Show I BOOKS WHICH RAVE THIS PAGE OP THE 1 W01T THE APPBOVAIi t J TRIBUNE WILL KEE3 CURRENT PUBLICATIONS ftY iiI I I 3JITEBABY Off LEADERS W OF O B THE I D TOTJ THi2 IN 2IABTER TOTJOH MINDS WITH 5 00 AAT Yr n 1DLIJ r r 1 THE USE OP ENGLISH It The North of Words By Dr Haley t r ITustfd Bell With an Introduction by 1 I Dr William Colby Cooper Published by Hinds Noble New York City Dr Cooper In his Introduction speaks feelingly of the charm of clpunt diction nnil of the great satisfaction oiw always feels In rending a work which uuus words s In their true meaning and appropriate fcnse and ho thinks thai this book will help writers to such use Jin Is glut that Pr Bell wrote this excellent book slid tor tin UP reasons One Is l thut t Is so gen rrally and urgently needed another that jvj IK the right mun to have done It third livcause of the help It will carry and the jilcasme It will give to all who use It Under the title Mlausud Words U list I given of i many words and It Is laughable laugh-able to see the way the author scourges croneous and inelegant use Thus he condemns con-demns justly the use of the word Jew thY when jewels are meant I leave I when no object Is expressed present in I ttcid of Introduce transpire for happen hap-pen and HO on It I Is a very instructive chapter with many humorous turns in the crisp sentences In Vulgarisms and VordsNTo Yonls the allied theme Is pushed further objecting to donate for give i to the terminals I ter-minals Izo and 1st for AngloSaxon trprds to lengthy l standpoint and soon so-on Then comes the chapter Everyday Errors 5 Er-rors with it few introductory words on the dictionary saying that It holds about 1111 sam relation to our hill IH Cithllt the courtesan bears to society that IL Is not to be wholly condemned but that it has accomplished no small degree of corruption 4 corrup-tion In speech In the list of words he < trips on had rather but In general his I J r criticisms are both Bound and useful The chapter on Slang Is tolerant of the expressiveness of It and the chapter f 4 on How WordMcanlngs Change Ja full h of Information and Accurate explanation S Inth1 appendix the author talc notice of criticisms made in the first edition ot 4 the work and takes occasion to add some more examples of bad usage r A ful liippoiidix gives quick accost to any 1 wool Otto may be in search o J Tim work is I certainly that t of a koon critic and Is full of food criticism xpla I nnllon anr bright humor II I I should lie 1 I found of groat service to all who would 1 write pare and und ICd Knglish 1i i k A BOOK FOR SELF HELP l Character a Tiforal TextBook for 1 the Isc 1 of Parents and l Touchers In Training i Youth In the Principles of Conduct and 4 11 AlI 10 SelfCulture Published by Hinds Noblc Now York City In stating hin purpose In tills work which h 1 really one of great and wldp ro search the author ssiys Ult occurred tot to-t Hint a textbook FO arranged that universally 1 uni-versally accepted tenets of moral behavior QuId h l uued as we now use other texts < I would bt of great service 10 many parents lonelier1 t and scholais themselves The niagnlliulo of the work appalled me but r i finally dcterminod to mako an effort to sipply wlnit I In my opinion would con irilmtc1 I to a puror i i moral atmosphere and Kivf tin1 youth cC ifidav from losing sight vlille young of the beacons which the oycs of age can hardly dlscvrn My r nutS nut-S terial has ben gathered from books mid I believe that 1 have got the bust thoughts of the best men that ever lived And further that t while sumo of tho Ig nnninl make no effort to give t th dill ilrcii any sort of training even among I tie more educated I classes some tench I ii orously the principle oC truth hit never think of honesty some assiduously Inculcate In-culcate honesty but fall to leach civility and thus I It happens that children fr rut acquire a contempt for the morals of their comrades