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NOTES ON NEW BOOKS 
Those interested in English poetry . 
will get much information by reading 
‘‘T™he English Lyric’’ by Felix #. 
Schelling, professor at the University 
of Pennsylvania. This volume is one 
of the series, ‘‘Types of English Lit- 
erature. ’’ 
All readers of fiction should know 
something about the development of 
the novel, how it first branched out 
from Romance and later came to oc- 
eupy a large field all its own. This 
is all told in ‘‘The English Novel’’ by 
George Saintsbury, professor of English 
literature in the University of Edin- 
burgh. ‘‘The Egotistical I’? by El- 
len Wilkins Tompkins is a small work 
of fiction containing much of a happy 
philosophy of life. The story is about 
a genial old bachelor and his neigh- 
bors. The essay is a form of litera- 
true that is not as much appreciated as 
it should be. 
‘“The Loiterer’s Harvest’?’—by E. 
V. Lucus, author of a ‘‘Life of Char- 
les Lamb,’’? ‘‘A Wanderer in Flor- 
ence’? and several works of fiction 
—is a small volume of essays that 
are delichtfully readable. 
We who are living in the era of 
the express train, the automobile and 
the flying machine—almost annihilat- 
ing time and space—can hardly real- 
ize the time involved, the dangers en- 
countered in the older methods of 
travel. This is very vividly brought 
out in a beautifully illustrated work, 
‘‘The Old Boston Post Road,’’ by 
Stephen Jenkins. An immense amount 
of time and labor must have been 
given to the collection of the many 
facts of great historical interest to 
be found in this work. Much is told 
us about the old taverns, the stopping 
places of the ‘‘post,’’? and about the 
small beginnings of many a hamlet 
which has since grown to a large city. 
The writing of this book must have 
been a labor of love, it is so well done, 
The author died while the work was 
still in the press. 
‘*Ballads of the Be-Ba-Boes’’ by D. 
K. Stevens, illustrated by Katherine 
Maynadier Deland, will certainly 
please the children. Both the rhymes 
and the pictures are very amusing. 
‘‘Ned Brewster’s Bean Hunt’’ is a 
story all the boys will enjoy reading. 
It is by Chauncey J. Hawkins, whose 
lecture on the wild animals we all had 
the pleasure of hearing a few weeks 
ago. Most of the illustrations we will 
recognize as old friends we were in- 
| troduced to in his entertaining lecture. 
In ‘‘Children of the Wild’’ by Char- 
les G. D. Roberts, there are a number 
The forest service is compiling a 
new volume table for calculating the 
board contents of standing western 
yellow pine trees in the southwest, It 
is based an actual measurements of 
6,000 trees. 
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of enchanting stories of wild enimals. 
He is a keen observer of animal life 
and has written much om the subject. 
He is the son of an Episcopal minis- 
ter and was born in New Brunswick, 
Canada. 
‘Uncle Sam Wonder Worker’’ tells 
us much about the many things ac- 
complished by our government bur- 
eaus. 
In ‘‘The Story of Wool’? by Sarah 
Ware Bassett much knowledge about 
wool is conveyed to the reader in a 
very attractive manner. This work is 
one of a series gotten up with the idea 
of putting practical information in 
such a form that it would appeal to 
the boys and girls. if the others in 
the series are as well written as this 
one there will be no question of their 
succeeding in their object. 
Readers who have laughed over 
‘‘Sunshine Sketches,’’?’  ‘‘ Nonsense 
Novels’? and ‘‘Literary Lapses’’ will 
gladly welcome Stephen Leacock’s last 
book, ‘‘Behind the Beyond.’’ His 
latest is a collection of short stories 
that are undoubtedly mirth provok- 
ing. 
‘‘The Open Window’’ by E. Temple 
Thurston is a beautifully written, but 
quaint little story. The story is about 
an English rector and his wife and 
daughter. j 
Those wishing to travel in Spain 
without the expense of going there 
cannot do better than to follow W. 
Dean Howells in his ‘‘Familiar Span- 
ish Travels.’? You cannot help get- 
ting both pleasure and profit with 
such a guide. 
