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I -P v -V V V'i r SATURDAY, NOVByBJER 26, mi 1G EVEOTtfG PUBLIC LEDGOER- -PHI ADELPH s, ltf,n r itf if ha ii' L IP j'y i'Tl M ii'S' Fi4LL BOOtfS FOR THE GRA VE AND THE GA Y PERSONALITY Our Intercourse .With Our Fellow Men Described and Analyzed Dr. Abraham Myervr.n innlyKe the fundnmentnls of clinruttu- in hit wclphtv anil Interrtins iMiitri'mt ion . medical psychology. "The l'min.lntin'it of Pcrsena'lty" (Little. Brown & Ce.). The book I net pntmViini : it is weight. in the scn"c thut it hat thv weight of expertnes ninl exiierirm'e te pivc it nuthoritltnve value. It in written In a clear anil fluent wi) that v I.I emmi'md lta wtlmatiens and liniliwr nuinlly te the lnedlcnl practitioner and tg the Interested layman who wihe te 1- m formed, etlt wlie-e interest !n mm'Ii lioel.i Is mere often than net rallied b then formidable teehnle. Or. Mei-eii eiin be 0nd is--tc.lnir:il. without hens pedantic. . He predicates his work en the tenable thesis that ninn'd inlentire with hit fellows is bas-d uieti unilri-Mnndins of their (haraelei- mid thai upon Mtct es In reading the characters of ethers with whom hit contacts :ue nale ieml- a great deal of the inili:iliiur Mnrf or failure In life Among the topics tle.irh ,iiit nnnljli cally 11s.mnis1 ,i. I'r. Mje. 'en are the elementt that .il;c up iIiiii'm tei. tlie relationship betv.-'ii mind :.nd tlint ncter, and between brain .tail lieclv. he.-, character is intlr.eiit tl, hew tiali nnd clinracterist1' s enic- th. in- he In work an 1 plaj . in rout me ninl humor, and hew and w h tl" mnitet them reives in n and ri'ltriiti. 'Ihe social heredity anil tli" raditimis of . hurac tcr types are plaln '.. the iiietsn". of man nr" traced as the expend them ,.selvcs in motion. intlnci and inti-tlt-gence an-1 tlie le jepnn :it ( Im-TestM " and desires itue pi:ipe-c and will are described Dr. Myersen. vn Iim writes- both ,it ; Jicuroleirl and publicist, is the Visiting physician of the lto-teu fit llcspitil nnil the I! th Irii"l Hospital, and i aHslstant ir ifetir of ii. uroleg at Tufts College Medical S beid. SDEATHl A VILLAIN "The Black Meth," Fast Mov ing Revival of Costume Nevel K THE WANDERING JEW And E. Temple Thursten's At tempt te Use Him en the Stage MORE TISH Feminine Characteristics Bur lesqued by an Auther Who Knows Them M All the New I I BOOKS I P) At Soen n Istued F CAMPION & CO. M 1313 Walnut Street HIM; LAKIWHK Who has written an account of the adventures of :i .Middle Westerner In New Yerk NEW BOOKS Fiction T1IK LINK OV I.e ': Cil'.-li. N-v WrK. Hr .j 4 e rt.-l M slen ni e- flrt tnuMt It rent.un. inr U'l"l ti tii,. .i luth.i. Peen tn;i,vnVK i Stllli hum jreu HPl I : p 'it V ir.'i r it! YtK hi,. I 1,. l t Iumii.i r'ch r 1 iMe u th.'lr e(dlit 15 J.imtj llniV'h II il'Tt M. Mc- ,. .if th iinther't tn terls net ,liM..n i iniptun Mac II u net i Ilnm i , mi"il 'n i m . iirnnnn. i .- hai th : n.-i i. " Taking a dahing di-benair villalu. the kind that crushes tip' herrith-d heroine t Ids breast .ind says, "lly pad. madam, neught -an sne ou new," a ce'ipb' of list, stain villain', weak, vac llli.iting. pie"p te bit of petty villamv t !i i - master mind w gewts; a villaiins' pp'ttv. petulant, selfish. Then add a here melded in the meld used sim i the first swash buckling novel wis carved en the rocks ' by the llr-t "lit teller." and n heroine, as beautiful and as unin teresting as a summer da . I.