V''V B ty vje EVENING PUJBLIC ? rERPHlX&DELPHIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1918 HA 8 EDNA FEKBER writes About people you know. Home nre not even acquaintance', perhaps, but you reconnlto tho portraits Immediately. She writes the sort of thin that makes you feel "I wish I I could descrlbo her re - aptly." A cheerful book is Cheerful By Request ' Net, (1.10 Doublcday, Pnge & Company jgy jwncnayq. jjajEUrit Aaxhot of 'OncBtavcr Thin6v(TticDop Doctor)-ia The German Aviator monoplane with its swiftly became a dot in the sky heading for the North' Sea. And the horror of it he had deliberately carried as ballast the Doctor's little son! A brilliant novel of the hectic pleasure seek ing, loose-thinking, and loose-living smart set of London and Paris just prior to Armageddon and of the wholesome and brave awakening when the world conflagration brought them to their senses. JMtffiVimf MAO Everywhere , fKiG. P. Putnam'. Son. I) I , One of the GREAT Modern Novels Vicevnte THE FOUR HORSEMEN ?bLanez OF THE APOCALYPSE Authorized Translation by Charlotte Brewster Jordan . F1IIST nnil SF.t'OND I Ktlltlons i:linimtrd. TIIIKI) mv Iteady. FOURTH In I'ress. Price $1.90 Net. Pottage Extra. At All Bookttoret. E. P. DUTTOM & CO., 681 Fifth Ave., New York r 1 I.I J-. JLC V 4 s l 3 i y'lTscoltxil IMj-'SzPi - I i r-tit "jWSiaSH'-irSSiiiiSw'i I BOOKS for "GASLESS" SUNDAY OUR ADMIRABLE BETTY Dy JEFFERY FARNOL A joyous and vigorous romance of the period of "THE BROAD HIGHWAY." $1.C0 net THE ZEPPELIN'S PASSENGER By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM A German spy story more audacious than Mr. Oppenhcim has hitherto written. 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The Latest Authoritative Book on Bulgaria, the Balkans and Germany's Mtttel-Europa Scheme THE CRADLE, OF THE WAR THE NEAR-EAST AND PANjGERMANISM By H. CHARLES WOODS, F. R. G. S. A reallv valuables work, based on intimate'flrst-hand knowledge of IE tlio Ncar-Eust and its Rulers. Dardanelles campaign, tho uaionica operations, the uagdatf itauway and the designs of Germany under her Mittel-Europa scheme. ", -VUh valuable pxapa and illustrations. $S.50 net. BOOKS All the New Books as Soon as Issued at Correct Prices Campion & v Company 1316 Walnut St. - Count, in the stolen wonderful stabilizer, A itory of- itrong chancier drawing, subtle intrigue, and bretthleu thrills, jn which the "Dop Doctor" and hii coura geous wife Lynelte play an im porlant part. "It it in every page inatin.ct with indescribable faacination. . . . Prediction! are rath, we know. But we venture thit, that for portrayal at once of the spirit and the grim tubttance of war . . . our time will tee no more convincing work of geniut than thit." The Ti-ihiinr. Nw YnrL- by Amy Lowell Booht of Criticitm Tendencies in Modern American Poetry. Illustrated. $2.50 Six French Poets Illustrated. A$2.50 Special chapters devoted to the WELLS'S NEW RECIPE FOR ILLS OF THE OLD WORLD IS OUT OF JOINT I And It Is . G. Wells's Do, light to Do His Level Best to Put It Right Tlie IkkI person to lie illnplraaed by , i ne uesrriptlon or ll, (1 Well ni n prop agandist would lip It. (I. Wells himself He la rnnfepelly that In Ills Inttn cltietlcn to "rank Svvlniierton'n realistic novel, "Nocturne," Mr Wells ns: Perentinllv. T Imve nn use. nf nit fur llfcaa It la except an raw material. It bores me to look nt thine unlet tlieie In tho Idea of dolus something with them I ahoulil nnil a holiday, clcrfnit nolhltiK mnlclst lienutlful prenery, not n holiday hut a torture The contem plative ceatacy of the saint would he n u in me In the I forget exactly how many bonk I have written, II Is nlvva) ntan.il life lielnjr altered I write, or nhnut people devHopltiK schemes for altering life And I hae never onco "presented" mv life My