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HOW a Wife Is Made

To understand Making Her His
Wife" by Cora Harris. the reader must
put the accent very firmly on the first
word John Arms was very firm in his
pronunciation of the making" He was
old-fashioned. as Is proved by the fact
that he actually believed-and sincerely
in the rudimentary meaning of ''obey"
In the marriage service. and he insisted
In putting his belief into practice. Now
Olive was very modern type OF girl.
She had money. beauty and brains and
was well aware that she had them all
re-enforced by what is known as will
Of her own. To her the service was a
formula, rather than sacrament Law
made, it could he terminated by due
legal process. Her marriage to John
Arms shocked and startled her as much
as 1t did everybody else, BIT she was
caught in the gust of gre. elemental
passion. And the gust b.S me tor
nado before fair weather was reached
in their romance. John was the scion
Of southern family run to seed-from
cavalier to country hardware store
keeper. His Indian blood gave him
something of the traits and the crude
methods of the cave man. He succeeded
in making Olive his wife and he sue
ceeded in making really broad, under
standing man out of himself
Mrs. Harris writes at her best in this
quasi-novel 1t is a study in conflict
ing temperaments. keenly analytic. in
telligent, sharp. sometimes with surgical
sharpness, but always deft and kindly
The picture of life in deserted viii
lage" has all the depth of understanding
and sympathy with which Mrs Harris
has hitherto written of the old south
wakening up to the new.
NAEINc HER MS WIFE Ry Torra uar
| ris Garden City: Doubleday. Page & Co
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WILLIAM 4. WHITE
DISCUSSES VAR
"The Martial Adventures of
Henry and Me- Is Nouel
Only in Form

Provincial Americans exploring the
France that has been turned topsy
turyy by tto war, seeing and noting all
the ccsmopt litan features OF its life
from, tile angle of the simon pure Mid
die Westerner. is the new type of I'm
nocents Abroad" that the well known
Kansas newspaper editor and author Of
fcrs IN "Thc Martial Adventures of
Henry and Me" Appearing in the guise
of flcticn. its general character is that
Of personal ra"Tative. and this auto
biog, aphlcal flavor is strongly supported
by many illusions in" the text. despite
the tag or "joker' which the author
places at the very end to vouch for its
fictional character
Such book as this. in its fundamental
attitude. is tie direct antithesis of war
panoramas l,te Under Fire" and Men
in War" Its tone is robust, hearty
optimistic, These two rotund and whole.
some "freshwatcr" Americans, who went
to France With commissions from the
Red Cross, are hard-headed, hut moi
hard he arled, unfailngly genial and
practical, kat inclined to view askance
all that will rot bear the sunlight. On
shipboard they are interested in the
flashing and ur.fathomable eyes of the
strange French countess" until they
discover that her sole tnought is 10 be
'petted." They return with relief to
the red headed American girl, who was
ready to slap TIE face of the Gildec
Youth. at the first hint Of liberties
In France they inspect hospital work
comment uptn the INSCRIPTIONS methods
of the Germans. ahl note the enthusiasm
with which the French hail the Ameri'
cars.
7. is II panorama Of many vistas, TEEN
ing with the hun,an element, always un.
hackncyad In sion and rich in ebullien
and essentially American humor thai
never transgresses the bounds imposed
by taste Yet there are strong pages
toe. such rs tho account of the French
soldier on 'parmission," half crazed by
his eNEer.er Of a fortnight.
The book bears internal evidences that
Mr. White was diverted by his subjec
matter from his original purpose. n,
nanifestiy SGT out to write novel, bu
as he pro cecds the semblance of fictioi
fades, and the book becomes middle
aged and rhilosoriical Americans ac
count of the var a. he saw it.
, THE MARTIAL ADVENTURES OF HENRY
AND ME. BY William Allen white. II
lustrated by Tony Sarg. New York. Tit
Macmillan Company. $3.50
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their mates. They kno nothing of
any other New York and IL they had
known they would not have been in.
terested in 1t. On the death Of her
father in an Ohio town the sister of
the first wife went to New York for
visit. The wife dies suddenly and in
about year she marries her brother
n-iaw. She loves the idealist that
there is in him. She sets about re-
awakening 1t and searches out diff
ferent New York from that which her
sister had known. New York In
which men and women OF taste and re.
finement live, who talk of art and
music and literature. who are inter-
ested in reforms and whose god is not
their belly. After almost making
wreck of her fortunes she succeeds in
what she has undertaken and the
book ends with a pleasant note But
tits the story of struggle. And 1t
is an arraignnent of the materialism
of the great city which is none the less
severe that It is put in the form of
novel, And, incidentally, It is the pa
thetic story of the efforts of stranger
in New York to find congenial friends.
She could find plenty who would eat
her dinners, but they cared for her
food and not for her. And when trou-
BILE came they were glad to be relieved
of the necessity of helping her to bear
1t. II Gable had been -"riting the
story he would have found a way to
make friends for her, because he knows
that people are folks whether they live
in New York or in New Orleans. But
Poole was not trying to write a plea
SAINT tale. He was making a sociologi-
cal study"
rs the book equal to His Family"
Doctor McFabre wanted to know.
TT is much ,slighter than that great
| novel; said l. land If it had beer the
| first that Poole had written it would
not have attracted much attention
| But it is story which will entertain
many. attracted by it's title, who will
not read deeply enough into 1t to dis
cover that it is anything more than a
study Of the problems of woman who
marries her brother.in-law."
GEORGE w. DOUGLAS.
THE FLOWER OF THE. CHAPDELAINEs
BY George w. Gable. New York: CnaIies
HIS SECOND WIFE BY Ernest Poole New
| York: The Macmillan Company. sl.3O.
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An Ingenious Spy Tale

