Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-16
Emerson Housh's Novel.

field of comedy as are his earlier
books as serious studies of American
life The hero of the story. Henry
Francis Drake, is a buccaneer of to-
day, millionaire bachelor in ordinary
and pirate by choice who. in the year
1913 sails the Mississippi from the
headwaters to the gulf
A villainous crew boards the boat;
the dashing pirate kidnaps the girl
and maroons his rival. But the viii
famous crew are just two small 5so 81
runaways, who caught up with =
pirate. Drake, the staid bachelor ,se
his daily life and set him sfvfft,-"
chasing down the Mississippi affer,g
own boat with his sweetheart on :
board. He'd rented his yacht unwit-
tingly to his rival.
THE Lady and the Pirate" is ro-
nance, comedy, burlesque, adventure.
love-out -of- doors, all, or, one, just as
one pleases. 1t is fresh, breezy and
the author, explorer and naturalist
himself has given to his inland setting
all the charm of the high seas and
all the fragrance of the woods
THE LADY AND THE PIRATE"
BY Emerson Hough. Illustrated by
a. huNAtos PA-@o htAs AC &SOtba-
Merrill Company, Indianapolis, Ind.
> Literary Notes.
The Houghton Miffiin Company, New
York and Boston, recently prepared
pamphlet entitled Some of the Best
Books" in which was given a list OF
their publications selected by the New
York State Library, and included in
its list of the $50 best books of 1911.
In this list forty titles were given.
The report for the year 1912 is now
published, and is found to, include
forty-five volumes published by the
same house, an even greater average.
This establishes a new record for the
prestige of the publications of the
house.
President William Dewitt Hyde's
forthcoming book on the training OF
boys, to which he has given the title
The Quest of the Best" is am
nounced for publication in September
by the Thomas Y. Crowell Company.
1t will be a work of much Importance
to parents, teachers. club workers and
all who are in any way engaged in
work with boys. A portion of the
material was used In the authors leo
lures before the Conference of Work.
ers with Boys held in Indiana in May.
Seven large editions of Winston
Churchill's 1.-THE Inside of the Cup"
have now been printed-a very salts
factory index of the success with
which the novel is meeting. IT is
the latest novel to be approved by
the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy
Department for purchase for crews
libraries for vessels for the navy.
Few American publishing enter
prises," says the Dial, ARE deserv-
ing of such unqualified approval as
the Macmillan Standard Library
which is making accessible In SUBJ
stantial and inexpensive form some
of the best serious books OF recent
| years"
1t has been suggested that Miss
Nethersole's "Wilsam'' is the epic OF
the hop industry just as William Al
| len whites "A Certain Rich Man 10
the epic of the wheat industry. The
thought is interesting and 1t bears
close ANALYSIS, too, hops and their cul-
ture really playing more important
part in the story of Kentish farm
| life than at first appears. In fact IL
might almost be said that 1t is tns
shirt of the hops, which having en-
tered into the very being OF the
novels characters, Is the actuatlns
motive OF the plot.
Two men prominently associated
with the modern church who nave
read Winston Churchill's THE Inside
of the Cup" and who hold very dil-
ferent views as to it, are Walter
Rauschenbusch, the well-known theo-
| logical professor and writer, ana the
! Rev. George T.. Barber, pastor or the
1 Eighteenth Street M. e. Church,
Manhattan.
what moved me most Or.
Rauschenbusch said in discussing the
story, was the consciousness that
| the author Is speaking here not as an
artist simply, but as believer. 1
take IL that Mr.. Churchill has re-
discovered religion for himself as the
greatest force in human life, he De-
lieves in the immense possibilities OF.
| the church and of the minister when
once Christianity is set free to do It's
work. He believes in the Church
more than many ministers believe In
it. and 1t may we'll be O. tonic to many
who think the Church has fulfilled It's
mission and might as well die"
In striking contrast to this Is DR..
BARRIERS comment. mo one is COM
petent to teach religion who has no
religion" he said. mo one is COM
petent to teach any religion who has
not learned that religion, or, at least.
tested 1t, in the way prescribed by
the religion itself No one has the
right to declare the religion of Jesus
| Christ false in its spiritual teachings
or In any way He claims for it, who
has not tested that religion in the
way He prescribes which is the only
way 1t can be tested, |. e., as spir-
itual experience which Christ Him
81 r,.If lzI urhn La cnf6 n
must be born again. Except a man
be born from above he cannot see
(recognize) the kingdom of Cod Mr..
Winston Churchill would better fit
himself by the new birth from above
before he attempts any further in
struction upon the religion of Jesus
the Christ"
The London National Review. the
Germanophobe organ of L. j. Maxse.
is. perhaps, kept better informed on
American affairs than any other
British publication. It's articles each
month, written by A. Maurice Low.
should be read by all American pol
iticians. In the August number of
the Review is the following reference
to President Wilson. 1t may be read
with interest, especially by the Presi-
dents New Jersey friends;
1.-THE gods" says Mr.. Low. CON
tinue to have President Wilson in
their keeping. Nothing could have
been more fortunate for him than
to have the tariff bill opposed by
some of the great interests, for that
is proof positive to the people that
what he advocates is for their adj
vantage, and the opposition is pure
ly selfish. 1t was a lucky day for
the President when the sugar growers
of Hawaii and Porto Rico and Loui-
siana combined their forces and
flooded the newspapers with their