10 THE SUN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1914.

BOOKS OF THE WEEK SEEN IN REVIEW AND COMMENTFICTION ON MANY

THEMES AND MORESERIOUS VOLUMES

H. G. Wells on the Discontent of Woman A Memory

of Feminine Discontent Generation Ago.

May Sinclair's Gloomy Tale New Fiction by theWilliamsons, I. A. R. Wylie and Others.

First Contingent of the Holiday Season's BeautifulBooks Latest War Literature.

Sonift ihaos of tlm woman questionro Involved In the ULscuss'Ion of marital

dls.scniilotH which II. O. Wells calls "ThoWlfo of Sir Imac Harmon"

hut the author allows keener In-

terest In tho treatment of the employe'sof larco by tlielr em-

ployer. I IIh woman Is a sort of abstrac-tion: her husband with nil hi faults Is

fur more human. Slio has drifted nlcmi?

without much thinking tliroiiKli Rlrl-hou-

tnari'l.iK' and motherhood, allow-

ing tliltii::i to bo ilnno lor her till she.

iretn tho Idea that who wnnts to donometlilmr In thin world and to net forherwlf. Her stimulants nro a workliiKKlrl who tells hnr things and a literarywidower with whom nlm talks mattersover. Ho h;u lost a perfectly eyrnpa-theU- o

wlfo with the. Knino tastes an hisown and provider most of thi humorthrouBh his misconception of theliorolne's motives. He- cannot ur.der-ntan- d

how nho should ho enthuslnstlcfor reforms without notirinhlnR a senti-

mental passion for himself.The ItUMhand Is n. self-mnd- e man, fin

evamido and nn npo-ll- o of efllrlonoy.Hn has established and Is earrylinc ona vast olialn of model lunch rooms, sup-plied with a much advertised bre"d.This enables the author to show up thoIniquity of theso establishments, therelentless way In which they ertish Hin.illcompetitors, tho manner In which theyflweat and otherwise maltreat their help,find so on. His wife begins to questionhis methfxls and soon discovers that shola his slave. Ho Is fussy, tyrannical.Jealous nnd determined to keen her Innubjectlon. Sho discovers that sho hasdo bank account, no money nt her owndisposal, no authority over tho servants;that h attends to everything. When

ho rebels and Insists vn vIsrltliiK peoplewlio are engaged In tho various womanmovements ho puts his foot down. Phorune away, tlnds that tho women willnot live up to their principles nnd hasto mash a window a.i a mllltnnt

in order to obtain shelter in aprison cell.

Tho scandal brlnfis tho husband toterms, hut ho cannot play fair. ShewontH to build homes for his employeesnnd ho agrees because he thinks It willadvertise I1L1 business. She expects tomanuRo thembut ho thwarts her nndturns them Into Mims-thlnt- r llk penalInstitutions. He falls and beginsto hato his wife, he Is Jealous of theliterary man and determined that Mmfh.ill not have her own way. Shenur.'.es him, but keeps growlm? morennd more independent mentally and ap-parently more emancipated In her Ideas.When he dies lu leaves a malicious willpreventing her from marrying unlesspirn Ricrlflcos her new Ideals, but as shoIs a rather spnIiws abstraction that doesnot trouble her, for sho has had all shewantH of a husband's control. That isan Idea which tho literary man ap-parently cannot grasp. So far as wecan mako out .Mr. Wells, while he ob-jects to tho tyranny to which womennro subjected In marriage, is not greaHyImpressed with their many reformMovements, He cares morn for tho op-pression of labor by capital.

SOME NEW FICTION.Possibly a proper respect for tho

utrlvlng of the modern woman may as-flf- jn

a peculiar valuo to Oorgo Mad-do- n

Martin's "Sellna" (Appletons), amemory of the discontent that nilllct"dtrlrls u quarter of a century ago In aquiet Kentucky town. Tho ordinaryreader, however, will feel provoked n'ttho constant grumbling, nt the con-tinuous failure In things for which theynro not fitted; it may bo realism, but itIs tho sort of thing that Is very tiro-pom- e

in life. Tim hornjno is a charm-ing girl, one of a group of nice girls,all nn discontented as she Is; they feelthat they must do something, they

not hnvlng had the training thatloys have; they havn unpleasant ex-

periences nt home that set their nerveson edge. All girls hail ami have suchmoods, for parents nro often trying, butin tho North nnd West Urn mood eitherpasfod nwny or the girl did some think-ing first nnd then did something thatcounted. Here everything ends infailure; there nro plenty of good times,ppollod by tho girls' relictions, plentyof delightful people who Mom una binto accomplish anything. Tho Impres-plo- n

the author wishes to tnako Is con-fused by her memories. of the clothespeoplo ued to wear and by manypleasant conversations that lead tonothing.

