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Novels I Everybody
Loves a Good Story
The Treasure Trail
flu Marah Ellis Ryan. Mexico,
with ill hoi hales and fierce
plotting!, and ill changing winds
of national feeling, ii the icene
of ihil iloty of a tteaiure trail
a trail of danger and peril, of
an American who dared and
won. Price $1.50.
The Gods of Mars
By Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Another Burroughi maiterpiece,
written with all the inimitable
vigor and marveloui imagina
tion of the author! f a m o u
Tarzan itoriei. A weird and
faicinaling tale. Price $1.35.
Wolves of the Sea
By Randall Parrith. Spanish
buccaneers and deep tea out
lawry two centuries ago I A
treasure chest, a dark mystery
aboard a derelict plague ship,
and constant bristling dangers,
bloody fights, mutiny, storms,
and shipwreck 1 Price $1.40.
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A Gift
for Philadelphians
A Feast of Anecdote. Humor. History
THE ROMANCE OF
OLD PHILADELPHIA
By JOHN
Author of "OLD KOADS
'102 illustrations of unique interest. $4.50 net.
"The 'City of Brotherly Love' was the center of lifo in
America in Colonial times, and Dr. Faris has told its story so
humanly and humorously that every American will enjoy it. He
.has painted a vivid and life-like panorama and has shown great
skill in blending many lite stories
An intensely interesting picture of
.life, richly illustrated, text and
original sources."
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To Enter Intelligently Into the
America at the Front
By FULLERTON L. WALDO. Illustrated $2.00 net.
1 Starting on the troopship where New York was comparing notes with Ne
f braska, Kansas and Ohio, tho author, a correspondent for the Philadelphia
ledger, follows tho American soldier to England, to France, among "Y" men
from SB States and all walks of life to meBa, to Paris for Bastlle Day, Into
1 tha trencnes, ana into nospnais, ana tnrougn every absorbing page Incident
. t ally exhibits tho unmistakable American spirit, as displayed by young
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THE BOOK OF
PHILADELPHIA
By Robert Shackleton
Never was there a study of the city at once so
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WAR AND
WAR HAS ALSO A
HUMAN SIDE
Mr. Waldo Has Exhibited It in
a Booh That Has All the
Elements of Popularity
Kullcrton U Waldo, well known In
this city, has written a war book which
has In It all the elements ot popularity.
He went to Europe last summer on a
rnnanort. ntonned In London for a while.
and thon visited tho whole bnttlcfront
from tho Vosges Mountains to Flanders.
Ho docs not tnlk of battles nnd cam
paigns, but ho devotes his attention to
tho human side of war. Nothing has
been written which shows better tho
Joyous, Jocular, caro-freo slue or soi
dierlng'than his first chapter of life on
the transport. Mr. -Waldo produces his
effect by piling Incident on Incident and
Joko on Joke, nnd yet ho does not fall to
tako account of tho serious noto that
every now and then mado Itself heard.
His description of tho work of tho Y.
M. C A. hut In London is a Biuuy in
human kindness at work. It Is humor
ous ; with a humor that nt times Is closo
to' tears and always escapes mawklBh
sentimentality. Kvery soldier nnd every
friend of a soldier will want to read
theso two chapters, for they will recall
to the soldier pleasant experiences and
will reveal to tho friends tho kindly
solicitude with which the men In uni
form havo been attended on tho other
side.
ilr. Waldo was In Paris on B-istllle
Day, nnd his description of the celebra
tion Is remarkable as much for what
It leaves out as for what it includes.
Here, as In the rest of the book, ho lays
emphasis on tho human side. It was
not a gorgeous spectacle that he saw,
but a multitude of people whoso land
was In danger, crowding the lino of
march to pay their Ultimo of gratitude
to the men who were risking their lives
to repel tho Invader. What he writes
of tho lighting line traverses the ground
that haaj been covered from day to day
in 'the dispatches, but he manages to
make It all interesting with Incident and
anecdote that reveal the heroism of the
men and their apparent unconsciousness
that they were doing anything except
what they ought to do. It Is Just tho
kind of a war book which those have
been seeking who havo wanted to know
how their friends were standing tho
strain under which they havo been la
boring. AMERICA AT TIIC FRONT. Hy Fullerton
I, Waldo. illustrated. New ork: U. I.
