The Washington herald., 1918-04-07

and all the vast constructive work
that has had to be done preparatory
10 present day gigantic war opera
tions. He Is to visit successfully the
American, British, French and Italian
fronts.
Modesty is not the most distinguish
ed Characteristic Of the titles Of cur
rent war books, as anybody who
reads publishers advertising may see.
1t is consequently a little refreshing
to note that the late Lieut. Bernard
Adams has captioned his reminis-
cences Of life at the front, Nothing
Of Importance" Readers are warned
not to take the title too seriously.
What is described as "a feast Of en-
tertainment from caviar to coffee ras
just been published by Robert NJ.
Mcbride & Co, under the title OF
Captain Gault" The book is by Will
lam Hope Hodgson and is an account
of the adventures in deception OF one
G. Gault, master mariner and Snug
gler-at-large. The volume 10 said to
be filled with action-and il has moth
ing TO do with the war.
People who are fond OF remarking
that history repeats itself will take
encouragement from the fact that
Thomas Burke's famous book Lime
house Nights" was refused by no few
er than ten English publishers before
II first found its way into type. Mr..
Clement n Shorter. from whom this
S,,f1 f,,rf hnr ravrNa II -
in a recent article in The Sphere
that "one Of the publishers himself
writer Of copious reviews and sundry
bad books, had the impertinence TO
say that MT. Burke could not writer
Another told him that IT was a feeble
imitation Of Kipling. Three rejected
it with a formal printed circular. One
told him that he did not think there
was any money in it. All Of which
merely seems to prove that publish
ers are not, after all. infallible, since
the book has gone into it's fourth edi-
ton in England, while a NTH edition
has just appeared in the Omted
States.
Meantime. the critics seem 10 be
equally divided upon the question
whether Mr. Burke's new book
''TwinkIetoes" is superior or inferior
to "Limehouse Nights''-both. by the
way, published by Robert NJ. Mcbride
& Co.
A volume of trench verse, Songs
Of the ShrapneI She'll" by Cyril Nor
ton Horne. is to be published imme-
diately by Harper - Brothers. GYM
Morton Horne was captain or the
Seventh Battalion. Kings Own Scot
tish Borderers, and these poems were
written between one attack and an
other, to the music Of bullets ana
shrapnel They were not written Tor
the public, but for the sympathetic
ear of one woman in America. Cap
tain Horne not only shows the horror
and monotony OF life in the trenches,
but the high-spirited bravery with
which our British allies faced the
trench life. In January, 1916, he gave
up his life to rescue a wounded SOL
dier lying in front Of the trenches and
is buried near the battlefield.
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
Two Children In Old Paris" by
Gertrude Slaughter. From the
notes of a journal by their molher'
New York: The Macmillan Com
pany. Illustrated. Price. $3.50 net.
Nothing of importance" by Ber-
nard Adams. Eight months at the
front with a Welsh battalion.
New York: The Robert NJ. Nc
Bride & Company. Price, Sl.5o
net.
"a Flying Fighter" by Lieut.. e. M
Roberts, r.. r. C. An American
over the lines in France who has
seen twenty-five months of ny
ing service. New York: Harper
and Brothers. Price, Sl.50 net.
"a Temporary Gentleman In
France, by Capt. A. J. Dawson.
Home letters from an officer at
the front. New York: G. P. Put
mans Sons. Price. $3.50 net.