\ tii tx^ruiniKiiThe old Kook News of Philadelphiaenters upon its t\\ elity*tlfth year «*s The Kook News Monthly, nnd « ele-bra fen its ‘silver HtiTrtverwury by marked improvements, both in sun f»tit111 *#* and makeup anludihy 111♦ • fira? of .1 S4*fi# *s of beautiful three.* olor re-productions of famous paintings. A simpler .uni morv lt;onv» ni» lit .uniiip * ment of its many boo’t reviews vvill be appreelated by its w i h* elrele of readers, Two new departments are \iU♦ • I\ to he popular “The* Kook lt;utlook/ mnsistin^ of hr a f accounts ot forth* eomhttf bookH, and “The Old Kook -shop/' with short artu |#*s oq 1 h§t»k old and rare, The ‘ Kd 11« a t lopa I department is amply illuM ra fed l#nd»»t *‘K«»oks for tin Study and Librarv/’ 1 r Taleott Williams continues his Mrhnlarlv reviews.'This is an HP. l|opk*uson Smith nurn-her/* with apprelt;daf»v * Illustrated aeti-• I e s’ hy Ha ml It oit \\ r i?ht Mabie and♦ ‘hafles M* Kurtz. The “Thnel v Topi lt;s Stndude t\ huinoroos arttele bv An drew Umg on “The Influence of Kooks/’ Literary Men and PaUties/ bv JiWfph M. I!oc»'M‘s, and * 'The Joys of the lt;*ommuter/‘ by Margaret Laimx, Nnittnn other illustrated liteiarv artl* e 1 es are the first of Myrtle Kee.I’n bright series lt;»n “The l,o\t*s of Literarv Men/’ treat tm of Jonathan r»wlft;I esh|er \Ve|» }/s aeeouut of Anna Kathirine lt;1 re# ri in in ?* Kuffalo home, and a snapps study of ‘ KaphaelfteLatin/' b\ Kzra Pound, besid s a poem, “The lt;1olden Affe/* 1\ Norma Krmatlt;'arson, and a review of “Home Contemporary Vers**/' by \lbert S Henr\,Taking the tna«a/lne as a whole, t has been va$t!v itnprox ed, and evidenth .it♦a la rjet** exf »ense, tit hf»ugh t he form* i low priees still hold Rood,