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KIPLING AND MARK TWAIN,
. TWO GREAT MEN OF LETTERS
yhe Englishman, Famous at Twenty-two, Has
Lost None of-His Cunning in the Intervening
Thirty Years A New Volume of Stories
iT HAVK been reading Klpllng'a war
1 Bluff," ouns Cabot Ames remarked
to his uncle, Dr. Mcl'nbrc, across my
library hearth, "and I have como to the
conclusion that ho Is a very much over
rated man "
Didn't they teach ou In Harvard that
It was unsafe to Benernllzo with InsuITi
dent data?" Dr. Mcl'abro asked.
I do lomcmber something of that
kind," Ames admitted. "But It does not
apply here. It is not necessaiy to read
vrrv thing that a man has written in
order to get. a tute of his quality. The I
quality of Kipling's war siurr is oau.
Theje are men on tho regular staff of a
dozen American newspapers who can
wrlo better."
' I think you are pretty near the truth
In jour last remark," said I. "Kipling
Is like Feeral other men of letters with
great gifts who hao been tempted to
try their hand at describing war condi
tion", only to discover that they liavo
never learned the trade of special news
paper writer. Success in that trade can
not be achieved unless tho man possesses
peculiar gifts as distinct and classifiable
as those which bring success in fiction
writing or In tho construction of pWvs"
"Rut jou do not agree with my took
iure nephew that Kipling Is overrated?"
This fiom Dr. StcFabre.
"f Ames had lead moro of Kipling he
would think illffoicntly. Klpllm U one
RUDYARD KIPLING
f the gicat wilteis of his genctatlon
No man's education is complete un'css
he has a gcneial knowledge of what
this englishman has done. lie and Mark
Twain occupy a place apatt, they arc so
much gicatei than their contempot rules.
Thci both seem to hae nn Intuitive un
derstanding of life. When ou lead
them jou aie not leading Just a htoiy,
but aie going to school to thee skilled
Interpieteis of human emotions and sine
commentatois on the social and moial
problems of the times. Tho ersatl Ity
of Kipling Is mai eloiiH. Unless we had
evidence to pioe it 1 would not bellee
that tho Mime man wioto 'The Brush
wood Bo' and 'Holdieis Tlnce' And the
Jungle Books aro so different fiom these
that we need moio than Internal cvl
dence to establish their authorship.
'Stalkv' Is In nn entliely diffeient vein
and 'I'uck of Book's HIT Is a hlhtoilcal
romance which m:inv of m fi lends have
read and lciead as thej turn again and
gain to''Illgilm's Biogiess' You know,
of com to, that Kipling was famous at
the age of twentj two This Is jounger
than ou aie, Ames. And in the twent
fllne jeais that he has been wilting he
lias justified the distinction which came
to htm in his outh. His fame is not
confined to the Hngllsh speaking world,
for the Nobel prize for literature was
eonfened on him ten jeais ago."
"He lias not been wilting any fiction
lately, lias he?" Ames naked.
"Yes, ho has been wilting short stories
and they hiva been piinted in tho maga
zines. 'A Diversity of Cieatures,' the
Volume In which they hao been col
lected, which has just been published, is,
hovvcvci, tho (hat book of fiction with
his name on tho title page that has ap
peared for about seven jeats."
"Aro the new stories up to nil old
Btandard," Dr. McKabio wanted to know.
- "They beem to me as good as anything
that he has done In that line. 'The Vil
lage that Voted tho Eaith Was Flat,' is
R Vlelightful faice which eveiy motoilst
ought to cany In his car to lead to tho
countiy justices who fine him for ex
ceeding the speed limit. It Is the stoiy
of a speed tiap and how the men who
et it weio made ildiculous. A music
hall manager and a newspaper proprietor
had been caught In the tiap and fined.
They conspTro to make tho town of their
undoing the laughing stock of the. world.
nd they succeed. .My Son's "Wife' is a
biting satlie on the silly people who be.
llevo they can improve tho organization
of society by making experiments in
foclal lelatlons. Many a novel has been
conducted out of s'immer material. If
he had been In the mood, Kipling could
have expanded the tale Into a volume
by filling Jn the outline of his plot, and
It would have been n good novel. The
Honors of AVar' is an army story in
hieh a bounder is enticed to his un
tolng by a group .of gentlemen. And
Reguius.' You ought to read Ilegulus,'
Ames."
