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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Some Technics of War
And Some Things That Are Not
Technical

In "The Secrets Of the submarine
Dodd, Mead & Coz Marley +. Hay
does not, of course, betray any facts
which would be of aid and comfort to
the enemy, but he does explain, in a
lucid and authoritative manner, many
things that are profound mysteries to
the average landlubber, and presents
an almost encyclopedia handbook Of one
of the most important Of the renascent
arts Of war.
Edgar c. Middleton's "The Way of
the Air" Frederick A. Stokes Com
pany) is an exceptionally spirited man
ual of aviation-spirited because
much of the most practical and tech
nical information is given in red
blooded accounts of the authors own
work as an air pilot on active service
Somewhere in France" To read the
book is like being taken up in BIZ
plane and receiving instruction while
fighting Boches.
"The Man in the Ranks" (Houghton
Mifiin Company is a little manual OF
sound and practical advice to the new
recruit, given by two competent men
tors-John Gallishaw, Newfound-
land veteran of Gallipoli, and William
LNnCn, OF lUe iUlJeO Dldles CUuSb
Artillery, and an instructor at Har-
ward.
Major Dewitt Clinton Falls, n. G.
y. V, in his Army and Navy lnforma-
ton" (Dutton's), tells all about the
organization, offering, uniforms, in
sigma, etc. of the military services of
the warning powers, with many illus
trations and six colored plates.
Elements of Trench Warfare: Bay
onet Training" by Captain William II.
Waldron, United States Infantry ed
win A. Appleton, is tiny book.
but il is n veritable encyclopedia of
its subject; and seeing how largely
the war is waged in the trenches, the
subject IS OF paramount Importance.
Captains John s. Hammond ard Daw-
son Olmstead, United States Field
Artillery, have prepared (Dutton'O a
useful handbook of Constructions for
Gunners' Examinations in the Field
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
MIR. Lewjs's Excursion

Tue INNoCENTS. BY Sinclair Lewis Win Z
frontispiece l2mo. pr. 2l7. Harper & Bros.
Mr.. Lewis calls this "a fragrant ex-
cursion." II so, kind heaven grant
that he may excursionize some more,
for the result of this excursion ia
the choicest piece of literary art that
he has yet produced, and one of the
choicest of its kind that any writer
has produced for long time. The
perfect fidelity to life in the portrait
ure of DARBY and Joan; the April
blending of humor and pathos. both
spontaneous and irresistible; and the
ingenuity and consistency Of the mar
rative, all mark IL as Dit OF genuine
inspiration. And if any toplofticsl
carper complains that it contains no
problem" we say, Go 10, thou binder
than bat! From first 20 last the
book, though with never a mention Of
such thing, is vital and triumphant
solution of the greatest problem OF
our mortal lives-a problem beside
which all your tedious triangles and
hebetudinous obstetrics shrivel into
sheer insignifcance. This book is not
"ponderous work of realism" such as
Mr.. Lewis refers 70 in his dedicatory
introduction. 1t is better than that.
II is realism too perfect to be ponder
Gus; with a problem" convincingly
worked out in utter JOY. Go to il,
and give US some more excursions!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Business, or Love?

FANNY HERSELF. By Edna Ferler. Illustrated
by J Henry. l2mo, ~. 5-3. The FmdericS A.
Stokes Company.
Emma McChesney appears in the
early part of the book we should
scarcely credit it as Miss Ferber's II
she did not-but it is not by any
cans an Emma McChesney story. Not
that we would attempt TO deprcciate
the charm of that delightful compound
of commercial cleverness and domestic
w"manhood Indeed, the present vol
Ume remains true TO that same gem
eral motive. But its scope is broader,
its plot more complex; it is less a
Story and more romance. IL tells
the tale of Fanny Brandeis from early
fapperGom to a not early betrothal,
aud eXpounds the conflict of her two
natures, the commercial, Inherited
flCm centuries, and the womanly. in
horited all the way from Mother Eve
who considerably antedated the
Children of Israel. In the end, OF
course-it being Miss Ferber's novel,
and also and therefore a novel quite
true to human nsture-the legacy Of
Eve is triumphant.
II is pleasant to record that in this
expansion of her scope Miss Ferber is
even more happy than within the COM
paratively restricted compass of the
lovely Emma's sales and sentiments.
Fanny presents, indeed, an exception
ally successful character study, az
we'll as the central figure OF train
OF incidents of more than ordinary in
tcrest. Miss Ferber has done no bet
ter work than this, and few other
writer's of this wear have surpassed it
in the essential elements of thoroughly
enjoyable fiction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
The Pathos Of Life

