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THE rinOOKLTIf nAlLT eagle! NEW TdliK SATOlimT Arrirc 8 191C FIRES THE BY OPPENHEM AND Phillips Oppenheim and Robert i WChambeirswriteNewRomainces weapons Mr Critic! I submit my challenge Nearly two years ago In aeupyof "ItoMry" a inagastno of terse appeared a Uttle pneiq by Amy 'Lowell Jt bore the title a ftnkojhe first reading thla rare achlav (Tent In descflp'lva and beautiful haunted ms I have read it overhand -over it haa become memor able to Ms I have grown to love this which brave man are prominent A Look that ail tha blood mph a A tKT rtory la "The Omi-alum by Sy'vU Chntiiold Bates IBiiffieli) r'JpeoJusmaaeanra Island or Git A'iantit Cowi wuno-where between' Psnribenni Bay 'and Barregst where erlhl osm grow Jty the rcadelde frm May until Acay where CrimroA ranchlara smoibar tin wlwre CHmroA rambiara Hunting Big Garrieinthe iYiikoru Subject a of 7 Enteirtaining Book Of Discpvery and-! Adventur rd Experiences of auch a a country ara multit7Pk tor and strikingly vari It to fortunmu thsTv? to th task of them Hero ta a AMP FIRES 4N THE by Harrry A Auer (Bla wort A Kidd Company) atatca la ian- tone that Jt to not a work hunted auch number acter la equal crlblng mem iters ts a bm' ambition la for tar unbend 'e political advancement which aha hope to by neana of the cMucr who) a' tentlon aha eesrei'y resolvea The-terrible fighting In tho Wilder kmm between the army Of Northern Virginia under Uenetal Robert Lae and that of the Army of the Potomac under 'General Grant haa bean marie the subject of a novel entitled ha dee of tha by Joseph A Altnhalar recently publlahad by Appleton 'it CO The' book son tolna splendid pan picture of General Lee and General Grant and the' entire narrative follows history closely while at tha aama time satisfying lov are of a gripping romance -era I Garden by Nina Wilcox tnam (Llppincott) to a story' of a young man In the big city who after piece of despised Vera tablet of the tluv gray-snlnglad ubnriinin' It -baa become a part of I 1 will o-rtlnuo to love it and Mjpu and uf wlnd-hiown thread to it 1 JOrapfl Bhaunnomb th ban of "An Amiable Char la-t" (Lttty'Brona Co) Phillips Oppenheim baa addod moot Interesting to bla loaf llat of remarkable man and women of Bcilun Mr Op ponhotm to a piollflo novelist bla -'forty-odd booha attest and in each ono ha proves anew hla ability to 'btaato novel situations and lotroduea 7 hla readara to chararlora of whom It la a dallght to road Such a on la Rundarcombt tha rich American manufacturer of raapera who rune off Europe with hla beautiful Step daughter Eva and nearly jgeta him and her Into a British Jail by go- on wilderness trails nor yet treaties on woodcraft though dealing somewhat with both subjects Tha book ays Mr Auer to accurst record of th experience and obeer ration as a hunter of big fnme ir) The Yukon Just as they happened day )y day and act down In my diary pt the time th events narrated It to a remarkable hunting field which to described A field 'which abounds not only wjth big ftm but olM'wIth magnificent scenery- -The narrative to not only Interesting but also helpful to those wtra'pmy'ka tempted to follow tho asm trail oa did Mr Auer But thla eventful hunt-' ing trip hod other objects than to get up with ths northtond to to stay ttk night which no one over thinker Ing I have no data on th of tho sun but my diary showi iLT th morning of tho Tth ofAn were awakened by the call nf miwX-a-niuck Slwash talk meaning bwJJS L' Th dally raStlC" hunting party never lacked Sometime adventures would kTS with In swimming the a river then again there wars pnrertolntlea oa to route to to tod that th party was heard to cry out: where going but ar sivS At one point tho backZ-5 sank Into tho mud and slthoueTk! wagoner addressed tha horaaa in -out ))Ra'ittfil anl faded Ilka such a su: old opera tina" will bo a perms sxcluulvt nuen time hostelry are closed Beauty to1 nsceaearily poignant There la -SemdthlSg vary terrlbl in eunfrantlpg or gmalng anything of perfect beauty Tho extremes at so akin tbs Inter-relation uf strong amotions ao 1 pronounced that when eeststy la at white heat when the heart la convulsed with a great overwhelming -Joy there to immediately behind tha pleasurable thrill a keen echoing agony Stand on tho edge of a cliff and let your eyes droop down ward Splendor to there You fill our soul with- it Majesty to there You absorb tho magnlficent-'i distances tho tiltonr glory of ths late-colored precipices opposite Than a In the silence or too night thare mterut Como to the poet thought centuries had been spent-4n- tbero-ootn to you realisation Vif tbfc' bealtty 'at the scene And yoq step -hack quickly fearfullp''it to that element within Iho ibsMitp that-troubled you And