ppt-varK IgiPHfEAPKVVgil81!&Elfe' v V7TO IV1"' V.".-A P'- yf'f it - '4, JTH ft ii1 'i II HI" aujommmm SOME RECENT FICTION DEALING WITH PHASES OF LIFE ON THE TWO AMERICAN k ?'; VBnlRPw'' VfvlW M l ,x '$ HOWBRAZJL ENTERED THE WAR Told in the Story of the American Who Built the House of the Little Shoes With tho surcness of touch that marks tlio literary artist, Eleanor M. Ingham has dev eloped from tho canas of u mngazlno Btory which had a popular vogue not very lonr atro a gripping nocl, emphatically up to date In that It brings Its personages and incidents to the threshold of tho entrance Into tho world conflict of tho republlo of Ttrazll as tho stanch nlly of tho United States of 'America and tho old world na tions engaged In tho splendid task of making the world safe for democracy. Headers of tho story of 'Tho Great House of tho Little Shoes" wilt recognlzo at once that untquo and sumptuous palaco shown In the color plate of the novel, built on the edge of tho Brazilian capital by a man who had carved his way from tho lowliest stra tum of New York to the political summit of our rich republican neighbor south t tho equator; for they havo seen It bclo In the plcturo offered by Miss Inghnnt In her magazine tale. It Is the dwelling placo of a natho New Yorker who enjoys tho dis tinction of doublo citizenship that of tho land of his birth as well as of tho country to which ho emigrated In bojhood. This migration followed the gift of a pair of shoes at tho hands of a. little girl who, seeing tho forlorn state of tho foot-covering of a New York street waif, In child ish benevolence forces him to take her own Truly they aro "magic shoes," for they lead their recipient to and through paths of glory In his adopted land, which makes him Its first citizen, entitled to deslg. nate himself as a "Twice American," which Is the title of Miss Ingham's patriotic ro mancc In Its new guise. 'When ho attains the pinnaclo of greatness In tho South American republic, Scnhor David Noel, who Is none other than the former street waif transformed Into soldier, statesman, rail road potentate and man of limitless In fluence, builds himself a magnificent home, to which ho gives tho odd name of the "Houso of the Little Shoes," In remem brance of the kindly act of the good fairy who gave him his start In Ufa by her gift From this groundwork tho nuthor of "The Twice American" weaves a lomance that Is sparKling, amusine, iiainmiu mhu iitni?thr ulensinK to American sensibili ties The hcene alternates between New York and the Brazilian capital and Its on- Irons, with a glimpse of a prison In the Interior of that vast domain, where a luck less outlander, whoso homo happens to bo Philadelphia and who has killed an Indian in resisting seizure of a valuable property by certain villainous pro-German or half German natives, is dragging out n horrible existence until released by tho Indomitable Senhor Noel. The latter Is heart and soul in sympathy with the United States and other civilized nations In tholr purpose to end tho frlghtfulncss that has become tho l.ej stone of Kultur as Interpreted by thf Kaiser; and, consequently, the "twlco American" is heartily hated by tho politi cians who get their Inspiration from I'ots dam Hut Senhor David overcdmes all their machinations, as appears near the close of the book, when Hrazll breaks off diplomatic relations with Berlin. A capital story, capitally told and al together timely and vibrant with patriotic spirit. THK TWICK AMKMCAV Tly KInnor M. m VVIln colored irorumpiece inimnci' J. II. Upplncott Comian. J1.35 ROMANCE OF THE , SANTA FE TRAIL Marguret Hill McCarter Has Written a Fine Novel of Pioneering Stalwart Americans, tho brave spirits who defied the desert, walked the untratlted prarles with bold and Intrepid tread, and died heroically, many of them, In blazing the wty over tho Snnte ve "an are ". studding figures In a virile story from tho pen of Margaret Hill McCarter, who knows tho tale of tho great Southwest, Its ro mances, Its early triumphs. Its monumental deeds as few of her tontemporvry novelists know It. In her latest production, 'van guards of the Plains." Miss McCarter fairly outdoes herself, which Is saving a good deal for tho author of 'Tho 1'rlte of the Prairie " "Beginning on the eve of tho war with Mexico, tills gifted nuthor leads her readers through t period of American history big with Import