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THE SUN, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1916.
ALL QUESTIONS OF
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REFLECTED IN BOOKS
Tennis, Golf, Swimming, Sailing, Motor Boating,
Hunting, Fishing and Camping Books.
The War Seen From Various Viewpoints Works of
Philosophy and on Current Problems.
Descriptions of Many Lands History, Biography,
Reminiscence Gcncal Literature.
OUTDOOR BOOKS
Tenuis as I'lnu It. (Doran.) Ily
afisrl-e K. M Loughlwi.
In a newly revised edition of thle very
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from Uurope to the FIJI Iflrf. Just w.tat
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Ill attitude necessary for success, the
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Id.
turn Tennis Lessons for Beginners.
(lUcmlltan). By J. Parmly l'aret.
An expert player and a veteran iwriter
n tennis supplies a concise and com
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Tenuis or Women. (Doubleday,
race.) Ily Molla BJurstcdt.
The author, who earned every woman's
title of Importance In American last sea
son, tells simply and from her own ex
perience the points every woman player
rhould iow about tho game which
styles of play nnd stroke are best
eultcl to women, ohat service to use,
when sho should play net, Ac. Miss
Hjurstedt believes that "no woman
should attempt the man's name of
tennis."
Thr Sew Coll. (Button). By P. A.
Valle.
The American golfer ks here ahown
the shortest road to proficiency. It Is
both a primer for the beginner and a
ftlend for the champion.
JfodYrn Swimming. (Rmall. May
nard.) Hy J. H. P. Brown.
The author has been for twenty-five
years a successful and progressive In
sttuctor In swimming, lis lays down
a new principle In learning this art and
teaches explicitly how to muter the
various strokes. The chapters on all the
new strokes should appeal to expert
swimmers as well. There, are also
chapters on rescue, resuttcltation nnd
common sense advice to patrons of sum
mer resorts.
The Book of the Sailboat. (Apple
ton.) By A. Hyatt Verrlll.
The author has a vast amount of
practical experience In handling, sailing
nnd building small boats under alt sorts
of conditions nnd on many waters, nnd
from earliest youth he has spent much
of his life on or near the sea. In this
book he has comhlncd the knowledge
thus gained with a maa of general In
formation to form an Invaluable hand
book for every one Interested In the
construction, use or detail of sailboats.
The Book of the Motor Boat. (Apple
ton.) By A. Hyatt Verrlll.
A complete, concise, accurate and re
liable handbook dealing with the modern
motor boat and it motor. No attempt
has been made to enter Into a technical
discussion of the various types of motors
and their relative merits nor Is the book
h treatise on mechanics. It has been
prepared to meet the requirements of
boys and amateurs as well as more ad
vanced motor boat enthusiasts.
The Boy's Book of Hunting and Fish
ing. (Doran.) By Warren H. Miller.
A book on practical camping and
game- shooting and wing shooting. It
, tells boa how they can do things, Just
wnat mey neen in no mem wun. mane,
care for and use of the paraphernalia of
outdoor sport and Items of expense.
There Is a foreword by Dan Beard.
Birds and Man.' (Knopf.) By W. II,
Hudson.
This Is one of the mct Important of
1. Jl. UltlUlt UIHPKB, miu iuuu
i Galsworthy says that Hudson "Is at his
best about the greatest living English
stylist, the finest living observer and tho
greatest living lover of bird and animal
life nnd of nature In her moods." Home
of the chapters are: Birds and Man,
the .Secret of the Willow Wren, the
Secret of the Charm of Flowers, Birds at
Thvlr Best, Owls In a Village, Ac.
Let Us Go Afield. (Appleton.) By
Emerson Hough.
Thlsi Is tho second volume, of the
Hough Out of roors Series and a com
panion volume to "Out of Doors." It
Is n hook that will appeal to every one
who wishes to get away from the city at
least temporarily, and It Is full of prac
tical advice for campers and sportsmen,
carefully Illustrated with well selected
pictures and written In Mr. Hough's
original and humorous style.
TIMELY SUBJECTS
The Pre.iUtenev. (Bcribner.) By Will
iam Howard Taft.
The author presents In this little
volume, besides his clear and simple
statement of the functions of the Pres
ident In all Its aspects, his views of the
relative values of our system compared
to tho English, of the relation of the
BresJdent to the authorities of tho vari
ous States, of the question of appoint
ment and of the limitations on Presi
dential power. These are enhanced by
Incidents nnd experiences of the author.
fundamental of Military Rervtee.
(Linnlncntt.) By Capt. Lincoln C. An
drews. United States Cavalry.
This book Is especially prepared ror
citizens who wish In the militia, in train
Ing camps or in military courses to equip
themselves thoroughly ror ine responsi
blUty that may come upon them. This
will be one or tne text dooks ror ine
training camps, nnd yet It Is written so
ns to be Interesting reading for every
one.
Side Strpplni III Health. (Utile,
Brown.) By Edwin V. Bowers, M. D.
