"-i-V ""'' "V" 'V -Tj'-W - - v,v kVv ( 'ft-r , .i-ij'.v ;v(?-.-;l r"T' iri""r,mi"t' 'vjTrwu'"Pi J .: h i St r ' ' h EVENING PUBLIC) LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1018 JrV'r 'S.-.-i )ME TAX QUERIES STAGGER ED WYNN iMticdinn Finally Decidca to Kswcar to Whatever His m Lawyer Say3 ,r.vfrnn. tho comedlnn. decided to Lh until h reached Washington, D. C , jrith the "r "'" "" -' VtnM"g hli Income tax return. Ho read in ine ncwBimm " f a J. Ia An (Via llhtpt ,ala ..euro !" -" :;""-"" , the Cpltol. ana u "' " 's .n,t he felt ntUelsure. he went Elfhth and Q streets, there to consult ' ,.. crowded. o the comedian "....d to work tho matter out himself r.i. naleleh. The nrt revv question t ttl lUl'O'b": . . ..V.,.. I, ... ulilnh I .. easy, men no w"n I''. ?!!?.ht as follow: "Were ou IiSilS on nectember 31. 1917. and llv Spilth wile (or husband)? If not. ij .. t-..i f n fnmiiv ns tionneu in Junction" on page 1. paragraph 11. itt 'personal cf I Troon referring to paso 1 ho found lYtpon ij ,,,.. .a hf!itl nf family pereon who, In nrrord.inco w 1th n. moral or legal obligation, actually -,rt. and maintains one or more in- JiaoHs closely related to mm (or ncr) IT'.. "j nurriin or adoption." ?tM set Wynn to thinking was he LTi the boss of his family? In addl- ton to his wife thero Is rin eighteen- W . . . tt... ,.. uhnQA will la hw. anths-oia uuy u,. ....-. "." v.. n the safe side. Wynn nn- tati tho foregoing question as fol- IBev'es and no" So fnr po good. Wynn 1ft,. proceeded to article v., vvmen nas IS. riotlon "Other Incomo" and tho In- actions m p" .,"""", Tn Kirce separate. ..". ..- ddlctcd to nil occasional game of winy "t'' Wjnn .ls nS,. c"'""l"u """' ... - Ul nfn a from lllft K' . l.nll m At 11 it no abnormally iaiKu, ..un.v., . rides hlmseir upon DeinK itn.au Ui u.u same but how much? With hand upon Itt forehead ho reflected: Tho last Iround of "roudles" In u gamo tho night afire had cost mo cohk.-ui.ui omc. 3.. t nn tho contrary, when he leashed In his chip" ho found that ho ltd come away imrei w -.. . ! When the came began tho eemedlan had Invested ?10 In a stack of AIM. anil' apparently, his proIUi for tiia ecntng wero tmrty-two ooncs Jut then It occurred to him that several nunds of Beo had been Inludged In Ijliad smoked cigarettes or. cigars con Kntly during tho sitting and on his Wit homo ho had dropped In to nn all- lfht cafe for a wheatlcss nna meatless HENRY JAMES AS A LITERARY ALCHEMIST CAN THE DEAD SPEAK TO US? A GLIMPSE INTO THE LABORATORY OF JAMES ine INOVellSt HaS ReVealGd the pvnnoacloa, cally Jacobean, to use IlnrryTiiurston iri' i it -r lvcvcalcu tu X"iOCeSSeS Pcck' ndjecthc. They don't liko so w men ne invoked to Produce His Abstruse Tales fragment," said I)r. Mcrabre, "Thoy hao described It as otio of the finest thing ho has over done." "Of course they have" said I, "James himself liked It. It ls tpl- TF I SHEM a little distraught to- wrUIng a, practiced by hlm WM nn night," I remarked to On en and Doctor SIcFabro ns they settled them selves comfortably beforo my fireplace and lighted their cigars, "it ls because I hao been attempting to follow tlio processes of an alchemist In a literary laboratory." "I thought tho alchemists were all dead," ald Doctor Jlcgabrc. "So they are," I replied, "and my n. chemist Is dead along with tho others. His name Is Henry Jnmcs." "I nover could read that man's books," Owen interjected. "It took too much labor to dlscocr what ho was trjlnff to sa.f." "Thero are many others who uao up trying to read him long ago," I said, "tils brother William, a profes sional metaphysician who wroto on abstruse subjects, had a beautifully lucid literary style. Henry, however, a novelist, wroto In his later jcars In tho Involved and confusing ntslo of tho metphyslclans who had not learned how to think clearly. Clear thinking ls nt the bottom of good lltetnry Rtyle I havo a profound admiration for the educational system of Franco becauso It has turned out mon who know be fore they start to write Just what they Intend to say, and has qualified them