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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA", FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1915;
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tm NEW NOVEL
BY AUTHOR OF
' "GOESTA BERLING"
Seltna Lagerloef, Novel Prize
Winner, Agdin Awakens
the Moods of Her
Sweden
OTHER NEW FICTION
To many of us Sweden Is simply n
place oh the map, n land of cold winters
nnd tlo summers, In which the people
partake of the unreal, Selma LaKcrlof
Lrlnwa this land of the unknown clearly
nnd really before our eye. ".Tcrusfllem"
(Doubleday Pane fc Co., New York), fol
Ipwit rlnarlv In flirt tvnlfn nf 'Tlnpittn Tlr
KM rt mA. ..AM .... fla f AAlnf I
1, tlm artist to the rinr tins. wTnllni
with romanllo nnd poetic touch filmple
pictures of her own people; sttlnc up
characters of everyday life In the little
province of Daleearlla, nnd lettlni? them
love bate, suffer and sacrifice as nil hu
nlAns do. Her truths' are real, and hcr
Ideals those of simple folk, and we nil
know the ebb and (low of life as she
Interprets It and weaves about It nn
aura of weird charm. A true fairy tale
of rare simplicity for Krownups.
nnd6ra who do not tlRht shy of tho
epistolary type of fiction will find n ten
der, touching nnd very human story to
reward their penunt of ihe letters In
"Living I'd to Hilly" P, A. Stokes Com
pnny, New York), by KlliLbeth Cooper. '
The; "correspondence" consists of n series
of letters from Nan, a chorus girl nnd
tango artist, to hcr sister Kftte, who has
been "sent tip" for two years, leaving
Billy, her demure, lovrtblo kiddle, In Nnn's
care. The tnskot living up to his large
eyed, childishly trustful Ideals works
wonders of reformhtfon In Kate and bet
terment of character fli Nun, giving a
very affecting but' nevdr lachrymose book
It substance and' title.
Do you remember the nmnzlng "thrill"
you experienced when you first raced
through the magic pages of "I'nder Two
Flags." nnd "She," and "Treasure Isl
and," nnd "The Three Musketeers" and
"New Arabian Nights" and books like
that? That thrill will be yours once more
When you read "Wings of Danger," by
Arthur A. Nelson (Hobert M. McDridc,
New York),
"Wings of Danger" Is nn adventure
story of that Immortal old school. It Is
a tale of the wild lands of unknown
Africa nnd of a quest for n lost city.
There are brave men ap..nty In Its pnges
"nd fnltV women, with the tang of high
adventure blowing like the wind through
tho book. There Is Cecil ilhodes, n mighty
figure, plotting In a chaotic and barren
land; Do Itoquemort, the debonair cap
tain of the Black Company; Lord
Chattnes, who finds death nn adventure,
and a host of others that tho reader will
not soon forget.
Every mother, every church worker,
even" Individual who desires to bring
added happiness Into the lives of others,
should read "Tho Obsession of Victoria
Gracen." by Grace Llvineston Hill Lutz.
(J. B. Llpplncott Company, Philadelphia.)
A new novel by the author of "Morcla
Schuyler" Is always a treat for thoso of
us who want clean, uplifting fiction of
the sort that, you can read with pleasure,
recommend with sincerity nnd remember
With thankfulness.
Richmond Gracen. the dlslnnerlted
trrandson of an aristocratic and wealthy
Pennsylvania!-, Is left nn orphan nfter the
death pf his mother. His father, had come
to Chicago to marry the sister of a fore
man In tho slaughter house; the match
had been more than old Mr. Gracen could
wallow, and he left nil his money to
his only daughter. -Miss Victoria Gracen.
Tho story tells of Miss Grncen's loneli
ness In her great suburban house after
the death of her stern father: of hearing
of the death of young Illchard's mother,
the. -widow of her beioved brother Dick ;
of her rescuing the boy from the sordid
atmosphere of hcr mother's family, who
were gross people nnd nlways taunted
him about his blue blood, and, finally, the
result upon the boy s nature of coming in
contact with the charming, human per
sonality of his Aunt "Vic."
CONCERT FOR WAR VICTIMS
Italians and Americans Unite
Making Affair a Success
in
Italians and Americans, numbering
many hundreds, attended a concert held
in the Acdemy of Music last night for
tho benefit of war sufferers In Italy. The
affair was conducted under the auspices
of the Italian division of the Emergency
Aid Committee.
Every selection was a composition by
an Englishman, Frenchman, Italian or
Russian. Teutonic works were carefully
avoided. The most liberal share of np
plause was earned by a 15-year-old girl,
who was encored so often that she left
the stage exhausted. Tho little favorite
was Slgnorlna Dusollna Glanninl, daugh
ter of' Common Councilman Ferruclo A.
Glanninl.
Police Court Chronicles
There- were so many things the matter
with the face of Isauc Meigs that the
doctor who surveyed him didn't know
where to begin- The eyes of Isaac were
black and blue, his nose was a deep vio
let and red, one of his ears looked like
a Jersey turnip and his right Jaw was
the; size of an apple dumpling. There
was also something wrong with his right
leg. It seemed to lose Us bearings alto
gether and started east when Isaao was
Inclined to go west.
