The Washington herald., 1918-05-26

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With the publication OF '.Nocturne'
| George H. Doran Company, Swim.
merton Is presented In a book which
cannot possibly escape widespread at
tention. This novel marks the sum
nit of the authors art so far. It ID
| In itself a source OF exquisite delight
| to any mind remotely claiming intel
| ligence. And as an earnest of things
| to come, 1t has q value well-nigh
sensational to those who in any de-
gree have at heart the progress Of the
art Of fiction.
'sNocturne" is most arresting. and Its
achievement as a work Of art Is the
more startling in that the author has
forced himself to work within ex-
tremely difficult limitations. There
are in the story only half q dozen
characters, and the entire action oc-
| cupies little more time than the story
takes to read. The events described
to be exact. occur in the space OF q
single night from p. m. till the next
morning. Five or six characters, men
and women, each play definite part
In n story which moves with dash
and spirit, and which Is a character
study OF a brilliance difficult to match
within the whole range Of modern
| fiction.
War Gardens.
They are as important these days
as munitnon plants. Montague Free
head gardner at the Brooklyn IN. "
Botanical Gardens. has written a very
interesting and instructive book on
| the subject he knows most about Mr..
Free Is q practical man and writes
| his story in a practical way. He does
not deal in fripperies or useless or
, imaginary methods Of raising some-
thing to eat.
There Is hardly anything about gar
| dening that Mr.. Free does not know
| and he tells ali that is necessary for
anyone to know to successfully make
use OF the backyard or lot Harper
Brothers. Of New York. have pub.
lished the book, which sells Tor fifty
cents.
How to Sell More Goods.
II. ]. Barrett. an expert in sales
| manship, has written a most interest.
ing book called How to Sell More
Goods" The author is also the editor
OF Dollars and Sense and Sales
manship." two books worthy Of the
library OF every business man.
There Ii crying need. 1t appears,
for such a book. That there was q
similar need 10 evidenced by the start
ing salesmans clubs the country
| over. But for those who cannot ut
| tend the club meetings How to Sell
| More Goods" is the very thing. Mr..
Barrett deals with every phase oi
| selling.
He has told us a great many things
that We did not know were to ne
known about selling. Nine-tenths oi
modern business depends on selling
ability. The business world 10 every
| day demanding statesmen who have
| studied selling as a science. The book
| should be in the hands OF every bust
| ness man. whether he IL actually en-
! gagged in selling or not. Harper and
Brothers. of New York. are the pub.
| fishers.
Arthur Somers Roche must have
been feeling his best when he wrote
Ransom Otherwise We would not
| have had the pleasure OF reading
such a thrilling story. Once we have
read the book we are OF the opinion
that Mr.. Roche worked extremely
hard to think of the many surprises
and mysteries he had worked into
| his story
Ransom" Is the story Of plot to
control the wealth OF the world
This in itself tells enough about the
book to make any lover Of mystery
stories want to begin right away to
read IT, When Mr.. Somers wrote
Loot" we thought he had given his
best, but Ransom" changes our
opinion there. The author has intro
duced an entirely new set Of crImi.
nails. entirely new working methods
not only Of the criminals themselves,
but of the men who set out to cope
with them. George II. Doran Com
pany OF New York are the publish
, ers. The book sells for $l.35 net.
The Prisoner of War In Germany.
| There are thousands Of mothers in
| America today who are wondering
perhaps hopelessly, what will become
Of their boys IL they are taken pris-
oners by the Germans in the great
battles that are sure to precede
peace. DIR. Daniel J. Mccarthy. as
representative Of the American EN-.
bassy In Berlin (before the war
made an investigation upon the In
sistence Of the British Foreign once
who demanded q neutral report.
His report. published by Moffat
| Yard and Company of New York, is
q remarkable account of the treat
ment accorded prisoners of war in
Germany. Those who have sons OF
brothers or fathers In the American
army will find many Of their cues.
tions already answered by DR.. Nc.
| Carthy. In justice to the author we
md that he has been extremely fair
in his findings and has not resorted
to the "strafing," which many writers
on this subject have thought wise
to DO.
Generals of the British Army.
What types of men are at the head
OF Britain's mighty armies? Who are
they and whence did they come
| Francis Dodd has written q shorl
biography Of every British genera
Of any Importance and combined
them. with portraits, in one of the
best portrait GALLERIES. Of fightins
men we have yet seen. George H
Doran Company Of New York are
the publishers. Color portraits OF
Field Marshal Haig. Gen. Byng, Gen
Rawlinson. Gen. Allenby, who cap
tured Jerusalem, and many others OF
| Importance upon whom now rest the
fate OF the entire armies Of the Brit
| fah