The Detroit times., 1915-11-26

5oys and Girls Ask at Home Cues
lions, by Marian E. Bailey, WITH
Lot OF Ready Made Questions
anad Answers to Help the Parent.
II you have a child and II is a
normal child, II asks questions. And
II you are an ordinary grown up
you are often up a tree, as Il were.
TO know how TO answer Sometimes
you get tired and don't answer at
all, which is very improper course
for any up-to-date parent. What
parents are for, IL TO answer chill
dren, for IL Ia the only way that
grown up people acquire an educa-
ton. in America, at least. Here Is
a new book which may help you a
little. II is called Boys and Girls
Ask at Home Questions and II Is
by Marian z. Bailey. but while they
are a lot OF nice ready made ques-
lions and answers. they are nothing
to what the average young hopeful
can think up in the course OF a day.
Frederick Stokes. New York, sl.25.
For sale by Mscauley Bros.
A MechanIstic View Of the War, by
George w. CrIle-A Scholarly But
Technical View Of the War.
George w. Grille, surgeon OF an
ambulance corps In France, a
native OF America, has written "A
Mechanistic View OF the War" In
which he seeks TO convince us that
war is the normal state OF man and
its elimination not to be desired. II
Is a scholarly ,ook from a technical
standpoint and tells us much about
our nerves, blood, what happens
when we do not sleep etc, but one
has only TO look at some OF the
pictures with which DR.. Grille has
embellished his book TO utterly dis
agree with his conclusions. II is a
little dificult for the ordinary per
con to view things with the equa-
nimity which Or. Grille displays, and
can only conclude that his scientific
training has blunted and all but
ruined his senslbilities. Macmillan
publishers. New York, 81 %.
The Fortunes OF Garin, by Mary
Johnston-A Medieval Tale In
Which the Young Knight Gets on
the Job Of Saving the Princess at
the Approved Time.
Mary Johnston has dashed over
seas and even rolled back the cur
ain into feudal times in her last
book THE Fortunes OF Garin.' II
is far more cheerful than her tales
OF America but lacks the local In
terest which those books inspired
We will never forget how We want
ed 10 rush to the assistance OF the
wounded man, left 10 die or colu
and hunger. In prisoners OF Hope,
and how less than human we
thought his sweetheart when she
"sorrowfully" babe him farewell
Nothing OF that sort here. Garin
the young knight, goes to the Holy
Land. on one OF those memorable
crusades, wins his spurs and re
turns. in the nick OF time, TO res
cue the princess where the villain
IS holding her prisoner in her own
castle with a view TO making her
his devoted and loving wife. We
sometimes wonder II the people OF
those days would recognize them
selves II they read, perchance, our
modern novels Houghton. Miffiin
| Co, Boston. 81 40.
The Riddle OF the Beast, by josiah
Nicholas Kidd poem with rid
die for a symbol and rhythmieal
form for poetry.
"Out OF the eater came forth
meat; and out OF the strong came
forth sweetness"
With this riddle for symbol. the
author seeks in verse TO give us his
views OF the all absorbing problem
OF war and tries TO explain Gods
relationship TO this evil. Josiah
Nicholas Kidd in THE Riddle of the
II
Beast" would have us believe that
God is in this frightful slaughter
and that It is only a necessary part
to the working out Of his plan. AS
for the poetic side OF this volume.
we can think OF no one but Alex
ander Pope with whom TO compare
n. II is in rhythmical form but not
poetry. Sherman. French; Boston.
The Man From the Bltterroots, by
Caroline Lockhart-a story OF
American life that Is we'll written.
"A tale of a winner that wins
is the way the publishers describe
Caroline Lockhart's new story. The
Man From the Bitterroot." He de
serves the name OF winner, for the