THE WAY or THE WINYPREss. BY W. Riley.
limo. pp. 81. @. T. Pumsm's Sons.
Those who seek for more or less
prurient problems" or for the tearing
of passion to tatters will be disap-
pointed in this book, by the author Of
the delightful "Windyridge" But those
who can enjoy a lesurely transcript
of real life. in which everything hap
pens just according to the rules of
natural progress ard not at the arti-
fetal mandates of an arbitrary stage
manager-a novel of the style OF Mrs
Gaskell or Anthony Trollope--will ind
it richly profitable for their reading.
IL is marked throughout with much
tina. is pathetic, but it is not morbid,
and it eliminates logically and liter
ally in smile; while the religious ele-
n.ent which is conspicuous in it is
never permitted to become mawkish or
sanctimonious.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
A Princess of Flanders
Love and Statecraft in the Days
Louis XII

THE HEART or HER HlGilNESS. BY
Clara T. i.aughlin. with a COlored Fronts
piece. l2mo, pp. Ss3. q. p. Putnam's Sons
The tragic cockpit of Europe has
been the scene of love as well as OF
war, and of romance as well as OF the
clash of nations. Precisely how much
of romance there was in the life of
Mary, the half English daughter of
Charles the Bold, we may not say, but
the theme has afforded Miss Laughlin
opportunity for the exercise Of some
charming imagination, set forth In
true cinque -cento coloring. There is
a skilfully constructed plot based upon
the rivalry between Flanders and Bur
gundy, the intrigues of Louis N of
France, and other POLITICAL circum-
stances of that troublous age; all suf-
fciently true to the known record to
entitle the work to creditable rank
as an historical novel. But it is the
heart of Her Highness that is Of chief
interest; the brave, true heart of a
girl left alone to rule a divided and
turbulent realm; and it is in the
analysis of that heart, and the por-
trayal of its troubles and triumphs,
that Miss Laughlin makes the chief
appeal 10 our sympathy.
II is pleasant to observe that the
author does not fall into the too com
mon error of affecting a medieval
form Of speech. While using modern
English, however. she does not fail to
reproduce with sufficient accuracy the
scenes and atmosphere of the fifteenth
century, while Mary herself, Maxi
milan. Guelders, Memlinc and the
other historic figures are made to play
In general the parts which veracious
annals assign to them. On the whole,
then, it is a highly agreeable piece
of historic romance writing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
A Romance Of the Slums
With More of Real Romance
Than of Slum-Life Sordidness

CALVARY ALLEY ny Alice Hogan Rice Illus
trste, by Walter Bisgs. l2mo 10. AI5. Ths
Century Company.
A story of the slums usually be-
speaks sordidness, vice and crime.
That, perhaps, is fitting, but it is not
imperatively essential. II is, however,
the easiest way of dealing with the
subject, and that is probably leading
reason for it's frequency. The clever
chronicler of "Mrs. Wigs Of the Cab
bage Patch" does not, however, have to
resort to that expedient. She adopts
the more difficult, but not less truthful,
course Of recognizing that neither pow
er.y nor wealth has any monopoly Oh
either vice or virtue. So the girl and
boy of the slums, who grow up into
enchanting types of noble "omanhood
and manhood, are every whit as natu-
raj and true to life as they would be
il they went to the devil after the
fashion of most slum stories; and the
rich mans son, who develops into so
peculiarly offensive a beast, and his
hopeless fool of mother are similarly
as true to life as though they were
ultimately apotheosized. The point is
that social rank has simply nothing to
do, either way, with morals.
Mrs. Rice docs not, of course, at
tempt to point that or any moral. Her
purpose is not to preach, but 70 tell a
story, brim full of humor. of pathos,
Of drama, and Of all the components OF
human nature and of all the elements
that appeal to human interest. In that
she has admirably succeeded. 1t may
be regretted that she did not make the
episode OF the old musicians last days
seem a more integral part of the story
and less an adyenttious graft; and
also that she permitted Nance 10 be so
tolerant of the degenerate vileness Of
the seduccr of her friend, a tolerance
which was scarcely in keeping with the
rest Of her conduct and character. But
in spite of these slight blemishes, il is
captivating and triumphant tale. no
less artistic, no less veracious, no less
strong, and UNNECESSARILY more agree
able than the numerous slCm stories
which do nothing but reek and stink.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Intrigues OF "kultur'

