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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
rtATURDAY, NOVEMBER ».
LITERARY LIGHTS AND SHADOWS
By 8. MAY8 BALL (Arthur Pendennlt, Jr.)
Thr Georgian publishes below the
_ * ,,-tn from four representative book
„ lers of Atlanta, In which are ahown
S, i| S t of the ten books now most
popular with the reading public:
**' At the Cole Book Company,
■■Tile Weavers” (Porker), "The Fruit
. Ih e Tree” (Wharton). "The Shuttle”
/nnrnett), “Romance of an Ohl-Fash-
Gentleman" (F. H. Smith) "The
Soltor" (Dixon). "Satan Sanderson’
,Rives), "The Younger Set" (Cham,
. "The Daughter of Anderson
rrow” (McCutcheon), "The Best Man'
(Macgrath), “Light Fingered Gentry’
‘PfU'St'the Columbian Book Co.
Pay's OfT’ (Van Dyke). "The Best
(Macgrath), “The Halo" (Von
Hutton). "The Shuttle" (Burnett), "The
Weavers" (Parker). “The Lady of the
rwroration" “Little), "The Shepherd of
,he Hills" (Wright). "Mam' Linda"
iHarben), "Baton Sanderson" (Rives),
• The Fruit of the Tree” (Wharton).
T At J. M. Miller Co.
•The Best Man" (Macgrath), “The
Tnunaer Set” (Chambers), "The Weav.
L- (Parker), "The Daughter of An-
;,rson crow" (McCutcheon), "The Car
Destiny” (Williamson), "A Lost
leader” (Oppenhelm), "The Helpmate"
(Sinclair), “Beth Norvell" (Parrish),
•Vlfmantlnas Highwayman" (Steph-
“Satan Sanderson” (Rives), "The
Scarlet Car" (Davis).
At Lester Book and Stationery Co.
"The Best Man" (Macgrath). "The
Fruit of the Tree” (Wharton), "The
Shuttle” (Burnett), "Romance of an
01,1 Fashioned Gentleman" (F. H.
Smith), "The Weavers" (Parker), “His
own People" (Tarklngton), "Mam’ Lin
da" (Hnrben). “Car of Destiny" (Wil
liamson), “The Mediator" (Stlmer),
-The Golden Horse Shoe” (Altken).
From these reports above given the
following composite list of the “six
h«t sellers" in Atlanta Is made up:
1 "The Best Man" (Macgrath).
j' "The Weavers" (Parker).
3 "The Shuttle” (Burnett).
4. "The Fruit of the Tree" (Whar-
t0 /"The younger Set" (Chambers) and
•The Romance of an Old-Fashioned
Gentleman" (F. H. Smith).
6, "The Daughter of Anderson Crow"
(McCutcheon).
The Georgian has published, once in
August and once in September, reports
from the book-sellers In Atlanta, and
If any reader of this department recalls
those reports of August 3 and Septem- I
ber It, he will readily see hojv feeble
and for such a short term Is the hold
that the "best sellers" have on the
reading public. In nelthor of the lists
of the six best sellers, before published
(the last one only about two months
ago), does but one book appear, which
|i listed today, namely: "The Younger
Set,” and that book has evidently drop
ped In popularity from second place In
September to a division of the fifth
place in November. The Georgian does
not feel called upon to make any spe
cial comments on tho list of tho ' Six
Best Sellers," but as a general proposi
tion the lists from the book stores all
told do not speak very highly of the
discriminating tastes of Atlanta. In
those lists there Is no mention of those
Illustration from "Nursery
Rhymes from Mother Goose.”
neat books, “Allce-for-Short," “Joseph
Vance" (no better or more Interesting
books have been written in forty years
than these last two named books) or a
lot more which could be mentioned and
have* been discussed In The Georgian.
But The Georgian desires no trouble on
Its hands. It sfmpJy publishes above
what Atlanta Is reading—Its duty ends
there.
Atlanta Is not different from any
other 'of the larger cities In this mat
ter. The majority prefer novels
made up of the type known as
‘Fluffy Ruffles” and mushy offer
ing. All hope Is not lost when we see
The Fruit of the Tree,” “The Weav
ers, rhe Shuttle,” “The Romance of
*n oid-Fashloned Gentleman," “The
Helpmate” and “The Younger Set”
selling prominently, but Just look at
lome of the others!
