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Show Current Publications I ECONOMICS NOT SQUARED. Constructive Democracy: the Economics of a Square Deal. By William K. Smythe. The Macmillan Company, publishers, pub-lishers, New York. In a time like the present, when the ccmmunlty Is undergoing the friction that 13 Inevitable In the adjustment of changing conditions, there aro sure to bo various sorts of panaceas offered for tho pains that ensue. Whenever a master mind strikes off some phraso which excesses ex-cesses In npt words a public need or a public desire. thoo who anxiously await a text for their more or less potent outgivings, out-givings, are sure to seize i upon that phrase and wrest It so that Its author wouldn't know It If ho found It on his lap. Mr. Smythe, wo fear, has moro anxiety than compeicnce to appear us an economic eco-nomic writer; there Is moro sound and phrase than meat and real thought In his book. Ho seems to be an advocato of tho New-lands Idea In National railroad legislation, legis-lation, which calls not for supervision and the prevention of Injustice, and. unfairness unfair-ness merely, but for active regulation and practical control. Assuming that tho National Na-tional authority will fix rates, he says (pago 107): Bates muflt be based upon somo intclllcent conception of tho amount of lnlcrOBt which an Investment Is entitled to earn. There Is no bo pis for scientific rujrulatlon of ralen by l ca-crRl ca-crRl authority, unlcw that authority can control con-trol all the factors cnterlnc Into tho problem. One of tho prime factors Is tho Item of taxation. taxa-tion. It follows that the rato-maklnfr power inimt also bo the mx-nxlng power, or It Is Impossible Im-possible to secure any basis for rcculatlon which shall do Jusllco allko to tho railroads end to tho people. From this conclusion, thero Is no coacelvoblo escape. Any plan which falls to tako coKnlwinco of this fact is doomed to failure It may bring momentary relief by ollnylng ablation, but tho disappointment which is sure to follow will bring hardship, II not disaster, in tho end. Now, If it is true that the regulation of rutes involves necensnrlly the question of taxation (it by no means follows that the regulating power must be the taxing power), it follows even more certainly and directly that tho regulating power must consider tho question of wages, of supplies, of material, of betterments, cx-Urslons, cx-Urslons, and so on. If the regulating power must be also the taxing- power, it must also bo the power to fix tho wages of railway employees, which Is a far moro Important matter than tho taxing power. It must also Include and control tho question, ques-tion, of building branch or competing lines. And In cn.so of Government rcculatlon rccu-latlon on tho basis proposed, (which would be equivalent to Government ownership own-ership on the plan proposed,) on that basis not only would there bo no new railroads built, but a number now con-uructed con-uructed would cease to bo operated. For, tvbero thoro are no separato interests to maintain, thero would bo no reason for jpexatlng two lines whero one could bo made to do. It will bo seon that If "tho tc-maklng power must also bo the tax-Ixing tax-Ixing power," it must also be th wago-Ixing wago-Ixing power, and must control tho traffic pcnorally, or elso Its regulating would not 9e effective, Mr. Smytho Is equally superficial In ther respects. In treating of tho public ioraaln he seems to consider it from the itandpolnt of a hundred years ago; that tvo have a vast and fertile acreage of public pub-lic lands, which aro in danger of being monopolized by aggregations of capital, which will deprive tho poor man of his heritage. But tho truth. Is, that tho public pub-lic domain open to tho Individual homo-seoker homo-seoker is now pitifully Bmall compared with what It onco was; that It Is practically practi-cally limited to what tho Government Is now offering; In Its arid land reclamation enterprises, and what It may undertake in tho future- In tho draining of swamp and overflowed lands. Asldo from these, tho iRnds, "Where made usoful at all, must bo made so by the help of largo capital and on a wide scale. And the public ranges, which Sir,' Smythe makes eo much talk about, are tho prize- of the cattle barons, I the flockmasters, and tho hunter. This book, and no doubt many others ltko it, must come; and each adds something some-thing to tho discussion. But tho solution will not be on lines hero laid down, which aro by no means