-i" ' 1 w t AV w 7 'Mow YiuAOwn St'att The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania By Thomas Kilbr Smith of the Philadelphia BaV Frefare liy WAT.TKH (IFurttitt RMITIt l'rea eif the American llnr Association History of the Kostotio .State, with an up-to-date account of every Interest of every cltlten In the great Common wealth Foil tlc.it Military, Financial. Commercial rtcllglous. Domestic, Hducatlonal. Professional. Literary. "Sociological. . "The liest short history and hnn U ook or anv Commonwealth ever IpiiM " rhttadtlphin hiqulrtr, Jict. ll, 11U7. 3(1 l'aoca. Cloth, tl ooitaii, lltuitra- ttona, Index, At lour ltonkntore, or The Encyclopedia Press, Inc. 23 East 41 it St., New York ,aoi:nts wantfii '- -"'', 1. ' EVENING PtBLlO iEbOEftlfcmADELHa SAOTRByf OEMER '8, lfll7"-ffiffi 'Wlrixk WA imu mi i m .i.. . ..- i I, " i ii -! i i . -u .1 1 1 1 i I, .... i iii !- iM""wyy """""ytLi Good New Books JAY COOKE, Financier of the V?vil War y Ellis P. 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Illuitrattd, $1.35 Reilly & Britten. Publiber A remarkable novel pre scnting with staggering force the picture of a world given over to ctild blooded k materialism untemperedby Christian ideals. ' . . J ' Jttn AdiMjd0A; ' ? victor Rousseau The story begins just before the outbreak of the great world war and its characters and a three-cornered love affair are'projectcd a hun dred years into the future; finding the world in the grip of a perverted and ty rannous socialism, without either religion or freedom. ALL BOOK STORES A. C. Mcdurg C Co. PcMiincr AUTUMN ACTIVITIES OF THE PUBLISHERS AND AUTHORS Bibliophilism Caricatured A. S. W. Ilosenbach Is probably us well Informed as any ono In tho United Mntes tn tho devices to which biblio philes will resort when they wish to get possession of a rare book. Ho also knows how little somo of tho new-rich collectors understand of the reasons for tho value of none of tho books for which they pav fabulous prices Out of tho wealth of his Information ho has pro duced n little volume nf tplsodcs In book collecting which will entertain all biblio philes and Interest all others who caro foi a tntcall humorous exploitation of human folhles Ho Ik Rlns with the disappointment of one llobert Kpoker nt his failure to sccuro one of tho only two extant topics or uoau lirummel a unpulillslnuio me moirs Hooters was closing the bar Kiln with the dealer, a Chlingn million lro enters tho stoic and on threat to withdraw all pitrnmtRe In the future unless ho can set tho volume, he secures It. Hooker, who Is not rich enounh to compete In tho open market with tlis millionaires, thereupon resolves to prey upon them In secret and get what he wants by Indirection Mr Hosenbach not only tella how he fit cured tho un punishable memoirs, but how ho Rot )iocss!on of mnnv other treasures, in cluding a wife, whom ho wooed at first In otder tint he mlrht i wn an old mlssvl which she Ind Inln rltcd from her father Tho girl discovert it that he loved tho missal more" thin he loved her and re fused him After some months the mill discovers that the ulrl hid ntt,r-ictluns of her own, and when ho eonreses as mmh to her she consents Tho flint episode In the volume deals with the ctt-o of a man wli. prices hlRlilv n morocco bound cop of I.esQulnzo Jovih de MarlaKe " bee luse one torner of the cover was bruised whin his wife threiv tho book at him. and then Instituted suit for dlvorco out of Jcalr-usy for his ioje for books Those who tnjnved I'll Kc'no Field' "Ixivo Affairs of a Ulbllo minlac' will find a different kind of pleasure In retdins Ml Hoseiibich T1IIJ rVPt'llMMIIUUB MBVOIKS ."y A s VV Itusenli ich New ork Jlltlhrll Kenncrlcy. $1 10 Three Men in One AssumlnK the ironilltv of