Til#* old Book Now.* of Philadelphiaenters upon its twenty-fifth year asTito Houk N»*ws Monthly, and « ele-ht.it lt;*s its ‘silver anniversary” hymarked improvements. both in substance and makeup in* hiding tin* firstof a series of beautiful three-color reproductions of famous paintings. A j simpler and more ronvenJent arrang*.i ment of its many hook reviews v.\ i 11 hoappreciated hy its wide c irc le of readers. Two 11ow departments are Ukelt*» he popular -“The Hook lt;Mit1ook, consisting of bra f amounts of forth* ! coming books, and “The Old Hook -! shop/' with short artic les lt;Mt thingsold and rare. The ‘Kdueat nma! department Is amply Illustrate*! t'ndef 1 “Hooks for the St udv ami Lihrarv I r. Talent t Williams continues Msscholar! v re vie us♦'Phis is an “F\ H**f»k4nsot Smith number/* with appre* iattv lt;Illustrated articles hy Hamilton Wright Mahle andHharles M. Kurtz. The ••Timely Topics' im lud** a humoi mis a f tide hv Andrew' l*ung on “The Influence ofHooks.“ ‘'Lit erary Men and PahtNsby Joseph M. Rogers, and “The Joys lt;»fthe Hommuter.“ hy Margaret Laing.Among other illustrated literary articles are tin* first of Myrtle Be# I s bright series *»n “Tin* Loves of Lit^rarvI Men,’ treat tig of Jonathan owift,I Ashler Welch's account of AnnaKatharine clr**en in Inn* Htiffalo home,and a smtppy sttnly of “Kaphaelite j Latin/* b Lz? * Vound, besides a poem, “The lt;tolden Ag» hy Norma Bright('arson, and a review of Some Contemporary Verge/* hy Albert S Henry.Taking the magazine* as a whole, t hasbeen vastly improved, and evidenth **ra large expense, o If hough the form, ilow prices still hold good.