The Washington herald., 1917-12-02

Barbaxians. BY Robert w. Chan-
bers. New York: d. Appleton and
COMPANY. Price, tf.40 net
Perhaps the most striking fea-
lture about this latest work Of
Robert w. Chambers Is its new de-
parture from the usual Chambers
novel
The drawing room with its high
Isociety is replaced by settings that
lean only be found "over there. The
lchange Of mood in the novelist is
"a happy one and at all times atten-
ition and interest is caught and held
by the many transitions Of char
lacter, scenes and dramatic activity.
II Is a dramatic picture of war az
Iit really Is and lightened with q
ldeIightful romance and powerful
descriptive writing Of France.
Those Times and These, by Irwin
Is. Cobb. New York: George II.
Doran Company Illustrated. Price,
S1.35 net.
| The whirnsicality and humanness
lof Judge Priest. that grand old
lsoutherner whom Cobb has made
lreal, stands out clearly in this new
book of Cobb's. wherein he has
gathered . number OF his short
stories.
The selections that go to make
up a delightful combination include.
lex Fightin' Billy" "And there was
Light" 'Mr. Felsburg Gets Even
The Garb of Men," The Cure for
ILonesomeness." THE Family Tree"
'Hark, from the Tombs." China
mon Seed and Sandy Bottom" "A
Kiss for Kindness" and Life
lAmong Abandoned Farmers"
The Abandoned Room, by wads-
worth Camp. A mystery story.
lGarden City, n. Y: Doubleday, Page
& Company. Illustrated. Price,
s1.s5.
When The House Of Fear" was
published about a year ago. Wads-
worth Camp was accredited with
having written one OF the most un-
usual mystery stories OF the year
Another mystery tale is offered by
this author, who is now a lieuten'
ant in the Field Artillery. in The
abandoned Room" just published by
doubleday, Page & Company.
Why was old Silas Blackburn &C
afraid and of what?
Why was the empty room kept
closed?
How did the murderer enter the
locked and sealed room; how did
he escape
These are some of the questions
that compel the reader Of this story
to follow in breathless anticipation
the various stages OF this mystery
novel.
The Twice American, by Eleanor
VI. Ingram. Illustrations in color
Philadelphia: J. b. Lippincott Com
pany. Price, $1.S5.
A street gamin. barefoot and
ragged, talks to q LITTLE girl who
stands outside a large New York
residence. She was clothed with all
the luxury that love could choose
and just before. under the care oi
her nurse, she steps into hand
somely appointed carriage. she
turns to the boy and says. Il wish
you had q comfy coat. boy" He call
ed her his princess and one day
at a similar meeting he is bare
footed and she slips of her hand
some little shoes and hands them
to him. With amazement he watche:
her in her white stockings Jump In
to the carriage.
| Five years later Ine DOy u ~
and she is 10. She is on her way tC
dancing lesson-he is working Al
cabin boy in the South American
trade, but now on leave in New
York. He suddenly kisses her, anS
: then runs away. but carrying with
: him a romantic ideal of a princess
whose name he thinks he has dis
covered and whose heart he intends
to win.
/ The tone OF the story Is one OF
the delightfully."- refreshing romance
How to Live at the Front, BY
Hector MacQuarrie, b. A. COntab
: second lieutenant, Royal Field Ar
: tillery. Philadelphia: ]. B. Lippin-
colt Company. Illustrated Price
$125.
A book TO put in the hands OF
the man who is going to France is
this spontaneous message regarding
the informal matters of life at the
front, written particularly for his
; new allies by an English army ofi'
! Ger. The author believes that in
war both a mans body and SOU
are in danger; the body can to q
. degree be taken care of by one who
knows how to be careful and he be-
Lives in the Importance Of fighting
for his country instead OF dying fol-
'. it; the soul may be besmirched by
the atmosphere Of killing, too often