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Doom t* Authors ? Bevie^s ? Comment VIEWS AND REVIEWS OF CURRENT FICTION A G.pt*va,'n.? S*ory ?^ Child life Forty Years Ago-r Patrick MacGill's Realistic Study of the Navvy ?I* rank Danbv's New Novel. A BOOK 0e MANY DELIGHTS. CTf.rp?. R ? THE PR Mi.ir \' Th? v? **??? ' ??*?*'? K, ?,?. s there reachea the ????, .?i?'.-- >'.i?k a volume whooe fictif Immediately become? a matter rn t" him. Such n ihtcr of the a study of th? dffi "C' f,!" childhood as one c.in withal try is the prairie of . ??? , f th? la: ! . enl irjr, h il 1? knows There la mu< h j th? F- a In 1 pagea, and _ Hi?; t ' " ?tory la In a minor ?rt> ? pel ?' 'he history ?f the West; ?^ th?* Interests and ?tag? . -i??. The reader ?gtitar' - i?minded, in whimateal or IfBti.Tir- of hi? or bet- own r?-? the heroine - ,,: ?' bo..k.s In the h per, amone th? forbidden onee; there ,., ? ting fern? ajfje a ? ? enl over? Vtariri* i : hei brotl - and most dleappolnt* :r?t- ' lion? **id here la the re? urrent qu? - ho should i all? d it a :o and from school: i -, ?t ional : which was ., ? - ?' ??! . ",1 ' ' - ?UP? : and ' -.- ? ..I problem? I'm ? I y COO? ' ' ' ' ' ' ?te i ? n; and they . itf' une sellers, for I BUQ? im total of :.:i THE WORLD AND THE FLESH. IE BE* i.\ DEVIL8. \. .: pp I n Lane < 'ompany. '.ai'jien to a monk who, to th? world u hi' )i ? ! " Mi. II:- n? H? has - . ?jet in c-\. eptlonal Ircum- known ? .i ?lif 1 from his ? '*hurch f?! ' pur* *?. the . ontrol ol no to a hlch g ha? ' '. heir, ?md v. hi' h oth? r .i ! en' my of ' .... | ? :.: : ???! upon his \ ma? il, he linds tl at twenty, with the .? - ? i 1. - ? . 11 . rt of woman containa at I leut s?.'\eii devila He doea nol p?> in hot curl? way, i luct. But tl for 1 ? -men, ei en **.:.?? aatli 'i ?if the ?i M (real ntereated In hia I xcep? ?anal ?toi \r.?i aome of them oi tii hnowini wrld-*?? i 'hatillon flral of all. M ic Jane of the glowing ?Tag. a pour in the slums. _ la among whom 1* au: ' la ; ai d moai the ara Indi? r n 'Truth" In her ' ??'. md? ??1. tl ? itaij?! La at timea ein ???cent himself. r better la parta than 11 "IM MODERN CHINA. aTL' T ? ??)-. C'HINEEE COURT* '" I'oopei lil" I ... i ... k A. Stokes Co. This ? re of the transformation of ome into the new la ?a* ' .f ]. ttei a. the Brat MRS. ATHERTON SAYS: " Ar.d ?hat of Am?Mi? Rive?, who r.?s Ju?t 'com? ?a*H**t*1 1 *'' I venture to predlel th?t her first lonf novel I a a v ? a? larga s sai? ?a ' Th? r.osB-v ' " WORLD'S END Mr AMELIE RTVB8 ?r*rW*ic? Troua>ouko> ?^?eatrmStaM my ft TO?IB $t po^ '?ritten h) a Chinee? Rciiilewoinnn to h. r buahand absent on a foreign mie* ?Ion the aeoond, twenty-fiv? yeare addreeaed to her mother. Thua Chine i '.in H Ion la depleted for W? ? n the iif? "f its aromen. The i ?''i . ahlch, the author ai inacripta from ? reed corre* apondence, could not have been pur* ? i ?ed with pre.?ter under* atandlng "f the profound IgtaUtaace of tbe Weei of tlte hotne Hfe <?f china. They arc ptwked with cuiioua Informa* ti"n. eepe-clally the earlier ?uns, and, ti ii' h of miturc. the lady who a quarter of a rentury ago was a rather ad* vaiiced wom.-in hae, with the lap ? of time, become decidedly conservative. ? Bon, who has been educated ? v ?. has outgrown her; ene of Iit 'lisircq t?, become :i physi? cian, bi the other la true to the older homely ideals of her race. Mool v' rt* ?ts* of all, a younger son declarea that : not allow hi.- parente to select for hire, but ? ii do ao hlmeelf, s;n? ?? it I? he. and not they, Who Will have t?> live v?ith lier. Th' r i- ? v. ?-? ?!> wa; ?! he a.-.<< hia mother to invite ih.e young woman in whom he is ,. that he muy ? ome to knou ht r before propoaing. The Lady of the Chinese Courtyard aaa p**o* bout < ?ccldentala and Janane ? It la not the Weeternised Chineee <>f to-day who ?till work out her eountry'a salvation, she assert a; ! apli " of the ra< t ? 