to say It with a clearness, simplicity and directness that Is tho despair of thoso of us who have received our training In a different school." "They tell me," remarked Owen, "that James dictated his novels while ljlng In a hammock. Ho would start a sentence when tho hammock began to swing and resolutely refiaincd from endlnc It till his sentence and the easy task to bo undertaken lightly ...... ..ncr no nas reau the notes, have a new respect for n serious minded man of letters. Pages nro gUen to consideration of tho names to be glvon to his characters, names which must suggest tho part which they havo to play. He tells us that his dramatic principle consists In tho exhibition of his characters In succcss!o aspects, each treated from Its own center. Thus ho produces n cumulative effect pre. paratory to tho denouement. Tho num ber of persons. hoccr, who are In terested In such revelations ls small, but thoso who are Interested care very much about them. James tells them In a way what ho has attempted to do undwlch. Dy all tho laws ot internal lnmmock couid como to a full stop rnus ms expenses nuuum u utuu.t.. from his profits, so under tho head of "Other Incomo" ho started to write In h figures representing his winnings i... his expenses. He poised, pen In i.r1. as ho happened to think of how the bojs had stung him In a gamo of Kud poker the night before he left Xew Terk, where ho had been nppearlng In Over tho Top" for s-ceral months. So to be on tho safe side ho again wroto h the column designated ns "Other In come tho noncommittal worua iua jsd J.0 After spoiling half n dozen forms and Ittttlns Ink all oer his lingers tho comedian finally gao up tho effort In lilatust and sent a new DlanK to ms Uorney In New York with Instructions t fill it In to- suit nimscir. aiming mat would swear to an thing the Govern- lent thought ho ought to. imille Zeckwcr's Lecture Recital f The Philadelphia Jluslc Club w 111 pre- lont Camllle zeckwer, pianlt nml corn ier. In ft lecture recital on "Decrlp- Iuti Music" next Wednesday evening nt ltt Art Alliance, Nineteenth and Wal- I nut meets. together." "There Is not much exaggeration In that," I admitted, "but I know nn en thusiastic admirer of James who In sists that what ho calls the beauties of the James stylo cannot bo appreci ated unless It ls read aloud, rcproauc Ing It In tho samo conditions under which It was ilrt created. Then, ho tells me, it Is ns limpid as a pool In a mountain stream. Hut It would bo worth your while, Owen, to read tho two unfinished novels ot Henry James, because there ls printed with them the notes which James mado beforo nnd during tho progress ot their wilting. Tho literary laboratory In which I havo been observing the workings of a mind is theso two olumes. The man reveals his methods, he raises the curtain on his mental processes; he shows how he arranges his puppets and what ho plans to have them do and why. One who thinks that novel m mi ctm in i iimmin THE "DEAD WHO HAVE NEVER DIED HENRY JAMES In 'Tho Ivory Tower,' one of tho un finished novels. Ho has always wnntcd to -nlnt tho picture of a nonproduccr In tho midst of a commercial wot Id. This Is what 'The Ivory Tower' is about, and ho gives us tho beginnings of a story In which a oun& man with no business experience Inherits tho fortuno of an undo and loses It through the dishonesty of a man whom he trusts. ITut one docs not feel that his characters nio real people. They are abstractions trigged out In human garb and pulled by tho strings which their creator has attached to them. Tho elaborate analysis of their emo tions which constitutes tho greater pirt of the story dops not nvike them convincing. Thoy nrn the product of a laboratory and nothing else." "But I havo heard somo James admirers glow enthusiastic about this well the other fragment, 'The Senso of tho Past'; but I confess that I prefer It. He hns dono nn audacious thing and If ho hail lived to complete the stoiy It would have had a popularity greater than many of his other books. In tho first place, ho knew bo well