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Show LITERARY NOTES. 'Tho New Alliance." by Herbert Piul with which the Living Ac tor November 4 opens. In a study of the new alliance between t,ng- I. ind nnd Japnn. With reference to Its bearing ,u., a i ! " pence of Attn I" particular and the w,.rll In general It Is the work of a thoroughly Informed writer. nalph Henrr Barbour, anther of "Fbr th Honor of the School." ".'ptaln of Crew." otc. has written a serial story, 'Tho Olmonn Pc,iir" which l to appear In Bt Nicholas luring the eunilng .year. It Is a narrative of rib.-.l life In which study nnl athletics aro mingled. The .leath of Henry' Irving will pr..).nl Iv laii I1...U aji l ..f I- 'pi on lb-' rh f-r the bo. account of Ms life. Th newest vol-UQU vol-UQU baling with the sreul actor and the th-utrr m. c)osaI connected STltll his name Is "The Lyceum and Henry Irving." Written by Austin Urcirton i Met 'lure -Phillip i Mr Pietiton hi- tr.-atr.l his HUh.lect both hltiL.rl-ially hltiL.rl-ially and ant cdolallv. He was assisted In the preparation of the book by Henry Irvine Ctmself, who put Into the author's hands much personal material and permitted him to reproduce Imitortant objects Innn his collection collec-tion of ... menl The l-k Is richly Illustrated, Illus-trated, containing, for Instance, reproductlona In color .f EdWlO l-ontc's picture of Irvine as Hamlet, and of Sargent's picture of Ellen Terrj at Lady Macbeth, and the text fives a very complete Idea of the personality, tho i t. honnient and the uchlev t-ment of England' BTesi tragedian, The dedication for Tom MSsSOn'S new book, v pornar in Women," to be published ot once bv Moffat. Yard A- i '. . I.- a- f..ll..- This book I deJIcatetl to three friends: , To I l.' . V.U.I .Hi.: t-i fill'. Wltl. 111- To the Wolf, who sniffed at my door and honored me with his absence. To the .-tork. who brought DM what I most dc.-lrod. Booth Tarklngton's novel. "The Conquest of i a isan," Which Will complete serial publlca- II. n In the December number of Hajper MuRaxlne. Is soon to be Issue,! In book form by the Harpers. This novel, which all are hgteed In afnriuliiK to be Mr. Tark I ngton' I beat and Strongest work, has had the unusual distinction of being reviewed at length In sev- tal of Hie li-aolt K n-w simpers before its rul publication v. a.- 1 "If .:oiniil-td. in th.- article n "The Hungarian Crisis," which appears" In the Living Age f." iwtubei n, American readers have an opportunity for learning at riri hand the nut character of th. Issues involved In the contest between the canpvri.i -Kin a Vusti U-1 1 ungui and th Hungarians. The artlcli i- written v.ith grent trti h m ae.l candor bf gTancHi K.isAutli, leader lead-er of the iiungarun paity or independence. The Harpers are printing mi Austinllan edition edi-tion of Gertrude Atherton's latest novel. ""The Traveling Thirds. ' Mrs. Atherton. who has been seriously III In Munich, Is now on the highroad to rccoverv. In u letter to a fi l-'nd In New York she rejiorts that her little Gt r-man r-man dv-tor tells her sh; Is the most obliging patient he hus known In all his practice 'Obedient I I am a meek n Moses." h writes. "But then I am of tho temper thai Ilk. a nov elty, and to be III In Munich with Hils W'.nd'-rful air blowing oxer one's head Is a delight In Itselt " The nfc and achievements of Luther Bur-l.nnk Bur-l.nnk ore full of Unique Interest. In reaching the position he now occupies iim the foremost plant breeder In the world, he has lal-jr.l under many discouragements, often In Iht i laiii-r iins of the e.oik. Mirroring actual ..ni and steadily encroactdng ujs.n his savings sav-ings In hid r vears In order to devote evary avsllei It- cent to the furtherance, of his work. The storv of Mr. Burbank'a achievements Is j fully told in Mr W B, Harwood'a t-Mik, just Issued by tho MHcmlllBii company. "New Orcein Orce-in as in Plant Life." The November mugozliie numbei ..( Un- Out- I look . ..mains many llhirtrale.J articles In ad- j dltion tej the uiuni historical comment on r -HtlCS.1. iconomlc and llteruiv' matter. Among l he p.itralts ot the mimb-i. . nott.-e a cap- i itnl one ..f Mr t-haries v. Hughes, whose COIW duct of the Insurance Investigation has exeltoB such admiration, while ur.de- th enem title. 'Defenders of Bel f-Govern men t," portraits por-traits are given of Mr. William Tracers Jerome Je-rome of New York. Ml. folhy of New ,Ieis--and .liidee Lewis of V irginia. Other men dls-. dls-. ii-.-. d under this same head as piomlnent rlguies In the fnll rarivrtalgn who stand for semethlng positive and admirable, are Gov. (Varflold ol Maryland and Ml niankenb-rg of Philadelphia. Vn admirably Illustrated artl-e artl-e le Ir that Otl 1 ori htstei HOUBfl the home uf tht American Emtaeeaador to Oreat Britain: It Is nccompanled by photographs for which M ei lal parmlaalon was for the (list time granted grant-ed Among the other plctOrM features ins.v be narned Dr. K. E Halo's Tan -f at Hems Traveta' which deal' this month with Bhods t eland; a picturesque story of 'A rmi with a Potest Ranker 1 bv Arthur Chapman; "Japanese "Japa-nese rictures." t. G W Harrl with some typical examples of Japanese art work. ' Tht Pollectlon of Antfoultlea," by Oliver s Tonks; end 1 Tn Twin City of the Magyars. " t, Klbort K Kaldwln. The story of the number num-ber Is a capital ulece of character -vork hy Bd n Phiiinotis. 'he author of The Cltlldren ,.r the Ulet" and "The Secret Woman, It Is i.al!eil "The Horseshoe. |