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Show I REVIEWS OF BOOKS 1 OLD MYTHS TO MODERN USE. i, Ancient- Myths In '.Modern Poets. By Helen Archibald Clarke. Tho Baker Taylor Company. Publishers,. New oik. This is a book, in two f cparute purls. TJic. first deals with I ho Proroctlions Myt.Ii. Ileeiod to Shelley", including, first, the ancient Crock' stories and I heir interpretation, ami second,..; tho noetic treatment of tho. myths in bhcl-1 bhcl-1 ley -.and other modern poets. " he second part of tho book- is devoted to ''The. Moon and tho Sun from the Homeric Poems to Keats." T.his m braces the story, of Diauu and bndy-i bndy-i mion before- and after Keats, and ' iho Titan Sun ..of" Keats. Thorp are r twelve appropriate illustrations in tho book, which is brought out in excellent stvlo bv'tho' publishers. In litcrarv studies of this kind there is much interest to the spoon alive mind, and especially to that speculative mind ifi it is tinged with romuuee and poesv. .To the "general reader such u book as this does not possess much at-Hu at-Hu traction, because the themes treated are H? obscure and. thoir relation to. the litcra- K. tuj'o of tho ages is unimnoi'lant to tho average, niau; but. tp thq inquisitive ji mind studies like tins arc of the keen- J est interest, foe, first,; USey. show the 1 deep root which those old myths have, f and always have had,, in tlm. minds of f mankind; a"ud second, they mean far Mi more to tjio studeut of deep things f. than anv ihero surface showing would r indioa),o' They :(rc,Mn-fac't, fho.founda-Hlf fho.founda-Hlf t inn ideas of conscious mankind, it is H ,. with the' liveliest .nterest, then, that " one .sees these original myths, ideas, HI and creations carried through tho litor- ' a Lure of. the aces from their first H 4 record on down to our own times. In He dojim this tho author of "Ancient l Myths in Modern Poets'-' has rendered Mt excellent service, and her book is one l eirtittlfctl to nrfstintcd praise. If ' WITH PIOUS INTENT. H it Tw Day of the Country Ctiurch. By J. I S O. Ashenhurst. Published by Funk & H Vugnalls Company, New York. H f TJic author explains that, his work is Ut not an attempt at a scientific treat- Hj mcut of tlie .'problems in the rural dis- H t tricts and the rural churches, but, that Hi it is the growth of experience in tho H ! rural pastorate, and with a due recog- H ! nition of the limitations of a conn- H i try pastor's work. Jf tho book aids in H-' awaking the public interest aud di- Hjl ; ice ting public thought to the move- ' njcuL for the Christiaiiization and so- cia improvement of the rural districts Hh,' of America, the author's highest wish f will have, been attained. we should think that the book is well calculated J; to attain this ob.jeci. Certainly it is Hj written in a spirit of sincerity aud H pious devotion that leave nothing' to be desired. - H ." The Quest of the Ages: or. Search for fc the Poles of Truth. By Oiln Sandeford H r I'ean. Published by Cochrane Publlsh-H Publlsh-H t in? Company, New York. H The author of this is a professor in H 1 ca erville College, Weaverville, N. C H I ll's forcwurd explains that the book HI is the outgrowth of an address dc- H S livcrcd before the Young Men's Chris- H j( liau Association, Charlotte. .N. C. Its H purpose is to inspire the reader with H I ' deejicr love for truth. In so far as Hf i it may attempt to answer the old quos- Hk j lion, "What is truth?' it can fairly H' , be said that no advancement is made s toward that end in this book. The H author's purpose is good, and his H icasoning is fair from the standpoint taken. Jiut wo have to agree to his proposition lirpt of all, and Iliat is" where the book, is weak, H BLIND SEARCH TOR PEACE. H I Tl c Way lo Peace. By 'Margaret De- f lai'd. Illustruteil by Alice Barber rl Stephens. Published by Harper & ? JJrothers, New York. H t This is a slorv of tho Shakers. A B oiing couple, Lewis and Athalia Hall, H f in their wanderings go to a Shaker HI settlement. ..A tlialj'a. is immensely struck .. with the 'peaceful ways, with the rc- nunciation of worldly things, and with H the calnuless :jnd rpiiet that everywhere prevail. Ajfcirdlnely she leaves her litis-H litis-H band in the search for peace and joins tjie Shakers. Presently, missing her, he ' does tho same. Later on the love for H her husband awakens again in her " breast, both having had to renounce all affection of that kind on their' full af- rliatioif with 