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It can be lere.ul times without number without lots of pleas tire, slneo there Is more to bo ellst-ov- j ered each tlnio one looks Into the book I tho Klnipllclly of Mjlo nnd lugenultv of expression being proof against Male i neHM nnd nn ever-Increasing source of eiijojnient. livery one, from the oldest member of I tho f.imlly to tho one who Iihn liinllj i learned his letteri, must atiprcrlnte this olilme, for ,t a book of so-railed comb artooni It h doubtful If It hat over been equaled, C It X r ro' rrvsv ioi.ic vrt, I urorce II Uorien Oomitanj JACOBS Rj BOOKS 1628 CHESTNUT STREET STATIONERY AND ENGRAVING "HUT McTjACOBi" in thift hook wai a revelation x torn a state senate unnmucr. .says: "The bsginningb of markets., the be ginnings of transportation, the beginnings of incentive, the beginnings of accumula tion, arc in the uncovering of large natural or planetary wealth. 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All of the famous, I'otnh with lolonil plltutes ty Ka thrllllne nnd romantlr Incidents of our Vhlson The book lx cilled ' ITast of the I hlstor am Included nnd described with S'un and Wet of I lie Moon, after Hie ' considerable llterarj f-klll II II. Mar llrt title Tim idorles am tho falrv Miall, in author. a)s In the preface talis of the ihlldhood of the i.ice. filled' tbat 't ' Is i nly a ptaj book," but It Is wnn wondrous lotnn.iis iieiuetu men md trolls, with imBle rloKS and the lnds ndliiB as remiM" of men, prln eses who inirr the heroes who rc3dio 'hem from iiiplhltv and all the port f thliiK that Mrctihes tho IninBlifatlon of Miiith and makes Rlrla think Slh'.V0",'l.,L,Ln. ' r...M" L, " " .,a",!:. ' l hey aio weird and plcturenuo hi drawing and ixiitlito In coloring. Now and then tln.ro Is Ii huggestlou of the Japanese In treatmuit This nppenrs unmistakably In (he flist Illustration for tlm talo that gives Its title to the book There Is a blue Kk with the crescent moon and n Music star A vast blue I mountain looms against It and In the foregtound there It a tall slender bin h tlee pan whldl thele walks u white betr i am lug on bis back u beautiful girl It Is ii poem In ioIoih. There It a clashing vigor In the pit ttiro r the Noilh Wind In the guise of 11 giant fighting his wa through the skv while a glgintk wave spills lis sprav about Ills f ei t Otheia sltow the nivstcry of lint il. en finest ami still others idiovv gleaming castles on mountain peaks with knights loiintlaboiit The Illustrations urn 11. e kind over ttllilll IxlVH Hlltl girls of taste will sl and dream bj the hour "This (olllttlv or Ours' Is .1 boi.k or an entlielv different iharnctet It Ins All Unwitting Heroine I'.ggv fallahin did not know that she i was n beioini while she was pcrrormlng the diillm that devolveil on In r when her mother had to go to a hospital and she had to tako charge of the household Hut some observant persons, who ills i.iveud what she was doing and the spirit In whldl she was doing It de dded that sh" was the most betoit dilld I In WashlngtoM and gave hci a gold medal nnd a prlre or $10n I'eggv K ttio oldest child In the I'allah in fanillv with whoso adventures icadois of lMna Turplns boots hive beiome familial I She did Hiidi wondtiful things tint Miss T urpln has made hei the i blef e haraeter in her newest storv. ' I'eggv of Itoiind nhout I.ane l'i ggj was working for u piUe in Mdiol.irshlp I" order tint she might continue her st utiles and become a stenograp'ii'i Her household duties during her mother's absent e took so ninth of her tl.ite tint she lost the prize tot which she was woiklng She liull-t herself together and eongiatiilates the winner anil then Is a'tountled to dls- tover tli.it she has won the other prize , to which she had never given n thought. Miss Turplti In telling about Tcggv has I written more thin a. storv for voung people Mie h is piodiiecd ii social studv of life among the poor tint has so much both to It tli it adults call read It with profit IM'uin Ol neil Mivnot I' t.M llv PHni runmi ittuirttit'i n Mice Heard New 1 ork Tin MHiniUlau Ctinpan $1 -, These Many Years By BRANDER MATTHEWS lite linik Is rleh In nlKtilde Riid It shnul I furnish an unfailing loun nf Kl llilnas for main nervous afler llnii,r wppakers In ths jcira lo tonic 7it Hnokvuut SI 01) r. John Keats Ills 1 .f unl Vn i ilhs ntil Ills 1 Ife lint l'.