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POOt? ? AUTHORS g ReVO/S ? COMMENT LITERARY CRITICISM AND BOOK NEWS Mr. Wells on Current Tendencies? " 1 he Grand Tom"?Karl Witte?A Brilliant Study of the Balkan Peoples. MR. WELLS'S ?APOLOGIA." vu IX)??'S? IN ?-N?ll^NO ANJ Wal.?? >?o. ?M> Harper A ?roe. Mr. Wells give? u? in thla book, so he mfvima ua, a 'fairly complete view of y ornions. U is practically all iecvllaneoua writings for the last s* live yeera. edited and drawn u> , r into an effective whole." it is s co-ordination of these an. M et different time? and on ap .m connected or, at best, iMIl y connected topics, that He? the i interest o? u???. ?OT It nsttat-ss how deeply and logically M:, ?'fus hu reflected upon all the phase*? of our bewlldcrlngly corv.p'.tv and confut'ng cl?iltnuion. and how he haa reached th* conclusion, constantly nslterated. that we ar-a "milling,'' not v-rogreeslng : that our ?government:* have fallen far behind the collective :ger.ce and the MpiiatlMS of the ned. and that ?Thai is s?SSd eaaas and r?volution sirs to be averted, :s "a gr?'s. - I ijust ment and a disciplined and orderly ma WJ to turn enthusiasms tat Vs'e heve, then, la these pages the .cal rather than the pr, : '? e .?. He la not so much v.th a far s?staat ' Ic and personal a. menta, as bs here 9_\ I w?chiefly at hOSBS la England, bat alao m this cou: he has long teen th? Cassandra of hia ' ?v, ? n. warning, jrotestlng, a tetei to awak*- B the Inertia which, in his opinion, threatens to M in th? rear tas van of the great pow ? r WS are a people essentially and Incurably In? lima r there is some? thing ?arong In our I | '??en urn' Ing ? " And, as he ha*- d ne often before, he con? cludes - education ^ajMcs, eigner Is TCad af the ;in**t Is esps the middle ?tad up***.- from which lnven '?on and enterprit-e come. This text, l,ne need r.( -.curs ''me end aga n In Mi sUg*S writing*? ?n his nove.s a-, wall as elsewhere. ,^gr* !* the r.v. ;\ for Instance. . is to build mor? -ud ever 1 .?per 6i;>erdreadr.oughts, Mit the foreigner, he is quit?, certain, nas Invented and keeps secretly In readiness ilp::ter, hfir.dier, swifter, far ?ss expe?- -es of destruction . revolutionize naval war? fare with one. to England, disastrous sUsgW. Ths M - I not encourage inventors. Innovator?, men of Ideas and initiative. It puts Us faith in routine. la foreign affairs .;s statesmen do not i.ook anead at a . ?any Is the only D conceive of, yet, saya U come when EEasjUsl v .:: ?otand side "v side s?n th? East Prussia-? frontier; ?he Russian danger in India as simply ? of. Most of all b ?ned. however .?stion in England. y ehort tal: . - ? ? i xne ntellectual ui of p busl rated ; .?.g? . . . n who nee in nu:, ant! ?uns ol 4>. ? - ?? . ? ^?-, froi I was to giv? a mlnli ? ? ly ri'.t politic in the pres? ent stxi re ? lin?. M ig nrhsa .Mr. Walla turna to the ' merlcan altairs that he Ig least M?tlsfsactoi7 to Am-sticaat, at ??sast: \ T as moFt Of England s brl?af ? with s and wrote 1914's IRST BIG SUCCESS Wh. g A || lis? author'? I i s^R-BeloNe '? iissrisl." "Tie v.! t? -as lisht. an Joy j^ irl,;, a i ??ni? buM>l<'; It ?iXs radiant with the very spirit ol loiirhl of Joy- ; '"' ot l,i Bul ?? ha? II ' ir ' t""' ll ?aaaatan s-s.uld ^ ' Illustrated. Si.35 net AT ALL BOOKSTORE8_ a siips-rAVial book ?????ut us. abounding In hast?. K.?iiir;ill.;itiotr? M P?" ?? '?'? fur one thing, In Hs ?trlctUsTSS ?IPUII sVUf local rather than national p-'liti?- ?1 conditions, his nitor uiifiunliurii?. wnn tin-? sfiar mn'si? s'lMi.iii loni ?