20 APRIL 1901, Page 23

Our Fate and the Zodiac. By Margaret Mayo. (Brentano's, New

York.)—The writer of this notice owns that he did not go beyond the first chapter, which treats of Aquarius and those who are born under his influence (January 20th to February 19th). His birthday falls within these limits, and be found himself credited with "a noble progressive nature, a quick receptive mind, and a taint of genius inclining equally toward any of the fine arts," possessed of " inherent dignity and excel- lent reason," having "a place among the valiant and strong." All this was so palpably true—or false, that the writer went no further It should be noted that the Cusp, "the period inclu- sive between the 15th and the 25th of any month," blends the characteristics of the two signs.