Carrying out what was perhaps his last request, within one week after the death of this beloved man, his old co-worker, Mr. Holcomb, with several stenographers, under the advisement of the bereaved widow, began working night and day, arranging and weaving together into tangible shape “The Life and Sayings of Sam Jones.” The result is a book replete with anecdote, incident and narrative, all showing the forceful and vigorous character, the personal magnetism, the practical knowledge of human nature and the winning tenderness of this foe to cant and sham. These qualities, coupled with his homeliness of speech, every word of which was a sledge hammer blow to the wicked, brought the rich and poor, the ignorant and the educated to hear him. He knew how to excite his auditors to laughter one minute and to tears the next. He knew how to reach the hearts of the callous, and how to encourage the struggling. The volume is profusely illustrated and will probably be put through several editions. A KNIGHT OF THE CUMBERLAND. By John Fox, Jr. New York: Chas. Scribner’s Sons. Price, $1.25. Mr. John Fox, Jr., the author of the popular “Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come,” was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, the very heart of the bluegrass region. At fifteen he entered Kentucky University and from there went to Harvard, where he graduated the youngest of his class. He first thought of studying law, but became attached to the staff of the New York _Times_ and has had a passion for the pen ever since. His interest in the life of the Kentucky mountaineers led to his first book, “A Modern Europa,” and the success of this first effort led to the writing of others. At the outbreak of the Spanish War, Mr. Fox joined the Rough Riders, but left the service to act as special correspondent for _Harper’s Weekly_. His experience there furnished the material for his next novel, “Crittenden.” After the war he returned to his home and has been engaged in writing steadily since, having a half dozen or more stories to his credit. The study of the mountain dialect is particularly interesting to Mr. Fox. He has found, he says, over two hundred words used in his section that were in use in Chaucer’s time. His latest book is a realistic description of the life and old-world ideals still to be found in the remote mountain districts, and is written in his usual sympathetic vein. BY THE ETERNAL. By Opie Read. Chicago: Laird & Lee. Price, $1.50.