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Show 1 l" ' ' t, is not delwug ' ,auc i a1 'ni,h1 rtt 11,0 R - -tab and th U.- m v- U-toWWl ihi on thing is the e - - RLtaMjt. KUme: asm fekrins : A. mar n nter. K uacvk' 'r'-1' 1 'h Ejjr afar' Hum wrs in liie .onv-Jif .onv-Jif jw-.hiae hl 19 iie.i it. Ten Ei Traark's'. " Psoo-" think u w4 F RwtKro iortnd AmerK-an fcjia So:-:!. a- RJ&ln need shook and our KLi ih nwiJ The WtJm r 'h the - hin BfUkt chaues that have a-e 'wtfw1- Think as sa EL K En,.j we ro nsally Bts nsajor coantHe. Sonj of BmcbhU countries ar naor con-Bn"v con-Bn"v ia lirr ant! artistic m -fa -vtr are. but HEn cwatfiea are, K ire not quit as trariitio1: as thau but we approach ' fc;- I knew Kec-Wk but we ha the mar- fid? aad that marvelous KShxOD of moral hSt a"'" art::: I S :rrabto fa tliai nre " : o r e'-a- "O fcecrwt of our IKs. We re- tha Bmi fcairi of patrons Emn' tiavt- gtvtu as whate er fcawi'are ve poses as Th hfiBHii of this nation was an HEasti the result of the up- Hi Kr aod El aeri al n-phs-av&Js and Hsaal anaeavj's! A novelist Joes B&Yt -U work o' K Tin r' ef is -1olent rea Biw:r Hpidi woojd suggest, but H te woeful lark of jolta to our Bar ? America has -ion- ft 'is: "-" Eat Aer varfcs. "The PraJrV " p")aaStaaioV" both re'- iew - horiMii vt m xr roood or hltM In NOW oi'k a HTaponthti tooitv cUiuc e h the ,-uHine of htith nn.1 the bin-nea bin-nea ami oileiu-e that t!o pftrlH lntill into a ittati Tho fir) ohoOoM him m prefaroiu-o to an umleveoivir . who in i toitton to Ivint .a Gorman la aien t.i poM-baimurtt sulV. To a aW-k of u honn on tha wm.l- lept plain- Dunoon Mo K Oil takes hla ffjj a M4 Mor nfe m the k. I iis Ufa In the W 000,1 QoMa. the cauahi-on-iho-bounoe cervnta that mlw Uan ,ilMut bar form tlo ototy, The work la handled ihn n.ri prtooii The prairie wire wrtteo to a lrl fiWml who ih Mill roolvtn tn the hooUI maalMrom. wntin to a girl our woman of the plame can uoe more freedom. The hook -mnk. hut ahsoluieh devoid nf hlaaeul Kantx, The irl of the pl.Una Ulka to her huoNand tVim nn M.-Kall. or ltnkv -Munk. aa he calU him. talks t- his wife i he tvv- i almplv mitten The letters sre beautiful wtih short description and somotlmoa st-iaKfUn. as a letter writ I OP to a frleml ou(hl to eroKR!e Moot re-tnat-kahie, however, i the tat thai the !Vr liuerproiod a woman s tieart which heart :e expose on i he print tsl md hu h heart boats i ; and V. lh world ma know Ita worth TValne Wife" merits attention uch v red It Is dtie the woman-heort that tfuldej i!e author to il comlualon with puntv ant) dlenlty A nm1 SUGGESTIONS. Will Sibert lather. ho ha a attained rococaition m aaste.n liter n clrvlo. knows much about the rough place a in tho literary road to fame In a mi Interview she points out aomo of the pitfalls pit-falls and mka some encouraging eu-gestlon eu-gestlon for yoonc writers, Sh aaye it is ahaolutelx netesaarv for a young writer to deal with subject he reolly know a No mat ter how con tnonptace and otdlnaiy a subiei t m3 be. if It la one with which the author is famlllai some e. erv.day experience experi-ence that he thrilled hlm- t makes a much better otorv t.-it tho pitreh imaglnai , The trouble ;th most of the otuff that is turned down ay tho publleh-oro publleh-oro to thai the writer ia not contp-tent contp-tent to :anj the material he ha He isn't .iflVlenilv lntreote1 In hi wvrk and io not willing to gUe it los honeot labor Wntinc Is Pke anv other worh. engineering or building. You can't eit dow n ai a I' v'n!' and dash off a stor . send it to the publisher, and then reap a har eat You must labor. I haven't on? patience with these airy, fairy people who write one s0T7 and when It is returned become dn