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LITERARY SHELL SHOCK.

FINDER the tremendous impact Of events the
" creative brain has been broken into million
particles. All unity is dead The great writers
who were sure of their pens. of their visions, are
wandering in vacuums or have fallen into cpl
cine epigram or tolstoy themselves along into
beatifc humantarianism. Others simmer in
void
August, 1914, blew the old MUSES. off Olympus.
Literature, in other words, is suffering from shell
shock. II. G. WELLS is the latest instance. SHAW
and ARNOLD BENNETT are walking the literary
lawns with life-jackets under their jaegers and
even the solid brown-bread intellect of WILLIAM
MARION REEDY has fallen into crumbs Nineteen
hundred and thirteen is not the past it is oblivion.
Unity, broken into an infinite number Of plains,
wheezes, catcalls and occasional rainbow tinted
fountains, is being sifted through the brain of
MARS.
The old ideas-Ibscene, Shavian, Macterlinck;an,
Edith Whartonesque-th pushed out books by
the peck and ideas by the gallon have been freed
of their eternal liaisons The old mental associa-
tons in literature are broken.
Everything that is bookish is passing under the
spectrum hidden in the trenches Nothing is
moored to certainty CoMsToCK is dead. ANATo1E
FRANCE is in the dumps. THEODORE DRESSER is
calling to BOOTH HARRINGTON to toss him Hoosier
life raft Free is either no longer free or no
longer verse. The corporate solidity of the prob
lem play has [thank MARSH oozed into the spy
drama.
There are billion billion (more or less) assures
in the cocksure creative impulse. Ideals are dead;
only life exists. The Ivory Tower has become
pill-boK The ceilings of our mental life with its
magnificent Tiepolos and its starry Paul Helleu
heavens, have become buckeyes The garment
Of dreams is full of moths Lord DUNsANY, like
old man HAMLET, is in arms and he wears his
beaver up.
The brains Of the creators are suffering from
shell shock; but we downheartedf MOI No!
No! For, to quote great thinker, "where there
are graves there are resurrections." Wait pa
tiently till the New Sun of the Mind rises the
battlefield of the world and the debris Of our witsl
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THE MODERN LIBRARY IDEA.

THE Modern Library books as published by
i Boni & Liveright have often been source
of interested speculation with US. Just how far
would the experiment of good books inexpensively
out out be successfulf The reader may answer
hastily that good books at low price will always
be successful Alas, no. The quality of book is no
more a guarantee that it will sell well than is a
handsome binding. If it we're, all publishers would
be rich, all readers would be happy and Books and
the Book World would be deprived of its most i'm
portant function and its chief endeavor.
The fact that the Modern Library is a success
proves-anything you wish to make it prove. For
instance: 1t proves that the American public
knows good literature; equally it proves that the
American public does not know good literature. Ii
you want to make it prove the first statement you
point to the number of books sold; if you want to
prove the second you point to the population OF
the United States. We merely speak Of this in pass
ing because somebody will star. to prove something
by the Modern Library sooner or later. 1t is the
misfortune that befalls all praiseworthy accomplish
ments.
Working Toward the Two Hundred Best"
Much more interesting to ourselves than an at
tempt to point moral from the progress of the
Modern Library is it to adorn tale about those
books We shall do our adjoining with few facts.
How many titles are there ultimately to BET What
is the underlying idea, aside from putting out
worth-wh books of the last century-supposing
there is some further idea?
Wen, the plan is to have the library include not
more than 200 titles. When about that number of
books have been published in it, a weeding-out
process is to begin. Books that have demonstrated
little popularity will be dropped and other titles
substituted for them.
Thus the public will ratify or reject the pub
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her individual kink-her protean demon.
Can Grande'S Castle is written in "polyphonic
prose-" form which she admits she borrowed
from the French poet, PAUL Fort. When the
mood changes she changes her instrument. She
reverses HAMLET's advice to the players-she suits
the word to the action.
Four World Epics.
There are four. epics in Can Grande'S Castle.
Miss LOWELL takes US to the Battle of the Nile
with NELSON and we die with him at Trafalgar
with intermezzos at Naples and Palermo with Lady
HAMILTON. The red eye of Vesuvius is her Greek
chorus. 81.
In the second part, Guns as Keys: and the Great
Gate Strings, we are with the Yankees at the gates
of Japan in 1853. A riot of color, brocade pic
lures of Singapore and nocturnes Of blue and sill
yer. And Japan backsliding into Modernity.
But the greatest picture in the book is labelled
Rome. 1t is at the time of the return of C.EsAR's
DICTIONARIES from Judea. The pictures here are gor-
geous, Flaubertian in their cold vividness We do
not remember reading anything like this in English
not even in EDGAR SLTUs's Imperial Purple.
The barbaric splendor of paganism rises in all its
fascinating beauty and horror, and the mind fairly
wallows in magic. 1t is glister Of t1umpets and
temples.
Columns divide into double edges of fash and
shadow dOmes glare, inverted beryls hanging over
arrested scintillations The fountains fake and
fringe with the scatter of the sun. The mosaic
floors of atriums no longer stone, but varegated
fire; higher, on the walls, the pictures painted in
the white earth of Melos the red earth of Sinope,
the yellow ochre of Attica, erupt into fame. The
legs of satyrs jerk with DESIRE the dancers whirled
in torch-brght nvolutions. Grapes split and burst,
squirting spots and sparks Of sun"
The Horses of 2,ooo Years.
Page after page of this Incompatible poetry. All
is dominated by. the "great horses, above, on the
Arch of Nero, slowly trotting forward, stationary
yet moving, in the soft night which hangs over
Rome" These fonr horses recur again and again,
like the redeye of Vesuvius in the first part OF the
poem They tread down the dust of the years and
stand like ironic gods watching, the passing show
of mans scntillant stupidties beneath the moon.
We are taken to Constantinople when the West
ern world sacked the Golden Horn and carried the
treasures of the East back to the kings and peo-
pies of Gaul and Italy. And finally arrive at
Venice. before St Mark s, on fatal May day,
1915, when Italy threw in her lot with the Allies,
and p'ANNUNzIo few over the Val d'lnferno
Can Grdnde's Castle is not only Miss LowELL's
highest achievement but it is something new in our
literature panorama of flame and bronze and
light constellation Of multicolored stars frozen
in an adamant heaven.
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BRITISH ADVANCE
REMARKABLY RAPID