which arc not taught them and even come to look at their own parents requirements as harsh and unreasonable un-reasonable because other childrens parents par-ents do not teach the same All of which Is true and there Is presented in 1 this work nu excellent means of lemcdying any defects de-fects caused by the lacks referred to It Is I a work of astonishing patience and completeness a systematic grouping or the accumulated teachings of all times I nssombled from many sourcci In many landK and formulating those precept which experience his rightly designated as the lsdom of the agega mirror wherHn one inny compare his own ohar luUfer with what the wisdom of the woild declares is I a perfect man X complete standard of morals for both the ruing and the old Over JO Opiycs with complete index in-dex to pago and paragraph of Ce character char-acter trait precept epigram topic and text 1 IK a work that t dencrvos to lx emphatically I phatically and unreservedly commended A SUMPTUOUS 3XLEY I Jani Ti Vhltcomb Hit In Pros < > and Picture Pic-ture I By 11hl A lowland I bicora lIons by H i J r Campbell Published by Handy te lllgglns Chicago A very handsome volume this with a profusion of decorations and illustrations artistic numbering thirtyMix I The look of the book delights the YIS and the con trntss delight the honrt ant mind Iher Is the wvicomu by Prank I J Stanton of liiley to Atlanta a lino appreciation o Kiley the 1oot and Ian and plfnu alit csaysi on his writings As UK boys u lint to bo Id rather work when 1 vanted to than be bossed round by l others oth-ers Tel now Itn Fame at writes your aiuieWrit from the hart out For forty yeais and better you have been a L friend to me The t IIC Is strong and graceful printed 1 with the blackest of ink on heavy line paper Ill publishers have done their full duly In presenting to the public thli I SdI Ij hanilHome volume A BOOK OF GOOD PUN The lUign i of QiifpnIsyl 1 Ily I I Celelt rur l KXH tud VIP Irwln 1 liihlijh by Me lhni riillltpe I Company Nov Vork The authors t of Mils I plcniMin nxdava caiiza nro fa n outs lot their humorous niicoits nnd happy his Thoy are In I xrdlnt form ii thlu work which treats I In mite prologue nf how gaffer Golulur Intt In his Inn and wnteiud the feast of Feint Joacph a 11 thosu I that 1 journeyed I liUroio itIr with advcn lh parley 1 knight Ihen tUrnuo and how I hc made tlrnu they merry over 1 lie Goodwill the tale n love stratoglc thou come Thi Coronation I tolling how bt B aic xorlno disappeared from the Qlo and the Lady Isjl 1 wan crowned in I > Lt I KVad flow the uueon sato In the h l at ball 1 iiolor and wan confronted a injelcrlnuH atrangfr Limo I talc of love 1 nislchor < in tun The Grand Con f imlci shovin how Queen Isyl I wns ros h S 1el n her PlIght by l her knights and t jn wooed by lie Grand Coot n Lnlqr the Ie 01 lo Vr Junllo then The Combat t c1oln 1 1 llr n how Sir rK 11 TomnH the ScaluwuR > I Tomnl ScalnWlT ltl z tl Qien Syl I Jor i bested for L Bcale or nc and I SMur0 ± brite wIth n lnlghit f 0V LIme GIiIHl rmman ilJJ i J llll the Quutn owt IL hcrnll In a I tc t tnl t iho Pageant ° f 10VC mllnnl 1 11 > xt ijd Ing SadSpn how QUCt1 w 1 1 1 I I 1 tbrOUlh the city und saw n face at a window How the Chamber lain sought to discover the mystery and was hindered by n stranger and how the two outwitted the spy tho talc of love sartorial hon I The Quest telling how Queen hsyl was Impeached of treason and besought tho service of her knlghte Of I their ijueat for La Den Ie Xorlne and how the Grand Commander rescued IL fair damsel dam-sel In distress the tale of love Insidious then t The Banquet disclosing how the Chamberlain conspired to see the Queens I ring privily ana enticed her Into captivity Ilow she was succoured by Sir Tomas the I Scalawag mil held In hostage the talc of love recu ant then The JJalsunce telling how Sir Tomass ho Scalawag sought for La Deale Norlno ami encountered