The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-29

In Beulah Marie Dix's story OF "Ihc
Battle Months OF George Daurela
CDuffield and Company. In the epi-
lorue the reader is defied to square the
geography Of the tale with the points
Of the mpa and doubly defied TO
aay that one character Is meant to be
q Frenchman and another a Teuton.
The defiance 10 Justified; the reader
who does not begin with the last page
Of the tale will be a good deal puz-
zled. He will fnd himself COINS
north" with George to the battle
front, having started from a king
DOM where the men enlist" George
IL q Lieutenant in h Royal Light
Horse, and he is not yet Il when he
rides splendidly away lin h Battle
Autumn Of 1914"
Georges character is mixed. lie Is
q ruthless soldier and a poet. joyce
Ayerill. the American heroine OF the
ale. IL more than once revolted by the
cruelty that he displays. "Theres
some dignity in murder, even in ar
son. But petty larceny. malicious
mischief! You should have had thirty
days hard labor. every man OF you.
1k MOI lohs ~
George, whose troop had lacked her
uncle's house. Georges capture by the
enemy, his escape from brutal guards.
his dreadful experience in a
village that was bombarded from an
aeroplane-there are some chapters in
che story that will make the reader
catch his breath.
ouix0tc In PetticOats,
An absurd fancy Is carried out very
p9ettily In Ruth Sawyer's MHes
Nom Arden (Harpers). An impulsive
Irish girl overhears the harsh dis
missal Of a young man whom h does
not sec by the girl he was engaged
to. She undertakes to set things right
and starts In pursuit, but only catches
sight Of q suit Of clothes turning the
corner. From Manhattan the chase
leads her somewhere out in the coun-
try, she loses her money and Is helped
on BY her wits and by luck. This
turns her to the open road where she
meets q tramp. and the two wander
about very pleasantly but never get
near the young woman's goal. By
the time the two have become good
friends and the reader has guessed who
the tramp is he will hope the author
Will put of the inevitable n 40 as
"a. permit Of more wild wood adven.
lures. The heroine Is charming, bright
and fantastical; she holds the stage
continuously and keeps the readers
eyes on her.
A Woman who wouldn't.
To avoid a proposal Of marriage
from a man whom she loves h who
abe il sure loves her best friend. d
married woman a young girl runs
away in Isabel c.. Clarke's only Anne
(Bensiger Brothers, New York;
Though all English girl she hal
achieved almost American indepen
dence She IL foiled by running int
a l%udicrously impertinent family will
which she is acquainted at Zermatt
The man follows her, proposes 4
rejected. She returns to England, find
q quiet shelter where her friend visit
her, and the story OF her adventure
becomes known and her friend mis-
Judges her. The man has gone Il
Africa; a youth who admires hin
greatly ONE into the h%eroine's life an
and falls In love with her; h refuse
him and he suspects that she loves HI
hero. Fol her sake he goes to Afric'
to rescue him when rumors Of hi
death arrive; he finds him and bring
him back. Meanwhile the incon
venient husband has died. his w!doN
q free and the heroine reunite
her with her lover. The two who sac
rifce themselves unselfshly are draw
s%plendidly; the people about ther
think only of themselves. The autho
has made many of them comical. bu
tho humor jars somewhat when II
made to torture the unfortunate cir
It is an artistic and extremely We
written story.
Seeker Of knowledge.
An attractive young society woma
decides to cut loose from her AZ
people are like in Kate Langley Bosf
er's People Like That Harpers). ST
tells her own story and makes 1t plai
that she has no desire for summing {
for social work. but wants to lear
how people live n feel. Most OF HI
friends drop her. others remonstra'
with her, especially a fashionab
cousin whom she converts to goo
works in time and a co~nservati,
young man who wishes to marry he
She has experiences with the poo
with factory workers and especial
with girls who have gone wrong. Tl
tragic story of one OF these is brougl
home TO her lovers family, and his .
forts to set It right make him unde
stand the narrator's point of vie'
They join In foiling d worldly moth
by cOnniving al her daughter
making "A love match and decide
marry themselves, The young won