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THE BOSTON GLOBE-SATURDAY. DECEMBER 13, 1913. 4 t4, tdt teP ti? 'EXAMS' FOR LAWYERS AGAR HARVARD'S PLEA con A TUNNEL EIOILEDA72 390 pag.il tr. 8 ie. WFERIINGS Not appeared serially 1, By MARY JOHNSTON 1 The Outlook, In an Extensive Review, says "There will be few to deny its ability or its significance.

It is a report of the revolution now going on in society as it took possession of a woman and transformed her life. The transition from the old to the new has been dramatized in extreme terms, for 'Hagar' starts in an old-time Southern home ruled by the most rigid conventions, and ends in the ranks of those who not only accept suffrage but have emancipated themselves from most the old conventions. 'Hagar' is more than a 'feminist' novel; it is a revolutionary novel, though liaglr, striving for complete individuality, holds fast the old standards of personal dignity and moral stability." MARY JOHNSTONS OTHER BOOKS: standards of personal dignity and moral stability." MARY JOHNSTONS OTHER BOOKS: 4 I TO HAVE AND TO HOLD AUDREY PRISONERS OF HOPE LEWIS RAND THE ROLL CEASE FIRING $1.40 net READ or rcstnztiti St 34 A I'4 AGAREtft steam of Plant to float New Library. Boilers With Big C'llininey In Co! lege Yard. Bell Denies Purpose Is to Buy Road's Property.

The many reasons which make it advisable for the city of Cambridge to grant a permit to Harvard University for the construction of a tunnel between the College 'Yard and the new freshman dormitories near the Charles are gummed itgo by Stoughton -Bell, attorney for Harvard University The tunnel proposed is for carrying surplus steam from the power plant (Jr the Boston Elevated Railway Company on Boylston st, Cambridge, to the yard to heat the new Widener Library, which is so iarge that there is no heating plant in the yard which can be used for such a purpose. Mr Bell says it is necessary either to obtain from the city permission to construct this tunnel or to construct a pew heati4 plant within the yard, probably in iloylston Hall, on Massachusetts as', Just west of the Widener Library. Such a plan." he continues, "would require an expenditure by the university of about $100.000. If it is located in the yard it can be built without going to the Board of Aldermen for a permit. Consideration of csonomy oZ operation would require that it be made large enough to take all buildings in the yard.

Would Require Tall Smokestack. "Such a plant would mean more dirt, more smoke, more noise, more inconvenience from teaming coal and she to that part of Cambridge located around Boylston Hall, and would require a very tall smokestack. This would be unfortunate not only to the college but to those citizens of Cambridge who do business in Harvard sq. They have almost without exception Petitioned the Board of Aldermen to grent the permit to construct the tunnel. The city and her citizens are thoroughly protectad if this permit is granted.

The city will receive from the college a bond in any amount which will indemnify the city for any damage which might possibly arise from this tunnel, and any one injured as a result of explosions or other damage caused by this tunnel would have a perfect right to bring KIR against the univereity. The argument has been made that this is merely the first step in a purchase of the Elevated Railway Company's power plant, thus taking this property out of the taxable property iq Cambridge. Whatever may be the future disposition of this power plant, its Ilse by the Boston Elevated Railway Company will certainly be lengthened if this permit is granted. Cine of the most certain means of keeping the Boylston-st plant in use is to permit the Elevated to sell its surplus steam. Here is the city's opportunity to keep the plant in use.

"Whether or not the college should become the ultimate owner of this property. the recent experience of the city of Cambridge with the college should be taken into consideration. When in 1912 Harvard took over land south of Maseachusetts av frbm the Harvard Associats it signed an agreement. of its Own free will'and without any suggestiens from the city authorities, with the Harvard Associates and with' the city of Cambridge, whereby the city of Cambridge was to receive for 999 years a rent charge equal to the amount of taxes that the city of Cambridge was receiving from hat property at the time the agreement was signed. "It is fair argue that the college would take the same action if it was ever deemed advisable to take over this power plant.

It cannot be argued then that this is the. first step in the taking of this property from taxation in Cam bridge." University Benefits to City. After enumerating a number of bene fits which Harvard University has conferred upon the city of Cambridge, Mr Bell's argument continues: "Attention is also called to the benefit by citizens of Cambridge. The number of students in Harvard Uni 1 PROGRAM RICH AND VARIED. Current Numbers and Articles for Future Issues Reflect "New Spirit of the No prospecters for the year 1514 could express the "new spirit of the Century" so well as the current and the future of the magazine.

The program already drawn up is rich and varied, although The Century is too closely in touch with matters of current interest to tie itself down to a 12 months program in advance. A prophetic trilogy by H. G. Wells will begin in the January number. This is the work of the modern prophet and seer who writes like a pure romancer.

The February Century is called the "Mid-Winter Fiction Number," and contains a group of short stories which alone would make this notable. Among these is one by the author of "Madame Butterfly," in which John Luther Long returns to the scene of that classic which, since it was printed in The Century in 1S9S, has developed first into a play and then into a beautiful opera. The new story is called "The Temple of the Countless Gods." About half of each number of The Century Nvill be devoted to fiction. The editor declares that "as this is. in a real and vital sense, the very age of fiction.

we plan that each number, beginning with tht November Century, shall contain, in addition to a leading article modern COnditiOTIS, an exceptional fiction feature." in a magazine of the size of The Century this leaves ample space for art, poetry, economics, history and humor. Among tlee papers on vital American subjects scheduled for 1914 are those of Prof Edward A. floss on "Immigration." These are already making the deep impression that the publishers anticipated. It is proposed that the magaZinc shall continue to lead in literature and art and to be "the leading art magazine of America." The comic section of The Century, "In Lighter Vein," is showing unusual vitality. It is edited on the theory that the best writers and artists enjoy touching upon life in a sprightly way.

