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count Of he wives shs has pichsd out
for him. She also helps the heroine.
. charming girl, to marry the dissoluts
heir Of . duke. The Giri loves . de-
cent fellow who u not rich. but has
persuaded herself that Il IL her duty
to marry for position and money. AZ
ter she discovers the mistake she has
made she IL set free by her husbands
confession that he was already mar
risd to q barmaid when he married her.
The hsroine's younger sister, q school
girl. has the same ideal of marriage
and Is absolutely INSCRIPTIONS: her
premature efforts to secure q husband
are the AUS Of moro comical compli-
cations. Tho tone Of farce 10 kept UP
consistently and brightly to the end.
but Il II often out Of place and Jars.
DR. NICk. (DmaIl. Maynard =
Co.. Dssten.) ~ L. -. steele.
ts1.4o.D
In spite Of . good deal Of mysticism
and i~mpressionistio vagueness about
facts the reader will feel attracted tt
the heroine Of L. NJ. Steele's Dr.. Nick
(smail. Maynard 4 co., and will SYM
pathize with the poetic cravings of her
childhood and her experiences as a
hospital nurse until she has declared
her love to the hero. The author
seems to have unpleasant impressions
Of hospitals. nurses and surgeons and
to require Some sort Of psychic infu-
ence in physicianA Her behavior after
her rejection seems to be on the lower
plane Of ordinary girls. and there 10 no
need Of hypnotic suggestion to account
for her marriage to q rich man. His
ingsniously cruel treatment of her and
the conduct Of the doctors needs ex-
plantation; II seems designed merely to
excuse her final action. The last half
Of the story IL moi as sincere or as
artistic as the first
THE FTvE-BARRED GATE. CAD.
pletons.) ~ II. Temple Thurs-
ton. (e1.<o.)
A single theme, the fading away of
the manifestations OF ELECTION in mar
ried couples after a few years OF mar
riage. - handled In a bantering toni
for 500 pages by z. Temple Thurston
In Tho FYce-Barred Gate tAppletons).
The sensations Of each party are dis
sected infinitely and humorously, and
for emphasis the author makes use OF
two couples, one in the kitchen. the
other in the parlor. The craving for
romance which drives husbands and
wives TO seek It outside h home Is
shown to be the same and to take the
A.- -A NAa ~,AHNND
Is vulgar and comical in the humber
couple and h~umorously refined in the
! other. All the fiirtations. however.
come to a proper end and leave both
couples better fitted to pull together.
IN THE Garden OF DESIRE.
(Thomas Y. Crowcn Company
BY l.. H. Hammond. (R1.)
The reflections Of a chronic invalid.
who Ii fond Of birds and growing
things. are chronicled in l. II. Ham
mond's In tho Gordon Of Desire
(Thomas Y. Crowell Company. She
talks PLEASANTLY and sent!mentally
about nature and with resignation
about her own ailments. She de
scribes her ne,ghbors with amusing
asper.ty and follows the course Of two
simple love affairs with great SYM
pathy. The reader must be in the au-
thor's mood II no Is to feel interested
in the book.
REFINING FIRES. tP. ,. Kennedy
and Sons. New Ysrk.) ny Alice
Dease.
Money plays too large a part In
settling matters In Alice Dease's Re
lining Fires Up. j. Kennedy and sons,
and the author seems to have strange
IDEAS about gambling. The heroine
behaves with dignity and shows proper
religious spirit when she suffers from
the spite OF her m~ercenary mother-in-
law when she forgives the man
who has wronged her family. The
charitable old lady is charming. and
, the author seems acquainted with
some phases Of Paris life.
JITNEY AND THE boys. tE. p.
Dutton a Cob ny Bennct Cop
pIestsns. (sI.BO.S
The fate OF al! automobile stories
attends Bonnet Copplestones Jtncp
and tho Boys %, p. Dutton & Coz.
There II considerable humor about
the running and tho mechanism OF the
machine which those who have auto
mobiles may appreciate. When tho
motor starts It's itinerary Is described
in detail, and a. this 10 through by
ways Of England II may fail to in
terest Americana The three boys are
amusing. particularly the youngest
one. when they r given a chance.
In the first part they capture a Ger
man spy. In the second part the
author tells how England took the
declaration OF war, and describes in
detail how the oldest boy enlisted, and
how much his Boy Scout work helped
10 make him useful In the time OF
need. There are many pleasant bits
in this rather ~haphazard book.
A LITTLE QUESTION IN LADIES'
RIGHTS. (John Lane Company
ny Parker il. Fillmore. dSOe.)
In an extremely funny short story
that is true to life, A Ltttle Question
Of Ladies' Rights John Lane Com
pany). Parker Fl. Fillmore gives the
ssenc Of the woman question, The
actors are children. but the fun is
of the kind that grown people and not
children will enjoy. The small girls
experiments with her digestive organs
start the fun. and the manner in