"Is It about that old Roman general
ho was fool enough, to go back to
Carthage to be tortured after advising
h Romans to refuso to surrender?"
"The same gentleman," bald I. "Kip
,'ing uses it as the peg onvh!ch to hang
discussion of the lelatlve merits of
classical and scientific instruction In the
'fublio schools. He has a class In the
Wth form transiting Horace's famous
iwld pdo of his fifthbook, which tells
; "" Slry of Regulus. The Instructor Is
Jm) manof imagination and Insight who
a i.eves mat there Is moro education
(JWtviil Wj)lle , pte BUch LaUn od6 tha
'wbolt.votame.ot idcrittflc fact that
way havo to be discarded as wrong In
twenty j cars when wo learn more."
"Ho Is ijght theie," said Dr. McKabic.
"I knew that is what jou would think.
You seo, Ames, there is something more
than a mcro story In Kipling. But If
I wero asked to select the most beautiful
and moving of the fourteen stories In
tho volume I would chooso 'Swept and
Garnished,' which tells of a German
woman who always kept her house in
Berlin swept and garnished for tho
Master's coming. When tho story opens
sho is In bed with a fovcilsh cold, for
which sho has taken a dose of aspcrln
She Is slightly delirious. As sho lies on
her pillow a child cnteis the room, walks
about curiously inspecting everything on
tho dressing table, passes behind the bed
and gors out. Tho maid, who had gone
to tho drug HtoAo for moro medicine,
comes in nnd tho woman rebukes her
for leaving the door open to let the child
in. But tho door had not been left open
Tho maid goes Into another room. Then
half a dozen Httlo children enter holding
ono another's hands. They walk about
looking at things and the woman orders
them out, but thoy tell her their parents
told them to como to Berlin and wait
for them. The larger children sit on a
sofa, and as they lift the littlest one up
ho cries with pain. Tho woman sees
blood dripping fiom his wounds. In ter
ror sho ordeis them away again. But
tho llttlo Belgian ghosts calmly keep
their seats. 'They told us to wait for
them here' is their nnswer. I cannot
help thinking that thousands of con
scientious German women have been
seeing tho slaughtered Belgian children
In their dreams a'l these terrible jears
and have felt that their efforts to keep
their healths swept and garnished have
failed when such ghastly litter stiews
the floor."
"Kipling is ono of the few- great men
wilting todav," was the comment that
came from Dr. Mcrabio's chair. And
The Lady who came In the room while
I was talking remarked.
"Doesn't ho make the Belgian horrors
seem leal!"
GnORGH W. DOUGLAS.
a mvnnsrrr or cnnATtmKs ny movant
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Economics Made Easy
In these times of soaring prices con
sideration of eioiiomlcs In some form Is
forcing Itself home upon nearlv all of us
Kor tills leason 'How the World Make's its
Living" Is a li.irtlc-iil.ulv- timely book, al
though It treats of national r.wl.i than In
dividual problems Both the f.iMs and the
philosophies of business mo presented In a
Htvlo shorn of anv confusing technicalities
The economic activities arc Interpreted In
.the light of evolution, and the goal toward
which this Industrial and commeicial evo
lution Lk tending Is shown to be a status
under which each person will receive benefit
from others In the measure that he con
tributes to their benefit The need for In
dustrial prepaiedness with the end of the
wai Is stiongly emphasized.
HOW TUP. WOULD VIAKBS ITS 1.1VIM1 Tlv
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A Death Sentence
A tjplcal novel of the lelsurelv mannered
Knglibh Uvpe Is offeied b l.elle Moore In
"Antony Oiav, Hardener " The stoij is
ono of a curious benevolence The motive
figure is Nicholas Danver all eicentrlc
lecliiAe. who Is henteiiced to death in a
scant twelvemonth by his phvslclans He
decides to use the limited time at his dis
posal In good deeds The scheme brings in
Antony Graj, who tuins to agriculture to
LESLIE MOORE
fuinil lj,s part f tl'e pact with the rich and
doomed man There is also a fascinating
Duchessa. The Interest lies In the co
operation of (Jray In the great scheme of
Improvement and the Inteip'ay of differing
temperaments. There is some, but not a
preponderating love Intel est and a good
deal of lomanllc feeling. The bcenea are
laid on an Knglish estate and In South
Africa, and in both locales the author has
nnnnrentlv a. cood knowledge of background
and atmosphere. Those who have read
The Peacock Feather" and "The Wiser
Follv" need not be told that Leslie Moore
in the possessor of a gracefut stle and a
fine gift for narration.
