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LITERARY WORLD REFLECTED IN REVIEWS BOOKS FROM VARIED FIELDS
The Old Blood g
By K
Frederick Palmer
A-ther of "Tho Lait Shot,"
's "My yr of thm Croat H
", War." ote. S
,?' A Romance of the Great 9
War. The American hero g
nd two beautiful French g
girls (who quickly bccone -j
splendid women under the 5
stress of the great conflict) gj
develop an exquisite love
theme of delicacy, pathos u
and sympathy a novel of J3
human values n the turmoil g
of the great world-conflict, g
$1.40 net. 3
We Discover
the I
01d Dominion
By M
Louise Closscr Hale
Full Pago lustration S
By B
Walter Hale e
A humorous, chatty ac- g
count of a motor tour of h
''discovery" through the t
highways nnd by.ways of
beautiful and historical old
Maryland and Virginia
companion book to "We Dis
cover Ntfvv England."' Boxed,
$2.50 net. '
The
Understanding
Hills
Livingston L. Biddlc '
Lyrical interpretations of fg
nature verses of unusual
beauty and excellent form
written by an "out-door" U
manfor lovers Of the out- g
door life. $1.25 net. "
Dodd, Mead & Company, w yi
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NOTABLE NEW NOVELS
DESIRE vs. DUTY
THE
BIGAMIST
By P. E. MILLS YOUNG
Author of "The Hrwonner," "The Great
Unrut.' etc Cloth. Xet, 11.33.
q K story, of South Africa, con
cerning n false marriage and the
choice a woman has to make betwixt
desire and duty.
AN AMERICAN DOSTOIEVSKY
WINDY
McPHERSON'S -SON
By SHERWOOD ANDERSON
Cloth, $1.40 Net
9 "One of the finest outputs from
the pen of a writer dealing with
essentially American phases of life
that has appeared for many a sea
son." -New York Times.
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, IcorSifrcr.TheBtlovtdVatdbondTetc.
"From whatever point of view
one may regard it whether as a
story, tqe analysis of one man's de
velopment, a picture of provincial
life, or a glimpse of the spirit of a
nation 'The Wonderful Year is a
notable novel." New York Times.
' Cloth, $1.40 Net
AT ALL BOOKSELLERS
JOHN LANE CO., NEW YORK
have you met
Richard
Richard
v in the new story of
that name by Hughs
Me&nu?
h did not car's for
wealth, or for work, or
for woH)a.
hia story makes a most
readable, quotable book.
J.U foJMwM, J.W Wot
NEW FALL FICTION
HOLDS GOOD STORY
OF AN IMMIGRANT
"Witte Arrives" Significant
Among New Volumes Fresh
from Publishers'
Press
COSMO HAMILTON AGAIN
WITTB AliniVItd. ny Bll TotwnUn .Fred
A Htnkra Company. New Turk. V
llenorta from baok-stlllng clrolM say that
"Wltto Arrives," though published only a
few weeks ago I already In Ita tenth thou
rand The rale record Ml by any book, as
l)U era know, I by no mean a criterion
as to Its avtt, but this case la one In which
the public linn d'soovercd n good thing nnd
ha realltrd It.
Tho author lit Kilns Tobenklri and thli la
his first book. It la a story, an autobiogra
phy, a nunance, of a )Qung nuMlan Jew
In America The thema la not new, hut the
treatment I. It la mots than a story of an
Immigrant; It Is n plcturS of American life,
bare In the little middle western town, hard
In tho, great city and yet earning a glow
reflected from a nne Imagination nnd a
fund of honest, lbrant human feeling. It
Is not a finished work not the product of
a careful workman One would guess that
at times the author's own eagerness to get
his story down outran his laboring hand,
but the story Is carried along on an un
halting stream of sincerity nnd unashamed
emotion.
Tho young writer has oberved closely
and felt much. As long as he has a story
to tell and keeps such faith with himself
and his work ho will go far.