encoun-tered the Grand Commander Of the mystic mys-tic amaze and how Sir Tomas was sought to bcs enmeshed therein white tic ncholard talked with a chapman the talc of love loquacious I next The Carnival detal1 Ing How Sir Tomas the Scalawag brought u letter I from T a IJcalc Xorlnc and rescued res-cued Queen Isyl from captivity How heralds let cry a masque of unreason Of n Tool who usurped the throne and wooed the Queen Of the unmasking and how La 15eale Xorlnc was found the talc of love politic and unruly the Epilogue how La Deale Xorlno finished her tale and Die Queen was affianced before the court J Is a deliciously written bit of chaff and Is sure of wide recognition and popularity A DAINTY VOLUME Tho First Loves of Pcrilla By John Cot bln with a I frontlsplcco in color by C Allan Gilbert Published by Fox Duf lield Iud Company New York A dainty little volume written in exquisite ex-quisite style with plenty of humor In tho conversations xiierc Is a bright girl her deep loquacious ants teasing uncle and the lover Tod The girl talks freely with hur uncle about her successive loves of the heroes of the stage she Is a devoted matInee mat-Inee sirl and her criticisms of thorn I egged on by the guileful uncle It I Is lreal t Then come ajiaco her own real romance and the way I ine 1 uncle wna fooled about I The whole Is I moot admirably told In dialogue and It I is exquisite reading < A STORY OF THE SOUTH George Washington Jones ji Christmas Gift that Acnt aJJcvgiiiGr By Ruth Me 2nery Stuart Published by I Henry Al 1 tomus t Company Philadelphia Another of the authors sympathetic and beuullftil stories where f little negro boys I boy-s the central figure He saw Christmas coming on and look the high resolve that he I would make some good and deserving family a present I of hmin self as I Christmas Christ-mas gif Ills efforts and the sympathetic sympathe-tic care o him by I his Aunt Sarah are beautifully told and the final success of lie little boy Is made u triumph I Indeed he finds his own folkses the ole mis tins whoso servant his grandfather was and it Is all I most loiiohlngly narrated Both sirllstically and Ingcnlotifcly I Die story is I a line success A STORY 3TOB GIRLS llilfaDoxcu I llonselC I peru a Story for 101 Girls in UnlfaUovun Chapters By JCntc DouglaH Vlggii Plctuics by Willis Thoniprfon Published by Henry Altemus Company Philadelphia Older readers wilj icmembcr thiS authors au-thors very happy story of which this Is an amplification where a bevy of girls took upon theinselver the work pleasure I and plans of housekeeping The growth his improved tIme story und rounded It out well The six Jolly gIrls are at their best in all the scenes and Eskalunas I Pearls the Winter Picnic Young Lochln I var and all the other familiar incidents I arc retained and many pleasnnl one added Mrs Uiggln is admirable In her stories and this t one is her brightest and best A BOOK OF CRISP SAYINGS The Cynics Calendar of RevIsed Visdom for UOl J Ky Oliver Hoiford Ethel Watts Mum ford and Addison Mlzncr Published by l Paul Elder and Company San Francisco Fran-cisco This calendar of wise nnd crisp sayings Is I beautifully printed and has many clev ce cr ill mist iitluimS and bright decorations in j I red and black bound In bright colored shmI it logs with poster label Tho sajingw them selves iro j worth while as I tin wolf be at Ito 1 door open It and eat him Many are called but few got up Saint heart neer I won fair lady Honor Hon-or is I without profit In mosi countries Economy I h the t thief of time I DIs play l > are dnngoious A fool and his honey are soon mated Fat your steal or youll I have Mew A word to tho wise la I lesented Where theres a will theresa theres-a lawsuit and so to the t end In pro fusion It is a book of bright things elegantly presented I BOOKS FOR CHILDREN Rhymes o Real Children Hy Hotty Sag With pitlure by Jessie Wlllenx Smith Published by Fox JlUitnHd and