ANTONY onAY, OArtDEVKn By Ltl
Moore. New York! 11. 1' 'Putnam's Sons.
11.50.
Richard Canfield in Fiction
Many who read "Peter Sanders, Retired,"
will note a striking similarity between the
hero of this entertaining Etory and a certain
Individual In life, whose name appeared
fiequently In the publlo prints not so many
years ago. Perhaps it is only a coincidence
that in his vocation and his avocations the
fictitious Mr. Sanders should be so like the
real Mr. Richard Canfield, late of New York
and Saratoga Springs, but it seems more
than likely that in drawing the character of
his hero Mr. Gerould had gained some in
splratlon from the character, aB the world
knew of It, of the once-famous gambler,
who in his leisure moments was an art
connoisseur and collector and a lover of
beautiful things. If. In fact, Canfield was
the basis for Sanders, it must be said that
the RUthor In his development of the char-
I acter wornea in m i""" ucmh,,
in- Sanders, besides being picturesque. Is In
, mffWUKth-ul appeaii. At
'Z7Z zz :Ok
any rate, he is a brand-new creation In Ac
tion and as such Is entitled to respectful
consideration. A gambler who la generous
Is not a new figure, but a gambler who Is
actually altruistic Is quite out of the or
dinary and would not bo at all convincing
were the character less cleverly developed
and managed
The story of Mr. Sanders Is that nf a
gaming house proprietor who has been
driven Into exllo by a reform prosecuting
attorney. A scholarly gentleman and an
Indefatigable book collector, he finds In his
new life, after a certain season of boredom,
a Joy and delight that he was never able to
extract from the old. New Interests are
found, new and true friends aro gained,
and, as Mr Sanders tells his valet at the
end, he Is "rather pleased with his nice new
suit "
ri:TErt SANDfinS, RETIItKn. By Gordon Hall
Oerould $1 50 New iork Charles Scrlb
ner 8 Sons
STRANGE THINGS
HAPPEN IN CHINA
How an English Boy, Reared by
n Native Woman, Preferred
Oriental Customs
Apar from the exploitation of nn Intl.
mate knowledge of Cnlneso lore nnd of the
mvstlclsm which from time Immemorial
has pervaded that portion of the globe first
made known to Burnpe.in civilization In
medieval davs bv Marco Polo under the
designation of Cathij." lMlth Wherr.v In
her storv of 'The Wanderer on a Thousand
Hills" has woven a romance of more than
common Interest ono that Is virtually as.
pured of n welcome from the reading pub
lie not Inferior tn the same clover author's
"fled Lantern From the very beginning
of the tale, which Rhows Kung, the school,
master of tho Village of Henevolcnco and
Virtue, troubled In mind because ho can
find no ono willing to take care of his three
veir.old daughter Winter Almond, while, ho
goes to answer a summons from tho great
I.u, rich but llllteiato mngul of the com.
munlty. nnd compelled to take her with him
on what proves to be a fruitless and exas
perating errand through all tho extraordl
mry sequence of events that ensues the
story glips attention even though It lends
to a conclusion hardly convincing to com
mon sense of the Western Hemisphere It
Is borne In upon the reider's understanding
nlmost In the opening paragraph of the
nanatlve that girl ihlldrcn In I'hlna are
unpopular Indeed, and tho oriental practice
of destrovlng them at birth, or very soon
thereafter Is vlvldlv set forth Wherefore
It Is not a little surprising to learn that lit
tle Winter Almonds tcholarly nnd widowed
parent Is so far removed from the national
nntlpathv to female progenv as to be reallj
fond of his niotherless child
The visit of the schoolmaster to the local
tvrant Lu while disappointing alike to tho
dignitv and the antlclpitlon of the former,
nevertheless paves the way some vears after
that event to a love match between the tittle
girl nnd the son of the wealthy Lu, greatly
to the rage of Mrs Lu nnd the less active
disapprobation of the village potentate So
thev are married Winter Almond and Jung
Kuang who is not dlsninved by tho pirent.il
dlspleasuie, and he takes her to tho Lu
homestead The bibles tioub'es are mauv
In the home of the village Head Man. to
which she is a most unwelcome addition,
notwithstanding the undoubted affection of
her spouse Suddenlv, a ear or so after
the maiil.iKe b a series of uncannv and
tiaglt ociunences, she Is deprived of her
husband ns well as of her biby girl, her
falhei -in-law and mother-in-law
Dlsttaught bv her altllctlon the oung
widow wanders on the mountains near her
home and she comes upon the still living
bodv of a little Kligllsh bov, who like her
self, has been lost in a sloim In her hv
teilcal frame of mind, which Is nothing les,
than Insinltv, tho unhappv wonnii per
suades herself that sho has been divinely
guided to the tescue of the child and she
takes it to the home of her father, the old
schoolmaster Kung 'Iheie she dlscoveis
that the boy Is the son of nn Lngllsh family
in l'el.l', 'n whom she had become gieatlv
attached while serving in the oupaeltv of
muse gill befoie her imrrlage to the ilch
.lung Kuang Veveitheless sho clings to
the child, anil brings him up as her own
son, educating him by means of the vast
wealth she has Inherited from her husband.