without-! hat Moment-wkhoutdho-utter partectlon' that-dwakonai A composite emotion of utatoef and exquhit pain Mautp -la not -I -r-w -Allse poetfjT Kla perfect: therefore: Mika 'Lyyqipj ytryicrceai After setting Battle Months of Georg by Beulah Marie Dla book with a queer titla It of love and war not a wab a narrative of a romance It la written in a Evidently tha author did anybody should become readlr Itb bold Rttimbt at a wn of -'6sslc'''1 Mountain? by Spearman (Scribner's)1 atorij-of agSur 'of -outlaws cartaw -valley in bubjso many year-1 JHenry do Spain of Mhe -Thief Xilua haa bdeo given hto order that may apbdua to th qirtek tn opirii spending many good dollars in riotous living made good by raising flowara on a vacant lot Ha fought half wild cats and dogs and atlll wilder thuga But be -triumphed and won -hla girl after encountering nearly 'every type of Individual found Manhattan Island It to a -readable book with plenty of local color 1 Uneas by Pelham Grew villa 'Wadohonso (Appleton)- hai to do with tho troubles of a man who tries to glvaawawa fortune Thla tnrime war- beMowsd upffl Lord Dgwliab an Engllahman by a wealthy A mar lean who ignorsda nieca and nephew rtoTnsWliah Wimss totho-tf altod State and makee an rirort'il die cover the heirs but finds dividing a fortune nest to Impossible Thar are wit and humor In the atory and unexpected1 cllmaxea Cyrua Townaand Brady and hla aoh Cyrus Townaand Brady Jr Joint author of a now novel1 entitled "Web of Just published by tho Fleming Revel I Company 'It to book full of action It tells of-the ruht of a -bridge' the raseuO of a damand 'portray In f- A PINNACLES OF SUMS MOUNTAINS 1 SILVER FOXES IN FOREGROUND rviAk! Boston Boy at iSattie Front yltf fit 'l -ie 'V 4 'rtr Cr WMdlpHiaMaMH i 1) fA -t -J 1' '1 -a i' Gmphicr Stoiyof WhatHeSaw StonijEfrieJ 'Notes ofNew" Book's On (CfCat Varicty'x)! 'r '-I v- SAG AMj 1 eiA 'i when suddenly heeiumblea into an opan apnea Tha fall a tuna him 1 Ha awabana to look Into tha moot dreamy blua black brown or fray eye ha aver looked into before and otralf ht-away announces hlmaalf aa hungry: The girl's ombarraaamant la apparent for her father la an Invalid and aha too la hungry Tho young man no-Ucea tho fluanad brow ana undsr-atandlnr makea hla excuse mean-wlille anting elae where Tha neat day all uncunacloualy of couraa ha atom blea through the aama apotbut find tho girl waiting there rJlkewia of eoutna It transpires uaually that aha mat him whan aha1 waa a little girl but that ho had forgotten her Then ii to into hv ntou iGriGiicfi hi a ihw tena her what hla feelings are and returns tha 1 compliment after which they have breakfast and get married only Chaihhera wait for tho ceromony -ha allows tha reader to conjure tha acanw of tha march down tha aisle for himself Mr Charoberaie tod gotW'a Srrltsr to waste hto'tHna on stories' of this kind What -would you think If you aw a bollega' graduate carrying bricks up a ladder when a week before that you had seen him at his desk in nn office You would nay that-It was mnra than a foolish waste of talent Why an artist spend hi time painting lei (era on signs? Ha does not have to Nor does Robert Chambers have to write Muff ef tha sort that Better a Analysing the ei'prles Mho aama ready wit ahri' quick applicable figure of speech are to he found Flashes here and there of the'eharacter behind tho hook are seen they are -but dashes Firing Mrs Dan ger and ethers of (hat mettle were books -that could ba -classed aa good but "ThO' Bauer not tn their class 1 Widow? Disappoints Widow a 'Long 'Island by Margaret Barnes (Broadway Publishing Company) deals with life In A North Shore' (Suf folk County) community and' la qultd Intnrestlng-The author formerly lived at Hmll blown Branch and! readara familiar will) that section cannot fall to find a good deal of local color in I ho story Certain chapters recall' Incident of Ilfs of tha and the adjacent -coun ane or taro that perhaps were better not recalled -Tha heroine ef llie story lAunt -Molly Is not a lovely character 1 'being' exceedingly garrulous and rutHcrcoarae of speech ia a clown and much of the humor of the book le of the alap-Mlck variety' There are few characters In the story that are really good and the tale aa a whole to not In tho class of those from tho pen of the late Louis Fursalund whose stories of Long Island life gained for her an enduring- fame Mrs Price however haa written only ono novel nnd It to qulta poaslbla aha haa yet to do her beat work NOTtiS OF NEW NOVELS "Lov at: by Buphle Ksrr (Harper Brother)1 la a married love story'' It deals wkh Julietta and her husband Lonny Canon1 Ju list ta' la a happy 'trullcooma creature which fnrnlaheamoat of thqharm of tho very InVItlng romprtes 1 KHW i 'll Amarihan Dollaratf ramanca