SSW'WM SWJWWn f &y ?WW !WVflWW Wffl i f I' p- m m m mW He lira Be m 5s Ui m tl li m ft.. k rp. !& 22 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHffi&DELPHIX TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 71922 UTNAM BOOKS AND AUTHORS 31 NEW FICTION OF VARIED DEGREES OF EXCELLENCE A HIT! Haywood Breun's novel The Bey Grew Older HHHR ""hbJWBHSS"- Mr JMftlen Alrtadut Hergesheimer's Indubitable Triumph of Literary Art It's about baseball and a baby and much beside, especially Peter Neale. sport columnist, who tries te rmlse his boy te be a newspaperman. Charles Hansen Towne, in the New Yerk Tribune says: "One of these books that cannot be laid" aside a touching human document written by a man who has dug deep into life and found it geed, for all its sorrow." "MY NORTHERN EX POSURE as a mirth pro pre pro veker has Charlie Chaplin lashed te a magnetic bow sprit," say3 the Philadelphia Ledger. PHILIP GUEDALLA portrays the rise and fall of Napeleon 111 in a brilliantly written work of historical Importance. If you want an enthcly fresh and stimulat ing view of an era of French history which has lacked a discerning inter- Jireter, you will en en ey it immensely. The Second Empire Jntns neuiilR- In Th .iiiMy rrrrr". tendon. .i. 'The b-m ' e. .. t Ut " Ne drumflrii e mine eeul lbn isl. rral'e for Mr. ilUMlnlU'M mini rplw 1 ht..l m mreath hll 1 Kasp.".t with admiration ewr It bchel.irshlp, lt lt an luimer l l-env Its iiatlr. und Its pellhed rels There hm b-en nethlnc like this i . k -n. th IkxUj t Gibben. Maatiia and Cnrljle ' 4 bully book! "WHERE THE SUN SWINGS NORTH" by Barret Willoughby An Alaskan yarn you will en joy tremendously. The New Yerk Times nays: "A geed story, vivid r.nd very inter esting, tcilh plenty of action and incident and emotional appeal, and with the interest kept at high pilch." Of J. ST. LOE STRACHEY'S memoirs THE ADVENTURE OF LIVING JObl'II IIEItflKSIini.MKR A cartoon of the West Chester neieUs", fiern tin- Literary lift lew (A. A. Knopf), the novel, which was suggested te him when he found the gorgeous vestment in the Havana shop. It is n study of, ideitllsm brought In contact with reality and an rxnmlnn tlim of the gradual process by which the idealist llnnlly cots lily feet upon tlie solid earth of practical facts. Its literary structure 1st skillfully designed in a way te show the Immutability of the processes which he exhibits In action. It opens with an interview between a jeting man returned from the great war and his bachelor uncle. The etitic man hud comeback from France with "a passion for reality, for truth till the unequivocal fact In opposition te a conventional or Idealized state ment." After the jeuth bad with drawn, the uncle reflected that "Youth was n time for generous transforming passions, for heroics. The qualities of absolute justice and consistency should come only with Increasing age the inconsiderable compensations for the ether ability te be rapt In uncritical enthusiasms." While he was thinking the uncle heard some one in the heui next deer playing n SpnnWh jeta, and his mind Is carried back te bis own youth. Then fellows a tale of what the uncle did In his youthful enthusi asm when he went te Cuba during Grant's administration te give his life for the freedom of the Cubans. It Is n talc beginning with the determination of the jeuth te give bis life In a I dtamatic gesture that the Cubans might i be ftee. He gets in contact with the I Cuban potrlets and it slowly d.iwns I en his consciousness that such a ges ture would be futile, that peoples are nei ireeu in eucii a wu), nun wit' process Is slew and that Its aunts y -. jBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSW 4 ' ?"jBm'BFKMSM7mSK,'BJ "I'v5 v 'wSSSvSSSLSBBSSWMrsv, A PPPJMHgp:? "- , y-,m . -ssBBBsT53'rP ft-' '' 'fc 'ny ' -- isW c ' - jr s mm,- j't . - BK - ' ",'-'- - 1- Wk H ' ' ' -i H ' wtimm v: zs&vwf v - MANY VICISSITUDES "Richard Dehan" Writes Tale of Mystery, War, Occultism