'I he bov who develops Into a learned
Chinese scholai, believes Tung Mel (Win
tet Almond) Is his leal mothei, and not
until be is about to take the highest honor
possible to Chinese scholarship does he
dKcovei his Identits s the son of a gal
lant Lnglish gentleman, prominent In the
foielgn colonv of the capital city of IVkln
He upbialds the hapless Tung Mei for so
long deceiving him as to his origin Koes
to his fathei's home where he Is received
with the most lavish display of nffe tlou
by his own flesh nnd blood Hut ami
here comes the strain on the credence of
the reader who has followed his nrtlflcla
life this voungjnan, to whom have come
back recollections of his childhood with
his own parents, a jouth of puro Anglo
Saxon stock. Is unable to reconcile himself
to Luropean civilization and manners He
becomes obsessed by what caqnot be de
scribed otherwise than as a religious
frenzy, and lices back to his adopted
mother, the unfortunate Tung Mel, who,
It is due to say, is overcome by remorse
over the deception she has plaved through
all the eais of the oung man's childhood
and adolescence, but is all the same de
lighted bv the leturn of her darling The
story ends with Hslo Chin, which Is the
Oriental name of the joung Lngllshman,
passing up and down the land ns the
'wanderer of a thousand hills," in search
of the legendarj lost epistle of St Paul
to the Laodlccans, and varlantly regarded
as a sage, seer or plain ordinary "crank,"
depending on whether he Is viewed by
oilental or occidental ejes
Jn contemplating this bizarre tale one
can hardlv lefraln fiom recalling the gos
pel admonition against putting new wine
Into old bottles, lest the bottle be burst,
tho wine be spilled and the bottles perish
This latter fate seems to have overtaken
the central flguie of the book
THE WANDKItr.lt ON a thousand hills
lly Udith Wherry. New VorU. John Lane
Company Jl 40
Sociology and Thrills
A man who can write a story of such ab
sorbing interest that factory girls will sit
up o' nights to read it and with such a solid
basis of sound social philosophy that those
engaged In the study of the Industrial prob.
lems of the times will be attracted to It. Is
as rare as he Is welcome when we find him
Such a man Is Richard Aumeile Mailer His
latest novel. "Gold Must He Tiled by Fire,"
Is a story as thrilling as a "penny shocker"
It moves with the rapidity of a well-constructed
melodrama, with a climax at the
end of every act There is a fire on a
steamboat, an automobile wreck a strike,
with strike-breakers and dj namite and a
burning mill, a Uphold epidemic, a night
ride on a hand car, a fight between nn In.
dependent manufacturer and a trust, nn
elopement frustrated and two or three love
stories. A lesser man would have been con
tent with making u story out of these ma
terials. But Mr. Maher uses them as a
setting for the beautiful unfolding of the
character of an appealing young woman,
Daldle Grattan. an Irish mill girl,
Is transformed from a w reckless, dissatis
fied rebel against her surroundings Into a
ministering angel. She passes through the
fiery furnace and comes out pure gold,
'.fence the title of the book. She discovers
.he great truth that people In need can be
helped most successfully by those who have
felt the same need, and that hired philan
thropists may find amusement in their work,
but are as a rule unable to get Into sym
pathetic relations with those whom they
would. relieve. The book breathes that spirit
of human brotherhood without which no
book has ever achieved success. It deserves
the popularity which Is bound to come
to It. ,
GOLD MUBT BB TRIKD nT FIHK. lly nichtrd
Aumn inr. minor or --rne onpnri ol
' SS'Oi N,w Tor,,! The ' cw-
FROM BURGLAR TO
BUTTERFLY MAN
The Magical Transformation
Wrought in Slippy McGcc by
Contact With a Priest
When "Slippy McGec," first class burg
lar man, mado his last pef-away from the
"bulls," It was not with the eclat that
chaiacterlzed previous exploits of a simi
lar nature In fact, Sllppv "blew In" to
Appleboro, S. C, or lather lolled lu, from
beneath a freight train leaving part of one
leg on that side of the track farthest fiom
the town Thus was sustained the icputa
tlon of ' Dead Man's Cros'ln" " nnd ended
tho criminal career of the grandest guy
that ever filled a safe with "soup" or gave
a "smooth spiel" to tho cops
And so, with the exception of that chap
ter introducing the reader to the charming
town of Appleboro, Father Around .lean
P Rnuce, tho Catholic prlct, nnd other
Interesting characters lu the book the story
opens.
