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the other Of that created by Napoleon.
in THE Bronze Eagle" lGeorge II.
Doran Company. even II the English
man is a friend of her Scarlet PIN
pernel." They are all rivals for the
hand Of n young woman. The mel
odramatic intrigue that Is interviewer
with the story Of Napoleon's return
and the battle Of Waterloo Is not par
t~icularly interesting after the French
men have shown what manner Of men
they are. but the story is readable.
The edifying tale Of a remarkably
silly middleaged wife's %infatuation for
a military lady killer is told by the
Baroness Won Hutton in Birds Foun-
tain" (Appletons.) Her complaisant
husband is ready to let her go. After
We have been RECALLED with the officers
various intrigues and with the cor
respondence OF friends of the lady who
are sorry for what she II doing. she is
stopped for a time by "A trifing acct
dent and sleeps herself In rusticity,
but she is still bent on her object after
finding out her lovers character, till
in a sentimental moment she makes up
with her husband again. The minor
characters in'this story are interest
ing and should have been made MOI
Of: OF the principals and their pecu-
liar morality We get an overdose.
Incidents Of official life in India with
an occasional story. often a pretty
good one, are told by Shetland Brad
ley in More Adventures of an A. ID.
c." John Lane Company The incl
dents are haphazard enough 10 be au-
TYPOGRAPHICAL. but the book is pleasant
reading and must appeal to British
readers who have Indian associations.
The satire Of Douglas Sladen seems
directed more against his countrymen
than against the Germans In His Ger
nan Wife" (Brentano's.) The de-
scriptions'o OF life in Germany. even the
military life. are fair and kindly. The
heroine herself. notwithstanding her
noble birth. Is practical minded almost
to the point Of being calculating.
There are various English women who
behave abominably. The author de-
scribes with much feeling experiences
in getting out of Germany, and drifts
into war incidents as the story goes
on. 1t seems extremely unlikely that
any German woman. with as brief an
acquaintance with English life as the
heroine had, should be turned against
her country by living in 1t and listen
ing to the German attacks on England
The author would have done better to
lay the whole responsibility for the
change on conjugal love alone.
A small boy runs away into the ten
ement district and contracts a conta-
gious disease In Helen s. Woodrun's
Mr.. Doctor Man" George II. Doran
Company The result is to rouse the
well to do In the community 10 build
a hospital and listen to the sanitary
warnings Of a wise physician, The
sentimental domestic troubles Of the
physician have no place in the story:
they only serve to aggravate the emo
tional exaggeration with which the
physicians work IL described.
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CRITICAL REVIEWS
OF LATE BOOKS
Mr.. Chambers's Ingenious New
StOrics-Witty Tales by
j. j. Bell.
NOVELS FROM MANY PENS
Books on Babies, Flowers, Rail-
ways, Gardens and
Other Themes.
NOVELS FROM MANY PENS

Wandering around the Bronx Park
has disagreed with Robert w. Cham
bers and has given him a grievance to
which he gives expression In "Po-
lice! :" (Appletons.) He doesn't like
to see the animals and birds confined
in cages and enclosures and bursts into
verse to say how he commiserates
with them and how he despises the
people who look at them. He extends
his disgust to the unluCky employees
Of the Natural History Museum and
vents his bitter sarcasm on them in six
short stories, which otherwise would
be the airy, graceful. love trifies with
which his readers are familiar. He Is
hampered too by n feeling Of resent
ment against the prevalent
suffrage agitation. which leads him to
speak unkindly of the dominant sex,
though he does not forget to give his
heroines fair hair. violet eyes n more
or less exposed gracile limbs. In this
his illustrator, Henry HUT. abets him
gratifyingly. The idea lin all these
stories is ingenious and amusing; We
only regret hat MIR. Chambers wastes
n much time and space in being boy
ishly satirical over his pedantic and
bumptious scientific expert when We
would rather read about the charming
minXes who lead him on. The stories
are entertaining. but should not be
read co~nsecutively. A little time spent
by the author or his proofreaders in
consulting the dictionary would have
improved the spelling. Is II only to
nature romanccs that Mr.. Chambers's
description applies: Where certain
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'pective. He writes an interesting

