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Shows How Journalism Cun Accomplish Results kipOMMO.V CAUBT2" "III echo fatulll- Adams wrote Common '"ause vvere too V j u j. -f ..t... r ardent to. linnet1 on the coolncsjes of ., ,., .,,. ,.,.u. v. ,... w Mr Adams's other novel, "the Clarion, imsa other novel. The t,iarioii. nnd polish for i work of art. each ough half a decade and more has has n big rentrnl tdc.i which Is develop, sine that stnrv of journalism, '. dlrecllv ami mdirrctlv by argument and Mliiulsm was published. It Hi?"'' "ft""1' ' "imbollsm and oDject, for alth pa srrd reform persons i 'i oinmon I'ause' has both structural and icniiwraiiieiital nrnllntlons nnd slml lailtlea ti 'The nation', each takes Journalism fur background and atmos. phere each has nn editor foi hero nn Idealist ronimltled to nn ItrlHMti- pn Rrnm for the public welfare and opposed bj daik fores of dlsloVnllv and graft, each has a sort, of "fldiii Vchates" as eub-heto eai li has. heroine, lovelv to look at hui not Insipid to watch, a Rlrl of bnltis as well as beaut if detct tnliiatlnti as well n dimples, each hns. an absorbing plot convincing chiilnctrrlia lion and skilled riaftsmalisrilp "-' thoiiRh one uould av thai the heals of the hea't n which evidently Mr & CO. - Publishers Suggestions The Apartment Next Door lx tl.I.I M JOHN-ltN The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse bv h'i:ntu ibam. Room Number 3 bv NV. KATIIAltlNH filtr-HN The Tin Soldier by raipu: BA1LLY Wild Youth and Another bx i.tt.BKP.T I'M'.M.I! KYNE tl POETRY AND PEACE FICTION LATEST NOVELS h . uniform fin h nnd nolluli for i work of art. each lesson In "The nation' the centralizing nnd animating theme was the ilrUR and pat ent medicine eMI . In Common Cause" I the vitallilng mntlvattnR theme Is as poisonous nn ell and one more subtle I pro-Gertnanlni In merlean communi ties Mr. Adams is an Investigator nnd R-ospeler, what we used to call .1 Inutk raker, and what we now tall a propa gandist , he Is skilled In his work, not merely In obtaining data, but In pci sentlnR his deductions ablv and effec tively, and In Common t'auro" as In ) "The Clarion.' his researches hae net I ted amazlnr ieclatlntiM which he weaxes Into the fabric of his fiction This Action fundamentally has ft v'try simple plot outline A man and a Rlrl turn a tjplc.il mid-Western common wealth and Its 1aplt.1l from the tVuiFchUfm and Kultur" implanted nnd InRralned In tht citizens i-oclally, financially, commercially nnd education allv to a xplilt of tuthentip nnd essen tial Anierlcanlun Hut this .rlumph.int process of Amerlcanljatlon Is not achieved offhand, but onl- battlltiR with opposition and batierlnR down barriers and obstacles The toiiftlcts. ilonR social, coinmenial and political fronts are frenuent, marled and unct- a clef" novel The conditions It tie srribe. of the ratnlfMng snaicr of Tcutonlsm, catching Aniertcaiilrni In Its coils and cei- readv to spring the trap, arc not In the least caggcrated That the Prussian trap mlL.s?d during the lecent wat lsa tribute to the soundness and iMMasivencis of genuine Amei lean ism among the alien boin Mr Adams's novel shows how clcpe the mimics tame to being effect le COMMON' r.U"f. ll xniurl llonklns VUnn Ponton llouihton Sllffltn Coin pan 1 Mi Fairbanks, Uplifler 'the success of the flrjt book which' bore tno name of Amctlcat- bct.t-lll.ct photoplay actor Douglas ralihink?, us i author, made such a popular appeal tint Mr Fairbanks has set out to write a erics ot them Tl- second one la i "Making Life Worth While." and foi-j lows along the same vein of cheerful ness whlih he l wont to dKplnv In hi3 motion pictures Mr Fati banks ton fisscs that his latebt volume has no particular plan or sequence wheieby to back up its title lle'nlro confesses he is