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Putnam's Sons London A STUDENT IN ARMS First Series By DONALD HANKEY Second Series From one of the boys in cam to the Editor of The Churchman.. "You can hardly realize what a comfort it is to have a book like 'A Student in Arms.' If you read the article in it about college training and military training you'll realize what I mean. I'm passing the book on to my friends 1iere." . Jmnfcuii :d(Iou rr( Scries In Us lith Ji'diiloii, Scebinl Hcries in Us tth Y Vdttlon. I'rite, eocft f 1.50 Xct. 1'istage Extra. At all lookfore. .,T,jmjm ,CQ.,.61 Fifth Av.s.N.YorksCHy BENNETT, BENSON AND Masterpieces for Children Pictures nro tlio nuiext iniicnl to the heart if tlio chllil. v lintcv'or the elenrco of Imagination lie or t-hu m.iy bu lilcsscel vvltli .tnl tlil heliiK t-o. tlin iry nt trnctlvn llttlo volume, "In Picture Laml," llliittrutcil luofmcly with Fklllfnlly exo-t rnteil conlci of masterpiece ot art lv painter of ivoilelivlilo etlelirltv, ninl nil ' of them f.tMirlUH v.llli the nut mill lo or Bill, Is imro to tnnkn tin npiioal to any iino loohlipr for u Htiltiililu Juvenile i ChrlMlmaM lionK rnein urn moie, inan 11 huniliLil paces of orlKlnal tri8 il scrlpllvo oY or nppropil.ito to tlio pic tur icproiluceil wltli jihotui;riii1ilo llilel Ity Tlio nuthor ot the lines!, rhirenou W Sulutoii, a In her foreword, ml dtecsed In her "dear children." "In Iwrlllmj this book for oii I Iuino tr.i , eled trnik throiiRh elll when 1, too, wnt u llttln Klrl. lhlUK 111 thought thon hap- Prv chllilhood da!, when I iluanit that i conio ilny perhniii t would bo tlttliiK I nt u tenUier'rt desk And then, oh, I would tee th.it tho jouiiKsleiH would obev oiery t.lngIo loo'.c and word"' i Tho book l dlildcd Into four fee- t'ons, repiccentllii? the t-eacoiiH of tli ijonr, cull nectlon contalnlnu leproduc i tloiiH of bucIi well-knottii worl.H ni VokcI'h pnliitlnif'At I'lay," a beautiful I fiontUplecn J l.ebrun'H f.iiiioiit ".Madauio U.ebiun and Her IUURhtem." r.ennlds,H I "Ako of Innocence" mid othctw, fully u mole nml u half of them, equally well I knoun mid popul.it Aitltlo In tMiotti.ipliy, tasteful III tho reliction of tho NUbJeitH mid wholesome In its utniostiheic. "lit l'ltturo l.ind" oc cupies u conspicuous place anions lecent I Juxcnllo literature , IN I'lrTt'ttl! 1AM' I'hihtreii's rmnrlto Muftcrplte-s, With l.lltlv Morl In ire ll 1 "Ion-nee W ,snton lllu'truUU. .Stn ork i: I' Iiutlon A. Co tl. I I Dorothy Dainty Doroth" 1-MliiU. who cnJon tho ills- Mlnctioii of a copj rlRhtnl name, has had more books wiltten about her than hae hi en wrlttin about Joltlo or l.lojd ICcoip! or many another fanious man. And Doiothy Is only a Ctrl who lias tut 'cNlstemo ixctlit In the Itu.iKlii.itloii of Amy llroolis. u wrlln of i-torlcs for ihll- Idieu. Tho t.ei nti cnth book about her Is Just from tho press) In tlmo for the holiday miimiu. This uno deals with ' 1 er iidicnturi'H at bo.irdltiK uliool. Those who know what llMly K.lrla do nt siuh places will know what to iMictt mid they will not bo illi-appolntcd. IiOltOTIIV IlAINTV AT ill.KNMOIti: IU Ann llronks lllutnilil h th nuthn lloctnli l.othlOp. J,e UII tl .".hpiird i'uni LONDON The Book of the Happy Warrior Hv SIR HICXItV XKWHQLT Author of "Tales of the fiii-nt H'ui,' ' 1ic 7ooK. uf the Thin llut IJnr," etc. With rinlit inluliil jiiiifrs IS pfelnrcs la bUuL anil uhltc bi It .1 I out. ('loan 6tj. il ;.: nit. "Who Is the hnpp warilor.' Who Is ho That oveiy man lu arms should wish to be "' "Anolhir of those stilling col li! lions ot heroic story which makes one envy tho boy of to day for whom It Is wiltten llappll tho Juvenile bookcase has no key." 7ic Otifrrrr. i h & CO., NEW YORK mmmmmmm Topsy-Turveying Santa Claus Hail It tml lie. ii for the M1 In tho niiloinohlH'. Mr. William II. Alklnn, iillaK Softy, nll.n Hilly thu Hopper, might hnvi' fpriit liN t'lirlKtm.m lu u nice mtrnt, vturiilly furnlsheil nml wcurciy fuHtonctl lull cell Am It turned out lie ptajul Santa Cl.ui, lnlc.iel, nml let uh hopo tlin tern ilmlcr of till