But despite these drawbacks, Meigs
showed that he was same. lie was en
gaged In a terrific light with a lonely
lamppost at ISth and Hamilton streets
when a cop first discovered him. In the
dull gray dawn the policeman thought
that Isaac was being attacked by a giant
twice his size, so he ran to Investigate.
As the lamppost was 'tending to Its
business and entirely undeserving of such
an assault, the bluecoat Interrupted a
blow aimed by the pugilist and demanded
an explanation.
"Why dpneher gimme a chance?' de
manded Isaac, "Can't yer see wot he
done ter met" Isaao refused to oelleve
that he was fighting a lamppost, and
gave It a right "to the Jaw" before ho
agreed to. put hU coat on. The pugilist
was then Induced to so to the police
station and get patched up.
After he had been bound up In sticking
plaster and bandages be found It almost
(impossible to explain to Magistrate John
Collins Just how It all happened. He ad
mitted by nods of the head, however,
that be had met two or three human be
Iiiks earjler in the evening before his
chance tu-ualptaucff with the lamppost.
i The prisoner aaid that he made a liv
ing taking moving pictures.
Then." said the Judge, "your face
wJU be your fortune. I you could take
a. picture ol ypurself you could move any
audtence to tears."
WUen pressed to make a complete con-
fJon Isaac admitted that he lived In
wab4ro. Having fswr unexpected
. pilars Ib bis iwcMt e promised to go
irai;bt boniH U b Sot tbe chance.
, u4 & Uftfttr rtad ika timetable for
POETRY HAS PLACE
AMONG GIFT-BOOKS
Art Excellent Anthology of
American Verse Among the
Season's Offerings
Without doubt the most slsnnl poetic
Issuance from any pre?." In the Inst few
months hns been "The Little nook of
American Pocls" (Itoushtoii-MIITllii, Hel
ton), anthologized by that keen ami n-ell-rcid
editor, Jesilo Itlttcnhouse. To those
who hold themselves eternally In debt to
her lor "The Little Hook of Modern
Verse," the new Mjhimo will come with
the snvor of nn old friend, enriched nnd
expansive. Jilss Hlttenhouie. hnvliiR
brought to lli?ht In the first nntholony
some flhe things In the 20th century, now
i ex:",nds hcr 8C0".e to cover "m- VV"'
knife-like discrimination she chooses
pieces of every one worth the test, from
1'hlllp Frencnu to Hlchnrd Le Gnlllerme.
Thoe who think American poetry Is
fustian, with tho exception of Whitman
nnd I'oc, should Blanco Inside this cot
lection; he will ilnd rarities for the
searching, the pile pearls of the Spanish
y.intavalm, the robust rhythms of Will
iam Winter, the rich variants of STnik
hnm nnd Aldrleh.
Less comprehensive, but quite ns
charming In Its way. Is the selection nnd
compilation by Fltzltoy Carrlngton of
The Quiet Hour, also Issued by Hough
ton-Mlfllln. There is n ileir, plen-nnt
naivete In the sections "Crnd e Songs,
"Infancy," "Childhood." "S I g It t," ,
"Sleep," "Chnnni" nnd "Dirges." Hut
having let In Webster and Mnsslngcr,
why exclude Bcddocs' famous lament? In
most cases, however, the editor hns se
lected with a nice catholicity.
Alfred Noyes' newest book Is out.
Frederick A. Stokes has the irsponslbll
Ity. though one feeW that to be unfair.
Mr Notes, lnternntlon.iy popular and
with the grace of uttetance In hit throat.
should be allotted to write one May lytic i
n year. His pencils -then should bo locked '
up The most distinguished putt of tho
latest book Is tho title piece, which bus ,
a lust sfrlcle and n rousing British tip
ple. But the covers ure clogged ivith '
much that Is nerveless, soggy. Mr. Noves '
should learn continence, nnd that verse
of high order must bo bjlm or sot eery or
(what Is both) song. i
Some of Mr. Kntlileen Nnrrlf renders
In San Francisco think that they can
IJentlf n number of the clintnefers In
her new novel. "The Story of .Julia Page,"
with well-known "residents of that city
NOBEL PRIZE WINNER
LAGERLOF AT HOME
A First-hand View of the Swe
dish Author of "Jeru
salem" Henry Goddnrd Leach, sceretnry of the
American Scandinavian Foundation, who
contributed the pteface to Vclma Swan
ston Howard's translation of Scltna La
getlofs "Jerusalem" (Doubleday, Pago &.
Co.), in n lecent issue of the American
Scandinavian Review tells of her visit to
the home of the famous Swedish author
ess in Marbukn, Vcrmlnnd.
