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Show I, . BEAUTIFUL ART PICTURES. I.i 'J Our Home and Country. Pictures by W. Lj Li. Taylor. Published by Moffat, lard P? & Company, New York. J This is a book of exquisite illustrate illustra-te lions, adorning famous nud artistic H points of view nud of life There is M a iino introduction by William Uowo Downes, appreciative of the indobtcd- ucss of American art to the French ' art ac;idemics, and a pjeneraJ cxposi-H cxposi-H tion of art and art work, with a i special appreciation of Mr. Taylor's skill and dcliraio work. Tho frontis-jiieco frontis-jiieco illustration, "The Hanging of ' the Crane," is a fireside picture of a younc man and his bride sitting be-( be-( fofo the open fireplace. Thon there j is "Home-Keepinc Hearts are Hap-q Hap-q piost," illustrating tho Longfellow poom, an exquisite family croup. Then "Tho Children's Hour," with tho thrco little tots on tho stairs; i "The Old Clock on tho Stairs," with , the bride going to her wedding; "Tho Skeleton in Armor," "Tho Golden Legend,' ' "Priscilla and John Alden." ha holding tho skein; "Minnchnha and Hiawatha," "Evangeline," "Tho Villago Blacksmith," "Tho First Thanksgiving dinner," undor tho leadership of Miles Standish; "A Win-j Win-j tor Servico at Church," "Tho Traveling Shoemaker," "Tho District J School. 'r "Tho Old Stage and tho i Turnpike," "Tho Barn Raising as a Social Event" (and it certainly was), "The Passing of tho Farm" (relating, to tho abandoned farms of Now England), Eng-land), "Lincoln's Call for Volun- tcers'" (a rcniinisenco of war limp), i l Southern Days," including "Tho Young Gallants Would Linger," "Sho lj Went to the Low Bniliug," "The Christmas Cake." "Mammy," "Oh, U Blncbonnet, Bluebonnct," theso all n illustrating Laura Spencer Porter's A "Thoso Days in Old Virginia," bo-Mi bo-Mi ing views from the Southern side H of the War of tho Rebellion. Then S wc have "Crossing tho Allcgha- nies,'' a fancy picture of the first j crossing of the pioneers; "Defending f the . Stockade," "Crossing tho Plains," "A Trading Station on a Far 8 AVcslern Trail," and "A Rocky Mouu-l Mouu-l tain Mining Camp," completing the a Dook. It is a groat album of" home J and -country views, mast handsomely "a put forth. It is a book to warm tho j heart -and to satisfy the artistic eye. 3 EXPERIENCE IN TEACHING. J Personality In Education. Bv James V. 1 Conover, Master In St. Paul's School, A Concord. X. H. Published by Moffat, j Yard and Company, New i'ork. This is a most worthy, earnest and in- S telligent book in the cause of educa- tion. It goes back to first principles, ') and to the point that "there is more in t tnc teacher than there is in tho book." J he writer explains that success in ij teaching depends upon the adaptation 8 or the teacher to his work, upon his 3 tact, upno his resources, and upon his g ihorqugh understanding of his work and 8 of his pupils. Tho essays are a vivid 3 presentation of the "observation of a i workman recorded from timo to lime 5 amid the noise and business of tho shop." His hint as to whv so many young teachers fail in their first en- 9 ihusiasm has a touch of real life in it 1 when he says: "Young teachers fresh 1 Jrom college or seminary enter their 3 work as if fully equipped. Thev thiilk Ii they have all the best methods at their i lingers' ends, and they wonder why it t js tnat their scholars do not at onco lj glow with their enthusiasm. Even the v distance of a quarter of a century can- not blot out tho feeling of injured pride with which the writer contemplates hi ! the light of his after experience how i thoroughly he made a fool of himself." i in considering the general subjects J tho author's first division is '"'The I Teacher, " his qualifications, his per- j eouality, his resources, his adaptation to tlie work. Zsext comes "The Child," j as being the subject of the teacher's work and tho material ho has to deal with in doing that work. Then fol-j fol-j lows a chapter on "The Nursery" as a ; preparatory place toward tho school work. Then comes "The School." fol- lowed by "Some Questions of Ex- i pease." "The Playground," "Disci- S nhne," "The