ilan will lio occtipleil with no moro h.iz.iriloua pas- time. The curious thine nbout Jlr. Hopper wa that ho rmlly had Intended to ie form when mjiiw person threw mi op portunity Into hlsi mental machinery and eloKKul tho wheela thereof. He Just had ri tired front a well-orBanlsid and successful buslnc of safe crack; ItiB. In the futuro he would raUo lieiW. Ho cen had Marled to raise hens. Then camo tho aforementioned opportunity. Willi nil tho zeal ot an Inspired breeder of plain nml fancy poultry Mr. Hopper tried to ilodk'e It, but to no purpose. Ills feet Mlpped and ho lelded to tho Im pulse. During tho succeeding twenty-four hours he pkked a geiitli m ill's pocket, stole n motorcar mid assisted In lobbing two houses As a hen inlser, Mr. Hopper was a line burglar. (loudness kuons what might hae happened but foi the oungstcr In the automobile. Almost us mioh as he t-aw tso ihlld, Mr lIoppir'M reformation be gan, mid before ho knew It, the burglar had agreed to play Santa clans. Tor all theso cM'ltlng things happened on l hrlstin.is I Ac. A m:rusiiii.i; kvxta ri.trn n Mcro- llth Nkhntson With lllu'lriillons hy I'lorrme II Mlmrl lloslim lluuklitnll JtllTllli rulutMii) II Fun for Little Children Tin io books to gladden the hearts of ihlMrcn aio among the lecent Mutton publications. tIicmj me "Tlio l'miny fiatlurs," "lleond tho Mountain" and "The II i)pfats and tho (linlieh " '1 ho tlrat uaniiil deals almost tntirel) with tho ilolngs of tlio tluekh, chUkeus ami plgeoni Many an Interesting barn j. ml tale Is untoldid and tho llttlo nail cih are bound to ltani wh tlio ilucks llku piidillcs or the ililikins can't swlni, and why tho pigeon pouts. "He) ond the Mountain" Is a iiilleition of oibcs telling of ilus who llo In imionbtatns and tloweiH. the story of the shooting st.itx mid the shafts of sun light; and all nbout the wild blossoms that iowr tho hills in springtime. Main nt tho miscs piovlouslv h.ic luen set ' " - i - .-... -- tp mip-Ic. "Tho llnpp) fats' me Just what one I would suiijioo tluni to be ji gioup of Jollj ihlldieii whoe i hlef business Is to cliaso tho Cioiich lu this pleasant lie cuiMtlon they work lu tho ganb n, t-lt wl-e Mr. Owl, make .1 men igerln mid I glie a ).uty to whiih ale luited the dog nml puss cat, the blnl and lotH of other i little hapiif.its like tbeniselies. 11 ich I book Is piofusLl'Uiid hiiiidsouicly illus- tiatcd. I Till: rfS.M'j:ATlli:lts. Written nml II ! InMmti.l lu l..mslni. r.iinphell New I urk i: 1" Hut linn & i"o JI..-I) Ill'.MlMl 'I Mi: MiirNTM.V. Hv Aunt "-aille (sirih stelxs llalk-tl t Illu-iratH.I h K.i I II. rill" l'le New urk I: I". llultoll Tni:t""lllMH'A'IH AND 11115 llltOlTH Mor anil liuiur-s i, t u juruan. .m oik i: r iiutton a Democracy in the -Making I One of the benefits of the Hoy Scout niuvenient ailses from Its Inspiration of jwi Iters of seniles for liojs A book ill i which the scouts aro the heioes Is bound to lav emphasis on the stnudniils , of honor, helpfulness and demoenu v, mil tho bo who leads such .i book w.ll ' frequently get more good out of II I than fioui a dozen leetUK s b the si out master Ho sets other lio.vs acting In the wny he Is told ho should "act and i I unconsciously Influenced for good One of the best books of tho hind has 'been written by Joseph II. Ames It Is tho story of the caieer of a newsboy who w. is admitted to a company of couts mid received at flrst with slights. Ho has the right sort ot stuff In him. and under the guldanio of the scout master he Iln. illy Is accepted at his real ivorth Tho stor readies an exciting tllm ix when tho newsboy saves the llfo ol the lid who had treated him with tlio gicale-t scoin In tho beginning Tlio beck has the approval of the Hoy Scouts ot Anieilc.i. I'VDiat iiov siot r 1'iii.ims ih ius. pti ti .,..., in....... . .. .. ,.. t. ... I,hi 1. II .11 .. ,...