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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-25

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look at as when one is suffering with a
stiff neck.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-25
DO YOU BELIEVE In SIGNS,

One on a Robinson avenue soft drink
emporium reads:
Tables for Ladies. Come in and Try
One"
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02

initials stand for the name of GER
tain very eminent man Of letters. there
is no reason in the world why he
should feel any way but complmentcd.
For the book is another Of those pieces
of direct unaffected realism which VIC
have begun to expect from Miss kerr's
1acilc pen; portraying New Works
strange mixtures of business and poll
tics and sentiment in SO life-like a
TO recall just when and where it was
that we met these very people in these
very places and witnessed these very
incidents. 1t is a good story, we'll de-
vised, we'll planned and we'll told.
Very different in style is "Thc Mys
terry of the Downs" but no less in
tercstng 1t is, IS the title suggests,
an English detective tale ultimately
hinged upon the war. though at long
range. The plot is ingenious. curiosity
is piqued. suspense is maintained. and
the element Of surprise is not lacking.
1t is well worth reading, and he who
begins it will surely finish it, We
must, however. regret some blemishes
in the telling Of the story. 1t is not
necessary so often to tell us that
some one said this "imprcssively" or
that "authoritatively" when it really
does not matter whether he said it at
all or nOI. VI lHc ldCk Oi love III
terest and sentiment we shall not
complain; VIC might even be grateful
for it; but VIC cannot say that we are
pleased with the abrupt ending We
do not mean that VIC always want a
story to tell chow everything came
OUT and to dispose of all the charac-
ters. But we do think that this work
is marrcd by an ending which gives
an impression of incomplctencss, from
the dramatic aud artistic AS we'll as
from the purely narrative point Of
view.
Mr.. pcrtwcc's delightful volume is
series Of independent though related
comedies, telling of the experiences Of
shrewd, witty and resourcefu( curio
collector in negotiating with ingenious
but unscrupulous dealers. The hero
is figure of irresistible charm, and
his adventures. however extraordinary.
arc never impossible, and arc simply
cXuberant with action, humor, resource
and surprise. 1t is a book which will
entertain an odd quarter of an hour,
or will absorb whole evening with
unmarried joy.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
The Ind of Ed
The Romance Of d Waif Who
Became an Empress

MISTRESS or MEN. By Flora Annie Steel l2tno
pp. 3Gs. Frederick A. Stokes Company
The announcement Of another Indian
romance Of Mrs. Steel is calculated to
whet the appetite Of even the most
surieltcd gOrmandizer Of current iic-
tion, for at least three major reasons
One is the relief which it promises
from the monotonous succession Of war
novels, sex novels and detective novels
which We have had for weary while;
weary, no matter how good they arc
through the sheer monotony. The sec
ond is, the irresistible fascination of
India; not merely in the MASTERPIECES
OF kipling or Scott, but in the
works of almost any capable and sin
cerc writer. The third, most to the
present point, is the assurance Of mas
terry and charm which is given by the
authorship Of Mrs. Steel, who is one Of
the three or four contemporary writers
who most thoroughly know their India
and are most perfectly able to make
their readers know it by reproducing
IN their pages the very color and at
mosphere and sound and motion of
Indian life, and so to coordinate it all
with our own life as to make it seem
perfectly natural and familiar to US
while it yet retains an elusive and in
deilnable exotic charm. A gifted critic
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02

has suggested to us that such writings
make US feel that we are regaining a
glimpse Of some former incarnation of
our own
In the present volume Mrs. Steel
essays mingling Of actual history and
imaginative romance. 1t is in outline
tale of actual people and actual oc-
currcnces Of some two centuries ago,
CLEANED from record and tradition, and
embroidered and enriched with the
products Of the writer's ingenious and
resourceful fancy. There may not be
IN 1t quite so compelling an appeal to
sympathy as was Conveyed in the books
which dealt with the people and the
doings of our own time. but on the
other hand there may be stronger ap-
peal to the imagination and to The sem
tlment Of pure romance. The story Of
Gordon at Khartoum thrills and en-
klndlcs the heart as that of Lancelot
of the Lake can never do, yet the latter
is the theme of immeasurably more
idyls and romances and what not than
the former.
In the story of waysidc waif who
through-in part-the magic Of an al
most more than earthly beauty rose to
be the empress Of the land Mrs. Steel
has congenial and fruitful theme.
Entwined with it are the strange fort
unes of a famous ruby cup, religious
mysticism, court intrigues and all the
stage properties and business of a pas
sionate drama in the most passionate
and dramatic of carth's lands, with
haunting interludes Of Haiiz and Omar
and l'irdusi at every space. From the
first "sobbing cry of new born child"
to the last parting sigh of a dying
empress. it is a work of power, OF
beauty. and of the truth which is SO
well TO be expressed in the best form
of fiction
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
American Diplomacy
Brief Studies of Some Of Its
Chief Features