Slippy, unable to understand anything but
the rigors of his own hard trade and that
of his perpetual mlversailes, the rollce, is
unable to comprehend the gcntlo advances
of friendship fiom Father Do Ranee The
Itttei hiving recognized from newspaper
descriptions the mangled mnn brought to
the pirsh housp ns a bright star in bis
choen profession, tnvs as much And
Slippy's nnswer Isf
For (Jods sake, don't stand there star
Inc like a bughouo owl. Well, whnt are
vou going to do" Him I for the bulls?
What put vu wlc""
Hut tho padre did no such thing nnd
fiom then follows the Intellectual advance
ment mid spiritual regeneration of the
"slickest i rook In America." And what
happens to him" Just this.
Ho becomes u butterfly chaser The
hands that had deftly sensed t. time lock
on a bank vault tuned themselves to
handling tho most delicate and beautiful of
the creatures
And ns soars the buttcrflv Into th blue
itvrssiaaxoSEiuKCs.
MARIE CONWAY OEMLER
of heaven so soared the soul of Slippy
McGce out of Its lankeied house to mingle
Willi the singing cieatuies lu nn eternal
springtime of h ipplness
The melamoi phosis of the gnili into the
fullness of tin: hiilterflv taught the e
liuiglai llfes lesson When one spring the
lli-t Tin mis of the vear set Itself about
the Impoitant business of becoming a but
lei 111 Mlppv and Father I Ranee watched
'Iheie came into .Sllppv s fare another look,
and fiom his eves shone u more poignant
detciiiihi itlun And as the graceful creature
it leased from tho tlu.vsaln .irose from the
open Itible on the p igt s pf which the trans
ient!! itlou had taken place
P.u vein ' said tho Hultcrfly Man "Par
sou don t It beat hell?"
It docs It does Oh. Hutterflv Man."
answered the pi lest, "by the grate and
gloiv and wonder of God It beats htll"
The book bv .Millie Conway Oemler, Is
the first ot her piodiicllons and If her
fm ihcomlng wcuks maintain lu stjle, hu
man mteiest iinJ psjclile Impiess the
pietedent sho has established, booMoveis
inav feci glad to welcome such an addition
to the field of Ameiiraii w l Item
Miss Oemler his made excellent ue of
southern sentiment In Its llowei and while
keeping tho cential figure, the cilppled e
buiglai In the limelight, has woven about
him n tale where love beautv, villainy
and politics all figure to mal.o tho reforma
tion of Slippy MtUce a thing cal ed blessed
M.IPJ'Y McOnn (.nniftlm known ns the Put
lerfly Mnn Mv Mario Conwa Oemier New
lork Tho Ontury Compvnc Jl 3",
A New Barbour Book
A new Ralph Henry Harbour school life
story Is alwajs an event In the youths'
literary season. The gridiron, diamond, cin
der Hack, dounltory pranks and tho many
other elements which make sehooldajs de
Ifghtful memories In after jeais and dajs of
wholesome cnjo.vment In the immediate pres.
ent are exploited by Mi n.ubour "Winning
His Game' Is his latest work Loiallv, as
alwavs, Is thn thtme of his slor. Dud
Raker never seems able to make a success
of nuv thing he undertakes His el ratio dls.