apparently most objective' books nre ciltlclsms and Incitements to change So when one ns that Mr Wells's latest novel, ".loan and Peter." Is nn Indictment of education In flreat Hrllaln for the last fifty .vears nnil a plan for a system of education which would really fducate, Mr. Wells would say that Is what the book was meant to be. There fore, to crltlrlre the bwok lis a novel no coidliiK to tho accepted fictional stand ards would bo like rrltlelrltitf Westmln 1 ster Abhev accordlns to the standards of tho Parthenon The novel part of It Is merely tho bolus which this one-time pharmacist's clerk has ued tw contain the medicament In his social pill. Hut II Is FMIlfiillr done Xnhodv could do It ( better He linn given a series nf lllmnl ratlnp sketches of 1'nitllsh society for the last twentv-llve years, as refer and Join grevv up from Infancy to maturity , Peter Is tho great grandson of a suc cessful Quaker manufacturer who left a ! fortune which provided a competence for his descendants when It was divided The suppressed artistic Instincts of the Quakers assert themselves In Peter's I father and he devotes himself to nrchl I lecture, hammered brass and such like things. Joan Is the lone child of Peter's mother's brother, and has been adopted ns his foster sister The children do not discover their real kinship until they I nro well grown. After getting them I horn nnd getting tho bov five ears old, Mr. Wells has tho father nnd mother I drowned so that some aunts nnd a cousin may tako charge of their ediica-' lion The cousin, Oswald, finally Ins ile ) charge of them nnd he has a sad time j tlng to find n school that will give the training which he thinks a British em-plre-bullder should be trained In He has to put up with what he can find and to nccept Cambridge and Xevvnham as the colleges best titled to continue their education. What Mr Wells has to sav about the defects of the schools nnd colleges vv 111 be more Interesting In Kngland thin In the t'nlted Slates, for we have done better than the old coun try In the mutter of creating citizens with nn appreciation of their social ann political duties; though heaven knows vvehave done poorlv enough The message of tho book Is that If Englishmen had been properly educated the war would not have come about, and that If future wars are to be prevented i so thai thero mav be nn orderly progress something must be done to Improve tho schools and colleges nnd to bring them Into closer contact with modern life and Its problems. The book ends with April of this jear when the March drive of the derma ns had succeeded nnd every one In Kngland was despondent Peter and Joan have married after Peter has Ferved In the Infantry anil tn the avia tion corps and hns been wounded fo that ho must work behind tho lines In London These who rend fiction for the story Kathleen Norris Her new book is the story of a woman's faith. A faith that moves ihe mountain of con ceit and selfishness of a man. Sweet, simple, lovable EHen Latimer is lifted out of the steady current of a humdrum life and dropped into a social whirlpool. There is some thing more than interesting details in the lives of unusual people there is a strong' almost sensational, plot. It i tenr at limes like a strong play. There are climaxes and' an unexpected finale. Net, $1.40 JoHselyn's Wife Thomas L. Masson A book that will make one laugh is a godsend these days. Here are more than 250 pages of mirth provoking stories. The book should be taken in small doses, as it is highly concentrated. Doses may be repeated frequently, however, with beneficial results. jTno hundred and Best twenty stories for Short $1.00 net. Stories Albert Payson Terhune has written the story of a courageous newspaper man and his romatic wooing an epic of the sacrifices and struggles of