Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-28

Sue Chuc. By ~. IL. ~, autnof oi
"I.ui Sing" '''hc Flight of an Arrow"
&c. Boston. Mass. The Cornhill Co,
90 Cornhill Price, sl.40, net.
Sue Chuc" is a novel, a real romance
that will please all who read It. for 1T is
most attractive from first To last
Beginning in the Chinese quarter oi
San Francisco, with Sue Chuc as a much
abused servant for brutal Chinese
woman. and her good friend, Ah-Day Fun,
n victim of the poppy dreams, although
AN educated man, il rapidly changes to
other scenes and conditions and other
n.aces. Fun is redeemed from his opium
thralldom and enters upon medical
career. with work IN China rs his purpose.
He takes Sue Chuc from her drudgery and
gives her an education. following which
She enters upon the study of nursing and
medicine.
Fate PLAYS strange antics with these
two. Both were In measure foundlings,
but each found, before the end of the
story, a congenial parcntage. sue Chuc
proved to bc the daughter OF nch
American, stolen in her infancy, while Fun
proved To he the son OF an eminent physi-
cian of China. In the end. Fun and Sue
Chuc. who love each other ali the time,
although they assume TO be brother and
SISTER. enter INTO mstrmony and continue
the medical and hospital work IN China,
hand IN hand.
The story is full of interesting incidents
and most attractive personages. But,
nore than all. il shows what may he
ACCOMPLISHED in life by high purpose and
earnest effort. despite unsympathetic
and dlscouraglng environments at the
first And IL throws interesting light upon
some people and some conditions IN
China
Received of the publishers.
"Cape Split Chickens And Other
Stories. Bv Nellie CLAYTON Nash. Illus
trat,ons bv Mabel Rollins Harris. Bos-
ton. Mass: The Cornhill Co, 90 Corn
hill Price. 81.
Listen to the stories in this little volume,
Cane Split Chickens \ Family Mis-
understanding Banty Hen Takes SWIM,
elbow Legs and Black Boots, MIR Drake,
Bachelor. Wouldn't they delight any
chld. whether he might be old enough to
read for himself, or 80 young that nc
would have to have them read 10 hImt
They are accompanied with charming littlc
pen and ink drawings Of chickens and
,lucks. other living things that every
rhild loves. Little feathery things appeal
10 children In stories. and they like tho
same tale over and over again.
Received OF the publishers.
.Cape Split Ducks" And Other Stories.
Bv Nellie CLAYTON Nash. Illustrations
bv Stanley + Leland. Boston, Mas:
The Cornhill Co. Price 81.
Just look at Sir Francis Drake and
-nclc Rillv Beaver in the frontispiecc,
and then look little farther over at
l}lackic before the King. and It won't
make any difference whether you ro
tivc or seventv-fivc. you u have to read tho
hole story Its corking story too. and
-eling il in advance would be shame
Iust believe il when YOU hear that all
me ducks are wonderful ducks, and the
eavers are the clcverest that any story
ar told about, and YOU start in and
s.lp il down, the way you are not allowed
drink at the table Ii has an attractive
ndIng too, showing Sir FrancIs Drake
;r1ltting as his original may have strut
I'd on Plymouth Hoe, and ne i quite
: worth while reading IS the great rover,
whose pond was the wide, wide sea.
Received OF the publishers
The Story Of the Red Cross" As told
70 the Little Colonel BY Annie Eel
lows Johnston illustrated by John
Co.'s Boston. Mas The Page Co.
l3 Beacon street Price 81 nci
Very appropriate 81 this time Is any
hing about the Red Cross, and "a ms
book it, story is told most entsrtalrngfN
and inforrnIngy BY her accidental
.caualntancc with the major Civil
War veteran with but one arm, and hl>
great = Bernard, Hero. a Red Cross
=
about thls wonderful organisation
Hero saved the Little Coinnel tfe
bv stopping Z runaway horSc attached
10 carriage IN which she sal And then
ne wa told the story ~ how the Red
/ ro~, was organized aid what II has
homo and was doing In Geneva she
u where i was formally organized
At.d when the old major was about ~
= he gave Hero TO her and he STAYED
WIT her loved and almost revered
ntl. he II la. went tho way IF al dogs
Received of the publisher
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RoNton Mass The Pags 90 -
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Cbatterbox IS nOu an established q
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sr;t1 moro attractive and nor Iu-
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not an annual reproduction ti'
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~ storIe and everything clsc that
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F., .aders aud older rcadcrs too
Chatterbox Is the acknowledged king
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early. and y, ISSUE fer 1910 IS sure 10
.ncreasc ~ popularity Nothing better
.iner or more valuable for juvenile
; -aders could bc imagined
Received od the publisher
arita.' And How She Became
Patriotic American. b Lucy NJ Blan-
chard Illustrated by John Gos-
Boston Mas The Page 20 - Boa-
con street price y -, net
Carlta othervls, Mrs Margaret An
dr,Vs. daughter 81 American parents.
lived IN McMco CItv. her father having
large interests In Memcan -ugar planta-
tluu Cauta loved MeMco dcYOtedly hav-
ing no dcslrC ever ~ return - hcr native
home.
Moet attractive and revealing T. the
picture gwen 81 Cauta hOrne ~ her life
md Of the beautIcs ~ Mexico IN and
n round Mcnco CIT. One dars nOt wonder
/ BAT Canta loved j. All Great times she
mad with her gar trends
But the revolution came President
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