Arizona republican., 1917-12-06
The Bookshelf
By The Bookmlan.

con the Right of the British Line" by Captain Nobbs, L. R. B. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Net, SIPS at Berryhfll's.)
 Personal narratives of the war are numerous, but 1t goes almost without saying that Scribner would not issue book of this style unless it was something out of the ordinary and "On the Right of the British Line' is all that and more. It is the personal narrative of a captain of London military company who was shot through the head, taken prisoner and finally exchanged as being beyond the possibility of further military duty since he is blind.
 The story is told ill a most natural and narrative manner and yet it's style is exceptionally good and the book is filled with humor. From the light it casts upon the treatment of prisoners of war in Germany it is valuable and | the news it conveys is undoubtedly comforting to those who have relatives and friends in the hands of the Ger mans. Captain Nobbs was accorded treatment, which while it left much to be desired was far from the brutal treatment which prisoners captured in the opening of the war have reported Germany probably has an eye open to what must come after rne war and is governing her treatment of captured soldiers, especially officers, according ly.
 AS a story which g.ves war informa- tion at first hand this book should find a place on the war bookshelf, whict so many are accommodating.
 (''The Unholy Three" by c. A. Rob- bins. Published by John Lane Com pany, New York. Net, s1.40 at Der ryhill's.)
 New ideas are "as scarce as hens teeth" and for that reason a new novel with a really novel theme is both welcome and unusual. There may be nothing new under the sun but il there is it is Tod" Robbins version of the three musketeers. In "The Un- holy Three" the author has A man, 8 dwarf who dreams of greatness, but who has not the body for great deeds; another, a giant who is perfectly con- tented and a mere echo of q man, 2 ventrilopuist. The three leave tho cir GUS with which they are connected and started out after adventure. It is a combination of body, mind and voice and the result is a series of mos weird happenings since the days ol Edgar Allen Poe.
 It is far from a morbid book and it i: a safe prediction its reader will no lay it down until finished.
 'The Gold Cache" by James Willard Schultz. Houghton, Miff1in company Net, $1.25 at Berryhill's)
 The author of "The Gold Cache il undoubtedly fortified for the con structiOn of true western stories b. years of experience as an Indian trader Of course it is a volume filled witt spirited adventure, it could not b. otherwise. Old favorites from the pei of the Indian trading, buffalo huntinj author are found on every page an, the story is one which will pleas young and old alike.
 "The Gold Cache" tells the yarn o a man who was shown 25 goldpiece. said to be but a small part of great cache of similar coins. Wit Indian pal and young Spaniard h goes on horseback in quest of the gold en hoard. From start to finish tn picture is one of rapidly moving west ern action, told as only man sue as Schultz could write, a man wh has been and seen the things he de picts.
 cMarching Men," by Sherwood An derson. Published by the John Ian company of New York. Net, s1.5o 2 BerryhilPs.)
 Marching Men" is by the authe of Windy McPherson's Son" and it