discussing evcr.v thing In ireneral ,nrl adds, with tqual origlnalit.v ' nothing In particular This Is a more t-uious work than his first book and at timet, suggests a combination of a country parson and an uplift speaker addressing the ladles of foiii self-culture -oflets MAKI.NU l.tl'B WOllTII Wltll.t: He Doug las Palrlianka Nhw York Hrittun Ai Co. 11. Golf and Mystery Chester K. Steele author of "The Ola mond Cross Mvsterv and 'The Man- l slon of Mysterv ' bus added another to I his I'st of nnterles In "The tJolf Cou-e Mvrleiv ' 'this is an ingenious specimen of the detective tomunce vitb an npp.ircntlv intolublc m.vslerv at the bate The principal Is the retired youth- em military man Colonel Robert Lie Ashle.v. one of tho most likable of the , gentlemen detettlvts who have In recent i season- b.en ncoiillin.- the -tunes of tin . .... . . tlon colonel Ashley Is a tjplcal foutli. erner in ease of hearing nnd fine cour tesy, a tvplcal militar man In precision of mind and strategic cupacltv, and as .1 practicing Meuth one of the best "The Golf rourrn Mjster.v" Is full of sustained action, both of love and mis tcry. niK ooi.r col its rc mtstkry ri,e,. ler h Strel Sew Tork. Gne ulll 1 Co rrl( si in For Chess and Checker Fans In 'C hess and Checkers" n. .1 Lasker an Internationa' champion ches plner, consolidates a great variet of Informa tpn and lllustiatlou on both the theorv and practice of these games 1 hofj fans for whom chess nnd checkers all favorite Indoor sports In toitrndlsnuc tlon to bridge or plnochlH will fiini Mr iJisker's book toinpichcnslve in rangH or trplta, atitligrltntlve in i's rul ings and both clear nnd concise in Its presentation The lay tender dipping Into It will not find It unlnte'llgible Sew Vnik r. Appleton L i' 1) 3,-, r" .( ew Cape Cod Author It i not necessarv to draw compari sons between Joe Lincoln and the new author of Cape ("od nrvel though 'the prospect Is Inviting .lames v. Coopers Cap'n .lonah's Fortune ' Is an interest. , uig novel nu. Its own merits of conmiuc iloi) and characterization It shown a good flnrklng knowledge of rape Halts customs nnd geogr.iph.v It has humor sentiment and suspense, all of which should win success for It. CAtSV .KINAICS eOmi'NK H I-,,,,,, . f'oier Ne York Qeorge suli Co -tWi pected. so the volume is not lacking In '" "' contemplation ot '"' " " vount noVl, arm 1b n color and ? 'ute "nthology of war poetry will movementan.lsuspei.se The love In- 5 "' d "";' ,r7prSh,1,,,c ' "'" blrk splendid letest-how the mat, and the girl "I" I ln,, he Imaginary flRure, PX?7 ?"""" .T" C""n ilielr own personal battu. to mutual ,,'"n. ,'" ,', re.n,cl' n", ",J?, '", of a classic Dionsslun mvtholovv '" X aII,alIa ' the tort of thing we nil , un-lerstandlng and happiness -is admlr- ' 'hur' ; W ti Z, P-n. cenUu . Snrini fauni n, mpl clSl,lomf !"' """ d"'t .?" abh ind Integrally wrought Into the h '" ," S 'k S II "frlnj I ' r"l' 'ra'l' Interspersed with ly !-, of ' on" ,ot n" C"'S; W'nK' a More Headers will probabh Identify ?; f', J "n ", nlc nn ' h"nx tm, I Pl'-'ant lilt mud trending of grapes """' 1uh'' '" f "" ,a,""n,1" ,1"' c"m- the locale with Wisconsin and the chief ' an" ,,n thV" erge of mat r ng a rich "" bltlnr of Ivor) shoulder- Hut once ''?' ' l.h' ,a'r' J" " "'e thrilling fury POll.lcl figure wh the rtnlor P.iiator , , 0 lu "' Tidow leco efs from In the War. Nichols's poems took OP a Z. "u-' ''The n hTr r.L".."!1'"0..'