fffSMf. pr" T tV " WTABLE BOOKS OF THE SEASON IIetc Ncivtenia ' rrhfue who wondered where A. Ed- rd Newton ncqulred the charming liwmrv style Unit he clIxpln.vKl In "1'lic Amtnllles of Iloek-ColleetliiR" may iitlsfy tlielr ciirienlty If they will read tit iccetid book. It Is railed "A Mag nificent 1'nrcc, nml Other Dlvcrslenn of Boek-Collector," und cemen from the Atlantic Menth y Prcts. In It Mr. Vewten cenfemes tlmt for thirty years je wan n member of u little club without t name or n habitation which devoted Itielf te the Ptinly of the lesser lights of EnitlWi literature. A mnn who de voted be long n tluie te the careful riadlns of n(' wrlt'i)K could net help tbderbing some of the nrta of the The' new book Is really n continua tion of the old, for it Is devoted largely I te RCBBlpy diseufwen of rnre editions tnd tlielr purmilt. The Introductory My, which li a discussion of the trial of Wnrrcn Hatlngs and the trial of Mr. Pickwick, grew out of Mr. Newton's purettlt of literary rnrltlet). Mnny Hilnrfclnlilnns who have heard Mr. Newton rend the Hastings essay will be rlurt of n opportunity te get It in nrlirt where they can rend it. Ment It net H the ether I'Mwyd in the volume ap peared erlslna'.ly In the Atlantic Monthly. One of them denLs with the txprienefs which came te him lifter the publication of liN first volume. Hc re ceived letters from all parts of the country from peroens who wished te Mil old books te. him. Seme of them assumed that If n book lfiO years old was worth J.'OOO, an edition of the tame book 100 years old would hc worth at Iwt JJUKK). lfp was asked te lec ture and he fcayB that he replied that while Sir Walter Raleigh, the great Ox ford whehir, had"n thrrc-culnea lecture and a fuc-gulnen lecture, and a ten jultu'.i lecture, but I can't honestly rec ommend the three-gulnca lecture," he UA enlv three-culnea lccturc-i In stock. let would have te charge 300 guineas ftr them. The volume contains twelve papers, varvliie In tonic from "Meditations en a Qunrte jiamiet" te "wimt in tiic Matter With the Uoekshop?" One Is en Walt Whitman and another en "Livinc Twcnt.v-nve Hours a Dav." The concluding paper Is "My Old I.ady Londen, and Is devoted te a gossipy account of some of his Ionden exneri- cnee.i, Including his acquaintance with Jehn Uurns and his visit te Hums' wonderful library. These who enre for books about books, and these who write and read them will -find this vol ume very much te their taste. Under the Southern Cress lie fcta.v -at-home traveler. who;e Journeys nre confined te a Merris chair and the typed impressions of these mere able te indulge the craving of the wimlcrlunt. ewes u vote of thanks te Harry A. Francis, who in hi'i "Work ing Xerth Frem Patagonia" (Century Company), gives u companion work te his "Vncnbendln!! Down the Andei" and thus completes his tour of .Seuth America. Mr Franek strikes a delightful medium between the de luxe globe trotter, who sees a new country Hitting past from n private car window and who jets down impressions of customs or iminnerisms at some diplomatic func tion, and the less fortunate "hoofer," who gets an insight into only the reusher aspects of a country und its nationals. itli the present-day nttenvnt of American business te get Inte eloper relations with our Latin neighbors Mr. FraneU's impressions ere all the mere timely, hivnusq they are put across In a clear, viwd Fiction .... l i- . . ..-.-.-. " . riiuHn, , n vnr fi rt n..nnn..a u.. 11 imrati cenipany. 1 A KMlllv t.t tl.u fA.. .1... Tnalfl.. T..l ' -- . ..