In tho development of the re public, and sho docs It. too. with tho cer talnty of one wholly familiar with events that form a vital p irt of the great Ameri can epic. Her men nro robust, splendid exponents of a conquering race, who have not let the strength of their powers crush out the liner instincts of true manhood, which Is alwivs gcntlo ns well as coura geous. And If tho men. vanguards In the building of u Arm highway for the com merce and ilvllls-atlon of a westward moving empire of marvelous resources, thrill the senses by the high character of achievement and lo.il. honest nsplritlnn, the women who graco tho pages of Mrs. MtCartrr's novel aro In all respects their (harming, wholesome, winsome and fit part ners In the development of romance that has tho vlrtuo of a faithful historical lecord. Thero are graphic word pictures of the majesty of (lie bouthwesttm country and tho "Santa le trail" which tho adventurers boldly chillenged, notably of tho Grand t'nnjnn and of scenes at the Mexlcin bor der that ravish tho gaze of pilgrims of to day oven as they i aught the senses of the plonecrd of an earlier period. ' The glamour of the plains is before my eyes , tin- tingle of courage, danger-born, Is In my pulsebeat, the soft Innd of love Is touching my hand," writes the uutlior In her foreword, and she proves what she sajs In the vivid tale she tells In "The Vnnguards of tho Plains," which Is a distinct nnd valuable addition to the literature of pioneer days that cvn never fall to nwaken heroic response In ihe mind nnd heart of tho American who glories In the winning of tho West and what It has meant to the n itlon, VANOUAims OK" THH I'LAINH By Msrcnret Hill AlrCHrtrr With colon-1 frontispiece. New 'Vork Hnrper i. Bros $1 45. Inshnm phta: Rabindranath Tagore's NATIONALISM Herein Is set forth Sir Itablndraualh a vision of that time when nation alism shall be wiped out and men shall live not as citizens of this or that country, but as citizens of the world. .1 $1.25 Postpaid Socialist Book Store 132G Arch St. mZ "BOOKS FOll THOSE WHO TIII.XK" A Salutation to Adventurers When the reader picks up a novel by a Briton and discovers that It Is about Amer ica, his first Impulse is to wonder what business a foreigner has to attempt to write of life here. But wall a bit If the novel Is about colonial Virginia, who should write It, an American or a Briton' Colonial Virginia owed allegiance td the Brltlh kings It was bettled by the Trltlsh. Its life is part of tile llfo and part of the history of the Greater Britain that even now covers a large portion of tho earth. So, lfter all when John Buchan, a Scotchman, wrote "Salute to Adventurers" and placed the scene of It In Virginia In the early dajs of tho Jamestown suttlement, he was not trespassing on forbidden ground, but was MISTRESS ANNE by Temple Bailey Twenty-fifth Thousand The kind of book you finish with a sigh, and buy at one for a dear friend that's Temple Bailey's new story, which you will like even bet ter than "Contrary Mary." Illustrated At oil bookstores ft. SI rut. The Penn Publishing Company Philadelphia MlNCtTON j Vunivusity MtJS JUST PUBLISHED PLATONISM By PAUL ELMER MORE Author of "Shelburne Essays" Passes by what is said in the Dia logues about education, art and gov ernment, to concentrate on the eth ical side of Plato's philosophy. Based on Plato, not the Platomsts, 306 pages, $1.75 net; by mad, $1.83. Protestantism in Germany , By KERR D. MACMILLAN President of Well Cotleee Not ,i life of Luther nor a formal his tory of Luthcramsm, it use both to explain the German national charac ter and this German-made war. 279 pages, $1.50 net; by mail, $1.58. Tales of an Old Sea Port By WILFRED H. MUNRO of Brown University Historical sketch of Bristol, R. I, and personal narratives of some not able voyages by Rhode Island sea men. 292 pages, $1.50 net; by mail, $1.58. Complete Catalogue on Request Princeton University Press, Princeton, N. J. Ralph Connor, the Sky Pilot of the Foothills, now a Sky Pilot of No Man's Land, writes the great big story of Canada's call to arms of the men of the Northwest at grips with Autocracy, THE MAJOR By RALPH CONNOR AmthfftheSAyHht" X 0ctr." "AfocA Rock," . urmniKn win. v.m .,.