PEACEFUL PENETRATION. By A. d. McLaren.
l2mo. pp 2oi. l. J.. Duiton Go.
Current revelations Of the turpitude
of the secret German propaganda in
this country give tlmeliness TO this ac
count of the manner in which for years
Germany had before the war been in
sinuating herself into the affairs of
many lands, often by means which
would not we'll endure the light of day.
Spies. intrigues, conspiracies, the brib-
cry of reptile press" and the corrup-
ton of corruptible men were the meth
DDS which were employed for securing
for Germany place in the sun
which would mean, according to the
American observation quoted in this
book, the casting of larger shadow
upon the world. The phrase "sleuth
hounds" is not i'll applied to the agents
of this peaceful penetration" and it
was Bsmarck's.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
More Red Pepper"

RED PEPPERS PATIENTS. With an
Account OF Anne Lintons Case In Par
ticular. By Grace : Richmond. With
colored trontispiece. l2mo. PIP. 2S5. Double
day, Page 4 Co.
Those who were interested in Red
Pepper Burns, and that means all who
read Mrs. Richmond's book about him.
will welcome his temperance in this
sequel TO or continuation of that
"humaT interest romance" In the
present case the fiery polled physician
plays his benevolent part with a sue
cession of patients, through scenes of
alternating humor and pathos, of valor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Expert War History
MIR. Simonds's Authentic Record
of the First Ten Months
HISTORY OF rHE WORLD WAR. Ry. fI. az y

HISTORY OF THE WORLD WAR by tfshk u
s.monds With many maps and lHsHA,l"nns
Voi. L Svo. ~. xxi. 2s9 Doubleday Faso 90
The writings of Mr.. Simonds as the
foremost current critic and ehrohlcler
of the great war are too well known 70
the world, and especially TO the CON
stituency Of this journal, TO need either
introduction or commendatlon IN TINS
place. Many minds and pens have been
busy in these last three years, record
ing the progress Of the war and eiuci-
dating its various phenomena, with
varying degrees of success. Among
them Mr. Simonds has by common con-
sent been recognized as DrtnlltS tnte7.
mares for his comprehensive grasp OF
All phases of the complex situation, Tor
the keenness of his insight, for the
accuracy Of his judgment, and for the
convincing clarity of his presentation
of the changing scenes and their sig
nificance.
In the present volume, the first OF a
series which he has undertaken, Mr..
Simonds begins with the Morocco crisis
of 1905 and thence traces the course OF
European affairs down TO the cataciysm
of three years ago, and the progress Oh
the war on the various battle fronts
through its first great phase. when
ended with the second battle OF Hpres
and the battle of Dunajec. 1t IS DE.
tailed and consecutive chronicle OF
events aad actions, but 1t is also much
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
The Loves of Henry
A Delightful Analysis of Gentle
Adolescence

TEMPERAMENTAL HENRY. ny. samuel Mer-
win illustrated by stockton Milford l2mo,
ID h?. The Bobi's Merrill Company
Mr.. Merwin has created a new char
scter in fiction, and that not OF the
easiest kind. Indeed, We might say
that it is of peculiarly difficult kind.
A moving picture must be moving -
Of boy is not so difficult, because his
variety is so nearly infinite that what
ever the picture may be, nobody can
confidently deny It's truthfulness. A
boy Is alt things to all men. Nor is
it so difficult to draw picture OF ar
adult, whose ways are fixed, and OF
whose doings we may argue from
premise to conclusion. But the ado
descent youth, if he is endowed with
temperament and sentiment. as he usu-
ally is if he is worth raising, is a sub
tie and elusive creature, full of moods
and whims and fancies, for which
neither he nor any other can account,
and which are yet governed by some
cryptic law, the unsearchable require
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29

ments of which must be complied with
unless we are to make an abortive Carl
cature of our dclineation.
In these irresistibly delightful
sketches of Henry Calverly, Mr.. Mer-
win has entered into the very heart Of
hearts of temperamental adolescence,
There is not a moment in which Henry
is not 100 per cent alive and true to
life. We laugh at him and weep over
him; we blame him and we praise him;
but we always sympathize with him
and feel ourselves bounG by the ire
sistible spell Of youth. His extrava-
gances never so beyond the limit;
he Is a character, not caricature. OF
course, ne makes fool of himself, as
does every young man; but he does so
in decent fashion, clean and self-re-
speeding. II is a most engaging pict-
ure that Mr.. Merwin draws, and we be-
speak for it a place on the line in the
gallery of real life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29