BULL RUN DISSECTED. Encyclopedic and Interesting Account of Great Civil War Battle by a Deep Student. Although the early battles of the Civil War are more than half a century behind us, it is still profitable to examine the circumstances surrounding each conflict, and for that reason the text of "Bull Run, Its Strategy and Tactics," by Robert Matteson Johnston, is well worth study. The author points out where each side made its mistakes and how 2AlcDowell. the Union commander, was destined to meet with failure.

Mr Johnston appears to bave delved into all original sources of information to which be could reascnably expect access. He presents a veil' clear and unbiased story of what occurred, and has many interesting maps. Soldiers of the Civil War and those who like to study logistics will especially appreciate the work of the author. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. THE CAREER OF CARLO.

Volume of Illustrations by A. B. Frost Tells the Story in an Interesting Fashion. The long And varied career of Carlo. a "thoroughbred" dog whom Father brings horne to be a combination watch dog and playmate for the children, is, amusingly depicted in 'Carlo," a volume of illustrations by A.

B. Frost. Carlo's initial introduction to the family, his first acquaintance with Patrick, his digging for a mole, his disagreeable encounter with Maria, his visits to the chicken yard and his pursuit of Mr Brown's Angora eat are all episodes in the dog's somewhat checkered career, which the art of the illustrator has made lifelike to an unusual degree. In the end Carlo wins himself a firm place In every one's regard by the discovery of sneak thieves in Patrick's bedroom. New York: Doubleday, Page Co.

BRUIN IN FOLKLORE. Best of These Stories Gathered Together in "A Book of Fairy-Tale Bears." Old Bruin, the bear. plays an important part in the folk tales of all ages and all Nations, sometimes coming to the aid of human beings, sometimes appearing none too friendly, but never a distinct enemy of mankind. The best of these stories have been gathered together under one cover by Clifton Johnson in a volume known as "A Book of Fairy-Tale Bears." Beside such an old favorite as "The Three Bears" from English lore there are extracts from the tales of the American Indians and Norwegians, and one from far-off India. The book is intended for children from 5 to 12 years of age.

Boston: Houglipton Mifflin "HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY." John Mark Baldwin Clearly Traces Development From Beainning to the Present. The history and development of psychology, from its earliest beginnings down to the present time. is clearly traced in John Mark Baldwin's two-volume "History of Psychology." The author, who was formerly a professor in Toronto, Princeton and Johns -Hopkins- Universities and the University of Mexico, discusses the origin and development of dualism. Greek speculation and modern psychology, the first wolume covering the period from the earliest beginnings down to John Locke while the second volume takes the reader from the of Locke to the present New York: G. P.

Putnam Sons. BOSTON HOLCS ITS OWN. Houghton Mifflin Company Published 16 of the 100 "Best Books." That Boston is holding its own with New York as a center of publishing activity is demonstrated by the fact that of the list of the 100 "best books" published during the past year. selected for the New York Times by an impartial committee. no less than 16, the largest number from any one house.

bear the stamp 'of the Houghton Mifflin Company of this city. The committee that selected this list comprises Prof John Erskine. Dr H. R. Steeves and Dr C.

A. Van Doren oc the department of English. at Columlia University. FOR YOUNG AND OLD. "The Cubies A.

B. is Entertaining Book for the Holidays. "The Cul Iles A. FL C. is a delightful little volume for the holidays that combines both the useful and the For children who do not know anything of an alphabet, but are about to begin to pick it up, it will prove helpful, while for those who have mastered, are too young to try, the Illustrations wIll be entertaining.

The pictures are by Earl Harvey and the verses by Nlary Mills New York: G. P. Putnam Sons. INVALUABLE TO INVESTORS. Mass of information in "Trust Corn-' panies of the United States." In the 1913 edition of the "Trust Companies of- the United States" there is compiled a mass of clearly-tabulated information which should prove hi-valuable to investors, including the A EVERY 10 YEARS Donovan's Bill to Raise Professional Standard.

Says Members of Bar in Legislature Cannot Vote on It. Representative John L. Donovan of Boston has flied with the. clerk of the House a petition for legislation to raise the standard of the legal profession in the State and especially to provide that an members of the bar shall be reexamined as to their fitness after every period of 10 years. There are 60 or more lawyers in the next Legislature, but Representative Donovan declares that under the statutory provision that a member of the Legislature may nkt vote upon any measure concerning his private business as distinct from the public welfare he will ask for the reference of this bill to some committee other than those upon Judiciary and Legal Affairs, both of which committees are entirely composed of lawyers.

The bill provides that: Every person who is admitted to practice in the courts of the Commonwealth shall be required to pass an examination at the expiration of 10 years frwn the date of his admission to the bar, which examination 8ha1l be sub-. stantially the same as that given to persons who apply for admission to the bar in the year in which such reexamination is held. If upon reexamination a member of the bar falls to pass he shall thereafter cease to be a member of the bar, but at his own request he shall have the privilege of a second examination after a period of not less than one year from the date of the examination at which he failed to pass. Every member of the bar shall be reexamined at the expiration of every period of lo years from the date of his last preceding examination and shall cease to be a member of the bar if he fails to pass or if he fails to present himself for examination. The examination provided for by this act shall be conducted by the same persons and In the same manner as examinations for admission to the bar shall by law be conducted from time to time.

Representative-Elect James E. Phelan of Boston has filed the bill of last year, which was defeated. that a voter in Boston may be listed by the police captain or lieutenant in the district where the voter resides. Representative Edward Carl' of Hopkinton. Progressive member-elect of the House.

has filed two bills, one to make $2.50 a day the minimum wage of laborers directly employed by commissions, boards or officers of the Commonwealth, and the other hill is to amend the Workingmen's Compensation act to provide that if a person entitled to such compensation is incapacitated by his Injury, compensation shall begin from the day of such incapacitation. TRUCK'S QUICK RUN. New Auto Apparatus Covers Mile to East Boston Fire in Three Minutes Loss of $800 In Dwelling-Ladder 21. the new automobile fire truck placed in East Boston Thursday forenoon. went out on its first alarm last evening for a fire in the three-story wooden dwelling at 83 Morris st.