Dutton & Co. K.
A Young Folks' Lincoln
It Is dimcult to conceive of n more
Inspirational and Interesting subject for
growing boyB than tho- life of Abraham
Lincoln, so rich in tho sort of episodes
dear to tho heart of youth. Of course
a life of Lincoln for Jmenllo readers
must bo fittingly assembled and pre
sented, nil of which nas been done by
Wilbur V. Gordy In the latest of his
books dealing with American history.
This volumo on the life of Lincoln Is the
first of a scries called "Heroes and
Leaders In American History," which
will deal with the lives of men In vari
ous fields of service in our national
life. Mr. Gordy has arranged his sub
ject matter for a logical presentation,
consistently adheres to simplicity of
diction. Is never obscure, and takes no
untoward liberty with historical facts.
It Is an easy book to read becauso of
the liberal size of the print and the fre
quent illustrations.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Ry Wilbur K. Gor
dy. New York: Charles Scrlbner's Sons. It.
T. FARIS
OUT OK PHILADELPHIA"
into one fascinating narrative.
the romance of early American
pictures drawn from rare and ;
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PEACE IN FICTION AND
MR. CHERADAME'S
TEN POINTS
He Says There Can Be No En
during Peace if They Are
Disregarded
Kor more than twenty years Andre
Cheradamo has been studying tho Ger
man menace In Karopo nnd for more
than fifteen years ho has been writing
about It. His warnings, however, fell
on deaf ears until tho war broke out.
Then it was discovered that ho know
what he was talking about. Whllo the
war was In progress ho wrote two or
three books repeating his wnrnlng and
calling attention to tho fact that tho Ger
man net was spread from Berlin to
Bagdad, and that German success
meant a German world. There was a
disposition In some quarters to regard
him as an alarmist, but tho working out
of tha German plans and the German
boast made hla nssertlonB seem
moderate. Ho has Just written a book
on "Tho Kssentlnls of nn Hndurlng
reace," which ought tobe read by every
one who wishes to understand the perils
with which the Peaco Conference Is con
fronted. He reviews the skillful German
propaganda during recent years Intended
to deceive tho Kntente Allies, and asserts
that that propaganda Is still going on.
Ho suggests that tho armistice was
signed when it becamo evident to the
Germans that a victory In the field was
Impossible nnd that an attempt Is now
made to win a negotiated peaco nt tho
council tablo which will give to Ger
many substantially all that she hoped
to win under arms In order to prevent
such a victory he laws down tho ten
conditions on which an enduring peace
must bo based. Here they arc:
Written acceptances by the Germans
and the foundation ot the republic in
Germany should not modify in any
way tho program of guarantees and
realizations of all kinds demanded by
the Allies.
The Allies ought to be thoroughly
convinced that tho German people Is
Just as responsible for the war as tho
Kaiser himself. , , ,
Any negotiated peaco should be
resolutely and absolutely rejected, as
It would make Impossible a complete
lctory for the Allies.
To understand realistically the con
ditions of a program of lasting peace.
To realize a concrete program ot
peaco conditions having for Its object
First, to prevent a further outbreak of
the war; second, to repair as far as
possible tho deep Injuries caused by
German aggression.
To understand that the presence of
Allied soldiers In Germany and
Austria-Hungary Is absolutely In
dispensable to a thorough and per
manent victory.
To admit that to enable the Germans
to repair the damage they have caused,
they should not be placed under a gen
eral boycott.
To consider tho league of nations
'from a realistic and not a Utopian
standpoint.
To understand that the pacifists are
as dangerous to the establishment of
a durablo peace as tho Pan-German-
lsts- . . . j.
Not to nllow ourselves to bo de
ceived as to tho character of the Bol
shevist danger.
Mr. Cheradame nrgucs each of these
points and gives his reasons for their
validity.
TUB KSSHNTIALS OF AN HNDURINCl
VICTORY. Ily Amlro Cheradame New
York: Charlea Pcrlbner's Sons. 11.50.
