EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1919 :12, ; i ,m "scxsrf itrta-rt f WB'SSW8W&$ I ,K VS&'Wfce $ mk XJff 2f f. m ft i i micsaiw . I 'jDTBl i a unm .... . ". ill1 3' rDflll '' ln cxtr.iord NTS m I I IHI Ei'rls Allan Je-su y a. I IHH seething turmoil o si II I I B venture and peril. r f llllllflft tac ajamt k J - I lliMr Rcnumc thriller 1 1 Hj I II if'' lmV Dove" am t J HL I m Ux tratcu. i.ou net, I fJ LJSr3PS IS AJV LATEST BOOKS ON SOME ISSUES GROWING OUT OF THE WAR Amazing Incidents! With the sacred Black Stone of Mecca in his possession, a wily secret agent is about to stir up the superstitious, fanatical Eastern tribes n -jt nlf nnlnet Print ml V IV II..U1I. 4)1111131 L.llltUIU, I wiicn nc limis ins plans seriously Upset by a JOlinglonly nflscinlileil. organized, parceled out American millionaircJ It grao major problems to uutiioritn Read the thrilling ncw!'o commissions nnil performed other noC work both routine ntul conftruotlM?, but It litis achieved viwu win no ns Krti"- nml grandest ffort nnil enterprise In the I formation nnd promulgation of n work. ' able working constitution frr the world's THE PEOPLE AND PEACE Ordway Trad Outlinc and Analyzes Problems of Conference Tlio Paris I'care Cbnferenco has not "The !'ew America," by "An English man," Is Clean Cut and Clear, f'isioncd Anglophobes will not find much com fort of "hulls" nml "honchead" Mate monts rendy-mnde for confutation and refutation In "Tlio New America," by "An Kngllshman" (Frank Dllnot), one of the numirous books currently coming iirmm nf n Mni-lciv nf nations, the Ideal from the nrcis with thi moued aim of inary valet and two ptuckJoMlbeml.mli.de... forwnrd-Iooklng "lenj'uclnB traditional mlnderstandlnKS imuiKi's rctKicssiv into n i unncrsaiiy in mc ui m I peoples nnil of explaining away causes imstcrv and intrigue, ad- ' nientH townrd world pe-ice and ultimate of dissension Most of such books are lentil again arid I rW harmcn I ou d seem inai or- ; " - '" ""-.'-"''"""'".""."'. 1'ence" should bo nlrcml outmoded In formed foundation and antipathetic the rapid that the Ove AC K STONE GEORGE GIBBS ANGLO-AMERICAN VIEWS U. S. IN ENGLISH EYES AMERICA AND BRITAIN escaping dentil again rrowest margins fighting for big overwhelming odds. Here's a of the same vintage as "The Ycl I "The Golden Hough." lllus- at all booksellers. APPLETONT BOOK Confcn Id rush of progressive events , '"kground are their own antidotes and ate e practical rtsults of the fence ' h booki themselves do more harm ship nee wouM m.ke antiquated al- PHf I to he Ir cause. mlsc nndy the aiademic considerations of j,,.,. Mr Dllnot writes very Professor McLaughlin's Lectures Clear Away Some Traditional ild understandings "America, nnd Britain" Is one of the best of the multitude of books on rela tions and concords between the two na tions which has succeeded to the numer ical proportions of the production of "war books" of the last two seasons It Is a reprint of lectures qua lectures delivered by Andrew C. McLaUKhlln, LI D . head of the department of his tory of tho University of Chicago and author of "A History of the American People" and other standard historical works, nt the University of London In May. 1318 Professor McLaughlin does not pal- e the errors of llrltlsh statesman- toward the United States nnd the mlsconcentlons foisted on llrltlsh read- brightly, era by fly-by-night uninformed, mlsun DELICIOUS FOOLING Arnold Bennett's Comedy, "The Title," Lets the Englishman See Itinu self as He Is Arnold Bennett has had fun with tho love of nn Ungllshman for a lord and 'for being a lord In a delightful farco that he calls 'Tho Title." Mr. Culver.who has been nctlvc In war work, la In formed that the government Is nbout to glvo him a title. He dcspUcs titles or sas he doe". They are conferred for a multitude of reasons and a miscellane ous lot of persons receive, them, men whom ho despltes. He dccldci to refuso the honor. But he has to