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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
Storm and Gloom

THE golden ARROW BE- Mary Webb. I-no
pp $50 +. L. Duuon & Go.
There arc English novels that can
he read BIZ an American only Fheh
he holds IN on umbrella. but the ell
mate Mrs. Webb provides demands
mackintoshes and lightning conductors
in addition. So murky are the prevail .
ing skies in this West of England tale
that murky dispositions strike you as
being natural product. You consult
barometer pressure as an index 70 pc
bayior. The surly scenes of rustic Ire
arc apparently due less to the authors
unrelenting realism than to her nam,
tanning the Victorian attitude toward
Dissent. A consistent old repro0ate'
Eli local preacher and local humbug'
l. TOO ugly to go unthrottled. and his
Gsuchter's efforts with a shotgun come
10 naught. The prime persons IN the
story are Deborah and her lover, VINO
disnense with wedlock until won 70 a
better mind. The foundering progress
Of Deborah's man in the direction OF
things honorable is traced with sym
,athv and effect. Among the whole
some wights that shine through the
Gloom one is Deborah's mother, as
tind-hearted a body as ever was Cd.
sessed by the obstetric implications OF
existence. Another is Deborah 5 tather'
with the soul of a mystic and the So
licitude of true Flockmaster.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
"A Tale of Friendship

EDITH RoNHAM BE- Marv Hallocf Foo,e Emo,
pp 3A. Hough'0u Nifdin Company
II was more years ago than 1t
would be gallant 70 recall that we
first read one of Mrs Foote's novels
1.-THE Led Horse Claim" wasn't it.
and il is n welcome experience now TO
read her latest, which we trust VIII
not be her last. and 10 observe the
enrichment and maturity Of her ser
enc and placid style. The present
work is an imaginative autobiography,
the ncrvading note of which IS friend
ship rather than passion, and IT -
friendship between women; and MS
romance is that of mature life rather
than of adolescence. II we speak OF
the style as serene and placid. that
does not in the least imply that 1T IS
weak or colorless. On the contrary,
the book is instinct with strong emo
ton. not less strong because re-
strained. and with genuine human ma
ture in its utmost depths. lntroSpec-
ton and analysis abound. as is natu-
raj i'm middle life. Perhaps these
might have been TO advantage a niue
less profuse and pervasive, though
they are not permitted to interfere
with the progress Of incidents; and II
that progress is not always as eNpedl-
tious and strenuous as some readers
would like il TO he. we must remember
that the smoothly flowing stream car
ries more commerce than the tumultu-
oue tprrpuf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
Current Fiction
Some Novels Which Are Well
Worth Reading

Jack London's posthumOusly pub
lisbed "Jerry of the Islands" MAC
millans) would have been improved by
some iudicious editing, chiefly IN the
direction of cutting out needless
words and sentences. But without
that treatment il has in high de-
cree the irresistible charm Of his best
DOC stories. and is a worthy successor
IN his former works. Had the gifted
author lived, he would probably have
revised this volume before pu5!ica-
ton. but he certainly would not nave
left it among discarded manuscripts.
Mary Austin, in THE Ford the
Houghton Miflin Company, has done
the best work that has thus far cone
from her pen; which is saying a go)d
deal. She has produced a powerful
story of Californian life. involving m
dustrial problems, business rlvalrIe3 =
the "auri sacra flames" and what no.,
as well as the passion of love. Her
characters are true to life, and their
acts and motives have all an Az OF
vital reality. IL is a volume which VIII
hold high rank in typical American
literature of the present day.
Leslie Moore gives US in ANTONY
Gray. Gardener" (Putnams). capital
love story, though she fails to improve
the opportunities which her clever plot
affords of rscy and irresistible humor
A man serves for a year in disguise
as a gardener, in order to win a FORE
une, not knowing when he undertakes
the lob that he will thus be thrown
into contact with the fair lady whom
he has met and begun to WOO IN mis-
own proper person. There are hne
possibilities in such plot, some Of
which the author has realized.
Frederick Grin Bartlett. in "The
Trifers" (the Houghton Mifflin Com
pany). falls into the too common error
OF making his characters quite blind TO
facts which are perfectly obvious to
the reader. and Of making them fail
TO ask questions which anybody in
their circumstances would be certain
to ask. Nevertheless he has written
q very pleasant and entertaining love
story, wooinE some new notes from the
time-worn string of Glove coming al.
ter marriage
John Maxwell Forbes revamps oil
material in "Doubloons and the Glr!"
Sully & Kleinteich), such as map
and mysterious document found In
sailors box. and a consequent quest
for buried treasure. Nevertheless he
does it with d skilful hand. and with
some freshness Of detail. and he
weaves into this web 4 charming and
sympathetic love story. Some Of the
adventures are impossible, 70 be sure.
but they are interesting and ingeni-
ously devised. and the book is enter
tanning from beginning 10 end.
L. Allen Harker has written a really
delightful tale in Jan and Her Job"
(Scribnersj. There are two pairs OF
loyers-and all mankind love a lover"
"a hero whom nobody could help lik-
ing. and two children who are an IN
cessant joy Also, there is a dog which
plays a very essential part. II is a
story which every reader will be glad
TO have read.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
Welcoming Rita" Again

