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samuel W. Mccall Governor of
Massachusetts. BY Lawrence B. Evans.
(Eoughton, MiifF1in Co., s1.25.)
This sketch, biographical and other
wise, of the man who for 20 years
served faithfully in the Legislature
and who is at,present the holder of
the highest office in the State OF
Massachusetts, is a lively portrait of
Samuel w. McCalls character and a
complete statement of his views. Con-
tanning liberal quotations from his
Congressional speeches, the book
describes the Governor as a firm ad-
herent to the principles of the Re-
publican party throughout his career,
as staunch believer in the soundness
of the principles upon which the Am
erican constitution is based, and an
ardent supporter of all things which
he believes are for the betterment of
the country.
Limitation of the hours of labor in
industries seems to have been the Gov
ernor's pet hobby when in Congress
and as an administrator of the affairs
of Massachusetts. Whether the book
was published coincident with the
Chicago convention with a view to
informing the public of the merits of
a favorite son or not, it is an adequate
commentary upon the public life and
works of one of our national figures
and is perhaps as true an estimate of
his ability as has been published.
Allied Cookery is the title of a COM
bination of luscious tooth-filling con-
ccctions which make up a book that
is sold for the purpose of procuring
funds to aid French farmers in the
regions devastated by German armies.
Everything is included from "Gnocchi
of milk" and "oeufs poches Ivanhoe"
to macaroni pie and onion soup, and
a relish is added in the prefaces to
the volume written by Stephen Lea
cock and Ella Wheeler Wilcox. (Pub-
lished by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New
York, 75c.)
Halt, Who's There? by the author
of Aunt Sarah and the War" &c. P.
Putnam's Sons.)
Picture if you will a hospital in
Grosvenor Square, London, and in
termed there the manned bodies of
many soldiers of England. Imagine
if you will. the hurt bodies, but undy-
ing spirits of those men who have
given their best for their country.
Then read this book which cites
series of personal dramas, with a vein
of human kindness running through
the recital and the accounts of per-
try. Few realize the tremendous in
crease In the popularity of the Bible.
In 1891 only S50,139 Bibles were in
use in the United States, while in
1915. 1,S62,754 volumes had been dis
tributed throughout this country,
printed in every language actually
spoken, an increase of over 100 per
cent. since 1891.
or foreign soil, for the last one hun
dred years, the American Bible So
Ciety has furnished its soldiers with
Scripture messages of peace and
brotherhood. In the present war the
distribution of Bibles has transcended
lie n CfF O
sonal visits and conversations with
the wounded.
The spirit of England, which has
taken a long time to rouse but which
once reused will never wane while
this war lasts nor later, shines forth
in every story, and the Tommy's bull
dog tenacity of purpose Is epitomized
in the telling of the battles fought
and in the revelation of the more init
mate thoughts and feelings of those
who have suffered for the cause of
, honor.
The Centennial History of the
american Bible Society, Macmillan
Co., $1,000.
We do not hear so much about the
Bible nowadays that we are unwilling
10 devote perhaps a few minutes to
the report of its society in this coun-
argument against the oft-recurring
cry that Christianity has failed be-
cause the nations are at one anothers
throats.
Among the great names of former
officers in this famous society are those
OF John Jay, first Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of tie United
States; Theodore Frelinghuysen. John
Quincy Adams, Charles Pinckney,
Governor Dewitt Clinton, Rutherford
B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison and
David j. Brewer. Abraham Lincoln
was one OF its early members.