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WITH A FOREWORD by Edmund Gosse.
In this fascinating volume the reader will find those genial
characteristics which contributed to the wide success of his earlier
book. Here are memories blended with his wide knowledge of
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Than a
TUKtti: Is a time In the life of every
boy when he would rather hac Mich
a career as that of Klclmrd HardltiK Pavls
than tin President of the t'nyd States.
There was more indenture crammed Into
his llft-thlve jeurij than comes to the 1"t
of one man In n million, lie wan a suc
cessful newspaper reporter, llcfore he was
twenty-six he wroto a ehort sliry that
made him famous and was translated Into
the llurnpoati languages. He found It on
sale In Kpypt n few yearn later. He was
managing editor of Harper's Weekly. He
wrote a law number of novels and plas
lie was n war correspondent on all the
crntinents and on the Islands of the sea
He described the coronation of tho Czar,
lie dined with prince? and danced with
ladles of noble hlttli. He was the friend
of Presidents und prize tlRhters, and could
call more wallers by their tlrst names than
mil' other man of his Kcnerntloii. If this
ik not ,i career to appeal to the Imagination
of jouth then we must revise our notions
about what youth likes
The story of this active and adventurous
life has Just been told by Charles Uelmcnt
Davis, a bri.ther of ltluharil Harding, In
a olumo inado up largely of his letters
to his family. No one can read the book
and then say that letter wrltlni; Is a lost
ait. The letters are charming. Informal.
Kislpy and brilliant Tho editor of the
volume writes an Introductory chapter
desrrlblnc the childhood of both boys. They
used to net plays op the top floor of their
hniiMp In South Twontv-llrst street. In till"
iltv Klehard was always the hero nnd
Charles was the villain who had to Mibinlt
to a dnir.hitiK There whs always a moun
tain pass to be scaled, conslstlnB of two
tables and a chair. Tho boys had tun In
the summer at Point Pleasant, uleeplnic
one nlpht In a tent on a small Island "while
the lions and Users growled at us from the
KurmuiidiiiK forest." Charles tells of his
bruther'H early newspaper experience In this
city and .,f how Arthur ltrisbano hired him
as a r i" iter un tho N'ew York livening
Sun lie lecirds tho offer of $1U0 a week
to become an uetor, made by Augustln
Daly, and tho refusal of managers to let
him read his plays to them, because he
put a meaning Into tho lines which they
Jul n.it have'
S"iue i.f best letters In tho volume were
written during his tour cf the Mediter
ranean purts In the winter of 1S3. The
Rev lr Henry M. Field, editor of the
i:angellct. was on the ship. Of him Davis
writes to his mother:
Mortnr 11, -I,! Is tn esp, emt prey una ho
m.ik. lil lailKh until I in. Me is Jut like
.Tunes l.ewls In "A Nlnht olf." un-1 la tilwuys
Lost in a Canyon
Frances T.ltllc. who won famo by writing
"Tho T.ady of tho Iieeoratlon," has turned
her hand to Juvenile fiction and lias, pro
duced an excellent adventuro story for
boys and girls In "Camp Jolly." It is tho
record of the, experience of somo boys who
visited the Grand Canyon of tho Colorado
with their elders. Ono of tho boys was
kidnapped, escaped from his captors and
,,st Ills way. The story of his experiences
and the means he adopted to enuble a
Kiarcher to tlnd him will hold the Interest
of the young reader from beginning to end
Two little girls to whom the story was read
by their mother at bedtime could hardly
wait till the next reading hour came around,
they w.io so eager to learn what was go
ing to happen next.
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over his unit lUrlnK explnlts 1 twist every
thing hj s.iys Into niennln? otnethlng dre.nl
ful un,) h" Is Innt.-intly explalnltift he did not
sen a bull tlcht. hut that he walked around
tho nulsldi. of the ImlMlnK. I h.ivo promised
t(, shew hint life with a capital t,, und ho Is
afraid as rienth of me.