rElNcu1rs or AMERICAN DIPLOMACY. Kv
"a. NarINr \ Bros.
History has not recorded the name or
the reply Of the dinner guest who WAS
commanded by his fair neighbor, be
tween two courses, to tell her the his
tory Of tho world in five minutes. We
venture the confident assumption, how
ever, that If his name had been John
Bassctt Moore the reply would have
been so successful a compliance with
the request as to leave the lady mute
with admiration at least. until the
sweets were served. This belief is
based upon the assured ground of DR..
Moorc's achievement in the present
volume. IN which. within compass
comparable with that of an average
rovcl, he has collected. compressed and
conveyed critical and comprehensive
su-vey Of American foreign relations
such as might WELL without undue dilu-
ton. have filled three times the space.
As the title indicates, the work is no.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02

"Gan Maclaren" whose "Beside IL the
Bonnie Briar Bush" and other Scot
tish tales had great vogue a score of
years ago.
Small. Maynard & Co. announce for
publication, early in February, "Bud
dy's Blighty" and other verses from
the trenches, by Lieutenant Jack Tur-
ncr NJ. G., "Canadian soldier who
went"
Harper & Bros. cill publish within
the next few days "ln Our First Year
OF War; by President Woodrow Vii
son. and "Travcllin" Under Orders, .
by Major William Il Dunn, \. A.
Sergeant Harold Baldwin. author of
Holding the Line" A. G.. McClurg g.
CO., was born in England, but emi-
grated to Canada some six years before
the outbreak Of the Great War. From
his lonely ranch on the Northwestern
prairie he heard the call to arms and
promptly enlisted in the Canadian
army. His regiment first saw service
carly in 1915 on the Ypres front and
lost heavily in the terrific battles along
the User when the German drive to
Calais came so near to success. Sc
for a day and half lay helpless and
crazcd with pain in a she'll crater in
No Mans Land. When rescued it was
found necessary to amputatc his leg.
which incapacitatcd him for further
service. This has not prevented him.
however, from still doing his bit" for
he has since developed into Il most
effective platform speaker on war
topics.
Edna Ferbcr, author of "Fanny Her
self" (Stokes). and Of the famous
Emma McChesney' stories. is leaving
shortly for France. At a dinner given
on Tuesday evening by tho National
Woman Booksellers Association, she
told some Of the trials and trlbulatons
that beset the traveller in these war
times. 81 have smalljox on my left
arm and typhoid and paratyphoid on
my right" Miss Ferber explained for
I have just come from Washington
where the officials refuse TO let any one
leave for France without first giving
them smallpox and paratyphoid. More
over, hear that in France every ono
sleeps in flannel pajamas- perfectly
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Diplomacy, Heroism, Fiction,
Book News and MISCELLANY

SO much history Of American dplo-
macy as II study of it's salient features.
That involves much history. but it
the author has adopted Of topical
rather than chronological divisions
chronological order being observed
however, under the topical headings
Narration is necessarily brief and
mere description generally lacking But
we arc told what was done, and have at
least an illuminating suggestion of why
IT was done and of what the results
were. There is little discussion Of
legal and diplomatic problems. but
there are sane expressions Of Judgment
lf the book does not contain all that
we should have liked to sec in it, at
least it contains nothing which we
should have preferred to have omitted
OF DR.. Moore's preGmncnt fitness to
prepare such work it would be super
t1uous to speak. His name is a guar
antce Of accurate scholarship, and that
not of a merely academic kind. but Of
the most practical sort, profitable for
the guidance Of the responsible states
maa and for the information Of the
man in the street. When we add that
tho work, revised and amplitied from
the same authors "American Diplo-
macy or dozen years ago. is cOhc-
rcntly brought down so closely to date
as to include our acceptance of Ger
many's gage of conflict and the first few
months Of our participation in the
great war, its immense value is to be
perceived. 1t is not intended to take
the place Of detailed history Of the
foreign relations of this country, or
OF the same authors monumental obi
gest of International Law" But as
what we might term ctizcu's hand
book it fills place Of its own in the
most timely and profitable manner
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02