position tauses the number of bis friends
gradually to dwindle until Toinmj Logan,
his loommate, In Ills only booster How the
lovnlty of Toinin) to Hud utables the lattei
to become the Idol of the Grafton School is
cleveily led up to a stirring finalo that will
please and delight even the grown-up boy
WINNINi! HIS ILVMi: 11 Ualph Henry Har
bour lllustrnlfil by Wall I.aucttrbaric New
ork I) Applelun ana Compan tl .13
Behind the Scenes
There is conslJeiable Innocent curlosltj
about what goes on behind tho stage setting
In a theatre or opera house Gustave Kobbe,
thioilgh his long experience as n musical
critic In New 'v.ork, has acquired much In
formation on the subject He has strung
this on the slender thread of n storv of
a supposedly lm.iginar foundling left nt
the stage dooi of the Meliopoiitan Opera
MadH
t
A dilapidated orange grove, a feeble old
grandfather and no money
Certainly a discouraging outlook for young and. pretty
Annie Laurie McAllister. She wanted to live in Florida and
liail invested Iicr last cent in a glowingly-described plantation,
only to lind she had been swindled. Hut she is a good fighter
and
MCALLISTER'S GROVE
By MARION HILL
tells of her determined efforts to make her land produce.
The handsome j oung Knglisbman next door tries to help,
hut as soon as one obstacle is overcome a greater one
if 4 y
arises. Docs she win out? Head this charming romance.
It is a fine story and a realistic pitture of life among the
"poor whites" of 1 lorida.
At oil Jlootiilleri 11,00 net
THIS IS
D. Appleton L
Houe, In that city, who grew Into a prima
donna. The details of stage setting, stage
carpentry nnd the conduct of the singers
behind Hie scenes occupy the greater part
nt the space In "All-of-a-Sudden Carmen."
the title which he has given to the story
In Its present form The story first np
pearcd In tho Ladles' Home Journal III
1902, under the title of "A Child of the
Opera House." Calve. Jean de ltczske,
Plancon and other vi ell-known opera singers
walked through the pages In thlnl dis
guised names, and tho baby, which became
the pet of Calve, grew up to sing Carmen
as tho greatest Carmen of them nil sang
It Tho tule ran through five numbers of
tho magazine, filling ten of Its largo pages
Mr ICobbo has expanded It till It fills a
volume of 278 pages of largo tpe U lie
stoi suffers a llttlo by the dilution, but
the book will satisfy tho curiosity of those
who like to know what happens In tint
mvsterlous region back of the proscenium
arch.
AM.-OK A-llTlDEV CVnvtE.V Oustnv
Knbbe Jl 35 New Torkt O T IMtnam
Sons
Things Worth Knowing
When Pope said that the proper study
of mankind Is man, all save a few specialists
who were Inteicsled In other natural prod
UiBs, such ns birds and bulteiles flowers
and tree", believed hlni In 111 eais since
the Twickenham poet wrote wo have ills
coveied that there are other things worth
knowing Tho world Is a much more In
teresting place to those who have learned
something nbout the plants and the living
things than it Is to those Indlffeient to such
matters A walk"ln the field Is Just a wall:
lu the field to the unlnstructcd Hut If one
has the most elementary knowledge of
blids nnd butterflies, of wild flowers nnd
trees a walk becomes a visit to a museum
full of specimens of the greatest beauty.
Iho popularit of nature books In recent
vears Indicates that nn Increasing number
nf persons nie finding entertainment In
sludlng growing nnd living things Double
da Page & Co, who publish a series ot
eliborate books on outdoor subjects, have
this spring Issued four Inndbooks lu what
they call a Worth-While Series that are
condensations of the larger volumes for the
benefit of beginneis One Is about birds, by
N'eltje Blanche!! which needs no coinmen
ditlon to those familiar with this woman s
larger books Another Is about butterflies,
bv Clarence M Weed, an expert on the
subject Thev are both excellent Introduc
tions to n wider knowledge
The books on the botanical side are like
wise concise, accurate and attractive 'Ihe
arrangement penults brief but highly In
formative Introductory nntter concerning
tho form habit and classification of trees
and flowers and detailed description of the
principal American varieties N'eltje
Hlanch-in's well-known "Natures Garden"
has been condensed admirably by Asa Don
Dickinson, and the specimens described by
families Miss Rogers's book has been
adapted fiom her standard work on trees
with the grouping fived bv habitat and other
chaiacterlstlcs
nintlS VAOItri! KNOWING "Selected hy the
nmhor from the wrltlnc nf NeltJ nlanrhmi
With for tlrhl Illustrations In color Jl 10
HflTKIM'l ir.S WOHTII KNOWING By Clar
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elcht nl-ites thlrtj two In color tl no
FI OWKUS WOI'.TH KNOWING daptfd hv
Vsa Don Iilcklnson from "Nature's Garden "
In NVHJo III nidi in Fortj-elnht Illustrations
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rniiKs wo in it knowing iiv juiia mien
Itocers Willi fortv-richt Illustrations, six
fen lielns In tnlor I Co Garden Cltv
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How to Save the Pennies
A particularly helpful little book to the
joung housekeeper In these dajs of the
steadlh Increasing H C of L, when the
need of Intelligent discrimination In buvlng.