reckon with his wife nnd with his children, and even with his wife's maid. The maid, who has alwavs wanted to wont for a lady with a titled husband, gives notice when she learnfl that Mr. Culver will not become n. lord And In default of a note of ac ceptance from Culver, the ruifior spreads is niiihn .niiih li brol-w is miblls i. Tlsklv and underst.indlngly. cv en with derstandlng nnd prejudiced Ungllsh trav. abroad that the rejected honor is 10 ,i ',! w ,nh,T of this sti a ,"ucl1 of YnnK, raclness Judgo his elers, nor does he, on the other hand, I be conferred on a person who has been ed since the beginning of this still ,iualltv and candor b, the following et- gloss over the traditional errors of v riling brilliant articles under a pseu- I oung new jear Thr fact Is otherwise The fact Is. )Ut ,,, Rrpat of th,, ndied thnt there Is a great deal of Iia,on) RO fu nt l0lrasl , f0 To find lcw and onlnlon entertained for genera' complex . tlons hv the creat mass of Americans so reputedly toward Hngland, which, by the way, he -4iK-Y The Story of a Man and Woman Utter Strangers Forced Together by Circumstances Living in the Heart of the African Jungle Without Communication with the Civilized World he a modern American, strong and dominating, she an English Aristocrat, independent and unafraid. White Man does not emphasize, nw do so many of his fellow -writers on this suoject. ns tho "motherland" Ho evidently pro ceeds on the basis that In more than a century and a half of Independent, self sutnclent. majhnp overly solf-suftlclent and blatantly complacent existence, ow ing first to the colonial mixture of races, and later to Immigration from the four quarters of tho globe, the American By GEORGE AGNEW CHAMBERLAIN Wonderfully Illustrated by Koerner Price f 1,75 net The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Publishers i 8uos,.,nce in .vir le-ui s , ages-a un-ui material on the one hand, so high deal to stimulate thought And lUar lnlnded nn .,, ...... ln,nsi.. ,.rne thinking bas-d on mcurate data nnd ,,,, hl,c at ,ll0 ,,, tlme filming smp.it.ietlc attitudes is still vltal.y ,tH a Fprt,u,i ,,-itrlotlsm unsur- iucessar nmong the free peoples of ,nHROd In hlstor here was a riddle the world for attainment of gener.il nc- not to iJ( v0yei n a ,i,,y or a month, etptnnce cf the spirit as well as the let- or even n jear In this frame of open ter of the bases of the new civilization, mind, of course, Mr Dllnot saw no Jef- not irfict b fir but more ne.irlj mil- f(rson Bricks here though he got ns far lennl.it than Idt.illsts to m n-tught of west as Toledo. Chicago nnd Detroit prni.tic.it men evtr dared drinm As Appirentlv, too If he had ever rend j eoplo have attained nn essential homo propaganda for clulluatlcn, epl inition, i Jlrs Trollopo and her successors in nnahsls nnd sjnlhesls of the problems trailuilng America, down to Kipling, solved misuuilirstandings reducid nnd 'ho hnd emerged fane) free and un ndJustiiHiits effected b the 1'eace Con-I touched by their carping nnd oritle.ist feienco nnd for what It will later accom- Ing, the grains of truth In which Amer plish, Mr Ti.id's book is vnluabl) in-I leans have never rtsentid, the right to forming and clirltjlng Its pages an-1 their IndlWdinl opinions Americans have swir tho "wh ' of questioners In regard never resented, the Ill-nature of whom to decisions made nt Paris They em- Americans will nlwas resent so often phasize the popular participation in ' as these books nre dusted Infrequently peace nnd the people's responslbilltj for I and read tlipir Ktntismpn A studious natllnir of Mr nilnot's Mr Tend starts from President Wil- book reveals otil one 'bad break" That i forward and even Btress. ns some or nis sons fourteen points," the intr-Aliied Is In the chapter on "The Spoken and colleagues do, the "Irish question" as abor war nlms, the British labor re- Written Word," and we reprint It with-1 the majo rift of mlsnnrterntandlng construction program nnd the wnr pur- out comment for It neds none. "Tiio I w Ithln the lute of harmony In fact posisVntinelited by the American IVd- Kngllshmin must nnd will pr- he omits to mention the "Irish question" eration of Lib r His book Is very i slst that the true Ungllsh language Is In nt a.l, though It had, nlbelt to a much I.irgel) gov mini by economic consider.!, possession of the UnglMi people And more limited extent than Is usually lions of libor, trnde, shipping laws, this In splto of the f.