“HYMNS OF THE MARSHES,” by
Pl'ln-y Lanier. (Charles Scribner's
8on*.)
Hon. Thomas E. Watson says In his
"nthly “Jeffersonian" that the only
thing which established permanently
SWnry Lanier's reputation as a poet,
the latter’s decision to live North.
That had he continued to live South
practically he would now be unknown,
on. Mr. Lanier did go North
the war, where he taught school
nndir Colonel Richard Malcolm John-
Jn. mar Baltimore. Mr. Lanier, no
^ ibt bad many struggles with the
Hal end of the proposition. A
■ation or so after his deuth, the
£ubll«hlng house of Charles Scribner’s
Issues Lanier’s "Hymns of’ the
>*/' u beautiful book, containing
flunrise," •individuality," “Marsh
■k at Sunset” and “The Marshes of
Glynn.’’ The book Is handsomely pro-
illustrated from nature, by en-
pnvf'd copies of special photographs
Ji* Henry Troth. The publishers of
book sent a photographer into the
“bes to secure these special views.
Sidney Lanier’s poems (now that he Is
dead and can receive no material bene
fit from his merited fame) are too well
known to say more In this review than
to. speak of the manner of book con
taining them. “Hymns of the .Marshes”
would make a beautiful gift book for
the holidays. *
Southern people are very slow to
recognize genius in their own people.
Whenever they do recognize or admit
It, it is always Otter the death of the
genius In question. This -lack of ap
preciation may come from the fact that
Southerners accept all the good In each
other simply os a matter of fact—as
Just what was expected—just what we
are entitled to—and only wake up when
the North approves of some great
Southerner, which must be unsatisfac
tory to the genius himself. Dr. Clark,
of Mercer University, lias written a
very Interesting document, published
through J. W. Burke & Co., of Macon,
Ga„ covering some letters and data
about the life of Mr. Lanier In Macon.
These little books were issued with a
view of raising money (price 25 cents)
with which to care for the old home
of Sidney Lanier In Macon. The little
book is very Interesting—the cause Is
a worthy and good one.
THE NOTE *0F DISCORD,” by
Marlon Curtis. (Broadway Publishing
Company.) Mrs. Marlon Curtis, of
Chattanooga, Tenn., has evidently felt
so sure that the outside world misun
derstands the facts leading up to and
surrounding the contempt case made
against Sheriff Shipp, of Chattanooga,
In the United States supreme court,
that not being able to restrain herself
further, ahe has written a book called
“The Note of Discord," In which she
says
case—much discussed In the newspa
pers.
Mrs. Curtis thinly disguises Chat
tanooga under the name of “Camden/"
and around the real theme, namely, the
professed vindication of Sheriff Shipp,
she hns woven a light love story, and
in the latter are the usual unreal
Southerner and his friends. It seems
a difficult undertaking, for some fe
male novelists to draw a hero without
making him. a pluperfect cad. They
stand hlin up on a pedestal with all
the virtues no man ever had or wanted
or could use If he possessed. Such n.
chap Is "Bruce Carleton," and also
Eugene Freeman.” But the prln
clpal part of the story centers
around an account of the negro dis
turbances. criminal assaults, ending in
a lynching at Chattanooga, the pris
oner, a negro, having been wrested
from Sheriff Shipp by the mob of
twenty-five masked men and bung, thli
mob law being put Into effect
while the United States Supreme court
had control, technically, of the pris
oner. This Is the only charge against
Sheriff Shipp—namely, that a prisoner
cl It Ion of affairs. If conditions In Chat-
laced In his care by the United States
hjpreme court was taken out of Jail
rhlle under the jurisdiction of the
sheriff. The case of contempt now
against Sheriff Shipp In the United
States Supreme court Is simply to
prove that he did or did not do his
duty In protecting the negro criminal.