-. . ,,, rnin i4 irir , uuiiiu J-IB Hnrv Hnl, A rn A tnurnlnir nnH nt)tr.t a,.. a mIha !rd a wuman'ii eiideaver "te be stralitht.' till nuther of "The City of Silent Men " iMiriJAJl or Ol'KCNS. nv Milan Mac- ninren .New leflt: Cleerse II. Dornn t emr.iny ririi. and letn of rel'-un atmesphere com- emt in no a trct ic r r. THU MAN WITH TUP, BROODING r.TTJS. "v jeun UMuin. New Yerk: (I. I. lut- "nrr s SJ. n). I.."""- Kearminu pin la saved inin .1 J.r ' ''r.!"'n.vls and wins her terirti nf A C.i.W .,,L" watery nnd love mi It. ihrill Tlin ISI.ANP. . IV Jlerthi Tlv.nMe. Nw mrx ihn eniiiry ( empM.y ine Atlthnr .. u....Hni ... .-.. li.i 1 1 B ..! u "ir,, nun-.,, (l, niFkii'ici' i.ml-.ha'' ""n I" a new ,ln In til a oon eon oen iWJPOrarv .tnri nf th9 ini,. of fc strnnr man I.,. ' '.Mel'etl weninn. Th chief "uiea li" Hrndwav dancer and a Yale student. uuiu TIIII Ml'llANT Ilv OeerKe Olbbs. A .::.Y,rk , n AupUten & r ln,:. ."".'" " riot tnit nira from tni IfirJr' ,n Iiai"I' wealth, with n ftchln rt,. "1 i-'h. ruiiiuiM. ni ji ,IftrirS. m ..f Ih.m mt.ulnnl.' rm.lnl "IE nr.OINNlNrs eie wisnrf i Stephen Vincent Hcwt. New Yerk: T. uner ..."! :&'. ... .. IilrV.- '"'"" worn or a wen-Known a.?., ?,''env 'in yemiiter jeeta proves n. SSuLf 3 '""etlen, rich 'n the erlrlt and UIK HAIt TUMI, . nv JMmer Tluisell f "' 'w Vew I). Applcten 4. .TJ'll Is a ulriUrrr hterv nf tin, !lr nf lli Indl. !J? .'"'ere (lie while men raine. II '.'."Ol the CAri.P nf it vnnnn MI.m.v tvui rai-i an,i ,r :.,..-: .,'- -..:"--" " airaudlny (),),,,, ,rii,.finei. The author. fullv ... ,l ' l''' abeilRliiil ri'ineluity care- Inaun T.f.n: "'. 'J. . ",. .T: ",e,,"?.. V:. '"?. . ?' plOt "Musfciuunu iur 111a l.m-iihik AUr:T,s W.A1) Liy June Harding. ccuniri Ui "'"" rnssinr 111 two s-nnu lliv .'.'.. Pl'tei In r.nulalid. Iiivera t.t -.nu. iuSq,.rA." In r.nKlarM. I III u. .," ,n " .w! dlie.Asr that It druwn . 1 ,1" ,n " wl rtlicner that It druwi ii-(iie),e,i charnctere net fr-nr ec tuntri, J ",p"1 'harn.'tere net fr-t.r ec from ,!i,. ,'n "' or medat "cm but J0n-inr'?Lftni '"" H'e of the Hhlr-n ,;:""' "AwuvH riT. n r-- iiJfVn. Vner" Inillaiinpnllu Hebbb--le'rni Company th ,fVnnll'r ,"' aprarently ill with ItaHrilimir ,"lckt"- l the Mcnle of an WMn L.h a,,me,l 'lelll-littul heron. Il'i take. 1 " el;M,'l elKhlei-if cnrils tin iHWntun,! ,"r k,,k 'Tetlier 10 the Hlerr 1 lr ,tr"J " ,!J. ""'l-'dti from ,111 l.lness uie In it,. ".". .'iea uy tne niiprit-Ate,i k li , w.he ''"' Hl!,y ani' decides llli let. . J'0. "' " ''l nmitrrtfc plot TIIE :,,;' i'ni thrown 'n. Jn$, Nrw "' Tiienwi" V SllanV0ryrf r ,hfn" 'hrletrmts fm te early ? r"eu, M'TfJ'.11 '"'"r "rltleli prlme lUn A,Vn ,'." V10 TtiKn et N"r" "' '"no and .,?,! . uul . Ia,,'r reiieum Inif I1I1 "'H I.. 1"""' ,h" r",",', reP h'ir BJ l,.."'1'1 I"leai Of the lusilntee " us- the .'i':'" ",0 P.r,t t-'hrlatmas tree Is Boiien w 's'inul Iljpklni Ailar.ia A....,"n HeuHhtnn Miiriin i'.....r u..,:"".ei i-r new ,,.,, , , ": -, ;''":,'. TOi I . r',u!.c"" . Mielled 1.; "in iteilaiism ."!fl cf ii.n 'r ."r "" Ailums' eiher ?'? UceiS.?' ...yf" . .w .. The central nin.;.."'"re ueinlnnni in v.... v.i, .,.,. I1"! f' hilt Uii,ul,"l"!l1 J 'i1'" ' r-Mtn-i Ttim. L'- ,ri nl8 iXDerlfinri n, u,..i.u.M.ni ttt nAfT1t.n..m .--- n..v HV'I.V 'Ulll.ltt' rhv !,''"' .?1' 'IKM5N' KHNT. nv cAtJi uv. ii..-"'."""1. 4iuiv lerm Doubt. l wifnmt story of tht retwtlea ts fiction by prominent novelists marks Fer Boek Collectors Vti km ms&i mwM :X&)3ir 1 JV'Vrji.