-lr Iti I rieuli, t -litis tin I Vftrr l'am- By SIR SIDNEY COLVIN TIip alth of mnfrlHl wlilili now rtu,blr- frrv nM of Krtn h lirlf llfp (i " Ihormulil laiown in 1N tlllrd niul ilarin-tl Into a tiHrrathn mil h , IioIokIi 1 "tu ! f tibsorb int. liitfrct Hint of tlm most Inlelll Lout kvninnthv lltuitxitnt ?1 V) net. Portraits and Backgrounds J!rothMM Ailim H-Min i9'. Uollii i .irripri. By EVANGELINE W1LBOUR BLASHFIELD V." in ''. Unicorns By JAMES HUNEKER '1 li 'H-iaj'- ar fhort full of a (all-ifjlni; an 1 farlnatinc -frNp-tie loth tnoniornble unJ UellflUful," - JScit 1 ot. Tintr $1 7j iff' Concerning Painting Attr a photograph Copyright by ririe MacDonali Fighting For Peace By Henry Van Dyke "We could wish that this little volume might be read by every American citizen, and not only read by but written in the heart of every person concerned in tho direction of the government and potentially concerned in the de termination of the conditions of peace at the end of the war." A'. I'. rn'6t(rtt?. fl.ts nt. Ckarlei Fiftk AveBnt New York ScribBerV Sou I By KENYON COX E St 7.', vrl. Charles j" Fifth 9 . I Scribner's SzfillS Avenue I Sons Jw' New York I L Ii BBBBi3lfi2sBBBBBr H jHSPHBflBBBBBBT -vuosKtiKb. - 1ASGKjF ten estcllent Illustrations In cotoi by . ( Michael, ineludlnB the crownlnK of I'nwhattan and ruin making hit treat) with the Indlaim and a clnshlnR mlllt.ir dcetie railed ,,HIbIi Tide at tlet tjsbtirR" The book of northern folklore Ii notable fir Iti MtuMratlons This hook It worthy of tlm attention of the bujers of (Tirlvtmas presents for Its more than that. In pplto of tho fact that there nro no Ioiik HtrlnRs of dates In It nnd no discussions of political Issues. It Is n retelling of tho romance of Amer ica In a man fam'llar with It nnd with an understanding of what Jounit people lan be tnnde Interested In Tho boy oulI (h.n.0 his mind If bo onco .tarted to re.nl this great storj Those who tlilnk the f'lirlstnina stock ing should contain some book appro pr'ato to the season will find William ltvron l'cTbusli'H ' I.lfe of Jesus" ad lnlrablv suited to their needs It is nm. fusely Illustrated In colors nnd Doctor rorhusli has tolel the story sjmpathet lcall anil well He lias it broad knowl edge of tho life of the times and a rev erent spirit Ilv'dcnco of both Is abun dant In Hie bctil. i:T Of TIIH M'V AM WIIST OI' TItK MCIOV otd tales from th" N'nrtli nv sir Arthur fjullter i mj'ii lllu-lrnt'l hv knv Wilson Nw ork CJ-orso 11, liorau t'onipanj ?l TIMS rOfMUY OP Ol ns Tho storv Muter nf th" t'nltecl Stale" llv II 1' Msrhll With pti tore In rotor b A r Vllrhse't NV orW (icorce 11. Uoran l'ontlnn J ,0 Tin: t.ti n or n sx'i i np. topno rro- I'U! In Wllllmn lron IVrhush Pro fusclj' llhjtrrttfd New lttrk Chirles Srrlhner's huns. Jl ',n Sugar-Coating a Pill Young bojs who eat sugar and canity seltloni i top to w nneler how tlie'e things are nnele. The are content with their blessings .mil ,u cept them without ejues. Hon Sara W'aie liassctt. who has set out (o provide Information about the processes or manufacture of leather, glass, wool and the like, his turned her attention In her latest volume to sweets She creates an Interesting plot. In tho working out of which bovs and girls aio involved, and she brings In the In struction as an Incident to the story The new talo deal" with two bovs who first meet In a boatdlng school Their fathers had been p irtners vears before