-t villainy Mem te conquer time without end until the last f hunter and there jeu have "The HIack- Meth" l l'.oiigh'en. Mifflin Compan i. which i- (ieTctte Hejer'.s contribution te present -day fiction. Of ur-e u'i'!l knew that tin self FacrifnTiig here, who took en hlniM'tf the stain of card-cheating te save Iiln weaker eunger brother who had :nei the favor of the girl both IevmI. will win out in the end. I'ut before that you'll be taken en hit jiiunt.s en Cuglish licaths as a hiyhwaynan the lordly kind found only m (lit ion and net the police c ui-f vi.u'11 see him fall in love with the simple heroine. You'll gasp when "The Hln.k Meth" tries te parry "off the "geil" in true seventeenth-century fashion .nd when it'.s all ever and every one j happv and the '.1st page is at hand, you'll like the villains and the villainess. If Mist llejer hns den" nothing p(!, i"he has made her villainv nttractie and haH provided a light little novel of fast moving, attractive costume. period fic tion. THE GOBS OF 1918 Willis Abbet Makes His "Blue jacket" Series i'p-te-Datc Should the fVinfc-cnce of Armaments I succeed in its hum n( curtailing th" I navies nf the world, then TVIllls J. Ab Ab eot will prebablv have written the :a.t volume if his series en the history of the American na1 . as his fifth book. "Blue .Jackets of lMls;" (Iiedd. Mead & Ce I brings his ' istery up te the ele.se of the war. And although the flood of war litera ture has been enough te engulf even the most ardent of the followers of Mars, th nery Mr. Abbet has te tell in one of glerii n achievement, one that makes evvy American proud of the lowliest gob or the most guM-braided admiral. Plainly and I'i'erestingly Mr, A hi et has told tae story of tlie Ametican navr in the World War Much of his boei. Is n compilat'en of official icjierts, with nevvHpapi'r comment and per- mul de. wriptietis thre.vn in hre and tli'-rr a an cnlivenini; leaven te the whole. Of course, he scrappy inariney hrtSe a . flectien u themselves and due meed of praise is accorded the soldiers of the pea. While wa- books may have out worn their stnv, the sterv Mr. Abbet had te tell will never grew old and is worth perusing ou e ani then again and again. HI.IKY V J.i!n- I t ..n-li i'H'e.1 N Vnrs Rebert Jl JI 10 . . , Th" I'liiln ,1. r.i Ires, 1.1 JUP U. Ill" until m 'I'.m. ati'l .I-a n A win Uie ui'iilr, ui .'.unci' tunant Hf 1 hi been 1 in ..Mi't n aiuily threjul ! .naviiM fl ten: of n-'Jl-'Mil chlvH'ry .VMiKLIl'A lly Klu.ileth II I ' u. N w Yirk Uceri" II 1 r.ir " A bltlnit titt-e en nil-rn 1 t . nminc-e in. a cetni'c! .ill In one. uhimiiib nlinut ' peer pirl who buceti 11 m mlwr of ine , neuetinuid el u fmiiily m an ime meiis vie I unlmiirlnntl' c bu sul'st in'. .'. iina the ether a uis,'t .1 sKL.Iul n-i but a bacl f.-lend. (JOI). Iy stiav l Mil 'i I Ni' Yerk. I Vhnr.es .serlbncr's .-'ct I A neicl of lie r mill, i if the iteila timer laut.. the chuieh pn'rietl'in anil I their apeitlen Th- hn is . nen from one te nnethr of thuu In his iu-t for truth. I Irp'and m the ''en i.f iie atnf. .mil renrllnK I It the iivnriiRe iren. n d up in the sub- J-ct i an ra.l7e wtiy arl K-w .ti peeple line It -leveteilly and pa'iundli Tin: THIlKsH"!.!) U Kvelin Cnmpliell. New Yerk lteb. -t At Merll & 0 A nev .if Vn.frlcin life ani th" tiuRl between the (..Win jf yesti -iln" in 1 te.'n:.. THK IMMHlNi! l.li'X ANt HTI1EK STOUIKS H Ade.alfle rarsen. Niw Yerk B I' Tiuttim & Cn. ?lurh' te d b M.jc Pearson te the chll lr'n who cunie te the Ilosten Ohildren Art Ciiter .UAI4Mr. MARiJivT H." Jehn T"nnMt. Nei Yerit I'erituri i etnpitny. A iri.teq'j. leBi"-i if eM I'hnr.eRtin h the TuMi.r of '.Mi cer Sklark ' THn Swr.rTri.NIMiJ Hy Grant Carpe-iter x y ti iint.rt u Mi-.'ir el" t ( A rumani." of trie rul'inelK With rt i c. rnl'lr.. 1 a .eie iter unuijil In fU ne a"1 arre il THK ilENTt.n PlOXnKUst lly Habersham HArru.'