PO ne eee a ee ee He ae a eS ee, we eee ee 
BOOKS OF VITAL INTEREST 
The Coming China. By JosrepH Kinc Goopricu. 
This book will receive much attention, for there is wr a book on the market today covering 
China as she exists at the present moment. Professor oer ch writes in a scholarly, yet 
readable manner. A resident in the Far East for ace a quarter of a century, he speaks with 
authority on such subjects as the former Seis of the Chinese percep and tung classes; 
the causes operating to change that attitude; the as of the new China; and the 
reason for the present feeling in China toward America and in A saa ies hin 
Tilus trated. I2mo. rare net. 
Fifty Years of Public Service. By Hon. SHetsy M. CuLtom. 
ring his fifty of public aed Senator Cullom has been a with nearly every 
public event ah with hundreds of of national fame. The easy flo es discursive style 
of his book offers an invitation to Dar 2 aside from the coictoatna | ahs presented. 
Iilustrated. Crown 8v0. $3.00 a9 Pee. $3. 
“Senator Cullom, Chairman of the Commiiiee on Foreign Relations, author of the pea ood. 
merce Law, often a candidate for president, has written a book cad ecageracangt far franker than 
those of John Sherman and others of his contemporaries. all his life been a sccm 
figure. He knew Lincoln and Taft—a big span for a man’s life, le tells how Mr. Taft wanted 
to quit the presidency for the bench, how Senator Hoar rebuked Roosevelt, how Hay snubbed the 
Senate, and is otherwise amazingly candid.”—THE Wossow HERALD. 
The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its dig Fate 
ye DONNER HovuGHTon. 
This hie of the famous “‘Donner Expedition” across a co to California in 1846 is by the 
daughter of George Donner, captain of the party, and herself a member of it. She also mae 
her fife aie ag the settlem rap the period covered bake from 1846 to 1861. This hum 
document is therefore an importa iste! ot n to Western history, fo or it presents an neces 
of those times not hitherto w ithin. i kno lelice or reach of historian or novelist. 
With ksrations from rare photographs, etc. Crown 8vo. $2.00 net. 
Robert Louis Stevenson in California. By KATHARINE D. OsBouRNE. 
Mrs. Osbou: eave mag Stevenson’s arg ghter—has written an account of the famous 
writer’s sojourn in Ca — a, his work there, and the place of California in his life, all of which 
doers amou ints to a new ’ presentation re) f Robert ouis Stevenson. M ro- 
ces many er’s to 
Eaowindue gained as an editor of his work, throws fresh light upon many of its phases. fe 
book is a distinct and authoritative addition to its subject. The illustrations, including a new 
portrait of Stevenson, are pactiodlanty. noteworthy 
With numerous > illustrat ons.” Square $2.00 net. 
Large paper edition, limited, deiner sreieek $3. prs aa: 
Searchlights on Some American Industries. By James Cooke Miits 
. Author of ‘Our Inland Seas.” 
There has been 1 for a concise on the various industries 
of our country, a te the author of this bsok: re wont en saa refully to make it s natty 
practical appeal. Illus trated. sasha Svo. $1.50 net. 
America of To-morrow. By ABBE FeLrx Kiem. 
(Authorized Translation of ‘“\L’ Amerique de Demain’”’) Author of “In the Land of the Strenuous Life,” etc. 
In outer form this prophecy of tomorrow appears to be a jest, a merry note tebook of a holiday 
av lion aire in essence it is an affectionate revelation of a man’s soul who believes in liberty 
and e triumph of truth; it is an interpretation of momentous events which are too near us 
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to be seen in true perspective. His style is so ‘aon and pees we gt that you can see his 
soul in his works, and it is one of the purest, gentlest, noblest souls of our generation. Read 
his message, and you will discover a reverent scholar whose sty i we bate and charming 
that you may think him a man of the world; and he is—a man of our best world. 
With portrait. $1.75 net. 
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