Homilctlcs on Childhood
TUB BINS OF" TUB CHILDRCN. lty Coimo
Hamilton Mule. Ilrovm & Co. rtonton.
The most recent homlletlo -ffdrt of Cosmo
Hamilton, 'The Sins of the Children." takes
to task parents who trust their children so
blindly behind an almost Impenetrable wnll
of reticence that frank confidences are Im
possible. The four children of the gentle
rather self-absorbed parents In Sir Hamil
ton's book are thrust headlong Into morally
perilous situations because they were com
pelled to learn llfo's pitfalls by bitter expe
rience, untempered by the seasoned advice
and understanding of their father nnd
mother.
Thev renresent In their refcDectlve experi
ences four emphatic examples of the blind
ness of virtue. An absolutely perfect 11
laln eggs them all on In their sinning. ery
nearly succeeding In robbing both a brother
and sister of their clabns to moral prouuy.
Mr. Hamilton's preachment has an accept
able foundation, but one can hardly adnYlte
his somewhat careless presentation of it.
Betty in n New Role
BETTY AT FOttT BLIZZARD. Br Molly S
well. J. 11. l.lrP'ncott Co., Phllndflhla.
Headers of "Betty's Virginia Christmas"
and others will enjoy seeing Betty In a nev
role. True she no longer Is the dashing
and spirited Betty lleverley. of .Old Vir
ginia, but. In the words of the author, "The
Betty Beverleys of thli world a. dowered
with Immortal youth and change but little
even under strange stars."
Betty, nlthough her hair has streaks of
gray. Is still lithe and willowy. She Is tho
wife of Captain Fortescuo. w.10 Is In com
mand of Fort Bllnard, a cavalry. pot Itf
h fnr Northwest, where tho scene Is laid.
Betty's daughter Anita Is tho heroine. Tho
story Is sweet, and, of course, well told.
Anita. -sweet sixteen and Ioable, Is adored
nlmost by tho whole fort. She's only a
child at nrst, but as she growa older many
of tho dashing young lieutenants couri ner.
but wlUi little success. Betty's daughter
finally Is won. but only after angulsh.trlala
and tribulations. The book la nllve wltlv
action and thrills. Nor Is Christmas for
gotten. .
Out in the Farmlands
A COUNTRY CHRONICI.B. By Orsnt Show
rrman. New York! Century Company.
Grant Showerman In his latest volume,
"A Country Chronicle," has succeeded In
producing a distinct contribution to
American literature on new lines. It Is a
picture of American country life Its fam
ily ways,. In summer and winter, the village
the old store, tho temperance lectures, tho
church sociables, tho sleighing, tho fiddling,
the dancing and all the rest as seen
through the unspoiled eyes of a boy of ten.
Without any of tho facetlousneBs and con
ventional tricks of book children, the
author presents a relived boyhood on a
farm. The Impressions as written seem
llko transcriptions caught somehow as they
streamed through the boy's" mind, and they
are expressed In a style as pungent and
fresh as thei boy language Tf all the world.
Throughout the book runs a narrative of
a group of very human people. The actual
locale Is In Wisconsin of forty years ago,
and tho life portrayed Is that of New York
and New England farmera In a middle
western scene. The book Is distinctively
American. .
The Police in Fiction
r PARTNERS OK TUB NIGHT. By Lroy Bcott.
century uompny, i""
The "Inside" workings of tho secretive
New York police system Is Bet forth In a
icadable volume, "Partners of the Night,"
by Leroy Scott, whose detective rtorles are
already fatnlllaT to a number of readers.
The present volume la the result of Mr.
Kcotl'a wide knowledge of New York's
underworld. It la a new type pf detective
wcry, made of episodes In a contest between
plain clothes men and criminals, with a love
theme Interwoven. The charactcrlratlens
and Incidents bear the Imprint of reality,
and the whole Is notable for Us remarkable
understanding of the psychology of the
underworld. Dalton Stevens has supplied
a number of good Illustrations for the
book.