.:!''" MWUun l.,. lb- .narrlage!n.ngnlflcence of ,,o,r and dlrcc, pa.. XXlTV,. Tr tn wards'. TL- .. .s I J COI.OSEI. JOHN Brorr. op ixvso istlit Is good stuff. Burke Is a Londoner 7hu ttrange Story, laid in and lUn;'" S. and loves London a. the countryman A (-. nu.ta Mns . ssi: ICAVnnitKlf: llIBTOrty o ammucax- loves the woods and fields. There Is AtnC, riVCU rapt attention mtkbatuiie KdUed by w p. Tnt. nothlnr to him more beautiful than the it .rnnntr lri f-sa, v.Ui-U J.r? ' porVn8 in thrV, v8o"Sr,.n ffl I blossoming of th. lights at dusk and the It IB among ine lew Which ,"-' li JV Torki O I' Putnam" son.; afgUt of th. purple, sky at .unset down w r 1Ur1v In voiirl mt- . rioiirtNO TUB HPOIUMKM. iiv wini.m Jthe.!onr vista of tha atreet movea him we are luteiy 10 read at arioTj'j.TJ; ,y-f-,rImimil0 ec,ta.y. Th. ton dw.iier who nnd. Leonard merrick in mbrkan edition 'While Paris Laughed," the. First Volume in a Series for Admirers Here Those admirers of Leonard Merrick "ho liae had difficulty! In netting his books In America nre soon to be, pro vided with nn rdltlon of thirteen vol- umna in n,.ir.n. .i.i. Mrrik it.hiik ' ,'., .T' ... ...... . ....,.. himself In the K.igllsh "Whos Who nltl, fifteen novels and five plnvs. but he has written at least one more novel since this list was made The American edition starts with his Vlrhols. one of the most Rifted of these latest book, "While 1'arls JiURlied." ounp poets who have eirrled the stand- which Is nit account of the pranks andrd of sonR durltiR the bitter das of passions of the poet Trlcotrln, a char- the war. said the other day In nn ad- ncter whom .Merrick lovers have met dres before the Contemporary Club of before to their dellRht I'or those who this cltv that he did not think the war har not met him It may be said that had had any ierv deep effect on the Trlcotrln Is the nephew of a Lyons silk poets he had known In the th'ck of It "NHnuiacriirer wno nas leu noma iu ru Their native nualltv of Runto, Ironv, "i""v i i.nkusii joutn, lacinR ine uitt to Paris nnd write blank ersc tragedies fantasy, or whatever mode of thouRht "lnte I,orror with a wry nnd tremulous anil poetry In less ambitious forms when wa, (nntlnctlv. In them, had expressed ""He. Take, fop Instance, this little trsiKedlc do not sukrcM themselves and when i,e must ell somethlnR or stane. , ir inrn in nip i.Hiin ijuiiriei un lunu ers. scultilors nnd novelists and tnusl- riin j jip man Alia nnnin nm iuul . Is ,..-li ., UV tt1. nf thm'V'"mriF "' iiiiiKit,hiu j iiv: iiuun ivur. vi .i unties of IlohemU In a cheerful, philo sophical and humotous manner. The youths rireamlnR of fame nnd fortune while thev e on frizzled herrlnR lake themseles erv Kerlously and Merrlck ncceptn them nt their own aluatlon Yet his t)tle suKSests that there are per sons who reward them ns food for inlrlh tnd His handllnR of them Indicates that they can be made proocatlve of mirth In others ecn outside of Paris If nny one Is tooklns for n serious roUoloKlc.il studv of the Itohenda of Paris he must look rlpwhcr. but If one seeks dellRht g! nnet Tlin rontlpra who mnife the . .. ...... ...,.'.., Wer th tmlnmjv nl.ilnttl .rlnirllv nt '""i li- iiuit iimi inniir pmi v In f II 1P11PT ni I11P ti iinti nir inaini itii iiir iukiiv acquaintance of Trliotrln in this olume I hs battery moving up to action of thp will be npxlous to learn of his earlier officer's loe for his laimblc. grimy, rliaf career ns disclosed in some of the pre- finir foldiers . his poignant tribute to cedlnir olumes And those rtaders who , comrades lot in action; the naming loe dlscoxer for the first time thnt Merrick writes of 1'aris with the Knowledge nnd affection of a ilevol.e will also await the publication In Amerii.t of his other books with undisguised impatience. Wltll.r; IMttH T Vt OHi.tl MerrUI, Ncv York K P H 7S It f-eonarO Putlnn A ( o . TUT. KATtTll'S K fll.HTlOX Terrestrial nnd Human Origins Discussed in Yala Lectures "The Evolution nf the t:.irth and Its Inhabitants" affords n good conspectus of the latest knowledge attained b" scientific research In terrestrial and hu man hlrtorv The olume Is nmle up of a series ()f lectures delivered before the Yale Chapter of the Plgrra NI. the scientific honor fraternity corr spin?! Ine to the I'lil Betn Kappa The cencrnl editor Is Richard Swann Lull I'h ! pioftsor of erlebratn palconto!og mil .in-oclat, curator In vertebrate patent! tologv In vale Inlxerslty ind the tonics are Heated as follows The Origin ofiflcatlon of the Aposles as messengers the Larth' ,loeph Karrnll "The from Clod Then follows an account Karth's Changing Surface and Climate" nf tome of the miraculous works said to .i .. r,.. . . ... t. .ii.. ... ,!.