-.X.i s&mtj&ji A. HOWARD .NKWTON He lias Introduced a new book ulmut literary' rarities with Ills well-known essay en (lie trial of Warren Hastings fairly deeply Inte the economic and pellticnl aspects ns well as the geo graphical newnesses tef Chile, Drazll, Argentina and the Other countries of tiic Centlneut imdcr the Southern Cress. While Mr. Franek holds no brief for our neighbors as business men and has no commercial panaceas te offer, he gives much for Americans seek ing trade te think about. It is a travel book, well told, never wearisome. It ii filled with much that is new and is al ways Interesting. Short Stories by Dchan Richard Dchan, which ia the pen nam" of Cletllde Inez Mary Graves, an English journalist, nfter publishing sev eral novels hnn gathered a group of her short stories Inte u volume. It is called "The Villa of the Peacock" (Ocerge II. Dornn Company), nfter the first story. The "Villa" Is n romantic tale of the resemblance of n sardine mer chant's i-en te the King of Denda, and whnt happened because of It. It Is the kind of romance which Antheny Hepe might have written twenty-five years age. Each of the stories In the volume is different, and each geed of Its kind. There ure seven of them, enough te entertain n reader for seven evcnln?3. A Peet Turns ISevklim Herten Urnley, who has written vo luminous verse en all occasions and mnnv topics and is pretty well known te the magazines and the nevvspnperfi for his metrical parnphralng of many ifsues and many moods, has ndventurcd into a new field in his novel. "The Sheriff of Silver Bew" (Bebbs-Mer-rill). Mr. llraley shows the knack of con triving a pretty mystery, und he proves no novice at romantic imaginings. He lays his scenes In Mentuun and peoples them with the types of the bustling, upstanding "West. Hejteman, Billings and Butte appear in the story and fig uring prominently are the Copper Queen dance ball, mining shrifts and a gang of c-oek.s which includes the county at terney, a ceuntcrieiter chief wanted br the Federal authorities and a let c'f Wmrkf s i'siaaPr, mf.F' '. iv'JKK rex? jT ,v ' W'SXisBflmx. He H v?&aBP wis. "' "4tr.T6xmmiS $? ;,5vr'"--':v9K5l a '.az.i&z&&m style, although they go ether persons prominent or otherwise. 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New Yerk- Chnrlea hcrlbr.cr'a Snn A t.'iv edition tf neti'il Hi:!ieUr' hhert VSSSS" n mike 'avaliabi., for Vhe con! wS?.Jea1" r3")0 inleristlnu ratcrlal I Slil.JJ'rtI,v r revlvn.1 1 BOOKS AND IIAIUTd. ly Lafeadle a"."J?k -vi'v T0rk. lledd. .Mead & t'e. ,! ",m,t"r0,' lecture, de.Uered hv the ! nettd remuntlt lnf ,.-h l l,a ...u H.A. 1 UUlea DUbMHhrrl Iti rth neelu niHfi.. - . .... .an iiiuiHiurc at tne unlvetslty of Teklo. As I'ref Jehn Ursklne points out n an Illuminating Introduction, these tnlks are of piculUr Interest and value te Itn. llsh and American readers li that thy pre. ceed from a lew90lrt which reifarifa the n",iri!l!-l'' 'W. 'he P'x-ls. etc net ui ;?tm"i'.,.bJSl nH ,"'tn,:l atld even etet'e. MV I'lIII.OSOI'HV AND MY nRI.IOION IN TtiNK WITH Till: INFINITE. (New "J Hv Kalpii Walde Trlnn. Nev Yerk: ... L'-.rt.. 11. . . 4,.v ..". imiueur .'i.itvi, .iirun 0. I n . 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I, J,' l.rrblf,,n tr",m ""' "HinODOllIt Of 1 In (itietlnlty. ni!i;averlntr net te trac th ffn'n?i rlulW 'V",i, ,hr "r'relt.eu of a ra ra tlenl rllilri 11,1 Ik,, n read treatecl ctli os from the rxolutleuary sttiilpelnt NANT,Y', JLY i!-""18 10,'u New Terk: riiHrl-d hcrllmiri ,senn. .ir Penffn re .its inin'AtnetliiMv "Mer A''V "V".i"",h ." . "Ihl 1 tli h'in Phv '111 h"'"1 i,0" l've I've anJ Inat 11 riec lrrnii l.ir (luffy pui.