Michael Dorgan Was at the wheel and the truck covered the distance of about a mile in three minutes. The fire started in the second floor of the structure. which is occupied by Hyman Cohen. the owner. and worked into the third story.

occupied by Mr Fine. The firemen were forced to work In relays, so stiffing was the smoke. Capt Joy of Engine 5 and Capt Leary of Engine 11 suffered from inhaling smoke. Chief Godbold. estimated the damage at The cause of the fire is riot known.

LINES OF BACK BAY CARS To Be Diverted From Their Regular Routes Between This Evening and Tomorrow Morning. Beginning at 9 o'clock tonight and continuing until tomorrow night or early Monday morning. many lines of Back Bay cars will be diverted from their regular routes in order to permit the rebuilding of tracks preparatory to the restoration of car service on Boylston St between Copley so and Arlington St. Boylston-st Subway cars (Harvard Bridge and Watertown lines) and Huntington-av Subway cars (Dudley st. Hyde s(1.

Reservoir. via Brookline Village) will run on their regular routes to Huntington av and Dartmouth st, thenge through Dartmouth st, Columbus av, Berkeley and Tremont sts to the Subway. returning over the same route. All other subway cars (Beacon St. Commonwealth ay.

Newton, Jamaica Plain, South Huntington av, Allston via Brookline Village). will run on their regular routes to Massachusetts av, thence through Massachusetts and Columbus avs. Berkeley and Tremont sts to the Subway, returning over the same route. The South and West End line will run through Columbus av in both directiOnS via Park sq. The Dudley st-North Station line will run on its regular route to Iluntington av and Dartmouth St.

thence through Dartmouth st and Columbus av, returning over the same route. It is probable that Only the outbound cars will be diverted between 9 o'clock and midnight tonight. BOND DECISION RESERVED. Testimony Shows Alderman-Elect of Waltham Was Assessed a Po It Tax There. WALTHANI, Dec 12Judge Luce yesterday reserved decision in the hearing to determine whether Henry H.

Bond. elected Alderman from Ward 2 in the recent election. is a legal resident of Waltham. Ile said: Three facts have been brought out at this hearing: first. that Mr Bond has been assessed; secondlv that he tax; and thirdly, that his name was placed on the voting list." A.

J. Cote. one of the candidates defeated by Bond, upon whose complaint Dist Atty John S. Higgins ordered the inquest and delegated Asst Dist Atty Brown to take charge of the Inquiry, suggested two decisions as pertinent. Ile gave to the court the volume in which these decisions are printed.

Clarence F. French, who appeared at the morning session as attorney for Bond and to whom Asst Dist Brown objected on the ground that at an ex-parte hearing there is no authority for the participativ of counsel other than the prosecuting officer, was allowed. late in the afternoon. to state his interpretation of the law governing poll taxes and methods of determining a man's legal residence. Testimony during the afternoon was similar to that of the-morning session.

Miss Vera Ryan. clerk of the assessors, testined substantially. as had Chairman Dowd. to the receipt of a letter from Mr Bond declaring tns intention of leaving Nvaltham and becoming a citizen of Boston. She admitted that despite the letter Bond had been assessed a poll tax, declaring it was the intention of the board to abate the tax later.

Under the Ittiv. she said. a tax cannot be abated in the year it Is assessed. She testified she sent a list to the registrar of voters on which Bond's name appeared with a red line drawn through it. Tax Collector Harlan W.

Cutter said he received a list with Bonds name on It. but no red line was drawn through it. He also produced a box containing the names of all persons ascessed a poll tax. Nir Bond's nailke was found with no red line through it At the morning session the -witnesses Were Chairman L. B.

Daly of the Boston Board of Assessors. City Clerk N. Ball. Chairman of Registrars T. F.

Keniry. Patrick J. Dowd, chairman of the assessors. and Theodore C. Whitcomb.

who had charge of the Ward 2 polling place where Mr Bond voted. CRITIC-MISINFORMED. London Times' Estimate of Jeffery Farnors Popular Novel Written Without Knowledge of Facts. It has rernained for the London Times to discover that Jeffery Femora popular novel was a 'fti1ure." An academic writer in the Times literary supplement in dealing with "The Romance of the Road" assures us that the "Pickwick Papers" was the last of its kind, and that with the extinction of the highway and the obliteration of country inns the picturesque novel has ceased to be. 1 This prepares the way for the aNsertion that ANN' novels of that type, are mere exercises in archaeology.

"The Broad HighwaY." we are further informed. is a piece of not of i obserfhtion. "The fatrJoor vlescribes a highway which his own eyes have never looked upon." to quote the English critic. "He has thrown back the age of romance to the days before George Stephenson. He seems to have read for his book as boys read for azt examination.

He has taken hints for his characters from all the best models. 1 Fielding and Borrow, Smollett and Le Sage. And he has failed. because he has attempted to revive a deafi-convention." 1 The writer of such amazing stuff is unaware thift Mr Farnol made the acquaintance of his Kentish highway by I Icing tramps afoot before the advent of 1 the motor. and that to this day he has not read some of those "best models." I It is sheer rubbish, too, to affirm that 1 the hero of fiction will never again go clattering out of an inn yard in search of adventure.

Not all novel readers by a long way are so enamored of the introspective story. The sale of Mr Farnol's "The Broad Highway" and his later novel, "The Amateur are a sufficient proof of this. FEMININE CHURCH HABIT. Series of Articles in Woman's Home Companion for Next Year Juvenile Features. Such special articles as "Why Women Do Not Go to Church" and "Why Fifty Women Do Go to Church," written by Bruce Barton after correspondence with women ik all parts of the country.

and "Militant Suffrage-in England," by Mr Laurvik, who has made the acquaintance of some of the English leadera, are among the features which are to appear in the Woman's Home Companion in 1914. Mary Heaton 'Worse will contribute a series of articles on the Montessori method of educating little children. She will also offer a series of humorous short stories about a typical American family, entitled "Adventures in Childhood. Among the other fiction features may be mentioned "The. Brown Study," by Grace S.

