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CURRENT LITERATURE Fisherman's Luck," by Henry Van Dyke, D. D. 6T0RY OF NANCY HANKS "The Revelation of Jesus," by Prot G. H. Gilbert of Chicago.

Bali ley Series" Irish -Lllrrarr Sates. "Flsherinane Luck" By Henry Van Pyke. If your education In youth and the riper daya nunhnnd ham been nearlected. don't open this book. But If your nerves thrill at the aouud of some clear river rushing oyer Ita rocky bed.

or the Kllmmerlna; of blue water through the rlfta In the forest, and the songs of birds, and the mysterious call that come from hillsides and swamps, and all combine to make you forget business anxieties, worldly ram. and even sorrows, you are eligible and fitted to enjoy lis charming pages. Since the (lavs of good old Iiaak Walton the phllos- i i opny ana spirit 01 geuuiuc ipi'ii unc t.ren more certainly revealed or more admir- al.lv niHurptl Th tww.k has nothlnft in It common for the pot hunter or the many who Seen lorecus nnu iiri-siiu diiubuj imirr suntilies of Hat boll Irs than bread It Is not to roystrrers but true sportsmen that the author appeals, i ne aosorDing u-turc of po-t. and the uncertainties of all thins; therewith, furnish the opening chapter, and our author says: "rl.b land the other good things which lib. vam-o in the ratrhine of Ihoral cast no nhnilow N-fore.

Water Is the emblem of instability. No one can tell what he shall nf it until ha hits taken in his line. Herein are found the true charm and profit of anxmiK tor all persons oi a pure ana i-uuu mln.l "lntjk at thewe two venerable gentlemen foatlng in a upon the clear watera of Lf.kf Ueorae. One of them is a successful statesman, and ex-President of the I'nlted State, a lawyer versed In all the curious ec-rrmrlcitiM of the "lawless science of the lav The other Is a learned doctor of rnedi tine, able to give a name to all diseases from whirh m'n have Imagined that they suffered. and to Invent new ones for those who are tired of vulvar maladies.

Rut all their learn- in. is forcotten. their cares and controversies laid nxli'e In 'innocuous desuetude." The Fummer Si hool of Sociology is assembled. The medical congress Is In session. But they rn rynt not to much as the value of a sinnle live bait.

The sun shines upon them with a fervent heat, but It trks them not. The rain descends and the winds blow and lrt upon them, but they are unmoved. They are se-urely anchored here In the lee of Sab- tcth Pay point. hni -ni hnntmeiit binds them to that In considerable spot What magic fixes their eves the point of a fishlna; rod. aa if it were the Buger or destiny 7 11 is me nf nn rt it i ii th samp natural magic that draws the little suburban boys In the spring of the year, with their strings and i.ir.hnuLi the shallow ponds where dace and redfins hide; the same Irresiistible charm that fixes a row of elty gamins, like ranted and disreputable flshcrows, on the end of a pier where blear-eyed Bounders nmuiimu lurk In the muddr water.

Let Kr nhilinuiihr exnlAtn It as he will. ia rtiarvtnutahle word. I know. It is supposed by many pious persons to be Improper ana almost niaspnemuus iu ua Hut I am not one of those who abare this nt.irMi-a nrr inclined rather to be lieve that It la a good word to which a bad kM Lum iHvnn St. Peter and the other flshermen-diaclplea of the lake of Csx'llee were perrectiy iree 10 cmi mmr net.

on either side of the ship. So rar as mey could see. so far as any one could see. It was a matter of chance where they chose to cast it. But It was not until they let It down it the Marter" word, on the right side, that th-v had good luck.

And not the lefist element In their Joy In their draft or flFhes was that It brought a chauge of fortune. of the pleasures of tent l'fe he says: But when man abides In tents, after the manner ho early patriarchs, the face of the world Is 1 The vagaries of the clouds become significant. You watch the sky with a lover look, eager to know hether It will amile or frown. When you lie at night upon your bed of boughs and hear the rain pattering on the canvas close above your head. wonder whether It Is a long storm or onlv a Phower.

The rising wind shakes the tent m.ps. Are the pegs well driven down and the cords firmly fastened? You fall acaln. and wake later to hear the rain drumming still more loudly on the tirl cloth, and the big breere anor ng throurh forest, nnd the wave, plunging along the beach. A stormy day? Well you must haul plenty of wood and keep tie c.r,p Pre g.owlng. for It will be hard to start it up acaln.