of travel by Paul Myron (MhlsNatlon publishers Milwaukee Wto) ia cyg-cullar book It la peculiar as to-tltia aa to topography and illustratkma of which than an several that are vary poor in comparison It la Hvaty as may be Judged by the opening- para graph We must flnd an Amar lean a real Yankee million alreaa Think of whftt wo have to offer Jiefl A throne! Just redact on tho part that Albania will aotno day hava to play in the con trvl uf (hr Adriallo and In the whole Poa- to story of a oharmlng little boy who I rep sc tally given to asking questions For a youngster-he plays Important part In bringing a lov atory ta a succeseful Issue but plays- th part well and- the result to that the reader toll (n lov with iha boy Golden Woman? by ftldgwell Cullum (George Jacobs- A Co) tells of a hardy Woman oftho frontier a woman who was fond of 'riding a mustang but who at1 the asms time tha which -are strictly womanly Hair of Duncsrron" by Amy McLaren (Putnams) has a Scotch netting which with homely dialect makea a fascinating atory which tails of tho return to her estate of tha heir Friend bylsabsl-cock (Rand McNally A Co) fltt of -exiled oa th compan- ion of her spendthrift father 'T-Wd Lightning" by Keble Howj ard (John Lane Company) to a hovel founded upon the nuthof'd-ieomedy The Gram which Mttra "The Green which latter has been seen In London during th part summer It ta an episode Ir h- in tho Uf charming Danreila" (Duf-flald) la a to a story story but genuine crisp style not Intend mmA vSn Pos Frank a stirring who hold tlnn for the ganerof-wisnsger River Stafal poaltlon for thla roboer-1-hand vg-nU restore peaoe and order- Howha did It and hewha fall lnMovwwlth Kan-who -belonged to therouttow family! 'makes an ab orbiqknarratlvc Cl 1 a "-j V' tho J' Jt'f 4111' S- Author hAvInir used to lent hook food Judgment In deciding wimt leave nut In a-llfa about which there was so' much to my It makes a handy lltll volume that can be car ried In "your coat pocket while the ypofraphy il of auch excellent quality that ttssa ba read with comfort under almost anyoireumatahcaaL1' -Robert--Louis Stevenson' master piece Island" has been published os one of the academy classic If ls a very compact -little volume end handy In every way Thus who have not yet hod tha pleasure of reading -tho -story will find It a very attractive publication and -those who are- familiar with tho romance will find this a very convenient book for refreshing their memory of a staTy nobody Wants to forgot Allyn- A '-Bacon publish two text books of 'the French language One to called "The New and la a complete -French daurae It to by A hardens! efb' 1 France bet by Mural Brooks Into ef th High gchool'Of 'Brookllnoi Mass- Ths other text hook is tbs' story ff Abba-Constantin by Ludovlo -Holevy with -Introduction note and vocabulary by Edward'' -of (the 'Englewood Hlgh SehoOl Chicago III in' Mission Administration" by Daniel Johnson Flaming PA IXtfltovall) deals with on ef tho most- pressing problems -of modern mission administration namely the transfer of power -and' responelblll-tlee from foreign to -native churchea Th eaees cited are drawn from five typical boards working In India Afceounl of tho Beginnings" bytValtar lutton (tha Pilgrim Preaa)' la nn analysis of the first eleven chapters of Genesis Beginning with a wide survey of Hebrew history a consideration of tho Influence which directed It and th pur-poms which Inspired the Writers of Ha record th author then continues to analyse and Interpret that portion of the -records which open with tho story of the oraatlon of man-end doses with the destruction of Babel and tho dispersal of tho children of men- In Thrift" by Anna fltoesa Richardson Bobbs-Merrlll Company Indianapolis) Is an amas-lng and ihatruetiva narrative of- a housewife who made -an effort to re-due tha Cost of living It to- written In narrative form and to extremely entertaining 8he aueoeeded In reducing tha cost of living a third' She experimented with buying at the grocery tor at the municipal market and direct by parcal poet Tha Housewives League methods- were looked into Ss welt co-operative buying clubs co-operative stores and com munal hltohan Th atory la axtramaly readable bright nnd snappy wall os Instructive nfvmicn wurM VJ At OX tnf Hlh VICTIM -( A Fgllow Pott Rhapsodizes Over Her Vers Libra in Rhyth- mic Prose-' it- V-: Editor Brooklyn' Dally Ona whoa fort la to atand by the wayalidq and to desirous of ex-pressing-hta -appraciation of a -poet whooo 'triumphs In Vara Libre have meant to him and to add a note pefoonal ahd'apphtonSoui to the gen-oral recognition alraady-henu refer to Amy Lowalk Hero to an artist whoa at Portraiture ta second to nob on American'' Continent her work to touched with a rara -love-IlnMRi a loveliness