Richmond, and a novel of society life by Molly Elliot Seawell, which will appear serially. Some good Juvenile features, including a continuation of the Kewpie pages, by Rose O'Neill. and "The Adventures of Jack and Betty," are also promised. The Companion's campaign for "better babies" has now become a fixed policy. Nearly babies have been examined In contests during the past year.

STORY OF DEVELOPMENT. "Harriet Beecher Stowe," a Biography by Martha Foote Crow, Will Be Welcomed. A 1)1ograp1ly awl appreciation of "'Harriet Beecher Stowe," written by Martha Foote Crow, will prove of interest to all admirers of this literary figure, so favorably regarded by New Englanders. The volume contains about 300 pages and all phases of Mrs Stowe's life are covered in its chapters. The research appears to have been made in detail and a sense of proportion is observed.

One Is highly impressed with the development of Mrs Stowe, for the author has skillfully traced all her activities. Something of the inspiration under which Mrs Stowe did her work is communicated by a reading of the book. New York: D. Appleton Co. FOR GROWING SCHOOLBOYS.

"Luck of Laramie Ranch" a Story of Western Hardship to Teach Its Readers Courage. Western life at its best is to be found in a new book by John Idarbottle, entitled the "Luck of Laramie Ranch." This is a fine gift book for high school or late grammar school youngsters, but any who have felt the call of the wild West or have been boys themselves will find a peculiar element of appeal in the story. The tale of the struggle of two 17-yearold boys to gain a living from -a none too prosperous cattle ranch and also save money enough to, get a much-prized education, makes fine reading and inspires qualities of courage and persistency in every reader. New York: D. Appleton Co.

"FIFTY CARICATURES." Reproductions of the Original Draw. ings by Max Beerbohm of Leaders In English Politics. If one understands English politics he will deeply appreciate the subtle touches found in "Fifty Caricatures" by Max Beerbohm, the clever artist, and if he bas only a passing interest In English affairs he will nevertheless be highly amused with the efforts of the masterful and imaginative Beerbohm. Public men across the water lend themselves to ridicule readily, and chafe less under It than do Americans, at least they have come to appreciate that the English cartoonist has a mission and that they are fair game. The reproductions of the original drawings are well done.

New York: E. P. Dutton Co. BEST SELLERS OF THE WEEK FICTION Tembaron," by Frances Hodgdon Burnett. The Century Company.

"Gold," by Stewart Edward White. Doubleday, rage Co. The Dark Flower," by John Gals-worthy. Charles Scribner's Sons. -Happy-Go-Lucky," by Hay.

Houghton Mifflin Company. The Coryston Family," by Mrs Humphry Ward. Harper Bros. "Hagar." by Mary Johnston. Houghton Nlititin Company.

"The House of Happiness." by Kate Langley Boshri. Harper Bros. "The Honourable Mr Tawnish." Jeffery Farnol. Little, Brown Co. "The Valley of the Moon," by Jack London.

The Macmillan Company. "The Passionate Friends," by H. Wells. Harper Bros. NONFICTION "Scott's Last Expedition, Being the Journals of Capt Robert F.

Scott." Dodd. Mead Co. "Our Common Road." by Agnes EdHought-611 Mifflin Company. "Textiles, a Handbook for the Stut lent and the Consumer. by Mary S.

Wool-man and Ellen B. McGowan. The Mac. millan Company. 'Theodore Roosevelt," an autobiography.

The Macmillan Company. -Across Unknown South America," by A. Reilly Savage-Landor. Little, Brown Co. 'HENLEY ON THE BATTLE LINE' Frank E.

Channon Tells the Story of an American Schoolboy. "TIenley on the Battle Line," by Frank E. Chtannon. is the Etory of the adventures of an American schoolboy who went to a large English school. While there he made some tine friends, and later they went to India, where they had stirring times in connection with th construction of a bridge.

A native tribe made some trouble for them. but the borni rrovel themselves made of the right kind of stuff. and came through the campaign with flying Colors. Boston: Little. Co.

or I of a the or rue ter SELFISHNESS DEPICTED. Edith Wharton Demonstrates What a Vehicle of Convenience Divorce May Develop Inio. "The Custom; Of The Country," by Edith Whartod, is a novel which gives an interesting and graphic picture of the life of a wOman who scpics pleasure for its own selfish Her only asset was beauty, and she used it to good advantage- when she came from smatil 'Western 'town to New York, were she erpected by the use of her father's monqy ta get Into the best society. She sucecedod in marrying into an aristooratic family, but there was not enough valttey to Supply her extravagatv'es, arN she became entangled with a man. Divorce and remarriage became her motto.

After several such changes she came back to the husband of her girlhood days in the West from whom she was divorced to start on a real social career. The reason vhy" she came back to the first of her 'husbands was because he had In the meantime grown very rich. The story is not a helpful one. aad as It deals almost entirely with the adventures of a brainless character it Is not as entertaining as some of the author's former stories. But the reader becomes Interested to hnow to what lengths a woman will to gain her selfish ends.

and is glad to believe that there are few of the type. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. HUMOR AND ADVENTURE. "The Voyage of the Hoppergrass" by Edmund L. Pearson a Story for Adults and Young.

Convinced that the adventures of boys can be made interesting reading for old as well as young, Edmund L. Pearson has written a story called "The Voyage of the Hoppergrass," which is calculated to keep adults convolsod in laughter and boys engrossed with its exciting adventure. The Hoppergrass is a catboat in which a group of boys go cruising to Baileys Harbor on one of the islands in the bay, where, according to tradition, Capt Kidd concealed part of Ifis treasure in days gone by. Under the. leadership of a youth known as "Mr Daddies." they hunt the treasure and, not finding it, change their point of attack and all plunge in for a swim.