THE RUBBISH HEAP Ry Rita" l2mo %
49, q. T.. Putuam's Sons.
We shall not be so ungallant as to
tell how long ago it was that we first
read story by Rita" who, we be-
lieve, began producing three-volume
novels before she was out of pima
fores; but We can cheerfully and CRATE
fully testify that we have never read
one that was not interesting and well
written. To that rule this latest is no
exception. In fact. we should rank 1t
high on the long list of her writings
for all qualities of value. 1t is a
finely sympathetic portrayal of the
Irish characters and conduct which
Mrs. Desmond Humphreys has learned
to know so well, and it is strongly
dramatic in construction. Indeed it is
divided into scenes instead Of chap
tiers. leaving US to wonder whether it is
a moving picture scenario "novelized"
or is a novel intended to be adapted
to the movies" In either case, it is a
good story.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
The Savage North

THE GIN BRAND BY james b Hendyt with
'oiored Froatispecc. l2mo. ~ 4li. &. !. Tut
mans sons.
There is undoubtedly much dramatic
strength and narrative skill in his tale
OF a blood fued of the great Northwest.
but the net effect of the whole IS more
Iepellcnt than attractive. This IS be-
cause IL portrays little except the hard,
the harsh, the savage. the ruthlessly
brutal phases Of life and action IN
that land. There are no relieving
touches o. tenderness and beauty,
though surely the Northwest year pro-
vides a summer as well as winter.
The characters are powerfully drawn.
but there is not one OF them that
makes any convincing appeal 10 human
interest Really. Big Lena is the best
Of the lot. comparatively minor as she
is. because she alone contributes
touch of humor to the grim and revolt
ing tragedy. Or perhaps we should
make another exception in favor of the
frontispiece. Is it possible that the
artist imagined that bifurcatcd jack
pudding to be a representation Of the
Berserk MacNair?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
Dulness in Excelsis

THEIR LIVES. By Viola Hunt limo pp. 3ss.
BfentauO's.
II would scarcely have been murder
to take their lives. Rather would 1t
have been a happy release. For tedium
was their name. They exist, Of course;
as does a clam or a vegetable. Some
things did happen to them, too; as
happen to clans and cabbages. But
as for lfe-ohe, la, la! It is quite
incidental that there are $3.50 pages of
il. We can perceive no good reason
why it should not have been cut short
at 2G6. or l66, or 66, or why, save for
the paper famine, it should not have
been prolonged to 1866. II really
wouldn't have mattered just where the
purling stream Of analytical introspec-
ton was diverted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
Two Kids and Some Goats

STAIR OF THE DESERT by b NJ , Bower ,'J
al2 Little. Brown Co
They call each other "kids,' though
Starr calls them "babes," the difference
in nomenclature being negligible They
begin their story with heart-rending
tragedy, when their father commits
suicide in order that his insurance
money may enable the children to go
where the girls physical and the boy S
moral health may be saved. In the
desert Starr serves as their guide,
philosopher and friend, leading them
safely through many perils. including a
Wexjcan revolutionary conspiracy, and
finally, of course, becomes the Bower and
the husband Of the girl. Thh tale IS
we'll written. with the fine an. Of art
Iessness. and Of unAagging interest; a
book worth the reading which 1t IS sure
to get from every one who begins 1t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
A Romance of Joshua