If you let It go too low. You FO to bed with cheerful bones-times In the darl nesn you ar- half awake, and listening drowsily to the sounds of the "torra. Are they waxing or waning? Ia that louder pattering a burst of raln. or la I the plumping of the big drops as they are shaken the See. the dawn has come anl the gray llgbt glimmer, though fhe In a mtl.

whU. you will know your fate. Look! There Is a na of bright yellow radiance on the peak of tC thentfb They.h.dow of a leaf dance, over it. The sun must De animus- 1 i. AiHnui mora- an 1 up wtin you.

iui tng Tre woods fair as If they had oeen The water sparine, wua iutt. ud "tin wave, are singing and dancing all "ong the abore. Scarlet berries of ash hang around the lake like a necklace If coral A pair of kingfishers dart back Jnd forth across the bay. in fla.he.ot llvtnj A black eagle silently around his circle far up in the cloudless The air la full of pleasant sounds, but there Is no aoioe The world 1. full of joyful life, but there I.

no crowd and no confusion." The author here recite, the beautiful story of Kt Francla and "1 know of but one fairer description of a repast it the Pnalr; and that where we are totd how certain Joor fl.hermen. corning In very weary after rigLt of toll find one of them T.ry wet. after Iwlmmlng aahore). found their master on the bank of the lake waiting tor them. liuV It teem, that he must have been busy in their behalf while he waa waiting; tor there aa a bright lire ot coala burning on the shore, and a goodly Ash broiling thereon biead to eat with It.

And when the waater ha asked them about their fl.hlng he sal? 'Come. now. and get your breakfajat. Fo they down around the fire, and with Ms own hand, them with the bread ind n.h. Of all the banquet, that bare erer been alven upon tno emriu mw tam had a In .1 n.hamni who declare that they do not cre about the of their catch.

He ver believe a Bshennen when he teUa you that he does not care about the fish he iatche. He may that he angle, only for the plea.ure et being out ot doora. and that Va I. Ju.t a. well contented when he takes nothing as when be makes a good catch, lie may think o.

but it la not true. He 1. cot telling a deliberate falsehood. He 1. only assuming an uncon.ciou.

pose, and Indulg-' lag in a delicate bit ot Even it lt were true It would not beat all to hi. credit. Watch him on that lucky day, when he cornea home with a full basket of trout on hi. shoulder, or a Quartet ot silver salmon cov-prf with green branches in the bottom of a. nu fara ta hroaitar than It was hen he went out.

and there is a sparkle of triumph in me ey -it is unim 11 be say. In modest depreciation of his triumph. But you shall see that he linger, fondly about the place where the fish are displayed npon the grass, and doea not fall to 1 mt Fka art. 1 -mtUm iimim mm weighed, and bas an attentive ear for the I 14 VJ IIIVI vi'Vt, www i.trrte the.tory of the. capture; how the find moreover, idu do am uawuiiug big flsh rose abort.

Sour times to four dlf- erect fltee, and' finally took a black dose, acd played an over the pool, and ran down a terribly rapid to the next pool below, and sulked for twenty minutes, and i.u to do wiirrca tp wits atones, ana intac such a long fight that, when he came in at la.l rtl A Ik. w. wtmVM lut, tuv HUIU Vt UWB 1 UIVD WWIU through, and it fell oat of hi. mouth a. he toucnea tne listen to tni.

taie a. it i. told, with endless by every man who ha. brought home a fine flsh, and yon will perceive that the fisherman does care ior nia tuca aiier aii. H.

Xn 1 a luck with this proposition: "In the school of me many orancnes 01 anowieage are taugnt. Dill lu. uu i iuiivbu)iuj tttsb tsuiuuuia tv anythng, after all. t. Just the secret of mak- itjg menas wun our iuck.

One ot the excellent chapter, which win appeal to every aportiman Is "The Thrilling Jnm.t 1 1 IIIiLlnfu It Kw mm lni.Mjtlt In fishing for land-locked aalmon in Canada. It was the last day 01 tne nsning aeaeon ana he nartv was mare than utuallv anxious fdr a fine string to take home. Upon approaching the stream they found that there bad been a cloudburst, and the rtver was roaring, bank nil mwA viiIiIm anil m4n tarr-A thitt hp condition, were well nigh hopelcts. Some caitereu into ine wooas 10 raioer oerriri while our author seated himself with his brlerwood upon the bank. Wktchlr.g the swirling watera he discovered tha fins and tail of a big ouananlceesportlog at the brad of the pool In an eddy.

