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der If you are among the killed. Tho
strain is more than / can stand"
She should have her mind free from
worry at this critical time said Le-
foulon. What can 1 do to calm herr"
That is easy replied Charpentier.
do as I do. Carry in your pocket
letter addressed to your wife and
mark on the envelope. Please forward
in case of death Then warn your wife
that she is not to believe you dead
until she receives that letter. II for
any reason you are unable to keep in
touch with her. she should not de-
spair, for you may be wounded or q
prisoner in Germany.
Lefoulon. enchanted with the idea,
wrote accordingly to his wife and re-
ceived her promise not to worry until
receiving the fatal letter.
The day before the big offensive.
Charpentier joking1y asked Lefoulon
if he had the letter with him.
NO" answered Lefoulon. seriously.
II have never had such a letter. All
that is necessary is for her to believe
in its existence. See, I have even
thrown away my Identification tags.
so that. if 1 am killed she will never
be notified.
Lefoulon was not present at roll
call on the following evening!
Somewhere in the shell-pitted bat
tlefleld his body awaited anonymous
burial. AS his tab was not found. he
was registered missing on the regi-
mental roster. and his wife was ac-
cordingly notified by the authorities.
He is prisoner in Germany"
Lucille tells sympathetic friends. TT
must be hard on him. but. at least.
there is less danger of his being kill
ed"
We. who know the truth regarding
Lefoulon's fate. wonder whether he
was kind or cruel In deceiving her.
Copyright 1917. by the Bell syndicate. Ise1
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terlinck and his languishing super
naturalfsm: Tagore and his Asiatic
wind music; Selma Lagerlof and her
old maids mooniness": Bennett and
Wells. competent novelists, turning
easily from the novel to the volume of
shoddy philosophizing"; "Kipling, a vo-
ciferous leader-writer of the Daily Mail
school. whooping pothouse patriotism,
hurting hysterical objurgations at the
foe" Yes. this is still Conrad. This
is still an appraisal of Conrad as nov
elist and there are pages more of this
kind of appraisal, out of which shine
ton of Conrad himself. And this is
the usual Mencken method Of literary
criticism.
JAPAN DAY BY DAY. BY Edward S.
Morse, author of Japanese Homes
and Their Surroundings" etc. IL
iustrated. Boston: Houghton Milf
fin Company.
Japan Day by Day. comes to hand
in two impressively big and attrac-
tive volumes-S00 pages. and about 800
illustrations. all told-covering In fine
detail the many-sided features of Jap
anese life. The country itself in its
appearances and behaviors. the people
in their racial characteristics, as well
as in their more immediate and special
response to environment. the age-old
religion of the country in its active
bearing upon the daily life. the govern
ment in its origin and procedure. edu-
cation. art, literature and home life
along with the industries and occupa-
tions of the people sum. in general. the
scope of the monumental first-hand
survey Of Japan and the Japanese. The
long story Is given in the simple and
running style of recounting things
seen and heard along the way OF an
extended and leisurely journey. The
writer appears to have seen it all
not alone the striking and outstanding
features of Japanese life. but host
of those little incidental things, as
well. revealing side-lights on the in
timacies Of this interesting and pro-
gressive people. The primary interests
of Mr. Morse in Japan were scientific
and educational, he having spent many
years there in research and study, and
the very qualities that mark the man
of science and education are the quail
tiles, without doubt. that compassed
this Illuminating study of the general
life Of Japan. It is q most useful book
--and certainly. captivating one. in
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A BOOK OF PREFACES. By H. L.
Mencken. author Of THE Philosophy
Of Friedrich Nietzsche." etc. New
York: Alfred A. Knopf.
VHESE are critical accountings
with the novelists. Joseph
Conrad and Theodore Dresser,
with fellow critic, James
Huneker. and with Puritan
ism as a literary force. Mencken is
JOY to the indeterminate reader. not
definitely certain about much of any
thing literary. For Mencken possesses
the kaiser's Forward with Cod state
of mind when literature is his theme.
