Life — July 23, 1896 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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586 OUR FRESH AIR FUND. Previously acknowledged M. M. B. Ww. W. suiieaeaaed S. A., Dayton, O. From Messrs. A. G. Spalding & Brothers we have received—r regulation inflator, 1 In- ter-collegiate football, + Association rubber ball, 5 small catching gloves, 3 large catching mits, 12 Junior League balls, 1 Senior League ball and 8 baseball bats. From the Trinity Guild of South Norwalk, Connecticut—12 new pairs of pantaloons, 2 linen suits, : new waist and : new jacket. All for Lire’s Farm, and which we acknow- ledge with thanks, TROUBLE AHEAD. E: I fear the worst. Sue: What's George? “Your father has paid back that $10 he borrowed.” A GREAT HELP. O you think it’s all right to go to church on a wheel?” “Why, yes. They say it’s al better to have an objective point. happened, *LIFE: A SONG OF POVERTY. F I could gratify a wish, My wealth would be untold, The bags my trousers all possess, I'd have filled up with gold. AMERICAN HISTORY CREEPING INTO CURRENT FICTION. HE revival of historical romance by Weyman Doyle and others, is beginning to make itself felt lightly among American writers. The various patriotic societies have found their literature in many books about colonial men and women of importance. E. L. Bynner and Mrs. Cather- wood were writing historical romances long before the English revival. But we have no single writer who stands out distinctly as the American historical novelist. Yet historical events are creeping more and more into the groundwork of American stories. Three distinct periods are represented in three recent volumes. To begin with the Revolution, Mr. James Barnes has written a stirring narrative entitled “For King or Country (Harpers), that has to do with Lord Howe's occupation of New York, and incidentally with the battle of Princeton. These are however subsidiary to the adven- tures of twin brothers, one in the King’s and one in Washington’s army. Their resemblance “ Lire’s THE MAN WHO CAUGHT A FISH. RECENT DISCOVERIES OF EARLY EGYPTIAN JOKES.