A nractlsmg physician writes sensibly
and entertainingly of the common ail
ments to which the fleHh Is heir. He
explains tho various kinds of colds nnd
what to no ror mem, ami mere m a
valuable chapter on Insomnia.
The Work and Play Books. (Double
day, I'age.)
A scries of eleven volumes, each sold
separately, planned to meet the demand
for vacatlonal training In homo and
school. The titles of tho volumes are :
Carpentry, Electricity, Gardening, Home
Decoration, Housekeeping, Mechanics,
Nt-cdlccraft, Outdoor Sports, Outdoor
Work, Working In Metal, flulde and
Index.
roster's Xueflon Bridge for All.
(Stokes.) Hy It. V. Foster.
Th latest word by America's most
widely read card expert for over
twenty years expert of Tub Sun, It Is
dtslgned for all clauses of players the
beginner can gather the fundamentals,
the average player many refinements and
the expert Is offered some new theories,
which he may have heard of but which
have never been presented tn his at
tention In their proper relation to the
rest of the game.
Seta Homes Under Old Roofs.
(Stckes.) ny Joseph Htowe Seabury.
A book on converting seventeenth,
irhteenth and nineteenth century
farmhouses Into beautiful modern homes
i of distinction. Over ssventy Urge
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photograplilc Illustrations show side by
sldo tho houses before and after re
modelling. The book la valuable to
home builders, architects, antiquarians,
real estate men and every one Inter
ested In the benutlfylng of country
places.
IVnaf JTrery Business Woman Should
ffnoic. (Stokes.) By Lillian Ctcllla
Kearney.
A complete guide to business usages
and requirements, with explanations of
business terms and commercial forms. '
No longer need a woman bo brought up i
short by knowing nothing alout a certl-
tied check or draft, about collateral or
foreign exchange, what a blanket moit-i
gage Is, n sinking fund, n cive.it, an i
amortization, how to make a will, start
n tiling system or nddrcs a letter to
Ulsnop.
Why Be Fatt (Stokes.) By Amelia
Summcrvllle.
A practical handbook on weight reduc
tlon by a beautiful actress who reduced
100 pounds In a year with gr.-it Impr e
ment of health and appearance. Founded
on sound health principles. With a list
of dally minus within reach of the ordi
nary pocketbook. Miss Summervllle In.
eludes many beauty hints that will In
terest the average woman.
ABOUT THE WAR
Paused by the Censor. (Dutton.) By
Wythe-Wtiiiams.
Introduction by Ambassador Hcrrlck.
Indorsed by Clemenctau. former Premier
of France. The story of the New York
Times correspondent from the beginning
of the wnr. Containing a military map
never before published showing tin. whole
line of the (lerman trenches In the fa.
moiis "sector north of Arras."
.Ify Fourteen Months at the Front
(Little. Brown) By William J. Hobln
son. A graphic account of the great war by
a twcnty-two-year-old Boston boy who
has Just returned from Prance, where ns
dragoon guardsman, despatch rider nnd
motor car driver he served font teen
months under the British flag and visited
every foot of the line the British arc
holding In Franco nnd Belgium. He car
ried thousands of despatches along tho
Allies' front, exposed to (lerman shell
tire, on a motorcycle or on horseback ,
he ilrovt motor cars for many prominent
English nllirers, captured three spies
single handed, participated In both bat
tles of Ypres, Hill 60, Neuve Chapelle,
St. Jullen, I'otljge. Hooge and I.oos.
t
In the Russian Banks. (Knopf.) By
John Morse.
This book, wittten by a man who has
actually fought In the trenches, tells
about the fighting In Poland, a phase of
the war that has so far received but
scanty treatment despite Its surpassing
Interest. Mr. Morsi's tale of his aston
ishing adventures.! his flight from Prus
sia ocr tho Itusslan border In August,
1914, his varied service In the nrmy of
the Czar, his capture by the Oermani
and his thillllng escape) will hold spell
hound tven the most surfeited of war
book readers.
Golden Lads, (Century.) By Arthur
Uleason.
Observations nnd Impressions of a
stretcher bearer with the Belgian and
French first line troops, with nn eycwlt-
jiess account of Herman atrocities. Mr.
(Jleason is the only American whose
testimony nppcars In the Bryco report.
Mrs. Glcason, who was decorated by
King Albert for her bravery ns a nurse,
contributes a chapter on "How War
Seems to n Woman," and there Ih an In
troduction by Theodore KooFevelt.
Wnnf Germany Thinks. (Doran). By
Thomas F. A. Smith, Ph. D.
What do the German people outside
the military claas really fhtnk about the
war? It Is one of tho most perplexing
and exciting of questions. Do the vlowa
of Vlercck nnd his kind In this country
renlly represent them? Why did the
Socialists of Germany so fall the world
at their test? Wero they deceived? What
of tho Intellectuals? Prof. Smith, fori
merly English lecturer nt the t'nlverslty
of Erlatigen, liven aim ikikbu mm
thought with Germans. He has had that
free access to their press which Is de
nied us, and he gives us astonishing
excerpts.