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tng description of Portugal, which he had
jiift seen from the ship.
1'ortUKal is n hlRh hill with a watrh tower
en It tiling signal flags. It Is apparently
Inhshlted by one man. who lives In a lone
row ,,f v,-l.,w hotntes with red ronfs and tmpo
lateii l.y sleep ho ilo Krand sets of lial.-inrh.i-im
the side nf tho hill There Is also a
tuny of ii brown bout with n leu-of-mutton
sail anil ft crew of three men In a lej.it to
a nothltig of the dog It Is a great thlnir to
hu.n a traveled ban. Nono of you eerr saw
l'ertugal. Yah!
These aro but samples of the kind of
eomtnent In which the letters (.bound. The
book is as Interesting an a novel. N'ny.
It i morti Interesting, for It Is un aecount
of things that actually happened, written
by an expert In the art of description
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Maud Diver's War Novel
it was Inevitable that Maud Diver should
write a novel about the war. She was bfrn
In India, where her father was a colonel
In the Indian army. She married the
colonel of th R0y ,1 Warwickshire regi
ment In lingland. Her life has been
- Intimately connected with military
affairs that she understands all their haz
ards Her stories about India have given
her an established place as a novelist of
distinction "U'nconquered," In which she
studies the effect of tho war upon different
types of persons In lOngl.ind, N one of tho
best novels that the great crisis has pro
duced She has In It tho splendid loyal
man. who responds us soon as his country
nerds him, with the approval of lily m -titer
and other friends. She his tho slacker,
of whom she has one of her characters
say :
At best, he U afflicted With H disease called
"humanftartnulam." that would have m, n
save their sklna at the cost of everything that
mak-s their skins worth saving. At worst,
he Hlmplv shirk his obvious duty for the sako '
-f his own p-ave and comfort.
She lias also the splendid women who
"ay "godspeed" to their men folk, as well
as a. typo of tho selfish eoqulettlsh creatures
U whom the war Is an abomination If it
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their lovers from them. Her picture of
liel Alison, such a woman, Is so true that
It must have been drawn from life And
her picture of Sheila Melrose, a woman
f-n whom a man can depend ti- Ills last
breath, Is ulso exquisitely drawn. And Sir
Mark Forsyth, tho hero, not only of a bril
liant campaign but also of tho troubled love
stoty which makes the hu!y of the bor-k.
Is a man of tho kind that builds empires and
defends them. Mrs Plvei has written a
moving and dramatic story.
fNt'ONtjri;i!KI). A ltomance. lty Maud
P.v.r. author of "Chpuiii Desmond, v. c."
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What to Give a Soldier
When a diary is more than a diary has
been answered by Mary Parker Converse.
She has done It by arranging a little pocket
record book for the convenience of soldiers
nnd sailors that,ls an Incitement to patriot
ism, fortitudo and courage. This has been
The Wonder
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i uuims or sayings o uisuiikihsiicu per
sdus. Kor example, Stonewall Jackson's re.
murk, "Duty belonRS to tin, consequences
to Hod," stands on tho pace tor Saturday.