He wai jat once aroused, and selecting hi. best flie. clambered down the steep bluff almost at the risk of life until he was within reach for the cast. He cast time and again and changed and changed his flies, but not a rise did he get. and he was well-nigh disheartened when suddenly 'I heard behind me a voice of hope the song of a graithopper not one of those fat-leggeo.

green-winged Imbeciles that feebly tumble in the rummer field, but a game grasshopper one of those thln-hauked. brown-wirged fellow that Kap like kacgarooe. and fly like birds, and sing krl-karee-karee -krl In their flight. It Is not nally a song I know, but It rounds like one; and if you had heard that kri-karee carolling as I chased hlra over the rocks, you would have been sure that he ki mocking me. "1 believed that he was the lure for that ouananlehe: but it was hard to persuade him to fulfill his destiny.

1 flapped at h'm with my hat. but he was not there. I graped at him on the bushet. acd brougM away 'nothing but leaves. At last he made his way to the very edge of the water and poUed blmrelf on a stone, with his It gs well tucked for a long leap and a bold flight to the other side of the river.

It was my final opportunity. I made a desperate grab at It and caught the gratsbopper. "My presumption proved to be correct. When that kri-karee. invisibly attached to uiy went floaticg down the stream, the ouananlehe waa eurprlsed.

It was the 14th of September, and he had supposed the grasshopper seaion was over. The unexpected temptation was too strong for him. He rose with a rush, and in an Instant I was fast to the best land-locked salmon of the year." He then tells how he struggled with that flsh and waked The echoes for his berry-pk-klng guide to come with the landing net. He came, dropped the net In the wster. and "jtst at the right Instant he maJ one quirk, steady swing of the arms, and the head of the net broke clean off the handle and went floating away with the flfh in It! All seemed to be lost.

But Ferdinand was equil to the occasion. He seized a long, crooked stick that lay In a pile of drift wood on the shore, rprang into the water up lo his waist, caught the net aa it drifted Fist. and dragged It to land, with the ultimate ouananlehe. the prize of the season, still glittering through Its meshes." "This Is the story of my moil thrilling moment as an angler." Here Mr. Van Iyke "But which was the moment of the deepest tbrlll? "Was it when the huckleberry bush saved me from a wattry grave, or when the log rolled under my feet and started down the river? Was It when the flsh rose, or when the net broke, or when the long stick captured it? "No; It was none of these.

It waa when the kri-karee with his legs tucked under him on the brink -of the stream." la annther nleasins chapter. The writer tells how Joe Jefferson wrote Rip Van Winkle on the banks of a trout stream. He declares that Instead of fishermen being Bilent. good talk and even song promote good fishing. "A Norwegian Honeymoon is a ueuRimut little romance which drops naturany into the story, followed by essays upon me delight of life In the forests and along rivers and lakes.

The book, from a literary standpoint is elegant, and It ha. no djill pages. sjNew York: Charles Scrlbner bons. cni- cago: aicuiurg.j The Revelation of Jesus" By G. H.

Gil bert P. I)-. Chicago neoioKicm mu-lnarv No better illustration could be afforded or the distinctively modern way of It intentions of theol ogy than Is found In the latest publication from the pen of Profeesor George H. Gilbert of the Chicago Theological seminary. The Itook Is entitled "Tne Keveiaiion -Study of the ITimary Sources of Christian- itv." This subject nas given nT i nimulnn than other In the entire range of theology, but here we have complete exemption rrom juot troversy.

The secret of this non-controverBlal treatment of the subject is found in consistent ad-. n.itii,a lina of arsrument. The oerpuiT professor does not attempt to point out the views and theories oi In his opinion Justified by a study of the prt- -hpatlanttT. It lS Only III a I BJ UUT, when a disputant undertakes to say what ia noi taught, or not oo controversy come. In.

Proles-or uiioen does not affirm or deny the old Athanaslan proposition that Jesus was very w. what he nnde revealed as to the nature of tho founder of the cnrtstian there an end. He nnas mat human; second, the promisea Whether the Messianic caaimw. and nature are a. to warrant the creed 1...

i.n. a iiiMtion aulte ouUlde the range ot the professor's discussion. Some sticklers for tne oia ionm knight errants of ancient polemics, may draw heretical Inferences from this avoidance of controversy, but is none the more closely the theological teaching of the day adheres to the positive policy the better It will bo for the church. It was negative disputation which burnt Bevertus at the stake Had be and Calvin been content, like Gilbert, to discuss what they knew and believed, without disputing over what they not know and did not believe they would have got on without fagots and the torch. So too.

If Athanaslu. and Ariu. had been content to confine themselves to the positive side of ChrUtolory. the greatest ot all theological schisms would never have occurred, to divide the Christian church Into Oreek and Roman Catholics. The old noUon that the discneslon of theology was the waging of warfare oer dogmas must be very nearly antiquated, or such a book as Gilbert.