the half poor. Net, $1.40 Fortune At all booksellers DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. THE TRADE BERNHARDI Germany's secret plans lo control the world by trade after the war exposed. Hoover in the introduction urges every patriotic Ameri can to read it. The title is The Future of Ger man Industrial Ex ports by S. Herzog Net, $1.00 At all booksellers M I UT aaaaaaak. B VaaaaH a m ilk tfaLaH aCA ,aaaaH it. o. vpi:i.i.s Aullior of "Joan .mil IVlcr" will find this novel preliv lirivv but those who nre Interested In the progress nf human society vv III Hint It suggestive nnd In spots most Inspiring whether they ngrcu with nil that Mr Wells sijs or not. (I W n JOAN AND ri3Tr.lt The slnr nf an i.lu enllnn !! II U Wells .Sow on 'I ho Muiintllan I'ninpunv )1 T Searching for Mary It Is n very charming vr lemlei. very human stiry that .lultei Wllbnr Tompkins tells In "A fllrl Kiiuud Marv ' The Mary of the title was lot In ,arlv childhood through the ncc'sj)mnl de.ilh of her father, nnd the stnrv tills nf her mother's search for the missing ,M, nnd of the vital chance wrought In hi r own life by her human experiences dur ing the quest, as well ns bv the fresh viewpoint she gets when Hie lonn-lnsf Mary ttirns up n thoroughly cnpxble jounc woman Insleid of the shell, red daughter of luxury she would have been under ordinary clicumslnnces Without being tainted In the slightest degreo with ptop.ig.imln. the novel certain aspects is milium rnniruiiive ns n fictional study In sociology For the mother of the girl who disappeared when her father was killed comes tn know girls of nil "-oris and conditions, and her eyes are opened to their press ing problem rf existence Kroni the contact Is born n great and vital svm pathv which Illuminates h,r life and makes her useful to the world There Is also a roninnco which Is developed with freshness as nn Intigial part nf tho story. A Ollll, XAMI3M MAItV Ilv -Itill. t VVIIhor Tompkins Indianapolis ILibbs Merrill t'ompsn $1 .".0 Stories oj the Front life nt the front Is vlvldlv plctuted In the twenty stories told bv n Ilrltlsh captain, vv no cans ninise,. , no in iteiiUfiiifii in. ji in i in-iv ii in i m an riporlcnce of milillir nnil officers, i"t. cept joominandlnir generals, which iloci not find n place In them llr eu'n takes hla render In nn nlrplnne, and In a boat on the stormy waters of the N'orth Sea In search of Herman siilmiarlnei, ami to riemWi nnil KnislMi farms Ah all the storleH nf the soldiers nre told In their own laiiRU.iKe. tin re Is much that Is difficult for the home rendei to under stand A dlellonniy of the. soldier1 dialect Is needed Tho cloln(r chapter on "the r.ilth of the soldier" Is hiik Kstte and encotirnKlnsr 1! emphaslrts the growth of ch.nncter In tho MuiiK man. shown In his forKetfiilne-s of self In the dlschaiRe of his duties, and that to him now death has nn ternns The book Is n noteworthy contribution to tho literature of the war. OKNTI.P.MIIN" AT AII.MS llv ("eiilurlon " a iMPlaln In Ihe llrltlnh urnn who ha nf(l In Krauze New Virk loubleIa P.ibd S. Co. II til Soldiers'' Letters nun Hilnir which illstlnculahes this war from every other Is tho Intimate knowl edge wo hae of life nt the iront irom the soldiers' letters And we lenrn what tho spirit Is which anlmatis them, and makes them, ns one writes "Kn without rccret, with tlm consciousness oi nawiiK dono my duty." Tor this icason. i no flood Soldier" Is ono of the most noie wotthj nnd aluablc contributions to the wnr-llteratiue. it consists of (.elections from letters, wYltttn by Kiench, Knell", Canadians and Americans, most fre. , quently to "mothers," and showlnc un- cMKCtcu literary inieni i uie " worst ono reels, ns n wnunuen i-rein.ii boy write, that they '(IbIiI with a conk on their lips, cour.iRO In their heaits foi Krance " Kach letter is prefaced b n descrlptUo noto of the wrlti r by N 1 Dawson, with one nt the i ml KllnR tho aource from which tho letter Is taktn T1IK IIOOI) ROMIIKH A auction of sol UltrH1 letiera 1HI4-1P1S With lonimriit hy N I'. lHWnn New ork Ihu M it inllUn Company Sl.'