Class." "Class Work," I "Examinations." "Religion in the B School," and "College." H As an example of the way fc to handle pupils, the writer is strong 0 on the point of the neccssitv for tho h U'achcr's thorough studv of tho in- 1 dividual child, and on the commaud of i one's own voice and manner; these bc- I ing well calculated to insure for a i teacher the handling of his work in j such a way as to eventually command I perfect order. "An air of confidence j coupled with unremitting attention to 8 the lesson, goes far towards making ovcry boy feel that his interruptions 3 are a nuisance to his fellows." the j writer says, and ho proceeds as follows: j As the laggards trail In, they will find 5 the lesson already woll started, or the i master at the board demonstrating some- ! thing with Interest and apparent oblivion i of their tardiness. Questions scattered 1 around among the careless will soon pull Jj things together. Perhaps the master's H back is turned and he Is writing or llgur- Iing. explaining as he goes; he knows the spirit that Is making a small disturbance or the voice that is persistent with untimely un-timely question, and ho remarks quietly, as he writes, "Jack, I don't really believe hat you went mo to slop to attend to you." Perhaps Jack needs a further and more distinct snub. Tumln'g and pointing point-ing t6 a part of the board as much as possible out of sight of the class, "Go to the board and do example 10 as well as you can." or. "Write for us your best translation of lines 75-SO." "I can't do It, clr," "I am sony: thon. Just, make a clear copy of the T.atlii." anything to cool his vanity, and glvo the general impression of the necessity for work. jvs ait examine ot personal attention -lo a. mistaken boy, tho author cites the Joilowing aK -a method of effective dis-cjplme; dis-cjplme; after pleading against sover-il3 sover-il3 especially for trivial offenses, he goes H Whc-n severity Is necossary, the empty cassroom Is a rnoro Mttlng place. s 1 the class Is leaving: H "Tom. stay in your seat." Then a few minutes of absolute dlsrc- Hj garil uf the .boy by tho man. who is busy correcting work, may bring forth j thl conversation: "Why. Tom. what are you doing Ikto?" "You told me to stay, sir." "Why did 1 toll you to stay?" B "Becauno I spoke out. I suppomV" "Is that all you did?" H "Yes, T0ll,d 1 1:cep :'"ou ,n JEt for speaking B "You did, Fir." 'riv I not told you a great many times that you Interrupt our work?" "Then it seems us if you did not car." H "I do care." "I know you do. r just want you to itop and think a minute. Good-bye!" Again, by way of hclpf nines in the lesson, tho author illustrates his posi-tion posi-tion as follows: I liavo hundrcils of children to teach nw thematic?, and I have yet ti tlnd one not able to do arithmetic, algebra, and geometry. Drill them well In mental arithmetical arith-metical every stago on all tho different kinds of problems reduced to tho slmplo cases, and tho power to solve the hardor ones will come in duo order under a teacher who will study each child and set himself to remedy his defects. "I do not understand that problem, sir." "Have you read It over carefully?" "Yes, sir." "Rend it again." Several mistakes will probablv bo made In the reading. Thoioforo rcqulro tho problem to bo read again and again till tho boy has corrected his own mistake. "N'ow, what do you not understand about that problem?" "I don't understand anything nt all about it." "Why, that is odd; it is very slmplo English. P.ead tho first sentence do you understand that?" "Yes, sir." "Then you do understand something; tell me in your own words what that sentence sen-tence means. Very good. Now read tho next sentence. " " Do you understand under-stand what that meant? Yes? Now what aro you asked to find In that problem? " Yes. that Is right: what must you know In order to find that? Yesl Do you know that, or docs tho problem telJ you? Yes, that Is right; so what do you do with this fact In order to obtain that? And so on, till you liavo convinced tho boy cithor that ho has tho knowledgo and tho power pow-er to do the problem, or ns to just where ho is wanting, Othor boys brought into