One of the most ingenious spy stories
vet published is ]. Storer Clouston' 8
"The Spy in Black" The author adopts
the novel plan OF having the German
spy himself tell the story. with connect
ing explanatory chapters by the editor.
The plot deals with the exploits of a
young Lieutenant in the Kaiser's navy
who is landed at night from a submarine
on the WINDY Islands" where the Brit
ish fleet Is stationed. He Is to work
with an accomplice on land for the
destruction of the British warships
The accomplice Is to masquerade as an
English clergyman, assuming the place
and personality Of visiting vicar who
has been murderously assaulted and
hurled from a cliff. The execution OF
this daring scheme Is replete with
thrills and intrigue and involves bi,
of romance as well. but It is only at the
very end that the reader discovers thai
ne has been hoodwinked by certain mis-
taken identities as completely as the
young German naval officer.
The plot Is clever In theme and In.
cident. expeFtmeut Of havint
Z Ssf:c, :, e,SS rs
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THE CRAFTONS OF
ARLINGTON ABBEY
Archibald Marshall Continues
the History OF the Family
in q Nem NoreI

English country life as It existed four
years ago Is no more. It has been ef-
faced by the ruthless hand of war. Its
hanneled youths and dehutante maidens
have been replaced by khaki and Red
Cross uniforms
1t Is with a psns of more than casual
regret that those who knew and loved
this English life look back on the van
ished past Just how fair and charming
it was is emphasized by the contrast
with the present, and in no recent novel
has this contrast been eXemplified so
effectively as in Archibald Marshall's
story of The Graftons." which chron-
icles the life of typical well-bred
prosperous English family in sunny days
undarkened by the clouds of war
The Graftons" is thoroughly repre-
sentative of the best type of English
notion depicting countryside life. Plot
is here purely Incidental The action is
always secondary to the exquisite. deli
cate portraiture. and, indeed. is prop
erly derived from the spiritual reaction
of character upon character Cnhur-
rted and Charmingly. the author ac-
auaints US with the later fortunes of the
Graftons of Abingdon Abbey. who were
introduced in Abingdon Abbey" Subtly
and skllfully. he paints the background
W ,lt parish n1e-Ot the ftne ana stall
wart qualities of the Graftons. of their
friends and ueighbors of that peculiarly
English fondness for the fair green
countryside In this story the love af-
fairs of Caroline and Beatrix GO Sc
dately on to their we'll bred consumna =
ton, and the reader comes TO know
most intimately the winning traits Of
Barbara and the fine sanity of the
squire.
Naturally a large portion Of the
story concerns the cergymen of the
victnage the ousting of the pompous
opnionated and unpopular Vicar of
Abingdon. and the domestic consterna
ton caused when the youthful son of
the late Rector of Surley refuses to
accept the opportunity to succeed his
father to placid and prosperous living
are described capitally.
The literary charm of THE Graftons'
is perNaSive. Its polished styIe. deft-
ness of dialogue lightnese Of touch and
suhtlety OF characterization are an un-
| railing delight for those whose mental
nalates crave something more than
roast beef and potatoes" in fiction. The
author has been hailed as the successor
TO Anthony Trollope; it is pleasant to
record that he abundantly merits the
label. That perhaps. is the finest com.
pliment that can be paid his work.
THE GKAFToNS. BY Archibald Marshall
New York: Dodd Mead & Co $50.
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as one of the new strong forces in