Just what he was doing that his stvlu Is remarkably clear. His nariutlve moves forwiud with a directness that ls refreshing, and one Is forced to ad mire the skill with which ho dov clops his unusual theme. It deils with tho lovo nffatr of it oung Amcrlcin his torical student and a widow whom tho young man had admired befoio her first marrluge. Ho Is Interested In tho pnst, Is clnrmed with tho thought of going to Uurope for tho first time. Tho widow wants hint to remain In Amerlct, but puts no compulsion on him. Ho goes to London to take pos sesion of a largo old house which a distant cousin Ins bequeathed to him. Then to show tho great gulf that ls Mxcd between tho past und tho pres ent and the Intblllty of a modern to fit into tho life ot 1S20, ho hns his hero transported back to that time, assume tho Identity ot a kinsman who lived then, fall In love with a t?lrl ot the pel loci and discover what a (Trent dllfcrenco there Is between tho spirit of 1910 and 1820 It ls Murk Tw.tln's 'Yankee nt the Court of King Arthui" done by n nnn ns different fiom Mark Twain as King Arthur differs from President Wilson Then when the hero discovers that a man must live with his lontemponirles It he would bo In sjmp.vtliy with his human sur roundings the widow from New Yoik turns up and we are allowed to assume that ever thing ends happily It ls nn nudaclous allegory, carried out so far as It went with brilliant success. And the notes dictated after part of tho story was written show us how It was to be finished. 1 admit that I nm ono of thoso who find It dlfllcult to read James, but The Sen.e of tho Past' absorbed my attention nnd compelled my curiosity and my Inter est. "If you nie curious about James, doctor," I went on "ou will find the story of his early London life, told In 'Tho Middle Years,' most enter talnlng He gives reminiscences ot Tennjson, Ceorge Kllot, Lowell and many others, and shows how a young American roacted when brought in contact with Kngllsh life for tho first time. Ho has drawn on this personal expei lencc In describing the ndvent In London of the hero of 'The Sense of tho Past,' and tho ambassador who figures In It ls confessedly suggested by Lowell." Gr.onar: w. douglass. Tin' ll'nnv Tftvvrn. An unftnlwhril nn-l lly Usury Tams "w York: Churlcs Scrlbner' Sons, ii.ro Till: HCNSK OK TUB J'VST. An unfinished novfl llv Henry Jatnee N'ew lorkj .. nurirn rcriunrr B sons, i u. T1IU MIDDLR THAIiS ny Henry James New York' Charles Hcrlbner'a 011 Ji.'jy Persistent Efforts of Men to Change Hope of Immortal ity Into Certainty Tho Insatiable curiosity about what follows death will doubtless continue as long as the race persists. In spite of all that the agnostic nnd materialists may say thero Is an Instinct, nurtured and watered perhaps by hope, that death does not end nil. We are taught by our religion that there Is a futuro life There Is evidence of a belief In ghosts, that Is In tho persistence of conscious life after death, in the hltory of the most primi tive peoplo and the most nnclent re ligions. Hut man wants to ho satisfied by Indisputable proof. Systematic and organized attempts hava been In progress for more than a nunrtcr of a century to gather nil tho Mailable evi dence Men of sclenco with tr lined In- telloets hntn been ncmmulatlnc dttl, arranging and classifying them. In tho holm that Ihev 111.1v establish as a laci that which from tho scientific point of Mew Is now only n lispothesls In spite nf Ihn nroirress Ihev I1.1VO initio they ad mlt that thero Is no present prospect that tho Investigators will succeed until ntter another hundred jenrs at least havo pissed Evening Public Ledger Photoplay Calend THIS PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE ar IWEEK OF FEB. 18 TO FEB. 23 ALHAMBRA APOLLO 'ARCADIA BELMONT 'BLUEBIRD NBROADWAY (CEDAR TCOLISEUM COLONIAL PMPRESS IlUREKA FAMILY FAIRMOUNT CRANKPORD 6TH STREET 5REAT NORTH. 