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RECREATION. 



tions are surprising, cleverly handled, 

 worked out to fitting and logical conclusion. 

 A bit of stirring pleasure may be rendered 

 inevitable by the perusal of this pleasant 

 tale. 



"A Friend at Court," by Jessie Emerson 

 Moffat. William Ritchie, New York, $1.50. 



OF INTEREST TO PHYSICIANS. 



Dr. Bayard Holmes has written a trea- 

 tise on "Appendicitis and Other Diseases 

 About the Appendix," which has recently 

 been published by D. Appleton & Co., of 

 New York and Chicago. 



Dr. Holmes is one of the prominent sur- 

 geons of Chicago and has for several years 

 past occupied the positions of Professor of 

 Surgery in the University of Illinois, of 

 Clinical Surgery in the American Mission- 

 ary College, Chicago, and Attending Sur- 

 geon in the Chicago Baptist Hospital. His 

 present work may, therefore, be. accepted as 

 that of a master in his profession. 



The book contains 368 pages, and pre- 

 sents in full the more important and the 

 more imminent conditions calling for surgi- 

 cal relief. Each topic is illustrated by 

 abundant clinical reports, which are intro- 

 duced in order to make the presentation as 

 vivid and lasting as possible. The work is 

 largely based on the author's experience, 

 especially in diagnosis and indications for 

 treatment. It presents the unclouded picture 

 of the disease with all its threatening pos- 

 sibilities, and shows in an orderly and logi- 

 cal manner the attitude of the physician 

 toward the first and each subsequent mani- 

 festation of the disease. It puts before him 

 the dangers which threaten the patient, and 

 calls attention to the errors into which the 

 attending physician is likely to be led. This 

 book should certainly be in the library of 

 every surgeon in the country. 



"The Sea-Wolf," Jack London's new 

 novel, is the story of a terrible captain of 

 a sealing schooner, who exercises to 

 the full his power over the lives and for- 

 tunes of those who come within his reach. 

 Wild and even gruesome incidents abound, 

 but the author is justified in almost pass- 

 ing the limits of the artistic by his desire to 

 show the full worthlessness of those modern 

 fetiches, strenuosity and human will power. 

 This is especially interesting because Jack 

 London is commonly regarded as the apos- 

 tle of human daring, and his imagination 

 touches the bounds of physical enduiance 

 and achievement. That he is really en- 

 listed on the side of the spirit should make 

 him a man of the future as well as of the 

 present. 



"The Sea-Wolf" is published by The 

 Macmillan Company, New York and Lon- 

 don; price, $1.50. 



Wycil & Co., 83 Nassau St., New York, 

 have issued a vest-pocket book entitled 

 "The A. B. C. of Swimming," which is the 

 best thing in its class I have ever read. 

 The instructions are simple, explicit, yet 

 complete, and any person who has ordi- 

 narily good sense can, by studying this 

 hand book a few hours and then following 

 its teachings a few days or nights in a 

 swimming pool or a lake or a stream, be- 

 come a good swimmer. 



Every man, woman and child should be 

 able to swim and those who do not know 

 how should read this book. 



Viola Roseboro, a retired actress, has 

 written a book entitled "Players and Vaga- 

 bonds," which is printed by the Macmil- 

 lan Co., New York. The book is a collec- 

 tion of personal reminiscences of people, 

 plays and incidents met with by the author 

 in the course of several years on the stage 

 and on the road. The stories are well told 

 and are worth reading. They will appeal 

 alike to people in front of and behind the 

 curtain, to theatre goers and those who 

 entertain them. The book sells at $1.50. 



Nice Old Lady— Will you kindly tell me 

 if the lady who writes "The Mothers' 

 Page" every week in your paper is in? I 

 want to tell her how much I have enjoyed 

 reading her articles on "The Evening Hour 

 in the Nursery." 



Office Boy — That's him over there with 

 the pink shirt smoking a pipe. — The Yazoo 

 Bazoo. * 



Wildrake — I bucked up against a faro 

 game last night. 



Ascum (sarcastically) — And broke the 

 bank, eh? 



Wildrake— Yes, I did this morning. I 

 suppose Willie will cry, but I simply had to 

 have car fare. — Philadelphia Ledger. 



Sharpe — Here I see I am referred to in 

 the paper again. 



Blunt — W-w-what ? 



Sharpe (reading aloud) — "It is estimated 

 that there are 80 millions of people in the 

 United States." And I'm one of the lot— 

 Exchange. 



A leopardess said to her mate, 

 "We may be a little bit late 



For the animal show, 



But, really, you know, 

 I must see if my spots are on straight." 



■ — Cleveland Leader. 



A little bird sat on a telegraph wire, 

 And said to its mates, gathered there, 



"When wireless telegraphy comes into use 

 We'll all have to sit on the air." 



— The Gateway. 