AT TIE BRITISH FRONT. Scptem-
Der 2S.--Later reports of the attack
by the British Second Army. i'll con-
junction with the Belgians In the north.
show that an extraordinarily rapid adj
vance has been made.
THE northern troops have captured
Wytshaete village. Daumstraat. HOLE
beke, Klein Iillebekc, Gheluvclt and
Poldefhoek chateau.
They are also reported 10 have oc
cupied Poclcapelle, Sprcit and ClerCkcn.
The whole of the famous rasschen-
dazzle ridge was overrun by the British
and Beigians in their powerful as
snult on the Flanders front this morn
ing. which carried them twelve miles
forward on u twentymile front Cap
ture OF the range along its whole
length from the south or Passcnen-
dazzle toward Roulers and Ypres. and
to Messines has just been authorita-
lively announced here.
~ King Albert of the Belgians person.
ally led the drive which is under his
Immediate command.
The British are now east of Mes
sines. a semicircular bulge has been
driven into the German lines.
y AL! Of Houtholst forest is in British
hands. The villages OF woumen and
Passchendaele have been occupied
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FRENCH SCORE ADVANCE
OF ABOUT -FOUR MILES
IBv Associated Pres..1

PARIS. September 2S.-In the sue
ccssCul continuation of the offensive
east OF the Argonnc the French have
captured the village OF Somme-Py, an
advance of about four miles says the
War Office statement to-day.
The heights north of Fontaine- en-
Dormosc also have been taken. The
French have taken additional prison
crS. The lighting continues.
Pressing on between the Ailette and
the Aisne last night the French pen
Grated the ravine between Jouy and
Airy and captured those two villages.
Further north the French gained
ground northeast of Sanchy and cap
tured $50 prisoners. a German coun-
terattark north of Allemant was re-
pulsed.
The statement reads: AT $50 o'clock
this morning French troops continued
the attack and took possession of the
village of Sommc-Py. They also cap
turcd the heights north OF Fontainc-
en- pormoise. We took additional
prisoners and captured several guns.
The battle continues.
Between the Ailctte and the Aisne
the pressure OF the French troops con-
tinued last night and this morning
Northeast of Sanchy in a local opera
ton we gained some ground and cap
turcd $50 prisoners. including four Of
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GREAT UNEASlNESS IN
GERMANY OVER SITUATION
TEv Associntcd Profs !