Of our own household -sloth and Nm
readiness, injustice, class animoslties,
mob violence and murder, parasites, all
that impair our unity, sap our vitality
obstruct our preparations for CONNECT
befog our mental and spiritual vision
Against all these and their IKE
Colonel Roosevelt takes up the burden
OF prophecy with 40 uncertain tone
Many of the words Of this volume have
beer uttered before, from the plat
form and in print, but there is not one
that is not again timely or that VIII
not be periodically profitable for pres
emf bordering. The whole volume
c,mes as a sweeping blast Of fresh,
pure air, to dispel the mists that blind
the eye and the miasma that poisons
tie mind and soul; to inspire high
rluded men and women to brace their
souls against the menace OF Feace
without Victory for the Right, ard to
impel US who are members Of the
League to Smite Down Wrong in the
Present 20 carry the war through to
o. crwhelming triumph.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Books on the War by Simonds,
Roosevelt, Doyle, Coolidge

more. It is an exposition of the causes
and results OF those events and of the
circumstances which linked them to-
gether, thus telling the reader not
alone what happened in those ten
epochal months of war, but also why 1t
happened and what It meant.
The volume is illustrated with a pro-
fusion of plates and maps. 1t is a
work which the present day reader who
wishes to be suthortstively and COM
prehensiyely informed about the war
cannot well afford TO miss, and which
in future years will often be recalled
as an indispensable work of reference.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Fiction by Merwin, Ferber, Rice,
Richmond, Laughhn, the Castles

hundred years ago amid those central
hills Of France which are 40 rlchly
invested with legends and which form
so interesting q study TO antiquarlans,.
The tale is told by a young English
student. who plays one OF the cher
parts in it, of himself, a superb young
Diana and her gallant lover. a noble
man of the old regime, cave-lurking
gang OF outlaws, and by no means
least A gigantic Irish wolfhound. Ac,.
lion Is picturesque, expeditions and
thrilling: the delineation Of character
and of the workings Of passions is ex-
cellent. and human sympathlos are
stronc and vital. II is much to be
commended to all who love a lover and
TO all whose blood quckens at sigh,
or recital Of daring adventure.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29

and tenderness; eliminating happily,
Of course. in the prospective wedding
of his two best beloved patients. Mrs.
Richmond has the rich charm Of a
natural, unaffected style, which. il it
seldom rises to the height Of purple
patches" also seldom sinks to the
trivial or insignificant. II would not
be her writing il it were not instinct
with warm hearted human kindness
and generous self-sacrifice, and these
are qualities Of which we can accept
a good deal. as an Offset to the selfish
ness and hardness which are too sadly
prevalent in both fiction and reality.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Traitors
Colonel Roosevelt's Exposure of
Enemies Within Our Gates

THE FOES OF OUR OWN HOUSEHOLDS. By
IheGdore Roosevelt $40. pp. 5i1. TIE George
III Doran Company
Our foes within are not all aliens.
Of the latter there are enough and far
too many, and they have been per-
mitted to ply their varied deviltries
with happy-go-lucky laxity on our
part such as the annals Of faulty can
scarcely parallel. But there are others,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
Love Among the Wolves

WOLF-LuRE BY Agnes and Eg.rtnn Castle With
trontispiece hy Stockton Milford. l2mo. pp
Ili. II. Appleton & Go.
Here is a knightly romance of a
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-08-31
TIE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY ON
EARTH IS NOW LOOKING THE.
FARMER IN THE FACE.
t4sip Feed Tire World And A. The
Same Time Fill Yosr Pockets
With StSsssI

! have farms for sale that win dou-
BILE IN value inside OF five years and
win pay you 20 per cent dividend
yearly n properly handled. and romem.
Der II you come 20 mo 10 buy y farm.
that you deal face TO face with the own
er. not with me. and that way you don't
have 20 pay inflated prices and I have
the VERY BEST farms that are for
sale and pick out the best parts OF tho
coqntry, II Il my whole aim 20 slvo
each man the best thing possible for
the money he hRs TO spend. Look at
these BARGAINS
Sc acres level and rolling You onn run
binder over all Of Il. Good log houre
on good road. some fruit. young or
chaTd coming on. fine water, fair
barn. The crop on this farm 10 worth
at least $500 this year Price. $500
65 acres. rolling and hin Frame house
rooms. In good repair. handy TO
school church. store and statibn. Some
fiuit n you have got 1900 you can
double Il every two years In this
farm. Cash deal Price. 5000
100 acres. acres fine bearing orchard.
Fine room house good arm. al
Kinds Of out buildings. on one Of the
best pixies In the country. Price 10
settle estate. .........,...... $500
and terms 60 suit you with oi.e- thiid
cash
$50 acres with Keysh houses. three az
them good frame houses min house
has II rooms. Two large barns. sew
erai shacks. stables etc. win $1,000
worth o. goods All for -. $4,000.
Half cash. balance 10 suit you at six
per cent. a bargnln.
have other bargains Come and iet
me show you the country. Free board
while you look. These farms IRE 60
lng fast we have NO NEGROES here
and best Of schools and churches. Roads
are second TO none. Train inayss Iron
ton. Ohio. for Bloom at O'Clock FORE
noon and Portsmouth. o.. Tor Bloom st
GAO a. m and ,. m. This Il tile hand
lest place on earth 20 reach. Come ana
see for yourself
Yours truly.
FRTD y. LYNCH
Bloom Switch Ohin
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-08-31
MT. PLEASANT.

