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resulted in a great amelioration OF the
public health, is now applied for ad-
visng similar measures against Mes
Differing from Ruskin, the author de-
scribes the house fly not as the queen
Of the air." but as the queen of the
dung heap" The fly, he declares, IS
one of mans greatest enemies. How
long flies will be admitted TO our
houses is a question of knowledge ana
education. The danger Of flies
must he realized by all and sundry'
and then the danger will be removed
His discussion of the life and habits
of the fly gives the insect very pad
moral character. He points out. too,
that not onl lives but money has
been directly lost by the presence OF
flies. His proposals pertaining to
practical anti-hy campaign are decld-
eddy interesting. He would have ny
maps made and official fly inspectors
appointed. This strikes us as pict-
uresque office, suggesting that of pro-
fessional dos catcher
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A SUBSTANTIAL STORY.

PATCHWORK COMEDY. by Humfrey
Jordan l2no. PIP. $50. q. Il. Putnam =
Sons.
Habits father. you remember his
son remarked, was no metaphyslcian
because 1t was his habit to carry and
frequently TO consult a watch. and thus
To keep himself aware OF the flight Of
time. In the Hazlittonian sense, the
writer of this novel strikes us as a
very deep metaphysician indeed. He
appears to be nobly Obvious TO the
flight OF time. People who read as
they run will not hit 1t off very we'll
with this story. But II one have the
time, and the instinct for such things.
he may enjoy here very carefully
wrought piece OF literary artistry. The
tale takes some time to get under way.
but the meatiness OF the writer's style
fastens at the beginning the attention
Of the reader who will masticate II.
The characters unfold slowly but they
are characters that have a good deal
Of character. When the motif Is re-
vealed-the safeguarding Of an hon
ored name. threatened by the exposure.
by an accomplished blackmailer. n an
unpublished scandal. and the winning
Of a woman's love-the reader for
whom the story is told will share the
hero's suspense to the Anal tragedy.
The book contains dramatic scenes held
In firm restraint. some excellent delln-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21
RELIGIOUS BOOKS
Studies in Scriptural Lore and
Other Themes.

Within late years the discovery and
decipherment of AssTian cylinders.
tablets and prisms has not only added
to our understanding Of the ven
cradle civilization under which the He
brew religion had its rise. but has fur
nished collateral writings which allow
comparison with the Hebrew Scriptures
either as ethical teachings or as his
torical statements. In ''Cuneiform Par
allels 10 the Old Testament" (Eaton
& Mains) Professor Robert w. Rogers
of Drew Theological Seminary, has
brought together and translated the
widely scattered Babylonian and AS
syrian texts under the headings Of
mythology, devotional literature, lit
urgical and doctrlnal writings, chro-
nologies, and historical and legal docu-
ments.
The result is a source book 10 which
students in this department will thank
fully turn. Along with weightier mat
tiers. such az the stories Of the Creation
and OF the Flood. and the conquest
narratives Of kings contemporary with
the kings of Samaria and Jerusalem,
there are fragments Of private CORE
spondence. supplications for a favor
able dream and an acknowledgements
tive. we may hope. in its day-against
toothache. Taking advantage Of his
preface to the letters and the code Of
Hammurapi, DR. Rogers asks attention
10 the genius and proves of the mon
arch who was ruling Babylon two thou
sand years before the Christian era.
Whether Hummurapi is thought OF as
conqueror I'm battle, as statesman
welding divers city Kingdoms into one
as a builder Of great public works. or
as a ruler codifying custom into law
and enforcing public justice over all
his domain. the ancient orient knows
no king Of his commanding stature and
Importance. The volume is illustrated
with forty-cight plates reproducing
symbols. seals and Inscriptions. The
list includes the Assyrian representa-
ton. found by Botta at Kharsabad. OF
Gilgamesh depicted as strangling n
Hon.
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portant service to writers m =
literary biography and criticism
The brief essays printed in hi.
Der by Mr.. Forman and signor 4.
will be found useful by stud. =
Shelley, the editors both confirms
teresting pages on the Protestant, :
ground in Rome, six letters -. ~
Hunt to w. w. Story are g,,,.-
there arc some hitherto unnu,ss
fragments from the diary Of Mrs -
Eight or ten miscellaneous No..
ferring to fragments Of keats.
script, the poets last bank accom-.
Roman piano, and so on, comnla.
excellent budget. The frontIsnl..'
fine reproduction from Joseph g..
romantic picture Of Shelley - W
and there is a particularly gooa =
from the same artists fam,lia, -
ing Of Keats.
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MANY TOPICS.