three different indlvldmts ritiKlnK In ilnr aclir from i pslltss gimhlcr drummed out of Ton-Nunset tamp In tue liii.ou to i pncht of Onil lu a pen etui French Cinidlnn lnmli t on the st l.awiime Itlver, Is a dllllcult. it le for anv sttotiK wlllid man let Frink l'aiksrd In The Kin thai V is Ills lompc's the thrtc-lii-uno nnn 'lline-Ace rU'" ' throuKh force of i icuinst iiiich ti leid I tho life of a holv m n nlthoURli the nnn vvho-e prle-tlv (,'iiineiits he wears is a subterfuge Is In d mm r of execu tion is i inurdirir Vllsundi i stood I ri ml the "-tirt lm.nisi of the only fcood ,,,, lm .ver did Three-( e rtle Is littered il out liv the pervir-.e winds of GOSSIP ABOUT BOOKS AND WRITERS Harry Franck Is Getting Fat in France Reprintings of Many New Works Made Necessary by Their Popularity y The follow lug reiuatkible trlbuto writ ten to Walt hitman bj Ucnoy Kumar Psrkar, FmtlMied from the oilcttnl ItctiKall by the author, nppcirs In a recent number of the Conservator; N'o humin telnr lnlecil la Walt Whitman, AunkpeKtiin s Mammi Kails is he, lnipctunalti of (atararta , An) tumult latarlmmal nil his belne So ftreat wua tho demand for Louis lUemiekers's ' Kultur In Cartoons," Just published by the Centurj Compinv, tint n setond rdltlon was nces'ir beforo the hook went to press' This rimaik ablo collection of the famous c irtooulsta work Is dill nuetlni? with wider ap preciation and as the I'nltcd Mates Kets deeper Into tho wir ltiettnekersR unfor gettable pictures will make a stronger and stronger ni pe-il to tho American public Two Ctntur I'ompinj books whlih, thoUKh Just pulillhid, hive alieuly itone Into second edltl ms aro American Ail vuntures," h .lull in .Street with pic tures bv Will ne MorKim. and .ikii bondlng I (own the Andes,' b llirrj A Franck The formir of t.use bids fair to rlvnl tho popul irlt of Its communion volume. Vtiro.ul at llonie,' which was .1 best-elUr In Its Held, tho Iitti r Is meotiliK with "II the mi cess tint at tended the pulllcatlon of Trjnek a re nowned travel book V VaRibond Jout ney Around tho World John Mulr's Joum il. kept when ho accompanied tho Corwln expedition through lierlnff el and tho Arctic Uce i ( lu hearth of tho lost Arctic explorer Do Lontt nnd his hh!p. tho Jeannctte. his Just been published hi Hi utthton Mllllln Company under tho title, 'Iho Crut'o of tho I'orwin Of tragic Interest Is his dramatic description of tho finding of l.sklino vllliRCrton St Lawnuce lland. where all the natives hid died of famine Hm found tin m dead b the hundreds 111 their houses, still wrapped 111 tilth furs as If the had I lin iluwu to sleeo The thai (.is ni life ntiiom; the nitlvis of thu Iterlng 'ta Islmds and Alaska havu beiu ko tapid that irom in i i) points of vlitt wi possess In Mull ri When True Lovers Meet Tho danger of dreaming of an Imag inative, Ideal lady-love, lest wo fasten our blind worship upon n human coun terpart, appearing at n ps etiological not fall to point both Inoffensive and so clear that there Is no escaping It. The first letter gives some Inside facts nbout moonlight In response to a complaint from the niece that her mother, line! re fused to let her go walking one evening moment, nnd neghct tho stctllng north I with somo bois and girls. It Is collo of chancier Hint waits on our attention I"''. "'' ntid sound The others, . ., , ii . i i- i . hi deillng with nthletlcs, snobbery nnd the beneath an exterior cquilly blcsed with ,,,.. ,.. ... -,, UXCI.K lltU.'M I.KTTKat TO llll NIKCK lly Hay Hrovin orki lirltton l'uli. lialilnic fomrans tl. this country Mr Murcosxon has seen more of the wir thnn any other Ameri can c Iv 111 in He his not onl been with the live great allied armies but Ins met personalis all the leading statesmen of these