'the society. Tho woman is the fiibt to find out that she has made a mistake, and she Jells her husband H thai she wants" to gej '.home. He lias Wt ; got so far in tlie toils that he does not even undei-stanil what she wants. Later ' on he comes to understand, however, al- l - though not in any way of peace. It is "r a tragical storv throughout, of mis- H taken effort to obtain by wrong means H '- that which is already theirs by the nat- H ura! and right means at hand. A sor- H.t rowful story it is. yet told with a grace i and convincing canrlor that will be ativ- : thing but pleasant to the Shnkcrs. a'l-1 a'l-1 though truth to, sav. the author does my i Iicni fail 1 justieo in their intent and their principles Ko far as that practice affects those only who do not. have - strong Ipve or great domesticitv in their temperaments. The lesson of 'the storv 7 is thai that which appears good and is eo(l o some bv no means fits the case B. of others, and that evervone must test jb' and decidp for himself or for .herself , the best way in life. I DEVELOPMENT. The Hlptovy of tlie Telephone, Bv Herbert Her-bert f;. Cav-on. Fully lllus'tratnd. Published by A. C. McClurr &. Co.. .Chicago. This is a. right good, up-to-dato history his-tory of the great invention of the telephone, tele-phone, and .an account of the progress that has been made in tho development of that invention and tho immense business busi-ness that, hag resulted I herefrom. The author is thoroughly posted on the theme, and he shows what has been done in the thirty five vcars since efforts ef-forts to make the telephone a practical jnvention have ben in evidence. It is a right good, trustworthy handbook of the tejeplioiu', and must be of very great interest to everyone wishing to study, into that subject, or to have the data in useful form. THE WAY OF THE THOUGHTLESS. Pan's Mountain. By Arnelle Rives U'rln-i U'rln-i r-Ks T-oubetzkoy). Puhllshcd bv Harper Har-per k Brothers. New York. H is inevitable when Amelio Rives writes, that something much out of the ordinary is produced. That is so in this case. The Pan hero found is the natural tendency of tho human heart and inclination awav from dogma and from the straightlacing of. conventional raining. An .ISnelish poet, finding a I'Uung girl not in the least conventional, n-ith the result, ifi the theme of the storv. The scene of it is laid in Ilalv on tho shoro of ouc of the beautiful lakes There the two meet and there thjpv piiiKiie their heedleK and vpe'doss courr'Pr doing as thev liko and disregarding disre-garding everything that stands in the wav. The end is death and madness, but that docs not detract in tho least from the interest of the story, nor rrnm tho curiosity one lecls mi tracing from tho given promises what the natural nat-ural results inevitably must be. 1 ho characters drawn tiro not great., Iue, are" not admirable; and yet there is a charm about their story that will be sure to interest tho reader and that .serves fully and admirably to illustrate the theme of the storv. The author has done romarkablv good work hero, nnd has consistently pursued the theme from Us statement to its conclusion. OPPENHEIM AGAIN. The Lost Ambassador: or. t Soa voU foi; ! the Missing Dclorn. By L. P1"J Oppenhelin. With Illustrations In coloi bv Howard Chandler Christy Published Pub-lished by Little. Brown, and Compan. Boston. Mr. Oppenhcim is a prolific, entertaining enter-taining writer. His novels always have the qualitv of romance and -keen-.interest. This' one is a tale of mystery, Iho plot hanging on the sale of two magnificent mag-nificent new battleships by an emissary of the Brazilian government. It is a matter of notoriety that these batlc-ships batlc-ships arc contracted for and thus there is a solid foundation of tact for the plot. The hero is a young Hngbshman of good family, alert for adventure and careless where tho quest mav lead him. The heroine is a young, impulsive gin put in a helpless position bv the actions of her Brazilian uncle, and both tho youngsters catch the sympathy of the render at the beginnmg. Iho scenes shift from Paris to London hotels and thon to the country, and there the hotel-keeper hotel-keeper is a most interesting character. The lost ambassador is found at last, and found in the most natural way possible. pos-sible. The story is one of absorbing interest. BACHELLER POEMS. In Vnrlous Moods. roems and Verses bv Irving Bacheller. Published b Harper & Brothers. New