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ffiVIN COBB CUT
. UP FOR AMUSEMENT
OF CHRISTMAS FOLKS
He Tells All About It in
His Little Book "Speak
ing of Operations"
OTHER GIFT BOOKS
Including Picture Books nnd Liter
ary Essays nnd Criticism
There nre Rift book nnd gift hook,
but If Irvln Cobh's dedication of "Sneak
Inif of Operations " la any lgn, this new
little volume from (Scorse It. Derail,
New York, ought to nppenl to a varied
line of buyers. Cobb respectfully In
scribes his book to "two classes those
who have already been operated on nnd
those who havo not yet been operated
on."
"Spcaklnjr of Operations" should be
very good fun at Christmas or at any
other time. It skips the Brucsomo side
of Mr. Cobb's recent adventures In doc
torlnnd and stays on more nmuslnt; nnd
wholesome subjects, such as his first full
meal: "It was tlm white of nn egg. Tor
dessert I licked a stamp. On the
occasion of the next feast the diet vwis
varied. I had a sip of one of thoe fer
mented mlllc products. You probably
know tho sort of thing I mean. Kven
before you've swallowed It, It tastes as
though It had already disagreed with
you."
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Is thnt he has probably read It In tho
Saturday Evening Tost.
Not everybody wants nlcture-books or
humor or calendnrs for Christmas.
There Is a real Held for llttlo volumes
of literary criticism. This year It Is very
comfortably filled by iho writers of the
Day Seilcs from Henry Holt Company,
New York. It contains lle nullo un
usual llttlo books of literary Interpreta
tion. The unusuatness Is based on tho
fact that each author dealt with Is con
sidered by one of his rising young literary
rivals. Thus there Is u incy little book
by W. L. George on Anatolo France,
which li more Interesting for Its spirited
writing perhaps than for Its matter. J. D.
Beresford furnishes n very acute nnd
readable nccount of It. O. Wells. V. J.
Harvey Darton has easily tho best of the
scries In his book on Arnold Hennet. It li
both literary and social criticism. The
newest volume deals with Iludyard Kip
ling. In It John Palmer, the most bril
liant of tho younger dramatic critics,
makes a very good case for the Kipling
Imaginative writing, but falls somehow
to prove his point that the same gentle
man la no Jingoistic tory.
Dodd Mead & Co.. New York, havo Just
Imported three excellent volumes of criti
cal appreciation, which from their largo
and handsome format are particularly
suited for Christmas gifts. P. I. Howe, a
discerning English critic, contributes a
thorough study of Bernard Shaw. W. B.
Yeats is handled sympathetically by For
rest Held, author of "The Gentle Lover."
Una Taylor siiin.i up u. much summed-up
man, Maurlco Maeterlinck, nnd succeeds
In being very readable. 111 spite of a score
of predecessors.
George ir. Doran Company, New York,
has Issued during the Inst few months a
Yery Interesting llttlo series called "Tho
Art nnd Craft of Letters." Some, of tho
volumes have been reviewed at moro
length In the columns of the Kvbnino
Ledger, but the series of eight llttlo
books Is worth recapitulation. In "Com
edy," John Palmer goes deeply and Bug
Restively Into tho field opened up by
George Meredith nnd Henri Hergson. Gil
bert Cannan's "Sntlre" treats a kindred
subject, wliilo Christopher Stone has many
amusing things to say concerning "Par
ody." P. P. Howe writes on "Criticism";
Frank Sldgwlck, on "The Ballad"; It. II.
Bretton, on "History"; Liscelles Aber
cromble, on "Tho Epic," and Orlo Will
iams, on "Tho Essay."
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Thfre are no hotnrs In miffrsite Stales,
There are no children, xlsri nnd good,
There, men no tanner eek for mute.
And women loe their womanhood.
Till" I brltete without delmte,
And jet 1 nk nnd nk In nln
Why no one In n tuifTrme Slate
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Miller.
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History Is mighty dull rendlnc to the
nviTnife child. Hut history, especially to
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traditions nnd landmarks hers, If forcibly
Impressed upon tho child's mind by At
tractive hits of romance, would cnuso n
deeper contemplation of tho facts In tho
common school history, a prcnter civic
pride, perhaps, and a tendency to look
Into those, things of tho past which our
forefathers laid down their lles for.
This evidently was the thought In tho
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hooks of which "Pcr o' tho ISlnp," tho
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nnd tho background of the entertaining
story Is laid In Ciermantown.
Tho action Is carried to N'orrlstoun and
ntonir the old highways In and about Cier
mantown and Chestnut Hill, and Indian
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It appeared In the days following tho
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but are vaguely familiar with it, and uho
now know the city as a hive of commer
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traditions of men- than two centuries
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servo to refresh the memory on some of
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per & Hrother, New York.) Columbus,
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The sketches are written vividly ami teem
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compilations, which furnish pulntnblo '
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quered the new world, which Columbus
gae them, nro always of Interest to tho
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Vikings to Henry Hudson. The romance
and story of tho discovery of America nre '
brought out In picturesque relief and the
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The Romance of Old
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From Caesar to Kaiser
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Old Roads From the
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Sarah Comstock
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Prussian Memories
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Memories and
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Kate Sanborn
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Miles Menander Dawson
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The Golden Slipper
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of "The
The Promise
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A Rogue by Compulsion
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Mid-Summer Magic
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What a Man Wills
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