, I , -, t a' 'i n it it' i J' "i "J Tl U n i' "America's Mr. Britling has come at last." The High Heart What you have often thought about Antericn'i coming into the war and her great respon sibility you perhaps have not been able to put into words. So Basil King has written this book for you, filled with your own hopes, your own pride. In addition to this, the author of "The Inner Shrine" tells a splendid story of New port nnd New York, the romance of n girl loved bv two men, one an ardent patriot, the other indifferent. By BASIL KING $1.50 Get it at your bookseller's today HARPER & BROTHERS Established 1817 The Wonder oman By Mac Van Norman Long A story of love and of life close to the great heart of nature At Ml Bookstores $ MS Xct The Penn Publishing Company Philadelphia "THE GREATEST O'F ER By FiENRI BARBUSSE. Translated by Fitzwater Wray THE STORY OF A SQUAD Over 300,000 Copies of the French Edition Already Sold James I)ougl,i In Tlir Lotului. Obscrt cr sas. "Some unknown man of geirhi vim la'N hlnixelf Tltzwnier Wrny lias translated tlio tuprcmr novel nf the tear, mid here It is In Its dlMne simplicity of truth, undrnped and unbeil'-ei mI Tl'Pte are snnn trni'slsflmik v. hlrh are 'themselves original', mid this Is one of thorn T do not hesitate to put It on the shelf beside Urnu hart's Kahclals 01 I'ltzgeiuld's Omar, for It Is In my mind already a classic Vatn!. 1 grope for a Hue to the Identity of this creative translator who Is at ome a man of letters, a master of prose, a specialist In French and Kngllsh slang, a poet and a prophet mot a terrlhlo than Tolstoy. Truth, of louise, is tin' Niimm't of sathe, the apex of lron, and this Journal of a platoon is tho nude tiutli of war as It Is seen by a common soldier who Is alo an aitlst and philosopher. Hut It Is a story which Is steeped In tho beauty of comradeship and It Is told with tho most flawlessly dellcato art. Jo iniil lh.4 book in to unileiitantl. If any book could kill irur, I Mi (s the look. I'rlee $1 50 net. Pnstaoe Kxtra At nil Ilookslortn. E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY, 681 Fifth Ave., N. Y. Jjw Over By an American who went, , Arthur Guy Empey When the critics say it is the greatest book of the war, when the booksellers say its popularity far exceeds Uiat of any book, fiction included, when its sale is increasing each week (on one day in the dullest Beason orders by wire being received from Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, St. Louis, New Orleans, Denver, Salt Lake City, St. laul, San Francisco, Los Angeles), when every reader becomes an enthusiastic advertiser even a conservative publisher is obliged to assent to the use of superlatives by his publicity manager. $1.50 WHEREVER BoOKS ARE SOLD ALREADY IN THE SECOND Winston Churchill's New Novel The DWELLING PLACE of LIGHT The DWELLING PLACE 0 V Bv Winston Qhurchill Now at all Bookstores, $1.60 THE MACMILLAN COMPANY WAR HISTORIES APPEAR FRANK H. SIMONDS TRIES TO RECORD VERDICT OF POSTERITY The First Volume of His History of the.War Con tains View of an Impartial Spectator Conan Doyle's History Favors the English ""VN'U of the pleasantest recollections of my childhood," remarked Doctor McFabro iib ho settled himself Into on easy chair, "Is Connected with a contem porary history of tho Civil Wnr. My father bought tho history from a book agent and I was allowed to look at tho pictures as a reward for good behavior. I was about (c years old at the time. Ono afternoon 1 was lying Hat on my stomach on the floor with the book In front of me I had a pencil with which I was drawing a line around" the por traits of the generals. My brothcrpro tested and told me my father would spank me. I recall that I replied, "No, ho won't, with perfect confidence In his tolerant sympathy." Ho was silent for a moment or two. A whimsical smile crept over his features as he added: "And I didn't, get a spanking." "Was It n good history?" Dick Owen wanted to know. "Better and more complete histories have been written since," s.M he, "but as I havo looked over tho velumo In later years I have It in my library now, lead pencil marks and all I have thought It serxed a useful purpose when It was pub lished." "I havo seen It announced that his tories of the present war are already on tho market," said Owen, as ho turned toward me. "Arc they worth reading?" "Of courso It Is too early to write a definitive