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New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Book Hunters With a Hobby

Five years ago list of about twelve
hundred private book collectors was
issued by "The Publishers Weekly"
giving info rmation as to the hobbies
Of each Three years ago an extended
list was prepared, containing about
eighteen hundred names, arranged not
only in geographical order, as was the
first, but also by names in alpha betical
order, and it had an index to subjects
showing who collected on each of the
many hobbies. The Publishers
Weekly is now planning a third edi-
ton, revised and further extended, to
be issued early next fall Any book
collector with "hobby" who is not
already in the list can have himself
and his hobbies registered by writ
ing to the office of "The Publishers
Weekly" New York. One valuable
use of the classified list is that each
collector can at a glance see who the
other collectors are on his pet hobby
and it thus offers him an opportunity
to get in touch with kindred souls in
book collecting.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Disguised With Kultur

TWO WAR YEARS IN CoNsTANTrNOPLE By
man by E. Allen aud the author. syo. pp -92
George II. Doran Company
"The mixture of cowardice, lack of
conscience and lack of foresight of
which our government has been guilty
in Armenian affairs is quite enough to
undermine completely the political 10y
atty of any thinking man who has any
regard for humanity and civilization. -
The government referred to is the Ger
man, and the speaker. the author of
this book, is a German, who was in
19l5-'l6 the Constantinople CORES pond
ent of ''The Cologne Gazette" 1t
would, indeed, be difficult to find any
where, proceeding from any source. a
more scathing condemnation of the
German-Turkish alliance, and there
fore Of Germany itself, than this vol
ume contains. The writer was dis
gusted and revolted at what he saw
and knew, and through sense Of
moral duty published it TO the world.
1t was a brave and manly act. done,
doubtless, at serious risk to himself,
and one which gives US welcome and
grateful assurance that there are,
after al some righteous men in the
SOdOm of kultur
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
\ Sleuth of Old Vienna

THE MAN WITH THE BLACK CORD. BY
augusta Groner. Translated by Grace Isabel
Oo'eroa Limo. Dp- 2Sz purieid q Co
Apparently every country or great
capital must have it's famous detective
OF fiction. Paris has had not onlv
one, but several Of the first rank; or
OF the second, if we accord inimitablc
supremacy to Javert. London. too. has
had several, beside Holmes, and of
course New York has had something
fewer than a legion. At the present
moment we are engaged with one Of
Vienna, and we find him not unworthy
of the company. Mrs. Groner has the
happy faculty Of writing keen detec-
tive story without blazoning on every
page, See what mystery this ISL
The result is that we get double
pleasure from the work, one from the
story just as a story apart from the
mystery, and one from the subtle
working out OF the plot. The trans
lator has done her work so we'll as
to disguise completely the fact that it
is a translation, and to make it read
as though it were originally written in
the smooth, flowing English OF the
present version
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09

Kitchener's niece, in the raising of
funds for the reeducation Of soldiers
blinded in battle. E. P Dutton g. Co.
his American publishers, have brought
out second edition of his book
Through Life and Around the World )"
Boni & Liveright announce THE
Unbroken Tradition" a personal mar
rative of her experience in the recent
Irish rebellion, by Nora Connolly,
daughter of James Connolly, the leader
of the rebellion, who was executed for
his part in it; The Hand of the Pot
ter" new four-act play by Theodore
Dresser, which is to be produced in
New York in March; Men in War" a
new treatment, in six episodes, of the
various problems and phases of the
great war, written by Andreas Latzko.
an Austrian army officer, and now in its
thirtyhrst edition in Switzerland.
Marie Grubbe," historical romance
of the seventeenth century. by the
famous Danish stylist, Jens Peter
Jacobsen (by arrangement with the
Scandinavian American Foundationl;
a popular price edition of Bernard
Shaw: His Life and Works." by Pro-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Facing the Sunshine
A Tale of Youth and Its Trium-
phant Optimism

