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Show VERSES ON THE COWBOY. Tra'l Dust of a, Mavertc. By E. A. Brlnlnstool. With an Imro'lurtlon by Robert J. Uurdt'tt. Illustrated. Published by Dodd, Mead fc Oo., New York. In this delightful book of verse the co who v is described as he actually is. without any frills or attempts at h.gn-fiown h.gn-fiown language. We are wltii him in tne branding-pen, on the long cattle trail, in the corral, and on the range. ue Kt a whiff of sagebrush and groasewood. and are carded with him down winding coulees and draws; we are at his side in the mad midnight stampede; we lope witn him across blossomed memo and drear desert wastes, and we sit on tne corral fence and watch the cow-puncher s antic as he eesavj? to subdue an outlaw broncho, or listen to the 'Vruh-pile call of the round-up cook where the chuck-wagon chuck-wagon top is shining by a (lowing sti-am. The poems all display a wide knowledge knowl-edge of the west, and the following verses from "The Disappointed Tenderfoot U a fair sample of the author's style; He reached the west in a palace car, where the writers tell u cowboys are, vVlth the redskin toold and the centipede, and the rattlesnake and the loco weed. He looked around for the Buckakln JoeJ and the things he'd seen in the Wild West shows The cowglrle gay and the brrrrchoe wild, and the painted face of the Injun child. He listened close for the fierce war whoop, and his pent-up spirits began to dToop, And he wondered then if the hills and nooks held none of the ttlKhta of the Htory bookH. . B He peered about for the stuKeoach old, and a miner-man with a bag of gold. And a burro train with its packloadn which he'd read they tie with the dlumond nltch. The rattler's whirr and the coyote's wail ne'er sounded out as he hit the trail; ! And no one knew of a branding bee or a steer roundup that ho longed to see; But the oldest settlor, name Hlx-Gun SIra, rolled a cigarette and remarked to him.: "The west he.7, gone to the nam, my nori, and it's only In tontn slch things Is done." STORY OF SUFFRAGE. Th 'n e-r-i Wotnn. By IrahH (l'.r1.n "uri la, AuMior of "Thn I,.ip'jn nf Knrvli Un wurt h. " "Ttio W mi (in Pro in W1 viion' ' nnfl nfhtr atorl-:(. l'uUih'-A hy Hkjwiiu & Mowoll ., A cultivated vcHtern woman haa been left, a widow with a large property at her roiuniaiid. In her state the .suffrage .suf-frage movement is in full Torce, mid her circle nf wun i on f rlendH pe.rmiade her to heroine a eandida to. fur rung reus. Sho consents to run y nd wins tin: election, and goon to Washington morn or lern Ijo-wIIiIitmI Ijo-wIIiIitmI a nd frigid. -nod hy the hI.o of the jut) she has undertaken, but through her native tnM and ahlllly munngoM tnv ii tlin- to hold her place as the only woman in congress. Hhc soon finds, how-m how-m t.r, that I Ins work IuvmIwh many thlncs im! Intend'-'l fur a woman to -nme In rontmt with. Her wealth enahh-M her to open lu Washington such-iy mm of the liru-st pitlacoM in that city of pala-e. ar.d to take her pluco an a hocImI leader. 1 ,nt In the triune of pulllh-f. even with the nest assistance and adc(, that nhp Ix ahle to employ, she m unable to cmi-' cmi-' ti-inl v.