Smll CIm pa fly New iork This In I I beautiful I book well ninth and with colored pictures that am remarkably Hue Those are the only now work to np Peal In hook orm this year from ilisn Tesiie Milliiox Smith whose pictures 1 or children are deservedly popular and are growing more so as they are more widely circulated The rhymes and cute and hu morouu they t a rca r < by Mrs Walter L Gooiluln of Hart I ford Connecticut t Betty Sage who Is I dauphler o Iho late Dean Sago of Albany 2s > w York all a nlecu of John Ikrpont Mnrgin sit iltItho o tlufse Is the t following which wo are Mile ill will enjoy Whcn Daddy was a 1 lIttle boy i I little I hot wen good Anil I did Just whom I their I niuves And their t pnivnls smltl m li mr should Ant Komotlmen when Im 1 naughty Jin I take mi on hJ1 knee An < l tll t when hi was little How I hu good Ubcd to be He never Rtolo f cherry tailOr tail-Or Ill In I i prinsagu way To boo at unto aa uhe came by Vlib dlshR on I tray llo l never once put currant I jam Whuru Grandmad t probly ill lt And when h3 Ml I and hurl hmief lie never crt a bit He didnt pinch Aunt Jucya legs Lte When going up the stairs Ho never told poor little Ted ills bed wan full of bears Ho I never kicked good Mary Ann Or hit Item with a spado I 1 giiesu perhaps my Daddy was lime best boy over made The Life o a Wooden Doll By Lewis SiiKby I host ittcul with PhotOQiuphn I from Life Published by Fox DnfiUhl ft Company New York A merry Jolly JCl of rhymes for the little tle girls showing very many curious and Ixisliitsslikc situations tho plcturcu and lie txL uniting lo make n mout pleasant ofHocl The print In 1 largo and clear and the pIctures are liamlsome plates All Is printed on fine clear paper making a most attractive Cal desirable book IN THE PRIMARY CLASS Little Henrys Slate By W D XcsbitL Published by William S Lord Evanston Illinois I 1 The plan of this funny little book lo that a little boy puta on his slate In white letters let-ters In scrawling lines and primitively formed let 18 a good many humorous and pertinent things such as My paw aez bald heada Is a sine of brancs ho has spent COO dolors for hare modsun niaw bez My paw sex men Is never to oled to lurn and wlmmon Is novel to young to loach him ami thc sayings are arranged I ar-ranged by months ns in a calendar There I are boylike skeleton drawings and the binding Is I an artistic fit to tho general conception of the scheme It I io n book of uproarious fun bright In turn of thought and Idea I Is sure lo ho enjoyed by all THE MAGAZINES Tlv > Christmas Century Magazine is magnificent In colored illustrations llrst an Illustrated coverpago of beautiful design de-sign frontispiece Madonna the Light of the World and three rich fullpage Illustrations Illus-trations t for the line Imp r Italian Villas and Their Gardens The effect of them Is most admirable Fanaticism In the United Stales Is a wcllthoiifcht paper in which many things aro touched upon and the conclusion la reached by the author James M i Buckley that t though fanaticism hrs boon and is rampant and < sometimes dangerous though thIs country is a hotbed of fanaticism It Is much more Its Institutions and traditions tradi-tions develop men o sense selfcontrol and patriotism Franklin Clarklns paper pa-per The Dally Walk of the Walking Delegate Del-egate Is a striking one disclosing the corrupt methods of the breed In New York Eleven ncgio FOURS are contributed by Joel Chandler llnrrip Paul Laurence Dun bar and others The stories and poems po-ems of the number arc of high quality and the departments are excellent as always al-ways It Is a strong noble nagaslnc The Century Co publishers Now York McClurcs Magazine Christmas number is i pay I in color and has abundance of good pictures in black The Story of Rockefeller by Ida M Tarbcll opens the second part I > of the history of tho Standard Oil company n story of intrigue corrup lon I fraud and doubledealing