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Show IN PAPER COVERS On the We-a Trail: a Story of the Great Wilderness. By Caroline Brown. The Ma. mlllan Companv, publishers. New York. A storv of life In the early pioneering days north of the Ohio, In the unbroken forests that covered the land There Is DUI h In It of Indian ferocity, with some Indian kindness. y.'t the implacable hatred ha-tred of the races Is well brought out. There Is also a stirring love story, and very good word-pictures of the home lives of the people, their means of subsistence, and their amusements nnd sports It Is an Interesting story of the early days of American pioneering The Oarden of a Commuter s Wife Be-corded Be-corded bj lie Gardener The Miumliian Company, publisher, New York. A very pleasantly written work, with a good denl of human nature In It. as well as plant nnture. It treats of gardeners in general and In particular, and of the preliminaries pre-liminaries to this particular garden there Is a very charming account. And then, the beginnings, the disappointments, the learning better, and the final triumphant sucres?. It is all very good reading, and the sentiment running through It is puro gold. The Fat of the liml The Story of an American Farm. By John Williams Stn oter The Macmlllan Company, publishers. pub-lishers. New York A Jolly account of the "Headman" and "Polly," who bought a half section of land and cultivated it on expert prlncl-Jles. prlncl-Jles. loving the work, and desiring to put heart and art in what they were doing. The whole assets of a farm are gone through coops, orchard chickens. pIrs. cows and all are made to count In the reckoning. It Is a most comfortable nnd alluring picture; but It takes an enthusiast enthu-siast In practice ns well as an enthusiast with the pen to work It all out as In this very pleasantly written book. |