Evening star., 1917-11-04
Reviews of New Books

spirit of humanity, by wisdom of out
freedom from rancor, that make this con-
sideration Of the war from an Englsh
point OF view one Of the really considera-
BILE publications upon the subject.
MORE POWER TO YOT. BY Bruce
Barton. New York: The Century
Company.
Suppose that once a week. for say
about year. one happens to meet on
his regular downtown way a certain
man. Assume that, as rule, this man
stops for a minute of greeting. Inn
agine him to be, also. one Of those
electric personalities, the kind that
gives OF sparks Of illuminatingly fresh
which bear directly upon ones own
immediate business of being a con.
siderable sort of q human. The world
OF business. the ls world ot OF war. ones ones
own particular business-step briskly
into the procession of these half-min-
ute meetings. The originality Of the
man captures one: Perhaps you .afar don't
and. then. with story and three or
four crisp statements on the value of
dreams: he sets one on his way, pos
sessed by a new line OF h shinking; hIsh DO Do
sent to Jail for eating the wrong
food?" ''Your body may live in cell
lar. but it's your own fault II your
mind lives there" TITS good old
world If you know how to breathe"
matte wisdom Of this chance friend.
These are editorials-ffty OF them
gathered up by the editor, Bruce Bar
ton. for more permanent use than
nits. It is a great little book-1ust the
one to pick up at odd moments, for q
worry-distorted points Of view.
THE CLAMMER AND THE SUB
MARINE. BY William John Hop
kins. author Of THE Clammer." etc.
Boston: Houghton Miffiin Company.
The clammer is an old acquaintance,
kindly. humorous personality whose
shrewd outlook upon many things beside
the mere business Of claiming makes Of
him a good companion for almost any
kind Of weather. Just now the clammer's
full tasks incident to his own special call
ing, and those which might befall should
a submarine nose its way into the waters
of that particular strip OF New England
coast. Indeed. the shadow Of the sub
marine-a shadow which. by the way,
does not materialize-fronts this new
Hopkins story more or less directly upon
the war. There are yachts in the near
gray. and seamen prodigiously busy over
matters more substantial than mere
pleasure sailing. AS for the clammer's
own group. it is enlarged by some young
fellows Of the coast defense. and by
young woman, also. whose unexplained
behavior comes near to landing her in
the ubiquitous class Of spies Out Of the
whole to do, however, nothing sterner
than couple of romances actually does
develop. And the real charm OF the book
lies, after all, in the love match of Adam
and Eve, the clammer and his wife.
THE TRIUMPH, A Novel. By Will N.
Harden, author of Ann Boyd" etc.
New York: Harper & Bros
Mr., Harben's new story of the south
goes back to the time of the civil war,
taking as its theme the struggles and
sufferings of the south during that period.
The action of the story hinges upon the
divergent loyalties that the war itself
created The love theme is stressed by
these same divergences. The pictures
Of the south at that time. pictures that
Mr. Harden sketches with a sympathetic
and practiced hand. are Of more than
common value here, by virtue OF their
fidelity to the facts and conditions exist
ing in that quarter at this time, The
mover Is OF SOOQ texture IHIOu6Houts ruiz
ming along the levels OF a consistently
artistic portrayal Of common human ma
ture reacting against set Of poignant
and dramatic circumstances.
wEBsTER-MAN's MAN. BY Peter B.
Kyne, author of 1.-THE Three Cod
fathers" etc. Illustrations by Dean
Cornwell. New York: Doubleday.
Page & Co.
When Billy Geary. down in Mexico.
cabled for the wherewitha1 to develop
his Mexican mining claim Stuart Web
ster betook himself and the where
withal for this adventure straight into
Mexico in hot haste for the succor Of
Billy Geary. From this point Of de-
parture there develops an adventure
that allows no stops for meals nor any