- iiiu.ii,iu ... ,, in iiiiinitr. Neil vurl.. Ire l.nturi l uinpHn. Campfire Girls j Hoy Scouts nin not the onlv pet sous Ivihn can have exciting ndiciittnes, as theso villi li.iiu who icad C.uvipfiii lllrlu f.t.il Mi.llnl III... 1... I 1. lu ll... stoi of a coiiip.tii of ghls in tlio III ik 'shlro hills of iiortliHcsteru Massachusetts who set out to scale .Mount l,ielock I They have encouiiteiH with bears and i t lamps, Thero Is nn exciting nseiio i from drowning, mid there Is a valuable dog whoso courage nnd beauty 1111 the gills wllh iiilinlrutlon. The gills lead u outdoor llfo and train themselves so jt as to bo of service to their enmity In any euicigenc It Is a wholesome stoiy. CAMPKIHIl IJIItl.S AND Mr. liltHW.OrK H. li il.. I llurnllrouk lllu-nr.il. . I l.i .lulin l.u Co llestull l.olhrop. I.ee A. Miepiru II 3.".. When Animals Talk I'ew things delight llttln chlldicn mom ! than tales of nuhuats that talk and jic't like human beings Their Imaginations lire sufficiently lively to cie-ato the ueces I sary atmosphere) and they am so un sophisticated that they tiro willing to iio iiipt the fanciful ns teal. All 1 ..cedent t stoiy of mt( a and clogs and cats uud i people has been written bv Trances Mun roe under tho title of "Johnnie Snoozlo I Mouse hi tho Hlg House." It will please the llttlo folk not ct okl enough to read 'mid Milne who aio big enough to read It for themselves I joiivNiH ri.soo.t.i: jiousi: in tiii: mo MOt'St-: Hi Tr-inces Monroe IllunrHled l,v laalisl VV. C,ele. Philadelphia The I'enn Publishliiff Cimtpau. ' Saving a Derelict IUos who love tho tea will bo fas cinated with tho talo ot three dating ouths who set outl n a tnolcri'u.it to I salvage a dere let with a valuable cargo. I It Is .full of thrills from beginning to end and Is wiltten with a thorough knowledge of tho sea and Its perils Just tho kind of book for a led blooded ' boy with a llngc of romance In his coins position. . Tin: vi:.ni urn-: W reek of llm llarls Willi 1'oiit.n, New l.SS. liovs AI'l-OAT: or tho t'ausla. II) llunsrd H illustrations hy Here i:, VcJTk: Hnrper t llrus. Daytime Stories 'I hero aro many bedllmo story books for llttlo children. Ituth O. I)cr has written a book of stories for day time. They nro grouped under sultablo head ings, beginning with making ready for tho day, mid running from buttoning the shoes through washing the fare, ccmbtug tho hair and trimming the nails. to the time? fur a nap. Iho stories nro suitable for the small child who has to be helped lu 'tho course of Its toilet. The book has a frontlspleco In colors by Antoinette Inglls. THU UAYTllli: HTOIIY HOOK. , Jly Hutll U. Dyer. Hontcin; Lolhrup, I.eo . tihep. brd Oompan, ll. THE FUNNIEST BOOK IN YEARS LOG OF THE ARK By I. L. Gordon and A. J. Truth $1.00 Net. l'o.taft Extra. For Sle Evwywhre c r. winon co mm av. y. MONAHAN, THE ART OP WRITING ESSAYS It Is Exemplified in the Brilliant Work of E. P. Benson and Arnold Bennett, Which Monahan Should Study Till! ess.i 111 let cut has fallen Into .dlsrcimle Mais, probably for tho icas-on that the cssnista did not hnc tins thing to sa. Yet It m.iy bo that tho teeming c.iso of jdoducltig nn essay tcmptul llttlo minds to make the hazard until idltois mid publltlurs rt fused to look nt tin thing which boro tho name. Tho Oxford illcton.il )'h definition of the artlclo may hao had siinio lnllucnce In bringing about a Hood ot futile wi It- lugs, for that excellent work of reference sas that an essay Is "a. literary com position (usually imise anil short) on any subject" Now, what is easier than to wrlto a short lumposlthm on any subject'.1 The amateur will sit him down nt his desk and dash off something- tlin amateur nl.is dishes it oft and send It to an edjtor Now and then It Is print! d, for theio must be something In tho magazines besldis llctlou mid irno In oribr to gle dlgult to tho table of lontents. And It the namo of the issajlu Is well known, so much the better Hut a man who knows how In wiite does not h,ie i depend on a well-known . -s-: Vi X 'V tl 1 in.