<f titi\ 'i thirty vrarn Hgo. Hs gave hi?, at? in? tlon chiefly t?i our large oltlss, and thrrr saw the ?lion In his ntulti; Thi? real American country appsir.sl t?> bun onl> as ? wilderness slotted with ssttlsiasats sponnactad ni?th liaa rails. !-?? hs-re be hswaiU the fact th*st in N.->\ England ihe htutriv niitiv?? StOCk Is bring submerged, hs doe* noi know that a largs?r New England, mosiern but irue to type :it the core, bns | up In UM Misldlo West. He sc Innraoslm dangar Ni th<? laslui nl many ra? cs. Wo an? no longer Anglo s, he *:i>s !'ti:s>, perhaps. OUI s\.? Doaaaaad tO remain Ann'?? aad srs mined In Iras ' ; s:;s hcs*aaftsr. ? raltatton of "Who's W arould have Mown Mr. w , in all Hal ?t nata? i galflcant Is th-? per??sntaasj tassa of r?prsssntatl**es of thi* alisa - sts ??"sb of Celt? nr,?i ? ? ! " :. ? ? .tstrv. moral In l p ir ? ? ? n?r tradition shoutlaf at tl ? of its solos to be h-ard at all." But, tiin?iarr|i car be SppUsd to the judgment of American problems and affairs. What Mr. Wells thinks ??f the English schoolmaster we know, he has told us ere now of hisp?an of making modi? :ne ths government service. What he has to say sbout d:\?" to as, neither is hi?. like ? ' r reformers and their nndhisaggrf m ?> n t that fiction haa the right to take ail lif? ' - s province *a'."s Mblsd to this country when flrst he made It All this acquires new value as It taken Its place here In ths? "organized whole,'" which leads up to that supreme Interest ol the author, which he haa .done ?o much to make ours as well, the as yet unde? veloped possibilities of the Human Adventure. The hook is. In a sense, Wel?g s opo fSffg ths confession of hia hope? fears, bis aspirations. One laya it down with a fuller understanding and appreciation of this useful BSsTTSal ?,f the race, this extremely practical Ideal? ist. ? ? " ? ? ss "THE GRAND TOUR" Globe Trotters of an Earlier TRAVELLER1? OK THE UK E - ? N't'E. By Claru Howard. Illus ?vo, pp. x\\\. __".. The John ? The English have always been in cer? tain respects a atrangely paradoxical people. They are proverbially lneular, and yet conspicuously cosmopolitan. No oth??r in the world, not even the b, are so closely attached to their native soil, j et no other people are comparable with them in far-wander? ing adventure and wide distribution as colonists throughout th??, globe. They are Mlf*^??ltrsd, self-sufficient, con? servative and Clannish; jrst they have salOS f<?r contact with and for citizenship of the world at la ire. Miss Howard's book affords a re? minder of the long established preva Of these traits. We would not say that she tell? of their origin, for that was long before the time of which she writes, if, indeed, it was not con? temporary with the origin of the Eng? lish nation itself. The Elizabethan ..as In the?? respects at on? with the Victorian. These characteristics of the English people wer? ths-n as fixed and as *-'? m rally rooosiHlssd as they are ' to-day. But perhaps some of the cir? cumstances and conditions, both sub yctive and objocthrs, wt-re different. Miss 11?.ward given us a detailed study of the motives which impelled Englishmsn to travel abroad, particu? larly on the continent of Europe ;n what was known as the "grand tour," in what is described as the age if the Renaissance. That ?.?.?