he might be expected to atudy, but a)ao of nonrenal succosb In the trainIn* of Helen science and general matters. NEW Keller obscures the brlUlance of the worn NEW PUBLICATIONS. NEW PUBLICATIONS. ¦ performed by Samuel Grldley Howe, who Lion" In the Palace. .< II1 n Meneuk'Conquering was the first head of the flrst American and When Rennelt Rodd visited him to con¬ DENUARK.XOftWAY AxflWttnw. Br Will- school for the blind. Starting from almost Merchant Prince clude a treaty on behalf of Queen Victoria lam Eleroy Oirt't. anthi r of The Turt and original methods, for it had not been pre¬ Menellk discussed the art of medicine and HI* Lm{ rrjTln e.»." er. Iliustr* oj Ak ou viously considered worth while to spend O.: Till? Saa'fl 111 I'Ll>:i*Wliif (jhiiiptn)-. much time on those three of surgery as it he wore a doctor, and ex¬ deprived of Mr. whoso to th > their senses^ he evolved a system of teach¬ that his numerous Curtis, Hhters pressed regret among Record and tr^Kel have ing Laura Bridgman which formed the bas¬ Mr. Rodd had not an Chicago Record-Herald presents brought formed such valuabls aod fea¬ is for all that has followed In this direc¬ X-ray apparatus. Menelik entertained the interesting tion in th.'s country. Shs was the tures of thoaa journals tftlrfntr the few daughter envoy and his companions at lunch, giving past of a farmer of Hanover, N. H., delicate years, spent the surnrrW in Den¬ from birth, and when two old was thi-m a real European meal, served on fine years mark, Sweden and bf^!*>l every stricken with scarlet fever, which left her china as correctly as at a London club. But Norway.^siting of the king: fed on raw beef and city of considerable sizaiftii (traversing : s deprived sight, hearing and speech. But, abstemiously <4 as Dr. she was a st:i!e bread, which are all he ever eats. as Howe says, endowed with much possible of tiielivgidtjs. He noted distinct consciousness of existence, which Menellk stands about five feet ten inches items of Interest with "ttie' high, and looks shorter because of his twined eye of often in such cases becomes an exaggerat¬ great breadth of shoulders. He Is dark in the correspondent, and Jjrts Reports of his ed sense of personality. She w.is intuitive and his features are and de¬ observations of the and preternaturally keen to Intepret lm- face, negroid permitted ,t'h« readers, I'.ress.ons. He has, however, a frank, Record-Herald to sea the distant countries When brought to the attention cidedly ugly. of Dr. Howe she was open, intelligent countenance, a pleasant at almost the range of jc traveler hims«!f. oC course unlearned save to the extent that she * s.nile and a courteous, winding manner. This journey wjs of especial importance to had acquired th He Is only fifty-eight, and probably has the people of the northwest, which contains meaning o.' the commonest housenoid fur¬ more of before him. nishings and had met nature at llrst hand many years kingship eo many residents of north European birth. when He has no heir, and when he dies Abys¬ Mr. Curtis notes in his preface that there walking out with a kind'y old man in the of are who took aa Interest in her. Th J process of FILIGREE sinia, opinion European travelers, a million Swedes, five hundred thousand will almost certainly fall back Into chaos. Norwegians and tlir^e hundred thousand education was fundamental, from the He is about the only man In the country Danes in the lrnlted States, and he believes ground up, and it was difficult and dis¬ who desires civilization and prog¬ that couraging. But It succeeded In producing really they are as valuable and desirable im¬ a trained ress. migrants as have ever arrived on thesj intelligence, capable of communi¬ Menellk himself ascribes much of the cating with others, of self-entertainment shores. and of success of his government to the wise *>a8 a faculty of obtaining some cleverness of expression. counsel of his consort. Queen Taitu. Her first-hand« M.rV Cu/"ainformation regarding important Laura's letters are marked with none ot BALL stand is only one of the peculiar q*j»'.llty which sturdy against Italy personages, which gives Jiis nirratives an He>n distinguishes many brave, patriotic deeds. Menellk la especial value. In the coiftse of his present Keller's epistles, for the two girls her fifth husband, but they are a very de¬ volume he toils of the personalities of the must be regarded as distinct types. But It voted although she is now over may not be doubted that If the sime As aTale as was couple, royal families of Denmark and the Scandi¬ methods Pretty of Detective Work Ever Written fifty and weighs nearly three hundred navian states, until the reader feels ac¬ and experiences had been av ill ibl-j pounds. quainted with both of the anl for use In the education of Laura Brldg- elderly kings man as have been VTOT SINCE 'The Leavenworth "You talk about your merchant princes In llr.rs they are!" Since then he