January fi, and for July 4 Whltllcr's naylng,
"America the hope of all who suffer, tho
dread of all who wrong," most appropriately
appears. A prayer of dedication of tho Hag
Is printed on the back of tho title page nnd
there are three or four prayers appropriate
to tho camp and battlefield In the back of
tho book. There. Is spaco for tho owner's
name, his rank, company, regiment, brigade
and division nnd for Ml entry of the name
of tho person to be notified In enso nf ac
cident. It Is such u book as every sailor
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Timely Book About Rodin
Tho death of Augustus Uodln a week ago
has lifted Miss Judith Claikl's btudy of tho
man and his: art from tho ranks of
an ordinary book of aitlstlc criticism Into
a dignified memorial volume. Fortunately
It Is so written and so printed that It will
serve this purposu admirably. Miss Cladel
Is a daughter of l.eon Cladel, u friend of
the sculptor. She has been familiar with
Hodln's life, and woik from her early youth,
mil she Is qualified by training und special
knowledgu to write with authority. Tho
tlrst hundred pages arc devoted to tho story
of tho man's life. In the course of It eho
explains why so many of his figures were
made as If Just emerging rom a block of
marble. It was because ifo was Impressed
by tho so-called "tijillnlshed" pieces of
Michelangelo that ho conc.udcd they were
dellbcr itely left In tho state In which they
now appear. Ilo not only followed tho cx
atnplo of the great Italian In this respect,
but he attempted ulso to follow it by aban
doning classic poses and representing Ilgurts
In the poses which his models assumed
without premeditation. Miss Cladel Unds
a close kinship between the work of the
two men.
Tho seronil part of her book is made
up of extra, ts from the notebook of Rodin,
extracts which Indicate tint tho man had a
lino gltt of literary expression, ji critical
mind and a philosophic spirit. The con-i-.uslon
is n. crltio il estimate of tho sculptor's
work with n history of somo of his most
fumous groups and statues. Her admira
tion Is likely to he shared by an Increasing
number of persons as tho years go by, for
w'tbout any doubt Rodin was ono o'f the
greatest artists In stone that his generation
ban produced.
ntil-IN THIS MAN AND HIS AllT. With
V'W '."."" '"a Nutrbogk. Compiled bv
Judith ri.i.l,. anil trunsliitiil bv H. K. Star
With Introduction bv James ltunrker. lllus.
irnteii uith photottrapi.s. Now York: Tin,
in-ij ' oiiumny. t,t.
A Soldier Who Didn't Desert
Richard Harding Davis's last story, "Tho
Dc-erti-r." is likely in become n classic.
There are numerous reasons to Justify this
conclusion. The accident that It Is his last
story Is tin- least of them. The creed of
the toldler and tho gentleman finds ex
pression in It. This Is Its tindet lying met It.
Since Mr. Davis's death It lias been learned
that the story Is based on an actual ease.
Tho dlsclostiie that It was not the mete
imagining of a flctlunlst, that It is a real
human document, gives It authoiltv. Those
who did not read It when it appeared In
one of the magazines will be Interc-ted
to know that It tells of a young American
who visited the rooms of a group of Amer
ican war cone p-indents and artists In
Salonlca and asked their assistance In get
ting him out of tho city because after
fifteen months In the lingllsh armies he had
enduiod all of war that he could stand. He
planned to come home and lecture and write
about what he had seen and suffered. He
was persuaded out of his purno e and went
back to his army camp. William G. Slu-p
herd In his "Confessions of a War Cone
spondent," has told how tho young man
was found talking to Jonn T. McCutoheon
and what was done to bring him to his
senses. He also has told how the young
man. who had been forlornly wounded while
rescuing a comrade In No Man's Land, later
received the Distinguished Service Order
and was met In London as ho was about
to go to the trenches in Franco. Mr. Mc
Cutcheon tetells this story tn an Introduc
tion to the little volume containing tho
version of It which Mr. Davis wrote. Tho-c
persons who do not know what to send
to tho soldiers to read could nut do better
than put this talo In the next package
of books they forward to the training camps
or to the front.
Tl'';l,1,ES':,tTi:it. Ilv ttlchard Hardlmr Davis.
...... o ,,,ii.,uiituu uv aonn I. .MCI ulclieon.
N-vy lork: i harlea Kcrlbner'a J-ons. Fifty
rt-nts.
How Could She, Indeed?
