The sun., 1916-12-02
AMERICAN SETTINGS

TAe Tru1icrs. tBobbs, McrrilL) BY
0amuel Merrin.
II Is primarily as the study OF a mod
orn girl that this book claims attention.
The Trufiiers" Is a novel. sane. unpreju-
diced. spiced with humor. holding ones
Interest from the first page to the last.
The Woman Gives. (Latle, Broun.)
~ Queen johnson.
A story Of throbblng life In the heart
Of New York. with a heroine so resolute
that she gives herself unselfshly TO re-
deem a talented man. Mr.. Johnson
takes the reader to a bohemia where
youth and Joy reign. and in those sur
roundings lnga Sonderson gives freely TO
degenerate a fellow artist.
Aary-'Gusta. tAppieton.) BY Joseph
@. Lincoln.
Another quaint and appealing little girl
n added to the Joseph c. Lincoln fiction
gallery in that queer Lathrop young
me-" who mothers her two Cape Cod
guardians In spite OF their attempts to
bring her up. A scandal is unwound and
two lovers are made happy amid the
funny doings and sayings OF many a jolly
Cape Colder.
The Leathcrvood God. (Cenury) By
william Dean HotceIs.
A robust and vigorous novel. not OF
Boston or International manners but OF
our old American pioneer civilization.
The story OF a religious impostor In the
backwoods Of Ohio and of the life OF the
little settlement whirling around the CEN
trail igure-its intense loves and hates,
its littlenesses and its hero.sms.
Penrod and SAM. doubleday. Pdge.)
~ Booth Harrington.
Which continues the earlier story OF
Penrod and chronicles the exciting his
tory Of the limited bachelor set A
story Of irrepressibie youth at the magic
age OF twelve. In which also figure our
old friends. Herman and Verman. Duke.
the pessimistic dog. and an atsvistic cat.
Local Color. (Doran.) By irwin S.
Cobb.
Ten stories of our own people by this
born master Of the art OF story telling.
Now rich In humor. now poisnantly re-
strained and tender; invariably Illus
trating those rare qualities Of perception
and reportorial genius and imagination
which have given Cobb his enviabl posi-
ton.
WHte Arrives. ~(Stokes.) BY Elias
Tobcnkin.
The story OF an ardent young alien
who becomes in a score of years a loyal.
t~horoughgoing American citizen. An
absorbing novel and "A significant study
Of new Americans.
The Pleasant Ways Of 50. Medard.
(Hof.) BY Grace King.
A novel of New Orleans after the war,
rare In It's historical significance. This
In mnnf fOr the South At tho cln1a ~ tho
civil war rehearses a woman's lingering
memories OF the charm and grace OF the
New Orleans atmosphere and OF the
poignant humiliation suffered by a ruined
family.
Kildares Of Storm. )Century) BIZ
Eleanor Mercein Kelly.
A story OF modern Kentucky that has
no relation TO the customary mint julep,
moonshlnc and civil war fiction that
grows so luxuriantly in that state. The
novel sets forth. with rapidly moving
narrative and with entertaining talk and
back talk, the intertwined love stories of
. magnificent mother n her two as
tonishing daughters.
Enoch Crane Scribnor) Planned
and begun bv +. HopktnsOn Smith aud
completed by p. berkeley Smith.
This story-which IL OF New York
with q setting In one OF the characteristic
old houses OF Waverley place-has mucl,
h flavor OF "Peter." its characters as
lovable. It's scenes AZ colorful. The open
ing chapters Of the hook were written by
r. Hopkinson smith before his death.
i. Berkeley Smith in his preface ex-
plains how he followed the complete and
elaborate synopsis repaired by his father
for the whole novel. "A synopsis which
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