IrNPATHD WATERS. BY Frank Har-
ris. l2mo. pp. 3O3. Mitchell henneFIey'
These nine stories by Mr. Harris are
all ambitious in choice Of subject put
in the writing. and consequently IN the
reading, they fail to justify the promise
of their collective title. They are far
from Improbable, however, II only ds
in the case of the trio of stories thdt
opens the book, in suggesting IN
eyitable comparisons. There is Ihe
Miracle of the Stigmata," for instance
with its juxtaposition Of the message OF
Jesus and Pauline teachings. Ohe
thinks at once Of Anatole France and
what he would have made Of the sub
tect. And when Mr.. Harris describes
his second tale, THE Holy Man, as
after Tolstoy," he lays his finger on
the very limitation Of his fable. Inc
fancy Of THE Irony of Chance Is gem
uine: the experimenter who seeks 10
fuse spirit and matter via synthetic
chemistry is alike Of the distant day OF
alchemy and of the present one OF SCI
entifc superstition generated at the
point where New Thought seeks 10
enter science. Again. the optician OF
The Magic Glasses" is most prohtably
occupied (fctionally) in making spec
tacles that will cause people to see as
Velasauez saw, and Rembrandt, Ros-
setti and Claude, Corot and Whistler.
Far from Improbable inventions,
these. as we began by saying; they GER
tainly do not lack imagination, and
stimulate the readers.
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THE FLY INDICTED
An Insect with a Very Bad
Moral Character.

THE REDUCTION OF DOMESTIC
FLIES. BY Edward Halford Ross, NJ.
Philadelphia: The ]. B. Nppincott Com
pany.
Whether you are suffragette or an
anti-suffragette doesn't matter about
flies. Either way you Will be, we
doubt not, an anti-fy campaigner at
ter reading this book. II is a hair
raiser. While we read 1t we were re-
minded of the story, we think by Jer-
ONE X. Jerome, about the perfectly
we'll young man who. after perusing
some medical advertisements, was con-
WINGED that he had the symptoms Of
every disease under the sun except
housemaid's knee. Wars. we realize.
are conservators Of human life COM
pared with flies. How ever we con-
trived to grow up puzzles us. Files
have been the death OF millions Of
babies. The illustrations in this book
magnifying the adult house fy. and
separately. his proboscis. his digestive
apparatus, hind legs and so on, are
quite terrifying. The book is SEN
sible and scientific work. written in,
so II affected us, a thrilling style. Its
object is to bring to public notice the
necessity for the reduction OF domes-
tic house flies in cities. towns. villages
and rural districts. THE experience
that has been gained on the Suez
Canal. where mosquito reduction has
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A MEAN LITERARY TYPE.