111 achieve that, once it awake?], One concludes from this booh that the better-cleaa ?'hine.se have reached to*day the point the Japt neae attained a quarter ntury ?i;?-'. THE NAVVY. CHILDREN OF THE DEAD END. Th? : ,. I ? - , N i vy. i ! ? Pal ek Mad ?HI. l2mo, pp. ?06. K p i ' itton ?v .Mr. MacOlll? book has attract? d i on* aiderable attention In England as a picture of the navvy, the unskilled laborer who drifta from job to Job, often tengeroua, always underpaid, with atretchea of unemployment that are paeeed In tramping from place to looking for work, the minimum on which life can be auetalned being obtained during these nflgrtaeagee by begging and petty Steeling. The con* dltiona here depleted are far worse ih.tn an* Known m exist with us, even after many \<?lumes devoted to our own disinherited-chiefly immigrants. Th? greateet dlfferen?*e which this chroni? cle reveal? between conditions there and here la tin- utter abeen.f ? cohacloueneea of opportunity in the h na* vy, Ha doi ? not aeplre lo thlnga aa within the range of nit?. ; at i.rst h? eotraettanea Idly .speculates upon th?'m as dreams in his i ii" .i s of i' st. He is the bond Of an Iron ?conome system. i times may be ?'oming. but not Leim?' we are dead," aaya Moleekin j".. the phlloaopher of theee pagea. What the author tells us he has .-ci n and bi < n. He la bltt? r In his denunciation of the ayetem from which aped. The pri< st and the landlord in ins native lush \iiinge, the employer and the clergy in England ? are the Immediate enemlea he R< llgion la to him the >?? : \ ant of capital, whnh is of i our-', not atrlklngly new. in fact, Mr, MaoGtll t? mi dy to offer worth a? consideration. Moat of the nray he la ' to lei the hopeless nalism Of Ins story i any its own moral. One obaervation he makes, and that la the dwindling of the flame of manhood as he proceeds from the Irish ami the Scot! h navvlea to thoae of England: i did not had much pleasure In the my new mate? (In London). pin? eaa and Ignoi enl i ronrd ? no believed In clergycraft, paalm-alrging, ami hymn-hootlnj Not ??i had the pluck to laise his ha-,'is in a ' ' d fight, or his i/o! B ;" protest agalntl the condition? under which he labored. . . What a difference between these nun and my devil-may* ; Kinlochlevi n! a raw- picture of destitution and ration, Of hardship, fatigue and filth. "A man may be better than TOUndinga, but never cleaner," tfoleekin Joe, and la the circum stances he la right, l"r this is also a picture of h n almoel incredible indif? ference inward the moat primitive de cenciea of lite among the navvlea on t of Hritish employers, whether th? '?' be fermera harvesting or railroads repairing their tracks. The amuse? ments of theee people are as rude and dreary aa the way In which they must in? alcohol, fighting, gambling. Mr, MacGill'a hero ?avowedly hlmeelf) la almoat boeurtfully proud of hla proweaa as a fighter. With all his degra the nawy is. however, and notwlth atandlng the foulneaa of his tong u ? man of ? '? an moral life, if only I?? women, even the lowest, acorn him. The fl ti 'n of the book la tenuous; in ? fa? t, it miKiit have been atronger with? out this el? ment. The story of N'otah. sent to the harvesting in Scotland to help earn the r- nt. lost in her inno c-n? c. and found at last on th" dine gow pavement, only serve? to bring the volume to an end. (iouroik Ellen, the woman of the .-tnets gtovvn too old to ply bar ? ailing, interests ?