-sh a time of trans? formation, of expansion, of flux, re? ligious, intellectual and political; in i which it was well for the citizens of a world power to become acquainted with > tho world, and to get into touch with all the great movements of tlio day. And at first It was for such purposod that hlfUslunSO went abroad. I'hey ^(.j,. tn? " 9t < unosity, ami of ? is.s li/a<! .n Of Die pra? tical value, In? dead of the necessity, <>f thotr learning what tin y would thuH ssoquira and what stbOJ OOttld h?'P?' to get In no otli r Tl., , pyi rs (li.-'T'iinniatirif?, too, In i ?ir i hosco sif route.?-. They went to Italy for scholarship in letter? and ail. rii?y sought ?rame for the grace of OOUItlOta and for th? ?kill and Uric: ae ot diploma?'.?.. Tin y rssltod Otuassay for philoHiphv aad tot the thisilugy of in? Reformation. sBolrjg apt pupils, a?' quiring Itnowlsdao; outturn and nptrl? ,.,?,. tut i "Miiti'in of ??gopfcooppas*' a?' qulres material ps^flt, taojr t.-..k thsir .gains home with tassa ?"i" '" U?? mad? England much mors sufttcitral unto itself, so that thsrs was lea? neei to travel for these things, nnd the grand hosts became s pursuit of picas lire end amusement. Those wore ?be days before Baedeker. \ i di?- literature of ?tt*#- sixteenth nmi f*o\ entconlh ?Tiiturlrs teemed With gu?)de bnoks. TbRRe were perhapt ?fuldei to i-oiuiu? : mors ihn la pi mied with "mhjROtive **tifa*RRtlons nn?l ailinotiil Ion? rutiler than with ?lijer livc Inforinnll'in. They gave thrlt tend ,ts general an?! detallo! directions ?on ? ernlng ^havtor and Nianndrs snd CUR? nine, M tlwif \vh.?o flu? travellers were m Home they to, 'it r ?sdtlj <!" as lln i;,.niitti' ??.i >'.?, ? it UT?- reason these , Id w.'iUs -u, of tii.-ii phli feel valu itudy in our time ni un instructive .?f th.- tena pe? snd equip* to? m ..f in.' iingil i? un,,,i .?< thai und <?f ?is attitude toward the ??? world Ml*?* Hoe >'?i ' '""?" fTHE DUTCH EAST INDIE A Ni'W Tropic Paradiar for th Olobo Trottor. JAVA. tND HUN NKKJMHUIIH. Trsveller'a Notea In Java. < alebea, th Molucrsa end Rumstra nt Arthui \\ i,|, oil U III, ,s III,mti 11Inn in,.I ; map '? 'm?>. pi?. ? vu. m ? i P Pul i ?m'a ?loni i ?fi?? la known ???? foA outelde Hoi land of thiilllllle .ountry h tiiagnlfl'-ent island pnsseiislona in the Indian i I.? ??..-,?.I thell |?ro,lii"ls, th'-lr rl? li?- .?? I US of Ihelr hilmltilMtrn' Ion. ? onaII) the) ngurs in the ipg?euli Of R ..i id I ? ?! I ? i?s .-is : till : 11, ? ? f I. ? r big i ??ne ??i conten? Ion bel r ??? n ?ti?l mid ?I? rinaiij, <?i. v h.ii ? ? on?- linn- to bn tat un?i? ! toiirlat te Hire of a welcome and a ? everything that can he done for hli ' ?-??nifort. Thla la en em-ellent trsvel hook. Th? author ha* a ?'iibk rve for natura I l???*nity, and for the "*4tMtt**a**]*M and 4lu ?liialnt In the npiieararne, the dren*? an? Ihe wnya of life of native? and rol,?tin, I?ut?h alike Ho tfjgtOglbgl w*ll, sn?l seenifi to he\e "don?**" ?lava nnd thf iilnor Islimd groups thorough'ft (It Borneo ho has but Hills to aay, and '?'umafrn is at best ??ven lo-day onl> parllv op.-ned up. 0 If RUthl r does not ???,f??t tOO deeply Into C" hlr.forv <>f these inlands mu? their teeming mill lOtBfl) nor does he 'tiler Info the prob lerris that her?, a? in Krllish India, pro ml Ing lb' 1? bends f?) SJ th" '-fin quera*! Hi?- ?ffiwing prohlam of ?'tu t.. s?- '?itntri'r- ml fitol financia! In Cikii e. for ?.,,?? fbltiK. Japanese lr ....'. ' . . la the skim*- - ?-cam i it 11 is ? f which - | best of ' I ??: la ' ? ? ? -, from a multl? I \ Inn.? t, ??ti'! the ; - high? pa?at il'le an?l nutritio,;? EDUCATIONALPOSSIBILITIES The Successful Experiment of i German Pastor. THE 1 ?ON OW ?KARL '.'? or, ' ng ?if th? n, by H. Add It, ten ?