HELENA BRETT's CAREER. By Des-
moud coke l2mo. pp. viii. go. T.. +.
putton co.
Some people OF great sensitivity. can
see nothing good in "A man when they
do not like the way he wears his to-
or brushes his hair. We once knew an
uncommony impressionable person Of
this nature who refused 70 discuss the
landscape painting Of gentleman the
set Of the seat Of whose trousers did
not appeal TO him. Possibly there Is
even logic In this method of criticism.
Scientific minds, remember. can recon-
str,ct theoretically the whole Of an
extinct beast upon contemplation Of
one discovered bone. And so the whole
inner character Of man perhaps may
he revealed in the shape OF his left ear.
The shape Of the left ear. so 10 put it.
of this novel is this: the following
words are spelled with capital letters,
So Art. Women, Vote. Literature, Self
ishness. Remorse. Man, Noble Expia
ton. System. Consolation. And the
seat OF its philosophy sets in this wise:
Tho little gods Of Comedy laughed
out upon the tragic spectacle OF a man
released by oddly Joined emotions from
chains of Self" Yet. Notwithstanding
sensitive persons reasonable preJu-
dice 10 these things. the story paints
very well. particularly well, the type Of
a mean, small man Of letters. We en-
joyed exceedingly the portrait of Mr..
Hubert Brett. which, in an excellent
phrase. has that type down cold"
The story of how. at middle age. he,
hating clever women. marries a coun-
try girl, a wife nice to have about the
house." who. when he is losing his
vogue as "A writer beats him at his own
trade is built lis it not0 upon an
amusing idea.
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BACK TO NATURE
The n-Acre Farm-A Re-
ceipt for Human Felicity.

THE BEND N THE ROAD. And How
Man of the CITY Found It. BY Truman
A. DeWcese Illustrated. l2mo. PIP. H.
200. Harper & Bros.
Nine bean rows will / have there.
And a hive for the honey bee
4 very considerable proportion Of the
volumnous and invaluable "How-to'
literature informs MS how to give up
our sordid job in the wicked city, and
in some pleasant spot in the sweet
country. beneath the blue sky. in those
pastoral pursuits that have 10 do with
seed time and harvest find health and
that rare contentment which come
from living in intimate relation with
the soil. First, a pair Of trousers, then
wealth or fame. and finally n place in
the country: these, some epigrammatc
Frenchman has said. are the three
main ambitions Of man. Periodically.
the book notices remind those OF us
that arc in urban chains that the call
Of the country comes stealing into our
deadened lives with the awakening of
spring. As summer advances. tho
"back-t o-the-so writer well knows
how we ycarn for the chance TO go into
partnership with Nature. In this book
we contemplate the enthusiasm Of a
happy man. His receipt for human
felicity is a ten-acre farm.
"a nameless farm will not do for a
city man" His was christencd Hill
top: it was old. neglected and ahan-
doncd." 4 real old-fashioncd farm.
with an old Colonial house on H. and
noble Gins. an orchard and a vineyard
Of Concord grapes. He has a wife and
n bov. and acquires a hired man,
The book gives his adventures IN prac-
teal modest farming. in starting with
his own hands the latent forces that
spring into the myriad forms of veg"-
table life" His advice IS that tho small
farm IS not for the city man who was
not raised" in the country. 1T is not
for the city man who expects 10 make
MONEY out Of everything he owns or
does II IS not for the man who has
never learned 20 do anything with his
hands" But II is for men who have
spent the more active years Of their
lives in the strenuous struggle OF the
city. and who long 10 90 back TO the
soil and renew the associations and
lows Of their boyhood" The bucollc
philosophy voiced I'm the book IS de-
cidedly bolsterous. Tho author is a
spirited but a very unculuvated writer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-21
KEATS AND SHELLEY
A New Biography, and the
Memorial at Rome.

