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way across the continent to Vancouver
and beyond on British territory. The
trip may he made much more comforta-
bly, by rail and so far as the pleasure OF
motoring is concerned should I've re-
stricted to certain districts. II was n
definite feat that Mr.. willy wished to
| perform and In his description Of its
successful accomplishment we hear
more OF the state Of the roads. of motor
troubles and incidents OF travel than of
, the scenery and the country. Needless
to say. he believes Canada should build
highways running east and west.
small boy interested in natural his
| tory Is lucky enough TO have an affec- \
| Tomato uncle crammed full OF needed
! Information. Together in Margaret
Warner Morley's will o. the Wasps"
"a. c. McClurg and Company, Chicago
they study very thoroughly the habits
and life histories Of wasps and hornets.
| The book is helpful and the illustrations
/ are pretty.
A new translation Of 1.-THE New Tes-
lament has been made by Prof James
Moffatt. y. D., Lift. D., OF Mansfield
College at oxford. which is a Congre-
gational institution tHoddcr and Slough
ton: George II. Doran Company. lie
text into good and accurate English, just
as he might any other Greek work. and
his object is ito make the New Tesla
ment more Ineligible TO some readers"
II IL an Interesting translation in itself.
because 1t takes into consideration the
views of modern criticism. From the
point of view OF mere English the au-
thors effort to break away from the
phraseology stamped on the language
\ by the King James version Is noticeable
| The manner in which the study Of
| English has become specialized In our
| colleges and the sort OF yerbiage with
which fairly plain and simple matters
| are invested with philosophy, psychol-
| ology and all the scientific apparatus
| required for instruction are well demon
strated in THE Modern Short-Story."
by Lucy Lillian Notesteln and Waldo
| Hilary Dunn tThe a. s. Barnes Com
pany. New York;. The hyphenation de-
notes that Prof Dunn. the instigator Of
| the book. regards the short story as a
| form OF literature by itself: we gather
that he IL in the habit OF teaching
classes how to write II at the University
Of Wooster. Ohio. one form OF compo-
sition is as good as another, we dare
say, in training college students to write
English, but 200 page improvement
on Prof. Brander Mathews looks like an
infection on youth.
The rapid changes in bridge or auc-
J ton, or whatever the game may be
called next. carry with them equally
frequent changes in the manuals de-
scr.bing the game and laying down the
rules. One OF the most authoritative
of these landlords, II. r. Fosters
"Rpyal Ancflnn Rri1ya uith N,ita,"
Frederick A. Stokes Company. appears
In revised edition. drought completely
up to date" with all the new friils and
refinements.
Almost in pocket size. appropriate for |
the school desk or the travelling bag, |
appears The Concise Standard Dictlon- |
airy OF the English Language" Funk
and Wagnalls Company, abridged from
the larger work by James c. Fernald.
The little book will prove a convenience
to many.
Travellers to Europe this winter viii
he able to take with them two of the
T8aedeker landlords that are most i'm
portant for the Mediterranean trip.
"Raedeker's Egypt and the Sudan"
Karl Baedeker, Leipzig: Charles Serb
ner's Sons). with It's 200 pages OF intro
duction, appears In A. seventh remodel
led edition. The Sudan part takes the
| adventurous traveller beyond Khartum
| to Lado and the Beig an Congo. For
those who are content with the Riviera
and Monte Carlo "Baedeker's Southern
| France. Including Corsica IL ready In a
sixth revised edition IKarl Raedeker;
Charles Scrihner's Sons), covering all OF
France south OF the Loire
|