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to devote one of our rllust,11lted Pages to h~ti,cefl .~f FlJri8.tmas ~OOf8. .This ye~ we propose. to u~e a por. , tion of our Il~u~trated Page ench week for) severnl, "teckA m reVlt!Wl~g so~e o~ .t~e. manr- a~tractlve GIlt Books
that are.noJ appe{ring from the 19r~:lt lJU~li8tiiDg lJolI~e8" We need hardly reml~d ~ur riad~!. that few, preMnts
Dro 80 much appreciated as booke, and t.hnl e'very "olume it IIn8 been our l)leallure tq..reVlfJ"w clln be prooure'd through
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The BI8 Ploi~. Book (1 / 6): l
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a comforUbtc
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hr.-art..caaeland
to the
.li.a.t:.t.drcd:
remnantlll
of huma.nity ~ t.oo Near East..
When Mabel
Dcarmer went. to Serbia to fluccour th& wounded,
mo.y have hAd a premonition that. it. WM to be
given to her to ma.ke the one groa.t immolation of
her lifo. 'But that. enoouraged rat.her t.h.a.n deterrOd
her and her ..crifieet:now ' f1t.a.ndto. o"t. in the fun
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volume will '
a.pp:lw mainly to pentOoaJ iriends and t.hoIio who
"have been eh&.mlod by Mra. Dea.nncr'~ booka ~
play. it. W;i1I, by rea80n o£ iUi d iacl08ure of ' 80 hfe
ll<"ot.cd too ,be
of 1"he.. ,
OCM.uo to an .evCl.r~"(ldmUng eitcio, C?f
t.lM;:eo whQ are moved by I tho IPIl"l~
of
&elf-fllRcrilioo
and
cheerful
b ravery. Ma.bel De&rmer hated '
war,
Sbe admit. lllbo ·h lld ,pent.
}.iC.f wholo life 1in lba.m.i~ " .& dif·
ferent. ~n r ',;::;he hlld th<I oaufl4fO
to die, but 'not to kill. IA.nd 80
s he went. t.o Serbia. and '!low "she
raM 1I111.ODg tOO etra#g~ for
whcm soo gavo ber Jifc aJld too
aJltiOll8 pain tfiBt wt8 always at.·
htlr heart. ca.n trouble bar no
more."
:And Mlne-whero ' noor her
rCflt& hor louo~('IJf, IKlD Chri&topher,
who foll on too bloOdy &bon:. of
8uvl.. B&.y. Mr. Stephen CwynM
lip.!
cdiWd tm. ,chaste liWQ
vGhnne wit.h 8. reVill"cnt. regard
l»rn of yean of friendshIp ~nd lik e

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from
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to: t.he many 9'ctur6J and 81llUBllIg rhy,mee. wbu!h
ILI'e tho Irl.a.plo Df tho {eMt., . wc havq thl6 ycar the
khaki-clad young heroes dOing deeds of v&lour OlD
their cha..r,e1'8 in. the drawing-room or
I.c.t ue , JUst whisper the order of the cventng;
6d. net,
Nigh<;" "oo alumbe, ah"""
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blxlkoll.
nlO .pl"'~ In oolDur are .charmmg, II:nd
l]lappy the bo.Jrll8 lwoo wako on Ch.ri8\D;I.IU~ m~rUlug

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WARREN, 2nd Batt. Donet
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Reading .-Dl ed· of
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He wn awarded the D.C. M.
In Mesopotamia and possessed
the Long Service and Godd
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Edith Wharton
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wae 'pen.ood b~ Ir Oot.wold dIVine ,
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Mabel ~anllt!.1' lond nnd
laboured for a ,while in an old
gray ~h1\.Lc h od CObwo\l fRnnbollJ!()
..... ~n!l ~he pink roeeB hung in f ee.
t.oons, tiy ( tbt) eloee-triinmt.'11 ye ws.
but ~ uso it. seems ltQI enshrine
t he lIal;6;ng of " ona .... ho never
doubted l cloud3 woutU
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nover . dreamt. tho' r,ight were
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-~lichool of wriw.nl ha", left Oil record
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fr iend1l; o~d v":no, eld \loCh. 'fhe
L:>vk before u. canf'Klt cln III t he
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yNIcJ\ tJf antiquit.y, it CIlnnQt; cla im
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.enlle ltbat the 01.he.r hot.:CCti on WANTAGE from" HIGHWAY S lAND BYWAYS OF BERKS.'~
~h1li plgl'l are ,of books th tl t I\.l"C vel}"
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d Borkllhire ',' is a bo(.k that ill or perellnial intor- to rill~ I!(I nch a prize left by the \ mmortal ~a.it..f
O6t to Berlt&hiro 1llf:1).