CAROLYN or THE CORNERS. BY Ruth Bel
moge Endicctt- With Illustrations by EtwsTd
Tsgsel LIMO. pp. SIS. DoGl Mead Il Go.
The most obvious things are often
the hardest to do. The life OF a child,
sor example, is one OF the most ia
r;Iiar things in the world Yet the
average fiction writer bungles terribly
vhen he or she tries to portray it.;
though if he succeeds he gives us one
of the finest things in literature. Some
times he is pathetic TO the point OF
agony; sometimes he IS SO sentimental
ss to be mawklsh; sometimes he make .
the child act and talk like grown-up,
lust as Bozzy said that Ursa Major
would make little fishes talk Ike bio
whales Sometimes, however, he
nowadays more generally she-makcs
the child real child, and then the
readers rejoice.
In Carolyn May Cameron we have a
child so thoroughly genuine that we
can see her and hear her and feel the
elinging touch Of her little hands. We
can see the composition" which she
wrote or her slate, in all too literal
pursuance OF the suggestion to write
what was in her.:
In me there is my heart, my liver,
my lungs, my verform pendicks, my
stummick, TWO ginger cookies, .
piece Of pepmint candy, and my din
ner
It is not, Of course, all childishness,
The adult auxiliary characters and
their doincs are worthy Of record and
are worthily recorded But it is the
child who i-4spires the whole work with
the irrepressible optimism of youth.
looking always to the sunshine and con-
strsining a like vision in all who come
beneath her charming spell.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Why We Are Fighting

THE MEANING or WAR AND THE BASIS FOR
PERMANENT PEAtE By James "a Inhnson.
24mo. PIP As. The New York Federation OF
Churches.
An estimate Of the war, its meaning
and its purposes, not by theologian,
but Christian layman; not by q
diplomat or statesman, but b. a prac-
teal business man-that IS a work
which should appeal strongly to the
average American citizen. 1t viii be
found worthy of the answer to the ap-
peal. Mr.. Johnson's little book is IN
stinct with pure reason, the reason
which convinces the practical, nom
technical mind, and with an ethical
spirit so lofty as to be almost ire
sistibly inspiring. Such words as his
should be welcome to every American
citizen who believes with the Fathers
that righteousness exalteth nation,
but sin is a rcproach to any people;
and they should be helpful in high
degree to every one who is in search
Of spiritual light amid the gloom and
the doubt which now SO largely en-
shroud the world
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Deviltries of the lluns-
Book News and Miscellanv>

ces our taste for sea yarns, for daring
deeds, for thrilling adventures and for
the marvellous achievements of ship
builders and engineers; and it does
so without extravaganza and without
camouiage.
But for another and far more i'm
portant reason the book is very greatly
10 be priced, and that is. as thor
oughly up-to-datc exposition of naval
vessels and their equipments, their
auxiliaries under the water and in the
air, and all the varied operations which
make them efficient parts of a mighty
machine for the protection of the ma
tlon. The text is almost sufficiently
accurate and detailed to serve as an
instruction book in school, and at the
name time as entertaining as story
book, while the multitude OF illustra-
tions in color and in photographic en-
cravings present viyidly to the eve
hundreds Of interesting details which
TO verbal description could adequately
set forth. Its information about the
very latest submarines, aeroplanes. and
what not, is almost as up to date as
thc news in the morning paper. In
fact, IT is doubly marvel book''-a
book about marvels, and itself a marvel
of hook
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
The Nature of Kultur
The Estimates of Goethe and
Heine Justified

GERMAN ATROCITIES By Newell Dwight
Hills. Illustrated. limo. PIP. l76. The Flem-
ing IL Reveal Company.
This little volume, equally restrained
and intense-a rare and precious COM
bination-embodies the results of DR..
Hillis's inquiries and studies in Bel
GUM and France in the summer of last
year. 1t is by no means a mere cata-
logue or chronicle Of horrors, though it
does relate enough of them to damn
eternally their perpetrators. But it
goes much further, with an investiga-
ton and analysis of the nature and mo-
tives of the atrocities, thus portraying
the character of the Blond Beast as
we'll as its deeds. 1t is, moreover, in
vested throughout with the compelling
power Of the most obvious sincerity,
and with the charm of terse, polished
and distinguished literary style Hack
neyed as the theme is, therefore, the
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
The Bounds Of Zion

TIE TRUE BorNDARIEs OF TIE HOLY LAND
+ Samuel Hllei Isaacs. With portrait aut
mans Svn, pp lo2 Jeanette lsaaes Davis
Chicago.
With the Moslem expelled from
Jerusalem and with Jew sh Legior
marching under the banner of Davic
for complete reconquest of the Holy
Land, the true boundaries of Pales-
tine become matter Of timely in
terest. In the volume before US a great
Jewish scholar considers the bounds
as set forth in the Book of Numbers
from the historical geographical
pathological and other points of view
and with painstaking review of the
writings and surveys of other author
ties The result is most informing
opposition Of Biblical geography. and
convincing indication of what the
boundaries OF the restored Zion should
be. Whether for the academic scholar
or for the up-to-date man of affairs
dealing with the outcome of the great
war. it is volume highly to be recon-
mended.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Good Stories

