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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-30
6 ROOMS-S2.35O

hOOMO-DZ,OO U
CloEe in on West side. bath. cleo. lights
II. 7. RICHARDS.
423 New England Bldg. Phone 2G7i.
RESIDENCE on Topeka ave, for sale. CAR
Phone l4T7 after p. M
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

p. f. VIckIand to A. NJ. Earhart, lot
4, sec. II. and NV. a Of NV. a 23- =,
North Topeka Bldg. Co to J. Thorn
burg tr. 30 Garfield Place. ......... 500
G. r. Adams and wife to X. Waldy and
and wife. lots S-9-10-11 blk A, Cor
don st. Elmwood's add. ............ 2,4OO
T. l.. Collins and wife to Z. Carlson,
lot 20. pit 2f-31 Wilmington Ct,
Pinehurst ............-..- 1
C. w Shepard and wife to J. Capper,
pit. lots 22s-30 Tenth ave. west, Jane
" BTcsett oP lot ~ I Poik ST. Gouids add 1000
II. c. Cooper to +. s. Cooper. lots 24O2
to 2414 9th ave. east, Fairview....
c. Spokesman and others to +. Lieut.
hold. pit. lots J71-13 Lincoln St,
Throop adj. ...-.-..-..-...... l,oUO
King, is sw. u 2s-i2-i4.... " =" 10 400
F. c. Heath and wife to II. c. Gordon,
pit. res. 2-11-1J. .....................
VI. J. Dorcas and husband to l.. 2.
Roudebush, pit. Sc. 4 6-12-16......-.
c. W. Currier and wife TO II. A. Mcgee
and others. pit. ne. u 12-12-l5.
W. S. Hancock aud wife to W. i.
Palmer. lot 90 Western ave, OFT &
Tewksbury's add -.................
c. Spokesman and others to A Inger-
soil. pt lots jG9-T1 Lincoln ST..
TROOPS 2nd add.................... 1000
II. f. DornblaZer. gdn., to +. Lieut.
hold. pit. lots 573-I1 Lincoln ST.,
Throops 2nd add........-..--...... 400
Same to 4. Ingersoll. pit. lots J69-71
Lincoln St. TROOPS 2nd add. 400
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LOST AND FOUND.
$50 REWARD

For recovery of dark Jersey COW, about
6 years old. horns, long tail, full white
udder with small fifth teat giving milk;
missing night of August S. Call 2642 3 or
2105 4.
LOST-August so, Chester White pig
weighing about 100 pounds, between
Santa Fe and Union Pacific depots. Suit
able reward for return. American Railway
Express Company.
LOST-Yellow and white bull dog, dark
spot on right eye; collar with paddock
Finder return Franklin Service Station
Reward.
LOST-Lewellyn Setter puppy. black and
white, and answers to name of Doe.
Reward If returned to 122 w Sth-
LOST-Draft for $50 payable TO Mrs. Alice
NJ. kempf Return to Capital office. Re
ward.
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NEED

WANTED-1O good solicitors for city
work; live men can make $40 per day
and up. Call Lloyd Smith. Phone White
301s Sunday u to p. m. or Monday be-
tween II and > p. m.
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COLORADO LAND.