history," said I. "The war Is still In progress and the testimony re garding certain actions that arc ahcady completed Is conflicting. Years are likely to pass before we know the exact truth about them. Yet there Is sufficient Interest in the subject to Justify assembling all that is known nnd putting It In the form of n connected nariatlve, subject to cor rection as our knowledge Increases. I ha e on my table now the first volume of Frank H. Slmonds's history of the war as a whole and the second volume of Conan Doyle's account of tho actions of tho Writ Ish I" Flanders " ALL WAR BOOKS" i FIRE THE MOST WIDELY READ AND TALKED OF . BOOK IN THE COUNTRY the Top EDITION "One of the most absorbing and fascinating romances and one of the most finished masterpieces of serious literary art which 'have appeared in this year or in this century." N. Y. Tribune Publishers r EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, "I did not know Conan Doyle was a his. torian," eald Doctor McFabro. "History writing Is only one of his many activities," I explained. "He was head physician in a military hospital In South Africa In tho Boer War and when he returned to England ho wroto a his tory of that conflict, which was widely read at tho time of its publication. His first novel was a semi-historical study of tho Mormons In America. "Tho White Company" Is also a historical novel. He has written poetry and plays besides creating Sherlock Holmes, tho most popu lar detectlvo In fiction for a century. If you want to read somo rattling stories of the Napoleonic wars you should get his Adventures of Olrard.' They will show you what war was like when it was fought by men with a senso of chivalry. As I havo looked over the second volume of his history of the part the British aro taking in the present war I have regretted that ho did not use his dramatic Imagination In telling his story. He describes what happened In 1915 In n narratlvo that Is devoid of color and dlftlcult to read be cause of tho multitude of details. He looks at the British actions with a micro scope and tells us what regiments were engaged In the various actions, who com manded them and what they did. It Is lm portant, however, that there should bo a record of these things. The record will be intensely Interesting to the British and will be studied by military students of the technique of fighting. And tho American who wishes to get a friendly and sym pathetic view of the part the British troops havo played on the continent will find It worth while." "When our troops begin to fight on the other side, some American writer will do the same service for them,'' Owen re marked. "I suppose so." I admitted, "and we shall all want to read It. In the mean time thote of us who aro fortunate enough to have Frank H. Slmonds's his tory will find exactly what we have been looking for." "Who Is Slmonds?" Doctor McFabro asked. "You don't mean to say that you havo not heard of him?" I asked. "He Is the ono American newspaper writer whose articles on the war raised him Into promt nenco from the beginning. Ho was the editor of tho New York Evening Sun in. 1914 and his editorial articles showed such n comprehensive knowledge of mill, tary history and such a grasp of the great issues Involved In the wnr that they were quoted In nil parts of tho coun try. Early In the spring of 1915 ho went oer to the New York Tribune and was put In charge of the editorial page to continue his commentaries on the war. Tho first volumo of his history carries us to May, 1915. But before he begins to discuss the lighting he gives us a brie' resume of the political events In Europe since 1870. His discussion of the history of the twelve fateful days that preceded the actual declaration of war is in a different temper from most that has been written. Former Ambassador Morgenthau, for example, wrote last Sun day that Oermany had decided on the war weeks before the Austrian Archduke was assassinated, and ho put the entire blamo for tho cataclysm on the Germans. Mr, Slmonds, however, after remarking that volumes have been published to prove that this nation or that was most anxious to preserve tho peace, remarks that It seems probable that In the future all these details will be forgotten by tho historian who will perceive that the twelve days were not significant, as all hope for peace had expired long before; and ho" says that the statesmen who