-. T.i . . i .1 u in , l ml ("..it hi III, iK.piilaiitv .f thearti.lesl.v .l.uob ! Toiis.ui whl.li .ippeand in tho Now Aw .1 T s ago lu Loudon fiom I'KiS to Hill Thev were wittv, sp ukliug brtllt.iiit .l.uob Tonson wielded a i.iustle pen and expressed his oiilotis of contemtioiary men mid women of letteis and l.imllsli lustilu tlins with iidmii.iblo frankness It Is now known that Tonson was Arnold Hen nett The best of tho New Age ill ticks have been g.ithircd ingelhet In a bonk for the delight nml edlllcntluu of the iiidieious liven those who. having met Ml Hemiitt when he was in Aine rl found libi personalis ef somethliig to L ,. 1 Jt I JEj mmm ., i I wm i VRN0L1) IIKXNKTT ier-iill.llll ll 1 w Miiiie-iiiiiiK ee'.the' VolUll will enjey tho sp.ukllng 'f 1 hturlet. so long as they can see the! Mloyt ' M!) be desiled his lute lied coitui-catloiis while he Is leagues away Hut Iln. v- will ehucklo when they lead his confession in the course of A ills, agt cement with Che-lertou ; "lluu'o I am un un'pi.ikablo Ihigllshnian " Those who Judged Mr. Hcnnett's m in net outside of his novels h the loininoii pl.iceness of "How Ui Live Twent-four Houis a D.iv" will bo suiiirlsed by the dbcoveiy lliat he reallv cm wilte some thing besides fiction Take the deuip tlnii of the eleith of Swlnbiiino and Its effe-ct on London for an i x.iniplc It appeals In 'Hooks and l'rsons, the volume In which the New Age articles me iiilliitul It In gins with the state ment tb.it on i If nd l'lldav- night In was out lu High stie a "at tho cross-mads, wheic the warp and woof of trifllc as sault each other under the gnat glue of ..imps' llien follows a description of night In the stieets cov 'ring two pages 'The policnien and the lo.iters in the ring of llio made by Ihe public houses at the c ir-s-ioads ven these well) giavei villi tho universal affliction of life and grim with tho leliiitltss. uiii xeisil egotism Lovers walked us though theio were no heaven and no eaith, but onlv themselves," and so on And he continues- V ft l v.ll.ls l.ejoiti Where lite liutn t.ust-H lurne.1. was li eerlelll llnuito with IlKhlttl uetit r whiilows. nml lu Hint h'.in" the sreitltst 1 rle Vt-rs'tler tliat l,lli-llinil eier li nl mil one nf Ihe flout ports uf tlie whole. worM nntl er Mil iPf h iUIiik a n.tiu liiilntrlitl Hut loolitsl, tiit1tn.lv stt-uittl to inn. if ..... i.tt. thrtitsltl uf It Tilt e Hurt lielHt.ll I tlulll.t iitrniitus foe Id letltuenet. iiin.iirttl In mo ttt I Ih in itnllln nll.t huinin 'lheu Iio savs tluit the next d.iv the shops weie all open, tho flags w.iveu on high and bulntss went on as though nothing hail happened. This was ne- c-auso the nation urn not i.now ni in- burnc. And lu a parenthesis lie saS "11 'tho nition" I mean newspaper readeis. The leal nation busy with the problem of eating, d Ing and being born nil In one room, has never heard oteltln r TeiitLVson or Sw Inhume or t.t (Icorge ll Sims.' This essay Is a work of con summate ait It produies the elTeit Intended and onlv a master or literary Lonstiuitlou lould have written It The Milunio Is full of billll.iut and penetrating e onmicnt Of Hrleiix be s.is that If tho Frenchman wen- In England Hcrnard Shaw would eat him for ho Is a vegetable Ho speaks of a h potlietlc.il spectailo In Loudon "that Anieilcans would pay to see" Ho re. marks of Oalsworthy that he thinks the Original Will, or the first cause, "made a gtolcbciue and fundamental mistake In the conception of our pal titular planet " He sas that Heniy James Is skillful lu making stone soup and dismisses Alfied N'ojcs with the statement that ho Is "thought by many to be a poet," It will bo evident fiom the foregoing that Mr. Helmet e-ould bo "sassy" when wilting under a pseudonjm. He an nounces n"vv that he Is allowing the mat ter to be published under his own name, that ho stands by nearly all of the crit ical Judgments, "though perhaps with u less challenging xivaclty, to this da-.'" Another Kngllsh essajlst whom It Is u pleasure to read Is H. K llenson. In "Tho Kreaks of Ma fair" ho has pro duced a collection of scintillating com ment about and description ot the tjpea common lu every large city: the snob, tho unliable oung woman who passes for a man, tho widow who has to havo fourteen servants to wait ou her In order that she