countries His latest book, "The Iteblrth of Hussli," has been trnnslited Into French nnd will bo brought out In i'arls. Mr William K Hirrett'a 'On the Threshold of tho Fnscen," In which tint famous phvslclst makes a Judicial scien tific cMimlnitlon of the' evidence from all sources of the survival of personal Itv after death Is inciting with such t widest read lnteret tint I'. V Dutlon i. In. after put lMiIng two editions Ini pirtnl from Hnglaud, nie now printing utt Aiiitrh in tdltlon Two condemned cannon will milk the phco where James It McConncll fell In bittle ' snmeuhprn In France" lt I uninlmoiis lonsent, tho henato P1.""'1 1 nnd In Jocv. nil Intensely appealing elnl mis niuuoii, niuc-ii ws i"''""" " of child life Is nrrlid throughout the atniinr eiverinin r-erKeam i-noi .'- ,tnrv Toev s love and persistence iro I I'liiuiill authoi of 'Hlng for t ranie ,tg " factyrs In bringing Kilo to his. was one of the first numbers of the v(,nse, t.ifavette i:cidrlll. to meet his deithj MnnR(? lflIn ulcnco ,riKs tho hus In no rue mint, r with lloi he airmen last ,,,,, ,)f , v,-imder Woman to the spring Ills book Is now In Its tlBlitli i r,nr,mll H t ,, un(ier conditions of dlllon Ifitlgm md sli kness th it lien ssltato his I re m lining 'I he W'ondei W'onnn Is Mrs u II F ltclmoitt his wrltl- n , stricken b the fall of a gre it tree at) to : F 1mtti.il t, IV 'I hive n ml I her home in the wllileriieis during a Worn in " b iinco rhompsoii vvlth si veto storm and she is brought to the I great Intcust llcl(Vs k lug or ins- rtbin 1, e miftliig of these loiig-partid beautv, but to which wo havo grown nc customed by common acquaintance, Is pointed out by Mao Van Norman Ixng In hi r llrst book. Tho Wonder Woman." Wanza Is a child of tho woods, with an open heart, a queenly grace of purity nnd withal a wisdom that hindlea a most baffling and critical situation In her llfo of pitlcnt toll for her solo and dearly beloved parent. Oiptaln Orlf Lyt tle, with the tlnesso of a. born diplomat. Mio wins lu tho end, but Haldec. the Wonder Woman, threatens for mitiv months to take lur lover fn;m her. iHvid rule, tho Mixing man," Is a i r.ifismiu seeking to shed the burdens of an unpleasant early life In tho soli tude" of forest nnd streim nnd the quiet communion of mijestlc mmlntilns He lives In a cabin with nn adopted nov, KajsaKHBBBBmBaaBMHPaBmmi I c ..ifst. - -.'.ai w&Tm.'?. LOG OF THE !. L. GORDON' and A, J. ritULH - .1 i AND SMILE, SMILE, SMILE; 00 for the funniest book In ytwrtV . rt TT"rMJc V uj i iv-rii j ij, 681 FIFTH AVEMUE t,; Oppoiltc Bt. Thomai'i ChUreh 1' U torldl vilue t think It curies n gre it l.sson I vMiuld advlso all antl-suf-fraglsts ind women who have not sulll i lentlv studied their own sphero of life and hivo perlnps neglected to observe their own miny fallings to rcid Mr Thompson's book." Henri llnrbusse author of ' I nder Fire" tho war book describing with de till the ilillv life of a squid of soldiers In tho French army, of which V. V Put ton &. Co lecently iulillhtil n tnns HI Ion, Is a voung French writer nnd editor who hi gin his lltenrv cireer ten veirs ago with n smiill volume of verse Fo'lnwlns this cime two or three real ivtl, nnn Is When the war broke out he hid 1 mi for mine time e lltor of a worn ins migizlne In Furls slmlhr to 'The Indies' Home .lourn ll " lllled "le description i vivid .mount of n itlv.i , sus Tint" When the wir cime he life nnd iiisloms tint havo forever etiHMcd ind wis soon mule the leidcr Christmas Cheer for Camp & Home,Si?V A '',., U tl, 1! I I V e ll ' n A 'nnnaMimnt of the presbvtiiv where I ins is the Hook for lour Soldier ho) jSX )u s pining the tint of the ncwlv HOW TO LIVE AT THE FRONT By Hector MacQuarric, B A., Cantab. Second Lieutenant, Koal 1 aid Artillcrj " fiiNti rpleee " -New A (irk sun. ' Second l.luitimnt MieQuirrie . . tells vou nil about t with open mind nnd open heirt and an honest) and ferCor tint reiiresent tho finest kind of message tint my one from 'over there" who Ins been In It can bring . And the voung soldier villi like the Information, the milillnnna Hti1 41ira l.tijttii pttnaen 4tsf lu,las Ali.tf,-- B..m .,1 thsi1rsi 4tfft iiiuii.iiiv.