The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03

with ladies' In Turkish harems. with
actresses. heiresses and Just COM
mon mortals who are useful now and
then. You 30 through "warswept
Europe" and back to New York with
final stop-over (time unlimited In
San FranciscoD Goodbye Jimmy
We wish you luck.
"Jimmy's Gentility." Sherman.
French d Co.. Boston.
No longer do we delve In the past
and invoke the spirit of youth and
love for poetry. Our poetry II up
to-date. according 70 tho latest speci-
iicatiops. IL you can't keep abreast
OF the times, you can't keep any
thing and a poet would starvs to
death singing OF spring In . garrett
chamber.
The Sinking OF the Titanic" Is
the tragic note Of little volume by
c. Victor Stahl. and gives II its title,
while for a little relaxation and
Bacchanalian Joy we have "Huerta's
Drinking Song"
Sherman. French & Co, Boston.
The sonnet. MODEST form Of
poetry. has a new devotee and one
who appreciates the grandeur Of It's
form by bringing to 1t fitting sub
jects.
Gladys Cromwell has written with
the fervent soul Of the real poet a
book Of verses which she calls The
Gates Of Utterance" The sonnets
are classic in their simplicity and
majesty. The three called ZAP
proach.' "Emblems" and "Solici-
tude" are almost Miltonic.
Sherman. French & Co.. Boston.
We have It in our hands at last.
Boon" the book where II. @. Wells
gives vent to all his pent-up feelings.
hiding behind the character Of Reg
inald Bliss. Reginald IL the pussy
cat who must grab all the chestnuts
from the fire and save Mr.. Wells
from burning his paws. Not that he
cares. oh, Nc. He would be dis
appointed II we did not discover
him. II is Just a freakish little way
Of his to mystify some people who
take their food plain, without any
Disgusting sauces. The English
will have a hard job recognizing
themselves and yet it is their photo
graphs, composite It Is true, but
theirs Just the same.
The Wild Asses Of the Devil" Is
the polite title by which certain
statesmen and members Of parlia-
ment are distinguished from certain
others. and the whole race seems to
have gone quite mad.
1t Is humorous but scathing sa-
tire on our point Of view In all
things. Especially does he attack
the writer's. and We know at last
" hat is the matter with Henry
James.
Reginald Bliss wants to write a
novel about Aunt Columbia" the
all-embracing female imaginary who
rules this land and the waves that
beat upon its shores. but he re-
christens her Aunt Dove" (for fear
OF shocking America) and she has a
spoiled nephew called Teddy"
Miss Bathwick, his amanuensis.
she Of the fortidding and discreet
back which keeps him steady. We
take to mean the British public
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We no longer have TO wait a
whole month 10 find out how the
love affairs of Sidney. Max and all
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ether for 30 days without lending a
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again.
tx" that hospital story reeking
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II
right through from chapter TO chap
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glad Sidney was not little fool to
the end.
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I
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$i.35.
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family, even to q newborn infant,
when she was only 10 years Of age.
n Alice had been born In Mayfair
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she would have fallen fat in her