and Leve If mystery, war, occultism, romance, deep-dyed villainy, virtue triumphant nnd a Imppy-sntl ending make for an engrossing tale, then Richard Dehan (Clothllde Graves) has written Just Mich n one In "The Just Steward" (Deran). Just as n surplusage of con diments can spoil a salad dressing, be she has, possibly, added tee much te her story. Hut If the future reader of "The Just Steward" can take the word of one who has gene before, it will net de te put the book deftn when It seems te grew n bit boring. Just when the author clutters up the story with relapses Inte ancient lore ami the pages drag before the eyes, then the main story will rip into a new nnd unexpected angle and things will move along merrily Indeed. The motif of the story is the stew nrdshln imposed uoen a Jew in the early Christian days. It is kept faith fully, although even the descendants of tne lirst unrisiian lanuiy uitwit net knew of it. , , Miss Ursvcs starts off with a careful picture et pre-Christian days and then jumps te wartime when the, descendant of the Jew who has been given a trust of honor starts off te wnr. There are vicissitudes ttnlere. Ro Re mance enters Inte the scene. The plot inarches and ceuntermnrches in n man ner bewildering te the narrator who must keep within conventional bounds. Let it suffice te say that "The Just Steward" Is a war story, only tinged by war, a romance where sticky senti mentality does net cloy, a delylng into the occult thnt only savers the story. Even If there are tee many geed things In the story enough te make half n dozen novels the result Is worth while. NO MAN ever made a mere complete ,net pirty part and be patient. He revelation of himself than did ploys his part, acting as a medium of WALTER l)i: LA MARK Whose uelnl noel, "The Return," has just been pi luted for American readeis THE TIPPLING TEENS Geerge Gibbs Writes Striking Nevel of Flappers and Jazz Beys Ocerge Gibbs. novelist nnd painter, has written a striking critical commen tary, In fictional form, en high society today and modern American business. Tlie tlappcr, the jnzr.-bey, the drink ing debutante, the sednl butterfly, the clubman, tlie ecr unsatisfied menejed mu'iKitt-. arc all cast in tJibbs' drama. He culls It "The Heuse of Meliun" (1. Appleton & Ce.) It is tlie story of the rie and fall of an American fain 11 and the comeback of the elements in It worthy of survival. In a mere specific sense the book Is a close mid significant study of the flap pir. With Keenly ebsencd nnd accu rately limned leallsm Mr. (Jlbbs paints an cMcedingly linpretslve picture of the .iggn sie jeunger geueiatleu. Yet he ih net e.iiitic or brutal his book is readable and entertaining and far from a I'tiM e of propaganda or n mere jere miad. It is rather n portrayal of the Jeseph Hergeshelmcr whin he strained information between the patriots and his pocket book te buy a shawl in the Spanish officers, whose purposes I Havana during his visit, te th.it city, he learns from a Spanish dancer whom In "San Cristobal de la Habana" he t he ndmiies as an artist, but despises as describes the slinul. "It tt.nw." he ;i uiminn. She wi-nrs the hrlnht shawl writes. "I suppose. magenta a which becomes. In his mind, the banner I social sreiic today, with a grasp en the m.iirenta of n .let.tl. nnd winke.lness of n free Cuba, but which, in the nml. I essential facts concerning the younger ' Impossible for any but I'astern de, the becomes the cloak which covers the magenta of the great blossoms of hell treachery that slays ene of his best and It was embroidered with flowers friends, like peonies, four spans across, in a 77if iteru h a concrete ulustra- roe tnat was vermilion, n vermilion' th.it was scarlet, and the calyxes were eiange and gambege, emerald and pea- i cock blue and ellev. There were, tee, golden roses, already heavy with the ! drooping scent in the bud, small primi- , 'he blossoms with red hearts, dark green !eaes and dense