Bird and Animal Ways
Another of Jean-Henri Fabre's popular
bird and animal hooks for children has
been translated by Florenco C Blcknell.
who made his "Story Book of Science"
accessible to English speaking young
people. Tho latest book Is called "Our
Humble Helpers" and deals with the
common domestic fowls and animals, the
hens and ducks nnd geese, the dog. the
horse, the cow and the hheep. It con
tains tho Information that Is familiar to
specialists, but that not one adult In a
thousand knows. Tnke, for example, tho
structure of the egg of the common hen.
Tho white of the egg, he tells us. Is a
twisted cord holding tho yolk as In n
hammock nnd when the egg Is hatched
tho cord gradually untwists In order to
nllow tho growing chick to have the
room it needs.
He tells us also that ,
there are a lot or microscopic noics in
tho big end of the shell In order to per- i
mlt air to enter The book will be nb-
mrhlnelv Interesting to young people
who care anything about natural history.
Tho latest book In Royal Dixon's se
ries on the human side of natural things
is "Tho Human Side of Animals." Mr.
, Dixon finds In the beaver and the fox
i and the dog and other animals a degreo
I of Intelligence and reason which causes
him to comparo It with that of human
beings, nnd ho even Indorses the proposi
tion that animals have souls. His book
will please animal lovers, but a natural
ist with tho equipment of Fabro would
disagree utterly with hlB conclusions.
Orn HUlini.E HELPERS, ny Jran-Hmrl
Fabro. new zotk; ins ieniury com
pany. 12.
THE HUMAN SIDE OF ANIMALS Tty
uoyal lilxon. imow iotk: rreaencK a.
Stokes Company. II. 73.
The Grip
of the Ice Fields
Great Indeed Is the fascination which
the far North has for certain daring,
adventurous men. Donald Macmillan wns
at tho Poles with Peary. When Peary's
ship, the Itcoeevelt, was on her way
back, Macmillan hoped the ship would
get stuck so they would be held there
for at least another year.
He says, "What a grip the great white
Ice-fields get on a man! And what a
fascination may exist In the most deso
late places J" night there he made up
his mind he was going back. But tho
Poles had been found. What else was
there to do?
There Is a place In the North the
largest unexplored white spot on the sur
face of the globes a place nobody was
sure of. At tta edge, Peaty said, "I seem
to see mops distinctly .the snow-clad
summits of a distant land In the North
west above the Ice horizon." And this
was the goal that Donald Macmillan set
out to reach.
Ills expedition was organized by the
American Geographical Society and the
Museum of Natural History. They ex
pected to be away two years; Instead
they spent four years of terrible hard
ship, of hair-raising adventure, of long
patient waiting; Jut they foupd what
they set out to And, and Macmillan has
told the story In a most remarkable, In
teresting and modest book.
FOUR YEARS
IN THE WHITE NORTH
By Donald Macmillan, M.A., F.It.G.S.
Get it today at your bookseller's. S4.
I Read it and pan U on to a tolditr.
U'llwftl' Jc BrttiMTS JB4UM6i Kit
LONGSTRETH ON
THE CATSKILLS
Delightful Booh on the Great
New Yorh Pleasure
Resort
There la no plcasanter companion for
flresldo travel than T. Morris Longstreth.
Ono can sit In nn cny chair and climb
mountains or wander along tho high
ways with him and set nil tho enjoy
ment of tho experience wltvk nono of tho
nnnoynnces. Ho took his readers to the
Adlrondncks laBt year and this year he
is taking them to the Catsltllls. . Ho has
mado a most delightfully unconventional
book. It Is a guide to tho mountains.
If one chooses to regard It as such. But
It Is much more. It Is n study In hu
man nature nnd nn exhibition of tho
effect of mountain scenery on a youth
of tho Catsklll country who had never
wandered about tho mountains until Mr.
Longstreth took him as a companion.
The youth discovers thnt one gets more
than ri view over a horizon when he
Is on n mountain top his mental hori
zon widens also. As the youth confessed
ho had got more Ideas In two weeks In
the mountains than would last him a
year at his work In tho , valley. Mr.