The First Hundred Thousand. (Hough
ton Mifflin.) By Inn Hay.
The popular English author, now serv
ing ns Lieutenant In the English nrmy.
glveo here a picture of war that is graphic,
absorbing, full of humor nnd with bits
of superb character drawing that make
tho men In tho trenches seem like old
The Way of
All Flesh
By SAMUEL BUTLER
Introductory Essay by William
Lyon Phelps
New American Edition.
Arnold Dennett ): "It it one of the
grest novels of the world,"
II, MRS'. Poslatt tltrs. Any hnnkntmr
E. P. Dulton Co., (Ml Fifth Are,, N. V.
'.M"mw v v mm
Rev John haynes Holmes
AUTHOR. OF" NEW WARS FOR
OLD" (DODDMEAD)
friends. An Intimate picture of the great
struggle, written In the trenches.
. With the French, (Scrlbner). By
Itlchard Harding Davis.
From the mud trenches of Artols nnd
tho r.lgzag front of Champagne, where i
tho trenches are dug In chalk, to the nort 1
of Salonlca and Into the Balkans Mr.
Davis has faithfully followed the French
In their part of the Allies' warfare. Ho
Iwas present during the bombardment of
J i Arras, he visited the trenches In nil
I'.tii.i., in- tinned in,
I parts of the front In K
. tho retreat of tho
i.,.. ... . . . .
ranee and he saw
Allies in Serbia.
i V ' ' ."7; "
aiih-i u-nii m wmi in winen lie uescriies i
tho French attltudo toward this country
ana his visit to l'olncnre.
They Shall .Vol Pass. (Doubleday,
Page). Ily Frank II Slmonda.
Besldra nn Inspiriting Interpretation of
Verdun, the most stupendous of all bat
tles, nnd his analysis of the strategical
meaning, Mr. Slnionds pays a touching
tribute to tho French nnd shows the soul
behind tho faces marching toward the
Kaiser's guns. And he draws a striking
picture of Gen. Petaln, a type of the
"new Frenchmnn, the mnn on the bridge,
but not by nny chnnce the man on horse
back" ; Petaln. the man. It Is said in
Paris, for whom France waits to com
pleto the task when the wearied JofTre
Is Hone.
Impressions and Experiences of a
French Trooper, 1914-1915. (Dutton).
By Christian Mallet.
An astounding piece of work simple,
poignant and heroic, by a French private
soldier who fought his way up to tho
rank of Lieutenant.
Thr Assault. ( Bobbs. Merrill). By
Frederick William Wile.
Mr. Wlln had studied the people and
the leaders for years. Ho was on the
spot. Ho knew where to go for news,
the men to watrh, the gosslp of the
hour, and how to distinguish between
facts and fiction. He was himself caught
up Into the whirl of the dawning trag
edy, for he was arrested on a spy. He
tells here what he saw nnd heard In Ger
many and England with cindr and
without reservation.
The War in Eastern Europe. (Berth
ner). By John Heed.
Mr. Beed writes, not of military de
tails but of the light and shadow In
the lives of the soldiers ami of the peo
ple n the warring countries their cus
toms, their emotions and tho expression
of tholr feelings under tho stress of war.
With Boardnian Boblnson. the cartoon
ist, he Vent through typhus stricken Ser
bia, visiting hospitals, battlefields nnd
trenches, tliencc through Bukovlna Into
Itussla nnd behind the great retreat ; to
Petrograd and Moscow and to Constan
tinople and tho Balkans.
jrifcnener' Moo. (Houghton Mifflin.)
By James Norman Hall.
The unceusored story of nn American
volunteer In the British army. Here s
tho first real book by an Amerlcai ho
has nctunlly fought and who Bev the
struggle from nn American point of view.
Written far from the censor's blue pencil,
It prefents n frank and vivid picture of
life In the trenches nnd on the battle
tlelds. The Plrst Seven Divisions, (Dutton),
Bv Cant. Ernest Hamilton.
A detailed account of the fighting from
Mons to Ynrcs. tho most critical period
in the war for tho allied armies. Con-
tabling much absolutely exclunlve Infor
mation nnd serving equally ns a rapidly
inuvlrur Hlory of great deeds and as a
study In modern strategy and tactics.
My Home in the Field of Honour.
(Doran). Bv Frances Wilson Huard.
Mine. Huard was In her chateau, sixty
miles northeast of Paris, In charge of
tho safctv of her young boy and womnn
servants In the days of Von Kluck'si
great drive to take the capital. A work
of art In It slmie, colorful. Intense and
thrilling narrative dramatlo by power
of fact and tho authors line upprehen
slon of Its quality and not by craft of
iiiranKcnicnt. The racts are so tre
meiidous that the flnent art has been the
Kimnlest relation, Incident by incident, or
the truth. With Illustrations by Charles
Hunril. official painter of the war to tho
, Sixth army of France.