'The Revelation of Jesus" could not be the natural outcome of a tudy of the primary source of all our knowledge ot him. hla work, character, and nature, presenting-, as It does, a striking example of theology without controversy. There la strength to the church In free thought and free speech and honest discussion, but evil only in heresy trial, and contention. (Now York: Tho Maemillan company. Chicago: McClurg.) "Nancy Hanks: the Story of Abraham Lincoln's Mother" By Caroline Hank.

Hitchcock. How true tt is, that the mothers of great men. who ahaped and directed their Uvea, are often overlooked by biographer, and even scarcely mentioned. Nancy Hanks, the mother ot Lincoln, waa a pioneer and the daughter of a pioneer, and spent her entire lite In her struggle to build a home In the wilderness. She died In at the ago of 85 years.

When her son, forty-two years later, grew Into national prominence, hla enemies) Ir Jure him began to slur hla mother and fal- i-t ai.l.MtA that Thfimu via lawful fatVianv and that waa uww "hie mother waa a waif and fatherless like himaell. una auuoruy aeaana uu aim father waa "Enk, and another that "It was Calhoun," and still a third that tt waa Hardin." All intelligent students are aware of a fan that thw old doneera were wery care less in making snealogieal reeorda. The Ltlneoln family was no exception ta this, and warn ujaa simii ai a MinA aiflimltv I mt taatlTf aim iui UMUUa tVHH .1 iiiiviwv -1 tho toesraea of theam ghoukt la literature by THE DAIIT INTER CE Alf 31 OXPAT 1 OI? I Oylf OV E3'i iETl 189D. wert-authentlcattd facts. It.

Is raid thai Lincoln did not even have any official record to show when or where his father and mother were married. And so the while denied, wa. left in its denial without authenticity. Even during the present year a book has been published in North Carolina with testimony ot people born even since Lincoln, death that "Lincoln was born there and a resident ot that state." The present book, by Mr. Caroline Hank.

Hitchcock of Cambridge. 1. an attempt to clear the name of Nancy Hanks Lineoln of these falsifications. It is based not on hearsay cr tradition, but on documents which Mn. Hitchcock herself has discovered and verified.

Her interest in Nancy Hanks grew naturally out of a work she undertook come years ago the genealogy of the Hanks family in America. In tracing the descindanl. the rounder of the family In America. Benjamin Hanks, who came frcm England lo Plymouth county, Massachusetts. In 169, she discovered that one of his sons, William, moved to Virginia, and that in the latter part of the eighteenth century hi.

children formed In Amelia county of that state a large settle-tuent. All the records of these families she found In the hall of records In Richmcnd. When the emigration Into Kentucky began, late in the century. It wa. Joined by raeny member, of ike Hanks settlement In Amelia county.

Among to go wis Jose ph Hecks with wife. Nancy Shipley Hanks, and their children. Mrs. Hitchcock traced thia Joseph Hanks by means of land records te Nelson Kertu'-ky. whre ifce found that he died in 1793.

leaving behind a will hich she dUecvtnd in the records of Kards-town. Ky. Ttla will shews that at the time cf his deatnJos( ph Hanks had living eight children, to whem be bequeathed proptrty. The ycungest of these was "my daughter Nancy." as the will puts It. Mrs.

Hitchcock first query, on reading thl3 will. was. Can it be that this little girl rhe was but 9 years old when her father died If Nancy Hanks, who. sixteen years later, became the mother of Abraham She determined to find out. She learned from relations and friends cf the family of Joseph Hanks still living- that, sron after lift-father's death.

Nai.ey went to live with an uncle. Richard Kerry, who. the records show, had come from Virginia to Kentucky at tame time that Joseph Hanks came. A little further research, and Mrs. Hitchcock found that there had been brought to light, through the efforts of frltnds of Abraham Lincoln, all the documents to show that in 1S06 Nancy Hanks and Thomas IJncoln were married at lleechland.

Ky. Now. oni of these documents was a marriage bond. It was signed by Richard Berry, the uncle or the little girl recognized in the will of Josep'; Hanks. then, was the chain complete.

The marriage bond and marriage returns thowed that Nancy Hanks and Thomas Lin-cola were married regularly three years before the birth of Abraham Lincoln, thus settling forever at rest the story of Llnroln' Illegitimacy, and also Khowed that this Nancy i Hanks was the one naraffl in tne win The public, in the nauie of truth and honor. we-s a debt of gratitude to Mrs. for her patient investigation, and tne clear, clean record she has made should forever silence the tongue of the slanderers. (New York: Mc-Clure Co. Chicago: McClurg.) La Comedie Humaine" By Honore de Baliac.