spective. He writes an interesting
history.
Very diferen: from the common
run of war stori, Is the Rev. Ber-
naSd G. O'Rorke's IN the Hands OF
the Enemy" Longunans, Green and
Company. The author was an army
chaplain any was captured within ten
days OF leaving England at the begin
ming Of the war. He relates the ex-
periences OF himself and his fellow
prisoners during the months OF his
captivity in n matter of fact way, with
singular absence of animosity toward
his captors. There are plenty Of
things for which he blames the Ger
mans, but, as + the case of most Of
the men who hlvo done actual fight
ing, no sign OF re. eminent iowa I'd in
dividuals.
Before the wal there were many
writer's who predicted a war and
many who took n contrary view.
Among the lucky guessers was
Francis Delaisi, whose pamphlet in
French. with an English ira nslation
on the opposite page, is published I'M
der the title THE Inevitable War"
tSmall. Maynard n Company, Bos-
toni. It seems a rather futile form
OF literature TO print al the present
time.
The latest additions TO the valuable
Pages dHistolre" series Berger
Levrault. Paris) are two thick PAM
phlets OF Paroles FRANCHISES" contain
ing comments on the war by many dis
tinguished French writer's and public
men. and "L'Anniversaire de la Decla-
ration containing OF the
way the date was noticed in the sew
eral countries. Eugene Bale In La
Belg!que de Domain" Perrin ct Com
pagnie. Paris) suggests. az countless
others before him have done, the erec-
ton OF a middle kingdom along the
Rhine by adding Luxembourg and AL
sace-Lorraine TO tho old Netherlands,
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MUSICAL.

In Some Musicians Of Former
Days" Henry Holt and Company
Roman ROLAND. now an approved
musical critic, has collected a number
Of articles touching on the history Of
music In France. He traces the be-
ginnings Of opera and then tells of the
first opera given In Paris He APP
ponds more or less fragmentary
notices and appropriations Of Lully,
Chuck and Gretry. with a few words
IN Mozart. In an appendix a specl-
men Of the music OF Rossi's "Orfeo' is
given, The translation Is by Mary
Blackjack. The author has the French
knack Of making hds articles entertain
Ing. while his musical authority Is
vouched for by competent Americans.
OF the Slav inrOads On Western cut
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THE WOMAN QUESTION.

It Il logical at all events that Kath-
arine Anthony in her account Of Fem
inism in Germany and Scandinavia
Henry Holt and Company should
quote chiefly from women writer's.
The issue in those countries Is con-
fused with that Of changes in the sex
relations and other matters. but this
survey will be helpful to students OF
the question.
An o~stens,bly fair statement OF
woman's position In the past and Of
the sphere Of her activity at present n
The Woman Movement" by the Rev.
DR.. A. l.. McCrimmon CThe Grinith
and Rowland Press. PHILADELPHIA
winds up with his objections to
voman's voting. Confidence in his
opinion either way might be stronger
n ne did not lay streas on what he
calls "neuromuscular force"
MANY sides OF tho woman question
are discussed by Nellie l.. McC1ung In
articles gathered together under the
title I'm Times Like These" apple
tons). The reference Is to the war. for
the author 4. n Canadian. Her book
IL entertaining because she drifts easily
into side issues relating to women and
brings in many stories and anecdotes
to support her points.
ESSAYS on woman In general. par
ticularly IN the relations that men are
accustomed to cr!ticise and make FUN
of, arc contained in Ida NJ. TarbelVs
The Ways OF Woman" tMacmillans).
SIZE deals In g~eneralities. hut fortif1es
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and alluring samples Of what the
traveller may md in each Of the New
England States. He follows the usual
order in beginning with Maine and
ending with Connecticut. when the
convenience Of automobile tourists, for
whose benefit useful directions are APP
pended to each chapter. would per-
haps be better served by reversing the
arrangement. The author introduces
stories INC anecdotes into his narra-
tive. he hunts out memories OF Arte-
mus Ward in Waterford, he hangs
around Gloucester wharves and roams
over motorless Nantucket and he has
taken many admirable portraits Of
genuine New Englandera 1t Is q de-
lightful book in which natur lovers
may regret the suggestion Of the auto
mobile.
A voyage that - easily and no I'M
commonly taken from the port Of New
York Is described by A. Hyatt Verrill in
isles OF Spice and Palm" (Appletons).
The steamers sail for Trinidad and the
Guiana ports. touching at several Of
the Lesser Antilles on the way. The
author tells about each one of these,
Danish St. Thomas. French Guade-
loupe and Martinique. British Santa
Lucia and Barbados. with all the
smaller stands OF any importance. He
also visits Trinidad n the ports OF
British and Of Dutch Guiana, hut not
the range OF important islands along
the Venezuelan coast, though ne in
cludes them in the brief notices at the
end OF the book. This 10 intended
chiefly as a guide to travellers. 1t
calls to notice an extremely attractive
region for a winter vacation. one that
pleasure seeking Americans should
visit far more than they do.
To many who have gone to the San
Francisco exhibition by sea The Con-
struction OF the Panama Canal" by
William l.. Sibert and John r. Stevens
(Appletons) will be interesting.
though It IL In substance simply a
straightforward account Of the work
done after the United States under
took the great enterprise. Mr.. Stevens
writes about the preparatory period
and Gen. Sihert about the construction
period 10 date, each dealing with the
portion IN which ne himself was active.
IT Is q businesslike n satisfactory
statement Of tho facts.
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No more intimate story
Of Gotham, and the fasci-
nation Of lie night life, has
sver been written.
George Bronson.Howard's
Impressive New Novel
&,u