andjiad separated after a quarrel The friendship of the bo.v s brings the fathers together ngaln, but not until there have been a lot of evening adventures or one kind and another. The story will hold cue interest or voulhful readers, and as tney read thev win learn something about the processes in the manufacture ot inapic sugar, cane sugar ami cindy 'f " '" " .?. L'J'A .. " "sra W C V Orav Phil" I tt ill 'Mu-snrnf.fi nv i. J' (,r rev- I I HlStOl'V 01 tllf' TTnlirTavci ' "uiiuajfa n one vvisncti n few luonths nun to learn tho hlstorv or the leual holidays In the Pnlted Slates that Is, the days b-Kallv nude holldaH In nil or part of the Stntes i,o would have to com-ult several booKs e")ne is now- able to find Hie hlstorv of twentv of them tr.M in a t-ltiKlo volume, feu ,r 'Walker JfcSpad- den lias catheretl the Information for the benefit of jounc readers Beside the days sener illv observed, mirh ns New Year'a Day, Washington's and Lincoln's lilrtlidajs. Independence Day. ThanKs Elvlnc and Christmas, Mr. McSpadden has Included M Patrick's Tnv. (Jood i nuay nun i.asier, as vveu as Halloween and All Saints' Has. Tie 1ns not pro-1 duced .1 volume for the antiquarian 01 for the Mrlous student In the origin of social customs, but has sought only to make n thattj book for the entertain ment and instruction of the average hchool 1 hlltl Ho has succeeded In what he undt rtook Tin: 11110K or j!i-ir,inYs McSpnttden Nw YeW, rovvell Companv Jl 21 Ti" I W.i!.r Thtimas Y Beekeepinp Adventures A hat 1'rank l.lllie Tollock does not know- about bees would be a poor cqulp 1 ment for a beekeeper. Mr. rollocl; maintains a bee army on the Alabama Wer in the i.prlns and when it has i extracted all the honey from the South ern flowers he scuds It to Canada to re , sumo work there. He has drawn on his knowledge of Canadian conditions for 1 tho local color In his splendid adventure itevr,v, ' VIIelenes3 Hone " The scene Is Inlel north of Lake Slnicoe The prin cipal characters nro two bojs and their I sister, who plan to earn money for their education by running a honcj plantation In the wilderness. They bavo all sorts of excltlnir experiences with wild ani mals, a JealousT'rench half-breed, forest fires and tho like, but they manage to come through alive and to save the honey which their beees have mule. It is a story which will keep bojs awake o' nights when onco they start reading it. WlbllKHNUSS ItONKV 111 Irael Mills rouorit uiustrattu n 11 e- Kdwnrns. New York The e'entury Company. (1 'J5. Sugar-Coated History Bov a who have read anv of D. I.ange's Indian stories will be glad to learn of tho publication ot another, "The Lure of the Mississippi " The story has as Its j historical background the .Slotix outbreak In Minnesota and the campaigns of the Civil War alongMhe great river. Tho plert begins with the mercenary scheming of a villainous character to keep two boys from the South on the dangerous Indian frontier. A Sioux Indian scout, aided by nn old trapper, gets acquainted with the bojs, outwits the villain and aids tho wanderers to return safely to their homo In VIeksburg. I.Ike Mr. I.ange's former books; this story puta valuable historical information into the' form which appeals to the youthful de sire for tales of adventure. TItK T.UnK OP TIIK MISSISSIPPI. By D. bans'. Uoatnn- itottirop. Lett 1 Shepard Company. tl.-3. A Maid of Colonial New York Mr. and Mrs. Arthur A. Knlpe have gone back to the daj-g when New York was Nleuvv Amsterdim for the material for their latest storj- for joung people. It Is the story of a girl who has become separated from her people and is brought up first hj' the Indians and then by a good Dutch woman. She has a lot of exciting adventures and in the course of time her Identity Is learned, and the story ends with the beginning of a romance Involving her and the son of the Governor. The hook would make excellent supplementary reading for school children who are studying the earlj' history of tbe countrj-. A MAID OP OLD MANHATTAN, By Eml. lis isenaon itnina ana rmur Aiaen JtPlp. Illustrated tr Smllla Benaon Knlpe M.ur York Tpa aaacRuitan WBtpanrf !..