The Detroit times., 1915-11-26
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

seven tasks OF Hercules look small
compared with the clean up Bruce
Hart had 10 make before he man
aged to get his land, his girl and the
whole way clear for the future. His
/ struggles In the mining country or
/ the west from the time he was IA
years old and his father refused him
an education. until the old father
comes back, bearishly repentant
bringing the girl with him to the
! little cabin where Bruce is making
desperate effort TO tide things over,
/ is story OF real American expert
ence The description OF Sprudell Is
worth quoting. II space permitted.
Lippincott, Philadelphia; tl.25.
5ahbIe Of Green Fields, by Mark
Wayne WiIlIsms-A little book
that 10 a boon 70 the weary and
Borrowing.
! IT bring my hstful OF pebbles
/ From the beach of experiences.
| l. too. regret that they are not diA-
monds and rubies;
I
smeraIds;
They are enchanted stones; fashion
ed by the great deep.
This is the Inscription to the
reader in Mark Wayne Williams lit
tie book OF poems. "Babble of Green
Fields" The author is said TO be
a humorist but, above all, he is
poet OF a deeply religious nature.
Where can more reverent and
humble attitude be found, more
beautifully expressed than in the
four stanzas OF the poem called sim
ply Hymn? ?" The metaphors and
imagery are exquisite and there Is
a profound understanding OF the
needs Of the human soul which re-
ceives a sure response, melting the
heart into its most tender and gra-
clous state. Mr.. Williams, by this
little book alone, Is a boon to the
weary. the sorrowing and also to the
soul battling for the right. Sher-
man, French; Boston.
cyntrs, by Ellen Douglas Deland-
pretty story about one Girl for
other girls to read.
"Cyntra," a story for girls, is about
a very wholesome and lovable young,
person with an English mother and
American father. She comes TO this
country after II years on British
soil and adjusts herself to the new
world, where she finds things to her
liking and does not care TO go back.
There Is little love story and bit
OF the war in the book also. BY Ell
len Douglas Deland. Appleton. New
York, publisher; $1.35.
Democracy In the Making, Edited
by George w. coieman-A His
tory Of Ford Hall and the broth.
erhood" Movement Sprinaine
from Il.
In 1905, In the city OF Boston, a
building was completed and given
10 the people by Daniel Sharpe
Ford. for whom IL was named.
II was designed by the donor TO
become an open forum for public
speaking. with the hope that man
might become acquainted with his
brother man and thus the terrible
gulf between employer and work
man be bridged. Any one was free
TO use this place and say what he
pleased upon any subject OF vital in
terest to him or the public: the
profoundest scholar and the hum
blest man, irrespective OF color,
race creed or social position.
Under the sympathetic chairman
shin OF George W. Coleman. Ford
hall has become center Of democ-
racy and a decided factor in the
civic life OF Boston. reaching from
there into innumerable places ano
permeating our country. A book
concerning this movement toward
brotherhood" has been edited by
Mr. Coleman and gives a sketch OF
Mr.. Ford. OF the hall. and reproduces
many OF the most famous speeches
made there Democracy in the
making" Little. Brown e. Co. Bos.
ton; $50.
Hearts Content, by RaIch Henry
Rarbour-A Pretty Little Ro.
nance Done Up for Gift Pur.
poses.
One OF those peripatetic heroes
who wanders about the world
searching for something. he does not
know just what, until he meets a
girl In a Venetian gondola one heav.
enly moonlight night Zone OF the
stock features OF Venice), clasps her
hand in collision OF boats and
finds. In his palm, ring Mo- rings
have always been associated with
Venice. but they were usually
thrown into the sea on those mo-
mentous occasions when the Doge
married this historic city to the
Adriatic. The ring In the new story
was not lost and served no such
symbolic purpose. for our wanderer
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