reminiscent: of the famous old English cameos It always bring hack to my mind when I ramble happlly -over her pares ohm very porfact statuary 1 saw long go Th vtorka were Ivory and cut sensitiveness and delicacy that woe almost Incredible How yet how bowllderingly onehontlngly perfect thorn llttta fsceal One left -an Imprint on piy mlhd never lobe eradicated Th Umbo woroa melody of rhythms The soft mold of th cheeks invited a carets Th taunting whim-icallfif of thr proud cMnr Imbued on with desire for capture Thd straight alignment dignity and tension pf the nose and the eye steadfast beneath a brow noMy benign and sympathetic awok a sens of xpoctancy -1 foil ss I looked 0 though the fin eyes would bless forth momentarily in wrath and resentment at th liberties I was talking In my thought So with Mien Re little reveries ara people to me 1 go long strolls trith them 1 'confide In them I find them-rodprocotlva Her lovely lndloa her stalwart gentleman ara almost constant companions of min Th soft coloring th exquisite delicacy- of these charming etching respond lo th appeal of my Imagination I am reminded Just now of a criticism should be mad by a so-called too of Vera Libra Th critlctora waa to th effect that Vera Libra con never enjoy popularity because th metre to needed to hold tho poem tfi muapry- Your choice amy -Lowell hasa 1 et i HA A Snpry xour choice PliUllpa Oppcnlirlm AUtkra ef AmlsSIt Chorions" Ing about London under an assumed riant employing dlrguisea mixing 'with criminals and generally' making himself an objocl of sueplclun'tu ficol I Yard! It whs but natural that Paul a rich anl well connected -young UnglMimnn should fall In 'love i theiieajiUful Eve anil Influenced by hla Infaluatlun nld nnd abet tether 1 ond daughter Id ihalc exploits involv r-lng tha 'theft uf costly Jewelry and money cheating at card and almllar under world sola aibolt disapproving 'if them Tha clever Mr Biindcreomb 1 never actually got'hlniMlfbehlnd the Iiura and the reader to glad to leant tfiHt ha sidle for the fun of tha or tha excltefncoL- rather- and never fnltod to turn over to soma worthy objoct tho frulto of hla shady 1 Tha trouble with Mr Rundarohmbk was ha had read too -nmny steel 1 vs Htorlao- and made too "targe fortune gave him time to get into mischief l- He certainly did that) but wnat a lot 'df fun he had I 1 The chapter telling how! he aided Itle sonlnlaWeleot tir rupture a seat "in Parliament la delightful and that relating how he Battled with a gang of card sharps Is scarcely Inns so And I'lho story of How he played a part -In a little drama Involving a manicure (there really was nothing lm proper abnut It) to quite a thriller -It Droved -Mr' Eundercombe was not Kuctr A silty old fool as he esemed ta -da- lie recovered tha proceeds of a yldjr Jewel robbery rontored tho gems gJalinnd a large reward and turned It lha manicure girl who ws vihe jewel Jhlofa diol' heeauae J(vht approved of stealing but tor the j-eaaon that dnwu In hla heart jbe had fnndnees for a clever crook The story ndt with onrt Eve ana as a climax we bavA the r'-v ieecoo In honesty administered to Lord foithonlng a titled Kngllshinan with or' meau disposition and a penchant afor elcaling epetty- know 7 riOvhat they call the damned thing when "Jp -4-woman have kleptomania -iSj A really good story la "An Amia- pJ-lo Htulte worth the read ''tUg' "1" wmbm Not at Hla Deal jrV A beautiful lily standing alona amid Paid of gtraggllng weeds and un-" kempl grass would Impel a feeling of sympAthy In the passerby that Its 1eauty should bo that unadorned It ItT'Would ho a seeming waste Impoaod by Nature To sea a talented author uH 4MI1 PUIliy! '4 a and a doplwrablo one to say -Mha least ij Much a book la tha latest creation of I-viS falloberl Chumbora Rotter (IX Appleton Co) la hard to 4 p-ii'Minderatsnd Not that but Itu 'S lresson for hoing to hard to toe' Why ijhould a man showing the outstanding 3 d'i fV 1 1 spend his time and that of hie readers In shilly-shally nonsense to Just such 'Die Melicato mMltatlqn Blue Bdarf to comfortably ptaoalng-for a while! Tho- acdq' are nootliaa aa tha eya travels gently from phrteo to phrasi revery ot ebanning lov varlety'ls caol- and wistful No sol mnlty-Kit atilckentng -of' th breath lnyh Are -but tbra Hnaa from tho end: now but two Then th eya moves uncertainly Over th conclusion: loud docks can tick when a room to empty and one to alone! '-All tho comfortable enjoyment to overturned: all th cosy pleasure put to rout Hero to acataoy whit and Iu mlnouo-ocstacy and pgln You do not cry you do jiqt wlnco Just a quick -ahgrp brasth That to thiMu! receiving tho beautyi th beauty that sears with It absolute perfedlon -t Amy Lowell to more truly Amy LioweR In fra von than In th convention forma Tha heart