-: An American Robinson Crusoe One might think that the rtoblnson Crusoo themo had been exhausted by the la to Daniel Defoe, to Bay nothing of the late. Pastor Wyss, who wrote 'The Swiss T-n...l1.. T1.l.l.nH II.. 1-.- - lantvne. of "Coral Island," nnd the late Jules Verne, who wrote "The Mvaterloils island. :ew rascmatlons and rrcsh turiiH arc given to It by Perry Newberry In bis exciting "Castaway Island," The hero Is a 5oung American, Itobert Trevc lln, and ho has as n companion In his Isolation on one of the Galapagos Islands Jeffcrs Htlmson, a soldier of fortune. I'astaAes of a tropical storm, these two Inve opportunity to duplicate the Inventiveness of the sailor from HusT. Thanks to plenitude of equatorial climes they faro vety well. Mr. Newberry has'uf the member of the parly and brief developed n very Interesting story of his ' tilcrraphlcal sketches of both Lewis nnd worn theme and no boy will caro a whit dark. Then follows a storv of thrilling that the thought Is not fresh so long as luvcnture, In which a bov kidnapped bv tho adventures are as up to date asl trb f Indians- In Connecticut plavs tbo'e In this story. Tlm book haa ad- iriI, nnrt Ho had lost all connection dltlonnl value for Us skillfully Imparted Information about the tropica. CASTAWAY HUM) Hy Perrv Nenberrr 'Phhadelphla Penn Publishing Compan. Delightful Fairy Stories 'The llnchanted lllrd" will please all loval lovers of fairy talcs In addition to this story, which gives her book Its title, Antoinette le Coursev Patterson Includes a number of other delightful piges from tho romance ot fairyland The Palry Hall' will charm Its jnung readers They will bn delighted to make the acquaintance of the Cave Palry, 1he Snow Palrv and tho Palry of the I.lly, P.llrabcth Pllsbery contributes nnalni and charming Illustrations In blarlt and Ildwlu I. S'abln'n latest book wero con white and a colored frontispiece to a tmlallv putting io him In one form or dainty book which manv a child will be another The book Is the story of the glad to welcome In the Christmas stock- (,ments of the avcrngn man He had Ing J toothache, nnd we am told bow he went TIIK KVCHAVTBD HlRIi AND orilKlt to Hie dentist Ho had Indigestion, and PAirtv sroRlKo e'ourAtv Pattprnon He Atitoin'tle t)c l'hlldilelphla PublishlnB Companv mi n-i mi l m i -r. .,,' suth a serious condition that no staneu Tile Cltr That Toby Built for a sanitarium. On the way the stage Tobvtown I, a little Ctj named after ' '"jj .'.'etuKeT'lheVthonfy Toby, a dog, who built It. All the other , t,ng to cat was boiled salt pork and dogs obev him and he has a lot of foxes cabbage. Ho ato a hearty meal of It tint he has trained as horses When he I "' went back homo '"red. l.atcr he drives be has a strep) opossum for a had an mute attack of colic, which the coachman Monkejs msko harness- for doctor said wur appendicitis lit) tells the horses and all sorts of oilier .little of his experiences In the hopltal. beBin animals live In the city. Chandler A. nlng with the operating room and ending Oakes has written the history ot the when he was a owed tt. go lmme and town In a book for the amusement of, "Tin!, and eat all he wished. The book little Ioh and girls It Is full of s-ur- ought to discourage hvpochondrlacs, and prising adventures, both for the animals to make those who are well rejoice that and for the bojs and girls who learn t Ihey arc not III ct It describes the ex. about tho cltv. The book Is printed In I perlences of most of us In combating large tpe, rasy for children to read, ailments nnd describes them so humor anil there are many Interesting lllustra- ouslv that those who read It are likely tlons. TOBYTOWV