Show I BOOKS 1 1 L r V i t J Jt A t Little Brother I fa to f tIle the Rich Rl Joseph Medill Patterson Reilly Co Chicago V A Little Brother Brothel of ot the Rich the t e eno nov no l by Joseph Medill Patterson which has stirred up UI the ultrafashionable 1 14 h hew New ew York Yirk and Chicago Is 15 striking chiefly because its a author thor himself has ha been beim one on of ot the class e lampoons lampo ns and has lal distin distinguished d further by hi becoming u a Socialist Patterson Datterson Is the son of ot that hat Patterson who Wh has haa been Iwen Identified with the control of or the Chicago o Tribune and andl andis l is II t a grandson of Joseph Jos Ih M t the ha great editor In literary style tho novel is unusually well finished for a first effort its situa situations situations are ar well wen drawn his types admirably e i c w S t M I V V Joseph Medill Mcdill Patterson clear and the vicious set he portrays Is with the accuracy of ot an en engraving engraving engraving graving Just what purpose If It any the time theauthor author had h d In iii view Is not apparent un less it tt Is to make the idle destructive immoral of ot o the newer rich so society clety in New York as disgustingly re repulsive repulsive repulsive as us possible If It his picture is ac accurate accurate accurate curate there Is no virtue In the women wom n of ot that class however much they may inay ob observe observe observe serve the legal restrictions of wickedness nor or is there any really attractive standard of Qt honor among the t e men The Thejuan man who gives the book rok its title is ia a recognizable character known to most colleges and all Classes of ot so l ty Entering college as a poorer boy he is Ul welcomed by the richer set et because of ot his athletic abilities and eventually graduates with the acclaim of ot all his associates When hen he leaves school he has two offers otters one on to go back to In Indiana Indiana Indiana diana In the bank of o his sweethearts father where he would be sure of ot a com corn competence competence all ail honorable position and the love lova of the girl he be had chosen for his mat mate when he was young the other s from a New York firm Influenced by one of or his rich college friends In the long rong longrun Ton run he chooses the New York position jilts jUts the girl at his old horns home ana enters upon the career which brings him wealth e without c position With moral obliquity add ami eventual to the level of ot the rich to whom he has been beena a ri little brother Cynical In tone and nd unpleasing In its development the th tale has such sielI attractions 33 as ts attach to the dissection of ot morbid phases of at life lire As a a passing comment on ona ona ona a society s clety which has existed since Salom was established as Its 11 ItIs lt is of casual casu 1 Interest Int rest Mo Mott ot t of Qt us u prefer to be believe believe lieve here that iha the number of ot such people is II too small to count as its a basis for t r general Jeneral generalization and happily for fei the Ute world such degenerates affect the fate ate of mankind so 80 little as to be negligible factors bet OOt better better ter forgotten thin depleted depicted Peter by F H Smith Charles CharIes Scribners Sons New ew York Peter dear deac old boy though he VI Is f Is not the hero bere of p the book boo that hears bears his hla name That distinction belongs belong to John or Jack Breen a delightful t young tellow front from the south souti out who ho finds himself In un uncongenial congenial In New York from which he escapes has sundry Inter Interesting InterI interesting esting adventures falls fall a In love with a i charming girl and meets the Ute happy happ fate usually reserved for tor Mr Smiths heroes eroes We Ve go with him into artist circles V anti and help him hint build a tunnel both episodes done In Mr Smiths best manner anti and again we have one of ot Mr Ir Smith s de do delightful old gentlemen Peter Is not in inthe inthe the inn least llast like Colonel Carter Carte Of ot Carters Cartersville ville but It Is scarcely saying too much to say he Is just as D p likeable and If that t at atwill will not make you want So to read the tile book I dont know what would The Tile Hermit and the Wild Woman anti and other stories by V Edith Wharton Charles Sons New York These stories of ot Mrs Irs Whartons have hae been published in the magazines within the last few rew years They are keen ana analytical studies of ot various phases p ases of ot so society clety clet done in Mrs Whartons scholarly way war V Tommy Trots Visit to Santa Claus Glaus by Thomas Nelson Page Charles Scrib Scribners ners n rs Sons New N w York YorkA An A Interesting variation of ot a perennially interesting th me is fa this visit hilt or of Tommys to Santa San 1 Claus one that the children Will vm enjoy and that contains a wholesome and sugarcoated sugarcoat d lesson The illustrations ar arby a ab are by b Victor C Anderson and add to th thE the pleasure to be e Sound round in the little book boo booT That T lat Pup by Ellis Parker Butler The McClure Company New York YorI I Mr Ur Butler will be remembered