almost without parallel I In the world John LT Farge has a grout paper One Hundred I Masterpieces of Painting with reproductions reproduc-tions t In tint rIme IOIS tint Lone Fight by Ilay Stannard Baker is a story of nervy men and i n lesson of strength drawn from their careers On the 1 cart and I the Evidence is I a touching police court scene in which the Justice figures whlh tle 1rrCs tn his credit Coming on the Const by Colin McKay is a fine boa sketch There arc nine m short storIes and altogether the lumber i is an admirable one S S Mc I Cluro Co publishers Xcw York Everybodys Magazine for December has for frontispiece Buriiaiids Head of the Christ nnd a sketch of his work follows In l iA Palnler of Bible Scenes A gal out l rescue is described In A Hero of tho Lakes The Worlds Babies Is a cheery sketch illustrated with stereo graphs Afoot at tho Horse Show is well written and illustrated The Star of j Bethlehem Is I a discussion and explanation explana-tion Concord Die Historic Is a great paper h by Alfred Henry Lewis showing the old town and recalling some of the things which have made It famous Intimate In-timate Portraits lias portraits and personal per-sonal sketches of Adclina Paul Charles Joseph Bonaparte Miss Bessie Anthony Alfred Henry Lewis and Judge Peter Grosflcup There arc excellent 1 stories and poems l This sprightly and elegant magazine maga-zine Is slob getting there under the now and vigorous management The Rldg I wayThaycr Company publishers New I York I 1011Jalpcls Harpers Magazine for December Is bril hunt In color pictures four for Mark Twains story A Dogs Tale four besides I I be-sides Illuminated initials for Olivia Howard How-ard Dunbaroa Pelro Vidal Troubadour for In Unt for Guy Wctrnoro Carryls The Pla ground of Palls eight richly I Illuminated pages The Litllo Past t one with others I in black for Robert W Chant berss The Sign of Venus It is a yphn did array and richly adorns the magazine Beginnings uf the American Navy by John H Spears Is a good hliUoricol sketch I Is English Becoming 8uglsh Becoming Corrupt by Thomas R Lounsbury h L forcible criticism upon barbarous usages which Is I both able and just The Birth of n Satellite Sa-tellite by George Howard Darwin presents pre-sents tho hypolhoslH clearly with illustrative illus-trative diagram It Is a paper of the I highest high-est merit Tho Lords of the Sahara by W r 1 Ifardlng i King Is an llluHtrnhd sketch o interest l The University o St Petersburg by Charles V Thwlng 1 LL D Is an appreciative paper Illustrated trated from photographs Other articles are Tennyson s Suppressed Poems POlm The L Wood Gatherers When Lpweckls CJoc BUILhlS and a lino array of short stories and poems Mary Johnston serial Sir I Mortimer continues there is a iUrontr I story by Mary E Wllklns Freeman and the departments arc as always of exceeding ex-ceeding Interest It is a 1 very great magazine maga-zine 1 1 York Harper Brothcrj publishers New Yorle Scrllmer3 Magazine for December Iu I quite In tIme swim with Us elegant colored Illustrations and In the profusion of them A Venetian Nights Entertainment by lidIIh Wharlon ha drawings reproduced J In colors i Henry Van Dykes Odt to iUu l sic has decorations In colors by l G A Men Picrson Tho Child In I a Garden 1 l > Jessie Jes-sie WUcorr Smith has eight fullpage drawings reproduced Jn I colins Kdunrd Penfielils Holland from the stein of a Loelor hn illustrations by the 1 author reproduced in color Other I articles well Illustrated arc Buda ali JVst by 1 Frederick Fred-erick Palmer Christmas Night with Satan Sa-tan by John Fox f The SubMas I tot by Alden Arthur Knlpa M I I D I The I Jade Teapot by Ralph IX I Paine JSII1 j the Trapper by Mary It s Andrews I h A Iou t of Mercy by Telnet le Lee Tho Point of View and the FitId of Art arc both excellent and till stories and poems l are Ilrtit clasis Charles Scrib nol SOIIL publishers New York City The Booklovcrs