But Mrs. Curtis goes on to try to ex-
plnln all which led up to the negro
unrest In Chattanooga—how It was
dangerous for a white woman In 1306
to be seen on the street at dusk, and
If the facts were os Mrs. Cur
tis gives them, then the two or three
flays of the "Atlanta riot.’’ In Septem
ber, 1306. were simply on exhibition of
friendship between the two races, com
pared to Chattanooga’s general con-
tanooga are so bad, or were so terri
ble ns Mrs. Curtis describes them, then
something should be done up In Chat
tanooga and that very quickly. In the
meantime, the Chamber of Commerce in
Chattanooga certainly would not gain
many new comets to that city by a
general distribution and reading of
“The Note of Discord.”
No doubt Mrs. Curtis felt so strongly
on this negro question that she over
drew It. No Southern town could or
would submit to conditions shown In
“The Note of Discord” for months, as
stated—no, not for two days. Mrs.
Curtis’ defense of Sheriff Shipp Is
very effusive, but It Is not made very
clear whether the author defends the
sheriff, believing that he had any
thing personally to do with the lynch
ing of “Jackson.” and that in so doin s
he, as a defender of woman's honor,
was correct In not protecting the crim
inal already convicted and sentenced
to death (which sentence was held up
by the supreme court of the United
States), or whether the sheriff did
really attempt to hold his prisoner. It
doesn’t matter. From “The Note of
Discord,” the reader can understand
that Sheriff Shipp was and is about the
beat ever, under any circumstances.
It Is simply impossible to explain this
condition; that is to say, it cannot be
explained In books to outsiders. Houth-
ern people know what Mrs. Curtis
means, but to a Northerner her book
would be only another exhibition of
"Southern prejudice.” So what’s the
use?
If conditions in Chattanooga were
or are as Mrs. Curtis describes them,
then the title to her book Is very apt.
Only Instead of “The Note of Discord”
It should have been the "Octave of
Discord;’ or, better still, “The Whole
Keyboard of Discord."
The book Is interesting. If the reader
cares for such stories, but we Southern
people are so weary of reading of dis
agreeable facts connected with the ne
gro, which cannot possibly do any good,
n£w V< T. trU M the » tat ements are. that
any further ’exposure” or muck-raking
or the negro question Is not very ae-
ceptable to us. Mrs. Curtis talks about
repealing the fifteenth amendment to
the constitution! That amendment will
be repealed In the same year that
the Bunker Hill monument and Grant’s
°il Hudson are offered for
highest bidder. So we need
?n°A. her ourselves » about that^-in
this 20th century or the 21st either.
“HOW TO INVEST YOUR 3AV-
INGS, by Isaac F. Morcosson; (Hen
ry Altemus Co.). “How to In
vest Your Savings” Is a collect
ion of interesting articles which
have appeared in the Saturday Eve-
nlng Post, by Mr. Isaac F. Marcosson.
Mr. Marcosson Is connected with that
paper as financial editor, and writes In
teresting articles about Wall stree t gos
sip and personal notes. The little book
here discussed Is made up of fourteen
chapters, dealing with stocks as In
vestments; investments for women;
savings banks Invest their funds;
pitfalls for Inventors; different classes
of bonds, etc.
Mr. Marcosson hns assumed that the
reader knows nothing whatever about
Investments and has treated his sub
ject matter from the ground up. and
at the present time. If one Is able to
be a borrower at the banks and hns
money to loan or invest, "How to In
vest Your Savings" Is a verv Instruct
ive book. Especially so now In our
"period of so-called stringency" with
money. Of course. If you are a hanker,
this book will not do you much good
(nothing would), or not as much as
if you were simply one of the "com
mon people" who deposits your money
in the bank, so that the banker can
lend It to "Tom. Dick and Harry"—
then take “Tom, Dick and Harry’s"
note to the clearing house, get this
money bnok by isautng Hearing house
certificates against this note, and lend
your money nil over again—so
you see when you deposit your money
In the bank nowadays, you help out
the poor banker; especially so In times
of the clearing house certificates, by
allowing him to use It twice. That Is
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truth to tell, the poor bankor
object to a little ’stringency among
friends,” with clearing house certifi
cates to manipulate.
“How to Invest Your Savings" will
give, the reader a lot of Information on
the Investment question.
“CAMP AND TRAIL,” «by Stewart
Edward-Whit®; (Outing Publishing
Company). Ther® are few people
who can discuss so Interesting
ly life In the open «h does
Btewart Edward White. In his*
new book, “Camp and Trail," Mr. White
writes a practical experience book for
those who love outdoor life. The au
thor tells Just what Is necessary for
omfort and convenience In the camp
and on the trail..
