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New-York tribune., 1918-11-16

THE RULE OF MIGHT By ]. A. crdmb With
frontispiece l2mo. Up. 45l e. P. putnam's
Sons.
There is a tmeliness in this his
toric romance. 1t tells of the humila-
ton of the Hapsburgs, more than q
century ago, when conqueror whom
they esteemed an upstart parvenu
ousted them from their imperial pal
aces for his own occupancy, their
greatest humiliation before the final
disaster Of the present year. The au-
thor confines his narrative TO the space
of three days but those were crowded
days at Schoenbrunn, and there is as
much action in the book as though it
covered as many years. There is some
fine delineation Of character too; not
of imaginary figures altogether, but,
indeed, chiefly of actual men and wom-
en-, portrayed with historic accuracy.
If the book is msrred with faults they
are those of too great u straining after
such accuracy, until in places it seems
academic and smelling of the lamp.
But such faults are minor in a work of
commanding merit and thrilling fasci-
nation
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
With Pen and Press
What the Authors and Publisher:
Are Doing

Miss Olive Gilbrcath author of
Miss Amerikanka," cables to Harper
g. Bros. from Vladivostok that she is
on her way across the continent to
Western Russia.
Mrs. Florence Finch Kelly has writ
ten and f. P Dutton & Co. will pub
lish comprehensive account of all the
major phases Of war work in America.
"And They Thought We Wouldn't
Fight" is the title Of Floyd Gibbons's
story Of the American Expeditionary
Forces which the George Fl. Doran
Company is about TO publish.
Theodore Roosevelt's "Thc Great
Adventure: Present-Day Studies in
American Nationalism," IS issuing from
the press of Charles Scribners Sons.
Robert NJ. Mcbride & Co. announce
"The Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulen-
spiegel," translated from the French
by Godfrey Whitworth.
James W. Foley's "Friendly Rhymes
illustrated by John Wolcott Adams.
will be published soon by E. F. Dutton
4 Co.
"The Boys Life of Theodore Roose
velt," by Hermann Hagedorn, is an
nounced for immediate publication By
Harper & Bros.
Louis de Sadelear. Minister Of State
of Belgium, has asked the Wonlsn's
Press to give two copies of Mrs.
Blatch's "Mobilizing Woman-P Power" to
the Belgian National Library at Brus-
sells.
John Hastings Turner is writing
another novel which he thinks will be
better than the superb Simple Souls"
which Charles Scribner's Sons recently
published for him.
L. P. putton & CO. will presently
publish "'The New Warden" by Mrs.
David G. Richie, an Oxford University
wax story.
Louise Z. Fitch has just returned
from France with material for new
book on the effects Of the war upon
the women o. that country. which the
Woman's Press will publish under the
title OF Madame France, Warrior"
Charles Scribner's Sons have in hand
a new book by Andre Cheradsme,
called THE Essentials Of Enduring
Victory"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
The Lands Of the War
Their Past, Their Present and
Their Future

MA fo2 maps Royal sTo, Ss%tn D SCI nllpS'F F.
J,umam With maps and illustrations. syo,
p?. XIV A@. G. 7. Putnam's Sons.
nv ~ TAs Fesna1 IN Erad, Ihh TRAplE OF TIE WORLD
illustrations. svo. PIP x a72. Harper ( Bros
THE CITY or TROUBLE, By MeTiel Buchanan
limo. pp. 242 Charles Scribners Sons.
Just as there never was anything
more typical Of the predatory crimi-
nality which has become Characteristic
of Germany than the prestudied theft
of Alsace and Lorraine in 1871, 80
tial to justice and to the reestablish-
ment of peace upon lasting basis
than the thorough undoing of that his
torlc wrong In order that this NAV
be done with the resolute sanction of
the world, and of the people as we'll
as OF the diplomats, we must welcome
every contribution to the literature
of the subject which is authoritatively
informing and clue ucidating; and such
prominently, is the present work. We
do not mean by that that we can
agree with DR.. Phillipson's counsel
and conclusions. BY no means. But
dNdt dtterdm 0drtem is sound rule,
and from the point of view of selfish
advantage it is all the more to be fol-
lowed when the other side is weak and
indefensble.
DR.. Phillipson devotes much of his
work TO an exposition of what Ger
many has done, materially, for Alsace-
Lorraine. OF the disruption Of affairs
and embarrassment that would be
caused by returning the provinces to
France, and of the dcsrability Of
some other disposition of them than
that. such as making them an autono-
nous state Of the German Empire or
an independent buffer state We
might, indeed, without injustice, say
that he has stated the German side
OF the case in the strongest possible
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
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manner. To those who wish to know
that side, the volume is.to be heartily
commended; with a Cheerful conf
dencc that thoughtful perusal of y
WI confirm opposition to any such
settlement as is there proposed. VIC
know of no moral law nor valid logic
which destroys the title Of the rightful
owner or gives the thief a good title
simply on the ground that the stolen
property has not been altogether mis-
used
Miss Putnam has made another fine
contribution to historical literature
IN this beautiful and scholarly volume
on Lu%emburg, which is logical cor
unuation Of her former work on
Charles the Bold. She gives lumi-
nous account, brief but abundantly
com prenensive, OF the history of Luz
einburg down TO the French Revolu-
ton, and from that time forward her
narrative is 50 lucid and detailed as
TO present an unsurpassed conspeetu ;
OF the involved status Of that remnant
OF once extensive and powerful
realm. Written in an attractive style
ana provided with copious notes and
photography. historical maps and
many exquisite illustrations. the vol
ume viii stand in the foremost rank
OF authoritative works on its subject
Mrs. Egan had rare opportunities OF
observing military operations and gen
eral conditions in Mesopot.llnia during
the Bagdad campaign Size was the
guest Of General Maude for some time
before and at the time Of his death.
She went everywhere along the Tigris,
saw everything, understood everything
and has written about everything in a
most apprecative, vivacious and inform
ing manner.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
These da'e' ADDletOas BoOks|