After that a series of adventures come in quick succession. and a couple of the youngsters tnarrowly escape getting terms for burglary because they broke into a stranger's house when they thought they were entering that of a friend. There is a keen appreciation of the boy in this bock and plenty to keep the youngster thrilled. New York: The Macmillan Company. WIDE RAILROAD LORE.

Book on Government Ownership of Them Deals With Them From Many Points of View. After one reads "Government Ownership of Railways." by Samuel O. Dunn, editor of the Railway Age Gazette, no matter what views may be entertained on the transportation problem, he will at least know something of the fundamentals Involved in such an economic change. The book discusses rates, service and income. all of which have a vital relationship to each other.

The author, who is well informed on this subject. has marshaled the most pertinent facts. It goes almost without saying' that the appearance of the book is timely. and a mastery of its pages will correct misconceived ideas. can examine the book without realizing what an intricate and involved question the whole problem presents.

New York: D. Appleton Co. A MISER'S SON. Gabriel, a Lonely Lad, Has His Hands Full in Restoring Dog" to Its Owner. Clara Louise Burnham has written a fascinating children' story in "The Golden Dog," one of the new juveniles on the market.

Little Gabriel, a lone17, boy and son of a miser, is the hero of the story. He finds a handsome yellow strap dog which is so finely bred and so well trained that the lad concludes he has no right to keep it. So Ile sets out to find the owner, but passes through many unpleasant and even thrilling experiences before he finally returns the dog to the princess. whose property it Is. The text is printed in large type, so It will please all young readers from the age of five upward.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. A WOMAN MISUNDERSTOOD. Leading Character in "Snow Upon the Desert" Ha a Many Odd in India. Adored by men and misunderstood by women, Mrs Antrobus is a leading character in "Snow Upon the Desert," by S. Macnaughtan.

it is a tale in which the scenes are divided between England and India. The daughter of a Britisn military man in India is sent home for tier education. On returning unexpectedly to India she finds her father dead and much trouble and many odd situations result. It is a clean. well-writtert and faseiating story, wh1ch is -bound to appeal to the reader and hold the interest from start to finish.

New York: a P. Dutton Co. FUNNY PIGMY PEOPLE. "Ballads of the Be-Ba-Boes," by D. K.

Stevens, Are Amusing and Instructive to Children. Funny little pigmypeople figure in The Ballads of the Be-Ha-Boes," which Is the title of a book of pictures and verses for young readers by D. K. Stevens. Katharine Da land is the artist who drew the amusing pictures.

The Be-Ba-Boes are quite worth making the acquaintance of. for they not only travel through all parts of the world and see strange sights, but they also are constantly learning the same lessons of life which the little reader must soon learn in one way or another. After reading this book, the child will want to bre a Be-Ba-Bo and there may be a difference in his ambitions nnd desires. Boston: Houghton -Mifflin Company. COUNTRY Heroine of Ellen Douglas Deland's Story Forced to Leave Fashionable School for New Hampshire Town.

Young girls. particularly those who, have ever been to boarding school, will aymoathize uith Harriet Irosd'elt, the heroine. of Ellen Douglas Deland'S "Country Cousins," who is forced by circumstances to exchange life in a fashionable- boarding school for that with a family of enuntrr relotives in a little New Harniishire town. The manner in which this radical change In 'hablts and environment brinre out all that is finest Harriet's makeun is well described, while the first meeting between the city girl and her cousins Is highly entertaining. New York: Appleton Co.

THE STRENGTH OF PRAYER. Rev Samuel McComb Gives Readers Something Worth Thinking About. In 'Traver; What It Is and What It Does," Rev Samuel McComb presents th0 latest conception of what he terms the oldest force in the world." A subject that has nerer been quite comprehended by mortal mind. this exposbtion careful reading. New York: Harper Bros.

Quaint Lithe Character. "TAU le 41ir1 Blue Plays I Spy' is the title of the latest story of this quaint little chlracter try Josephine Scribner Gates. 'While Little Girl Blue is nothing but a dolly. she goes flitting about a most meusing fashion am! Is always Pirnishing some new diversion for thn young reader In her stran.c-e escapades. Boston: Houghton Midi In I TO COVER A WIDE RANGE.

Scribner's Magazine for 1914 Will Offer Many Attractive Features to Its Readers. Scribner's Magazine for 1914 offers choice things for its readers. and no taste will apparently be left unsatisfied. An Important announcement is that Theodore Roosevelt will contribute the actraint of the trip of adventure he is into. the Paraguayan and BraZi han interior.

where he expects to tralel by canoe and on foot through the vent tronleal forests, which tici few white men have ever traversed. His experiences, ohsrvation oL the country, the people, and the animal life will appear solely in Scribner'a Magazine. and as there are few people in the country who are not interested in the doings of Mr Roosevelt. be they political friends or-not, the success of the magazine in obtaining the articles cannot fail to redound to its credit. During the coming year will be begun the first long novel by an American author who at present will not permit WS name to be announced.

This author has for a long time had one of the laigest audiences among contemporary vititErs. His work in prose and verse hi been not only of the first rank, but based on a deep and unfailing optimism, concerning itself with humati realities and ideals rather than with "problems." The almost tragic death of Price Col- her will add new interest to the chapters of his Scandinavian articles which he had completed. As in previous famous articles for the magazine, the new stories will deal with people. with social and political mattersof exceptional interest in both Sweden and Norway. No one has bettet succeeded in conveying a clear impreasion of the essential qualities of the people's about whom he writes.

