The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-01-23

THE TRAIL BOYS OF THE PLAINS,
 OR THE HUNT FOR THE BIG BUF-
 FALO."
 By Jay Winthrop Allen; Dodd, Mead &
 Co, publishers, New York.
 stirring tale of life in the boundless west when that portion of our country was not as well known as it is today. The two lads, sons of old pioneers are good shots, and know how to ride well. While the father of one of the lads is ill, the youth is sent on long journey over land on a mission of great importance. His chum accompanies him. and while on the way both boys keep their eyes wide open for a possible view of big. buffa o said to be the head of the last herd in that vicinity, The boys have numerous adventures with wild animals, and once miss the trail and are lost They are also followed by enemies, who wish to thwart them in their mission. They sight several buffalo, but it is not until almost the end of their journey that they find the big fellow whom they have been seeking. How they thwart their enemies and how they capture the monarch of the plains is told in a fashion to interest all boys. A lively outdoor tale, full of the breath of the boundless plains.
 MY YEAR OF THE GREAT WAR" By Frederick Palmer; Dodd, Mead & Co.,,
 publishers, New York
 This is the book about the British army in war. Frederick Palmer was selected by Lord Kitchener as the only American war correspondent to go to British head quarters in France; and for a long time he was the only American correspondent permitted to visit the British lines To say that MT. Palmer has had exceptional opportunities is putting it mildly-he has had opportunities given to no other man. And ne has made good use of them. For sraphlc sketches that take the reader right to the front and for wide com prehensive view that only a. man with grasp for big things could obtain, Mir Palmer's book is the best by any war correspondent. It is a wonderful book written by an able man who has been given unequalled opportunities for seeing the British army, the British navy and the French army at war.
 THE RISE OF DENNIS HATH
 NAUGHT"
 By James Philip MacCarthy. The
 Writers Publishing company, pub
 fishers, Brooklyn, N. Y
 The Rise of Dennis Hathnaught" was not written with an eye to ob- talning a university degree It is there lore chatty and informal, rather than painfully scientific and academic We should not brood too much over the n-iseries of a dead past when there is so much to be done in the living pres- ent. But man may be taught to judge more intelligently of his own time and it's problems if he has some idea of past times and their institutions In this spirit Dennis Hathnaught takes the platform for a short address to his Fellow Citizens" He will be grateful for any applause he may re- celve and hopes that adverse critics Will put cotton batting around the or1cks they may throw.
 Yeoman service for human liberty has been done by persons with a sense fhumor No man who understands the wholesome effect of laughter ever throws bomb tries to reform the world by assassination. If the fool that shot J. P. Morgan had brooded less and laughed more, he would not have taken himself so seriously There has been great injustice in the world, but we have now reached the age of ad- of capital and labor are working earn