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Pirates, Smugglers
and Bloodshed

One has to read nearly 70 pages Of "Dr.
Syn" Doubleday Page * co" New YORK;
before encounterlng more than sugges-
tion of murder. After that the author
Russell Thorndyke, loosens UP. But as
the story deals with pirates and SNUG
Clcrs. and the scene is laid on the Kent
ish coast back in the 18th century, the
numerous sudden deaths recorded can
hardly be considered in bad taste.
OR. syn" is reminiscent of both Steven
son and Dickens. Some OF the incidents
and a few of the characters are decidedly
Stevensonian, and the little church sexton
once a notorious pirate, but spending his
declining years in the more genteel pro
fesslon OF smugglng-mght very well
have stepped out Of the covers of "Treas-
ure Island" bringing John Silver's You
may lay to that" along with him.
The central figure of the story, Doctor
Syn. who hides villains heart most pic
turesuuely under clerical vostments, also
recalls the famous Scots famous tale of
bucCanecrng days. lie even has favor
ite doggercl that might be a twin brother
Of "Trifteen men on a dead mans chest
For the most part, however, the people
OF the story devote themselves to Dickens
ian conversation while they engage I'm
the pleasing occupation of seeking one
another's lives. Tho mystery in the yarn
may be bit too obvious, but there is
plenty of action in it for all who love
red blood--spilled and unspilled.
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preHaions OF war written AZ ana ~
'front.' and reprinted from ibs psr ihs
Evening Post. flf pages. Doran NJ. ..ti1y
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Tho story Of unrepentant r3o5t.. x polh
the new English master Of the boveft BY
pages. Si.25 Doran, New York aie
MUSHROOM TOWN. BY oliver cr,,..
new novel BY tho author. Of GRAY yns,,
New York. -' poran.
THE HARBOR. BY Ernest pooIo IT,
nalists FIRST novel pictures New Vow ,lopf'
$40. Macmillan. New York ''' neret,
TIE WEBB-KNOwES BY Jatnes Mo,t..
FleEE. The most Interesting ery!snoltnerg
kncTrn TO- america from Wilson 10 ssss
con msnt Sixty drawings. $3.50 ps-,@s
PANDoRyNs BOX. by Frank wedettrd =.
second Of tho plays OF "fulu' Inv IN ne
man master- -dramatlst. Translates btt,,e ,Her-
Eliot Jri 81, Alfred and Charles Ro5As
sATtRBs OF c1RcuMsrANcEs nv w.
Hardv. a volume of lyrics and rcvs,,s, 1y,ls,
Macmillan. New York. fLo0
RUNHL'S TOWER. BY Eden Phupot,
4s7 pages. $3.50. MacMinan. Sew ryTas,saud.
ARE WE READY? BY IT, u. Wheeler ,,n,
m Introduction by Major General WI
Wood, 22s pages S1.5O. a study ~ 'sm a
preparedness FOR war Houshton Mint
FELIX TELLS IT. BY lacy Pratt m.
author Of Ezekiel" let's Felix. aged tins
tell us all about his father and nati.g. NV
aud other things 500 pages 81 hppi.t
tons. New York ''up'e'
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From the Mennonites

a new novel by Helen r. Martin.
Martha of the Mennonite Country
doubleday, Page & Co, n. W, will be
welcomed by those who enjoyed "Tillie"
and "Salina" and The Crossways," and
those other amusing interesting stories
in which the peculiar dialectic butchery
of the English language by the Penn
sylvania Dutch is accurately exploited.
Mrs. Martins new heroine. Martha. ia
n victim of the incredibly narrow and
mean point of view alleged to belong TO
certain types of Mennonite farmers. and
she is in consequence overworked and
browbeaten. The coming of Edward Oliver
Potter, novelist, in search of an idea,
broadens her life and eventually saves
her wistful young soul from starvation.
Mrs. Martins story Is written in a
pleasant, sympathetic style. with a touch,
however, OF overmuch contrast between
culture and ignorance. It is this touch
that makes her hero and one or two
other characters rather foollshly egotis-
tical and complacent.
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Bismarck Dominates
New Dehan Romance