-ct that some of claimed by thoe who argue It, some raw materials forplmi Inw stmrni. eir the tss cducited people, cspeclallv In sui?rnciai eiiecm iiiuuKim.iiu.is iii.mi -the things fundamcntallj public vvinl and, verj impo ,.u....vt, vul.,l ICHIUIIKI HUCBllUIIO I """ '."" . ... ' . I. ..! .1... ...... t.l .l.lhll Air ill not luiR nn lnieresiinc enar- -,w,t w ,,. at.vhv..., ....u ... . ........ donjm It turns out that tne writer ia Culver's ovn daughter. Here nrc comedy situations enough to till three nets of delightful fooling. And Mr. Bennett fills them. The play sparkles and glitters ns It moves along Its satire Is light and good-humored, but It Is nevertheless delicious satire. For camplo, Culver remarks when some one H.is thnt the government may fall: "No enlightened patriotic person wants the government to fall All enlightened and patriotic persons want the govern ment to be afraid of railing, iiiero juu genelty and a very definite nnd Integral iine the whole of war politics In a nut national consciousness, and that Amer- shell If the British Government fell the lea is beholden, as manv Americans rfri nn the Allied cause would bo bad confidently believe, to no one of the ani might bo extremely bad. But that's manv acknowledged components of not the real explanation. The real ex Amerlcanlsm as a dominant or even prl. 1 panatlon Is that no one wants the Gov mnry element In the coalescence of cus- ernmcnt to fall because no ono wants toms, habits and Ideals that made the t fctcp Into the government's shoes." United States a vlrtuilly united nation l ti,Is is certainly a very pungent com- of 100.000.000 persons in uemocracj a mcntary on British politics. wnr on autocracy, neiresning aiso is Professor McLaughlin's omission to put A SOLDIER'S MOTHER TRY and diplomatic affaiis arc virtual!) un- t uched Tin: rnoi't.h part iv rnun n ord ws Tend New s.urk IKnrj Holt i. co cstment, etc the hfs educated people, cspeclallv In superlldal effects in augmenting miscin- g nffictlng the I London, drop their h's. in pretty much i derstandlng and In some cases hostility, j, lortiint'j the I the same waj that the less educated do I But It was augmentnry. not Initlat'jg, ,, lal questions, in New York" . i JjKWnir by Doctor Mtn '; "' j ! OMRATH'S LIBRARY Danger CONAN DOYLE Wild Youth GILBERT PARKER Tin Soldier JCEMPLE BAILEY Twenty-six Clues ISABEL 0STRANDER (inn rant re to Unit to Aon When Wanted NEW and POPULAR BOOKS of FICTION New Hnn coplp of nil book of fiction prompti FMTipilen n fiiri mprnm r fmp reqmrei iieni icmk omy nn jnu uinn n rtan TIIK ItOOK MM WT 1IK iui H.7 T IT. V v 1 15 South Thirteenth Street, Philadelphia the real thing in detective-story thrills A Traitor in the Camp ftecret servile. International plotting I events crowded with thrills varied and unusual, these foim a 'clutch of cir cumstance' tint proves most trjlnrf for the wlfo of a British Cabinet Minister In the tlrst ears of the gnat war, and unhappily for the Hdy she is not sutn clentlj strong of moral fiber to escipe Its sinister grip She meets retribution, the sternness of which Is mollified only b the fact tint It comes eNt where than In the Tower of London It is not easy for the everjdiy understanding to sjm pithlze with the purposo of the joung woman who his written the story of j "Hobs, which Is the pet mine of Lady Itobert i Trask. the pro-German matri monial mate of a member of the British 1 War Council This purpose obv