EVENING MDGmPHmADELPHlA, SATUEDAY, DECEMBER 1910
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THIS YEAR
GIFT-BOOK TIME COMES ""
WITH DECEMBER DAYS
Bookfllalfs Fill Up With Mnny
Volumes Suited for
Christmas Giving
ART FOR YOUNG AND OLD
Cartoons and Travel Volumes Among
the Scasonnl Storo of
Good Things
Christmas. It In aafe to sny.. M on
Ui 'way. Tha evidence at hand consists
of calendars that nhow December daya nnd
bookstalls full of Blft books. tTheso pnKes
rve only a lilnt of tha varied supply of
proaa aftd poetry, picture, photograph nnd
cartoon. grown-ups tales nnd children's
yann that tha publishers have Issued this
season. Hero follow a few volumes adapted
to adult consumption1
In Hula Hula Land
HAWAII BCBNBB AND IMrnEBSIONB. by
KalMtlne Fullfrlon Ofrould. Charles Rcrlli
n, 8on. New Tork.
"Of all the book that haye been writ
ten on Hawaii, mlno la the least preten
tious." the nuthor explains In the preface,
It boasts scarcely even or a bcRinnln and
' of nt end, It la the rocord of n nlngto
month's experiences, ragged, like nny month
of life "
The nnlhor, however, has been thorough
In her work. Hawaiian scenes nnd Im
pulsions of the many beauties of the
Islands, to say nothing of Hawnllan music,
havo been carefully recorded by n tourist,
literary and artistic, who knows what she
sees nnd how to oppress It.
"That month, thlrk-padded with happy
adventure of eyo nnd ear, nnd ono with
hardly a Jarring note or unlucky tint. The
remembered awectnoss of Hawaiian muslo
has haunted ench sentence j phIiiis should
droop over every page, and the white Pa
cific surf should beat around ench margin."
It does, almost.
The book innkes enjoyable reading. It
I j 'amply Illustrated with photographs.
Portrait Studies
'PORTRAITS OP WOMEN," by Oamlll tlrart-
ford Ttounhton Mirtlln Company, lloaton and
Nw Tork
After "Confederate Portraits" nnd "Union
Portraits," which were a vnluiiblo contribu
tion to the history of the United States,
Gamaliel Bradford gives us another volume,
'Tortralts of Women," In which the nuthor
tried, as In His former volumes, not to give
a mere biography of his subjects, but to
study their psjchology. Indeed, he says ho
would prefer to entitle his volume "l'sycho
graplfs of Women" should It not sound
rather startling to publisher, render nnd
author himself.
The author, ns hn warns the reader In
. the preface, docs not pretend, nor even does
he endeavor, to wholly portray the character
: of his herqlncs, but presents aspects tha
value of which "must be more In suggestion
and stimulation" than In the uny of n (Inn)
sketch N'or does he nttempt to Include In
his portraits nny modern woman, ns tho
latest In date Is Kugcnln do Guerin, who
died sixty-eight yours ngo.
Nevertheless, Ilradfnrd's tprtralP.i are
' mainly psychological sketches, from which
a more complete study might bo derived.
Beginning with Lady Mary Wortloy Mon
tagu, tho author analyzes tho lives of Lady
Holland, Jnne Austen. Mndnmo d'Arblny,
Mrs. Pep) a, Mndnmo do Savlgnc, Madame
du Deftand, Madame de Cholseul and Eu
genie do Guerin. The Bamo keen ecnaa of
observation nnd analytical nttltude which
distinguished Mr. Bradford's former lils
,, Jprlcal studies pervade tho present volumo
5 In a still more arduous task, that of sketch
ing the character nf wnmpn frntn mnrn
fW T facts, women whom tho author could not
possibly meet.
Some Masterly Cartoons
ONE HUNDRED CARTOONS, by Ceaare. 8mll,
Msynard & Co. llonton.
Tho Literary lMltor could hardly hope
to And a better reviewer for Ccsarc's enr
toons than the Kvenino I.KDOEifs own
Sykcs. Hero Is his Qplnlon: Always tech
nically powerful, Cesare Is nt 1i,b best when
depleting what ono might call tha "heavy
ivelght" (or. In more elegant terms, the
Classic or heroic) rubject, and the selections
Incorporated In his book nre worthy exam
ples of his ability both In conception and
execution. Various phases of the Huropean
war and domestic happenings of note are
portrayed with the keen Insight nnd sure
touch which characterize the dally work of
this artist and make the book of value not
only to the nrt student and those Interested
In current events, but to nil who care to
watch the progress of the newspaper car
toon In Its Increasing power ns iin opinion
maker.