Magazine for Dccombcr has for frontispiece a portrait In color of Sir Walter Scott and the opening paper I In the number is a lino appreciation of The Lost Minstrel by T M Parrot The Poetry of Mr Ifowulln Is an lIe poc HOlln appreciation appre-ciation by Richard Arthur with tlol I portrait por-trait I i of Mr I i 1 oul lit Dan Black Emil toi and Proprietor is I a good Illustrated story by Paul Piper Pictures and AIL Talk ban eight reproductions In color The Child In Art by Estella r Ilurll has twelve reproduction in color and In tnt Including Baby Stuart Amory I liruillordu What Religion Stands for Today is a keen and able pnpor with portraits of George Angler Gordon Archbishop Arch-bishop Ireland Washington Gladden Sam 7 much 1 D McConnell and Joseph Krauskopf Religious Leaders of Englund by James Douglas Is a plain talk carrying portraits of loading divines The FrostKing at Niagara Ni-agara by Orrln g Dunlap has ten full page Illustrations Language In time I Making by lerman Spencer Is an Ingenious I In-genious and plausible defense of slang A Gigantic Reading Room by A Black describes and illustrates the library of the 0 British Museum Tho or 2II Message of Chriit amos rIme It a dual J paper by Washington Gladden and George C Larimer The Best Now Tilings from the World of Print with illustrations closes a great number of a beautiful nnd wcllmadu o I heutful lcJmatu magazine mag-azine Tho Library Publishing Company 1hlladcluhio i Frank Leslies Popular Monthly has 3 fine coverdesign In four colors The Modern Madonna 1 gives The Story of Rose Former the true and personal history of a country girl who earned her living in New York Illustrated from pho tographs The Wild Beasts Christmas I Dinner will four fullpage drawings In color Is a lIfelike panorama Admiration Admira-tion from Japans by lone Noguchl Is n hearty appreciation for the American girl The Metropolitan Verdict by James L Ford gives the test of theatrical success The Degradation of Wall Street In a dark picture of rascally sharp practice Judge Henry A Shulo tells of tho Christmas Christ-mas Festivities of A Few Real Boys It Is an excellent number having good fiction fic-tion poems and literary review Frank Leslie Publishing House New York Pcarsona Magazine for December has anew a-new cover design an u Christmas tree frontispiece It tells of the Social Duties of Mrs Roosevelt discusses Modern Comedy and Ancient Atmosphere with some aspects of tho present dramatic Season Sea-son Powers and possibilities of thi automobile au-tomobile are discussed In a copiously illustrated il-lustrated article Tho Alaska boundary question Is reviewed with illustrations by photograph and map A brillianc article by 1 Henry George JI treats I of Modern Iclm Louis of Finance with the I blind pool in copper as an example It is I well Illustrated Illus-trated t There arc pen sketches of semI of time younger viembois I oi 1 Congress and many othT good things ao it I t Inn I nnhi bci The Viiron Pjollshnj Company Nv York Records of ilu Paul fo October cartlS I a MMy tine nnl profusely iJlI i > i Muioil I paper I by Clarence B Moore on rime Corn Bu dur Temple of Java one of tho most ex len ive and imposing structures In the world The Buddhist Relic Mound at So para Is described by Mrs Ghosal lime dispute between the Jjiiulisli and Iho Americans about the Egyptian exploration fund Is lied In the unjust treatment t by the English of Dr Wlnslow Recent Mammoth Discoveries gives the opportunity opportu-nity to retell the stories of ho I finding of the huge remains The editorial notes arc most interesting and covet a wide field Time Records of tIme Past Exploration Society I So-ciety Washington D C I Youngs Magazine for December Una eighteen short complete stories written by adepts In narration amon them u Louise C Arnold I W Mclvall Helen Francos Pursell Duncan McCormack La I Touchc Hancock 1 Tempio Bailey Wayne Carlock Low Thaycr