To listen in trance of delight to the
wild notes Of the golden plover
coming once more TO the great plain,
flying, flying south. foci, succeeding
flock the whole day long. -. -. To
lie on my back on the rust-brown
grass in January and gaze up at the
hot whitey-blue sky, peopled with
millions and myriads Of glistening
balls of thistle down, ever, ever.
floating by; to gaze and gaze until
they are to me living things, and |,
in an ecstacy, am with them, floating
in that immense shining void.
No wonder, with such long, long
thoughts" in youth, that many years
ofterward. shut in from Nature in
crowded London, sick and poor ana
friendless, the Vision still abode with
him and he could always feel that IT
was infinitely better to be than not
to be-"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Outram' s Own
Anglo-lndian Mutual Faith in
the Great World War.

AIRA SINGH Bg r4.oo' Aiu.dy. Illustrated
limo. PIP 5os. Bolbs Merrill Company.
1t may be true that East is East
and West IS West and that in spirit
and temperament 'never the twain
shall meet But more and more we
are constrained TO question the eternal
impeccability of the dictum, and to
welcome the exception which is made
to 1t when two strong men meet face
10 face" And here is a tale that con-
firms US in that attitude
1t is a tale of Sikh regiment that
rode out Of the Delhi gate TO cross the
black water and do battle for their
haiser-i-lind in distant lands. We
al remember how the Kaiser of the
Huns hoped and strove to corrupt them,
and to SOW bad faith and vile suspi-
cion between them and the English,
and how, utterly he failed in the at
tempt when the Bengal Tiger stalked
with the British Lion in the hunt Of
the Blond Beast. Mr. Mundy tells, in
the keen, vibrant words of Hira Singh;
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Biology of War
\ Scientific Analysis of Its
Causes and Objects

TIE BIOLOGY OF WAR ~ e r ,,co,,,
Grsnas Grsnas'sd by by Constance f Grands and Julian
company. 'u''
Anticipation of this volume has been
much whetted. We have long known
ol the author as professor Of physiol-
ogy in the University of Berlin and as
consulting physician to the (former)
German Empress. and we have heard
that for writing the book he fell so
much into the disfavor Of the impe rial
government that he thought it prudent
70 nee the country in an airplane. And
now that we have the book in hand we
are not disappointed. On the contrary.
IN scholarly worth, as a keen ANALYSIS
OF the nature ,of~war, it's origin its
methods and its objects. it must have
unsurpassed rank in philosophic lit
erature.
Or: ~Nicolai is neither militarist nor.
paclflst. He recognizes the evils Of
war, and yet perceives that similar
evils exist in peace. More lives have
neen lost by preventable accidents in
industry and travel than in wars; yet
the former pass almost unnoticed, as
woke unending denunciation. Eager
ness to acquire property" he reminds
u.s. was originally the cause and OBJ
1ect OF war" 1t is notorious that it
mas been the cause and object Of all
the wars that Prussia has waged;
wherefore We may argue that that
country remains in a primitive condi-
ton. And he further suggests the way
IN which that country has pursued The
brlgand's Progress when he tells us
mat "a war, especially one ending with
an easy victory like those of 1864, 1866
and 1870, will generally make a nation
It's baleful martial spirit drive it along
the road to ruin"
The author devotes some of his most
scathing denunciation to the campaigns
OF falsehood and hatred which were off =
cia!ly and publicly conducted in Ger
many during the late war, and in which
the press on the one hand and the in
telleetual leaders of the nation on the
other were engaged-the Haeckels,
huckens and the rest vyng with the
"reptilc press in monstrous false
hoods. "Men die and others take their
places. The old csthedrals, DESTROYED
by shells. cannot, it is true, be rebuilt,
though they can be restored. But as
1or the outrages perpetrated upon the
soul of the nation, they will be part Of
the heritage Of posterity."
1t is not hopeless view which the
author finally takes. He discusses the
possibility of the abolition of war, and
has faith to believe that it will finally
be effected, through the enlightenment
of the human mind and the prevalence
of moral principles throughout the
world. "lf humanity wins, the death
knell Of war will have sounded" 1t is
book which ought to be read, studied
and mentally and spiritually digested
by every thoughtful person who IS CON
cerned in the maintenance of the peace
of the world
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Books 8:
Our F Foreign Policy
Chiefly From James Monroe to
Woodrow Wilson