York. Irving Bacheller has endeared himself him-self to the reading public horetotore through his novels. Now we get from him a book of poems which shows his mastery of linglish aud of tho art q poesv io excellent advantage. Some pt tho "poems arc in dialed . and it win be recalled bv those who have read Bacheller 's novels that he is a master of New England dialects. The poem on pae 7'J "Of Cod or Caesar." dedicated to "a dead friend, is a good sample ot Mr. Bacheller 's poetic style: The veil of care Is lifted from his face! How smooth the brow where toll hud left its trace! How confident the look, how calm the eyes Once keen with life nnd restless enterprise! enter-prise! . , And gone Iho lines that marked the spirit's haste To do Its work, nor any moment waste. Imperial peuco and beauty crown his head. . . . Cod's superscription writ upon (he dead. Behold, herein, his dream, his inmost thought As if in time-washed Parian marble wrought. irulv he read the law we must obey: Jinn' moulds tho Image and God fives the clay. Am! If It's cast of Cod or Caesar is To each all render what Is rightly his. BACONIAN ONCE MORE. Bacon is Shake-Spearc. By Sir Edwin Uurnlng-Lawrence. Bart. B.A.. I-L.B.. etc. Together with a Keprint of nu-con's nu-con's Urbmus of Fortmilurlfs and Elegancies. Ele-gancies. Collated with the Original MS. bv the Late K. B. Bicklcy. and Hevise'l bv V. A. Herbetl, of the British Brit-ish Muspuin. The John McBrldo Co.. New York. Publishers. In his nddress to the reader, the author au-thor of this work gives (he plays known as Shakespeare's the highest possible praise. He dwells upon the prodigious amount of learning and tho high degree of intelligence necessary to the production produc-tion of such illustrious work as that known as Shakespeare's, and holds that Bacon is the only man of the cr.1 in which the plays were written who could possibly have produced (hem. And so the same old straw is thrashed ovpr, with the same old useless result. No one who believes Shakespearo actually wrote the plays that go by his name will be affected by this book, while those who contend that the plays arc Bacon's will be confirmed and indeed reinforced in their opinion bv the reading of it. Our own judgment is that the whole question is one that it is useless to pursue, and all concerned had better drop it. for there is no 'possibility of. deciding with oiir present. knowledge of the times and persons, with" any certainty, cer-tainty, the question. Besides, what difference dif-ference docs it make, really, who wrote those plays' LIVELY BOOKS TOR BOYS. Thf Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest: or. The Golden Galleon. By Canlain Wilbur Wil-bur Lawton. Published by I Jural and Company. New York. This is a continuation of tho highly imaginative and yet in a way possibly practical Bov Aviators' scries Tho author au-thor has taken those boys with their flying machine to the Arctic regions, to the desert regions of New Mexico aud Northern Mexico, to the wilds of Africa, Af-rica, and to Nicaragua, has made them engage in good rork in the secret serv-ica; serv-ica; and now he-takes them in a quest after the golden galleon lost in a position posi-tion where it is imaginatively possible to obtain the treasure. 'I hero is a livelv contest botweu a dirigible balloon and the aeroplane, with triumph for the latter. lat-ter. The boys win in this as in their other quests, aml thcv have the satisfaction satis-faction of reclaiming from tho Sargasso Sea that which has always been supposed sup-posed to be irreclaimable, and up to the j present time absolutely go. The story is one of the keenest interest from the bov standpoint, and the possibilities involved in-volved make it all tho more enticing. Cllf Stirling. Captain of the Nine. Bv Gilbert Pntlen. Published by David McKay. Philadelphia. In this storv the interest is in playing baseball. Clif Stirling, a popular' fellow, fel-low, is ejected captain of the nine, and his election disgruntles an aspiring candidate can-didate for that honor, who makes plenty of trouble for the boys and for Ins homo club and homo folks. In the end. however, the latent manhood of all concerned comes into excellent play, and the story is str.ong in bringing out the vigor of boy loves and hates with the good brought to tho front and made triumphant over all difficulties and tempers- A JOLLY COMPANION. Mo'ly and the UnwlBeinan Abroad. By John K6ndrlck Bangs. Published bv J. B..LIpplucott