The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-14


 
 the jeweled buckle. Few episodes in mod ern fiction are more strange and affecting than the flight of Rogers through the storm and darkness to the Forgotten Place-through the familiar woods, down the old tangled path, even to the old cave by the waters edge that he had known as 1t boy.
 And when the mystery is cleared up 1t is found to depend upon motives, not obvious, but as natural as poetry or youthful romance.
 "MR. GREEK OF MONTE CARLO" By F. Phillips Oppenheim, Little, Brow
 nell & Co, publishers. Boston.
 Phillips Oppenheim, one of the most popular and delightful writers CT the present day. is heralded with pleasure by tremendous clientele in his latest story, "Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo,
 The story has to do with an adven- turous young American who falls in love then into trouble and becomes a part of events that are making history. In Monte Carlo three men skilled in international intrigue meet in secret conference; two ministers of foreign affairs and a grand duke plan to make over the map of Europe, while q dip lomat representing a fourth great world-power aided by skilled secret service men, aims to thwart their en- deavors. Then enter the Amerlcau! How young Richard Lane, wealthy and used to having his own way. fell in love with mysterious Mr Grexs daughter. how he was not discouraged even when he found out what an important per sonage Mir Grex really was, how he took hand in events and caused an upset, is told in d thrilling love story f1xsaf I1~. l. ( 4I.- n international diplomatists and incident ally conveys a warning to America to arm herself against the possibility of war Not only for it's timeliness, but because MT. Oppenheim has surpassed himself in the absorbing interest f his story, "NIr. Grex of Monte Carlo is likely to break all Oppenheim sales record.
 THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT FER MANY FROM AN ENGLISH POINT OF VIEW" By Douglas Sladen. With an ''Ap-
 pendix, Great Britain and the War by Maurice Low. M. A. c. P. Putnam & Sons, publishers, New York.
 MT. Douglas Sladen has taken as hls text a pamphlet which has been widely circulated in the United States, en- titled, "The Truth About Germany" This pamphlet was prepared ln Ger many under the supervision of d com mittee of representative Germans and may fairly be described as the official Justification of the war" Care has been taken to prevent copies from finding 1 their way into England. which has caused Mir. Sladen to describe the pam phlet and has taken up one by one the statements of the German writers and has shown how little foundation most of these statements have and how misleading are others, which con- tain some element of truth In ans wering the German statements Mir Sladen has naturally taken the oppor- tunity to state clearly the case of England.
 The authoritative essay by MT. Low completes the statement and makes clear that England and her allies are fighting in defense of Europe.
 'FATHERLAND"
 IAN AMERICAN VIEW OF THE
 GREAT WAR" by Will Lexington Comfort; George H. Doran company,
 publishers, New York.
 MT. Comforts passionate vision of what war means to the dumb, willing, earthly world-building peasants in par ticular of Joe. his man of all work, who marched off to war he hated, leaving work he loved, and Weaving real Father and"-America--is the theme of this story of that name.
 Three books besides this by Mir. Com fort have been given added importance by the war-"Down Among Men," Mid stream" and 'Routledge Rides Alone',- all war stories, founded on the author s personal experience as a soldier in the ranks, war correspondent and seer. POLICE PRACTICE AND PRO- CEDURE'
 By Cornelious F. Cahalane. with an 'in- troAuction' by Arthur Woods; F. P.
 Dutton & Co.,. publishers, New York
 Of Police Practice and Procedure" {" Cornelius F. Cahalane's book, perhaps the