From Messrs. Little. Brown ft Fwston. were are in receipt of volume ond VIII. of tiie handsome "Century Edition" of Europe's greatest writer of romance.

The series wai Inaugurated in May of this year In commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of Dr. Balzac's birth. The teries will be completed in thirty-three 12 mo. volumes. The mechanical work of the volumes is nearly faultless.

The handsome blndinar. still tona. and rough front edges make them beautiful dook. ior mc The print is clear aad a pleasure to read, wane k. ninetr-xix OoudII nnotograrurei.

(mm nriilml Dtctures by many celebrated artlata. add additional charm to the text. Volumes V. and VI. close the series ot "Scenea rrom I'rlvate Lire." Volume V.

is made up rr A Start in Life." "Vendetta." "A Study of Woman." "The Message." "Paa." "Madame Klrmiani." illustrated by George Roux. Volume VI. is made up ot "Beatrix" and "A Comiulsiion In Lunacy." illustrated by Albeit Fonrle. Volume VII. aod VIII.

open the eiies named "Scenes ot Provincial volume "Eugene Grandet and Birrettl." i. ti hv nuez ond Muenier: volume I- -t r-rtt 111.. ana An Lucira Rossi. Notwithstanding that some of iiiuatratod hv jaciiun naKTes ami i the grumblers criticise Ml wormeiey. tne traVfiaurr.

the more one reads her excellent work and compare. It with the original and with other tranalatlona. the more unstinted will te tho praise accorded to ner. ne is oth a master in French and English. She is in full sympathy with her subject, and her clear, animated style is admirably adapted to bring out not only the thought, but fo faithfully as far ai a translator can, reproduce of the author.

With the word painting that it found in De Belzac, and the elasticity In the French language. It is beyond the power ef an English translator to catch all tho delicate and beautiful timings. Speaking of Mls Wornieley'i work, an experienced critic says: "Her liyle Is clear, supple, animated aid hai lufflcient color; but if it ia not the style of Balzac, which English proso could not pretend to be. it is at any rate the most satisfactory equivalent which we know. It Is a heroic task aplenaiaiy acuievea Miss Wormeley now brings to a close, winning for Balzac a wider public in America and England than ho a ever had before, winning lor herseir a laarttng place in the history of English and American lettera.

"in Cbimnev Corner: Merry Tale of Irish Folk Lore" By Senmaa MaeManua. Ib his "Through tho Turf and Smoke" Mr. Mac-Manus showed his superiority as a delineator of Irish peasant wit and folk lore. The present volume deals with Irish witchea. giants, and, Iho invincible "Jacks" found nowhero rise so natural and ready-made for the use of tho lngenioua autnor aa on island.

There are alxtoen complete stones and theaubj-cts aro all Irlsii they could have been totd or no otner peopie ana iocn i the old land will enjoy them. iMownere eise will they find "Shan Ban ana neu riynu. or "Kory the Robber or -uiny uejg the BuU." or "Nanny and Conn." or "Tho Giant of the Bond Beggar's Hall." The col ored Illustration by Pamela uoiman omun re not merely dub tiimureu. WOrk but In their imaginative work are a part of the text, which locates its acenea and characters betore moaern an A second volume from tne same puoiiu is entitled, "Sons of Strength." by William R- Llgbtou. This 1 a romance oi me border wars and nas ror us ter the life hlatory of a "foundling child who when be had grown to manhood, drifted Weat and took a leading part in that memorable contest which led up to the greater national events which soon followed.

The open-i- are, a touehlnr delineation of child-thought and child-life, bereft ot all that tenderness and love wmcn anouiu the tender opening years of infancy. The loo to a human life of motherly ministrations, so often, barely appreciated, could scarcely be made more impressive than by the simple nt the little abandoned boy. left to the public to feed and clothe, and allowed simply to live. But ww aiop io auuure mvu outers as Hale, who draws out the beat in the little boy and lays the fotmoavtioo for the manhood that Is afterward developed. It la a beautiful leeeoa to those having such public charges in th lasting value ot kindness.

A kind. word, or act costs nothing, and yet It often reachea out into the great future with results of great Import. It wai through Hale'a influence that Adams, tho good old Quaker, adopted tho little boy Into his family, and carried forward the work of building him up Into true manhood. The author then enters Into the political questions agitating th publio regarding fire and slave territory In He gives a true and graphic sketch of the lire ot th pioneers In. Kansas during; that troublous period, and tells of sacrifices they made for a great principle.