The render has fair warning that MaySinclair's "The Three Sisters" iMncmll-lans- )

Is to hn a tale of gloom. Inani-mate objects nro Invested with ill.xnnlattributes and tho author unearthnstnnlshfng adjectives. After a whilewe. are. Introduced to tho stupid andtyrannical vlcur and his three daugh-ters. Tun are unpleasant in differentways; the other, a fccnsiblo nthletlc girl,Is picked out bj tho author ns her vie.tltn. All tin ce aro attracted by thodoctor, tho only marriageable man Inthe village, Hy this tlmo tho author has

With true Stockton touch theauthor of Love Insurance clothes ut-most absurdities in the guise of realfact. The fantastically whimiscalplot constantly draws forth chucklesof pure enjoyment. irajo Trlbunt

a rtovtl hy Earl Drrr Biggert, 'author ofSeven Key$ to BalJpalt.ft, 25 nit. At all Boohellm.The DojljMjlltmj.aauPgMlha

sssssssssT-sssfssssTsssss- ss ll 'IT'1 MUM 1iril'T T In Tif.l "'

a

got Into her swing and her account oftho ulles of two of tho glrla to capturetho prizo nnd of the other'sIs very readable. It Is a mmllil tale witha low estimate of humanity that Is notredeemed by the ono fairly decent char-acter In It.

l'or once C. X. and A. M. Williamsonabandon tho automobile In their descrip-tion of foreign parts in "A Soldier of theLegion (Doublcd.ty, I'ago and Com-pany). The result Is melodrama of anot very elevated kind. Tho scene htho ilc.ert end of Algeria and tho heroIs nn American oillcer who by nn In-

tricate hut rather clumsily contrivednrtltico Is made to enlist In tho ForeignLegion. He Una met on the way alovely but extremely Impulsive youm;woman and manages to escort herthrough dangerous places, Sho succeedsIn getting Into extraordinary mosses Inan Arab household and with a repre-hensible explorer, but the hero watchesover her, conducts her through thedesert and of courso marries her. Thoauthors tag on a. paragraph that wnds

! mm into tho present war. Tho story isexciting nnotigh, but wo tldnlc theauthors hnvo done better with their

J motor car and guide book romances.Tho samo unfortunato Foreign Legion

Mifls attracted I. A. H. Wyllo with "Thejlleit Mirage" (Tho Hobbs-Merrl- ll Com-(pan- y,

Indianapolis), whlh in likewlsomelodramatic. The nuthor harps on thobrutality of tho training and tho dls- -'

reputable character of tho cosmopolitanlegionaries. The hero Is a Hrltlsh olllcorwho sacrifices his reputation to help afickle woman, as his father did beforelilt". He enlists In tho legion. In t!i- -Iregiment of which his unknown father

; is Colonel. There ho meets with harshtreatment and much trouble, chlelly onaccount of tho woman and her unworthyFrench husband. Ho Is helped out ntcritical moments hy another womnn, nnKncllsh girl with a past, who watchesover him, There Is a very effectivelight with Arabs, complicated by a mudstorm nnd a mutiny. In which tho heroshines and Is In consequence condemnedto death by his father. Ho gets out ofthat ecrapo too with credit and overv-thin- g

conies right, though tho authordeals death mound ns liberally ns atthe end of "Hamlet." It Is an exciting,melodramatic talo thnt Ftlcks to thelegion for Its theme.