coo raged If a manuscript is returned and the writer knows its faults. It Is than Sip to him to revamp it and send It to another publisher. Sand It ten or fifteen ti nea, and ih$n If It comes back there will be a visa for dtscenr ecement The author may then f'nd that he has no talent and his efforts bare beer. mssTukled. Another fault Mlao OolasPf finds with young writers Is that they imitate too 1 much. After succeesful story Is pub-J pub-J Halted In rr.sgasjne. she says that hun-, hun-, dreds of similar stories Pood tha editorial rooms of the publisher. But l hie fault Is an uocons'-'-ous one. Miss Gather adds.' It to natural when a young person becomes Interested In writing for him to study all stylos or writing and to imitate the ones he likes best. He outgrows this, however, and soon begins be-gins erritirc from expert en- . Tremendous Tremen-dous talent Is always Influenced by life more than by art. and we must go on and on to a place where we can ge nor out of life Itself than out of anything written. When a w titer resvhee the stage where ' ramp on rail pile in Arizona fills him with as many thrills the greatest novel ever written, ho has well begun on his career oat regasga toll iwiy Ironi tho foot or mothor and 'Iikiiu La (oft to forkgo fur lioroolf, She oeourae n position k a i-ompanlon to an older i) gonttowoman; who bo .i diM-traMlng diM-traMlng ubtl of flylni Into blind ricai nd ogndorlni ground Ur uiio.-Hiiv roan oron m all houri ,,, ,iir night. In the OOUrtO of i nlgltl walk she uu-earths uu-earths papers which move thm her com-panton, com-panton, Virtinl, Is lnr own KrauiUl.ttiKh-w; KrauiUl.ttiKh-w; the daughter ,.f her dead son, who married I he younn WORHin unknown to the nelhlors The .uithot Ihtarwogvao tha ChHttUn Science dociiine when the m,i wouuiii falls desperatel Ill She It. ht-ulc I by Ylr- attnin a urSrgundJM ol the Cnrigt'l power and her cinhlttercl linivt a made I'appy by tho name method, The atory ends with tho proof that Virginia has mime and a goooraj ha ppltioor amona not sasoclrtieh. The hook In readable and fairly wall whiten, but Is SUggOatlVO of c la sah a t hat have gOD he Inn-. WHAT BOOKS ARE FOR. Helen Woodruff, author of "The t.tttle House ' 'The Ijidy of the Lighthouse and other works, was asked her i. , of the use of hooka In replying. Visa g nod ruff verified the rumor that her heart Is attuned to humor. Hhe suld: Not he I iik an interior decorator, I do not feel that hook should be bought altogether and emlrelv to "make tite home look cos and lived in. or .ourse, i hey do "add charm ' end ire "a distinct addition und ornament or-nament tO any library"- us all book amenta will tell you: But if proporlv appTeclatod they have other uses. t"o. K0d or unread, they sre as unfailing un-failing ir couvsieationol purposes as our good 'riend. the weathei. Thsv are splemlid for baby to cut his teeth on? Ti ev ate wonderful- if heav v to put new creases In papa's old pants! They anawer nlcelv for paper-weights in si i m e families they have been known to serve as firing ordnan r amoiu; the small hov members mem-bers But. best of all. after a hard day's work, thev make coming home to a big. open rtre. or Its modern suhetl-tute. suhetl-tute. seem worth while. Thev a ere made for rainy Hundayn nd lonely people! They sre friends - the best and moat onatant friends in the whole wide world! And who doesn't wsnl to know and own friends? To tha anther, thev are her. or her w riier-actiuaJntance's. children, beautiful, real "hlk1ren-of the-Spirit who never grow old! t VKhAh OK HONOR Paul Klder a i5o-. the San Pranrlsro puhhshera. have been awarded a modal of honor by the international jurv. Pn-ma-raelfic International