-lth the antagonistic mid un-i un-i ri j. ii ions forces t Mil t a re combined In bili.i: about her d i wom ti t n re. The cut-1 cut-1 ml iiii' t ion enme In a public Im n.-. In a M.TCa t lona 1 no p per, Hint nhe has ac-repled ac-repled a very In rt:.' che.cli from a bin" corporation fur h-r tote on an Impor-j Impor-j liutl que lion, and uliile who la able lu I mr.it.. I hh-. ll t 1-OIOlll-hlV sl.-heim hr.- of ' I Hu- work -die Tiny n m b-rl a I', on . She i: :,)., -(., of the hord.-'i nf women who .. --dece her to yel lejihda I Ion put throurh ' 1 ip tli-dr be'ialf. and rh liniillv fella llio ' c.om.Mi in a public speed, t whnl -ho I lidnl-p of them and of the whole Ruffi-fica ' niuv.-mriil. arid r."c ,adf i,, ber w-'-ion, home lo become Ihc V. fc nf II enable. d led man. who ban nlnod behind her i ibrourh II all and valle.l path-nth fur it to end. a- he f.-ll nnc it ruuld all : al-me. 1 - p. c a powerful f t 1 1 ' ,' and coi n t . I ;, nine v 1c n lb" eul 1r cunl t ; I- In- j 1,-,-eMed ll. Ibo .M,b. , t ,,f "urCaCe. Tl,.. i ' r, ill hoi Mr-, ' 'ui I In. b- a tuih bed wi He,- i and I'l.O'Vi: ho". to il!otc"t II, e reader and hold hi? or her attention to the very etid. This tx-iok l undoubtdh tho hest plt--p of work she has done and deserves a hish place among the fiction of the year. ROMANCE OF OLD FBANCE. A.-"J f VsnKn'-e: A R-mr..-i ef Old rrar.-p. 1 li H. B b..;ii--vi: I'.Ullbhea ly M -Ur'.lc Naat L Co.. New Tork. Th.e scenes of thin lively. rd-blonde 1 romance aro laid in France during the la.-t third of the ix'ent'r, cent'iry. open-inir open-inir with the marriage ol MarKuerito de ValolH to Hnry, ktr.r of Navurre. It was u time of mue.i buternepn rwiwri t ne Hutfuenot; a nd the Cat hollcB. Tmo hoi o was a gallant of the former persuasion who wan captured by a spirited nobleman noble-man of the Roman church. Hack v- oral generations, a forebear of the Hub ;e ; not had. In defiance of lier family. 1 carried awav the betrothed of an ancestor, of the Cat nolle and married her. and this, beKan a family ftud that had continued 1 to the present penratton. Tne HusMenot is mado a pervont by the count for a phort term of years. Upon their arrival i at the nobleman' castle, the Huguenot Ih ncornfuilv viewed by a ptriklngly beBu-tlful beBu-tlful and hanshty woman, the count's BiHtor. fihe Jb the heroine. Many un- 1 oxpeoted adventvireg full to the lot of the impreawod Huxuanot and lie conducts himself with wich cool bravery that not only the nobleman's enmity, but h elfter'fl dW.uln, ar overcome It e an tnterefltfng btory, very well told. A DELIGHTFUL STORY. A VU!r Ronifo t.rw1 Jullt. By On"frtt-l Kpllr. Trfinl jfM by A C 1ln'itmnn. W!' h un In' ro-fluot ro-fluot Inn hy Edlltl W(iar:on, Crle4 &-rlbnrr'fl Eons, Publtiit)r. Nf York. Clear a nd limpid, a ft or this comes t he translation of Gottfried Keller's "A Villa Vil-la Ko Itnmeo and Juhet," with an Int ro- duct ion by Edith Wharton. Instead of ni'-dit'val Italy, the ene is a little Swls viliHife of I'otr.piiratU ely nnifrn time: iiiHtedd "f MonlHcuc arid Cfipuiet, so two Hturdy fnrn!-r rvi,o have n'lart'led over a ) rid. Hut tt.t: romaii'-f if thr-two thr-two young lovers ic Just ap starry and Its rid ju-t hp r-n tin-Tic as if 'n bad carried a FWurd and she had worn Kali:. W'V.o with tiny If ii K-rp'-.