LONDON. Friday: scptember e.
Bnlgaria's request for An armlstice to
discuss peace appears to be the ieau
ing event OF what seems TO be tho
the battle of the Marnc. There are
two interpretations OF Bulgaria's ac-
ton.
The first is thnt the bulgarian army.
being defeated and scattered among
the mountains, resorts to fanilia
device TO gain time in which to pull
1t out of the ground. The other Is
that Bulgaria now sees that she is on
II sinking ship and wishes to make
the best terms she may. There nave
been several indications recently that
Bulgarian state OF mind: The allies
have made reply. which should en-
able them. If their proposal Is accepted.
to judge which Of these is the real
without an armisticc will prove whnt
the enemy really desires.
First reports OF BuiGuria's step re-
ceived here came through Germany.
and had the inevitable German color
in IT, 1t WAS said that the Bulgarian
premier had acted on his own respon-
OF the Bulgarian cabinet had been NOM
mated rs one OF the representatives
OF Bulgaria on the way to CONFER with
the allied commanders seemed to dis
prove this German report.
There is great excitement In Ger
many over Bulgaria's step" says
report through German channels re-
ceived here from neutrat countries, and
there is no reason to doubt that this
is true. About all news from Bull
garia and Turkey comes through Ger
many and even German papers show
symptoms Of keen anxiety as to tho
loyalty of Gcrmany's al::es.
Signs are not wanting that Bulgaria
and Turkey feel that. they are in the
same boat. When Taiaat Pasha. the
Turkish grand vizier, visited Berlin
recently, lie gave an interview In which
he said the war must end this winter
and that It had accomplished all that
it could. German newspapers expressed
considerable uneasiness and displea-
sure over this uttcrancc. which they
plainly interpreted as meaning that
so far as Turkey was concerned the
war would end this winter.
If Bulgaria throws up her hands she
cuts the vital cord which con"eos
Germany and Asia. She deals a death
blow TO Germany's Asiatic ambi;ion.
If Turkey also raises the white Gag
she will enable the allied armie. N
Ma cedonia and Palestine TO be shifted
10 the western theater Of the war
The detection Of Bulgaria alone would
make II possible for the great allied
army to turn against Turkey from it's
base at Saloniki.
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cid gums as they had fartf,or

their held guns as they had farther
south.
The barrier was bad for tho imam
try. worse for tho cavalry and even
worse FOR the tanks. Seven counterat-
tarks ana continuous bombardment OF
the canal at Moeuvres proved that the
enemy had a fun understanding of the
situation and held his own advantage
there. More than this. he put his host
division. the Sixth Brandenburgers. TO
hold the fort. Thus the British went
out against picked men holding u nick
cd position.
Acquaintance with the bottle neck
through which the british troops Ind
TO dofilc before they Entered Into the
greater battle made the waiting mo-
ments very tense. The effect Of a sud
den GERMAN barrage was not good to
anticipate. but as the moments passed
the scattered firing OF the German gun
grew not at all In volume. and when
the final moment came tho German
shells were still inconspicuous On the
other hand, the British artillery fire
was worry heavy
Once across tho canal. the British
troops carried out most compiled ted
scheme OF deployment with wonderful
success. number of divisions were
seen moving forward in different di-
rcctions. Some troops that crossed the
canal near Inchy swung toward Bour-
crossed near Moeuvres swung to The
southeast. They had outlanked and
were behind the Hindenburg support
line and now moved along and behind
IT, where there was no barbed wire and
no parapets before them.
Some OF these troops stormcd Grain
court from the southeast aud found
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SERBS TAKE CITY AND
FORTRESS OF VELES
lBy Associated Prcss.l

= lBy Associated Press.
LONDON. September 2S.--The city
and fortress of velcs, one OF the i'm
portnnt bases OF the Bulgarian forces
in Southern Serbia, ON the vurdar
has been captured by Serbian troops.
the Serbian War Office announces in a
statement dated Friday
The Serbian forces arc pushing on
from Veles toward Uskub. The troops
defending Vcles were taken prisoner
Serbian troops continued during the
day OF Thursday to press the retreat
ing Bulgarians and scored Important
gains Of ground. the Serbian War ONCE
reports.
Serbian troops have reached Ratavis
Ia, fifteen miles north OF Ishtib, and
have advanced Il considerable distance
beyond kochana. toward tho Bulgarian
border.
The statement follows:
Our advance continued Thursday
with excellent results. Our trooI
reached Ratavista, and have gone con
siderably beyond Kochana.
''On the same day about noon our
troops entered Veles and captured tho
troops defending the fortress. They
tmm ediately continued their advance
toward Uskub
An enormous number Of prisoners.
mostly Germans huge quantity of
war material, including several ma
chine guns. and other supplies have
fallen into cur hands"
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ENGLISH AND CANADIANS
ONENCOME SERIOUS ORaTA CHI
fBy Associated press1

ny AHsoc1at cd Press.
LONDON. September 2s.-Engl.sh and
aole problem at tho nrst step Of their
assault this morning. says the CORE.
spondent OF the Mail. describing the
OF Cambria On the north the canal law
n,ctWeen the British and the enemy. 1t
rs waist deep with mud. Further south
me canal is 100 feet wide
Only between Inchy and Moeuvrcs
WAS IT possible to cross tho canal.
mere was only n small frontage over
which the British Gould fling their col
umns TO reach the wider battle field
ana come In direct touch with the en-
emy. a great part OF the British
troops participating had to pass
through this narrow doorway, the linn
,tS or which wero az we'll known to
the enemy as to the British. Along this
front the Germans had not withdrawn
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lf8ULGAVIAS PARLIAMENT
g. TO MEET sErIi.M HEH 20