eaposltion This modal Is nevt to th grand prig. AN ARMY NOVEL "ftraigtt r, to OeeseO Uan - s- BsiUm "'l It. PtiMtalMd 07 Tha OSSIOI J 1 urapau mm Tors. ; Bertha Runkle's name has heretofore ' been associated slmcot -ntinslv with the so-railed historical novel liei re siory i is of todsv. snd Is tet D t Kao port a oo'-ieiy and among A merit a s soldiers In garrison Ufa in Tlie PhlTlppines New. port s so-iety. which occupies the first port of the book. Is viewed th ough the eyes of neither tha noh nor the muck-rakeri muck-rakeri It la treated wuh ophlsti if. go I .humor. Indeed, the author's un-vlolent un-vlolent humor, with n satin, a flavor, ta one of the constants or the novel. Her Picture of garrison life m the Philippines ta sympathetic and arcuraie Mrs Bash tas Bertha Rankle is known In real llfe has often Seen urged to write an army novel, for. sa the wife of Captain Louis H. Basti. h'tgih Infantry, she ha. seen r , . of ga"tlson life. cast, n sflL north snd south, as well as In the Philippines, end n. n oi.sejuen tf well Mtte-1 in handl- tli "lo-al color' so pussltng to i ' Lilian writers MgaCO her msrnare ta ' '- Mrs. Baah Itas actually lived In all tha various tO'.ntrte that figure In her I new novel. Pur. tig the last two vears she i has been living with her little daughter I ot the Presidio in 8;n Kranclsco, while I her husband, with hi regiment, has been . stsrloned on fhf Meh an border Con-. Con-. zentiently Mrs. Bash regards the new ! book as an ouuome of President Wilson's policy of "wstchful waiting." ' the book la a collection of ii ngotl hu-thorltv'a hu-thorltv'a dis'-oiiraes and ohserv h I ions on esthetics. The . emptier, Mhmou Mills Miller, has ahown great diligence In producing pro-ducing an exJiuiiatlve text book on the subject. Ao a readable work the book Is limited to students of the estheih . as a detailed treatise it has great value. Problem for Webster. "a P. . si -uf - t By KTank ft vneielh Ult. D. W U 0 Pub-lWhs4 Pub-lWhs4 b f unk A i' New York. While thla i-ok will bo iionatlj m the lihn.rle of the followers of -tmplltied ar-elllng. l' will have little use general!?, n- Vlseteiu la. huwever. a phonetician and rOrtnOonphlsl Of great shtPty He will tv reborn bared In literary circles as the laadink authority in the omplHtig of the new htink A Wagnalls dlctlnnary slcng with Mrs John Qulner Ros oe. .lust how a mind at tuned to Webpter can turn so ua rely sbout and prolif-e a simplified dictionary Is hard to un-deratand. un-deratand. Writtau for Young Mothers. "gnert TIV mUh v- Melben n0 lbs lan- senv . of InfanLi atd Veusg Cbtldren. " By r ri flln.-ir Kerle. M. D PuhtUhed br 0 P PaOaaaia ooa, New York and London The book will be read with interest by young mothers. It contains amonc other things arth k.' on feeding, rjothlas; and general care of the baby Mothers en-erally en-erally have derided Ideas on 'he art of bringing up their own children. The work doe not advl how to train a child, but stmply how to keep It well and comfortable. Written as It Is hv a physician who ha had much to do with Infants, the hook ) Instru- five. A New Animal Story. ' Tha UatBI Red Do uassssagf J. HawklDi PuMlb-d t UatSBj Brown a Qg . Boston. Hlstlnctlve among recent animal Htotles is the "l-ltile Red I oe." by rr. Chsunrey 1 Hawkins. The reader feels that the author has "muahed" over north wood trails on snowshoe.t and thai he haa een - white side of a deer's trail as the animal paces under the crackling hranchea. Books have been devoted to animals for years. The habit? of most of them, from the bear to the ant-eater, are fsmlllsr to us. but a book having for Its theme the lov story of a little reil doe and a .