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Show LITEEABY NOTES: Margaret Ilorton Potter's new novel will be published by the MacMlllan company com-pany carly In Mny, under tho title of "Tho Flame Gatherers." This Is described as a tale of India during the early years of the thirteenth century, alive with color and atmosphere and beauty and charm. Miss Potter's power to re-crcato and render ren-der vivid and real a vanished civilization i distinguishes hor among novelists of the present day. With Richard Whltelng's "ThoS'ollow Van" listed among the books In steady and popular demand at public libraries and In the book stores, the uuthor's views on the province of tho novel take oh fresh Interest. At a recent English literary club dinner, Mr. Whltelng )s quoted as having said: "Tho novel performs a service to so-cldty so-cldty analogous to that of light cavalry. It goes forward, sees everything, does not rrobe all, but shows how a thing. Is affecting affect-ing tho hearts and minds of simple men and women, and what they are thinking about. Onco this Is put before tho people, they are on their way to reform.1' And 'the author of "Tho Yellow "Van" and "No. C John Street" went on to say that he doubted much whether the technique tech-nique In Action was over so good as today. to-day. Not moro remarkable than tho expedition expedi-tion of Lewis and Clarke is. perhaps, the ftory of tho publication of "Lewis and Clark" Journals. Of their many wohder-Ings; wohder-Ings; or the changes In the text; of tho various editions; of the loss of tho original orig-inal MSS. ; Its recovery, send of Its many editors; tho reading public at large knows but little. But now. Just one hundred years after tho arrival of the Lewis and Clark expedition at their - preliminary camp on tho river 'Dubois, there havo at last bnen located all of the literary records rec-ords now extant of that notable enterprise In tho causo of civilization. When published, as they will bo within twelve months (by Dodd. Mend St Co ). tho original Journals will crcato a new Interest In the deeds of Lewis and Clark. Not only will this edition bo much moro extensive, but wo shall obtain from tho men's notebooks, as written day by day, far moro vivid pictures of tho explorers and their llfo than can bo obtained from any ot the other previous editions of tholr Journals. . Dr. Samuel McConnell, tho author of "Tlio Evolution of Immortality." and tho rector of All Soul3' church, New York Clty.Jhas written a now book which tho Macnilllnn company has published under tho title of "Christ." Dr. McConnell'a thesis Is that the Idea of Christ In tho modom mind Is very confused; nnd he has sought to bring order out of this confu-Blon confu-Blon and to present tho real Christ In contrast with tho unreal Chrlsts of theological theo-logical fiction as the simple and sufficient foundation of religious faith. Tho Scrlbners havo Imported Charles W. Hawcs'B "In tho Uttermost East," which describes Investigations among tho nallvo and Russian convicts of tho Island of Sale-halln, Sale-halln, with notes on travel In Korea. Siberia Si-beria and Manchuria. Tho author Is the llrst English traveler to explore tho Northern North-ern Interior. The book Js fully Illustrated and has three carefully prepared mnps. Tn tho April Century will begin Dr. S Weir Mitchell's unique new work. "The Youth of AVnshlngton: Told In tho Form of an Autobiography." A now and vivid sense of tho personality of Washington nnd of the remarkable experiences which mndo him the mnn for tho hour and for all tlmo will be the reward It Is propho-sled. propho-sled. of cvory render of this record. Dr Mltoholl Imagines Washington silting down nl Mount Vernon in his qjd ago and recording solely for hlt own ej'o tho story of his "youthful life and tho Influences that artcctcd It for good or 111." it la claimed that tho author has so fully entered en-tered Into the habit of mind of Washington Washing-ton that It will be Impossible for tho or dlnary reader to separate In tho text tho passages taken out of Washington's actual ac-tual writings from thoso which Dr, Mitch-oil Mitch-oil Imagines him to write, In his new book, which A. S. Barnes & Co. publish, "Tho Citizen; a Studv of tho Individual and tho Government," Prof N. S, Shaler WTltcs about the beginnings of government, what liberty Is. tho relation rela-tion which tho Individual boars to tho forms of government which control his conduct as a citizen, education, tho origin and distribution of wealth. Immigration, universal suffrage, tho negro question nntl i 1 i other subjects of'lmmcdlato interest. This book Is ono which will bo widely read and ' discussed, Jodglng from tho Interest excited ex-cited by tho announcement. Not the least striking result df tho prcs-ont prcs-ont spectacular conflict In tho far East Is-tho Is-tho quickening of popular Interest In inter national politics. Not only have modem facilities for Instantaneous communication throughout -the world mado possible an Intelligent following of a campaign In. tho Antipodes, but the present Imbroglio makes moro evident than ever tho Increasing In-creasing organization of tho world, under which tho slightest disturbance of normal relations In a single country ;iffects every other country to a degree not dreamed of even a few decades ago. Wo wonder how many magazlno readers wiio arc Interested In International politics havo been following follow-ing th'o excellent series of letters from foreign countries which have been running run-ning now for somo years In tho Atlantic Monthly. In tho March number, for example, ex-ample, there is a letter from Germany by William C. Dreher, which contains an Inclsivo analysis of the present political situation In Germaily which Is of tho widest bearing. No Intelligent reader will llko to miss this Important document In tho history of International enlightenment. |