llv l hanrtl-r Oakei. trated bv Oporun Carlson, New Sully Kltlnteich Jl lllus. Tork- The Mill of Fortune James TSaldnln never did a bcttei piece of work than when be retold for Pngllsh readers the famous Finnish btorv of the sampo, or the mill of fortune, which men had sought to Invent from t, i i.,i., r .!,,. it i n,. m.iri. mill which grinds out all sorts of treas- tentlou Ho opens the current number tires for Its possessor It was construct I of the North American P.evlew by ask eil bv n worker In metals who was In- lng whether we are losing the war by duced to attempt the task by the promise I calling attention to conditions which be ot tho Maid of Peauty for his bride legards as unsatisfactory, lie finds, for Tho story deals with his adventures and the adventures ot irs nrotucr nno tue final destruction of the mill. It is one n t, a m-etit 1.a-a tqlad nf elm northern ,mthology. A new edition of Mr. Hald- wln'a wotk has Just been Issued with four exquisite Illustrations by N. e Wyeth In time for the Christmas season. TItK SAMPO A Winder Talo nr tlte Old North Hv Tami-s lUtdwIn New xorK; Charlfs Scrlhner n Pons M.oll Mystery of a Portrait Those ouiik peop c who enjoved "Joan of Juniper Inn," bv Caroline i: .1 icons, will welcomes "Joan's Jolly Vacation," In which the tame characters appear, along w-ith some new ones It is a mystery . story centerlns around the discovery ot a portrait of a bo In the attic of a southern mnnslon. where Joan was spending the summer nlonc with her mother and brothers and sisters. Joan earns that the bov wis disowned by 1 v,i r-ehor nhn owned the house In which she was Slav Iiir. but she could not learn what became of him She finds a family of poor whites in the neighbor hood and sees a sort of resemblance be tween tho portrait and ono of the Blrls of the funily. .She begins to draw on her Imagination and weaves a very pretty story. Whether she guesses right or not the reader will have to learn from the book. The author tells her talc In a way to hold the attention ot those for whom it is written. JOAN"! JOI.T.Y VACATION" Hv CnroHn K jHcotis, Philadelphia Georse VV Jjcouu t Co Jl 21 Nature's Charm for Youngsters Clarence Havvkes, the blind natural ist, has written mainly for bojs In his new book, ' Wood and Water Krlends," but doubtless many girls will enjoy the, stories, even though tho other sex fig ures as hero constants. Mr. Hawkea casts his story In fiction form, but Im parts a vast amount of useful Informa tion about birds, fish and animals. Ho is entertaining ns well ns informative, and that Is a recommendation in a book for readers from ten to fifteen, many of whom will get their first peep into the charming and varied book of nature through this olume. tenslbly chosen as a Yulctlde gift by parents or friends. WOOD AND WATEU rnlEXIT?. Hv Clar. ence Havrkes New York. T T Crovvfll Companj. SI. -3. Boy Scouts' Year Book The 8 000,000 boj-s of bcout age now within tho borders of the United States cannot help but be Interested !n the j ear book ot the Bov Scouts of Anerlca. This publication Is Just recently oft the press. The volume, profuselj- illustrated, has been edited by Franklin K. Mathlews, chief librarian of the Boy Scouts. It contains a message from President Wil son, fourteen fiction htoriM, nearly 100 pages about thlngi to make nnd do; Information on how to swim, paddle a canoe, makean iceboat ,a bike tent, an Igloo: Btorles of heroic deeds accomplish ed hj- Boj- Scouts ; an account of General Joffre, and considerable Information about the activities of scouts during wartime, to saj- nothing of scores of stories cm camping, Indian lore and all kinds of sports. As a preface there is a foreword bj- James K. West, chief scout executive fc i tiu: nor scouts tkau nootc. New York! K. P. Dutton t, Co. tl.SO. A New Dave Porter Story Dave Porter, now a joung professional man, still has Interest