well conceived or well thought out. Tho work is not scientific, nor in line either with modern thought or the actual facts that are to be con- FOR THE MARRIED. Matrimonial Primer. By V. B. Ames, with a Pictorial Matrimonial Mathe-I Mathe-I matlcs and Decorations by Gordon Ross. I Published by Paul Elder and Company, I San Francisco. Bright, sharp, and fit aro theso bits of epigrammatic wisdom and fun. "A little lovo 1b a dangerous thing" Is one of its choice bits; and hero are some more: When you are married, be a good comrade If It breaks every canon of your church and If you sfllectcd your wife because of her style, don't prowl when the styles chnnKe. When your hUHband seems wllllnr that all economy shall be at thn homo end, Insist upon B laundering hlH shirts yourself. H I'so your best conversational powers occa H slonally at your own dinner tabic. I Elevat your husband's sports by partlci- I suing In them. I The book is snappy without shocks or I! objectionable liberties, and has a plentiful H odmlxturo of good sense withal. And U here is Home further proof: I I In the KcneraJ Public. And the Public Kentrnlly .knows AlKut everything It shouldn't Except whero to keep Us nose. Tho woman who. charmed you with her bright vIvncloUB wit may not be ahlo to keep It up throe hundred and sixty-flvn dav In rvery year. You were a stimulant, but you've become a steady diet. X Is the Ten you lost Just when The coal In tho bin was low; Or It niHy bo tho bill that w-nt to fill Her souhivttliy after the show; Or. possibly, now, It played that cow Called the favorite on-llie tmck; Or It maybo wns caught whero Horatio fought. At the brldirc, against the .whole pack. There are naKglng women and profane mens It Is to txi hoped they will all marry each other. '. may stand for zero; i In spite of tho axiom taught That In marriage, two arc one, The result In often naught. H Compound your Interest dally. Subtract all fear and douht, t Multiply your Joys. aId moro love; 1 Tho 6ums worth llgurlng out. The Illustrations are in colors, nnd the decoration scheme is unique and taking. A BRILLIANT NOVEL. Nctlrn. By George Barr McCutcheon. Illustrated Il-lustrated by Harrison Fisher. Published by Dodd, Mead & Company, New York. Nedra Is tho namo of tho mnglcal Island on which two castaways found i their hearts, being led thereto by the Idolatry of a lot of fierce yet adoring savages sav-ages who had found tho two on a deserted desert-ed shore whero they had been shipwrecked. ship-wrecked. Tho natives who found them were dark of skin, and they worshiped tho two whiles, the man nnd the woman, these being the first whlte-sklnned folk they had ever scon, and they look them away nnd Installed them as their gods. But how did the shipwrecked pair hnppen in that part of tho world? That Is tho story. It Is one of hasty Impctuousncss, whero a very prooer and very rich Chicago Chi-cago man, wishing to avoid the fuss and frills of a fashionable wedding, pcrsuadt-d his fiance to go nway with him to be quietly married. They wrote on slips the names of a number of places they might go to, and drew Manila. They must wait two months to marry, or the girl would forfeit her fortune. And so they conclude to mnke the voyage as brother and slater. But of course complications arise, nnd their troubles are by no means over when they finally get started on their ocenn voyage. They havo much difficulty In keeping their secret; the girl gets tho devotion de-votion of a master man. and the to-be bridegroom finds a beauty who looks good to him. It Is all a very well wrought-out story, fascinating In the highest degree. Tho high repute of McCutcheon as a story-teller Insures this novel a wldo reading, and It deserves It, on Its own account, ac-count, for It Is skillfully written, with abundant "gift." THE MAGAZINES. Scrlbncr's Magazine for October Is made famous by having In It from President Roosevelt Ills own account of his Colorado Colo-rado Bear Hunt, with Illustrations, the frontispiece of the number being one of these, tho "Death of the Big Bear." The November number will contain the President's Presi-dent's nccount of his wolf hunt in Colorado. Colo-rado. Tho "Letters nnd Dlnrles of George Bancroft," during his school days In Europe, Eu-rope, continue, an Interesting feature. "The Coup d'Etat of Louis Napoleon" Js retold. In a letter from a witness of some of tho scenes of It. ."Shrines of the Desert," Des-ert," by Dwlght L. Elmendorf. Is a fine paper with illustrations from photographs nnd telcphotographs by the