Ls,ss i2ms. cloth. $40 NJ. q all stores
THE BOBBS.MERRllL CO.. Publishers

The compression Of 1880 pages into
a small pocket volume. wen with tho
aid Of very thin paper. is a typo
clearness and beauty OF the pages Of
the Rev. F.. NJ. I.asance's The New
Missal in English" (Benziger Bros.
New York; call for especial commenda-
ton. In its limp leather covers this
book Of devotions n extremely at
tractiye and viii. be welcomed by all
English speaking Catholics.
A collection of Bible texts with brief
comments by Nora Holm Is called THE
Runners Bible" CHoughton Mifiin
Company. 1t Is designed especially
for tho Use Of people who are in a
hurry.
The customary information and
statistics regarding its m~ultifarious &C.
tivities by the largest Protestant body
in the country will be found In The
Methodist Year Book. 1916" which
Oliver s. Barketel edits this year THE
Methodist Book Concern, New York;.
A few pages Of excellent advice to
young men who are going into busi-
ness have been written by Carleton F.
Stevens in a little pamphlet entitled
ON Being Q stenographer,'' published
by the author at Carson City. New.
Ponderous though the humor is Of
The LOG Of the Ark by Noah" &c. p.
Dutton and Company. Of which I. l..
Gordon and A. J. Frueh are the
authors, It II lightened somewhat by
the pictures and Ia certain to be en-
joyed by . portion at least Of the crowd
| that Graves for funniness. Here this
is created chiefly by the contrast be-
tween the ultra modern ideas and vo-
cabulary Of the patriarch and the con-
d.tions Of the voyage
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STOCK materials are stirred up to-
ge.her INTO a mess eagerly
suipeu down by a provincial reading
pubic wh.ch Immediately protrudes
''s .ohsu ior more.
vs. uens'niui ana witty reading as
:. "H' Ee' favored us Win VIII
iou,u !" .ne ces,nhing OF wee
,.nm Cor m 'r,e'nlhs II. ne.
s,muo,n".p '"o.s" We Na"io'
chris, ~
,o,.or y, 49,. n,a".., 'u'a'e
,or n ,,,ra NJ pau ,... ."
ing ,.gi,i,ra,oi, o. ,ha
art T,n,r ,ha an, ~, !. -.
h,ck gro,rd. NJ > - 80 -,
stand the foe,,nss ~ ,ho 49,.
list and Of their relatives. u.. GO. ,nI,.
the humorous aida ~ ,heir ,n,,,,ar,.
trimming and can foo, for ,hou ~. a.,
time they appear In nuh,ic 4, Li,.
The end is dramatic and hastv bu, !,
IL not up to the level Of tho rest NJ tho
little book. The reader will forgive
this, however, for all Mr.. Bells Scots
are alive and lovable.
a domineering British matron ,s
the butt Of Mrs. Horace Tremlett's
satire in Looking for Grace IJobp
Lane Company, and incidentally the
author makes fun OF the many.
women who are irving To no bo,nfn,
in the war. The last word, Of her
husband. killed in battle. are 70.
ported to the lady and abe procooas
to hunt for the unknown u,onan
whose name he utters " Tho humor
consists in her being foi,ed at ever,
turn and in the Modification ri tho
reader. The real heroine ia an nm
conventional widow. who alone d,s.
covers the secret. A dissoIute BELGIAN
officer and an unmannerly and s,,s.
picious South African wbo have moth.
ing TO do with the story. dash ahou,
after the maner OF farce comedy. II
is all very sprie htly and some NJ tho
conversations are bright
Much careful writing is expended
on character nv Viola
Newell in .Columbipe" 10 y put-
MANS Sons). A dabblcr in literature
who has NOT character eno,,,b IN s,,cl
to ANYTHING lonr bapners to no nres.
ent when n would no actress fails He
tries To encourage her. secs her home
and gradually makes love TO her with
the utmost propriety. though the sur.
roundings are unconventional She 10
pretty bnt uneduca,sd and ratber ,,uI-
gar. his family. Including his fatber,.
stenorrapber receive her rather
coolly. After n while no &c attracted IN
the stenographer and iilts tho other
girl hut this make him Doubt tho
durability Of his new love The efe.
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ture hat IN the domain Of music has
been fully as important as the n On
literature and has made more impress
sion on the popular mind. Arthur
Pougin's "A Short History OF Russian
Music" which Lawrence Harvard has
translated (Brentsno's) Is written on
biographical lines and supplies in
formation that many intelligent
readers wish to have. II adds ac-
counts OF the mans life and OF the
work he did TO the name on the pro-
gramme. The notices are sufficiently
full up TO recent years and make the
reader acquainted with the chief Rus
sian composers.
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WAR BOOKS.

