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FACED itfifA a crime u;icA ueaW
bring every man's hand against
him, Judsen Clark young, handsome,
the owner of a hundred million dol del
larsfled in panic te the corral, sad
died a horse, and headed at a mad
gallop for the mountains in the teeth
of a blizzard!
Can a man be two men? Could Dr. Dick Livingstone,
se young, clean, lovable and straight-forward, en
gaged te marry a charming girl could he be one with
the panic-3tricken fugitive, one with Judsen Clark,
the self-same man who, ten years before, had fled
with breaking mind and reeling senses from the
horror of a crime which made him forever an outlaw?
THE BREAKING POINT
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Auther of "K," "The Amazing Interlude," etc.
AT ALL BOOKSHOPS $3.00
OWEN WISTER'S
new book
NEIGHBORS HENCEFORTH
The plight of France, the deed of Germany,
and the international destiny of the United
States are the main themes of this volume,
which closes a series of three, begun with
"The Pentecost of Calamity," followed by
"A Straight Deal."
$2.00 wherever books are sold
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
64-6S Fifth Avenue New Yerk
Herny Hands and
Hampered Elbows
A new book by
WHITING WILLIAMS
Auther of "Full Up and Fed Up'1
These are Whitint Williams' observations as a
laborer en the continent of Europe France, Ger
many. Belgium, a bit of Switzerland. As in Eng
land and America, he worked side by side with
the laboring classes. This dramatic and human
account gives the reader an insight into the great
problems of war hatreds, economic chaos, recon
structien all viewed from the fundamental
standpoint of labor. Illustrated. $2.50
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS., Fifth Are., New Yerk
SIMON CALLED PETER
By ROBERT KEABLE, Auther of
"The Mether of All Living"
Few books of this year are being se seriously discussed.
The A'cty Yerk Evening Pest calls tt: "A 'significant' novel
In the best sense of that word."
Life: "A geed book that deserves te be widely read."
Philadelphia Ledger: "Streng and illuminating . . . Some
thing that will make most of its readers gasp a little that is,
if they were net in France themselves."
Nciv Yerk Herald: "Well worth reading ... a graphic
end undoubtedly veracious picture."
The Bosten Herald: "A novel of real distinction, both in ita
manner and its matter."
The Bosten Transcript: "His situations are true, vivid and
unexaggerated."
Price, $2.00, postage extra.
E. P. DUTTON & CO., 681 Fifth Avenue, New Yerk
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KI.KANOR II. ABBOTT
Wievt "Palry Prince" will please
parent and children allke
A BOOK OF DELIGHT
of the publishers
BOOKS FOR BOYS
Stories of the War Still Popular.,
Faraway Adventures.
Bey Scouts
It may be true that In adult Action
the war is a temporarily taboo sub
ject, but net in boeki for boy. Thlf
HMoen brlnga several. "Arneld Adair
With the Enrilah Aws" (Little. Brown
& Ce.) ii another of Laurence
Drlfgs' stories of a stalwart American
here wbe has already teen everaeas
hcrvlca in a previous book. Colonel
DrlRKH knows aviation, and his ticw
book, In which Arneld, after two years
with the French filers, transfers te
their ally, is full of the kind of hair
breadth adventures that boys lore.
"Lieutenant Comstock, V. 8. Ma
rine" (Penn Publishing Company) Is
by another man who knows his subject
threiuh Identity With It and experi
ence in It. This is the third book deal
liifC with young Comstock and bis
frlemh which Lieutenant Colonel Ollcs
llloliep, Jr.. of the Marine Cerps, has
written. Ills likable young leather
neck is new a commissioned officer,
tliiinks te the resource which he brings
te new problems, particularly in the
mutter of thwarting spies.