may maintain tho viosltlon to which her family and blrtl the childless wife, who every fad that ts going who take pleasure In po of their nciiualulances, Tho Illttenhouso Square set will doubtless find many portraits in the volume. All that Is necessary to make then! local Is to chunee the place names from those ot London and Its environs to those of Philadelphia and Its suburbs. Ladles ot leisure are likely to find It more exciting than a noval, or they will recosnlie the. portraits ot their acquaint ance. net.to Hi' oC their .bosom friends.. lAtltlo her; ttIWi up with I VSPoclal asps, MEing the lives Ir5 a lot more. In this city, noei, MH.IO sr oi laeu-.oiwu-a jrienus, . "i.iiK, Aiiatln. 7r llluatratad vVIUi DtuUo- Mtt-wSishtr, M-phKM s'lsnrili :J... am . .-tt. . ,.. a I'll - . . .r.i . : W. ESSAYISTS don -his put forth .. xolu.no of cWj till, season that naturally groups Itself with the work of lleiisou mid Hennttt. Ho Is Michael Monahan, born In County Cork, Ireland. This Is the reason we beg his pardon for calling him a llrlt Islier Oneo mi Irishman, nlnnxu an Irlshmiu, Is the rule, even though tho son of the sod bo brought" to America In his i.irly youth Mr. Mountain's "New Adventures." Is dltllcult reading for ono who has Just laid down Arnold Hennett, In the iouiso of ono of his iss.-ns he sasa that Stevenson onco re marked that all Americans wroto like amateurs?, and then he proceeds to prove that 111 ono Instance at least Stevenson wns tight Ills Htle Is that of nn np lirmtletf, while tho stvlo of both llenson and Hennett Is that of Journevtren masters of their trade, llut. after all, them are some goeid things 111 the book. Tho best sentence In it occurs 111 a dis cussion of the "Kiee l'oets " H tells them that 'The wny to discountenance ti.ul poetry Is to wrlto good lioctrj." but ho siolls it by Aithur Hrlsb.inlng It I into small capitals so that tho liist Side New Jorker. though a fool, m.iv not miss his meaning Another excellent SelltelR'n OlCUrs In t IO s.lllio ess.iv Vl hell ln S.1VS. "I iln. lu.f I eiiiemher In Inen 'ever heard an ordinal' peison quote a I line of Whitmans, though-and hues a paiadnx for oii-I have known not I a few peisons of ipilte urdluar talent tr to write like him '" The excellene'e heii". however, does not lie in tho stvle, foi that is cm it able llut Mr Moiialuii has a following and his admirers will find ill this volume reason for continuing their admiration (i. W. I HOOKS NU I'llllSOVi HelnB I'nniments nil h Va-1 Kisiih l'liis-mii Hi Arn.iM H-nnett Nmi Vork. eji-orire Ji. lier.ni e'uiiit'iiii. - 1 in; niK.vKH ov M.Mvin itv k r lluis.ni lllustrHteil h (hnrir.- 1'lntik en erk (heme 11 Portm ConiMtij. SI r.u N'HVV At'VKNTl'ttns Hy Mlehnl Mom- h.in N ork elcerg" II Iiorar e'otu- I'llll $J. In the Wrong House Mntgery Mnuls was a spoiled child ' ,.l..... -l.n 1..T, I,, n , -. llr... ..I l......n I , . , . .... ,. . to I spenu uie winier wnu per Kranoi.uiier 'In a New Jeiscv village. The vlltigo was full of Monlses The telegram an- nouncliig her arrival was diliveied to 'the vvniiur fainllv Tho grandfather there was In.tho habit of welcoming his' relatives whenever they came, and he i was expecting a giaudd.iughter about that tlmo mi)ii ,ir Ho was not at home, I however, and his housekeeper .nut grand- children who lived with him welcomed the stranger. 'I he girl went to school I and pla)nl with her cousins and lost I much of her snobbishness nnd began to act as n child should, when nv aci lele nt she discovered her re il grandfather. The story of her expeilenccs. some of which are" thrilling and. ill of which are enter- talnlng. has been told by Violet Oordoi ''"I' l ' '""' "''"V1 "l ,,1C t'lFt0 .", nlon t children fiom ten to fouiteen jears old Mmii:in Mimm nv Uei.t (i.inioii ilrn. tl!utriitfil hv Ailn i VV llli.inis,iu Phil iile'lphla J lie Pelin Publishing e'oln lian. II .'" Famous Mystery Tales l.lva S Smith, ct the Carnegie I.ibt.iry, Pittsburgh, has edited mi admirable col lection of ni)stery tales Intended for I... i .mil frtrls. rhe tnt.