I ,
PHILOSOPHY. PROBLEMS OF
THE DAY
War of the Crtator, (Uluebsch). By
(lolett UurKesfl,
Coco was) Just a nice French boy
whin he went tn the front, but the battle
c( I lie Mai ne transformed him Into n
man. He hnd lived, The psychology of
Coco's evolution Is an sound as the be
wilderment of battle Is real. Not often
has. war bten described as Mr. Burgess
fine reticence nnd !
AVin Uir.t for Old, (lvdd, Mend)
By John Haynes Holmes
From tho standpoint of logic, of ex
pediency, of human and illvlm- nnttiru
that can produre n leader like Christ, Dr.
Holmes concludes that 'Tcaco on Earth"
Is not as distant a coal rut the world
war might lead us to Imagine, that "picl
flsm" Is an expedient, workable means
and that our country has n definite nnd
tremendously vital duty toward mankind
In this overwhelming racial catastrophe.
J'sar God and Take Your Otm Part.
(Doran). Hy Theodore llooecvelt.
The most timely, arresting and Im
portant book Theodore Hmsxvclt has
written, conrtltutlnK an eloquent plen
for "the larger Americanism." Ho w rites
as a statesman, taking the Ion view of
policies nnd a wldo view which Includes
tho whole wnr'd. Ho w lUa of what Cm
I'nltfd Stntes fhould Hand f r I'. tenia
tlonully. Ho belle ex she h.u n orl(ase
, of devotion to freedom, of ItgliMiig for it,
which forbids her to be rt:l! when a
great word for rich! Fhould be ppnhrn ;
he conceives that hor honor Is bourd up
with the necessity of ncak m: at till
times fearlessly against nvgrcssion.
From Doomsday tn Klnrjdnm Come
(Small, Maynard). By Scynmiir Pe-
tnlng.
.A." Int'rpretatlnn of the developments
"Htiepastquarlercentlirvlntheworl.lv
, Vl0?- wlttl rrecin reforenco to the
I l. " s"ts : " real- Interrretatlon of
!lho bearing of the Eii-npem war nn the
PreFcnt and tlio fuluro of ri:inklr.l
Presrtif
Gardner I.
Day China.
(Century.) By
Harding.
A brief. Informative sturtv or th. mh
. . ----- . .... ,
pects of the Chinese republic. The
author Is a personal friend of Dr. Sun
Yat Sen and many of tlie leidlng spirits
of Young China, and describes tho re
markable social awakening of the
Chinese people under the stimulus of tho
revolutionary movement.
Our .Vatlonol Problems Series, (Mac
mlllan.)
A collection of six little volumes deal.
Ing with problem' of ltal eoneern to
every American citizen : "The r True
Ialth and Allegiance," by (iuMavtis
Ohllnger, a study of Germ-in prop.ie ,nd.i
in tne united states, with n preface bv
Owen WIMer; "The Forks of the Itoad,"
by Washington Gladden, a dlseushm of
International peace; "The llcrltign of
Tyre." by William Brown Moloney.
which deals with this country's need of
a merchant mnrlno; "Straight America."
by Frnnces Kellor, a presentation of tho
grrit forces at work In Amen m t'l-day.
and a call tn nil citizens in national s. r
vlce; "Americanization," by Koval
Dixon, which takes up the prohlun of
the naturalization of tho alien; and
Owen Wlster's celehriteil work. "The
Pentecost of Calamltv," In whl h the
German attitude of mind in the present
war Is dealt with.
Avake! V, S. A. (Doran ) By Will-
lam Freeman,
A definite book on preparedness. Our
relations with every great m.llt.iry na
tion are examined, with nil tho poten
tialities they contain. Tlioug.i It Is by
no means a mere digest, It will be of
especial value, to thn busy man who,
however cultivated, his no time to read
dozens of heavy books on International
law, military establishments, &c.
Culture arid TTnr. (Huetwh.) By
Simon N. Patten.
Tho author Is professor of political
economy at the University of Pennsyl
vania nnd well known ns the writer of
"The New Basis of Civilization" and
other book". lie does not discuss the
merits of the present war. but explains
the psychology of the German and his
Ideals, contrasting them with those of
the Englishman, with a view to a clearer
understanding between the peoples than
now exists.
Self-Bcltanee. (Holt.) By Dorothy
Canfleld Fisher.
Mrs. Fisher has put In this book the
things about helping children tn help
themselves, which every sane mother
knows to be true, but which mot of
them have forgotten In the hurry nnd
press of modern domestic life. She has
developed Ideas about tho cultivation of
self-reliance and a sense or i esponslbll
lly In the child which every sane mother
knows to be true, but which few of
Ihrm have stopped to think out. She
writes about the problems which beset
nil parents In a way which they can nil
understand nnd from which they can all
prollt.
The Memoirs of a Paiilcinn.
(Iluebsch.) Translated from tho ltii.
slan of Vlkenty Verrssayev by Simeon
Linden.