.'S. The Outrage A most deeply touchlnui utory of the German Invasion of IlclRluin Is told ly Mrs Annlo Vlvantl Chartres In "The Outraee" From It ono can rcnllzc what tlio war haH meant lo families In tlm Invaded reslons. The scene chances from a Ilelelan vIU.iko on the nlslit of the Invasion to an Knellsh home, vvliero tho sufferers foiitul welcome ief ugc The story, which deals with tlio experiences of two women and h little girl, Is naturally most, depressing, hut closes with a most louWilnK-and lieautl , ful Incident for which every render will be profoundly grateful. It is re markable for the vividness ot Its de scriptions, the whole-hearted way In which tho sufferings of the family are scribed and the tender sympathies for , tlio sufferers. TUB OlITnAQE. Annl Vlvanll rtmrtres New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 11.33, t) ACOBS 1628 BOOKS ST"ECT STATIONERYAND ENGRAVING "UW. ss CPU" The Eastern Question (HUtorles of tha llilllncrenU) Thla problem la now forced upon via by tha uppaala ot varloua aubject rarea for aup- r-ort In thalr natlonullatlo amblliona. J A ( Marriott haa written a book of deep In aliht and orac (teal help In undemanding prcaent InUrnatlonal polltlca, 'Tha whole tange ot our literature con talna In a alncla volume no more valuable trcatlaa than thla," N, T Tribune. 19.80 at nil ilookitorca, or from Oxferil'UBiveriitjr Press THE "DETECATIVE" i DOES yiCTECATING" Ellis Parker Butler's Hero Is a Worthy Rival of Sherlock Holmes T'hllo Oiibb, (nrrcinndeiic, si biiol ilelecathe " oilclit to lie ndded to tho h'liK list nf sntter ,if mysteries who have figured III flollnn lie Is the creation of Kills I'nrker Ilutler. and does creilh; in the humorous Imagination of the all 'hor of "JMKs Is IMcs " I'lillo Is a crndiiale of the Illslng Sun HolecMve Arciicv s riirrespMiideiue iihool nf Detecttnir When the Inle upens he has taken only eleven of the wiive lesvins necessary to entitle blin 'o l" illploinn and to the right lo wear an official star lie llies III lllverbank. la a feiinli town on the banks of the Mississippi inn would' think that thero I was little crime to detect there, but I lulu finds an astonishing variety of iijsteiles 1i unravel frcin tho Idelilltv f "io 'hlef of a calf to the callf-e of lie deaih of n man found sewed up In a bag In ihe river. And h" unravels vm one Or nt least they are nil Milved while he Is working on tliein nnd Lhe ge's the credit. When he Is asked how It Is that he know so well what the outcome of his Investigations will be lie mnarks that one nf tin curious things about the "ile ticitlng busitiPKS Is that you never know what Is going to happen until It happens I'lillo Is a eldc-splltllng burlesque nl hulock Holmes. N'n lirnr of deter live fiction will bo complete without this veracious record of his many otplolts I'lillii. unlike Sherlock, has n seiitl mental side and falls In love with (he fnt lidv In a e'reus, who weighs a thoii send poiitids lie discovers that she Is the long losi (laughter of the richest inn In lllveihiuk, who used to plnv the pan of the human snake In vaudeville slmws Hut he CTtinnt marr until hei out i in t with the circus expires, nnd she els nli oil starving hrfelf In order In Icdiice the manager to break In r con- tract I'lillo receives bulletins perlodl- uillv announcing tho number of pounds she has lot but In the end he Ieaina tint lie Ins been fooled by fake bul'e Hns and ih.it sho has married the hu man skeleton The man who described tho wedding told I'lillo he would have laiiglod to sen It. "Hut," "sajs tho his lorlan. 