pink and have traipsed all over New
York without being able to secure them
in any shade whatsoever. To cap the
climax | have just been told very
disconcerting story regarding my latest
book. A friend OF mine went into a
bookstore it was not i'll New York in
search Of some good fiction. TRY this,
said the salesgirl. offering her a copy
of Fannie Herself it's fiction, and
it's new. And besides noticing my
friend hesitate there's very pa
thetic circumstance connected with this
book. The author died shortly after it
was written"
Mary Austin. author Of "Thc Arrow
Maker" 1.-THE Man jesus "Lovc and
the Soul Maker etc, has signed q
contract with the Woman's Press. the
new secular press of the national
board of the Young Women's Chris
tan Association, for the publication
of book on the Young woman citizen.
which viii come out in a few weeks .
Mrs. Austin addresses this book to
the new citizen. 1t viii take Up not
the technique of voting, but the essen
citizen, especially the woman. The
book viii be brief. with an ample
photography. esa aecally designed for
classes and grou2 2s, as we'll as for in
dividuals, the aim Of the book being to
show how to make .he woman's point
Of view of service to society without
waste
Philip Goodman viii bring out this
month his first books of the new
year They will be "Forty-nine Littl
Essays by II. l.. Mencken; "How :
Your Second Act" by Arthur Hopkins
and "A Book Without Title" by
George Jean Nathan M. Goodman
also announces new book by Benia.
MIN De Casscres aud one by Euren,
Lombard for publication early in the
spring 80 be followed later by nc~
book by Don Marquis For new pub
Usher. Mr.. Goodman's 1915 list start.
out promislnglY
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Three Fiction Books
Differing Widely, But All Inter
csting Reading

TUE GOLDEN RIOCK. Bv SophI. kcrr Front-
'Sp'eco by Fanny slu'Hcll. l9mo pp. 39S.
THE MYSTERY or IRE DOWNS. Hy John Il.
Watson aud Arthur j. Eccs. l2no. pr SOC
The John Lane Company.
THE TRANSACTIONS or LORD Louis LEWIS.
By Roland l'rrtwce. illustrated. Emo. ID H.
5a2. podd, Mead * Co.
Fiction is decreasing in quantity
this year, but is, we venture to hope.
improving in quality. Perhaps it
would be more accurate to say tina,
the decrease is characterized by the
survival of the fttcst. There may be
no more good books than there we're
last year, but there is less rubbish
for which the gods make us grateful!
And if not every book that comes to
hand is masterpiece. at least many
come to hand which are capital read
ing.
Here. for example, is Miss Kcrr's
Golden Block" We arc not quite
sure of the identity Of the "W. d. H."
to whom it is inscribed, but if the
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Book News
Authors and Publishers and
Their Works

G. p. Putnam's Sons have in press
First Call-Guide Posts to Berlin" by
Arthur Guy Empey. author Of "Over
the Top" Later in the season they
will publish "Thc Hunter" a novel by
Watson Dyke; and "Schoenbrunn," by
}. A. Cramb (J. A. Rcvcrmort), story
which sets Napoleon at Schoenbrunn
in 1909 in antithcsis with Nicnncsc
society.
"Thc Jewish Forum" is new
monthly magazine which has just made
its appearance, with the purpose Of dis
scminating Jewish ideals, intoxicating
the principles of traditional Judaism
and cultivating taste for Jewish
literature. 1t is edited by DR.. Solomon
r. n. Hurtwitz, assisted by I. l.. Bril-
The George II. Doran Company will
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02