.l llesten. l'eur Sea? I'mr p.ir. "A ' e.'k ' tii 1 he,-n "ir te caupe or rilui'. thtn ' the witer si k About home v 'r IK aii trt"rihiinc eplveil n In pleneH inu in c'.'1 r?ile An episodic play is generally mere A novelist who can write two Midi ffectivc in the reading than in actual novelettes as "Sight Unseen and 'The pioduetlen en the stage, probably he- oiifesRlen. nnd who can also write cause a l eider can regard it simply as such a frivolously Jmmoreus tiling as a story, fc.igct the stage directions and "Meie Tish" ((leerge II. Dnran Cem-, bridge the caps In tiihe iw he might puny), deserves te be described by the 1 ndge the ncecssnry jump in any novel, lunch-nlmM'il ndjeetive versatile, i since few, if any. ehcive tnc stiit Mien n novelist It .vinry HetiertR nine i nitic. hart, "Tinli." as renders of Mrs. Klne-1 The W.indernu Jew (d. V, I'ut- hart are aware, is Miss Lctitia' riiH- niiin's Sens i. then, it probably mere berry, public-spirited and philanthropic (ffeetivc as a chisel drama than a n1 resident of an inland city. There is no piece of prni'ticnl tlier.tile.il production geed work in which she does net inter- as shown In New Yerk. The pic- est herself, nnd she never undertakes i tiiretiie legend, always a favorite with anything without having the most (li the llter.irv world, has been trentul in a verting adventures. Mrs. Hinehart has dium-and-cMahal. dignified, almost described some of thee in two previous pompous style that has a certain np- I volumes. The third contains three mere.1 peal, although it tends te weaken tlie j The most entertaining is probably the I iimau element. ,adventuie of "The Cave en Thunder TI e author, h Tennle Thursten, has ('loud." It is about a walking trip wrought a thin-; of medieval splendor. I which she took with a donkey, nfter of lists nnd p.iliiccs. clesiinj with a )ire- I reading Stevenson's "Travels With a lentieus and spcetneulai series, e Penkey." Her two friends insist en scenes based en ihe Inquisition and going with her. They are overtaken by the binning of tie .lev. in tlie auto-da- in heavy rain and at last find shelter lii te, a seine wlihii it weu'd seem diili- the cave en Thunder Cloud Mountain. cult te transfer te the stage The four episodes which the author chose te u e in idling the sttange tale ate la'd as folew: The first In .leru salein in the time of Christ: the si i -end. the lists near Antioch : jthp tliitd in Palerme In lL'llll A. I)., and the fourth in Seville in 1.i(!H A. I). The traditional spitting of Matathlat en the s,. iv lour is net shown, but is de scribed by a character designated as Itachel, th Jew's sitcr. The only ether person ,n this "phase" is that of Judith, who Is loved by Matathlas, . I but who accepts the word of the Vaa- I line, and thus provokes the Jew t mi- i ger. The episode is well written and I dramatic In conception but the twe sue ( I ceeditig