew Wallace. Published
 hv Harper & Brothers, New York
 For sale nt Tudd's.
 The hosts of admirers of Ben Hur'' will appreciate the printing Of the chariot race episode from Ben Hur in this beautiful volume embellished AS II is with a fine fnl page paintings In color by Sigismond de Tvanowski. It makes very handsome gift hook, one which will be warmly welcomed and appreciated.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

her, is doing her best to learn what she can about dynamos from a book.
 She proves a trusty chum to him, ana gives him much aid and comfort Tn
 the struggles and perils incident to his developing remote corner of Cey- | lon.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

Prof. Vernon T.. Kellogg certainly seems to have the knack, without sao- rihcing any of his scientific reliability, of making Interesting books that might be heavy in other hands. Mcssrs Henry Holt and Company re- port that they arc just having to send his "DarwlnIsm To-day to press for the fourth time.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

Under the title of "A Book of Linn ericks" Little, Brown & Co., have gathered together Edward Lear's fam ous examples of that type of verse, re- which are, 1t will be remembered. as full of humor as the poems. The vol ume has an introduction presenting an outline of Mir. Lear's life and sym pathetic appreciation of his unique nonsense rhyming.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

The Seine Is the study of Marie Van
 Worst, In her series descriptive of riv-
 CTS of the world. which opens Harper's
 Magazine for November. The text Is
 supplemented by the paintings of Andre Castaigne shown in tint ITO the Cold Land of Fire" Is Charles W Furlong's narrative of hazardous trip of ex- ploratlon. undertaken for the maga-
 zine. through Tlerra del Fuego, in re- glons unapproached since the time of Darwin. Norman Duncan tells of q night on the Arabian desert, repeating the torres tJlJ him h an unYeracious camel-driver and Robert Kennedy
 Duncan, brother of Norman Duncan. dlscourses "On the trend of chemical Invention" "The sea and music" Is a critical study by Lawrence Gilman on
 the moods of the sea as motive for composers, and "A Hero of 1nkerman'
 is battle story told to Robert Shack- ] teton by an old English artillery ser- geant Art features in this number arc
 the drawings by Edwin A. Abbey cx-
 positive of Coriolanus ltorntIo Walk-
 er's paintings reproduced with a dls-
 cussion by Charles II Catllu and sev- era etchings hy Charles Henry White
 to accompany his argument upon Pitts
 burg aS one of the most picturesque
 cities of America Eight short stories include one by Arthur sherburne Har-
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

'In Viking Land" Is the title of a book by Prof William $. Monroe, which L. c. Page & Co.,. Boston, an- nounce for publication shortly. Tho volume, which is to be lberally Illus trated, will be notable for the stress laid upon matters of distinctly human interest rather than topography.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

New books to he forthcoming short ly from the c. M Clark Publishing company. Boston, are to include Son of tae North" striking character study of Osseanna Roberts; Little Polly Primrose and Her Friends" by Carro Frances, and Meyer and Son, by Dwight Triton. The last named volume has been written for the pur- pose of setting the American Jew be- fore the public in true light.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

FOUR BOYS ON THE MISSISSIPPI;
 Where They Went, What They Did.
 and What They Saw By Everett T.
 TomlInson, Third volume of Our
 Own Land Series" Illustrated by II.
 C. Edwards sl50; at ludd's. Pub
 lished by Lothrop, Lee X Shepard
 Co, Boston,
 Dr Tomlinson's books always mean something beside the enjoyment which they are sure to afford This series means that our young men can find no less and probably greater pleasure and certainly vastly more profit in touring their own country and incidentally learning It's history, resources. social industrial and commercial life and natural beauties. than in the conven- tional foreign trip. The four friends of the previous volumes are in camp on the Arkansas river, and are so fas- cinated by good comradeship and in- teresting sights and experiences that they prolong their travelling by most enviable trip on the mighty Mlssissip- pi. What they miss finding ont or enjoying would not be worth mention ing
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

Stanton Davis Kirkham, author of Tn the Open," (Paul Elder X Co.,, New York), has spent the better part of hls life in the great out-of-doors. During his wanderings on the Amer ican continent he has made an ac- quaintance with practically all of the flora and the fauna from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Canada to south ern Mexico His essays are those of a naturalist and trained observer pre-. sentlng to the reader an intimate and comprehensive study dealing with the habits of birds, insects and the friend ly animals of the forest and convey ing the spirit of the mountains, the forest. the sea and the seasons witf literary charm and rare understand. ing. Tn the Open," breathes tho spirit of the out-of-doors. II carrie! you into the cool and shadowy hear of the forest, up snow-clad mountain slopes and out upon the wind-swep plain Bird song, the hum of insec | life, the wild fragrance of woodland | flowers. and many of the elusive mys tories and beauties of meadow anr mountain are so sympatnetically in terpreted as to make the reader wlsl with all his heart that he, too, wer' out fin the open"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