-??? ..... w I en? r The Thon JUSl mi- hundred venri ago Karl the fourteen-vr-ar-ohl son of an ??? ' '-rman <-1eri-yman, took the degree <?f Ph. r> si Lelpde rni ? ? . ? >. I t-.\ > geai s I made ?i. J.I.. I?. and appoint??! t?? the tl lng ataff of the University ?tri ?Berlin. In 1ST ras rr.:<??e g full pr..fe?80r Of *url?pnideii?,e at the I v of ?i, b? lng transferr?1'! to thfl Halle two yean later, where In his eighty ? r and In full command <?f big intcll?ictUAl ?AVWero. He v ,.s | ????! ir?an, not a n*r r< m -i ? happy matt, nnd, to R MUnd un?. IP? life r*ti-1 ' ?'??;? ?llsproved nil tho rtir--* Of OS <?? ?' -.-Milty r erlod ? Lgbth :? ? 11 o : i '?? ? \ r ?? mat), but it? R way, one ",., less r?markal?l'? than his father, v. ho began iiv ?ducation only f' - months after hi? birth nnd con? trolled and supervised it until be v . h on hti way te Brat doc? ..?? Iti an age, ] . no enlightenment wi to In.?. t pi aiithrop.il? . i i,?i ti?..- aiiifii incdern thai have for their chief Objl Ct the ItUd ? I h''man cha**acterlRtlOR, In na ap,-? when tradition and ilogms still snslaved ?1 th'ory, this humbl? coun ergymaa in a little Qeiiuaa vil? lage arnvd by some miraculous p??wor of Intuition ?i the Mlfaaine oon**luslo"M held by tlie. most ??lvam-e?! educational thinkers of the pics, ni ?da, ." I | ior Witte wrote an ?jMCOVn! of the early home training of hin s?,ii, which, ?alter having been translated Inl > lish, fill ?lit?, complote oblivion. ?Pro? \\ i< in r lias ?made R M w trans? lation, however, eliminating mass? euperfluoufl and disquisitional matter, and thui i-iving the muin narrative it -, full value, which remains as great after a century of educational pnigr.-ss as it was when finit written. Thus prune?! 1 the hook proves to he of exceptional intellectual Interest, even t?> those who have no intention <?f essaying In the case of th?-ir own children tho ?systems followed by Pastor Witte, by the fa j thers of John Mill and Lord Kelvin, and, more recently, by Dr. Boris Sidls, ?Dr. A. A. Berle, of Tufts; Mrs. J. ?. ?-?toner, of I'lttsburgh, and by tho trans lat??r of Hi? book. Most Kigmthant of nil, Of curse, t't cducatotn, is Pastor ? Wltts'fl assertion that his child wag in no way i.i-,'!o.-ious. ?>n the OthOI band, the life of the entire family and even the detiuaii??:- and tho talk of I friends "I'd guests ?ere dlTRCted t???\ - lard only this one purpose, the r?lu? a tion of Karl Witte. THE AUTHOR OF "GILLESPIE." John Mut-dougal Hay. the author of that brutally powerful ht??ry of ?BootCb life, "?jillet-jne" (Horani, was born at th? tiKhiog village of Tarlnit, ?,n Loch !?? h. -, and it is Tarl.??rt that is m ?rivldly dsRciibsd i" ?the psujss of ins novel under ?the rmvse of ?BrltstAn. htx Hay |g now the young minister of Elderalie, in ilenlr?w.shire, the birthplace of lair William Wsllaxse. ?s Aii'itralla and Japan. Thli ; sglrdle" of "It both [ by i' Ifultat : , lap of ; s;'.'.te ! ? [>UtCh p<" ses*<?r? were r | UiS h I I to aMr.s f foreigners All . now. b<>" ?'. The vlsitliur es, for s ? sot laosl I ?? ' ??? ? ? ? . ?? : m- . ? : ? ,?, ?--,. ? i.{ thsj ' ra in ths adn intsrssts and au With ail f ' cern himself, nor ne<?d the tourist who follows in his footsteps <?r ?he srsadOT ? s his ??? BRIEFER MENTION; VIEWS AND REVIEWS Completion of the "Catholic Encyclopedia"?A (jiiido to the Principles of Correct Dress?Mathe? matical Familiar Quotations. The Index of the "Catholk BBOycIO pedia" (V?Ol >VI). completing th* monumental undertaking, has bet n is . by its publishers, tho llncyclo _ Pi In the prcparnti?->n 0 this key to the whole ws rk an 1ng?n lous method was adop'ed 1 v ?hs edt tors. Instead of watting for the r im pletlon of the ?encyclop.