ha» never their attractive sons and daughters. Th-J at the dlsposil of those 44 Case' has there been In charge of Helen and there had this country, your coal barons and your believed a word the French envoys have WHAT IS DOWIEP folk life, however, is not subordinated to Keller, such an and detective as them the of tha for teen so early in the the sime fa¬ *1^1 amazing ingenious story steel and ail the rest of them." said told liim. and he always speaks of story palace, the author ap¬ cilities century * 'The Ball.' kings, with contempt. preciates the fact that thesj people among for exploitation. Laura Bridgman Filigree For originality of detail and the man who had just returned from big- History end Power of the Founder of whom he traveled sbon bo would have been considered quite as cleverness of may Americ in a great development this book is unusual." in Africa, "but If you want His Fine Qualities. citizens, and are therefore marvel. This account of hor education is really game shooting Zion City. that they objects and to And a real, genuine merchant prince you Menelik is a truthful, straightforward, of particular concern. His accounts are fascinating instructive. From the New York .Mull anil Express. brisk and BY ANNA KATHERINE GREEN must go to Abyssinia and introduce yourself daring monarch, and he likes men of h'.s entertaining, carrying the reader DOCTOR XAVIRK. A man who has had an extraord'nary along at a lively pace aitd to By Max Pemherton. author of Author of "The Leavenworth Case." to Menelik." own type. His tine qualities were shown in presenting "11>* Hot:s:> Under th« Sea," etc. Illustrated. history, whether or not there Is anything him impressions of coWtumcs. scenery New York: li. App'.eton A Co. Menelik is the greatest of royal traders. the dispute which precipitated his war with industries and with THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, Publishers. extraordinary In his character or powers, pastimes remarkable It is unfortunate that this novel As a trust magnate he can give American Italy and In the war Itself vividness. was illus¬ is about to begin a religious crusade in this trated. The turns industrial promoters cards and spades. Count Antonelli. an Italian envoy, wanted One of the most entertaining items in the story upon the fortunes city which is without any closo precedent mass of valuable matter contained in the ot one who is proclaimed and Throughout Abyssinia he is a whole trust him to sign a treaty giving Italy a protec¬ recognized in in its character and magnitude. John Alex¬ large and handsomely Illustrated book is the tale as the most beautiful woman in In himself. He controls not one industry or torate over his country. For hours the the of the "steam Eu¬ ander Dowle, a religious leader, charlatan description kitchen" In rope. If so the artist has libeled one line of trade, but every Industry and count sat in conference with Menelik, pro¬ the city of Christianta. conducted as a semi- grossly her or "fakTr," as he may be regarded, who charitable institution for or else the taste of the author is CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY'S every line of trade. posing clause after clause of that treaty, the the cleanly and severely turn. At pretends to be an incarnation of E.ljah, cheap feeding of the It an challenged the artist's There is no autocrat on the face of the only to have each one rejected in people. affords by conception. It Is GREAT NOVEL last, in he said, "Will you propose prophet, will arrive here presently with impressive suggestion of the possibility of a story of intrigue and of earth more despotic than he. and he isn't despair, a similar mysteries which something, then?" about 4.000 of his followers, and will at¬ enterprise in this country. are not fully cleared to the in the kins business for his health. He hid satisfaction of Queen Taitu. Menelik's consort, who tempt to do for New Yo:k what the MY MAMIE the of the reader. The works it for all it Is worth. He runs stores sat side the ROSE: Story My Regeneration Prince of Cadi, a suppositi¬ silently by his during negotia¬ have not done. He has By Owen Kildare. Illustrated. New Y. rk- T « tious of the na¬ churches plenty country lying between the borders of THE IN and factories, ouys the products COFFEE tions. replied: T,*h,r c ""iwoy. Will- CORNER Washington: France and Spain, must a of money, of determination, plenty . mairy within own and sells his Ku- "Yes, there Is one which the plenty 1&EU 7,ltal.auiynf Sc Sons. tives at his price, only treaty certain and .. . . i..IN . . and It of enthusiasm and a power of some -sort period, furthermore he must ropean imports to them for whatever he Emperor of Ethiopia will make, Nine years ago Owen Klldare stood in marry a Spaniard. The Duke of Montalvan needs one clause. He will bind him¬ which draws thousands of people to h m. to ask. only front of a d plots to lure him into a which will