The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-25
1.-THE wOODNEYS." By J. Breckenridge Ellis. The Devil


 THE WOODNEYS." By J. Breckenridge Ellis. The Devin-
 Adair Company, Publishers, No. 4Si
 Fifth Avenue, New York
 "The Woodneys." by J. Breckenridge Ellis. is the story of few weeks in the life of a typical American family. nisas- trous happenings threaten to subnlergs them, but the Woodneys are tue sort that do not know when they are down. Tkey have a laugh and a jest, for whatever comes their way. and if one plan docsn't work they are ready to try another. Sometimes their worst luck comes out of their most idealistic ventures. Tho father of the family, blind minister, has na- ture 20 kindly and so trusting that of itself 1t ought to be able to ward off mis- fortune. But this world being what it Is, he Is not always an effective guardian an- gel. A son who ought to be 2 poet, put is by necessity farm hand, daughter who supplies practical sense for the household, and a mother who writes nov els and says witty things. make up the family. But there are also relatives and nsighbors who complicate the plot This tale of the troubles the Wcodneys get into and get out of again is d jolly. whole some story, full of human sunshine You will find many laugh through it's pages. and when you come to the end you will close the book with sniils and warm feeling in your heart.
 ..THB UNCERTAIN GLORY By H. IT. Provost Battersby. The John
 Lane Company, publishers, New York
 In H. F. Provost Battersby's (Francis PrevosD "The Uncertain Glory the scene is laid in a Central American re- public on the verge of revolutlon,. by which it's President is fofcedsto fly uud his two charnins daughtsrss fau { to 'ta,s care of q young American engfreer and two English friends of his
 After thrilling day of suspense begins the struggle to rescue the girls from tile rebels who would hold them to ransom. Maurice Doyne, the engineer. brings 400 of his men down from the works and onis- after a week of desperate lighting are they able at last to force way through to the sea and safety. The life Of the republic Is shown, in a series of brilliant pictures, which give the strange beauty of the scene and the seductive loveliness of the women,
 The two girls in the setting of the old palace are themselves the most attractive jewels of the republic, and the fighting that is done for them has ring of inc real thing in it's failures, It's futiIity. its unforeseen developments, and It's tragic successes.
 .THE ADVENTURES OF JERRY
 MUSKRAT" AND THE ADvEN-
 TURES OF MIR. MOCKER." By Thurston ". Burgess. Illustrated by Hamilton Cady. Little. Brown & Co.,,
 Publishers. Boston.
 All the little tots will be pleased to know that two brand new books have been added to The Bedtime Story Books series, and that in them Thornton W. Burgess has told two of the very best stories that have ever come from his pen.
 ''The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat' and 'The Adventures of MT. Mocker'' are the two latest, following "The Adventures of Reddy Fox, "The Adventures of Johnny Chuck. .The Adventures of Peter Cot tontail" and "The Adventures of Unc' Billy 'Possum."
 Like each of the books in "The Bedtime Story Books" series, these new ones arc devoted to the adventures of one animal and tell of his pranxs and his good times, his troubles. his enemies and his friends The same charm of style that made other books by MT. Burgess so successful Is here displayed.
 MT. Burgess' ability to combine a quality of whimsical delightfulness with much that is really informative about animal life has endeared him to his little read CTS.
 He has a rare gift of making nature study a delight for little people by his genius of impersonating all sorts Of anil mals in very human situations