lously Is to convince the reader of "The Clutch or Circumstance" th-it there are condl tlons under entirely destitut ns a spy In i hold, nnd uses her ch irms to betray tho counirv or w men lie Is a trusted servant, i Marlorio Benton Cooke, whose "nnrn. I hi" lives pleasintly in the memories of a goon many followers of modern fiction, has undertaken a big task In attempting to gloss over If not virtually Justify about as despicable a plice of treason ns It Is possible to innglne As a "mys. ier siorj tins new novel has sor acter analsis of President 'VVllFon In enc passago ho sajs I thought about President Wilson and tried to assimilate flip flavor of the ma'i But for that nervous bodv thnt long rather narrow head and lntelltctii.il face, I should have called him stolid nnd vet I knew he wis not stolid Ho ought to have given me Impressions of British restraint He did not do so There wns something illffcnnt something more direct sit d bojisli. despite his reserve, than was to be found In a calm, reserved ETltlsh statesman 1 saw In him traces of the mordent clenr-c-ut. uncompromising Josiph Chamberlain and jet he had n more effective touch and his phrases were more lltitary Thero was in him a misplclnn of Mr Asqulth. Intel lectuil with that mental poise which accompinies full knowledge nnd nn IntKNlh-o will On the other hind be vers the antithesis of Mr. Llovd George, who Is a flaming, crackling, bursting sort of person. Agnln He took It for granted be was the I responsible person He sought to shift no luruRii to oini r peopin, ouc im-rt? wis no arrogance about him, for thit and nnnljses of other more direct and I potential causes of mistake nnil dlscoru. Among tho subjects which Doctor Mc Laughlin elucidates very Informitively and admirably arc our Monroe Doctrine, In which he pas deserved tribute to tho British statesman Cannings co-op-I eration against the machinations of the i Holy Alliance with Its adhesion to tho Mettornichlnn doctrine of 'legltlmacv' ; the relations and obligation of our fed eral svstem to tint of seventeenth cen tury British, a very valuable, stimulat ing study In Itself; why America did not enter the war until 1017, a very sane and convincing npologla for what his been called our tardiness to respond to the call of liberty, nnd which was, despite the oclferousness of hotspurs and partisans, n very legitimate nnd Jus tified delay, nnd two addresses on British and American Relations." AMEIIK'A AND BUITAIN' Hv Andrew C MeLnurhlln. I.I. V. New iork. II. r. Dutton Cu -' which a woman need not be S'nt'of'woSdr'r iVlTS. Itute of honor when she acts i "' i,0ever. a. subtle nssertlveness, i her own husband's house- n cnstal consi'lousness thrt his worK Aniu.i n. i.a.unnil ilrlulnTi ..inMtnntlv It was obviously Impossible for this m in to be In nnv position of authority without using that authorltv to thp fullest limit In his belief of what was right i K . w t ASHT0N-KIRK, CRIMINOLOGIST Bv JOHN T. McINTYRE 'Author of "Ashton-Kirk, Investigator," "Ashton-Kirk, Secret Agent," "Ashton-Kirk, Special Detective" MURDER in a quiet suburb. Who held the old- " fashioned brass candlestick that struck down "the Bounder"? The artist? The invalid? The little Swiss with the long knife? Bat Scanlon had his guess the police had theirs. Then came Ashton-Kirk to clear the mystery. $1.50 Illustrated At any bookstore j THE PENN PUBLISHLNG COMPANY PHILADELPHIA hi ifrr- 1 fie n WAR FINANCE 'As Viewed from the Roof of the World in Switzerland By C. W. BARRON Author of "The Audacious War" "The Mexican Problem," Etc. The keystone of reconstruction is finance, and nowhere can a more illuminating and understandable 'discussion of this aspect of the subject be found than in Mr. Barron's latest book. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN CO., Publishers Price $10 per copy , For sale at all book stores or the Philadelphia , News Bureau, Independence Square, East Shnhing Hands With England Chirles Hanson Townc, In ".Shaking ' Hands With Hngland," has complied I several cordial little sketches recording i his impref-slons of llngland In war time and the debt the world owes lur. t These sketches resulted from Mr iTowne's visit to Hnplnnd and the Brit- i ish front In France during the summer nf mis iiVinn lie nnil a number of other Although Mr Dllnot calls his book 0jtor8' most of whom have written 'The 'iw America." It Is by no means I .,,.. ,i,i AV,t0piol.nv wn ithprIh on ' confined exclusively to an observant and a pBrmnge across the water to tho open-minded Englishman's reactions Jo , str!ckcn lami, Mr. Towne dc- ' scribes the fleet, Ixindon under Zeppe lin conditions, the Industrial situation, , and other phases of war time Britain dozen more or less "e lM..cl" "'"" "" "",U.V.,",. ." and also gives a glimpse of the heroism i ..j . i -. .. a on ilia n rvifti-ir-:! ii mi iviiiik i lciii- . t.. strenuous cnaracters ucl .. ,rVi.unnlnt For that rea- and indomitable courage or gracious, "l .r'-EW." .9J-. emrniSTANCE By ' LTm,lnt" I i'n "be fnform?ng ?o ! harassed France. , His sketches are verv casual, jet tneir traits, thoughts and idenls, and it win TUB TITLE A comedy In three acts Jly Arnold llennett c l'ork, Gcores M Uoran Co. 1 For Boy Naturalists The Boy With the U. P Naturalists Is the tenth volume of Francis Itolt Whecler's ' U S. Service series." Tho profuse Illustrations are from photo graphs lent by the Covernment. Doctor Holt-Wheeler, In this new volume, fol lows his favorite plan of placing a oung hero In actunl touch wltli tno governmental service Involved. This time It is mnlnly the U. U Biological Survey. Ue shows how tho details of unturo fit directly and definitely Into tho hchemo of American progress, and the importance of the Government's supervision of the resources of the land and waters theieof. Thero Is much In teresting Information and tne story pan Is by no mtans slighted A good book for the lad Interested In nautral hlstorj. Till: IlOY WITH THI3 U 8 , NATUnAI. IhTS Hv rrincls Ilolt-VV heeler. lloton: I.othrop lAe t. Sheparq Co 1 3u. Poet's Tribute to His Wife In "Songs to A H. R." Cale Young Itlce weaves a garland of poetic tribute to hts wife, the novelist. Alice Hegan Itlce Mr. nnd Mrs. nice wero married In 190J These love songs, delicate In Ijrlc touch and rich In sentiment with out ever a trace of sentimentality, are a record of the concords of happy mar riage. They are spontaneous and spirit ual, bred of the same spirit that pro duced Mrs Browning's and Coventry Patmore's conjugal poems, KONT.S TO A II P. H Cnle Young nice .New AorU. Tho Century Co. $1. Rheta Chitde Dorr Tells How America Took Care of America's Sons Although regiment after regiment of our fighting boys In khaki have been transported homeward from their high adventuring across the seas, so long as a regiment remains on tho other side, w ves, mothers, sweethearts and Bisters will bo Interested In Mrs. nheta Chllde Dorr b "A Koldlcr's Mother In France." ' Mrs Dorr, well known ns a Journal istic magazlnlst, nnd particularly for her first hand reporting of the sltua i?.i nusla' tok tho assignment of visiting France to ascertain what care America was taking of America's sons hlio had her personal Interest, for her own boy was nmong tho first to bo sent across She wnnted to see how ho was being cared fon, what attention was being paid to his material and phjslcal Interests, what safeguards pro. vlded for his spiritual interests. She wanted to be tho eyes for millions of other American mothers, nnxlous to learn the samo Information but without the opportunity of a newspaper or a magazine assignment to ascertain nnd without tho training to handle such an assignment. Of course, since tho armistice, condi tions have changed; tho dangers aro eliminated: but tho well-being of tho bovs is still tho thought in maternal minds. So what Mrs. Dorr reports has definite Interest still Her report Is