Life — January 16, 1902 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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A SELP-MADE SNE P THELATEST BOOKSGp CRI REO ‘he Evolution of Immortality, by S. D. McConnell, although written by a disciple of the dualistic school, contains the best short statement of the position of modern monistic phi- losophy of which we know. The author is complete master of a style singularly lucid and direct, and while one may agree or differ with his theories, one cannot fail to understand him. (The Z Macmillan Company. $1.50.) England under George II. is the scene of a tragic romance by H. B. Marriott Watson, called The House Divided. It is the usual fabric of routs, ruffles and rapiers, varied by a Kilkenny Cat denouement. (Harpor and Brothers. $1.50.) John Denison Champ- lin’s new work of reference, The Young Folks’ Cyclopa- dia of Literature and Art, will be found a good book to buy for the young folks and use yourself. It contains a great deal of handy information which, unlike the young folks, MAN. “ YouR monrY on Your ‘.irE*!"* “TAKE THE MONEY." most of us have had time to forget. (Henry Holt and Company.) In The Laird’s Luck and Other Fire- side Tales A. T. Quiller-Couch has gathered nine stories of bygone times in various parts of the world. While some are more curious than interesting, they are all well told. (Charles Scrib- ner’s Sons. $1.50.) Young Mrs. Teddy, by Barbara Yegh- ton, is a microscopic study of ba- nalities. Outside the columns of The Ladies’ Home Journal it would be hard to find a better example of literary breakfast food. (Dodd, Mead and Company. $1.50.) Studies of New England seacoast types seem plentiful this season. Up and Down the Sands of Gold, by Mary Devereux, a novel dealing with this subject, makes very good reading. (Little, Brown and Company, Boston.) It has been claimed that the absenco of old-fashioned Christmas stories from modern fiction argues a falling off in altruistic sensibility. That it points rather to a popular distaste for false sentiment is emphasized by reading Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch, by Alice Caldwell Hegan. (The Century Company. $1.00.) J.B. Kerfoot, OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED. “The Simple Life." By Charles Wag- ner, Esaaye by the leader of the popular education movement 1n Paris, arguing Against the striving after the useless in modern Iife (McClure, Philips and Com. pany, $1.25.) “The Wildfowlera,” by Charles Brad- ford, describes some of the methods and ‘some of the devotees of aport on the Great Sonth Bay, Long Island. (G. P. Putnam's Sona, $1.00.) “In the Days of Audabon.” By Hezekiah Butterworth. A quast-blogruphy of the naturalist, written to interest children in “ Audubon Soctetles.” (D. Appleton and Company, $1.20.) “Short Talka with Young Mothers.” An exceedingly concise and practical work by Charles Gtimore Kerley, M.D. (G.P. Putnam's Sons.) Mr. Charles M. Schwab is re- The Collector; DON'T YOU KNOW YOUR WATER RENT WAS DUE ON THE FIFTEENTH? SETTLE WITHIN TWO DAYS, I'LL TURN THE WATER OFF, IP You vo NOT ported tohave expressed his views on Trusts in these words : ‘The Trost is a dead business propost- tlon, butt on a trinity that would wreck anything—the restriction of trade, the increase of prices aud the throttling of competition. More truth in fewer words is seldom uttered, and the awaken- ing sense of the American people seems to endorse the sentiment. comicbooks.com