4PERIAL SPFERSON JMBO gtlCKERB'K'R READER WBERTY r 3CUST IARKET ST. I0DEL ?ON UNCESS EGENT LTO jDGfiAYE. tVOL! ND MONDAY Mrs Vernon Castln In 3ylla of Secret Service Mae Mnrah In The ClnderelU Man VVm. 8. Hart In Plus llluiej IlnvJori Dorothy Dalton In Female of tho Slcte J. Stuart niaclxton'a Tho World for Sal June Caprice In A Heart of Ilomance " Olhe Tell In Unforeseen Ethel Clayton la Ilroken Ties Mary rickford In Stella Marls Pauline Frederick In Mrs. Dane'u Defense The Auction niock Violet Mersereau In Morgan's Haiders Marguerite Clark In liab's Matlnea Idol Madce Evans In The Volunteer Crane Wilbur In Wood o( His Fathers Douglas Fairbanks In llefglo Mtiei In Lois Wilson In Alimony George Behan In Jules of the Strong Heart Douglas Fairbanks In Keachlng for the Moon Carle Williams In In tho llalance ndlth Storey In Eyes of Mystery Edith Storey In The Ees of Mystery Taylor Holmes In Uneasy Money Madge Evans In The dates ot Qladness Oushman & Ilayne. Ited, White and Blue Ulood Lee Miserable Enid Ilennett In The Keys of the Righteous Edna Goodrich In Her Second Husband Marguerite Clark In The Seven Swans Bushman & riayne In Under Suspicion Mary CUrden in Thais Marguerite Clark In liaVa Matinee Idol Emily Stevens In Daybreak William Desmond In Captain of His boul Paullns Frederick In Mrs. Dune's Defense Clara Kimball Young In The Marionettes The HiredJsan, ay I TUESDAY Mrs Vernon Castlo In Slla of Secret Service Harold Lockwood In 'Ihe Avenging Trail Wm S. Hnrt In lllue Ulazes llawden Dorothy Dalton In Female of the species J. Stuart Illartton'a The World for Sale June Caprice In A Heart ot Romance Jack Plrkford In Tom Sawyer Wallace Held In Big Timber Mary rick ford In Stella Marls Vivian Martin In Molly Entangled Vivian Martin In Molly Entangled All Star Cast In The Honor Sjstem Grace Cunard In Hell's Crater Marguerite Clark in The Seven .iwana I.es Miserable Douglas Fairbanks In lleggle Mixes In Mae Marsh In Tolly of the Circus Lew Fleldi In The Corner Grocer Douglas Fairbanks In Reaching for the Moon The Judgment House Edith Storey In Eyes of Mystery Elsie Ferguson in Hose of the 'World Taylor Holmes In Uneasy Money Wm. Farnum In The Heart. ct a Lion Ethel Clayton In Stolen Hours Les Mlserables Enid Ilennett In The Kes of the Righteous Chan. Rlchman In Over There Edith Storey In The Eyes of Mystery Bushman t Rane In Under Suspicion J. Stuart Blackton'a The Judgment House Marguerite Clark In Dabs Matinee Idol Emily Stevens In Daybreak Walker Whiteside In The Belgian Gladys llrockwell In The Moral Law Clara Kimball Young in The Marionettes Charles Bar In The Hired Man ,. tA SSs WEDNESDAY Mrs Vernon Castlo In Sylvia of Secret benlco Robert Warwick In The Fake Friend Wm. S. Hnrt In Blue Biases Rai. len Marjorte Wilson In 1 lames of Chance Harry Morev In W Ithln the Law June Caprice In A Heart of Romance Sessue llayakiwa in Wrath of Gods Wm. R. Hart In The Cold Deck Mary rickford In Stella Marls Douglas Fairbanks In Reaching for the Moon Ethel Barrymorw In The American Widow Jack Mulhall In Real Folks Bushman & llnyne In Under Suspicion Florence Reed la Today Clara Kimball Young In Dark Silence All Star Cast In Alimony Kitty Gordon In Tho Divine Sacrlllce Antonio Moreno in The Angel Factory Carble Blackwell In Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds Edna Goodrich In Who Loved Him BestT Wallace Reld In Rlmrock Jones Geraldlne Farrar In The Devil Stone Taylor Holmes In Uneasy Money Monroe Salisbury in Hands Down Wallace MacDonald in Marriage Speculation Les Mlserables Enid Bennett In The Kee of the Righteous Theda Bara In The Rose of the Blood Norma Talmadge In Se cret of btorm Country Bushman & Bayne la Under Suspicion Viola Dana In The Winding Trail Elaine Hammarsteln In The Corespondent Bonis, Markova In A Heart's Revenge Alice Joyce In Woman Between Friends Effle Shannon In Her Boy .Clara Kimball Ytoung In The Marionettes Charles Ray In ,The Hired Man tt,'i THURSDAY William S Hart In Wolves ot the Rail Carll Blicknell In Beautiful Mra Reynolds Wm H. Hart In Blue Blazes Harden Marjorle Wilson In Flames of Chance William fi Hart In Wolves of the Hall Douglas rolrbinks In A Modern Musketeer Eesue HayakawA in W rath of Goda Wm. K. Hart