'Mr. liuhh did not laugh He never laughed again" And on this note of grief and blasted hopes the book ap proaches Its end. with onlv one tale to follow, the one recounting I'lillo s great est case PIIIIO HI llll- f nrrenponllenc shncil !e t..,llvn lit l!lll. li.rL.r flutter With tlluMrutloiiH llnatoi HiiuRlilun Mifflin Cuinpan II .Mi A Barrie-like. Tale ' Kouls Dodge has produced n book for ihlldren that has moie of the qualities nf .1 M Ilarrle at his tenderest than nn thing which has jet been produced In America. It Is the htorv of the dream In one night of u llttbi boy who had to go tn bed nlone. as a in in should, nt the end of his fifth mrtliday. The first chapter tells of his birthday and the momentous, announcement, nnd the last one deals with ho no came down to breakfast In the morning In between is a succession of delightful whimsical ad ventures, starting with a. trip on tin back of tho superstork, to the san'dmnn's forest. Mr Dodgo has made literature out of bedtime Morles for children. If his book dues not becomo n classic of the nursery It will not be because It Is iinwoitliy of such distinction Till! SANDMAN .- I'DliKr lly I.oul I)iii1ki !ltiitrittC'l In Vo ill llriimioni N irk I'h.u cs Sirlliner n tionr ! Military Manuals An ample supply of mllltarv manuals, coveting the inanv loinpllcated blanches of piesent-d ly warfare, will uiablo our soldiers to avoid tho numerous costlv mistakes made In the eatly stages of the war The thiee handbooks heie consid ered are of valuo because their authors I aro practical lighters, whose experience has been gained through Intimate con-j tact with actual battle conditions, nnd i who have the faculty of presenting that knowledge ilcarlj, simply and briefly I righting In Xo Man's I.ind today re. quires an expert's knowledge In utilis ing t.hcll craters observation, arllllerv piipport and elaborate accouteinients i This knowledge Is presented lomprehen slvely but compacllj In 'Offensive Kight lug" I Pia-.. uAlliftr iu n l.rkf.iini ...einmoi, lAors somior Ih a potential n.apnnl.cr us iho authors of a "Manual of Mill larv Map Maklmr nnd Itoaillnfc ' point I oiit Tliev dive the symbols and ablire- vlntlnns Krnernlly tiseil todav.and show I Imn n wealth of Information may lie cmnliici-Hed within a hasty little mill-1 larv tKetch i lloinbs and hand creiindes have be ' .nine pel haps Iho nin.il linportnut offen lve weapons In the hands of the men u ho ko "over the lop" In raiding mid atinclclni; parties. Kvery phase of this HiihJKt composition, possibilities In nsi and descriptions of tho various Hindu is (riveted In a compact little book bv o ( anndiiin bombliiK Instructor who m eludes man helpful diagrams OITKN-SIVK VIUIITINd llv Vlnior Ji n Hlil ,M Millar, l'hllnileliihla J II I it llncntt I'omiianv, $l mvstai. cir vin.rr.vnv aivp iiimvii vm Hi-: vin.NU im i.ieiiierunt I'miine 1 .VI Iliilrtilnfon nnd t'uptciln A J VPt Klriiv Illuslialed with rketi lies ami '!, krninii New Vurk II Aliplelon A. i o IKlVIIIS AVI1 HANI) ailKSWIlCS Hi c ap. lulu IliTirum Smith lllu.trulcl nllh ill.i limmi. -Nrw Vurk- 11 I" Dultuil A l u J cr. The Evolution of Prussia I liiisiurlrs of the It. lilifrenlil I A p prraratlon for tho comldrailgn cf Usais terms after the Allied victor). Mar trlnit nnd ltoliertHon" huok on tha inaklnu I ejf the clfrlildiiKmplrettlll Le uaeful' 3 map v lalujble hook In a time oC ncd ' -I Nnen VI llnokkliirm, Si,;s net Oxford Univers'y Press , m i: n i c a x 35 Weil 32nd Street U It A X C II New Vork Titian KOITIOX SALT or The Education of Griffith Adams I'lillii. I.rdteri 'To read even a few Iuuch U tn be clutched lrrc. . ulstlhly by ltn almost uncanny reality, to feel Its force as a pro. foundly linprenalve mid aearchliiB nic