Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-06-29
Reviews of New Books

sion to the railroad station of the youths
who go from the little village, then they
are Mt a nearby armorv, where they can
be visited 10y the folks then they go 10
training camp in the south, and, last act OF
tins little drama. they go to a camp OF en-
barkation, where n last farewell visit can
be made During the one furlough that
this boy had, he and his sweetheart were
married, and the soldier boy and his little
wife had ono weeks honeymoon. Then 1T
was both wife and mother that went In
bId him goodbye at the cnbarkatlon
camp they spent day with him, and
that night he sailed
All the letters, the sending OF boxes from
home the JOY that those who sent them
took IN doing. it, and the JOY OF boy and
his friends in receiving them, are NIL so
typical of what is going on now, that the
book brings its appeal very close to the
reader II will find placr IN the heart 81
every mother and wife who has man IN
khaki IN camp or over There, and II IS
true and living plctur, of today.
Received of tho publishers.
"BugIe Rhymes From France. BY Paul
Myron Illustrations 10y Francois phv.
Ter Md the ship Players toiucdy\' !
hN the same author ! hcaEo, III.
Mid Nation Co Price )
Ii seems quite natural that Paul
Mvron, who instituted the archv" Les
ComhattantS Francois. published hy
the French Government IN 1900 and
translated and published by the American
Government tho following year. should
MAKE, rs hi. contribution to war literature
the charming tribute to the French OF his
ttIl,,uI,. (I,,-,,,,. fran, Franco
Paul Nyron starts out with tho premise
that every body pnrluding their ugly
ncighhor across the Rhlncl acknowledges
the valnr and racial lntrcpIdltN Of the
French, and his idcaism at that noble
people is unmcuslrcd. m ,dCahsin that IS
founded upou i thorough and intimate
observation nt the rcuch commencing IN
Youth. while IN attendance Of schools ~
tho Lauu-QuartCr, and continuing through
long and frequent S0JOuruS IN the beau
pa>~. even INTO the first year Of the war
These mctuCM compositions are more
thau ihcir modest trtlc would Indicate
I'm ncli1 i hundred spirited poems, ="
pia,S out the tragic sony Of the great war,
in rhvthm ~ GRIM pathos, S0itchcd lv
sentiment and heightened ~ tunes IN
touches 81 rarr hunor And through i a|i
there comes the }u~iy chorus Of our allied
soldiers. whose keynote is courage 90 the
final echo oi the hIgic
II IS cican-cut. strong natural Verse
that brings to the ilrc~ldc something Of the
courage 81 trench ana salient ana give is
familiar glin,pscs 81 the h:llrtt and the
NavrackS
MANY of these charming narrative
poems are particularly attractive to ,ht
rccitatInnIst and (;aWk Swan and the
-lumuott County News III France wli
be heard II many q school day exercise
H. wcll As that touching exposition q TIE
american SprIt ot accommodation. ever
On the battlefield, As shown III SAY
Fellow. Try to Wake
Paul Nvron has not forgotten th'
mothers nor the lovers il thus time !"
w:tr 5 separations for the former hc has
hat exquisite little poem In France
/ Somewhere whose last words will fin,
i An echo ID every American mothcr
heart
NnI for Tho lovers the lines filled viii
feeling from the sign On the Wall,
which is enc ~ the very lew bat elnqucn
confessions oi the misery 81 war the am
ii the collection being 10 CNhilaratc an'
cnhCartcn his readers to the glory AM
Triumph side ot war
Received Of The Publishers