The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-21


 With illustrations by Helen Mason
 Grace. Houghton Mifflin Co, publishers,
 No. Park Row Boston.
 More than half million American readers who have found the happy opti- mism and humanity of Mrs. Porter s books an element of delight and inspira- ton in their own lives, will welcome Just David.
 At the time the story opens, David is a 10-year-old boy who haxs lived most of his life in the mountains with his father, famous vioinist. The two are perfectly happy with their yiolins and the life of the forest about them. The boy inherits his fathers talent, and is taught to ex- press his own moods on his instrument At last they start down the mountain, but strange circumstances intervene. For a time David finds his outlook black in- deed, but nothing can daunt his courage, his radiant spirits, and his gift of bring ing happiness to those about him. and in the end his cherished dreams come true.
 David is one of those characters that seem too real to stay inside book. It is safe to say that every single reader will regard him as a cherished friend DIET FOR CHILDREN" By Louise
 E. Hogan. The Bobbs Merrill Co., pub
 fishers, Indiana polls.
 Mrs. Hogan, the author of Diet for Children" has devoted her life to the study of the child s welfare. Her work and her writing have brought her in touch with millions. She edits the we'll known department of Mothers and Chil- dren in Good Housekeeping; her news paper articles have been synoicated far and wide. Mothers everywhere look to her for counsel and advice and know herr as guide, philosopher and friend.
 Her field of special interest has been the question of Diet for Children, what to eat and when to eat
 For the growing child, especially in the first few years of it's life, nothing is yitally important as proper diet. All who have to do with the feeding of chl dren are necessarily compelled to give this subject constant thought. Mrs. Ho- gan comes to the aid of the mother with list of menus and a profusion of recipes so well prepared that they meet with all requirements. Poorly and improperly nourished children are lacking in mental ity as well as in physical development. Proper diet improves the child in all ways; improper diet retards or neutraliZes all other efforts. Diet for Children is a scientific help
 This volume is designed to meet the re- quirements of the physician who rarely mas the tune to QlfecL the care or the chld'S health. It should also suggest to the mother and nurse just when the phy- sician should be sent for, and when they may themselves aid him in his efforts by the exercise of intelligence and judgment ln the selection and preparation of foods indicated for various ages and varying conditions of illness and convalescence. COMMERCIAL MORTMAIN." By John R. Dos Passes. The Bench and Bar publishers, No. 27 Cedar street, New York.
 The unique discussion of the evils of trusts and the remedies therefor, which the Hon. John R. Dos Passes has given to the world in his latest book, entitle commercial Mortmain,' cannot fail to be of absorbing interest to all thoughtful people, not only because the subject is of vital importance, but also because the author has such an extensive and practi- cal knowledge thereof as enables him to speak with authority.
 "CAPTAIN GARDINER OF THE IN- TERNATIONAL POLICE FORGE" By Robert Allen Dodd, Mead & Co.,, publishers, New York.
 A novel of the immediate future with a highly complex western world given over to industry and peace and all or dered and protected by an international police force. But trouble looms large on the eastern horizon-China and India are awakening and Japan is furnishing the brains and stimulus. Plot and intrigue in the tricky Orient develop and at last the catastrophe breaks and the little Inter- na ational Police force is nearly wiped out. Adventures in the mysterious eastern cities and courts, in the Chinese temples, and lastly, scenes in the great battles in which the oriental flood is stemmed, in the trenches and in the air. form most vivid and dramatic picture, and at the same time a forceful lesson in the matter of preparedness.
 Captain Gardiner the hero, and the sturdy secret service agent who gives up his life for his duty, show that after all western morality is dominant and per sonal honor supreme in the world And after the warfare come the quiet love scenes and the strengthening out of the tangled love threSds that give charm and contentment to this very dramatic and readable tale.
 WHEN CAREY CAME TO TOWN" By
 Edith Barnard Delano. Illustrated by
 w B. King. Dodd, Mead & Co.,, pub fishers, New York
 A delightful and charming tale of aboundng faith in human nature.
 An unsophisticated young girl from a hack-water Virginia town, old-fashioned 1T. training and clothes, and old-fashioned in her faith in the protection of "gen- tleman" is suddenly thrust into the lives of two wealthy bachelors of big city.