maroon coronals starred In white. The dripping fringe I i was tied in four different designs." I In this shawl is displayed the secret ' tinn of the disillusionment that is life, (i disillusionment that comes sietrly under ordinary circumstances hut with speed in a great crisis such as the young man passed through in Cult and the modern young man passed through during the great icar. A1 The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar, it $hall never go out. Lev., vi, 13. NEIGHBORS HENCEFORTH by OWEN WISTER Adopting this quotation as expressing his policy that all coun tries should be universal neighbors, Mr. Wister vividly and fearlessly writes of his experiences during and since the war. Frem the amusing yet significant conversations of the soldiers about their treatment and conditions, te the serious and highly indicative conversations with persons of authority about the great war leaders; from the depressing devastation in the battlefields te the forced gaiety in Paris all made very definite impressions en him and all joined te give him the .one idea about America and Europe that "we are all neighbors in the same street nnd neighbors henceforth it is our destiny te be." $2.00 Fer sale at all bookstores or from THE MACMILLAN COMPANY G4-66 Fifth Avenue New Yerk of Hergesheimer's literary nrt before Mudy it suggests Hawthorne or Henry tne ees et an wue can see ana the J James, net In style or manner but in tnste and temperament which Inspire jl3 essential ey.er.ee. There are it. Flaming barbaric color is there. dramatfc moments in it. as for example intern e en In patterns that, as be wh(,n th dancer strangles a Spanish I says, suggest "the great blossoms of etficer who wa9 nr,el,t te deliver the . hell." They are net the blossoms that , here 0Ter te the authorities as nn adorn the roadside or flourish in the Hs:pnt 0( tne pnrty of Cuban liberty garden te be plucked and placed en T,i, scene Is described vividly bit: the dinner table. They are unreal jth a restraint that avoids the mele- I exotics imagined by a mind avid for Uramnttc. It is the restraint of the ""niueus delights. mature artist content with producing Mr. Hcrgeshelmer started life as a , jlls electa with the fewest posslble painier eviaenuy Because nis taste was ..trnVes Hut the story lacks the air of reality, a lack notable In all that Herge sheimcr has written. It Is fascinatingly nnd skillfully told, 'yet one cannot e'eape the impression that this con scientious and hard-working artist has given greater heed te the pattern of his fabric than te its substance. That he Is en artist cannot be doubted for a moment. lie can produce a work of L'ener.itien Tie .wunscr generation! What breaches of the cometitlens. what frac tures of the proprieties are committed i in its name! I Cherry Mehun, the daughter of "The Heuse of Mehun," is a type of the mucli-criiicUed younger generation, while at the same time a character of distinct individuallt. Complete free dom fietn restraining authority has made of her generation stuidy, bobbed-haired, miicMii,:, boeze-blbblng, shimmying, poised and self-assured young women. Chem is opicel, et bhu i3 lovely and S AN Intellectual achievement It is J1" stanuai m ner own B"i. - marvelous. As a psychological . -Iirlliwi' in ilIfl nllrst f ...., ,)0ver nnd for dealing in color. He must have i failed te satisfy himself with what he J put en canvas, for he turned te the embroidering of words in colorful , design. Everything that he has icritten sheu evidence of a purpose te pro duce a nine of ren'rd hues te ;.iic the scnsuein eye. The Londen Chronicle Says: "The secret of the charm of this autobiography, which is also the secret of .Mr. Strnchey's enviable multitude of friends, is that his intr-rest in his own life, taken as it is, is net nearly se keen a3 nis T.U a iil.au is a mnrwi of color art is perfect in its line as the Oalatea enthusiasm about ether people. A J and frasratice. Its pattern