proved. close to town. 800 acres. 5000
800. $500 acre. Add. Owner. Grace Sny-
der, 81 n. TETON, Colorado Springs, Colo.
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EARN IS to SO day, gathering evergreens,
roots ana herbs. in the fields and road
Book and prices free. Botanical 351 West
Haven Conn.
WANTED-Laundress to call for and de
liver a washing and ironing for two
adults both working down town. Potwin
neighborhood. VIII pay good price for
good work. Phone 81 after s.
GIRL for general housework. good cook,
tween 6 80 and O'Clock evenings, at 1110
Topeka Ave. Telephone 1919.
WANT ED-Domestic help, S25 to $37 per
month, board. room, laundry and medical
services. Topeka State Hospital.
WANTED-Experienced sewing girls and
experienced office girl, NJ. Harberson,
9Th floor Pelletier's.
WANTED-Girl for homework: no wash
ing; two in family. 1863 Topeka ave
WANTED = Immediately. experienced
stenographer; also office boy. P. o. Box
COMPETENT stenographer wanted. Ap-
ply Crawford Bldg. Tuesday morning be-
tween 10 and II
WANTED-Lady manicurist. Antlers'
barber shop. T24 Kansas ave. Chas. F.
Flick. proprietor.
wANTED-Expert operator for hemstitch-
girls, Mrs c. Stewart s Crosby Brothers Tss
WANTED-Woman for repair work.
French Cleaners and Overs. ZIG East 9th.
MALE AND FEMALE
HUNDREDS MEN-WOMEN-WAN
S1.1O0 year. Government office and out
side positions. List free. FRANKLIN In
stitute., Dept. 1885 Rochester. n. Y.
-MISCE.IIA EOVlS
POfTTRT W771(INTED~E G Via iiis77
Kansas ave Phone 954.
CARPET end rug weaving. Rugs for sale
221 Lake. Phone pos White.
1852 HASTY AUTO EXPRESS.
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WANTED-TO RENT

WANTED TO RENT to room furnish
ed house or apartment. Responsible par
ty. No children. References. Address
L so. care State Journal
GARAGE WANTED-Private for one or
two cars: location near Fourth and Kan
sas preferred. Address 3. NJ. c., care
Journal.
WANTED 10 REMINISCENT modern house
apartment duplex house Immediately
or near future. Telephone 3499
FOR EXCHANGE.
FOR EXCHANGE-S10.OO stock Of mer-
chandise to exchange for land. J. F.
300 Clay ST., Phone 705.
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REAL BARGAIN.
% lots in Auburndale with broom house,
bath, good cellar. cistern pump in house,
good barn, buggy shed and about forty
fruit trees. Fenced in with chicken wire
s. zoe.
Reason for selling. am changing climate
1904. '
WISCONSIN AVE. Highland Park, y
block south Of car line, cottage: oniy
years old. rooms. lots, east 'front.'. y
block to macadam road. city water. eicrtrlc
lights. fine condition good chicken house;
Great bargain If sold this week small
col East 4th St Phone 60.
CRANE STREET EAST itlo-Cottage,
only years old, rooms. iots. large
screened back porch. well, sewer. electric
lights, fruit, cement walks. garage good
neighborhood. block north OF car SHOP
Grsa sor1a,n 81 a. soid this week. Call ii
COL East 4th st Phone GlO -
FOR SALE IL ACRES. l am now Offer
ing my property on Massachusetss ave,
Highland Park. at n sacrifice, an room
house. barn and other buildings. Plenty Of
water and fruit. Going to leave state. Cali
2337 XII.
BY OwNER-A corner. close IN, IS feet
front, including room and Il room
house. would be convenient for business:
very reasonable: might sell the II room
separate. Phone Blue 1873.
ave, one 81 500 and S1.4Oo 5000 down:
500 a month, including interest Phone 4105
Blue. 1914 buchanan
WASHINGTON STOCK RANCH
* 600 acres price 5000 per acre. range
grain and hay. Roy Lichty. Sunnyside
Washington.
FOR SALE-J-roOm cottage Lot 40x1jO
CITY and filtered cistern water. Gas and
electric Room for two more cottages. See
owner. SOC Lincoln.
LEAVING CITY. must sell . lots on Court
land avenue blocks from Stormnnt
hospital. also 100-piece dinner set In
Quire 1915 East Crane.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-30

WANTED-Girl for office work.
Call at Topeka Laundry Co.,
Second and Quincy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-30
BUY A HOME

woodlawn ave. 40 #. (pav"d), r.,
cellar, gas, cleo, cistern, well and pump,
barn, garden, shade, cement walks, car
close. $1,000 Want an offer.
Tyler and 4th, 1 lot, 2-story. r, bath
room and hall, gas, cleo. 1t, cistern, pump
in kitchen. sink, cellar, cement porch and
walks. garden. All good repair. Price
$2.750-part cash.
finished attic, hall. CRATE sliding doors.
gas. electric. cistern pump in kitchen, bath
complete, two stairways, pantry, closets
porches, cellar, garden, cement walks, big
shade car close. Absent owner wants quick
sale. Price, 5000. Terms.
J. E. TORRINGTON
100 w. 9th. Tel 22S.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-08-30
FLORIDA LAND.