chooses self to the of never to one to an esti¬ Bowery ive, leader of his gang. marriage no nonsense at>out interstate King Italy give It may be worth while attempt be his undoing. He all but the There is of his to pugilist, bouncer, thug, illiterate, without succeeds, commerce or restraint of trade with Mene¬ inch territory any foreign nation, mate of this personage. wicked minister at the critical time THE never a to ambition save to the means of tailing lik. He is the one great merchant for the and to grant protectorate Italy, He was born in Edinburgh. Scotland, in gain getting under the knife of one of his victims. The whole country, the buyer of all that goes or any other European nation." May, 1S47, so that he Is now not an old food and drink.and nlenty of the 1 itter. author has neglected to explain the inter¬ out and the seller of ail that comes in. "That means war," said the Italian. man. though his patriarchal white beard Today he is a writer for the New York esting circumstance of her presence in Cadi Anybody can comnete with the king, if "I know it." replied Menelik. "but the suggests ag>.-. Yet his power has all been newspapers, received in what is stvied at the psychological moment. "Doctor 10 t.k does not queen has spoken my mind. Go back to in the last ten years. His be¬ Xavler," in MART he cares try. Men object. developed "good of ex¬ short, does not hold up to its and hale and tell him 1 am for the were society," capable producing llrst He might se.nl a tile of soldiers your king ready ginnings and early life cjmmonplace. cellent and promises, although it includes an his trad' rivals off to jt l. if lie chose; but worst he can do." He Is by his bringing up an Australian, not "copy," wholly redeemed from abundance of excellent dramatic material. he prides himself on L.l ng a civil zed mon¬ The s\ory of the war that followed is well a Scot, though he returned to Scotland to the low life of his boyhood and young man¬ OF arch, and he has a be.ter scheme than known. All th? world is aware that Mene¬ take a course In the theological seminary hood. His regeneration dates from the I ist THE PK.VSIONNAIItKS; the Story of an American Girl wli i Took a CLEVERNESS that. lik proved himself a capable general and a at Edinburgh. He is not an uneducated day he stood in front of the dive, when his Vutcr to Europe and Found. He is the tariff commission as well as the born leader of men. but few know man, destitute of the culture of the Many Thins*, By Albert It. Carman. Boston: people though fellows insulted a young school teacher on llerbrt It. Turner & Co. lord high everything e.se in the country, of the humanity which he displayed at the schools. He was a Congregational minister dues her way home. Her indignant exclamation the so he can charge what customs great battle of Adua, In which the Italians in Australia without attracting any partic¬ aroused tlie latent Among "things" Jessica Murney round on the that his rivals im¬ That was be:ore he took manhood in Kildare, and the he likes goods were utterly routed. With immense labor ular attention. up he never the in pensions of Dresden, Lucerne and an I his own from s mi- the side of again joined gang, but strove port. exempt goods lie organized rough field hospitals and sur¬ yellow religion. steadily, though at times painfully, upward Paris were a handsome and well conditioned lar duties. If. lired of importing, they try- gical help for the wounded of both sides. After he had strayed to Chicago in IS!)') under the NOVEMBER NUMBER to become he j uts them out of he seems to have built a gentle, patient guidance of Marie young Englishman, a poetic German ideal¬ exporters, He went personally into the thick of the slowly up power whom he c ime to buslnei s with export duties, until they arc over minds in Deering, call "Mami" ist, an enthusiastic German vocal battle and Lruught in many wounded men credulous through joining Rose." They were to have been married teacher, glad enough to sell their stuff to him for under lire. The Italian of whom evangelistic work. A program which is a great opportunity, then her heart and prisoners, ¦ ti liioo. but S(1P died a month before the whatever he cares to pay. he took no causa to a of the leading fea¬ great numbers, had practically repetition appointed day. finally peace without a professional career. of one hand. Now their names are lesion. THE complain of their treatment. He even gave tures of Mormonism, minus polygamy, in Trade. ' That is the true story. Kildare tells it She pissed through of are indeed, that it Royalty them to while grew up in his brain. He founded a Zion," experiences which So many of them there, a pocket money s;;enJ they himself in this book an earnestness she was only faintly conscious. She was would seem a futile task to attempt to list No other merchant on earth has such were 0:1 parole in his as Joseph Smith did. but with more imme¬ with, Pensi©on