-s 111., llite.l In t -0iunlP. 10wcv.r. aro not chlldten's Among them are some of the nious mjMerv stories. Thero Is l'uo's "Ihe Cold-Hug." William Huff's '"Ihe Spectral Ship," Washing- ten Irvlng's "Don Iloderlik and the .Magic Tower" i nel "La Mott-roque's "As'.iugi's Knight." Tho inflection Is I not eoulliietl to piose. for Alfred Noes's i "Tlio Admiral's llhost," Cole ridge's "llluie of tho Ancient Mnriner" and sev eral other wel'known poems mo In eludeel. Adults who enjov tho unravel-I Ing of strange complications will Until the book wot th while and bojs and gills uf the high school ago ought to ie id as part of their Uter.it education the stc.rles .mil poems that It contains, I MVsTHKV TV1.KS 1 Ol! IHJVS VM (illtl.s. i s, lot leil In i:ivh s .snillli, of Ih.- I urni'tlo I lltr.tr . I'lltsliurvli I rotillmiieee hi .1 ll ii rs Huston l.uthrup, i.e. A. Shtptnl i timpani. $1 r.o Adventures in Mindanao I Adults as well as joung jieople viho wish to learn scinclhiiig about the life of (ho natives nn tho Island of Min danao lu the I'hlllpplne.i e'.illlinl do bet ter than it ad I'lorence l'artello hluart's' "IM.ing, the Morn Jungle Ho " l'l.uig Is tho hero of a largo number of In- j ten Ming and exciting adventures, lu the telling of which Mrs. Stuart surrounds him with the utmii'-phcio if tho e-ouu-try. She ih scribes natlvo customs and points of view and shows how the curl-' oils superstitions affect the tl illy life uf tho people Ono of the miit thrilling tales In the setles deals with tho effort of 1'i.ing to latch u ni)sterloiis monster i "i" loniantlc niMlis of tho icihneii If that Is pre) Ing on his village lie ills- the makers of books fur them tan pre ccvers accidentally that tho monster Is vent It. Two or three new Indian fair) a giant pjthon that lives In a mango' HCo nearb). The p)thou Is trapped, but breaks loose, and there Is a des perate light with It befoto It Is killed, und in tlio oour.so of tho tight tho boy is severe!) Injured thk Am i:ti'hi:s or i'iank tiii: Vlimil JUAUI.Ii Itui lt Sloreliee I'artellj Slunrl Illustrated li Lllmlorlll luuiur. lew Vork. Tho I'cutun Culll- And the Girl Won Whoever Is Inlet rated In Jaehllug will bo Interested In Allen Trench's stoiy ot tho tomcat for tho golden cugle, a truph) awarded to tho victor In tho races off tho t'oast of a New lhiglund summer resort. There are many udventures on tho water, exciting and otherwise, before tho story ends. The llnal race for the trophy Is won by a girl, who proves that sho lias courage nnd Judgement at a critical moment and can manage a sail-1 boat better than a cotky boy, who wis contemptuous when ho discovered that ho had to meet her Instead of tho bo)s , whom ho had expected to humiliate. It is a wholesome, open-air talo for joung) people, fllll (iOI.HUN KAOI.r. 11)' Allen Trench. ! IlliiMraieil -sew Vorli: Thu Century Compt t. Il.-i. Statistician in Novel JLlfe Oscar l'helps Austin, nt present el. tlsticlan of the National City Uanlt or New Vork. formerly thief of the Hureau of .Statistics ill Washington, has bios somed out iib it writer ot stories for )oung people. Ho evidently thought tint the facts In such books vvero not sullt clently authentic. Ills latest book- Is "Uncle Sam's Hoy lit War." It la the story of the adventures of a boy xvho went to Kuropo with a consignment of horses for the urmles. The ship Is tor pedoed but not sunk. When ho reaches Krunee tho boy rides over the battle fields lit a runaway ba loon, he decs tho llfo In the trenches nnd visits a military hospital. Then ho returns home, Mr. Austin's reputation for accuracy Is suf ficient to Justify the reader In accepting his descriptions of life In the war zone as correct. His book should Interest all boys of all ages. UVU1.K HAU'fl BO AT WAR. Uv Oscar YOUNG PEOPLE'S BOOKS OMi,, TIT.. .-.!. ml,n. 'T.