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A GOOD STORY OF A
DOCTOR AND OTHERS

Charles Wales excellently told story OF
John Ward. NJ ~" mitchell Ken
nerley), shows us the doctor at his pro-
fessional work. 1t Is interesting to read
Of his methodical ways, his ready SER
vices, his generous sympathies. In the
encounter with the maniac Harrington
the poise Of the doctor will be noticed.
He was seated when Harrington seized
him from behind. He was injurious, the
story says. He gazed quietly at the
dull waters az pool. said Harrington:
Perhaps you don't know. my fine gem
tleman, that I've got my knife open in
my hand. ready to drive IL into that
white throat II yours--a two inch blade
it's sot--enough TO make "A pretty cash.
] opened II when ] saw you--l meant
To see you sooner or later but ! didn't
know the pl.asure'd come 50 scotland
here. where It's 50 quiet and lonely.
The blades sharp, doctor. I've ground
1t every night"
Tn. maniac added that he supposed
the doctor knew him from his voice, To
which the doctor replied: Not from
your voice only. There is a certain
alcoholic faint in your breath which is
suggestive. though scarcely pleasant.
1t would seem that | always meet YOU.
Harrington. under these unpleasant
conditions. The last time especially, I
remember, there was the same faint
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other nOOks.

\ capital book, and We wish there
were many more Ike IL. has been writ
ten hy Robert ". Wright in Dodge
city. the cowboy Capital" niohert NJ.
W.i-hi. Dodge city Kansas. The
author justly dSclaims any literary
merit, but he has an eye for what IS
essential and the knack of telling a
story directly and effectively, Disre-
gard!ng his delight ia the wickedness
II the town which he helped 10 found
and Of tn, bad reputation II had for
a while IN the newspapers. Dodge city
a. the rail head for some time Of an
important railroad was typical from
tier town and later was tho centre NJ "A
somewhat turbulent population, The
author. who was at Fort Dod.;" before
the railroad came. WAS one Of the orig
NAL settlers Of the town; he has re
corded everything that happened in 1t
and as lie ~ rather proud of IT. rcpu-
tation for disorder there are pretty
lively tales Of Indian masstCrcs, Of
ruhhories and shooting trays and of
drunken frulics in H. The real value
of the book consists IN the picture il
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gives 'of one general phase in tho
settlement of the West. The spirited
colored picture Of al Indian hunting the
t!nct sport.
In an amusing parody Kate Douglas
Wiggin applies the VsrbIdgc of the mu-
steal critics and the concert pro-
grammes 20 the story Of "Biueheard
tHarpers), which she treats as a Wag-
ner drama. IT is a clever .-kit. done
artistiCaliy, thoJgh that form Of Writin.
besides being !mpurylous 20 r,dicuie
hardly seems worthy of the author ;
effort.
Some sensibi" II rather obvious re-
marks on books language and other
matters which they suggest by the
librarian of the = Louis Public
Library. br. Arthur +. Bostwick. viii be
found IN "Earmarhs Of Literature" a
G.. Mcclurg and Company. Chicago.
They seem 90 have been addressed -
juvenile audiences. The advice given
- generally sound
In Tile Lost Vocal .Art and It, Res
toration' ID. Il. Lippincott Company
w. Warren Shaw pleads in substance
tor return to the Italian method If
singing. There j. less need for such
plea now than there was some years
ago. for fashion. In opera at least. seems
10 he drifting away from TeutoriN idols.
The nrst part Of the book by far the
longer, is devoted tu the discussion Of
methods and - theory. the shorter Sec
ond part contains some practical d.
rections.
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The posthumuus volume by Or
Charles Augustus Briggs, though its
sphere may be limited by the deterren,
technical title, Theological Symbolics"
(CharIes Scribner's Sons), Is one Of the
rare books through which profound
scholars occasionally tighten the labors
OF those who are to follow In their foot
