The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-17

tic of the British forces who have dope such wonderful work in the war, a writer who conceals his identity under the striking pen name of Centurion has given one more war book to the world but like so many of the other war books in this most loquacious of all wars Centurion's Gentlemen at Arms" is different. In his preface the author says:
 These stories with the exception of two chapters entitled "The Husband mem are all based on the experience of the writer when serving in France and elsewhere, or on those of fellow officers with whom he has been brought into contact. The writer makes no claims and possesses none-to be considered a writer of fiction. Several of these stories deal with the battle of Mons, the Marne, the Aisne, Ypres and the Somme; in each of thse cases an attempt has been made to describe things as they actually oc- cured, though the art of 'camouflage has been practiced to the extent of dis guising the names of the characters and units concerned"
 The book is dedicated to:
 The Duke of Cornwalrs Light Infantry
 The Dorsets
 The Somerset Light Infantry
 The Wiltshires
 The Devons
 As to "Centurion's' identity no more is revealed at the present time than that he is a captain in the British army who has seen extensive service in France.
 LOVERS OF LOUISIANA By George w. Cable. Charles Scribner's s Sons, publishers New York.
 George w. Cable has written most interesting and fascinating story, Lovers of Louisiana" his latest book, and of course as the title suggests lovers of all kinds and descriptions are included in the story, and yet there is an interest aside from the love tales.
 There are, of course, the pair who are lovers in the old way of man and maid, and they both belong to New Orleans But they, and others as well. are lovers also of Louisiana, their native state they feel for her the deepest affection they desire her best and highest good. But the two families to which the ma jority of the characters belong are fam flies of different viewpoints and different traditions. The Castletons are pure American;" the Durels pure Creole; the Castletons are Protestants. the Durels Catholics. And Philip Castleton, the hero of the love story, has political views and, what Is of even more importance, views on the trace question, which are not, to put it very mildly, looked upon with any great favor by most of his fel- low citizens. Rosalie Durel, on the con- trary, was a submissive as well as a beautiful young woman, and her opinions were in the main those of her father who held by all the old ideas. and tradi- tions and considered it almost unforgiv- able that a Louisianian should criticise Louisiana. So, from the very beginning, there was a, barrier between Rosalie and the man whom She loved practically from the first-as he on his part. loved her.
 Rosale is charming heroine of the old-fashioned type. but the quivotic Philip is a good bit of prig and far less interesting than either of the two fathers-his own and Roealie's-both of whom win the readers liking. The ques- tions with which this book reads have, like so many other questions, been tenn porarily superseded by the all-engross- ing one of the war. Nevertheless, they are questions which are and probably will remain with us for sometime to