"How Could You, Jean?" Is tho frivolous
title of u more or less filvolous but wholly
delightful little story told by lileunor lloyt
Ilralnerd. Mrs. Mralnerd, who sometimes
turns out such bits of puro realism as
fashion articles for women, has this thno
cultivated tho field of romanticism and pre
pared a harvest of enjoyment for her read
ers, of course, tho story Is Impossible
and the characters exaggerated, hut It Is
all made to seem plausible and that's the
muin thing. If one can bring oneself
to believe that a society girl like Jean
would be likely to do as Jean did hlro out
as a "cook lady" in order to rnako her liv
ing all the rest seems perfectly natural.
It seems not at all out of tho natural order
of events that Jean should find employment
in tho home of two delightfully Impractical,
elderly cherubs : that she should fall In
lovo with tho hired man": Hint sho should
save tho "hired man's" millionaire father
from tho embarrassment of arrest, and that
.-die should do a score of other amazing,
but none the less Interesting, things. If tho
story were less well written, theso very
things might teem ubsurdly unreal and
childishly simple, but Mrs. Dralnerd's art
at all times saves tho situation.
HOW COULD YOU. JKAN? Hv Illeanor lloyt
Ilrainerd. Garden City; Doublcday, Pago &
Co. $1.3.".
Charm of National Parks
The thno is bound to come when Amer
icans seeking to enjoy tho beautiful scenery
of the world will discover that we havo In
the system of national parks In tho West
scenery far superior to anything that
liuropo can offer. Tho Swiss Alps aro only
a pocket edition of the Rocky Mountains.
The Department of tho Interior, which has
general supervision of tho national parks,
lias tlono much to attract the attention ot
tho public to their beauties. Robert Sterling
Yard, of tho National I'ark Service, ban
Just written a hook for young people of all
ages, the purpose of which ,h to supplement
the official documents. l Is the story of a
leisurely Journey through the parks made
by a Philadelphia family. The narrative
Is Interspersed with Indian fairy talcs. The
book is Just what those parents are seek
ing who wish to enlarge the knowledge of
their children while giving them wholesome
entertainment.
TIIU TOP OF Tlin CONTINKNTt Tho Story of
a Cheerful Journey Through Our National
Parks, Itv rtobert Hterllng Yard. New. York:
Charles bcrlbner a Sons,
The Kaiser Unmasked
Whoever wishes to trace the present war
to Its German beginnings cannot do better
than read S. C. Hammer's book on the
Kaiser. Mr. Hummer has made a study
of Kuropcan history as Illuminated by the
sayings und acta of William II since ho
came to tho throne. The meaning of many
things which once seemed obscure has been
made Vdaln since the war began. The book
takes note of these things and puts them In
Mielr proper setting. When It was first
published abroad Mr. Hummer la un
Englishman It created a sensation. It Is
likely to have a permanent place in the
literature of the war.
WILLIAM II. As ssn In Contemporary Docu
ments and JUdztd on Kvtanc nf Mia Own
Hpeeha. By B. C. Hammer, M. jL Boitoal
v naawnw uuma. coojaay, ujsj.
THREE BOOKS OF
STAGE CRITICISM
What Clayton Hamilton Writes
Has in It the Seeds of
' Long Life
Tho Impcrmaneneo of stage critiques is
naturally akin to tho elusive art of whtclt
they treat. Not for an age, but for tho
moment, docs tho footllght reviewer pen his
"notices." Occasionally sound opinions will
survlvo tho ravages ot time. Mero bril
liancy seldom does. Thus, "Wiihclm Mcis
ter" still contains an extremely authoritative
criticism ot "Hamlet," whllo tho showier
tinsel of Bernard Shaw's "Saturday Re
view" foulllctons has fadetl with the passing
years, liven of those works written within
tho last quarter of a century very few have
btill substantial value. Tho scanty list
should, of course, Include Augustln Filon's
"Tho lingllsh Stage," Urandcr Matthews's
"French Dramatists" and perhaps William
Archer's "Playmaklng."
lidglng townrd this exclusive class Is ono
of tho threo now critical volumes lately
como from American publishers. Clayton
Hamilton's "Problems of tho Playwright"
Inevitably reflects contemporary viewpoints,
but somo of its dicta should assuredly out
live tho period. Mr. Hamilton Is a Co
lumbia professor, hut no pedant. He writes
simply and frankly. Intelligently and en
thusiastically of tho thcatro as u practical
and highly enjoyable concomitant of civili
zation He subscribes whole-heartedly to
Henrv Arthur Jones's ruing to the effect
that the purpose of tho drama Is. tlrst, to
express life, and. second, to Interpret life
in terms of the theatre.
