The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-11

Robert; so with the gentleman friend Ca finished character in the book ding donging into Kitty s ears the one strain. namely, the injustice to Robert in marry ing him without telling him of her past life ''the immortal moment arrives. Kitty breaks the news of her past life to Robert, dscards the engagement-de- clines a home where she may live in re- tirement, and throws herself from cliff near the hotel.
 That is the plot in a nutshell. But the treatment of it! This review couldn't be- gin to tell you of the delightful treatment of the plot by the artistic Miss Sinclair. If one cares for the good things in liter ature here Is one in ''The Immortal Mo Tnent," not for the doubtful things in 1t, but in spite of them. This reviewer would dislike indeed to have missed The Immortal Moment" Nuff sed, isn't 1t?
 Americans of Today and Tomorrow"
 by Albert J. Beveridge, U. s. Senator
 from Indiana. Oienry Altemus Co)
 Senator Beveridge has a singularly happy mode of writing-an intimate an ecdotal style that makes even the weight fer problems of national polity agreeable and not too heavy reading. In his new book, there is a certain sort of patriot happily becoming less common from year to year, who will find more than one un- palatable passage therein. One of the great merits of the books from Senator Beveridge is that he makes us see our selves as others see us. At home we are apt to see only the points in which we as Americans excel To call Senator Bev eridge a croaker would be very unfair he is sef-confessed optimist. and never more truly one than in regard to his na- tive land. He thinks the present gener- a ffOD ic wi GetnD the dQ of our gold en age, whose possibilities shall be great CT than those of any era since the world began To reap the most bounteous har vest of this destiny he declares, we need only to cultivate belief in ourselves, con- servatism. thoroughness and national righteousness. Americans of Today and Tomorrow is a helpful little volume.
 ''The Point of Honor" military tale, by Joseph Conrad. (The Mcclure Co) Did you read. if you did. did you enjoy ''The Secret Agent" last year? If so 1t would not have prepared you for the bright, satirical book from MT. Conrad, recently published called The Point of Honor" in which the author really makes hilarious fun of duelling as it hap pened during the Napoleonic wars.
 A staff officer in "The Point of Honor" when the book opens, had been detailed
 
 the Napoleonic army for having fought a duel with a civilian of the town in which the army was then stationed in bivouac The staff officer had difficult time of it locating and placing the other officer under arrest but did finally ac- compish his detail, when he found the culprit in a salon, presided over by very charming matron. The staff officer was refined gentleman by birth and breeding-the officer accused Of duelllng was of a different sort The latter did not care for the manner in which his ar rest had been made. so he forced the staff officer to fight duel in the garden connected with his home. Thus began series of duels, which lasted for years and years between these two men. First one, then the other officer would get the best of the duel-the injured one recov- ering they would arrange to and did fight again. Every time they were pro- noted a fight would ensue. This pro- eressed for years and is ended in an 1n- genious way at the conclusion of the book. which you can discover by read ing the charming tale. The story is light, bright and qiute interesting. The descriptions of the life in Napoleons army are exciting to read; the book is compensating in many ways. Time will be more than well spent in reading any thing that MT. Conrad sends forth, in- cludng of course, "The Point of Honor" here discussed.
 "The Devil,' a novel, from the play of F. Molnar, by A. S. van Westrum e. w. Dillingham; Co)
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