-iH of heait will not find a tear fnr ti.e pimpU; old btory tf ihv buy and jc -r 1 who have ju-ct fount trie most p-i ;.-t t'druc in th: world, yet know that drath Ik i l,o only a it pi -natlv? to Its aliaiHlonmt'iit '.' Tup (Jotail" aie. of cmirfp. utterly diiY"rent ;rom ti.ooe lu Shakpspeare s p'ay. K'jlr ha mi 11 np of t sut).le" t may b't bo i rabcd in M'"k. W briTtun's wur.ls. "His style," h'ip writes, "hap lion, fly plodding trriKth nnd sudden lyri1 i'l!ht." 'His liept work i vj full of pv ettiieff and irony. so "arm with humor, po lit'iutiu wit!, poetic iniaKiy. that evpn ii-pri vtvi of his magic lan-H'nage lan-H'nage it still kpppq much of Hp f-sential beauty. riip tab pugp'ts the heathery heath-ery co'nmonp and hlm-piim forent of lower tiit2prland, it br.-atlus nnd pmells of wild rose, w nortlebei rv and re?ln." "It vlgnettt-H are !fk- the tiny green del In in a bb-ak defile, or the cottar gar.ien that urpris, the travelnr on a lonely road." TREATS CF PROPER FOODS. Th- rur.i!ti:ir:iU1 nK!', p.' Nu'r(d.:n l Cm;. am I.'isk, r-fr-or u r:.--l.ilfi). r3 nii rnt-rrllv Mijlat Cnllrr". m:.A t?-.r;it P!rlr o I'. itn"..'ii lk" ii.-m.j'.' o( r:h.'i - r cl.l -' V,i;c t:r:!vof:ty Vr.it. Nv llen. I o;::i. This cmlupiit ph.vshii.igist hei'pin i'i-spius i'i-spius a r-Ii-nr pxpn.-'llbm .f the actual needs of the liuruan bode for ma t nt'Ma nee of HiV and efficiency. ' T'u b- turc In put.llshed In its pi esent fenn In urd'-r thut educated i.coplf may bn ubb- (u oti-ta;n oti-ta;n u b.-ttpr uiuierstnnding of the principles prin-ciples of nutrition than Is to bp derived fioin current popular writhes. This lecture lec-ture was d.'llve;.-d In N r. - Il'i:: lis the n nnlvernarv address of tlie New York Acadi-iny of Mi-diclne. I r. I .uk. In the opciihii; pani;;iaphs of ids work, takes oc.'iiNhm t" stnt that It .seem iih though mankind had a riclit to n knowledge of Hie value of the food which a bountiful Nature had provldpd Un hip use. "Kven ariaiiiK educated persons one may hear the moNsest cirois of Judgment reK-trd-int; the nutritive value of n hen's vr.ti and a few nf thono who eat In i estauranls realize that the greater quota of nourishment nour-ishment which fa brought to tbeni lie? not lu tlm fipeclfic dish nerved, but in the bread nnd butter which oetensibly a presented pre-sented as a gift." The shnple truths brought forth In this llttln work nre numerous, and if applied practically no doubt would reduce materially ma-terially the high cunt of living.' POEMS ON OPTIMISM. Wnvfairi. Mv VhRlnla f'0i?. I'iiLUhIihiJ t Shpr-ninn. Shpr-ninn. ('"irli.'ti A Co . ll.mm. Mil-. This delightful book of verse by Virginia Vir-ginia I'orrv embraces, upward of seventy poeuiH. In all of which the xphlt of optimism opti-mism and Jov prevail i f the manv poems presenlepl. pmhahiv "1'ldNon." (pudct be-low. be-low. will servo to Irulb-atc the style of the anther: Th.- m;V ,nkcd upon the eanli and said: 'Althoii::li I be ,.f high ileuiee, And thou ho lowly. W'e Ph in h mlihtv unit v . '' Tlioil do'U v'b-ld ereat treasure. I l on ii a pn t hwn y for the sun. That Its innlier ia v a inn v bring tliv con-i'1'pllons con-i'1'pllons I To infinite p.