The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-01

Carol, the witty and lovely twin, rises to
the prominence of heroine and brightens
the whole delightful story with golden
lG lighter.
There is not the literary flavor about
the parsonage there is about the home
of the Little Women nor is there in
Prudence Says So the same tendency
to moralize. There is no sadness here,
as in the famous book of former
generation, and the problems that these
girls have to face are really more com
mon in the lives of the young than are
the problems of Miss Alcott's young
people. There are many little differ
ences between the two sets of girls
that mark, with astonishing emphasis,
the difference in time of the stories as
well as the geographical! distance be-
tween the places of their setting; but
both stories are about n happy, simple
set of girls whose circumstances and
urbringing force them to lead lives
that do not center about material
things, whose pleasures are such as are
to be had by nearly all human beings,
family affection, friendship, love and all
the delights of nature.
The sayings of Prudence, always on
the tongues of her sisters, will be al
WAYS on the tongues of her readers.
And her spirit, so glad and fresh and
wholesome, imparts itse.f to al who
read. Prudence Says SO is the big JOY
bringer of the year.
"THE CURIOUS CASE OF MARIE
DUPONT"
By Adele Luehrmann; illustrations by
Frank Sanpp. The Century company,
publishers. New York.
A mystery and love story combined
xuit ran fiCatiOnS
running to Russia, Rumania, England
and France is 1.-THE Curious Case OF
Marie Dupont" by Adele Luerhrmann.
The central character is beautiful
woman shrouded in a complication pr
pulling circumstances connected with
a famous murder and the THEFT OF
priceless royal necklace.
There is not a sleuth, not dark
lantern not a disguise in the entire
story: no organized band of criminals,
no flashing of pistols, no emphasizing
of sordidness and brutality. 1t lies far
outside the bounds of the usual de-
tective story, and practically all the
characters movo in the highest circles
of New York society
The narrative, carried forward large
Iy by dialogue, rushes onward with
alluring rapidity The story through
out, to an extent unusual in fiction
of it's kind, is colored and intensified
by emotion. The mystery develops in
the first six pages, and with increas-
ing pressure drives forward to its as
founding conclusion.
"iN ANOTHER GIRLS SHOES"
BY Berta Duck (Mrs. oliver Onions).
Illustrated. Dodd. Mead & Co., pub
fishers, New York.
r.,
in this new story! Vivacious. absorb
ing, interesting and humorous are but
poor words to express the real, spark
ling life Of this novel. From the very
first scene, in which Vera Wayne. the
movie actress, literally pushes the de-
mure, well-bred little heroine into her
shoes as the war widow of the aristo-
cratic Capt. George Meredith, to the
closing chapter, in which the heroine
comes into her own, there is not a
dull page or a stupid line in it. Although
the scenes are laid in a country at war,
and part of the action even takes place
in Paris yet the war barely touches
with it's sinister hand, the characters of
the story, and the happy solution of their
most interesting and humorous difficult
ties proves alike satisfactory and charm
irg.
OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED.
tREVIEWS LATER)
"WINDY MPHERSON'S SON." BY
Sherwood Anderson. The John Lane
company publishers, New York.
"GREAT SNAKES" By William Game
| The John Lane company, publishers,
| New York.
| THE HAUSFRAU RAMPANT" By e.
| W Lucas. (From the German of Julius
| Stnde). George M. Doran company,
publishers. New York
| THE GREAT PUSH" By Patrick Nc
Gill. George Fl. Doran company. pub
fishers. New York.