W e claim, With proper CII\-\Ilj: '
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Little ' Rajah
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only b:eeause Berltshlre hall boon a. Rayal COlln t~
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<linea Alfred'. day, a factor which 118 bpur.d to jn~
Hllmpde n. (_l 6.)
flue nce. ita pos.ition in 'nat.ional affai", but. ooeause - ' Fr~a. Ca rnac and 11 I brot.her MIchael, tho
i~ ~ full to ovorftowin.g with t.hose tiist..crif [LIIlIO- tv;m ch,ldren (If an offiO(!r to t.hJ. ludia.n polit ical
Clat...iOll.!!l t.hat ma.1r:e t.his land a lalld of jll6t ro- 1IOfVicl), have the good fortune to, have t.ho run of
nown .
And 110 .Berkshire men ea.y tha t ' lof t.ho l.!tlIlfil rc&idency u.ttachcd 'to the Court of Drind in
glDfi.ea t.hat gild our rea.lm a ID?re ' tha.n r"ir pro. . Ccn Lral 1.ndia.
They are. llrought into ~ntac~
P:JrU(lU belong! to the Royal d ure. The IIJ.e Mr. w:th .tOO hLUe Rajah (If j)rmd, wboee name 111 J&1
Vince!lt. wrote .lM!veraJ. boob- he Wrote ibut. .000 Singh! &nd who, be(Qro bj~ fa.t.~er'a death, had a
t.ha.t. Ul Our Opinion will eland the ~t ok t.une. .l iLtlo hawk to perch up<ltl\ bU. wrlAt. .. od
HZ. Jle&rt W9.8 in B6rkehire. He loved it. 1rolling of" a buutirig Jeopard to chue t.he
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d owll.ll;, ita rivera a.nd i(e woods, ita old. 'greY) In&nor ILia pa.rent's decease ltiIII uncle the
bc~ and' ~t.. way.1dc cbun::,"f'IC8 .. And in hie lovo wit.h o\·il ~igD6 towards the boy ,
for t.heec things he wrote a cha.rllllng book ,l a. book Somal an oJ(] 8CrVant, U6 "DOt. ,
that we now return to with the kcenEAt pleuure. keep llim in tho OOOt1OO8 of tbe
the,.
Ii !'.t. t.imcs we .t.hink Mr. Yin~n~ Q. lit.tle wda.ctic, live( I~ut. "h& boy 1& high epirited. a.nd would
"" htt lc clicLa.t.orlal "bou t the orIgin of wnoe nameB~ be eha..in.<XI by W()fncn, and in hie folly a.1?,OO'
Wl'l are t-eady to· iorget this criticism when t.M comeS by his deat h.
A plate of cakes that ad
paee u.. turned. Perha.pe WI) can nevcr quito fot' _ be()ll lpctusonoo by the regeut.'. cook ia pla.ced. begh'e hi)~ ·for hie .-umma.ry aSIICMDlcnt ~f tba to~~ fore. b1m, but the ~ear old dog phGl", ~be boon ~m­
of ~alJlng; but. ,1st. tb&~ P&f!'4l .. And If we ~)Oy panlG'n
Dutt.I&, th& , j I&id, ~'eI (lM I of
the pl'\"lM, wha.t. of the Illustrations? Mr. Grlgga' t.he t.eme-tUlg mo~1a IILJId 18 buQO a 6ti.fr<l~ ·oorpao.
drn)Yings are full of dcliglrti h it&. of the ola wwld The ' children'a , ~rlper adv'e nluree io a- ru}!lcd
that. ca.tch a.nd . hol~ t.he h ,ncy, oorners and ooo.b · Pa.IIlOO, whe~ they find the treaINro
the ~ncfent.
that. ~ charged With . bea.ut y, tboUK.h they &r6 lO- Rajahs of Dnnd., ywl the fa.t.e of t.00 Wlcked ~ent.,
COrwp;cuOU8.
The 'quamt buttr<.'1J8 wuxlow of Han- who is drowned' ill. tlul Pool of the Ordeu.l, m .... e
nay Church th ...t. we ha.vc often gazed upon, t.be old up a story that. m8.int&ina itA intereet to the iJaat
worn rounded stcpa by Wantage. Church, t~ post page. T}lc tPQll of thf). Eu:t, wi~ ita temple.
and panel work ·of. Steven ton, 116 car\len ~ ~e- bulL&J'8, ita deep weird. pool. a,nd'luure ~t,
board", &nd perg~tt.lng, the ' gat.cwaye of 1V)ndaor, is cl&vorly interpreted by Mn. Hampden:, ,whOff~
the old eton.e _bridgce, of t.he Upper' ThIldllCII. tho given.m an cl:~llc~ tale fOT boy. &lid girla ..nil i.rl
yew walk of BceIIclIJlrugh , aJI theso trca.allre& that l a. settlDg that 18 teal and uOUBUal.