weaves i of Pygmalion, but be has net that sensitive mind and a kindly na- tl nmi out of the basic structure with warmth of passion needed te send the ture have made him ene et tne wonderful cunning. As n work of art bleed coursing through its fabric with it resembles a piece of Japanese i enough vigor te change the cold marble cloienne. n. has shown the same i te the heat and color of life, baffling skill In "The Bright "Shawl" GEORGE W. DOUGLAS. ereat admirers; while a strong common sense and a firm devotion te principle have prevented him from admiring without discrimi nation. Let us welcome this self study of the life history of a great journalist." G. P. P. Brief Notes of Interesting Beeks mere money ; lie loves ills family and provides for its whims ns well as its needs most lavishlv ; but lie doesn't want te be bothered with Its care and training. The mother is a woman. nii.'iinpreil of her own benutv. and with a brilliant secinl gift which has lifted j hcrfnmilj Inte society realms, the glum- ' our of which enthralls her especially 1 when she reflects it is all her creation, or vision : she has no decalegue, only the cede of what the "best people" deem "proper"; she has no scrlpture be and the social register. There are a reck less, feckless brother and a vapid, lx-thario-like "clubman," and many and varied specimens of the younger set, and the Leng Island villa colony. Motor Meter ing, house p.uties en the country es tate, functions ct tlie lingo town house, jamborees at roadheuc- all form the round of pleasure in which this genera tion m ves and which it demands at its due. There are ether people, tee, of sound and wholesome Americanism, particularly the jeung savant who comes back after an archeological ex pedition te lind pest-war America a ne"- world. v Mr. Gibbs studies his people nnd his times closely. He does net hesitate te critic", but the reader feels that his criticism is something constructive. And he shows just hew the modern younger .nuiirntlmi ttnndq tin firrt nf llfe'H re.nli- tiis an I hew much true metal remains after the dres is burned out. "The Heuse of Mehun" Is a striking and mi iressjvc story . The Mether of All Living By ROBERT KEABLE Auther of "Simen Called Peter" HiLDKGRADE HAWTHORNE: "These who care for a rich and interesting story, who feel the thrill of adventure . . . and of meet ing ival men and women are going te find a great delight in this African novel." 2Vctt Yerk Herald. LOUISE MAUNSELL FIELD: "Far and away the most interest ing character in the book is the vivid, passionate, intelligent, ruth less and strong-willed, but generous Pamela, who dabbled in strange arts and ran strange risks, besides playing an ugly game from excellent motives." Neiv Yerk Times. DOROTHEA L. MANN: "Mr. Keable has power we knew before, but it has grown with use. He is a bigger man than when he wrote 'Simen Called Peter,' and he has staged a vaster scene . . . this is a book with a meaning and it pesssses potent appeal." The Bosten Transcript. reiuf.00..... E. P. DUTTON & CO. "SSEWSP' "A most valuable handbook for authors." William McFaa THE BUSINESS OF WRITING A Practical Guide for Authers fly Rebert Certes Holliday and Alexander Van Rensselaer An Auther says: "Se much better than anything of the sort I have ever read that it is the only one worth reading at all." Ellis Parker Butler. An Editor says:. "A humanitarian service te the editors as well as te the authors." Burten Rascoe, Literary Editor, New Yerk Tribune. A Publisher says: "If all that the author wants te knew is guthcred together in any ether place, that place is unknown te me." Hewitt H. Hewland, Editor, The Bebbs-Merrill Cem pany. At All Booksellers $2,00 HS The New Yerk Evening Pest says of HONORE WILLSIE'S S'ew nei'fl of the West "A powerful novel ... A story that never fails te interest. As a tale of love and action ... a success." $2.00 JUDITH OF THE GODLESSVALLEY By the author of "The Enchanted