In The Cold Deck Mary Pick ford In Stellu Marls ' Dotulas Fairbanks In Reaching for the Moon Wnlltce Reld in .Van of Music Mountain Marguerite risher In Jlltel Janet Geraldln Farrar fn 1hi Devil Mone Florence Reed In Today Douglas Falrbnnks In The Lamb All Star Cast In 1 'imony Robert Warwick in The bllcnt Master Sonla Markova in A Heart's Revenge Blllle llurke In Lmd of Promise Llna Cavallerl In The Eternal Temptress Wallace Reld In Rlmrock Jones William Farnum In The Heart of a Lion Tavlor Holmes In Uneasy Money Efle Shannon In Her Boy Sonla Markova In A Heart's Revenge I.es Mlserables Mabel Kormand In Dodging a Million Thcda Bara in The Rose of the Blood June Elvldge In The Beautiful Mra. Reynolds Earle Williams In A Mother's gin Kitty Gordon In Diamonds and Fearls Mary Anderson In When Men Are Tempted Sonla Markova In A Heart's Revenge Gladys llrockwell In The Moral Law June Elvldge In The Dtvfne Sacrifice Clara Kimball Toung In The Marlonettts Charles Bay In The Hired Man 1M FRIDAY William S Hart in Wolves of the Hall EJIth Taliaferro In Draft No. 218 Wm S. Hart In Blue lilayn luwden Regcle Mixes In Double crossed William S Hart In Wolves ot the Rail Douilns Fairbanks In A Modern Musketeer Douglas Fairbanks In A Modern Musltcieer Elsie Ferguson In Hose of the World Mary IMckford In btella Marls Virginia I'eirson In Stolen Honor Constance Talmadge in The Hone) moon Olive Thomas In Limousine Life Jack IMckford In Tom Sawyer Pauline Frederick In Mrs. Dane's Defense Norma Talmadge In Ohosts of Yesterday Norma Talmadge in Ghosts of Yesterday Douglas Fairbanks In Flirting With Fate Tjullne Frederick In Mrs. Dane's Defense Florence Reed In Today Charles Ray In A Bon ot His Father "willlam S. Hnrt In Wolves ot ths Rail Constance Tnlmndio In The Honeymoon Taylor Holmes In Uneasy Money Gladys llrockwell In 'Ihe Moral Law William Farnum In The Heart of a Lion Les Mlserables Mabel Normand In Dodging a Million Taylor Holmes In A Small Town Guy June Caprice In The Heart ot Romance Earle Williams in A Mother's Sin Douglas Fairbanks In Reaching for the Moon Bryant Washburn In Man Who Was Afraid George Walsh In Jack Bpurlock Prodigal Constance Talmadge In The Honeymoon Alice Joyce In Woman Between Her Friends Clara Kimball Toung In The Marionettes Charles Bar In 'The Hired Man SATURDAY William H. Hart In Wolves of the Hall Constance Talmadge in The Honeymoon Wm S Hart In Blue Blnzes Rawden Heggl Mixes In Double Crossed Wallace Hell In Rlmrock Jonea Douglas Fairbanks In A Modern Musketeer Douglas Tulrbanks In A Modern Musketeer Klsl Ferguson In Hose of the World Mary Plckforl In Stella Marls Viola Dana In The Winding Trail Jack I'lckford In Tom Sanger William Farnum in When a Man hes Fed Mme. Fonla Markova In A Heart'H Ke ventre Pauline Frederick tn Mrs. Dane's Defense Norma Talmadge In Ohosts of Yesterday Norma Talmadge In Ghosts of Yesterday Willlam B. Hart In Wolves of the Hall Taullne Frederick In Mrs. Dane's Defense Virginia Corbln In Bubes In tho Wood Theda Bara In Camllle Willlam 8. Hart in Wolies ot the Hall Virginia Pearson In Stolen Honor Taylor Holmes In Uneasy Money Douglaa Fairbanks In A Modern Musketeer William Farnum In The Heart of a Lion Les Mlserables Mabel Normand tn Dodging a Million Mrs. Vernon Castle In Convict &U3 All Star Cast in The Hopper Earle Williams In A Mother's Sin Earle Williams In In the Balance Parentage Oeorge Walsh In Jack Bpurlock Prodigal Oeorge Walsh In Jack Bpurlock Prodigal Wallace Held In Rlmrock Jones Clara Kimball Toung tn The Marionettes Charles Ray In The Hired Man ..Lea. j. credulous;. fir William linrrett accepts certain of Husapla 1'alladlno'ii demon strations ns supernatural or super normal, In splto of tho fact that it hat been proved that she used fraudulent methods. He accepts nlso n. super natural tho familiar "spirit rapping," ntthoufrh probably for n tlmo tho must mjsterlous and most Inexplicable nf them, produced at tho seances of tho famous Fox sisters, of Rochester, In tho first half of tho Inst century, vvcro later admitted to have been pioduccd