author, reproduced re-produced in tint. Edith Wharton's serial, "The House of Mirth," Is drawing toward to-ward its close; when printed in book form It will be sure of a wide demand Thero are short stories, poems, and the departments, "The Point of View" and "The Field of Art" are excellent, as always. al-ways. A beautiful, high-class magazine; none better. Charles Scrlbncr'3 Sons, publishers, New York. Tales for October has for first, a tale by Daniel Leeeueur, "Forces of the Past," translated from the French; It Is a story of much power and literary quality. Then follow ::Tho Dead Violin." by Carcl Van NIovelt. from the Dutch: "Cyclone," by Francis de NIon, from tho French; "The First Prize," by Heinz Tovote, from the Gorman; "The Curse of Tbngues," by Joso Fernandez Bremon, from the Spanish; "His Old Schoolfellow." by Henri Lave-dan, Lave-dan, from tho French; "Krnmbambull." by Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach. from tho German; "King Mldns's Ear," by Franz Herczcg, from the Hungarian; "The Green Fly," by Robert Scheffer, from tho French; "Tho Four-Flngcrcd Glove," by Eduard Engol, from tho German; Ger-man; "Perdition," by Mathlldo Serao, from the Italian; "Siren Voices" (serial), by Jean Relbrach, from the French; "The Only Misfortune," by S. Kondurushkln, from the Russian; "The Purse of Aholi-bah," Aholi-bah," hy Jnmes Huneker, American; "Where Do the Children Come From?" by Hugo Salus, from the German. It is a rare selection, varied as tho literature of civilization, and tho choice of all. Tales Publishing Company, New York. The Bankers' Magazino for September discusses with fiatlsfactlon the end of the war between Russia and Japan; urges improvement In tho examination of banks; revlows various heads of the Treasury Department, with plenteous words of praise for various Secretaries, but not one for Shaw; It makes a suggestion sugges-tion for diminishing bank failures; and has mention of specially meritorious papers pa-pers In the magazine. "The Theory of Government Paper. Money" Is ably discussed dis-cussed by Mr. Charles A. Conant, who opposes op-poses the emission of iu "An Enduring National Bankruptcy System." an nd-dress nd-dress delivered before the National Association Asso-ciation of Credit Men nt Memphis, by William Prendergast, Is a strong plea In tho affirmative. "The New Gold Supplies" urn 1IMiK:(fl hv Alov T)fl Mnr In Mia light of their effect upon commerce and prices. "Humors of Filipino and Chinese Banking" aro dlvertlngly portrayed by an ex-soldlcr. "A Squaro Deal for tho Individual In-dividual Depositor" Is demandd by W. E. Cook. "Deposit Insurance without Additional Addi-tional Cost" is explained by Jninos E. Hallock. There arc tho usual useful and valuablo reports, forms, statistics, quotations, quota-tions, and financial Information; nnd tho magazine Is strong and practical, a veritable veri-table mine of facts and sound opinions. Tho Bankers Publishing Co., New York. Records of tho Past for September has an Illustrated description of "Egyptian Antiquities In the Free Museum of Science nnd Art of tho University of Pennsylvania," a very fine paper. "Relics of Attlwandarons" describes the utensils and tools of tho Indians who In early times Inhabited the region about Niagara river, and who seem to have left a good many relics. "An Ancient Tablet at Wuchang" Is reproduced In fac simile, nnd the date of It approximately fixed. Tho Book Reviews iifclude liberal samples sam-ples from a description of ancient Petra, und the gist of a work which claims to havo found the truo dimensions of the Hebrew cubit, to the smashing of former concepts. The Editorial Notes aro of interest as they always are. Records of 'the Past Exploration Society, publishers, Washington, D. C. Everybody's Magazine for October has a fine description of "A School for Boys," handsomely Illustrated. "The Artist Dressmnkers of Paris" paper Is a fine one well pictured. "Ella Rawls Reader, Financier," Fi-nancier," second paper. Is an account of a brilliant business womnn. There ar0 many good stories, but none more realistic realis-tic and Intenso than Maximilian's "Tho Terror of the Pit." Thomas W. Laweon continues his "Frenzied Flnnnco," and the publishers' talks aro always of interest. It Is a fine, growing magazine. Tho Rldgway-Thnyer Company, New York. In tho Render Mngnzlnc for October. William All-en White writes of whnt tho Eastern folk hav long supposed did not exist. "Tho Knnsas Conscience," nnd he writes well, ns always. "A Modern Hippodrome," Hip-podrome," by