Tt l only n step from the marine te
Eleaner H. Abbett's "Fairy the navj, of which they are the fighting
P.:.,,.,." 1. r:il.J Y:U U Milk allers, and It Is taken by Lieutenant
Prince Is rilled With the MUK remmnmier ntahugh Oreen. U. S. K..
or Human Kindness ' tn "Wen for the Fleet" (B. P. Dut-
Fer ingenuity of plot and novelty of,"'" & '). ' It the tery "t two
i , . t.? .ii ii i,i. eungter8 who have the "raakins of
development Kleaner Hallewelt Abbett ;uinjkliut )ltUe claef ttnd hew they are
lias few equals and no superiors among turned into officers and gentlemen un
til? women story writers of America, der the discipline of the academy. This
She has made Reed use of her gifts In story of Annapolis is one etnA venture
.... , ... . n.. u. . ,, i" nndMeNMume, true te the middy s life,
"l-niry Prince and Otlur 8terle. (L. , one w,0 bM v(lj u
P. Dutten & Ce.), which has appeared
in time for the holiday season. It Is ' Scheel stories are always n part of
a collection of six talcs, all told by
ii little girl who explains that although
he U only nine years old she has very
tall legs. She has a sister seventeen
and a brother eleven, and Is a mem
ber of a family in which, as Kenan said
of his own early youth, the children are
wrapped about with a warm mantle of
affection. As a result the boeK is tnieu
with loving kindness reflected through
the mind of the little girl, nnd yet it
is free from disgusting senttmntnlit.v.
, Among the unique inventions of the
I u-ither that figure in the Loek ii a
I Christmas tree that is set up en
Thanksgiving Dny and filled with buds
that blossom from time te time until
Christmas day. The buds are the
Christmas wishes of the members of
I tht family written On bits of paper, then
w tapped in colored tin foil and tied
te the tree. Of course no one i sup
posed te knew what is written, but in
tint mjsterieus way things happen at
ChrNtmas time the things wished for
b the children nppcar where the buds
w'en- tied. Anether novel Innouitien is
,i book of funnj smiles which the two
mincer children begin te write. The
tuu t'et'iiis their material by question
ing people. The tirst person they
encounter Is a strange inuy wiimn iv
ask "If ou were net a beautiful lady,
what beautiful smell would you like
te be''" Of ceurfe the lady is startled,
.but she finally writes something most
I astounding that produces equally as
founding results. And at the end of
I the nery the little girl telling It ex
claims te her mother, " hj . it is n
romance! When I get mere spelly I
will write it." "Spelly" is only one
I of the many new words that Mis Ali Ali
fett bes introduced into the boel: In
I tcceidance with her custom of making
a Werd" whenever bhe feels tin need
of it. Adults will find much in the
book which Is ever the heads of chil
dren, but wholeteme children will finJ
i the book a succession of delight.
HOW SANTA CLAUS GOT
INTO THE GIFT BUSINESS
Parsh Addlngten In "The Bey Who
Lived in Pudding Lane" (Atlantic
Menthlv rress) has written a fuvi
nntlng sterv about the bojheod of Santa
Clau-, In which sha explains In a way
i,nt nil clillilren will acctnt hew It
the Christmas offering
for boys and girls. Arthur Stunwoed
Pier, who writes some of the best, Las
nddrd te his fine Saint Timethy's series
in "David Ives" (Houghten Mifflin
Company). Though this Is a distinc
tively boys' book, it carries the lik
able young here net only through prep
school, but also through college Inte
his early maturity. It has reusing In
terest and high ideals.
Ralph Henry Barbour Is another
from whom a corking geed story of
school life can be expected. "Right
Knd Kmerseri" (Dedd, Mead & Ce.).
like ethers of the author's books, lays
considerable stress en the athletic side,
and seasonably the game in chief Inter
et U foetbnll. The scene Is laid at
Alten Academy, familiar te readers of
ether Diirbeur stories, nnd as this Is a
lire prep school, it needs little Imagina
tion te Indicate what geed times are In
Mere for the boys fortunate enough te
find this book in their stockings.
Bey Scouts have their innings In n
splended story, "Bey Hceuts en Spe
cial Service" (Little, Brown & Ce.),
bv Charles tl. Lnrige, Billy Ransom,
en enthusiastic Scout, because he sneaks
Freneh and has relatives In Paris' is
allowed te go te France when his
father. Dr. Hansom, sees across en Red
Cre"s service. Billy thus has a chance
te put his Scout cede Inte practice in
all the excitement of the grent war.
and his boy readers will be thrilled at
bis adventures.