for the admirers who have followed hlmuip from school and through college, and so the creator of thin favored hero of red-blooded Young America has issued In time for the Christmas trade, "Dav Porter"s Great Search, or the Perils of a Young Civil Engineer," It Is a question if Jin I'M ward Strate- meyer has produced any other Dave Por ter book wltli so much that Is Instructive spiced with so much that it Is thrilling as this tale of the quest of the hero and his chum, Itobert Marr, for Dave's sis Ur,Lura and her youn (rjend, JeeiJs Wadsworth, who have mysteriously dis appeared, There la .plenty of opportu nity here for surprlsea and complications and Mr. Stratcmeycr has missed none of bla chances to make nn exciting but wliolesomo book, . I)AK roItTKIl'B OHKVT 8RARCII, Tly Krltvnrd htrtfmyer. IVintom Lothrop, bee ft Shepsnl Company. I1.2&. A NcV Trail-BlaZei Story Uovs who han read the preceding volume In the Trail Hlazcr Series, most of whlrh arc by Kdwln L. Kabln, will welcome Mr. Jvabln's latest stcry In the serle. It deals with the Iewls nnd Clark expedition Into the untracked and unmapped West. I'or tho benefit of those readers who arc not familiar with thlr grat exploring expedition Mr. Sabln has written an Introductory chapter, de sirlblng how It was conceived nnd hew It was organised, I.e gives a full list with his family and did net even know his own name. He Joins the party and travels with It There Is no better story tl an this for arousing the Interest of boss In tho pioneer da.vs of tho great West and In tho romance of exploration on this continent. OPKNIVO Till: WEST WITH I.KWIM AND I'lit. Ills Hv Kiinln U HaUln Uh Illus trations bv CTiarlos It. Stephens oirtralta and n map I'Mlatlolphla: J II I.lppln colt e oinpany. $1,5, How Are You Feeling Now? This Is tho question which the friends of tho lino, or rather the victim, of .. ore told ot the advice given 1)J n I friends, neighbors and doctors Ho at tempted to follow It all till bo was In to recommeilil ll CO cuoir ineim-. HOW AUB Mlf PKKl.tMl TODAY? TUKd win I. Sabln With lllustratlona bv Tony MirK boston. Utile, llrown t. Co hevcnts-tlve rrsits Current Magazines Colonel Harvey continues to occupy tho position of nn Independent critic of the President, a role that he assumed before Mr. Wilson entered the White House. His comments on what Is going on in vvasniiiKiou HUVKJS lie-C-rvO v- ! example, that the commission sent to lairope io consiuer war piuns is maun up of little men nnd regrets that men .. III. Iirntila. pisi lit t Inni lifirl net tieen chosen Another editorial feature of note is a group ot comment by a sculp- tori architect and an art critic on I Barnard's htatuo of Lincoln. Their opln. Ions support Mr. Barnard and Justify him in making the Kind of a Lincoln which seemed to him appropriate, The art critic Is enthusiastic In his praise of the statue Colonel Ilarvev, In a foot note, records the fact that ho agrees with The High Cost of Living By Frederic C. Howe Commissioner of tmmliratletn at Ihe Port of ew torle. This book ajms to present rhc root causes of tjic food crisis in this country and to show how it may lie so over come as to make it possible fully to' meet the nccels of otmclv.es and our allies. tl r,o net Charles Scribner's Sobs Fifth Avenue New York 4MF mm kKAviAIINBr IRON mmmm33n9m The exploits of "Kl" at Ypres and the Somme de scribed with all the vividness, humor and human interest that made "The First Hundred Thousand" the "greatest book of the war." AT THE FRONT IN A FLIVVER By William Yorke Stevenson An American Boy's Story of Ambulance Driving in France "It would be hard to find a more engaging book in all the itrcam ' of war literature. New York Times, Illustrated. $1.23 net. THE SANDS OF FATE By Sir Thomas Barclay A ptofoundly illuminutng readng drama by a for mer intimate of the Kaiser, reyealing from a new angle the psychology of imperial Berlin and the personal causes of the war. $1.50 net. THE JOURNAL OF A SUBMARINE COMMANDER r Translated by Mrs, Ruaaell CotJman Introduction by John Hays Hammond, Jr. TToTi: 'MKfluaMfci-'l Lthn art critic and the others. Among ,... ....... . ..