by the tapping of the bones of tho ills Jointed too of ono of tho sisters. The ftct that Mrs.. K1enc.l1, Mr. Randall's medium, lived In Jlochesler nnd must havo been familiar with tho hletory of the rot sisters, will not escape the notice of tho Jutllclotis O. V. I. ON THE THRESHOLD Of THE UNSEEN. An Examination r.f the JMienomenn of Spiritualism and of the Evidence nf Sur vlval After Death lly Sir William liar, retl. F It With an introduction 1 hv James II tljston I'h i. bull Jew lork E V Dutton . t'o. J Sn THE DEAD HAVE N'l'.VI'R DIED lly Fdnard C. Randall. New lork Alfred A Knopf. Jl.r.n THE LIGHT BEYOND By Mniirlre Maeter llmk Tratislsled l.v Atessmler TrUelra (In Matlos New lurk Dudd. Mead S. Co. .'. Mystery That Mystifies Modern credulltv Is taxed to tho ut most to comp.iss tho Ingenious alignment ot supernatural forOt and Impulses thit surround the Incomprehensible Mack burn murders nnd completely baffle tho detective talent of friend and foo In Wadsvvorth Camp's latest tnjstery story, "Tho Abandoned ltoeim " TI16 familj tradition of death that relentlessly at tacks whoever dares to sleep in a locked vnn.n In n .. Im ... ,"tM.. Pail..." f lll.l. In the meantime those who wish to , ,tnirrna.v n secret nanel. the human Justify their faith bv proof nnd thus al, ot ,ltlBl,h lnBt (s t,0rna on tha clniigo tho evidence of thing hoped for ,Umt from lho ln(.Io,inB forest, .mil thu into ine stiDKiance or tmngs itiiuwn. wm , Xilst for.uno ot 0ij silnx Hlacltburn, rend everthlng they can get hold of Kramlfntller of ii0i,,v, piny havoc with that promises to help them In their ,,,, of ,,, yo,lnKCSl 0f tho (.earc-h. 1hcv will consequently welcome) ... a.U)Url. ,. nml ,.1, ,.!. Kither- Ine I'errlne Itobbj's friend, I'arcdcs. 1 from Fanaiin, excite") the suspicion and hatred of all In turn, but ho unravels hlr William H.irrett'. latest book on the subject Sir Wlllinm Is ono of tho founders of the KnRtlsh Society for l'sH-hlcal Reseirch 11" has briefly siimrinrlzpd the ovlilenro that has been accumulated by that society and has pointed out vvhero It Is promising; and where It throws no light on the problem In fact ho carries tn Its consideration tho mental nttltndo of a scientific In vostlpator 11a Insists, however, nnd with r-arnn, that proof Is to bo found, It found at all, not In a simile, certain demonnrntloii, but In n multitude of relnted facts which, taken together, leave no conclusion possible save tint the ilead IIvp nnd can communicate di rectly with tho living; Ilia book con tains nn appendix Klvlnu directions for experimentation for tho Rtildnnco of those who wish to Ret Into communica tion with the uneen world Of a radically different character from Sir William Barrett's book Ir "Tho Dead Havo Never Wed," by Kdward C Ran dall, n Buffalo lawyer Mr Randall, with the aid of Mrs. French, of Ro chester, a medium, professes to have demonstrated tha fart that tho dead live attain, and that they havo nnterl.il bodies nnd live In houses, nnd that tho roiinltcil families live together In the oilier world Ho also professes to havo proved that tho dead nt times do not know that they havo died, but think they nre still nllvo and nro Kricved ns they ko about their usual haunts to nnd that their friends pay no attention to them and treat them ns If they wero not there Mr Randall, further, sas that he has had Ions conversations with tho dead and that their voices wero recognized by him ns Identical with their living voices. Ills book li Interesting, but It has no scientific value All his Investigations were conducted Hlono, with no ono present but hW medium Sho Is dead There Is no wav by which his statements can be verified We have to accept his unsupported word. It would havo been more sitlsfactory to tho earnest student of spiritualism If ho had called to his asslstnnco Willlam James, or I'rofessor IlsIop, or Mr Hodgson, men familiar with medium' Istlo vagaries. Those who want a literary discussion of such matters will llnd It In 'Tho Light Bejond," a volume In which a group of Maurice Maeterlinck's cssass