not gushingly roseate not the flno writing sort of sentimental stuff. But it Is favorable on all counts, and enthusiastic on many. Mrs Dorr did not expect to find nil the comforts of home In the trenches; neither did the soldiers. She did find that proper precautions had been and were being iBKen ior ine recreation, health, educa. tlon, morale and morals of Undo Sam's stalwart representatives. Her report Is written with many human touches. It affords tho desired Information. It will glvo comfort to other mothers a sot.Dir.n's MOTitcn in khancb By IthetR Chllde norr. Indianapolis: Bobba Merrill Company. tt.Su. "The most Intirutlnf eni tn- banclnt telt of the ctnlurj" nn the Botton Glob et MARIA BOTCHK Alt EVA'S (-irminff lift lion YASHKA MY LIFE AS PEASANT, OFFICER AND EXILE "Thouih the nimtlr teems will end incredible," tare the K, Y, Bun, "It l etMntltllr true..,. Simple and ttrtl(htfoi-rnl,..Of Tibia not mere ly a record of tn extraordinary womin bnt at a plcturt of a nation In chaot." STOKES, Publisher VlarJorln llcntnn Cnnba V... (tuurce It llorin Compiny It .'3 -In fil,l ll.l , ,V... T J I divulge good-naturedly to the American All Ulll Hand at 1CW lalcS I comparisons between his was nnd those "Hoom No 3" Is the title story of a ' of tho British on such subjects as volume which collects some of the most I women, language, humor, amusements, recent of the detective stories of Anna ' speech, etc Katharine Oreen. one of tho most uric kitn NEW AMEItlCA V? "An KnslbOv tlced hands nt this sort of fiction that authordom knows. Her experienced touch, her "flair" for mjstery. her keen sense of plot values and her capiclty to keep suspense sustained nre all divulged In the several stories of the volume, among tho most gripping of which arc "Tlte Iluby nnd the Caldron" 'The Amethyst Box," 'The Gray Lnd" and "The I-lttlo Steel Colls" Some of the stories are reprinted from "Masterpieces of Mvsterv" and live up to their class! flcatlon as there given. ROOM vo 3 rtv Anna Katharlno Oreen Ne York Dodd .Mrad. & Co Trice JIM mn" (frank rMlnnti. Macmlllan Co Jl ".'V. New 'York' The substance Is not slight, and tneir spirit is grateful Two poems, ono to France and the other to Hngland, In Mr Towne's characteristic stle of fluency, feeling nnd felicitous diction lead tho two seta of sketches. SIIAKIMl HANDS WITH n.NclI.AND By harlea llannon Tonne Nw York. Oeorte II Uorun Companj. II. mx . m i - r .----------Mwtt---------ii m i i i -i V&te ITIN SOLDIER By TEMPLE BAILEY ' 30th Thousand "ir Greater than "Contrary Mary" or "Mistress Anne" ' V It is the story of love of friend for it it- '--Vj friead. of father for daughter, of man far maid, and of all for country. gftf f fry Coles Phillips At all bookstores $10 PUBLISHING COMPANY PHILADELPHIA By Henry van Dyke CommanJear o Ltgion d'Honntar Golden Stars and Other Verses In prose and verse from the very befiinning of the war, Henry van Dyke, although in a diplomatic position, has vigor ously advocated fighting for peace. This volume of poems supplements "The Red Flower," which contained his war poems up to a year ago. CO cents net. The Red Flower Poems Written in War Time 50 cents net. ,aLRHSSCRTONER3S0NS ' nnu jvVAr48sE new tork Front Ranch to Trench "Heenle" Is another member of that new and universal Order of Sufferlne which had Its Inception In tho great war. But that Is getting ahead of our story, which, after all. Is the life tale of nobla Dave Klden, tho Bon of a rancher, who first met Irene when she wan forced to stay nt the Elden ranch for several weeks until her father re covered from a broken leg. Inspired by the love which Ireno awakened in his stout j oung heart, Dave worked his way to commercial success, but through the machinations of a man nnd woman hla love story went awry, and In despair ho enlisted In the army. He fell at Courcclette, and so "Iteenle" came to Join the Order of Suffering. Thus runs the Interesting plot of "The Cow n,,.Aof ntiA