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Show i LITERARY NOTES. Tho matter of a safo and puro water I supply is a vital problem for every city In tho land. The discovery by Dr. George T. Mooro, by which any water supply, however large, may bo made and kept puro, by means of copper, Is of an Importance Im-portance and valuo boyond nil estimate. Tho story of Dr. Moore's work has been prepared for tho Docombcr Century by Gilbert IT. Grosvcnor under tltlo of "Tho New Method of Turlfylng Water." "Cabbages and Kings" Is the title of a novel of Central American politics by O. Ilonry which McClurc-Phllllpd will bring out about the mlddlo of November. O. Henry's cleverly-told talcs dealing with life in Central America, which have been appearing in tho magazines, hnvo been woven wo-ven by nlm into a connected narrative. His characters rnngo from an absconding bank president to a swarthy son of the soli, and tho plot Is cleverly developed through a series of ludicrous and amusing situations. "I learned my politics from your cartoons," car-toons," said President Roosevelt onco to tho lato Thomas Nasi. President Lincoln referred to Mr. Nast as "our best recruiting recruit-ing sergeant." Bcforo ho went to Ecuador on what proved his 'last mission ho dlod thero oX yellow fever Mr. Nast put Into tho hands of Mr. Albert Blgelow Palno tho materials for a biography, and this will appear next week with tho Macmillan Imprint under the tltlo of "Thomas Nast: Ilia Period and His Pictures." Mr. Moncure D. Conway In hl3 "Autobiography," "Auto-biography," published bv Houghton, Mifflin Mif-flin & Co. last week, makes tho following Interesting characterization: "I do not bellevo that any very rich man ever lived before him with so much and such gen-ulno gen-ulno enthusiasm for llteraturo as Androw Carnegie." Dr. Charles A. Eastman, tho educated Sioux Indian, whose animal stories havo Ju3t been published by the Harpers tinder tho title "Red Hunters and tho Animal People," waa born about forty-live o -.' ago In Minnesota, tho ancestral' hom the Sioux. During tho first fifteen of his llfo ho lived in a tepee of bun.-Ui skins, subsisted upon wild rice and the frulta of tho chase, never entered a house or heard tho English language spoken, and was taught to distrust and hate the whlto man. The second third of his llfo was spent In school and college, where, niter a short apprenticeship In a mission school, ho stood shoulder to shoulder with our own youth In Belolt. Knox, Dartmouth, and tho Boston university. 'During tho la3t fifteen years ho has been a man of varied Interests and occupations a physician, missionary, writer, and speaker of wide experience, during most of the time holding hold-ing an appointment under tho Government. Govern-ment. He has lived In Washington, D. C , In St. Paul. Mlnnesotn, and Is now a resident of Amherst, Mass. His wife was Elalno Goodale, the poet They have five children. Tho first large edition of Mr. Jack London's Lon-don's now novel, "The Sea-Wolf," was entirely en-tirely sold out In advance of publication. The second edition of M.OOO copies Is al-ready al-ready in the hands of tho binders. Prof. Hugo Munsterberg of the department depart-ment of sociology In Harvard unlvorslty, recently published In Germany a book under un-der tho. tltlo of "Die Amerlkancr," In which ho undertook to explain the American Ameri-can people their history, their customs and their political and social life. The book was so lnclslvo In Its conclusions and so clear In Its explanation of the American Ameri-can peoplo that It seemed a book valuable to the American people themselves. Under Un-der the title of "The Americans" It Is to be brought out by McCluro-Phllllps about the middle of November. Mr. Munsterberg Munster-berg is one of the keenest observing foreigners for-eigners re.fldent In America and rumor has It that he Is unofficially tho German Emperor's adviser on thlng3 regarding tho American people. His book Is a concise con-cise history of America and tho American people tho Influences that made and that are still moulding them, and the Institutions, Institu-tions, customs and manners that have grown up under these Influences. "Until tho Doctor Comes" will appear In the 1SC0 St. Nicholas, an Important series se-ries of six brief papers contributed by Dr. E. E. Walker. These little emergency talks will tell, briefly and clearly, what to do lu case of accident or sudden Illness In tho interval between sending for the doctor and his arrival the few simple, safe and helpful things that can be done, and tho mistakes that can be avoided. Miss Katharine Holland Brown, the author au-thor of "Diane," was a widely known writer of clever short stories beforo sho wroto this successful novel. Her homo Is at Qulncy, 111., where her father is a successful suc-cessful bridge engineer. IJLor attention was attracted to Icarla, the French communistic com-munistic settlement which forms tho background for "Diane" durlntr a visit to the old Mormon town, Nauoo, 111., on the Mississippi river, where Cabet's dream of an idcnl government was shattered. Mlsa Brown made an Intimate investigation, and traveled far to visit the few surviving surviv-ing Icarlans. Miss Brown has not only written a charming story, but preserved a plcturesquo Incident In American history his-tory hitherto overlooked by novelists. In tho Youth's Companion for November Novem-ber 17 tho Earl of Aberdeen, formerly Governor-General of Canada, tells of the organization and work of "Tho Boys' Brigade," Bri-gade," of which he Is president. The object ob-ject of the organization Is to promote all that makes for Christian manliness, and thl3 is greatly helped by tho employment of military methods of discipline. In Great Britain and Ireland alone the strength of tho Brigade Is more than 1;00 companies, and the movement has taken a good hold In tho United States. Among tho members of the Lewis and Clark expedition whoso name has grown In celebrity with the passing years was Sergt. Patrick Gass, the ranking noncommissioned non-commissioned officer. He loft an account nf the great Journey, which was published In 1S11. and tills has boon edited for A C. McClurg & Co. by Dr. James K. llosmor, and now forms a part of the Americana reprints of that house. It Is presented with a likeness of tho redoubtable old , author, with a fac-slmlle of tho original tltle-pago and with the original Illustrations, Illustra-tions, which aro very well worth looking at apart from any Interest in the text. It appears from .them that the whlto men In the party wore either cocked hats or tho tall beaver sort, and to sco Capt- Clark In tho wilderness killing a bear whllo arrayed ar-rayed In a full dress chapeau, or a less successful American treed by Bruin with a top hat on tho back of his head lends an unexpected clement of verity to Sergt. Glass's sprightly text. |