The announcement OF a new biog-
raphy Of John Keats. now in prepara-
ton by Sir Sidney Colvin. comes with a
certain surprise. one would have said
off hand that the poet had been duly
Commemorated in the usual fashion.
But in the next moment il is recalled
that the classical Life Lord Hough-
toms. was published as far back as
1913. and that the authors new edition
Of It is dated 1861. II was in 1878 that
the letters to Fanny Brawne We're
brought out, Mr.. a. +. Sieveking pub
lished some new letters I'm The Fort
nightly" in 1893, and two years later
the standard collection of the letters Of
Keats was edited and published by Mr..
II. Buxton Forman. Since Lord
Houghton put his two volumes to-
Rether new material has. of course,
turned up here and there, and for this
reason. II for no others. 1t is time for
the production OF deinitive memoir.
Colvin is precisely TIE man TO write it.
His monograph on Keats, printed in
1887. in the English Men of Letters"
is one of the best books in that useful
series, and his skill in biography should
make his present task peculiarly sue
cessful. II is interesting TO note, by the
way, that concordance TO the poems
Of Keats is just now in progress at Cor
nell University.
Apropos Of these matters we may
mention that we have just received
from Mr.. r. u. Johnson. secretary of
the American committee OF the Keats
Shelley Memorial Association. a copy
OF the second number of the bulletin
and Review" edited by Sir Rennell
Rodd and Mr.. II. Nelson Gay for that
institution at Rome. The illustrated
quarto OF about two hundred pages
contains welcome information and some
very readable souvenirs. The develop
ment of the Memorial Library and
Archives has been especially crafty
ing. In 1910 the famous house on the
Piazza di Spagna contained 1000 vol
umes. Now there are 1000 volumes,
including $50 of Keats, $40 OF Shelley
and 400 of Byron. The acquisitions Of
the last few years also embrace pre-
cious original portraits and quantities
Of valuable documents. 1t is noted that
the library has already been Of i'm
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ACROSS ASIA
Exiles Of the Gar and His Do
minions Beyond the Urals.
Nine bean rows will | have there.
And a hive for the honey bee.

THROUGH SIBERIA An Empire In the
Making Ry Richardson l.. Wright and
RaSsett Higby. illustrated. ~. PIP. 30
Mcbride. Mast Co.
It was Cork. we believe, who said
that 10 know and understand Russia
one must travel third class. Whether
this be true or not. and this depends
upon what one fares forth for 10 see. the
authors of this cheerful. picturesque
volume have followed the advice and
seen a little OF European Russia and a
great deal OF Siberia, one Of the coun-
tries of the future, one Of the world 3
coming granaries, timber sources and
untapped mineral repositories. These
two Adventures do not 90 too deeply
into economic or political questions.
Occasionally they sum up matters in
way which proves that they have in
yestigated seriously and with under
standing eyes. but on the whole they
are far more interested in the trans
planted Russians who have become
Siberians than in the country itself
The monotony of its landscape they
reflect faithfully; its potential wealth
they explore. only to bring up against
an administration that mismanages a
country Of incalculable possibilities, and
against the inertness of the moujik, an
assisted and encouraged emigrant, who
seems incapable 10 fend for himself, TO
prosper In virgin soil:
The dominant note Of the Russian mou-
fix is that OF utter WEAKNESS. lie seems
TO have something heavy and uncomfort-
able weighing him down, or. better, some
thing inside sapplng ms NltaIty, some
thing which he himself cannot under
stand and which the casual observer
might enormously define as sheer lazl-
ness. Cork speaks Of II as "a spark
wanting in hts soul" Whether that spark
is the desire 10 grow and better himself
were hard to say. At present he
appears 20 be quite content. He wants
little more than little food. little
clothing. vodka enough, and the satisfac-
ton Of his best ambition does not rouse
him. Initiative is denied him. He Is a
member of the commune.
The system of assisted immigration
seems TO work no better than did the
older one, of utilizing the political pris-
oner and the convict for this purpose
Of colonization. The spark is lack
ing in a country which Anglo-Saxons.
Teutons or Scandnavians would fill
with prosperity and contentment. Con-
tagious and infectious diseases are al
lowed to work their ravages unchecked.
If IL were not for the Russian tea
drinking habit. which necessitates the
use of boiling water. typhoid fever
alone would probably suffice TO deci-
mate these inert settlers. And, stead
lily encroaching upon them, there are
the Chinese, intelligent, industrious.
masters in the struggle for existence,
easy victors here over so feeble COM
petition. Life in the large cities Of
Siberia, as seen from its hotels, seems
to he mostly revelry al night. At
Irkutsk the two Americans were In
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ONE MANS LIFE.
THE CATFISH. BY Charles Marriott
l2mo, PIP. i06 Indianapolis: The Bobos-
Merrill Company.