nf tho newer stories on the subject of the war. Although It mUBt be said there Is nothing to com mend It n9 unusual, still the situations are skillfully handled and the element of Interest never for a moment Is permitted to lag. "A welcome relief from novels on the war." says the N. Y. Times cf GERTRUDE ATHERTON'S i ltvsttrv Btorv o California Society THE AVALANCHE and addi, "Reader and admirer of Mr. Atherton owe her a double debt if gratitude for her Uteet book. Firm. tcauae It la a good atory. and, aecond. becauae it la not a atorjr of the war," The AT. V. Sun calla It "a myatery atory of great adroltneaa and auatalned Intereat . , far above the uaual myatery tale. It ought to be recommended to thoae who want complete absorption, for a few houra' STOKES, Publisher the cow rtiNCHcn. C. Stead. New York: en. By Robert J Harper & liroth- Poems by English Soldier Robert Dearmer Is another of the com posite disciples of Mara and Apollo whot.0 war poems havo reached the dignity of book publication. Mr. Dear mer Is an English soldier-poet and his work has received hearty commendation of the critics of his native land, com mendation well deserved on the exhibit of his muse in the sheaf, garnered and bound In this slender volume. "Spring In the Trenches" is authentically lyrical. As with all the soldier poets who have written In tho trenches, Mr. Dearmer does not glorify war, but he Is able to apprehend and bring to words the vision that Invests battles foj the right. ronvts Ily nobert Dearmer. New York: Robert If. Mcllrlda & Co. II. SPRING BOOKS BOOKS RECEIVED Fiction ACCORDINO TO ORDERS. By F Urltten Auitln New York: Oeors. 11. Doran & TUB""?' OK A MAN. By Thomas Dixon N'W York- D Api.leton 4 Co 11 I BO TIIK BLACK 3TO.VK Ilr Oeorgi) Olbb. New York! D Appleton Co 11.60 ani.OO Ily Kleta Campbell Bprlniier. New York! Harper Brothers. II J". TUB HKY Pll-Of IN NO MAN'S LAND. Uy Ralph Connor. New York! Oeor H. niBMYSSffif'or THB THIRTEENTH KUKUt. Ily I Thayer. New York! Century Company. 11.60. General TEN YEARS NEAR THE OERXIAN lTON. TIER. Ily Maurice Francis Ean. Former U. S. Minister to Denmark. New York! flore H Doran Company IS LESSONS OF THE WAR ANO THE rEACTJ CONFERENCE By Oreste Terrara. Translated from th Spanish by Leopold Orahamo. New Cork! Harper & Bros. II 50 SUHMARINE AND ANTI-RUBMARINn. By Blr Henry Newbolt. New York: Long- M.Hn. lln.n t, Cn f2 'V MOTHER LOVE IN ACTION, By Prudence; Uradlsh. New York: Harper t Bros. "I 1 4 KEEIUNQ FIT ALL THE WAY. Camp New York: Harper HOUSEWIFERY. By L. Ray Balderston. In "Llpplncott's Horn. Manuals " Phil adelphia! J H Llpplnrolt Company. THE PEACE-PREHIDKNT, Hy. William Areher New York! Henry Holt Co 11. CHARLOTTE HRONTE A Centenary Me morial. Essays, addresses, eto , prepared hy th. Bronte Hoclety New York! E, I". r.,,iUi.anMjSvof.l!TION ASPECTS. By rinirt rosier Lonff. AAaoetatcd Press cor respondent In Russia IfLyHT NW To Ik! Fun and Fancy in Verse Arthur Gulterman has hit the bull's eye again. 'The Mirthful Lyre"'ls a successful successor to "The Laughing Muse." Quaint fancies, pure funning, a soupcon of satire, glints of Irony, (but good humored, not sarcastic), character lie the numerous pieces that aro In- eluded In his new collection. Some of the child verses have the unexpected touches of U L S. or 'Gene Field. As a metrician of Ingenious and adroit skill Mr. Gulterman perpetrates some verse-schemes and rhymes that would cio credit to Gilbert or uarham. THE SIIRTIIFtlL MUSE Ily Arthur Oulter- nan Maiif Vn.ln lInnA JL nu. ...... v ., i.aiiicr at viuj, fl it Philip Gibbs's Newspaper Novel Philip Olbba ended four years and mora of arrvlre on the western front with a world-wide reputation aa one of the beat war correspondents the great conflict had produced Ills vlilt to the United Htates snd the lecturing tour upon which he haa already started make very opportune the republication by V P. 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