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NEW YORK. SATURDAY, PBCBMBER a. 1906. 891 HUMOR F0eCHRI8T18. WHO'S IT IN AMERICA BHir a Sort Bloanraphy Certain rromiaeat Pencal with Son Pacta About Them, Hitherto Uapahllahe-d la Aey Other Dictionary ot Biography.

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MTne Ehafrhrrirs by Mr. Burt Eatcs Howard. ad1s one more to tha) passionate asuer ttona of fatta so freQutr.tly mads at this time: Prealdeiit BUot's "Four Ajnrkma leaders, tncftHlea brief oulo-Blee of Waabinftoa as a man ef homely rlrtoea, of rraoklra aa aa enerfetle worker, of Channtny as a greaS preacher, of Emeraon as a prophet of rood thtnga, Theae papers wars wrltteo to be read at celebration at which there were other speaker, and therefore represent bat one aspect of character. Preaideat Jordan's "Life's Enthusiasm Is a fervent exhortation to the paaatre and indolent to aoek for enjoyment and enthusiasm In the sotxrees close at hand; to an courage them, to keep thetr fire at whit beat by fnel of every sort. The ortstaa! essay was finished "In a tustlln; city, ta the moat gracious of landa, trader the bluest of and the four pages added to It by the author since the elty vanished win be 000 tad years hence as not the least evidence as to what manner of men lived ta tha elder 8aa Francisco.

Messrs. Little, Brown A Co. have re ceived a letter from Mr. George Wharton Jaraea, foreshadowing a calamity greater than has yet fallen on the Pacific Coast. If the Winter rains continue, and the Col orado continue to pour Its floods Into the Salton Sea, to hla opinion, the gap win soon be greater than It was before the days when the Southern Paclfle Railway Company endeavored to fn tL In that ease, unless either the railway company or the Mexican and American Governments shall undertake the work of refilling the opening, the Colorado Desert win once more become a part of the Qulf of California, and Callzleo.

MenlcaU, Imperial, Brawley. BUahee, Moltvllle, Mecca, Baltoo, ConcheUa. and many an Indian vlUaga will vanish. Tuma may have to be abandoned, with the great unfinished Lsgruna dam above It and miles ot canal and of railway win be swept away. Should thla happen, the ncton which Mr.

James has Just described to his book, Wonders of tha Colorado will have no ex istence except In his pages. Tha advance orders for Mr. E. FhUnps Oppenhelm's "The to be published the first Saturday In January by Messrs. Little, Brown A have made a second edition necessary.

Tha demand is probably stimulated by the simultaneous appearance of new edition of "Enoch Btrone" and "A Bleeping Memory, formerly pabHsaed In New Torn, The first Is the story of a self-made man. the second sets forth the consequence of going- too tar la attempts to remodel In inanity by surgery. Tha death of Mr. Jeremiah Curtln takes one of the oldest from the authors' list of Messrs. Little, Brown at Co.

At the tune of bis death ha was completing a history of the Mongols, but among- his work published by the firm were others testifying to hi knowledge of Gaelic and Slav folk lore and many Indiaa tongues, besides that great group of translations from the Polish, which introduced him to novel readers. For once an author was content with his trans lator, and M. Slenklewla could And na words too complimentary to apply to Mr. Curtm's work. Messrs.

John W. Luce at Co. are pub-Bahlng "The Bachelor's Cupboard." a Tittle book which opens with enUctn; Innocence, discoursing of modest furniture, and devices to make one room play the part of two, and one cupboard serve Cor the kitchen, pantry, china closet, and scullery. This the bachelor's aunt be holds with delight and buys It for dear Henry, living all alone by and dear Henry receives It with a rueful smirk, and opens it ta find that tn ifs later page are recipes not only for the unholy grin and devil, but for astounding combinations of cordials and spirits, suoh, for Instance, as gtn, absinthe, vermouth. and kummeL with Curacao by way dilu tion.