-vdla. th> v Im gan their task after the pul || atlon ? ? ? e fe Vit v,-,i ime, m lins, whtcl means that four years WOTS devoted t< constant tSStS aid rarlglOB. ThS lad? prop? ? :.h 17T> s-pagjOS, and con tains fully 860^000 tltlSS an?: 0V?ST 400 000 iaf srsnoosS, Thors ?ara, In t?M eixty pages devot? <1 to i'.. ,s a - | Rt ins', grouped tsig^iher In lOsgis d oi?|. , with reference to the alpha! ?itSOS treatment of their divisions and sub divisions In the Ene Sn-i thsri ara ntnsty pages of ad the work i] to d it? In tlu ?W dl< M anj -tlcnl 1? Ris.atioti, s-! . Finally, there are a numb'.r ssf t artlcli i on topics not Includsd before, Smong fis-tu "boycotting," the ?orinan ?entre party and the Archpriest con? troversy li) England. Dresa and Individuality. Erench drc5i.?imakers have oftnn tol?l us that \in?riean ?WOSBOQ are toa nui h Inclined to follow ti e fashions without considering their adaptability to their own lnd!1 ?duality, [t [? ehiofiy to a proper ondsrstandlng of this ai ?lgnlflcan?C? Of slress that I i??rsn, ? Hull ?Vlnti i burn sasrotsi bee excel? h ut littlo book sin the 'Principles s?f Corrsol Dross" (Harpsr A Bros.), Bhf sinbodies In its pagi-s the pcrniat; ,v? rules of artistic individual dress rather than merely the fashions of the mo? ment. She points out which styles best suit th?: WO0UM who la slcn>ler and tlu woman who In not, the brunette and the blonds?, the young glr! and the woman of maturo years, the proper toilets for different occasions, and gives some interesting suggestions for novel and artistic s-olor combinations and the value of harmony. Among the chap? ters are two written by Jean Worth and Paul I'olret, of Parla. M. Worth I declares that one of the best dressed women in all Paris, perhaps the best among then, |,iys ,miy three tolletts-s a. year. Hut thOSS tluee are perfect In taste, m lit, in matsTials. They are Bad? Of the siioirest fabii?s of their i kind, with rai" skill, and ths-y accord ? marvellously with th? w wearer. Then, ; tsio, this woman knows to a nicety how to put her dresses on; how to add. Just where it Is wantsd, a cor knot ?,r MosM-ms, a piece of real i.i or a ?suitable Jewel. And voila! Tho retjiilt'irt ex.|ui?ut,ly comme il faut; JuBt what is beautiful and subtly toll? ing. Familiar Mathematical Quotations. An interesting ami unusual publl?a tion in which there are brought to? gether more than one thousand Ana? us psi WlTTiorablMa Mat'i.-matlca: nath'a Quotation r.?v>k," by ? 1 Morlt?. SotBRthlng "?' the spirit end ? ontei t of th*? work may i ?? ?? n fi ?m the following paragraph quote?! from the author ; rr ?. i ie ItnOWg that the fine phrase '? ;??<! : Rttz ?ted to PI ito, but f?' ? kno?s where this 'amona pas ? Ig found. Of the SXROt words in which it was first expre-tsed. WhO, hi??* the Hithc: I - -p-? f hours a the sean h of ? ?-. o- the exact reference??, i pg - ?sill ?not question t'?e timelines* :? fulness of a i""k whose distinct purpose i; is t?) bring t.tlier mt?, a *.r.c!e "olume eZRd quotations, with *h?'ir exact ref I ? .ring on one of th- most ; ??!. and ever, to-day the .,11 the | ' ' ' IS, mal I.. !' The ?booh la oot on?? for mathema tiilaiiB alone, "The layinan will find il rj ,.' iiv. ful inf.,'-mat loR cov I a fi< i?i qf knos dgi -- blob, owing to the iiiiiannllar and lo-n-o repellar.t chnt..ct? r ?>f the language employed by mathematicians, is ?peculiarly inac I 'e to th?* general rentier. No tech? nical proces?te or technical facility are required to and? rstand ?and appreciate the wealth of Meng here ?