-reeled stag is unusual. The hook bj well written and accurate. IJDOitta, Only by having the oportuuity for comperlsoti can we learn to discriminate" dis-criminate" The volume la beautifully dressed with iblrtv illustrations In mounted duotone prints, reprodu-ini: paintings in the exhibit. ex-hibit. ' YOUTHFUL ADVENTURE DE PICTED. "T Trail of the Hev ' B' Sinclair Lie. Aatttor of "Osr Mr. Wren " PublUhed ST Haraat a arotbet a coaiptn. Men York city. A book full of youth and gtfl enturo. Pro ii college, where the t to has employed em-ployed himself in studious application to KVr.!). b and lreek. lie launches out Into the world id practical things In search of conquests lie engacs !n a muliitude of o-cupatlons. from orflng In s tent ehow to flying aeroplanes for prises. Ilia roaming roam-ing takes him to the corners of the earth. Love in i 'r-.vafav 4s Itself in all his many adventures. Ambition la ot last jestlged In sll Ito satisfying fullness, love Is conquered, con-quered, drains have come tri'e snd life resolves Itself to a simple snd unclouded existence foi two hsppy people. SPIRIT or JOY MANIFESTED r" . ' pi Klesaer Hert '" v of ' The Mlrfw of Nari'-r" nd Tor tows ef Mary Ellon " Fabtlabea b Th SOtsgg coaxjtarj. Na York A sympathetic Interpreter of human character. d a uewspatei woman of many years of experience, during which she has come Into rloso contact with life In Its many varied .-tape ts. Miss Hralnard has written a ator- exhibiting wide observation ob-servation an I n.oaeaaliig tnewiresalble ' harm and roior. Hsppy Valley furnishes the restful background for the narrative. Here the carer of an arilst and happy Pegen flow along In unruffled sweet -noor Love la the malnspnng of all their activities- -1 he desire to make others happy. The book Is a message of Joy and kindles In the heart of the reader an uncjuerctiui.de optimism. TO INTEREST ARCHITECTS. a-b-c 0r tooaoiastojo.' to rraok e. orsiiia PuMUhed by Ha.-- Brother N Terk Here Is ; liM'c hook dealaned to meet the needs "f the lavniin who desires to know some;!. in;; oi" the periods and steles of archlteirturo, why one of (bag periods is ailed I Ireek und another Roman and another Qothre. Iti Ita hundred paKea are covered tlie snhjoctj of the Otenl: cbissl-. I t he Roman classic, the Romanesque, the Byzantine, the Gothic, the Renaissance (Italian), the Renaissance Krone h and Knglish i, the Rcnalssnnce f American It Is luclri'y written ami amply lllus-irated. lllus-irated. A STORY OF THE CHRIST. "The Man Ju." Br Hsrj Auktin Puhluhed by Harpers'. New York In "The Man .Jesus." Mary A uslin has prod need a glowing hist ore or 1 he time of the t'hrlst. The book deals with Jesua a a man and team the cloak of tradition from the religious epoch of the ages. The doctrine advanced must be accepted or rejected personally. As a piece or literature litera-ture the hook Is worthy of its theme. I "JTJST STOBEES h 3a 2 Aiilr CMPU7. v. . ... Ltoek tint in warm ih eec-kte i irirs A5 be- -tx 0e:4 o p.. - -i" --icn fetches, aao of them re-had re-had fna Dm Boaary magaaine. meit - SV Ca Stories t me -lOU?- tt io.-!irte. not overdone . od I: :i !crjort Miss O Re: ;: ; , " J Rp trass the snv at ! jour ears are gmted by 5 Jrerr. flea-. - . -l "S keroste of the new lite on -n .- --t-i-t a-1 ..... . streets, nut throua-n stores, ycrn can feel the Bas thsed and anxloos "ot at jou. Step : TO", too. become ab- niJSLI05; ,nd- ons-ouafy J-ttjMojsiy. ;.