Helena Smith W I I H McCullongh W Culver Moore John J Darlington G A Jncrsoll R M Bruns Elliot J Walker Matido H 1 Fulton J Martin I Mar-tin I Erlckson It 1 t Is I a good number Court hind II Young publisher New York The RandMcNally Bankers Monthly for December has a summary of Ito I National i Na-tional Bankers Association convention a discussion of The Surplus significance of recent failures value of precious metals met-als as bank assets by Daniel B Ely a papor All for tIme Gold Standard and full financial and commercial reports Rand McNally Co publishers Chicago The Manual of Statistics for November discusses rather favorably on the t whole the general business outlook with lImo conclusion con-clusion though business is I quieter hero is hooicthlng doing in all lines bank clearings clear-ings at twothirds of the cities of the country are larger than a year ago slocks of goods arc not unduly large and in short there is no sign that a receivership Is I Imminent for this countrys great industries in-dustries There Is in able discussion Distrust of the Trusts comment on The Improvement in Bonds and an account ac-count of Tho Distilbution of Stocks Tho statements of the corporations arc brought up to date and the financial I qu < i lallons and market reports aro full and accurate The Manual 1 of Statistics Company Com-pany Now York The Black Cat for December has live I llrslclaSrj complete 6LtlllcFox t Free Laundry by i Harry Irvine Green The Palelit Envelope 123 prize story by Henry Gardner Hunting The Masters1 I Curse by 1 Henry Adelbert Thompson A Little Transaction In enl Estate by l I Alexander Rlcketis Padgelfu Rccdvilk Quartette by Lloyd nor ey Willis They aro all good literalure as the stories in ibis magazine always are The hurl slory I Publishing Co Boston Impressions Quarterly for Drlmhr holiday Issue Is of much typographic excellence ex-cellence its coverpage in red mid black makeu a pleasant Impression and the Jlni type Impressed in deep black look well The number opens with a ulndy of IMroshlgc I landscape painter and a Iost I Ie of Impressionism Tho Voice of tho Scholar Is a review of Dr Jordan and there Is comment on the work of Edith l Wyalt Tho Furnlshiinj of the I Home Is I a paper of value In Its hints of iltne s I The Una I pnper details an Indian I legend I of Bridal Veil Falls The number Is a very good Omit nul Elder and Company publishers pub-lishers San Francisco SpoIls A fluid fur December has an account ac-count 1 by Harry Ji Tudrow of the Thunder Thun-der Mountain I stampede of last year via the Warren road with photographs by the I author he tolls ft jjood story of life on the trail Special articles In the I number tell 01Michigan duck shoot lug In the early days of sport In northwestern Wyoming give an account of the early life of Sitting Sit-ting Bull and there are many good papers pa-pers It Is a fine breezy magazine Sports Afield Publishing Co 1 Chicago LITERARY NOTES According to a recent dispatch from Russia Count Tolstoy has written a I treatise on Shakespeare In this Jll is Bald he criticises the works of the draiiatlst rather adversely A handsomely printed holiday bulletin has Just come from the I press of Houghton Hough-ton Mlfflln it Co and will be sent by them to all booklovera for thc asking Jt contains a descriptive Illustrated list of all their recent publications Ourllttlo American public school hero ine Kmrny Lou written or so charm ingly by l George Madden Martin has found IL warm welcome among the English people peo-ple The London Star In reviewing the book says I Since Helens Babies came across the Atlantic we have not received from Cousin Jonathan a book about children chil-dren lit o amusing and so delightful an Emmy Lou Andre Snpllo will tell about Tins BI goudlnca In Limo December Century a i little known and peculiar people among the Bretons rite Blgoudlnes may be found only an hours Journey from CJulm i lei