rh. war articles Of Edith Wharton
on "F,ghting France" Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons) have done their best SER
vice as they appeared from time to
time in periodicals. Those describing
conditions in Paris when the war broke
out are valuable as the first hand tes-
timony Of a literary artist who was
familiar with tho city and certain
classes OF the people. Her visits to
the several divisio OF the front were
made last. summer; they record her
personal experiences. her regrets for
much destruction. and raise In the
readers mind the question: What
business had Mrs. Wharton to be
there?" Except 10 the literary form
they resemble the reports of other
war correspondents, who had more
experience and keener powers for OBJ
servation of what was essential thar
she has. In her conclusion on the
tone Of France she relapses into the
psychological preciosity which she
has affected at times in her fiction: a
woman who likes the French and has
lived among them In these times can
find the explanation Of the attitude
! Of the nation In Its Intelligence" and
| power Of expression"
The story told by Mary Roberts
Rinehart in "Kings. Queens and
Pawns' George Fl. Doran Company
is a plain newspaper woman's account
Of her efforts to secure information
and Of what she saw while doing II.
1t IL i~nterspcrsed with significant
anecdotes and with short outbursts
OF emotion. The author obtained in
tervicws with various royal person.
ages and other persons Of note and
paid particular attention to the work
Of the Red Cross and the field hospi-
| tails along the front in Belgium. es-
| pecially In the lines defended by the
British. 1t IL clear and intelligent
evidence.
An account Of the retreat Of the
British army I pm Mons to Ypres in
the fall Of 1914 has been written by
| w. Douglas Newton in '~The Undying
Story (E. +. Dutton and Company.
That campaign has receded enough
into the past to allow official correc-
lions and additions to be made to the
contemporary accounts and for the
author to Q the events he recorded
In something like their proper per.
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AMERICAN TRAVEL.

It Is a somewhat miscellaneous
volume that Clifton johnson has nut
together in Highways and Byways Of
New England Macmillans). but I, Is
very entertaining, Is illustrated with
his superb photographs and gives fair
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-27
r u S S | A

the land of mystery, the
country Of Tolstoy and
Dostoevsky, the unknown
factor in world history
how shall we understand
her?
Stephen Graham in his
new book lays bare the
secret heart of the great ma
ton. He has travelled up
and down the country and
knows the real source of
Russian power. His book
interprets her message to
the Western world.
To know the true Russia read
Stephen Craham's New Book,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-08-19

To the Citizens of Kingstree:
Last week | withdrew as candi-
date for Alderman of the town of
Kingstree and stated that | would
give my reasons therefor in an open
letter in this issue of The Record.
However, since my friends have
brought me out as a candidate for
Mayor, l shall state my position at
the campaign meeting at the court
house tonight. P S COURTNEY.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-08-19

