Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-30
Reviews of New Books

.eThe Boy Scouts Year Book" Edited
NV Franklin Matthews, Chief Scout
;brarian. Boy Scouts of America
Illustrated New York City: -. Apple
ton 4 Co Price, s., net.
To IN, eight million boys of Roy Scout
,r, - tho United States. thus book Will
80 of undoubtcd interest To every
bn,, who is a member of this most en-
sn;,raqinr organization, IT will he OF
iIcrc Is q summary Of what the book
,..;rs. Cheering messages from great
1coJ,rs to Rov Scouts, What boy scouts
H., ~ Var Time: information about AIR
,L;, service and development, forms ot
rn1nort due the national Colors and the
natinpal air: trailing III the woods, hy Dan
paird the s'man OF mystery III the scout
r,y,,. how to make a snow sled, snow shoes
,,,I water telescope. how 10 clean and re-
- a bic,.rlc. some ringing verses about
H. Rov Scouts: learning the real lessons
nf mt-nf-doors. lot ot stuii about THINK
,rA qrin" that will interest all boys;
.tt,rie. about great AmcncanS who helped
- yin the war men oi ahllltN and
,.ara,itv: stories OF ing doIngS IN all lncS
II The worlds business. also, 4 lot oi
..finny things, which all boys like. and
Information about the great World
Rrothcrhood az Boys, new KIND ol
cl,b whose members reach round the
rid with membership open to all
bows who want to ENJOY Worid-ieiloW-
ship fL4 a.
- n ~ 81
,,ressi,e II i not detailed. In 4 word this
booL presents everything the Boy Scout
,,a,. bc interested in reading about the
nrjrr of which he IS 81 proud 10 be y
,nr,nber. and lot Of matter both IN
fnrr,inc and interesting to the many boys
,bo arc not scouts, hut hope to be.
The book Is beautifully printed, most
ox,rcssivclv illustrated. and complete IN
tbr detail of its contents. II Is most
,al,,ahlc as a contribution to Boy Scout
literature and what Is more important,
- incarnation. detailed, Illuminating
ard correct IN respect Of all matters per
t,iriper Ia the great organization OF hoy
Scouts in this country
Received of the publishers
..rhe Three Strings" BY Natalie sum
nor lincoln. Illustrated by Charles J..
Wrcnn. New York City: y. Appleton
& 60. Price, 81 80, net
..Thc Three Strings is one Of those
most attractive stories 81 murder and
MYSTERY and intricate detective work,
,,Lich Miss Lincoln has gwen 20 the read
~ nIhlic, and which have proved So
interesting lnd tins Is one oi the very
best of all thus tar
Imagine Young woman returning,
aftcr 1 summer 5 absence, TO her home N
Washington, closed for tho season until
tbc time of her arrival. iindIng none of
thc servants there as She had expected.
Int unexpcctcdly running across \ dead
man. reclining on char u the library
From this startling situation the story
takes its way.
tnd what a web of manipulation and
intrigue follows Il was long before even
The victim of the crime could hc idcntihcd,
~ tbn n,IrpOSe Of the CRIME fgthomcd
There arc times when the reader lnagineS
tbo4 first this person or tho other was the
,-..'-5orer of the mysterious dead man and
b.J . reason for It. And in the end the
one person who had been portrayed
throughout the devious mCandcnngs 0t
tLe Mot as being absolutely above suS-
nic;on proves to be the guilty party
The three strings play an important part
IN revealing the mystery.
nj course. there Is romance IN the
nlo+-two of them-and both end hap
nil, But their progress Is stoTnlly op-
rs,sed Also. there is an introduction oi
variety Of most interesting pcrSonagcS In
tbo official and diplomatic life Of Wash
,nrton. where the scenes Of tho story are
Iafd and the incidental Introduction of
matters connected with the war
Received Of the publishers
"Esmeralda. or Every Little Bit Helps"
Pv Nina Wilcox Putnam and Norman
Jacobson. Illustrated hv May Wilson
Preston. Philadelphia. Pa: J b Lip
pincott Co. Price, 81, net.
Here. IN this book and il does not
take a great while to read It's con-
tanned one of the most interesting, the
most yirilelv humorous, and IN some re-
snects the most practical stories ever
written. Really, II IS difficult 70 por- ray,
in a brief notice. what II really Is. But il
NAV be said. It Is great. In fact, II is
delicious.
In from the Far West comes Miss
EsmeraIda Strunt, al the invitation Of her
rich and highly social aunt OF the Last, 70
take. Dart In war work But EsInCTalda,
child Of the free western country, cannot
fall into line. either II costume, dress or
sentiment, with her new environments
She cannot appreciate the social diverse
rrents thev employ In war work, which
she soon sees cost far more than they
produce And 50 she starts IN on her own
plan and effects a revolution. She Sc
cures enlistrnents, even though she breaks
up domestic arrangements by inducing
dornestics 10 enlst IL the service. She
rcvolutlonizes q bridge drive by
game Of vIngt-et-un that realizes far
more than the bridge drive could think u
Good and wholesome Is Es1neraIda
And what a show she makes Of the sham
Of a great deal Of what IS called society
work" for war purposes. Not Oi all, Of
course. for soaetv Of all kinds has done It's
part.
There Is no dull reading IN 'Esmcral-
da from first TO last And tho reader Will
enter INTO the splrt of Lsfneralda from
the beginning, and give entire sympathy
70 her in her eninently practical aud
efficient efforts TO help win the war
Received Of the publishers.
"where Your Heart Is" BY Beatree
Harraden, New York City. Dood,
Mead 4 Co Price, Sl.50 net.
II Will be no reflection upon Miss Har-
raden, whose literary reputation was "
thoroughly established BY her Ships
That Pass III the Night, t. say that this,
her latest novel. Is somewhat suggestive
of MIR. Ii g. Wells MIR Brltling Secs