The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-05
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

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who did really rum away. like oul
aero, from his falhsT's canal poa
and vas ansiiy saved 20 decency ant
usefulness by the helping hand o.
business man The book 10 dedi
Gated TO ERNEST X Coulter. foundeI
OF the BE- Brother movement. W
A. Wide 3 Co. Boston. (Johr
Sheahan. Detroit, 800.
The Young Whsst Scout, by Husl
G. Weir. 4 story which contain
much vssfv, Information.
General Trouble Scout OF the Con
solidated Grain company was the i'm
portant title borne by Billy Paxton
a young man who II given. the stu
pendous Job of saving the wheat
crop Of Iowa frCm destruction by The
Hessisn fy. The chiefs son. an In
dolent youth Of IL. is sent with hin
and makes good" the last chspte'
Is one between father and son
pledging themselves to the "Consoli
dated" 40 II Il were the savior Of
the race A . story. tais Il like
many others. but II has . great desl
OF information regardinS the great
wheat belt and the harvesting which
10 . subject which might some day
bs made into the epic Of America
THE Young Wheat Scout" by Hugh
G. Weir. w. A. Wilde 4 Co.. Boston
81. John Sheahan, Detroit
Eve oorrs, BY Emily vlsis strother
A book which should find q per
manent piaes In literature.
Emily viele Strother must have
French blood in her veins, for heI
beautiful store. Eve DOrre." has
all the exquisite abandon and naive
simplicity which tho writer's OF that
country use so easily and powerful
ly in bringing before our eyes the
events which make up lifa This
book defes criticism There Ii
nothing to csiticise. II describes
the life Of Q young girl from her
birth through part OF her married
life and with . sweetness and hon.
esty OF purpose which defies com
meut. II In Is II q child, guileless
and without Interior purpose. told u
her story. All We must do IL "a
listen and let the tender words sink
into our hearts. Eve tells her story
and it lives for as. The character
Of her mother. brilliant. indomitable.
often hsartless. but admired and
even beloved; the life Of ? social
favorite while poverty was often
knocking at her door; the strange
but really illuminating life OF the
little girl and her fittings from
place to place, are all 20 ensross-
ing and compelling - TO make .
careless reading Of the book impos-
sihle. Whoever Emily viele Stroth-
er may be, she has written a book
which should ind . permanent
place In literature. Y. p. Duttou.
New York. $l.s5.
~oaby submarine Idea criticized
In Popular Science Monthly.
The Popular Science Monthly and
Worlds Advance. IN NJ November
issue. makes some pertinent criti-
cisms Of the baby submarine. "
which has become the subject q .
controversy between Henry Ford and
Prof. He1schel c. Parker, who ex-
posed III. Cooks North pole and Mt
Mckinley cisims.
same magazine. . colony OF 200 spid-
ers in Hoboken, N. j.. start work and
stop work when the whistle blows.
They are kept In large surveying
instrument factory for the purpose
Of spinning webs for the cross hairs
to mark the exact center of the OBJ
ject lens in the surveyors telescope.
We are also told that fish have
emotions and 'tremble with fear
and also change certain colors on
their bodies from the same cause.
This magazine has changed its
character from that OF q purely SCI
entific msgasine to that Of popular
purveyor of interesting bits Of In
formation.
Irwhlch eomes sosin like q bresth
OF pure, cool cir into an over.
heated room.
Our new little m.ss zine "Tpwhich"
has appeared again like q breath OF
pure air In an overheatcd apartment.
II Is very tiny and It is true TO its
colors Eve were going TO say) Tor
II Is Just bit OF suggestion, like
art. for us to Gil out for ourselves.
According to our ability to carry
along the thought. will we enjoy II,
or consider II TOO small to wait l.fe.
giving breath into our lives. On New
Years, 1916. It will appear with the
joyous newcomer MI freshly smil.
ing, and viii take lie UNIQUE place
with the magazines OF the day. All
we can hope II that with It's IN
creased size and commercial out.
branching u will not lose its elusive
artistic subtIety, which is as the per
fume Of the fields. II Is dedicated
to "all who are striving to brins
about the reign Of life In Art" W.
are all striving for that. more or les,
I, clumsily, but we DO not know II. Lei