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New Books

Poetry. ,....,
THE SON OF MAN. BY Percival N. Wells.
wantash, N. Y. Bartlett Publishing
company. tl.2s.
This book has been written with
twofold purpose-that of showing
what large part of the English Bible
illustrated by the gospels) is poetry
as it stands; and OF presenting to the
public another view OF the Son Of Man
perhaps in some ways similar to
those already expressed, and perhaps
different.
INCLUDING YOU AND ME. ny Strickland
GILLIAN. Chicago. A3 South Dearborn
street. Chicago
This book contains over hundred
joyous poems b the popular author OF
Including Finnegan" and every poem
has charming human interest quality.
POEMS OF WAR AND PEACE, BY Rob
ert Underwood johnson. Indianapolis
Bobbs-Merrill company. $500.
In this volume are the Panama Ode,
The Corridors of Congress, Rheims,
The Haunting Face, Shakespeare, En-
battled France and other poems of the
great war.
LINCOLN. BY Anne Marie Bells. Box 66.
Everett Mass. 50 cents.
This booklet contain5 the life OF
Lincoln portrayed in poetry in beau
tiful manner. 1t also contains illus
trations showing Lincoln, his birth
place, the White House, Lincoln
Memorial and Lincoln's home. Neatly
bound and very attractive in appear
ance.
Fiction.
THE UNcHAsTENEp WOMAN BY Louis
kaufman Anspaeher. New York: Fred
erick A. Stokes company. t125 net.
A. remarkable picture OF worldly
modern woman, drawn with all SYM
pathy of insight, but with no pallia-
ton, is Mr.. Anspacher's THE I'm
chastened man"-unquestionably
one Of the most successful plays ever
produced in America. A character
strudy, though in the terms Of CON-
edy.
ALONG NEW ENGLAND ROADS BY W.
6. Prime. LID. New York; Harper q
Bros. 81.
Mr.. Prime catches his trout, or
buys his bits of old china or pewter
flagon, and, gay at some times, grave
at others. altogether delights you as
you go with him along New England
roads.
aIRLEs OF THE MORNING GLORY
CAMPFIRE. By Isabel Hornibrook. Bos.
ton. Lothrop Lee & Shepard. tl.20.
The sensibly helpful and patriotic
organization called the Camp Fire
Girls is spreading with wonderful
rapidity, because 1t is based on the
right elements to appeal both to girls
and their parents. "a sparkling style
rich hunor and wealth Of incident are
conspicuous. This is a book to be
welcomed by those who find much
truth in the off hand statement that
II is hard to find good reading for
growing girls"
THE ROAD TO MECCA. BY Florence Ir,
win, New York O. P. Putnams Sons
si.3S.
The mere recital OF a woman's
struggle for position and pre-emi.
hence in the world OF fashion would
be sordid story. The tale Of what
happens to the soul that makes the
struggle its one and only aim--tha,
never lets the heart speak, never let.
the mind speak, many subject save
that one--is far from sordid, and I
is more than story. Such story !:
"The Road to Mecca"
THE GERANIuM LADY. BY Sylvia Chat
field Bates. New York. Dufheld q Co
N.25.
A love story, the setting OF which
Is an enchanting and perhaps recog.
nizable island in the Atlantic ocean
The chief characters are June Carver
who has bought the Betty Latch cot
tage in Bijah's Cove and planted ar
acre OF red geraniums about it, ane
Lieutenant Miles Hawthorne, a re
tired young naval officer who ha!
rented deserted far mon the islant
and is there recovering from an acci
dent on his battleship.
SUSAN cLEac AND HER LOVE AFFAIRS
BY Anne Warner. Boston. Little, Brow
& Co. t.So.
Almost everyone in America who
reads books or magazines konws Su
san well enough to call her by he
first name even, and few millions