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Lamb, is to be the guest of the evening.
number OF Mr.. Austin Dobson's g
friends presented him with a handsome
silver gift on the occasion Of his seventeen
birthday, which occurred recently. The
/ letter OF congratulation which accom-
panied the gift was addressed to -The
brilliant lyrical poet and the fastidous
writer OF prose-
I.ouigi Bertelii (Vambal. whose book
on "A Prince and His Ants" is to be issued
next month, is a Florentine humorist.
naturalist and journalist. He has found
a translator who understands him in
Miss Sarah r. Woodruff, while his Amer
ican edition has received the approval
of no less an authority than Prof. Vernon
l.. Kellogg. author OF Insect Stories y
The story OF a boy who became an ant.
with its elaborate illustrations and col
orsd plates, will he of interest to natural
lists, both old and young
AN Old Fashioned Senator, announced
for publication this month. is the story
OF the life of OrviIle II. Platt Of Connecti-
cut--a life unselfshly devoted to the
public service" according to the sub
title. The author. Louis A. Coolidge.
former Assistant Secretary Of the Treas
ury who was CLOSELY associated with Sem
ator Platt during the later years OF his
life and has known intimately most OF the
men who have been influential in 'Amsri-
can politics during the past decade. says
Of Mr.. Platt: There were those with
more striking qualities of mind. more
captivating personality or greater faculty
for organized control, but in the COM
posite traits which go to make the ideal
Senator no other was quite his equal
His word went little further than any
other. his example was followed more
frequently with implicit faith" Mr..
Coolidge has had access to the Senator'S 3
private papers and has made from them
a selection of correspondence which sheds
new light on contemporaneous events.
Mr.. william LIE Quex's new novel,
Treasure of Israel" is based upon a
curious discovery. In it is revealed
by means OF a remarkable cipher in the
original Book Of Ezekiel. the existence
of which was recently discovered by a
professor at the University Of Abo in
Finland, a mystery which has remained
unsolved since the destruction OF Jerusa-
| lem by Nebuchadnezzar.
Mr. Henry de We're stacpoole. who has
I made a considerable reputation for him
self by such stories as The Blue Lagoon
and The Pools Of Silence" has written
the best selling story Of the new year in
| England q tale OF Irish
life. The great chapter in the new book
is a fine account of q horse race. Mr..
Stacpoole is himself an Irishman and
the son Of a clergyman. He has studied
medicine has travelled much and has
assisted in several deep sea expeditions.
The Letters OF John Stuart Mill prom
ises to be one of the most important Of
the spring books. The publishers say
that Mill took a copy OF every letter he
wrote and that he really contemplated
their publication. The letters will proba-
bly, not be OF the spontaneous type that
made Cowper's and FtxGerald's letters
such delightful reading, but they will
add much to historical knowledge.
Helen r. Martin, the author OF STillis:
A Mennonite Maid = will have a new story
published this month under the title OF
"The Crossways." II deals with culti-
waited young Southern girl who while
patient in New York hospital falls
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ism are to be published this month under
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