Canyon" STOKES, Publisher PHILLIP CL'RTISS has a lightsome touch. That was proved in lit short stories In the magazines. It Is A Rollicking Stage Story 'hey have written and the sources of his information. The title of the volume, a combination of the tit'es of two sue i.fnl nrtvpln. in ftftjftmTprl tn Mti.cntt reaffirmed by his first i Mint thn T")nrnn hnnka will nnVir.l r.n. full length novel, j radins when winter does come te Main 'Mummers In Mufti , gtreet. Under the circumstances it I (Century Ce.). Mr. U..,m. Curtlss; has net written a conventional . stage Btery far rrem it. me cieeq nei parade his mummers along Hreadway. The story strikes new ground In 1 locale. It is the narrative of a musical show en tour. The central figure, a man of means, finds himself the sud den and surprised possessor of a "pro duction." The heroine, contrasted with his mid-Vleterlanlsin, Is the leading nmnn of the tretine. and of course Wnlv te leek at and with abundance trend of bis mind are shown in tl nt temnerninent Out of these factors i astonishingly diverse prcentrnenr of Mr. Curtlss has woven a tale that la A FRUSTRATED GHOST He Returned te Earth in Wis i r. i. i.... u: c:: EVll-J ! Douy, dui i na .JtMiiv "" te Materialize Tee never wiete a weirder story tin,, "'riie Upturn." which Walter de h Mare wrote in 1010 and Alfred A. accessioie A S THROUGH a nrlsra multi-cel- n. rfi, H, .an. .i Kret.f has just made accessioie re collected by Renja'min de PniVre, ! "" v ' "", , & te capital "Chameleon" i LIM-r" !vl,0,.f M "u,lpltl P'?" ' f. cn$ln' A- T-nuUl M- ,tii'e 'be sm i s of Meuielis et a " "''' !- .. ,, , !..- a ii.a -tt til t - riuu i !',, I" w ..f ii. ''"',. .:',T .."WE." i, . ACROSS THE MESA nv Jarvis Hall Altber of "Tbraub Mocking Bird Gip" A bin breezy ntery of tlie South west of today, full of Incident and thrills, with a plot am lee story that will held any ene te the end. At All Boekttorts S1.7S Net THE FENN PUBLISHING COMPANY l'llIl.ADKl.l'HIA We Have All the Newest Fiction at The Booklovers' Library 1019 Saniem St. 8mnhtp F On DetUri entltlii you rtit th Mwnt book for 2Se etch. ' of Ui 4IIIOaw fMrrUT rcnticTieN tecinr f ft rllS JTcnnueasi-i.rctiin ite Am1 m4 fMau Beeb of U pubtiihvt, BibUfc -:-LI-. k..rk,Ml.l. mA S,ifulaii tlil .VimUm 'snmmmmewam'9rm -"s-wj r 'StmstMs JkMJi (if- kHA vihrf B"-"t' full of Interest and diversion. ALARCH abundance of geed reading for girls is found in a big hook, "Stories by Mr. Molesworth," which is siimpttieuslv brought out by Duflield C e. Old-Time One of the famed Favorites authors of a genera , tien or se age is hen ered In this pertly I velum containing several of her best known works for girls. Time has net I dimmed the understanding or reduced the Interest of thesa really classical ! stories for the young. I'resent-day girls will read them with the same I aldlty their mothers did. There are , a number of delightful illustrations by 1 Kdna Coeke. Among the tales in cluded ere "The Curkoe CIepK," " r r rets," "The Six Peer Princesses'' and "The Blus Dwarfs." READERS curious nbeut the authors who are dead and are writing no longer con easily learn what they wish te knew by consulting ,!.. Wlnt.r the encyclopedias, but Whsn Winter (hflrfl u n4'(,t,,lI.th of comere avnllable Information Main Street uteut contemporary men nnd women of letters. If nil publishers would de what the ticeree II. Deran Company has done In "When Winter Conies te Main Istiect" this information wen d be sup plied. The volume, prepared by (Jrant n,.uii,n contains a series of articles ubeut the distinguished authors whose books the Deran Company publishes. Among them are Hugh Wnlpole, Stew- art Udwnrd White, Kebecra West, Mary Roberts Rlnehnrt. Arneld Hen iiett, Itvln H. Cobb, Frank Swinnerten, W Somerset Maugham, Stephen Me Keniii. Rebert W. Chambers and Rich nnl Dehan. Mr. Overton has written gracefully and informing!' about these persons, Pritmat iiiiuriis or enmstrt in 1 -. . ,. 