-ndem in Wr ulble tliliu; -perfienall'S. Tew vrltre lm"e Everything Desirable in Boekj WITIIEUSrOON uuw, tVuiut. JunJuer and Huueu fll. G" .' "jn feeellliiR chapterH In "The , aterlj. written n .core .if years r.BU and still I of the sneri. Ths 'nohle edlteV Nim' made Mwn nnd Sixpence A novel of realism. wearing very well Leth In thelr character- characteristic extracts from llw wrlthS nf nin T'lier IX AGAINST NANCT TOES -' K!.0" ,1,VW Ynr: IVW" an.lways. and In I Majer WTjvte MoHllle, nthcr.j Treil-ipe TON IH Jehn A sternM. vt Tri-1 'lr a'C led cenMructlun. The two vel- Kuerten Warburton. riicltfnr,i e.,. iii,r. ' Hit,'..",'', uieliMliiv tl'B Lord's Prarr. fi tJ.c'd; 'l"?'.l,n for m aileus acts. . . '.ur.ls HtunltB nnd numerous urayari nrU.i.. lJa rrr,v,"0'l. Hid In very c'rdrlv re 1H (.'OmillV'l fieni tli ..umlnn.l .... . Vtupl ' wit laoeul Rent m W The New Beeks M NYemraJfl!!! p EVENING PUBLIC Likewise, thcre It the astute and ro re ro Retirccful Parks, who winds up the criminal business nnd Fteps the gang s clock, and the delighted Cellft, who Is his Inspiration and eventual sweet hrnrt. Mr. Brnlcy writes well, though, of course, he has net glorified into litera ture the type of story he purveys in "The SheViff of Silver Bew." That would be te expect tee much. It s enough thnt lie has provided an after noon's or evening's brisk nnd clean en tertainment. He had nothing else In mind himself. Essays en English Bmndpr Matthews, of Columbia Uni versity, has written n most Interesting volume en the English language and Its use, which is published by the Hcrib nern under the title of "Essays en English." It ought te be read by every one who writes nnd every pne who Is inteiestcd Ih the development of language. In the first essay he risks "Is the English Language Degenerat ing?" nnd he nnswers his question in the negative. Hc is tolerant of news paper English and discusses it In n spe cial paper. Ills essay en "Murk Twain nnd the Art of Writing" is dlscrlml nntlmrlv rrlllenl nnd filled with appre ciatien 'of the wonders of Mark Twain is Ftyle. One chapter is devoted te aue Latest Novelties in Language, In which he discusses the new words that have come Inte use in recent years und welcomes many of them most hospit ably. Christmas Stories Marie Conway Oemlcr. who has written three novels, makes a hid for fame ns the author of short stories In a volume of Christmas tales which she calls "Where the Yeung Child Was (The Century Company), after the in- I troductery story. It shows hew u yeuuj woman en the verge or marrying a mil lionaire whom she did net love, discov ered en Christmas eve that love was of mere account than great riches. There Is nothing remarkable about the story, but It Is pleasant and satisfying. An An other of the tales, "The Little Brown Hr.iisn." linls with the longing of thew who have accumulated great riches for ' the simplicities of the days of their pdv- , erty. The characters arc a Western Hcnnter nnd his wlic. xne motive is old, but it is human, end se, whenever it is used by an author, the result Is moving. Romantic Russia Itemnntic Russian and thy inytus of Muscevy form the basis of "The Ro Re mance of Russia." (Putnam's). Elizabeth W. Champncy, the prolific and well-informed author of u number of boekn en travel and history which have had u continuing popularity, with her colleague, Frere Chnmpnsy, gives an Impressionistic survey of romantic Muscevy from Rurik te the BeMicvlki. Their nre ten sketches, running eer the legendary nnd civllizpd periods of Rus-slu. in which the authors trv te maintain accuracy, but, as they admit, occasionally