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how to do this thing. It Is a sincere,
pains aking record Of experience. a
record finally en- arged and fitted to gen.

how to do this thing. 1t Is sincere,
pains aking record Of experience. a
record finally en- arged and fitted to gem
eral use. In plan. 1t is part discussion.
part pure lesson to be handed over bodily
essen are bent direc ly upon the sub
ject o. moral training. A plain study of
the body as the gent of conduct is
made y clea analysis of the feelings
and the mind. as Over'ords Of the body,
accompanies this. Moral qualities them
selves-kindness. Cleanliness industry.
and SO on-are objectiied and made the
topics of experiment and lesson. The
handling of the subject Is astic, abe
to stretch from school grade to grade.
1t is. so. highly suggestive, calculated
to set the teacher Off on his own account
to investiga the possibilities of this
training If there be any question about
the unequivocal value of this study it
lies b ok of the book itself.
That character building is the supreme
business of our enormously costly school
p ant, no one denies. The question is
one of means. Whe her this process
is most efficient when carried on under
the theory that every feature of schoo
life. its play as well as its work. should
be an instrument of character training.
or whether there should be. in addition.
specific practice in the quail les that are
somewhat vaguely and Loosely gathered
up in the name of morals" This is
the question Whether to state a single
instance conauerine the fact. '"2x2-4."
serves DO h earning and. NOR Is. or
whether for the sake Of the latter 1t Is
necessary to take out and no up for
special examination and approval the
pluck and industry employed to accom-
pish this feat The answer to his ques-
ton of means is the final answer to Miss
Brownlee's book.
uncUs U,nn~ >sv ~.uDCN ~, car
trude Capen Whitney. author OF II
Choose etc. Boston: Sherman
French & Co.
Before one has q chance even to catch
it's words and tunes. this booklet moves
overwhelmingly into the favor of hand and
eye. Color and shape. page-pattern and
picture. modestly herald the little volume
as the bearer of gifts. The verses them
selves. from her own garden. as the writer
tells us. are about the near things of the
heart with here and there. one on the
far fight of the spirit. Picture. fancy.
revery and hoIe-all fall into the homely
Friendly and unpretentious verses of en-
joyable freedom and simplicity.
IN THE DARK. BY Donald Richberg
au hor Of The Shadow Men" Chi
cago: Forbes & Co.
young man VINO plays the goOd Sa-
mari an to the extent of taking a starv-
ing young woman Of evident refinement
to his rooms in order to relieve her inn
mediate distress is likely to start things
going at rather lively rate. But not in
every case is he apt to stir up such a
turmoil as did Gilbert winston when such
thing happened to him. To be strongly
seized in the dark by an ab,e-bodied man
while the fair unknown is resting In his
sisters room was the start of series Of
shocks for Mr.. Winston. OF course. Mr..
Winston fell in I'VE with the young
'ady thus plucked from the perils of a
public park. but there was a deep mystery
about her. and it Is not solved until the
final chapter. after some lively advcn-
lures that carry the reader into the un-
derwOr,d of Chicago Hardly belevable
story, but unqueStionab. entertaining.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN REFERENCE
BOOK. Edition Of 1913. Compiled
and edited by Albert A. Hopkins for
part 1. statistical information. editor
of Scientific American Cyclope 'ia
of Formulas. etc, and a Russell
Bond for part II. scientific informa-
ton. editor of "Handyman's Work
shop and Laboratory" With 1000
illustrations New York: Mum &
Co.
The 1913 volume Of Scientific American
pact and useful works OF its kind ever
published. 1t is futile to undertake to
numerate the contents of this remarka-
BILE compilation. Tables. diagrams, arti-
cles touching on every conceivable SUBJ
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especially In the line OF commerce and
industry, science and mechanics. are con-
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prepared index gives ready access to
every feature Of the book 1t Is a vol
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desk of any one. writer. business man,
engineer or student OF affairs.
THE MASTER OF MYSTERIES, Being
an Account Of the Problems Solved
by AstrO, Seer of Secrets, and His
Love Affair With Valeska WynDe,
His Assistant. With illustrations by
Carl Anderson and George Brehm.
Indianapolis: Bobbs- Merrill Com
pany.
This book, runs a note printed on the
paper cover, was written by a well
known author who. for reasons of his
own, has preferred to remain anonymous
For the benefit of his friends, however
he has Incorporated in the book two
cipher messages-one revealing his name.
and the other his motive for Withholding
Its appearance from the title page. The
cipher. TO one who follows the methods
of Astro the Seer. is not difficult, and
VIII reveal the most surprising mystery
IN the volume" But preceding a con-
sideration of the tales which comprise
this altogether delectable volume 1t is
only fair to the reader to suggest that
the first of these two ciphers is so simple
that THE AUTHOR Is GELETT BUR
CESS IL any reader with the least