Montroso J. Moses, describes de-scribes New York's Immense now palace of amusement. "What London Offers American Writers" Is an explanatory paper pa-per by James L. Ford. "Let Something Good he Said." by James Whltcomb Riley, Ri-ley, Is finely set forth, in speclnl lettering letter-ing nnd decoration. "The Writing of History" His-tory" Is a concise and elegant essay by H. Addlngton Bruce. Meredith Nlchol-fon's Nlchol-fon's serial, "The House of a Thousand Candles," maintains Us Interest well. "The Sociology of Sunshine." by Arthur B. Reeve, Is a description of the finest tenement house In the world. New York City. "Chicago and Democracy" Is a pungent pun-gent political rvlew, by Edith Baker Brown. There Is excellent short-story fiction, nnd the poems are uncommonly good. It Is a brlllinnl and growing magazine. maga-zine. Tho Bobbs-Morrlll Company, publishers, pub-lishers, indlnnapolls, Ind. McCluro's Magazino for October opens with tho first part of a great paper by Charles F. Lunimla, "Pioneer Transportation Transporta-tion In America," profusely nnd nrllstlcal-ly nrllstlcal-ly Illustrated. "Tho County Fair," by Eugene Wood, Is an appropriate and lively live-ly sketch for this season. Ida M Tar-boll's Tar-boll's "Kansas and the Standard Oil Company," second paper, loses nothing In Interest; It is illustrated with many portraits. por-traits. "A Visit at tho White House," by Charles Wagner of "Simple Life" famer describes the visit of the famous Frenchman French-man last year. There Is a striking editorial, edi-torial, "The New Declaration of Independence," Inde-pendence," with portrait of William Travel's Jerome. The fiction In the number num-ber Is represented by Guy Wetmoro Cnr-11. Cnr-11. Mary Stewart Cutting, Lloyd Os-bonrnc, Os-bonrnc, nnd others well skilled In writing; and tho poems are all good. It Is a strong and woll-chosen lot of reading that one finds In this number. The S. S. McClure Co.. publishers, New York. Offlcinl Directory of Women's Clubs In America, Helen M. Wlnslow, Editor nnd Publisher, Boston. A needed nnd useful copipllatlbn, complete and as Indispensable Indispensa-ble to tho club woman as the city directory di-rectory Is to the business mnn. All the States, nnd all tho clubs In the States, are represented, beginning In ench ense with the State Federation of Women's Clubs, giving the number of clubs, their membership, the organization of the State Federation and the club directory for tho State. That for Utah Is complete and accurate, ac-curate, nnd no doubt It Is so also for the other States. This publication cannot fall to appcnl to the club women of the whole country. The Smart Set for October opens with a Western story. "When Cupid Came to Nine-Bar." a racy narrative with plenty of action In It; there was a game of wits, and both won. Tom I Morgan, Edwin L. Sabln, Zona Gnle, Edna Kenton, Tom Masson. Elizabeth Jordan. Theodosla Garrison, Robert Mackny, Madison Ca-weln, Ca-weln, John Earl and Herbert D. Ward arc among the yklllcd contributors to the number, .which' has thirty-two titles, besides be-sides scores of "klts and pungent scraps. It Is a bright, readable magazine. The Ess Ess Publishing Company, New York. Tho Red Book for October gives first place to twenty-four full-page an studies, poses of nctrcEses. fine pictures. "The Emigrant to America," by Jamos Barr, Is a tragic story Short stories by good writers fill the number, ns "The Balsam Bough." "Miss Wlnwood's Canaries." "The President A'crsus Betty." "Bnrrett Simmons' Mine." "A Woman and the Truth." "Tho Stephen Murton Tourtet Company." "The Master Jester." "Tho Misogynists." "The Submislve Maid," "The King's Favorite," "A Comedy of Chance," "Her Speech of Acceptance." and there Is a review of "Some Dramas of the Day." Each story Is Illustrated, and the number is nn attractive one. The Red Book Corporation, publishers. Chicago. Chi-cago. Ciissler'6 Magazine for September carries car-ries for frontispiece, a lino portrait of James Wnlt. The first paper Is "Tho War Between Capital and Labor," by Carroll L. Fugltl, profusely Illustrated. "Tho Latest American Petroleum Discoveries" Discov-eries" are pointed out by Day Allen AVIlley. "Rail Motor Cars In Great Britain." Brit-ain." "Ferro Alloys," "Suction Gas Producer Pro-ducer Plants," "Steam Boilers Worked by Waflto Heat from Coal-Fired Revcbera-lory Revcbera-lory Furnaces," "Modern British High-Speed High-Speed Stenm Engines," "High-Pressure Systems for City Fire Protection." are articles of value nnd merit, and