A new story by the author of 
‘“Mary Cary’’ is always welcome. Her 
latest, ‘‘The House of Happiness,’’ is 
another installment of that author’s 
cheerful outlook on life. 
We who enjoy the blessings of mod- 
ern surgery can hardly realize what 
conditions prevailed fifty years ago. 
The wonderful advances in surgery 
have been made possible principally 
by the work of one man, Joseph Lis- 
ter, called the ‘‘father of modern sur- 
gery.’’ ‘‘Lord Lister, His Life and 
Work’’ is so attractively written that 
when once you have started to read 
it you will want to finish it: In this 
work we learn all about his fight with 
and final victory over the prejudices 
of his time. His biographer thinks 
there might be carved on his humble 
monument without profanation the 
text, ‘‘and all nations shall call him 
blessed.’’ 
‘‘General John Regan’’ is the lat- 
est from the pen of G. A. Birmingham, 
the well-known writer of Irish stories. 
SHORE BREEZE 
It is very bright and full of Celtic 
humors. The author has visited this 
country recently to deliver a course 
of lectures. 
Among the new novels will be found 
‘‘Lady lLaughter’’ by our fellow 
townsman, Ralph Henry Barbour. This 
is a charming little love story in a 
beautiful and appropriate setting. 
‘fA Rose of Old Quebec’? by M. H. 
Wharton is a love story in which Lord 
Nelson is one of the prominent char- 
acters. The author has taken some 
liberties with historical facts, but that 
will not prevent one from passing a 
pleasant hour in reading it. 
“‘What Men Live By’’ is a new 
book by Richard C. Cabot, M. D., As- 
sistant Professor of Medicine, Har- 
vard University, a Boston physician 
and author of several works on medi- 
eal subjects. He considers work, play, 
love and worship as four valuable 
helps. An acquaintance with his sane 
views of life cannot but be helpful to 
any who are struggling to make the 
most of this trancient life of ours. 
The ‘‘Wonder Book of Ships’’ for 
boys and girls edited by Harry Gold- 
ing is a finely illustrated work for ~ 
children. It has twelve colored plates 
and three hundred and twenty illus- 
trations. It leaves very little untold 
about ships. 
““Dark Hollow’? by Anna Katherine 
Green, a new detective story, will no 
doubt be much called for. It has more 
than the usual number of thrills and 
will enhance the reputation of the au- 
thor of ‘‘The Leavenworth Case.’’ 
A fine collection of short stories 
will be found in ‘‘Murder in Any De- 
gree’’ by Owen Johnson, author of 
‘“‘Stover at Yale.’’ ‘*The Lie’’ and 
“‘My Wife’s Wedding Fresents,’’ are 
among the best in the book. 
A full list of the new books is ap- 
pended. —R. T. G. 
NEW BOOKS. 
Ballads of the Be-Ba-Boes, Stevens, j. 
Children of the Wild, Roberts, j. 
Egotistical I, Tompkins. 
English Lyric, Schelling. 
English Novel, Saintsbury. 
Familiar Spanish Travels, Howell. 
Loiterer’s Harvest, Lucas. 
Lord Lister, His Life and Work. 
Old Boston Post Road, Jenkins. 
Railroad Book, Smith, j. 
Story of Wool, Bassett. 
Uncle Sam Wonder Worker, DuPuy. 
What Men Live By, Cabot. 
Wonder Book of Ships, Golding, j. 
Fiction 
Behind the Beyond, Leacock. 
Dark Hollow, Anna Katherine Green. 
General John Regan, Birmingham, 
House of Happiness, Bosher. 
Lady Laughter, Barbour. 
Murder in Any Degree, Johnson. 
Ned Brewster’s Bear Hunt, Haw- 
kins. 
Open Window, Thurston. 
Robin Hood’s Barn, Brown. 
Rose of Old Quebec, Wharton. 
The woman we love most is often 
the one to whom we express it least. 
—Beauchene. 
The offender never pardons.— 
Proverb. 
Canada has established a forest 
products laboratory in connection 
with McGill University at Montreal, 
on the lines of the United States in- 
stitution of the same sort at the Uni- 
versity of Wisconsin. 