"When I visited Miss Lngerlof, some
years ago," ho sajs, "Marbaka, tho homo
of hcr childhood, was being transformed
from a quaint old dwelling to n modern
country place, and Miss Lagcriof's In-
tercsl In the carpenters was divided by I
her Knltplttlilfk fnr liMr n irnrt mntnnr Th '
her solicitude for her nged mother. Tho
hall was Just rcflnlshed, and the draw
ing room had been furnished In Swedish
old-manor stjle, with hand-woven car
pets, flowered wallpaper reaching half
way to tho ceiling, white-enameled fur
niture, trimmed with gold and uphol
stered in shimmering, delicate silks. The
authoress' work tnblo was, for the mo
ment, In the hall A fow leaves of man
uscript showed where sho directed the
plasterers from the midst of a new ro
mance. "She received me In the drawing room.
Discussion of my visit to the 'Jerusalem'
country In Daleearlla led to a series of
questions from Doctor Lngerlof about tho
I icllglous situation in America and the
I rpnsnns fnr nilr tniiltltmln of sprts ltpi-
I eagerness for information Included also J
American women.
"Your women interest me so much."
said Miss Lagerlof "You have so many
authoresses Mrs. Howe, for example, and
now Mrs. Wharton, and ou have Mrs.
Eddy, who changes the religious convic
tion of half a million people. In Sweden
wo have no women who can take such
leadership."
" 'How about Saint Brlgltta?' I asked.
" 'That's true, sho replied, smiling at
a foreigner's essay into Swedish history,
'but that was so long ago."
"But where has America a Selma
Lagerlof?"
It Is Interesting to nolo that "Tho Har
vester" and "Michael O'Hallornn," both
by Gene Stratton-Porter, were among the
11 books which the readers of the Con
tinent voted as their favorites during the
year 1315. As is well known, the Con
tinent Is a leading religious Journal and
Its easy contest on "The Hooks I En
Joyed Most In 1915" brought thousands of
Interesting replies.
It is not generally realized that Will
iam Winter, who is not only "the dean
of American dramatic critics," as he Is
so often called, but also one of the most
solid of our poets and essayists, was a
contemporary of the giants of the golden
age of American literature Longfellow,
Whlttler, Holmes, Lowell and their peers.
Whlttler was born In X836, Longfellow In
1807, Holmes In 1600. Lowell in 1819. All of
these men and their peers Mr. Winter
knew Intimately yet he Is still among
us, a hearty and happy man, living on
Staten Island, In Greater New York,
and writing steadily. Ills latest book,
"Vagrant Memories," appeared this fall.
Besides being a movie fan, baseball fan,
racing fan and one of the most sucessful
newspapermen In the country, Charles E.
Van Loan, author of the new fall novel,
"Buck Parvln and the Movies," is a suc
cessful hunter and fisherman, who motors
off Into the mountains for bass and bear
and comes tack to Los Angeles for a turn
at dcepsea ilshlng for tuna,
Thanks to the Intervention of Mary
Roberta Rinehart, the Blackfoot Indians
are to be saved from Imminent starva
tion. Last summers on her return from
Europe, Mrs Rinehart visited the Black
feet and was made a member of the
tribe. Late in November, discovering
from personal correspondence that the
tribe was In desperate straits and re
ceiving Insufficient provisions, Mrs.
Rinehart had a personal interview with
President Wilson, as a result of which
provisions were immediately started off
to the Blackfeet.
Mrs. Arthur Gleason, who Is just back
from a year's ambulance service at the
Belgian front and who (inure as Hilda
in her husband's book. "Young Hilda at
the Wars," has Just left New York for
a visit In her home town. Cedar Rapids,
Iowa.
Alfred Noyes, whose "Lord of Misrule
and Other Poeras" Is recently published,
la now In California on his lecture tour
of the United Slates.
Gertrude Atherton has aken an apart
nsent near Columbia Umiersitj, iNew
York, for the winter.
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of Edwin Clayhanger and Hilda Lcssways
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The most novel collection of cartoons
Issued this season Is easily Will Dyson's
"Kultur Cartoons," Imported from Eng
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Tho point of view is naturally British,
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place theso drawings well to the front
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method of handling his medium and
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Webster's cartoons of Juvenilo Joys and
Jests nro bound up In an attractlvo quarto,
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"MEET ME AT JACOBS" j
Ford Madox Hueffer presents a sketch or
three civilizations, needless to say, Ger
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llsh civilisation. The author controverts
the arguments of a number of pacifists
nnd passlvlsts of various countries, neu
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fense, nnd his book is commended to those
who wish to get nn Individual and some
what Impressionistic nrrnlgnmcnt pf tho
"case ngalnst Germany." Tho nuthor Is
particularly drastic In his destructive ex
amination of deorge Bernard Shaw's
"Common Sense about the War. '
Germany's Andcrsonvlllo and Llbby
prisons nro discrlbcd briefly by B. G.
O'Borke, M. A., In "In the Hands of tho
Enemy" (Longmans, Green & Co., New
York). Mr. O'Rorke was, until recently,
a chaplain to tho forces somewhere In
France, and had tho misfortune to bo
taken prisoner. His little book tells his
experience In German prisons, but on the
whole they were noc so urasiic as io ue
serve comparison with those made no
torious by Ill-treatment of captives during
the North American Civil War. Tho book
Is notable more as a record than ns n
direct contribution to history.
With tho publication of Louis Couperus'
socond novel of his tetralogy on Dutch
life, "The Later Life," this nuthor has
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