- n deccnt covering, and her hair was es to Jamestown to look Bhon Mc ,ooltcll blcU al hlm ,j,0ut 1 there. He has quarrels t) g e oltisli Jean K. Balrd ag dealing with a time when the life of the old and tho new countries was closely re lated. Tho Virginians were British and VlrglnU was a British settlement. It Is as legitimate a field for a British novelist as cither Scotland or Ireland. Tho "Raluto to Adventurers" first ap peared In Kngland two years ago. An American edition of It has just come from the press. It Is a story of love and adven ture, written with admirable restraint and consummate literary skill. Things are hap pening In It from beginning to end, thrilling tilings that might easily have been made to appear mclodram itlc, but Mr. Buchan's hero, who tells them, uses a narratlvo style that Is In perfect keeping with his charac ter. Tho story begins In Scotland, whero a youth finds that ho must make his own fortune. He attaches himself to a Glasgow merchint who has dealings with the rolo nies, and finally goes attcr the business with the aristocrats, ho fights a duel, he organizes a campaign to nrotect the town from an Indian uprising, ho Is caught by the Indians and has a narrow escapo from death, and finally wins the lovo of a girl whom ho first met In Scotland and saved from death within a day of the meeting, Tho book will enlarge tho circle of Mr Buchan's admirers. SALUTK TO AUVKNTUItERS By John Jluchnn author, nf The Orn Matittr." New York, ueore 1 lirnn Company. SI. 33. Good Old Joe Lincoln Joseph C, Lincoln keeps close to tho soil of Cape Cod In his new novel, "Extricating Obadlah." A Capo Cod story by Joo Lin coln Is sure to be a good one. Ho knows his locale and ho knows his folks. Ho knows how to put them both In a story that Is moro than merely readable and craftsmanlike His novels, light as they are In tone, have definite value In por trayal of character, preservation of a pass ing provincialism, and In rich good humor. Ho writes real comedy In Captain Noah New comb ho has cre ated one of his most likable and human personages The old shipmaster has tho bluffncss of his typo and tho qualntncss of his nativity. Also he Is Individual. Although tho hero nnd heroine and villain of this book are a bit conventionalized, the prlng neighbors, tho waitress at tho Mansion House and the mortgage-shaving "antique" dealer aro variedly differentiated Cap"n Newcomb has a mission at Trumet to save from fleecing his old cook, who had once saved his life Obadlah, tho eook, as the unexpected legatee of n fortune, be comes tho shining mark for persons who wish to relievo hlm of his estate He Is In constant trouble, but tho captain's ro sourceful wit saves htm from his many pitfalls KXTIUCATINO OIIADtAlf By Jorh C. Lin coln. New York1 I) Applctoii . Co. J1.50, 9 How to Be Beautiful Though a Woman Ono of tho most eloquent ptesthers of his time once said In tho course of u ser mon that It was tho duty of every woman to make hcrBelf as beautiful us possible As he spoke he looked directly at his wife In the congregitlon beforn him Sho worn a llttlo dlnncr-plato hat of black straw, a gown which served not as an adornment but as a deccnt covering, and her hair was cut b.it- grces vv ttli this clergvman, for she has ono of the character In her book, "The Cllrl Beau tiful," remark that biautj Is woman's obli gation to the world The preacher could not pcrsundo thoso of his own household Miss Balrd hopes to bring happlmss and content to all joung women who long to be beautiful by showing them how Sho assumes that thero nro none without such a longing. The vast amount of beauty literature put forth suggests that she may bo right. At any rale, her book will In terest and help all thoso who wish to make themselves more attractive. It Is the story of a plain girl who transformed her self Into a handsome woman and then helped other girls to do as sho had done. Her system Is based on sound theory, namely, that beauty Is a matter of good health, correct posturo and sane, healthful and kindly thinking. That Is, beauty Is an outward manifestation of nn Inwnrd physical and spiritual health TUB aim. BEAUTIFUL Hy Jean K. Ilalril. J hlladelphla: Prnn Publishing Company. SI. Book of Knowledge The Clroller Society, whoso local head quarters arc In the Dcnckla Building, Is Issuing a handsome book describing the children's uncvclopedlu, known us tho "Book of Knowledge" The book Is valua ble In Itself, for, although It Is 1 irgely made up of sample pages of tho encyclopedia, the Information It contains !s