The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-23

upon fighting duel. The duel was brought about through the publication by one of these men in his newspaper of an attack on some of the dearest beliefs of the Catholic church, to which the other duelist belonged All England attempted to stop this duel. Said England in ef- feet: "Good gracious, these men are mak- ing religion an every day thing of it; they are taking religion seriouslyi they must be-they surely are insane"
 The duelists were pursued from one end of the tight little island to the other, always trying to find place to fight 1t out, finally ending in an insane asylum. where they discover that all the people with whom sthey had come in contact during their dueling days were also In the asylum. All England was in fact, crazy; they were really taking religion. the belief in a real God, heaven and hell. seriously, making an everyday thing of 1t.
 ''The Ball and the Cross" sparkles de- lightfully.
 ''The Glory of the Conquered" by Susan Glaspell. (F. A. Stokes 6 Co.)
 This Is the story of great love between very fine woman and scientist.
 He had not asked her to marry him. He had simply come and told her she was to marry him. And he was a great strong man-far more powerful than she. She had positively nothing to do with 1t. And when he took her face so tenderly in his two hands, looked 30 far down into her eyes, and told her in a voice she would follow to the ends of the earth, that he loved her. was there any time, then, to think of paltry non-essentials like art and scienceT'
 Surely not The kick the men of this day and generation have a right to, and occasionally, 1t Is reported, use. Is that the present-day women under the cir cumstances above described do think of the 'non-essentials' the pity, the men say.
 Still. 1t Is delightful to read a book in which there Is a woman who didn't think just at that time, of course, is meant.
 Well, they were married lived happy ever after until the scientist had trouble with his eyes, later dying and things of that sort but the beautiful story of a great love Is there. This scribe has it straight from the shoulder that the beau tiful love story is there from one who knows, from one to whom this scribe has been known to appeal in questions of this sort more than twice.
 Most people like the love portion of a book mixed up with tears; it is in this
 
 hrst-class of its kind. which is a very su- period kind, most people agree.
 Those who have already delighted in The Glory of the Conquered" will be in- terested to know that Miss Glaspell was porn In Davenport. Ia- which, of course. was not her fault: that she was educated at Des Moines and Chicago and has writ ten short stories for the magazines.
 The day after her graduation from Drake university at Des Moines. Miss Giaspeli went on the stan of Des Moines newspaper as a political reporter. About the statehouse she found rich material for her first stories which were Duh lished in several magazines Later she went to Chicago and took graduate work at the University of Chicago. which fur nishes such good setting for much of her book, "The Glory of the Conquered. l"
 Her publishers say that a very curious coincidence occurred while she was re- vfsng the manuscript of her book She had actually, they say, started on q chapter in which one of the characters becomes i'll with appendicitis, when she herself had a sudden and severe attack or the same ailment. and she finished the chapter during her convalescence. Simply pure unadulterated retribution, if ever there was any--this scribe thinks.
 Miss Glaspell Is spending the winter in Colorado.
 ''The Glory of the Conquered" is all right; it will likely make you weep. which will, of course. only add to its charm. eh?
 Wendell Phillips" Orator and Agitator.
 by Lorenzo Sears. Doubleday, Page
 Co.)
 It is a wee bit more than could be ex- pected of us down below Mason and Dixon's line that we will enthuse over or be interested in the discussion of the life or doings of Wendell Phillips. ora- tor and agitator, fin very truth-the lat ter.
 We will have to have a little more time; our horizon must broaden bit. as 1t were, before we can take in'' Wendell or appreciate his agitations from the result of which we have not as yet, 50 years ago. gotten over.
 So wendell Phillips. Orator and Agi- tator," goes to the top shelf in this library Ten years, maybe 15 or pos sibly 20, D. ", and we all live and noth- Ing happens, this reviewer will take up the question seriously and investigate for himself whether Wendell was simp- ly professional politician out of job. loud-mouthed prcmulgator of wind and insulta or a big man, mentally and nor ally.
 Meanwhile we might skip Wendell and let 1t go at that, for few years. at least, in the south.
 My Lady of the south." by Randall
 Parrish. GA. c. McClurg Col
 My Lady of the South Is not much, If any. It deals with battles, murders. and sudden deaths to say nothing of mysteries and that always thrown d