- ' iiv ii.vj Litwtiii.i init -"i uiiii iii7 l lie uir'i' riiH"." iirni ni'v. i"v . s? volume a true v nlo inicum In these dajsj of tr,l il ind tribulation" "j '"FhlfideliNhl i Fubllc Ledger 'Fvmv inerlcan mu't read this remirk- Jjfl ablo book If he wishes to know Yhe truth ibout war conditions " 12 lllus- tffi tratlons I..'V ml, IF I WERE TWENTY-ONE, bj W'llllim Maxwell, appeals to ver man. old or voung Filled with a wealth of pointed nnecdoto nnd clever allusion The humor Is di llghtful nnd the business wisdom wJ Ich it cont tins Is of tho practical kind A (.nappy book with a punch 12 Illustrations S1.23 net, EARLY PHILADELPHIA: ITS PEOfLE, LIFE AND PROGRESS l!y HOIlVCi: JMIIII'll MPPINCOTT 120 Illustiatlons, Oetivo eeorited clotl ISoved. C 00 net A Limited rdltlon The city of in inv Institutions and unlnipenched traditions Is pre sented In Its varjlng aspets by one who knows the people of today and jesterdiy. The public plnces wltli, the le irned Institutions, the unlquo spoiling life, the flmnelil and business conterns, the socl il clubs and associations, aro written of m i way tint will in ike tho book a fund Of valuable Information to all who aie intnestcet In the beginning of America q ROADS OUT OF PHILADELPHIA Hi JOII.V T FMtlS 117 Illustiatlons and i imp Heml octavo Hecorated elolh t 00 net The old loads out of Philadelphia are the inost'hlstorlc In America Profuse Illustrations and suggestive ttxr mirk the book as a prlre for the uutonioblllst, walker and hlntoriaii Suih mines as the Hattle of Brandy wine, Valley t orge and Mllltii Hill suggist the fisclnatlon of tho subject Iho author presents the pist and the present of ten of tho great hlghwajs CHRISTMAS BOOKS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS nrrlvid priest with d ui mortising lllllcutlv Paikirdt Inlmltible genius for weav ng stem nglv Inextricable situ itlona ilso los I no with riru Insight the In ward seething th km of n soul divided bitweeu blttir piss mute antagonism igilnst tlio world nn 1 nn nwnkenltig tenso of duty to Oid and his brother man It H n llnely proportioned tale ot subtle allurement, ndmlnldj port-iv lug the theme of personal regeneration l-ulded b the was of Ood that are pist all understanding and the pure Ilrht of a in ilden'H love tint uneou clnulv peicelvis the true, slmcre ( h ir actei of tho mm beneath the artificial mask of his assumed role tiiit mis. -rnir vv vs lilt ll Frank I k- nrt Illustnti I Iv Franrns 11 rs s. w qrk ixornc II Korin ionunn SI n pissed aw i 'Iho Journ it Is edited by Willi uu 1 rtderlc Hade l.lculinint Firrj A Frantk, author of ' Vac, (bonding I town tho Andes' l ii, t. ( in, net I' t.minv lurk, bis been .,i...,. ,1 ... i.n , ,i,,,i in, ri .lute with Hie flrtlooal form Although pull Ished only Amnliaii evitilitioiiir foices some-I about a liionth imo, It Is ulii id in Us whin in 1 i line In a recent letter to four 1 irge edition a f i It ii 1 In ilesirihis his nirhil en IliJ of i squid With his men no nieu ior linnv months tho uu il life In 1 irriul In the trenchei at the front lu rest bll lits taking part In m irehes nnd nt- taiks In battles in outpost uiitv, and this life he describe- In his book in lev Hverv nursers lilmirj sliouia ho Adventure contain a copy'or this classic story fur Family aie ii wouiu lie- u. '"..:;," ,: , looks that wu Ue-auijiuuy iiiusuiiiru ""","' ... child "i crlo Vl.ts new one in ine -ie.rir , u Bh(mln(. tlilldrrn loie Series. Ihe colo ,itd ()m, ,,. two delightful Wi anneal to every fr 24 crlored p clures In iach w tne uuvemuies or r-jt qulrrels and other Jf . luytuicM am uewiiciuui, ' ,renluiis of tho Held and forest w I -. ,. 