looking nnd serving Is greater than ever
befoie Is Miss Gieen's ' Better Meals for
I.tss Mone) " The prlnclp'es underljlng
scientific looker) are here set forth so
cieailj and concisely that even the most
lnevpeilinced cook can understand and
grasp the essential facts of dietetics.
The author sa)s lu her preface. "Good
meals depend not so much upon expensive
material as upon caie and good Judgment In
the use of ordinary material Tho time
worn boat ding-house Jokes about prunes and
hash mean simply that these foods, In them
selves evcel'ent, are poorly prepared and
too frequently served"
General suggestions for economy are
given, the Judicious substitution of less ex
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witli common'wa)S of cooking food, soups
without meat, toothsome )et simple des
serts .mil In th back of the book Is an
easily understood tuble of weights and
measures pioper temperatures, caloric
values and the normal weights for men and
women The author doesn't preach the total
elimination of "cakes and ale," hut the
sort of sensible economy that the housewife
can readily practice.
nr.TTKit jtBti i ron i ks monut ny mrv
Orn New Tork Henrs Holt & Co. Jl ;5
MISTRESS
ANNE
By Temple Bailey
4ufJior of "Contrary Mary"
The heart-story of a Maryland
school mlbtress and of two men. a
writer and a ph)siclan, who came to
the little country town of Crossroads.
It Is a cheery, wholesome story the
kind vou finish with a sigh and lend at
once to a dear friend. Jacket by Hoi
leau. Illustrations by F. Vaux Wilson.
$1.35 net all bookstores
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Indian Lore for Boys
The boys of the present generation who
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they can gain by other forms ot amuse
ment. It gets them Into the open, develops
their Imagination nnd keeps alive the ro
mantic history of the early life on this
rontlnent Some day wo may hove Indian
play organlred mid made so nttractlvo that
the Hoy Scouts wilt have to look tn their
laurels In tho meantime no father who
wants to Interest his ho)s In Indians wlfl
make a mistake If ho puts In his hands
' White Otter." by Klmcr Itusseli ft -r
sasssnr-'-"" tjrssBSxssxs?
t;S - lH -IM MSifci - zJT&.'lslslslslslslsKT 2
ELMER RUSSELL GREGOR'
Expert writer' on Ind'ans nnd out
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It Is a tale of Indian life In America beforo
tho white men came White Otter, tho
hero Is a seventeen-) ear-old )outh who has
won the warrior's eagle feather Ho has
yet tg win tho crown of feathers which
will make him a war chief The story tells
how he achieved this distinction In a belles
of daring adventures Mr Gregor has
woven Into tho narrative a wealth of Indian
lore which ought to delight any boy who
wants to play Indian In the way the Hcd
Men lived The signs which Identify the
different tribes are eplalned by a de
scription of the way they are given. We
are told of tho movements of tho hands
which Indicate friendliness, lind the great
ceremonlis aro given with enough detail
for any group of Intelligent bnvs to repro
duce In their own fashion It is .i great
Indian book
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A STUDENT IN ARMS
By DONALD HANKEY
Introduction by J. St. Loe Strachey, Editor of The London Spectator
The ono soul stirrinp book produced by the war. We would like to
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Two Large Printings of "The Hundredth Chance"
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One Year
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Pierrot
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script called it, "as impossible to analyze as it would
be to analyze the perfume of a flower"; while the
New York Times said of it, "There are moments
when one feels as though one were reading words
printed not upon paper but upon a woman's heart.
Yet it is a happy book, for Pierrot was a joyous and
an adorable baby who found the world all sunshine
and blue sky."
OURELY a book that
as this from the critics must be far out of the 1
ordinary.