steps. IL VIII save an immenS, amount
or work on the part not only OF minis
ters and OF theological students but OF
all who In any way have to deal with
matters Of religion. II is a compact
objective statement of the belief OF all
Christians expressed in the crceds and
the pronouncem.nts OF councils So long
as the Church was one, and in the vari-
Gus confessions, articles of faith, cate
chisns and 80 forth after IL became.
div ided, d statement put In clear pre-
else language by one who knew only
too well the evils that arise from the
Misunderstanding of shade of mean
ing. DR. Briggs devoted years to this
book and lived not only to complete II
but TO give the final version to nearly
all It's pages.
Impartial as Is his presentation, the
book shows the bias which he con-
fesses frankly at the outset; he dwells
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excessively uauStatiug There was
plenty more of the same mocking sort
from the doctor as he Sat looking at the
pool. Not "A muscle uuiN We read.
IL would be almost too wonderful that
he could be SO unconCerned II II were
not FOR something that l. made plain
later. The doctor had the power of
second sight II was this that explains
for W. thr vague passion seen" with
the beautiful Lady Winter and that
enabled the doctor To save IN. miners
from the explosion in the coal pit
Lord Daveutry, Dr Wards grand
father. j. an interesting character: his
cynl"ism Is amusing and not too wicked.
and his wit j. generally admirable. The
vicar. the Curatc. the church warden
the several servants. the company of
intellectuals at Lady Normacutt's all
these are good. and there il a charm
ing picture of the Heath sisters. who
are distinguished 10y the novelist as be
ing normal We We're not AT all bored
by the story IN its mystical and philo-
scphical and patholuglcal prrts. the
handling is sharp aud many good things
are said. There il reason for thinking
that nature can hc trusted to look out
for decad.nts. II ii can. II the arrange
ment j such that II j. the ~ who sur
Nive. the doctor need hardly have been
80 much afraid Of marrying Lady Win
ter.
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the one exploit OF mountain climbing
was the cutting of three miles of steps
along the walls of a glacier shattered by
an earthquake. The explorers had the
luck Of reaching the top OF the south
peak. the highest point. on "A clear day.
II is a very interesting tale OF adven-
ture.
incidentally DIR. Stuck clears away all
the unpleasant fables that have formed
about Mt. Mckinley. He gives full
credit TO Prof. Parker and MIR. Browne
for their splendid exploit and sympa-
thzes with the provoking slip at the
cad. He credits Or. Cook with the real
exploring work he did and demonstrates
the falsity of his assertion that lie had
reached the top, and he establishes the
truth Of the ascent of the lower north
peak 10y party Of miners In 1910.
Whatever climbing laurels the mountain
may have To- bcstow hereafter the honor
OF having been first seems To be com
pl.tcly settled.
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yer suggests many ways In which boys
small and large. may be kept busy and
out Of mischief In the main he gives
parents advice about the way of ac-
customing boys to work, which seems
the right way in which to attack the
problem instead OF putting the burden
on the school or the state. The author
cannot avoid the educational termi-
nology. hut shows sense in spite Of ii.
1t must be for communities free from
municipal regulations and restrictions
that j. Willard Bolte has written The
Back Yard Farmer" tForbes and Com
pany). So far as gardening operations
are concerned they are general and
little attention IL paid to the limitations
put on them by city conditions. The
authors enthusiasm over hens, 10 which
he devotes the last half Of the book, is
contagious, hut he does not consider
that the neighbors may regard them as
uuislnces or that city ordinances may
forbid them
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-14