THE CATFISH. BY Charles Marriott
l2mo, pp i0G. indianapolis: The Bobos-
Merrill Company
Mr.. Marriott is one of those English
minor novelists whose books one takes
up with confident anticipation. He IL
always worth while. In one way or an
other, especially on account Of his I'M
ished workmanship. His latest story
is no exception TO what he has taught
us 10 expect from him. His new hero
sets forth upon no great adventure;
and what he does achieve one sees
developing from within. even as the
human relationships, the influences
that so potently guide him. are traced
from the core outward and upward
The study of the child's life with which
the tale begins. of its self-contained
silent entry upon material world that
is so full Of fanciful connotations, is "A
rarely sensitive performance. in which
each reader, one believes. must re-
discover some part Of his own forgot
ten child-like self The boys relations
with his parents, the observation-disclosures,
shy barrier that stands between him
and his mothers love, his instructive
understanding of his fathers aspirn-
tons, the barrier being here on the
elders side; his approach 10 business
through his idealism after ii has proved
too vague to lead him to art-all this
is admirably revealing and leads In
evitably to the parts which two women
play in his later life. good women both.
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LOVE LETTERS OF AN A. l nt-oo'
BY Elsie Janis. With margln9l Gee, decOrd a
tons l2mJ, PIP. XII, ~. IL. Appleloh q
Co.
Mary, Mary, quite contrary-the pop
ular actress Of Miss Janis's "imagina-
ton and observation" is one Mary
Marsden. you know-how does your
garden grow? on, Je t'ainie, Ich hebe
dich. 70 10 Grto, 10 rdmo, and love
you. all in row. This is love story
In nine throbs More quick cleverness
has seldom been put into a like tiny
sheaf Of pages. The story is told In
the form Of letters received and re-
piled 10 by .Iiss Marsden. The Boy,
age nineteen, was at Yale: he wrote TO
request a photograph. Two weeks
later he began. Dearest Of All con-
Guiding with Your Jack" Darling,
he prayed. won't you leave all that
light and falseness and como
away with me?" Dear. Foolish Boy
she replied. kindly. please do not try
IN see me again" All. he is forever
heartbroken. See clipping from Town
Topics" two months later. Mr.. Will
oughby. n successful lawyer, writes
from Wall Street. offering his profess
sional services. Sweetest Of All Little
Women" he says, two weeks after
ward. the thought Of life without you
IS horrible" Dear Big Man" he is
,o,d .st, mill NOT do Mary" An
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eaton e. Mains), by Frederic Z. Else
lin, is a straightforward essay IN VIM"
the spiritual worth of that part OIL the
Bible is shown to abide secure aiter al
necessary attachments have been Hiaue
I'm view of reasonable science ana 'crlu-
cism" Mr.. James r. Rutlahu mas
edited for the use Of young people
collection OF "Old Testament otolleS
(Silver. Burdett 81 Coz grouped aoouI
the greater Biblical personages. USE
full introduction gives an account Oh 'ne
Jewish nation in Palestine, OF INC
origins and development of the bloIe
and of the lineage OF the English Ver-
sions. In the late John Bigelow's Inc
Bible That Was Lost and Is Fouhu'
edited by the Rev. Julian K. Smyth
and issued by the New Church Board
Of Publication. there is reflected an iul-
plIcit faith i'm Emanuel SwendenDorg
as divnely commissioned interpreter
Of the Sacred Scriptures and revealer
of angelic wisdom. A method otten
employed in dealing with the literatures
of ancient and modern peoples has been
successfully followed by Professor
| Henry r. Fowler in "A History OF the
Literature of Ancient Israel from the
Earliest Times to 135 b. c." (the Mac
milan Company. The authors treat
ment of the growth Of Israers thought
in its changing forms Of expression
and i'm relation to other aspects OF the
national life is ineligible, helpiul 10
constructive thinking. and it should
give n new relish to Bible study.
Recent additions TO 1.-The Interna-
| tional Critical Commentary" tCharIes
Scribners sons include the FIRST IN
stalment Of a work on the BOOK oi
Isaiah. Professor George Buchanan
GRAY. Of Mansfield College. oxford is
assigned the first thirty-nine chapters
the "deutero" section being left FOR
| Professor Arthur s. Peake. OF the UNI
versitv Of Manchester. a volume, com
netting the series on the Minor
Prophets contains an exegesis or nag
/ gal and Zechariah, by Or. HlnChIeS ~
Mitchell. the Book Of Malachi. by Pro-
fessor Fowls Smith, and the Book OF
Jonah. by Or. Julius A. Bewer. Because
/ II was composed a a date much later
than the traditional order suggests ana
because Of It's being Of character an
/ fercnt from that Of the other prophets
| the Book Of Jonah is placed last. III
Bewer deplores that turning OF poetry
into prose which so quickly defeats
| the aims Of the author Of the BOOK OF
Jonah. That the hero should have re-
mained in the nsh for three days ana
three nights and should have prayed
! beautiful psalm Of Thanksgiving INSIDE
exceeds the limits Of credibility; whiie
the frank acceptance Of the book as
story with a purpose allows us TO see
/ in the author a catholic soul making
humane protest against the harsh par
ticularism Of class Of his fellow re-
! ligionists.
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cation of closely observed humorous
types, much sensitive depicuoh OF va
rious poetic phases Of nature; English
country. a rugged coast. the remorse-
less sea. Alpine mountains; many crit
col observations on life, and con-
trast of the features in English ana
French character.
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A pleasant reminder Of the recently
observed tercentcnary Of the Author
lied Version Is afforded by the publica-
ton. under the title Of The Greatest
English Classic" CHarpers). Of lectures
delivered last winter before tho Brook
lyn Institute Of Arts and Sciences by
the Rev. Cleland Boyd McAfee. The
Christian View Of the Old Testament"
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JUVENILE.