TIE LUCKY SEVEN Ry John T,i,tor Foot.
i-'Ao' pa sos d. Appleton 4 Co
NJ Foote here gives Us eaven Genital
short stories, instinct with the spirj-
which Charmed US in "DumbbeI, of
brookaeid.7 They are not all Of the
racetrack, but cover considerable
range Of life and of characters. But
they all have humor, sympathy. action
and fresh, breezy air. Some Of them
note particularly the "Red Fox Furs''-
nave dramatic intensity that is thor
ourhly heart gripping They all give us
grateful assurance that short story
writing is IN no danger of becoming a
l0staft
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
OkS:- AUTHORS: PUBLSt4ERS-NEWS: REVIEWS COMMEN]

adventures without offence? 1t would
De most convenient, and, indeed, it
should be possible Isoel Dark was
surely one, yet she had not the hateful
characteristics which we customarily
associate with the term. Making her
own way through the exercise of her
wits, she was always an engaging fig
ure, and often commanded admiration
and earnest sympathy The drama
through which she moves, and at the
elimination Of which she finds what is
truly the best in life, is we'll con-
structed, varied, sympathetic and CAL
culated to hold the interest of the
reader to the end. It's faults are an
emotionalism which becomes melodra-
matte, and a meticulous dwelling upon
quite negligible details.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
How Seeger Died
Spiritual and Artistic Impressions
of Campaigns

Grandeur Translated Nv Elizabeth S. Ser
geant l2mo, pp. 273 Tho Houghoa Mlrir
Company.
On the Western front and also at
Gallipoli this gallant officer saw the
horror and the tragedy of war, but also
and above all else he saw behind them
into the eternal soul of things, and he
saw, too, the everywhere investing
beauty of nature and the spirituality
which, after all dominates even the
most grossly material. Thus:
"How did seeger die 80
1t is summer. Everything that pre-
vents one from breathing IN summer
his cap. his gas mask-he throws
off He holds his cigar behind him,
because of the smoke; the company
thief steals it away from him-thank
heaven, for so his hands will not
burn UP after his death. Then he
stretches himself, but without lifting
his arms, crosswise. He has just one
minute to live. There is your watch
before you. with its second hand; one
minute and he Will be dead In his
pocket is the bottle Of heliotrope per-
fumo that he Is to break as he falls.
Now you have not even time before
he dies to write that short sentence
which he took for his motto, the one
that he wrote at the head Of every
poem-about the popIars. If it is
shell, the cannon is being loaded If
it is q bullet, the German soldier is
tapping his charge and slipping it in
Seeger raises his head. The sky is
very blue. poplar, yes, a poplar
is outlined on the horizon. Seeger
climbs the firing step-~a bird,
yes, a
1t is great gift to see the war Will
such a vision. and It is rreat. nriv
ilege to do so through the proxy of tn
gifted author.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
All About the Navy

-r'r MARVEL. BOOK OF AMERICAN SHIPS.
Iy Captain 0rton p Jackson and Major Fraai;
Z. fsaIis Illustrated. 4to. PIP. 39l. Tho Fred
eisk \ Stokes Company.
There is trace of the Viking in US
all. Even though VIC emulate the youth
of Sir Joseph Porter, X. c. B., and
never so to sea, the deeds and adj
ventures of sailors, especially in the
navy, have for US n supreme and peren-
nial fascination. For this reason alone
tho book before US might heartily be
welcomed, with its copious and opulent
supeal TO our love of the sea and our
!ntrrcst in those who rove it. 1t graft
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Behind the Scenes

ALIENS. By William McFee limo. pp 4I6.
Doubleday. Page x Co.
To make the principal character in
the book one who never actually ap-
pears is an interesting essay in advent
urous romance, which Mr. McFee sue
cessfully achieves He achieves ii,
moreover, by making his story really
the story Of 4 story. In quiet New
Jersey village q returned steamship en-
gineer relates 20 his hosts the tale Of
MS adventures, ard also the tale Of a
reprobate, yet formidable aud success
fui, brother. A story Of adventure
or as study in the psychology Of ad-
venture. it is a capital piece Of work
finished from first page to last WITH
consummate skill.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
Lies Reviewers Reviewed
Facts About Current Fiction
By Willis Fletcher johnson

torted fashion, ard in such plight re-
turns TO mis- home and wife and the
oehers who knew him and whom he
Knew oeiore-that is the theme of this
strangely fascinating little work. The
.ale IS told with the artiessness that is
we nlghest art and with & poignancy
" 4eelpg That penetrates the readers
inmost being. That deranged memorv
should neglect the wife and lean back
TO another woman, known and loved
long before, is circumstance entirely
plausible, and one which affords oppor-
tunlty for psychological complications
ana problems surprising ordinary ro-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09