This Is the chief work of a Uustan
writer of the first rank. It Is not (lotion,
but the unvarnished and conscientious
confession of a physician from the tlmo
of his early studies. Veressnyev's ob
ject Is to explnln the dlltlcultles which
confront both, the doctor and patient In
DRAW AND INTERPRET
YOUR OWN HOROSCOPE
STARS OF DESTINY
By Katherlne Taylor Crni;;
New York Times Kiiys: "The
author's treatment of tho subject
in BatlsfyinK In every detail, nnd
from it we may leurn to east our
own horoscopes."
Bookseller, Newsdealer and
Stationer says: "The best book on
the subject that we havo seen."
12,00 net, (Postage Rilrs. Any bookstore.
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presents It, with
ridellfy for truth.
their delicate relationship and through
such explanation to make easier tho road
for both.
Hons and Daughter. (Holt,) By
Sldonle M, (Iruenbcrg,
A study of the nature of the child In
tho light of modern physiological the
ories of instincts nnd habits, presented
In n series of short discussion! (68) of
vnrlous concrete problems that arise In
the course of the early years of human
life from Infancy Into adolescence. The
many Incidents and stories will be rec
ognized ns typical of familiar situations,
mid the nnulyscs, In the language of
everyday conversation, will be of help
to parents, teachers and others who have
to deal with children,
What l Contngt (Macmlllan.) By
II, O. Wells.
Mr. Welts has always been mors In.
terestcd In tho to-morrow than In the
to-duy. The past, at he aaya somewhere
In this book, he regards as Just material
for fututn guessing. How are people
going to take such obvloua matters as
the wnste of the world's resources, the
arrest of material progress, the killing
of n large moldy of the males In nearly
every Iluropean country and universal
lofH and unluvpltiess?
A Hook for Rhakcooeart Plaut and
I'apvants. (Dinton.) By O. U Hatcher.
A new addition to tne resources 01 an
I readers nnd lovers of Shakespeare and
of nil who wish to present scenes from
tho mays or to take part In Shake-
! fpourlan or Elizabethan spectacles or
pageants. Fully Illustrated.
LOCAL COLOR, TRAVEL
The Gate of Asia.
(Putnam.) By
William Win field.
Tho book has been called "The Gnte
of Asia" becnu-e the region traversed.
Including Mesopotamia. Kurdistan, Ar
menla nnd the Persian province of Aser
balljan, has octed as a connecting ltnk
between those civilizations on the west
whrwe relations have been chiefly with
Euiope and the Mediterranean, and those
on tho east which aro peculiarly Asiatic
Lodges in the Wilderness. (Holt) By
W. C. Scully.
Mr. Scully was for many years a Brit
ish magistrate near the border of Ger
man and British South Africa. His tales
of desert life have the Interest of a first
h m l persona! nanntlve. It Is among
the smalt group of modern deecrlptlvo
bonks of power and poetic feeling.
By Motor to the Golden Gate. (Apple
ton.) By Emily Post.
Mrs. Post made the trip by motor car
from Now York to San Francisco In the
summer of 1915 with her eon, who drove
tho car Her new book proves to be a
(harming aecount of the trip by one who
Knows bow to travel, who sees the Inter
esting things along the way, who knows
iow to handlo tho difficulties that nrise
mul tu secure amusement and pleaeure
fi.-oii them nlio. Mrs. Post writes as a
frle- d might talk of Ticrsnns and places.
Besides tho nnrrntlve there la detailed
Information on what to carry and what
not to curry, how to nrrnnge the car, c
nfd minute descriptions of the route,
hotels, places to btop, expenses, Ac
Blackfeet Talrs of Glacier National
Vnrk (Hnuchton Mifflin.) By James
Wlllnrd Schultz.
Wrlttf n by nn adopted member of the
Binckfeet tribe, these legends make what
Is probibly the beet collection of Indian
Morles ever brought together. With these
stories Is combined tho author's own
nnrrntlve of his experiences nnd adven
tures, mi'le even more graphic by a
series of photographs.
inn mti lynuniry. u,nnn. ny
E.irl 11 Keecl
A unique book, describing the sand
dune ranges that sktrt the southern and
eastern shores of Uike Michigan. Thn
text Is poetlo and graphlo and there are
nty Illustrations by tho author.
Troii Plftor to Post. (Century.) By
John Keudrlck Bangs.
! Ilem'tilcences of the author's life dur
um; the last ten years as a travelling
lecturer throughout the country, consist
Urn of anecdotes, sketches of character
and light lelbctlons on American life in
neral In tho stvle of this well known
"funny man." A kindly, witty, good
humored commentary on American ways,
East, West. North nnd South.
Vomio fndlo. (Iluebsch.) By Lsjpat
lt.il.
An Interpretation and a history of the
nat'oiialist movement from wlthtn. The
author is one of the best equipped men
to tell of India's aspirations and needs
and to describe her hlstorio strugglo
for self-government and the men who
ire leading the nationalist movement.
Th' Ocean and Its Mysteries, (Duf
field ) By A. Hyatt Verrlll.