ef her knows IL And It to the heart of her tbat to glad when th gates ara flung open nd It can net In gay abandon It to the heart of her that to glad whan each exquisite pules to recorded a it lx received And be aura It 1 tha hearts of thorn who lov her poetry that thrill and glory In th auguot splendor of her philosophy as presented In Von Libra Thera to something very holy about being able to write It always suggests to me a cs rales lover suddenly finding hlmaalf In th possession of a ward and a mission Th wonder to th wonder add th reverence What millions of hearts are awaiting the poet's message! Heart today hungry and yearning hearts yet immature hearts yet uncreated Did ever artist have such an appreciation Ob Mb Lowell ring as your spirit bids And let your song touched msw knowledge that It will torn weary th burden less crushing' for th terrlbl army evar oa tho way I J-B iB(l your make tho climb laaa BOOKS RE0E1V c-Dir- 'i' 'Thaf following hooka hav haul received at Th Eagle office during ths past week They will bo reviewed as promptly as possible: moafl apht' by Oaolel Wbsske (MscsiUUs) ncTjow 'Aa Anlabls asrseter" by toUlipe -Op-pMinsIsi (LUtls Brows A Oa) 'The Ptnstem by Bswar (Ut-Ue Btawa A Co) "Uneasy by Pelbsa OiwrUle Wodeheaea (Appleteos) "The Heller by Robert Chambers (AjjOtMni Sam's Osrdea' (Upplneotth (Macmillan) The Dud" -by A Kuprin (RUenlllna) steel" by Cyrue TewneenS Bi (Rcrell) 'We Threw" by Oouverneur Morris (Apple-tiul "TIM Leeat by Kota Mc- Lsarin) "When Carry Casts by Kdllh Bernent Delsna (Dodd' Men A On) ley" by A Oa) Bvsrsu Bun (UpplBcott) Uytali Osrdleer of tbs Istsrnstlsssl (DaSd Mead A Oa) "Ineleed et ths Thorn" for dura BumhaseMeusManMimin Compeiy) Wlloa pstssw Jobs 'Maker's Dream and Othor Karlea" for Vladimir Korolenko (Duflleid A Ob) "Tha Battle Man too of Doore DdUTOUa" (Du meld A Co Carnival of by Vase TMaa- (MoCet lord A Co) Treasure by Itobort Louie Otov easoa (Aliya A BasotO- "The Coaoueat of America by -Ctovtltad Meffett (Oaoreo Doran Company) Ths Window la too Ikm" for Harriet by 'K HJder Jbggord -I: "Wbon Mblbrr Lots L'e Carpenter" by Joba Adame (Moffat Yard A Cs) MISCELLANCOtn 'We" Ooores Bunloy Loi (DoUbloday torn A Co I Hionvoratttaill Bieaeb mas sod Frank 1 Ally Bacon) Tho MOW CbordenoL" a completo (AUylf A Boom) Conetontm" for Ludovle Haleyy (Allyn A Boons) Study st too Far'tore That dor Ora Their Vow by Froak 8 Wod- (Put-- AOdreeo by Xllhu hint Now York Hopeh-1 liras Convention February 1R1I (O Doiton a co) "Th Jopasea by Jama A barer' (Ffodmlek- A -etoboo -Company) 'T loser iviot I net root loo" by rppderieh Kuhn (Moon A Ch) end Gauntry by -Will Comfort (Dnnn) Up A merle byVIUloK JrMDodd Mead boat "Adnotore In Thrift" by Anna Hlehordsoa (Bobbn Merrill OMnpoay Indtas- vPeyriiolner of tbs UneonoelMo by 0 Jon MD (Moffkt Yard A Co) la Verne and Pro'1 eom piled by ROeen Trock Rioe edited for Bohoti Horan gchonfflor (MnffM-Tord A Go) "Nlitus" by ClIroboth Habls PonneU (Up- Military Baevlce" by Captain Uacola Andrew (Uppinoott) "The Omat Amber! Mystery by Welter Hnbbell (Breutinae) "Advenieree Wklls Freaehlnx th Ooopol of by Virbol Mndeay (Mosmllloni -roaow aa Fifth" by Granville Barbra (Ut- Piwm ltobert heutbey" edit by Jink VritllA PhD (Mnemlllan) Tb eater by Aebley' Tberndlke nDu' D1 (Tb MaemlUaa iota it' 1 Orooral William Booth Enter hto Hearts by Voebe) Lindsay (Mpemlllaa) add Other Prama" -Wilson Orteon (Meem nan) hy Frsaela Led of tho FMda wldn lDulUeld A CoL' and by Chert WhortoO Start (John Lon Caumany) 'Aral by Jeann Robert (Rbermen Yrmto A Ce) (UlRFHUR "Wolfe by Joba Cowera Powyo tfk 71 Wi hbuokmc Jem Christ Tkeunht 'Of Hlmeett" hr Anane Phetoo OSJt IHAn) Bev OUo Tlffewr Borne (Revell) In Mleoloa Admlnletrstlmi" by Daniel Jeboeeo Fletnlne PkD (Revell) "Tha am of Immortellly" by Chari Lewie lottery (ItoaghtenMimin OMneanyi Tb Cost la of by Cherieo Xra Its (RovoU) WAR known language they tolled tofofe It Then trees were cut dowa ut driven under the wheels in te stUsm to form a talk bottom Buttle failed of satisfactory results and (kit finally the hind wheels were pried of th mud and blocked until trill ground was reached" It will thus be eesti that this killing trip was full of Dn were odd exporionce at every ten Of Coun many of thee cxpwktm were not of a phenomenal chartdir In themaolvee but when It la rtmeth bared that th party woe in a cooperatively new country without th ordinary convenience cf drilixed lKi that makes a difference But 'th meet satisfying parte of thh bool in tho portions which glvy details ri tho observations of big pm These detail ars sot only intemstof aa they or told but they are olae nimbi from a ectonttita standpoint Flroa In tb hers freshing book It has the flavors! fie vast outdoors It breathes th (Ira dom of an almoot