- l... , ..a ,i, ,hu .Qrlv Christian ii.Tirn cnuiarri i lie ji i.ni in i.ur l.or.mde tiss Woodruff 'The Pulse of Life," Richard Swann Lull, and Climate and Kvolutlon of Civilization." Rlls worth Huntingdon Thet-e lectures arc sound ,tn scholar ship, but not professorial In pedantty ddresed though they were to specialized audience of men wlthNolen- tlflc Inclination and background, none ii es th"v have appeal T nil interest for the average linn of Informed mind and the usual equipment of n-lence ns taught In the schools and colleges. There Is little In them that will be unlntel- Uglble to the thinking man and much th'lt "HI be Informing and stimulating to further thought As Professor Lull Lnlnia nn tVic. l.nnL' roiiroiAtttii a a m """" "" " ""' ",.","..,.., ",'".. I 1M,iuiii uii iiir Kvumhii-iii ..,. .i.u,un,k- , evidences or the evolution or our pianci and the earthborne life. This Is a large order but It is filled ndequatel.v, even n.imirnlilv c.ieh lecture Is lntercstini: al,d a alP bound together In a sirvt of loose unltv ritK KVONLriO.s- or THE EARTH AND ITS IS'tlAlin.v.STB nv m.mrm or in, Val Kcult New Haven; Yale Unlver ait Preen I ! Mi Dorothy Dainty Once More Gentle manners nre not to be taught but are to be absorbed. It Is not the IeaHt of the virtues of the "Doiothj Daintv books that they exhale the fra grnnce of gnoi bleeding as well as ot good "beer and merrinebs Hail there not been another "Doroth.v D-itntv this season, the loss would have been niournid by heaven knows how mans IHtle boys and girls. In the new one "Dnrothv Dainty at Foam Itidge vhe little heroine and -her friends are nt a fine btach hotel where gayetv fa the lule and an) thing else the exception There are new characters, too, and so mucn ncuoii inai. hh one voting "nctton that, as mil' reader said "You can't skip because voure sure 10 miss something if vou do" The book Is Illustrated by the author who Is to be felicitated on her ability to play so many variations on one theme DonorHT-DAiXTT .vr roAM rniit.E n lh au'hor of the "Dorothy !a!nty" lu.oke lloston; I.othrup Leu A Uciard Co, II. HOOKS RECEIVED Fiction VVII.n TOUTH AND A.SOIIIKI! p. r, II trt Parker Philadelphia j n Uniin rott Company M.M). AVHI1U MAN ny tieorse Asnev rtiamber lain Indianapolis. Ilobta-iltrrlll Co 1 TS TUB ItKAI, nopic nv inns vv t arilner Inil anano : l!Mils-Mrr III r.i 11 .v TMK .VUHIIUH vvrJ llll. j.AWt' riw vv t. Maxwell IndlanapolW Hubln.Jlerrlll Co 11 7K TfIR IVOL'OHHOYH. .Bl Patrick MarT.IU New Yorkt George M. Doren To it Rn THAT! AIX)KS, Hj Onthla SltOiklei vw Tork: O I" Punam-a Kona It ,',n DAVIt, ASU JONATHAN H K Temple Thurston New Yorki a I' Putnam a Sons tl.HO General tut: lVHTntrrTOIt THE MAS im, Jn?rd .'."(SSSSna AfetPoVVM! .phl.t.-!..". IJnnlneott. II.M "" Tl.VAi.r"vr V ifJ.'i'WA '''' 41 S HIATOKT or TUB W'pwi t wAn rv fly, Vnum P Co 14 - . THU HIUKM. i;cynii.vt i,-s AAIBHICA Nuthaeii is ' " YH". KVOf.tJTipx or TUB Eautii anp ITS INHAMTAS.ia, Mlted by nichard ii Thnriitni vruiri. x w rnrb. li ise L'nher.ltV I'reV;.' 