Samuel Seoville, Jr., is an author well
and favorably known te Bey Scouts.
Though his new story, 'The Inca Em
erald" (Century Company), is net a
scouting yarn, Its typical go-ahead
jeung Americans possess the geed qual
ities and trained resourcefulness of
Scouts, nnd in their adventures under
the Southern Cress meet every demand
and danger. These boys, and girls, tee,
who read "The Blue Pearl" will like
this sequel te it with another gem mys
tery te grip the Interest.
"Heroes of the Ruins" (Geerge II.
Deran Company) Is a new volume In
the "Round the World With the Bey
Journalists," by Francis Relt Wheeler,
who is known te boys the world ever
for his popular books. This, tee, is a
book with a background of the war. and
the central figure Is Andre the Mele,
as he was called by the peilus whom he
helped, as he sought through the
trenches nnd underground passages for
hl lest loved ones. Of course, there nre
Americans in tee story, tee, nnd they
i will be liked by their young country
men who read this fascinating book.
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Frem a Beekman caricature
CARL 8ANDBURO
Who has tried his hand at writing
for children
::s I Y5b2e Al i
Houerhton HPl Mifflin Ce.
LETTERS OF
FRANKLIN K. LANE
"An invaluable contribution both te hlrtery and line literature."-Indianapolis star.
"As a textbook In Americanism the volume
is invaluable. It ought te be read by every
young man who has any political ambitions."
Philadelphia fublie Ledger.
"Among the great letters of Hteratun,
Neither controversial nor critical, but full of
warm human interest, friendliness and i
generous appreciation of ethers." BaUi.
mere Sun.
BOOKS FOR GIRLS
Scheel Stories Are Again Prem-
inent--Other Suggeitierli for
Christmas Cheesing
"Careline at College" (Little. Brown
Ce.) is the newest in Lela Hern
Richards' stories about this delightful
heroine. She Is a sprightly girl and tier
experiences at n co-educational college
has its Interesting exploits as well as
touches of romance but nothing
gushily sentimental.
Hecter Malet, the French writer,
whose work was crowned by the Acad
emic Frnncalse. wrote a classic of the
childhood of. his beloved France In
"Nobody's Olrl" (Capples & Leen
Company), of which Florence Crewe
Jenes has made n geed translation.
Nobility of character and perseverance
mark the upward career of the peer
little girl through distressful difficulties.
It is. however, net a preachy, .tale, but
one that will give American lassies some
notion of the life of their French
sisters.
Girls will grew up and Peggy and
Prisellla and Ruth and Amv nre no
exception. Se in "Peggy Raymond's
Way" (Page Company), we find the
girls of the "Friendly Terrace Series"
a little further en the path te maturity.
Harriet Lummis Smith writes 'about
their progress in life and the new ex
periences that come te them with rare
gjuiimtby and a sense of geed humor.
"Wanted a Mether" (Oeerge W.
Jacobs Company) is the story of a
little girl who left a New England peer
farm, where chance had placed her, nnd
went te visit relatives, reme of whom
diiln't want her. Clarence Hawkes has
told her story with real sympathy for
gills of eight te twelve.
"Winona en Her Own" (LIppln (LIppln
cett) is the new volume In Margaret
Wlddlmer'a "Campflre Girls' Series."
In it the familiar figures of earlier
stories appear amid new scenes, and
Winona has te make an important de
cision. There are lets of geed times
in the story and some exciting passages.
MORE ADVENTURES, OF
TIMOTHY AND TRUDY
Illus. $5.00. Second printing ready.
WISE MEN
FROM THE EAST
AND FROM THE WEST
Abraham Mifarie Rihbany
A notable interpretation of the East te the
West. Essential te an understanding 'of the
Near Eastern situation. $2,60.
GLIMPSES OF AUTHORS
Careline Ticknor
"A book about 'the man behind the book,'
that will rate very high in our literature of
reminiscent literary biography." Bosten
Herald. Illus., $3.50.