Leading features of McCure's Maga- zine for November are: "The Fight for a New Navy" an article showing that steps have been taken to correct the mistakes In the construction of our battleships which were pointed out in McClures a year ago; "Fire-An Amer lean Extravaganza" by F. W. Fitzpat- rick, who says that we burn down al- most as fast as we build; What Or ganlzed Labor Wants" an interview with Samuel Gompers by George Kibbe Turner, and history of "The Wander bllt Fortune" by Burton J Hendrick, formerly of New Haven. The number also includes another instament of "The Familiar Letters of Augustus Saint -Gaudens, and an article by Ed gar Beecher Bronson containing a thrilling story of the old days in the west There are six good short stories: '"rhe Persistence of the Unnspired." | by John Fleming Wilson; Caroline and Her Notebook" by Claude c.
 Washburn; "Scotty," by Colin Mckay; That There Oliver" by Caspar Day; "The Golden Fleece by Albert Kim ross, and "The Domino of Behring | Beach," by Helen Green.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

THE JAYHAWKER By John A. Mar
 tin The C. M, Clark Publishing Co.,
 Boston Mass, Illustrated. sl.b0.
 Mir Martin has produced striking story of western life which starts off the speculation In land incident to the coming of surveyors and the probabil- tes as to the location of a railroad line through the new town, There is a spirited encounter on the street be- tween bulldog and a rattlesnake, a' the result of a challenge and bet by the picturesque braggadocios barkeeper with a fellow townsman, the result be- ing that the barkeeper's pet rattler was torn to bits by the artful bull dog, to the great disappointment and discontinue of It's owner and the ieers of the hystandcrs. The central figures of the story are two beautiful young women, one of gypsy-lIke beauty of face and figure who was sought for by all the marrIaReabc young gallants of the village. the other the young schoo teacher, well bred, high minded and handsome, and third notable figure is the athletic earnest, upright, brave young man who seeks an education and ia desperately, forlornly in love with the first named beauty who sports with his love and runs away and be- comes a vaudeville actress and goes tc moral destruction and q pItiful end There is love- comedy, murder. hitteI fights in the lust for wealth, and tht disclosure of surprising mystery be fore the story ends,
 John A Martin, author of "The Jay ha awker," was prominent in the contes for the democratic nominee for con gress from hs district this fall MT Martin is a successful lawyer a Pueblo, Col, and one of the most pic turesque and interesting young men O hIs section
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

but alone in the world, Is moved by a sudden Impulse arising from a mistake caused by her not uncommon name, Mary Brown" to assume for the summer a position intended for one of very different station in life. The scene of the eventful season, as 1t proves to be, is laid in California at an epcampment where progress toward higher things Is so naturally made a part of a healthful and happy life as greatly to impress the supposedly de- pendent young women' She Is more or less unconsciously the means of doing a great deal for others, and in return finds 1t in many ways the most important and profitable summer she has ever known, The interest Is heightened by the romance which de- yelops, and a rich element of humoI is supplied by the complications af- forded by so many Browns"
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

One of the principal a books that Messrs, Longmans & Co.,, New York, will publish during the coming sea- son will be The Journal of Elizabeth Lady Holland" edited by the Earl of llchester. Lady Holland is known to the readers of memoirs and historical biographies of her time as the dom ineering leader of the Whlg circle; as lady whose social talents and liter ary accomplishments drew to her house the wits, the politicians and the cognoscenti of the day, She Is known as the hostess who dared to give or ders to such guests as Macaulay and Sydney Smith, and, what Is more, eX- pected and eXacted implicit obedience. As yet, however, little has been writ ten of her earlier years, and on these her journal will throw much light. It Is record of the years of her unhap- DIV marriage to Sir Godfrey Webster and after her marriage with Lord Holland is continued with more oi less regularity until 1914.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