FLORIDA-We will build your home on
productive farm land near Jacksonville
at 5000 per month. Write Jax Heights
Co., Jacksonville, Fla.
WE SELL the richest land in Texas VAL
ley Also near booming Tampa, Florida
Prices right Hickman Land Co., 4OS owe,
st. Louis.
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EOR sALE-PIANOs

FOR SALE-Half price. almost new
player piano. mahogany finish, first class
condition. 1874 Van Buren,.
FOR SALE-KimbalI piano and bench. ex-
celIent condition. Phone 34s1 or 142s.
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6 ROOMS-S4 600

All modern. fine hard wood finish. new
and up-to-date. On west side
II. p. RICHARDS I'D
423 New England Bldg. Phone OCT,
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BUNGALOW

T.; enclosed sleeping porch, corner Ioca-
Lon, DulIt-ln features. gas crate. cemented
nuilt years. Price 5000. r, s. Smither.
5O1 New England Bldg
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EARN IS to so day, gathering evergreens,
roots ana herbs. in the fields and road
side. Or decorative work. Spare time.
Book and prices free. Botanical 351 West
Haven Conn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-22
Story of Porcelain

This is one of remarkable series of
books intended to instruct school chill
dren in the leading world industries.
An account of the invention and fash :
ioning of pottery from the earliest to
our own times is aptly interviewer
with the story of a New York boy
who goes into the Maine woods on a
fishing trip with his father. Their
only companion is the head of porce =
lain factory in Trenton, n. j., who
is much attracted by the manliness
and intelligence of Theo, and when
he breaks his leg beguiles his evening
hours with telling him the story of
porcelain making from the Stone Age
and in every country from Egypt and
China to our own land. On their re-
turn home Theo goes to Trenton, is
shown over the factory and every de-
tail of the manufacture is carefully
explained. 1t is not only an instruc-
tive but an inspiring book, especially
to boys, as is shown by this message {:
"If you wish to be a wise, honest
citizen who will help forward this glo-
rious country we all love SO much. =.
you want to be setting about it right
now. you and every other boy"
THE STORY OF PORCELAIN. BY Sara
Ware Bassett illustrated, Philadelphia
The Penn Publishing Co. 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-22
Var Sketches

c. Leroy Baldridgc, who served in
Franco from 1917 till the end of the
war, found time to draw u great many
sketches in the rare intervals when
he was not otherwise engaged. Many
Of them were printed in the Stars and
Stripes and some appeared on this side
of the ocean in Scribner's S Magazine and
LeSlie's Weekly. The Putnams have
just published the whole collection in Il
volume, accompanied by rhymes by Hill
mar X. Baukhage. There are sketches
of typical British, French and Ameri-
can soldiers and scenes of character
istic desolation. Mr.. Baldridge hap
pened to be present at the Peace Con
ference when President Wilson read
the draft of the covenant of the league
of nations. He made sketch of it
showing the President, Clemenceau,
Balfour, Lansing and House. The men
who fought in France will find much
in the volume to entertain them.
~ WAS THERE" with the Yanks on
Leroy Baldridge, private, A. Z. f. To
Eether with verses by Hilmar X. Bauif-
hage private A. Il, F. New York: c. z.
futnam's Sons. SO.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-22
BACKING THE FRONT
"The Army Behind the Army'
Records Varied and Fast
Services