a capital. is:x> and directness and completeness of con- awakened in her inner self by means of a them, but this has been the undertaking Ires, sure protit as this dusky potentate, and That war established Menelik's right to diate material success. It was only in fession enforce while A DKI.KJHTKt'L STORV FOR that he established th's Zion City on the which attention and com¬ thunderstorm weatherbound in a which has resulted in the present large naturally he is a millionaire many times be regirded as a cH'ilized monarch. at all pel conviction. It is a touch¬ schloss in the with be with¬ TRAVELLED AMERICANS. events for the of shores of Lake .Michigan, and it is now a strange story, company the idealist. hook, which should really printed over. The dollars come rolling in to him all purposes warfare, and in He ing and startling, bluer fn its revel ition of She was near to being kidnapped at Lucerne, in green and gold covers, rather than red. recognition of his humanity Abyssinia was large and prosperous community. the to but did not Herbert B. Turner & Boston. the time. I lit he is very liberal in spend ng his as Simth did. and as depths which huinyn nature sinks in she know it. Sh6 was almost It is not strictly a list of millionaires, for Co., admitted as a party to the Geneva con¬ tithed followers, fn of a oclT.24,31-10 them f< r the good of his people. the Mormons still do. He star ed a paper, places, yet uplifting the light, what captured by French artist, but she sus¬ the money limit of the persons included 13 vention. with the cordial consent of Italy. has been and can again be done toward the pected his motive and to the. statements of the Menelik is probably the only monarch in Since then Abyssinian have yellow in, its style and methods, naturally. fortune-hunting kept $:; GEOMETRY. King Menelik's character commands admiration, sense of humanity in the man was the work PLANTATION BAYS. By Paul Laurence fortunes, and are divided only according to Alan of Sheb and his royal title is "Conquering to swallow them. It was only in 11(01. at of one to Dunbar. author of of ete. By Sanders, Hughes High School, Cin¬ and nearly all the who have last this woman withrtut recourse the "Lyrics L'>wly Life,' states and cities, and arranged alphabeti¬ cinnati, 0. New York: American Iiot.k C* ra- Lion of i he Tribe of Judah. Menelik, ap¬ Europeans tho age of fifty-four, that he made this methods which in the shims. Illustrated. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. and visited him speak of him with nsuaTly olftairr Washington: Breiitauo's. cally under these divisions. It is interest- i»any. pointed of God, Negus of Shoa Negus enthusiastic discovery. It is a powerful illustnitjori of the strange¬ to note that 104 of the ,'t.SH in I' IJ [ \ n of Si.'ilrl 1,1f.. in \e\v novels, attempt in that direction eighteen pages. Philadelphia twenty-three, power HANI); Story and Boston sixteen. The names were s?- WIDE-AWAKE DIALOGUES. T. S. thing else in his country, lie does not use It his practical monopoly are constrained to done In the world by charlatans. Dowi-? York and alt n ('oimtryf Clnb; Rv Geratdine having been unsatisfactory. His latest liter¬ By Denlson, his cured from bankers, business men financial author of "Odds With the Enemy," etc. Chi¬ as a giant When he buys goods from h s admit that personally he is an extremely de¬ has profoundly impressed himsBlf upon Autivony. Now YorJiiyO. Appie^u & Co. ary output Is a series of well-written short cago: T. S. Denlson. or to he rea¬ have themselves ar.d associations, assessors, public officials and people, sells them, rixes fairly cent fellow. Among his own he is as followers They put The title * not weH-blx*}e#r.'TH ia, as Itie stories about the old-time colored sonable He has sense not to people all that into his hands. They people other such authorities, and then subiected I.1TTLI: DICK'S CHRISTMAS. Ktheldwd B. prices. enough as they possess book runs, old Mr. of the have humor and By kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. He popular any king could be. He rules them all work for him and are fed by him. He (lie narne'^ Vcrr'lij- tf^n- plantations. They to a complex system of scrutiny and test Barry. li lust raited hy the author. Boston; knows that if he paid unreasonably low as a despot, but he i3 the most benevolent has forced them to leave off at least all wick to his quartet Of orphan grandchil¬ pathos, two inseparable qualities when and elimination untJl M.oOO were finally Dana Estes & Co. dealing with this race, and the dialect, as chosen as the holders of prices, the people would produce little or of despots. their small vices. They neither smoke nor dren, but as only two of them figure in the be representing the that if room "Zion" for all may expected, is excellently reproduced. country s wealth above . nothing for export: and he charged Years ago there was a and terrible drink. He