-.nt the uni-ersau rl'. a. tae come under the HM nftaa in the whiriinr dav. posau ana heart are sick witi, !Jsshi stress ef life -r Pt?.f to the Ions, restful EL! ala!: bay: the stil! Pg the Cork hills: the sat, friendly greeting from th-SrUj th-SrUj ?w; ;o ,h- golden snn-" snn-" slnwet seem to be look-j,'' look-j,'' at the gate of 5 .a!L'J1 mnory grvea me rest .'rf.v aeae atu" stories are the C" ;. morcetrts of retrospec-f: retrospec-f: (kr" In the hope that ri?. "? Pieaaant men,ory yJsthose who. like my,.f V 4?t2d- a,nu!k perhaps with 2 ' of th- Pooka, and ".J? rHmpae of Ireland tSy" nave had the Joy tS on her face. I i,?!0! nonld have a place in WfcLVS 'h'- wh'. Hough eep- :''d by miles, retume lo ' L5f" arms on the winas of i ' "M linis happiness. SAY BY BENSON. Ifi'V-" '" Br arttar -.-,.- I,"ftnP of impressions by the Knglish essayist ln in time 0f peace. . ey JT the author as emblems 0 which, in the midst of l e should tr-.- to return. 9 to resist war. he says, wer it but to practice Everything that makes means, and recalls and I??. fM waya " is wholesome to pot JS our cramped minds in nd to let our spiritu ha ve Charm." "Villages." f?. ai"' Lite." are the M t.-.ese napers. written ay and fluent style, the present collection of sa;-,, netting 1. 35i.r, Other collections, is the faotoblographtcal mat-"Is mat-"Is recollections of Kton jyly novel an-l readers 'n his personality will ount which he gives of ,J h eatimaie of his "l"Kre fully tten ani -reader will imfi In two or essav- Mr. Benson's lit-a lit-a Ms views on the lit-WOETH lit-WOETH WHILE. farr.M7 fit"' ' ' ' r,,h- Jlll, IMIanamnV The Prairie Wife turns "f," hen he reaches gnders if he not lrli,. this v,u, everyday story 'he Canad an ft '7, or ring-,, Sl'iT 'r- Peared first ' magaain Ml i-Mt i-Mt teems to have ' eharrn an. . r.adc JJJ ar- o ,, 'he tl ng and PWrttandlng inspired the Mian lemma on th- "Pathological Lying." Dr. William Healy. tho director of I lie Psychopathic Institute or the juvenile court of Chicago and the autlior of "The Individual Delinquent." has written an Important new hook, eniitled "Pathological "Patholog-ical .vine. Accusation and Sw-lndllng." which will appeal to nil who are interested inter-ested In the Bubject of juvenile delfn-! delfn-! onency. As direclor of the Psychopathic institute he hits with the judge of the Juvenile court of Cook county, where lie sees approximately JOOIl juvenile delinquents delin-quents annua fly, about one-fcurih of whom he studies Intensively. He thus obtains a great muss of dula. and some of the most Interesting Interest-ing cases he has- Incorporated in his new work. Dr. Healy's first hook. "The individual Delinquent." published early in 1113. has been adopted as the texlbook of diagnosis and prognosis for all concerned In understanding offenders. An English edition of this comprehensive work has recently been issued by William Helnemann. the London publisher. Dr. Healv i perha-.; Hie leading authority In the field of dellnouencv In the T'nited States. "Pa tl ologica I Lying. Accusation and Swindling" will be published hv Little. Lit-tle. Brown A Co. COMMUNICATION. Literary Editor The Tribune: Can you give me the name of the writer of this poem. I remember the first verse, hut the other lines have left me. I should also like to know where I can purchase a copy of the book in which the poem appeared. ap-peared. Through storm and fire and -gloom, I see it stand Firm, broad and tall; The Celtic Cross that marks our Fatherland. Father-land. Amid them ail! Druids and Danes and Saxony vainlv rage Around its base: It standeth shock on shock, and age on age. Star of our scatter d race. The poem of which you give the first verse is called "The Celtic Cross." It was written by Thomas D'Arch M'Gee. an Irishman who came to America in 1842. He was a member of the Canadian parliament and was assassinated In 1868 by a political enemy. "The Celtic Cros" Is a wonderful example of Celtic meter In poetry. The work can be found on page liKd of "Lyra C.eltiea." an anlhologv of Celtic poetry published by Patrick decides and colleagues, the Lawnmarket, Edinburgh. Scotland. IMPRESSIONS OF WAS. ""A Josrul of !arf tuna is Bwlgiva ' Br M acel!