INCA LAND
Hiram Bingham
A remarkably interesting account of explora
tions, and the story of "the greatest archaeo
logical discovery of the age." Illus. $5.00.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
William Roicee Thayer
"A thoroughly .adable estimate of Washing
ton .. . by the talented biographer of
Cavour, Roosevelt and Hay." N. Y. Times.
Illus. $3.50.
Third printing en press. Fourth printing ordered.
CAPTAIN BLOOD
Rafael Sabatinl
"A rip-rearing, swash-buckling, piratical
sea-deg, cut, thrust, slash love story of tht
nth power. I certainly enjoyed it. Wil
liam Lyen Phelps. $2.00.,
THE PORTRAIT OF MRS. W.
Jesephine Preston Peabody
"... A work of such indubitable litem
and historical gifts te American drama that!
tne doek may wen ee sec asiae as one of the
major offerings of the season. . . ."Tht
Outlook. $1.75.
ALEXANDER'S BRIDGE
Willa Sibert Cather
A new edition of Miss Cather's first novel
with an important introduction by the an
ther. $1.60.
A CRITICAL FABLE
Seme one is lampooning the present-day
poets in "the cleverest book that has hap
pened in ages." Harvard Advocate. WHQ
WROTE IT? $1.00.
JOHN BUCHAN'S HISTORY
OF THE GREAT WAR
With an Introduction by Majer General James G. Harberd, Chief of Staff of the
A. E. F. in France.
happen. d that he Became iniereRieu in
makinc gifts for geed children, and
hew h came te live at tim .ertn i
Pele. In the course of the story she A new book by Rupert Sargent Hoi Hei
introduces many of the characters from land Is an event In the Uvea of many
the Mether Geese rhymes, as veil as.bnjs. In "Peter CettereU'a Treasure"
Mether Geese herself, who was little
Santa s aunt, santa, u seems, ai
the Ben of a baker in Pudding Lane,
and he was he generous that ha gae
.cake and cookies te all the children
In thp neighborhood. He was making
'his father peer. 80 he stepped gMng
I away the cakes and made a let of pres
ents for his little brothers and slcters
and came down the chimney en Christ
was Ere with them. When he grew
(J. B. Llnnincett Company) Mr. Hel
land shows boys who yearn for far-off
scenes that excitement, like charity,
begins at home. A camp, en an island,
an old pre-Revolutionary mansion, a
hidden treasure, mysterious visitors te
the Island here are Just a few of the
Ingredients blended into a most pala
table tale.
"Lire Mennts. Free Trapper"
a-i.- I. t. ... 1 r.na1Ha awtl.MM'. flnml ! a sfnrv
f uned te sell his toys. Se arrange-1 of frontier life, with characters In It
menu were made te set him up in buM Inning all the grip and vigor of Coep-ne""-
at the North Pele, where he am cr's woodsmen. Llge himself Is a well
maintained us the te maker for all the drawn character of the sturdy, rcseurce-
....... 'i.tl, Uia nnrl elrls in thn '.'. r I. I'm nlmiper ber. and lads of today Will
The hook, which Is Illustrated in color tind letH of interest in his adventures
b ficrtrude A. Kay, would mnkt- nn 11 n fur-hunting expedition te the
ercfllcnt Christmas present for 'it'le undwaters of the Missouri. Frank
children. 1 Llndcrman is the author.
EASY PATHS TO KNOWLEDGEFOR YOUNG FOLK
The Fall Publishing Season Is Rich In Beeks That Instruct
and Inform nnd at Same Time Entertain
-rrniTVO neoele of the nr"-cr.t Ut . it. The new volume, like its nredeces-
1 are especially fertunutc in - widnl ", ii complete in Itself, although it
arlcty of boekn of knowledge pr,,, sr,,i 1 may 00 also eenswen
e rait their years ana . intellectual 1 -.-- "." . "
A Boek for Children and Every One Else
Te be ranked with "Alice in Wonderland"
THE ADVENTURES OF
MAYA the BEE
By WALDEMAR BONSELS
Illustrated with head and tall pieces in black and ichite for each
chapter and four full-page colored illustrations by Hemer Bess
Maya was net a bee like ether bees. Frem the very hour of her
birth ahe made up her mind that ahe was net going te work and make
honey, day in and day out. She would go out and see the world for
herself nnd have adventures and experiences. Maya was a dear little
irl-bee. Yeu thrill with her adventures. Yeu leve her.