tho discussion, with certain established results put plainly on the board, tend to mako this Socratlc method Interesting and helpful to tho whole- class. Tho problem is the goal, and all proficiency pro-ficiency In figuring should constantly bo brought to tho test of usefulness in tho solution of problems. It is certainly an earnest, lively book, full of apt illustration and exemplary counsel to the toacher. Tho man who could write a book liko this must cor-lainly cor-lainly bo a teacher of very eminent qualifications in his work. And oven with thoso qualifications he could not havo written it without amplo experience experi-ence in teaching of overy kind in tho school room. AT SEA AND ASHORE. Adventures at Sea. By F. II. Converse, John Ft. Coryall, Rear-Admiral T. II. Stevens, Maria T.ouiso Pool, and others. Illustrated. Published by Harper .t 3rothcrs. Now York. Theso aro all sensational slories of tho sea, including whale- hunts, wrecks, fires, storms, castaways, and gallant rescues. res-cues. Most of tho stories arc said to bo founded on facts, and tho author justly says, "Nothing nioro dramatic than the realities of the sea is possible possi-ble in fiction, although tho art of fiction fic-tion may lend its aid in the tolling of tho tale." The peculiar applicability of such stories to American boys is that ours is a seafaring race by inheritance, in-heritance, by practice, and b3' the vast sea coast lino of tho United States, therefore the Americans come naturnllj' to the use of tho sea. The stories of the whale fishers of Gloucester aud New Bedford have added man' stirring talcs to the history of our country at sea, and tho accidents at sea and along tho coast havo been a fertile source of perilous tale3. The stories in this book comprise, "A School of Sharks," "Messbo3', Captain, and Mate," "Our Nine-Pounder," "How Porrv's Kite Saved a Crew," "Tho 'Luclc' of the Schooner Dollv," "Off the Alacranes," "A Cargo of Burning Coal," "A Runaway Run-away Fin-Back, " "How tho Light-House- Lamp was Lighted." "Robin Adair," "The Saving of the Osceola." 'How Sho Won the Modal," "How St. Regis Lost His Name and Found It I Again," and "The Wreck of tho Maria Helena." All of these stories are well told, and the narrations are as stirring as one could wish. In the Open: Stories of Outdoor Life. By William O. Stoddard. Illustrated. Published Pub-lished by Hurpcr & Brothers, New-York. New-York. These slorcis are mostly stories of j-oung people and their adventures, some perilous, some comical. Tho first story, however, "Muffled," is a story of some prospectors iu the Chico Valley in Northern Arizona. It tells of a little lit-tle brush with tho Indians and a ruse of the prospectors which carries them through safelj'. Tho other stories are, "Tho Owl Creek Bridge," "Tho Big Fish," "A Wild-Blackberry Picker," "Camping Out," "Ben's Blaze," "A Long Swim," "In a Sugar-Bush," "A Ripper," "Through a Barn," "The Unlucky Settlers," "Setting the Brook at Work," "Foreign Parts." "Up the Creek," and "A Case for the Doctor." They aro all right lively stories, too, and well told. ORTXDE AND , FALLACIOUS. A Happy Night By William J. Patmore. The Cochrane Publishing Company, New York. This is a rather crude, foolish kind ot a book, in which a rich young New Yorker, named Dick, is out to sec tho sightson a storm' wintor night. He has dined well and is passing along tho street, when a beautiful young girl stops, him with a plea to com'o and help her sick mother. He goes, becomes involved in-volved in the. family rolatious all at once, the girl faints on his hands, ho takes her to a doctor, then he goes to cheer the sick mother, a drunken and brutal father comes in, demands what he is there for, and compels him to marry the girl. The whole matter is set lorth with tedious detail and a sort of puerile embellishment. At the last it is found to bo all hallucination; a dreamy action of the mind while Dick is uuconscious, having been knocked senseless by a passing sleigh. It is thus a mistake all around, for persons who are knocked unconscious, recover consciousness precisely at tho riomt whoro it loft them, without there being any action of