Company, Philadelphia. Here is a master of humor treating it subject capable of immense diversification diversifi-cation for the benefit, entertainment, and instruction of tho little folk, Mr. Bangs Is muster of an easy, colloquial, flowing stylo, captivating' to obi aud 3"ouug alike, and when he puts his powers pow-ers at the service of the children, they aro served with tho best there is. The little girl who goes on this journey with tho Un wiseman has in fact a very wise monitor at her elbow, and she goes across tho sea lo England to call on the king, to go shopping, lo visit tlie British Brit-ish Museum, lo see Paris, the Alps. Venice Ven-ice aud other parts of Italy, and then retnriiK homo. Sho has in effect gained through the reading of this book a journey that is a delight, and also in largo tlcgreo much of educative value. A SEARCHING INQUIRY. My Brother's Keener. By Charles Ten-ney Ten-ney Jackson, with Illustrations by Arthur Ar-thur William Brown. Published by The Uobbs-Merrill Company. Indlnuapolls. Tho author of this siory is favorably known by his former novel, ''The Du3' of Souls." Liko that, tho present one is a searching inquiry into things as they are, as contrasted with things as they ought to .bo. The hero, if so he may be called, lTorford Rand, is "an actor, bad man, genius, fool, preacher, cut throat, a poet, n philosopher, und tramp.'' All the Lime, however, he has an individuality of his own that, is brought forth most prominently. We first see him hero as a criminal and fugitive from justice. At tho same lime the reader is brought to see I hat Rand is a great character, though ho behaves like a buffoon, and talks like an egomaniac. He is led to make a great sacrifice, and dies a hero. Tho author makes us see that in his death a great soul is lost to tho world. Rand is a student of man, a boaster, spurner of tho duties at hand, a rojector of all law. und yet holding ' himself obedient to tho larger duly of social service to an unknown alien, ignorant and depraved, a young Polish malcontent mal-content who has stupidly thrown a bomb into the body of police on guard to prevent riot. ' With this groundwork ground-work tho author succeeds in building up a story which causes ouc to think of social couditions and to speculate on whut can be wrong or what can be remedied. It is quite true that none 'of the wild criminal plots of Iho despairing de-spairing and the ignorant, such as arc hero helped by Jand. can in the least degree help on a settlement of the great questions involved. They simply make the world cautious of accepting proposed remedies, and unrelenting toward to-ward those who would push on what I hey imagine to be progress by violent menus. As a social study the' novel is a powerful one, and yet it leaves tho question about as it was before. A GRACEFUL NARRATION. First Love. By Marie Van Vorst. With Illustrations by F. Graham Cotes. Published Pub-lished by The Bobbs-Merrlll Company. Indianapolis. This is a light, charming, and graceful grace-ful story of sentiment, fresh and enticing. en-ticing. The Ihcnio is an old one. The story is based on a young man's "calf love..' where ho fell into (lie worship of a woman some years older than himself, him-self, but still youthful and enchanting. The story is appropriately conceived and hondsomcly set forth. There is at the opening an auction of tho effects of John Bonnet's father. John being iho hero of tho story. The beautiful Mrs. Bathurst. who comes lo be tho object ob-ject of his love, buys (he father's much-prized shotgun and gives it to tho boy. This is tho beginning of the lad's infatuation, which is ii.tcusificd by his visit to the Bathursts and the surroundings there that aro' so much to his liking. Finally, however, there is the usual cure, in tho usual way, the whole making a very pretty' story most gracefully (old. IN COLONIAL DAYS. The Impostor: a Tale of Old Annapols. By John Reed Scotl. With Illustrations Illustra-tions in 'Color by Clarence F. Underwood. Under-wood. Published by J. B. Llppincolt Company. Philadelphia. This is a story of old Annapolis, bringing out the conditions of society and of commercial, political, and social intercourse in the davs of Colonial Governor Sharpo. The author has caught the trick of style of I he days of the grandfathers and gran1 in others in very good shape, aud lie has made for tho public here a right fine story, true to atmosphere, with the proper color and with tho