as the theauthor theauthor theauthor I author of or Pigs Is Pigs an amusing lit little little littie tle tie volume that was published two years ears i i ago That Pup is disposed at of in two I i sections the first dealing with ills his duca education V tion the second entitled Getting Rid of ot Fluff In the course of ot these two wo sec see sections we ere are nr made acquainted with a ai i guileless gentleman by b the name of ot Mur M ll r chison and his more or less sympathetic Mr Brownlee I Piano Playing by Josef Jose Hofmann Hotmann The McClure Company New The various arlous chapters of this book were written for tor the Ladles Ladies Home Journal to offer suggestions to students of ot the piano They The treat of or correct touch and of ol the use of ot the Ule pedal of or general rules while in the concluding chapter Mr Hof Hot Hofmann Hotmann mann relates how I taught H t him himo lm t to o play pla Poem Outlines by Sidney Lanier Charles Oharles Scribners Sons NewYork V These Outlines have hae been selected from Ir m Sidney Sidn y Laniers paper r as a contain containIng lug Ing ng something worthy of preservation They crystallize a moments thought or reflection In the form torm of or a note some som sometimes times expressed In rhythm sometimes S In prose form torm Some of these outlines s have been jeen paralleled in his finished work oth oUi others ers era were never nover rounded out as was doubt doubtless doubtless doubtless less intended They The have hae an Interest for tor forthe forthe the lovers lovera of or poetry because of ot the beauty often found in them while their revelations revelations revelations of ot the character and genius of ot Sid Sidney Sidney ney ne Lanier one of at our greatest poets git es them an autobiographic charm and interest V by y James Hopper and Fred R It I Bechdolt The McClure Co Publishers This tale of ot convict life lite was ivas 31 published serially and made mape a Impression by Its dramatic quality qu the ombre sombre trag tragedy tragedy tragedy edy of ot prison life and Its terrific Indict Indictment ment of the th prison discipline that drives men to desperation akin to ID Insanity It is rot a pleasant story stor but it is so 50 well told it has such human elements of Qt strength In all its development that it has a certain lain tain fascination about It Hopper and the authors are well ell known I newspaper r men and Hopper lopper particularly I Ihas has shown possibilities in short stories that lead one to expect much of him in future days by W tv T W iv Jacobs Scrib Scribners Scribners Scribners ners publisher pu V From his first volume of at Sea tales to this latest delightful yarn rn qt old salts and young oung loves loes Mr Ir Jacobs work vork work has always had the charm of ot fine lne humor I q aint fan fancy fancy fancy cy and the savor saor of ot the sea The char characters characters characters in have all the quaIl qualities ties that go to prove Its Ita verity verilY as a a pic plo picture picture ture of ot real life and none of the new books of or the season possesses po more of ot the indefinable attractiveness to the unexpectedly humorous The book carries a love story and the situations throughout the plot are unusual to hold the Interest unbroken from cover to cover coer English Voyages Yo age by E M 3 f Bacon Scribners publisher If I there were more such stories as this series of ot narratives from the Elizabethan days das of ot exploits on the sea there would be e less occasion to complain that the young people and old too for that matter waste their time on trashy literature when better stuff is to o be had hod hadIn hadIn hodin In hl or All ot of these thee stories are from Hakluyt condensed to suit the demands of or ofa ora ofa a rushing age and yet ye ej complete enough to give satisfactory outlines of ot remarkable ventures and adventures Beginning with traditional voyages of the early Saxons coming down with the exploits of ot the Ute men men nien who opened Russia to trade by b sea through the Cabot explorations and Gil Gilberts berts unfortunate quest for a northwest passage the book covers the romantic un of ot Hawkins and Drake ro romantic mantic even en if lf t their object was largely commercial and piratical as WI we see things nowadays Then remarkable en deavors to establish colonies In North America are recounted and the closing chapter Is of at the Jamestown colony which eventually proved the successful sequel to Raleigh luckless efforts Every one of the stories Is full tull of ot interest as well wen as WI historic value and the volume ought might to be a part of ot every eer boys library Round the Fire Stories by Conan Doyle The McClure Co publishers This Is a collection of ot mystery tales some of them rather pretentious In plot and elaborate In narration and all of ot them t em qualified to t help while away the time tame on a dreary Journey or provide en en nt for a winter evening ev None of ot them themia is remarkable enough to deserve permanent fame tame and a few of ot them are trivial enough to warrant warran the suspicion that they are the product of ot the authors more inure obscure days ays p |