the modernized chief town of Flnls tore but their dross suggests the Eskimos Eski-mos and ChlnciiC their faces art strongly Mongolian in type and In language customs cus-toms und belief they seem to hav no relation re-lation wlth the rest of France M Sap UOH article In the fruit of several years comparative research Tho death of IL famous writer has In years past nearly always led to a revival of Interest In his books Today thin is not the case Thai at any rate Is the conclusion con-clusion of the editor of tho Academy amid Literature who nays In the current number num-ber A careful analysis of the booksellers book-sellers returns show for instance that time English sale of Zolas novoln remained re-mained practically unaffected by tho sud don and tragic death of their author More recently the same phenomenon was noticed In connection with the decease of Mr Henley And I hear this week that time death of Mr Locky which of course was noticed and lamented all over time world produced no effect whatever upon the sale of his books Tho alarm which is being expressed In certain Canadian newspapers over thu proponed deepening of the Brio canal Is not wholly misplaced Tho author of American History and Its Geographic Conditions which Houghlon Mlfflln Co have Just published shows In a careful care-ful study of national waterways how feasible fea-sible such a canal would bj for cruisers in case of war Especially timely will be the discussion in the Christlias Century by Dr James B Buckley of Fanaticism In the United States The author of Faithhealing Christian Science and Kindred Phenomena Phenom-ena lakes for his text t a recent statement state-ment by a cosmopolite of wide I fame that the United State Is a hotbed of fanaticism fa-naticism Dr Buckleys article will touch upon > the Oneida community spiritualism spir-itualism Mormonlsm Dowie and hIs teachings Christian Science and some phases of labor organizations Fanaticism Fanati-cism according to Dr Buckley Is ono of the trinity of dangery threatening our republic re-public ST NICHOLAS FOR 3301 1 St Nicholas for thirty years the best and best beloved of childrens magazines limo of no magazine hero or In Eng land which will compare wIth It says Robccca Harding COlTljfirO The children of this general ion aro fortunate in having such a magazine adds Lucy Larcom Nothing thut t t has over come into my household of children hus been in equal degree the stimulus to their artistic and literary taLe says George W Cables tribute And fit Nicholas for 1001 will be more cntenainlnp and butter than over before R L Farjcon wrote before hmlrm death a delightful story called A Comedy in Wax It has adventure for the boys fairy doings for tho girls and a pretty bit of a love story for their ciders and will run through several numbers Then there will be other stories short and long front Ruth McEnery Stuart Henna Runkle I Cyrus Cy-rus Townsund Bray JoaquIn Miller Gabrielle Ga-brielle K Jackson Elliott Flower Grace MacGownn Cooke Frank R Stockton Albert Al-bert Blgelow Paine Julian Ralph Laura F T Richards Tudor Jenks Lieut Schwat kn Margaret Vandegrlfl Toward Pyle Charles F Lummis and scores of other wellknown writers Time list of verse writers and artists some of the very beat In the land who have promised their worlc to St Nicholas In the next twelve months Is a long one Some of the interesting articles all of which will be splendidly Illustrated will tell of Japanese athletics for American boys some queer mall carriers Interesting Interest-ing signs of old London children In tho White JIotiFe 1 the Emperor Hadrians wall a tIny wllh Hudson Maxim how some animals sleep secret alphabets diving div-ing for pearls historic dwarfs and many other fascinating subjects Today Is a inod day to subscribe No girl or boy should be without St Nicholas Only 5 8 a year and that small sum means limitless pleasure and profit for the young people In the home |