The book will also be found Interest
ing to readers who never expect to
take the trail to camps In the far-off
woods, for In It Mr. White writes with
a charm of the open, unexcelled at this
time.
In twelve chapters Mr. White dis
cusses the wilderness traveler; com
mon sense In the wilderness; personal
equipment; camp and cook outfit, horse
outfits, camp and grub cookery, and
all sorts of things that will interest
a lover of the open life.
Mr. White knows whereof he writes,
for he Is an authority on the open life,
Every Family
Medicine Shelf
approved by no less a personage than
President Roosevelt.
“Camp and Trail’’ Is handsomely
produced by the Outing Press, who
get out such a lot of attractive looking
books.
“THE MAKING OF A SUCCESS
FUL WIFE,” by Casper S. Yost. (O.
W. Dillingham Company.) The Geor
gian discussed some time ago n book
called “The Making of a Successful
Husband.” Now It Is called upon to
mention (It fears to discuss) “The
Making of a Successful Wife.” Both
books are by Mr. Casper S. Yost
the difficult task of making a success
ful husband, old John Sneed wrote a
lot of letters to his son. John, Jr., show
ing unto him tho way he should go to a
happily married life. In “The Making
of a Successful Wife,” old John Sneed
writes to his daughter, ‘‘my dear little
girl.” who was on the point of taklm
a few risks herself, the same as d!<
John Sneed, Jr. The book Is simply 1
collection of letters from the father to
his daughter, giving good advice. It Is
witty and entertaining to the reader (as
he Is not being written to). Old John
discusses “mending family Jars,” man’s
faults and fallings, keeping up with
the social procession, the first baby
and raising a family. It Is a bright lit
tle book. To a partial observer It docs
seem ab If there Is a lot of sweetness
wasted on the desert air In telling any
lovely girl how to be a successful wife.
As soon as she becomes one she knows
how. She may not become one always,
but It Is not because she does not know
how. Women know lots more about
everything than men who write books
about them give them credit for. But
for all of that this little book Is very
bright and the "old man" might take
it home with him, with the groceries,
some night when. In his opinion, things
might be improved and brightened up
around the fireside.
“THE MAXIMT’OF METHUSE
LAH,” by Gelett Burgess. (Fred A.
Stokes Company.) Mr. Gelett Burgess
Is at his best, which Is very good in
deed, when he tries to be funny. For
he succeeds In this. He doesn’t al
ways please us in more serious moods.
In his "Maxims of Methuselah" Mr. Bur
gess is very witty. The volume Is
made up of advice given by the pa
triarch In his nine hundred and ninety-
sixth year to his grandson. Shem, at
the latter's coining of age. These max
ims, Mr. Burgess profoundly informs
his readers, were found graven on
twenty slate tablets dug up on Mr.
Burgess' estate In France. No doubt
Mr. Burgess brought that fact in Sim
ply to let us know he has un estate In
France. Old Methuselah, from his
maxims, certainly understood women
first rate, and he tells Shem all about
It, giving the basis for his reasoning
and conclusions. In the preface to the
book Mr. Burgess said that un angel
came to Methuselah when he was about
500 years old and told him that ho
must desist from living In and under
trees; that he must build hte!?!! a
house and be "cultivated.” Old Me
thuselah wanted to know of the angel
how much longer would he live on
earth. Some 600 years longer, the un
gel told him. ”Oh. well, then,” said
Methuselah, “I hardly think it's worth
while for mo to bother myself Just for
that little while.” The book of maxims
is made up of twenty-one talks, all
very diverting. The publishers hnve
sent the book forth In a very unique
binding and print. It Is a good book
for u bad quarter of an hour, and while
that author* are writing against time,
but against space, which Is very hard
on readers. But most books seem to
have this same failing, and “Th
at Pine Court” surely should not be
held up for doing what all other books
do, which Is to drag seriously at limes.
With this exception any reader will
enjoy “The Affair at Pine Court/*
“LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE
HOMES OF REFORMERS—OLIVER
CROMWELL,”, by Elbert Hubbard.