Major L. Alexander Powell, one of
the most courageous and cnterprising of
war correspondents before our entry
into the war and after our declaration
an officer who won a high reputation.
has written in "The Army Behind the
Army a book that may we'll be called
n unique and fascinating volume two
to any story of the fighting achievements
of the A. +. +. Somewhere it has been
stated that it took ten to twenty men
behind the lines to equip the fighters
for their offensives and defcnsives.
Major Powell, detailed by the War
Department to chronicle and analyze this
behind the lines endcavor, has writ
ten an engroSsing and informing book
Mainly it has to do with the non
cOmbatant arms of the service, but the
warrior arms of necessity are also con
sidered here and there, as very often
the twain were closely intcrrpatcd in
their operations. He shows how uu
justified some. of the Sncers at the silver
chevrons have been. He tells of the
undecoratcd deeds of hcrOism of mrr
who made high explosives, tested masks
in gas chambers. ran risks at the front
in connection with the ambulance ant
medical services, etc. The mysteries o
military intelligence, the remarkable
| part played by the signal corps, avin
| ton and chemical warfare corps. th'
efficiency of the engineers and the med
icul corps. the hardihood of the tnnl
corps-these are IL few of the sub
jccts treated comprehensivcly vet con
| cisely. and ALWAYS illuminatingly. Hi
chapters are well documcnted with sta
tistics, data and bits of inside informa
| ton.
Each branch of the service is charac
| izcd, described, its origins treated, ant
it's special functioning in the grca
struggle narrated. Access to official rec
ords Of the ordnance, quartCrmnstcr
and other corps made possible detinit
and reliable figures of production an'
distribution. Many commanding officer
and bureau chiefs have passed on tn
chapters dealing with their branches
The book is written graphically, witt
occasional touches of humor and full OK
planation of tcchnicalities.
THE ARMY BEHIND THE ARMY. Il
Major Il. Alexander Powell U. >. n. NcN
York: Charles Scrbner's Sous.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-22
WOMEN POETS
Mrs. TietjenS Pays Tributes to
Amy LoweU and Sara
TeasdaIe

Eunicc Tietjens is Il poet OF versa
tilty, but she is more than that. She
is Il poet who sees into the heart of
things and describes what she finds there
in moving and mclodious lines. Two
volumes of her verse have recently ap-
ncared. One, Il reprint of "Profilcs
From China originally published in
1917. and another, BODY and Raj
ment." a collection between covers of
verse. most of which has appeared in
periodicals. The Chinese prOtilcs are
written in free verse. Most of the poeips
in the other volume are in conventional
meter.
philadephians will be particularly
interested in her tribute to Amy Lowell
after the Boston ordinance had visited
her in "a hospital. 1t runs in this way
Like a fleet with bellying sails,
Like a great bulk of sea-cliff with the
staccato bark of waves about it,
Like the tart tang of the sea breeze
Are you;
Filling the little room where | lie
straitly on white island between
pain and pain.
Words were never used more aptly
than these. Mrs. Tietjcns has uSCt
words as appropriate i'll a sonnet t.
, Sara Teasdalc, and the sonnet show!
what She can do when She lays her hant
to that difficult form of poetry. Here
, it is:
From my lite's outer orbit, where tn
night
That bounds my knowledge still
pierced through
! BY far-off singing planets such as yot
Whose faint sweet voices come to IN
like light
In disembodied beauty. keen and bright
| From this far orbit to my nearer VieN
! You came one day, grown tangible AM
true
And warm with sympathy and fair VIII
sight
Then who stiIl had loved your dIstan
voice,
Your songs, shot through with beau'
and with tears
I And woven magic of the wisttul years
I felt the listless heart of me rejoice
And stir again, that had laid stunne
so long,
Since | had you, yourself a living SONG
PRoFILEs FROM CHINA. Sketches II IRE
verse of people and things seen in the !,
Alfred KnSpf si25.
! BODY AND RAiMENT. BY Euuicc TIC!
jcus New NorN Alfred a hnopf Sl,2:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-22
HdrdShipS of Var Prisoners

