Show A The rhe of ot The Tho Crisis seems seem to bb bo built upon a II rook rock The Macron Inn Ian Issued a n 1 special edition In hu holiday 11 daY binding Y In n December and n n d according to tho time reports the tho demand tar for tho Iho volume was as ne n grout groutas as au It If It had hall not already lieen I en selling by h the thousands v m day since tie its It I first hour of ot publication The secret of or much of or the success of or the book hool Is I doubtless due dUI to tn the historical 1 element in lit It and time the I line tine piece plies of lotton dons done In portrayal 10 I of ot a It national figurea B man who figures ne nr next t to tn Washington Wn In time the Ion of ot all Americans aa Rs one of ot the country greatest groate t herons The rhe few tew panes pages which bring Lincoln olo Into Inlo the story are U the fascinating in him the limo book and the titans mans man personality Is 18 so 10 distinctly de is defined I fined finell as a to haunt one ens almost t as a It liv living 11 tug ing pressure presence throughout bout the till book hook It I IWAI was WAI a n tine line stroke of 0 on the part of ot the author to tn bring time the hero Stephen Into Inlo proximity with frith tte te foremost man of oT the moment OUR Otis times to make t o the contact n rl point of decision In III the young mans man estimate or of the groat Arrant leaders lealler fitness for tor his hlA o exalted trust Ono Ouo can emmet almost al t most feel teel the this 11 magnetism o g n lla n 1 of ot the time man mall ns os he his rend reads ream le a time the passages H describing stol of ot time tIle rat and line this th tongs Illus Illas Illustrating the tha Into Inlo which he I would force hili politico political lIe 1 opponent at nl AA AAA A AAA I the tho coming oratorical contest Such scenes as tube this and that lint In which young oung lines buys tho the to save lave her h r from n II worse fate tto arc are Intense hoot both f trout loin n a dramatic and objective point It Is not too loo much munch to believe that thal had the book been written In the trou troublous blous times of or time the threatened secession It might have havo held a place In the way of ot Influence with Harriet effort AH As It In is the story gives Rive so 80 excellent n II reproduction of at atmos atmosphere phere phero ot or the tho times and personages con romi connected with those these Important Issues that It Is IB no wonder that flint the popularity of oC the time book seems rattier rather to Increase than decline in The Tho Great White Way Albert Bigelow Paine has hils written perhaps time the most fascinating romance y yet a created upon the subject of ot polar ex cx exploration I Tho Thu details of the tho expedition don tion are arc described with real reat realism ism lam to 10 give the tho necessary tinge of or var variety variety nr loty to the tho tale ta 10 anti and the story tory of ot the entrance of ot the little party Into the th Icebound region containing the tho polar pola center conter time the people and form Corm of life Ire ox ex existing x there thero anti their final scups from their precarious situation is le most moM mo t original and enthralling Tho Tue hook bonk Is ii iia Isa a II departure from the authors two to previous works work Time The Bread and The Tho Van Von Dwellers yet et In Its 1111 way Is III as distinct a n success ns nl a either of ot these thelO efforts The Th sumo same charm of ot style which line has given distinction to his for tor mur mor work distinguishes hell the tho telling tailing The Tho ThoI I book hook li Is I published by the lh J F p Taylor Talor Co Now York The second edition odilion of ot Arlo Bates Talks on has boon been Issued and Is IB meeting with the same II popularity larity which created tho the demand for Its second publication Tho work consists of ot n a series of ot lectures delivered by b theauthor the theauthor author upon vital 1111 points connected with the time proper use of oC words and Pen sen sentences In oral orn mind written language ammo aut besides dealing with the tho Important tie ments menta of ot language e special attention Is paid to the time common errors of gram grammar roar mar and rhetoric the little foxes foxe which creep Into and spoil tho the composition Ion tion and language of ot many of ot till the most prominent of ot authors and orators These are Ire dealt with nt length with copious notes and illustrations this thus chapter alone making It of or Important value The volume Is an nil Invaluable textbook for tor teachers and students and should have hae a n place pinel In the schools of ot advanced grades Krodell throughout I speaking lands It Il should betides besides bo ho boIn hoIn beIn In time the hands of ot every Ivery one desirous of ot making a n profession of or literature no matter what his place or degree de rt c In the tho world of ot letters as all the tho suggestions and amI Illustrations of the excellent points to be bo considered In literary composition ion tion cannot but make It an Important Im reference book In nil Ali advanced details ot of literary composition |