In this vivid account "f tne wonders
of the sea nnd of the life In, on and
nround It Mr Verrlll describes the depth
of the sea, currents and streams, dere-
llcts and Icebergs, tides and waves, life
In the grent depths, human life under
the bc.i, safeguards of the sea, Ac
Xlghts in London. (Holt.) By Thomas
Burke.
This Is no vednntlo guide book, but a
piquant account of many fascinating ad
ventures In as many strange pirts of
London The author, a young Journalist,
provides a scintillating new Baedeker
with the traditional, the obvious and
thn genteel happily omitted,
.V(j7?ifs. (Llpplncort) By Elizabeth
Robins Pennell.
Home, Venice, In the wsthrtlo 'HOs;
Paris, London, In the fighting 'DOs.
There Is tho Inside history of nn ah
i orbing period, nnd an acquaintanceship
with those who made It what It wns:
Ib-ards'ey, Henley, Harlnnd, editor of
"Tho Yellow- Book" i Whistler. Ac. The
illustrations, photographs and some
nulling by Joseph Pennell are unusual,
A Hook Lover's Holidays in the Open.
, Scrlbner. ) Ily Theodore Boosevolt.
Ono sentence In Col. Roosevelt's prrf
I'co sounds tho keynote of this book :
"The joy nf living is his who has the
heart to demand It," The chnpters range
fiom n description of a cougar hunt on
the rim of the (Irnnd Canyon and nn
nccount of tho washing of the sacred
snakes In a Hopl underground temple to
Hoenea In Argentina, Chile and Patago
nia ; from a study of primitive man In
t :.r, o continents to a description nf the
books which hnve been the author's eon
Mum companions in his wanderings.
A Sort hern CountrysUle, By Rosalind
RM, n-iK
A snles of connected and quite de
lightful sketches of scenes and the peo-
I pie in Maine, It Is written with knowl
edge, with a true and sympathetic touch
1 n ml wi'h humor. The effect Is height
i oiled by Mr. Wentworth's photographs,
j Tim .nil hor Is a daughter of Laura Rich
'mils, known for her "Captain Janu-
at y, ' Ac,
Ihimigh Russian Ccnfrol .4j(i. (Mac
ro llan ) Ily Stephen Graham.
-PI,,. ,la,.rlnf Inn it o Imirnev frftni Vlutl.
,., the (Miicsus to Baku, across I "" " " ""'- sinte. that onco boasted Its prize yoke,
I tin- Caspian Sea to Kiasnovodsk In Trans- I irr Street r.icttrs ( i.nunent. of oxen and could turn out a mnBttlll
. isp.,'1. thence by rail to Bokhara. Manchester, N, H., June 9, How ths fol,t A.m' stately string of them when
Samnikand and Tashkent, the limit of the old timers of n generation back, let u roa'' wa" J 1,0 l,rolt, 1" winter or
the railway, then on foot or In carts tn , us say, would have rubbed their eyes '"'i' particularly big nnd ciimbersomo
i the frontier of China, to Vernoy, Kopal, , at beholding In cold typo thli little Item ""Ject wns to bo hauled from one part
1 l.cnsinsK. norm out oi seven li vers,
Land In southern sitierin, semlpalatlnsK,
up tho Irtish to tho Altai Mountains.
The .lniiiilnln, (Seilbner., By John
t Van Dyke.
Prof, Van Dyko continues his
I series on nature In this successor to
"The Desert" and "The Opal Sea." The
hook begins with n really epic nevount
of a rldo with the Sioux through the
Dakota." to the Bookies and back In tho
author's boyhood, on whloli expedition
he evidently begnn tho studies of moun
tains, which ho has since pursued all
over the globe. Chapters fo low on nil
the vnrlous nspects of tho irenernl sub.
Ject, both scientific, nnd aesthetic, ns Is
tho author's wont
HISTORY. REMINISCENCE
The Century of the Benalssance.
(Putnam.) By L. Batlffol.
A lucid and lively narrative of events
from the death of Louie XI. In HS3 to
that of Henri IV. In 1610. TIiIh Is one
of the most confused and baffling periods
In French history, but In M. llntllTol'a
skilful hands motives arc elucidated,
actions correlated nnd events brought
Into orderly sequence. His sketches of
Louis XI., Georges d'Amholse, Frnncols
I., Henri II., Diane dn Poitiers, Henri
IV. and Queen Margot to name but a
few touch the imagination nnd linger
In the memory.
.Wemortfs. (Dutton.) By Lord
Ilcdesdale.
A cultivated mind, experiences In
many paTts of the world, humor,
geniality, Innumerable friendships with
well known people and a vigorous
memory hnve enabled Ixjrd nedesdalo
to write one of the hurt bo .ks of remi
niscences which havo appeared In recent
years.
Joseph Fels: ris Life Work, (Hurbsch.)
By Mary Fcls.
This Is the story of nn American
manufacturer who nlnndnncd money
making to attack the evil conditions
which permit tho acquirement of wealth
M the expen!l9 of MnK millions. The
book deals principally with his ixtlvltlea
In connection with single tnx, vacant
land cultivation. Intensive agriculture,
educatlonah and other experiments.
largely tn England and America, though
his interests were worldwide.