WHEN TIRE SIN STOOD STILL By Gfu
Townsend BRADY with a fuutisp.ecc. l2mo
rp sYS. Fleming Il. Re'el COMPANY.
From the romance of American his
tory DR.. Brady turns to the romance
of the conquest of Canaan, and thus
enters one of the most fruitful yet
most neglected grounds in all the
world of literature. IL is really sur
prising that so few competent writer's
have drawn inspiration for romance
from the inexhaustible wealth of ro-
mantle and dramatic lore which IS IN
the Old Testament. OF so-called Bible
stories" which are neither Biblical nor
romantic we have had nauseatlng sur
felt. But Of intelligent, robust, IN
spired writing upon the tremendous
themes of Israelitish history there has
been deplorably little.
DR.. Brady's Biblical studies have
given him the knowledge and the rev.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
Winning His Way

TIE ROAD Oh AMBITION. by t.line e,en.s.
l.mo. pI 40. The Bri'ton Publishing 'oln'Al''
This is a big story Of a big man
who did big things, and it is well told
with knowledge of the affairs OF m.
dustry and business, as well as OF
human nature. Whether big BIZ
is bossing the men at the furnaces or
Mr. Matthews is mastering his un-
scrupulous rival and foe in the Stock
Exchange. it is all true TO life; OF so
true that few readers viii be able TO
take exception to any detail The in,
tertwined threads Of romance, love and
intrigue which run through it are also
traced with the authority Of know
edge. and are generally tinted with
sympathy, though there will be fe"
readers who will not lament that dear
little Media missed the happiness
which she coveted and well deserved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
The Pathos Of the Hills

TIE MAN THOU GAyEST BY Harriet r Com
sfook Illustrated los b. ;. Ward. l-ino. ".
afr. D0uhieIay Page q Go.
An almost infinite pathos peryades
the book. There is sunshine. There
are touches-a few-of humor. There
j., heroism-a woman's surprising
most that we have ever seen in THIS
world. But above all there is the in
efTable pathos Of fame-like spirit
sacrificed. after herself sacrificing all
things. In that. however. she IS the
savior Of the man whom she had loved
and she sends great peace into the lives
and souls Of others.
Mrs. Comstock has shown in this
book fine measure Of originality IN
plot and Of skill in treatment Her
general portrayal Of mountain life and
Characters is somewhat more true than
that Of the average romance Of the
hills. while her Nella Rose is an eN-
quisite creation. which no reader OF
the book will soon forget Ard the
Leartache Of the pathos OF IT all is
more than half assuaged by the trlum-
Thant heroism with which the little
mountain sprite crowns her too brief
ard broken life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
Two Men in the Eyes Of the World
New Works of Fiction and Miscellany

famous order Of September 6. Let as
recall it:
Soldiers:, At thc moment when a
battle on which tho salvation Of
your country may depend, Is about
20 begin, you must remember that
this is not the time for retrospective
glsnccs, Tor all the efforts must be
employed 70 attack. An army thai
cannot advance must, no matter at
what cost. maintain the territory
won, and die rather than retreat
One other detail Of tho little story
OF a great career must here be cited.
A year before the war he was address
ing his former pupils at the Polytech-
mic. and the burden OF his address was.
1--WE must be prepared"
With the means Of fighting which
the world possesses at present, with
whole nations engaged IN mortal
combat. disaster is certain for those
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28

erent and sympathetic spirit necessary
for such work, and his practice IN
writing hero tales Of more modern
times has developed the requisite skill
in literary craftsmanship. The result
in this volume is admirable. Joshua
and his associates. and particularly
Rahab. are made to seem living, SEN
tient men and women. invested. IT IS
true. with the characteristics Of that
ancient age, yet still more instinct
with those vital human passions which
are perennial and immutable. To the
Bible student it will prove treasure
because it will visualize for him the
real life and dec Of the days OF the
Conquest; while nose who care Tor
none Of those things will find 1t, as
mere romance. OF irresistible interest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28