This book will surpiise you by its charm. It Is steeped in beauty.
It has n (1011010111 humor.
Mrs. N. P. Dawsen, N. Y. Glebe: "A delightful story, delicately and
humorously told. Here in truth is a charming story for children."
OVO. $d,UU
tn
growth. The wenuers 01 tcienrc ami me
treasures of llteratuie an epi 1 t0
them, net by the rocky reads of drj-as-dust
nnd preachy textbooks, ns of yore,
h.,f nlnn naths made pleasant by sim
plified and pepularised presentation of
the essentials.
"Aatronemy for Yeung Felks" (Duf
field & Ce.) will serve a a fort of
telescope for readers anxious te view
the marvels of the nkles. The author,
Isabel M. Lewis, Is attached te the
United States Naval Observatory, and
ia the author of an earlier popular
work. "Splendors of the Sky " She
tells hew te knew the constellations nnd
interesting facts and mjths nbeut them,
the difference between stiui nnd planets,
hew the earth wah formed, tt.
Vllhlalimur Stefunssen tells hew he
became an explorer and gives details
of his epoch-making Arctic trips in
"Hunters of the North" (llarreurt,
Brace & Ce.). Hunting aeal.s nnd
caribou, the life ,of Laklmes and the
dangers of Far North exploration are
only a tew of the marvelous things
described in this splendid fact-book.
"The Coming of the Peeples" (Geerge
may be also considered a link in the
chain of the whole series. The explora
tion and colonization of the New World
bj Spanish, Dutch, French, Irish. Eng
lish, Swedes, etc., Is related with nn
amplitude of Interesting detail.
American history and nent events In
Its early days are the material of "The
Dqjs of the Colonists" (F, A. Stokes
Company), a new volume by L. Lam Lam
nrey. who has written a number of
eucceaful books en nimllar lines. The
early days, of the thirteen original Col Cel Col
onics are described, together with the
customs and ideals of the people. Out
standing events nre made very real from
Plymouth Reck te the signing of the
Declaration of Independence,
"Real Americans" (Little, Brown &
Ce.) is just the book for boys nnd girls
who like biography, Mary H. Wanda
has retailed the inspiring life stories of
Herbert Hoever, Theodere Roosevelt,
Mnrk Twain, Jehn Burroughs and
ethers.
"The Girls' Boek of Verae" IV. A.
Stokes Company) In Marv GeuldTDavls
collection of poems, old and new, which
A large company of small boys and
girls count Trudy and Trimetby Tedd
among their warm friends. They first
became acquainted with these little
New England children when Bertha
Currier Perter wrote a book about them.
Trudy and Timethy have had se many
Interesting experiences that several
ether books have bad te be written te
tell about them. An account of their
most recent activities is contained in
"Trudy and Timethy, Foresters (Penn
Publishing Company). It is a story of
when the children were useful In get
ting the owner of a piece of land te
give it te the federal government as a
site for n forestry school. All the old
friends in the earlier hooks appear in
this one. They climb a mountain,
they go camping with a burro te carry
the baggage and the animal gets hun
gry in thn night and eats all the loose
feed, nnd the cempnny would have
starved if Timethy had net had the
foresight te carry with hlra a let of
stuff in cans. These children, from
seven te twelve, who have read the
earlier books In the aeries de net need
te be told that this la a reed one, and
these wbe have net should begin with
the flrat, which has for its title "Trudy
and Timethy
CARL SANDBURG TRIES
HAND AT FAIRY STORIES
Carl Sandburg has left off writing his
rangy pecm-plecea for a little while te
meke a book for children, jeung and
old. which he calls "Roetabaga Storks"
(Harcourt, Ilrace & Ce).