Longstreth succeeds In Impressing his
readers with tho fact that this Is what
tramping in the country Is for. It clears
tho cobwebs from the brain, freshens the
thinking, ,1s a discourager of cynicism
and an eocourager of wholesomeness of
all kinds. His book 13 Illustrated from
photographs and contains nn excellent
map of tho Catsklll region.
THE CATSKILLS. Tiy T. Morris Lone
"'reth. New York: Tho Century Company.
Lincoln Surpasses Himself
Christmas will he the merrier this year
for tho largo following of Joseph C.
Lincoln In that their favored author
has provided another of his delectable
Capo Cod yarns for their stockings.
"Shavings" Is In Mr. Lincoln's happiest
strain, which means several happy hours
for his readers.
Tho war touches Mr. Lincoln's novel,
but not the horrors of nctlon and the
great sacrifices that won victory, so
"Shavings" is not to be classed as a war
novel, Only the casual phases of wnr.t
time enter to aid a bit In the plot. And
Mr. Lincoln simply surpasses himself
In the plot! A bank robbery, a political
squnbnle between rival bosses, enlist
ments In the service of Uncle Sam, and
two lovo nffalrs which refuse to run
smoothly provide some of the complica
tions which Btlr up Orhnm nnd reach
even unto Ostable. Of course, nil tho
tnnglo Is eventually dissolved to the
satisfaction of the reader, but ho has
moro than one anxious page over the
vicissitudes that beset his favorite char
ncters In the story.
Of course, the prlmo favorite Is
"Shavings" himself, J. Kdgnr Wlnslow.
Mlllmnker Jed to all the nnttves nnd
summer visitors around. Jed lo a
"queer duck," without denial, but he
Is not lacking In that valuable commod
ity known as horse sense, and ho sup
plements this with a goodly portion of
human 'sympathy for cvorythlnr In his
small circle of folk and his p. nail zone
of Influenco that Is worthy rf sympathy.
His native shrewdness nnd his homely
Philosophy make him one of tho most
lovablo of tho Lincoln Capo Cod crea
tions. SHAVINGS. Tly Joseph C.
Yorlt. D. Appleton & Co.
Llnroln
SI SO.
New
The Penguin Scries
Bonl & Llverlght, the success of whoso
modern library series has been notable,
evidently feel justified In venturing stitt
further with tho publication of books In
uniform style. Four volumes In a new
venture havo Just como from their
presses They are tho first In what Is
to be known as the Tenguln Series. They
nro printed In large typo with nmplo
margins In a page Bllghtly more oblong
than In the usual book and they are
bound In boards with a vellum-cloth
back with tho title on tho back and on
tho front cover printed In black. Each
volumo contains about 150 pages. The
sorles Is to be dented to books never
beforo printed In America. It starts
w Ith "Gabrlelle do Bert'crne." hv Tlonrv
.lames, a short novel In hi enrller oivin
j nose wno nave round It difficult to
rend his Inter books will he glad of the
opportunity to get this tnle. so charming
In plot, so delightful In the luclditv of
Its stylo. "Karma," nftcr tho first tale,
n inu nun eikii n a collection or lour
sketches by Lafcadlo Hearn, edited bv
Albert Mordcll, It Includes "Bllal,"
Hcarn's well-known discussion of the
musical gifts of tho negroes. The third
In tho series is a volumo of Japanese
fairy tales, four of which are translated
by Hearn., And the fourth In tho series
Is Hermann Sudermann's dramatic
novelette, "Iolanthe's Wedding,"
OAnniELLK DU DnnailltAC. By Henry
Jnmes. New York: Bonl & Llverliht.
KAHMA. riv Lafcadlo Henrn. New York:
Hon! Lherlcht. II. 2.1 '
JAPANESE KAIHY TALES. Ily Lafcadlo
Henrn. New York. Bonl : Llverlght.
IOLANTHE'S TVEDniNa. Tly Hermann
Hudermann. New York! nonl & LlverlBht.
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A Juvenile Anthology
There Is a mass of child verso scat-
tered through tho books of tho poets. , hours while tho story-teller of tho tribe .