publish this month "The Book of Ar
temas," a satire; "The All Highest
Goes to Jerusalem," which purports to
be Il diary of the Kaiser's journey to
the Holy Land; "The German Terror
in France" by Arnold J. Toynbee, a
companion volume to "The German
Terror in Belgium"; "Mexico; From
Diaz to the Kaiser" by Mrs. Alec
Tweedie; "Trench Pictures from
France" by Major William Redmond
NJ P; "If Man Die" book of solacc
for the stricken, by j. D. Jones; and
"The Worlds Debate" an historical de-
fence Of the Allies, by Monsgnor
William Barry. Volumes of fiction TO
Long Trick" by "Bartimeus," yarn
of life in the navy to day by British
naval man; "W. +. Ford: A Biograp ply"
en account of hypothetical character
Who reyolutionized education, by J. ID.
3eresford and Kenneth Richmond;
The Gossip Shop" by J. f. Buckrosc;
The Passport Invisible" by Perley
Poore Sheehan; and "Howard Chase"
by Charles M. Sheldon.
Professor Harold Whitehead, Of the
College Of Business Administration,
Boston University, has written a novel
OF business life. Dawson Black"
which is scheduled for spring publi-
cation by the Page Company.
"War Administration of the Rail-
ways in the United States and Great
Britain" is the title Of monograph
just published for the Carnegie En-
dowment for international Peace. 1t is
written by Professor Frank Haigh
Dixon, of Dartmouth College, and
chief statisticlan of the Bureau of
Railway Economics, and DR.. julius II.
Parmelee. statisticlan Of the Bureau
of Railway Economics.
f. p. Dutton g. Co. will presently
publish "Chldren of Passage" by
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Fortissiinnii'
AS in Caesar Time. So Are the
Belgians Of To-day

BRAVE BE1G1ANS BY Baron G. Bunln. Trans
IrJ from m The ,s. rsnGh n by Avs ballard With
xii 5I' G. p. Putnam's Sons.
The Belgians in Caesars time were
The bravest of all the Gallic peoples.
because of their having almost inccs-
sanity to defend themselves against the
savage Kultur Of the Germans across
the Rhine. Now history swings full
cycled, and the Belgians are again the
bravest OF the brave. in their uncon-
querable resistance to the now still
more savage Kultur Of the Germans
across the Rhine. When the detinitivc
history of this war is written, there
will be much praise and honor to APP
portion among all the Allies; but to
none will higher tributes be paid than
to the little nero nation that suffered
martyrdon rather than break the faith.
We remember, with throbbing hearts
and thrilling nerves, Licge; whose sac
rltice made possible the mercy of the
Marine. We remember the User, brack-
cited for all time with Thermopylm
and Nerdun. But these we're but two.
out of two hundred. The map of
Flanders is dotted thickly, overlapping
and overlald with spots where heroism.
martyred or triumphant. has been re-
splcndent 1t was a noble thought of
Baron Bufin, now, while blood is still
not and red, to gather together these
true recltals Of heroic deeds. of many
kinds. in many places, and performed
by many sorts and conditions Of men.
1t Is record of physical endurance
and achievement conjoined with spirit
ual eXalation such as might we'll be a
cause of everlasting pride to any peo-
pie. The recitals arc the narratives
of the very men who did the deeds, or
who saw them done; told in simple,
direct, convincing soldier fashion. 1t
is impossible to read them without OBJ
tanning a loftier vision of manhood.
and higher estimate Of humanity.
And we should pity him who could
read the volume without being assured
that, whatever else may or may not
come out Of this war; Belgium must be
and shall be restored.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02

most poignant little the presses Of two lands ha
put 1oh The War, must often in cnumer-
at the themes of inevitable interest recounng the books which
must be read will not do that weary books and
to lay them aside than men the trenches
TO say that they fighting down. We
arc in this for eight to nsh long lasts it will
scarcely be possible for to it's causes and
about tho which being waged perhaps above
all about the spirit of the
Nor will do to that nothing
eso ''emes Here fine volume from the New Library formerly the
Library, Causes the World
war; by oese Feara Now this author is Professor Public
the University of Havana certainly profitable
novelty in getting his point finding
arcg 'uou and convincing analyses of the upendus phno
enon which connts the world the
onstraons which have upc urpitude
ambition of the sinister that
No authors is appended the compendou "rh
COMPANY That the writer s indeed the
title
have into the Ways of German dv the
gratitude in the fact that there true and
D and brave a enough s thus to rank truth ao0ys even psGs not
@ na@y an % This work ~ to ~ Accuse and the two are
ond Beast "S remnant 'e'"'" soul !" " revolt "'" the 0''S OF the
by rhayer
by
who ac the saner Wow of chstyan;r m nro, cnnath t n1t
leading
be Andre chcradme'
cogent logic app
cation tho dccne of the the United States which
the nc0mpaibity of panGermany with
War; Putnams
throughout
Macmillan
inspiring vision of the effects of American
relations this which
cs
Rothwe published by the Thomas Cowcl
Of the methods which
o o
Of which the Of devastation be extended
n the world
Pollard published NJ Mcbride
battles fought More the Smus
told +.
shed
thing Indenburg
Fleming Rl
a
Flanders whc e. Crawshay Wiiamss
Officers Note Book" which
be the
Flanders,
which q a
genui
OF
making
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
MIR. Root 8 Addresses