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GEORGE CREEL WRITES
DEMOCRATS' DEFENSE
OF ADMINISTRATION
In "Wilson and the' Issues'
Noted Publicist Presents
President's Complete Case
for Re-election
BOOKS FOR COOKS,
MOTHERS AND WIVES
Some Volumes of General In
terest to the Race of
Housewives
A BOOK
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WILSON AND T1IK ISSUKS. By Oeorse
Cenlury Company, .N(r lorK.
In 167 short pages of extra-large -pe
Oeorge Creel has stated tho Democrats'
claim for the re-election of President Wil
son nnd the continuation of the Demo
cratic Administration far moro forcibly
than does tho Democratic Campaign Book.
At least. It Is moro easily understandable.
It Is to be deplored that the Hughes cam
paign managers have not published a book
similar to "Wilson nnd the Issues" on be
half of the Republican candldato for Presi
dent of the United States.
The most Impassioned chnpter In the
entlro book Is not a eulogy of iPreslrtcnt
Wilson, but a defense of Josephus Daniels.
"Josephus Daniels," Mr. Creel begins,
"Secretnrv of tho Navy. Is at once the most
maligned nnd most misunderstood man In
the United States today. Ark
the average cltlicn about Josephus Daniels
and ho'll wag his head and mouth some
thing about mountebank and demagogue.
This derision hr the price that
Josephus Daniels has been mado to pay
for Fining millions of the people's money
from the traffickers In armor plate nnd
munitions, for breaking up the armchair
clique that ruled the navy for years, for
making merit the test of promotion rather
than social pull, for opening tho jloora. of
advancement to the enlisted man."
Then, for more than twenty pages, ha
elaborates upon these points, and quotes
Admiral Dewey nnd navy publications to
provo that Mr. Daniels Is the greatest Sec
retary of the Navy this country has ever
had. )
The election this year, according to Mr.
Creel, Is democracy's test. "It la the ca
pacity of a people for self-go eminent that
Is on trial." He then considers tho Issues
under the titles of "Mexico." "Belgium nnd
the Lusltanla." "National Honor, Maim
facturlng Hysteria." 'The Nat onal De
fense" and "America First." Under tnis
last are considered all the domestic Policies
of Wilson nnd his Administration. The
book wan written before the Adamson
eight-hour law was thought of. and.consld
eratlon of this Is not Included,
Mr. Creel admits the possibility of Presi
dent Wilson having made mistakes, but In
sists that these mistakes w ere not nearly
as serious as those adocated by the Presl
denfa critics. Tho President's foreign
policy Is defended In cery essential detail,
as Is also Ida attitude towards Mexico nnd
defense, while "America Flrfm'"we
have been tho draft.from which President
Wilson wrote his speech at acceptance.
"Anything to beat Wilson," uie slogan,
so Mr? Creel -Bays, of the opposition. Is a
scathing denunciation of Theodbro Ito
velt" In fact. It Is one of the most stinging
attacks ever directed against the Colonel,
At tho eamo time the author finds many
soothing orda to offer to the I'rofres.lves.
In no place Is there an out-and-out denun
ciation of Mr Hughes, but the attack Is
c,..".'i ...r. no. nenub can machlno,
.and those to hom. the author say. Mr,
Hughes will 1 compeneu i ""
same as did Mr. UoosevelU
PUBLISHERS' PROMISES
On a Tramp Steamer
THE ROMANCE OK MARTIN CONNOR. By
Oswald Kendall. JN&hton. MlfBIn Co..
Ilo'ton
In "The Ilomanoo of the Martin Connor"
Orwald Kendall haa written a aea story
or the first rank. The tale Is of an Ameri
can tramp steamer that sailed from Galves
ton to the headwaters of the Amazon, The
many adventures which the vessel and her
remarkable crew yussed through and tho
disaster that befell them on the way aro
told In a certain vein of grim humor that
'n.i.. thx atory attractive from the first
sentence. Perhaps the greatest merit of th
tble Is Its marvelous aescripuve power.