But lovers of such verse do not always related, his wonderful Imaginings about1
feel Inclined to buy n book simply be- most everything. Many of theso fascl-l
cause It contains two or three poems ' natlng tales of our native Americans
which they wish. An nnthology of child nave been put Into book form by Kath
verse, or verso which appeals to children , "Ine B. Judson under tho title of "Old 1
nas Deen nrenarcu Dy Norma uriBht
Carson nnd Florence E. Bright, which
contnlns many of tho most popular
pieces of the modern poets, Including
Eugene Field, James whltcomb niley, It.
L. Stevenson and many others. It Is
artistically Illustrated In colors by Wil
liam F. Taylor.
rODMS FOB LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN.
Selected by Norma Bright Carson and
Florence, B. Bright. Illustrated by WIN
Ham Francis Taylor. Philadelphia. David
McKay, II.
A Holiday Picture Booh
Whoever Is looking for a child's book
which combines charming verse with
beautiful Illustrations cannot do better
than give heed to "The Moon-noat nnd
Other Verse," by Henry Clayton Hop
kins, Illustrated by W. Thlllp Vinton
Clayton. Besides the title poem, the vol
uma contains "The Whoowlnds," 'The
Flshorwlfo's Lullaby," "The gen-Gnome's
Song." "The Night-Gown Elf" and aev
eral other whimsical nnfl musical poems.
There are twelA full-pagii Illustrations
In color that are poetlo In conception and
nrtlstlo In execution,
THB MOONIKUT AND OTHKn VKnSP!. ny
it, u, iiopKins. inusiraion ny w. r. v.
Clayton. Philadelphia! David McKay,
11.80,
From Poverty to Riches
How Nan Sherwood, .who desired.
above all things, to go to boarding
school, got her wish to one of the many
Interesting things told In "Nan Sherwood
nt Pine Camp," by Annie Itoe Carr,
Bbo was left with an uncle and aunt In
11 lumner camp in aucnigan wnue ner
father and mother went to Scotland to
take possession of tho small fortune that
had been left to her mother. Many In
teresting and axcltlng things happen; In
the camp, enough to hold tha attenton
of the youthful reader from first to last.
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AmTs Km CW. New ToA) OfC-rg
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FULLERTON L. WALDO
Author of a war book bound to be
popular
MRS. WHARTON'S
' WAR NOVEL
An Exhibition of the Awaken
ing of America to the .
Greatness of France
Tho hero of Mrs. Wharton's short
novel "Tho Mnrno," Is an Amorlcan boy
who has known Franco all his life and
loved It. There were a few such privi
leged persons In America when tho war
began. They had traveled In France,
had come In contact with her people, be
come familiar with her history nnd her
Ideals and when Franco was attacked
hundreds of tho fortunate American
youths who felt themselves nkln to her
went to her rescue. Tho rest of Ameri
ca had a most superficial Impression of
Franco and tho French. Now, Mrs.
Wharton hns apparently sought to show
how ono youth reacted when tho wnr
began and how a lot of typical Ameri
cans who went over last year after we
entered tho war had their eyes opened
nnd discovered that there was something
wonderful over there t which they had
not dreamed. Tho substance of the story
is slight. The hero visits the first Mnrno
battlefield' and discovers tho grave ot
his French tutor who had been killed.
Then ho waits Impatiently till ho Is old
enough to render some kind of scrvlco
nnd after thrco years ho gets Into nn
ambulance corps and find himselr in the
second battle of tho Marne, where Is
wounded. . Tho wholo thing Is dono with
the perfection of art of which Mrs.
Wharton Is mistress.
THE MAHNE. Dy Edith Wharton, New
York: D. Appleton & Co. SI. 23.
Patriotic Boohs for Youngsters
Already tho eyes of far-sighted Amer
icans nro turned toward tho epochal
changes which aro certain to arlso from
the great war, and among those for-,
ward-looking men nnd women aro many
educators who believe It their great duty
to prepare tho youngest generation of
Americans to meet those changes. It Is
with this purpose In mind that Wilbur
F. Gordy. Frances Nimmo Grceno and
Mary Synon each has contributed to a
group of three books expressly written
for tho boys and girls of America who
scon will be taking upon themselves tho
duties of citizenship.