nhusis. while possessing sum i I stirnrg lines "and picturesque scenes, ' I M"'in te get away from 'the theme and te j I i amble a bit. lleth are meant te show I hew women whom the Jew desires or, loves drift away from him because he is "unclean"; because of his crime bin U in Jcri'salem. In the final phase (which 1; in three scenes i drama of real value and In tensity again predominates, aii'l there h power and high tragedy in the Inquisi tion and aute-da-fe scenes. Ithiterii' is the kevnete of the drama. ; nd a'theugh it is high sounding, ami ften inspiring. "The Wandering Jew" falls te grip the heart or te imprest a ersen.il and intimate appeal en these who read or ' it. Tlie Story With a Punch! of KEARSARGE Dtj Arthur 0. Fricl A thrilling tnle of the out of doers that will be liked by nil men and most women. At All Bookstores $2.00 The Pcnn Publishing Company PHILADELPHIA Then fellows a battle with what Tish regards as bandits, which ends with the three women momentarily in jail. And the, story ends with friend Aggie's mis sienary dime increased te .mhiu In a, most surprising nnd satisfactory way. If any one but a woman had liur lestpied the ways of women as Mrs. Hinehart has done, he would hnve the whole Federation of Women's Clubs I about his ears. Itut as a woman has done If, the women will smi'e apprecia tively at the humorous exaggeration of their characteristics. 1 1, ii JMBS5n i vl!?K:7lVWi '-i tf r J AV.i'tfflaUrjlUKK'SK. j vr B R A s s CHARLESG.NORRIS'S engrossing novel WALLACE IRWIN calls it "The finest thing I have read for a leijg time." 5..0D at tiny bookshop E. P. Dutten & Ce., N. Y. The Big Town Juvenile peti:ii pan" an'ii vi:.rY pi .t m Hnrr.- Niei Yerk Charley Scrlbner's Lilt A n" i .in.! sutnt'tuiUK eeltmn if n lUrrle mni't"rr-iec e of wh'ninU 1 1 t fir i hi 1-en and the, .n ih. m the dpn.t uf "ith m eeren nl . I I- eharm ni,. 'llii-iri.,! in co.er init line hi Mlh.'l I.Ui le At'e THi: Ili) HOOK UK UAII.KiiVns- lly Iriirs Crumi' Nn Yerk P0...1 Me. id .V C; The e-lit ir of JVn A' I.ife, a ney .s'eeut ninn ilne hciF urtt'eii he tnrv of rall- rencll.'ii; anl Amrl'Hii ti.tiiHi'ertntien In a Ftrle. of nneptr.17 taleg ivhlc h heM the In lerem ami ut the same tune inform the nil'id I'ElXV ',ANr,!.K.HANKS AND THK TUIt l!v riluiiril stf eter. Neu Yerk Ct 1' Putnam - Sen- A tnerr hook al.eut Ivh bj the author r.f 'Dear Mal'e It g a sort of TnrkinK'- tenlnn lieek about leis for sre'i n-ups. it has uh own InOnMlual Urelleri 3Tc;nin.s ok An:mcAN inventions. Hy Inez .Me IV" New Yerk Thcinen Y c'reie 1 The author tells In slmpl" lancunce anil 'vlth a wealth "f anecdote and hldterlcnl I I King I.ardner has written a tvphali talie-eff In "Tlie Itig Town" iltebbs-1 Merrill t'e. I. The siibiect. of course . is tiethnm. which Mr. I.ardner satirizes from the vie". point of h's central clmr-ac-ter. a corn-fed. somewjiat eru ' r 'd tlct of the Middle West, whi i II- st.phltic.itien with the Mnnhattanese is sharpened' bv a lrigr let of native wit and innate shrew duett. The tieatment of hi adventure inte1 N'ew Yerk with his wife and sitter-in-1 law, who have inherited money and acquired metropolitan ambitions, is cle- j Hghtful. iti oil and at times pungciitly irenic. While Mr. T.ardner's comedy iti usually geed-natured, his satire can be keen as well n gentle. The boeh. In' addition te Icing highlv entertaining. , luit value in affording dwellers In our liig cities a c'.esc-up of hew thev and ; I their wnvs are viewed by tlie persons whom tnev regarci as niciis. ine book is amusingly couched in character istic r.ardnerese. or what has been called the Uinglish language. Anether Streng Talc of the Great Xerthiccst The Heart of Canyon Pass by Themas K. 