imagination, fancy, or dream life in tho interim. It is a worthless book. YOUNG VISITORS IN ITALY. Inna In Italy: a. Travel .Storv. By nelen Leah Itced. Illustrated from Photographs Photo-graphs and from Drawings by William A. McCullough. Published by Little. Brown, Si Company, Boston. nS1 a"tll0r' wI,oao fCrmer stories are "The Brcnda Books," "Inna and Nap " and "Napoleon's Young Neigh, bor," has made for herself a warm place m the regard of the story-loving young people. Iu this story the second sec-ond of the "Irma Series," 'tlm girl is taken to Europe by the Southern route, and is shown the sights of tho chief towns and cities, as well as some of tho less known towns in Italv, Irnm is" a few years older iu this book than in tho ' first, and noins a party in which is Marion Morton, and which also includes Aunt Caroline and Uncle Jim, n bo-fore. bo-fore. The photographic illustrations are very clear ar.d haudsomo, and tho boolc-ia one of great acceptance, as well as being completely satisfying as a vivid, plcaaaut and accurate description of the places seen, and tho meaning of tho monuments, the pictures, and tho like that are ou view. It. is all right well dona. xmA m oiiii$ person of ac- tiye mind can possibly fail to enjoy it with tho utmost keenness. THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINEERS. The Trail of tho Lonesome Pine. By John Fox, Jr. Illustrated by V. G. Yohn. Published by Charles Scrlbnor's Sons, New York. This is by all odds Mr. Fox's greatest great-est story. A j'oung engineer, John "Jack" Hale, goes over into tho mountains of East Tonnessoo and finds thero a rough, fighting population, apt at fuods, quick with the gun, and strenuous stren-uous in compelling peoplo to mind their own business. Tho scene opens with Hale fishing in one of the streams and Old Man Tolliver "Devil " Tollivcr with a gun, demanding his name, mistaking mis-taking him for somebody else. Prior to this, howovcr, Tollivcr 's littlo girl, June, has discovered Halo and had somo interesting conversation with him. From this comes a great friendship between be-tween Halo and "the littlo girl, and also between Halo and Tollivor. Thero is trouble, howevor, in tho person of Dave Tolliver, who doos not take kindly to Halo at all, and Hale's lifo is really in danger from .timo to timo bocauso of tho animosity of this j-oung man. Halo finds in that vicinity what lio supposes sup-poses to be a groat coal bod. He organizes or-ganizes a company, builds a railroad, puts all of his money into it and a good deal of tho money of his friends, starts a new town, takes Juno over to it and puts her in Bchool, and takctf a wonderrul interest in her welfare. Lifo in tho mountains is vividly described, de-scribed, tho suspicious, tho undying hatreds, tho feuds, and tho occasional murders. One of theso murders is do-tailed do-tailed in this book, and the arrest and tho trial, June being taken over and making a very sensational witness in the case. The coal voin pinches out, however, and Hale becomes a poor man. But ho t remains in the country. Tho Louo Pine, which gives namo to the story, is a huge pine tree, situated high up on tho mountain side, with a much-frequented much-frequented trail going right by it, and tree standing out alone, the trail is named for it, "Tho Trail of the Lonesome Pine." Juno and her peoplo, under the afflictions that como and the hatreds that are engendered, movo away to tho West, but Juno comes back and sho and Halo como to an understanding, under-standing, much to tho delight of Uncle Billy and Old Hon., who aro the first to learn of the news. There are many striking characters depicted in tho book, and as a panorama of tho self-contained, self-contained, yet intense, life led by the mountaineers of that region, it is a tremendously virile and vivid storv. Mr. Fox siiows himself in this story, ns never before, a great, master storj-t storj-t ell or. RELINQUISHMENT SUPREME. The Supremo Tost. By Mrs. Ballllo Reynolds. Rey-nolds. Published by Brentano's, Ne"w York. This is tho story of K3-U1C West and Wilmot Cuuliffe. and tho Supremo Test is the ability ot Cunliffe to give Kythe up at tho demand of