The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-15


 
 piece of work in .'K'' that she has ever done. and it places her in the foremost rank of American writers.
 The story of "K' has to do with one K LeMoyne, who has been a famous sur. geon. That much the author lets us know soon after her story opens But why at the age of 30. should he drop out of the world that has known him and come to the little town where Sidney Page lives?
 Sidney is strong beautiful girl, train- Ing hard to become a nurse. Perhaps it is because she Is so happy and so young. that life suddenly begins to press in upon her, crowding her ideals with puzzling. harsh realities. But always there are friends who love and watch over her and there Is K"
 1t is a matter for congratulation that Mrs. Rinehart has emphasized in this novel the strongest element of her suc- cess as a story teller-her keen and sym pathetic appreciation of the joys and troubles of young love. "K" Is warmer richer truer than anything she has done before.
 Mrs. Rinehart's publishers give out the following quotations from unsolicited let ters written to her about K:
 K Is a wonder. It will be the talk of the winter
 An easy chair before a big oak fire and K for company-the hours passed in trance of joy
 'The December and January instali- ments of K fast lead me to believe that K will be your masterpiece so far. A perfectly serious story illumined by humor and touched with mystery makes almost an ideal story"
 Your style is a triumph, easy, grace ful, smooth, adequate, cultured. like your Street and like your people They are two-legged human beings; they are as actual as the man next door" The sweetest, truest story I've read in a long time"
 We are reading K with great interest and pleasure. -. wonder if you have tried to realize-and derive any pleasure from the fact, that hundreds of people are just waiting impatiently for your next installment; and thanking Fate that you are sthere. and capable of giving them such complete satisfaction "
 K is indeed we'll done, and the only bad feature regarding this story Is wait ing for the installments.
 I Ike your heroines because they seem like folks to us middle class people. There really is lot of romance between the air tight limousine kind and the Laughter or the Sums.
 'I am reading your charming hospital serial story in McClures with great in- terest. Am a great reader but seldom find a really entertaining hospital story with the love interest so we'll sustained 1t is great, and df I may say it) to my mnd-your very best"
 THE CHRISTIAN FAITH" GA handbook of Christian teaching.) By w. c. Clark, D. D. Sherman French & Co.,, publishers, Boston. Inscribed To the people whom I have served
 In the pastorates of
 Pass Christian Mississippi, Greensboro and Newberne, Alabama
 Shelbyville, Tennessee
 Augusta and Sharon- Kentucky \ Livingston and Boligee, Alabama
 Woodlawn. Alabama
 And to
 My devoted wife
 Who has shared with me
 The sacrifices and the
 Rewards of this service Reverend W. C. Clark presents his book entitled. "The Christian r aith"-a handbook of Christian Teaching, ito the public.
 The book Is we'll written and con tains many good lessons both for the and the layman. and it will be an honored accessory to any library, whether public or private. The "Introduction' from the pen of the Rev. R. A Webb of the Presby- terian Theological Seminary of Ken lucky, Louisville. says:
 'It Is a pleasure and compliment To introduce this book to the public "The themes are the most momen- Lous over which a human being ever