literature. But he Is Philadelphia
by birth and resident Of West Chester.
and Is go near to us that we have not
yet discovered his remarkable originality.
His latest book. Gold and Iron" con-
tains three unusual stories. They might
be called novelettes. wild Oranges" Is
one of the greatest stories which have
appeared in America. Poe never wrote
anything better. 1t has literary charm.
It has atmosphere, 1t has that peculiar
mysterious quality, difficult to define,
which make il haunt one for days after
reading it. The hero Is a man who, be.
cause of grief at the sudden death of his
bride, abandoned society and spent
twelve years wandering about the seas
on small ketch. He anchors one
evening off the Georgia coast and sees
woman swimming His curiosity is
aroused The outcome Is that he falls
In love with the woman: two murders
are done while he attempts to rescue
her from her surroundings. and the tale
ends with the man and the woman sail
ing south alone on the ketch
Another of the stories, "Tubal CAIN
treats of the early days of the iron
industry in Pennsylvania and is an ac-
count of the career Of man who had
failed as lawyer, but by sheer force
of relentless will becomes a powerful
iron master. AS picture of conditions
In the first half of the last century 1t is
marvellous. and as study of the type
of man who created industries In Amer
lea 1t has historical value. There is a
love interest, but 1t is as unusual as
the rest of the story. Mr.. Hergesheimer
is really mans novelist. He does not
write the kind of stuff that will fascinate
sixteen-year-old girls or sentimental
women.
GOLD AND IRON. BY Joseph Herses-
heimer. New York; Alfred A. knopf
$3.50.
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FireHy of France

Love, mystery danger and daring are
elements In romances of the present age
no less than in those which were wont
to stir the imaginations of our grand
parents. And It Is undoubtedly true that
events dating from day in the early
summer of 1914 which saw the firing of
the shot heard round the world one that
conpassed the death of the heir to the
Austro- Hungarian throne. incidentally
involving two hemispheres in the great
est war of all history have furnished
the writer of fiction with a boundless
store upon which to draw alike for his
incidents and his heroes and heroines.
Every phase of that gigantic conflict,
whether diplomacy, the field of battle.
the hidden and hideous terror of under
sea warfare as developed by Teuton
malignity. and most especially intrigue
and secret service. has been treated with
more or less skill by vivacious writer's
of both sexes: but It has remained for a
woman to combine In her fancy the con-
scienceless spy, the reckless but far from
stupid Yankee, and the aerial conqueror
in a desperate trial of their talents. The
Aces" Of the aviation branch Of the
service in the Allied armies are among
the most picturesque figures of the war,
and in her "Firefly of France" who is
one Of those wonderful birdmen, Marion
Polk Angelotti has created person
who. with the aid of an intrepid young
American. the real hero of her spirited
story, checkmates and confounds the
keenest and most INSCRIPTIONS spy in
the service of the Kaiser.
Opening In gorgeous hctel in New
York, Miss Angelotti's novel carries the
reader aboard an Italian liner which
successfully avoids the U-boat peril,
thence behind the Allied lines in France,
and ultimately to the discontinue of the
sinister agent of Hohenzollertsm who ON
the voyage had ma squeraded a Unste1
01n1ce aes0n1nsnr nr1ioe mD1l rto1
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FIERCE HATE AS 4
DRYING POWER
QuiLler.Couch Writes a Stir.
ring Novel About an In.
sane Passion