Horn and love making, peace and war, are all pictured simply and beautifully tn their simplicity. (New Torttx iubledy McCluro company.) "In Hampton Roads" By Charles B. Banks and Oeorg H. Oook- Thla is a stirring ro-manoe, with tho plot laid In and about Hampton roads during that excltin period when the eye of tho Nation, were upon tho Merrtmao and th Monitor, and when great results were expected. In all history no Ingle cava battle erer bad so much at Stake, The lovers of the flag will remember tho thrill ot Joy and the NaU kin's thanksgiving for tha Monitor' a victory.

Zt jnar also bo said It not only mad great history, but it changed and reorganised th navies ot lb civilised A Very Remarkable Novel DIFFERENGES By Hervey White There has not been for years so notable a story of the relations between the rich and the poor, or ever, perhaps, so genuine and forceful a study of life in the Middle West. The critic of the Boston Transcript Joseph Edgar Chambcrlin, says of it 4 It resemble strongly ihc work of the best Russian novelists, and yet it it in no sense an imitation of those it is apparently like them merely because the author, motive and ways of thought and observation are like them. There ia the same solemnity of treatment, the same long-sustained loading of apparently trivial details with weighty significance. At the beginning the story seems to move, not heavily, perhaps, but ponderously. It increases in interest and significance, and by and by marches strongly and superbly to its conclusion.

I have never before read any such treatment in the English language of the life and thought of laboring Jude the Obscure comes nearest to it, perhaps; but Jude, after all, -was the spirit of a gentleman in the body of a peasant. Mr. White's John Wade is the real thing. I have not read a book of so much significance Differences for a long time. It seems as clear as da- that, if Mr.

Whkc continues to build honestly on this foundation, he will make for)lmsclf a great name in American literature." For sale everywhere. Price, $1.50 Small, Maynard 8c Company, Publishers BOSTON world. It is about such a andanr.d the mad excitement ct the time that ttis ttory revolvts. It Ii a story of Intense love, i-i i which love patriotism. Th plot of the story la weil-lald and ire-cioui, aud I thecharacters well wrouent.

The authors ahow good Judgment in knowing how lotniiM 1 tragic a story. One of 'he commendable qualiMei of the romance ia its terseness and dlrectnefs. and at the Fame time every position is made clear. There are no padded pages ia the book. (Chicago: Hand.

McNaUy ft.) "Monopolies and the' People" By C. W. Baker, tditcr Engimenng News. the third edition of this valuable book, which haa been thoroughly revised, enlarged, and brought down to date. It ductile intelligently the queitions which each year arc coming, more and more, to the front questions vital te the v.

hole people and dldl cult to maater untSer the law. We have monopolies confronting us everywhere, and even the labor. ng millions, who are vitally interested in seeing the power of thei? combinations mastered, hav organized monopolies of their own. Under his first head Mr. Baker dlarussea "The Limitation or Competition in Modern Industry; Its Causes and Effects." Hii second general topic is "A Dwade of Progress Toward the of Competition." Hia third.

"Evils Wrought by Rocert Economic Changes, and Practical Suggestions fcr Their Remedy." It would be doing an IcJuUice to the author to attempt in small to epitomise hla argument, or to at to controvert hla theories. (New York G. P. Putnam's Sona. Chicago- McClurg.) "In Blue and White" By Elbridge S.

Brooks. This is a stirring story or the American revolution, in which aro recited the adventures or Humphrey Vandyoe. a trooper In Washington's lite guard. The field is one or fine dramatic situations. Few episodes in the revelation have nor than that deeply laid and, U-0laJine4 conspiracy (almost la tho vory brsmalBg of tho conflict against the lite of Washington, known as the "Hlckey plot," and brought to grief by the Ira very of a girl and the loyalty of a guards- I iha thla TtnniT iroODer r- In tho lite guard and the.

he helped made the "hrr ground work ot hla tory. which also such historic characters as introduces Washington, Greene. Hamilton, Nathan prescoii. acd John Jay. There are also Introduced other actual but subordinate characters in and about old New York in the stirring times that culminated in the battle of Long island, the retreat from Brooklyn, and the masterly moves of Washington to save the cause of independence and the army that fought for it.

It is a strong, well-told story, which holds the reader spellbound to the closing page, (boston: D. Lothrcp Co.) "The Golf Girl" Verses by Samuel M. Peck, with pictures by Maud Humphrey. The lovers of golf will enjoy Mr. Peck's Jingles, and perhaps more.

Miaa Humphrey's spirited golf pictures, which Messrs. Frederick A. Stokes at New York, have Just sent forth to the patrons of the links. The fame publish era have a second illustrated volume ia colors, which will please the little folk. It is tutitled.

"Indian Child Life." by E. W. Dealing. Both pictures and text show that little savages have rare fun and by novel methods. "One of Those Coincidences, and Other Stories" By Julian Hawthorne and others.

