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A reasure house Of fascinating
superstitions and fancies is what
George Frederick kunz has built in
The Magic Of Jewels and Charms"
u. r.. LippincOtt Company. II his
style is somewhat encyclopedias and his
accounts are condensed, IL IS due to
the nature of the subject and the need
Of COMPRISING a great deal into a sin
gle volume. lie begins with an ac-
count Of the belief in magic stones
among all peoples. then tells of mo
teorites. of medicinal stones, of snake
stones. of stones TO which religious
ideas are attached, and of charms and
aruuiets, winding up with miscellane-
Gus jewel lore. TIL. book is copiously
illustrated, and some of the plates are
colored. Many portions may bc read
al "A stretch. but II is above all a zoe
10 dip into.
I IL there We're more biography in
John lsilmer's "Rudyard Klpling"
Henry Holt and Company and less
fear of irritating al irascible writer
he little book would be much more
taluabl". The author contents him
self with rather humdrum ccoun If
Nipl!ng's stories. chiefly those that
have to do with India. but his crlti-
ism is genuine. That H. Wilson Fol-
let's Joseph Conrad" doubleday.
Page n Company. which a pre-
fixed, il we are not mistaken. to n col
.ected edition of Conrad. is more per-
functory, being the sort OF 'apprecia-
ion which is mostly praise and the
discovery VI qualities in his author
which turn out 10 be those which most
respectable writer's possess.
For young couples who do not OBJ
iect to exclusion from modern apart
m-nts. DR.. Richard NJ. Smith OF Har-
ward has prepared an excellent little
manual ON The Baby's First Two
Years" iHoughton Miiiiin Company.
He tells the mother how TO get ready
for the infant, what she is 10 do for II
n how She shall behave herself. and
! also provides for various common Coa-
tingencies. such az having to travel
with the baby. The advice IS clear.
sensible a4d helpful.
Older boys. particularly those vino
Indulge In organized sports, may OBJ
tain good advice on training and eXer-
else from Harry II. Moore's Keeping
in Condition (Macmillans). Tho au-
thor INDUCES also in plain talk on
sexual matters.
\ scientific treatise on n branch of
business which has beer brought into
great prominence by the war and Is
passing through unusual Nicissitudes
has been prepared 10y william j..
Spalding in Foreign Exchange and
Foreign Bills' tSlr Isaac Pitman and
Sons. New York;. The author writes
In England, which is of little conse-
quence, as England sets the standard
for the world, but he takes into ac-
count conditions in all other countries
with unusual care and fulness. notably
tho United States, South America and
the Ear East. lie explains the prac-
tice and tho theory on which II rests
very clearly, 10 that even the laymnn
can understand him.
The mechanism for producing and
putting on tho market "Photoplay
Scenarios" lIlcarst's International
Library Company Is described by
Eustaco Hale Ball in "A manner 10 en-
courage those craving for a short cat
to fortune, lie gives as examples lib-
eral portions of plays of his own.
4 description of tho towns created
artihcially around great industrial
plants is given by Graham K Taylor
IN "Sate'liic cities" 'ApplelonsI. lie
has studied chiefly Pullman and the
Industrial tow,ls around Chicago, sonie
in the South and n in England, lie
has been unable 10 free himself from
the style Of reports, ana leaves the
reader with more confidence In his