Hard, subtle, arrogant, cruel and un-
scrupulous, God made YOU to be the
Fate Of France. One day she will lift
lip her face from the mire into which
you have trodden Il and the star will be
burning unquenched upon her forehead.
Rest assured that when next your
armies cross the Rhine they will not
gain an easy Victory. We will be pre-
pared and ready, monseigneur, when the
Germans come again"
This utterance OF hopeful prophecy sets
the keynote of The Man Of IRON tF. n.
Stokes Company, New York;, In which
Richard Dehan celebrates the grim eli
max of Blsmarcks career-the Franco
Prussinn War The words are addressed
TO the Iron Chancellor by Juliette dc
Bayard, the hlgh-strung sensitive French
heroine.
But "a Man Of Iron has other merits
besides that Of adventitious timeliness In
It's picturnR Of the scenes of the war
of Prussan aggrandlzement and analysis
Of the causes, economic and national OF
tnat conflict. Although in large sense
Bismarck is the protasonist of the novel.
much OF the drama of the story stages
the romance of Juliette and Patrick Car
olan Breagh, an impetuous, hlgh-splrited,
and adrolt young irish war corre-
spondent, son of Briueh army Oh
ncer with these two as tho characters
Of the active movement and the domlnat-
ing figure of Bismarck looming large In
the historic background the story qua
story is compelling. As am illusiVely
realized, analyticaly accurate portrayal
Of a nation In the grip Of the conaueror
the book has definite power
In this novel Richard Dehan has FUSED
tho iron of war with rose-hued romance.
Some readers with memories may ike
better the strong cmotonalism and OK
ctlc scenes Of her "One Braver Thing
("The Dop Doctor'O. but she has, we
think, carried into THE Man OF Iron
her faculty for picturesque description,
her searching insight into character, her
mastery over dramatic situations ana
related plot, so far and so we'll, that 1t
Is an engrosslngly written, strongly con-
ceived novel of the spirit and substance
of an enoch, tragic or brilliant, as tho
racial point of view varies.
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Veal and a Prodigal

The fatted calf was not slaughtered for
Harry Trojan when ho came back to his
Cornwall home after score of years stay
uucsting fortune, In the Antipodes. Not
at all. for the Trojans of Cornwall were
not given to spreading an indsCriminate
feast and opening their table to the mob,
q la Scripture. even as token of great
JOY for the return of a prodigal. Indeed
this family, proud Of its paragraph in
Burke and inalterably sure that no mere
ethical or poetic abstraction, even Of
laureate, could exceed Norman, or at least
blue, blood was not quite sure just what
reception to accord it's black sheep,
whether his coming was to be the signal
for satisfaction or the reverse. So its
welcome took the form Of family dinner,
n bit stately and awfully geld, at which
the elders, including the octogenurian
parent, were self-Conscious through their
formality, and Harry's son, whom he had
not seen from infancy, was bitterly con-
ccrned about the rueful appearance of his
dress tie. Oh. no, the Trojans would net
parade their prodigal, even before their
own exclusive circle; public exhibition
would have TO be preceded by private in
vcstigation. They we're conservative when
it came to veal for Harry.
Such is the posture of circumstances
and collocatlon OF character in "The
NpOuen tOrSe lGeorge ii. Doran a. Co,
New York; by the exceedingly clever au-
thor Of "Fortltude" and 1.-THE Duchess
of WreNe." Now. Cornwall, as Mr.. Hugh
Walpole has shown In previous books, is
a hale place with a sane, clear-thoughted
folk; place and people are savored with
the sharp, biting wholesomeness of the
winds that sweep its salt-encrusted cliffs
and its misty moorlands; the fishermen,
even the gentlts, have bedrock practi-
Cality beneath the dreams born of a land
of legend of mystic fairy lore of Celtic
trait. 1t is with these folk that Harry
Trojan takes up; IL as the inspiration of
them, backed by strengthened frame and
broadencd mind from outdoor life in Aus
trrllia. that carries him, tarned, big
voiced, impetuous, into the inevitable con-
hict that makes the drama of this power
iul story of a man. a family, a folk and
a region. Tho Trojans were well cautious
In their tentative reception OF their long
absent one; he luttered the conventional
dovccotes; he left the impress of person-
ality through victory. both spiritual and
on his smugly class-conscious
family and his conceitcd son, initlally n
5nob end prig.
THE Wooden Horse" contained n sur
prise for the Trojans; but it will not sur
prise the reader to be told that Mr.. Wal
pole has written a novel, structurally
firm, stylistically finished and keenIy OBJ |
servant OF life.
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b. E. Philips oPpENHE1M