A Diplomat's Wife in Mexico. (Har
per.) By Edith O'Shaughnessy.
Intimate personal experiences nt Mex
ico city and Vera Cruz during those dra
matic months in 1913 nnd 1914 when
Nelson 0'Shnuhnesy was American
Charge d'AfTalres, before the breaking
off of relations between the United
States nnd Mexico. In these pages wo
have vivid pictures of those days by
the one who hnd tho fullest Informa
tion. These letters form n contribution
to American history, a book which will
arouse much discussion.
The Irish Orators.
(Bobbs-Merrlll.)
By Claude Bowers.
The nuthor tells the story and Illus
trates the style of Flood. Urattan, Cur
ran. Plunkett, Kmmet, O'Connell,
Mcngher. Butt nnd Pnrnr.lt, nnd then
summnrlres Irish history In tho last
quarter of a century. He ha brought
his patriots together In one group and
has so outlined the biography of each
tnni in connection iwjieen uirm ir. ,-u , .
disclosed, the hltory which they helped
to make Is followed Intelligently and
without loss of Its connecting links, and
the personal and human side of the men
Is still prominent. There Is n foreword
by Cardinal Farley.
Recollections of Abraham Mncoln.
(Putnam.) By Henry B. llunkln.
The nuthor wns one of tie "Lincoln
boys" who grew up In the valley of tho
Sangamon before tho sturdy race of pi
oneers had disappeared, nnd Ills plctuies
of that now vanished t'm help ti t"
seo Lincoln In the setting of his life,
nmld the scenery which wrought Itself
Into his mind, nnd thn hnrdy, wholesome,
self-reliant folk who left the'r Impress
upon his character and hH career. M no- !
fiver, the author was for several cars
a student In tho Lincoln & Herndon law
office. Beverles Over Childhood and l'otifh
(Macmlllan.) By W. B Ye.its.
Here the celebrated Irish writer given i
us his rrmlnlscenes of his childhood and!
youth. Like most poets Mr. Yeats was i
a nervous, lmpre'lonahle nnd s-ensl-
tivo boy. his child' o..d. ns is shown
In ,l,l ,.n1ilm. t. i a ii.il..I It, l.la
grandfather In 'Ireland, nnd 1:1 s otith ,
mainly with hi' father, a painter Tho
memories nre written, ns Is tn be e.
peeted, In charming proe. They have
the appeal Invariably attached to tho
account of n sensitive childhood.
POETRY. BELLES LETTRES
Selected Poems of Gustaf Frndlnu
(Macmlllan.) Translated by Charles
Wharton Btork.
Th peculiarly national characteristics .
' ihi Swedish lyric, according to Prof,
Slink, are their clnsenesi to tho earth
n 'be other hand, their purely
visionary quality, their kindliness nnd I
their trenchant humor. Frodlng. Prof
Stork says, "unites these qualities with i
. 1-iii.w nui 1'iq.iiiiii hi .i)ii',-. II, niiriHTi.
ual vigor and a compactness of stylo
that makes every phrase slgnlllc.itit. In
Ms pictures of peasant life ho reminds i
one most of Burns, some of whose songs
so translated, but his Ironic humor Is
more like that of Heine, The visionary
gift appears In poems of n!mot Shej.
leyan Ideal beauty, and his power of dra
matic narrative has a virility which
makes the work of Kipling seem jour
nalistic," April Airs, (Small Maynard.) By
Bliss Carman.
A new volume of lyrics by Mr far-
nn la ill.... n . ' . I A ... ,,.1.11,1.... I U
,,,,,,, ,n n.n.jii noiwitio ,,,, 1 1 1 , , if 11, ijio
permanent achievement of American
poetry. The new examples nro In char-
ncterlstli; vlen.
Black Sheep. (Houghton
Mifflin.)
By Jean Kenyon Mackenzie.
This pedes of letters was written by
a missionary to tho German Kamerun,
equatorial West Africa, nnd to tho
northern part of the French Congo
They not only reveal convin"ngly thn
unconquerable spirit of the mlsMnnnry
but also show a delightful ami poetl
appreciation of the beauty of tho conn -
try nnd the human appeal of the African
1 eople. Profusely Illustrated from pho-
tographs.
Kuropa's Fairy Tales ( Putnnm )
Restored and retold by Joseph Jacobs
Investigators In the different Ile'ds r
European folk lore hnve been struck hi
the large number of variants of particii
lar fairy stories In their range over (in
continent, From the number of in .
dents common to these variants It Is
rosslble to arrive approximately nt the
contents of the orlglnnl stories. Such an
attempt has been made, nnd made very
successfully, by Joseph Jacobs In his , - .
compilation. 1
I on the main street of a New Hamp
shire town two pairs of 'cm nt oncot
PASSING OF THE OXEN, CM ,vi'r ,w,Jy ll "ie stranse Main I
And, Indeed, It would bo a sight worth
kla-l.i nt Tiwrt .,, ,,,i V . Il.-,
from the current number of the Peter.