NINETY-sIy HOURS LEAVE. By sterhen Nc
Company
To the superb portrayal of youth
which he gave rs in another work q
few months ago Mr. Mckenna here
adds q simply irresistible Extravaganza
Of what we might call, with acknowl-
edgments to Scott, ninety-six crowded
hours of glorious life. 1t is war
story in a sense, since it duplicates &
trio of officers at home on a brief leave
Of absence, and also the British War
Office and the Secret Service, but it
deals with episodes which may be ac-
cepted as q grateful relief from actual
war itself From first to last it is a
veritable tour de force Of brilliancy, of
dramatic situations, Of bewildering
complications. and Of all-Dervasive and
irrepressible fun. Il IS a whirlwind Of
strenuosjty from which, once 1t has
gripped you, there is no escape until
you have made all the dizzy rounds,
and then, breathiess with the sheer de-
lirium of fun, you cry with one of the
dramatis persona, Back to the
trenches and the quiet life therein ."
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
light but Readable

NJ ... ~ Ieana palHmple illustrated ~
A'-y 3 E-tton Camrany -"
THIS is a Light bat thoroughly read
aD-7 a5oHy Kenny, the artist, tempera-
mental, Celt fun CT fine whimsical
fancles and quite irresponsible. is
charmingiy drawn. Brian. his son. is g
clever ioll for him, and in the love of
iataer and son for the same gir] we
rave triangle without any of the
usual morbidlty or ugly matrimonial
Euiarlties. Brian has all the stable
Qualities which his father lacks. The
.wo men love one another devotedly.
Lat theirs is case Of complete incom-
FatDiity; As Garry, the friend of
'rth OF them, puts It, They give each
other more admiration and affection
~aea they re apart and more trouble
when they're together than any two
men / have ever known Personally. +
TANK they re miserable apart anG
hopeless together" Brian, unable to
endure the Irregular life in his
fathers studio, runs away. and Kenny,
pf:llcnt, sets out on q pilgrimage TO
find him. Tho chase leads into the
green fields and woods, and the setting
II de.ts shtiuliy drawn Kenny first finds
joan ard loves her, and when Brian
aealn comes into the action and Joan
loYes him, with the courage OF a true
lr.Shman, pain in his heart, but a
gong on his lips, Kenny gives her up
:" MS son and goes forth into the
lonely night From the end of the
lane emo Kenny's final gift Of reas-
earanee. His rolicking voice swept
into the quiet, soft with brogue, and
as csrefree IN song as it had been
earlivr IN laughter Brian's
hearr went out to the irresponsible
pcujtent. Dear Lunatic,' he
sald. Fainter in the night wind camo
the cnd Of kenny's song:
.by hope still fondly led,
Eileen Aroon.'"
Ane there the author leaves them.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
In Stuart Monmouth Days

Ny TWO KINGS By Mrs. Evan Nepean. with
frontispiece l2no, ID. 4T3. E. p Duton &c Co
In the midst of the welter of atroci-
ties into which the world has been
plunged by William the Damned and
his Huns it is refreshing to get a
glimpse now and then OF earlier and
better days. 1t is true that we have
commonly thought of the Stuart Resto-
ration as particularly vicious and cruel.
SO it was. But at its worst, how much
cleaner and sweeter and more humane
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09

(''The Three of Hearts; Dodd, Mead & Coz
author has given US a book which is
sure of a place among the enduring
classics of the war.
In the closing chapter DR.. Hills re-
calls two dicta of two of Germany's
greatest sons. This from Goethe:
THE Prussians are cruel by nature;
civilization will make them ferocious."
And this from Heine: The Prussians
Nature made them stupid sci
ence has made them wicked" The
whole volume is a complete and con-
vincing justification of those esti-
mates, on the uncontrovertible basis of
the words and deeds of the Prussians
h e.c.l.-
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09

was that era than that of the Potsdam
liar and ravisherl
Mrs. Nepean has written US tale Of
the Merry Monarch and King Mon.
mouth which has the fine virtuegamong
others-of presenting a lifelike pct
rre Of those times in tones Of TO-DAY.
though without any suggestion Of
anachronism. That is a rare and pre-
clous gift, which we might wish all
other writer's Of historical romances
could share.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
4 Stricken Soldier