Evidently fair, he hns the faculty of getting at the very heart of the Nations. of making his readers see and understand them. Readers of the magazine will anticipate with special pleasure a new series of reminiscences by Mme Waddington. for every one will recall the cherm of her "Letters of a Diplomat's "Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Wife," and "Chateau and County Life in France." This new series of articles. "My First Years as a Frenchwoman," will deal with a most interesttng period of French history, covering Waddington's services at the Ministry of Public Instruction, 1876-77.

at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Berlin Congress, 1S77-78. and as Prime Minister. 1879. Rudyard Kipling, who needs no introduction, will he represented by a new story to appear early in the year. Two articles will be made up of letters of William Janes, the famous psychologist.

edited by his brother, Henry James. Early in the year articles will appear on North Africa and the desert by George Edward Woodberry. It may be foreseen what subjects these present to traveler with the author's imagination, one with his sense of the picturesque and poetic and eye for the wonderful color of the land with the kaleidoscopic spectacle of the people. Ernest Thompson Seton will contribute "The Story of Atalapha:" Jesse Lynch Williams, a story of hunting experiences; Brander Matthews, two articles on "The Rise and Fall of Alinstrelsv," and "The Evolution of Scene Painting;" Armistead C. Gordon a tender idyllic short love serial, "MaJe;" and there will be many short stories of great worth by famous short story writers.

There will be some special numbers during the year, prominent among' which will be the Motor Number in the February issue. This will cover the entire subject, and will include an article on the "Routes des Alps" by Sir Henry Norman. Also the "Art and Artists" department will receive much attention, and as the methods of getting beautiful effects by printing on paper are progressing year by year, the illustrations will be better than ever. HAS STRONG CHARACTER. Squire William Tappan a Feature in "The Hills o' Hampshire," by Will H.

Cressy and James C. Harvey. Whether "The Hills 9' Hampshire," by Will H. Cressy and James Clarence Harvey, will ever win the popularity of "David Hamra" is a question for publishers and public to settle, but in the person of Squire William Tappan. village lawyer, it offers a character not unworthy of comparison with the hero of the earlier novel.

The squire was one of the kindliest men New Hampshire ever produced. who never saw a wrong but that he tried to right it. or a person in sorrow or trouble but that he tried to help. The actual plot has mainly to do with his two nephews and the women they loved. but it is the squire who holds the real interest.

and the reader Is glad to know that he got his longed-for clarinet at the last and could take his proper place in the village band. Boston: Dana Estes Co. NOT FOR CHRISTMAS ONLY. "The Lady of the Lighthouse," by Helene S. Woodruff, a Story That is for All the Year.

The Lady of the Lighthouse," by Helen S. Woodruff. is a story of rare charm and sweetness, of which the only fault is that It is 'all too short. Primarily It is a Christmas story, beginning and ending on a Christmas. Yet it is not a story for Christmas only, but for all the year.

And nobody ean read how the "lady" brought happiness to a little blind boy, as she had brought it to many other blind folk, young and old, without being made happier by It and thankful that such a book has been written. The author, it is stated. has donated her royalty proceeds for the aid of the work among the blind. They deserve to be large. New York: George H.

Doran Company. FOR ALL AGES. "Caldwell's Boys and Girls at Home" Full of Information for the Child Illustrations In Color. Pictures. stories and verse are to be found gathered together in one wholesome volume for children under the title of "Caldwell's Boys and Girls 'at Home." Though this is the sixth annual issue of this book, practically in it is new.

Altogether it represents a fine conception of the education of the young child made possible through reading. There are more than 200 fine Illustrations, many of them in color, and the print is large enough to make the book desirable for all ages. New York: IL M. Caldwell Company. HEYLIGER ADDS ANOTHER.

"Strike Three" Is, Perhaps, the Best of His Series for Boys. William Heyligera new book for boys. "Strike Three." is perhaps the best of his series concerning happenings at St Mary's School. Richard Bartley. the splendid athlete and all-around good fellow, is asain the hero.

He Is captain of the nine and by his manly courage and knowledge of "inside baseball" wins victory against overwhelming odds. It is the sort of a book that every healthy-minded boy wil delight to read. and it is one that will do him good. New York: D. Apple.

ton Co. FOR LOVERS OF ADVENTURE. "Apache Gold" Is Story of a Boy's Hunt for Treasure in Southwest. "Apache Gold." by Joseph A. Alt.

sheler. is an exciting story of a bOY'S hunt for lost treasure In the great Southwtst, where cliff dwellers and Indians lead lives totally different from the modern rush of civilization familiar to boys ir the Eastern part of the tr. It is Just the of a book to rdense boys who like adventures. New York: Appleton Co. The Atlantic Monthly Almanac.

The 57th issue of the Atlantic Monthly Almanac, published on the lines which the first editor It lid down in 1SL7, is now off the with its interesting eciitcrial announcements for the new year, astronomical calculations, and sundry bits of valuable information and I i in -1 UNUSUAL TRAVEL ROOK. Theodore Dreiser in "A Traveler of 40" Is Frank and Free in Comment and Description. Comfortable in the enjoyment of his pleasing royalties from "Sister Carrie." Gerhardt," "The Financier" and other novels, Theodore Dreiser naturally made a trip to Europe, and as naturally he has written a book about It. In 'A Traveler of 40" he his experiences on his first trip abroad frankly and unconventionally and with much detail, extending his narrative of the journey to England. France and Italy, across Switzerland to Germany and Holland, back to Paris and home again, to fill something more than 5e0 good-sized pages.

1 The book is out of the ordinary, as books of travels go. being rather a record of personality than a description of the ordinary sights. Mr Dreiser writes with frankness and freedom about the people that he met, the characters that he saw, the life of the dwellers in the different countries that be visited, and the idlocyncraclea of his traveling comnanions. two of whom, a litterateur and an Irish knight, a patron lot art. made a large part of the Journey with him.