(Illustrated.) This volume contains eleven complete stories by popular writers. There are tales of soldiers and singers, or Cubans and Russians, of plcknlckera and ghosts, and other entertaining subjects. Some of the titles are: "The Romance of a Tin Root and a Fire Escape." "The Strange Case of Esther Atkins." "Selma the Soprano." "How Vlar-deaa Obeyed the Black Abbe." etc. The book takj IU title from Julian Hawthorne's story, in which the leading characters are a volunteer in the war for Cuban independence and a nurse In one of the army hospitals. Like many of Hawthorne's stories.

It Is abrupt. Of the story he remarks: "It Is more fact than fancy." There la a -fine little story 'of the Porto Rican war by Lei Clear Beard. In which a Spanish boy. Francisco. Is the hero.

Theu follow an exciting and somewhat pathetic story of the forests of Nova Scotia a century and a half ago, by Charles G. D. Roberts; a curious experience in palmistry, by Florence M. Kingsley a strange tale of dual existence, by Mrs. L.

E. I. Hardenbrook; a yarn of the mining camps, by A. Stewart Clarke; a tragic musical story, by Mabel agnails; a romantic picnic adventure, by Florence M. Kingsley; a dramatic incident of the Cuban struggle for freedom, by Mary C.

Francis, and a story of laundry and love on a tin roof, by Mary L. Avery. The stories are Illustrated. (New York: Funk Wagnalls company.) Bowka In Blue and White. The adventures and misadventure of Humphrey Vandyoe.

trooper in Washington's life guard By Elbridge S. Brooks. Boston: T. Lothrop ft Co. Grant Barton, the Runaway.

By W. O. Parker. Boston: Lee ar Sbepard. Pantheism the Light and Hope of Modern Reason.

By C. Bmyrc Chicago: Charles H. Kerr Co. In Hampton Roada. C.

K. Banks and G. C. Oook. Chicago: Rand.

McNally ft Co. A Short View of Great Question. By O. J. Smith.

New York: The Brandur company. The Ship of Stare. By A. T. Qulller-Couch.

Fisherman's Luck. -Bv Henrr Van Dyke. New York: Char lee Scribner's Sons. Chicago: Mc Clurg. One ot the Coincidences and Other Storlee.

By Julian Hawthorne and others. New York: Funk ft A Revolutionary Maid. By Amy E. Blanchard. Boston: W.

A. Wilde company. afnnnnnllea, and tha, -PmdIo. Br W. Baker.

O. EL Love Letters, of a Musician. By Myrtle Reed. New Yorki O. P.

Putnam's Son Chi- aav- IfeCMnra The Mother of Trusts. Railroads and Their Relation to tha, Man with the Plow. By Jeese Ilarddsty. Kansas City: Hudson, Kimberly company. From n.

Anntetnn at New York, and Mc Clurg. Chicago, five volume: The 8torleot tbe Fiahers. By J. N. Basket M.

A. Tbe Log of a Sea By F. T. Bullen. About the Waather.

By M. W. Harrington. Tbe Half Back. By H.

B. Barbour. A Voyage aa Addmr. niark Ha aH. Mela Leben -von Johaan.

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Worn aArh4c A. Rtakat enSBDany, fW Tork. and McClurg, -Chicago, nve vohimee: Indian Child Ufa. By US. W.

Tho Golf Girt. Ily Maud Humphrey. Aa Bnllpie of Memory. A By Morton Grinnell. M.

1). A Child's History of Spain, fly Leonard Williams. The frown of Life. By Urorg Glsttna. fix Bayonet: or.

Tbe Meiriment 1n the Hills. By Maiivill Kenn (Uluairatee.i. New York: E. P. imttou ii Co.

Chiragc: MrCiurg. Th Larger Kalth. By Janv W. Coulter. Chi- rafo: Cl.arlf H.

Kerr Co. Tne Stlgm. A draui in four at. By J. E.

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Uap- inan. From M-sti. T. Y. Crowell ft New York, ar.d M.Clurn.

Chicago, six volumes: Etan-gtliue and Hiawatha. By Lucille. Hy Meredith. The Houae of Seven Cable. By Hawthorne.

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Brown Boaton. fourteen volunu-a: Volumes VIII. De Raliii 'i complete works. File No. 113.

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Plympton. The Island Impossible. By Harriet Morvan. Tbe Brlrk Moon and Oiher Sketches. By Edward E.

Hale. Saraoa. A ory of Spsnrti TSlor. By B. Peres tialdos.

Translated by Minna Caroline Smith. Bruno. By Byrd C. Dewy. Max and Maurice, and Flten and Plum.