,sor ,T1oN TO LEADERSHIP. BY john
fSpSMi fSnSi,d.y fatane. l6mo. PIP. 2lo. doubleday
iase & &c
=, would be difficult to find elsewhere
- email compass so comprehensive
md in general so sane and informing
sorsnectus of the foreign policy Of the
rr;,c1 States a that which DR.. Latane
s.re nresents. Particularly commend
.Alc are the analyses of the Monroe
noc.riue and OF its application to vari-
W. nhases and incidents Of our foreign
sSl.tionships. and the exposition OF the
.s~r.;rc which the "balance Cf power"
~ rurope has rendered to Us for the
.nnnort of that doctrine at several i'm
nortsnt crises The account given of
.,s conduct OF Germany in the Morocco
controversy and in the Spanish war,
md Of that Of Great Britain toward
his country in the Philippines and
nJsewhere, is also highly profitable for
present reminder.
To the suggestion of the title, which
i repcated and enlarged upon in the
,ext. however. we must take some ex-
csntion. This country has had no "pol
cy of isolation" The epochal neutral
IT, nrocIamation of Washington surely
did lid not suggest such a thing. On the
contrary, it prescribed policy Of non
ISOLATION; that .s, Of continued inter-
course with both belligerents in war.
Dr. Latane himself most coWlnendably
noints out that Washington's farewell
sddres deprecated only permanent and
not temporary alliances, and made it
clear that its counsel was intended
only for tina, time and not for~aft fut-
ure ages. There is displayed, also. a
nartiality for the new diplomacy" of
the present Administration, beginning
With the Mexican embodiment, which
We cannot regard the facts OF record
As warranting or the events as likely
to Justify. Apart from these features,
which in a measure combine both bane
and antdote. the little volume con-
,ains so much partinent information
and sound comment that we might wish
for it the widest possible reading.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Liebknecht on Germany Future

The highly interesting announcement
is made By the Macmillan Company OF
the Immediately forthcoming pub!ics-
ton OF Jool; by Karl Liebknecht, en-
titled "The Future Belongs to the Peo-
pie" The translation has been made
by Or. A. ZiInand. and the volume IS
further provided with foreword by
Walter E. Weyl. In his Introduction
DR.. Zimand describes the altogether IN
usual and picturesque career Of Lieb-
inecht and gives the basis for the more
or less common belief that has existed
for some months now that Liebknecht
will be the commanding figure in the
reconstruction days III Germany.
TIE book itself. which consists OF
L;ebknecht's speeches and essays on
conditions II Germany and problems
connected with the war. scrves to make
admirably clear Liebknecht's ph;ioso-
rhy and general attitude toward great
international questions.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Love Over Death

THE GARDEN OF SURVIVAL Ry Algcr,on
Blsckwood. lomo PIP 1853. Il T. Dutton x Co.
This might be described as spir-
itual idyl. 1t is not so much a story,
if, indeed, we may call it story at
all. as q confession, contemplation
and an aspiration. 1t discloscs the
soul of man who had been greatly
loved by woman without, we must
think, loving her equally in return, and
who after her death was brought more
fully under the compelling spell Of
her love until his own heart and soul
we're altogether awakened. The poeti-
cal and artistic spirit Of the little
composition is exquisite, and what the
Philistine may regard as the super
natural element is made to seem en-
tirelv natural
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Torchv Again