undiscovered can-try tt tempts th reader to dbetar tho Yukon for himself JOKE OX DON MARQCU Dana Rnrnst- and Don Itarpk whoso books of versa to and Dust" were publhM by tho Harpers tost autumn seen have organised a mutual benefit ototy When Mr Burnet had tm-porary charge of Sun Dial Ik column In th New In Evening Bun he included to It th following question and hie To daqjdo a hot wpuld jros good enough to tell ue Don luipe foal title of hto published -Any tot Dana Burnet tion to tho work Mr Kotaw product of the- American- eytiai a education established In the WMA being graduated from th UbIimw at Manila before coining to this mo-try where ho took hto degree to at the Georgetown University Ie School 114 HISTORY OF GERMAN PEOFU In Its of th Germs! pie" of which volumes on sn4 are out and volumes thre andjj are ready for publication th Imp national Historical Society bssNJ' duced a convenient narrative of the origins and development ot us nation which has most sitonlsned world in the course of the preswj Ths Introduction by Professor WUloE Shepherd of Columbia UnlwrW present a blrdssys view of that opment and its concluding pwMJJ ta interesting giving an Ameno historian's view of th inner Ing of th present world-conflict if feasor Shepherd says th truth hoe bBjr vealed that 'Germany and ths man people' ars on and the their force united and their cJ cioueneee of nationhood eeivne lllliww too it hoe dawned upon fuTthat not two great States and! aljlea oe such 4ut two fundanS principles comenuiis mastery On the one kJig dividual Liberty on the other mew VMaIahaw Tha frtPfIMkP dOTQ mastery dividual Line try on me Efilclency Th former born national experience of Britain France regarde th interest Stmt os beet promoted by them to Individual effort Tns risen from th vicleeitudeetbat transformed ths German peop th German nation soctalleeetaKJJ ual and State for th eommwt Upon th outcome of th ruF pends th ultimata course progress upon It ara hinged th and fears of th generation of ta no now point of history no revelation of I1" Kra MAilam rMMrCDi 7- vealed by modern research --dry in th sense of omphatirin and events nor It fnnraetto ItcltoUs In its style which appnjj the matter-of-fact sncyclopeqw rativA-- The sentences ara crammed with substantive written rinse the jfS ef little la gnme of by Richard based on the drama of Rol Cooper Mo grue (The- Macaulay Company) to a gripping story dealing With love Intrigue and adventure It to full of action and -whoever takes It up to sure to keep On reading It to the end Beasts of by Edgar Rico' Burroughs (A! MeClurg A Co Chicago) to tha third of tho Tares hooka It la a story of tho Africa for eats describing -vividly fights with Ilona and panthers and other adventures of tha King of (hi Jungle Return of Dr by Bax Rohmer Robert McBride A Co) rolatea the wonderful adventure of a mighty and horrible Chinaman whoa career to described as "reeking with murder and and who to opposed only by tho Intrepid Naylgnd Smith Dr Petrie by' Dolt Wyllardo (John Lane Company) to a story of a British outpost In tho Orient Richmond Jlervey Government Engineer and Claudia Everett wife fef the Chief Justice end the most beautiful woman of thn colony are tho loading characters and sn absorbing story to woven around them 1 by Joseph Lalng Waugh (David McKav Philadelphia) to a story In which Betty and her husband Nathan two i widely different types play the principal part Both characters -are of tho old school Betty to warm hearted valuable and has a ready wit: Nathan to-silent gaunt with a humor which to dry JEho hook to entertaining! i war or In tha Concerto of XEt oCJh most graphlq accounts of the war lit Europe haa been1 written by William Robinson a SS-year-oId Boston boy who finding him-aelt-'Eng1nfiiI during (hdparllar tageapf the aonfllct sold hlmaalf: might do lota- yrora things than see a llttl'f tha biggest scrap the world haa ever The (His of tho Wik to 1 Fourteen Months at tha and la Juat from tho preaa of Little Brown A Col This boy served aa dmgoon guardsman dispatch1 rider and motor-car driver and he vielted every foot of tho line tho British dre holding Irt Franca and Belgium Tha Story which to very modestly told covers tha period when he Joined the British army October 1114 until he was Incapacitated by Illness During that time be carried tnpUaand of dispatch atonrf tha A lues front' exposed Id German ehelt'Bre aa he a horse or a motorcycle He drove a motor 'car fpr English -handed tured epics single-' participated In a number' of fobet li battles tn Belgium and Frsric Gut' of thlrty-pn motoroyelo dispatch riders he wild one of four surtrlrora -'1 book to Mov-Anioiig by Samuel Grahuh) t1 Wilsoik (Fleming II Rovll Company)1'-' It Is aa Importdnt and ox-hkuptiv study of a number