(The Roycrofters.) To get a concise
bird’s-eye view of great men, there Is
nothing like the monthly publication
of the Roycrofters, called “Little Jour
neys.” Mr. Elbert Hubbard Is the au-
thor* of these charming books. That
should be sufficient to explain that they
give the reader a clear-cut idea as
to how these great men appeared In
their dally walks of life. Few writers
excel Mr. Hubbard In his dissection and
delineation of character. Whatever one
may think of Mr. Hubbard person
ally, a reader will undoubtedly miss a
great deni that Is Instructive, enter
taining and wholesome by not reading
hi® “Little Journeys.” .The one men
tioned here Is a dissertation on Oliver
Cromwell, with a selection from Charles
Dickens on “The Reign of Charles the
Second/’
A reader can lenrn more of the lives
of these two people discussed, namely,
Oliver Cromwell and Charles II, than
he could And In many volumes of twon.
ty times more pages.
MI8S T. L. TUCKER’S REVIEW OF
THE IVORY GATE,” by Armlstead
r. Gordon. (Neale Publishing Com
pany.) Miss T. L. Tucker, a friend of
Mr. Armlstead C. Gordon and of this
paper, hns written for The Georgian
the following review of Mr. Gordon'
latest book of poems, “The Ivory
Gate:’’
“The Ivory Gate" Is the exquisite ti
tie of a small volume of verse by Ar-
mlstoad C. Gordon, the scholarly and
gifted Virginian, well known to the
world of letters by his "Gift of the
Morning Star/’ “Befo’ the- War” (col
laborated with Thomas Nelson Page)
and a number of other excellent poems.
“The Ivory Gate" contains with hith
erto unpublished poems a number gath
ered from the publications in which
they originally appeared: Scribner’s,
The Continent. The Transcript, and
other periodicals, and adds new luster
to the fame of the writer and pout.
A broad culture, refinement and dig
nity. added to cleverness and a won
derful versatility, lend charm and fin
ish inexpressibly delightful, and one
comes to the end of the little book
all too soon, with a sigh that there Is
not more of It, and involuntarily turns
back to peruse again “Long Ago," “A
Tree In Tevlotdale," “Tides” and
"Guinovere to Lancelot." A more Im
passioned, more exquisitely turned bit
than this last will scarce be found in
modern poesy:
"Gone is my lord, the king; and thou,
oh Lover!
Where art thou, Lancelot? Could
I see thy face
And feel thy Up touch ns In days now
over
This dull, forsaken place.
Would be ns Camelot in time of tour
ney.
When thou ns Untght for me didst
«yo enlist;
Ah, Lancelot, love, there lies a weary
Journey
From thee to me, I’ll wist.”
Mr. Gordon's scholarly habit lends
him unconsciously Into the use of old
English, which gives a most delicious
touch to his more serious verse,
lighter vein he is equally delightful
os In “Parson Murray,” “Lip Service'*
and "Ah, Si Jeunesse Savalt." A sur
prising versatility is one of the most
striking’ characteristics, not alone of
this collection, but of the author In nil
his published works. One familiar
with the poems of Commemoration,
experiences a positive shock of pleas;
ure Jn rending "Her Rival" or “Ca
price," an gratifying It Is to find so va
ried gifts In such perfection.
“The Ivory Gate" Is u notable con
tributlon to American verse—I may
say, to English verse—since Mr. Gor
don Is descended from an old and long
line of English ancestry, and as
author Is known and appreciated In
England and Scotland. T. L. T.
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‘‘THE SOUTH AMERICANS,” by Al-
bert Half*. (Bobbs-Merrlll Company.)
Tho Bobbs-Mcrrill Company Iihk inudo
a collection In book form of tho very
Interesting article* writ-ten by Dr. Al-
, -. , bert Halo, on South America. The
tho maxima will not toll th® reader deals with Argentina, Uruguay,
anything more thaji nearly every man I Braz u, Venezuela, the whole Houth
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already known (which Ih little) about
women, mill It may brae® the lover up
to try, try again. That In Itaelf la not
a bad suggestion to promulgate.
HOLLAND SkItQHES,” by Kd
ward Penfleld. (Churlea Mcrlbner’*
Sons.) A handsome holiday gift book,
containing aom® Holland aketchea by
Edward Penfleld, has Just been
Issued by Charles Scribners Sons.
