The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-03

with ladies In Turxish harems. with
actresses. helresses and Just CON-
mon mortals who Are useful now md
them. You 20 through "war-swept
Europe" and back to New York with
ANAL stop-over (time unlimited n
San Francisco.) Goodbye Jimmy.
We wish you luck.
"Jimmy's 0entility." Sherman.
French 4 Co. Boston.
No longer do We delve In the past
and invoke the spirit OF youth and
love for poetry. Our poetry u up
to-date. according to the latest spsci-
fications. II you cant kssp abreast
OF the times. you can't ksep any.
thing and q poet would starve to
death singins Of spring In . garnet
chamber.
The Sinking Of the Titanic" II
the tragic note Of . little volume by
C. Victor Stahl. and gives Il it, title.
while for q little relaxation and
Bacchanalian Joy We have 'Huerta's
Drinking Song"
Sherman. French 4 Co.. Boston.
The sonnet. noblest form OF
poetry. has . new devotee and one
who appreciates the grandeur OF its
form by bringing to II fitting sub
jects. 4
Gladys Cromwell has written with
the fervent soul Of the real poet .
book OF verses which she calls The
Gates Of Utterapce." The sonnets
are classic In their simplicity and
majesty. The three called ZAP
proach," "Emblems" and "Solici-
tude" arc almost Miltonic.
Sherman. French 4 Co. Boston.
We have II In our hands 1t last,
Boon" the book where H. G. Wells
gives rent to all his pent-up feelings.
hiding behind the character Of Reg
inald Bliss. Reginald II the pussy
cat who must grab all the chestnuts
from the are and save Mr.. Wells
from burning his paws. Not that he
cares. Oh! Nc. He would b dis
appointed n we did not discover
him. II 10 just . freakish little way
Of his to mystify some people who
take their food plain. without any
sauces. The mgiish
VIII have . hard job recognising
themselves and yet It is their photo
graphs, composite II II true. bat
theirs just the same.
The Wild Asses Of the DeviT' n
the polite title by which certain
and members Of parlia
ment are distinguished from certain
others. ana the whole race seems to
have gone quite mad.
It 10 . humorous but scafhing 81
tire on our point Of view IN all
things. Especially does no attack
the writer's. and We know At last
what h the matter with Henry
James.
Reginald Bliss wants to write . |
novel about Aunt Columbia" the
allemhracing female imaginary who
rules this land and the waves that
beat upon it, shores, but he TO
christens her Aunt Dove" (for fear
Of shocking America) and abe has .
spoiled nephew called Teddy"
Miss Bathwick, his amanuensis,
she of the fortidding and discreet
back which keeps him steady. We
take to mean the British public.
George H. Doran 4 Co. New York,
s1.55.
We no longer have to wait o
whole month TO nnd out how the
love affairs Of Sidney. Max and all
the others are progressing. We no
longer leave . patient on the oper-
ating table under the influence Of
ether for 30 days without lending .
helping hand to get him on his feet
again
"K." that hospital story reeking
with iodoform and other antiseptics.
Ia out in book form. and We can skip
right through from chapter to chap
ter like the frisky lamb In q hillocky
meadow. II II very readable. too.
when taken ALPHABETICALLY in large
doses. And We all love TX" and are
glad Sidney was not . little fool to
the end.
MARY Roberts Rinehart.
Houg;ton, Mifflin Co.. Boston,
S1.35.
Alice had thrust upon her hands a
family, even to q newborn infant.
when she was only Is years OF age.
II Alice had been born IN Mayfair