>n? more, but. cm the whole, ?"men play but an Inci? dental part la the atotry. Mr. Mav Q II lmpi*esaei and holda ins r. ader by mere ?!, ,.f the naked truth he t- lia. N?. wend? r hla book has passed through three editions in two weeks among the Efaglleh, whom it con? ems so closely. And he ?an wi.te. His .cnsitivnicbs to beauty has survived the process of hardening which began when he was frwelve years old. The early chap^ere' describing the life and the people of his remote Irish village rire worth reatl Ing for their own s?he. A TARDY AWAKENING. pi i.r, BW?NCI By Crank Danby. timo, pp .'"i Philadelphia: Tha J B. Llp pin? ott Company, Each new hook from Mrs. Prenkau's pen has be? n a new departure, a vent? ure Inti f? different fil Id, She never repeats herself, she never a-ts upon the comfortable theory so much prac? tised, especially In England, that the material win. h has yielded one hook may be worked over Into a second and a third, tn "Full Bwlng" she gives us a can fully considered study of a posi? tive character chained to a negative temperament, which turns into failure almosl until it la too late ? Hfej that nii;;ht have been full of happiness an?l loving service from the first. The inv? ?Hei the serviere are Hki?-. but they ti mi? tins woman no comfort, becnnsa her manner in giving them la uncon vlnclngi often repellent; because the recipients cannoi understand her. Duty is always nt wnr with affection In her itions; and shyness, growing with Increasing failure, ties her tonsu??. ; ? ? appe .?i. ti make hi rself bet? - ? es the man Bhe sho 'i ? married from a fe?-iin? of dut) t?? h.-r stepsister, who, al eigh? teen, ? lop? s with s t? er-do-well, end, dying, baves h? r daughter In her ?are. When she does marry) al forty, it is the wlilil?- man; and she almosl wrecks her sons if?, again through her mis taken sense ol duty. The storj reaches far, from her own vv? ii appointed Eng? lish ? stati i?? th? ? asile rackrent <?f h ?;? Irish husband; to the v< Idl In the s?>ut?? Afri< an war, and, Anally, back t?? home and peace al last A true and under :.- study of chara? te r, SEEN IN A CRYSTAL GLOBE. QUK 'K v TH ?N, !' ? H"' i ii Vf, Cham? teil I ridmund I rede ri? k. limo, pp ... i ' Appl? ton .v Co. \\ i ? n Mi. Chambers turm from the production ??f his hugely popular nov? el? to Indulge his fantaetii ;.i. he la always delightful. Here Is s bundle of fantasies, of strange meetings, uncon? ventional Surroundings, love and mar? riage, tha* shows this vein ofhisal Its graceful best The stories nr? told by a crystal gaser, with a company ?>f be llev?is sround her. and a policeman watching her ?door, They ?may not be true: ?they are better than that. We are in the legg ?i'unlr, of ?'??irse, where luxury and all Ita ?daintlneases Btly complement youth at-?i c?-?od looks Ti.?ie la Brown, n*ho would i?e a realis? tic novelist, and told his father that he must go eut int?? tho world to Investi? gate woman. "There is only DM diffi? culty about that." r. ph.-d father; "woman la likely to do the investigat? ing. This household knows more about ? in you do about It." But F.rown would not he convinced, and set mil ? la studies There Is here g enp? tlvating story <>f t???> and a setter pup thai has been saved from ? watery grave ?ui the Bouthern see s.m?ls; an is ope of s broker who met his fate, which was Boeing him, all accord? ing t?> the Princess Zlmbaraxam'a pre? di? lions Ju ' the book for the ; mer afternoon*. 1812. Tin; BWORD HAND OF NAPOLEON A Romane? of Russls and the Qreal i; i , .,? By Cyrua Townsa-nd Uj-a.iv. Illuatrsted. lamo, pp. ? ?? I ??--I-I. Mead .v ? .. Mr. Brady has written ?? romance of war |n the goodl -.?M. romantic manner. The young officer of the imperial ejii.tnl. always t?> Ihe fore during Na? poleon',, advance to Moscow, alwayi the last of Key's rearguard on the re? treat wins his Russian bride al last but much happens before this great reward la hi.?. f?>r the plot Is Intrh-ate. rea?hinx buck even t<? the days of the emigration and of Ihe execution of the Due d'Enghlen. Napoleon himself is shown in the most amiable li-rht, the fathei of hla ofB? era ai w< 'I as the idol ,.? i, soldiers We hase also gllmps? i of thsl grsdusl d?t?rioration of hla t, I/***, nlUa s? lia h has .