Most people are familiar with Mr. Pcn-
tield’n work, but In addition to the
dainty colored pictures by him In thin
book there I* a very Intereating ac
count of hln trip and May In Holland.
The book I* handnomely gotten up. Mr.
Penfleld has u keen eye for local color
and native characteristics, and he
write* of and paints the curio*, cus
tom* and costumes of tho people In
Holland with the hand of un artistic
genius. In speaking of the color In
Holland, he aays:
As to the original color, no man
know®, but there Is a wonderful mosaic
f soft tone® put together with won-
lerful skill and patience.”
“Holland Sketches" Is really a nota
ble and worthy contribution to litera
ture and painting. It should be very
popular during the holidays.
“THE AFFAIR AT PINE COURT”
by Nelson Rust Gilbert. (J. P. Lip
pi ncott Company.) “The Affair at
Pine Court" Ik a Ktory of aome exciting :
time® In the Adirondack mountains. '
The acene of the atory la at a country
home In the mountain®, at which I® a
large house party of guests. Mr. Wil
liam Carr, a rich banker of New York,
had bought this large domain up In
the Adirondack mountain®, and, after
clearing the title to th* land, he drove
from hi® estate all hunters and fisher
men. who had been nccustomed to
hunt and fish on this land, and whose
forefather® for several generations had
done the same. Of course, thla causes
trouble. About this time Carr and hi®
wife are entartainlng seven guest®.
Among them I® one Mr. Baron Chen-
berger-Vogal, a German aavant. Thl®
man has a curious atone, said to de
tect by It® use any flaw In any other
stone. Around this treasure, its safety.
Its loss, etc., the attempt to kill Mr.
Carr by the dlaposseaaed hunters; a
few love affairs; lot of conversation®
in. great deal too much of thh*). and
a few really very exciting Incident®
does the book run. It la a very In
teresting atory, in certain part®. The
reader will wish at time® that the au
thor would hurry up and get him some
where, but the author will not hurry,
not he, for he Is compelled to fill 391
pages. To fill a great many page®
and to do It Interestingly I® a very dlffl.
cult undertaking. This book. “The Af
fair at Pine Court,” If cut down to 190
page®, would be charming, for in that
compos® the Interest would hold aplen-
doctrine ns applied thereto. The book
Is not a guide hook, but one could not
do better than read It If lie - should
think of vlnttlng Mouth America. On
the other hand, to a stay-at home, the
volume will furnish most valuable and
interesting information regarding that
continent. Dr. Hale discusses his sub
ject In a very Intimate way, having
traveled nil over Mouth America, and
the author devotes many chapters to
the geography, history, government
A Bold Step.
To overcome tho well-grounded and
reasonable objections of tho more Intel*
JJgont to tho use of secret, medicinal com
pounds, Dr. U. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N.
Y., some tlmo ago, decided to mako a bo.tl
departure from the usual course pursued
by tho makers of put-up medicines for do
mestic uso, an^. i'o has published broad
cast and orfntfy to tho wbolo world, a full
list of all tho IngrodlenU
position of bit widely
. Thus bo has taken
irons and patients jnto
:e. Thus too ho has ro-
icdjcinex from among secret
doubtful merits, and made
fcmttiUs of Known CompoUtUnu
boitlsteP-Dr, Pierce ha*shown
- - -Iraki .to subject them (d
and the present condition of the peo
ple. It I* a very Interesting book—not
at all heavy—as tire most such pub
lications, but Instructive In a pleasant,
light way—If the manner In which Dr.
Hule handles his subject could be snbl
to be at nil light. It Is hundsomely
gotten up, with numerous photographs,
and would ho a valuable addition to any
library, table or bookcase. Some of
Dr. Hale’s article® In this book have
appeared In The Reader Magazine.
The author lived also for a number of
yearn In Mexico, as chief surgeon of
the Mexican International Railway,
and ho was also connected with the
Unlverslty'of Chicago. Ho Is now con
sidered one of the foremost authorities
and experts on Mouth American con
dition®.