THE HOUSE OF ToRCHy. By sewen Ford. u
Illustrated limo. pp 325. Edward j. Clodc
To adapt Il popular phrase Of the
long ago, "Just Torchy; that's ALL" Mr..
Ford continues the annals of that ir-
repressible youngster, now the Head Of
the House, with the inevitable touch Of
the great var. A young Torehy also
appears upon the scene, and the ques-
tion of naming him provokes merry,
merry controversy The narrative is
crisp ard lively and the humor as per-
vasive and irresistible as ever.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Life's Comedy and Tragedy:
Book News and Miscellany

be inclined 20 look askant at another
that did not on its very face give
promise of some novel feature. That,
happily, IS what this one does. A
cowboy turned amateur aviator is at
least unusual, and full OF promise
Nor is the promise unfulflled. The
story is full OF stirring action. daring
and dramatic, with q wealth Of humor
and appeal TO sympathy OF course, =
domlnant love motive runs through
the whole, which ct the end becomes
triumphant. There IS a comuendable
air Of possibility, piausiblity and. in
deed. OF truth in even the most hsir
raising adventures.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Still Carrying On
-and On (2Isf Edifi0n)
CARRY ON
LETTERS IN WARTIME

By 1t. CONINGSBY DAWSON
Author OF ''The Glory Of the
Trenches" etc. Frontispiece.
cloth, Sl.O0 net.
Every page of Lieutenant Daw-
sons book breathes the faith that
the men who are fighting there for
he life of Democracy will come
pack with new vision in their eyes.
one finds that vision in Garry On
Chicago Herald.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
"A Prose Epic
OF HerOisn1"
THE GLORY
LOT the TRENCHES

By 1T. CONINGSBY WSON
dathor Of Garry on" "Out TO
Win," etc.
Third Edition. Cloth, Sl00 net
aFrom beginning to end a happy
book. 1t is happy, not because the
author has escaped suffering or even
horror, but because he has grasped
something beyond those things"
Mem York Times.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16

who tells the story, of that egreeous
failure and how it was assured, and
of the unbroken faith that prevailed
between the British and the Indians
in the great war, and it is a thrilling,
absorbing tale of plot and counter
plot, of daring and high achievement,
and of blood brotherhood between true
men. The romances Of war have con-
tanned no more amazing narrative than
that Of the Sikh anabasis from Stam-
boul to Afghanistan.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Books About War and Peace:
Scenes in Belligerent Lands
BY Willis Fletcher Johnson

phere Of the trenches. They arc moi
notable, however, FOR original'ity. or for
alstinct characterization of the actors
IN the little dramas. The volume viii
no' enhance the popular repute which
Nif. hmpey won with his former bool
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
MIR. Empey Again

TALES FROM pUGoUr. By Arthur Guy
Empey emo. pp. 2G9. The Century Company.
These short tales of soldier life and
adventure are readable and often en-
tertaining, and arc full of .he atmos-
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
READ
The DAWSON
VICTORY BOOKS
War as a Crusade
OUT
TO WIN
The Story of America
in France
By 1T. CONINGSBY DAWSON

Author Of "The Glory of tho
Tronches,' "Corry On" etc.
Third Edition. Cloth, S1.25 net.
sOut to win will deepen our re-
spect for our countrvmen and en-
large our understanding and SYM
pathy for our allies. 1t will give us
a bigger vision and finer, higher
courage to go on, as we must go on
until we have accomplished the OBJ
jects for which we are fighting
Chicago Daily Ners.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Cowboy Turned Airrnan

sKyRIpER Fly u NJ po.er. With front.spiscs
ty Anton OTTO Fischer. i.no. pp 5l7. Little,
Bro~1i Co.
We have had so many cowboy ro-
rnances in recent years that we should
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16

The VILLAGE: RUSSIAN IMPRESSIONS. b.
fHaest Poo.e limo pp "a Tho Macmillan
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Successful New Noveis
The Golden Bough
BY GEORGE GIRRS

continuous succession OF thrilling incidents,
"ith young American and girl trying to out
Wit Germany cleNcrest agents. Illus. 81. 80 uef.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Napoleon at Schoenbrunn

THE RULE OF MIGHT By !. A. Crdmb W.T.
frontispiece. 12rno. up. 4Jl. q. ?. Putnam
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Jimmie the Sixth
Uncle Abner

BY MELVILLE DAVISSON POST
The amazing exploits of an old Nirginian who
solves series of bathing mysteries in a most
unusual manner. 81 so net
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
Minniiglen

by AGNES AND EGERTON CASTLE
love story Of Scotland, that is rational as life
itself as pure as the prayers of child, as honest
as the day; and yet attains perfection of dra-
matte and narrative ar{'-N. Y. Tribune
81 80 net.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16