12 liS." "ni "' fiw York o ic h '" vriKiv' el r.i'ui-.Liaaauur.i YOUNG ENGLISH WRITE ABOUT THE WAR Robert Nichols, Robert Graves and Gilbert Frankau Have Produced Verse Alive With the Spirit . of the Conflict THH young English poets of today (delicious fancy of Walter de la Mare, have lustlv been called ' nilrabeth- Amid the scenes of horror his heart n." tnr In thi,- ninniiiiiniia lnv of f, their clear-, shted apprehension of i,"" "' , !?5 slnn for slm- p!P, henrt-easltiR beaut v they have much of the spirit of the ''pac'ous days of 'Queen I-.1lrnh.iv, ' T.i.uienant Tlobert lsff on Wflr tnem n'much the same ny , , ,ar,er nnj happier das And as f itt.Ai . ... ! BtiiftPiilnorvf . aMd n,rce ., ot ll)PSe y(yun islnRers, flndlnR lntene and wistful beauty even In the horrible agonies and , wearinesses of the campaign, one cannot but feeli that the red das have worked on their souls in a lasting way No man who "went through It can eer come back the same I-leutenant Nicholas own bock, 'Ar ,... h.ji. dours and nnduranccs" whose admlr ra ana i;naurnnces wrose aamir nhle title comes fiom two line. In his "Faun's Holiday ' Is an Interesting letu- tatlon of the authors own theory about the effect of the wai The erics Lieu tenant Nichols wns planning, and writ ing nt Otfcid In the tprlng of 1911, --' praise. His tense bitter nlniiiea ,.f piciutes or f life that Is sweet when seen against the dreadful thunder nnd degiadation of the slaughter all these are iplen didly and terriblv done. r Twrt nthpr innnir l?nf-(Kli nnlInnA nt least of whom, ttobert Or:ics is a clnsfJ friend of Nichols bav rlnnn splendid work dealing with the War" Tnl'' the ruth nbout war and It Robert t!i.ve of the Wehih fusiliers, has generally been left to the poets to trcmii to take his Martins no nt fronii"11 '"" tru,n Ollbert 1'Yankau Is the 'ho famous Shionshlre Lad si.ngs oflhllP ulbbs among the jounger poets. Professor Housman, which is aId to have been the f.nor.te pocket tompati Ion of manv a British soldier ill the field (Iravcr as hi-, whimsical title "fairies and Kusillers' uggets Is more the elfin splilt with something tf the Counterfeit Miracles Intel eating nnd Instructive are the lectin es of Prof Uenjnniln B. Warfield. of Princeton, delivered sit the ColumbU Theological hemlnary and tiow pub-lii-hed under the title, "Counterfeit Mir acle" " He begins bj bhow Ing why he bellees that the true miraculous power given to men ceased with the npoBlolIC ace Its end was not ' direct I v the ex- tensiim of the chuich but the authentl- hi..,, iieen rifine itn the early Christian na iici-u nwiin , "-- . -- - ages nnd drawn largely from the viri lugs of Augustine In wiiiin ne un attention to the fact thai ine cm u result or tne mgrninea nciin in m." which tinged the thought or mat time girl of fourteen, 'a girl In white no biggtr than me" Since then some ten million pilgrims have visited Lourdes few however, to be cured of bodily In firmities (The- 'writer 'of this notice was there in 1877 and was nmazed at tho tokens of cures wrought, largely "". . ""... iJ.V. .h.inv -r ,. de. rruilut ! ttut.ft crlptlon or tne irvmsur hiucii.... Marled in Iindon III 1S30, in which It ,Vas believed that the gift of sptakitig uin, imnrues and prophesi Ing was re- stored to the church, a lecture lj de- voted The last two cnapiers arc- uim.i accounts of falth-heallngv as shown In the Emmanuel movement, and mind-cure or Christian Science. 11 snouiu oe saiu that the veracity of the accounts of manv of thetnlraclcs referred to, espe dally those of our own times. Is not doubted The position taken Is that thev are not examples of the same mir aculous power as those recorded -In the New- Testament. There aru numerous notes of references to the works cited and giving fnany Interesting facta. We reuret that there Is no Index .1 M H rnl'STnnFHlT Min.VOl.KS llv llrnjamlll II Wprnelt New York Charles bcrlU- ner'a Sons J-'. Appreciation of Verse Lieutenant C 11 udrews, L' S. A.. f,,rlv nroftssor of 1 Knglish In the ohlo State University and compiler of croni the bront n