From India
DAMA1UH. By Lucas Mlet. Dodd, Mead
Cj., New York, .
There Is little depth to Lucas Maet'a
latest atory, "Damarls:" The novel cannot
boast of very much action, much of a plot,
or even of much of vital Interest except the
character etudy of Colonel Very, pli
daughter Damarls and of Mra. Perelra.
The scene la in inaia, wm wuhjuh icr
t la chief commissioner at Bhutpur, Da,
I.tf
wo-i,. i. a sweet, lovable and a "wise'
child. Her mother died when she wa an
Infant, and she forma a devoted attaeiiment
in. Mra. Perelra. who leavea her tiuafeind
to vi-H the Colonel, a former aweetrt
The vlelt oaufe aeandal, and the eur.
U unexpected. If unatlfactoryy t 'N,
"Damarla" reminds one or a muiure or
The Bxlle" and "What Maale Knewi Jt
Is not nearly o Jntareatlag, owevrA
Mrs. HarrtaeH'a novel. "The Htetery et r
Ktc4ard Calmady," written quite a few
yaara ago.
The Bwk f WftrieUy
By A. Krtok peittas. to, AnMm i C. w
Hare la a UMful sntesXIato book wtaWi
ms to enrieti the already vaat nalleaitoa
of the ABpMon scUntlfte puklkeatloaa, ,-flae
aook ot mMpcur.,?r. iiaj
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Tho Mexican Problem
Ti-iiAT'H TtIB MATTKR WITH MBXICOT By
WC5 WhltnVy: Macmlllan Company. N.w
' The' book about llexlco for whlcji tho
average uninformed American ha been
waiting has at Jast appeared. Its title Is
"what?- the Matter With' Mexlcor It;
author la Caspar Whitney, who has spent
many months In the country and Is familiar
with Ua history and Its people. Its pub
Ushers are the Macmlllan Company. New
York who have iBsued It ashe latest vol
ume In their series of small handbooks on
our national problems.
The book Is valuable because It la plied
full of fact. Mr, Whitney haa answered the
Questions which the man In the street In
terested In the Mexican situation Is curious
about. He tell about the submerged eighty
per cent of the population, about the Ameri
can and other fore'gn concessions, how Dlai
rame Into power and the conditions under
which he was reeognlied by the United
State, what led to ttie Madera revolution
and why tho power of Dlax suddenly col
lapsed. He tell the story of Carraiua and
Villa and SCapata, and review briefly the
retatlona.'of the United Statea with the
country lor the last four or five years, and
indicate the nature and extent of the lie
about American purposes ma navo ueon
circulated by the men In charge of the Mexi
can Qpvernment.
Uri Whitney la bpld enough to explain
what ho thinks Is needed to put,the country
in iha way of peaceful and prosperous de
velopmentthat I. atrong entral dov
rnment which can Insure peace and hon
cely, H revMon ef the land laws, restric
tion of the pulque trafflo and extension of
the educational system.
'The Pan-Oermnnlc Plan .Irnmasked."
uhlch the Scrlbners are nbout to publish.
Is by Andro CheratTamn ho I.ortl Cinmer
describes ns "conspicuous among n cry
small body of politicians who warned llu
rope betimes of the Herman danger" Tho
motl of this book, whose text Is support
ed with explanatory maps nnd diagrams. Is
to show that1 n great dnngcr to Kurnpo
will still exist from tho Tan-aermanlc Idea,
oen If the war results In a draw or an
apparent Herman defeat.