NORTH ATLANTIC COAST FISHERIES ARBr-
,n.4,.I uK.AII1N AT AT 1,IiE I,, HAGUE, ARGmMhNr on
ELIHU, ROOT Edited by Robert Bacon and
University Press.
MISCELLANEOUS ADDRESSES BY ELM,
ROOT Edited by Role-t Bacon and james
l'rowr Scott. Svo pp. h. 3l3 Harvard Uni
versiy Press.
These two volumes arc additions to
"The Works Of Elihu Root" which
Mr.. Bacon and Mr.. Scott have been col
lecting and editing. The first Of them
presents in permanent form the nota-
bic argument which Mr.. Root made at
the Hague North Atlantic Coast Fish
cries Arbitration in 1910. Mr.. Root
made the final argument in the case
and covered the whole ground for the
United States. He had previously. as
Secretary of State, prepared the Amcri-
can case and submitted it to arbitra-
ton The argument is one Of the
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
A Short History
of Rome
BY GugIieImo Ferrero
and CorradoR rbagallo
TO hc in Two Volumes.
s.. Vol. | now ready. 81 90

This work, by the famous author
of "Ihc Greatness and Decline of
Rome" ably assisted by Corrado
Barbagallo carries the student
through the entire history. from tho
founding of the city to tho fall of
the Empire of the West. Vol. 7
embraces the Monarchy and the
Republic, to the death of Julius
Caesar, 75f B. CT B. G.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
BOOKS AUTHORS: PUBLISHERS NEWS REVIEWS: C(NMFN

finest examples of Mr. Roots power to
state case and Of his mastery OF in
tcrnational law principles.
The second volume contains forty
four occasional addresses, tributes to
judges and other public men, historical
orations and aftcr-dinncr speeches.
They make varied appeal and arc dis
tingushcd by Il high level Of felicity
and authority. Their preservation in
permanent form is cmincntly worth
while.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
"A Text Book of
Precious Stones
For jewelers. and Students
Of Gems
Frank &. Wa de
Author Of "Diamonds'


he fundamental principles and
methods in use for identifying pre-
cious stones. Every portion of The
subject that gem merchant needs
to know has been considered, and
for tho public much material which
Will enable it to become more intel
llgcut and interested.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
The Field Book
of Insects
Fran <. Lutz
Associate Curator, Dept. of
invertebrate logy,
American Museum Of
Natural History

10 About 500 Illustrations. $50.
Uniform with the Mathews Field
Books of Birds, Trees and Flowers.
The author makes this fascinating
study of insects easy for the amateur,
who is also greatly helped in his
identitications by the great quantity
Of illustrations.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Putnam's 1se' 1ss
New Publications
Eastern Red
Helen Huntington
Author of 1.-THE Sovereign
Good" etc.

- $3.50.
This story Of two married women
whose. lives arc strongly contrasted
but whose personal problem is much
the same tells of the way of escape
which each sought from conditions
that had become intolerable. Drawn
with exceptional veracitv and svm-
pathv.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02

BRAVE BEIGIANS. by Baron c. Buf'n. Trans.
lated from the French by Alys Hallard. With a
preface by Baron Do Biolucvllc. l2mo pp
XII 31,. G.. Z. Putnams Sons.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
The Virgin Islands
of the United
States of America
luth er X. Zabriskie
Formerly Vice-consuI Of the
u. s. A. at st. Thomas

u Over 100 Illustrations. $500.
Practically every interest affecting
our new Caribbean possessions, which
should thoroughly satisfy the geog-
raphcr, the tourist, the commercial
expert, and the historian. The re-
sources of the Islands arc fully de
picted, their future possibilities out
lined
New-York tribune., 1918-02-02
Some New War Books
he Latest and Best Works the Causes Scenes Spirit
and Issues Of the Conflict
By Willis Fletcher Iohnaon
By Willis Fletcher Iohnson

eS VII" war; Madalhe said Paul Geady ono of the
most poignant little volumes that of two lands be
put torl The War, and often nnu,o