ture,'' E.P.DUnON&CO. SlfiiliAT..rvYtk i Jfen. the MOST IN TENSELY FELT AND CLEARLY PRAWN RECENT PICTURE Or' A MAN'S YEARS $l,S0nil Pottagt txtra THE WORLD A DREAMER UVIMH ARMS How a Young Englishman Diseoveied Some Things II orth Knnving In split of the fact that the li.nr theme of y (j Hiiirell'n war story "A Dreamer l'nder Arms has been the Ihetiie of many n tale long nnd alioil Insplieil bv the war tin, book Itself dlf fers wldelv from others In the same kev ' lliinugh the ixirtrajal of the character of the Dieatnir himself nnd 111 tho care ful selection made In Ihe vast material' furnished bv ll. wnr to bring out clear ' Iv iho working of that change The slorv Is a brief hlslor of the central epl.ode In (he life of n .voling Kngllshtinn The Dreamer Is a oung wrilei of tiilmt He lives comfortabb with his work, his ambitions n,l n few (ongenlnl friends in an atmosphere which, while It apparenll) all that a man could ask when In to develop his talents nt e1Se. nevertheless threatens gradually to cianip his mind nnd nar row his vision Vol leallrlng this he enllsis. rather half-hiatteillv ns a jui vate In Kitchenei'H ormv making his de I'NInn ti do o chlellv fiom fori e ( t pub He opinion and the word of n wum.iii whom lalir, he nnds he loves This last dlsioverv Is among th.. valuable galtis he makes In the couise of fe that fol lows for him t first he broods on the woik and the ambitions he rennunctd wltlumt even Ihe cotisolat'on of realllng the great cviise for which he makes the sacrifice lie Is ,, t,,)v,.n ollt of i,msef ,, n rrlendH'ilp which he forms with a little siiMhr a Welshman, who helplcn nirilnst ins piopensliv for drinking and graduallv losing his ,ol, on life, lings In Mnrshmin like n diownlng man The Dt earner learns the dutv of a man In n fellow ci eat in e He makes personal sac rifices to keep his hold. on the little sol dler and gradually wins the struggle In France Ihe Incidents of the war the icallratlnn of Ihe great truth whldi 'nderllrs the shapeless chaos of war Ihe beautiful revelation of the simple bravery and nobility which rises m the heart nf Ihe roughest of his fellow sol (Hers and the greatnc,s of the tealllv with which he Is brought face to face all make llielr mirk nn Ihe nature of the Die.uner It Is heie. too tint he learns he lovis tin. worn in he left In Kngland n dlscoverv whldi he makes with eves grown keener to perceive tho smallest truth which uiakis up the meaning of life lie Is flnallv sent hack to Kng land shell exploding near him has caused the loss of his memorv Tor vv cilia he lives In the world he iiod left nnd seeing the woman he lo-ed, hut to his mind, alert to the present nnd Ihe future, the past Is a blank His mem ory comes back lo him Ills life, ,P. comes whole again, and he finds that nil he gave Is si III his jet infinitely fuller and richer In his eliater vision A DltCAMKr. 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K l Dattun A c The Balkans (HUtor.pji oC tho Helllgtrnti) A lilMorj of th countrt now nt war. from .100 to in I it, t Net ill Forbes and olhfr. 3 main 'Written with sMtiunlhy atnl lntlmatn know IU "Am Library Amoc Hooklet. $1.2 nt HooKntorfN, or Oxford University Press a m i: u i r h i: a n c n 35 West 32nd Street New York C The I Guardians of the Gate (HiatorlfA nf thft Ilpl3(r-'ntfl) ' Th Meiln wt a oreat iPopl hIx hundrM -ar ann Nrer lm they Iwen more iclorl loui than In thrlr present nllKht It ti i I l.atran thnrmiBhly Known Serbia anl pic inrpa our thi nomine m p.iip or freedom, of uttt H!1(1 of thouht aifaimt ilnlter force or mnrai enmaeiTien s.nniainH an tn teretiMritf rhnptr i Ih Jubi-S1hji I ;.."V nrt ut nil ItiiukMore) j May wh Kntl ou h hnoklrt ilfacrlblne thel other IIIntorleM of the IletIU:erculi7 I Oxford University Press' sr i: nirA .v u it a x r n i 35 West 32nd Street New York CasUss Sundays, exorbitant pricesfor most kinds of entertain ment, the necessity to understand the war, as well as the necessity sometimes to forget it, these point insistently to books. 