deviate n bit in the inter estn of romance. They have drawn en the "byllnas," or ancient epic songs of the Slavs, nnd the "skaskas," or wonder talcs, as well as later chron icles and nnnallstic sources. A very entertaining book this is. Investing tra dition nnd history with the glow of pe etic romance. It is readable as fiction, yet gives an Idea of a little-known sub ject. Nearly half n hundred full-puge Illustrations bring cathedrals, places and perseniiges clese up te the reader. Laiv for the Lay Before plunging Inte litigation the average person would de well te dip Inte "Putnam's Handy Law Boek for pycceede'l te veil ai Mr Rodje In pre.'ect- Idt the prennllty of a deir WHAT IH SUCIALI&M? liy Jamej E. 1 Jlfwilifnel. New Terlc: Themas y C'rewell ' The author, v.'he u a professor In th l?nl- vrltj- ef Nebraka nnd dean of th f.Vit!iei nf Ilu'ne AdmlnlntMlleti, haa written this book nn nn tmtldote te thn w.nnlnL. .mm. r.-.nie ana Deui cauilstrv of mnnv m:ipii .... U-l.. I... - r'.-W. ..-..N. writer nnd orators." lie cxamlntd ene by ene the futvlanrnta! ioneettlini of th Marxlann. hlii Him eln- "a tcmncrntn hut earrr.lnit cxnoture of Jut what ancla'lnm tenlly li. nnd a cenvlrclnn refutation ei !tu arv,r.ient unJ conclusions ' TJIE SPOUT Ol the spenT or r,n ivTmu ii5iK an.?',vf' W.1"'-"".. This hand,emM ,k ilA."Zls .1 ": collection of iroe anrt t,ra ; . ...,i.' rertn tre nurtrt nf fnv hnn,in.. . .. . ' linow - n linew - n in ?Ierrle UnIanrt In the mlnn humor. AB theVa.'e mSy'be. T m e3fte?nha , Tlltn . cenerr.t Introduction, as well as appreciations ter each extract. i n a, "r " contributed a number of hplrlted lustratlena. some In rehir and some In Unls. which are utilized as detachab. 1 1 urtu. a "llul- 1J1 n.ivnnrn - f TKw nH& - ',. iihj- aATO" IIKSAItTUS. . ny Thema. Cnrlvl. .. . rt. ......... - iiu en 1 introduction W Anluey Thern BenV. Charl.H Hcrlbner Thin liil'l'tlun te the "Mcli-rn mtninnia I.lbrnrj" of a netnble caic which Tls neb y lnHi)lrln atlll. 1, enrleded with A Tar aJ"ynf,!r.m,n(r In'rpJuotlen by .he pMfeinjf of Knrllah it CelumbU Univerally T!ic Story With a Punch! of KEARSARGE By Arthur O. Fricl A thrilling tale of the out of rioen that will be liked by all men nnd mcRt women. At All Bookstores $2.00 The Penn Publishing: Company PHILADELPHIA JUST HEADY Lazy Matilda By KATHARINE PYLE Auther of (hat Americun child classic, "Careless June." Lively rhymes illustrated by the author. f 2.00 at any book-shop or ram E. P. 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The book contains a supple ment with sample instruments, such as contracts, wills, agreements, etc. Small Town Comedy Ellis Parker Butler has contrived a neat situation ns the basis of "In Fawn" (Harper & Bres.). It is the one eutleaplng trait in the otherwise ndmlrable character of the small-town schoelmn'nm who figures centrally in the etery. With her It is mere a fail ing than n vice. She Is gifted with agreeable intellectual and moral quali ties, but she bus a decided penchnnt for prevarication. She simply has te fib net with any malice In mind, net te gain anything for herself, but be cause It's her nature tot She is nn in stlncUvc liar, net te say general ro mancer. And whnt webn she weaves when she practice:) te deceive. In and out of the tangles, mostly enmeshed in them, arc nn irrepressible small boy, who reminds one of Mr. Butler's "Swatty" of his earlier small-town comedy of that title ; end a choice dele gation of ether persons, quaint, odd, whimsical, In n variety of ways, with their lecallsfns of speech and