- t - ti me coniriuuiors io itiej uuiuuer mo viiii Galsworthy, O. IC. Chesterton, (leorge Kennan, Joseph . Auerbach and, Vernon Lee. A new serial by Kathleen Xorrls be gins In-the Becember Oood Housekeep ing. It Is called "The Birthright," and the openltig chapters deal with a jouug woman of good family and social posi tion who Is asked bv the widow of a patent medicine millionaire to introduce ncr uaugnter into society anu to assise, . Tarry On." Cnnlniisbv Uttwuon her' In marrjlng a gentleman. The "over the Ton" Arthur iluy lJmney. ' mother has hi mind the young man I -'''Viera'rd"' V'" ' Uormin' Jmm whom the oung woman herself Is se- .,, h , .. ward s. Mor. cretly engaged. Here Is material for ' complications that are mire to follow I Alice Cholmondeley a 'Christine- h as the Btory progresses. William J. 1 rlen to the first place as the best-sclllng Locko'H war serial is continued nndovcl and ' Mr, Brit lng Sees IL there Is a Christmas Btory by Cosmo Hamilton, as well as other matter of In- , . - lerest, including nome pciurcs 01 i.evv pics by Hose O'Neill. Best Sellers tpf tho twelvo best-telling books of nonflctlon the Bookman finds that In October W. Vorko Stevenson's "At tho Old Seaport Towns ipgl of the South ; By Mildred Cram An author's and an artist's amusing experiences in the mo"?t picturcsejue peaport towns on our South Atlantic coast. Hi illustrations, frontispiece in color by Allan Gilbert Cram. 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The cxttaordinary story of a long life of achievement, written with access to Mr. Choate's scrapbooks. Illustrated, $8.00 Life and Literature By Lafcadio Hearn Edited by Professor John Erakine, of Columbia University. Those of Hcarn's lectures on European literatutc which arc most representative of his individuality in criticism. Large Svo, $3.50 How to Study Architecture By Charles H. Caflin How to Know and appreciate the best in architecture by it noted art critic. With over 200 illustrations. ' $3.50 Soici for our illustrated holiday cafalor Dodd, Mead and Company, th Avenue at 30th Street, New York Selections From the j Correspondence of the First Lord Acton Edited, bit John Neville Figgis, D. D Litt. D., and Reginald Vcre Lau rence, M. A. 2 vols. Vol. I. Correspondence' with Cardinal Newman, Lady Blenncrhassett, W. E. Gladstone and others. 8vo. .$5.00 net. 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The title sufficiently indicates the scope of his. wanderings not, in deed, on to the high tableland which is the Roof of the World, but along those wild ranges which are its Eaves, where Tibet sinks sud denly nway to the downs and plains of Western China, The account of this exploration is of the highest in trinsic interest, as much of the ter ritory traversed had never before vieen trodden by any foreigner. & CO. New York age mrm yryt" ;2s i.jV-.. "More than any other writer of the war, Ian Hay shows us the human side of it." New York Globe. "A fit successor to "The First Hundred Thousand.' " Philadelphia Record. $1.50 net A TREASURY OF WAR POETRY Edited by George Herbert Clarke "Tho best book of war poems so far published."- Boston Transcript. Among the authors represented arc Kipling, Henry van Dyke, Alfred Noyes, Ru pert Brooke, Robert Bridges. $1.35 net. THE NEXT OF KIN Those Who Wait and Wonder By Nellie L. McClung Stories of the 'folks back home and of hiw in Can ada they are doing their bit for the boys overseas. Illustrated. $l5 net AN AMERICAN PHYSICIAN ' IN TURKEY By Clarence D. Uaaher, M. D and Grace H. Knapp lkmmmW"mmKBlimmWk TJ9mW&lmWUmmmm WuM -i.t Vf &n
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