on tho supernatural nnd the subcon scious havo been collected Mr. Maeter linck of course believes In llfo after death, not becauso It has been sclcntlll cally proved, but becauso It ls necessary to satisfy tho longings of tho soul. Ho has reviewed the findings of tho Society for Psychical Research and his conclu sions do not differ materially from thoso of air Willlam liarrett lit addition, he has vwltten somo beautiful consolatory essava which will appeal to all tho be reaved Tho lajmun, however, who feels that thero are Insuperablo obstacles In the ' way of establishing what theso lnvestl- gators seek to prove, will lay don 11 these books with .1 feeling of dissatisfaction. 1 liven tho men of science seem too the mjstery of crime and saves Hobby from tlio electric clnlr Detained and drugged nt a dinner In New York, Hobby wakes up next day In an abandoned houso ne ir Tho Ccdnts. unable to ac count for his movements. Ills Brand. father Is murdered that night In the nbaniloned room HowelH, tin- loci! de tective who fixes tho crime on Hobby, ls murdered tho next night when ho at tempts to solve the mjstery by stajlng In that room Mr Camp Ins given us n very re markable example of his adroit han dling of intricate mjstery. which -lodes tho keenest Imagination to foretell its Issue One's convictions nro stretched taut In following the supernatural de velopment, but they nre relieved with tho plausible denouement, which Is clcv crly held to tho extreme conclusion. THE ABANDONED ROOM. By WndsKorth e imp illustrates uv Jinurn .nee aig eiir den City Doublcda. Page & Co. $1,113 Witter Bynner, Versifier Witter Hynner lias been classed for some time ns one of the minor poets Thoro Is nothing In his latest volume, "CJrenslone Poems," which veil Justify tho discriminating public In taking lilm out ot Hint class lie writes smooth and musical verse Inspired by n pretty senti ment, but somehow It falls to Impress one with Its depth or sincerity. Ho uses the formula of the great emotions, but It Is as If he were experimenting with them as tho tools of his trade. This does not mean thnt there nro not beau tlftil things In the volume, for Mr Uvnner Ins the Ijrlcnl gift and can VV rites chartillnir errqn It air...!.. ........... ,,. . " . . " ' O..III..J lilt',, 111 that ho seems unable to produce the Im-1 lire-son in the reader tint ho hns come to grips with life and lias swent blood Ono of the shortest .19 well ns ono of the sweetest and most touching things In the book Is "An Old i:ieg" on n little child, which runs hi this way: ,-".V,B.'. ,v,th towers nn his ejes. Be thou as sweet ns he Be thou as light wher now he lira As he veas light on thee! Mr. Rvmier has a following and ho hn been acclaimed as a poet of dlttlnc- m" .l',y "..f0"'. Pf ,,' crltle, Those who llko him like hlm very much, And those who do not like him arc not disposed to question the taste of tho.o who do It ifnMinn ii!N .f x,"cml'ra to make a national literature o'ke.- VY5; 5 " ""crick " Tale of a Man Who Went When the war broke out Iioul ICecne. cartoonist on 11 Montreal piper, was so anxious to get Into the light tint, when he could not enlist In an infantry regi ment, ho Joined n motor artillery battery and went to Prance, vvhero ho rose to tho rank of caplnln He wrote tho story of his experiences In , dinry which has now been published It Is the plain tmviirnlfched tale of what every man who goes over to Franco Is likely to ex perlenre It should therefore be In tensely Interesting to the American soldleis who nro waiting orders to go across His description of the vojage of tho nioro than thirty transports which carried the first Canadian con tingent will be Illuminating to those who havo not learned what Is clone to guard tho nrintea crossing the sea, nnd his announcement that two (lermnn spies were found on the ships and shot ls likely to set Americans to wonder ing how many Uermutt pples have been similarly discovered and similarly treiit el by those In charge of our transport service. 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