The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-14


 greatest praise that has been given it and certainly better than any review" is from the pen of Allan Pinkerton of the great Pinkerton's Detective agency, which says:
 Cornelius F. Cahalane, Esq. Inspector
 Of Police, New York City.
 My Dear Inspector--I wish to thank you for the book. Police Practice and Procedure" you SO kindly sent me, and which l have read with a great deal of interest and instruction.
 The book is clear. concise and correct, an excellent book for reference and re- view by those now in police work, an invaluable guide to beginners. and con tains the best of advice for study to those that contemplate entering on police duty.
 q congratulate you on your success in writing this valuable work. which has been much needed want in the past. and should, to a large extent, not only prevent crime but also false arrests, as also the advice given be great time saver to officers.
 Your book should at least be read and is an excellent one to be purchased, by any peace officer in the country, or men who contemplate making career of po- lice work. Very truly yours,
 ALLAN PINKERTON.' GODS COUNTRY AND THE WOMAN By James Oliver Curwood. Illustrated
 by William Oberhardt and Norman
 Borchardt. Doubleday Page and com-
 pany, publishers, Garden City, New
 York.
 Tn the far Canadian northwest is a country little known to man which perhaps will never be more than thin ly settled, which James Oliver Cur wood calls Gods country, and since he argues that no country could be Gods country without woman, his new book. Gods Country--and the Wo- man. is the result.
 The story is a big and dramatic one. MT. Curwood knows the north country as do few white men and he has writ ten novel of the region which has power and literary merit. fineness and literary value.
 A story of the north woods ana the strange promise that Philip Weyman was called upon to make by girl he met far off in Gods Country" and the surprising events that came out of ie. is the theme of MT. Curwoods story.
 MT. Curwood tells vividly of life in the land where the Hudson Bay com pany reigns supreme. His characters are drawn from the people he has met on his travels in the north; and the story of Philip's love for Josephine. of his attempts to solve the mystery that hangs over Adare House---ot the fight with Toreau's bad men and it's dramatic outcome make Gods Country-and The Woman one of the really notable tales of life on the only frontier that is now left.
 When MT. Curwood wrote into his rovel, Gods Country--and the Wo- man." the mystery in regard to that same woman which has kept so many people awake nights in an effort to find out just what combination of cir tx- any human being that she would de- mand the great sacrifice she did Of Philip Weyman; he (Mr. Curwood) was writing story purely of his fmagina- tion, but he was writing of a woman who lives and works in the country north of 53. This woman Is known throughout the northland as the Florence Nightingale of the North. In his literary workshop surrounded by an arsenal of guns and trophies of the hunt, the picturesque author Of Gods Country-and the Woman, who spends one half of his life n the wild and unexplored parts of the north. prizes above all other possessions the photograph of a woman. and this Is the woman-the Josephine of his novel. In the picture. she stands in front of a log cabin with her hair falling loose about her to her hips. and In her hand, half poised she holds hair brush. It is the only picture the author -adven- ture secured of the woman who Is largely responsible for one of the most unusual and remarkable novels of the year.
 "Someday I am going to write the story of Josephine as she really lives, and works, and loves.'' said MT. Cur wood to an interviewer recently. As it is have made her the Josephine in Gods Country-and the Woman have tried to make her live there, as she lives in her own wonderful life. (Her right name is Meleese Cummins.) To find her one must start at Le Pas. the last outpost of civilization, and strike northward through the long Pel- ican Lake waterway to Reindeer Lake. Nearly 40 miles up the east shore of the lake, the adventurer will come to the mouth of the Gray Loon-a marrow and silent stream that winds under over-hanging forests-and after that two hours journey will bring one to the cabin home of John Cummins, the happiest husband in the world. Meleese is his wife"
 "A SET OF SIX
 By Joseph Conrad. Doubleday. Page &
 Co.,, publishers, Garden City, New York
 As result of the urgent demand on the part of the ever growing Conrad pub lie the great Polish English authors
 
 of Six," is now presented
 While this volume Is absolutely new in this country, it is recognized as one that was brought out in England some little time ago. The only one of the stories which has been published in book form in the United States is "The Duel" published here separately under the title of "A Point of Honor' Some of the others have had magazine publication. but the collection from the point of view of the Conrad enthusiast is entirely new. These stories represent some of MT. Ccirad's most characteristic work, and cannot fail to please his large clientele. "A PILLAR OF SALT' By Horace w. c. Newte. The John Lane Co.,, publishers. New, York. MT. Newtes new story might be termed z lesson to women," especially to the idle wives" Avice Dale had everything that Is supposed to make a woman happy -an indulgent husband. a comfortable rcme. charming young daughter; but she was possessed with spirit of unrest and she wanted something to happen" s,dxr nf cntr ct int