The fourth issue Of THE American
Year Book" tAppletons). containing the
record OF what was done in 1913. Is at
hand. The general editor is Francis q.
Wickware and for each Of the thirty
five departments as well as for many OF
the subdivisions the name OF the person
responsible for It Is supplied. The Year
Book II in the main a record OF activity
In various lines of reform, economical
sociological, political and otherwise, and
will therefore appeal chiefly to those in
tercsted in such matters. IL also pro-
yides "A good deal of Information OF a
statistical and therefore non part lisa n
kind that will be of assistance to others
If this We're made the chief function Of
the Year Book, and accurate and de-
tailed Information about each State in
the Union. for instance. were supplied.
and Tor the great cities, after the model
Of the statements in the "Statesmans
Year Book" the value Of the work would
be greatly increased. In the review Of
the sciences the lions share goes To the
precise sciences twenty pages devoted
to literature and philology is pretty
Jejune allowance. The Year Book has
its uses; II IL should ever subordinate
upift TO Information it would MI ade-
quately n need which is only partially
supplied by the newspaper almanacs.
The needs of the wand.ror In the
country who with no knowledge Of
botany wishes Ia know what are the
flowers or berries he picks are attended
To by DR. George Lincoln Walton in
The Flower Finder" u. b. Lippincott
Company. He avoids botanical termln-
ology Us much as possible; he arrunges
according to their color and calls them
by their popular names. The dcscrp-
tions In words suffice to identify each
plant. but they are greatly aided by
the admirable drawings that accompany
them. The plates from photographs are
beautiful. The book may be n bit cum
bcrsomc to carry along on IA country
walk hut II takes little room. however
slight the vacation outfit may be. and
can he consulted readily when the walk
is over The authors intention is to
provide information to persons igno-
rant Of botany 1t il difficult to see how
any one who has been aided by the
book for IA season can help wanting to
clinch the knowledge acquired by some
study Of formal botany,
As sensible "A book of directions as We
have come across is The Home Nurse"
by DR.. II. Is, Lowry Forbes and Com
pany, Chicago. The author restricts
himself To directions for those who are
called upon 10 nurse patients at home
He tells them what to do within the
limits Of their capacity and Of the FIT
tings OF the ordinary household, and
refrains from trying to convert them
into trained nurses. The directions in
case Of emergencies are such Az can he
followed. II is II helpful little book.
The advice Of DR. Edwin Sherwood
Mead in "'rhe Careful Investor" u. Il.
Lippincott Company is Iuch Ike that
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CRITICAL REVIEWS
OF THE SEASONS
LATEST BOOKS
Ponderous Satire Sentimental Foolery, Descriptions
Of Theatrical and College Life in New Fiction.
Posthumous Theological Volume from Dr. c. A. Briggs
New American Year Book-Investnents.
Account Of Kansas Frontier Town--Mrs. Virgins
Parody-lnda Travel Volume-Other Books.

