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(Mary R. Brennan, sec'y.)

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{Mary R. Brennan, sec'y.)
Miss Sprung has recently catalogu-
ed and placed on; the shelves So new
books. Some Of these are children's,
some reference and. some fiction.
Among the children's are the Tale of
Peter Rabbit, Birds through an OPP
era Glass, Merrylips, and Gray Lady
and the Birds.
A few books Of fiction have called
forth remarkable commentator from
competent critics. :: ..+*
The Girl from tie Marsh Croft by
Selma Lagerlof makes one hope for
more from the same pen. The author
was the recipient of one Of the noble
prizes. The distinction she thus. re.
ceived may be estimated by consider
ing that Narconi was. also among the
recipients. Selma Lagerlof is one of
the few modern writer's of fiction
whose vigor and serenity have not
been impaired by the ravages of the
international epidemic Of bestse1leri.
tbs. Then years from, now we shall
probably want to say Eyes. I know
her books"
A certain Rich Man, by William
Allen White is without question the
best book of its: class for many
years. There is not bit of sentimen.
talism fine-writing, socialism or ell
ling" in it. One wants to read every
word. Such charity as the author
shows in his treatment of the char.
acter OF John Barclay whose greed for
success made Molly the heroine, is
rare, except in such writer's as Thack
cray and Meredith. The book has a
lesson, a sermon, an inspiration fol
every one of us. And it gives them
to us in as many ways as human nat
ure has moods and failings and vir
tues, through laughter, tears, remorse
idealism, cupidity and self-sacrifice
with the drama they all make in oul
lives.
We have noticed considerable in
terest shown by small boys and great
in recent events in flying machine
dom. We should like to call their at
tention to the October 22d number Of
the Scientific American. 1t is an avia
ton number and gives the history Of
the aeroplane from the Lilienthal Gil
der of 1895 to the Wright Biplane o.
1908. There Is also an exciting arti
Gle on Air Craft in War and another
on The Atmospheric Ocean.
Ernest Thompson Seton tells Of buff
falo hunting with a pen more thar
with a gun, in the Athabaska region
in the November number of Serb
ner's.
Ever since the appearance o
"Goosie" in the Saturday Evening
Post, which we took to be an allegor!
written by some long suffering wife
of an aeroplane inventor, we have
been wondering when the poetl
would ring their changes on the up
per air. This month we find SOM
lines on 1.-THE Airman" in the Outlook
We hope the Outlook will try again
Was the author ever near an aero
plane we wonder? If so, and if sail
ing in one is no more exciting AM
exhilarating than these verses are
give us an old fashioned hay racl
ride on Halloween to some place W
. don't know the road to.
\ Speaking of verses, we should Xix
: to mention the death of William Val
ghn Moody. College students of to-
: years back used to watch the mags
zines for his lyrics and take pride /
} his work because he was a colleg
man and. a. young poet. Late year
!. have brought him out more as a dr.
J matist in The Great Divide and othe
} plays. His death is q loss to on
!. country. He, had the true singer
fire and delieacy and bis range wa
wide Perhaps In NO poem has he 4
! completely revealed his own and b,