The stage Is no exotic to Mr. Hamilton.
He has fine catholicity of tasto and can
wax thapsodlc concerning Dunsany and
Maeterlinck Hut In his rating, Plnero and
nnrrlo aro Infinitely superior to (lalswnrthv.
Shaw and the "literary" cult of playwrights
who airily profess to contemn extremely
useful pilnclples of stagecraft, llalanct-d
adhtdlcatlon of values Is tho sa'lcnt merit
of Mr nntnlltm's admirable work. This, of
course, does not exempt him from emphatic
personal ptedMootlnns. "Whoever hns been
through tho experience of discussing criti
cism with a thorough, perfect nnd entire
Ass." writes Shaw himself In an Inspired
moment, "baa been told that criticism
should, above all things, ho free from per
sonal feeling" "Problems of the Play
wright" does not quote this fiery passage
hut the whole. Look is clearly In sympathy
w'th tho 'esson Implied In this bit of
philosophical satire. Mr. Hamilton llko all
good crit'es, has his favorite art'sts. The
great name of Plurro Is as prevalent In his
pages as was refetcnee to King Charles's
head In tho immortal Mr. Dick's Incom
pleted magnum opus.
Favorites fndee'l are Cnrl Van Vechtei's
llmost exclusive theme In "Interpreters and
Interpietntlons " "fin afraid." he confesses,
"that I'm one of the few who take the
production of opera seriously Isn't It rll'y
of me?" However that may be, the author
has at least tlin precious faculty of making
his sub'ect matter Interesting. Ho writes
of modem music drama Informatively and
unaffectedly. Perhaps some of his swans
am really geese, but his analvils of their
art betrays none tho less an agreeable en
thusiasm frequently Informed by what now
seems to be god logic Calumniating time
may appraise their worth In harsher terms.
A dl-crlmlnatlng 'udement on prime donne
pets and Idolized male grand opera stars
of the day Is pot i-tsy tn voice. Mr. Van
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much is e'ear gain
Third In this critical trio Is Ceorgo Jean
Nathan's "Mr Ceorg" Jean Nathan Pre
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Kgols-n" "the b'ggest book In tho world."
Mr. Nathan nvels in that monster tome
Ho enloys himself so hugely that the blade
of denunciation Is dulled. "That man."
said Marl; Twa'n of Thomas Ilalley Aldrlch.
"would bo brilliant In hell!" Can that he
Mr. Nathan's ambition? In these pages
of personal "presentation" epigrammatic
"smartness" has first place. Sometimes tho
effort to sustain It Is wearisome nnd obvi
ously mechanical. When Mr. Nathan calls
"Tho Wanderer" tho gospel of St Luke
according to Florenz Zlegfeld he hits tho
coveted bullseye. The bonk has little value
as criticism, despite the author's rather
childish efforts to appear erudlto by mar
shaling phalanxes of foreign p'aywrights'
names In another season "Mr. fleorgo Jean
Nathan" will probably present altogether
contrasting view-points. Ills "brilliancy"
mania Is doubtless chronic. Tho lire-works
will sputter on. II. T. C.