An nntlqunnnn, unduly sensitive tounpleasant sensation. Is Impressed withthe feeling that something In wrongwhile visiting a country family InMarlon Fox's "Ape's Face" (JohnCompany). That Is tho iitigallan'.epithet applied by her brother to ayoung womun with tho peculiar featuresthat characterized tho early Britons.Tho antiquarian, who Is on a literaryerrand, hears of fights betweenbrothory In tho family nt various periodsIn tho past; he hears strange soundsIn tho btnrms on the dow ns, smells queersmell-- , and is told repeatedly by theyoung woman that she expects trouble.Hy that tlmo both he and tho readernie impressed by a feeling of terror. Itis a relief, therefore, when the outcomeIs merely a light between tho two honsof the family over a tlirtatloui femaleartist and nn attempt to throttle themuster of the houso by his paralyzedslster-ln-la- The render may ask him-se- lf

what tho nightmare means.Tho strangn adventures of a sprightlyyoung woman reporter aro recounted byKato Trimble Slmrber In "Amazing

nrnry" (The Hobbs-Merrl- ll Company).Sho Is charming, of course, nnd belongsto an old family In tho Southern townwhere sho lives, but has nlwnys rewntodthe attempts to mako her Ilvo up toher ancestors. She has Inherited th!ov letters of a onru famous novelistto an equally famoiiH nrtlst ancestorand Is tempted to publish them, butrffralns. hoping to burn them some dayIn the Kngllsh mansion whew they werewritten. She Interviews for ,or "news-paper a steel magnate, who hn turneddown all reporters. Ho falls in lovewith her. but goes off nngry because shen nno also becaus. her in-- ,ten-le- Is printed. Then hr newspapersendi her to Knglnnd, where she hunts

i up tin. mansion, nn.u .r,. iIt In posjoKslon of tho other half of thocorrespondence, and they fall into eachr

Tito. Booksellers of tho U. S. Will Exhibit This Rook on anil after

The Day of Grace, November 7thA NEW NOVEL BY

Kate Trimble Sharber" Author of The Annals of Ann

gjpgsdf AmazingmiWr n

There re "Joyoui" booki and but(;wa book the

Some good ones and some bad,Hut AMAZING GRACH ii flow.gladder than InThe gladdest of the p,lad. rr.eet

Pictutrs by R. M. Crotbx. AtTlrE BOBBS. MERRILL

others arms. Tho girl Is amusing rindattractive nnd will help tho readerthrough the story.

It Is a lino se.i tal of true heroismJnely tuld that .lames H. Connolly haswritten In "The Trawler" (CharlesPcrlbtirr'fl Sons), fully deserving to boprinted by Itself and worthy of tlvpraise Mr. Iloosevelt and Miss Tarbcl!bestow upon It.

For one the fatherIs made tho hero of a Christmas storyIn Mary Stownrt Cutting's "The g

Hod" (Ioublcday, I'ngoj andCompany). Tho gvnernlly forgottenchief contributor to tho festivities Isduly honored. A pretty story whichwill bo greatly appreciated by fathersby no means co

A delightful vision of an old maid'snpotheosln has been dreamed by KupertHughes In "Th I.at Koso of Sum-mer" (Harpers). Whether oong'tilalwork or vho elevating lnlluenco of thodepartment store worked tlv physicalmetamorphrwlH 1s left unexplained, buttho reader wltl bo plensed nt her escap-ing tho local Lotharios and wedding thebroader minded city man.

The satirical Intention of "TheClimber," by Amy D'Arcy Wetmoro

The Norman. Ilemlngton Company.It.iltlmore), Is evident, but tho diary re-

veals more clearly the Intelligence whichtho writer applied to each step In hersocial progress. It Is not detailed enoughto serve as a. guide and not very Inter-esting ns a story. I

Tho domesttn Incidents nnd personal ;

sltetchea that appear In th articles In-

cluded In "Helshazzjir Court," by Simeon i

Strunsky (Henry Holt nnd Company),may make tho nuthor prefer to havethem regarded hh Action. They nrcIn fact keen, good nature! pictures ofNew York life of drawn with thegenial, unaffected humor that was onconot uncommon In America, a form ofwriting onco popular that has disap-peared In theso days of hurry. Mr.Struusky Is not tho Autocrat nor IsNew York lloston. but It Is a pleasureto find that a strong reflection of theHolmes nnd Curtis spirit can still becast on our everyday doings. i