who in time Of peace failed to pre-
mare for war. To be ready IN our
times has a significance o. which
those who prepared and led the war,
OF other DAYS could have hardly had
comprehension. To be ready means
to-day TO have mustered in advance
an the resources Of the country, all
tho intelligence Of its children all
their moral energy. for the purpose
OF attaining but this one alm-vlc-
tory. Getting ready is a duty that
dcyolvcs not only upon tho army. but
uron an public officials. upon all or
ranizations, upon all societies, upon
am families. upon all citizens. Zach
and an must take part IN preparing
the national defence.
u would have been well for France
n She had more fully needed those
words. Il viii be we'll for this country
n IL will now recall and heed these
words Of It's distinguished guest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
A Crook and a riest
Also Some Butterflies and Other
Interesting Persons

sLIPPY MGEE. By Marie Conway Oemlcr l-m0.
~. io' Tie Century Company.
Here we have the Reformed Criminal
again, and the Nature Lover. and
various other moro or less familiar
figures Of the cast of the Coincide HUI
maine, all enumerated al the begin
ming IN a table of dramatis persona
quite as though IT were the book of q
play and not q novel. But really,
should we not have TO 60 into another
world TO find entirely new character
The hero and the heroine, the villain
and the deus OK machina, are they not
as they have been and as they shall
be? The art is not in achieving the inn
possible. but in giving new parts and
new costumes TO the same well tired
members of LIES stock company.
That is what the present author does,
with much success. The plot is novel,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
Love Among the Outlaws

MOUNTAINS MADNESS nv Anna Alice Chap'n.
4 Go
The Southern Appalachians have
been the scenes Of many romances, IN
books; some better than the present
and some not nearly so good. This
story OF the momentarily tangled love
affairs of two young couples has the
welcome merits of degree Of novelty
Of plot and OF freshness OF treatment
Also. while some of the principals are
It times cxasperatingly obtuse and
stubborn. there is lot OF human hat
ure in them and an appeal TO the SYM
pathes of the reader It Is thoroughly
readable and entertaining.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28

ingenious and interest gripping. The
characters arc clad not in dusty and
moth-eaten robes. but nm vital flesh and
blood. There is appeal to the magma,
ton. to the heart and TO the elemental
passions. There is no saccharine or
maudln sentimcntality; though there
is much spiritual tenderness. There Is
also an admirable mastery Of English
speech. deliberate enough to be grace
full and polished, yet animated and eX-
peditious enough to be tremendously
dramatic on occasion. Altogether, a
volume worthy Of place among the
dozen-perhaps the hall dozen-Des, So
novels Of the season, and one Wnich
wbets our most agreeable anticipauons
of further works from the same gifted
ppu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28

told, this being his first novel. But he
has happily adopted fine, quaint old
style, with abundant leisure IN the mar
ratlye and with the descriptive chapter
headings beloved Of Fielding and Marry
att The gentle charm of Roland Far
well Francis and the piquant witchery
of Adel Winton Twombly are quite ir-
resistible; the subtle, fantastic humor
of the tale is pervasiye and compelling,
and altogether Mr.. Updegraf's prentice
hand has produced one OF the best
worth while books OF the season.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
New Hand in Old Fashion

SECOND YOUTH Hy Allan JpieTah. WIN
frort.spiece. I.mc. ~ 527 Harper Bros
How many romances Of shop girls
have we had? Surely. then, in these
DAYS Of sex equality, it was happy
thought to write the romance OF a
salesman in a department store. mat
NAV sound banal, bat IT isn't; partlcu-
larry when the romance Is written IN
so delightful a style as this. The au-
thor is a new hand at writing, we are
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-28
This Nation S Guest
80 of the Soldier Who Said
Die Rather than Retreat

ar cINFEAT -OTF RI ~ Alexander
~ wiz rr-rsft l2mo. % ~. llA The
49, a s.esa Company.
rs,aE.t-e book But then. Jacques
,.,h Ccssire JoHre is man Of few
-, 10 comes timely 10 hand, at the
80 when The victor Of The Marno
~. --ost OF this nation. and will be
ti-r-re5 Sc an introduction 20 US Of
"a .be history makers OF our days.
49,, is no attempt made a. discussion
p.r., narrative of the present war.
y srrcient 20 tell the plain tale of
u. soi6ier's preparation for such ser
~ ss comes 90 any man scarcely once
~ century, eliminating with the
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-16
SUBMARINE MOTHER | BOAT CONSTRUCTED
Dutch Firm Builds Novel Boat To Handle Submarines For Spanish Navy.