human emotions extremely ex-tremely well depicted throughout. There is love, there is hate, and a good deal of supercilious contouipt shown as between the ladies of that day. just as' he expects to find, and docs find, the same qualities in our present time. And. it is all extremely well done. SYMBOLICALLY PRESENTED. The Steering Wheel. By Robert Alexander Alex-ander Wiison. Illustrated by Paul J. Meylan. The Bobbs-Mcrrlll Company, Publishers, Indlunapols. Tho motto of this book, "All the world's a car. and all the men and women wo-men would be chauffeurs," is the keynote key-note of the book, figuratively speaking. Tho author says: "Private affairs, im--porta nt enough in Iheniselvc3, arc more-"y more-"y the cogs and valves of some large car of destiny. As this car tears along the difficult road of circumstance, much depends on the hands that hold tho steering wheel. It is the struggle for the control of this wheel which goes to make up the largor dramas of life." This isf au ingenious way of putting it, substituting a steering wheel for the "stage" of Shakospcare. As a matter mat-ter of fncf, however, the story has ncllung to do with automobiles, bill the steering wheel and tho automobile arc used symbolically and illustratively in furtherance of -the plot and the ;irgu-ment. ;irgu-ment. A young fellow returning from his, trip around tho world, this being the finishing touch to his education, comes to the great slc'el plant of his uncle, The uncle is a hard-headed, practical man of the world; a steel king not onlv in industry but in mind. The nephew in the course of his education and travel has imbibed very much of tho socialistic, idea, and has promised large help to "the cause." Thcro is. of courHo. a lovo siory in the book, and this is given precedence in. point of narration. nar-ration. The latter part where business and tho socialistic idea come in contact is most .exciting, and the lovo portion is also injected therein to a most cnl.or-taining cnl.or-taining degree. The story is extremely well written, is up to date" in every way, ami ;is. sure of a wide und favorable reading from the public. A STORY COLLECTION. Four Hundred Good Stories. Collected bv Robert Rudd Whiting. Published bv The Baker &. Taylor Company, - New York. Four hundred good stories in one not very larire book would seem to bo an undue allowance, but thev aro here all right, and they aro good stories, too. Most of them aro told with very few words, and with an apt allusion that brings them in just right. Of course there is no pretense that these stories are new. all hough some of them may be. For the most part thev are old,' and that in a way is a commendation for them, because they have thus sunived many vicissitudes and t aro not forgotten forgot-ten by mankind. Tt is curious to see the tracing of so many of theso stories to ancient d.'fys. Thoso who havo hoard the stories may think that some of them may date back to thoir grandfathers' time, but on tracing the origin they aro found lo date back, hundreds an'd even thousands of years. They arc none the loss goo.d for that, however, and lo one reading I hem for the first time thoy are just as good to him as thoy were to the first man who ever heard them. THE OLD INDIAN BORDER. Keith of the Border: a Talo of Iho Plains By Randall Parrlsh. With Four lllus-tratlonH lllus-tratlonH In Full Color. By W. Herbert Dtmton. Published by A. C. McC'lurg & CO., Chicago. The border referred to herein is I he border of civilization in former fimos on the edge of tho Indian country of tho United States. This gives ample opportunity for the most active and stirring scones of outdoor freedom, and for the free play of uncontrolled pas sions. Tlie hero of tho slorv, Keith, is a square, true man, doing his work bet tor than others, and .being conspicuous for fidelity, honor, und good faith. His special quarrel is always with I he tough and tho outlaw. He is known to all. and especially to Miss Hope, as a man most desirable in every way, aud she finds him at tho last 'desperately wounded, whero ho has had a pistol duel with a treacherous gambler, who beguiled him into unwarinoss and got in tho first shot. But with his final strength Keith dropped tho gambler, and tho sight of the two horses on tho plains directed passers-by to tho roscuo and resuscitation of Keith. Thy story is of the good old romantic, sort, of tho stirring Pluins days, and is certain cer-tain to bo immensely cujoved by the