The Washington herald., 1912-08-25

l ...fI. $50 !
other was never published. The manu-
script remained in the hands Of & friend
who placed 1t at the disposal OF the
! Strand Magazine. 1t Is most charac-
teristic story. which exhibits all
| .'0uida's" weli-known powers OF descrip-
| ton. and also the passionate love of ami
mails which Is SO often conspicuous In
her writings. The little story might be
\ companion to "A Dog Of Flanders.
Other fiction in the September Strand
| includes stories by E. Temple Thurston.
Arthur Morrison. Richard Marsh. Bart
| Kennedy. and other well-known writer's
How Busy Men Work" Is an article
| contributed by John d. Rockefeller. Sir
Thomas Upton. John D. Crimmins. Ed
, ward Box, Lord strathcona. and others.
A weli-iIlustrated article on the Metro
poiitan Museum of Art will appeal to all
lovers Of pictures
In August, Doubleday. Page & Co.
bring out the first of their two big nc
ton offerings for the midsummer and
fail seasons-"rhe Wind Before the
Dawn" which has been herslded as the
epic of the Kansas plains. Never before
has the question Of marriage been given
such close scrutiny by writer's as It is
being given at this time. and Mrs. Num-
gers contribution to the great discussion,
while laid In Kansas on the boundless
prairies, is sure to be read with as IN
tense an interest in Harlem as Aspen,
Colo. as in the farmhouse on the plains
with which the author Is familiar-so real
istically familiar. Woven into the fabric
CT her story, which tells with fasci-
mating realism of the girihood and early
married life of a daughter Of the plains.
the thoughtful reader will md careful
and keenly thought out analyses Of the
relations of husband and wife from the
economic standpoint, as well as from
others.
Richard Harding Davis has woven into
short story form one of the first Of the
Cuban adventures Of Capt Dynamite
Johnny O'Brien, who became noted dur
ing the Spanish-American war as one OF
the most daring filibusters. The full ac-
count of Capt. >O'Brien's numerous ad-
ventures has recently been published In
book form by Harold Smith. under the
title, "A Captain Unafraid."
Prof. p. W. Dykema. OF the Ethical
Culture School. New York, associate edi-
tor with Prof Percival Chubb Of the new
book. Festivals and Plays" is now lee
turing at the summer school of the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin, at Madison Prof.
Dykema regards this work as recrea-
ton and mitch prefers 1t to an idle vaca-
ton.
Harper & Bros. announce that they
are putting to press this week for re-
printing THE Red Lane a romance Of
the Canadian border. which has been
heralded by critics as the best novel Yet
written by Holman Day; THE Street
Called Straight" which is reputed to
have been written by Basil King, though
still published anonymously: "A Noble
Life" by Dinah Maria Mulock, and
Riders of the Purple Sage" by Zane
Grey
Charles Scribner's Sons have published
fresh memoirs of the brilliant Comtesse
de Boigne. under the title "Recollections
Of a Great Lady" Her illuminating &C.
counts of important and interesting
events, political and social. and her acute
observations OF leading European char
acters, in this new volume. begin with |
1892 and end with Is4S. The writer was
one OF the few persons whose great op- |
portunity for seeing everything important |
in high circles was really equaled by her !
talent to understand. herself. and to i'm |
part TO others That this was the case I
with her, the sound judgment Of affairs. |
the apt characterizations OF personages, |
the witty comments on both. which ran
through this volume, are proof.
Probably the most thorough and accu-
rate up-to-date discussion OF the methods
of birds In flying. balancing. steering. &C. |
is given In The Flight Of Birds" by +.
W. Headley, NJ B. o. U, which Charles
Scribner's Sons have just published. 1t
does not aim directly toward applying the
experience Of birds to mans problem Of
flying, but the writer does give a number
of enlightening pages on the subject, and
a student of aviation might we'll gain in
many valuable suggestions. But
the book is primarily INTENDED for the
bird lover. It is supplemented by num-
Der Of excellent plates showing the birds
in the evolution OF flight. and by still
larger number OF simple but adequate
diagrams and figures.
Charles Nagel. Secretary Of Commerce
and Labor. contributes an inform
ing article to the issue of Harper's
Weekly for August 10 He advo-
Gates the establishment of "a COM
mon commercial representation which
shall sustain relation to the government
for purposes of general advice and intell-
gent direction with respect to proposed
measures and the administration Of exist
ing laws" Other countries have had II
for years, writes Mr.. Nagel. and have de-
veloped 1t to a state of high efficiency.
IN other countries the relation between
the government and the Industries and
commerce is so close that the board
Of trade forms an immediate part of the
itself"