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Jirewn fitlru" iLi-'icnlen cif I'l-ohlMiien by a v. ki'niii pvsivlit nnd statist hoie oru eru d tien li shown til num'nuis liti,ny al .'i-lc n or. th. ,ul ri't of Ilaerlitis cul Ad from tv r-.OM's find T't. lennphri, caHnl'' and med ern. It a p.jin:a Pnui' ("eiiinun i i cotton ill) In tin- fiuiiiiiiir fcinn lth a hrlehtlv i-nlnrml hciiircl cover binclinc nnd with llltit-trn -tiens en neurl. I'M-ry imce. The tcvt U cTreccllncly varieil, uith nuitcrinl I suitable for all i$i'. from thu kiddi' I that ha ti have the hcdtitae ster read , te him or her te tin-' child in thr carh ti'iniii. Then- i- a proper ilher- ! sitv uf lietieti and ' article-, nf Infnr pun-nt ml entertain- I laiIl't ion which hnve alwnj" been n s-treni; , 'jj feature of the ( hiitti'rt)oe, ami, i course, there arc jiiiules and vei -palere. many of them worth committing te mciimrv." Thl1- perennially favorite , clilldren x annual has lieen piiiiiisaec ic'illnlb -luce 1 t nit tliere arc ninl urnndiiintlicr of ted.n who remember rendliiK it in their child heed. Nerves Are Net Popular f iiituittim.- Our cres. uic II- VI lllpeni te etuil rff-rrn. -11RINKS l7i 1'Illci'VS book it- pe-siiiiimi"' fifth 'ditien. The Folletts Like It Mr. nnd Mrh. WJl-nn l'ellett rend Cot en Huhh Wllev's nevet Wildcat k, "I.ady f.uck" hut they had a hnnl time .loins it "We may liave over looked one or two Ktnnll things," writes Mr. Fnllctt 'We were herriblv hnndi- enpped l kv iipmai lunghtcr. 1 here's been Sl.U:f"ri"'Ns KHdM THK PEDEIIALIST nl ed I'y Jehn S Hn.etr. New Yerk O' . Strllin r't- Sens A ry -ll-rlii.icn ilunie for the In iiiuti i" 'Modern lUml.'tits' I.lliraiv." nsH ' '""IKEIlY n i:-lene .-nenc-.-r ind Jehn cvblj lliiHt.m I.ittl lrk.n & c. i .r, .it uii.' 'I' .".! i"i a. c'.m.i'ei-,' t 'jci I...I,, , r..r n... f..r th. nr. rm-.i-Ien .if ll. nn.l I srillliillll ll'T ri'juatt ' anl-.lil.i lnrluil't.ir nch icniip.i. ,'l'dH and ini'i-n cttli acempnnylrm nui.- i, ilreiinlnKi and fnrc m".itH Ihe luthers .ir rp the'v Hi.' flxli oeokory xpert for th fr.ited .-iiatei rnri-.i'i of Fisher!-1 and lie id rcti t th rnlB of riid.erles if the Mhte TrivprFHy of V mlnnstei Tlin.Ml.vr. IN thi: MAKINC. ny.laml ,,., ini., ls .,,,,1 nr. rv jteninvni .-srt irr. ii jrpr . "" r ' ' . . , ... r. ...i.i.... i A Ure.. for health w lllcli IT .k.-.-im.i.iv ... The nuther ' Hc-r h h 'he rclaimn of in-I 1....1...,., ., ,,r .. rii .11111 r wrl llliuwn rill tlv i',.,h, n,iit. wrote for la men. Ilv .tehn Re n Ll . . ., ., 1 v. ......... .. nnli. -tn . -, I .r. l-'n 11 Me- 4 .' .t,,u. . a I 111 I H I I ll' - ... . . . . Or hundred ch.r' peenii h a . u' tr ' H-hed lakl .lime, ha- gene into a wrrfr iii". ii. .ii." i- auiii-i. aii'i i.,ii-i Th "'b ire uri-v-d Ir th- fc '! n Ihr f ec len wriih ifle an IJe.i if th.-ir mn tenti "Tn.. M.rt!.. of Knm ' c;ift i.f th. - Maul ' ' Jjculerii .if Va'uen" ,md "I e" il d . r '.he Harvent ' I ilir. I'l l.'-tril .-i-iiiii. nr 'ceorije l' uil.er. Uef r. Marshall J ires '.irppinv Th, lex' 'Ul. 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