Gibson Again
QIIISON NEW CAIITOONH.
Charlea Hcrlbner'a
dqji. new xorK,
Penmen may come and penmen may go.
but Charles Dana Gibson serenely maintains
his position in the front rank, with nobody
crowding him enough to cauno him material
discomfort. Naturally, when $ne's work
has appeared before the dear publlo con
tinuously there nro many who turn away
'or a glance nt something new or "differ
ent," but to those who care to watch the
development of an artist unspoiled by sue
cesa there Is much to ,be found Interesting
In this latest collection jpf Mr. Gibson's
drawings. - '
With subjects up to his usual high stand
ard of quiet humor and pathos, the draw
ings are characterized by a recently ac
quired freedom In modeling1 and handling of
draperies which adds much' to the always
sound drawing and bureness of outline that
first marked this foremost American artist
as regards the pen-and-ink branch of the
family.
And, we rise to interpolate, tha girls
are just as pretty as ever.
Sam Houston, Hero
WITH 8AJI HOUSTON IN TEXAS. Ily Edwin L.
titbln, J, U. Llpplncott Company, Philadel
phia Edwin I Sabln makes his contribution
to "The Trail Blazers' Series" with a
patriot! tale called "With Sam Houston
In Texas." The red-blooded American boy
and his father as well are likely to find
much to stimulate Imagination and the
right sort of spirit In the adventures of
the young hero, The latter meets the
scout, soldier and statesman, Sam Hous
ton, at one of the most picturesque periods
of his picturesque life, the battle of San
Jacinto and capture of General Santa
Anna, peiny a particularly stirring Incident.
Studio Life in Paris
1IKARTS AND FACES. By John Hurray alb-con-
John Ijino Company. New York.
The book Is unusual and weird. Further
more It borders on (he Immoral in many
passages, though Ita realism Is not exactly
vital Ita pagea are tiled with scenes of
studio life ia parlB, with the usual number
of artists' models in various stages of par
tial or total dishabille.
In a nutshell, it is a character study
of George Grange, a youth from Scotland
who achieves fame and fortune as an artist
When about to begin a portrait of the King
In London, hjs. career Is wrecked by a
model, Ethel Swallow, evidently as flighty
as the bird of that name- Her husband is
a, notorious white slaer, "who would stop
at nothing abort of murder "
Many of tha' "e" In tha book de
cSdtdly ar "palnWJt" The book U w
el, vttu or y isurssyn? to ttwae wtw
Ms ra4fta bijt it H o wI
IMsk&Msr'wttt cnif ngmmaftt
BRINGS FORTH AN IMPRESSIVE EXHIBIT OP BOOKS
AUTHORS
WAR IS NOT FORGOTTEN
IN CHRISTMAS BOOKS
James M. Bock Reviews the
Eolations of Amcricti With
Europe in "Tho War
and Humanity"
ON THE BELGIAN RELIEF
TUB WAIl AND HUMANITY, llv jAmes M
Ilcck. O. r. Putnam's Bnn. Npw Vork
Mr. Heck, whoso discussion of 'The Evi
dence In tho Case," denting with tho origin
and causes of tho wnr, attrnctcd Interna
tional attention nnd commendation, 1ms gath
cted In a book seven addresses which ho
has nindo on vnrlnui phases of the con
flict and Its relntlon to the United .States
nnd to the broader Interests of hlinmnlty
Thoso familiar with "The IMdence In the
Onto" will expect to find In these addressen
a defenso of tho causo nf the Allies and
nn arraignment of Germany They will not
bo disappointed. Mr Deck Iiiih nbntit n
llttlo respect for the foreign policy of tho
Washington Administration as for tho Ger
man wnr policy, nnd he has not hesitated to
express his opinions. He detnjed tho pub
lication of the book until nfter tho elec
tion that it might not bo mlstnkcn for a
Republican campaign document In Bplto
of Its controversial chnractor the book Is
n valuable contribution to the literature of
tho war Mr Beck has made a careful
study of the caso of IMIth C.-well. and he
has put tho result of his Investigations Into
a chapter which seems to prove that tho
unfortunate British nurse, whatever hor
offenso mny have beon, wns not treated In
her trial with tho fairness which Prussian
law and tho Anglo-Saxon sense of Justice
'demand Ho has been fnlr enough to In
clude In an appendix tho German defenso
of tho execution. Tho chapter on the sub
marine controversy exhibits the weakness
of tho policy of Mr. Wilson so clearly nnd
so convincingly that few will disagree with
tho closing sentences. After referring1 to
the cry, "Itemember tho Maine!" he sayst
"nomembor tho I.utltanla !" Yes It.