HARLEM. Netherlands, Aug. 9. A novel mother ship for submarines recently successfully underwent its first official trial in the harbor at Amsterdam. It was built in Holland for the Spanish navy by a well-known Haarlem firm.
 The vessel presents an eXtraordi- nary appearance. It looks like two long. narrow boats joined together, and its chief feature is a crane capa- ble of raising objects from under the sea to a weight of $50 metric tons and from a depth of about 136 feet. This strange craft is nearly 2S0 feet long and more than GA feet wide. Each of the two parallel hulls is about 20 feet wide, and between them is a space of 26 feet in width over which is arranged the electrically driven lifting apparatus for the hoist ing of sunken submarines.
 Apart from the crane. the ship is equipped with big workshops for the carrying out of repairs, as well as arranged to serve as a depot for the Spanish submarine fleet. A cyiin- der filled with water weighing about 720 tons. acted the part of submarine in the trial just held.
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-16

ing camp at the beginning of the war, but was rejected upon physical de- feet that was a mere technicality, i. being a scar left from an operation following a kick from a horse.
 Sheriff Wheeler is probably more active. wiry, and capable of the fla tigue of army life than three-fourths of the new officers now in training.
 Cochise county is not selfish. She is proud of Sheriff Wheeler. She needs him still. He has done much for her and is still on the job, terror to the wobblies and all lawless loafers and law breakers and vagabonds that infest industrial communities. But whatever he wants, she wants him to have. He wants to go to France as captain in the First Arizona. Cochise county is behind him in this ambition. Governor Campbell's cooperation and aid are sought in this matter. It would be a fine and fitting reward for this famous ranger captain and sheriff and leader of men to have his commIs- sion direct from the president, trans mitted through the hands of the gov ernor of his state. He has earned it by his services to his state and gov- ernment in time of war. He is quail fled, both by training and by natural capacity. He wants it. Arizona wants him to have it.
 Why not, MT. Governor?
Bisbee daily review., 1917-09-16

Why don't you print picture of Sheriff Wheeler" scores of Bisbee citizens have asked the editor of The Review. And always the answer has been, in a hopeless voice: ''I cannot get his picture. He has none and he will not have one taken
 But where there's a will there's a way Frank Walsh, the artist pride of Brewery Gulch, came to the editors aid He had a hard job, tCo. Of the one or two pictures of Captain Wheeler in existence, all were taken many years ago, when he had nous tache, and they only slightly resemble the Wheeler of today. But Walsh took his trusty pen and drew, partly from the faded old-time photos, and partly from study of the sheriff's features, the likeness reproduced above.
 The sheriff may deport the artis, and the newspaper man for printing his likeness without his permission. but it will be in a good cause. The only trouble with this sheriff is, he IS lOO IuOutSl- One CdlluOl get d SlOTg from him about anything in which he plays a leading part. No picture. no story, no heroics from this courage ous, competent, modest sheriff.
 The fame he won all over the coun- try since the great drive has not af- fected him in the least. He is exactly the same in soft voice, gentle man. ner. shrinking from publicity and pushing forward in the way of danger and duty. He is handling the wob- plies today, fairly and fearlessly. just as he handled them two months ago.
 But Sheriff Wheeler's ambition is not for the limelight. He wants to be a soldier and fight for Uncle Sam. He comes from soldier stock. His father was a captain in the regular army. Fighting Joe Wheeler is of the same blood and breed. His brother has enlisted in the new army that is to go to France. Sheriff Wheeler has been in the regular army for five years and also served as a captain of the Arizona Rangers for four years He tried to enter the officers train