-rfectlon, j And I in-nd Hi" rain to hasten the pre-, chain oiiln 'hch doth nilllhMis sustain. Thou srek.tli mv help In 11 1 y endeavor, And I, W ho live lorever. Would be v Ii lion I Hire but a a in con-ravtlv. con-ravtlv. I.ni.k nhov r and Mod a love That co eielh thee ii frultlul t I'ee ; Thus h'ovIiik that perfeid harn'ony e- lletwr en those ,d hlch and low de:ree. So Kidalucil bv a supreme a u I horl t. ." HALAt) AND DEyHKHT RKCEIPTS. MhikImM t'lil.eU II' I, l ii. In Mull LmiiM n-ie M'iinlrr-1 i "i.l 1 '"-"-t i Mv Mn. in Mull I. 1 1 ik i'l I'uM l-li. .1 1" lint lr- i It,, km Sinvi, ' . v. r.i Ii hi i aeh nf the: r Utile ol'Uoes tlie n II- Ih.c- w ho hi 11 ').Mib--'-d initlmrlte In till-, .'.mull e on lbe-4 .eef.. g . s the , ,. nils ol he, ,.iei l.uice. t hou;hl and til enil ll . Th,' 1 I'll reeling fm !! lad;- I -.nla.l die"1itKH "in fioni tile most ...nipl" (mi ihillv u-m'. to the ino.. elal,- num. im cnlertah t. This 1 . the r.iii., lib... Wlih the rreipef. 1 , 1 1 laa cold ,... 1 ,.. nl lief I lilltl I, Ol' Ice , i en n " '1 nr nieal vaiictv and i vlend Ii.iim 1 1 1 1 if e I h.. t can be m ennr.-d II h .1 i ..ll;;!!! . M"'ll"e all. I IroiiHe In th.e.e more suitable for purposes of cnteriain-lng. cnteriain-lng. The little vohimos are very hiinlomely and arti.-tii-ally present eiJ. Karh contains con-tains un index, thus fmMHiat ins reference refer-ence to any recipe desired. FEMINIST MOVEMENT IN FICTION. "Slovcr t Ynlt.' " "Tr-. tSU: - flii .r J." t -. TuMinln-.l tV.p Ho'. bs-Me; rili Co ui y. "Thv Sa la nia tiilr." Owen Jo I: toon's Iiit'-st stor. is by Ktr the most mtere.-t-Inu of tlif novels written by this mill. or. The Miljt"-t Ih uni'nie in its iicatment and interc.vtir.i; in its cotii-hision. l't;(lmp us It d'"'s with t:ie feminist movement in a moM fearless fas ion It Is h.nin.i to attract more than uMia! ailention. Ni small part of the Interest in the work is d:ic lo th aUra.'ti stIe o' its author. Hit (li-crlpttiiii is M't'rcslilnr. his ckaioLu:.' curloulv tru to life. The Salamander. In the I:t st anal'.s. is a little storm possessed of a hraiti. thr-iwii against the iitt luxury of Now I York, -whih I-.as drawn her to it as th.e t'.aine aitracts the moth. SVe comts rov- j im; from somew'-ere o;it of th.e inimerse reaches of The nt:on. revolune against ; the commonplace of an inherited narrow-! nes. neither snre of what she seeks nor onscioas 'f what forces impel or c'..e-'k her. She t-rlnt;? no letters of irtri motion, mo-tion, but .h1 come? resolved to know whom she chooses. She meets them nil, the men of New York: the meoloere. the intere.-; ins . ti e powerful, the lit sh-hunters, t ,e brutes, ar.d those who seek only an h Timseii mental relaxation. She attracts at-tracts them bv hook or crook. :n orlanee of coTuev.t ions. compeMms: their attention in wav. that a th.e start V.ope!essly :rys-TlVv :rys-TlVv them and bad to misiakes. Tiien he calmly sets them arisht and forgives them. Back of all the p.vssinate revolt acainst the commonrhtcc in 'if3- back o: a;l t le dctiantlv nroclaimed scorn of conventions, th.ere are t !".e hush.'M echoes of th.e re-tT-e:itinc lirst prnem tion. old memories. . y rs of chiidh.ood faith, hesitm ions and doubts that make of her a being constantly at war V-' ' And instinct are evec---,! her pTceivinc or wiirefore. And in t". c-- -writes: . r, "She beoame a corT-:.; society rathtr Xtre servatisLn." |