Further, he finds a Uxt of wines and prices, and advice aa to carina; for als wardrobe and his furniture, and de cides that aunt have their uses. The Utile book has lagenloae decoration on Its cover and title page and significant headings for Its chapters, The firm is also issuing- a little booh, to which five authors an American, a Span- lard, two Frenchmen, and a German record their experience of Oscar Wilde's conversation and thetr opinion of his work. Ft Is worth noting- that none of them has a word of real conunendaUoa for the man, although they find a nystettoos eomatMng to admire to bis work, and tan a httle against the society which ta prisoned him. Thla, tea, ahaUl pass Who knows tha saunas ox ths oantary WQdea, or at the seventeenth century variety? Tha Merrymount Press la responsible for tha design, printing, and preeswork of The Love Letters ot Henry VII T- to Anne BoJeyn," also published by the Messrs. Luce dt Co and the volume leavea nothtng to be desired as a piece of handicraft, but even Fronde never succeeded to proving that Henry could write a letter rising- above the average level of divorce court correspondence.

One grudges tba fine dress to the Ignoble words. One of the small drolleries of the hurried season Is that the publishers of "The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor" have received a telegraph order tor The Little Colonel Made of Honey." Tha Indiana Teach era Reading- Circle, the largest ta the country, has officially adopted Miss Ellen Bern pie's "American History and Its Geographical Coatuuona" Thla wHJ be remembered aa a work deal, tag- with history philosophically, and pen-Ins; a new world of thought to those who have studied only ordinary text books. is published by Messrs. Houghton, MU-OtodtOa, "The Opened Shutters" by Mrs. Clara Louise BuTnhara, has come to Its sev enth printing: end Harding of St.

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Pa. Maw Tora: Looa-maaa, Oraaa Co. IT hi reaOy a very gratifying experience, ta reading a novel, to find a satisfactory heroine. For most authors ara surprisingly cruel to their heroines and send them out la to a cold and crit ical world to a squashy, half-baked condi tion, or wtth most of their features mias ms', or so wrapped up that aU they eaa do Is to move about liks dummies when tha author pulls the string, or even as urv earved blocks of wood; with certain descriptive sentences written across them here and there. Ara there not enough benevolent ladles moved by the solidarity of tha sex to get np a society for the prevention of cruelty to heroines For It Is HOOKS FOK HOOKMBf MOLIERE: A BIOGRAPHY By H.

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The reader Is not forced to wonder npoa every page whatever under the sua tha men characters saw In her to admire. The author has the skill ta make unobtrusively evident the many reasons way they liked her and why some ot them should want to marry her. And the reader eaa also understand why her half -sister and her aunt should love her devotedly. Tee) often In novels these things appear to be quit without any other rhyme or reason than the author's necessities of Incident and plot Without much doubt. It ta more difficult to create a charming wotoaav character than aa attractive man, and make them equally convincing.

For even la real life feminine charm Is the most elusive of human cliaracteristlcs' and tha most difficult to catch and describe hi words. And to evolve from one's Inner consciousness the character of a woman with euf fident personal charm to appeal strongly to many of both sexes and many kinds of readers, to see It an eJeariy to one's own rnrnd and then to body It forth tn worda-that Is, Indeed, a test ef the skin of a no relist. But no reader aval wonders why Becky Sharp should have had a string of men always la her train, unprepossessing and unprincipled though she was, and as for the beautiful Diana, even one who could understand nothing else to Meredith could feel her eornpeUlng charm and personal magnetism. And so It Is rather a treat to find ta aa unheralded novel a girl with as much poise and dignity, as much character, and aa much charm, although ef a rather serious sort, ss Awdrey Carhew, tha heroine of "The Basket ef Fata" Nor to Its heroine Ha only good feature. For the tola, which hi eoncarned with ths results of a mock marriage ta which tha heroine, when a mere child and believing It to be an In good faith, was the brkle.

Is constructed and told wtth much ekilL The characters, even the minor ones, are cleverly drawn and made to reveal themselves by their speech and actions, and there Is fan the development of tha story that mutual Influence and play and mcvefBont between character and temperaments wnicn 11 is too unuiuai, tn a of a the country tractive. NEW YORK (ways pieaaina-, 10 lino in iue vmm novel. It Is aa English story, and pictures of rue in the beroinrs quiet bome to Cornwall are vary a-.