The Washington herald., 1918-09-01

purchase because Of the barnyard cit
liens she would have to accept as In
innate friends ip the filming of Miss
Daviess' agricultural romance; but on
account of the proved patriotism of
the prolific hen she finally made up
her mind to take her to her bosom
and now threatens to buy Miss
DayiesI farm and all the livestock.
Salt.
A frequent feature of the critical
comment upon Capt. Charles q. Nor
ris' new novel. salt, or the Education
Of Griffith Adams" recently pub
lished by q. p. Dutton q CO., 10 the
comparison with the work of his
famous brother. Frank Norris, whose
untimely death has long been mourned
as q serious blow to American liter
ature. The most interesting thing
about these comparisons 10 that they
are always favorable to the work Of
the surviving brother and find IN Il
many points Of resemblance to the fic-
tion OF the author OF "McTeague." /"
, '"rhe wheat PITT and ''The Octopus. !"
They point out In II similar qualities
Of force. of imagination, OF the abii-
ity to visualize and picture life COM
prehensively, Of strength and life
likeness In character portrayal. And
It IL generally agreed among them
that this similarity Of endowment
promises splendidly for Capt Norris
future work In fiction.
War Eagle.
"war Eagle" by W. J. Dawson.
author of Robert shenstone." etc
group Of persons. each OF whom 10
York magazine editor. the Million
aire, the old civil war veteran, the
mother whose son has enlisted, the
brilliant youth, who finally surren-
ders all his prospects In life at the
finely conceived and excellently told.
Drums Afar.
Drums Affair."" by J. Murray Glib
bon. author OF "Hearts and Faces"
This is an international romance
with a war tinge. It deals with the
love affairs Of an oxford man and
a Chicago girl. The scenes are set
in Germany, England. the United
States, Canada, and then England
again. later. under the stress Of war.
The author cleverly shows how the
humor OF contract between English
and American types gradually dis
solves into a realistic picture Of
their common humanity in this world
wide conflict.
Imperial England.
Imperial England" by Cecil F.
Laveile and Charles E. Payne, is an
nounced for publication on August
q.
This may be described as an his
torical Interpretation OF the British
Empire. Beginning with an outline
Of the growth Of English liberty and
the beginning OF sea-power. there fol-
lows a narrative OF the founding OF
British colonies and the development
Of British colonial policy. The old
imperialism Of insular arrogance and
repression Is illustrated by the cases
Of the American colonies and Ire
land. and the latter part Of the book
shows how liberty and self-sovern-
ment have been substituted for re-
preston. how formal bonds Of en-
rire have been displaced by a union
based on sympathy and understand
ing and how the new imperial Britain
has met the shock Of the war.
The volume is nicely illustrated
with maps.
An English womap's Home.
No more remarkable description
OF raid on the east coast of Eng
land has been given than that by
Mrs. A. Burnett Smith, we'll known
to the reading public as Annie s.
Swan" in her new book, IAN Eng
lish Woman's Home" (Doran). She
tells how, standing upon her gar
den terrace. watching the progress
Of the raid. her own home was
shattered within a few feet Of her.
The younger servants" she says,
were inclined to scream. l remem-
Der laying my hand on some ones
arm and saying. Hush. be still
To me 1t was a stupendous moment.
during which the whole fabric of
existence seemed to be tottering-
and we on the edge of some un-
imaginable abyss.
There was no fear upon Efrie's
face. only a kind Of upIifted spiritu-
ellie look. 1 seem to remember that
this one. Mummy Presently, this
one descended and found its mark.
The din was indescribable; conceive
OF forty-two bombs dropping in
limited area in the space Of four
minutes, the glare of their burst
ing. the air full of suiphurous fumes
and an awful. indescribable sense
of evil. imminent, devilish, against
which We were absolutely helpless
and unarmed AS we stood there
in absolute silence. holding one an
other. we had no sort Of knowledge
or information that our very own
house was being destroyed.
ut was all so quick and so ter
rible that we felt 1t must be the
end of the world. Presently the voice
Of the man beside US spoke: L
think it's over now, and we're safe
We proceeded through the profound
darkness with a view to re-enter-
ing. Fart Of the walls remained
standing. but there was no house.
Doors, windows. furnitures, pic
tures.. piled in an inextricable mass.
We saw right out into the street
in the further side, where already
were twinkling lights and moving
figures as the work of assistance
began"
Democracy and Dancing,
How all-pervading has the spirit of
democracy become is one of the oul-
standing ideas In that essentially
democratic book, "The Hive" by Will
eyinpton Comforf fnoranN- rh;s ;s