A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
Fully half her charms lit® In th«
glory of her hair. The
Imperial Hair Regenerator
Is reeponelble for most of the
beautiful shades of hair you see
today. It Is absolutely harmless.
ored free. Pllvary assured corre
spondence.
Imperial Cham. M(gCo., 125W.23dSI., H.Y. 1
Gold by Jaeobs* Pharmacy. Atlanta, Ga.
famous medicine for weak stomach, torpid
User or biliousness and all catarrhal diseases
wherever located, have, printed upon It. in
pfciln l.ti'jliMh, a full and complete list of sll
the Inured kills composing it, but » email
book has beer
standard nudl.
lent® composing it. but a email
been compiled from numerous
nodical works, of >11 tho different
school* of practice, containing very numer
ous extract* from the writing* or leading
practitioner* of medicine, endorsing <n the
rtronffut ptmilAt Urtnt, etch
dient contained in iir. Pu
jrslnr
and every Ingre-
Plcrce’s medicine®,
•ks will be
by letter, to Dr. it. V. Pierre, Buffalo, I
tWr^.....
lcines contain no alcohol, narcotics, mineral
agents or other poisonous or Injurious agent*
and that they are made from native, medici
nal roots of great value: also that aom® of
the most valuable Ingredient* contained la
ur. Pierce’* Favorite .Prescription f • weak,
nervous, over-worked, •run-down.” nervous
and debilitated women, wero employed, long
years ago, by the Indian® for similar allmenu
affcci'.tg their squaw*. In fact, one of the
most valuable medicinal plant* entering into
the composition of Dr. PicrtV* Favorite Pre
scription was known to the Indians as
•friuaw-Wecd." Our knowledge of the use®
* not a few of oar moat valuable native, me-
* was gained from the Indians,
ptwed and exact pro-
most
of not a few of
^A* mado^p by Imp’rZ-red and~exact
ct v.es. the " Favorite Prescription " i* a
e(Helent remedy for regulating all tbo wom
anly function*, correcting displacement*, a®
— . . „ : prolapsus, ontovemlon and rctoTrerrion.
didly. In 391 pages the Interest is too overturning painful periods, toning up tho
long drawn out, Thl®, however, 1® the ! nerve* and twinging about a perfect stateof
fault of the majority of books. Not Stall*. Bold by aU dealer® in medictam
“NURSERY RHYME8 FROM
MOTHER GOOSE,” by Grace G. Wie
derselm. (Charles Scribner’® Sons.)
Mr®. Wledorselm ha® drawn and paint
ed In color Illustration* for a new In
terpretation of "Mother Goose” rhyme*,
published by tho Scribner*, that I*
the most attractive edition of these
rhyme* which The Georgian ha® ever
seen. It cost® IJ.&0, but Jn the lan
guage of the stredt, ”It’n worth tho
money.” Many of the picture* lllu*-
trntlng the old familiar verse* are In
color, other* In black and white. Tin-
book I* the best gift for u young child
that could be found. It Is worth ten
or fifteen cheaper book* of “Moother
Goo*e.” If there I* any reader of The
Georgian searching for u gift for u
child, let him tak^ a look at "Nursery
Rhyme* from Mother Goose,” then Soy
If The Georgian 1® not correct In It*
opinion.
“LITTLE * BETTY MARIGOLD AND
HER FRIEND8.” By Faro France*
Warren. (C. M. Clark Publishing Co.)
Here I* another dainty little book for
young person. It I* a juvenile In
something of a new vein. It 1® sent
out in a pretty holiday dre®* and tell®
of the Sunflower family who felt badly
because they were grown up nn»l could
not go to the lawn party; the Forget-
me-not elstere who helped all of the
others to bo gentle and kind In their
play; of lame Danny Dandelion, who
had never been to a real party; Mad
ame A®tor, stately uml handsome, the
beloved teacher; tho Punsy sister® who
had ®o many beautiful gown* while
poor little Debbie Dandelion had but
one. And la*t but not least little Bet-
tie Marigold herself, who w’as always
ho thoughtful of others. It Is a pretty
little book. Arranged, too, for early
students with the longer worda sub
divided.
