The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-06
THE HON. PNRc1vAI. ;.


BY Alice Regain Rice. Pictures bv Cros-
by. The Century Co., publishers
THE Honorable PercivaI," the hero
OF the story by that name by Alice He
gan Rice, Is an extremely correct and
fastdious young Englishman, who has
been tlted-to his great amazement-b Nv
quite correct and proper English f,an.
Gee. For solace he IL taking a trip aroma
the world, unutterably bored, and pre-
sentlng q front OF Icy indifference to
every Fellow traveller
Enter on the Pacific liner at San Fran
CISCO the prettiest, widest bit of Amer
lean mischief who ever dared all fhe con-
ventions and played havoc with hearts
She Is Bobby, the captains daurhter.
and the Honorable Percival for ali his
disapproval of her. wakes up. Things
happen fast on a Pacific liner, and
Bobby doesn't lose a moment. You think
you know how 1t IL going to end as vo,,
enjoy the comedy: but you don't.
THE TRUE ULYSSES s. GRANT.
BY General Charles King. Twenty-eirbt
illustrations. J. B. Lippincott Co. pub
fishers, Philadelphia.
THE True Ulysses 8. Grant, nv csen.
eral Charles King, is the latest volume in
the well known True Biographies and
Histories series. General Charles King
thoroughly understands the military re-
MUS OF the great union commander, and
gives the reader insight into those cam
paigns that are used az models of tac
Tics IN the army colleges of Europe.
Grant, the man, however, ana Grant the
President, are treated with the same re-
gard for truth that characterixes the
study OF Grant, the general. II is one Of
the best biographies in . very notable
series.
Those OF US who have read General
CHARLES Kings novels know him as one
OF the best of story tellers. and In this
historical work upon his hero he had the
opportunity Of telling = fascinating and
true tale. The story Of the great Sam
Grant, the 'old man. Of thousand cam
paigns. the calm, self-confident, deter
mined. yet modest hero. of but one weak
ness. of but few faults. and Of many
virtues is q tale worthy to be told by one
OF the very best of our prose writers.
What series Of parodoxes occur In
Grants career! He was born in a cot
tage, yet he dined with most or the
crown heads Of the world. he hated the
thought Of entering the army, yet he
saved the nation In the most desperate
of her wars. for months ignored bx
Washington, by sheer force Of accom-
plishment, he arrived at the top. One
year had raised him from the twilight
of a western town to the triumph OF
OOnelSOn, TWO years nad maze MIN the
victor of Vicksburg. the hero OF the army
of the west: three had set him in supremo
command and four had crushed the en-
envy, had made the north and south the
nation once again. Then came those un-
fortunate years as politician and Pres
ident: Grant was soldier. never poll
tician. but General King throws q new
light on some of the fine things that
were done during his administration.
The chnra cfeP 0f fhfn v,1o Ia mt nsf-
fIciently understood by his present day
countrymen. More men know of his ci-
gar smoking than Of his sterling quail
ties Of his tendency to drink than OF
his loyalty to friends. He was . typi-
cal western American with al Of the
virtuee and some OF the faults that col
With such : type H. sFsatnsss and