too, will be remembered by the Ameri
can people not with a proud conscious
ness of n work well done, but with the
humiliating recollection of a great work
for humanity left undone through tho
supine Inaction and timid counsels of
those oillclnls to whom the dignity and
honor of tho Republic were for tho
tlmo being ctmmltted.
Other chapters nro on tho foreign policy
of Washington, on tho splendid account
which Franco has given of herself and on
the sjmpathy of America with the causo
of the Allies.
Details noljjian Jtelief
WAK IIIIUAI). Ily riilwaril Kyre Hunt. llnry
Holt t Co . New York.
This Is a personal narrntlvo of tho war
and the relief mission In Belgium. It Is
by the American delegate of tho commis
sion In Belgium In charge of the 1'roUnce
of Antwerp- 1,r' Hunt had iCmost unex
ampled opportunities for obscrtntlon of the
war's rawiges In Btrlcltcn Belgium. Ills
headquarters havo been In Antwerp, be
sieged nnd taken early in the conflict and the
scene of extraordinary hardship. Mr Hunt
managed to get to this great commercial
and historical center very early, as he was
In Berlin In August, 19H. He went
through the bombardment of Antwerp. From
this till the t-me of going to press, nls
book Is a complete record of relief work In
Belgium It has distinction nnd authority.
Of especial value aro life sketchci of Lleb
knecht. Cardinal Mercler. Brand Whltlock.
von der Goltz, von Hissing and other per
sonalities. The book Is well written und at
tractively Illustrated
With JotTre's Men
A VOMJNTBnn POtl.U Ily llenry Sheatun.
Houghton. Mifflin Company, llostou.
This book takes tho reader "behind the
scenes' somewhere along the Meue. or the
Ancre, or the FlandeH front. It does for
It . v.'nAi. m-mv what "Tha First Hun.
lit, r (ciivm , --- - - .- - - -
dred Thousand" and "Kltchener'a Mob" have
done for the .urilisn lorvn hi iviibihiiu anu
.:. i hi.itt in hAfnini as much a classic
of the great fight as those books. , The au
thor who is me son at un imijKin i"
and 'French mother, has had opportunity for
observation In the trenches and on many
war lines. Ills narrative is viviu. tunn
ing: It has tears nnd pathos In Its detailed
nod human account of the struggle and the
sacrifice over mere. r. nuwi "
nearly a year at tha extreme front In the
service of the American Ambulance,
America's Fairy Lore
THE CLAN 01' HUNKS.'" by Fredjrltk JuU
Wavufh- Charles Bcrluner's Bonn, New York.
America has Its fairies no less than Ire
land the haunt of tha little people, and
many another land with old worldly tradi
tions deep-rooted In the soil. To be sure.
Uncle Sam's fairies are distinctly fact!
tious Instead of Indigenous. Frederick JudU
Waush Is tlww- Hans Christian Andersen
dnd Jacob Orlmm. He Is, In fact, Ihelr
creator as well as their narrator, and II.
lustrator. The distinguished member of
the National Academy has painted forty
seven full-page, large, oblong pictures of
the hitherto undiscovered tribe of "munes."
Four are reproduced In color He has con
trived a fetching legend for a text The
"jnunes" are totally unlike the Irish lepre
chaun, the Scotch wee folk, the Seandl
navUn troll or the Oerman gnome. Chit
dren will delight In this handsome gift
book-
Partly About tho Great War
i auKAK By John QiUworthy lbarl
A3?"tJ. SM. Nt York.
Mr OaUwoitby's Ingathering of papers,
essays and periodical articles is not alto
es?y; f .!kl h. ho If at lmt. nut
hta iWt wit and obervatton oa
. tiutata omnia teve aunort a prepay.