The pie mite and fishing pond at this
place Friday night was quite q success
the proceeds being $3.50 which will be
spent for the benefit Of the school
Mrs. Sarah Deskins and children oil
Borderland W Va, are visiting Mrs
Deskins' brother. Mrs. l. S. Alley and
family.
Luke Watkins spent Saturday and
Sunday with home folks.
Alex Frazier and Virgil Rice are
still making regular trips to Smoky
Valley.
Misses Co=b!a and Bonnie Alley re-
turned Monday from a few days visit
with relatives at Borderlahd. W. Va
r r. MCGUIRE ard Miss Florence
Riggs took dinner with Mr.. and Mrs.
Tom Rice Sunday.
The foot washing here Sunday was
largely attended and seemed to be en-
joyed by all, especially those who par
ticipated in 1t.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Frazier, of Flor
ence, Ind, ware here Saturday. Mr..
Frazier was called to appear before the
local board to be examined for mill
tary service and returned Saturday
night 10 Florence, his wife remaining
for a weeks visit
On Saturday evening, August rs Miss
Benlah Pfost daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Warrick Pfost and Mr.. Levi Hayton
wers qrietly married at the home Of
the grooms sister, Mrs. Dayy Wal
lace a few friends being present.
We wish them mich happiness and
a long and prosperous life. DAISY.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-08-31
A NERVOUS WRECK
Frsn Three Years Suffering. Says
cardui Made Her Wen

Tens City, TeI-In N interesting
statement. Mrs O. H. Scsil. Of tiis Town.
says: For three years suffered untold
agony with my head vas unahie 70
do any Of my work.
] just wanted 10 sleep al the tine. fos
that was the oaly ease ooaId gei. when
| was asleep. | became a nervous wreck
Just IRON the awful suffering with my
head.
Twas 50 nervous that the least noise
would make me jump out Of my bed.
had no energy. and was unable TO do
anything. My son. young boy. had 70
do all my household duties.
was not able 10 do anything until
took Cardui. took three bottles In all,
and II surely cured me OF those awful
headaches. That has been three years
ago, and know the cure Is permanent.
for have never had any headache since
taking Cardui. =.
Nothing relieved me until took Cardui.
II did wonders for me-"
Try Cardui for your troubles-made
from medicinal ingredients recommended
in medical books as being OF benefit in
female troubles, and 40 years of use has
proven that the books are right. Begin
taking Cardui today. Nc-i34
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-08-31
ShOTthOTn Cattle for Sale

We have lot OF bulls or the best OF
breeding suitable for heading herds
Also number OF farmers bulls priced
from 10000 up. 4 few choice cows
and heifers.
Herds headed by Banfr Goods 3S75s5.
a red bred by NJ. f. Jones, Williams
Vile. Ill. Champions for ten genera
lions Lord Ripley s93bes by the
100000 Lord Albin out OF Imp. Rosie
1903 and Cloverieaf Favorite 497574. &
double grandson OF the famous Max
walton Sultan.
Visit the herds and see for yourself
before buying. HoLTON CATTL.E
CO. Trinity. Ky.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-08-31
lift YOUR C0RNS
OFF With Fingers
Tells how to loosen a tender corn 'or
eaIIous so It lifts out with
out pain.

You reckless men and women who
are pestered with corns and who have
at least once n weel. invited an awful
death from ,ocsjaw or blood poison
are now told by Cincinnati authority
to use a drug called freezcne, which
the moment few drops are applied
to any corn or callous the soreness is
relieved and soon the entire corn or
oallous, root, and all. lifts off with the
Fingers.
Freezone dries the moment it is ap-
Piled. and simply shrivels the coin or
callous without inflaming or even ir-
sitating the surrounding tissue or skin.
A small bottle of freezone viii cost
very little at any of the drug stores
but will positively rid ones feet of ev-
cry hard or soft corn or hardened cal
lous. If your druggist hasn't any freez !,
one he can ger it at any wholesale drug
house for you.