frantically labored for peace were as Im potent as tho medicine man who Invokes charms lo check the approach of a cyclone. I know there are persons who hold a different view, but I am Inclined to think that this Is the correct one." "Then you think that Germany did not start the war?" asked Owen. "In a broad sense, no. In a narrow sense, yes," I said, "The war grew out of tho conflicting selfishnesses of the na tions of Europe. Events were shaping themselves for years before the first of August, 1914, which made war Inevitable. Far-sighted men had long been awaro of the condition, but they had hoped the Inevitable could be escaped. If the na tions had been prepared for war ns Ger many was prepared the conflict would not havo lasted three years. Mr. Slmonds, writing In America, and so able in a way to find that verdict of a foreigner, which of LIGHT ' NEW YORK WHILE THE JHUr i'lllim Hnfe ' v; . ;" ' asm FRANK H. has been said to resemble tho verdict of posterity, lays on tho British unpre parcdness much of tho blamo for the prolonged fighting. Ho writes down Sir Edward Grey as a failure, for tho reason that he hod not prepared tho mind of tho British public to understand what was going on across the Channel nnd to listen with understanding to the warnings of Lord Itoborts uml others. When tho war began tho British nowspapers nt first said that It did not concern England. The Invasion of Belgium, with Its violation of treaties, was seized upon ns a motive for British action. But Bel glum was only a pretext. The success of the German arms would havo threat ened the integrity of tho British empire, but the British did not realize It In tho beginning. While Sir Edward Grey failed as a Foreign Secretary, Mr. Slmonds de clares that tho failure of Sir John French, afterward Field Marshal French, was men moro disastrous In the field. At tho battle of tho Marne Joffro asked him to attack tho German lino within twenty four hours. Sir John replied that ho could not attack within less than forty eight hours. Tho movement which Joffro had planned with tho help of tho British would have crumpled tho German flank and would hae forced a retreat that, If the French plans hair can led, would have been almost a rout. But Sir John was not equal to tho emergency. It was Gen eral Foch, with troops In no better shnpo than those of Sir John, who broke tho German lino In tho center and won the battle of tho Marne." "I thought that Sir John French did splendid work," said Doctor McFabro. "The British thought so, too, at first," said I, "but you know that they dis placed him and put General Hnlg In his place. Mr. Slmonds, who has followed tho wnr from the beginning and has visited the battlefields nnd talked with the French officers, gives us tho benefit of something broader than tho British view . about their own achievements. What he writes may huo to bo revised In the 'light of fuller knowledge when the war Is over. But his book deserves to take rank as a most brilliant and com prehensive study of tho great movements of the early months of the war. If tho succeeding volumes fulfill the promlso of tho first one, America can boast of a historian of whom any nation might bo proud." GEORGE W. DOUGLAS. A HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR Rv Arthur Conan Dnyle. Vol II. Tho Hrltlsh Campaign In rianders. 101.1. New York: Oeonre II. Doran Company. S2. HISTORY OK TI1K WOni.il WAR. Hy Frnk II Slmonil" Vol. I (larden Cttv: I'ubllahed for th Hvlw of JIcvIrmb Company ty Doubleday. Tako i. Co. J3.M. Biblical History Interesting When one lays down Professor Laura H. Wild's book on the evolution of tho Hebrew people the wish that these favored tribes had produced a greater Influence on civili zation Is uppermost. The yearning for an other prophet to lead tho stricken world out of Its present orgy of madness Is strong upon the reader. Another Jonah, or even a lesser prophot, to Impress upon the clll izrri world tho truths uttered thousands of years ago that there Is a greater right than mlgnt, ana inai vengeance in tmiinj wrong, would redeem the world In the eyes of humanity. Professor Wild has the all too rare gift of writing a book prlmarly designed for use In class In a strain that makes It In teresting and attractive to those exasper ated with the conventional academic method of presentation. By painting In Intelligible colors, the background of the Hebrew