TIE RETURN OF THE SOLDIER. Bv Reb.cr,
West ~ith illustrations by Norman Price Iamo,
- iss The Century Company
A soldier who through an injury to
the brain has lost much OF his memory
snd sees all Of life IL strangely dis
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09

fessor Archibald Henderson: "Sanitv
o. Art, by George Bernard Shaw:
Not Guilty by Robert Blatehford.
and three volumes of plays, mariana. y
by the distinguished Spanish drama
tist Jose Echegary, and "Erdgeist" and
"Pandora's Box" BY Frank WedeAind.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
4 Dreamer Awakening

rHE BEsT N LIFE By Afurel Hine (sfrs Sid
neg CoIon). limo. pD 585. JOHN Lane Com
pany
Can we speak of q woman az an
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
THE
BROWN
BRETHREN

stripped for action, KEEN alive, tense, more like
human being than book, incarnation of the war
Every line of the picture bites. You will not forget
It, 1t you want to stay outside the war do not read
this book. Ii you want to feel the great tide of it.
read it.-New York Times 12mo Net 81 *
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
By PATRICK MACGU.L

Vivid, real, powerful in
bringing, not simply the
war to you, but you to
the war. There is not a
SuDerfiuOuS word i'm If. II ;c
New-York tribune., 1918-03-09
This Is the I .ifef''

NINETY HOURS LEAVE Ry sterhen Nc
kenna. l2mc pp 500. The George Il Doran
Company.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17
FAssITE.N ACTIVITIES
(By Erelyn Byrd Grahaml

10y EFeiyn Byrd Graham1
Wednesday afternoon. October stn.
the faculty and students had the pleas
ure again of hearing a most interest
ing talk on patriotism by Mrs. CASTOR
Westfeldt. "The Call of the Flag
so widely known, was written more
than a year ago by Miss Westfeldt. I;
will be remembered that Mrs. West
feldt honored the students with a Wis
it last November. Fassifern students
ardently sang her production.
Saturday night the Seniors gave a
Circus for the benefit of the FASH
fern Auxiliary of the Red Gross. The
side shows and booths were a credit to
the young ladies in the performance.
Misses Caroline Yancey, Virginia Ry-
der and Dell Bernhard, as clowns,
amused the audience with d~ifferen,
stunts during an intermission. Jane
Mcmillan, as snake charmer, drew a
large crowd. Clara McIver, Emma Troy
King and Eloise Horner as BLUE
Boards wives, gave the audience &
most uncanny feeling, SO well die
they act their part.
Leonora Blount was a peanut yc-.
der. Claudia Kelly, Erskine Jarna~1
Carrie Burnett and Alma Seagle vserv
dancing midgets.
"Lenora Zadee" was the fortr2a tie
Ter. Emma Williamson, as clo~ GO
stick candy. Polly Robinson g:acafh;
walked "the ropes" carryinr an ~
brella made of different colo s. Nh;e,'
blended with her costume.
Margaret Huske, Fran es Stuar.
and Jane knight were in charge o.
several booths.
A sum of $22 40 was "'e"~ol. which
goes to prove that the ento"tainuen
was a great success financially as we
as socially. Miss Mary Lybrook La
safer was chairman of the entertain
ment committee.
Sunday morning at II o'clock the
R9V, LIZ. w. w. DeIh, d
evangelist, who is making his home If
Hendersonville for the winter, hello
services at the school for the Fassi-
fern students. DR.. Belk spoke from
the 18th Chapter of E~cclesiastes,
planning each verse wildly, and bring
ing out the main thought so clearly.
'Dr. Belk's earnest appeal held the
close attention of the audience.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17
enats Of Many NarfstIea.

The gnat is only n OF the many
species of mosquito known to dipter-
lists. Altogether there r no fewer
than 35 as described as natives of Eu-
rope, while as many as 100 different
varieties r scattered over the rest
of the world. OF this large number
some are known by the Spanish name
of mosQuito-that is, '1ittle fly
while others are content with the title
of "gnat"; but from a scientific point
Of view there is no difference between
the insect known under these dineren
popular nanfes
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-10-17
NOTICE

All persons are hereby notified that
1 will apply at once 10 the Governor
for pardon. I was sentenced to Is
years in the State prison at October
Term of Court, 1915, Henderson coun-
ty, N. c. All persons who desire to-
oppose my application for pardon, can
make their objections to the Governor.
This the 1st day of October, 1913.
PINK WARD.