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hav~ boon ca.ught. in t he subtle. hl\08 of Mr.. Griggs'
Whlttenbury Co leBO.
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rOllpective allurcmcllt&, but. for the Berkshire ma.n ,6calc ~aa Ii< nuntery for babies a.nd at the otOOr a
wha.~ ea.n be better tba.n tbu. finely illustrated ~ lra.inwB department for young ladiea who W81'e
Jus own ~pty?
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bordcnog upon, &nod io BOmt: Ca.8tf16 had acen, t.we~ty
Tn:) Adventures of 8eum::.s B'!I'z : Tho) Rocky 8Wlvnera.. 'l'here .wero a.l&o IpeJuded young !D~
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lflt(litoe With. ree.tOlirant babc& of about ten manthe •
. Road tG Dublin.
lames otoph ens.
(3/6 The storr of t.he founding of tho u.t.itution ia OM
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of t.11e ml.l6t. intcroeting chapter'll in the book. The
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, 'l'boa& who hB ~'o reat! UUi.t. c:h nnm~ly WI8C a.nd lcglJCY in the f~ of a large old oak .Kleboa.rd,
bumoroua book ca lted .. The Creek or Gold II will . and in it 600 di800vers in manuscript her great
huLen t:o open th~ ipreecnt volumo, which oonta.i.ru. aunt's tlCheme for & College cA Dom()l)~ Science.
80rne fift, Gr .i~ty tUa.m'PIOII of veree, pennoo
a' In.a SOCMt, dra.wor WN al80 found. ~ method by
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~tlfatee oould, fJ(Icur& fbe amewe of war
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~ . WIWl. a in order to gl'le t.h.e &ell.e.me effect. It ia it.. pn.cl.ld~ a.ppe.rently to lot. oil lOU! of poetIC ~lP · cal .working to which 111'6 are introduoed, 6.Dd alA
cry.taJJilling idelUl ~hat h,f\'e swuin into the ken tif though: pi n6Oe8lSity there iI DOt mueh ~oite.meot,
a. weirdl, ac.t.ivo bra.in. \ 'fhere it more than Ia. ' theN 18 a. good. de&J. of pleaaa.nt ~ng.
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touCh of the new ~pirit of lriah poetry in th.iIII . girlll!l and women do 1I.l~ e~ertthing to provlde
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They 08.n be
,volume-the. e~lrit of my~ticltllm aod the ape cas
found in the vegekble garden digging potatoee and
bl a type oJ' eou.1 . .earebjng that a: few year. 8.tI o pllllil1@ ca..rrotA, in the ecuUery ebelling ~.. , d o.
it Wat ooll,idoM le mineIitly rf'spootable, t.o alJect.. oora.ting and painting thE; rooms, dustIng ~ and
Fugitive pieocs on the punle of el:~~~oo &re BCf1:1bbing t.he 8~, ~le&n.ing t.he d!X>r kDoekE!hI,
adroit! ... t11J"OOd to ve
III the comico-fata.lilJtic ~ Ing t;.o t.he bab~.lD the. -ryUrM!ty, aod cookmg
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Uti... In add Itlon ttl many of t.he
nat.ure of Soumu iJ.2g:'ro'd t ho hlOMOln of The acaw;:!m;o rcquiremanb (If the prC6eny age. In the
Cherry Tree·' and "Ttjn Devil '" Bag ., -are cddly spring !.hev eow' in t.be. a..utumu· real-. The.re i.I
ll.'Wortoo.r Heril- III a oQu'lnt. touch that
of some ,oUnd oommoD-66Dl!le in thia J""olume ",n'd the
&lertd~ :\~
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m!lnner in whieh: it 1. oon...ey~ ~tnakea pleaaant.
e.ba.ttcr.
TOOre .. much' that mIght be learnt by
An old llIalD aa.t , eath a ,trco
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thoee yaung ladies who are fond of .aying that
So ~;Jio\1 ne; . '\1
one'. ed.uea.tion tini.ehall wbl)n one Ieavel .chool.
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ThUi,.'i be had been carved In &t.dne
t.he W'l1l41 a.idl, ..00 altogether there ia IIOI:nething
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He wa,, /&.D a.nciElDt lIIan
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