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| AMERICA. ADDRESSES. BY Joseph
Fl. Choate. New York: The Gen.
fury Company.
In this volume ara assembled twenty
two addresses delivered by Mr.. Choate at
various times and places between 1864 and
1911. They will he welcomed by admir-
ers of digniffed. scholarly eloquence, of
which Mr.. Choate has long been recognize
ed as master. The initial address of the
volume is that which was delivered at the
unve.ling of the statue of Rufus Choate
at Boston in 1898 Other personal adj
dresses are those on Admiral Farragut.
Lord Houghton, Phillips Brooks, James
c. Carter, Carl Schurz, Charles i. Nc
Kim and Florence Nightingale A salts
factory portrait of Mr.. Choate forms the
frontiSpiece.
OTHER PEOPLE. by Charles Dana
Gibson. New York: Charles Serb
ner's Sons. Washington: Bren-
tano's.
There is no particular vein of sequence
In this latest Gibson portfolio, which is
the eleventh Of a series Of delightful
volumes presenting the Incompatible
drawings of this artist. In this volume
are such favorites as 1.-The Marathon
Craze" Another Subway Nearing Com
pletion." "As Young as He Ever Was
and 1.-The Old Story
SHIPS COMPANY. BY W. w. Jacobs
With thirty four illustrations by
Will Owen. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons. Washington: Bren-
tanos.
Twelve of Mr.. Jacobs delightful stories
Of waters;de Londoners are here brought
together from their previous magazine
publication and take their places under
the title of "Ship's Company with Sail
ors' Knots" Short Cruises" Captains
All and ''Odd Craft" There is certain
type to which Mr.. Jacobs remains true
In these narratives. For example. the
we'll meaning friend, who tries to extri-
cate another from the clutch Of circum-
stances, frequently figures. the author
finding his climax in sudden turn or
events that deals justice severely. There
Is much matrimonial maneuvering, con-
trivings Of bashful wooers and artful as
p.rants for the hand OF heiresses. Cupid
plays some strange pranks down on the
London wharves as the altogether delec-
table yarns that Mr.. Jacobs spins dis
close.
rAsTEN BRACELET. By David
potter. author OF 1.-The Lady Of the
Spur" etc. With a frontispiece by
Martin Justice. Philadelphia: j. b..
LippincOtt Company.
It is somewhat difficult to get into SYM
patty with the young man who, telling
this story in his own person. returning
home after some years of wandering in
the far east and finding that his name has
been forged to large check. proceeds to
inflict punishment upon two women whom
he, without investigation. holds guilty OF
the crime But, this difficulty overcome
the story proceeds with such briskness
that the shortcomings of the hero are
forgotten. Some exciting episodes are in
troduced to keep the narrative moving
vigorously forward. and it Is finally
brought to a reasonably logical and quite
satisfactory conclusion.
FLOWER O. THE PEACH. By Perez
val Gibbon. New York: The Gen.
fury Company.
Perceval Gibbon knows South Africa as
do few writer's Of today. He tells in this
volume a story turning upon race preju-
dice In the colonies that have been carved
out OF the black mans land. An Eng
lish girl who goes to a sanitarium in the
'Karoo finds there q young kaffir who