,.,, .!.,i. vuluu In IU 3gtrgaJ ftmr am
A t wa "Sfcfc'HKht mi
fctSy. Wk its4sMr $$7 SZ -. saSE Tho subject of Prof. C. A. Smith's
iW Jmk W&bitczgS OvJ rl Vlt'Wmgmfl "O. Henry Uiogrnphy."
Knthlocn Norris, tho novelist, nnd K Pw 'ffiKj M
her son, Frank, Jr. flBr YvlB JwP nKHBEBh
, flB&' urn . ')W HM
WHO FIGURE PROMINENTLY IN DAY'S BOOK NEWS
toNI&i. ill lKmm yRHKn
THJiflrwi in Hfwl ImmSM
iPiflalHH
HHaaaasBBk fiiEVwl
HlkSc SI
F. J. WniiBli of "Tho tfim of Munes."
nf tho fusion of thoughts l tho heat of the
fra Thus wc have not onl n good essay.
"Kltst Thoughts, but a hotter ono, full of
earnestness, tolerance and sincerity, "Sec
ond Thoughts ' "The Hopo of letting
I'onco" Is of philosophical trend nnd ex
tremely Milunblu ns a discussion of tho
topic "Literature and tho Wnr" Is aca
demic, but Interesting In a casun, way.
Tho "Dl.ignos's of nn Ilngllshman" Is keenly
analytic nnd should Rive many n Briton
pause.
Thcro nro other sections characterized by
humanitarian spirit nnd earnestness of view
point "nnd of coiirso by stylistic distinc
tion nnd dignity. Ticntiuont of animals, pe
nology, social unrest and tho feminine
causo nre nmong the subjects
Irish Stories by American
Tin; wham: and the aiiAHsiiot'iT-n. ny
Scum. m u'llrlon. Untie, llrown A Uo . I!o-
ton
Most of tho Irish stories nnd plays that
havo becomo popular havo been to tho
manner born. Jane Barlow. Heumas Mc
Mnnus. Shan Bullock. Uidy Orcgory, A. K
all of these nnd their compeers have been
natlvo to the old sod. Yet It has been pass
ing strange that America, with Its large
Irish population In tho first and Bccond gen
erations, has not produced literary worltr
redolent of tho soil. To bo sure, there Is
Finlcy 1'iter Dunne, but Mr. IJooley Is ns
mucli Indigenous to A-r-r-chey road, Chi
cago, ns he is upsprung from Hrln
Hero now Is n now writer, American, lit
erary satirist and nuthontlc humorist, whoso
work has tho tang of the peat flro ns well
as tho mysticism of tho Celt Seuinns
O'Brien's first collected stories form a group
that nro of Intrinsic value nnd nlso a fine
portent of what ho Is to do There Is a
very Iiumnn philosophy In t:em, n keen but
kindly criticism of foibles nncf fallibilities,
n rich sense of comedy. A new literary
planet has swum into our ken.
and Tilt'H in: camb." iy 'K",lT0"'n,,en'1
llrailr. 0. I. I'utnum Ponn. New York.
Cyrus To wnsend Brady's ChrlstmaH fan
tasy. "And Thus Ho Cumc." Is ft scries of
touching llttlo pictures, mere sketches,
ranging from the lighted ballrooms of so
clety to the hopeless poverty of tha slums,
but each narrating In Its own Individual way
the need which In their several ways tho
children of men have for aid and solace
from the Saviour of mankind. Tho lllus
tratlons by Walter II. Hverett are note
worthy. Madeline 'A Doty, nuthor of "Society's
Misfits," tho now book on prison conditions
nnd prison reform, lias drawn hor deduc
tions from actual contact with the men nnd
women behind the bars When "Happy
Jack" Mulraney was In tho death cell at
Sing Sing, Miss Doty had many long talks
with him, for "Happy Jack" was n product
of tlie conditions Bhe was trying to analyze.