HOLIDAY PICTURE BOOKSWo cannot Imagine 'o whnt kind of

baby "Tho Jessie Wlllcox Smith MotherI ftoose" (Dndd, Mead and Company) can

bn entrusted; even tho wealthy Infantreared In a modern, scientific, nntlooptlcnursery must bo destructive and this I.-

a work of art. Tin- - oblong folio sizeI may tempt some to take out tho beauti-ful colored pictures nnd frame them.The artist has caught tho right MotherGoose spirit and shows humor us wellnspretty children. Somo wltl prefer thelarge black and white Illustrations totlw colored onus and all will delight Inth smaller pictures In tho text. This texthas been revised critically by Katherlne(Irldley Huddy, who ruthlessly anni-hilates the Hoston legond, sho repro-duces tho original jkioiiis nnd has addedall that hnvo accumulated since, so thntthe edition la very complete. Tho textoften varies from tho familiar version.The book will attract grown up readers,who will be. glnd to read from It to miohyouth as will keep Its little flngera fromthe pages.

This year It Is "A Midsummer Night'sDream" that Arthur Hackhnm has il-

lustrated (Uoubleday, I'ago and Com-

pany). In a few hn has really tried tocatch tho spirit of the play, but mainlythey nr very pretty pictures, drawnwith tho nrtlR"s mlmlrable skill andshowing tho charming Ivory effeirts ofcolor that characterize him. Ills per-plexed Hnttorn Is very good, his PuckIs funny, but Is merely n Ixindon ptreetboy with nothing of the sprite nbouth'.m: the women are pretty. Thero Islittle of flhaltespearo In tho pictures,but Mr. Ttrtokhnm's art Is always plead

QUOTATIONS FROM 'THESTUDY OF MODERN PAINTING"

n- - nAuu.wirr STF.jn.n Awnimsoic.Of thr (Ihnantr Schrmt,

"It Ih f tlin Shorter CRtechlsm nnd thn art of France had met andkissed eaeli otlit "

Of flotcklin'.i Srn f'ietta." nereld li.m the eniollonn of h Cleopatra, a trlton haa the. humor of n

FnlatnfT. "

Of h'vturt'm."It l the art of rapid transit, Uin art of hn motor nnd the, alrnhtu.'

Of Whhtlrr."Tim eosniopolltfln who la yett a bit puritan! tlm (Inn, who l not without

atrenirtli. the man of reservations who la also tho rinrlnc; tin, man of a nanayet lovely vision; a fnnn of ngolsm, thnt youne nnd hillllnnt eeolsm whtrhhelped to nuiltn Ainerlen."

() ciiHinith jirnrfnrfnf pifiifrra' ll - tliey who hnvo bbr opportunities, their elttea distinctly moriSpnnlxh tli.ui .Madrid, ns tho Illno Oraas Is mor Kentucklan than Louisville,

mid t lie Mnnll Colniadn towns nro more) of tho Went than la T)nnver,"

0 the P'tinliil'i nf nrtifletnl ijit.'"I he ni tlrv-ln- l llht N aomethinr BopMst1c(itd( requlrlnr thn beat of rraat-niPii- t.

Natiu-e- that urent und seneroufl mothnr, wIII'hIvo horsplf lrlndly eventoiler wonkilnifN, but Artltlco la a conuotte, yieldlnironlr to a dollcatn mastery."

OtMiltrt."Millet Is eplo In minllty. Hn la Uk Phldlna, lllte. flaeh, lllio tho great

linld inoiintnlns nnd tho gient slow rlvnra."

Ol Watt."WntlH, thoimh a Weatsrn Cult, pnlntrt with the Inalatent morality of tha

Paicn iinaglnatlon "

Of Bennl'lfj."Ilia art is half fnery, half dlabollo, nnd wholly a triumph of Una,"

Of .4n(m Jfauce."Th Frn .ngrlleo of the heepoot), tlir maadow, the bum.

