The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-11-10


A thoroughly practical Manual for
WRITER'S mas been issued by the Uni
versity of Chicago Press (s1.5O as
the result OF the popularity of the
Manual OF Style" now in its seventh
large addition. used the latter when
editing university publications, and I
round 1t invaluable for its composing
room dulles, type specimens, and gem
eral editorial aids. The new book
omits the purely technical type direct
lions and enlarges the portions de-
signed Tor tle assistance of authors
IN preparing manuscript for the press.
II is sure to save much time and eff
Tort on the part of writer's. and their
editors and publishers as we'll and
prevent many an unpleasant cOntro-
versy. For though there are various
possible ways Of presenting material
In print, If one universally recognized
form Is accepted as a guide by both
author and publisher, there is small
room for any differences of opinion.
| TO write we'll" says the authors,
lis, in fact, to think or feel something
worth saying, to give the thought or
feeling clear and definite form. and
then to say it in precisely this form"
This Is just what John M. Manly and
John A. Powell endeavor to give auth
ors first aid" in, through the Man
ual. They begin with half a dozen
pages on intellectual equipment,
stressing the reading habit Then they
discuss what to write about, how to
organize your material and details of
composition" One chapter is given
to grammatical notes wrong usages,
cOlloquialism, vulgarities, affected
words. slang) and another to spelling
(abbreviations, contractions, prefer
red spellings where there is choice,
hyphenation). Capitalization is so
large subject that it is given Chap
ter by itself; punctuation another,
and the use of the italic still another.
Letter writing, recognized as an art
by the publication of many books on
the subject, is covered briefly but
quite adequately in some two dozen
pages. Very helpful advice is given
in the chapter on the preparation of
manuscript for the printer, as well
as in the portion devoted to illustra-
lions of various sorts. Proof and
proof-reading, indexing and binding
are subjects which should interest
authors, and are given careful consid-
Grafton. Then one more chapter on
| topographic practices and terms and
the book is concluded with such mis-
| cellaneous aids as: how to find pub
Usher, copyrights, translations and
dramatizations. Having often had re-
course myself to books on these var
| ious subjects, feel sure writers will
| find it most convenient to be able to
consult all Of them in single volume
hardly too large for the pocket.
Pauline Darlington Bouve has done
a very nice thing indeed for boys and
girls in her volume Of "Lamp-Light
Tales" (Grossett & Dunlap, 81.
have been reading them aloud every
night to two little friends, and they
are delighted with them. First they
always ask to see what the picture Is
that Mabel Betsey Hill has drawn at
the beginning of each story; then l
read them the bit of verse that is the
introduction. and afterward the tale
itself. Children Of all ages will find
the book attractive, for the stories
were originally planned for family
of six little cousins, each Of. whom
wanted a different kind Of story. Bob
bic liked adventures, Boy Blue prefer
red animals, little Bee fairy tales, and
the three older girls asked for stories
of history folk, children in far coun-
tries. and "real American" stories. IL
is a very pleasant book and might
vel, be kept in mind when the stock
ing-filling season approaches.
So
like Sara Ware Bassett. That is,
like what | know Of her through
her books, for / am not so fortunate
as to have met her. She writes ABOUT
the Cape Cod folk and other stories
along the New England coast. Inc
clean salt breeze. clean bright sands,
clean silyered boards of weathered olu
buildings, clean green marsh meadows
seem to mark ler books with whole
someness that effects the characters
that move through the background
I've never found an unpleasant per-
son among them. They are human,
very with their failings and faults
none Of them so perfect as 10 seem
artificial-but they are all ilKeaoie
neople you would enjoy knowing.
Have YOU read Flood Tide? Ana
there ia a new one, Granite ohd
CLAW" little, Brown, $500 that aas
made me feel l have found several
now and delightful friends. Penelope
turner. child of gifted but thritt'ess
norentage. is left an orphan IN the
home of her stern. bluff old grand
fatber Captain Jabez Allen. she is an
offactionate. demonstrative little thlhg
ord ou;cklv wins to the very core oi
bic old heart. Her two aunts, VINO
aold him much in awe, DO not unuei
stand or approve Of her gay itt'e
~. and constantly try to suppress
Nor into their own narrow mold. "A
MADDEN romance with departing SOL
dior lad gives her the first note Oh the
sar;ous side of life when word comes
.hat he has been killed. She overhears
har amt Eliza say of her increduious
H.rrr;se .'The CHILD is stunned. She .
h,,gbted bein'." The lively sense oi
t,a dramatic in her is stirred; anu sue
nievs the part assigned her by he lei,
; l p ond the neighborhood gossip I'LL
sSa really believes herself to be dying
s 81 arief The fact is, she is not Happy
in her prospect of spinsternoou "a. a.