-fine to h. accepted aa the ultimate cauae of hla downfall, Rare up though hla old-time power might in Hashea to the very ?a-t There ne- battlea and minor engage ments with the Coasacka ever on the Hank ?.f the arms-. The hero holde ;i t aatle In the depl ha tanlan forests aingle-hai desertere ; there la aftei i ? ? ene if carnage, ai out the gentlem? n ?if both a ml - con? duct themselvea with ? litlonal r/hivalry of theli HERE AND THERE IN THE NEW BOOKS Dr. Edward Everett Hale and His Patriarchal Family I he Patina of lime on the Cro?te Kerk at Veere?Mendelism and Eugenics. .Mrs. Mais Thru her Higginson'a gym pathetic biography of bar huaband, the late Colonel Thomas Wentworth Hig glnaon (the Houghtoa Miffiin Com? pany), is liberally etudded with ex? tracta frmn ills letters, which prove him to hase b? en the most eut? nam? ing as well as Interesting of corre? spondents. In ISTti he received a ?i?:! from Dr. Edward Everstt Rale and ail h;s ? luldren: 1 heard the tiamp of many feet, and supposed it was an excursion party; then his cheery Voice ? ? The."' had Bi on their aray. i shossed them a few and presently they streamed eut again, I hid.ling them f ?r wt ;i iinini; toward the door I met th.; elder girl let..nuns; and loohing tor aoaaethlng? ??* if she had dropped a glove or a band? et, I s.ti-!. 'Are you looking for an'thing"" And she said. smiling ahyly: 'For a nair of twins" It was esen so. Haie, counting up hie n.utv on the sidewalk, missed nothing hi.I a pair of tssins. and sent her baca to tin I them in some corner, which be? ing ?lone they proteedt'd to the s'- US' boat. ? VEERE CATHEDRAL A Bit of the Middle Ages in Modem Holland. Charlea Pears, ^ho is an artist, but who is even nor? ptctuiscque in in? test than in his capita] illustrations ..t his own book, "From the Thames to the Netherlands" (The ICacmillan Company), this deacribee the cathe? dral at Veer?, in the province of Zee land: The I entrance to the rva A gat ..ti resh ? ? ? - - extends t1? ttagi ? ? _ ? : i te Kerb Brown ? ? n bright - ? ? aril ? -.-.:? aii of i- '? ??r'i 'ha slgbi or t at once * -s Iti hi ? Iba mind with a! i.o.st a ataggering whirl to medites-ai Vou aase atepped rig t into thM M'idl? Uei It Is an ??Id chureh; dls Uaed, and hut a memory a memory of the times 1 efore ihe .?ea ^wallowed up the sre?it town that Veere was i ? t Vaare, you aaaet a? 1 Inaida I imbling gras n? i ? of Ita d< t won? derful worker, and he worka In no Btl i Ight ?111? s. here the C,.,< of lire? it n.l CUTI ?- is hi ok- i risible i ? .- ,,i ? ? ? . i - ! rh- iust end oust und copper greena and the - nea of the once Hal -? MENDELISM Its Importance to the Study of Eugenics. in "The Progn ? iFur.k ?si VTagnalla Company) Dr. Saleeby, Who six years ago gave us the tiis-t popular work on eugeni I ?n "Parenthood ami Rsce Culture," traes th? progrese ?'f the new s. lence, which, be confessas, las had to unlearn ai moat as mu? h during that per:. I has added to :*s atock of know e>dge To the ?harge. constant!; If? ndel'a hi redil ? i with plants have no i?> ating upon 1 man mi ?-. he givea thia i The M? - ??? ?o? t, uneroui cha ? ? animale, but I opi.m i to deny i \, ? ? v ,.\, r. ahowttd I i easily > idled a chi of the t ? g to Mendel laa asi-erlauied at anv lime; DO mod? ? : is W< ie i. , rtgfal s?..?? or' recording pedigrees which Metidel i on? ? ? mga, a ft ss othei .nal i ? in,, co or ?if thi hair, rig l and aft liandedneas, have to full.'ss M ,-o!or nor aa] of eugenic im? portan ? ?n the other hand, t ?? shown t i traita of toe uttrn : ? ? . fol oss Mei del ? . >?s. In Eng* land ti.- aama has bt extr? 0( [he e>es and akin. . ? ? h?,, i/iic of a t "? i Ain'ri'an methods demonstrated th* Mendeltan form of deaf-mul Important discoveriei ?how the tr 1 rutVa/it of the changea ahlch e i_er.ics Its. urHlcegCMM ? ? ? CURRENT TALK ABOUT BOOKS AND AUTHORS Mr. Shaw's Adjective?Imagists, English and American? Junipero Serra, the Founder of the California Missions?An Involuntary Hoax. The n>>?