Nominations for the prettiest
young lady in Williamsburg county
are in order. Fill out the coupon
and bring or mail to Chairman
Beauty Queen Committee" Box
1877, Kingstree. Do it now.
Clip the coupon in this paper and
write the name of the young lady
you wish to nominate for the beau
ty queen" of the Williamsburg coun-
ty fair. One coupon to be used for
making nominations, the other for
voting.
In dressing a hen few days ago,
a lady in Kingstree found two ordi-
nary pins sticking through the giz-
zard. seemingly lhaving been there
for months, as they were partly rust
ed or blackened. The hen did not
appear to be any worse off for their
presence.
If you sell your tobacco on the
Kingstree market you won't go far
wrong. Warehousemen are doing
everything in their power to get the
high dollar for their customers.
Mondays average was over 1Oc per
pound; Tuesdays and yesterdays
was still little better.
Get down to business now and do
something towards making the Will
liamsburg county fair a great sue
cess. Every man, woman and child
in the county can contribute some
thing. Read the premium list care
folly and then decide what you are
going to do as an exhibitor.
Mr. VIM Banks, the newly elected
president of the South Carolina Press
association, has announced, among
other committees, the following gen.
tlemen to draft resolutions on the
death of their late member, Mr. c
w Wolfe: Messrs S H Cunningham,
Bishopville; ] D Evans, Florence,
and w w Smoak, Walterboro.
Hon Carlton W Sawyer, Comp
troller General, was in Kingstree last
week to witness the annual settle
ment of Auditor ] ] B Montgomery
and Treasurer j Wesley Cook. The
Comptroller General found the ac-
counts of these officers to be per-
fectly correct and in approving the
same casually remarked that he
liked to come to Kingstree, and
whenever it was possible he came in
person to witness the annual settle
ment.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-08-19
KINGSTREE BALL TEAM
Closes Successful Season with
Shut-Out Victory.

The last game of the series be.
tween the Latta-Dillon combination
and the Kingstree team was played
here last Saturday and resulted in a
victory for the home team by a score
of 2 to 0,the visitors having won the
two preceding games by close scores.
Saturdays game was fast and
snappy from start to finish. Field
work featured on both sides as we'll
the splendid work of the batteries,
Smith and Kite, for Kingstree, and
Rockenbrod and Mccormick, for
Dillon-Latta.
The game also marked the closing
of the 1915 season for the local
team, with a record of 81 games
won out of AZ played, or .73S per
cent. A majority of the members of
the Kingstree team remained over
to play series of games against the
Lake City team Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday. Only two games
were played, however, both going to
Kingstree.
1t must be admitted that Kings
trees ball team was one of the best
amateur organizations in the State.
They were all comparatively young
fellows and were selected from vari-
Gus sections of the State. The man.
ager of the team, Mr. Fred Lanham,
perhaps the oldest player on the
nine, worked it up to high stand
ard of proficiency, as is shown by
the percentage of games won and
lost.
Unfortunately the majority of
teams playing the home nine here
were really not in their class. This
was realized by the fans upon seeing
the first game of a series and then
they were content to remain away,
feeling sure that the Kingstree
team would win" This was proba-
bly, we'll enough in a sense, but it
certainly did not tend to promote
the game here another season, or
help in defraying the expenses of
the players this season, and as a
consequence of this disposition the
season was closed just about the
time the players were at their best.
The association was going in the
hole.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-08-19

A dispatch from Greenville says
the army worm has invaded that
county in droves, and farmers report
crops damaged in every part of the
county. Clemson college experts
were rushed there to combat the
situation. Much anxiety has been
aroused.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-08-19
HERE THEY ARE!
List of Candidates for Municipal
HonOrS Next Tuesday.

Here is the lineup Of candidates
as they will probably appear on the
ticket to be voted here Tuesday,
August "a. There are nine candi-
dates for the office of Alderman. six
of whom are to be elected.
There are two candidates for
Mayor. Scratch one-vote for one.
For the office of Commissioner of
Public Works there is out one can
didate. Mr. w H Carr will succeed
himself.
FOR MAYOR
WR Scott
PS Courtney
FOR ALDERMAN
WK Mcintosh
WS Dennis
VI Tolley
Id Rodgers
DR. R C McCabe
SB McGill
T E Arrowsmith
H A Miller
Harry Britton
FOR PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONER
w H Carr