1 ... ...ni, literary thlnklm; em -""'' '"' Us own '"" """""".rj "'. stjle. and the mobility nnd advance, -" the nMiuice of the prestige of Put biildli. if Is a ghost story, but, such varied themes ns "The Almishti- ! n ghost story the nue ""'''."''; ness of Mlht." "The Passion of I),. , m-wr before wiitten. I 'p M1.:, tance." "The Irenv of NVgnthes," dl'seluti. 1 lenchmiin who had killed "Wonder," "The Comic View," "Pes. I himself n hundnd ears earlier, man terlty. the New Superstition" nnd "An 'aces te return and transform t lie neii Evnperatlng I'nfverse." nf nn r.nglis.hmim convalescing fiem It has been said of him that be mlr- I""-7i! u'r it'Xn iuhH iuhH rers the chaos of systems and belief- "";""' b !,,H of t be ' and the collapse of current moral red. ! V ""'? ' '",.nlns, tP' "n c I .i .i...i.iu T , u ,.ni.i i .. i.,.i. In. hn ii'i His plnsicai cnaiiM' nn, frn asrrlntlen if the order of tl... si., d.s his wife and In spite of n dem iinlrerse was systematic nnd chaotic. I ei.-tr itien that the peren My Years en the Stage By JOHN DREW The most distinguished actor en the American stage tells quite informally of the parts he has played in fifty years, the roles he has created, the men and women who with him have given se much delight te theatre-going America. And it is net the life beyond the footlights alone which he sketches; famous men in all walks of life were among his friends. . fo,ta00eTxrt": E. P. DUTTON & CO. SSI Fifth Avfnue, NEW 0llK jrli.fl v&zn 1 inside . unif nut, ci inn u. " . . ! 1 and If moral cedes had collapsed, with -nil her husband, she cannot erin i. 11 lnstend of enlv sf If te nicept inn smiuiieu. ... thn nlnetv-nnd-nine with the occasional ene of the f!reti wlch Vlllnge type or the cublstlc in tellect whose perKpsctlve Is all angles and distorted triangulnilty. With about 20,000,000 Catholics certainly embodying a system In ths United States alone, accerding1 te the last con- with tlie reports or progress from ...,i,n ,i,.niu ,iih the case of a man struct 'He' with the problem of n double identuv. the outside of him being one person and the Inside another. He makes a domestic tragedy of It by linv ing the wife laeklns i sympathy and imagination jirt as Mark Sabres wife If Winter Cemes" is iiickiiik 111 vyV "' " The Greatest Deg Story Since, "The Call of the Wild" The Whelps of the Wolf By Geerge Marsh Auther of "Toiler of th Triili," tic. Yeu will fellow with bated breath in " most of tne rretestnnt uenemlniitwns, thine qualities. -j no gnesi is no...... ,r . .. ,...",, ..ilcr .1,. with the new reilval nf Islaiulsm mlr-' lMd through the sympathy of n woman "te the white Ijarrens, wlitrc tie rered In the dnllv news dispnt.hcs. it ' ,r,i n. the rn'in bv pity for his for- I Northern Lights pulse through the leeks as if the sstems still nrenewler. 1.,. .,.1.. Tl... books ends without starving moons of the long snows. ntlnclv prevailed, despite the dlscust of Mr. de Casscres and his group, a ei bit of n minority. An hew, CnbtlJ thinks Mr. de Casscres is grcit, and he certainly is geed reading when Intel ligible. AT THE FREE LI3RARY riviks M4 te th Kr'el Mbrirr, Thlf' solving the domestic pieiiicm, nur 11 leaves the man asleep from exhaustion in his dining loom, wheie his old ice ter has found him alone In the house, and the M'-ter himself falls asleep while waiting for his friend te awake. There is much discussion In the course of the niirialiM- .r the mystery 01 wua the author discilbes as "this urgent Your bleed will leap as he bucks the barrage of a Hudsen's Bay nerther in his battle for his heart's desire. At All Bookstores. Price, $1,75 THE PENN PUBLISHING CO. !!hllsieJli!a I- r. n ....--" - . .. . . . . t .. a 1 l,IHi fill .w..H 1.,.. . ;.; d,.v,;. i:. ,v:':ji.ire.im cniie.i i.itc u i i .. ,Br "' T." "".. ' ' '" "-'. , ..,11. .,. (lui, ,.nl nf te I IIP (IISCIISSIOI. W I.I. II .". lr- "-.