Mr. Gordy, who has written a num
ber -of books of historical nature for
younger Americans, attempts in "Our
Patriots" to glvo a clear and definite
conception of tho meaning of patriotism.
To this end ho has selected the men and
women whose lives aro rjn expression
of this Idea, and ho has net forth tho
patriotic alms and Ideals which Inspired
their words and deeds.
"My Country's Voice," by Frances
Nlmmo Greene, Is a collection of the
utterances, both In poetry nnd prose,
of our great leaders. Theso aro ar
ranged In tho order of time, so that the
trend of American history runs through
them, and they aro accompanied by
simple nnd authentic explanations.
In "My Country's Part," Mary Synon,
a writer of short ntorles, has set forth
tho principles which have Inspired tho
United statca in tno war, as wen as me
country's plans, purposes nnd activities.
Of particular constructive value aro the
author's suggestions as to how they may
contribute to tho final victory.
OUniPATniOTS". By Wilbur F. dordy. New
York: rhrli, Scrlbner's Son Cu cents.
MY COUNTUY'S VOICE. By Frances
Nlmmo Greene. New York. Charlea
Kcrlliner'a Sonn. 30 rentfl.
MY COUNTRY'S PABT. By Mary Synon.
New York: Charles Scrlbner'a Sons; 60
tents.
Indian Talcs
Most children prefer good old-fashioned
Indian stories to any other kind,
with tho possible exception of fairy tales.
It Is a well-known fact that the Indian
children themselves would listen for
- "'" " -"
Thero Is an added Interest In the tales
because the originals, aro from authentic
ethnological sources. They should prove
of Interest to the older children as well
as to those who cravo a little tale at
bedtlmo. Tho rabbit, wolf, black bear,
wind, moon, thunder and sky are all
brought Into the stories In an enter
taining manner and the Illustrations are
mniasuc. y
OLD CltOW. By Katharine B.' Judson. Bos
ton: Little. Brown & Co. 11.38.
Hoto to Do Things
Nothing pleases a boy of a mechanical
turn ot mind better than a book which
tells him how to do things, Such a book
has been written by A. nussell Bond,
under the title of 'The American Boys'
Engineering Book." it tells, among
other things, how to make out of a
bicycle a foot power grinder to keep
tools eharp, how to buna a forge where
metal may be welded andtlnsmlthlng
done, how to make a wlro railway and
a handcar and scores of other things.
And the beauty of the book Is that It
tells how to do these things without
having to spend a lot of money to get
the materials.
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AMK.nlCAN BOYS' KNOINEEn
MKMCAN BOYS' KNOINEEniNa
1 100
K. By A. Jtusseil llond. l'hlladelphlat
J, U. Llpplncott Company,
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Woodcraft Booh for Girls
Ulllan Elizabeth Hoy has complete!
her trilogy of woodcraft boolce, with
"Woodcraft airls In tho City." The first
dealt with the little woodcrnfters. Then
1 sne iook me wooacraii gins 10 camp.
In thla nw book she tells of all sorts of
adventures they had In the city, 'anil
bring together all the character In the
first two booki, so that those who have
read, that, first two wilt find all their
friends in this one.
WOODCRAFT OinXO IN "IK.CITYi B
UIWjn'llli2ior ' Kjw -fa; U3
PROPAGANDA
IN A LOVE STORY
Helen It. Martin Continues to
Preach Socialism in Her
Pcnna. Dutch Stories
Familiar earmarks are vislblo In the
opening chapters of Helen n. Martin's
newest book, "Magglo of Vlrglnsburg."