Leonard Tnpernaks befrtends Beatrice Frdnk-
I'm, an American OirI N distress w LoHdoH,
NJ pfcuents her from committing suicide, drd
fives her a position ds housckecpcr TO htni'
They pretend 10 b. brother ND sister. Shorty
after. Mrs. Wenhdpt Gdrdners Bcotrlco's siatsr'
tries 10 make Tdvcrndko tell chcre bedtrtgs w.
but ne refuses. Mrs. Gdrdner ts an ddgen-
fuicss. tUh0 has married rlch tndn dna W
fecpino hfyn prisoner in dcsoldto pdtt q
FnoldFd. She Offers 10 fudHco TdOerHdNo W
q frdt estate speculation.
Beatrice oefs a position IN uiu5tcdl comegD
After the frst night TdUerudke KISSES 1eI ",
the drst time He Is troubled at inc M0ugnt
fhut ne Kissed her because Of her fcSeRloyt1I,,.y'
70 her beauhiHi sister, bhEd0e'h' '"'''
0orfneyl , -.
Az Arierfoqr detective Pritohard teHs 10y, LI,t
erHdfc that Mrs. GdrdHcr Is dssocidtih1 sHttv"
aWa,bfr on crooks. TdverHokc tctiS ~ t,,,a'
n an eGori TO earn her. she asks w ~, ~
Later Tdvernake proposes 70 Bedfrioe' W''o 'N
ned from him. and IS refused. ar, -,
Tdvcrrdkc attempting TO save tne s.
PfIfchdfd. irho hos been attacked n,' a.
VeiOicd intc deserted house, loio,s,s ,,.,,. y
peroto clue aud dnotv through suo'eI Hyvs
passage, comes upon four associates d., -
Gdrdner, bert upou killing the dCtcotivc,; ~ ggrt
lucky move he SAVES Prf'chard's iVe INo ~.
day ne feels an irresistible desire to sec "'''
Gordaer donia. ,,s
Beatrtoe and her father orc rcconcilea,
Wsnhani Gdrduer escapes from cupt,a,,,.,
snasqisrddes ds hts oi0r brother dhd attsJygb gb,
10 KIN Elisabeth his icfo. she IS SuO'u W
Tdpcfudkc and Pritchurd
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Confessions of
a Schoolmaster

Love for his profession eliminates the
pages of DR.. Lewis Reifsnyder Harley's
Confessions OF Schoolmaster" Lippin-
colts, Philadelphia). which takes title
from the charming Introductory essay.
That the papers in this collection are
grounded in sincerity will be known to
the many in this city who know Doctor
Harleys score OF years unselfsh and
valuable service as professor of history
in the Central High School; that they are
substantial In scholarship was only to be
expected from the biographer OF Charles
Thomson. secretary of the Continental
Congress-, and the analyst of the political
philosophy of Francis Lieber
There is nothing pedantIc either in mat
ter or manner about these essays and ad-
dresses. though the discussions of the
Pennsylvania poet, Thomas Buchanan
Read, and OF the historic school of Ranks
are authoritative and comprehensive
within email compass. High School alumni
will find pleasure in the intimate appre-
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paths of Glory Lead
But to the Grave"

Paths Of Glory" George H. Doran
Company, New York;, takes its title from
half of Grays eleglac line; the other half
points it's moral. For though Irwin S.
Cobb is no formal propaganda of the
disarmament program his papers written
near and at the front, by the sheer power
of their narrative OF scenes in war-rldden
Europe, argue forccfuly and convincngly
for peace.
But that is incidental the authors
purpose Is to give American readers
view of war as it is waged modernly,
with it's speeding scouts of the air. its
42-Centimetre guns, it's massed millions
mobiized In a trice over strategic rail-
ways, it's chill calculating science sub
stituted for martial chivalry He has
wrought his design with his best powers
as special correspondent and as descrip-
tive writer with just a touch of the
littorateur: the account therefore stands
forth vividly, picturesquey, with the
high spots" played up"-as journalese
has it-but with sense of form and
faculty OF artistic shaping unknown to
the first page story" of the daily news
oapcr.
Mainly Mr. Cobb has been with tho Ger
man forces in the field and so his work
does not afford a conspectus or analysis
of the farnunE battle line; but what is
true Of tho territory covered is typical
of the terrain not In Mr.. Cobb's itinerary
The terror, the horror of war still the
brazen blare of stirring rcgimental music
desolated countrysidcs, wrecked towns,
trenches mounded with Ehastly dead OBJ
litCrate pictures of martial grandeur in
Mr.. Cobb's reports-for here he is the
skilled reporter plus. There arc genial
sdelights, human touches, but over II all
is the futlllty of it all Logical and pre-
pared order related proportions, chrono-
logical sequence the book has not; these
were precluded by its origin as a series
of magazine articles, but in vigor, vivid
ness, VivacItY II Is not laclkng.
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sTOKOWsKI HONoRED