Of mod-rn movements that were quite un known- to -earlier Mohammedanism1 which have marked the -development of- the Islam of today- Ths author has had a very wide experience and utilises much first-hand Information His long life1 in tha Orisnt ha given him dally Contact with all phaaea cf Mohsmmondsn life and enabled Aim to produce a book which to- a- marvel of Interesting facta -AII phaaea at munlelpal administration-a elaborately treated In a book recently from tho peiLqf WUltsm Ben-nett Munro professor of municipal government In Harvard Univanity and published by Macmillan The book comprises nearly five hundred pages nnd Is annotated The chapter headings Indicate the general character of tho book: Quest for PIannlng" Watyr DlspoSyl and Conversational French Rssder by Henry Blerman AM1 and Col man Dudley Frank AM (Alim A Bacon) to baaiod according to tho preface on long classroom sxpertanoo and on a careful study of student psychology Tha custom of preaching a Uttle er-riion to Jho children before the regular sermon tot th grownups to being Very generally adopted by pdatora through- out -the cbuntry Rev Gtl Tiffany Barnes until quit recently pastor of tho First Congregational Church of Chsppaqua Yh' to th author of book1 entltlvd 1 Object Story These little' bernione have all bean tried upon the children of Pastor former congregation and have token wall Opan ayes liatsnlng earawrapt attention greeted th delivery of' the addresses and th children were not the- only ones Interested either There war -toetona for adult members of th congregation in th aermonettes and they gave th closest attention -during da-Uvery: at Doatlny tha Ancient ficisnoe of Astrology and- How to Make- Use of It Today" by Katherine Taylor Craig IE P- Dutton A Co)i deals with A auMeetaa to-th knpor tana1 -of which msay people sra Incredulous -But when -YOU' Uho up this-- hook of nearly throe -hundred poges supplied with Illustrations and tables and much minuta in formation It i would- scorn aa If toar must be somatLlng la the cult of which it treats The author aaya her preface that-no ono need believe in metrology who does pot wish to and than goes on to otato hof caao which to unquestionably aboorblng 1 Tha story of a family who cam from tho country to tho city and hired a fumtohod apartment to well told In a book by Smith Stanton aqn of tho late Elisabeth Cady Stanton! and told In a way that to amusing and at the earn time suggestive Thera are a good many families who do thUt or trr-'to do It and to-thoa and many I other who may contemplating do- wlllho readw'lththU 1 1- art tntoreot if draper Talks to Glrto" by'Uura A ttto a collection of addremeq de- th girls of Bradford Acad- 11 myi Tbr are adapted to young women Juat botow the eMlaga ora Th talks 'ralato to achool frlandahlpd th Haas of trouble the value of disci Dllne and simitar eubjects Thom talks are brimful ef common sense and helpful eurgeetion Right How to Succeed" by Nathaniel Fowler (Bully A IGolnteich) ta a book crammed with ood euggoetlone to young folks Just storting out In life But th suggestions are ao sensible they appeal so strongly to Intelligent youth that th volume must become popular Such subjects aa "Continuity Ideals News and th and or treated In th Start of Groat ssrisa (Macmillan) th moot recent addition ta Lincoln? by Da nisi Wheeler It to an excel- I gather material for a book of travel and to hunt big game Another oh-object was tha study of the habits of tho Ovtadalll a pur whlta mountain hoop and also the woodland caribou of which not a groat deal to known It to stated by th author that ho adhere strictly to tho facta not dealing with romance in any way whatsoever This to comforting because Mr Auer ipony wonderful sights on hto Journey and met with many strong adventures! Here to a graphic outllna-of tha Yukon River -which gives tha noma to th ontlr region through which Mr Auer hunted: within fifteen miles fit tha -Partita coast at Deyea Inlet on th southern boundary of th country th Yukon rips and ltcan tu irresistible way north by west about ono thousand mil' whsra it tha Arotla-'Clrela and turning westward- flows more than twelve hundred miles through tho middle of Alaska until It loeea Itself in tha Icy waters of tho Pacific'' It to a picturesque country through which thla river flows new and untrodden because difficult to oat at Mr Auer planned hto trip mad In th year 1114 during th toll of 1F1L Ho glvos all th dotalta and what to a little unusual In a book of this' kind each chapter to headed by a poetical quotation which ta quit In keeping with tho story told Tak thla for instance: 'Bara roe eased es naked yraadeu when then's' aothiat else te ease sat -Bit pisees sad drop euKsIse (alar Big mountain heaved to heave a which ths Msdlng sunset