-.',r,A I I i Jiu lUilttJIl -L IUIL YYcuntuiiiujoi iwuiuuit Like a Man ' According lo tlio .lapntiese, thorn Is n liajl, or Hdrlt, IMiib In eery tree. II Is n beautiful tnitiorstltlon that adds , poetry to the life of tho lniaglnntlxo orientals, l.ulgl Uarlnrl, mi Italian writer, has made tiso ot this belief In a most delightful tale for children about ' "l"1''" ', 'fn "a V w to ,lIu,J ,, i'0,,' V " ' ?Xn, , " himself, resotled to a favorite play t f his childhood Ho broke ono of the matches lu two for tin1 alius mid an other for bgs, and tied them to the other match with thread mid set his creation on the floor. To his astonish ment, the bltlo wooden man began to talk In a, voice about as loud as the nolso made by pushing a needle In a cork Ho tells tho tale of tho willow tiee from which ho eame, and how It was finally cut down mid rpllt Into match wood, and how he, the oplilt of tho tree, kept Hitting from otic niati h to another until ho was In the hist match lu tho last box. He has magic powers, aim when tlio real man Boes,,,,,,,,- following his coMimi, the nuthof to.war tho match man saves mi urniy i by running ahead and tiring a mine that had been set to destroy It. lie gives his own life for others. It Is un unus.il kind of a story, but Harzlnl succteds In, creating a personality out of tin ce bits of match wood Tho story. preposterous us It seems. Is told so plausibly that It Is most entertaining. Tln. ,,,TTM: match MAN. Tran.h.te,l I from the Italian of l.uut llurzlnl lllua- r. noil- .j inuii i imk-sireei i nilllil. I l.hlu Tim IVnli Publishing Coinpanv. li : What a Little Girl Did Winning u oung man from pie in. mile old ago and misanthiopy 1 the abotindli g love in her inu happv lie.ut Is out one of tlio liinumi table delight ful achievements of Wllll.iiuln i, who, taken all In all. Is one of the most lov able little girls that own their existence to the imaginative f.uultv ot the wribrs of llclloii Sim Is a thoioughly ill. inning plson, iiidnwed Willi the spirit of frlendlliKss to nil mankind and all iinlmals, if exicpllou In made of snakes, low aid wlilen n. distinctly feminine antipithy has developed Itself hi tho halt seme ears of her sunny lifetime This sunshine It Is undeniably tl ni ls l.u mh .ittrlbut.ible to the n-ittir.il kindliness of tho oung man whom she leseiii" rnim the Isolation and dejection i In which ho had burled hlni-elt on In )nB tinned down bv the arm aiilhor- Itles when he applhd for cnll-tment in ""' v,,tvlie of his lountrv. the duetois having dlseoveied a weakness In his '"ngs Ills name Is William Knvv In, mid his illh.iiHilntiueiit bo withdraw h himself fiom Intercourse wltli his fel lo"' ""'' "ll1 nurtures a contempt for humanity as ,e whole. One d i), after a dreadful stoim. ho Ilnds a girl b.ib) In a lowbo.it which has drifted near his herniltlll.e home. William makes ever possible effort to discover the patents "r lle waif, mid, falling to do so, takes upon himself the luring of tin little "tie in a purely masculine but none the less practical fashion. 'Ibis labor (,f love itstores his mental anil spiritual equilibrium, and tho affection which elcvclops between the mature William and the diminutive Wllllanilna is de- 1 scribe tl 1 Miss I-'ianees I: Stenett who Is the author of the stoi. with tho hand of an aitlst porfee tlv well at - iiujliilid with the moro admliablo traits of human e li.u.utt r. I "William anil Wllli.unln.i" is by no I means a children's story pule mid I simple, even though Its heroine Is a i llttlo gill, who, without tho priggish alls tli.-t all too often lilll.it.. nailers nf 'tubs of Juvenile piodlgles, nevertheless performs sundry htnprislng "stunts,' brt allies the splill nf tho most elevated iiiptimlsin anil altiulsni and dlsplavs un cirlglnallty that gives a novel twist lo the Interesting situations in which tho story abounds. Tluoiigh It all urns a whimsical vein of humor, with Just inough of tho haven of sentiment to Pleaso tho lover of romance. VMI.T.IAM AM) Wll.T.IAMlN V Ilj I rumen II. Merrett lltustrHie,! l.i- ii.n--inal VVrlBht llnrlKtit. el or, 11 .Vp plctun i. Co II to. Alhambra Tales Tho l.iu-st volume In the seiles ot dill dlen's el issIos,Jksuci1 b.v the J 11 Lip pint nit I'fliiip.iii, Is a etilleellon of tabs from Washington Irvlng's "Allianihr.i. ' simplified h) Lilian Chine) The vol nine contains the stoi v of the i tich.iutttl town, the Ivvu discieet statues, Ih,. t p. th lilted solellei, Iho thrto beautiful in in. eissts llm grand master. I'rltno Ahnietl. Iln ailveiituro of the uiason and sevtial otheis Theie me four Illustrations In color by Uiorg" Hood. 