Penetrating character analysis and
dramatic rush Of action are qualities
seldom found as running mates in a
single novel Joseph Conrads faculty
of combining them has made him unique
among contemporary story tellers
without in the slightest degree i'm
pugning the striking originality of the
plot or treatment Of STR Arthur Quiller-
Couch's novel, "Foe-Farrell.' it may
be said that there is decided Con-
radian SAVIOR about it; in its acute
psychology and robust plot structure, in
its convincing portraiture Of unusual
and highly 'individualized characters,
and in its delineations of the reactions
Of the desolate islands of the South
Pacific Ocean on white men.
The story is the detailed history of
a Hate--spelled with a very large H
between two men, of its grim and inn
placable working out, from its inception
to the end of their lives, consuming
their thoughts and activities to the ex-
clusion of all else, dominating all other
human relationships, and linking its
victims even in DEATH like some gro
tesauely inverted tragedy of Tristan
and Isolde. The effect is cumulative.
As the story progresses, with its re-
lentless and ominous portrayal OF
man hunt--or more sinister still, the
hunt for the soul of man-the ten
sion is increased until the suspense is
keyed to the breakng-point.
Foe is the title of young London
professor of animal physiology-Jack
Foe. He is fine-grained, scholarly
man who has devoted his best years
to experiments and research in the con-
troll of the emotions of animals. On
the eve of final success, his monumental
and irrepiaccsble work is wantonly
DESTROYED by vulgar, utterly impos-
sible cockney of the "selfomade" type,
who ignorantly lncites mob violence
against the professors laboratory, In
furthering his own petty political
ambitions Foes sanity is deranged by
the wreck of his life's work, and his
mind becomes obsessed with the idea
of haunting every moment of the
| wretched "bounder" Farrelis~ life.
The jor portion of the story is the
recital of this terrible revenge. Unhur.
ried terrifying in its potential tragedy
the hunt goes on through months ano
years, until the pursued man ire pe'
comes thing of nightmare and lunacy
From England to the continent, from
Europe to the United States, to South
America, and finally adrift in derelict
ship. the chase continues. The pur-
sued man marries and sees his wife die
under the blighting spell of the hunt
The undying hate is carried to an un.
inhabited island, where hunter and
hunted live together for months. ant
where the tables are finally turned. lr
the end the professor becomes the
hunted, bounded by the once fear-crazeo
'bounder."- now grown wealthy and de-
termined, even, to rob his victim OF the
girl he loves. But he goads his victim
too far, and the final tragedy follows
| swiftly,
| FoE-FARRELL. BY q" tsir. Arthur
| Criller-Couch). New York: Macmillan
Company, III 80.
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The Best in Lite

Sprightly modernism Of manner and
style with old-fashioned, possibly essen
TALLY perennial, romance-these are the
two factors which sum up THE Best In
Life" by Muriel Hines (Mrs. Sidney
coxon) to a total OF fascinatingly in
teresting novel, The title Is symbolic
of the ideal of the heroine, her insist
ence on gaining only what is good and
great. though she does It ->by subter.
fuges. intrigues and petty practices
Yet she is big enough In a ma jor crisis
to tell the truth, even at the risk OF
losing her happiness,
! This girl Is curiously complex. She
/ Is showroom model In = London
modiste's estaoIlsh lq9 onIady
LOT fashion a. lueitfy - -
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CABLE AND POOLE:
THE OLD AND THE NEW
Difference Bet,ceen the Gracious Novel OF the Old
School and the Modern Tale illustrated
BY T,Uo Examples

