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II Fiction.
THE LASH. by DIN L. Lyman. sn pp
d50; Richard @. Badger.
A story Of political and newspaper life.
The various characters are well sketched
and there is a somewhat unconventional
love story involved.
THE SPIRIT OF THE SOUTH, by win
Wallace Harvey. 2H pp; $50, Richard
O. Badger.
A collection Of stories and poems IL
Illustrative OF southern scenes.
SHAWNEE WADE. by Sarah J. Prttch-
ard. 1ES pp. SLO0; Richard @. Badger.
A story Of civil war times.
THE LILAC GIRL, by Ralph Henry Bar
bour. 2s7 PIP; 500; J. II. Lippincott com
pany.
A delightfully."- charming tale OF the old.
old story. yet ever new. Illustrated in color
with border decorations throughout. The
cover is decorated In lilac and gold. with
medallion.
THE QUEST OF THE YELLOW
H. Revell company.
How Eldad ben Jacob sought fore a
miracle Of beauty, and the miracle he
found. Marginal decorations in gold.
FARMING IT, by Henry A. Shute. PAS
pp.; tL20; Houghton-Miffin company,
Everyone who enjoys a good laugh win
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tells Of the amusing misadventures OF a
lawyer who took to farming as a recrea-
ton, and It leads him through a series Of
barnyard adversities.
THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS. by
Anna Katherine Green. 15I pp.; 500; Rich
ard @. Badger.
The plot has to do with a mysterious
safe that opens by most mysterious means,
none other in fact than by singing an air
from The Magic Flute" into a speaking
tube in the wall. The book is attractively
illustrated and bound.
Poetry.
THE PRISON SHIPS AND OTHER
POBMSN by 1nomas Walsh. lis DID,; 500;
Sherman, French & Co.
The title poem was read at the dedi-
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tyrs' monument on Fort George, Washing
ton park, Brooklyn.
THE TRIAL OF CHRIST, by John Bray
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A poem in seven cantos.
CHRlSTUS CENTURIARUM, by James
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, A poem of fourteen chapters on the life
l Of Christ.
MANHATTAN: A POEM, by Charles
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The author reveals the splendor and
3 sorrow Of the great city; her marvels, her
' multitudes and solitudes and her enduring
., spell.
THE HAUNTED HOUSE. by Henry Per.
eivsl Spencer. 40 pp.; s1Oo; Richard G
Badger.
The title poem is supplemented by sew
eral other poems in varying moods.
WATERS FROM AN OZARK SPRING
nv Howard T. TaFWW 81 M DNnhnwA n
Badger.
! A book Of verse.
ELIZABETH OF BOONESBOROUGH, by
Patty French Witherspoon. $50; Richard
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Brief verses upon intimate themes.
miscellaneous.
ECHOES AND PROPHECIES, by ". d
Hyde-Vogl, 81. Ariel Press.
A drama in four acts.
RELIGION N THE MODERN
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' A group of essays on modernism.
THE PROBLEMS OF YOUTH, by Albert
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! The book is made up of vigorous talk,
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THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
J AND ITS RELATION TO the FEDERAL
GoVERNMENT by Francis T.. Morton
S6l PIP, 81. Richard G. Badger.
81 - AAN AoAoi Va ~ Oiud SdNiOilN
n church and it's position in the United
Il States at the present time.
q INDIVIDUAL SOVEREIGNTY, by A. NJ
Lorenz. +Mayher Publishing company.
: A series Of essays on the evolution Of
u the race.
THE LOVING CUP, edited by wubei
8 d Nesbit. SO cents. p. +. Vollahd & Co.
A collection Of clever and original toasts
t WHY AMERICAN MARRIAGES FAIL
a by Anna A. Rogers. PA PIP, S1.S. Hough.
ton Mifflin company.
A book treating Of the social condition.
of the present day.
e THE PLEASURE OF READING, b,
KIMBERLEY.
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II forgotten art. The Pleasure of Reading
illustrates the better way. Lists Of tn,
best books on each of the subjects con
sidered are included.
THE CENTURY CLUB OF AMERICAN
NEWSPAPERS. The st. Louis Republic
A book containing the histories OF tn,
1eO-year-old newspapers of the United
States. With illustrations of the first ant
present home Of the st. Louis Republic