The night before he was executed ho spent
hours writing for her his Ideas on theso
problems, i(nd Miss Doty has used this
material In her book Her agitation has
rilready borne practical fruit. As a result
of her reports on conditions at Auburn
prison. New York State, the State Superln
Undent of Prisons lias written some pretty
plain letters to the warden of that Instltu
tlon outlining the reforms which he wishes
carried out at once: shorter hours of con
tinuous confinement In cells, extension of
the letter-vvrltlns privilege, conversation to
be permitted In the shops, censorship and
mutilation of convicts' newsimpera. to be
discontinued, Jlberal supplies of water to
be provided, abolition of the rulo requiring
convicts to be locked In their cells con
tinuously for fourteen das upon arrival at
the prison
Dana Rurnet, whose new novel "The
Shining- Adventure" Is published this week,
writes from Maine that he has been leading
"a life shamelessly normal and regular,
doing nothing except work, I swim, fix my
automobile, walk, repair niy automobile
swim and work." He contnuea, "One of
my friend? has just caught an extremely
large fish I might borrow It and have, my
picture taken holding It by the tall. I
have often seen picture of authors hold
ing large Hh by their tails. They seem to
be very popular the pictures, I mean, not
the authors."
EVVIND OF THE HILLS
An Icelandic Outlaw Drama
By MR. SIGURJONSSON
Translated by Uennlnge Krohn Schanche,
of Philadelphia. f
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Mansions" nnd "Talcs of the
I'limpns."
WHAT PUBLISHERS -WILL
OFFER YOJU
Announcements oT Forthcoming
Volumes, Fictional and Non
Fictional in Nature.
Tho Century Company-will shortly pub
lish "Inside tho IScrmnu l'mplre." by Her
bert Il.iy.ird Hwopo, of tho .Vow York World.
Mr. Swope. who has Just returned from tier
many. Is s.ili", to portray In this bunk the
Inner workings of tho most completely or
ganized society In .the world, nnd to show
what It Is that ban madn of 7d.nnn.000 men,
women and children n great battling force,
whoso vanguard Is tho flormnn nrmy, but
whoso strength, cotirngo, rndurnnrn nnd
confidence spring from nil tho people, Ir
respective of nge, position or sex.
A new book by Max Hnstmnn, editor of
Tho Masses, has been eagerly nwalteil by
tho mnny readers who found pleasure nnd
profit In his "I'njoyment of I'oetry." Mr.
ICnopf will publish shortly "Journalism
Versus Art," In which Mr I "natulan illng.
noaca tho nrt nnd writing of tho popular
monoy-maklng mngazlno of our day.
Mr. Ilistmnu has Illustrated his book
with n quantity of drawings These ndd
greatly to tho Interest and vnluo of hln
book, for they nro by such men ns Arthur
II. D.ivles, John Sloan. Boardinan Ilobln
miii, Itcmbrnndt, Millet, etc.
Hero nro somn timely notes of hunks pub
lished by Dodd, Mend & Co , and remark"!
by thnt company on tho merits of the vol
umes: "Old Seaport Towns of Now Hngland "
By lllldegnrdo Hawthorne. Tho alluring
romance lu tho plcturesmio nnd historical
settlements of New Hnghind, limiting ti de
lightful travel book of humorous and per
sonal touches.
"Tho Art of Looking at Pictures" By
Hmlly Biirbnnk nnd llr.ico Wood. Tho fun
damental principles for obtnliilng practical
nnd urtlstlr results Hntlro schemes for
nil kinds of homes nre given, us well ns n
dixcusslon of tho v.irluus furniture "peri
ods " Tho nuthor. Mrs Wood, Is onu of
tho most successful mid most widely known
Intel lor decorators In New York.
"The Art of I,oU)l;lnK at Pictures." Bv
CnrI II. P. Thurston. A practical nnd
hook fur tho layman deslgmd to creatu n
love mid appreciation for tho beauty nnd
charm of tho old masters
'The Delight Mnkers " By Adolf 1".
ll.tudeliur. This is n new edition of n
very famous novel describing the life of
tho Pueblo Indlnns of N'ew Mexico. The
book is especially valuable to tourists und
to students of tho uuliiuu aboriginal llfu
of the great Southweot
"Poland's Case for Independence" In
dorsed by tho Polish Information Commit
tee nnd written by prominent Poles who
havo mnde n llfelung Mudy of their peo
ple's causo.
"Ilhyines of a Uniting Stone " IMItion
do Luxe. Mi4. Service's poems, with hand
colon d mounted Illustrations. Also with
gilt top. silk cloth binding with gold stamp
ing nnd put up In n decorated urt box.
"(Jeorgc Moore " By Sus.in Mitchell. The
strange and colorful career of tho famous
British novelist, dramatist and crltlo
knowu fspeclully as the nuthor of "Tho
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"Aesop's Fables." Illustrated by Frederic!,
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