Of'AugutUn .c'm-"He ftlmsnt fundamonMla, t msnantlali, nt vital ItmflCance-- nd ha

overreaches hla murk,"

raceThe love story Ii satisfying ti It Is frssh,

humor nnd clevf tncs predominate smonBreader 4 pleasures. It Is light, sparkling,dainty, deft. The central Idea la stroke ofgenius. The fountain ol wit never ceases to

Grace declares that youne men will foil.love with anything whose skirl and waist

In the hack. There were plenty and nowonder to fall In love with her.

sll Z?ookseers, Sl.OONrtCOMPANY. Pullul.en

ing and tho voluniu m ikes a handsomeholiday book.

In a largo quarto llobert I.nulsStoVetison'M ''allies" ate illustrated by12. It. Horniun (Charles Scrlliuor's Sons).The drawings me in tho Aubrey Hoards-le- y

stylo, which somo people, perhaps,tnuy think suitable for Stevenson. Thebest Is tho frontispiece portrait of thenuthor watching his creatlonn, Thosewho like tho Illustrations at nil will likethem very much.

Tho Illustrations thnt Willy I'ognnyhas drawn f.r "Tho Talo of Lohengrin"(Thomas Y, Crowell Company) aro In-

teresting und artistic. Homo nro beau-tif-

pictures. The text by T. W. Holies-to- tis apparently a versification of the

Wagner version. The pictures her andthero recnll tho story; the knight Isextremely tall, th nudo female llguivsprojecting themselves through thorother nro graceful, though whnt theyhave to do with tho story Is not obvious.Tho decorations are mnro attractivethan the pictures themselves nnd thocoloring Is odd.

I'our hort stories for children l.y II.1) Vcro Stnekpoolc nro published In aquarto voltiiuo entitled, "I'oppyland"(John ComiMiiv). with colored

by LfU-lito- IVarce. Thelonget story Is sentimental nnd showsfamiliarity with th topography ofNaplfs. The nrtlst has taken more patnswith hh color effects thnn with com-posi- t.

on.Of tho ten stories selected by Pr.

Hnmllton Wright Mablo for "MythsHvery Child Should Know" (Douhlodnv,I'.igo and Company) tlvo nro borrowedfrom Hawthorne, one from Kingsteyand three aro taken from Norse tale.Tho text Is therefore unexceptionableand the stories are well known. T'.ioillustrations by Mnry Hamilton I'ryofollow the decorative scheme of antiquepottery; they are effective nnd thesilhouette dctures nro capital. An e- -!

cellent gift book.Tho ferslun .tlo an shown in rugs

and pottery seems to dominate DugaldStewart Walker, both as regards color

land composition, In his Illustrations ton selection of "Fairy Tales from Hans

tn ilH'an Andersen" (noublclny. I'agoand Company). Tho pictures aro curious

,nnd Interesting; It has been found neces-sai- y

to explain what they meanIn note which grownup readers willexamine. Why Andersen's Scandina-vian simplicity should If decked Inoriental garb is not explained. It makesan attractive holiday bok.

Tnr less ambitious nrtlstlcally butgood and npproprlnto are the picturesMllo Winter has mndo for the halfdozen stories included In "Tim ArabianNights Kntortatnments" (Hand, McNallyunit Company, Chicago), a honk renllydesigned for children. Tho fact thatmost of the illustrations are comical willnot d!m!n!-- youthful enjoyment. Theartist shows genuine humor and greatskill in rendering tho expression of theface.

Much lower In the scale of art, butnbovo all tho ret In popularity for themoment. Is a new "Kowpte" book byItose O'Neill, "Tho Kowplo Ktltouts"(Frederick A. Stokes Company). Itc-sld-

tho Jingles nnd pictures that areto be retained permanently within thecovers there are many pages of pictureson which youth mny exerclso its skillwith the shears. The pictures as usinlnro very clever and made to meet therequirements of Juvenile taste.

BOOKS ABOUT THE WAR.One of the minor affliction of the war

that Ib rnK-ut- In i;uropo In the cr.ivlnrrto exprca opinions about It by personsmoro or le.sa incompetent to JuiUo HipKnown f.ictH nnd noun in u position toKnow tho secret rencoii!", which willprobably not become publlo till loneafter the war la ovor, .Many uch per-sona ruh Into print nnd It 'becomesour melancholy duty to clitnnlivi afortniKht'K output of thin form of liter-ature, which nn it happena contain onlyotin nrKUtnent on tho German eldc.