Tho attthnf wlirt mm1. Iiam Hr.l "HI.-
"hit" In tho realm of fiction with "Tlllle.
a Mennonlto Mold," followed by "Sa
blna" and porhaps others of tho same
general tenor, by more or less humorous
delineations of Pennsylvania Dutch char
acter and personality, with which sha
showed Indubitably close acquaintance,
returns for tho none to a well-worked
field In a Bcrles of "silhouettes." as sho
designates her narrative of tho enreers
of Mngglo and her schoolmate, Henry,
H happens that neither of the twain, al
though they are reared In the Penn
sylvania Dutch environment and at
mosphore, Is to tho manner born; nnd
this fact ovldently accounts for tho In
surgency that develops qulto early In
their young lives and makes conditions
with spurious klnfolk Intolerable. Magglo
Is especially uncomfortable under tho
hateful regime of a supposititious but
wholly unsympathetic aunt, uncle and
cousin. Tho same rebellious spirit Is
manifested when tho young folk eventu
ally escnpo from the sordid surroundings
of their unhappy homes, enter college
nnd In tho final "silhouettes" nre
depicted ns militant members' of the com
munity at large.
Mrs. Martin long ago established a
reputation as n vigorous champion of a
species of socialism that scorns unwar
ranted restraint, unafraid to express her
dissent from established oUBtoms that ran
counter to her own sense of Justice. Ana
In "Maggie of Vlrglnsburg" sho has
apparently drawn Inspiration alike from
tho narrow confines of the Pennsylvania
Dutch farmhouse and tho colleges nnd
universities, whence every now and then
Is heard tho rumble of conflict between
rebels of the faculties and the moro con
servative trustees and moneyed Interests
that concern themselves In the field of
education.
magoik of vmoiNSDuna,
Jlartln. Now York: The
pany. 11.40
Dy Helen n.
Century Com-
The Lighter Side of Soldiering
Mrs.v ninchart'B delightfully humorous
tale of twenty-three nnd a half hours'
leave of a soldier about to sail to Franco
Is doubtless based on authentic Informa
tion nbout tho lighter Bldo of soldier
ing gained from direct contact with the
soldiers themselves. This does not mean
that the plot Is based on nctual events,
but that tho point of view of tho men,
and the details of camp llfo are true.
It Is written around the adventurous
disposition of Sergeant Gray of tho
troop nttached to tho headquarters of a
general. In a moment of rashness tho
sergeant bet that he would cat bran
muffins for breakfast with the general.
Ho wins his bet, and also the acquaint
ance of a charming young woman and
brought nbout tho arrest of two German
spies. To tell how ho did it would be
to tell the story. Tho pleasure of finding
out must bo reserved for those who read
the book.
TWKNTY-TIinKB AND A HALF HOURS'
LEAVE. Uy Mary Roberta Blnehart.
New York: Qeorgo II, Doran Company.
Sixty. cents.
Joan of Arc
The publishers have made a beautiful
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of the life of Joan of Arc. Thd author
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maid of Orleans. As the book Is written
especially for young people, sho has
omitted such of tho grievous experiences
of the maid as parents would-objcct to
have their children read. Tho TJook Is
handsomely illustrated with eight full
page pictures In colpr by Frank K.
Schoonover, which admirably rcproduco
the spirit of the tnle.
JOAN OF ARC, the Warrior Maid. ny
Lucy Foater Madlaon Illustrated hy
Frank E. Schoonover Philadelphia: Tha
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Venture Boys in Camp
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story. In which their llfo, In camp Is
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THE VENTURE BOYS IN CAMP. By How.
nnl It. uans. New lorn: Harper -&
Ilroa. 11.23.
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Excitement at Sea
Nelson Troy, after having seen his
father's ship torpedoed by n German sub
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seo ho takes part In the capture of somo
German Bpies. Then he goes to sea on
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n thrilling tale for boys of life In the
navy In wartime. The fact that Mr,
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FOR THE FREEDOM OF -THE SEAS.
Ralph Henry narbour. New York:
Appleton & Co. 11.33,
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happen which can happen only on a
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THE THREE DAYS AT THE OLD FARM,
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"What matters their dialect," said Napoleon
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ALSACE-LORRAINE
By George Wharton Edwards
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Daniel. And tho faco is that of Kaiser "Wilhelm II upturned
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and tho Provinces remained French. In graceful text
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Flanders" and "Vanished Halls and Cathedrals of Franco."
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JOAN OF ARC
By Lucy Foster Madison. Tho handsomest book this year for
young people; Tho true story of tho Warrior Maid in Action
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