well Illustrated. Il-lustrated. "Current Topics" presents a summary or review which In able and vuiuauiu. j uc .sassier- iiagazine company, com-pany, publishers, New York. Tho Cosmopolitan for October has some of the best short stories of tho yenr, by such masters as W. W. Jacobs, Booth Tarklngton nnd Ambrose Blerce. It continues con-tinues Alfred Henry Lewis's great eulogistic eulo-gistic historical story of John Paul Jones; gives In tint, full page pictures of stage beauties of the coming season; tells of the men' dressmakers of Paris; and him an Illustrated sketch, "Seeing the Renl Now York." There are good sketches and book reviews, and . the pictorial pictures (a hundred Illustrations In this number,) arc very fine. International Magazino Company. Com-pany. Now York. The Literary Collector for August has for frontispiece a portrait of David Rlt-tenhouse, Rlt-tenhouse, often called tho American Philosopher, Phi-losopher, which Is succeeded by "Some Notes on the Beginnings of American Science," a good and comprehensive review. re-view. Book Reviews of ability, and tho always Interesting notes, complete the number, Tho Literary Collector Press, Greenwich, Conn. The American Illustrated Magazine (for fifty years Leslie's Monthly) for October has a vivid paper on "FJro at Sea," with many Illustrations. There Is a striking story by Benjamin B. Llndsey, Judge of the Denver Juvonlle Court, "Eel Martin's Record," the true story of the recovery of a bad boy. "Millions for Minutes," by Leroy Scott, is nn account of the means taken to increase speed on tho great through railway lines . "Vancouver's Voyage, by Agnes C. I-aut, is tho fourth In the "Vikings of tho Pacific" series, all excellent rending. There Is a personal sketch and appreciation of John F, Ste vens, the chief cnglneor of tho Panama cnnnl; the name of Henry W Goode' and of John J. Esch, author of lmportnnt railway rail-way legislation, nnd a paper by him follows. fol-lows. Henry Wallace Phillips's serial. "Plain Mary Smith." continues well, and thero nro good stories and poems besides. Colver Publishing House, New York. Harper's Bnznr for October Is "Autumn Fashion Number," nnd It Js uncommonly rich In tho showings; a magnificent reception re-ception gown of chnntllly lace and whlto mousscllno Is the frontispiece picture, and thero nro "Tho Fashion Outlook for IMC," "Autumn Hints." "Mourning Fashions," Fash-ions," "Nfgllgeo nnd House Gowns," "Coats and Wraps," "Fashions for Boys nnd Girls." "Mount Melllck Embroidery. " all superbly Illustrated. Special papers aro. "In Spenklngtlme." "Autumn Dnys In Paris," "Rugs What to Buy and How," "Household Plans for tho Winter," Win-ter," "Autumn Dinners nnd Luncheons." and good poems nro Interspersed. Mary E. Wllklns Freeman's serial, "Tho Debtor." Debt-or." continues In good form, and there is a short story. "A Lapse from Reason." Tho Editorial Comment Is good, and the number In a fit snmplo of this widely read and Indispensable monthly. Harper & Brothers, publishers. New York. The National Magazine for September has two frontispieces, a harvest sceno In Alberta, Cnnnda, and Chairman Shonts and Engineer Stevens In conference on tho Panama canal. Joo Mitchell Chappie's Chap-pie's "Affairs at Washington," always excellent gossipy reading. Is made especially espe-cially touching In its reference to the dead Secretary of State. "Our Civil War In Retrospect" Is a valuablo paper by Judge William 11. Brndley. There Is a character study of Ilotty Green, nnd one of Michael Ryan, capitalist. "Chicago and Municipal Munici-pal Ownership" Is discussed bv Allen Ripley Foote, : reply to Mayor Dunne's article In a former number. There are good stories und poems, and many good things In this number. The Chappie Company, Com-pany, publishers, Boston. Alnslee's for October opens with a bright noveletto by Beatrice Hanscom. "Young Cnrrlngton s Career." which ends In the usual way. Marie Van Vorst's serial. se-rial. "The Warroners." begins well, nnd nine chapters of It are given. Thero are poems by Frank Dempster Sherman. I Clinton Dangerlleld. Rosalie Arthur. Lee Falrchlld, Theodosla Gnrrlson, Margaret Houston, Richard Burton, M. A. Do Wolfe Howe, nnd Clinton Scollard; essays by-Anne by-Anne Rittenhouse and the editor; short stories by Mary 1 1. Vorse. II. F. Provost Battersby. Mrs. Wilson Woodrow. Anne O'Hagan. Joseph C. Lincoln. Lucia Chamberlain. Cham-berlain. Grnco MacGownn Cooke; a review of "London's Stngnant Theatrical Season," Sea-son," by Alan Dale, and book reviews by Archibald