This Ih made by IJdmund von Much In"Wlml Ormnny WnnU" (Little, Drownand Company), a Kood example of thoplean madn by Meimlble, modern to Ger-mans to counteract tlio prejudicesaroiiHPd by tho Teuton Jingoes. Thenuthor pneul.s much that In truo itlioutGunnany imd rho Germann; hl.s denialof tho "Tan-Clerma- Ideas will findItttlo crodencn Just now,

AVhy J'rof. Albert Diiahnoll Hartahould butt In with "Tho War In Eu-rope," (Harpers) wo fall to we. Iloallures tho grievance) t many nmlaMnpenpln whoso dream of universal peaceIs Hhattrrril by tho war, and Is therebyput In tho position of dlsuppioviiiKwhatever happens, Ho hcRlns ly weal-enln- t?

the Hlierman dictum Into tho witil,"War Is woe, War Is destruction. WarIs death. War Is hell, Alffl'nut warjiuIIk thn natural nhrlultliiK of everyllvlnft-- man, woman nnd child from painand dnnRcr;" and so on for n pafire tnnro,lie then describes tho peoples of Huroprand the cauces of the war ns ho under- -

The real joy of Love Insuranceturns on the breezy manner of tellingit, and this removes from the reader'smind all thought of anything else.

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"And So They Were Married"A Comedy of the New WomanBy JESSE LYNCH WILLIAMS

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EVERYMANENCYCLOPAEDIA

You oui be well posted when you tsilk of the iii'ws:Of towns whirc men nrc fighting for the life of nations;Of lands, turning to America for their goodi;Of raw mnterinls which mills cannot now import;Of quarantines end methods of disease prevention;Of any topic that vitally touches your neighborhood:

If yon use the liatidy oltimes of tills e, reliable work.Trlres ?C In lnth eif In lteil For Maisof Sets 3D iilntllug AU l eather at All13 sols. in,!,,!,, CI O nrter i'lY.'.".,hnieit $0 Hrtnmnrd 3 I'lg.kln

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stands thnn fur tho time blnif,Tho expresion ut "Ono ' American's

Opinion of tho War," by Frederick W.WhltrhlKo (I-:- . I'. Mutton nnd Company)'.ins the mer.ts of frankness and n tealKnuwleduo of Germnns nnd Germany,it Is provoked by tho efforts of thoolflclal publicity to lnllu-ene- o

American opinion. Tho author'sviews nro Fhaied by tneny Americanswho nro fr.endly to Germany but aroannoyed by tho preKcnt attltudo of theirGerman iico.ualntances in this country.

Tim mlstalto of taking Prof. Mueii-sterbe-

seriously nnd to hisarguments Is made by John CowperINiwys In "The W.ii- - nnd Culturo" iG.Arnold Shnw, New York). It Is a pitythat culturo should Iih draped Into thocontroversy, which Is based, it will bofound, on extremely slmplogrounds. Thn ereat mass of Germans,wn veiiturn to say, Is ns ignorant ofNletzscho ns mast Americans nro, pay,if Hernard Hhnw, nreat a both aro tti

Ulerary circles. No rfmibt humanityowes much to German thought, as Itdoes to French, UnKllsh, Italian, Jewish,Greek nnd Amctlean thought; theamount of tho debt Is being oxagKerntednow, however, by the German advocatesami by tho-- who try to rcfuto them.

The Knjrllsh nrgumeuts. pleas andrefutntlons nm numerous. Fltvt comeswhat xeems to bo thn olUclal nlntement

f the Dritlsh Foreism Olllc. "Greatllrtaln and tho lhiropenn Crisis," pub- -HMkhI by Ills Majcety's printers, Har-rison and Sons, and distributed by T.

' Fisher I'nwln (Internntlnnal NewsCompany, New York). It contains nbrief nnrratlvo of events, followed bytin. correspondrnen nnd tho epeechca InParliament that lmtiiodlntf iy preoedisltb declaration of war.