peo ple from the earliest days until the death of Paul, the author so Interprets the Old Testament that the significance of the docu ment and Its effect upon Christian civili zation are at once apparent. The Bible Is made a living history of a great race, and this latest volume from Professor Wild's keen, authoritative pen will prove, as fascinating to the uninitiated as Instruo tl to the student. THE EVOLUTION OF THE HRnllKVV PEO "Le AND THF.m INFLUENCE ON CIVILI ZATION. Hy Lura II Wild, rrofe.ior o ntbllcul HUtory. Mount Holyoka Collese Iew York: Charles Btrlbner's Son". II S. Indian Tales in Verse Little folk who like to hear. Indian tales and what little folk do not will enjoy the collection of Indian stories by Orace Moon under the title. "Indian Legends In nhyme." The stories tell of the bobcat who. lost his tall, of the coyote who comes prowling about the tents when the fires have died low, of the lltUe Indian brave and of life In the ancient adobe villages. Throughout the stanzas there runs the old spell of silent, dlm-alsled forests, where It takes the trained ear of the Indian hunter to detect the sounds ot living things. The book Is profusely Illustrated In black and white and In color sketches done from life. ,N. LEGENDS IN 11HMTE, By I Moor, with llluttra Yurkt Frederick A atloni by Krl Moon. New atones uomjMiny. 11.60. FIGHTING STILL GOES ON Thoto copyright by Arnold. SIMONDS THE SURE ROAD TO HAPPINESS Ruth Sawyer Points the Way in Her Whimsical Story of Her self, Himself and Myself more readers who discovered Ruth Sawyer when they found delight In "Seven Miles to Arden," will wolcomo her new noel, "irorself, Himself and Myself" The new story Is written in the same whimsical Irish manner that characterized tho earlier one. An Irish woman tells It In the first person. Mrs Durand ltuth Sawyer Is the wlfo of rr Albert C. Dur.ind. of Ithaca, N" Y has specialized In Irish folk tales. Al though sho Is by birth a Hostonlan, she has succeeded In getting hold of tho spirit of the Irish and reproducing It In her latest book she deals with the old-fashioned emo tions in the old-fashioned way; that Is, she seems to belloe that there are such things as oo nnd loyalty, unselfishness nnd sacri fice and that the road to happiness is to be found, not by seeking It, hut thnt one finds oneself In It when ono least expects It, pro lded ono seeks It for some ono else. Her heiolno Is a young woman, daughter of rich parents, who Is left In her childhood to the earn of nn Irish nurse and three friends of her father, nfter her parents die and leave her In ComparatUe poverty Sho is illsappolntod In her first great love, when hhe gives herself to a Swedish violinist, who destroys the Illusions about her father and destroys her own faith In men. The story of how she Is tenderly cared for dur ing tho period of her pessimism and Is brought at last Into the road to happiness through servlro to others makes up the latter half of the volume The author has tho Irish woman say that sho does not care what tho critics think about the kind of a story sho is telling. She Is going to write about tho thlbgs she thinks are Important In splto of the theories of tho cynics Sho has written a story that, whother It pleases tho critics or not. will entertain tho average reader, who can lay It down when he or sha has finished It with a feeling that the world is a pretty good place In which to live and that there aro such things as goodness and truth. HKIt.SKI.r, HIMSELF AND MYSELl' A ro- manrt II) ltuth Hawjer New York Htirper n ilros . II 31 Information for Airmen When Captain Ouynemer. Intrepid French aviator, fell to his death in combat with a German alt man several weeks ago all the world pausrd to marvel at tho exploits of the fallen king of tho air. No less thrilling aro tho daring risks and fiery combats do Bctihed In the diary of an air pilot to which many pages are devoted In "The Way of the Air, ' by lMgar C. Jllddleton. The less spec tacular but even more Informative part ot this volume Is devoted to a description of an airman's life, tho conditions under which he works and the difficulties and dangei.. ho has to encounter. Additional helpful In formation Is detailed for tho student aviator, making "The Way of the Air" a valuablo pocket guide for members of America's fu turo flying corps. THE WAY OF THE AIR. A deecrlptlon of mod em aviation, tty i.asar