'Iho one. show Ing tho beautiful gardens which the three beiiillful princesses had for their l ci'ri.it Ion has tlio decorative fpiallt) of Maxfleld I'arrlsh's best work. TALKS OI' WAslllMililN HtMNU'H AL IIVI1UV SlniPlltlttl hS l.eU II I 'lieu, v, Willi llliit.lnilionri lu i.tlnr hv lltorce lleoj I'lillHtlrlphla J II I.lpplncolt CunilMliy I'irt It ills Fairy Lore of the Indians American bo)s and gills aio not to bo allowed to lenialn lu Ignoianeo of broks have been Issn.d alieady this )iar. One of tho best Is "The Ho) Who Went Last." by Lthel c Hrill. Tho author has gono to tho repoits of tho Hureau of lhnoli.gy for her versions of tho originals. Sho has rewritten theni and mutinied them so as to muku it tractive tales for tho .voung. TIIK IIOV WHO XVKXT KAST and Other Intllan al'lri Tales Hi Kthel r Brill lllu-lratttl hy llus-li hpt-nt H I". Uciltini A. I'o ft. .11 T Nell Vork What a Little Gjrl Did The latest volume In Allio Turner Cur tls's series of historical tales for i hll dren Is "A Little Muld of Tlcondeioga, ' I In which sho tells how a llttlo gill acci dentally learned of a seH-iet entrance to Kort Tli'onderoga, told Kthaii Allen of It and helped him to tako the fort from the l'liglMi 1 1 latin y und fiction aio skillfully blended, wltli tho history nc eUiuto mid the Action entertaining Tho book Is sultablo for children from seven1 to fourteen jcirs old. ' A I.ITTLI! MAID Of TICONDKllOflA. Jly Alice. Turner Curtis. Illustrates by Wuunitu !nilih. i'hUutleiphta, The Tcim rubllslhnu Coinpan). tl. At All Bookstore Today By Theodore Roosevelt National Strength and International Duty The past and present political nnd military blunders of the United States arc here exposed to clear sight. It continued they will, in Colonel Roose velt's belief, bring disaster. M.00 Net Priicdw, UaWKilty Prat Friacaton, Nw, J7 4 v 1 XI . . "P. TJrvttol fPtif, TUrtl.. Kolt-Wheeler Books' .lust lu tlmo for tho Christmas stock ings of biijs who hang theirs up even If they no longer believe In Santa and his n Itideer, coiuo two cxeolent books by rrancls Koll-Whecler, a prhno fa Virlto wltli lads fiom thirteen to tcv enlecn tiir Ono of them has to do with something as mlinciilous ns wo used to deem M. Nlek's nvrl.il equipage. "1 ho Wonder of tho War In the Air" Is fin exciting stoiy, with a joung American serving In the Trench. II lug nirps ns hero.' Hut It has moie than thrills, abundant ns theso are. It gives a comprchenslblo account of tho technical sldn ot avia tion, and any lad who reads It will bo well Informed on all the varieties of planes mid tho mancts of nerl.il strat egy. The other Is a new xnlutnc 111 Mr. Wheeler's "I'nlted Stntes Service" series. entitled "Tho Hoy Wtt.i the Weather tomblnes useful Information about this Important p.ut of I'ncle Sam's govern mental system with nn Interesting nrn having a llkabld mid bright boy hero. TIIK WONDIirt 111' Till: WAIt IN Till! Alll ll I'runiU Jtnlt-W In Hi r. Ilosten: ljth rmi. I.ee A .Hhepiril Cuiepfin II .15 Tilt: 1'IIV WITH Till: I'NITIlh hTATL.S vvi:atiii:u ii:n itv rnmei itoit- W lieeler. Itentnn. Lothrop. I.ee A. Shvpald Culitpaio. 11 J.", A Girl Who Was Lost Mi and Mis. Aituir K"hIm h.ivo wilt ten a nijsteij sloiv of I'lvll War linns lu New Yolk and Washington for the enlt italmiieut of wiling people. 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Charles Scribner's Sens ifSl nYcas?v, NewYMfe NOBB 5 weeks on the firing line on,! . v rmZ"J. A weeks mourned as dead. tfi oi O months a prisoner of,? aj nfter hciner blinded. T.?U His thrilling story is t On the Right of British Line; ! I1.J5 neU ff JaMAtUllM.iig I V. 1 1 ili t". WMsm EtiiMSiitu&tejM b?.: 'TV v.
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