coueciion 01 ireuc-11 verse, hus lierronneci a userui service in this day of renascent Interest In poetrv and the upcropplpg of new tech nlnue's His book The Writing and Tteadlng of Verse Is a somewhat pop ular presentation of the standard theories of metric but tolerably free from n good deal of the cruel nnd usual terms .WHICH tienoniinnieii varieties ot rime and rhythm In the older prosodies. lieutenant Andrews has simplified the terminology and even the theory or orosidlo science his chief aim la to Blve the basio laws for art-appreciation of poetry. His book Is well "document - ed" with Mllent and Illustrative nuotn. tUn and shows ever.v evidence of clear ti.. Mir.ta h. nt.li 111 n ine uoman i. Thn;, are treated next the largest , ""'"? ." .. D" ".' "nd out of love 1 :...... :,',- un .n nn account of the '7.' ""'. '" e sne nnds that she ha cu es wrought at the Virgin's shrine at " " "eart ...one who had acted talk, in France She Is ld to have ""' 1, and the reader Is c.rrled r.a lierA In IS58 to a nine couiur; -- ---.. n .,, ,uuiJM3 na expen understanoinB. iira-iumii rescarcn htiu,i' .iv.ci """"i"o wiimn Its sates original thinking It ends with un In teresting nnu luicraui uiscussiun ui vers-llbre. TUB WHITING AND IttlAniS'U OP VKItbR. Hy l" K. An-lrewa New York. U Appla. ton Cu, 12, A Lover of London Thomas Burke, who won American fame by his "Llmehouse Nights," wrote book aDout uontion niter nark, wiurn .... nnhllsbed In 1916. Hit evnl.i Inert t'..t h. wanted to record phase, of fe which passed with the advent of war and might never return. Th. book was a Instant success, ana was compared to the work'of Poe Rnd .or Charlfn Iimb. Q UBmnT. But the point to be noted Is that the public and the critics liked It, - .... An American coition nas recently ap- peared, On cannot read It without Lereelng with the I-ondnn critics not , that U suggests Joe and Lamb, but that in prpwded plaeea yllj disco vw POETS goes yearnlnc back to barns of scented hay. children's Raines, cherry orchards nd the fairies. Thero are touches of the. Rruesome. but they aro always lit b' this bright danclnR flame of laughter ahl whim. Graves was the man who, ns lold by John Masefleld. whpn badly wounded and Riven up for lost, kept J'rylnR- "f be damned If I'll die nnd '" damned let hel!" He didn't, and "-nsn't. No more, amazlitRly startllnR mnh has come out of the war than this' Precious little olume that shows In 'very line the gay, Rallant undaunted ?'"'"' bsurd fancy; Handera: so1 remote irom 1 rinlanit Ffet slid faces tlnrle in thst frorp tsnd, l.es wnbblr snrt ko w Initle iwu ii Hrarre ntsnd The klfp are jeweled all srnund The plnwrhare snaps In the Iron cround riie Klnn. with face like ranr ,') like a lighted taper. Hurl hl rnuxh rune At the wlntrv moon Anil lUmin n nmik tin tune (.raves is bound by no theories rrl i-rUnim.. u. ,. ru. hla " Rling bra n a n' hlK Rl K rnl" a writes what springs to nd the reader de lights The tlilid of the trio U Gllbett I-'rnn Kau. the son of "Frank tlanbv ' the talented Ttngllsh novelist win died re-. cent I v. Wo enture to think thnt tnanv i ... .. . .. ..... .. i t'"",'" " ion wnua or hii writers wno I .,-,-ij, ..,,.. .i. .i.u iu oviiiiuirii iiiute uuii w.ii t nut war as war Is now and nVnu was A nlrtv. loathsnme se-vil murilr-lnli Vtes louej. n'renlers ulrFrnus sfrslil Tolllnir their hearts out In ttw nulllnn llnie That wrenches humi b,,ot iivn from blredlna hei And taken In Itrhlntr arm-nits tn-l er fen stunnprl to Itralnl"'"! atirl Ribhrtns Men d-lnr men to ileath Btid worse than i v Kth' Men mfl'med nnd blinden men against ma- , rieh Atrau Iron, (onerete flame ml wire r m. AltDOLT.S AST) P-NDUyANrRf.' rti llnliert Nlrhnla . .New Tork. Frederick A Stokea i Pn i es I'AltllKS AND f fSH.tnriS nv Robert firaip New Vnrk. Alfreri V 