- POttobtM k Marmllla. MM Trt Impressions arc Intensely tntrrestlrc only when tbey happen to co:ncM with our own. In her journal of a rrlp through Bl-alum Bl-alum if a volunteer ambulance nurse. , Miss Sinclair has st down her imrrc--I atons. for the most par;, just as thc w.- s rmwled In her notebook st the j time. As a reault. the work I frag-; frag-; mnts i j and somtlrret wanoerinr. MSaS Sin. Ulr explains and tn a measure apologize for this In the Introduction when she aays: This la a "Journal of lrnprewionB and It Is nothing mors. It will not poflf who a irk""- a: gubetantial information about Bf 1-gium. 1-gium. or about the war. or about field ambulance and hospital work, and do not want to see any of these things "across a temperament." Kor several --hapters the author's "impressions" "im-pressions" seem to be thoae of excessive boredorn having nothing to do. Toward the last of ihe work they become linpres-alona linpres-alona of annoyance at having left England. Eng-land. Other writers obo. Bennetl, ftc-Catcheoo ftc-Catcheoo and Marv Roberts Rlnehart have combined facts with graphic word pictures. The story without fact, whether it be disguised as an "Impression" or not. always seems to be lacking. Perhapa "A Journal of ImpresslonH In Belgium" will be read with excitement in Kngland. To the American reader there seems to be a restraint about It as though the author were afraid of saying (something starillns. A BOOK OK THE DRAMA- I "Contemporary Fnch Drimatiiti " By Brrtt I it CsanX Author or "Th OsataMatsl Oram ot Today. ' "The British M Amrrl- an Nntni of To-lay." PvbHshsd br Btewtrt, KI44 A Co.. Cincinnati. In this volume Mr. Clark takes up the chief dramatists of France, beginning writ h the Theatre Libre. Curel, Brieux, Hen iew. Lcmaltrr, Lavedati, Don nay, 1 Porto-Rlche. Rostand. Batallle. Bcrn-! Bcrn-! stefn, Capns. Pier.-, and Cai!laet. The book contains numerous q notations from ' the chief rr-prcflenuttve plays of each, a separate chapter on "Characteristics I and a vary ' omplete bibliography. The author says In hlJ preface: "In tm lirtlf .-olle'-tlon of studies I have tried rather 10 afford the reader some insight into the works of some of the more 1m-rort-i"' representative French dramatists of th- past twenty-five years, and trace In an informal manner some of the chief . haracteristics of these writers, than to eomrfal a historical ttudy of tne Parisian stAge. As practically every dramatist to 'whom I have devoted a chapter ( etlll putting forth plays, and many of them are well under 60, such an attempt would tack finality." THE STORY OF A OIRL. -Vlrnlnla i InherUance. Rt Ook Don-Carlos. Published by Davis U Rmifl. Boston. In "Virginia's Inheritance" the writer CUverry adopts a pre-revolutionary theme as a vehlole to carry the principles of Christian Science through J06 pages or fsirlv inferestlnff reading. The itOTy u$ t&ntii at different xtageii Oliver Twist, Hi'la- Mariner and -fane ffyre. In brief, the story is thla: , . A baby Klrl i left in the care of he county po"c master and his brawling helpmate when a young woman of the .om.nunlty die. The child la Htampe as Illegitimate and taunted througnoul her varied existence as an inmate of the poor-farm. Occasionally, however, she h the flash of gentle birth. At the aj-p of II xhe i adopted by a uddenly-rlch uddenly-rlch tittle seamKiress of the village, who glvf-H bet a name and paves ihe way for education. Tha suddenly-gal Bed riches A WAR BOOK IN VXR3E. "Vlilssi f War." Bt t-ln'oln Ol ord Pub-iKbM Pub-iKbM br Msrnilllas. N York Written in blank verse, reminding ons of the ancient Erse and Gaelic runes. Lincoln Cokord's work Ih perha the nosi unusual and n(t.