'vv... wIiV, Lewii Told b Vera Nce Pictured by jy OpHUJ8 the Weit with J-' HebneXjce -,0 eenta net. ftp ' 1 his hew' Tiall Blazer cont tins ad- Tale, of Irving' Aliiambra, rjj teaime aid plenty fif It true Ills- illustrated In niloi, is the new vol if . . n...i fuaol.i.itlhir roininee II him. in elm e'lill.l,, n is ("I mu!is. n. up'in the ..ii. ... n iiiiii Kiornet Oregon Tidil with Lewis and Olaik SLil net. . Illustiated , Tins' Blue -Heron' Father, by Itijpcit Snsent Holland A fascl- .natnii stoiv of tno ndieiltiires of a S. si.w iv,.. Xh i,nv w'hot In the djys . J,f tvtei'htUMesant .eomtH In New Amsterdam to win Ills fortune lustrateu i.ja. W!nna of Camp Karony Maigaret vvioaeiiii'r j c-oariiunit deseiv.dlv popular series fill I ttlo folks -o . . nti in (. Tell Me a Story Picture Book Fairies and Goblins From Storyland 2? tit? i I- Boy and Girls from Storyland 5lj3 , ' Simplified by Lcll i H Chencv are (jrf a. oy three umxcelled story nnd picture J nooks ror tne cniiurcn. wun wmen u HOLIDAY LEADERS The Leading Gift Books A TRIP TO LOTUS LAsiD iiy ucmi: ni:LL luflior of The .sjdl ul the tlolu land," Thr Si of I puii ' etc II i"i ' mu&tiallo i&. .luiil. Cloth. J '0 act. I he author nui'i us feel the lnJ nmbi si ell of tli loi 1 which ciriilrta In the now i our of 1 ujl until u n ncni Hi di rr blossoma an J heir tnj ntle oii ot tin gcl'liia It Is not inelil a l"k uliut lupiin. It Is a P'tca of Jul.ui lla.lf .Neil) 10 J, lrli.mii. THE DEFENDERS OF DEMOCRACY A Hook Dedicated to Our Sol dier1!, bailors and Nurses. p. onaWi llwtlmt.el hi Color (old Mack iiinl II Me lu IjiuiIihii IIIkcI .lrlivl. lame iiu. I jlh. odl t o ir Onlau. SJ.Vi i.rr has usseiiitli Mllli. nf Vt. IS I iirlj iiai eiiilrlliutlurvs riuin ihh mini. nn otlu r nle and onn of the horrors of wir LleutMi mt 1 ram k vv litis That mil I cross, d ng nnd, first il iss, ex npt that til. foi got Ann ill ms in In the Jul It of citing dnllv, and the eve ning of tin iut di sailed for u pirt which It would be tie ison to the British ttusoi p mt lit ti n to a likowlsi unnien t'omblo ioit In France Ihcie the leerv utile trJ vicre loiinden up and put over the Jumps on mo Urn I uuruagi s Two of us made It without a spill and were bhipped olf aeross Irani., with nn eienlig In Fills (vou know how hopeli ss a slng'o evening In Paris Is') to till" goner ll headquarters III n famous but unnieiitlon ible sm ill French rltv, wluro . live next door, so to speak, to Oeneral Pershing nnd while 1. ffre Pe tain and swarms of moro or less ccleb iltlcs drop In for te i every now and tin n Whit sherinm s id wis no ex acscr itlon 1 he horrors of gifting s fit I do not know miself .ire upon me for I do not gi t more thnn nine luurs shen n nlchl the bed furnished tv I renih fanilli nnl.ei getting up In the morning .f hardship ind the labor of entlng thuc endlfs. French nu als i da and doing aim with a nev. r-endlng supplv of wln sum" up inv mifi rtum s It m iv le lucki to have missed drilling In the mud with i thi r rcscrvo ollhers who came ovi r but If I hid mv rholc I would bo e basing perspiring drift men about the wilds of Yaph ink Hint most I.leuteinnt Fonlngsbv Paw son author of 'Cirr tin who rei entlv spent n fow wieks on sick Uavn In this i oiintrj ..... ....I. I -if, 1.. 1. inlf It, l.nmlnn 11 i- ill i ... i c ... .) ... , . ,,.,. .,., , , .(,, , ,l.t-l , (,,. Cam on' Ins now bon put tn press i "'.; "" s...... . ........ . ,ul ... v..i.j a .... iiiafiil nihlti nml eiritilfl l.n I'untv In Lieutenant iiw- - -- ", -.. inntu Is tho beginning of tho end for Hale h dtcam worship lu the gient free-breathing spaces under Iduo skies nnd green canopies W'anza griduilh enlightens Dale with her ixqulslto and enthralling manner as to tho true relations between them Mrs i Long provides Dale with a wlshs-washyl character, inconsistent wun the envi ronment, during tho early part of the story He Is Impossibly obtuse In fath oming slgnlflcint situations that aro all I too plain to the reader Tho latter por tion of tho book however. Is a decided1 lmprovenu nt, and the whole furnishes, delightful, lefrcshlng reading Till! WllVid.ll UOMVN ll Mvo Vnn Norman l."i n lllueiraicd n T tapy rlcmrnt l'liltid It hln the I enn I'ul, llhlni; Ccmr-anv Jl 1"i Don't Give This Book ' to Girls It iv Brown has written a lirnk which parents should refrain from iccommend Ing to their oung d lurtitcrs as they would shun poison This is not for tho I reisoa th it It would harm the girls On ' the tontrar, theio is no better bock for them to re id when thev am llfticn or s'xtien jiars old If, howevir tho book I lould bo put where the jourm' girls could get nt it wiiiiout anv one Knowing nny thlng nbout It, and If the parents mido tic comment on It In their presence the Nothing Better to Give than a Books IT COSTS A TRIFLE; AND LASTS 4 FINE NOVELS ; a The White Ladies of Worcester By the Author of "THE ROSARY" "Told with the oiirifv of Mtvle of which Mr: Barclay h matter, aiwf a fidelity to the finest emotions which is remarkable Seldom do W find such characters in fiction, and few are the wrilert that enj portray them. "i "It is a splendid work, full of dramatic power and true to naturt, yet reverent with things that are sacred, and altogether one of tnu finest books that have seen the Iteht for many a day. aan trancueei Call. GL. m V,' &i . rr? ; 2 ; ; foi the fifteenth time son completed tho writings of his new book while In the Fnlted bt it s and It will Te published b John Lino ( otnpany next March Kultur in Cartoons While 1 liking tho power which ch ir icterizis his llrst book of cartoons, Mr It umackcrM his given us In this volumo nn ndmlrible collection of drillings for b Unconquered Bv the Author of "CAPTAIN DESMOND, V. C." "Maud Diver has departed in this novel from the Indian background I arainif which her earlier work is set, but she has by no meane ror taken her powerfully dramatic method of dealing with an mor7onaJi theme." N. Y. Times. "There is a new death, a new aawer in Mrs. Diver's latest story.' , . . There is more spontaneity in itt a suter realization of therm racis or lire; a truer sense or numan values, ana ner menana im;,rl( plictty ot phrasing adds force to her tale. Melbourne Australian. c The Heart of Her Highness By the Author of "EVERYBODY'S LONESOME" l,vfiS "A finely woven romance of the old days of chivalry and brutality ?rf4s' a diverting and persuasively accurate picture of old Flanders, ' ji M&ijfi Ghent and Bruges and Louvain; a story of Mary of Burgundy, unl' jj-. happy daughter of Charles the Bold, of her troubles, and final happy marriase; a story brightly gemmed with descriptive excellence by Clara E. Laughlin. "Not for vears has to delichtful a tale of olden times appeared, fstr r.? more meritorious than anything Stanley Weyman ever did." Cleve- J (ana Plain Dealer. d The Safety Curtain By the Author of "THE WAY OF AN EAGLE" "In extraordinary power Ethel M. Dell's novels, as well as her short stories, challenge comparison with any writings of our time. Hera it is splendidly apparent, combined with marvelously tender witchery and gentle charm quite irresistible. The intensest primal passions rage through these tales, but never net beyond