The Washington herald., 1918-09-08

e line by running a line from the
RIGS Discreet and Indiscrcet." which
they published year or two ago.
by an exceedingly vivacious I"-s Dr.
WHO signs hcr,elf mere A Wonr1n
Il No Importance" But her I.mi-
niscgnccs. which include anecdotes
aud TccolIcctlols Of almost or.r-one
Of consequence in En.H-h go. '.,s.
literature. art "'.@ .r'g dunn. tho
last half Ccut.ly show her ~ ice
"f enough importance 10 loo 90 G.DI.G-
lv Terms WI'l s'vclal mD1.'.Iz of
the EE-liSh ROYAL frwlg She re-
]. tcs many INC @,r-- 10 which queen
Victoria. or Qu.ru Al,Namdr#. or
J .<InE Edward. nr some rlhor mgIl-
Ter Of the ToNal family had part.
A.I she has also IL little story about
tie youth OF o.. Grrmau Easz.r.
4 She once asked Lady Ely, who for
Years was Lady oF the E"dchauIrr
. ?" Queen NIc.oiIa. which member %
She royal fHruIy She liked tho least.
md received this Irrupr r.spons,
Tho German Emperor. h.. is $50 oErr.-
n.ar.u- and o'.,n Iu1r. The only
person Of wh.0 he srsr-- in .l,.|
least awe Is q .oau Victoria. LU-I
. LTardmoih'~. u, o.. havc- very nice
~ IN her presence. But wh~n ne
VAS s'Tliu- Once ut O-horDe no Tho
QGo,0's later wears news reached
h'r majesty that hoy -rardSau had
h"on Up carly aud our with the gar
. oru,~s. f'lT,,l.- about and asking
10 sorts Of questions The riot act
. was rad 10 him and he did no.
British Labor and the War.
/ Roni and LiycuErt announce that
: Arthur gleason is coIlaboratInk
/ with Paul L. kellogg. editor Of Tho
: Survey. IN the book they are ~ o.
J fishing in bCfDhor. British Labor
/ and the War" winch was formerly
announced as bong the sole work
( Of Mr.. Kellogg. This book will give
/ the fullest account that has yet an
! poarod Of the war aims Of British
' labor and tho determination Of the
British workers to be the domtnat-
ing factor in their country in eco-
nomic. social and political adjust
mcnt after the war. Mr.. GLEASON
has just returned from England
where h7 was present at the most
. recent labor conference. and is woll-
known as ono CC the most active
workers IN war roIief. who has a~-
tUally been not only in the front
r line trenches. but on many bloody
battleG. Ids.
The Author of ''FrcckIrs."
! Doubleday. Page & 60. have gust
! been counting up the number of
2 copies printed and sold OF the book
( Of Gene S;raJIon Porter. the author OF
/ "Frcckles." A Girl Of the L.mhrr-
! lost" etc. and they find that the to-
tai is over 6g0'n0. One Of the most
! extra ordinary clements Of Success la>
I been the very great sale IN ErElaul.
/ Al'h0Uch 'FrCCkles' is u Years old.
John Murray. one OF the oldest pub
hshers in England sold during the
last year g9.E57 copies The total sales
of MIS-. PoreT's hooks in EnCland
last year were 1886 copies. Large
! editions have been sold. also. I'm AUS
tralia. Canada. and IN various trans
lations all over The world.
This information is interesting i'm
| corr eCtion With Mrs. portcrs nov
book the first in three years. cntltleG
"A Daughter OF the Land" the sior.
Of a girl who had q passion 10 mas.
the earth produce This book Will hr
published on tho anniversary OF Nj
Porter's birth, August l7th. an mn
portant date for the publsl avs a.
well. as all Of her hooks have n..u
issued on this day. The first cdr 0u
was l2I6H for America aI.~a. '.'
/ second Of 5000 more is ,0win- O..
the press. and mostly sold .u -'Nr' o.
In England a very large r.' .nD is
being prepared ~ the same ..0. doc
tails Of which arc st.N 'a B.. .a-
Hshcd.
Two Rocks h, Rudynrd FlipIinE.
Two hooks Of a very d..or.ut 'har-
actcr are TO Nr issued rIH- fal from
the pen of Rudyard RIPPING The
first is vclumy ~ poems. TINS VIII
be ready carl, i'm Usronor and Will
I contain Nh NH.n-.S most recent
work lm y'rs"
Tho Other nook is entitled The
Fvcs Of Nsll.. and l- a collection Of
letters pur19lu- 10 have been writ
ten uy lu last Indian serving IN
France to his pooTlo at home 1t
has all the INDIAN feeling that Mr.
KipllnG has made his own. and every
ono who has longcd for a new Kip
ling hook on India. touching his old
Indian chord will be interested in IL
Harold MacGrnth's World Trip.
Harold MacGrath. whose latest
novel Tho Girl in His House. was
published recently by the Harpcrs
has Just told Of the unusual way in
which he decided TO take a tip
around the world. Before the war.
Mr.. MacGrath and his wife occupied
one end of the Villa SerbcIIoui. Bel
IlaEio. Lake Como. II was SeptCm-
her Trunks were packed and the
author was about to return 10 Amer
ca Suddenly he ran out on TO the
terrace and fiDped a coin.
Heads or tails"
Heads" said Ms. H-acGrsth. won
dering what it all meant. The coin
came up tails" and resulted ia a
trip round the world which consumCd d
year and a half and thirty-twO
. thousand miles In The Girl in His
House" Nj MacGrath tells the tale
OF a man who had Travelled in dis
tant lands for six years, broCdinE be-
cause the woman he loved had mar
ried some one else On his return 10
r the States he met with many strange
occurrences that made MIN chlngs
his mind as to whom he really loved
r and led him into ontansl ng alven.
: Itures.
: Soldiers and relatives OF soldiers
: will find much to enjoy in a little
: book of "doughboy poems" which