THE TEST OF A
MAN’S HUMANITY
I. hi. wlllIngneH. to do .omethlnif. The
teat of hia treatment and hi. confidence
In It'la thnwn by hi. wllUngn... to
put It within reach o( the public. BaMd
upon these facta I)r. D. Truax la
offering to th, public hla treatment
for the Opium, Drug and Alcoholic •
hablta for thp next ten day. at one-
hulf the usual rate, for auch treat
ment. The treatment la aclentlfic,
hurmlcaa and aucccarful; a. near pain-
lea* aa any aucceaafu! treatment can
be. The ofTer I open to all worthy
iiddlcta who wl.h to be cured before
the new Dru, and Liquor Law goes
Into effect. Our home treatment I. auc-
ressful for nil uncomplicated caae*.
Call or address
Branch .Sanitarium De Truax.
Corner Washington and Hunter 8t*.,
(Opposite Capitol) Atlanta, Ga.
on tilings generally, reader, ahould cer
tainly peruse The Outlook. Tba aea-
m>n'n hooka are admirably arranged and
reviewed In tho December number, un.
•ter tho heiula of Biography, Art and
holiday booka nnd novela and talea. Mr.
In Tha
-HOW TO COOK 8HELL-FI8H.'
By Olfva Oreen. (G. P. Putnam’.
Son*.) The fourth volume In the
Housekeeper Belies Issued by O.
Putnam’, Sun. la "How to Cook Bh
Flab," by Olive Green. It la a dal
uml no doubt useful little volume from
tho Knickerbocker* Pre»e. This de
portment I, u little at a lose to prop
erly review Its merits—a cook book
but Judging by the contents of tho lit
tie volume It la a very valuable little
book. There are given 130 ways to
cook clam., 15 way. to rook crab,, 10
way. to cook crawfish, SO on mussels.
175 ways on lobsters, 215 ways to cook
oyster., and 6 to 40 ways to cook
prawns, wallops, snails, terrapin and
turtle.
The book la nicely bound and no
doubt li very u.eful end full of good
suggestions for the • housekeeper.
WHAT 16 REALLY GOOD IN THE
MAGAZINE8. The Technical World Is
a very attractive monthly. It deals
with and discusses technical matters,
but In un easy, understandable way. It
ha. In Its December number some In-
tekeatlng topics such as "Where Cour
age Is Capital;" "Top of tho Conti
nent.” "Bicycling In Air.” The Tech
nical Magusine Is one that The Geor
gian readily recommends.
The Outlook, ably edited by Dr. Ly
man Abbott and H. W. Mable, Is one
of the best publications of Its kind.
The December number, dated Novem
ber 23—The Outlook Is published every
week—Is full of splendid articles. It
discusses current evente, book reviews, I
world topics and, to be well Informed
liable has a pleasing article
Outlook on “Murk Twain as a Creative
American." ,
The Broadway Magazine fer Decem
ber Is better in every way t tan It haa
been for some months. Thlu la saying
r t;reat decl, for the New Broadway
haa been Improving steadily. Presi
dent Roosevelt nnd the so-called panic
nro discussed nnd the number men
tioned contains numerous Interesting
articles u;:d stories.
Trans-Atlantic Tales Is a monthly
publication which endeavoni to give
In English the best stories—a lot of
short ones and one complete novel—all )
from foreign authors. Thl, magazln. j
occupies n unique position among tha
current publications and to read It on* I
K ts a splendid Idea of the difference
tween the workmanship, style, etc.,
of the American and foreign writer.
The December number of Transatlantic j
Tales hns for Its complete novel, "8a- I
tan's Candles” (translated from tba
French), by Daniel Lesuer, In addl- ,
lion there are many ihort stories, all
translated Into English. The Georgian i
This da* recommends Transatlantic Tales.
Literary Digest undsr captions, ,
"Topic* of the Day." "Foreign Com
ment." "Science and Invention." "Th.
Religious World," "Lett.ra and Art," '
"Guide to New Books,” covers nearly
all questions of Interest and Import
It Is a weekly which gives one a
splendid idea of current events. It
tnkes the reader all over the world,
brings him home with a fair Imp res- ,
slon of sights seen and subjects dls-
Sion or signis seen nnu imr.qeci* uia-
russed. It Is a most valuable publi
cation—one that It would be dlflb ult
to do without If we desire to b. con- ,
tlnually well and Impartially Informed.
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