The sun., 1918-12-01
By GORDON B. MOSS.

ceeOS IN general uIeIeSG 1HS DACh
Watch, record of the sacrifice of Eng
lands contemplate little army" in the
retreat from Mons to the Marine, it is as
absorbing as novel.
A comic opera done IN book form is
The Island Mystery, a whimsical, di-
verting and entertaining tale Of love, mys-
terry and gasolene.
Lovers of pirate yarns may look to
Randall Parrish's Voices Of the Sea for
complete qualification of their tastes.
Here are treasure chests, mystery ships,
cutthroats and villains. Also love, intri-
que and plenty of colorful description.
The seamy side of life during the mad
rush for the Klondike is revealed in The
Winds Of Chance, by Rex Beach. He
writes of the gambling table, the saloon
and the dance hall. Incidentally, four
women love one man!
Not only boys, but their daddies too,
will enjoy the stories of outdoor adven-
ture in Tom and On the Old Plantation.
Sharks, alEgators, snakes, deer and other
wild creatures are bagged by two young
huntsmen.
Benton of the Royal Mounted is vivid
tale of adventure, portraying the life Of a
member of that picturesque outfit, the
Canadian Royal Northwest Mounted
Police.
By BENJAMIN DE CASSERES.
THE FLAME THAT is FRANCE.
Il Henry Malherbe. The horror, gran
deur, heroism and spiritual qualities of the
great war by a master of French prose.
Can GrGnde's Castle, Amy Lowell A
prose symphony of bronze and blood. A
unique book in American literature.
Sonn;co. Vicente Blasco Ibanez. A
fascinating tale Of the fall Of Sogmtum
told by the greatest Spanish writer. An
unforgettable picture of Hanibal, the Pan
German Of his age.
The Letters Of Anne Gilchrist and WGlt
Whitmdn. The soul of a woman revealed
in all its nakedness-as interesting hui
man document as has ever appeared in
English.
Tuenty thousand Leagues Under the
Sea. Jules Verne. A book that ought
to last as long as Robinson CruSoe; to be
read by those who never grow old.
By w. B. MCCORMICK.
IN the field Of social economies few
l. books have appeared in our country
so important and 80 valuable as the work
entitled History of Labour 10 the United
States, written by John R. Commons and
six associates. One may put aside all the
pretensions connected with this work, as
do, that it is "a moving picture of eco
nomic and idealistic forces" and regard it
simply and primarily as history of labor
in the United States, authoritative, in
formative and interesting.
Wherever men study and read history
the name of Admiral Mahan is known and
revered Few readers are fortunate enough
to possess all Of his writings on sea power
and so the great merit Of Prof. Allan
Westcott's Mahdn on NGUGI Warfare is
that it puts the best of Mahan's writings
on this subject in one admirably and com
prehensively edited volume. Another val
liable historical work on this general sub
ject is Sea PotDer and Freedom, by Gerard
Fiennes, which summarizes the maritime
histories Of other nations and gives gen.
eral history Of the sea power of Great
Britain.
The theory that our war of 19141S be
gan with the Franco russian war Is the
theme of The Roots of the Var, by Will
lam Stearns Davis and two collaborators.
They have written history of the chief
political events from 1870 to 1914 that is
one of the best contemporary histories 1
know of that period for the general
reader. In The A C of the Federal Re-
serps System Prof. Edwin Walter Kem-
merer of Princeton University has written
an explanation Of the national banking
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