There are no incertitudes here to lum-
Der up the innocent and unwary read
ers way. For instance. out of this
little book one gathers his facts clean
and uncluttered. Joseph Conrad is a
great novelist-as matter of fact.
he Is the only one now who. in a broad
seizure of the purpose Of the novel and
in its artistic construction, even ap-
proaches greatness Theodore Dresser
II only he could write-but he can't.
Huneker. as critic. Is by all odds the
best we have-which is Iot saying
much. And Puritanism 4 literary
deviled backaction force. Mencken's
method of criticism is as interesting
and human as the substance OF his con-
clusions Is easy of seizure. This is the
way he does it. He grants few SEN
tences-it may be a short paragraph
to really inspired penetration of the
authors point of view. to most SYM
pathetic and comprehending hold upon
the authors medium of naturalization.
Then he is off-and how completely
one understands him-that Is, any one
who ever hung over the back fence or
squatted on the front steps Of an even
Ing to abuse the whole tribe of man
in general and all of ones acQuafnt-
ances in particular. For instance. Con-
rad is the big novelist because--in part,
at least-he has none ''of the hysteri-
.cal splutterfngs and battle cries of the
Kiplings and Chestertons. the booming
pedagogics Of the Wellses and Shaws.
and the giggling at keyholes of the
Bennetts and De Morgans." Here. too.
in proof Of Conrad comes Tolstoi. with
q noldy asceticism made of catacomb
sCRtstianity and senile soul-sickness' i;
skteux. the rauc0us 5oufnalist's; Mac
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It Is, she is never violent and is ono
Of the most tractable patients we
have"
we left shortly, without finding out
whether DR.. Burr suspected us OF any
thing or not. AS we made our way
back to the city could not help the
feeling of depression such as Poe mem
toned at seeing the private madhouse
in France.
That glimpse we had into the other
room almost makes one recall the
soothing. system OF Dr. Maillard; Is
DR.. Burr's system better?" l asked.
think and practice is out of date now,"
returned Kennedy. Il think you are
already familiar with the theory of
dreams that has been developed by DR..
haps you are not aware of the fact that
Freud's contribution to the study of in
sanity is Of even greater scientific
value than his dream theories taken by
Hers. 1 feel sure now, is what is
known as one of the so-called border
line cases." he continued. 1T is clear
ly a case Of hysteria-not the hysteria
one hears spoken Of commonly. but the
condition which scientists know as such.
We trace the Impulses from which hys-
terical conditions arise. penetrate the
disguises which these repressed i'm
pulses or wishes must assume In order
to appear in the consciousness. Such
transformed impulses are found in nor
NAL people. too. sometimes. The hys-
teric suffers mostly from "reminiscences
which, paradoxically. may be COM
pletely forgotten.
"Obsessions and phobias have their
origin. according to Freud. in sexual
life. The obsession represents a COM
pensation or substitute for an unbear-
able sexual idea and takes it's place in
consciousness. In normal sexual life
no neurosis is possible. say the Freud
lists. Sex is the strongest impulse. yet
subject to the greatest repression and
hence the weakest point of our cultural
development. Hysteria arises through
the conflict between libido and sex
repression. Often sex wishes may be
consciously rejected. but unconsciously
accepted. So when they are understood
every insane utterance has a reason.
There Is really method In madness.
when hysteria in a wife gains her
the attention Of an otherwise mat
tentive husband It dlls, from the stand
point of her deeper longing. an impor-
tant place. and. in a sense. may be said
to be desirable. The great point about
the psychanalytic method. as discovered
by Breuer and Freud. is that certain
symptoms Of hysteria disappear when
the hidden causes are brought to light
and the repressed desires are gratifled."
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Is the history of this early wise Anne
Of Brittany that Miss Sanborn has de-
veloped here with so great degree of
insight, with SO great a measure of
purely personal affection. The distinc-
ton of this study Is that its author
has, throughout. sought and found the
woman side of Anne. rather than the
side Of the queen and the politician,
for Anne was both Of these. Setting
aside. as much as possible. the COM
er has emphasized the personality Of
Anne, personality of vivid appeal.
working out through the intricacies of
court life and the politics of the peri
cd. By this method Anne OF brittany
becomes more than a mere figure OF
history swathed in political movements.
records of warfare. changes OF dynasty.