propriety, and. to the burning out of his inclinations, as well as hers. It is a story of British folk, but with the same old human nature na-ture that is manifest ovcr3'whcrc throughout. K-the is a charming 3-oung woman who goes to visit in the family fam-ily of a very respectable, responsible, straight-lnccd pillar of the church. She sets herself to throwing some sunshine into his repressed nature, and ho expands ex-pands magically under tho teaching of her womanly graco and beauty, and in a way that uttorly changes his views of the relations of lifo. At first he has a sort of suspicion that ho is being templed b3' the devil, but ho gels over this later on and eirjo3's his new sensations, sensa-tions, veiy much as red-blooded men do throughout tho world. The -hide-bound traditions of his over-zealous training are eutirely broken down by tho Hood of repressed humanity which" pours ovor and iuvigoratos him, and ho takes to tho broader view of life with his exquisite ex-quisite visitor and enjoys with her tho freer and more vital views that alio offers to him. He becomes a wonder to himsolf, 3'et his soul is racked and torn b3 tho new experience, he being unable to onjo3 it without self torture over tho rules of conscience that are breaking down. At tho last, however, thero is strongth enough in both of them for renunciation, and that renunciation is the real lesson of tho book. It is a story told with great power, and tho lesson inculcated is the old one, that those who renounce arc those who triumph. tri-umph. A splendid moral atmosphoro is inculcated by its teachings, and tho novel is an enlivening and searching piece of work. FAIRIES OF NATURE. Garden Fairies. By Samuel Savll Paquln, Illustrated by Emily Hall Chamberlin. Published by Moffat, Yard & Company, New York. The Garden Fairies as seen in this work aro those of nature, made by tho snow and ice, and b3' tho ploasant growths of spring and summer. Tho lairy is scon in the autumn painting red tho cheeks of the apples, Jack Frost with his winter fairies hang icicles on tho water spouts, thon there is tho beautiful pink rose alivo with the gracofulest kind .of fairies. The coach and butterflies are fairies flying in the air, and tho suushowcr is seen sitting on a big, golden pumpkin in the sea-eon sea-eon of ripeness in the fall. Tho story is all about Lalla's garden, a nice littlo girl with a wonderful imagination and given to pleasant dreams. She sees tho work of the fairies in cvcr3'thing, and all is set out with tho utmost delicacy and pleasantness of i"anc3 Tho publishers pub-lishers ha,ve put forth the book in elegant ele-gant style, and it is a beaut3- for the holiday season. TONED-DOWN FAIRY TALES, The F.Im-Trcc Fairy Book: Favortto Falry Tales. Edited by Clifton Johnson. Illustrated Il-lustrated by LeJaren Miller. Published by Little, Brown, ; Company, Boston. Tho compiler, or, we might more proper- say. oxpurgator of these stories has made himself noted by his "Oak-Tree Fairy Book," and "Birch. Tree Fairy Book," this being tho third of tho collection of this remodeled version of fairy tales and folk lore, carried out ou the same plan as the "two previous volumes. This book tolls iu weaker form a ver3' largo number of well-known fairy tales, such as "'The Fisherman and the Genie," "Sir Rowan and tho Princess." "The King 1 of the Hawks," "Tho Golden Goose." "The Storks," "Why tho Dog and ! Cat arc Enemies," aud so on. The I idea of the book is to eliminate tho bo-called unpleasant things, such as the lies, cruelties, bloodshed, suffering, etc.. carried in these stories in their original form. In this, however, the author overlooks tho tendency and craving mind . of the youthful" story reader toward what tho youngest nephew in "Helen's Babies" called tho "blugg'"'parc of tho stories, that part being to him ahvavb the most terrifying as well as fascinating. Tho book dripping with ' proro is just the thing for the small child of either sex. aud wo doubt very v much whether theso stories in thoir expurgated form will be anything liko as popular with tho little folk as the original versions. IN THE OLD BLOODY DAYS. Honry of Navarro: a Romance of August. Au-gust. 