preface. As 1t is, he will find ali he
wants OF forestry and conservation in
II. for that new field has been rather
overworked In fiction of late. 1t Is n
rather ignoble idyl that he has evolved
from his mixture of Western freedom
and Eastern conventional standards.
His girl Is nice enough and her interest
in tho invalid youth is natural; one
known and liked, as she IL asserted to
be, throughout the whole district would
hardly be so easily the victim OF scan
dalous tongues. The mind is distracted
from the woods and the open air 10y the
pitiful efforts To escape from Il situation
that only malice can call compromising.
The marriage H. not satisfactory go
luton, and the hint OF eugenics at the
close does not improve II. II reads more
like the story of horse deal than a
love story.
There is a good deal of smugness about
the heroine of the late Anne Warmers
Sunshine Jane" Udttle, Brown and
Company and far too much preaching
OF her optimistic faith. Whether this
was original with the author or is merely
one of the new thoughts" or sciences"
or faiths" that are attracting many
people nowadays, We cannot venture to
say. There is too much of 1t for so short
story. The story Of the sister who
pretended to be an invalid in order not
to interfere with her sisters ideas is
good fun. The other Incidents and the
love part leave little impression
Unless az an exercise In descriptions
We can see no reason for the writing Of
THE Hat Shop" by Mrs. G. :. Peel
tJohn Lane Company. The heroine is
lady of social position who opens a
millinery establishment TO keep herself
busy. She is a widow with "a prccocious
and III hammered little girl. When she
gets ready she marries tn. man who IL
waiting for her and gives up the shop
From beginning to end we have minute
descriptions Of people with their past
history; of the rooms in the shop and
what Is done there Of some of the girls
and what happens to them: Of lunches,
hats, dresses. the business streets Of
London, the hospital. little scenes in the
streets, In the omnibuses, in railway
compartments, all done we'll enough, but
they lead To nothing and generally have
nothing 10 do with what story there is.
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II is a modest, STRAIGHTFORWARD ac-
count of the successful accomplishment
of task In which others had failed
that the Archdeacon Of the Yukon, DIR,
Hudson stuck, has written In THE As
cent OF Denali' Charles Scribners
Sons). lie begins by pleading for the
retention Of the native name for the
mountain better known as Mt Mckin-
ley and for the designation "Dcnali's
wife" for the sister peak. The story
itself IL that Of . pleasant, somewhat
arduous camping trip, in which more
credit In attributed To his companions
than to the writer himself aud In which
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or PuhCH 10 people about To- bc married
lie warns against Specializing on mar
gins, against stocks and other securities
suggests bonds II YOU are sure they are
all right, but substantially decides that
you had better consul, reputable
banker whom you can trust. There il
much good sense of "a rather destructive
character In the book and at the end tn.
author discusses various financial uues-
tions which are now before the public
An enticing source Of wealth il dealt
with 10y Robert ,Ioos In Success With
Hens ,Forhes and Company apparent
ly IN practical manner. Directions for
the culture of the hen. like the estimated
profits from her lahorS, always read well
on paper and usually are set at naught
10y the cccentr!c.ti-s and perVerSity uf
the fowl The author Of this book At
any rate tells you what to do when all
Is well and provides remedies for an
amazingly long list of ailments to which
the hen may De subject.
The instruction given IN An t.l,men-
tary Manual ~ the Steam Eugiue" hv
Ernest V. Ialli.r Cd. Van Nostrand
Company ~ clear and well arranged
and should aid learners who have an
engine to practice on. The book an
swers all the questions that handling an
engine will suggest to the beginner. It
also explains the principles a. plainly
as can be done in words To- those who
are restricted 10 text books.
a subject of less genera! interest is
explained much more briefly in the little
"Manuai of Hydraulic Mining 10y r +.
Van Wagenen ID. Van Nostrand Com
pany). II is designed for practical
miners and is limited to the processes
for removing gold from it's surround
ings
In The Industrial Training ~ the
Boy" Macmillans) William \. Mckee
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The Light of
Western Stars
BY Zane Grey

Plunging into a romance full OF color
and action, Zane Crews newest ru.t
takes us TO the starlit country o.. t.,
southwest. \ swinging tale OF reality
every incident possible and heiiplau..-
Tor that reason the more exciting Nn-.
still is there: the making oi a srro', n..
by woman's trust IN him. She l- ..,
tured by guerrllaS but j. rescued h. Of,
man whom later she risks her or .. '.
save from Mexican bullets.
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The
ldol.Breaker
By Charles Ram Kennedy

The third of the series Of Seven PLAYS
for Seven Players, OF which "Tte >,..
want in the House and the Winter
feast have already been publ~te4.
The theme is Freedom. The story takes
place in the smithy OF Little Boswell q
Yillage of prejudices, traditions ana
economic slavery. The grotesquc corr.
edy situations in which these villagers
find themselves have never been eQua,ec
since the authors inimitable Bishop +,
The Servant in the House"
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Bluebeard
By Kate douglas Wiaqm

Here is pure fun. This musical fan.
tasy is one Of the most delightful and
humorous parodies ever written. It.
delicate satire will be enjoyed by an
readers. and 10 anyone With u slight
knowledge OF the piano it ofier> the
material for q unique monologue enter
tainment. II hits off in humorous
manner the solemn methods Of musical
experts.
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A4A OOkO W
The
Forester's
Daughter
BY Hamlin Garland