Leopold Stokowskl has decided to con.
for five years moro after his present can.
tract expires. Announcement to this ~.
feet has just been made by Andrev
Wheeler, secretary of the Orchestra a..
ISOLATION.
Nearly every member OF tho orchestr,
attended the dinner last night In n,
Bellevue Stratford given by the mnsl.
clans. II was announced Stokowsrt
would receive an increase in salary und.r
his new contract. which will expire In
1921. In behalf OF the orchestra. NJ
Stokowskl was presented with silva,
loving cup.
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A la "The Duchess"

Somebody has written book called
''Moonglade" Harper G. Brothers have
inexplicably published II, and the result
Is n very pretty book with covers Of
and regal, also. No one does anything
In the manner to which the common
American rabbe is accustomed, and no
one has any of the natural defects of
face. figure and finances to be found in
all natural families. even In royal fami-
Hes. The story deals only with royalty,
and the style of It's telling betrays the
reverence in which the author holds all
autocrats, aristocrats and anti-democrats.
"Moongladc" Is probably an excellent
picture of European very high life. n
the picture ls a true one there are many
bloodless puppets among those unhappy
souls of war-rdden Europe. However,
"MoonElade" reads too much like The
Duchess" TO be taken at all seriously.
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The New Books

A list Of books received for rouietC.
More extensive comment wili be made on
those phose Importance tOdrrurts further
attention
PLAYS BY Lconld Andreyeff. Three dramas,
The Black Maskera," The Life Of Man"
and The Sabine Women" by one OF tho
greatest OF tho modern Russians. translated
hy G. l.. Meader and r. n, scott PA pages
81 so. Scrlbuer's. New York.
WHAT | FOUND OUT IN THE HOUSE OF
A GERMAN PRINCE. BY an English h-Amer-
ican governess. \ narrative purportng to
high'placed Teutons on preparations for war
~ nages; 81 ,25. Stokes, New York.
THREE LIVES. Stories OF the Good Anna.
MeIanctha and the Gentle Lena. BY Gertrude
stein. Tales by the tuturist poet cast In
new form OF realism. go pages. Slo5
John Lane, New York.
PATHS OF GLORY, BY irwin S. Cobb. 'Im-
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Engineering on the Farm

Subtitle provides succinct review for r
P. Clarkson's practical Talks on Farm
Engineering" Doubleday, Page 81 Coz
1t runs: "A simple explanation of many
everyday problems in farm engineering
and farm mechanics, written in a read
able style for the practical farmer" The
book Is Just that-practical, clear, precise
comprehensive, The author speaks with
authority technically, as professor of his
subject In a university, practically. as
consulting expert in IT for a widely read
agricultural weekly, out of thousands OF
queries from which he has developed his
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-06
Book Gossip

The days of Horace Greeley are coming
back The publicity department OF Henry
Holt announces that 90 members Of the
stan Of one OF New Yorks bost-known
dailles have bought Burton r.. Stcvcnson's
large and not inexpensive Home Book Of
Verse. and arc now enjoying American
and English poems that range all tho
way from Little Breeches' to Gray's
"Elegy in a Country Churchyard.'
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THE QUEENS HALL, UNTHANK
ROAD. NORWICH.
TWICE DAILY
PROFESSOR FRANKLIN,
assisted by his daughter,