The author rpeals what ho believes to
bo a deliberate and long propared project
fr such a plauslblo settlement In tho peace
conference that Oermany, ' whlto getting
practically the most Important part or
what sho has fought for, will apparently
make ery liberal concessions nnd ndmit
defeat, Tho author has written this book
In order to Inform the Allies of this schemo
in time to thwnrt It nnd Lord Cromer tins
written an Introduction to It In which he
expresses himself ns holding " a strong
opinion that M. Chcradame's diagnosis of
the situation Is cftrect "
'The MsterlouH stranger," a new book
by Mark Twain, recently ly-ought to light,
will soon be published by tho Harpers. It
Is a story of tho supernatural. Against
the riothlc background of a small Austrian
lllago nt the end of tho slxtcnqth century
with a halo of the town's tfnefactor
stands the Mysterious Stranger one of the
most extraordinary figure; Mrk Twain
ever drew, v
Ho makes friends with the boyh Rnn
shows them many mareg. AC times y,e
Is ImlslMe, but his presence, secrtor m'
Been, nlwas brings to those &bout a (.'ulck-
ened feeling, and his magic causes' llvei to
run Intp new and unexpected channels, V .
A new noel by Kthel Sldgwlck is art
event of outstanding Importance In tho
world of letter mnd the publication of
Hatchways on November 11 will bo awnlt
ed with eager Impatience by her host of
American admirers.
Small, Maynard & Co. have In course of
publication a notable collection of cartoons
by u no less distinguished artist than
Cesare, of the Now York Uvenlng Post.
Sun readers who recall Cesare'a brilliant
work on thnt naner. ulsn ran,! nf ths
"Harper's Weeklyof 101S-I3, will welcome
this assemblago of 100 masterpieces by thid
great American artist.
Prof. A. D. P. Hamlin, author of "A
History of Ornament." announced for pub
lication shortly by the Century Company, Is
a son of the famous missionary, Dr. Cyrus
Hnmlln, founder nf Ilobert College, In Con
stantinople. Professor Hamlin wasJorn In
Constantinople himself. Ho wnH graduated
at Amherst In 187S, studied architecture in
the Massachusetts Instltuto of Technology
and for three year at the llenux Arts In
Paris, afterward entering the ofllce of Mc
Kim, Mead and White, In New York.
In 1(83) however, he nbandoned the prac
tice of architecture and took charge of the
course In drawing and the history of orna
ment at the newly organized fchool of
Architecture at Columbia University. For
thirty-three year Professor Hamlin has
been teaching the history of Architecture
and ornament at Columbia, being promoted
through the various grades to tho execu
tive headship of the school, a position which
he held from 1904 to 1912, resigning In the
latter year In order to devote himself to
hit special field of study and Instruction
without the hampering burden of adminis
trative duties.
'The Arabian Night," Illustrated by
Loul ntiead, will be published shortly by
tho Harpers, Kacfi generation, like She
herazade'a Sultan each morning, listen with
a fresh delight to the stories of Aladdin,
Hlr.bad, All Baba and the Porty Thlees and
others. Mr Ilhead. whose Illustrated edi
tions of children' classic are well known,
haa added this new volumo to the series,
which now number eight book, 'Treasure
Is'and being tne preacceasor oi - Ara
bian Nights,"
The following book haveJust been pub
r.sued by Oeorge II, Dorant 'The Unknown
Mr. Kent" by Jloy Norton, 1 a rollicking
tory of life and adventure In a tiny ISuro-
Vj
0. HENRY BIOGRAPHY
GIVES LIE TO RUMORS
ABOUT THAT AUTHOR
True Story of Sidney Portr
Flight to Central America St
Forth in Long-Pronud
Volumo By Professor
LETTERS ALSO ISSUED
prnn kingdom not nt war. 'Cloud and
.Silver," by 1! V Lucas, Is ngilcllghtful ol
umo of quaint essnya and fable by the
author of "Tho Haunfrnu Itampam." "Oxer
lUmerton'H," 'The Open lload," etc 'The
C'cmpleto Gentleman," by Bohun Lnch, Is
a novel built nround n man who fashions
his life after his Ideal of n 'complete gen
tleman" nnd finds his working i))an. fall
vre "Hod of tho I.0110 Patrol," W II. A.
Cody, la n wholesomely "old-fatmloncd"
story of Iilcnl homo life, by tho famous
Canadian pastor-nulhor who wrote "If Any
Man Sin."
