Evening star., 1912-11-09
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upon the grotesque An inventor who
has suffered from the usual process of
freezing out plots a revenge that involves
an elaborate organization. necessitating
the use OF a mysterious vacant house in
the heart of New York and the chartering
of yacht. and finally the presentation of
a supposed bomb concealed in casket
at dinner of the financiers from whom
he has suffered. One can forgive the use
OF a coffin as a container for the explo-
given in the presence OF drugged girl
In the casket. 1t is all humorously
grotesque, and yet the story is diverting.
Literary Associations, Including an
Account of the Famous Cabarets,
Hotels, Cafes, salons, Clubs, Pleasure
Gardens, Fairs and Fetes, and the
Theaters of the French Capital In
Bygone Times. BY Henry c. Shelley.
author of Inns and Taverns of OLD
London" etc. Boston: L. c. Page &
Go. Washington: Woodward &
Lothrop.
The author notes in his preface that q
French newspaper printed in 1902 COM
mented upon the fact that there were
then some 1900 English people II Paris
a circumstance which moved hondor
journalist to scornful comment. This
fondness of the English for the pleas
ures of Paris is cited as proof OF the
exceptional attract'veness of the Frencr
metropolis. This quality had been IN
evidence long time prior to the mel.
Paris of earlier days is described with It's
gardens, inns and salons, cafes and caba'
rets. The illustrations are chiefly from
cotemporaneous sources and LEND qualn'
touch to the work. Most OF the Old Parls
described in this volume has been swept
away and absorbed, but the spirit re-
mains in the Paris Of today.
A BOOK of WINTER SPORTS; an
Attempt to Catch the Spirit OF the
Keen joys of the Winter Season
Edited by J. c. DER. New YORK: Inc
Macmillan Company.
Winter sports vary somewhat through
out the world, but they chiefly consist
in the use Of snow and ice in one form
or another. There is-grouped IN this
volume as a single series-the exhiiarat
ing sport of ice yachting with it's modern
modification of ice motoring. Then there
is skating. of practically universal vogue
wherever ice is formed. Then come sucf
ice games as hockey and CURING. ono"
shoeing a practical means OF iocoInotioI
in snowy countries, becomes a sport Wnei !
leisure is afforded; III linen MOST sfs, nonular o.
all winter sports. Tobogganng ane
sleiphing complete the list Of distinct WIN
ter entertainments, but IN TINS coiiecuoI
of selected papers from various sources
some original and others reproduced IRON
hooks and MAGAZINES, are several chap
ters which deal with miscellaneous coie
weather diversions. The volume Is Illus
trated in black and white and IN coiors
with some diagrams illustrative o.
games.
THE LEATHER : BOUND POCkEA
SERIES. New York: Funk & Wag-
nails Company.
In this tabloid form are at present some
five little modern classics, to which otnel
volumes will be added from time TO tme
including discussions on current topics pS
leaders of thought. The five items o.
the series now in hand are: ine MIS-
fortune of a World Without Pain' 0!
Newell Dwight Hills, D. D.; me Con .
servation of Womanhood ana GniiumoJs, a4ont En
ergies in Life" by Charles Keynoio
Rrown. D. D.: 1.-The Signs of the Times,
nv william Jennings Bryan; Inc M Eal
of Jesus to JOY" by William Eiiio
Griffis, D. ID.
ROMANTIC DAYS IN THE EARL1
REPUBLIC. BY Mary Carolln'
Crawford. author. OF old Hos.oi
Days and Ways, etc. with .,l nu
merOuS ILLUSTRATIONS. boSeoA' AA1sAe
Brown & Co.
Miss Crawford has shown In her no
mantle DAYS of Old Boston" that she pos
sesses marked ability TO render ms
tory as interesting as fiction, ana IL
gratifying now that she has extended ne
treatment along this line to the cities o
Washington. New York, Richmond, Bal
tinore. Philadelphia, Charleston. New Or
leans and several others. She selects
from these groups of people conspicuous
characters who figured in the romahti'
histories Of these communities. such al
Elizabeth Patterson of Baltimore, Dolly
Madison of Washington. Rebecca GRAFT
of Philadelphia and Mrs. John Jay o.
New York. From various little uset
sources she has drawn some new anec
dotes and incidents and has made fas
cinating collection of tales. Local read
ers viii be interested in the chapter OF
Washington, finding much that Is prac
tically new. Specially interesting are th'
pages devoted to Anne Royal, abou
whom Miss Crawford draws information
from the acknowledged source of Mis-.
Sarah Harvey Porter's Life. issuee
several years ago. Cotemporary print:
furnish the bulk Of the illustrations fol
this volume.
OLD TIME AND YOUNG TOM. BY
Robert j. Burdette, author OF
Smiles Yoked with Sighs," etc
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Com.
pany.
Under this quaint and interest-impellins
title Mr.. Burdette has printed for tht
first time his famous lecture, 1.-THE Rise
and Fall Of the Mustache," a dissertation
that has interested and convulsed many
an audience in the course of the years o.