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Speculation has already begun as 70
whether the pseudonymous author OF
The Fruit of Desire" ~ man or
woman. II is pointed out that women
novellsts are far more likely 10 write
Intimately Of marriage than are men.
MAY Sinclair in THE Judgment OF Eve
told a story Of wifehood and mother
hood with intense and amazing vera
city. Mary Austin's santa Lucia,
despite Its characteristic outdoor at
mosphere, was really subjective study
OF marriage from the woman's view
point. Abby Mcguire Roach In some
Successful Marriages" traced the re-
iations Of modern husbands and wives
with delicate realism, Yet none ot
these has shown any inclination toward
the views expressed in the novel which
hears the name Of Virginia pemarest,
Ameue Rives In The Golden Rose
wrote svu,pathetlcally ~ a woman who
craved only Platonic friendship in mar
RAGE hut the tale has a different moral.
Gertrude Atherton might have con-
| ceived the theme Of THE Fruit ot De-
sire" and would have dared IT, but the
| manner Of the story is not hers ono
| reviewer has suggested Mary wilkins
freeman rs possibly the rcai author,
| bnt he adds that the novel fails 10 show
! many Of her characteristics traits Ter
| haps after all, a man wrote "The Fruit
| of Desire
|
| 7, is n curious coincidence that 20
| utical trick dramatically described IN
''The Ramroddsrs" story of love and
nolitjes i'm Maine. by Major Holman
| nav nuhlished .his spring-has come
| I'M as an actual issue OF the hou IN
| New HAMPSHIRE. kilograms or the
| week announce that senator Robert T.
| Bass, OF the latter state VINO Is run
| ming for governor. accuses his orpon-
| ents OF partially breaking up a meet
| Inc et Iaconia by starting "a curiously
| onnort,ine alarm for a dump FIRE within
| sasy distance Of the hall This Is al
| r,ost precisely the trick resorted 10 by
Thelismer Thornton, the easy boss
| Of The Ramrodders.' Major DAY u
Str,sei, In the thick Of the fight which
| panuhlicans. Democrats, and Insurgents
| are now varing for the control OF Con-
grass He understands the political
game thoroughly. and knows Just what
q man like Thelismer Thornton wouid
do.
"yn,rht's Dramatic Reader for
Grammar GRADES" BY Marietta knight.
| cloth I2mo, 26I pages, with illustra-
tons Price 80 cents. American Book
| compsny. New York, Cincinnati ana
| Chicago. -
the works Of well-known authors ar.
/ RANGED |
scenes from plays The various PartS
arc 10 he assigned 20 different mem
hers OF the class, and read aloud 10y
them. thus forming an exercise In eN'
nressive reading The selections arr
taken from such widely dlneren'
sources as LES Miserables' Alice j!
Wonderland" THE Mil on the Floss,
.'The Gold Bug" Hawthorne's wonder
stories" SCOTS "Kenilworth, VII
uan, Tell" Julius Caesar JONI
Halifax, Gentleman" and Dickeni
"christmas Carol" They cover there
fore q wide range OF interest and vii
appeal 20 all. Every story has ~
moral lesson. but there rs no preaching
The grading and arrangement of matte
are excellent. The Illustrations includ
representations Of most of the charac
ters. and aid the pupil IN forming den
mite mental pictures
Farmers Nature Myths OF Man
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cloth, l2uo. 22i pages. with illustra
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COMPANY, New York. Cincinnati, an
This book for the third and fourt
years Is the latest OF the Eclectic Read
ing. and contains So interesting storie
from American. Asiatic. and Europea
sources. They deal with such phenom
ena as Are. wind the sessorus, the heav
only bodies. the land and tho sea, an
mails and plants The wide range {
sources tneds TO broaden the pupil
outlook and teaches him 10 look at N
1.orld through the eyes OF many race.