The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-15
THE BOOK SHELF

I a trade in her fingers what was to hlnder
 her plying it wherever she chose. The
 feasibility of her scheme of adventure
 "a ~.cturesque romance, with neeole- and-tnread for weapons instead or a
 sword-was immediately proved. France
 followed Germany, and even to Russla
 and South Africa this courageous httle Danish swan went swimming on her way. The fact of Miss Walther's ''milliner- ing her way through three continents ls sufficient to make one want to read ner book, but it is the book itself that must keep us reading it. I cannot imas inc anyone taking it up without being
 caught by the vital charm of the nar-
 rative, the reality of her effortless ue- scriptionsof places and people and abov@
 all, the atmosphere she never fails to er.vy-be she at Rostow in Russia or Birmingham, Ala. The visulizing art per
 vades the whole human document, | through which too is deftly woven the
 thread of an elusive love story, and in- cidentally is self revealed a singularly in- dependent, yet appealing human being. ---
 TOTE ROAD AND TRAIL
 By Douglas Malloch. Illustrated by Oll-
 yer Kemp The Bobbs- Merrill Co, pub fishers, New York
 MT. Malloch is the laureate of the lum- her camps, of the men wbo strike out beyond the pale of civilization and face
 the elemental strife with nature. He sings of the open, of hard work, of ex- posture, of bravery and sacrifice, of rough living and rough loving. It is verse which belongs to what might be called the strong armed school of
 poetry, in whose strength the average man finds health antidote to the soften ing tendencies which creep in with an age that loves luxury too we'll To all men who have hurried for their brief vacations to the woods and lakes, who have camped and hunted in the i, wilds, this book will come as bre1t' of fresh air, making them long for their next dash into the open. Give me the old October woods When leaves are turning brown The smell O pine Is finer wine
 Than any in the town. Give me the old December snow That turns the world to white Up there in Mich.- Oh, Lord wish
 That was there tonight l 'MODERNIST STr-nrEs IN THE LIFE or JESUS" By Ray Oakley Miller. Sherman French & Go. publishers, No. Beacon stryet Boston.
 In making this study of Christ from the new point of view, the methods and results of modern scholarship are un- hesitatingly accepted In the sincere be- | lief that they open up larger apprecia- tion of the subject The author himself, in his introduction, admirably states his position with regard to this modernist attitude:
 "He (the author) .dares even hope that such an attitude will make of the re- ligion of Jesus a more vital eff radicaD. forward moving, and comprehensive force in the advancement of humanity. He sincerely believes that such an atti- | tude Is in Keeping with the wish of hi'l | who said, Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free.' And because he believes this. he
 thinks that the religion of Jesus offers 1 a more tremendous challenge and de-
 mands a more vital allegiance than any yet given The way out for humanity | is to be found in maximuns rather than 1 ninimums. It lies in the direction of progress"
 l The study is conducted under six heads: "The Problem 'The Transient Elements, 'The Permanent Elements, , Jesus and Authority,' Jesus as the | Fulfiller" Jesus and the Religion of Tomorrow. Historical and disciplinary measures are recognized as such in order
 that the grand passions of Christianity and of Christ may come into their own l It makes the religion of Jesus in the church as free and honest as the great I life of Christ. Old saints and young sinners alike have found in this inter pretation a sincere and genuine bond
 between themselves and the church 0. Christ, because they have felt that witt ] it they can indeed worship Him 'ir
 spirit and in truth"
 OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED (RE-
 VIEWS LATER.) l HOVER THE TOP OF THE CONTI- | NEWT" By Robert Sterling Yard l Charles Scribner's Sons. publishers 1 New York.
 1 THE WAGES OF HONOR AMI ! OTHER STORIES By Katherine Hol land Brown. Illustrated Charles Scrib
 ner's Sons. publishers, New York. THE BOY SCOUT AND OTHET STORIES" By Richard Harding Da wis. Charles Scribners Sons, publish CTS New York.
 1.-THE GREEN JACKET" By Jennett, Lee Charles Scribner's Sons, publish
 CTS, New York.
 Cures Colds fin Great Britain " \ pr I>I f