MIR. Garland declares he would
like to have it understood ,ba,
this is not the greatest novel of the
year, it is not the latest and tho
strongest work of the author. it is
not a gripping study of elemental
passions, it is merely an idvllic
story of youth for youth. full of the
vacation spirit of the Rocky
Mountains and written in the
vein of "The Spirit of Swee,
Water" and Her Mountain
Lover" a comedy of forest folk
with "Berrie of the cinch hand"
for chief character. It can be
read by every one in the family
circle. Ask for it.
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The Masks
of Love
By @arganta Spalding Ge-y

II is the primitive brute in man which
in the last analysis counts. One NAV
conceal this under fine raiment and
clothe it in fine phrases. but the fac,
remains and that is one of the things
splendid, outstanding young woman
learns here. And the teaching and the
learning are interesting. 4 virorou.
tender story.
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aud foreign periodicals supplied by ~ N..'
GERARD, ~ Nassau 81, New Work go.
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bookS-All out OF print books suppl-.
matter on what subject write me Stain
WhnNu ! can set You any book ever pu' .-
when In England call and inspect my -
~ Un rare books. BAkPR'S GREAT -
SHOP, John Bright ST, Birmiu CHAM, En-, -.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-01-01
YOUTHFUL BANDIT,
FORMER iOWAN. is
READY FOR DEATH

wb I : Angeles. Cal. Dec. 27.-Evidence
when II is believed will result in re-
rea.ihg the identity and career Of John
Sostlck, the bandit who held up a
a"a u1 ~ Pac1fc train and killed Hor-
acc ~. montague, a traveIingtagent. De-
semper 1, was found today at the room
lns u where Bostick lived at the
time Of the crime. NN'
me proprietor of the oomine house
sad that the day after Bostick regis
tSI icy ne received a letter from some
silne IN Iowa. with a picture of a hotel
and the printed name "Bostick, on the
envelope. N 0 - LAG
Wnether this was the name OF the
motel or of its proprietor was not
knoWn. h police are trying to as
accomplices here.
The black derby which Bostick wore
Wnen ne robbed the train at Ell Monte
was round in his room. 1t was pur-
chased in Chicago n under the sweat
nand was discovered folded strips of a
Snlcago newspaper bearing the date
September 5. In the light Of these dis
c,overies, the police advance the theory
mat Bostick probably is from Iowa,
and that he came to California via
ehlcago only a few months ago.
Ready to Hang.
Il have no friends. l will plead
guilty and am ready to hang"
John boStlck, confessed train rObber
and slayer of Horace b. Montague. a
Southern Pacific passenger agent, made
this statement shortly after he arrived
IN San Francisco in custody of Sheriff
Hammel. Rostick held up the Sunset
Limited near Ell Monte December I,
and killed Montague, who was a pas
senger.
Sheriff Hammel said that on the way
from San Francisco, where the pris-
oner was captured Tuesday through
the instrumentality of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Colen, passengers whom he
robbed. Bostick had made a complete
confession, not only of the Ell Monte
robbery, but of another hcldup Novem-
Der "a, near Richmond, Cal.
Bostick said he was prompted to
commit the FL Monte robbery because
he had been successful in the previous
affair.
Bostick is said to have committed
the holdups to obtain money to enter
tain his sweetheart who had planned
to visit him in the near future.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-01-01
EFFECTIVE WORK BY
THE CUTTER SERVICE

Washington. Dec. 27.-out of a total
Of LAB casualties at sea during the
fiscal year ending June 80 last, the
ing service, only 50 vessels were lost
and 70 persons were drowned, accord
ing to h annual report OF S. I. KIM
ball, general superintendent Of the SER
vice which has just been made public.
Through the efforts of the service
vessels and their cargoes valued at
$13,860,000 were saved. The crews OF
tn service, with the assistance OF rev.
enue cutters and wrecking vessels, as
sisted 1864 vessels, valued with their
cargoes, at $6,O32,935, and carrying
5,168 persons. The crews also warned
1872 vessels that were running into dam
gers. practically all Of this work being
done at night. It also extended aid to
1888 vessels by furnishing emergency
pilots, carrying persons to and from
ships to shore and caring for injured
officers and men.