The unparalleled condition of the
prisoners in the war with Germany and
the efforts made to relieve their suffer.
lngS are graphically shown by Major
Carl =. bennett. 1t is the outcome of
his work as American Red Cross
deputy commissioner TO Switzerland to
provide for the wants of Americans in
German prisons. To n detailed account
OF his special duties in this position he
adds much information derived in man,
cases from escaped prisoners 1t is one
of the saddcst Of all the literary prod
ucts of the war. Many readers will b
surprised and Mortified to learn that til
horrors of the war;. not so much til
treatment of the prisoners, as that o
the people of the conquered territories
were the result Of deliberate German
planning.
PRISONERS or THE GREAT WAR. b.
! Carl =. bennett, American Red Cros
| deputy commissioner to Switzerland Ros
tom Houghton Minlln & Co. $3.50.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-22
Maeterlinck liter Three Years

The first book of essays to he pub.
lished by Maurice Maeterllnck in three
years has just come from the press
The ESSAYS in the volume are chiefly
journalistic comment on matters of cur
rent interest. For example. he dis
cusses Sir Oliver Lodges RAYMOND"
sympathetically but without accepting Sir
Oliver's conclusions. He believes that the
dead continue to live and that they are
all about us. He neither denies nor
affirms that they communicate directly
with us. but he does lay down the
proposition that our ancestors live in
uy and that we live in our descendants,
and he makes the novel suggestion that
our unborn descendants may be in
fluencing our lives at the present time.
Those who read everything that this
gifted Belgian writes will find much in
the book to interest them, but it was
bv greater work than this that he gained
his reputation.
MOUNTAIN PATHS. BY Maurice Maeter-
linck New York: Dodd, Mead Co. Sl.15,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-22
THIS is MORE THAN
A MYSTERY YARN
Fantasy and Whimsy as Well
as Thrills in "SubSu-
tute Millionaire"

Thieves w.t. proved that Hubert
Footner could write Il mystery story
that was both n mystery anc Il story
both good.
"rhc Substitute Millionaire" proves
this again and something more, for
although it is atrcmbe with thrills and
light with laughter nt times. and puz
zling ever with pcrplexitics that
plaguingly environ the hero, it also
possesses other qualities that lift it
above the mechanical though smoothly
gearcd and easily running romance of
plot, intrigue and CxcitcmcntS.
These qualities are first and fore
most sense of high fantasy that de-
lciously temperS and mcllows the mClo-
drama, n kind of sunny and unexpected
whimSiCality which makes the author
and reader coparticipants in the
extraordinary events of the narrative,
and firm. substantial power of
, characterization which makes the per-
sonagcS of the story more than mere
puppets. sketcheG, however skillfully, to
people and forward Fictitious plot
however involved.
The story? Mortal mcnaces hover
over Jack Norman if he personally
takes II pot of unexpected money,
amounting to nearly billion. A
gang of crooks are after it, too. He
stands about nine chances of being
croakcd to one of making getaway.
unless he can prove smart enough TO
outwit the criminals. And he needs the
money. Oh, how he needs that money I,
For him the II. c. L. is very graveiy
accented by the low cost of figuring
zero on a payroll and the uncertainty
OF his recording on the thermometer of
love. In love, joblcSs, a fortune plus
hazards. There's your story. It's n
corkcr. Just to hint the amusingncss of
the complications. he hires (or rather
engages: thcspians are engaged) an
actor who happens to be what the
theatrical trade journal ads call sat
! liberty"
THE SUBSTITUTE MILLIONAIRE Nv
Hubert FOOtner. New York: George ri
Doran Co. $3.50
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-22
7NFREE VERSE ON AMY MYSTERY TALES
WHAT MRS. WILSON
READ TO PRESIDENT
A Mystery Story That Is Ab.
sorbing Enough for
Any Mudlid