conduct. The complications and the sheer hilarity of this story make up a delightful spell of reading ?or these who relish indige nous American humor. BoeJcs 'for Beys Adventures In foreign lnnda are thrilllnslv told for boy renders In three of the J.casen'8 new juveniles. Alan " "ae? ""a" " . BJ SlmpnnnX '? aJ Iirether IJUiime" (Century faBclnutlnc story of the frozen North, which the author hnewa se well. It starts off promisingly with two bretberH curried away en an Ice flee, which detaches the IrIoe in which they nre from the rest of the village. The author gives much iiiterestinu und entertaining inntcrlal nheut the aninuiK etc., of the Arctic rcgien. "In the Tiger'a Lair" (ScribncrK) takes its two young American heroes far from ice and cold te the Incnn country nnd the Andes. They return by airplane te the volcanic Iandti they hud escaped from in an earlier volume, "The Hid den People," in which Lee Miller proved he could write a geed book for boys. Seuth America, this time the Kritifih tiuiana coasts aleug the north, is the fcenc of "Bey Huuters in Demcrura" (Century), in which Inncss Hartley manages te get nil the thrill and teiystery of the jungle into his yum of the young naturalists and collectors who figure in the story. Ralph Henry Harbour's annual sports story is "Kick Formation" (Appleton). It is net u part of a teries, iui he mnny of Mr. Harbour's corking tales are, but it'fc a geed book en its own independent lines. Jerry, the here, is a lad who works his way through school nnd yet has enough enterprise te become a notable football player. "Steve uiul the Steam Knglne" 'Little, llrewn . Ce.) Ms one of the M-ried of informative works in which Sara Ware Hasbctt has been 1 idling in agreeable fiction form the romance or great inventions nnd also their prac tical applicatieus. Steve, the young here, learns a let about the engine an applied te loeemothe, uutotneMlcsand ships, nnd the jeung reader of his ul ventures will learn u let, tee. "The Donevan Chance" (SerlbnerO has steam railroading as its background. 1 taneis Ljntlc. the author, has writ-ten a let of excellent novels with railrendlng) and railroad finance as the material but iiiir is inn nrst oey s kook. .Natural!) It has netnlng of the novice about It, coining from such u skilled writer nnd expert en trnnsportntlen. The here, son of u switchman, and hN pal. seu ni the president of the read, get pldHy of experience- in practical rnilrendinir. and aNe i,rc iii'itrumental In disclosing a conspiracy against the read. Q; 7Zg)ilg)$S)c!e$ A tc lumc of short fe w . .iriss by a master & CHANCE i ENCOUNTERS Maxwell Struthers Burt ( Included 3 "Each in His Generation," which was ( J awarded the O. Henry prize W l for tlie best American short & & story in the year 1920. 1 Just Published f j Charles Scribner's Sens Three of a Kind of Washington The fastest selllnic non-ncllen book en rtcerd. Why? Upcuuhe Uie American publli' IlkeH plain spi-aViliig-, el bueken Illuutratcd. 12.60 The Glass of Fashion By a Qenlttman urttU n Di.strr The crucifixion of Knclluh hlnfj society for its arrognnce nnrt preMeacy 2 50 The Mirrors et Devning Street Thle ruthln83 nrralsnment of Hrlttsh heroes inarte "Tlie Genllemnu with a Hunter famous. 52 CO Putnam's a ZONA GALE writes that CHARLES G. NORRIS'S new novel of marriage "is mag nificent It handles its human beings and they are human with that directness and honesty which, mere than any pna quality, the American novel has lacked." S2.00 at uny bonkshep or rum E. P. 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