"The Boys Life Of Theodore Roose-
velt," by Hermann Hagedorn, is an
nounced for immediate publication By
Jo,rar 4, Rroc
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16
GIVE BOOKS!
Timely General Books
Unclaimed Russia

BY CHARLES L. RUSSELL
With Germany defeated, one of the biggest
problems facing The world Is the stahlising OF
Russia. To know the real situation there, to
understand the different parties and their aims
read Mr.. Russclls book based on first hand in
formation. SI5o NET
New-York tribune., 1918-11-16

FAR AWAY AND LONG AGO Re- " II Hudson
With portrait. SO. pp. XII, 332. Il. L Duttol
The Washington herald., 1918-09-14
UNIVERSITY READY
FOR STATE OPENING
DR.. Collier, New Head. Departs on
Weeks Vacation.

Dr. William Miller Collier, former
Ambassador to Spain, who has just
entered formally upon his duties as
new president of George Washington
University. has completed all ar
rangements for the opening OF the
institution on September 25, and has
left for a weeks vacation at his home
at Auburn, n. Y.
DR.. Collier succeeds Rear Admiral
Charles Herbert Stockton. L. S. N,
retired. who resigned last spring.
When formal announcement recently
was made concerning details of the
Students Army Training Corps, a
unit of which soon is to be formed
at the university, DR.. Collier, who
was spending the summer at Auburn,
hurried to Washington and immed!-
ately started a search for suitable ac-
COmmOdations for members of the
unit. Arrangements virtually have
been completed for housing the en-
tire unit, and with the plans well
formulated, Dr. Collier felt that he
would be able to leave the city for
the period of a week.
Having been n lecturer on diplo-
macy at the university for a number
of years. DR.. Collier is thoroughly &C
Quainted with the university's admin
istration. and there will be no loss
motion due to the change in presi-
dency.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-14
ODD MORAL IDEA CROPS UP
IN LOCAL MAINTENANCE SUIT

The code Of morals according to
which it is right for one woman to
love another woman's husband, and
hen this sentiment is reciprocated
" the erring husband. the wife ought
o surrender all claim to his affections
md let the other woman have a clear
field was brought out in bold relief
yesterday in the local courts.
Mrs. AntOinette Chase filed suit for
maintenance in the equity courts
against Robert II. Chase, charging him
with failure to provide for his fam
lily, misconduct, desertiOn, and nam
ing a correspondent. She says he Is
an emplOye OF the Government Print
ing ONCE and earns a salary of S195
a month. Nevertheless, she declares
in her complaint, he has deserted his
wife and children for another woman,
with whom Mrs. Chase alleges her
husband IS infatuated, and has left
them to shift for themselves.
The pair were married here May 8,
1889. and four children were born to
them, two of whom are living. One,
Fred Chase. aged -, now is a SOL
der in the United States army. fight
ing for his country in France, she
says. The other, Ralph Z. Chase,
aged II, is a high-school student. Seven
years ago they adopted a 4-year-old
girl from Baltimore, and she. also,
is a member of the family now.
Mrs. Chase's sworn statements in
her complaint are corrObOrated by the
afidavits Of Mrs. Mabel E. Kamen,
her sister; Mrs. Kate L. CrOEgan, a
sister of defendant; Thomas v.
Whalen, brother-in-law of plaintiff;
Florence E. Cross, first cousin of
defendant; o. T. Davis. a sergeant
OF the Metropolitan police; Ralpt H.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-14
TO INSTRUCT PEOPLE
IN USE OF NEW COAL
War Work Needs Cause Change in
Fuel Quality.

The great demands of the war pro-
gram for coal has made it necessary
for the Fuel Administration to zone
away" from certain sections of the
country coal which was formerly used
in such sections. but which is now
needed elsewhere for vital war work
Coal from other localities has been
provided to these districts deprived
or their usual type OF coal, but as the
substitute coal is OF n different quail
ity from thar previously used, differ
ent methods of burning are necessary
IN order to or )d.lce satisfactory re-
suits.
The Fuel Administration is prepar-
ing cooplet9 information to enabia
householders 70 burn this new coal
sat 'sfactorily IN their present stoves
and furnaces. Such information will
be very shortly placed at the disposal
OF ell householeers throughout Illinois,
Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and else
where, where it has been necessary
to furnish a different quality of coal
in place of that formerly us-d. This
information will be made raiIablc
through the State fuel administrators
and local fuel committees.