Life — March 21, 1901 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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SRS, HARPER AND BROTHERS propose to publish American authors astover Court House, daring the current els on American subjects. The first of the series, FE by IL 18. Boone and Kenneth Brown, establishes a landably high standard for the set. tis a clean-cut and well-told story of post- bellum life in Virginia and deserves to be widely read. (Harper and Brothers.) a native ning an An English adaptation of a story written of the Philippi insight into This is, however, upon w mended. It gives th a rich and patriot y:) disappointments of ‘lure, Phi pntest between the Hudson's Bay and the acy of the Great Northern Wilde ¢ for a student of . Laut fails to do it justice in his panies for the supret bean » too little of the story he promises us f the people and. px i War. Both the peop! and wl the book is somewh: necount of t introduced, it gives a vivid al interest. (D. Appleton and ¢ Short Story Masterpieces is the tit of the worst short stories we have seen f othe list of authors, but ¢ s written ld several well-known nan debited to them we and ow pardoned as youthful i ing Com The old struggle between a woman's love of Art and for a man is told again with consideral terest pad, There a! nm the whole, is well rurn of the ¢ Some ig true, but the st Mifllin an cled “a story for girls, but even present day require a sembl of t in their literary diet. (The Publishing Company.) dB, Ref A Cheerful Outlook. GOOPUN : It is said that the millennium will come when the gospel has been preached to all nations. Bape Well, I guess that's right. The missionaries will then have no country left in which to make trouble and cause war. “e ws it Such an indecent play ? “Was it? Why, even my youngest son blushed,"? To an Elderly Child. SAP the dreamer: ‘One must look upon a star for a while each day. It is a compensation.” ** But,” said the realist, “if the sky be clouded over?" “Then,” answered the dreamer, “look into your glass of wine against the light.”’ “Tnever drink.” “Ah,” and the dreamer smiled, ‘it is not necessary. re this bit of light upon that green vase. It és a star.”” “I do not possess a green vase Then with a faint impatience as if Earth had called him: “ Look into the fire light—the spark of flame in your pipe.” “But if the weather be warm, and you know I never smoke——”" “Man, man, such darkness is self-made, and——" Then spake the clear voice of the child of modernity— the offspring of a dreamer and a daughter of Eve: Stumble and bump your head.” Alice Wood, Kitchener’s System of Rewards in South Africa. IRST : If a commanding officer succeeds in saving the major part of his command from capture or destruction, he shall be ‘commended ”* publicly. (‘ Major Crewe to the front and center! March ! cond: If he does the above and loses no guns, hi highly commended.”* Tinmrp: If he also succeeds in obtaining a “draw,” he shall be promoted two grades. Fovurti: If he wins a fight, he is to receive Knighthood and a “decoration” consisting of a fragment of the bones De of the Mahdi which I removed from his tomb at Khartoum. “OK of Ke AT A SOUTHERN RESORT. ste Patron: Now ¢ KNOW WHY THEY CALL THIS PLACE PALM BEACH. comicbooks.com