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"skinner's Dress suit,. by Henry
irving Dodge. (Houghton, Mifflin Co.,
$1,000.
When Thomas Carlyle wrote Sartor
Resartus he evidently did not figure on
the ultimate arrival, in the realms of
clothes, of "Cage-Man Skinner" CASH
Ter. the "walk-in- the -slush, sit-in-the-
corner, watch : the ther-fellow- dance,
male-wallfiower proposition" Skinner
was man who didn't figure on the
value of appearances in achieving sue
cess and the book deals with his
awakening and his final demand on his
bosses for third ownership in the
business.
1t is history of dress suit and a
humorous dilation on the value of the
personal equation and an appreciation
OF human nature in making for sue
cess in the business world. 1t is a
bright and sparkling entertainer of an
hour.
"Mr. Brittiing Sees 1t Through by
II. G. Wells (MacMillan & Co., New
Yory), is essentially a war story. 1t tells
not so much of conditions at the front
as of the effect of the war on the minds
of those who stay at home. Among
these latter is Mr.. Brittling, an Eng
lishman of the best type.
The beginning Of the story finds
England's thoughts far away from the
possibility of conflict. Suddenly she
finds herself precipitated into the
greatest war in history, and England
awakes and stretches herself. In Mr..
Brittling 1t personlf1ed the English
people, who after while come to
realize the personal interest that each
has in the war. Brittling's sorrow is
all Englands sorrow, and his first
thought is blind rage against the per-
petrators of war
1t is an intensely and dramatically
interesting book. we'll written and
well conceived. The characters are
quite fascinating and very much alive.
"UniversaI Military Education and
Service" by Lucien Howe, Fellow of
the Royal Society OF Medicine. mem
Der of the Royal College of Surgeons,
and Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmo-
logy. &c. p. Putnam's Sons, New
York;.
A research work on the swiss Sys-
tenn For the United States" written as
a teacher writes, catalogued so that no
question relating to military training
remains unanswered. The improve
ment perceived in young men through
systematic military training appeals to
DR.. Howe from the scientific and medi-
cal standpoint, and the phenomenal
success that attended the inauguration
or military training in the schools of
wyoming is cited and explained as an
example. The apathy OF the present
Democratic Congress in falling to note
effectively the trend of public opinion
on matters of preparedness is specif-
cally mentioned. The statistical data
is invaluable. DR.. Howe's book Is a
peer in the preparedness literature of
the day.
ITO the Minute" by Anna Katherine
Green. &c. P. Putnams Sons).
Anna Katherine Green's latest book
contains two stories, ITO the Minute"
and Scarlet and Black" Both are
equally thrilling and will serve we'll
TO pass away few idle minutes. The
first is the usual love story with the
added zest of mystery, while the
second deals with Russian Princesses
and dark plots. and has a wholly un-
expected denouement.
Books Receivedi wit and Wisdom of
Woodrow Wilson," doubleday. Page q
Coz; Home Care of Consumptiyes"
by Roy l. French, &c. p. Putnam's
Sons); Life and Confessions of Oscar
Wilde" (two volumes). by Frank Har-
ris; Dead Yesterday" by Mary Agnes
Hamilton, George II. Doran Coz; "The
Towers of Ilium." by Ethelyn Leslie
Huston" Geo. H. Doran Coz; ",Tbs
More Excellent Way" by Cyrus Town
send Brady. Putnams).