the equal sway of sweet womanliness and loyal manhood. Tales which nobody with heart and red blood can read without a quickening of the pulse, or can lay down without a wish to take them up and read them again." N. Y. Tribune. NEW YORK AT ALL BOOKSELLERS G. P. Putnam's Sons LONDON protlt b) Homo of It Hie expert psv- ilnloglst who suggested the pr.cedlng sentimes knews i great deal about hu man nature and one of tho things of which ho Is llrmlj convinced Is that , voung persons git tired of too inucniQ direct ndmoiiit'ou Mi Blown must g lino nibbed shoulders with a psuholo- K gist at some time In his life, it tlso ho 3 inH driwn on his own loiithful memo- lies foi his Fnclo Bills Letters to His g N'eio" aro wr'tten with an Intimate un-. rf mill mimmiiiiitii iiipi inniinin nn m diiuiii p imiiiiuiiiuiiiiins nr.mrBiiiani'rai WAR WORN ENGLAND mam of them cannot Justly be called derstandlng of tho vouthful point of view vvnicn mii.es ino moral wmen no noes iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiniiiiiHiiiiiiiiiii illinium t: inn n ii'j The Day Before j Her Wedding Day a She found out her fiance was s another woman's lover. What t s should she do? cartoons ill the generally accepted nioin lug of tin word, and Is nblj si entitled In oNpliintori tct bj manj well-known men of letters Including (filbert Ches terton, lMen Phllpotts. John Oxenh nil and others of equal fame and alnlltv Tho famous Kutth c irtoonlst. who is now In this lountrj. Ins undoubtedlj bton foremost among thoso who have depicted, or attempted to dtpkt tho bru tallt) and InJus,tleo of the Prussian T. r tor and his work has naturally been aid ed by his first-hand knowledge and tho hatred Inspired thereof Admirably engrived and printed, the drawings of which there are 109 print ed In two colors make .i beautiful gift The Heart's Kingdom Interistlng feature of the form itlon e f , book and a valuiblo amnion to mo u lly .Ma) la Tliompion DailCS! I our new arm I am soirv in mm I nrnr. u in 'f"' iu.i...... ... ...i. ... Ilowevei I have J een prom- I at w ir and with whom 'Tho Mcetch of Isid ii re i! lib with tho privilege of I the old Pollu md 'Heath the riwllinr bv night over Into the (.Mln-n trenches vihen omo ve aottnllv git stilted at them so something worth while tmj still come of the business" Malor Inn Tin Belth author of 'The lb ml (or tlio Knlsers) stind out among the others, but thcro aro inan of deep lu terest The tevt Is especially notable for the nppreel itlon of Hacm lekirs b tho fortmost Fngtlsh writers of tho day s we hivo alre.uli said It is not mo First Hundred Thousand1 nnd "Ml In eqinl of his llrst boon, nut it is inieiu I t. i,,.,. oi. n.s written under the mine worth while t. II T account of tho woik and ii'av of a fathei, mother nnd the little ones group of Fump I'lro (Brls during mav Journey Into the bright world Mm autumn and winter months Uv the nutliot of "WIN'ON'A OF THH CAMPFlltn " Illustrated l 41 ne of adientuie Faeh book has 2-1 pictures in lolnr bv Maria I- Kirk. Laeh 50 tents nrt K SJ. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPAN.YSW AT ALL BOOK STORES Russian Poets . and Poems Englished in the Metres of ' the Originals, With Bio graphical and Critical In v troductions. By Mme. Nadine Jarlntzov ' 7ol. I, "Classicb," Pref.iccd. by lane Harrison, With Por traits. 8vo. Pp.xl318, ?3,50 tffc7 'i t ' "' " .3,'JiA'sbbok . . . which ii. quite 1 f&r qCll.v wiy delfgh'tful. '. . . . HC lias.wiiiecn out Ul llic iciuu qb)st)f thtjea Mi s i m t I . H ! iWKsoi iiSiea;. v i. Jtjit Dfftlu Netvs, (London) ! i-",,It1is,aU?admirrtble boqk," ! J TheWoinl'iQ Post (London) hfi Volt II., ".Modems." L'J U "V !l ?.'Wtion) -.s mm2.m.9sPm m stwmetw m u mi iti iiiiiiiii inri iiiiii mrrrr A Russian Schoolboy By Serge AksakoiT Translated fi out the Russian by J. D. Duff, I'tllou' of Trinity College, Cambridge. Syo. $2.25 net'. , This is the third and last sec tion of Aksakoff's memoirs, the two earlier volumes being . 