January, 1913 



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and the subtlety of great masterpieces of 

 English furniture, have not long enough 

 purses to pay the prices such examples 

 bring after definite competition in the 

 auction room. Especially interesting is Mr. 

 Hardens chapter on Old English Chintzes, 

 a subject little written about heretofore. 



A Dixie Rose in Bloom. By Augusta 

 Kortrecht. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippin- 

 cott Company: 1912. 12mo. Price, 

 $1.25 net. 



Those readers who have read "A Dixie 

 Rose." by Augusta Kortrecht, to their chil- 

 dren will remember Jean Spencer, a dear 

 funny little soul whose school life in the 

 South was pictured, will be glad to read 

 "A Dixie Rose in Bloom," by the same 

 author. Jean Rose Spencer, Southerner, 

 lovable and spunky — the real American 

 type of girl, decides to go alone to Ger- 

 many to study. School life proves any- 

 thing but dull. The commingling of differ- 

 ent nationalities adds zest and excitement to 

 the tale. A quarrel with Renka, an aristo- 

 cratic Russian, leads to a duel with ice 

 water and sponges. It is a story which will 

 appeal strongly to the present younger 

 generation. 



With Carson axd Fremont. By Edwin 

 L. Sabin. Philadelphia : J. B. Lippin- 

 cott Company. 1912. 12mo. Price, 

 $1.25 net. 



Few boys but have heard of Kit Carson, 

 trapper, guide and Indian fighter, and Gen- 

 eral John Charles Fremont, the leader of 

 three great expeditions. The daily life of 

 these two men who worked side by side to 

 break the hostile spirit of the Western 

 wilderness was one filled with danger and 

 adventure. "With Carson and Fremont," 

 bv Edwin L. Sabin, is written for boys, and 

 is almost a first-hand story of the West in 

 its early days. Mr. Sabin holds closely to 

 facts and while writing an entertaining 

 story has still presented an inspiring 

 episode in American history. The Oliver 

 Wiggins in the storv is a real character, and 

 as a boy accompanied Fremont on the first 

 and second expeditions. This book is 

 recommended to parents for their boys as 

 a good morally clean story. 



The Book of Winter Sports. By J. C. 

 Dier. Xew York : The Macmillan 

 Company: 1912. Cloth. 8vo. Illu- 

 strated. 351 pages. Price, $1.50 net. 

 As the author says of "The Book of 

 Winter Sports," this volume is "an attempt 

 to catch the spirit of the keen joys of the 

 Winter season." This he has done well 

 in its entertaining and instructive pages, 

 which every lover of out-of-door life is ad- 

 vised to read. 



Our Presidents and Thetr Office. Bv 

 William Estabrook Chancellor. Ph.D. 

 Xew York : Xeale Publishing Company : 

 1912. Cloth. 8vo. 603 pages. Price. 

 S3. 00 net. 



Dr. Chancellor's volume on the subject 

 of "Our Presidents and Their Office," in- 

 troduced by Mr. Champ Clark, is one of 

 much interest to any American reader. It 

 includes parallel lines of the presidents of 

 the United States, of many of their con- 

 temporaries and a historv of the presi- 

 dency. There is not a tiresome page in 

 the book. 



Heroes-: OF SCIENCE. By Charles R. 

 Gibson. Philadelphia: T. B. Eippincott 

 Company: 1912. Cloth. 8vo. Illu- 

 strated. 344 pages. Price, $1.50 net. 

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