Next onmo this appeals end JustlQcn- -lions mndo by noted pTsons, motM orle- -s exclti'd. Sir A. Conan noylo cullshis "Great Drltaln and tho Ne.M War"n rcjily to Dernhnrdl (.Small. Maynard

'nnd Company, Hoston), Arnold Den-ictt- 's

ofTort is entitled "Liberty!"(Geot-R- It. Dornn Company). Mr.f'lourtesley Brereton ""Wlio Is Ito- -sponslble?" (G. I. Putnam's Huns),and nlrcady speculates on what willhappen when It Is over. An Amerlcnn,Howard Pitcher Okie, Joins the Drlt-l- h

chorus In "Causes nnd Cons..'quncesof tho War of 1911" (Tho WashingtonPublishing Company, Washington, I),C). Tho Oxford rnlvenslty Press(Humphrey Milford) issues a series of"Oxford Pamphlets"; "Hussla," by Prof.Paul Vinogradov ; "Just for a Scrapof Paper." by Arthur llnssall, nnd twoby C, It. I.. Fletcher, "Tin. Germans.Their i:mplrn and How They HnvoMade It." anil "Tho Germans. WhatThey Covet." None o these reflects thocalm Judgment of the historian, but allwill inter st tho reader who craves forwar literature

Of n wholly different character Is theplan for a federation of all Kngllshspeaking jwople, which Sinclair Ken-nedy rather itnl'ortunntrly culls "The

s" (I.ongm.ms, Green nndConipnny). This is a historical book,written brforo thero wn any thoughtof wiir, iui argument for the unliloatlonof tho Dritlsh IhXs, the colonies nndtho United Status ns a sort of off.-o-tto tho n Men, Tho publica-tion now 1s timely, though tho unex-pected conditions will probably put offIndefinitely tho of th 'fl

idea.Those who like, to compare military

operations can read nbout "Tho Cam-paign of Sedan" In a little) volumo byOeorgo Hooper, ono of tho "Pocket

fjg? The Daring

Earl Derr BlRgers' new novel,'Love Insurance, is even better thanSeven Keys to Batdpate. It is a primequality,yarn. - notion Globet mmINSURANCEm novel hi Earl Dirr Bigger,author ofSeven Keyt to BatJpate.tl.Sinit. At all Bookseller!.The Bohbt-Metri- ll Company, Pailtihert

Hook" flerloH (George H. Dornn Com-pany). Small n tho book Is It con-tains a very completo account of thetwo months lighting that settled thofato of Franco fort-fo- years ago.

S.

After reading Mrs. William HowardTaft's frnnk nnd unpretentious "Recol-lections of Full Years" (Dodd, Meadnnd Company) It Is easy to understandhow It is that Mr. Taft manages to koepconstantly In good humor. Tho nuthortries to limit herself to what seemedmost unusual and Interesting In herhusband's, busy career. This In her ryeswas tho period of his administration otin, Philippines, and with that sheoceupl.'H herself chiefly, Sho hurrler'somewhat through the early years ofactivity In Ohio nnd compresses a good i

deal her account of his stay In Wash-ington as a Cabinet oillcer and as J'rosl-den- t.

It Is tho homo llfo that shedescribe", matters that camo within herpersonal knowiedgo chlelly. Interspersedwith many anecdotes nliout her familyund well known people. It Is a charmingplcturo sho has drawn of plain, sensibleAmerican homo llfo during tho nuartercentury of an uncommonly nctlvo pub-lic career.

Tho oomplerto record of Theodorelloosevelt's Intest outburst of physicalenergy will bo found In tho handsomevolume entitled "Through tho HrnzlllnnWilderness" (Charles Pcrlbner's Sons).The tho magazines und thelecture platform have long stripped theKtory of novelty, but many will bo gla'dof the opportunity to read It at theirleisure as a whole, When Mr. Hooseveltmeets nnturo, especially in tho shape ofwild beasts, ho is always interesting.There 1s plenty of room on th map forthe river lio belloves ho has discovered,nnd hero he tells clearly what ho knowvabout It; he certainly had enough tryingexperiences with It to convince, him thattho river Is there. Tho many photo-graphs wero taken by his son and othermembers of tho expedition.

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