Life — February 11, 1909 — page 24: what you’re looking at

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AGRICULTURAL CLASSIFICATION UNDER THE NATIONAL PURE FOOD LAW No. 12279 WAS GIVEN TO UNTER BALTIMORE RYE Bs) x) UNDER WHICH THE PROPRIETORS GUAR- ANTEE IT TO BE AN ABSOLUTELY PURE RYE WHISKEY RIPE, REFINED IN QUALITY AND MELLOW IN TONE Sod at alt ‘and Uy WM. LANAMAN & SUN, Baltimore, Md. Serecevereecoooovoooves: New Books Continued from Page 207 carries along with it a fatal tendency to preju- dice us against it—much as if it said: “Laugh, nn you!’ It makes me feel like responding : I'll be hanged if I will!"* If we could brush away all this atmospheric pressure, so to spe and read Mr. Bangs’s book without any precor ceived notions of what we want it to be, we should no doubt find it highly amusing. by Mary Cowden-Clark; Shakespeare's Proverbs, New York! with introduction. by William J. Rolfe. G. P. Putnam's Sons. No book relating to Shakespeare would be complete in these days without an introduction “Oh Be Sony” The ale that for purity, favor and wholesomencss ts with: ut arival. One taste of F. Ib is soore convincing than Srrument. Mt speaks for isell. A sod, eatislylog bre Doth appetizing sod sirengibening- Try 1 At leading Hotels, Restaurants and Cafes ‘A. GYAN NOSTRAND, "°***5.MiLt euswenses THE POFT LAUREATE ch Alfred Austin, **It makes my blood tagle ra critics wherever 1 mingle, By appointment I'm Yet my readers are ait When compared with the ne="RAD.BRIDCE’ fin by Professor Rolfe any more than a compilation of literature is complete without the name of Rossiter Johnson. Shakespearean scholars will no doubt welcome this new dress (and a very ex- cellent one) of an old book long out of print, by a woman so celebrated in her day. It is, nevertheless, still open to the objection against all collections of proverbs from great authors. It is useless for practical purposes, like the Irishman’s dictionary, the subject changes too often The Age of Shakespeare, by Algernon Swinburne. New York: Harper & Brothers, In the midst of so much turgidy of expression which we constantly come across in books that deal critically with certain forms of literature, it is refreshing to read che man who knows w he is talking about, and who talks about it splendid, straightaway English. This book might be adopte ‘a model of style in our schools in place of many others not half so well adapted to the purpose. Charles JOHNJAMESON x wk * WHISKEY For Sale Everywhere. W. A. TAYLOR & CO., Sole Agents, New York. In @ New Century, by Edward Sanford Martin, New York: Harper & Brothers Mr. Martin has a vocabulary that he uses with wonderful precision and skill to express a cer- tain definite combination of wisdom, humor, and sympathy with his subject. He never stands off and pelts it, but he goes quietly in, gets on the best terms with all of the inmates and reveals them fairly and squarely to the outside world. 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Wheelwright Mead & C The Missic Brown & Co., + Opp 34 Washington stre An Honest Opinion mong the interesting anecdotes illustra Mr. Cleveland’s refusal to gi pledges of any sort is that which describes an incident of the n of 1892, and is printed in the New A literary friend of Mr Cleveland brought together. as if by chance, the Democratic nominee and a Trish- American contractor who was supposed to hart with the coveted Irish vote. The interview. was so nranaged th men were left a in the literary man's library for an hour. At the end of that time they wert discovered swapping stories with each other like old friends. “ Well,’’ asked the host of the contrac Mr. Cleveland had left, “what do you him?" “Sure,” replied the contractor, beaming all over, “he’s the greatest man I ever saw. He's foine man, a grand man. He wouldn't promis to do wan thing I asked him.’’—Youti's Com Panion. campa York Evening Post. 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