ALL AMONG THE DODGERS; or Nor
 man Carver's Winter In Lumber
 Camp By C, B, Burlegh, author If
 Raymond Benson Series" First vol
 ume of Norman Carver Series" H.
 lusrated by H. C. Edwards, Sl5O; at
 Judd's, Published by Lothrop, Lee x
 Shepard Co.,. Boston.
 Norman Carver is a bright. vigorous youth, whose father feels that a win ter of practical affairs will be better for his son than getting into scrapes at school, where, though clean and honest, his social position and active nature make other things easier than hard, old-fashloned study. So he is sent to the deep woods of Maine where his father owns numbering in- terests, and set to work as company "clerk" An eventful winter follows which does much for him An lmpor- tant character and a good friend te Norman is Mr. Collins" the "scaler. who in real life is "Bill' Sewall, the friend of President Roosevelt and also of the author Besides being q frst-class story, this book contains more genuine information about tho growth and cutting of timber, and tho picturesque life of tho loggers. thar has ever before been put in readable form. Mr. Bureigh Is himself argel, interested in numbering operations anC knows what he is writing about
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

THE BROWNS AT MT, HERMoN By "pnnsy." Illustrated by Elizabeth Wilmington Sl5o, at ludds Pub lsoea by Lothrop Lee x Shepard Co., Boston,
 The leading character of this story young lady of wealth and culture,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-05

A DAMAGED REPUTATION, By Har-
 old Blndloss, author of Alton of
 Somasco, Mistress of Bonaventure,
 etc, Published by R. F. Fenno & Co,
 New York; slO0 net,
 very pretty and engaging story concerning Brooks, ranchor. who, leaving his lovely home and natterins prospects in England, buys a worthless ranche In British Columbia, having been duped by the land agent. All his efforts to make the soil productive came to naught as there Is not much soil covering the rocky tract he bought Henceforward Brooke's ambition Is to get even with the land agent or his emlssaries who defrauded him and to get back the s6,0o0 he paid for 1t. His sole comrade is Jimmy, an overgrown sturdy, big limbed, good hearted young fellow whose years had been spent in the region in the vicinity; and then there was healthy vigorous comedy young woman, Bella, who lived some where nearby, in whom Brooke be- came slightly interested, Jimmie ad- yises Brooke that Bella would do for a wife. "once you showed her who was to do the bossing-with nice handy trap-she'd stick to you good and l tight" But Brooke soon saw another i young woman, beautiful and refined l Barbara Northumberland he lost his heart 10 her at once But she was the daughter of wealthy landowner and 1 promoter and Brooke, though a fine ] specimen of British young manhood, and evidently cultured and refined, l dared not hope to win her. He had re- l fused to marry a girl In England whom a rich relative had picked out l for him and thereby lost the estate the rich relative was to have bestowed upon him in the event of marrying the i girl thus selected, So here was Brooke l with a worthless rancho on his hands ! and his funds exhausted. Thence for ward the reader follows Brooke In his hard struggles for mere livelihood l and later on through many perilous situations and adventures in mining and with mine owners and all along is
 the sweet vision of the glrl--the land agents winsome daughter before him There is sweetness and joy and tri. l umph at last for Brooke. and the book ahounds with vivid picturing of the mountains and denles the ravnes and
 the big tree region and the other wild
 picturesque scenery In which the
 events of the story are laid There
 are four spirited illustrations A pic
 ture of Brooke's lonely cabin near the
 scragely river at the foot of a tower
 ing mountain adorns the books cover
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05

"Shabashl (wen done) Is Taung
S Ali dead, by any lucky chance?"
No, sahib if he be not the sixth I
will go and see"
You may be attacked"
Il have found a sword. sahib. You
left me no cartridges" :
jerks told him that the clip and the
/ twelve packets were lying at the foot
of the rock, where Mir Jan speedily
discovered them. The Mahommedan
gave satisfactory assurance that he
understood the mechanism of the rifle
by filling and adjusting the magazine.
Then he went to examine the corpse
OF the man who lay in the open near
the quarry path.
The sailor stood in instant readiness
to make a counter demonstration were
the native assaiIed. But there was no
sign of the Dyaks. Mir Jan returned
with the news that the sixth victim of
the brief yet fierce encounter was a
renegade Malay. He was so confident
that the enemy had had enough of II
for the night that. after recovering
jerks revolver. he boldly went TO the
well and drew himself a supply OF
water.
During supper. a feast graced by a
quart of champagne worthy Of the
Carlton, jerks told Iris so much of the
story as was good for her: that is TO
say, he cut down the casualty list.
1t was easy to see what had hap
pened. The Dyaks, having missed the
Mahommedan and their water bag,
searched for him and heard the con-
versatiOn at the foot of the rock.
Knowing that their presence was sus-
pected. they went back for reinforce
ments, and returned by the shorter and
mere advantageous route along Turtle
beach.
Irish would have talked all night, but
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