| Show nob ics i Tb The Water atIN o of Eden ra Km d 4 1 Ia novel bears not lIot ot only the Ibe I mrk marks ot of a master hand In the writing I hut but a meN fr for ku hu I In aU au land lands Happily the con are in this story torr ot of te the peasants devotion to his hla nat native IU soil are re lacking I In Ameri but butI I the characterIstics o of on Silverio Adone are thO those o of the tol toil toiler er r everywhere The Water Waters or of Edera Eder deal deals with a scheme of th the Italian government for tor diverting the waters tel of the Edera river of how bow such ucb action bight effect the J peas peasant anti ant ot of the district through which the river In ren In order that a conce sold lold to 10 a company Adone Adon g young oun punt peasant hOe hoe Altor ancestors t th three turl had bees lor lords ot of th the soil of t th dera volley nUt I Is te the of th story ni flu 1 love ve lor or tee 1 river and dep deep aid bl his a efforts t prevent the of the scheme ot of robbery to failure up a pl pe t The 1 story toT ot 01 nd Xenon and of Q wih with his hll lu ar are ot of ab o With the Uit 11 scalpel 1 o of thC the t author la laban lays ban bare UI ott of the system of t und r which the Italian peasant stiffer The har herd sordid ton toll tollof ot of the n b the of constant o I want ant lamor hunger th the of 01 mIl f wh who the state take son us they ar are abt to b be e at use I i of life on i 14 grudi tl ti hi b to others I Ion on a which O oe do does nl not i aso th th pitiful of the Italian peasant woman al she ix ex exIla o Ila lets nl nine times out oUI Jt if ta Yet the ther there are r tf of brightness and through I it all th the glory lory it f a and nd noble aut soul Ib Thi Th Waters ate O of Eders Is II Isa a book with a purpose that same m pur purpose p pose which Victor to wrIte L the PUt purpose or of thO those who would ovid I elevate their flow fellow by br ahl thi world to C come to a bet better ter understanding ut ci the toiler MI Miss MerrIck the English portrait painter made repeated to India for tor t the purpose if sines Io given tn by Ihl the native Dolt nobility for portrait ot of themI and n ther their tam le Ti This lurd secured for tor Ir her admission to the of hr her u as no other pf could hop to p b be admitted un unless le less 1 possibly a mal Physician Yer Very were the oh 0 of this vii 1 artist Shi has hall an ey eye for the lite II In chara tr Ir and In form Th pictures ot cit lift lt lot dearl drw drawn In her het bk book She Jh gIvis ot of from which the Ihl are re rigidly ox s ludd the mot most comical are arc described 1 II relish and interviewers a art r rotted Info Inno lent cent mirth AnIt ar are tol told of per person lr In son who wre t to the author I ItOl to tOl fore their tar h had bm become famous but eho ho aI a n heard of every evry da day In inthe the trio t Africa Per Personal stories ah the bok book to 10 anyone hut hu It hr Interest after JI iii Is h In the and anol fare of If the lady h wrote This shows a of itt ad d thick uh n As wi will the of Ih I as It CI anti and reputation I Tal TIes nf if rul rule the hour 1 The Uil by John I It i laity count n nI na I a Ta hid for tor Iy it It II I It t I I it ii t f rv of 01 a lad ot of a r rf early uly orphaned In an ht iii II t I 11 an tincie and an Runt aunt f temIr ml miserable hal hat 1 It HI Ills unha i ends end tb an unjust I I of It I ht hilt hI he runs aWI away trim hi his nd nd th the tale II tim through II ly Iy flood ant anil 1111 t a as tony mAY tonyi to i fl u 1 rib S nar I Mr Spear tulsa One notable of r the tale tle III I that i It reader lOr to 10 the lu queer r likable cila the parson about whom Mr pars a 0 few years ear ao ago con ton to olse of t the ml a tale of greater tr drama worth than af ct bet here lt down t to l the parsons floman FestIvals a work b by W Ron I is Intended al a an Intro to the audy ot of the religion ot of the noan Roman and atad t Is practically a om corn un on all the days daYI connected with the Roman publIc worship Mr Fowler that II the Roman Homan year le began an 11 lanb March und and begins wIth the last lut lutar year ar r the he o of the republic by Numa 4 B B C The month Of ef Marb I is associated with a angie deity and nd that at deiy deity the celt or and muter lr of the legendary founder 8 of the city Il Its rites were of a p peculiar ullar C charr character and nd distinct from thOe those of oC oCal ally month Thol Those of April were ere al gay aay and nd licentious The Tb rites tr of May had a certain element of at doubt and darkness abut about them thena while the cele Qt of the June fel festIval was 8 of oC a 8 mol Io I eh The Tha ceremonies and Jan associated with the December ur Uv were festive antI and social olal anti and time ot of February mystIc and mel le which have their counterpart In the Christian Christmas New Year and Lent Tho author intends l his book a as an 1 to the Ibe study tudy tl ot of the religion c f the Ron and In his hili final he uk oaks Hd lied the Roman Homan 1 religion ll al ait genuine null and vital rei relation a lion to Il life and His Hla answer tu U this question is II since he be takee a morl more favorable view Uan than many man other schol als ats H He thus state tat hi his I 1 then that In this Roman tell reU glon in spite tn of af II Its dryness and or there wu Was a distinct ethIcal and element And In conclusion I Imay may perhaps ri mile the question whether bether It was a really ly u as hu has b been so 0 oten often as al asserted such a conception of the unseen a as could never Deer admit ot of elevation and nd A religion which In It its I best forms form could bind mer mex bt together In the orderly dutiful state tte nd federation life of family could Ife hardly t if left Ut tb itself have hae haeP speedily Inui Inanity even eyen though based baled P OR the motive motle ot of rear fear rather that o of brotherly love lov Ti The O Geography is II a work of remarkable value alue and nd one wor which fm from tile the nature ot of It its I subject and the be manner ot of it II treatment I is houri to come Into immediate and uni normal use ulle as al a school and home refer once n bok book vent authors etch each se Ie for hil his fitness for or the task tak have collaborated tn in It Its I tion Lad the resUlt reut I is what might nat ton b be work ot of absolute the fact set t forth system though ot of a net necessity briefly evry every pat part of the subject Amo Among the experts who who have contributed to this work ar are the RI Right ht Jion Jam James Do Professor or anin ansen the arctic explorer M Dv Davis ot of BaNard University F Fv I v the Africa African hunter an and explorer D Dr Ue J 3 Iott Scott Keitle Sir W V X M Conw Conway Br Sir Clement Markham ane end 1 wll well kown known BIM Besides Ute the te text which covers nearl nearly 10 lOO p pages the work contains 4 I traps plans and andeo eo Published b by D I Applon Appleton I Co |