The Detroit times., 1915-11-26
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

/ seven tasks of Hercules look small
compared with the clean up Bruce
Hart had 10 make before he man
aged 10 get his land, his girl and the
whole way clear for the future His
struggles In the mining country OF
| the west from the time he was IA
years old and his father refused him
an education, until the old father
comes back, bearishly repentant,
bringing the girl with him 10 the
little cabin where Bruce II making
desperate effort 10 tide things over,
is a story OF real American expert
ence. The description OF Sprudell is
worth quoting. IL space permitted.
Lippincott, Philadelphia: $i.25.
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Batble Of Green Fields. by Mark
Wayne WiIiIams--A little book
that 10 a boon to the weary and
sorrowIno.
/ Il bring my hstful OF pebbles
From the beach OF experience.
!, too. regret that they are not Ola
cn,Sm 9 ,bsy snd h ssss than nsarl. and
They are enchanted stones: fashion
ed by the great deep,
This is the inscription TO the
reader in Mark Wayne Williams lit
tie book OF poems. "Babble OF Green
Fields" The author is said TO be
a humorist but, above all. he is
poet OF a deeply religious nature.
Where can more reverent and
humble attitude be found, more
beautifully expressed than In the
four stanzss of the poem called sim
ply Hymn" The metaphors and
imagery are exquisite and there Is
a profound understanding OF the
needs OF the human soul which re-
ceives sure response. melting the
heart into its most tender and gra-
cious state. Mr.. Williams, by this
little book alone, is boon to the
weary. the sorrowins and also to the
soul battling for the right Sher-
man, French: Boston.
Cyntra, by Ellen Douglas DeIand-
pretty story about one girl for
other girls to read.
"Cyntra," story for girls, Is about
a very wholesome and lovable young
person with an English mother and
country after II years on British
soil and adjusts herself to the new
world, where she finds things to her
liking and does not care TO 90 back
There is little love story and bit
of the war in the book also. By Ell
len Douglas Deland. Appleton. New
York, publisher; sl.S5.
Democracy In the Making, Edited
by George w. coleman-A His.
tory OF Ford Hall and the Broth.
erhood" Movement Springina
from II.
In 1905, in the city OF Boston. q
building was completed and given
TO the people by Daniel Sharpe
Ford, for whom IL was named.
II was designed by the donor TO
become an open forum for public
speaking. with the hope that man
might become acquainted with his
brother man and thus the terrible
gulf between employer and work.
man be bridged Any one was free
TO use this place and say what he
pleased upon any subject OF vital In
terest to him or the public: the
4 profoundest scholar and the hum.
blest man, irrespective OF color
race. creed or social position.
! Under the sympathetic chairman
ship OF George w. Coleman. Ford
hall has become center OF democ.
racy and a decided factor in the
civic life OF Boston. reaching from
there into innumerable places an6
permeating our country. book
concerning this movement toward
brotherhood" has been edited by
Mr.. Coleman and gives a sketch Of
Mr.. Ford OF tho hall and -&n;-r 49,
MANY 81 the most famous sneeches
made there. Democracy I'm the
making Little. Brown q Co, Bos.
ton $50.
Hearts Content, by Rslph Henry
Esrbour-A Pretty Little Ro-
nance Done Up for Gift Pur-
poses.
One Of those peripatetic heroes
who wanders about the world
searching for something. he does not
know just what. until he meets 2
girl in a Venetian gondola one heav.
emily moonlight night Zone OF the
stock features OF venice), clasps her
hand In collision OF boats and
finds. In his palm, ring. No" rings
have always been associated with
Venice. but they were usually
thrown into the sea on those mo-
mentous occasions when the Doge
p,arrfod tbia bIafnric city IN tho