She is human being working out
through her courtly environment in the
same measure of human nature as the
men and women around us bring to
bear upon their affairs. And since this
Anne of Brittany is really significant
person in her time and place. Miss San
born has, by this warmly natural con-
sideration. achieved the triumph of re-
animating, of restoring to our immedl-
ate acquaintance an imposing hgure
In the history of France.
author of Dawn OHara." etc. IL
lustrated by ]. Henry. New York:
Frederick A. Stokes Company.
The successful business woman is an
interesting. even an exciting. fact of
modern life, one calculated to appeal
strongly to the novelist bent upon one
or another of the significant aspects of
the present. More than one Of Edna
Ferbers novels have dealt engagingly
with this theme. The one in hand is
the story of Jewish girl who achieved
something like a dramatic business
success by way of the Jews native in
stinct toward trade, to which, in this
case, is added an adaptability of tenn
permanent that sets the girl capably in
the midst Of modern business complex
tiles. Better than the story. even, is
the fine portrayal here Of Jewish char
acter One is tired of the common rep
resentations Of the Jew as a thing to
be spat upon, on the one hand, or, on
the other. to be exalted as a martyr.
The good Jew, like the good GENTLE
and both of these are in the majority
over the bad Jew and the bad GENTLE
is a being Of high ideals, correct be-
havior. dignified standing. and efficient
public service. In a small way, and
along a single line Of dramatic develop
ment. this author makes a consistent
and believable demonstration OF that
fact. A romance takes subordinate
place in this story of the woman in
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Passing the Wind.

WV LILLIAN JENNINGS BRYAN said
Wv in a temperance address in Kan
kakee:
"A little boy once asked his father
at dinner:
".Pa, what makes your nose SO red?
1.-The wind, of course the father an
swered gruffiy. Pass me that can Of
beer and don't have so much to say
"tYes, Willie. said the mother. with
the sweetest of smiles. pass your
father the wind. and be very careful
not to spill any on the tablecloth.'
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CARE YOU GOING TO TAKE TT UP,'

'I feel all right at times-then-it
is as though I had paralysis of the
body, but not of the mind-not OF the
mind" she repeated. tensely. There was
voice was now wildly appealing.
What would have followed I cannot
guess, for at that instant there came
noise outside from another OF the
broken loose. BY the shouting and
confusion. one might easily have won
dered whether keepers and lunatics
might not have exchanged places.
has escaped from his ROOM" exclaimed
about. Wen soon have him auieted."
DR.. Burr hurried out into the corr1.
dor while Miss Giles was looking out
of the door.
Quickly Kennedy reached over and
distracted several drops from a pottie
of tonic on the table, pouring It into
his handkerchief, which ne rolleq up
tightly and stuffed into his pocket.
Mrs. Cranston watched him pleadingly,
and clasped her hands in mute appeal.
with a hasty glance at Miss Giles.
Kennedy said nothing, either. put
rapidly folded up page hsen o. wrtnF 5tH and
showed 1t into Mrs. Cranston's hand.
together with something he had taken
from his pocket. She understood, and
quickly placed 1t In her corsage.
alone" he whispered, just as Miss
Giles shut the door and turned to US.
The excitement subsided almost as
quickly as it had arisen. but 1t had
been sufficient to put stop to any
further study of the case along those
lines. Miss Giles keen eyes missed no
action or movement of her patient.
Dr. Burr returned shortly. 1t was
evident from his manner that he
wished to have the visit terminated.
and Kennedy seemed quite willing to
take the hint. He thanked Mrs. Gran
ston, and we withdrew quietly. after
bidding her goodbye in manner as
reassuring as we could make 1t under
the circumstances.
You see," remarked DR.. Burr, as we
walked down the hall, "she is quite
unstrung still Mr.. Cranston comes up
here once in a while. and we notice
that after these visits she ia. II any
thing, worse.
Down the hall a door had been left
open, and we could catch a glimpse OF
a patient rolled in a blanket. while two
nurses forced something down his
throat. DR.. Burr hastily closed the
door as we passed.
