Fighters of Fate

That genius is often allied to tuberculosis, or even possibly inspired by it, is an old time observation, and in this booh the author gives brief bibliographies of twenty-four very eminent persons who were all the subjects of pulmonary tuberculosis. His style is easy and pleasant to read, but this chief purpose is propaganda?of the right order. In former times the tuberculous genius had but a short spell of life ahead of him; his days were numbered; and, often as a result of this knowledge, the lamp of genius burned the more brightly before it flickered and went out. In present days pulmonary tuberculosis, when treated under suitable open air and sanatorium conditions, is an eminently curable disease, or at least the patient can be restored to the prospect of a considerable number of years of useful life. Thus Roger W. Babson, attacked with pulmonary tuberculosis at the age of 27, is to-day one of the foremost business men of the United States;