Perhaps he didn't exactly leave off
writing peem-pleceB, for thee strange
ly Imaginative prose tales about sky
scraper?, corn fairies, Pigs With Rlhs
On, Peksr Face the Babeon, Het Deg
the Tiger and many ether quaint per
sons and things have much the same
qualities as his wistful, blue-mist,
thumb-at-the-nose poems.
Th stories are about persons and
what they de which have never hap
pened anywhere in all the world. Bet
ter than any critical words might, the
following few titles will express the
drollery and the whlmsey of the boek:
"Four Stories About the Deep Deem
of Dark Doorways," "Three Stories
About Three Ways the Wind Went
Blowing," "Pour Stories About Dear,
Dear i:ye9,"'"Hew Bimbo the. Snip's
Thumb Stuck te His Nese When the
Wind Changed," "Hew Henry Hag Hag
glyheagly Played the Guitar With His
Mittens On," "Never Kick n Slipper
at the Moen," "Hew the Animals LeRt
Their Tnlla and (let Them Back Trnv.
ling Frem Philadelphia te Medicine
Hat." The book is charmingly illus
trated by Maud and Miska Petersham.
Beeka for Children
j:at et' tub sui and wk-st op- the
MOON. Nw Yerk! Oeerge Dornn Cem-
pn
Old Tnlci of the North, illustrated
by Kay Nielsen. The etenes me d(!.
liglitfully narrated and the Illustra
tions are richly fanciful and striking in
their imaginative quality.
"I congratulate you en having de
cided te bring out in America be
admirabla a work. Its interest ia
compelling, and I predict a great
success for it Ne person anxious
te be informed en the War as a
whole should fail te read it all."
Majer-General James O. Harberd.
"I am new free te express my ad
miration which amounts te aston
ishment at the grip and power you
have manifested by the writing of
this book." Generel Ian Hamilton.
Frontispiece in color, and 78 maps,
4 reJwmes, boxed, $20.00
"I have carefully read the volumes
mere than once. It is a wonderful
feat of compression, and te the nlk
itary student it is an indispensable
first book e read se aa te get a
grasp of the essentials of the war."
FfeW Jlfarsfcel Sir William Reb.
ertsen, British Chief of Staff.
A Wpej&
STORY OF
MANKIND
Is the jelUett, sanest
history book of years
and the
best teller
of 1922.
Hundred. 0
Ulwtralimt
THE MORALS
OF THE MOVIE
BY
Dr. Etlli Faxton Obtrhelhtr
A fearless and frank discussion of
the moving picture Industry from the
standpoint 01 ma wuier, jne ter'
did appeal te sex and the ether evils
practiced by producers are thor
oughly exposed.
At All Bookstores Price, $1.25
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PHILADELPHIA
I You'll Enjoy Reading
SKIPPYBEDELLE
By OWEN JOHNSON
yluffter of THE VARMINT
'Th iter? of Sklray Bedella li en with
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The Bosten arensenpr.
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idilphU! J. II, Jjpplncett
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W
all Children Leve" series. Plenty of
i.lnt ti hlpndcil with gentle and menu.
may be cinected te have an 1 appeal te meralising In the stories' of this
girls. As a matter of fact, there is ,n'vverltH old author. Marie h. Krt
nnt ji nnem in thn l.nnt ihmt hnva will .'', , . irt in..... .,...'
n;.. fnmMnvi iu n..;. i.i, ,r.,. 1.. ""::.: v,; .".,, "":. .r 'j":i. . '-,; t ims mane cuarmm " iHiimruwnii.
In 1 ranclh Kelt-Wlueler s "Iteuviuce- Its ileanliius in little-trod pa
History of Aiuerlia. the ntrn of whleh pen nine pfl'try rentniiiM rnenv tn
Is te tell In diamatle form hut without
fantastic inventions the hterj that Is
stranger than lirtlen namely, history.
Accuracy of statement combined with
fascinating narrative mnl.cH these vol
umes an eminently pracllral and sensi
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