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most capable Of application on the farm
The book has undergone thorough re-
vision and there has been incorporated
In II the new ideas and teachings % Tar
as they safely apply to farm conditions
Messrs Henry Holt & Co. New
York. will issue q classroom edition OF
the eleventh work OF Schiller on their
list arranged in this manner. II will be
''Kabale und Liebe." edited by Prof.
William Madison Hervey, OF Columbia
Many consider this the best adapted TO
college CLASSES Of all Of Schiller's prose
dramas.
Miss Julie N. Lppmann. whose novel
Martha, By-the-Day." has Just gone
fishers. Messrs. Henry Holt & CO..
that Louisa Alcott's friendly interest has
had very strong influence on her life
and work.
doubleday, Page & Co. announce ths
publication of the following books: THE
Soddy," by Sarah Comstock Cs1.5o neO.
a gripping novel Of the sod houses Of the
Kansas plains. Miss Comstock has seen
the real drama OF the new West and has
put 1t in her book with tremendous
forcefulness. Left in Charge" by Vic
tor L. whitechurch 91.20 nett. Mr..
Whitechurch has become famous for his
quiet humor and the quaint situations
into which his lovable characters get
themselves. This novel. like most of his
others, deals with the lighter side of
the life centering around the rural Eng
lish church.
Coincidently with the assembling at
New York of one Of the greatest battle
fleets ever assembled in a harbor.
Messrs. Henry Holt & Co. announce that
they are sending another edition TO press
Of Henry Williams The United States
Navy" a handbook. This is the only
complete manual OF the navy for general
readers. with government sanction
The leading feature in the current issue
Of Harper's Weekly is a presentation of
the policies Of Mr.. Taft and Gov. VIII
son. given in exclusive interviews to A.
r. Pinci. Other articles in this number
are bill Turk. Teamster," by Robert
Sloss: When Money Talks" by Frank
]. Arkins: The Efficiency Movement"
by J. George Frederick; "A Jester of
Old Massachusetts," by Charles John
ston. and the usual editorial. financial,
Dodd. Mead & Co. are publishing the
following books: The Return o: Peter
Grimm" noyelized from the play by
David Belasco, in which David Warfield
starred in New York last year and In
which he Is touring the country this
year; The Closing Net" by Henry {.
Rowland. a novel OF adventure and ro-
nance. the scenes being laid IN and about
cam Al mill l.a fiSs
Philura's Wedding Gown" by Florence
Morse Kingsley. sequel to The Trans
figuration of Miss Philura:" THE Old
Loves" a story of New York in the
days when Jenny Lind first sang here.
by Wagner Jay Mills. and Adrian
Scroop." by R. A. Wood-Seys, the tale
of a millionaire father who went 10 ex-
pains TO secure a good titled
son-in-law. completes the list OF fiction
The holiday gift books to be published
are .'Maidens Fair" with reproductions
in color of Harrison Fishers latest Illus
trations: illustrated edition Of Maeter-
Iinck's Life OF the Bee" and Dawson.
II. Fortune Hunter" in which John T
McCutcheon. the cartoonist OF the Chi
cago Tribune. tells with pen and pencil
the story OF a country boys search for
fame in a great city
A notable feature Of the new volums
of st. Nicholas will be a number OF
drawings in color. illustrating Mother
Goose characters and verse. by Arthur
Rackham. the famous English artist
More Than Conquerors' is to be the
title Of a series of biographical articles
by Miss Ariadne Gilbert. TO run through
st. Nicholas during the coming year
These sketches will deal with the lives
of Phillips Brooks. Emerson Lincoln.
and other famous men. mainly from the
standpoint Of the obstacles or handicaps
which they overcame-
Mrs. Frances HodCson Burnett has
written a new novel. which the Century
will publish serially this year. Mrs Bur-
nett has named her story IT. Tenn
barom.'
Robert Hichens and Jules Guerin- who
have worked together before. have COL
laborated in a series OF travel papers
journeys through Dalmatia and
Greece. finishing in Constantinople- The
series will be one OF the features Of the
new volume of the Century, many Of Mr..
Guerin's paintings being reproduced in
the colors of the originals.
The astounding fact that there are
S. 0tooUO retarded children and 10000 fee
youths in our public schools,
rningling with normal children. to the
great danger OF the latter. is brought
forth by DIR. Arthur Holmes in his new
book. The Conservation OF the Child
II.ippincotts). DR.. Holmes book. which e
should be read by every parent and
teacher in the country. describes the
methods used at the Psychological Clinic
Of the University of Pennsylvania for the
and treatment OF backward
children. Clinics Of this kind connected
with our schools and juvenile courts ars
4 social necessity and should become a
regular department OF our school system
William Gilmore Beymer. author of the
lust published On Hazardous Service
IS a native of Pennsylvania. now living
IN New York. He is both an artist and
4 writer, and has spent much Of his
time in the South and far West. having
attended Leland Stanford. Jr.. University
The material for his book on the scouts
and spies of the civil war was gathered
first hand by Mr.. Beymer from the most
authentic sources.
Harper Brothers announce the publ
.ation of The Financier." by Theodore
Dresser: Prayers for Little Men and
by John Martin. and Camp
ng on the Great River" by Raymond
Spears.
Harper & Brothers are putting to press
or reprintings The Street Called
Straight" by the author of THE Inner
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