t. Mlridlntnn Xa York: Frederick A Stokcn Company $1. An Old Favorite The latest volume In Llpplncott's series of "Stories All Children Love" Is Klngsley'a "Water llables." As is told In an Introduc tion by Louise n. Dull, tho story was writ ten for Klngsley's youngest boy, after he had written other stories for his three elder children. The distinguishing feature of this new edition Is eight colored Illustra tions by Maria 1. Kirk. Fio of them show the baby beneath the water They are deli cate In coloring and poetic In Imagination. They will Increase tho delight of every one who reads tho famous book. the WATEit nxiin:.s Ily Charles Ktntale With Itluetratlona In color b: V. .Maria L. Kirk l'liiiaaeipmu: J. il II 33. Llpplncott company. A Preacher of Optimism As a logical sequel to Susanna Cocroft's "What to Eat and When." comes her latest book, "Growth of Silence." The former contained suggestions for building up a strong nnd healthy body; the latter con tains suggestions for developing a strong mind and the proper concept of life. Op timism Is the keynote of the book, and that doctrine Is preached not for the good of the Individual alone, but for the good of the universe through the Individual. The one great duty we owe to humanity, the au thoress asserts, Is the constant cultivation of the habit of happiness. GROWTH IN SILENCE. I)y Suianna Cocrort. New York O P Putnam's Bona, II. BO, ApXAND KAVY IKFOWMATICW By v M.Jor DB WITT CI INTON PALLS Don't ask queittoni about our Army and Navy. Be able to answer them. This little tolc enable you to tell rank and service of our men at a glance. Also show uniform and intlsnta of foreljm armies. Bxsot, aad valotma Information about organization, pay, irenfth. cte.. of our forces and those of other power. Necessary to intelligent understanding of the war. Price net, $1.00. Postage extra, B. P. DUTTON ft CO-681 Fifth Avaan 1917 WHEN A MAN FINDS HIMSELF Moving Story of the Reformation of n Man Born n Gentleman "The Reformation of a Man Horn a Gentleman" might have been the title of Beatrice York Houghton's book, but It Isn't Instead, she called It 'The Shel leys of Georgia." For It was through the efforts of that admirable family that Tom Blankcnshlp, the gentleman, finally found himself and became a man. Tom was ushered Into this world after the manner of his kind, and at once pro ceeded to cut his teeth on the proverbial slher spoon. Ills life, already laid out for him, was bounded by doting pirents, a large estate, noble antecedents and a ca reer that demanded nothing In particular Fae that he always live up to tho tradi tional standards of his class. In this con nection It was Inevitable that tho Prince of Evil should provtdo an occupation for Mr Dlankenshlp'a Idlo hands. And he did. Tom was In love with Tloe Shelley. Captain "3abe," n, wealthy Georgia peach grower nnd nose's father, objected to the match. He had a reason of thn nature of which his daughter was not Informed. On the night the lovers were to elopo Minnie Gray, a girl from the hills, appeared with her child at the Shelley home A telltale birthmark on tho baby revealed the Iden tity of Its father, and Rose knew why she never could marry Tom Hlankenshlp. During the reformation period. In which Tom, wounded at the battle of El Paney. Is nursed bark to life by tho woman he wronged, a pretty love story unfolds Itself Incidentally, various moral standards are presented for Inspection. Through It all Captain "Oabe," IToso nnd Mlnnlo Gray stand out In honesty, purity nnd sweetness of character. The book also contains a fine vein of philanthropy that Is disclosed when Cap tain "Oabe" opens a home for what he terms "children now left on the outskirts of civilization." Altogether the author has presented a strong story with real men nnd women Every chapter has n worth-whlleness all Its own, and the book closes with n drama tic and satisfying climax. Tlin SHEM.rJTS OF OHOROIA II v rteatrtre York Houahton IlluMrtii bv J Henry. i.iNiiMii. jjoiurop. i.ne at pnfDsra tomrany. il.: 33. The War Widow's Friends A pretty story with good fairies In hu man form nnd characters almost too kind and altruistic to be natural Is George Van Schalck's new novel, "A Top-Floor Idyl." If the setting were not In the very midst of New York city one might not bo sur prised at tho types In tho book, hut tho characters are none the less delightful, al though a bit out of place