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THE BOOK OF AMERICAN WARS By HELEN NICOLAY This is America's fighting record from the birth of the nation. The author, a historian of note with the gift of making history alive with color and motion, gives an account of all America's vvars with their proper background. Illustrated. $2.00 At All Bookttoree PuMiihe. bjr AfTERTIKMENT L iju A MONO the many hooks Hint uf this most Kttiiotiiiotis ('(inflict In nil lilstory, TUB ItOOTSl Ml I UK AK, piilillshcil out with a iirntiiliiPiicp duo tn Its Inglcnl lntoriri'lutlnii uf the march nf I'vciits nnil tn tlie vliiiiillclly iiiul vlvlilness with which It hns been v.'rltten. I'rcslilpiit Wilson lint well run ilppp Into nil thp ulisciirc suits of history, nnil wp must noeds be grntpful for this most rcniliililp story of I'.urnppnn political nnd Foctnl comllilons ilurltii; Hip fntpful jenrs from 1870 to 1914. It Is thp work nf William Htpnrns lb.iv Is, of the I'm'tilty of the Tnlvcrslty of Minnesota, nnil his poIIpiikups In tho History Department, Wlltlnm Andprson nnil Mnsnn W T.vlor. The stiiiiillni: of tho nuthorn Is a Kiinrnutpp of thp sdinlml.v thoroughness with which their tnsk hns Iippm iM'rfornipd. but thorp Is not u trmv of ppilnntry In Iho vlijor with which their fuels have Iippm iirvsptitpil, Tliplr nnrrntlvp Is ns swift moving nml ns dramatic ns n woik of fiction, triiclns with Impressive fori'o thp clrcutnstiiurcs tluit mmlp pnsslblp (iprniunv's Inconceivably dnrlng nltempt to cslalilNIi by force of nrms n world empire, vaster mid richer oven thnit luii.rliil Hoiiip T' llin work of Alliiu I'pdi'grnlT tptittiln from thp sophlstlcntpil who discern In him oiip of the fast nrrlvlnb m-itprs of realism InSTKAYKintRVKI.LERS. hrnught out rpeently by Henry Holt nnd Company, he hns nehlevod nn Infinitely diverting picture of those frpe Minis who nre nceustomed to centre ntiout (Ireenwlih Hinge, mid the liurstliiR of the bubble of tliplr vnpnrlngs nt Hip touch nf thp stnrk renllly of wnr. Vp met Clotllde, thnt Modern of Hip Modernists, mid her little group of serious thinkers nt their summer enlntiv on tlio Hudson, with Its "pnrtles" nnd Its phllnudcrings b.v tiny nnd by night. The dlvltic flrp of youth ful illscoiitput urgps them on to lengths startling: to the uninitiated, for their devotion to truth Insists that fteedom must bp prnctled ns well ns prpached It In nn up to the minute tnle of life among the arMsts, pplgrnmnintlc and satlrlrnl bv (urns, filled nlvvnjM with delicious eotuedy which never broadens Into farce. I T Is n far cry from (iiepiiwleh Village to the lloston of Hip worklnc Klrl where Ihe little heroine of TI1K STAR IN THK WINDOW fled In a despairing effort to rapture something of the Joy ot j until before the crnyness of spinsterhood should close In nbout her nnd client her of pxlsfpncp. Ollvp Illcglns l'routy hns npvpr done better work limn In this talp of n clrl who dared tn rebel ncalnst the standards of the small New Kngland town where she had always lived, and to pmbnrk Ukiii the gnat adventure of her life, cost her what It might. How she mnnagitd to triumph over nil thnt threat ened to engulf bpr and how slip parned the right to hang, a service ling proudly In her window makes n wholesome story, told with sym pnthv nnd iimlcrstnmllng mid with n vividness of detnll that will make the book very roal to thousands of readers. Frederick A. Stokes rnnipany nre thp publlshprs. c OIMtAOi: of n different sort Is Mnrlon Mucl.ean, I'h.D., and nuthor of "Wnge rnrnlnc Wiraen, coiirneo with nn'i oheerfnlly borne nnd with the sudden fliatterine; of