Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, December 02, 1916, Night Extra, Page 13, Image 13

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    EVENING LEDOER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEJtBER 2, 191C
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From the LEDGER'S
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Going Southt Tahe
WINTER JOURNEYS
N THE SOUTH
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kiuth of Mason nnd Dixon's line.
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and tho humanity of the southern
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JOSEPH PENNELL'S
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whom cheerful and friendly clinf
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together the book makes delight
ful reading."
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FORT BLIZZARD
By Molly Elliot Scawcll. This
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Mama antPapa Goope
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everybody. Papa Gooie it a great
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APPROACH OF CHRISTMAS BRINGS OUT HOST OP SEASONAL GIFT BOOKS
"LITTLE PEPPER BOOK"
ADDED TO LONG LIST
This Time It Is "Our Diwie
Pepper" Stories for
tho Girls
Hurrah' There In nnother Little l'epper
book fresh from the prese. Thin one Is "Our
Jhivio lfpiMrV l.othrop. Ie Shepard
Company lloston). nnd It makes the little
fellow the hero Dut I'hroniile nnd Tolly
nnd Joel nnd Hen and the rest of the char
acter wlili whom tho more than 1,000.000
families which linxo bought the preceding
volume In the serins nre familiar moo
through the pages in their Accustomed mnn
Ur. It would be Unfair to the children to
tell them whnt happens
The third olume of the Friendly Terrace
scries. Peggy ltaymond'n fichoot Days"
(The Pago Compmy. lloston). wllbe wet
coined by girl readers of Itnrrlet I.unimH
Smith's two earlier stories I.lko the other
Peggy booki tho story Is nnrrnted with
charm and the Interest Is undagglng to tho
end
"The Independence of Sun," -Nina
Ithoades s latent volume (Lothron, I,eo
Shepard Compan, lloston). Is a story for
girls between twelve nnd sixteen jenrs old
The heroine Is n girl of fifteen who goes
from her father's home tn Ohio to that of nn
uncle In a lloston suburb. Nan, carefully
trained by her grandfather, a stern old
Judge, would lme been nn ndded burden
to tho unfortunate household which she en
tered hid It not been for her lgor nnd In
dependence, which ennbled her to meet nil
trials successfully nnd bring happiness to
other
Krom the Hcnnrilnnvlan languages i:mllln
noulsion nnd t-nurn I'oulssnn havo trnns
lated n series of delightful stories of magic
and adventure, which Is now Issued under
tho title Top-of-the-'World Stories" U.oth
rop, I.co ft Shepnrd Company. lloston) The
tales ulll bo prized by children old enough
lo delight In stories of Lapps nnd reindeer,
knights nud wolves nnd trolls, nnd of n hoy
who could bo merry nnd hungry nt the same
time Most of the stories were written by
7. Topellur tho Finnish nuthor. who wrote
In Swedish about fifty ears ago
In the latest story by rtuth Sawyer there
Is nn nbundnnco of fairies During the nb
senco of hH parents Ilttlo David Is taken
o llo In tho mountains of his Irish nurse
To help tho youngster forget his loneliness
she tells him stories of fairies and Christ
mas Among Ills now neighbors there Is a
Ormnn. n negro nnd a gpsy, nnd they toll
him mnny beautiful stories of Christmas
colored by their rnclnl Imaginations This
determines David to find the way to Christ
mas. nnd when he succeeds In finding It ho
brings nil his new-found friends with him
This Way to Christmas" (Harper & Ilros .
New York) Is described nB "a Christians
book for nny ago provided that ou havo
kept tho heart of n child "
CEASE FIRING!
THE CHRISTMAS MAGAZINES
Tho Chrlstmns December Scribncr con
tains nine short stories, among them n
beautiful little story of old age. "Grnnd
fnthcr," by tho Into James Whltcomb
Jtllev The colored cover, with Its sm
bollcal tree, brilliant with lights. Is n cheer
ful reminder of tho Benson, nnd the num
ber Is profusely Illustrated. It opens with
Henry Vnn Djko's stirring nnd Impressive
poem, "Vnr Music," nn additional strophe
to his wldoly read nnd quoted odo culled
"Music " Tho last stanza, In the measuro
of. tho "Star Spangled Ilanncr." voices the
day of freedom for nil "the lands of the
brave "
Itldgley Torrcnco's "Ilyc-tVitnoss" is a
poem of high spiritual quality, the ex
pression of tho very nolo and slgnMcnnco of
tho Christmas tjenson. Thero nro eight
pages of pictures by V T. Ilendn, Il
lustrating "Tho Danco" of various nations,
with descriptive text by tho nrtlst. They
nio charming In the.r dceorntlvo nrrange
nient'nnd In tho suggestion of tho rhjth
rile motion of tho llgures
Tho eight other short stories of tho num
ber Include Ullen Cilasgnw's "Tho Shndowy
Third" n story of mjstcry, of the border-l-inil
between tho re.U nnd the unreal, Ihe
world of fact nnd tho world of the Imagina
tion, of strange ps etiological experiences
ziElri'i-" ""T-SSHfiSCP " " "rrf JfSr'"-?