located In our most mercenary nnd materialistic center. David Cole, who tells the story, Is a middle aged bachelor, a writer, living on the top floor of Mrs. Mllllken's boarding house, near Washington Square. Ills friendship for Frieda Long, a spinster nrtlst. fat and good hearted, Is tho delightful comradeship so rarely found between opposite sexes. One day tho room across the hall from David's Is taken by the young American widow of a French soldier killed In battle There, nlono nnd frlondlpss, the young war widow faces motherhood. Davis chancing along nt tho critical moment becomes the good fairy, summons his friend Frieda nnd to gether they care for the mother nnd child, nnd later ccuro for her a position Then comes the expected lovo story developments with happy endings and success and money rewarding those who havo given freely of kindness and Inspiration "A Top-Floor jiiji is moro iiko "Kweetapple Cove" In style and sentiment than nny other bonk written by Mr. Van Schalck since the pub lication of that popular story. A TOP-FLOOR IDYL, riy Oeorun Van Schalck Hoeton: Small. Mnynanl & Co 11 SO. A Chaste Man "A Chaste Man" Is tho story of a modern, and married, Joseph. It Is called tho story of a normal and young husband whose frayed matrimonial ties chafo him yet bind him fast Hero Is a situation often found In our complex, up-to-date artificial life. Passion for Dresden dnll beauty and pretty ways soon cools and there Is nothing of enduring devoted loe In the marriage pact. It is a contract, not a sacrament The bonds of matrimony aro tranuuols physical fetters without the leaven of spirituality Tills is the discovery of the. hero of Louis Wilkinson's novel. Tho author portrays the destructive force of blind virtue. It was not for naught that his earlier novel, "The Uuffoon," was praised unreservedly by James Hunekor, Lawrence Oilman nnd Henry L Mencken. He has Inspiration nnd technique. H0 can tell a story, even a somewhat plotless story, ac cording to the canons of the best fiction He Is mordant and sardonic, yet sound In his sympathies and Judgments. Ho has Carlyle's honest hatred for sham and senti mentality and superficiality and something of Carlyle's blistering treatment of these traits. He revels In Irony but It Is not the Irony of cynicism. He points no conscious moral or obtrusive purpose, and cares more for characterization than sensation. His delicately sketched portraits, with their careful chiaroscuro, their accurato drafts, manshlp and their reallstla mlnrino- ,. the binding force which gives conciseness nnd artistic unity to an Impressive novel AY'ir,kA8Al5a!nop?y,r?6Uo W,"""0n' " AT Liebknecht's MILITARISI Second Printing Before Publication THIS is the book whose appearance in Germany made armed autocracy shrink and pale. They promptly put Liebknecht in prison and destroyed nis book. This translation was made from a copy Liebknecht borrowed from his brother the only copy obtainable. To know the mind of the boldest man in Europri now in prisQn again be cause of his passion to make the world safe for democracy You will read, at once, THIS MATtK ON GOOD HOOKS M ILITARIS hy KARL LIEBKNECHT DR. ONE WIIKtlKVEK ATTRXp TO B. W. HUEBSCH, Publisher 225 Fi4 "aip.ffflnr fir -Vitl - fii, ' A Brilliant U Sk sasal OK m . aU&W . avuiuam-c uy an Incompar able ptbry Teller By Cyrus Townsend Brady Cvrna Tmvnsenr. Rradv. - matter of heaits and plots, sets in motion a double love story that inspires and up lifts as it thrills and excites. He takes you halfway around the world and shows you that love is real and enduring in every kindred and tongue. Frontispitct by C. F. Underwood. At All Bookstores A. C. McCLURG &C0. Publishers "A Masterpiece of Realism" The Rise of David Levinsky You havo probably shared the enthusi asm for the great Russian realistic writers, and believed that nothing ot the kind could come out of America, nut here It Is. Listen to the Bos ton Transcript: "A masterpiece of auto biographical fiction," and the N. Y. Trib une: "A masterpiece of Imaginative real ism. . . It la scarcely to be sur passed nnd not often rivaled In tho whole inngo of literature." By ABRAHAM CAHAN $10 Get it at your bookseller's today HARPER & BROTHERS Established 1817 A STUDENT IN ARMS By DONALD HANKBV (Killed in action Oct. 26, 191$) The Impact of this volume has stirred Bn gland to it depths. 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