a busy life by protracted illness. Her nccount of the hospital experience which mnkes nil tho world akin is told with nn unquenchable (jaycty that renders these adventures in the pursuit of health the jolliest sort of book for invalids or convalescents. It appears under the imprint of Tho Womans Press nnd is embellished with delicious illustrations by C. R. Weed, that prince of cartoonists. ((fT Q Theodosla, whose dislike of subtle books nnd bralnv peo I pie I sharp." Is u most begulllni; dedication to TIIE ISLAND " OF MYSTERY, by that past master of fiction who chooses to mask the open secret of his office ns dignitary of the Church of England under the pan name of G. A. Blrmincham. It is odd to read such n sentiment from the author of "Oossamer," that most subtle nnd brilliant of character studies, but in this extravaganza, just published v viuiiep U. Doran Company, he taps once more tho vein ot "Hpa.i .0i (Jold"; and the whimsicalities of his plot are unadulterated h iiythinR nearer reality than the stage of n musical comedy. Th huractcrs nre living to their finger tips but they play their pait vi'h only half concealed merriment at their own absurdities; -n' he joy of the book is in the delicious fooling in which the author in dulges himself to his heart's content. Each att. Mht Wtil Uill lecommenJ im partially a feu of tht foots uvrth uhilt. At last, the book the American people have been waiting for the complete record of Geiman intrigue in this country up-to-date, nuthoi itative. The German Secret Service in America By JOHN PRICE JONES and PAUL MERRICK IIOLLISTER Theodore Roosevelt says: "You are doing the country a great service. A capital work, and I wish it could be put in the hands of all good Americans." Wm, J. Flynn says: "If you want to know whut we have been up against in our pursuit of the underground Hun, lead this book." A't'o. Fully illustrated. S2.00 net. lloston SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY Publishers VIRGINSBURG later, when they surgency into the at last out into THE CENTURY CO. A HVIWTWHSfWfT ji'' t lime nttomptoil tn troop Iho caused hy Tlio Ontiiry f onipniiy, Rtandu .nlil that the roots of this wnr i hits, from Its stnrt. won closo nt- Instinct In CIIERKO, by Annl i.t A&kfu Novels that Entertain THE BOOMERANG By DAVID GRAY It has all the gayety, brilliance and exhilarating humor of the phenomenal dramatic success upon which the story is founded. The plot is unhackneyed, and the dialogue, of which there is a generous quantity, is brilliant and stimulating; the characters are easy to believe in and are irresistibly attractive. Moreover, the narrative moves with that rapidity which appeals to American readers who like to be, even in their imaginative adventures, in the midst of "something doing" Thousands who have seen the play will find new pleasure in following along a new path one of the most delightful and satisfying plots of recent j ears. Illustrated. $1.40. MAGGIE OF ' By HELEN R. MARTIN Author of "Tillie: A Mennonite Maid," etc. This is the latest of this author's delightful stories ' of the "Pennsylvania Dutch", with the plot centering about a boy and girl, botli. of whom owe their parent- v age to "outsider. A sharp conflict develops between these idealistic children, fiercely loyal to each other, i ana uicir maicriauyiiiuiucu guardians who live oy ' bread alone." Even as school-children Maggie Wentz- i r ler and Henry Uutz rebel fttnously against tte sordid- i are grown, carry the spirit of Jn-ia. colleges which both attend and , tne larger worm, frontisftece, ?i. 3S3 Fourth A"" New York CMr ' vl . l'l '! tk i w 1. 'J, J. M - j "B iVJ M ST . ji f i th m I K. i 'lKj i V.l AY Vh m M , - r 1s-W ,- v ."M . A- A H B R I C'A K B R, M WMt I . e T AA . I .)' V, t frlmfl HahJM.ViiVrra i i