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New York, and Mrdurg. Chlrago. five volumes: Nanry Harks, the Story of Abraham Lincoln's Mother. By Caroline Hanka Hitehoock. In Chimney Corners and Irtvb Folk Lore.

By S. MarMuni Hons of Strength. A romance of The Kansas border wars. By W. R.

Llghton. The Court of Boyvllle. By W. A. White.

The Kipling Birthday Book. Complied by Joeeph Finn. Tbe ot Jesus. A story of the primary aourea of Chrlatiantty. Hy Georwe W.

Gilbert. Pb. I. Cblcasro Theological aml-rry. New York: Tbe MacmJllan company.

Chicago: McClurg. Literary "iwtes. G. P. Putnam's Sone announce the publleatloa of a philosophical peera by Dr.

Henry N. Podge. ceUtkd "Christ ua Victor." The current number of the Review art Reviews Is among tbe best It baa ever Issued. It is a groat magazine for busy people. Tbe American Illustrated Methodist Macazlne for November shows further evidence of that excellence which has won tor It such great popular favor In so short a time.

Meacrs. Small. Maynard ft Boston, wilt tetue at once, under the title "Tha Surface of TU ngs." a volume of stories by Chars Wald- ein Slade. profeasor of fine arts at Cambridge university. "What Marriage Means" is a subject dls- cursed by promiuent and well-known writers in tbe November Iraue of the American Queen.

"Is It Wrong to Fltrtr" another intereatlna; article that eommnnds attention an Is well worth reading. Mrs. Margaret K. Sangaier. who for over ten years has been the editor of Harper'e Bazar, has irKced that pomuon ana joinea tne eorpa of the Ladies' Home Journal, let which magazine abe will hereafter conduct a prominent department.

G. W. Dillirchan: company announces for is rue early in November "Rising Fortunes." by John Oxenham; "The Bond of Black." by William Le Queux: "Don Cowrie." a novel, by H. Tycdale. aod "Jack Crews." a story dedicated to tbe railroad engineers or America.

American readers will have an opportunity to hvom familiar with the most striking worn which M. Rene Basin, one of tbe most girted of he vouncer French writers, has thus far done. In the translation at "The Perishing Land." which is to be published serially in the Living Age, be ginning in the number tor rov. t. "Tbe Expert Cleaner." published by Funk ft New York, Is a handbook of practical information for all who hike clean homes.

It Is literally packed with ready aids for the housewife. Hints, suggestions, and recipes which are sure to prove useful are given in gresu profusion, carefully classified to facilitate ready reference. Brilliant aa the autumn tints or the woods and fields it loves so weU are the pages or Outing for November. The buck of the Northern hille, the boar of the Rockies, the moose of Maine, the irrouao In Michigan, duck on, Lake Cbamplaln, nnrt in Tennessee, and the wild yak in far-away Thibet, all yield their tribute of enthusiasts wriUng tor their kind. afoaara nana Estea ft Boston, send out a beautiful volume of poems entitled "For Thee Alon selected bv Grace ttartsnoroe.

wnicn miiht he annronrUtel marked a book for lovers. The themes are only of love, and the selections an. nuil nn of-the beat Doema in the Knrlieh language. In all tbe ages rave oaa eaiiewoui mo best from the poets, and every eoaoe ot inougni in the teuder passion has been pictured. Messrs.

Harper Bros, publish 'The Lively Advanturee of Gavin Hamilton. Some Time Lieu tenant in the service of the Empresa-Queeia, and Afterward Sir Gavin Hamilton. Ayranire. Nona HritaJn" "a dashinc rattling fellow, ef infinite courage, and well acquainted with some of tbe nvatnt rairlts of tbe ace" Mlaa aaouy ciiiot Sea well's latest story, stirring romance of the wars ot Frederick the Great, with a here Who ia avarvthlna- tha title would aead one to expect. No recent magazine papers have attracted eo larch attention, afforded eo much entertainment, acd created such lively and widespread as Rollin Lynde Hant Atlantic essays, Th.

Mnirianians" and "A New En land Hill Town." In has new article, "The Ohioana," ta tbe November Atlantic. Mr. Hartt can-tea his characteristic method Into a new and proline and widely interesting field: and hia pictures of tha Buck ere state, and of the "Buckeyes" at hsima ami hrnuL will be eaKeriv read and en Joyed, even by those who recognize themselves as the subjects of his good-natured satire and hla keen and amusing cnaracieruation. Meaare. Laird ft Lee of Chicago have Just is sued a remarkable Httle book which Is undoubt- iiv the smallest alphabetical encyclopedia in Ttatanca.

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