MISSIONARY EXPLORERS AMoM 4
AMERICAN INDIANS Edited oy "A
Unmnhrevs Illustrated limo. PIP . y
tCharles Scrlbuers Sons)
LANTERN STORIES. BeirS lhite r,,g
How some children with the Ism "a tg
Snow the WAY 20 Others Who haa y" a
Bv Lena Leonard Fisher l-n0'
Eaton a Mains) q,
MORGAN'S YOUNGEST RIFLENAsN n. y
Il. Costello. Illustrations by T.
limo. DID, o92 tChicago. Lard y Nv
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NATURE STUDY.

THE HARDY FLOWER BOOK. ~ n,
Jsnkins Edited by r. u. HaHe5. 80
trated svo. DIP xly, l43. 'cha''''
nors Sons.) -. q
THE LIVING PLANT. A Des.t,p s,rss.r
Interpretation OF It's Functions ana ,SS.,ssf :
By William r. Gauong Pm - 70 -, 10
Botany In smith COLLEGE. WIN p'col
Svo. pp. xiy. AS dIenry Holt 4 W ~, y
SEEING NATURE FIRST By ! sse'$
Weed. with Illustrations by W sa ~
and from photographs >vo. pp. .S,.au,l
delphia. The J. b. Lippinco" Oon ny 81
HOW TO KEEP BEES FOR Ik i,ea, ~, -
Everett Lyon. Pm. ID. ,,,,s,,r,nsnyl
pp. Y. 500 The Macmillan w.