*??! forth in i ?i?> sroi .1" of :l.e ? ?i Id'fl gresl era." Swedenborg. Under the title of ' Tl ? P ? h of Ufe," tho .i. B. ?Llpptncott Company ha? la ku?-?1 a compilation from S\v?'<loi,i writings for tho ese of thoae who would hRVe in COmpacI form a eur M'\- of his philosophy an?! relig'mis :? -oihlnga THE BALKAN PEOPLE! History, Past, Present a Future in the Near East. TDK lALKANH: a Labprator) el toi ' Mv William M. Rloane, Mens t.t th? Aini'iiissi Acsdsmy Profea i?r iTlsitr*rv in Columbia unlverei With Mtttm 12mo, n.. ? iil, <*V Mains. It I? in e eer'oln ? ????[><?.s grHflfy to itNco?. er In ?fil-s generally capl book some afra rigs errors and ?ta men?? which rn'iat provoke sherp ch Wig?1. VVI." f<SJJ erampK sShOUld gUthOT, writing la 191 1 M) Ihet i i apl ?r? Of Ml"? sfCOtSS I eurrsd Isas 'bao im .v?-i iinoi !!<? rlati was Isptiabsr, 18 Surely .. ohronls li r ?sboVd 111 ? -so crv ?turgjl) si thai "Mi i r ?<'' me.i ".slave? ? gas gi" to t*isssn to ' '>?"" i inr *n ? ? , TtVre are many Si nolofteal ti abo " I tO know tb" grour. .. ?. ? ?v i .tters I f,,i ?? ? rs Um ? ? ? ting ? ? g if ? ? ? for it ' ?? . of C i ever i ??'? | '? ESS sou is mo: ' for th? I sSsalkaas ai ? in f< NT?: Of lio- horro ha:-. ?.-si t::o '! . -timan. Yet b< sag, In Bjraaatlan tim? rs wars ti i th? wor! shu?dd#rs to rscall; while as for th :at r dsys, wo cannot dispute Prr '? declaration that th I tlSBS hav? done **vor?e things tha the Turks. It I? notorious that mu ' th? worst deviltry that has bee sjainsl r^?* T-tKs in 'hi la? ???ore of years has realiv teen the wor ? ' sChrlstlaaa, ? '? Idaal )u?dgmsnts concern tig the Ftalkan peoples attract atten ? ? Th? author u I th *b q isslttss of th?? Rumaalaai and record? the truth- too often ig concerning the' ?i ls77. wi^n sthsy ?ave. ihn Russian anny from destruction and W?hsa t?ty and not ?he Russian were tas real Victors at Pierna and th ira Of the mighty I >sma:i. Bu sure'.v ws caaaot agr?e w th his opln i??n that th?sy are little to be blame for their oppression an?l proscriptloi of the Jews. Th*) vrv reasons whicl lie gives for their animosity agaln?t th< Jows are oosudomnatory of their policy Ho slakes the \ i,-?- thai Usxaaasr o. | iris WAS l and d?i OSSs by th? rariaas thsmselros bocaus? Of h'-i subserviency tO RosSSla, in will '1 ay be right, bur in which he cer? tainly runs counter to the general be 111 f Of th? world, Which is that Alex? ander wsa tiie vi'tim of Russian in* trlfuss * of his Indomltabl? loy? . ? ? - ? ? - ? - i ?chemsfl for ?uakir.< tiie oounl in i r?\ InCO, Mis gem" ru 11? s >erbs doe? r.ox appear to be justified, though he Is probably quits tight In holding that the abom? inably savage tmtehsry of Alexander and Draga was Instigated and directed by Russia. Despite all points to which we t.r.ke SXCSPtion, the book Ig In some rss S brilliant, product ion, of immenso s i r t ' - It.v. |f Its known errors embolden ho reasler to use his dlSCTStlon In dis o int? ing it whsrsri r it b .-s ?asaos loo de? pressing, In Its outlook apoa the Bal? kans, and In dissenting sfrom Its judg? ment?*, when they do not accord With the views of otbsT authorities, thers will bo left a residuo of infornvuim and susSsfostlon roch u ?,?>>? shall oearca* ly find elsewhere in m compact aril attractive form, and roch as will mark this ?is a singularly valuable con? tribution to thn Htoraturo of oa? ? ( AMELIE RIVES* LONG NOVEL luir ge Minded Big Hearted Large in Story Valu? By AMELIE RIVES (Princess Trou^ctikoyi Author of "The Quuk or the De id I" WORLD'S E A SsStJ *>/ l'trftm<i Published by STOKES 91 SO net the world's olden* and ehlefe?