MISS BEATRICE FRANKLIN,
will give his refined and marvellous enter
tainment. comprising hypnotism, feats of
second-sight never before attempted on
any stage, thought-reading. and a brief
lecture upon the connection between
ancient superstitions and the extraordi-
nary developments of the new science
Professor Franklin can be consulted
privately, by letter or by appointment.
Address for this week-The Golden Cow.
Bells Lane. Norwich.
Twice Tavernake read the announce
ment- Then he went out and found Ruth
Ruth" he told her, there is something
calling me back, perhaps for good"
For the first time she gave him her
hand.
Now you are talking like a man once
more" she declared, go and seek II.
Come back and say goodbye TO us. II YOU
will. but throw your tools into the sea. ="
Tavernake laughed and looked across
At his workshop.
II don't believe" he said. "that you've
any confidence in my boat
I'm not sure that / would sail with
you" she answered "even II you ever
finished It. A laborer's work for a
laDorer's hand. You must go back TO the
other thing"
When Tavernake foun dhlm. the pro-
fessor welcomed him little Imply;
something Of the bomhast had gone out
OF his manner. Tavernake's arrival had
reminded hi moi things which he had
only too easily forgotten.
This Is very surprising" he faltsred
~vsry surprising indeed. Do you live in
these parts?"
Not far away" Tavernake answered.
II saw your announcement IN the pa
Ders."
The professor nodded.
Yes he said. II am on the war-path
again / tried resting. but / got fat and |
lay, and the people wouldn't have II,
sir ne continued, recovering very quickly |
something OF his former manner The |
number OF offers got through my agents /
BY every post was simply astounding |
astoundingg
I am looking forward 10 seeing your 4
performances this evening" Tayernake |
said politely. 'ln the meantime"
Il know what YOU are thinking Of
The professor interrupted. Well we'll /
give me your arm and We will walk down
tQ the hail together. Ny friends" the
professor added. turning round. II wish I
fpu 81 goOd-nighti"
Then the door was pushed halfway
open and Tavernake's heart gave a jump
it Raz Beatrice who stood there. very
pale. very tired, and much thinner even
thaa the Beatrice Of the clearinghouse.
huf sfill Beatrice.
Father she exclaimed do you know
that + q nearly
Ihen she san Tavernake ana said no
eofs She seemed 70 away q little, ana
fafssnake. taking 8 quick step forward,
f4sned heI - the hands.
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At last a thoroughly satisfactory edition
of a playwrights works! II. s. Nichols
has issued complete collection OF Oscar
Wlldes plays-all seven In one compact
volume. It is tho latest in n series called
the Cosmopolitan Library. The type is
large and clear. the paper is thin the page
is small and narrow and the plays in
cluded are seven in number: Lady Win
dermere's Fan" "A Woman of No lm-
portance," THE Importance OF Being
Earnest" "An Ideal Husband" Vera
the Nihillst," "The Duchess of Padua"
and "Salome." TO each of the first four
mentioned of these is appended the date,
place and cast Of its original production.
In April, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Com
pany will publish THE Heart of Uncle
Terry" a novel by Charles Clark Mum.
in which will reappear the eponymous
philosopher hero of his former novel.
The following is the list OF tho best sell
ers published in the Bookman for March:
l. The Long, star Ranger. Groy, HaT. ".o
rRS RSr Eyes sd$} Il he World. Wright. ,6oo; 2ao
3. The h"'f'Si Patrol Of Of tho sun Dance Trail ~
T. Mr., O'iSo GTcz Of Monte carlo. oDpcnhcim. 80, 90
g. Tic IFS rastG2S !SER wto Anon CDcubaday. l.o
G. BamS' BP%SI' Cook; Cooke jpoabicday PaEcj o oo
SL@5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS '''''''' "'
Regarding popularity. the Boston Tran
script has this to say: It is pleasant TO
find in list of 80 best-selling books for
the year 1914 such notable novels as
The Devils Garden" by w B. Maxwell;
"Chance," by Joseph Conrad; when
Ghost Meets Ghost" by William de
Morgan; "The Clean Heart" by A. S. NJ
Hutchinson; 1.-The Dark Flower" by John
Galsworthy: THE Wife of Sir Isaac Har-
man" by II. C. Wells and The Duchess
of WreXe," by Hugh Wapole. but their
very presence emphasizes the absence of
several other works of fiction that should
be widely read. Why. for instance, should
not the several novels by Algernon Black
wood and John Trevena that were pub
Ished in this country last year attract
the public? Why are Archibald Mar
shalrs novels never seen even at the bot
tom of such lists? And why should not
"The Encounter" by Anne Douglas
"Old Mole" by Gilbert Canaan;
THE House on Demetrius Road" by ].
d. BeTesford; The Story of Louie" by
oliver onions; The Three Sisters" by
May Sinclair, and Frank Norris "Van-
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AMONG TIE BOOKS

Roebrt Ellis Thompson. Gossip In
Library" and THE Deluge Of Books"
will be found delightful by the general
reader; they posses genuine literary dis
tInctton
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dover and the Brute" be included among
them9 Most significant Of all the omis-
sions, perhaps, is II. a. Vachelps "Quin-
neys," which would seem TO possess every
quality that makes for popularity.
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material Answers TO actual questions
real problems OF working farm
ers form tho basis for valuable chapters
on drainage, water supply, Irrigation.
sewage disposal, farm power farm build
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