'Ifnnnf It ritr. OTIir.lt SIUK IK Gilbert Frankau' I New York. Alfrnl A Knorf tt When True. Lovers Wed ! Ueatilce Ashlcigh, the hciolne of F E Mills Young's latest novel, Is a mother lets girl of unusual will power brought up In a home devoid of religious be liefs SJje is Introduced to the reader In the act of chastising her brother, which escapade maiks n turning point In her I life fche U jpnt in ....ii. i. ,. . ' '- "- mi luiukc te is described Interestingly and briefly and at the age of nineteen weJInd her , . . ,'IIU IICI LiacK Jiome again full of .neiirv and I ' ' muin.v, anti wiih very decided viens as to what she ex pects to get tn . hip I.ater when she falls In real love foi ' ences proroundly stirring How the bit. terness of her disappointment enters Into ocp boiii. or lu-r loathing of things un real, of her mastcily manner In dlspos Ing of nnd overcoming them, her charge of nnd coinanlonshlp to -her father when he becomes a phsglcal wreck from financial worries; her interesting con versations with her brothers and others, all bring to the surface Iter sound com mon sense ami very right Judgment. When her father's death thlfig her to her uncle's home, n clergyman's house hold with a large and tininii,, fni. country parish, she again shows her' wonderful adaptability to conditions, go Ing among the 'sick and poor, leaving comfort and cheer In her wake Hen eoutln's Infatuation with her and her In ability to return his love are described 1 Then when she again meet her tH i. .- she find that he has the sams Influence over ner, out sue will not forgive immorality, The war breaks out imtn.."!. v... brothers, her cousin and her lover go ' away, and then out of this world catns-1 trophe the man she loves emerges mull-' lated and brokep In health to meet her, forgiveness and a complete understand-' Ing, so .that the lovers through much trlbu'atlop. nt last ion,fl', ,lmr mvh. "Beatrice Ash elgh" fa an excellent novel, splendluly written. - "- "'ci acru nrr ur. v 1 iiiui. A-iii.r,ir.n P. K ltl' Uoran Com Old-Fashioned Mystery Unusual characters nil the pares of I "The Mystery of Hartley Houfe" a book of deep mystery and crime ' Mr Sidney, owner of Hartlev House,' Is 'an old man tenaciously holdlnjr on to life 1 , , . - " 011 10 ire, .''""L",, ,ll,!1 "lld "ve congeni: ""J"' notwltlislandlng the uncanny clr- '""""" , ""'"""oing i,im. Quw,r 1 1"1" r told of happenings behind the I"1" w"" -unnounted bv pkes that I ' enclose acres of grounds Hnd this magnincent baionlal house. Qrent dogs' 1 roam the place at night and strangers - ... .. no u,Sirc tu eritcr. for the place Is haunted An old man. I feeble, leaning on a enne bv the water edge, for there Is a beautiful bay In the grounds. Is said to appear on. wild ' stormy nights, and weird- sounds are ' heard. There is another old man In a I penitentiary serving out a life sentence . for the slaying ofhls brother, and "Jed " the. strange servant, rasping, wicked Jed; Mrs. hiuney. so apparently tragic completely under the control of Jed. nnd j u"Mful. of "f.:u5h.iUd";"U,,' a.'t con,raBt. . n,,"?.,,,"""', 'n isouei, in unumnrr. joune nnd bemitl. 1 , nonwnoB . R nevoted to h- 5t endeavoring to work out hi. scheme of nre, win. his cats, canaries, lor firefly sunsets and nri, 11,1,,.. , - in- -.1.,. , .,.. . """ i decided 'voluptuary, Into this house or aDnormaiiuca comes Doctor Michel, son to watch over the health of it. master. It la not long before the mystery overhanging the place becomes apparent to the doctor and la Intensified when Mrs. Sidney asks him to pretend he l engaged to taobel. He doea pre tend at first, which pretension later be cornea real, but that Is after he has solved the mystery of the sinister ser vant and the ghost of a live man. 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