MACMILLAN'S OLD NIAL LIBRARY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13355, 20 December 1906, Page 8

MAC MILLAN'S OLD NIAL LIBRARY.

From M?S3?s IVJaPiiviilan & Co.,:Lkl: l -London, we have recfhjpfl tho following new ; boslrs of * thei^poptilar public library :*=- ' '" " '" ' In the Days of' the Comet : -By;, H. 'ii. \\fllls.} Wells has done nuiol:lietter Avotli" "than ihis r which ia a kind oV mxital story, suggestive of the millmniiiih. Starting with -the theory*: tlia«b all evU isf due -to -^ vitiated attitude^ the author provides a remedy in -the gases liberated by the earth's contact with tFo' comet. Every oue is struck down and rendered senseless lfor a time. On recovering everj'ane is endowed with a ( new nature, and\ univei'sal brotherhood is brought about. The new world' is;awondei-ful place ; everj'thing is- reconstructed, ami. by the sid§ or it Bourncville . i> described • as the^ff^^t of hrnevollent efforts'; tlujtlgftisf(?>ro the great) change ;caTn€ -• 'it- • wds'^extraordfinarj \m\ farnpiis. " 'Vfa tlif old <lay« 'lovr was a. "cruel p^oX'tiiotan.' tiling. But now Anna could 'ivY Nettie liw in the j world of* my inind^a'sfv freely a? a rosi j >vill snff^r -the iHvsciice of white lilies.'* ' "liiit" the ' most ox-traovdmary thing " V tho revival cE "the ancient festival '/pf the May &ritl November lurmng'Si''- • No^rly all • the houses vi',nd buildsflj[s 'of the 61(1 ftfmes are destroy«cl /!," nothing but '\\ihat , was beauffFul v . cir interesting out of all their gatiwt • and ' 'rnelanoholy " -a)>und - ance" being saA-ed. The diu»t> and dirt-sodden carpets, the ill -•designed tables and ' •chairs^'^he old dirt:sa'txirat^>d books, the ornamfmte, -etc.,- - are burwaS\ • The steaih-railway system i« fences; hoardings, gas works, 'iorw»' vehicles,: in fact, pretty 'well everyHiVi-in'g is d«s'troy«i.- The id-ca of t^ie .book seems to^YjV to.chow how much better a world this' would be if Mr H. "G. Wells had the rccon-i s^tructtion of it. j Disenchanted : By ' Pierr- Loti : tra n s-! lat<Htl by Clara Bell. The author cx-i plains in a foreword that i'lvis • is j purely an imaginary tale, and that the various oharactoi l « never existed. ] The only real. thing in U, he says, ia th© high IpvA of- culture now pr<«-vailin-ir in the hareois o f Turkor, and the. jniffering wliichj comes of it. j .Andiv Rhpry is on author who is \n'sred by an inmato of a Turkish harpm. <he wife of a Bey. to write a hrboV describing fhe conditions of life among hor class. SKe.and two friends therefore nrrang'a-.n^o?. tings wHh the author andit<»ll him their troubles. Tt is .an interestingf, sketch of a. lift* j which is usually , .shrouded in. much mystery,* Tts object is io ci-eate an interest in . tho ,, unfortunates who, though hiffhlly inteJlJinrcnt . and cultured, are yet condemned by their country's customs t<> w|iat is i/praot tcally a life of wretched slavery. No FnVnil. -tifc* :. By Eosa Nonp>ictt'> Cnrpy.'—Likp all ]Vfrs Carev'p novels, t1»i? is a .tjioroughly wholesome story of, modom, English life. If at times a trifle tircsomo j in its convowations its tone is v very high. Host of the characters are, wovripn, and clearly drawn. The story will fully •uphlold tho authoress's high reputation. , A MOTHER OF TWELVE. . "About four years * ago," writes Mrs E. E. Waraemiode, North Pines (Q.), "xny little boy,,,thi>n, about four weeks old, had a severe attack of ' diarrhoea, and tliough I • was giving him the medicine prescribed 'Ire did not seem to get any, better. I. had seen in the papers tha^Chanibcrlain'a Colic, Choira, and Diarrhoea Remedy had 1 cured cases similar to his, so I thought I would give* it a trial. To my great relief he showed improvement ■„ ,afte,r the first dose, and s it took x » only .a couple of doses' to Completely ? cure my infant. I ara^'a in&iher ''of i twelve children, and after my' experience I can safely , recommend it. For sale by All Stores.* ' ., X .