has not In story to any extent whatever, it is a pal¬ Mr. Dunbar has indeed scored THE CITY BEAUTIFUL. absurdly prices, the pow¬ long the cortverts he has made. He will make high in this high consuming famine in Abyssinia. A pest killed ofT the pable misnomer to entitle the story thus. book, and his publishers have given his CHILDREN'S FOR VMH. ers of the population would approach the many converts here.not enough, probably, M0(l1mRfi!Edited .N^IAIjr. \\. II. New In to im¬ cattle, on which the de¬ of He However, there is a .suggestion in tho nam; stoties a handsome and effective dress, by Cmiland. Yok: Mr. What Civic If Vanishing point regard foreign Aliyssinians mainly to affect the life the city profundly. with admirable illustrations. Clnre. Phillips & Co. Washington: Woodward Improvement Society ports. pend for food, as they are the greatest meat will pass on. and the metropolis will go "on of the coaching which is supposed to te sj & I»tnr«>|). for Oat. eaters on earth. For three Doing Hamilton, It se-- ^ °f a P'Cture bo°k ! of a city be confined to its parks, or its epidemic. He knew something of the power ists. the Mad Mullah and many other for¬ transmuted into a more boulevards. which are visited on rare as expressed In dollars. It Is al¬ precious metal, for little folks only of the white nations, and also of their land midable foes. figures THE POOL IN THE HESETtT. By M s. E.-ernrl these suggestions would work a most de¬ iind exceptional occasions? As the result of a most to find a grown horse that - hunger the slow, resistless ad¬ stormy career he has Impossible Coates (Sara Jeannette Duncan). New York: sirable reform. And they are excellent I!~ Hu an. Here nnd there. It is true, efforts are ll^saw welded a set of quarrelsome tribes Into a has been raised on a farm fenced with barb D. Appleton & Co. ideas, and well worth as ^ILth"/ry^^TH.K.SKAaiithor of Thi' .y>ul of th . Str.-ef." New Y irk- made to the vance of the English through the Soudan united trying, the case beautify daily surroundings.. strong, nation. Now he w shes noth¬ wire that does not somewhere show either Mrs. Cotes' "Delightful Americans" was stands. But It Is hard to believe that a & Washington: Wo.* In this city some of the modern factories' and the partition of many African king¬ ing better than to rule in peace and set his book written in waJd ft'Lot'hr'lT' are adorned with and a small or large scratch as a relic of an so clear and limpid and altogether delight¬ such a highly literary flowers clinging Ivy. doms among the European powers. people's feet in the path of progress. spirit as and couched in terms which The fisher folk of their For this, and the consequent appearance of intimate connection with a wire. Many ful a commentary on life in the "states" this, Newfoundland, "At any moment." he reasoned to him¬ Not Afraid of Work. are above the intelligence of the great mass quaint speech, their hardihood, sufferings cheerfulness, the public, we believe, is sin¬ self. "I have to a colts and young horses are killed outright, that her admiring readers .ire likely to be of It is a to may faca far more seri¬ home-makers, will do much good. It and simple joys are S2t forth the author cerely grateful. contribution the ous attack. 1 must have to arm Menelik is a wonderfully active man. He and. indeed, it is not uncommon to find an a bit the Involutions and makes and make by comfort of everyone. The splend.d lawns money my disappointed by interesting reading, may with bold and strong slrokes. The of troops as the white men are armed. I must never seems to tire of hard work. No de¬ old horse ruined by being thrust in contact concealments and ellipses of these four converts of some readers. The proems of way and the gardens of our residential quarters buy cannons and hundreds of thousands of tail of administration Is too small for his with wire by his mates. Others are so ma¬ domestic evolution Is likely, however, to the sea In Newfoundland, according to his also appeal to public appreciation. But blemished as to render them un¬ longish stories of life arpong the Engl sh is to rifles. There Is only one way to get the attention if he thinks it will terially begin at the bottom. story, bring tragedy and sorrow into there are districts of the city in which the money I need. I must take tend to the salable, although leaving them In a condi¬ residents of India. They are of an awk¬ most lives, and the is if not sun of seldom shines. Prominent all the trade benefit of his story nothing beauty and commerce of my country into my own people. tion to do farm work, while still others are ward length, being neither novels nor short WASHINGTON. Its Sights and Insights. Ily Mrs. realistic. among these are the business quarters, hands and make all the profit there is to He rises at .1 every morning, and goes at just scratched sufficiently to cut a few dol¬ stories, so called. They require the closest . Harriet Taihnrt Monroe, author if "The Art where the tiresome monotony of brick walls be made. lars of their value when are of Conversation," etc. New York: Funk te Ry Joseph Conrad. Xew Y rk: MoCure. It will not l»e too much for my once to service in his chapel, for he is a de¬ they placed attention on the part of the reader to FAIT'£-II is rarely relieved by the presence of any needs i' on the market. some Wagnai:s^Company. I h lips & Co. Waahn-on: Woodwad & and will be better for my country vout Christian. He to the gather the significance of of the dia¬ Lothrop. green thing. It is here that the people than white men belongs Abys¬ What Is the solution for all this alertness not This is more than a book to the most of their and letting make it and take it sinian branch of the damage logue and description. This guide spend time, here it away to Kurope with them." Coptic Church, and Is that is annually wrought by the barb wire? to miss the connection is a strain which capital city. It is a running commentary Lovers of sea stories remember, "Youth," is that beauty and freshness are most re¬ This was. his well informed on theological subjects. Nev¬ It simply lies in removing this wire from militates the continued interest. another of Mr. Conrad's vivid sketches. In the more humble confessedly, farsighted ertheless. he will not against on men, events and scenes in the District, quired. quarters, too, scheme. Some people may think It was submit to priestly the fences and putting on the smooth woven But the stories have in them unmistakable His latest work some of the though there is many a homely garden, and domination, and he lias materially curbed a rapid glance at official and so¬ possesses mys¬ economically unsound; but it seems to hive form. This, it is true, is expensive, but it s:gns of real force. "A Mother in hid a'' is affording characterised and. many an effort to catch an inspiration from answered to His the power of the priests, to the great ad¬ often that the of one of cial life here and the ticism which "Youth," the lack of perfection. people stat-d happens saving good an account the predicament of the par¬ permitting stranger to is none the less becausa of that. nature, Oeauty is often pa'nful ready today to meet an vantage of his country. If a sermon Is too colt will more than fence a fair-sized horse a interesting end .nvas'on ten tlme.» ents of girl wlio was sent to England gain a fairly accurate conception of the The of the man who had eaten man depressing. Anything that will awaken more formidable than that of long for his fancy he tells the preacher to It is a matter of cold calcu¬ story an Interest in the the Italians pasture. only while an infant and reared by relatives, attractions. The who has and felt himself an outcast is told in adornment of a ci:y. and ard give the invaders a stop. like Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria. lation to ascertain whether it will or city's author, stimulate effort very warm recep¬ At (» pay so that when she was brought under the Two other short stories are in¬ along that line. Is a who'e- tion. a.m. he receives his secretaries and not to a woven-wire fence. Where evidently participated considerably in the "Falk." some and valuable influence. starts work. After he has put up mother wing in her young womanhood she cluded in the volume. By all means, Kurope knows all this, and as a result transacted gov¬ eight, ten or twelve horses are kept on did not tit into the social or domestic Washington life, has not hesitated or let us beautify our cities, and if Hamilton ernment business he becomes a Menelik. King of Kings of Ethiopia, is the judge and the farm continually, and where three or equation. scorned to draw from other sources AN APACHE PRINCESS. O n. Charles Kins has shown us how to do it thoroughly and hears than By " African any plaints which may be ¦ only monarch for whose alliance brought four or more colts are raised annually. It her own i>en for her materials, quoting free¬ author of "A J>»"ch!e- or th Slim* etc Il¬ well we shall be grateful. European powers before him. He is accessible at all times is a matter to reckon the THE NEW THOUGHT : IMPLIFIED. lustrated. New Yo:k: Th.- H. bart eagerly compete, and who to his simple up amount Ry H-nry ly and at length from newspaper articles, Company. treats with them on a foot'ng of fearless people to listen to their grievances of damage that has been done by barb W cod. author of "Ideal Suggestions," etc. Bos- So ami redress their wrongs. His ton: Lee & Sbepard. official reports and congressional speeches This is another of General King's fasci¬ Him. equality. proud is he that he will judgments wire in a given number of years. If this is order to cover the Squelching not permit the are full of keen insight. "He is as a In ground. These credit¬ nating stories of border life and Indian Russian, French and Italian good done we venture to say that It will be Henry \\ ood has written a great deal ed extracts add to the and the From Pu. b. representatives at his judge as his ancestor. King Solomon." an found that a new fence a variety spice warfare. It has a charming thread of capital to fly their will In short time upon the general subject of the complete of the book, which, well Illustrated "What? Two dollars for a ticket?" nation.! 