There Is no man better tiuallflcd lor the
task than Don C. Hcltz, who has written
Training for tho Newspaper Trajc." In
the series of books on nrlous trade! which
tho ,1. II. Llpplncott Company, of thlj city.
Is publishing. Mr Seltz hns had expeilcnce
i 1, oil, th oill rial nnd business depart
ments of ncwsDjjKr ofllces. Ho boli.es In
nowspapcrs and thinks that the amblt.on to
lm rnnnected wltn tho press Is worthy. HI
book is ndmlrnblc. both for tho simple, di
rect Hngllsh In which It Is written and for
tho clearness w 1th which lie explains how n
newspaper Is mado and tho opportunities
It offers to the young man Interested In It,
cither ns a business proposition or as a
puncyor of news nnd opinion.
No fair-minded American will dispute tho
proposition which Professor Hmlle Wax
welter has set out to defend In "Belgium
nnd tho Oreat Powers" (d. P. Putnam'
Sons New York) It Is that Belgium was
right In opposing the lolatlon of her terri
tory by the Clermans. He meet the charges
i,.,i itiiirluiti'H resistance was Incompre
hensible from the standpdlnt of wise policy,
that she resisted becnuso Bho was pledged
ti resist and that she was not called upon
to resist, as her territory was not Inviolate.
Ho takes each charge In order and itfutes
It by citing documents nnd historic pre
cedents. Tho purpose of the book is not to
convince Americans, but to defend Belgium
against tho persistent German propaganda
Intended to create the impression 1111 mo
Belgians have no grievance.
A person looking "for amusement will not
find It In Archdeacon Cunningham' "Kng
llsh Influence on the United States" (G. P.
Putnam's Sons, New York), bu he will
find it full of Information. The book Is the
result of a scries of lecture which the
Archdeacon of Illy delivered two years ngo
In Phlladelph a. New York, Boston and other
American cities. Its purpose Is to Bhow the
relation between American Institutions and
their originals In Hngland, and how their
development In a new environment has
modified them, and It accomplishe It with
considerable success,
'The Book of Oarden Plans" (Doubleday,
Page & Co., Garden C ty, long Island)
should prove a boon to the constantly In
creasing band of suburban householders.
It Is the result of year of uractlce .In
municipal and estate landscape gardening
of the author. Stephen P, Hamblln.
The nevvLomer to rural surroundings Is
often perplexed sorely as to the best dis
position to make of his plot of ground.
Hornet me the owner of an established
place, large or small, looks askance at the
arrangement of shrubbery, tret's, peren
nials, etc.. recording the taste of his prede
cessor. Por both classes Mr. Hamblln'
book will bo rich In suggestions. It offer
aid for the small plot as well as the ex
tensive estate. I.lBts of plant and of
varieties for best showing under specified
cond'tlona are u, valuable adjunct to the
blue print and plate showing completed
effects, ltose gardens, tree planting, poppy
gardens, rockeries, ponds ami perennial
borders aro among the classes discussed.
SONS AN'ri TUUCIHTKRS. By Plrtonl M.
Ururnber. llrnry Holt Company, New York.
"Sons nnd Daughters" assembles a mass
of nseful details for tho child-rearers.
Coming through the pen nnd from tho ex
perience of a mother. It offers helpful
guidance to the modern young parent. It
Is well to seo Mr. Gruenberg's Intelligent
compromising. She stands far nhead of
the mother of the past generations, who
demanded blind nnd explicit -obedience from
her offspring and waB ever ready with her
"noes," never questioning her own reasons.
And still she does not go so far a the
modern cxtrcmlets. who In their belief that
this Is tho "century of the child," permit
any amount of liberty nnd license nnd de
clare a child should never be restrained.
To MM Gruenbcrg no two children aro
allko nnd no two situations demand the
same answers. Tho Individualism of the
ngo nnd socialism In tho broadest Bcnse are
mingled In such, satisfactory quantities In
all tho problems cited thnt, oven If a large
tract of ground la covered, perhaps n bit
hastily, there Is still much to be said for
tho many separate points of view which she
presents so well. Wo do not get a treatise
on pedagogy, but wo do get a glimpse Into
nearly all the problems of modern edu
cators, tho solutions of which are utlll too
frequently fifty years old.