blesaa canyons' whan ths rayldp ftp and This versa pictures much at th scenery through which Mr Auer HISTORY OF JUMEL MANSION It Soon to Bo Publiihed-Other Book Nowg Ths sal bf collectlon of Napolsonta' rsUcs which has been attracting much attention- this week among collectors connoisseurs antiquarians and students of New York local history! drawn attention 'again to of tha most Intsrestlng houses la America Thera Is perhaps no elngl house In th country withiq whose 'room have occurred more vents of romantla Internet and Importance than this same old Jumel Mansion at tho upper end of Manhattan Island Built In- 171! by Roger Morris a friend of Washington and a colonel In th British army It wee later oedu-pted by Washington as hie headquarters In the its volution and than owned by Stephen Jumel a French merohant of New York whooo wldow: later espoused Aafod Burr- 'It will ho good rows to all of tho collectors and Kudente of New York history mentUyned above that ths curator of tho house William Heriry Shelton has boon preparing for publication a complete narrative of Its history which will- be published early in tha autumn by Houghton Mifflin Company in special limited edition lavishly Illustrated Mr -Shelton her gone into the minutest document and telle very vivdly and convincingly the story Of all of th happeningo- that th houe woe connected witlL-Includ-ing the maneuvering of American and British forces iw ther'j-nelfhbor-hood th spteod bf NkthaB Hale the romantic early llfo of Mmei-'Jnmel her rise to notoriety not forgetting tho prolonged litigation After her dsath'ln her "'natural son claiming GsOrg -'Washington' as hie father endeavored ttr 'obtain of thfi hone 1 Being Human" a hew book by President Wilson to published thtq prook by tho Herpera Real humanity eeyg the distinguished jifitr consists in a wlds sympathy with fellows a ssne compnhonetv view oLjif This may gained shows through observation of men and through th influene of booka In this time whan tho multitude of dotnlto in pur daily existence and the necessity of specialisation narrow our nature It to especially Important ho points out that do not too -eight of the value of being human to the aa an individual and ae a ol risen Being to teeued In the ant-riM and Kyle -a Comes to Himself" the book Of' last year Within the neat few weske the Century Company w(II publish 'a work ontHled Th Cm for tho FlIlpInotLV a history of American sovereignty in tho Philippines end a pie for th Independence of-the Islands The author Maximo Kotow to secretary to Manuel Quezon Resident Com-talssloneftof tha Fhlltpplhes in Wash-ipgton wvo fig iptrcduc- Indications of ability spend hla time -Mi 1 In grinding out love stories that do not even begin to thrill or surprise tho resderT It must have bean that tho -written hurriedly In re-a call for another woe aponao to present trar there er volum to show it- ThlJ PJJJpfo assortment of Interertlnr photoDJ largo print and ths convenlent tho volume ara good fsaturea LIKED THE FAGLE REll1 Editor Brooklyn Dally Your review of my of Railroad Bonds and gnd- Rights and Remedlea is -w tabor of love that ta likely muri proportionate to the study jsi end time Inyolvod: are given vocetlVi to-the dfmande pf on yoJj tlri personal sacrifloo Is csD finds solace and unqualified commendation ggrt given my effort New Ywk Arrll T-' I'' of a vindictive woman whom husband has fallen in love with a young society girt- i1- A romance of th hsroletgsof Ireland to called Portion of a Champion" by Franela 0'8ulllran Tlgha and ta published by Charles Scribner's Sons by A Kuprin (Macmillan) to tha English version of what haa been called a Russian Masterpiece" It depict life in an infantry regiment near th German frontier Th leading character to a young man of It who roams of a hotter self but seems to be powerless to accomplish anything worthwhile Another phase of th narrative rotates to the lov of this young man for a hard and flavor woman whoa "The Bettor is a collection short stories Thera ara fifteen chsp- tera to the book end there are fifteen -iu short atoriea That Incidentally Is one thing lo be thankful they 1 are short True tho Ideas In some of 1' them are fsnclfnl and elever but then that Is the technique of a Chambers 1 For the belter part tha stories -go something like this: A rich and sriatocratic young man -1 ht a hard porker Is struggling through llie underbrush of a fprepi I -i 1 lS rJ' "Rants and Benmeracy" by do Womollt-ky (Dulheld A Co) Fsarteee Month at to by William RoMiIm tilttl Brawn A Cal "Th Greater Ttaeody and Othra ThlnsnY by Beniamin Apthnry Oonld (Puma me) "Above tb BetUa" by Remain NoDasd (Opm Omrt rabtMilne Company Cfc(anesl -Tamila In Flandam" by Sir Max Allkee ILK (Mart Donut Company) "la- ti ra as 1 1 1 7'-7.