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Olio coul 1 vvlh thnt a law might bt pisoed romiisllins eiery rSeint to read Curry On'! It is this spirit of a new lit ruttir?. a new rfllvlon, ivriadlu th I oot Unit malt., It liuch a penetrating such a comi rehenive. Interpretation of war." Seal iorh Timet, The Leading Novel THE RED PLANET By WILLIAM J. LOCKE Author of "The 11 oinru year." tto. Cloth, .Vtl, tl.SU, A warttin novel of love, teiuraso and myitory JuHt as romantic. Juat aa ten der aa '"the Bl6wd Yab9nd." , t-v- ALL DOOKSELL'ERS ,jDHrf LANE CO. r" ' ' ,'" ' i n NEW YORK of "Ian Ilai ' nnd the Fngllsh tqulva I lent of the vcotth "Inn ' Is of course "lolin' s u consequente, a most nniuslrg ml'tnke has been made bv nn I over-realou'S dipping bureau, which con tinues to send Major Belth reviews and 'dippings leferrlng to 'The Lift, and ! Lettcri of John Hav" and 'The Foni p'.tte I'm ms of John Hnv " Just published bv Houghton Mifflin Company While I Major Belth's admiration for John Hnv, 'and for his biography, written b Wil li lam Iloscoo Thajcr, Is urbounded h finds It rither emb irr.isslng to be fol j lowed around the counlrv by conipll inintan notlcts which di not belong to him (leorgo I'd i aril Barton author of ' Ite Lduiatloii iicently gave out a moat Intt resting interview Ih WashiliRton wluro he had gore to see the "si.rctir of War, the I reach ambassador and ' tho heads of several departments of tho suigeon (Uncial's office on the subject I of the re-ctliicatlon of maimed and crip plul soldleis Mr. Barton who Is held of Consolation House, In New 'jork said I lu put "lhe needs of the re-ediuatlon I of cripples nre not made b war, but nio on v intensltled by It; we draft a who!,i nrm of Industrial cripples cver veil The Federal (.'ominissioit nn in dustrla llelutlons given The annual list of accidents, approximately 35,000 fatal It'ea and "00 000 Injuries Involving dis ability of more than fou weeks.' That these figures would be equaled by tho casualty list In our army overseas Is Im probable and whl'o It Is perhaps more spectacular to lose one a arm or leg In the din and turmoil of battle than It Is to lose tho game member In that of a mill, factory or foundry, tho results so far as the Individual Is concerned are virtually the name, and the needs of society for the re-education of that man am den"tal ' Mr. Barton's little book, which has been called 'the book of the hcur" formulates a plan whereby dis abled soldiers may be made almost, or wholly, self-supporting, thus lifting whit may become an almost unbearable bur den from the tshoutdera alike of tho tax payer and philanthropist. ' Good Morning. Itosamond I" n com edy by Miss Constance Ltndsey Skinner from the book of that name, recently published by Poubleday, Page S. Co, Is to be produced soon on Broadway by the Messrs. hhubcrt and Miss Jessie Bonstelle. In the cast will bo Lowell b.ierman. Miss Annie Hughes and Mis Lily Cahlll. Isaac V. Marcosson has Just returned from his fourth visit to the war zone. In keeping with his adventure, the chip that brought him back was attacked bj a submarine. During his last trip he' visited the Italian, French, British and American armies, and ha M now prepar. fn to fo on nn uienaea lectur tour or i ..V'r al ti lvl I.TI'H IN r'VltTlOV! Itv Iinls I'.ae nnekers Willi iminitiini InK Notra 1 Will known 1 nllh liters N.w orl. Hi t cntun coini nit Fi The Spirit of Canada No wonder thoso Canadians can light This perhaps. 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