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Show JACET, THE BEAR CUB. Monarch, the Big Bear of Tnllac. With One Hundred Drawings. By Ernest Thompson-Selon. Published by Charles Scribncr's Sons, Nov.- Vork. A story told to Mr. Seton In Tallac's pines, by the camp llres. And yet, while it is tho story ho heard, it ls not told as he heard it, for the mountaineer spoke "In a tonguo unknown to script, forceful with a dnzzllng plcluresqueness of detail and expression thai make this, as ho says but a dim translation." Tho story is a com-poslto com-poslto of muny, Gathered from different sources, as well as from personal experience. experi-ence. But whatever is told hero la true of somo bear, and tho great central fact Is the hugo bear In Golden Gato park. Tho story begins when a huntor found a mother moth-er with two cubs, and nt the second encounter en-counter kills her and captures tho cubs. How theso wcro treated, nnd especially tho adventures of "Jncky," form th!a story. It is admirably told; tho narrative keeps the reader spellbound to tho Inst. Mr. Seton ls a master hand at this sort of narration; ho maintains in this story his high prestige. |