Evening journal., 1912-01-24
With the Publishers

brick tablets, and big bandboxcs OF
papyrus rolls.
The Popular Mechanics is one OF the
most interesting periodicals in the
market and the February number re-
news the readers liking for the mag
azine Il tells all sorts of scientific
curiosities in a way easily under
stood. Included in the number are
government experiments with cleo
tricity in wheat raising, the Develop
ment of Chicago's Lake Front, maxi
ing valentines by machinery. portable
bandstands that shut up like a suit
case and can be wheeled from park TO
park, revising street traffic, revival Of
the American merchant marine and
many other illustrated articles.
"He Comes Up Smiling" is the title
of cheeful romance from the press
Of the Bobbs-Merrill Company. India
napolis In other words the tramp
hero Bobbs up Merrilly from the
hardships of the road, and the
wiles of Wall street, and is lured by
love into q lived-happy-e -ever-after fnis
The fascinating quality of the story is
due both to the attractive originality
Of the young man who has left his
country parsonage home to follow the
open sky and the open road. and to
the winsome charm Of the plutocrat's
daughter who carries him into an
open-air future where automobile re-
places foot-travel The book is by
Charles sherman. and is illustrated by
Arthur w Brown.
January brings almanacs Two spe-
cialized almanacs are issued by
Doubleday. Page and Company. The
first "The Business Almanac for 1912"
by Harry r. Maule, contains a gloss
airy Of financial terms, and an analy-
sis of the various classes Of invest
ments, showing the kind best suited
to the needs of various kinds OF per.
sons. from a conservative point OF
view. There is a complete financia
calendar. including notes OF the vari-
GUS legal, Christian, and jewish holi'
days, a list of bonds that will mature
/ during the month, annual meetings
and annual financial reports to be is.
sued during the month. and a list ol
dividends payable with dates wher
they are due. The second is The Gar
den and Farm Almanac" for people
who have homes In the country or
gardens In their back yard. There are
tables giving the proper time fol
planting all the standard vegetables
what TO do when they come up, ant
what can be expected In a reasonabl,
length Of time. There are articles OF
the care Of live stock, weather signs
how to get rid of insect pests, care
Of flowers, and so on.
A brand new magazine, by Land and
Sea- 10 appear every two weeks, fol
lows the trail OF the automobile in var
ious foreign climes with vivid wort
and excellent illustration The win
ter aspect of Switzerland affords
Edouard Norme an opportunity fo
description of winter sports with
magnificent scenic background O
mountains The old Kings Highway o
California. Porto Rico al Christmas
Sampan boating In China. travels Will
a prima donna. and a Mexican trir
are other articles. A new and gool
idea is the notes following each ar
ticle giving specific information 70
travellers to that place BY Land an
. Sea gives special information for mo
! torists. including road maps, note
o concerning hotels and garages an
. what TO wear. II is published by
, Il. Schwartzkopf. well-known as tn
publisher of Automobile Topics,
The Motor Cyclopaedia,' and othe
I motor magazines.
. Probably the earliest Scribner nov,
e OF this Spring will be Mr. Ramse
. Benson's "A knight in Denim Denii
: is not village on the Rhine, but
e kind of material as every woma
4 knows-out of which overalls an
" aprons are made-in this case owe
I alls. One cannot read a chapter of NJ
z BensOn's story without feeling thu
: here is a novel of most unusual qua
I" ity. II may be classed as charact,
study. from the dominance Of n
q hero-and not since David Harum {
S MRS. Wigs has there appeared
n character so original so wholly To-
/. able and captivating. A Nebrasl
! farming community, admirably po
q trayed. is the background. and q
!. hero Bill Harbaugh. zone Of that val
( body of soldiery which wonderful
/. melted back into civil life at the clos
: of the great war" How he adopted Il
5 Valley and became the oldest Of 4
Z oddities; how he played the part
{ man of all work and knight in denil
! to his lady the mistress of Throstl'
4 wood farm, are told with a fine hume
\ and pathos that should have a wic
d appeal among the novel-reading pul
: lie.
The Century Magazine for Febrr
airy has a richly illustrated articl
on Whistler as a Decorator" wrii
ten by the Pencils, other art fes
lures are the Timothy Cole engravin
from Rembrandts portrait Of himse
and lvanowsk's conception Of Hest
/? Prynne, the heroine OF THE Scarf,
n Letter" Samuel McChord Crothel
al has one OF his characteristic and d,
hghtful ESSAYS The Obviousness
a Dickens" Dr. Harvey w. VILE
at writes on the problems involved
by the conflicting claims Of country ar
no city living. The new conditions co
ul fronting the modern college man a
er the theme of Mr.. Cooper's second a
! ticle on "The American Undergrad