Your bookstore can suvdUi
illustrated with eharmiiw tint
Lester G. Hornby, for $1.50 net,
you u7iu cip me jaincriess cnuaren of prance, jot wnose ocncjii,;
part of the profits will be used. , -
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
Boston and
Chivalry in Modern Dri
Take a princess whose father and '
have been killed In war. Take a wk
'inclo vho wants to marry her to a
of tho country whose soldiers have ItM
her kinsmen. Make the orlnceii bar
kindly feeling toward the prince but a'll
for his country. Have her flee from!)
to keep a vow to her mother. Inject at i
point a knight 'errant with the heart' I
a virgin, who finds the princess alone
f oi est, and proceeds to rescue her and,'
fall In love with her In the process, ai
you have the materials for an old-fashion
tale of chivalry such as Cervantes rldlcu
out of st)Io by his roaring farce sometln
Miown ns "Don Quixote." Drop these en
ncters Into tho heart of a Tennessee mou
tain country nnd let them work out th
complications nnd ou will have
altogether delightful fantasy which Maria Tj
Thompson Daviess has written under th
nnl tllln nf "flllf nf n rlfi- Rlrv." i i
Miss Daviess has mado her princess a
nelglan nnd the prlnco Is a Orman. Thay
father nnd brother havo been killed by th
Oerinau soldiers who ravaged the llttl-(
neutral kingdom Tho princess has fled toy,
Amcrlca with a maid and her Jewels,-'
whither sho has been pursued by her uncla 'J:
mill thft tlnrmfln. Sh rsrnnes frnm a. K V
York hotel only to find 'that her pursuerafjj!1 wj
mo "i uic civuivi iiuiii iiiui, io v,ai i j J un nwa IA-
na Hv tlm cnnnKnncn nf lnr malrl !,
drops from tho train at a water tower art $?$
fl,A,, Cl.A IfltArAallni. nnmnllnnttnn. knala . V V
'J he princess herself tells tho story In quaint J; "
Anglo-t'Tcticli, with a simplicity and aVis -'.
charm that will fascinate every eighteen--f
) ear-old girl who reads It this Rummer,, J?
OUT OP A CLEAR SKY. . Ily Maria. ThomMo toV2
Ilivless XI. rscew YnrK! Ilarn-r A nrnM. -ti'!t
Marshal Joffre
The. one popular hero that has come out '-fVi-s
of the war thus far Is Marshal
There Is that about his career and his per
sonallty, combined with his dramatla
achievement In turning back the German
llrln xtlinn It iaa altnitt it Iniinqln 11ol .M
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, ,,,.., , ,ii't'v.,,a it, uiu iiiiHfillliCUUll. Alia UV-
iii inn ior iniormaiion nDout mm nas Deen .fji
met ny jvicx.inaer iviinn, wno iiajj written sy, i
me Mory oi nil uie. .vir. ivanm DOOK IS :
not u dctlnltlvo bloeranhy. neither is It m. ..)?
scientific analvsls of his mllllarv rumnilmi' W'Vj
It Is rather a summary of tho Interestlnc
.mil picturesque facts in tho career of tha',"'
facts in tho career of tha V1 'tv!
i In nnecdote nnd lncldent.vft
Hilary affairs will not find 'i?,!
In It, but the average man rlJ
great soldier, rich
Ihe student of military
Mill... (no. a,....!.... ,.. I. ...a. .. ...ba .
I.t.lk IIIIIUVIIUII II, 11, IIUl UIC I1IBIHKB (IUU1 fV
who Is Interested In the human side of a tS S
RIIPPOVRflll mnPMl it III f-ffl n mmkIi tm ' "Va I M
undei standing of Joffre from Mr. Kahn'S x f$b
book than he could obtain from a military ,WU
blogr.iph) ; It Is ln.loffro the man that
wo nro Interested Just now. In fact, wa
shall always be moro Interested In Joffr
the man than In Joffre the strategist-.
LI IT! or OHNHUAL JOFFRE Rv Alexander
halm A II New York. I"rederlclt A. Stokes
c'ompnny SI
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rou can buy Jewelry
elsewhere, but
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The
Hundredth
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By. Ethel M: Dell
"The Rocks of Valpre."
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No dcscriptioi of this exceedingly powerful book will aj"
carry the weight that the mcro mention of tho author'a Jk"!
other novels (nil of them immensely successful) will bearA,SJ$
Door," "Bar. of Iron," HW-
EVER before has the
first year of a baby's
life been portrayed
with such tender
ness and magic charm as
in this anonymous story.
"A veritable literary tri
umph," the Boston Tran
calls forth such enthusiasm v
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and black and white drawings bv
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