1572. Published by G. P. Putnam's Put-nam's Sons, New York. This is a vivid story of Henry of Navarro and of tho massacre of St. Bartholomew, which occurred upon the rovocation of tho Edict of Nantes. Henry marries Marguerite do Valois, sister of King Charles of Franco, and their troubles begin without tho loast .delay. The Queen-mothor is made rather more of a monster, if possible, than history paints her. The whole action of the story is confined to tho month of August, so tho proceduro is swift and the results speedy. A very horriblo and brutal story is that of St. Bartholomew's massacre, and it is niado vivid and personal in this narrative. Henry of Navarro is a groat iightor, but ho is made in tho story to bo about tho only prominent Protestant in Paris whoso lifo is saved. Coligiiy is killod, Rochefoucauld is slain. Soubise, Par-daillier Par-daillier and Piles aro killed. Tho Guise. Aujou, and Do Besine aro named as the' leaders of tho riotous, bloodthirsty ! rabble. Thero is an old quarrel bctweou Henry and tho Guiso which is fought out in the presence of tho King and of Marguerite, who is now wedded and devoted to Henry. Even tho command of King Charles is not able to stop tho fight, and tho determination of Guiso to finish the massacre by tho death of Henry results badly for himself. him-self. But Marguorito is valorous, stands by her husband, Protestant ns ho is and Catholic as sho is, and tho King is able to savo his cousin, Henry. Tho story is told with abundant action aud force, and brings to mind one of tho very darkest and bloodiest epochs in tho world's history, an epoch that would bo well forgotten, but which nec-' eesarily from timo to timo is draggod to remembranco by its very vividness and horror. Tho author of this has mado a very sensational and vital story of it, 'and tho novel is not likely to lack admirere. A COMPELLING CAVEMAN. Hor Cavcman'c J-.etl.ers and Hers In Reply. Re-ply. By Lance Swift and Carol Steele. Published by Glllam's Sons Company, Philadelphia. This book comprises a series of letters let-ters beginning with art and terminating terminat-ing in the closest personal absorption. The first letter is from "Him." a lawyer law-yer who has been asked by his client to writo to tho lady, giving her his views as to the development of certain sketches of her art work. Hor extreme ly appreciative letter follows. Then she sends him more drawings and ho tells her what he thinks she ought to do to develop them on tho best lines, and so the corrcsponduueo proceeds.. In one very long letter ho tells her of his ideas of art and the reasonable objections ob-jections from the modern viewpoint to the suggestive in tho nude and the animalism ani-malism in some of the great paintings of the world. Sho replies, calling him a G'avcnwui, nnd at once dcvolops a wonderful won-derful interest in his personality. Uu responds, telling hor about himself, and thon sho tolls him all about herself. Tho natural result of mutual interest follows in the compelling force of attraction, at-traction, and though sho has commanded command-ed him strongly not to seek any sight of or spi'och with her, his magnetic force draws her to him, and she surrenders sur-renders with a perfect abandon of ecstatic, devoted obedience. All of it sccniB intended to point out that every road leads but to one result as between the sexes. But this pointing out is very well doue indeed, and the letters aro as intense and forceful as ono could wish. LITERARY NOTES. Jules Verne's anticipations of some of the achievements of modern science used to bo cited as marvelous Instances of what the scientific imagination can achieve. Tho latter-day Jules Verne, Mr. H. G. Wells, 1ms, it seems, gone a step further than his predecessor by actually showing tho way to the scientists. An article In tho current World's Work on Lieutenant Selfrldgc, who lost h!a life In tho accident to tho Wright aoroplane at Fort Myer, says that a few days before his death ho spoke of getting valuable facts out of a story of war In the air written by a well-known novelist. The story referred to Is. of course, Mr. Wells's new novel, "Tho War In the Air." At the