. borough JYanscripf:
A strange Incident on Wednesday
forenoon was the sight of two pairs of
oxen which met on Main strert, Oxen
are becoming very scarce In town.
"A strange Incident," forsooth I Oxen
ALL New Novels
PRICES Diverge In Character
NET Delightful in Style
Distinguished in Interest
I
The Bars of Iron
By E. M. Dell
Author of I
"7i ll'ui
Benders hare pretty gener
ally agreed that this bonk
equals anything the author
has done, as the record of
tlrst editions will shew
(M.OOO rnples within 30 ilss
of publication.
ef in
Encle."
The llnehti
of alpre.
'The
Keeprr of
the Jhm "
!M paaes.
H.io.
Star of the North
By Francis W. Sullivan
Aulhnr c.f
"ChV.Jten
of liantsh
ment," etc.
1 1, J J.
A thrilling stery of the
Canadian wilds, a lludsen
Hay I'nst factor, his daugh
ter and a looting picture
company. Hie author
knows lilt wilds, knows the
"motles." and liNOWS)
now in nitirn.
The Hermit
Doctor of Gaya
By I. A. Ft. Wylie
Aulhnr of
"the AVi
tire Horn,'
"The
Italnh's
People,"
etc. ..
lute slnry nf modern
Inillsi story of sacrifice,
drpratlty and mutiny. "The
author It a inagnlneent
story teller." Iindon (Hand
aril .
The Night Cometh
By Paul Bourgct
or ,
Ft i nth
Arademv.
"Perhaps
the fore.
moil ttrlna
notrtHt "
America.
tl.S,
The story of a materialistic
ilortnr and a fervently pious
Mounded officer. "One nt
the most notable works of
Imagination written under
Influence of the war," Kve.
.Mull. N V
The Road to Mecca
By Florcnco Irwin
Author of A modern snrletv nniel.
"YtWM lhe title nt n .mil ,h
AUf-ttim," makes the truiiale for
(I ! mkIuI pre-eminence Its one.
nnd null aim, Are them
any .in h Minis'.' Look
nruiinit inti and see. Are
there.'
The Wiser Folly
1V
Leslie Moore
Author of
Ihe
I'earofk
Feather."
1'mi read "The I'eaoeek
leather'".1 Here Is a noiel
by the same author, and
one as prnfoundly sympa
thetic, as romantic.
charming. "4 heautltul
rnmanre." ttnehpttar Pml
Kpre, etc. ti ti.
The Iron Stair
By "Rita"
a no.
t "lory nf Inte, daring and
elf..,rrlflee, unfolded nn
Ihe lletonOiIre innnrs, with
the fnrlilddlng background
of prison walls, A flue rn.
insure, wlih rrn timucht
bat k nf II.
rnance of
Iir nn.,r
tlJ
IJ T 1 1 1 1 H inf ftifaFC
"""O "cl 3
r, o--u ic i. as
D "acnei swetc mactiamara
''he'"'
Fnne of
the lies.
The story uf the rebellion of
a girl from a mother who
guarded her with loo Jeal
out an e,., pnrt of (lie
story Is laid In Egypt the
t h r a It t, I n g, mysterious
I'KM't this author knows so
well.
: full page
llliit
.-.111 rites.
The
Heir of Duncarron
By Amy McLaren
A'',hn'
"
n.muQh
("
A delightful Inie story with
fresli Stntili setting, an
air nf ardent romance In
a trndltlnn-Mrepcd atmos
phere, and Ihe falmest ing.
KPsllon nf qualm dialect.
Rose Cottingham
By Netta Syrctt
The
MMuq
or a
Modem
U l"Mfl.
tl s
A striking picture nf the
moulding of a joun. girl In
the disturbing atmosphere
of the early Mult that of
Mllde, lleardsley, the aes.
Ilietle and earlv socljllatlo
nioiements,
UntiaODV
i fl J
in Thy Oaring
By Marius -yle
Wren
" I here Is snmelhio
real strength i,r ' i
(,reek dramatlMt .
handlliit: nf li. and
the
old
III
the
htqhm
prune
i " ',
, j'
'
!
.
'
i IIiiihs Is dramutli ami un
expected. Vie i nuitriituUte
author and piihlMirr on ii
I k of eitepilon.il merit,"
rtin (.lotin, Lotidou.
WHY NOT TAKE THIS LIST
TO YOUR BOOKSHOP -
LOOK AT THE BOOKS!
N,w Yotk O.f, PUTNAM'S SONS London
e-,iih in num.. n lurtu linn Kt'Liu Ulu
u "" """uiei.
But tho times change, nnd motive
pow-or changes with them. Oxen were
slow, presumably they are slow even tn
this day, nnd escu In Peterborough,
which Is by no means to bo considered
a sleepy hurt; or on low gear In Its
movements,
I
wm
II
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