complete so far as It gov. It can be obtained , without charge by all those who ask for" It. Tho "Book of Knowledge" has already com mended Itself to thousands of parents, who nro using It for tho education of their children, Easy French for Soldiers Colonel Cornells De Witt Wllleox, pro fessor of modern languages In the United States Military Academy at West Point, has prepared an admirable little textbook on war Trench for the benefit of the Amer ican soldiers Thoso who aro able to speak and understand a few of the common French phrases used In ordinary dally In tercourse will bo much more useful soMlers on the continent than those who think Kng llsh Is good enough tor any one. It Is. therefore, Important that tho soldiers should study somo French textbook, nnd the more elementary It Is the better. Colonel 'Will cox's book will hcrvo the purpose very well. Besides being a brief French grnmmar, It la aUwa omsMt tlai Inforinftttoti French army.- Ih with the needs of a ary contains, bM use, tho technical mltfl WAn fbench. r colon!, u. 8. Army. nilllan Company. BV HR Know Your Own State The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania By Thomas Kilby Smith, of the Philadelphia Bar rrefnee by WALTCB tinoUClK SMITH President of tho American liar Association History of the Ki stone State with an up-to date account of every Intenst of every citizen In tho gteut dimmon wealth Political, Mllltnrj, Pin inclal Commcrrl il Ilcllglous, JinmeMIe, Liluca tlonal. Professional, Lltcrarj, boclo loglcnl ' The best short lilntory nn 1 nan lbook of an Commonwealth ver fsnuej M Vhtladtl r?ito fnaulrer, Oct 10 1017 BU Vaacs. Ltoth tt on-Map, Illustra tions, Imlci At lonr HonWorr, or The Encyclopedia Pre, Inc. 23 Eait 41st St., New York AOLNTS UANri.U EVERY WORD TRUE Private Peat His Own Soldier Story Lif" in the trenches and behind the lines, rations and equip ment, the new religion of the war, Belgian refugees, im-. pressions of English, French and German soldiers, German atrocities, "who started the war," under fire, "over the parapet," gassed at Ypres, wounded, lying two nights and a day in the open they are all in the story. A common soldier with eyes in his head and a smile on his Hp3 tells how things looked to him "over there" and what he did and how he felt in all the thrilling vicissitudes of war. 1C unusual illuxtraiioni fiom photograph? collected by the author. Price ?l..riO net. At all Bookstotes. The Bobbs-Mcrritl Company, Publishers. The "The mat itutvirinti i ism since 'The Man WUh try."' "V,1 ' v By riMier Utf, How a boy who had Int Mar redeems himself thrilling patriotism In tit em war. iiius. ai.zi' JAY COOKE, CiviI,Wr By Ellis P. The most comoteta and I tic blorranhv of the man energy enabled the Nor finance the war. New. ch illus z volumes. edition. net. WITH CAVALRY IN TH1 GREAT WAR Bv Frederic Coleman' i The answer to "What hum th cavalry done in me i-.uron war? ' A particularly book. Illus. $1.50 net. THE FORFEIT By Ridgwell CnOum i The story of a ranchman sb after Bwearlng revenge us the nerson responsible for I ,ienlh nf his brother, finds til his own wife is guilty. Illu 35 net. At All Booksellers GEORGE W. JACOBS Publisken, PhUWphi,l IE? fcl3-3 m gyp; jWs fess "Why Don't You Help Us?" Here is the truth about France today. "An aged wornout man, very tired a drowning man holding on bravely for help that never seems to come." Here is the straight-f rom-the-shoulder story of an American just returned from the blood-soaked soil of Ypres and the Aisne an American who knows more and has been allowed to .tell more than any other observer ALFRED S. JONES Section 63, American Red Cross "I am amazed at the utter lack of comprehension of the tremendous task that confronts us if we would be successful. France is bled nearly white. Writhing in torture, she has witnessed the collapse of Russia and the humiliation of Italy. We must move quickly, or it will be too late!" Because of his candid statements and the very serious issues involved, Mr. Jones's article was submitted to the Committee of. Public Information at Washington. Passed by the censor and, bearing the watermark of truth in every line, it is presented in full in the Magazine Section of Tomorrow's. PUBLIC LEDGER i.tA fV; ' tf I 41 ' '" i$s m j : V.V T.t- ,-V." . , v , u VJ?:'' V 4 1 r .- i WlH r Th i aHi
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