Evening star., 1913-11-29
New York: Fleming H. Revell Com.

Hero are retold, in q manner to enlist
the interest of young folks. stories OF the
Christ, from His boyhood to the resurrec-
ton. The author tells how the book grew.
Five were sitting in big room looking
out over the sea and they were talking
about the wonderful things in the life of
Christ when 1t suddenly occurred to them
that the children whom He knew and
talked to and loved and helped in Pales-
tine were just like themselves. And so
there grew a concept of two such children
whom they called Ruth and Nathaniel.
They began to imagine what might have
happened to them and from this came
the thought of telling the story Of these
children as they met and knew the Christ.
And tale by tale the story grew and now
pictures from the life of Christ. making a
most attractive and suitable volume for a
holiday gift.
Fancy In Four Acts. BY Arnold
Bennett, author OF ''The Old ADAM .
etc. New York: George III. Doran
Company.
Originally Mr.. Benefits fancy took the
form Of novel which he called "Buried
Alive" and now it has become a comedy
In four acts that has had a long and sue
cessful run in London and lately has been
produced in New York. This is the ad-
venture Of a famous artist, long absent
from his native England. intent upon
stunning society and his fellow-creatures.
caught suddenly upon his return in the
net of circumstances starting with the I'LL
ness and death Of his valet. In a moment
OF thoughtlessness he permits the instant
ly summoned physician to mistake serv-
ant for master and thus he has the unique
experience of finding himself proclaimed
as deceased and mourned by the nation
and finally inferred with pomp and cere-
mony in Westminster Abbey. From this
point the tale that Mr.. Bennett has told
runs into complications that permit him to
engage in some delightful satire at the
expense of British conservatism. This is
one of the few plays that read salts
factorily.
A HANDY BOOK OF CURIOUS IN
FORMATION; Comprising Strange
Happenings I'm the Life Of Men and
Animals, Odd Statistics. ExtraOr-
dfnary Phenomena and Out Of the
Way Facts Concerning the Wonder
lands Of the Earth. By William S
Walsh, author of "A Handy Book
of Literary Curiosities." etc. Phila-
delphia j. B. Lippincott Company.
A little DIT or everything Is gathered
here as in the form of a sort of CYCLIC
pedia of curiosities. This is not easily
classified, but every page is nevertheless
of value. Much of the material here is
of nature that cannot be found in ref
erence books and for which the student
| would search particularly in vain through
an encyclopedia. Some of this matter
has been taken from the newspapers. The
task of compiling and verifying it an6
finally arranging it in a convenient form
has obviously been a heavy one. The
product is to be welcomed as a valuabl.
addition to the ready reference" shelf.
CoBB'S BILL-OF-FARE. By Irwin S
Cobb. author of "The Escape of Mr.
Trimm," etc. Illustrated by Peter
Newell and James Preston. New
York: George H. Doran Company.
Irwin Cobb's humor plays lightly on al
conceivable subjects. Just at present he
is discussing "vittles,'' music, art and
sport And with the aid of Peter Newell
| and James Preston as illustrators he
puts forth another of his eXquisitely
funny volumes that will bring a delight
to the humor-loving household
THE MAXIMs OF NOAH: Derived From
His Experience With Women Both
In Counsel to His Son Japhet. By
Gelett Burgess. author of The
Maxims Of Methuselah,' etc. With il