-i ;.r bit of Ht0s atur- that t he world war has yet In-apired. In-apired. The author takes the view that war's horror is only physical suffering, w idle the result Is a purification of the nation. Writing epics of other days in blank verse has been and is being done with success, but writing a present -day story In blank terse and making It Interesting In-teresting Is difficult. An everyday hat -tleheld story of Ihe letter from home Is handled m thif way: "Waterl' -No use, no use too late; His breast v shot away don't move him God, how lie bled! What is it comrade? A letter make a light: "We have nut -heard since yon left home ... I cannot bear It . . ." Turn the sheet over: "Oh. my dear. be careful Here Is t he signature the address a distant village: I have been there an ancient, quiet village of the norih. Fronting the open sea Yes. comrade, I will write lie smiles; In tiie conclusion of the book the author au-thor spends some time on the brotherhood brother-hood of man and introduce discussions of needed reform. The readability of tlie book and I lie appeal of the meter will repay a reader for the attention given It. STORY OF A WESTERN CITY. "Ttw Lur of San Francis." Iy Ellaabeib firay Potior an-1 Mabel Thayer Gray. Published by Taul A Co , -'in Kranclsro. San Fram (SCO recalls to most of us thoughts of the old "days of forty-nine" and pictures of lazy, slant-eyed Chinese lolling In mysterious dens inhaling the soporlfcroun opium weed. Some of us have a hazy Idea that this wonderful city was at some time tn the remote past the settlement place of the Spanish missions. But most of Its historic and romantic past has sunk in the quiet waters of oblivion. ob-livion. This new hooks alms to revive that great pagt and restore to the consciousness con-sciousness of California's native son the feeling that "he Is entitled to the dignity of age." The contents ai 6 divided into four chapters, "Tlie Mission and Its Romance," Ro-mance," "The Presidio. Past and Present," Pres-ent," "The Plaza and Its Echoes." "Telegraph Hi" of Unique Fame." j The hook Is beautifully illustrated with mounted duo-tone prints reproduced from charcoal sketches by Audley B. Wells. EXPOSITION ART DESCRIBED. 'Tha Galleries of the PxpOsltlSB." By Faigeas Neabatts. Author of "The An of the Egposl- Hon." Publish! by Paul KMer A Co., Ran FranclBCO. The author, who assistant professor of decorative design In the University of ' California, has made a critical study of ' the paintings, and statuary in the palace 'or fine arts. Me writes In his preface I that "the purpose of those pages is to I assist tn guiding tha unftlated In his visit and retrospect, without depriving him of ihe pleasure of personal observation and Investigation, it Is not to be expected thai ail plcturea exhibited should tie of a superior kind. If so. we should never be abb- to recognize the good among the bad S" many pictures are only experi- Guidebook of Western States. "Guldvbook or ihii Wts'ers Lniiert BtStas." By N. H. Darton and Otheic. Pobltshed by lh Uovernnum Priming Of fl Washington. When the government publishes a book there is usually a good and sufficient reason rea-son for t lie work and the book Is usually good for what tt Is Intended. The guide book of the western United States, recently re-cently issued by order of the department depart-ment of the interior. Is a valuable treatise on the west from all geographical standpoints. stand-points. 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