'"That is the condition Mrs. Cranston
might have got into II she had not
come to US when she did," he said. "As
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business, opening out naturally along
the byways of this straight, road
toward achievement on the part Of a
woman. That. too, Is very interest
ing point, for the author. without strain
or stress, places love. in the life of
busy and absorbed business woman.
just at the level where it exists in the
purposes of the busy and absorbed
business man. 1t is a good story, re-
fiecting in restrained and adroit man
ner one of the important phases of
current life.
Nevil Monroe Hopkins. author Of
THE Strange Cases of Mason
Brant." Illustrations by Gayle Hos
kins. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippin-
colt Company.
A mystery story of such loose mesh
that the mystery falls through in many
places. making its disclosures long be-
fore the dramatic moment when 1t is
expected to emerge into the open. This
is undeniably one Of the poor examples
of the art of scientific deduction applied
to the detection of crime. One gathers
the impression, in reading here. that
the author. knowing himself to be short
of material for good detective story,
pieced out this scanty substance with
lot of nature work, which, in another
might have been very good nature
work indeed. Again. out of a supposed
ly dignified college professor, gone up
to the neighborhood of Raccoon Lake
for rest and recreation. he has made
such cowardly poltroon that one is
positively ashamed to read about him,
and in sheer pity turns away when he
sees the scared little shrimp coming
his way. The advertised Mason Brant,
too. is not much of a detective. The
clues are too open for any one but
lazy man to accept. The action is too
raw and crude. No, this is not much
of story 1t is too easily and care
lessly thrown together. It would do
the author good to study-say, Edgar
Allan Poe
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its graphic style. its charming illus
trations and the general sweep OF its
observation.
SECRETS OF THE SUBMARINE. By
Marley Fotheringham Hay. Illus
trated. New York: Dodd, Mead &
Co.
MI Hays purpose here is to give
description of the submarine and to
give it SO simply that any average
reader may gather from 1t a fair gem
eral idea of this deadly instrument of
modern warfare. To this purpose he
holds fast. eliminating the special Ian
guage of the subject, projecting the
submarine in the terms of ordinary
speech In an Introductory chapter the
author names the forbears of this
undersea craft. going back to the div
ing bell as the initial impulse toward
the perfected submarine. Beyond this
starting point he names and describes
the different types of hull invented for
this service. pointing out the special
tdiosyncrasy of each, the special ad-
vantage of each. The different kinds
of motive power is then represented.
showing that which Is required for
surface sailing as we'll as that which
Is demanded for movement under the
water. The armament of the Subma-
rine is given, the safety devices are de-
this kind of ship is gone into with a
fund of clear detail. The writer an
alyzes the sphere of the submarine in
naval policy. defining both its powers
and it's limitations. Pictures objectify
the text. The whole is clear and
compact body of information on a sub
ject that is an uppermost one at the
present moment. An Introductory let
ter from Admiral Henry T. Mayo, U. S
N. indorses the purpose of this vol
ume. Mr.. Hay is shimself a recognized
authority in naval science. This fact,
coupled with the simple and practical
character Of his exposition. makes Of
this volume a timely response to the
hundreds of current questions that
arise daily on the subject of the sub
marine.
THE STORY OF PRINCETON. BY Ed
win Mark Norris. illustrated by
Lester G. Horney. Boston: Little,
Brown & Co.
THE Story of Princeton" like the
other books in the "story Of colleges"
series. appeals directly to a special body
of students and graduates. But such is
not the exclusive appeal of this story.
for Mr.. Norris has made picturesque
and animated narrative of the pre-
possessions. the occupations. the aims.
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The Frau.

~ooL1pGE GARDINER of the Boston
" Red Cross was talking about the
hardships of Germany.
Soap is almost nonresident" he
said. Clothes are made of paper.
Shoes are constructed Of felt. with
wooden soles. Stockings and UNDER
wear are rationed.
'In short" he ended, with their
paper dresses, their wood and felt
shoes. their rationed stockings and
their lack of soap, Germany's fraus are
pretty frowsy."
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The InduIgent Hun.