> of th? adjective "Moodj the cockney Rower girl In Mr. M "Pygmalion" baa prohsMy dene to adverttae the piny In Kngiand ail its el?venteos Concerning origin of Its present day atgnlflcan th?' s|. h of th- l-.ngl.--i- proleti th.? "Oxford I ?i. t binary" has th say: in general rolloquial usa from r * itoration to 1750, nos? r*onstantly li months ?if the loweal -? bu respectable people ronaldered a "I. arord," on a pai arlth oboe i ? a fane language, ?'rid usual!) print* the news inen Un i ollce repoi ts, "i> \." t, e orlgl ; i - not quita cei hut there :s srr.?i.i reason to think ir was .?t fli it .1 : efei ? n? s to the haM th? "blooda' or aristocratic rowdli th?> en?i of the seventeenth and b ning of the eighteenth cen? i "The Sonq of Songs." Edward Sheldon haa ?-omplete-i stag?? veralon ?u" gudermann'a Son s?mgs." and is now in Europe to fer ssith Charlea Prohman, who produ? e the play 'his fail. A traa tion of the novel waa published sears ago by li. W. Huebech. The Imagists. "The Anthology of [magtete," inc lug vises- 11 Bays Pound, Ford Ma Hueffer, Richard Aldington, Amy well, v B. Flint, w. c. Williams, Ja Joyce and Allen Upward, first *,? llahed in ? Ti??? '';'? be," La to be brou out in book foi m by A Iberl and ( Tha Boni, of this city. The Imag ata at group of Bngliah poeta mitre or lern late i i?, the Italian Puturteta. it been Mid that "the beet reaeoo their n une la I ? purpoae to atro) all previous i.try and to re. ate it in their own Image." Not Imagieta are Bngliah; in fact, ti leader la an American, Bus P?u Another American member of group ?? Ams- Lowell, whoae "Dome Ma nj Colored i liai i" waa pu the Houghton Mifllin <lomjx A New Gerould Story, Katharine Pullerton Geroufcl, wh< vol ?un'. "Vain Obtatlona," has recen been publlahed, contributes to th? .1 "Scribner" a etory, "The Domlm Btrain," which has a new ? her- modern New fork -the characl being a very rich man ami his una) pathetic son. Anne H. Wharton, s\ wrote the life ?if Martha Washing! for the aerlee on "Women of Coton and Revolutionary Tlmee," sviil c? tribute to the same [aa le "A Patrio Pilgrimage" to the ancestral hornea Qeorge Washington and Ben Frank in England. The Washington hou Sulgrate Manor, has I.n made a pi. Uc mus. um "ray Jonipero Serra. Kr ay ?) Ltnipi ro B< rra, the plont missionary who led an expedition ft? Mexico to California ami founded ? maintained the missions Whoec piCt reaque bulldlnga still dot the klnt highway from Baa Diego to Ban fee haa found an appreciative i ogrspher In A. H. Pitch. The work thii priest, who gave a new province Spain, will alwaya remain an importa i hapt, i- In thi earl hiatory ??f the p ?n't.? Coast. Tin? book lo publlahed i a. ? '. m? Clurg i ? '"? City Planning. Prank Koaater, the author of "Ci Planning and Maintenance" (McBrld \a.-t & CO ?? aayg that the real kern Of . .tv planning is the ?iisismn <.f t! ( uy Into /ones. These asnea ebon he elssslfled according to their use The district units are to the whole cil What the m I arate bulldlnga are to I ? i -.. centre. The whole purpose is t Increase the health, comfort and ?or venlence of the public, and in order t accompliah this it is abaolutely eus--i tial ts give ? i h citlsen the grant? posalhle value la housing anil bualn? convenience proportionate to his tr . ome, the only diff?rence ht ting In qua! Ity. Thug a mechanic in renting a eta room house for his family ahould r. to**pay for it a greater proportlo . f ins income than the higher aalarte msnager psyg for a six-room apart ment, the difference In a?tuai cost be ing repn a< nt< d by quality. The Old Librarian's Almanack." Edmund [?cater Pearson, \sh- ft cret i;""k ? haa juat been publiai ?-.I ?. u.e Macmillana, bi g-m hia Utei ? raer with "The Old Librarians AI mana, k." purporting to have been i om piled bj one Jareb Bean, in 177.'!. \'r raon publlahed his clever ventur? into ; eighteenth century in goo faith, with no intention of perpetratin* a literary hoax, but ts his gurprls? and amuaement the earl?