One of Ccsnrc's ninstcrly cnrloons from "One Hundred CnrtotinV'
(Small, Mnynnrd).
AMERICAN TASTE
CENSURED BY CRITICS
"Best of American Sntirc," Snys
Jesse Lynch Williams, "Found
in Vulgar Newspapers"
NHW YOHK, Dec 2 The American
public's literary tnsto nnd some of tho
writers who havo been Indorsed by the
general public were castigated by nuthors
nnd critics who spoko nt a recent session
of the Nntlonnl Institute of Arts nnd Let
ter. 1 nt the Itltz-Carlton William Urownell,
tho critic, spoke on '"standards ' nnd wan
caustlo about American taste
"livery one Is clover nowadays." he said
"Wo nro perhnpi suffering from a surfct of
clovernesB, since bolng merely clever It Is
Impossible to be clover enough '
Jesse Lynch Williams submitted but did
-- '
not rend Ills paper on "American solemnity"
because of the lateness of the hour. In It
ho said
"The best of our American satire ou
mnv Imnglno how I hesitate to mlmlt this
belief here nnd now Is lo bo found In
the i-oltiiiins of our 'vulgar newspapers,"
luljnrent tn articles denting with the coin
mon history of the dnv, mingling with ad
vertisements of breakfast food "
IMwIn Ilowland Illnshncld, president of
tho Institute, presided nnd presented the
Institute's medal to John Ilurroughs
WOMAN WRITER ENGAGED
Simultaneously with tho nnnouncement
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Slgnor.i Gnetnno Cnglntl, of Home Among
tho most delightful chapters In her book
nro thoso In which Miss Vnn Vorst, In let
ters to her fnmll describes the homilies
of the Itnllnn country through which she
traveled, nnd the charming friends shn
made en route
New Edition Ready December Seventh
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0. Henry's Drug Store Experi
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nnce. romlurt ur ilmrncter respomlnl tn
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llenrv s mill The Worlds Work
l."iils It.irinnekers, erstwhile Hutch land-
ipe painter, uiul now Ihe most Important
nrtiHHilst of the (Irent War, will Htntitl
nt fur nil time ns one of the supreme
fiR'irts which the iireent war has culled
into helns; Ills ilrnw.liiKH luvo been called
Hi" Krentesr sermon for uulveisitl pence,
nnd ii rollrctlon of them has been iirlnted
in book form by I)oiibledn. I'iirc A Co
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n ruddy (ountennuce. looks nt least ten
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IMlntltiK and ilrnultiK when ipilte outut
uttil acriiilred his nit In llotliiliil nnd llrus
sels I'ntll unpleasant Hltuatlmis nrose In his
own country over his cartoons situations
rivaled bj tieriu.iu uples, who accused him
of endniiKerlmr his country's neiitralilv he
had lived ntnuvs lu the land of bis birth
After beliic naiultled of the charges made
nitaliist him. Itnemaekers went to London
where he now lives ami (ontliiurd his car-toou-makltiK
It Is said that his Ideas come to him
niitumllv and without iffort NiiKKcstlons
do tint assist lilin, they binder hint when he
endeavors to net upon them Critics de
clare him an artist to IiIh tinner tips, and
a Teuton paper (ilermiinv halting set n prlco
upon bis head) has (Iceland that Itne
tnnikers' inrtoous nre worth nt least two
tirniv corps to the Allies
I y ' v
BlBNKlBWlCK'tl "FAME
ll"V"
YKS. IT'S GIBSON
Part of tho IntcicstinR display in
"Gibson New Cnrtoons" (Scrib-
ncr,')
His Enduring Fame Rests on Other
Works Than "rjuo Vadis"
Although Henryle Blenklevtlei, leha r
efhtlv died In Bwltterlanrt nt the ana .of
revent', Is best known fts tha Author of
Quo Vmlls?" tils ertdurlnic lltenirr reputn
Hon rests nn his Polish historical novela,
"With I'lrfr nnd Sword." 'The Deluxe" ntvl
'Tnn Michael," known ns the. Zsglobn. ro
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Ilttrsla translated by the late, JertmUih
Curtln nnd published by I.lttte, llrown
Co , were highly praised by the critics, whd
discovered In Slenklcnlcx n now novtllst of
tho caliber of Dumas! but It wna hot Until
"QUo VadlHT" appeared In 1S9 tht Blenklk.
wics became popular with tho ireneral reid
Ins public Moro tban 1,000,000 copies of
'Quo Vadlsr' wera sold Ills Isst publlsnid
book wbs "In Desert and Wilderness," corj
talnltiR the story of the adventures In Africa
of two kidnaped children. Mr. Hlenklewlts
was nt work on n new noval nt his hornaMa
Warsaw, Htusla, when tha war broke otit,
but soon went to Swltjerland to devote hint
elf entirely to tho work of Polish relief. ,
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