Lowery Sessions. A fine entertaining enter-taining magazino Alnslec Publishing Co . New York. The New England Magazine for September Septem-ber has a fine illustrated paper on Minneapolis; Minne-apolis; and another one on the Portland exposition, profusely Illustrated. There Is a paper on the ruins of Mltln, showing the great hall of mosaics and other striking strik-ing Illustrations. "Matters In Alaska" are detailed In good style, and there are good short stories, poems nnd a frontispiece, frontis-piece, "The Old Mill." which, with tho other illustrations, are excellent In quality. qual-ity. It Is an attractive monthly. America Ameri-ca Company, publishers, Boston. Young's Magazino for October has nineteen bright short stories by writers of skill and experience. They make lively reading, and one Is well repaid In their perusal. It Is a fetching monthly. Court-land Court-land II. Young, publisher. New York. Tho National Geographic Magazine for September opens with an exhaustive article, ar-ticle, "Commercial Prize of tho Orient," by tho Hon. O. P. Austin, Chief of the Bureau of Statistics; It Is copiously illustrated, illus-trated, nnd most Interesting and valuable. "Some Notes on the Fox Island Passes. Alaska." aro by J. J. Gilbert, of the I. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. There Is a timely "Comparison of Norway and Sweden." Swe-den." and a most valuable compilation from a recent census bulletin, "The Commercial Com-mercial Valuation of Railway Operating Property In the United States." There are many briefer articles, and notes of value. Tho National Geographic Society, publishers, Washington. D. C. LITERARY NOTES. McCluro-Phllllps aro publishing a fifth edition edi-tion of Steward Edward White's "The Claim Jumpvrs." a third edition of Guy Westmore Curryl's "Far from tho Maddening Girls-" a third edition of Hugo Munsterberg's "Tho Americans." a second edition of Peter Kro-potkln's Kro-potkln's "Hussion Literature." a now edition of Ida M. TurbeU'H '.Mndume Roland." and a llflh edition of Miss Tarbell's "Napoleon nnd Josephine." An Interesting coincidence occurred In the naming of "The MIsROiirlnn." The original illlo selected two yen ngo by 'tho author, Kugene P. Lyle. Jr., was "Tho Storm Centre," Cen-tre," tho nickname of tho Impetuous hero of the story When tho manuscript had been accepted ac-cepted for publication by Doublcday. I'nge .t Co. and put In type, a book by Charles Kg-bort Kg-bort Craddo-k, called "Tho Storm Centre " was announced. Tho chnnKe whs nindc to "The Mlssourlau." Naming a book after tho r.ntlvo State of tho hero seems to be a sort of mascot, for "Tho Mlssourlnn" promises to equal tho record of "The Vlrglnlnn." Mr. Ttobert Adger IJowon la a Southern writer who has the good sense to portray that which ho knowp. Ho litis n story entitled "A Case of Conjur " In the October Apploton's Booklovera Mugnzlno yhlch deals with the character and superstitions of tho old plantation plan-tation ncgror. and Is a faithful and fehcl-touR fehcl-touR portrait, Mr. Bowcn uddH to his ublllty to Interpret his characters a dollchtful sense of humor which makes his ntorlcs a keen delight de-light to rend. Mr. U L. Putnam Wenle, whose new book, ''Armageddon; or. The Uc-shnplng of the Far Kast." will be published presently by tho Macmillan compnny. Is an JSngllshman who has spent sovcral years In business and travel In Manchuria and the neighboring countries. Ills now book on tho war nnd Its results In tho trade nnd commerce nnd everyday life of tho Far Hast Is said to be pnclted with fresh nnd pertinent Information, picturesquely pre-, sentcd. MIsh Kathnrlne A. Curl enjoys tho unique distinction of being tho first person from tho Western world In nil history, who has bcn received Into tho Intimacy of tho Chinese Imperial Im-perial palaces. Miss Carl pnlntcd four portraits por-traits of tho fninous Kmprcss Dowager of China, and for nenrly a year resided at court, attended all fetes, and saw tho Empress Dowager, Dow-ager, on terms of plcaeunt nnd Intlmato companionship, com-panionship, almost dally. She has written the story of her experiences, tho first chapters of which will bo published In tho October Century, Cen-tury, together with Miss Carl's portrait of tho Kmprees Dowagr, of which tho orlslnnl Is now In tho Nntlonul museum nt Washington. Portrnlt sketches of tho young Empreea, tho ccondnry wlfo of the Kmperor. and other 1 ladles, with drawings mndo by MIfs Girl Illustrating Il-lustrating scenes at court, will accompany the nrtlclo. |