(IrTyHERE is lack of reticence in
L much modern fiction that is of.
fensive," remarked Doctor McFabre as
ne looked over pile of novels on my
table.
"Have you also noticed that, doctor?"
I asked
II can't help noticing it," he replied.
"The novelists write about things
which we're not discussed in promis.
cuous company when I was boy"
"They are likely to go further" |
suggested, before they change their
theories. I was reading the other day
a discussion of modern fiction, in the
course Of which it was said that the
climax of the novels of the future
would be staged in the bedrooms. The
writer said that the most dramatic
things happened there and that the au.
thors would no longer neglect them
from any sense of squeamishness."
"why didn't he say from any sense
of propriety?'
"tIe must have indorsed the theory
of Charles A. Dana, that whatever God
Almighty permitted. to happen was
perfectly proper to printer write
about" said 1. But confess to a
liking for the reticence of the older
noyelists. And I also like their faith
in humanity. I was never before Sc
Impressed with the difference between
the old and the new school of fiction
as when read in succession Cables
Flower Of the Chapdelaines' and
Pooles His Second Wife Poole is
by no means a serious offender against
good taste In comparison with some
Of the moderns he is fashioned in
his respect for the proprieties. but his
latest novel lacks that spirit which
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one finds in Cables latest. One is a
story of New York and the other a
tale of creole life i'm New Orleans. It
may be that the difference is due to
the difference in the atmosphere of the
two places. but it is so marked that
one cannot escape noticing it.
Gable belongs to the older genera.
ton of American novelists. His first
book. Old Creole Days was published
year befo.e Poole was born. 1t was
instantly popular because of the fine.
ness of the spirit which breathed
through it's pages. The Flower Of the
Chapdelaines' is also a gracious tale
kindly and friendly and humorous. 1t
is love story told with sympathy and
without the slightest suggestion of the
sensuality that mars many of the mod
ern stories. One reads 1t with pleasure
and finishes it with warm glow about
the heart. 1t strengthens ones faith
in the goodness of ones fellowmen
And ] am inclined TO think that it is
as correct a picture of the life that Ii
describes as Poole has drawn. 1t Is a
story of the present times, with a
background of the slavery era that
preceded the Civil War The hero is
man Of northern ancestry and the
heroine is a young creole girl of sur
dentally in the streets and finally
meets at the home of mutual friends
The wooing is an idSl. with comic in.
terludes provided by her two old un-
married aunts.
Il am glad to know that Cable can
still write books worth while" said
Doctor McFabre.
1T is very much worth while" saic
|, And in spite of its paganism anc
its lack of reticcnce think thai
fooles book is worth while also. +
| Is very different from The Harbor
and His Family In the first place
1t is not much more than half so long
And, in the second place, it deals will
a single problem. The publishers sa,
that the theme is the struggle between
two wives, one of them living and th
other dead. But this does not seem t,
me to do the book justice. It is realI,
study Of the conflict between ma
terialism and idealism in New York
one wife. the one who died, was a sen
sual materialist, and the other warm
pulsating idealist, who thought tina
there was more in life than money an,
the base thing sometimes miscalle,
love Yet even the idealist wife, /,
one of the bedroom scenes, is made t,
rejoice in the surrender of herself
body and soul. to another. The hus
band is not New Yorker by birth
He went to the city fired by the ambi
tion to design beautiful buildings. bu
he is swamped by the materialism o
the place. But his first wife is de
lighted with it. Their social life Is tn
social life of the restaurant and tn
cabaret. Their friends are the full
bosomed female animals so common II
New York and their husbands. inter
ested only in making money and il
eating and drinking and living witt
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Michael Williams. His Story

Some Of the frankness of self-revela- =
tion of Amiel or Marie Bashkirtseff
marks THE High Romance" in which
Michael Williams gives an account of
his life and struggles to attain ideals.
Mr. Williams is known as newspaper
man, literary hack and writer of short
stories of real value. The psychology
Of a man who aims to reach distinction
In letters, despite handcaps of birth, en-
yironment and equipment is Interestingly
presented. There Is a good deal of high
flown writing in the text but there are
many illuminating bits OF simply de-
scribed experiences. Mr.. Williams wan
dered much and met many prominent
persons, some of whom are character
lied in relation TO his life-struggle and
life-story. 1t is book of the sort that
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What Will Be the Terms
OF An American Peace?

Americans will read with deep
eet interest Prof. Jastrow's illumi-
Mating discussion af the basis on
which an enduring peace can be
ereefed
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THE WAR AND THE
COMING PEACE
By MORRIS JASTROW, Jr.,
Ph.D.,. LID. $1.OO Net.

Serious and sprightly snap.
shots of our country which
Americans will read with keen
delight.
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s BY ENGLISH AND AMERICAN NOELLSTS FOR SUMNER READING

those who like confessions and auto
analyses will read with avidity and
profit.
THE HIGH ROMANCE. BY Michael Will
lisms New York: The Macmillan Com.
pany. s1.60.
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HERGESHEINER,
MANS NOVELIST
"CoLd and Iron" Contains One
of the Best Short Stories
Written in america

The distinction of Joseph Hergesheimer
lies in his successful avoidance of the
commonplace and conventional. II he
were an Englishman he would be hailed