** <-entj<.? Of historical Interest. "CHANCE." |f |g reported from London that near 'tOO coplea S? Joseph Conrad'??) n?*w novel have plreadv been aold In KnvT :.-?ri'I. Thg bOAPg baa been "oui" In lb?, Country Ml] ? PS*f week?. h?it thl ?Igna ara unmlstekshle that with us. too, Ifa author haa found hla wld? r pabttC ?t l??t. I?, wss aald In th<?<* colttmng thg ofh'-r day that Cottred't ?,f 1h SSflOntlally one r,f Infinite |*alna, ?liis statement In h',rne '.,? I. ., |*ecent ItttgV from him In wbi'h '," ? | 'bet "?'hanee" la his ?fSSjSjjsj | ? | Of work, that be wrote Ita Il<??>?>? n,??re or |eaa, in nine n ., 1 | ? it -,? f bfisj fifty* ?n svermr- * " lif?|e more then 4">0 word* a When the M.H. was finished, he ?." walked In the flr ' ,n h?.,? ?f wa? raining ? . nlKli' . b?nele " Social Forces in England and America By H. G. Wells. "H?ere," s;r . VVcllt himself, "ii 1 fairlv complete view of all ci my opinions. It is practically all my miscellaneous writ in--**-, for the ? ? ir or five ?.ears, edited and ? ? " 4iirr with an eff?**rtiv? ??:e." He discusses divorce, lierhood, schoolmasters and ? nt the political disease of our tim?-- speculates upon the I ihe American people; - idera i ?possible setback to ?our civilization, which he finds menaced hy panics and war. Modern Dancing By Mr. and Mrs. Verntm Castle. This h?->ok on the newest decent dances of to-day?brought ont tt the auspice? of several New York social leaders?and ten by the one recognized tuthority on dancing?makes it possible for every reader to know ? what the latest accepted dance? - ant! to learn how to dance ihem. The new dances, such as the Castle Walk, etc., are de? ed step by step, and more than one hundred illustrations from photographs and moving pictures reveal the ?lightest change in the position of the feet. ? e all. it i*. a practical boolc? practical as well as authoritative. Our Mr. Wrenn By Sinclair Lewis "Yes, decidedly, Sinclair Le**vis' 'Our Mr. Wrenn' is a little like Locke, and a little like Wells, and a little like a dozen diff?r? ent authors, and yet like noth? ing that has ever been written. Por, like all true books, it is a great deal like itself?life seen in ? new way. and as we shouldn't have been able to see it our? selves."?Pittsbu rgh Dispatch. "There is simplicity, a grater:! straining for effect, in this story of the seeking of a little New York clerk for the world tA adventure and romance." -.V. Y, Evening Post. Storm By Wilbur Daniel Steele "A virile romance. It's poetic ?along with its Viking-lik* power. The wild sinking o? whl ? ami MS, a- well as of wind-jam mine and sea-defying men, sounds all through it?also the gentleness ?and helplessness of women little children. You'll enjoy th? beauty and the strength of h \" 1 it tells a ripping story from start to finish."* St, Lss?s Oisfc Under Handicap By Jackson Gregory. A ?romance of reclamation reclamation of an American ert 1)\ irrigation, ami the reclama tion of a rich idler I handicaj by lii^ father's name and ?real11 to ?strong, self-reliant manhoo I he virile outdoor almost* will be a tonic to the reader o( th average novel. HARPER'S MAGAZINE The Most Interesting Maiia/iiie in the World. M A U -OL I -Ot-PkIM -BOOKS" ?Cm witili; MK. can gei >ou any boo*.?*?* ?jMRIISked on any ?ubj^i. "?M moat o***'1 book tii'.l-r exi?nt. W't,??n lo En?!*.??! <*}}**; ??? my 54X1.1IW rar? bf...h?. BAKEKiiU a "**-**? BOOK titiOl'. John UrUht ?t. Blnnin*-Sfl?*S.