- ;. J. ,. un.iinv N'oiemt.er 2 Miscellaneous Bt HeUrt K., "Keumlry foul Account ing " Furn. II H., "I.ltn." 2 vilum fleulay, J. H.. "Ttboek et Iomeiiicy." (ir, S'. B. II , "intru.luctlen tu Kconemlo lfnlln'wav. Krlwaril Htrntten. "I'raetleal Boek uf Furnlahlur thi Hrnell Ileus.i and . Anartmant." IIUKglna. William I... "Laber snl D'meg. ' IWIUMWVVU' racy." .. , I.an. T. K , "i.mr I nyan, Jehn A . "Hecln1 R-omntructlen " vt, Willi Jlnnen "Htery et Arnrlenn 'BlK" A.. "ln.ll.n Markrl " Wroth. I.awrfncn C. "Illt.)r of Prlnt Inis In Cotenlnl .MarylairJ. lsn.J77fl." Children's Beeks .... . .i...,ii,. ....n,i.i tint t 10 lineir i f nil is a tragic story told with buch plausibility that It seems icnl, and wi enches the jmpathics and leaves the render with an immense pity for tne sadly beset hem. i BOOK EXCHANGE vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvAsyyvv wZLt WitUeut loe Iiliseiue Prsi'. Anu no 1 f-eftlnr, Huh. "Veyat. et Vr, vmtX: W.CrMT) bM TtB A n6t of tbfboeks which seman. A. H "Jiwry at Ne, ." j Heeks Wanted I sr' fi HOOKH 'i.li.ti.tf... n Ik..i..I. K. n. ItlTiir St.. 'irex. .Nbw Verlt. fWC ' OV IMH.NT V ( KUHNISHKD. Boblmen, 410 BASIL KING'S Fine New Nevel A dramatic new ver sion of the triangle a man is betrothed te a society girl and secret ly married te a waif; both love him; te both he is bound by ties of honor. The author of "The Inner Shrine" selves it for you unfor gettably. ' THE DUST FLOWER Wherever Beeks Are Sold $2.00 HARPER & BROTHERS Established 1817 New Yerk GARGOYLES By BEN HECHT TedsrbbtUriM Prea All Ttts World BECEMBr, fORIJ) FICTION1 6elma Laerlbf tad O ether stories try tht Diav niwwn wrueri ai t ceumriM MSMEKCW 25 SIM OS HUM Ml UI I .HOUSTON. Read Eight Beeks FOB TKC Cost of One BY JOINtNO Womrath's Library Our ihtWM an Silt with clttn oepUi of th Utut flotlen, and th mer popular toeki of ethir klndi PHILADELPHIA BRANCH i.S.stk TktrUwtk St., rUU. AUOAWS IM USED BOOKS .MMMMEZVsnPjMMsV BMJBBVSliHtSMSMSx l .. UHW' ilBBBBBKrftBx V essTmiMMr JssBUvirr BEN HECHT is the most fecund and prolific of the younger forces in American letters.. He comes new with "GARGOYLES," as acute and penetrating an exposition of the motives and impulses underlying human imbecilities as has been done. "Frem the first scene achieved with tht utmost aplomb where Geerge Baslne and his friend, Xeegan, step at 5 A. M., Sunday morning, from the tortuous embraces of a bordello, te the last, closing en Basine's election te the senatership, the thing is a glittering mass of the whys and wherefores of Mr. Hecht's detection, dictating the "superficial actions and expressions of the boebpisie. "The book has alternately enchanted and exasperated me. I've been absorbed by the accurateness and correct ness of the psychology; annoyed by the never-ceasing flash and glitter of the verbal adornments which translate that psychology, and have longed for something as banal as an irony that masks a pity or sympathy, instead of a cynicism whose set-pieces explode into a formulated contempt around the unheeding ears of his characters." H. B. D. Philadelphia Public Ledger. 8th Large Printing $2.00 everywhere BONI CCeA'VERIGHT ' smmtmrm - iw w iwi reww rvrvtw gukjh! 1 20th Edition On Sale 21st Edition In Press The Americanization of Edward Bek The book that for 25 months has been u "best seller" in America, and is selling new mere widely than ever. A leading book wherever the English language is read. In its 3d large edition in Great Britain; in its 2d edition in Helland; in China "it is the most widely read American book"; in Seuth Africa, New Zealand, Australia, booksellers "can not keep it in stock." $8.00 Wherever books are sold CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, NEW YORK SPELLBINDERS A new novel by the author of 'HALF LOAVES" An aUerbbaf story, traa te life, fearkss w4 fair te betk sides "An acutely intelligent study of the modern wesura in politics. It it fourfold plot, very skillfully put to te gether: an admirable pkce of work." 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