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Tale of a "Movie" Film
Tin movies themselves uro sufficiently
new as a Held for fiction to- carry freshness
of romance. Think, then, of the super
romanco of a movie company off In tho
ligyptlan desert, brooding, mysterious, sub
tle, with tho elusive and esoteric quality
of Pharaonlo tradition. Ilurton 1-i. Steven6
son, known hitherto for ballllng detective
yarns, takes ii conlpany of cinema mimes
to the desert In "A King of Babylon." Tho
action takes place chiefly In the shifting"
sands near a great mausoleum containing
the remains of u departed monarch of
Upper and Lower Egypt. The purposo Is
to film a scenario based on Henley's poem
about the cruel King c-f Babylon and tho
Christian slave. The movie forces nre
Joined hy tho party of an archeologlst. who
wishes tb demonstrate u theory about Helio
sis or Moses or Joseph. Two of the players
aio imbued with tho Idea that they are,
respectively the Assyrian monarch and the
slave of tho poem. With this material Mr.
Stevenson ph.ys adroitly, creating inex
pllcable mysteries, which aro explained
away by the literal and material mind of tho
savant. Tho book Is full of excitements
and believable in Its Implauslbllltles. It la
a thriller, but better written than most
thrillers.
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Dr. William W. Keen proved In his Colver
lectures at Brown University last Bummer
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physician, to talk on technical medical mat
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published In a little vc-lume, bununarlzo the
results of medical research for tho last
fifty years. It Is a marvelous story. Dis
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the bubonic plague, typhoid, diphtheria
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haB been created as u science und tho de-
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Smith's New State History
There comes from the lincyclopedla Press,
which publishes the Catholic lincyclopedla,
a book on "Tho Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania," written by Thomas Kllby Smith,
with a preface by his brother, Wnlter
Ccoige Smith. So much spare Is given In
It to the nctlvltles ot the Catho'lc Church
and to tho State laws affecting religious
liberty und tho control of church property
that it Is dlfllrult to escape tho conclusion
mat tlio book Is primarily Intended for
Uso In the parochial schools. This, how
ever, may not bo Its purpose. In any event.
Mr. Smith has produced an Interesting
volume arranged on an excellent plan. He
has not written merely u political and mili
tary history of tho State. Instead he has
written of Its people ami tH institutions,
one chapter ts devoted to social systems
and another to conditions affecting the
homo; a third to education and the pro
fessions, and a fourth to literature and
art. These arc matters that are usually
left hy the general historian to the con
sideration of specialists Mr. Smith's com
ments on political conditions, made In the
concluding chapter, will bo Interesting to
the Informed. Ho says that "there have
been scandals, severe criticism and pollt'cal
upheavals, nnd while at times the state has
apparently been In the grip of selfish poli
ticians, their hold has been maintained ti"t
mmugn tyranny or opptes.slon. but by a
conservative respect for the will of a free
people, at least in the essentials of g'-od
government." There aro some grave errors
In the statistical matter, but theso wl I
doubtless bo corrected In subsequent edi
tions. THi: COMMONWEALTH Of PENNSYLVANIA.
Ilv Ihomns Kllbv Smith. Preface l,v Walter
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December Magazines
The Christmas number of Serlhncr's Mag
azine has for a front ft,i,.r.r, .. nv..nnA..,
reproduction In colors of Whistler's "The
Music Room." It Is the thin! In tho series
of reproductions of paintings of the modern
school which has appeared. F.dlth Wharton
writes op the French as seen bv an Amer
ican, and William K-iv Wiil'nee whose
volume of "Greater It"y''s ono of the
best on the subject, contributes an art'ele
on modem Italy. There s a shoet -to-v
Flotsam and Jetsam." by John tiul.sworthv,
and some hitherto unpublished letters by
Ru-k!n written In his old ace Tho usual
number of poems and stories appear It Is
an excellent number, but not iulte so ornat-i
In its mechanlcsl get-up as Christmas num
bers were before the war.
The outstanding article In tin- December
World's Wo--k s on tho shipping prob'em
Morton J Hendr'ck. who writes It, says
that the money, the steel, the engines and
the seamen are n-ady. but that there s
a shortage of workmen In tho yards Tie
shows what Is being tloim to supply this
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