Mine Grundy would perhaps be shocked at the freedom of his chapter about "'Alley. a Girl of the Streets," in London, but it is a realistic study of life at first hand, and there are few of those who tale up the 'book who will not read every word of it with attentive Interest. Pull of fascination, also, is Mr Drelser's story of his search for Mayennot MayenceIn' Germany, where his father came from, and his amusing experiences in the fascinating little old town when finally he found It. Altogether, the book is one telling of experiences and impressions rather than the sights of travelalthough the sights and scenes are not neglectedand it is full of the philosophy of the novelist, to whom the study of human nature is the occupation and the chief end of life. It is a book to be read in a leisurely way, not hurried through, and the attention it gives to commonplace things and the views it presents of life abroad in various relations, and pailIcularly of home life in England, give it a special value and cannot fail to interest the reader.

New York: The Century Company. TEXT BOOK ON RAILROADS. Volume by A. M. Sakolski, Investment Analyst and Instructor in Railroad, Finance.

Any one who is interested in railroads. who has seen in the newspapers all sorts of stories about railroad rates and railroad finances and wants to know more about the subject. can 14rdly do better than to read "Americantttailrood Economics," by A. Ar. Sakolski, PhD, investment analyst and instructor in railroad finance at New York UniverPreliminary chapters on railroad rates.

securities and systems are, fol- 1 loyb-ed by a discussion of ailroad construction and operation. withanalysis 1 of traffic statistics. four chapters on railroad accounts and a final chapter on capitalization. Each point is treated in a simple but Intelligent fashion, so that any reader can understzid, and the material is thoroughly up-to-date. It is an excel- i lent on a subject wide interest.

New York: The Macmillan Company. BOOK BOYS WILL ENJOY. "Mark Tidd" Deals With Activities of a Fat Boy and His Friends in the Country. "Mark Tidd," by Claronce B. Kel land, is the story of a fat boy and his four young friends.

Mark, the fat boy, is courageous and resourceful. The scene of the book is laid in the country, and the boys have plenty of adventure which is well told and well seasoned with humor. Mark is a lovable character and, between a wonderful cave in which the boys have a camp and are troubled by a strange man and a river with mysterious hiding places, the fat youth has plenty of opportunity to display his Ingenuity. The book works un to quite a climax, ending with an exposure of fraud which attracts the attention of the whole countryside, and Mark and his friends are the heroes. It is a book that boys are sure to enjoy, and at the same time it has a healthy influence.

New York: Harper Bros. TALES OF KING ARTHUR. Stories of Knights of the Round Table Will Inspire Young Readers to Noble Ideals. The stories Of King Arthur and his Round Tab are almost in a class by themselves as 'reading for children, for they are to the English language what the myths of the ancient Greeks are to modern and students of the classics. Even adults, in their minds picture a halo of glory about King Arthur's bead and numberless poets have eulogized his famous in verse.

'Certainly there is no reading more fit for the youthful mind and surer to inspire the highest ideals in the reader. New York: E. P. Dutton Co. "HARPER'S NRELESS BOOK." Written for Boys, It Tells Them All They Need to Know of Art, "Harper's Wireless Book" is a welcome addition to the series a "Practical Books for Boys." which this publishing house has issued within the last few years.

In this handy volume the complete principles of wireless telegraphy and telerhony together with an exposition of the methods of power transmission are explained by one who has wide experience not only in the ficld of which he weites, but also in prensring literature for the perusal of bright. eager boys. A H. Verrill. author of other books in the series is the writer.

New i York: Harper SE Bros. A history of Xing Alphonso XIII. the present ruler of 6pain, told in a fashion particularly appropriate for children, 1 nay be found in Helen Eggleston Has- i kell's "Holding a Throne." The story is supposed to be recounted by the pet Angora cat of the Spanish royal family. 1 and carries the reader from the date of Alphonsos birth right down to the present- The more modern part is supposedly told by the grandchild of the original Angora. New York: D.

Appleton Co. AMERICAN MAGAZINE, 1914. Notable Among the Features Are to Be Three Serial NovelsStrong Array of Writers. Notable fl mong features of Bic. can Magazine in 1911 are to tie three serial novels.

"The Woman's Lv Maravene Thompson: "limn Ilrnar" Alfred 011ivant, and "Bainhy," Jorie Benton Cooke. Perhaps of interest will be a of by Edna Ferber. recounting of Edna Alc2hesneys son. in the advertising business. Mary Antin, the brilliant Russian Jewess.

in lThosie Who at Our Gates. will in Ameri-a from the point of 'view tional, highly-intelligent immigr.ni. Then there is to be a series, Ameria," tic Ray senting first-hand facts on politics and other alisorliing piouieirs from many parts of the rountc. Ida M. Tarbell is preparing Zi TH.W series On "New Ideals in Business." Finley Peter Dunne, the or "Mr is to contribute rmd interpretations of his exporlenees In.

many years of newspaper reporting His description of an execution, wI he saw when 1 year s. obi, is a convincing document on the sntijcAt of capital punishment. Publication each month of sure-enough humorous contributlons is to be continued as a special Foremost, perhaps. among the contributors are James Montgomery Liagg. George Fitch, Kin Hubbard and Leacock, known as the Mark Twalir SHOWS ORIGINALITY.

"The Great Plan," by Edith Huntincton Mason, an Amusing Story of an American Girl With "Ideas." An odd and highly arcusing tale an attractive young American girl of "ideas" is that furnihed in 'The Plan. by Edith IluntinAton The heroine is the daughter i4 and Indulgent father who for a castle in Germany and allows her and a girl friend to carry on their of "emancipation." There or, ludicrous situations and a preny love story as veil, with th rsn1t that Cupid "saves" Germany from nti nified yielding to this chaiming younPt American's Wishes for a general nomic reconstruction. Originality ant cleverness are the most distinglistinii; characteristics of the ehtertaining book. Chicago: A. C.