last session or tho Indiana legislature, legis-lature, a law was passed requiring the railroad commission to call Into conference confer-ence annually tho superintendents of all railroads operating In Indiana, together with a number of the employees in train service, for the purposo of reviewing the accident record of the year and determining deter-mining what action. If anv. could be taken to linprovo the record. Among those attending at-tending tho first meeting held at Indianapolis Indian-apolis on November 10, tho general manager man-ager of tho Pennsylvania Lines distributed distrib-uted 100 copies of "The Confessions of a Railroad Signalman," by James O. Fagan, believing that this remarkable book would have more Influence than any statement that he could mako on tho subject of "Discipline and Obcdlonco of Rules." "Among the very unique features of Peter No well's 'The Hole Book,' " said a facetious person the other day. "arc his own." The sneaker was referring to the new autograph which Mr. Newell has devised, de-vised, writing "Peter Newell" In such a way that the P and N form an outline in caricature of tho artist's head and profile. Ttwls only thumb-size, but striking strik-ing for all that, and Immensely Ingenious. 1 If report holds true, this new book of Mr. Ncwell's, for which the Harpers had a demand before printing, will bo ono of the most popular of tho holiday books of ftm. In China the mother-in-law's position In the family admits of no doubt; she rules hor son's wife. "A short timo aso, when in Canton, an illustration of this was forcibly brought homo to me." writes Frederick S. Isham. author of "Tho Ladv of tho Mount," from the far cast. "A wife was found murdered. The husband was nccuscd, and would have been convicted con-victed and had his head taken off, when most obviously his mother, tho moth-cr-ln-Iaw n the case, came forward. 'I did It myself.' she said calmly; 'the woman had a bad temper, and answered back. So J punished her.'' The judge ac-oultted ac-oultted tho 8.0H, and. in accordance to Chinese law. Inilictcd a mero nominal fine on tho mother-in-law. Sho and tho son left the court with a look on their ' faces which seemed to sav, thero had been much ado about little." A peculiar Interest attaches to the review re-view of tariff history and the frank discussion dis-cussion of the tariff question by Andrew Carnegie, which has been published In the Christmas Century. Mr. Carnegie's experience ex-perience and convictions public opinion lo the contrary arc. ho declares, for a tariff for revenue Instead of a tariff for protection, the issue of forty years ago. "and therefore the strict maintenance of the present duties upon foreign luxuries paid by the rich. The present tariff rightfully exempts the masses of tho people from almost all national taxation, because they have not 'the abilltv to pay, as roqulrcd by Adam Smith, the" greatest economic authority." George Wharton James, familiar as the author of "In and Out of the Old Missions," Mis-sions," "In and Around the Grand Canyon." Can-yon." etc.. for many years has been collecting col-lecting material for his book on "Ramo-nn's "Ramo-nn's Country." Ho has met all of tho I 'ilgttB persons now living who furnlsh'sK v Hunt Jackson with material fort611 mous story "Ramona." He givfeir27' terestlng account of several of hf!'F,?UI views with Sam Temple, the raaTfli E Mrs. Jnckson described as Jim F11 11 murderer of the Indian AleasarfJ-,"- Temple has never shown an? for his crime, and rather prldej , upon the notorlet ythat the book, ! na" has brought him. Indoed, ha ( K"l It would be a good scheme to gwgai Chicago fair and tho SL Loulsi Vtiwo) tion and exhibit himself as the cat' of tho book character. He sugga hint 5 Mr. James "manage and flnanc and was decidedly taken aback t tt cha latter said h. would raise money ta&r t him tried and hung for his coat Kaal deed. y j ' Mr. Wharton has scores of Iacjj.m anecdotes, nnd revealo unsuspecl -regarding the true and fictitious of Mrs. Jackson's story. h wtllt "Through Ramona's Country"-, '.tlmh llshed by Little, Brown, & Compi chu" i are also the publishers of SlrJintn son's works. v?mo f |