1 (lags over their Englishman once declared, enthusiastically. for itself and will also a being sentiment In the harsher woof of bad men residences The is pay pay big in¬ control of the mind over the and of and up to is a welcome addi¬ only foreign flag that floats at Addis Menelik fond of going about among his terest on the investment involved in body brought date," and bad times. "Yep; it's worth it." Adeba in as its tion to the literature of Wash¬ British representative people disguise, the Caliph Haroun-al- construction. One instance comes to our the dominating influeneei of the Intellect. explanatory "Well, s'posin' it is. We had a show up hoistedif. iVt" tV.it ;,s a Kascliid If. find out ington's characteristics. matter of course, and blunt¬ did. their real condition,- mind where during a period of five years when traitTed to VerfOTm a purpose, npon peculiar BOOKS RECEIVED. to Hod's Corners that the ministers said It ly refused t.i haul it down their needs and Jielr grievances, and to see VOCAL AM) LITERARY INTERPRETATION OF when the \bys- six highly bred road horses were ruined man s life in all functions oHiving. His T1IK BIBLE. By S. S. was a shame to go to s.!e, an' I seen it for whether Ills officials are doing their duty. every instance due to the "Studies in the Cuiry. l'h.D., ai'tlng AUS DEM DEUTSCHEN D1CHTERWALD; 35 cents!" fn'HTin him a rCni","S,1ni";<1kindr. d recognized stor'es are outright, being ThoughtWorKf' and "The professor of elocution at Newton 'lh-o'.oglcal spirit, and told his officials Many told of his adventures in animals coming In contact with the barb of dtocUFWed1' the sub¬ Institution, president School of B.«- Favorite German Poems. Edited, with Notes y The other this character, and of the swift, Symphony LivifcgJ* Expression. and Vocabulary, by J. II. DUlard. professor v?>v- u i"'K foreign on- picturesque wire. In this case the loss would have ject from what mighV-be caftled the theo¬ ton Introduction by Fianeis G l'eab dy. D.l>., of permiss.on, and were justice that he has de»!t out to the op¬ fenced the entire farm In fields retical of view.-" latest work dean of the Illvinlty Srho>1 of Harvard Un.- in Loul:ine University Ixmlsiana. formerly It was on a Madison street car. The refused sternly pressed anil the forty-acre point ffi bis New York: The principal of .Mary Institute. St. Louia. New man in the wide trousers oppressor. with s-mooth wire. he endeavors to point the way to a prac¬ verslly. Macmi.iau Company. York: American Cook Company. young persisted Where is made to tical otrt time an In ogling the young woman with the book. An Unfortunate Mistake. Deals Out Swift Justice. any attempt do away carrying 6? tfte' 'UeW tliought" It Is perhaps effort should be would like to read with the barb-wire fence it may he neces¬ and its a / CERMAN COMPOSITION; With a Review of "Perhaps you this," Some have Once he found a utilltariadnviiilafcllitjt made to systematize the work of Bible a "I foreign envoys been very un¬ high official mercilessly sary to change the rotation somewhat and jout on their hind high position in the pasture would, rule, be sufficient maximum It discusses first the dolls that legs, and government service. to furnish plenty of food, not only for the the volume which Mr. gives to the message. Banking, etc., and lecturer In the Univer¬ talked. They thought su.-h ins who visit H^royd problem presented by the variety of in¬ sity of Pennsylvania and Haverford College. things would be Europe Menelik are sur¬ horses, but also for some calves or young He draws of New iork: American Book certain to tickle the fancy to find that he stock. If this Is public. upoiL(the'jblography terpretations. the present custom and prac¬ Company. of a dusky king. prised knows all about true why is it not a prac¬ Asanio Condivi. which he declares to be them and their afTalrs and motives ticable thing to fence such an area In such tice in Bible reading and the general na¬ PHYSICAL LABORATORY For Second¬ Menelik looked at them for a moment before "the most valuable of ali:.tbe many lives ture of vocal It MANUAL; with disgust and they tell 1dm anything. That is due to the a way as to cut off these sickening acci¬ expression. then takes ary Schools. By 8. R. Coleman, S.B.. A.M.. rage, then he thrust them elaborate system of dents and extravagant losses? of Michael Angelo that been written." up the "message" itself, as viewed in the head of the science department, and teacher of aside. espionage which he in the Oakland School. New "Do he