- revlewen took if aer t real And froo -?'. 'i \srote to put them a he aaya, ' b it all the other papers am: ?? trap before a could do anything, It was funny ' ? ts\o ?if th.. m. whu i >nt, adopt - of auperior va ladora. Om two wli men wrote let alneg to tell how they bad ?b t?- i modern origin of the r."k and they had detected II means <.f thlnga ss hi. h lly antique! An his toritai magasine asked to be allowed '?> i ?i rlnt 'tit's \ al table old do? tan think It was rather noble of me to gi- e them .i i.p ami :, from doing It Two or thrw , , .- g niiff'-ii about :t: ? me III rarlan retui ;?? d hla '"!?? .iroi ?: his money .. ^. ..:. : Boaton Pul lie Librar . it.il. h . along a ith Dr? ? ook? ' The Aeroplane. Mans lit- ' grant Invention, the aeroplane, la brmg freighted long be , Eon Its ?.uining perfection with a h<-asy load of missions A'*<-??r?ling to Mr. Wells It will make war Impossible hy making it hideous beyond our Imagin? ings; and now BarenssB v.?i Buttner flaim?. in her BOW novel, "Wbern Thoughts Will Soar." that it Is the Hi., dove "f P' ice, whl h wit] level Class prajndlCO nn?l bring tha r tlon of the ideal of bmthei'hOOd. Ma? lt soon rearh the Stalls WlMN it ?nay be relied upon t?> arrive at its destina? tion with never a mishap on the way. Masques. Pi rey Ma? Kaye'a t.:r?i masque, - ? 'nary" (the K. A. Stokes Com pany), Will be produced this summer in various parts Of the country hy the Howard K.v> Players, a company of profeaakmal tctore nniler the direction ??f Mr. Cobiirn. ?'f Mr lfncKaye*s civi?? masque, "St. Louis," a spe. ial de i .\-- edition has been Issued by DoubleeSay, Page & ,-o. it is limited t" ,",<?i 1 will he sohl only in St. Louis. The Seen and Unseen at Stratford-on-Avon By William Dean Howells \ book full wise fun. It is i merrj telling <>t ; domes ?n winch th." present ?<'d very much alive Mr. Ho? ; ils sp rhe latter ia!k? v hat he ?lid with Ne? f'l.u hough! :t nul linall) Stratford, what became ol it an died Bacon :??i:i? S Howells, .nul thej it i ? . ? er. This rien I" I onlv t??r Mr. Howells's regular .t book for evervb? What W?ll People Say? By Rupert Hughes ?This is wiut th <;? ?' book ' I ? ' t'' i '" '.' "" ' '? ' nuthnr. i v, is more I itere ?ted I '? have been since I retd 'Ben Hur1 time ! >w.? about twelve ?? * Distances anything in years. I i ? rol? ?utai trhfA I finish fe*. 1; is ?nur cv?Me no*." "Franklj I con about thi ftnrtt pi.| vriting I h-n< ?m- .-"a in '/.. Englinh Innguagt, \ had nol been disappointed in ??ne whom I consider Ihr !,>' '"' v artist < ' toJaw. \ of lus not Ihe literar) art1?! <?i the p^t decade (one Rudyard Kipli-ic) sud 'For surely Accuracy is the touchstone of all Art}" The Marryers By Irving Bachelier "it's a ticklesome kind of a book," lavi one nun who lus read the story. "A journcv of about a thousand lau?hs will land one at the climax of the storv a wiser and better American. Lau?h bv lau?h he gathers wisdom in its paces." Like "Keeping Up With Li-vie," it pro? vokes the laughter of conviction. Von gel something more than fun out of such books. You cet votir mental hou*??*. iacked up and plumbed a-:d leveled. ?'The Marrvers" is Socrates Potter at his best. This time he ?ets after the Europe-mad a:'d the title-crazv. He points the way to the onlv asvlum for the sane in a time of treiieral insanitv? in a time when people are wasting their poverty and honor in wild commercial dissipations. Social Forces in England and America By H. C. Wells ? New Vork Times sa-, s th at "in th - hook Mr. Wells has evidently put his house in order. He has sel forth clearly and consecutively his thoughts upon human society, what it is no '.vli.it II promise-, to be. or nuv bv care? ful guidance, succeed In becoming. He baa come to cerl ? i d lu? cleared away a lot ol ragu ? tig about him .it the modern he hai I what appears to him the significant . onducts the of I ?? 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