reader. HIGH ACTS, HIGH MOTIVE. The Man and the Dragon. By Alexander Otis. With Illustrations bv J. V. Mc-Fall. Mc-Fall. Published by Little, Brown- and Company. Boston. This is an American novel of the liveliest type. Wc havo hero The familiar fa-miliar character of tho ruthless, oppressive oppres-sive boss of city politics. Against him appears the clean, fearless agitator, editor of the Carthago News, who combats com-bats tho riiigstcr and tho ring, and awakena a public sentiment that is disastrous to tho boss and all his machinitious. There is. inevitably, a young girj who sets the standard ' for the agitating editor, and who is his inspiration in-spiration in large degree in what he does. Naturally, a just reward comes, not alone in politics and the cleansing of the city's public affairs, but in lovo. The lively character of the narrative keeps interest keen all through, and the final result is most satisfactory. CONVENTION REJECTED. The Girl Who Lived in the Woods. Bv Marjorlo Benton Cooke. With Five Illustrations Il-lustrations in Colors bv tho Kinncvs. Published, by A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago. Chi-cago. Tho bohemian life is tho inspiring theme of this novel. Tho artist life iu Chicago is well touched up therein, aud the excitements, incidents, and scones during a labor war cut a strong figure in tho story. Tho girl of the novel is a talented artist who has emancipated herself from tho conventions conven-tions of society, and has extremely ad vanced and radical views as to lior personal iudepeudenco and conduct. She becomes tired and disgusted with the. artificialities of life, even from the artistic surroundings, and retires to live by herself, in a way an outcast; but through contact with a winsome and natural little girl tho springs of human emotion and desire for companionship com-panionship aro awakened, and sho is brought back to earth in the most natural and pleasunt way. It is a right good siory, yet it has rather too much of the looseness of uncontrolled radical thought prevalent in certain quarters in this latter time. But it is strong and well written, with the objectionable objection-able news obscured as much as possible. pos-sible. . THE UNFAILING PURSUIT. 'JMio End of ( lie Rainbow. By Stella M. During. With a Frontispiece lb Color by Ethel Pennewill Brown. Published by J. B. Upplncotl Company. Philadelphia Philadel-phia This is a right good stor3 wherein the author has undertaken to depict tho men and women he has known, with all their admirable, qualities, 'heir imperfections im-perfections and thoir perplexities. Tho problems raised are not of the author's I proposing, nor does ho undertake to solve them, and, yet the problems aro there, just as thoy aro in life, and it would seem as if they must be solved by somebody some time. Some of them, however, nrc world-old problems, and t he world is weary in waiting for their solution. Doubtless they will yet be solved, but too many of us. Iilco tho author, dodge the solution and pass it up to somebody else. The end of tho rainbow is but another depiction of tho oternal search for tho golden key to happiness, which is supposed to bo hidden hid-den at tho end of that rainbow, but which is always found to bo in the dis-tanco dis-tanco bevond. aud never is caught. Tho author, however, has made a vigorous story out of it, and the reader is certain cer-tain to find in it not only enjoyment but edification. 4POR THE GIRLS. A. Dixie Rose. By Augusta Kortreeht. With a Frontispiece In Color by Ethel Jcnnewlll Brown. Published by J. B. IJpplncotl Company. Philadelphia. This is a very handsome slorv for and about girls, with the environment in the South, and with the old colored mummy as a prominent figure; carrying the ideas and liyoly pursuits and tlie heartfelt heart-felt pleasures enjoyed bv girls in day? when there was but little trouble and the sun bhonc clear and warm, both metaphorically and actually. The Dixio Itose herein depicted is a right fragrant, fra-grant, admirable rose in every respect, and thoso .who read the story will be sure lo agree to this. Patricia. By Emilia Elliott. Published by George W. Jncobs .t Co.. Philadelphia. Philadel-phia. This is tho story of a little girl who was very busy, and who made others who were aboul her get busy also. The publishers express regret; that the author, au-thor, who formerly resided in Salt Lake City, died before seeing the book in print, and so could uot enjoy