6Sn nICHAELIS. the German chancel-
IV1 lor," said Booth Harrington.
talked in the reichstag the other day
about Germany's indulgence toward
neutrals and their shipping. Ugh.
"Germany's submarine indulgence re-
minds me Of Calhoun Gays even
temper.
when All hear we talk about even
tempers,' said the deacon. Ah cyan't
help thinkin' O. Cal Clay. Cal Clay,
he's sartinIy Jest about the most even
tempered man they is in the world. Mad
all the time"
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The Frank Clerk.

g ENAToR BROWN said in Albany
~ of food profiteer:
Hes frank, anyhow. He's like the
clerk who asked to get Off at o'clock
on Wednesday afternoon.
".AT right. George said the boss.
good-naturedly. Whose funeral is it
this timer
"'well. SIR said George. Judging
from the sporting page dope, I'm afraid
it's the home eleven's."
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In Any Language.

TIT uGO STENNIS, the Dutch public
III ist. said at dinner in New York:
THE Germans are demonstrating in
all sorts of ways that Americas inter
yention in the war won't amount to
anything. They're scared. you see-
"The Cologne Gazette said the other
day that when the American armies ar
rive in France they'll be hampered by
their ignorance of the various Ian
guages Well, my wife laughed when
she read that.
"I guess she said, the Americans
can shoot in any language
Evening star., 1917-11-11
The English SchooIboy.

sswOU have a great many universi-
ties and colleges. but England
has only two. or practically only two.
oxford and Cambridge" said Lord
Reading at D. dinner in New York.
oxford and Cambridge are 10 drilled
into the English schooIboy that, IL you
ask him what air is composed Of, in
stead of answering that 1t IL composed
of oxygen and hydrogen he's apt 70 sAys
"Oxysen snd oambrigenf. ;.
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"Go on" Kennedy urged. gently.
"Oh. yes" she resumed, dreamily: Il
him. / wandered through the country.
I remember little. except that 1t was
the country through which we had
passed on an automobile trip on our
and tried to get to him. I longed for
him. but each time. when / almost
reached him. he would disappear.
seemed to be so deserted and alone. I
tried to call him. but my tongue refused
to say his name. 1t must have been
hours that I wandered about, for I re-
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the traditions and the achievements
that stand as the inherent qualities of
a great American institution of learn
ing. He has succeeded in making a
live story, story of personality and
not a summary of dates marking the
growth and work of Princeton. 1t is a
book of atmospheres. as we'll a book
of well organized facts. And these
atmospheres fade OFF into series OF
delicately elusive illustrations that say
thousand suggestive things past the
mere communication of line and mass
and shadow. History, tradition. anec-
dote-two centuries of them-are here.
and beside these is the unmfstakable
and that have maintained the tradition
of Princeton.
THE BIG LITTLE PERSON: Ro-
nance. BY Rebecca Hooper East
man. New York: Harper & Bros.
Taking her courage in her hands. this
young novelist offers to the public a
heroine who is stone deaf. To be sure.
the girl is young and beautiful, and.
equally to be sure. she finally becomes
whole again by way of something In
the nature Of miracle-but. even SO.
it takes genuine hardihood to set out
on this crippled adventure. The writer
has the good gift of making whole
some and attractive people, and the
equally pleasing art of setting them
upon ways of interesting action. These
gifts she uses to admirable advantage
here. 4 number of romances develop
along the way of this heroines journey
toward health. she herself standing as
the principal figure in the most care
fully fostered of these romances The
story lacks something of that self-de-
veloped conference that the most con-
vincing stories possess. but one takes
it that this is the beginning of this
writer's work and that some of the
looseness of construction will, Of itself.
fall away in the course OF time and
practice.
ANNE OF BRITTANY. By Helen j.
Sanborn, author of "a Winter in
Central America" Illustrated from
photographs. Boston: Lothrop, Lee &
Shepard Company.
The writer, an enthusiastic traveller.
became fascinated naturally with that
northwest corner of France which so
long and so valiantly resisted absorp-
ton into the empire. Brittany is. with
out doubt. one of the captivating cor
ners of France, a part of the country
that exercises a perennial charm to
the traveller. And the historic center
Of this province is Anne of Brittany. It