maintains throughout his country and at Indeed, the author claims that Condivls literary, narrative, didactic. Oratoric, alle¬ physics High )ou think." asked, "that I am a the work has almost the of an auto¬ goric. dramatic and Then York: American Book Company. child or a savage, that I should adjacent seaports through which trav¬ authority lyric, epic spirit. delight in elers have to pass. How He Was Occupied. biography of the master, owing to the close follows a series of chapters on the tech¬ COMEDY OF ANT toys?" the two SHAKESPEARE'S THE MEUCH The and An Englishman came to him once to sees From the Chicago Post. intimacy which existed between nique. treating the rhythmic actions of the OF VENICE. "Edited, Tilth notes, by Will am Russian English emissaries for und the love and of the modulations the J. Lift. head master of the showed a truer concessions. Me.nellk knew what he "So you spent a month Paris. great admiration mind, rhythmic of voice, Kolfo, D.. formerly Insight into his character. wanted, but asked, courteously: in Well, pupil for the great artist. The book Js discrimination in thinking, change In ideas high sel ool. Cambridge, Ma-s. Iliuitra'eJ. New- They brought him Mauser pistols, revolvers "What Is the motive you differ from most people in that you divided into two the first devoted to and method in York: American Book Company. and the litest and lest rifles could of your visit? Why parts, pitch, thinking, Inflection, they have you come so many thousands of h::ve very little to say about it." the life and the second to the works of method and melody, the argument, the of buy. He was delighted. miles from and THE CONGRESSMAN'S WIFE; A Story "These are your country?" "That's easily explained," replied the re¬ Michael Angelo. An appendix copious function and expression of the imagination, American Politics. By John D. Barrv, author gifts worthy to be received he would be index add to the value volume, which "A M ' etc. by a warrior and a Thinking diplomatic, the En¬ turned traveler. "You see. I spent so much of the assimilation or sympathetic identification, Daughter Theses, lilustrated king." he declared. glishman replied that he wanted to Is illustrated. ?fby Bollln G. Klrby. New York: The Smart The influence of the Russians and meet a t me seeeing the things that I ought not to profusely movement and correlation of the voice Eng¬ great monarch of whom he had heard movement. comes a Set Publishing Company. lish over Menelik dates from that lucky much. that I had very little time to see the LALItA RRIDGMAN; I)r, HO*\"e'« Famous Pupil Finally part devoted Incident, but the that I can to preparation and the service, with general LORD DOLPHIN. Harriet A. Cheever, author French have be»n things- properly discuss." and What He Taught tier. By Maud Howe an.I By " always Menelik turned from him, coldly. observations on the most effective methods of "The Strange Adventures of Billy Trill badly represented at his court. After .'There are Kiorenee Uowe Hall. Illustration* from Draw¬ Kitchener's at already too many llara in ing* John Elliott. Biwton: Little, Brown & of conducting services in conjunction with etc. Illustrated by Dlantha W. Horue. Bos¬ Bobbie, I hear victory Omdurman '.he my country," he said. "Yes, have a by ton: Dana Estes & Company. Uncle."Well. you're learn¬ Fitnch at Addis Adeba assured "You must leave you quite fine collection of Co. Bible readings. to swim." that the Menelik Addis Adeba In an hour and never return." dahlias. What do you find so ing Knglish had been beaten w th tiie But about that charming Laura Brldgman's name is generally for¬ LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION. By Henry Carr Bobble."Yes. so are you. ain't you. un¬ loss of lfi.ooo men. straightforward Europeans are flower, by the way? To me it THE FINANCIAL RED BOOK OP AMERICA: Pearson. A-B... Harvard, Horace Maim School, When he heard the warmly welcomed the seems so artificial." by the -world at but all who 1803. New York: Tl>e Financial cle?" truth liter, that Kitchener had by Negua Nagasti gotten large, Directory A»- Teacher*' College. New York. New York: Uncle."No, my lad. Why?" crushed the and treated with courtesy and kindness. "That's its charm. One so have labored in the of the aorlattoa. American Book Dervishes with the loss of only 3*2.1 of lis He gets tired of field of education Company. Bobbie."Oh. I heard father say yester¬ soldiers, he surprises them by his knowledge of these natural effects once In a while, don't lllnd know hers as one most Time wjia In this when the mil¬ exclaimed in disgust, "What western affairs, not of of the remark¬ country PHILIPPINES; A Georgraphlcal Bender day that you had a hard Job to Ifnp yotu only politics, which you think?".Chicago Tribune. able cases on record. Not even the phe- lionaires could be counted on the fingers TH5By Samuel MacClihtock, Pti.B., principal of head above water!".Punch.'