tho. welcome wel-come that thoy( aro confident' it will be accorded. Their idea is. quito, right in this. The book is suro to be accordod a hearty welcome by tho public. Patricia Pat-ricia is not only unconventional but she is decidedly regardless of everything, but the matter which she has in hand, and the book brings forth her sympathetic sympa-thetic qualities In excellent stylo. The Most Popular Mother Goose Songs, and Other Nursery Rhymes, Compiled and Arranged by Carrie Bulhird. Published Pub-lished by Hinds, Nobly .t Eldrcdge. New York. The amiable Mother Goose is horo presented in a new dress with uotos, furbelows and everything to match. The songs are such as tho children like to siug ami they aro set forth here in the best possible form with all the ndoru-nienls ndoru-nienls that can be admired, the music and text being clearlv printed, and a delight de-light to the e,ye. 'iMic publishers have done excellent work, and the compiler com-piler has shown right good judgment in selection and presentation. LITERARY NOTES. John Stoventon. tho author of the recently re-cently published book. "The Hermit of Capri." who Is In ronl life Judge Turklng-ton. Turklng-ton. father of Booth Tarklnglon. was married last month to Miss Linda 11. h'LbuItz. a director In the public sr-hools of Indianapolis, his home city. Tho author au-thor and jurist is In his seventy-ninth year. An extended honeymoon trip took the couple as far an Maine and New York. As an addition to their "Tear Book of English Authors" by Ida Scott Taylor Tay-lor of "American Authora." by the same compiler, the II. M. Caldwell Company. New York and Boston, have added "A Your Book of Famous Lyrics." by Frederic Fred-eric Lawrence Knowlea. These selections selec-tions of the world's pr03e and poetical masterpieces, one for each day of the year, have been carefully made and arranged, ar-ranged, with notes and an Introduction by the compiler. With the publication of her now novel. "Flamsted Quarries." comes tho announcement from Nantucket that Mary E. Waller bus purchased an estate there nnd will hereafter mnko her home on this picturesque Island off Cape Cod. Mass. For many years Miss Waller's permanent residence has been In the Green Mountains of Vermont, where tho scenes of her fajnous novol. "The Wood- arvcr of 'Lympus," aro laid, tier latest novel. "Flamsted Quarries, ' dodjeuted "to those who toll.'' has Its principal scenes luld In No wYork City and In the small Maine town of Flamsted. . noted for its grunlte quarries. Owing to unexpected large advance orders or-ders for "Flamsted Quarries" I he pub-Ushers. pub-Ushers. Little, Brown & Co.. Boston, were rompellcd to print a second large edition In advance of publication, and it promises prom-ises to bo one of the leading novels, of the season. Marion I-Tarland seldom indulges in the practice of comparing tlie pnsi with tho present, to the disadvantage of tho latter: lat-ter: yet. scattered hore and there through her "Autobiography" are strong words of common sense regarding this or that modern fad, such as tho "Slmplo Life." Speaking or Virginia beforo tlie i war. she writes: "In those same dark ages, strong men, whom acquaintances never accused of cant, or suspected of sentimentality, went to evening prayer meetings, and accounted" It a delight, fo hoar two Kcrinons on Sunday, laid pulpit teachings to heart, practised self-examination, and wrote love letters to their own wives. If this wore, not the 'Simple Life' later-day pbilosophlsts exploit as a branch of the New Thought Movement. It will never be lived on this low earth." The existence of a naval power In the Mediterranean far older than even classic Greece, is a highly Interesting discovery, dis-covery, and the story of the Sea Kings of Crete revealed by recent discoveries In iho Island. Is one of absorbing Intoresl. The announcement therefore, of the publication pub-lication of "Tho Seu Kings of Crete and the Prehistoric Civilization .of Greece." is one of particular and Immediate in terest. The Rev James Balke. th thor. has written liis book wllhliii to presenting (o the general reao nn untecbnlcal and attractive forn astonishing results of the variom plorutlons which have proven theV onco of a sea power, the fact "of "jt being has been in the o"bscurltyio unrecorded paat. The volume 'Is'i illustrated with photographs, and la vldcd with a map of Crete, and of the palace of Kaknossos, whore extensive remains have been brougi light. |