McClurg Co. BOOK OF RECIPES. "The New Cookery," by Lerma Frances Cooper, a Volume of Value to the Modern Housewife. A book of recipes, most of which are in use at the Battle Creek in Michigan, gotten out by Lerma Frances Cooper, director of the Battle Cree; Sanitarium Schoot of Home and head dietician of the- institution. under the name of "The New Cookery," is one of value to the modern housewife.

Many meat substitutes and then methods of preparation are included in the book, and the whole wot i Lnsed on the modern knowledge of Just what man needs in the way of balanced rations. The recipes are tried and true and should enable housewives to increase their menus with pleasing Lew dishes. Battle Creek, Mich: The i44.oel Health Publishing Company. SOUTHERN COOKING. Martha McCulloch-Willrams Gives the Delectable Dishes That Her Own Black Mammy Used to Make.

The popularity 42 southern has long been am 13'1 and many a houseW4e, he OA to see the recipes that Ski famous in this part of the country. os fortii by Martha "Dishes and Beverag--s of South." A chapter introclueces the ume statinghow the author's tOWn Mammy used to make the dishes that are described. art. hundreds of recipes and they WI if they might produce New York: McBride, Nast LIKE OTHER YOUNGSTERS. Pierre Mille's "Two Little Parisians" Is About Children.

Berengere Dri ilien's transl 110,1 rom the French of Pierre Mille's ''Tw') Little Parisians" puts with.n the of American ch'idren an story by a writer of a.clitiowltig'1 position in the French literary world. Caillou and Till. the two chief cLaracters of the book, are ho from English youngstees thter interests and the stories and pranks whIch amuse them are ot general interest to juveniles. The hook also Iris an Aocative value through and powerful atmosphere of l'aran life. New York: John Lane Comi)anY DESPITE HANDICAPS.

Young German Made Good in the Football Story, "Five Yards to Go." "Five Yards to Go." by II.o.41ey barns, is a story of footna.1 it 13 played in a boy's academy. The compelling character in the story young German who at first had Pala but natural strength to give him Place on the team. but he made gOnd In spite of his handicaps. New York; D. Appleton Co.

WESTERN PLAINS FLAVOR. "Frosty Ferguson, Strategist," Is a Pretty Little Christmas Story. A pretty little short Christmas storY Is "Frosty Ferguson. Strategist," hY Lowell Hardy. It has a Western favor and illustrates what human kindness will do toward softening the heart of even the roughest of Inca.

New York: John Lane Company. Just the books for Bedtime Story-BocAs I Adventures of Reddy Fox. IL Adventures of Johnny Chuck. By THORNTCN W. BURGESS Whose "Little Stories for Bedtime" have.delighted thousands.

Each of these books contains the adventures of one animal. bt cloth, each BY mati eccit iileatrted ilarrt.Aolt Cad y. At Gil tittle, crown Publishers, Easton versity who claim Cambridge as their homes. and who may become voters. is 4) these.

at least 2o0 are perma- nent residerts. The university spends on the average per year on each of its students somewhat over $600. Each stadont pays the university about MO per year, or MO less than the cost. This is a benefit not only to the individual students. but to their families and to the community.

and amounts to about per year more than they pay back. "In to these benefits, under a vote of the Harvard Corporation. passed at the suggestion of the Cambridge Club, the university has agreed with the city of Cambridge to give free tuition during the freshman year to all mb ridge boys front high schools whose parents cannot afford to pay their expenses. This agreement was accepted by act of the City Council of Cambridge in August, ISM "The university is also a large employer of labor. most of which is Cambridge labor.

There are OS males and females. a total of 44 persons. the bulk of whom reside in Cambridge. "The college asks for nothing that is of value to the city. Moreover, the order states that the license or permit shall be subject to revocation at any time at the pleasure of the Board of Aldermen for the time being.

This clause would probably not be put into force unless the tunnel should prove objectionable or should some u-forseen use of the tunnel location deceits). The city thus has the power, wittnA cost to itself. to require the college to Alban-don the tunnel. to divert it, or re, construct it in such a way as not, to interfere with the purposes of the ADMISSION TO WEST POINT. Certificates From Colleges and Preparatory Schools WII Be Accepted for Mental Examination.

WASHINGTON Dec 11--Reculations for admission to the United States Militate Academy at West rolnt have been modified so that, without lowerini; the entrance requirements, prospective cadets may be matriculated by substituting equivalents for some of the unite of study hitherto insisted upon. Hereafter a candidate for admission may be excused from mental examination upon presentation of certificate that he is a regularly enrolled student in good standing in a university. college or technological school. the entrance requirements of Which include pro- ticiencr in mathematics and English as outlined by the College Entrance Examination i3oard. or a certificate that he has been graduated from a preparatory yahoo' meeting the requirements of that board, or a certificate that he has passed 14 units of the entrance 1 examinations required by the board.

re- uuiring mathematics, English and his- 1 tory, Interurban Electric Petition. 1 Russell Robb. Edmund J. B. Ituntoon 1 and Richard N.

Saltonstall. it of the Boston Providince Interurban I Electric Railway Company. have filed at the, State House a with the Secretary of the Commonwealth, ask- 1 Mg for such legislation as will revive the powers and extend the time for tnoorporatton of the said company be- i yend that specided in Chapter of the Acts of 1913. 1 statements of condition June 30, 1913, all the companies, he names of offl- "HOLDING A THRONE." 1 i cers and directors, he stock quotations, the dividend rates and other statistics. Published by the United states History of Alphonso XIII of Spain, I Mortgage and Trust Company, New by Helen Eggleston Haskell.

1 York. History of Alphonso XIII of Spain, by Helen Eggleston Haskell. 1 Woman Suffrage Is Attacked. "Votes for Men." published anonymously by Duffield Co, New York, is spirited argument, against woman suffrage. Its brevity and compactness rnake it easy reading.

The temper of book is shown in its last sentence: yellow banner, 'Votes for Women, is the last insuit which the new woman has offered tiaAt intelligence civilized -1.