The Washington correspondent of
this newspaper reported the other day
that Mrs. Wilson had been reading
poetry and detective stories for the
President s amusement. Among the stor
les he mentioned "The Middle Temple
Murder n tale of mystery. 1t is
written by J. s. Fletcher, British
journalist. who has produced a score
or more of novels in his spare time, and
is not too exciting for the amusement of
Il nervous invalid. This does not mean
that it does not absorb the attention of
the reader. but merely that its interest
lies in the unraveling of a mystery
rather than in the unexpected happen
ing of thrilling events.
The book opens with the discovery of
the body of man in an entry of one Of
the buildings in Middle Temple, Lon
don, at about half past two one morn
ing. 4 newspaper writer happens along
just as the police are about to examine
the body. There is nothing in the cloth
ing to identify the man. In fact, the
pockets are empty. At the morgue a
more careful examination revealsNa slip
of paper in one pocket containing the
name and address of barrister. 1t
had evidently been overlooked by the
person who had taken from the man
whatever was on his person when he
was killed. A new cap with the hat
tcr's name in it was also regarded as
useful in helping to identify the man.
The newspaper writer joins with the
police in attempting to find out who
the man was and how he came to his
death. Following the clue of the cap
| the mans name is discovered. And
so step by step it is learned who he
was. what his history had been, why
he was murdered and who murdered
him. In the process complication OF
human relationships is disclosed to-
gethcr with the consummation of sue
ccssful villainy which make a detective
story as unusual in its plot as it is un
expected in it's denoucmcnt. 1t is not
surprising that it made such an impress
sion in the White House as to be par
ticularly mentioned as among the books
used to assist the President toward re
covery.
THE MIDDLE TEMPLE MURDER. BY J.
| s. Fletcher. New York: Alfred A. knopl
| S1.GO.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-22
Sales of kipllnn

OF Kipling's first four books Of p0-
etry alone, his British publishGtso !ao an, an
copies have been sold to date in the
British Isles. The most popular among
these has been "Barrack Room Bal
lads" of which nearly an even POO, e.
600 copies have been bought by the
public. In America grand total of
almost 100000 Kipling volumes has
been sold. The exact figures up to Au -
gust /. according to Kiplings Ameri
cun publishers, Doubleday, Page &
Co., are ,4G2. .S2S. OF ali the books
prose and verse, the most popular in
this country has been The Days
Work" The proportionatc demand fol
Kipling's verse, though, during the last
few years has been steadily growing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-22
A Domestic Idw

Robert Gordon Anderson, in "The
Little Chap" has written a short tale
of little boy who is alive and little
boy who is dead and the parents of the
two which is full of tenderness and
understanding. He might have made
it sentimental, but he has told it with
such simplicity and restraint that il
is a work of art, 1t should be com
forting to mothers whose arms are
empty and should make mothers not
bereaved have a deeper understanding
Of their less fortunate friends.
THE LITTLE CHAP. BY Robert Gordor
Anderncn, New York; u. r. Putnam'l
sons. as cents
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-22
" oily Russia
BY P. E. MATHESON
$1.60

An attempt, by the translation of
thirty-nine poems from fifteen Rus
stan poets, to make Russian life and
ideas better known. The poems
illustrate what are still characteristic
features of the Russian spirit. An
interesting volume.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-22
Good Stories Well Told

The short stories of outdoor life and
the like which Edward W. Frentz has
been contributing to the children's page
of the Youths Companion for year or
two have been gathered into volume
under the title of Uncle Zeb and His
Friends" 4" They are interesting in
themselves to children of the age for
whom they were written, and, what is
most unusual in this kind of literature.
they are told in English of unusual
purity and beauty. The children who
read them will find entertainment. but
they will also absorb unconsciously an
appreciation of how language should
be used. The book would delight any
child who found it in his stocking on
Christmas morning.
UNCLE ZEB AND HIS FRIENDS. Bv Ed
ward w. Fronts. Boston: The Atlantic
Monthly Press.