For tho Mother
HOW TO KNOW YOUR CHILD. I)y Miriam
Brott. Little, Brown & Co., 1 lor Ion. Mass.
"How to Know Your Child," In Its title
nnd Its last chapter. Indicates how the
new thought on children haa been treated
I y tho author. To her "faults may become
virtues" under certain conditions, nnd there
nro interesting Ideas on play, drerti and
children's moral problems. That she has
devoted a chapter to the relation between
fathers nnd children shows very clearly
fltnf !, fi,l fhn nr, et mMrn napnnt.
hood Whcmjtiothcrs realize, as Mru. Scott
Indicates In her last chapter, that knowing
yourself Is of ibmo.it Importance, and that
the Influence) wo have, even Indirectly, upon
our children's necessities by this Belf-knowl-edge,
then we may trifly feel that parent
hood Is ay serious and complicated a prob
lem as any wo might meet In the outside
world of business and competition.
The long-promised O. Henry tlogrhy
I out at last from the press of DuuMe
day Page A Co., under the authorship e
C Alphonsa Smith, Hdgar Allen Pse
fessor of English at the University ef Tlr
glnla and a boyhood chum and schoolmaster
of the late William Sidney Porter. In It
are a number of chapter which will set
aside for all time rumors and gossip wMek.
have for so lopg gone; on about the life ot
this great American short story wrHer.
And when the rumor have been et M
the admiration and reverence for O. Henry
will be greater than ever before,
Por In this biography and estimate ef O,
Henry's work Doctor Smith tell the story
of how O. Henry, .appalled at the ehlftteM
Irregularities which went on at the bank
where he was nt the time paying teller, R4
to Centre! America away frem Amerlean
Justice, which at that time certainly weM
have held him blameless. Also the atory
la told how O. Henry met In Central Amer
ica Al Jennings, the welt-known reformed
train robber Al Jennings, It appear, had
left the States In something of a ,hurry,
landing In Central America In even'ng
clothes (a popular accoutrement even In
those simple t mes, wo learn, even for a
train robber). .
O Henry remained In Central Amerle
a fugitive until news reached htm of ths
probably fatnt Illness of hla wife. Knowlnt
full well that he would have to face the
law he came north. Doctpr Smith tell the
story of O Henry'a trial and Imprison
ment, of hls,touchlng letters to hla daugh
ter. Margaret, written from prison, and of
his popularity there, where ho acted on
prison druggist.
But this In only part of the O. IP (try
biography, for Doctor Smith not on" tell
of O. Jlcnry's early day at Greensboro,
N. C nnd Texan, but, also devotes much
time to his writing career In New York,
bringing the tory right up to O. Henry'
final words uttered to tho nurse on the
morning that he died:
"Don't turn down the lights." he BaH,
"I'm afraid to go home In the dark."
A fitting companion piece to tho O, Henry
biography la 'The Wind of Destiny." by
Kara Lindsay Coleman (Porter), widow of
O, Henry, who, with a background of pure
fiction, gives an Intimate picture of O.
Henry. In the author' foreword to tho
reader she says:
'The letters In this story are real letters.
I know this because they were written to
mo by the man the world know a O.
Henry, author, and only as the author. Not
half a dozen people know the real Sidney '
Porter, and the man was greater than the
author.
There are other letters which are mlns
own, and no other eye shall see them. But
the letters In this book were not written to
me ns a woman, but rather as the llttt
girl of his memory who lived next door to
him In the Street of Yesterday.
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the House." The author write for tboso
comparatively rare housekeeper who can
afford tery known luxury and conven
ience In their domestic arrangements. Too
bad ! But still we all may find some bits
of useful Information, or get some helpful
suggestion for house-management or
arrangement.
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