September 2e.--The
leaders of the ministerial bloc OF the
Bulgarian Parliament. according TO ad-
vices from Sofia published the follow
ing official note ~ connection with the
government propose! for AN arms
lice:
~ I'm accordance with orders OF the
leaders Of the ministerial bloc the gov
Srnmcnt at ) O'Clock Wednesday, after
noon made an official ofi.r Of an arms +.
tice TO the adversary. The leaders OF
and the people must maintain ni!:-
sfhry and public discipline, which Is 50
necessary for 81 happy issue In these
times, which are decisive for the re-
Gently begun worE of peace.
has been summoned TO
rnioet an September ~"
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AMERICANS IN RUSSIA
ADVANCE FIFTY MILES
IBy Associatcd Pra,a.l

ARCHANGEI., Tuesday, September
24.-American troops who arc taking
part In the operations in virtually ali
sectors of ,he Northern Russian front
have captured several villages In recent
lighting. The net result of the fighting
in which The Americans co-operated
with tho British and Russians in TAX
Ing OF many more places in the last ten
days along the Dvina is an advance Of
more than fftS miles.
The Bolsheviki are fleeing to kotlas.
and the allies are continuing the pur-
suit.
British and Russian airplanes are
continually observing and bombing the
BolSheviki.
These operations, which are still in
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Aindenburg line. From the ArGonne.
east to the Mcusc. the Americans arc
Forcing their way into the Krcimhild
ppeftions. Some ground has been
Eained near the Argonnc forest but
Tho American progress saturday APP
Extremity was slowed down some from
the first two days.
HERMAN HIGH COMMAND
Is IN TIGHT FIN
With a 25o-mile line anamc over nj
most its entire length, Marshal Foch
has the German command in n tight
place. On each of the four sectors the
allies threaten important bases and val
liable communication lines. The Ger
man command probably VIII have
in placing its reserves to the
best advantage, as the allies are IN 4
position to strike on still more sectors
IL Marshal Foch thinks necessary.
q In Macedonia the allies are pressing
the defeated Germans and Hulgarians
into Bulgaria on the east, into Albania
on the west and toward CSkub on the
north. The Scrbians who are at tho
apex of the salient. are moving toward
uskub, having taken Nclcs and its gar
Bulgarian border from east Of the VAR
dur In the Dorian region the allies
are working their way over the noun.
tains toward tho important line of the
Struma River.
~ 1t is reported that the Austrian forces
in Albania are hcinE withdrawn. II
true, this is tho logical result of the
allied drive in Macedonia. as the Aus
TRANS would be in precar!ous posi-
ton should they attempt to hold their
line in Southern Albania.
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MONTFAUCON "EvACUATED"
BERLIN WAR OFFICE SAYS

TDF NsaUCIHtUu l'TtB1
BERLIN via LONDON. September IS.
Advances by tho British toward
Bourbon and Flcsquicres on the Cam
brni front, are announced in to-dny's
army headquarters statement.
The official statement declared that
the American attacks to the east OF
the Argonne were brought to stand
stfll south of the Apremont- Cierges
l1ne Montfaucon. 1t is stated. was
evacuated under the threat Of a sur
rounding movement
Both the French and America ms
continued their strong attacks. and a
NIUE ground was gained by the French,
IN the Champagne between the Sulppe
River and the Aisne
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progress. beside scoring hry-mi,e
advance. have been accomplished by
the siiiking OF at least four enomy
SHIPS. the capture OF several gums,
tauHy hnchine guns and much war ma :
MEL, Few prisoners also have been
~, Inc enemy ships. retiring. hastily to-
h mnIa Notlas, sowed mines as they went
i In, naa ana tho allied progress has been
sweeping. ''"e
Ine casualties OF the allied forces
haEe peen very small
,,n Motias IL on the River Dvina, q dig
am OF $40 miles inland from Arch.
angel In southeaster!y direction.
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LINE REACHES
81 EDGES OF BRIEULIES
rBv Associated rrcssl

ibN assptlattu 'itsS.t
&WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE CHAMPAGNE FRONT. September
2S-The American line tonight cN-
tends to the outskirts OF Bricullcs and
EXermont Additional prisoners have
been taken.
In three days more than sixty enemy
airplanes have been brought down. The
Anne rican loss in that period was less
than twenty.
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,aIJI,GARIA's OFFER RESULT
- OF" LEADERS, MEETING;
IEy Aasoc.nLed rr.h.

IBy Assuc!atcd ir"st.
xA PARIS September 9s.--Bulgaria's Of
fer was the resTl; OF meeting held
,f5n Monday and attended ~ ali lie poo
s3ifical leaders Of Bulgaria, inciudng
Vascii RadoslaVnn the Liberal leader.
sRf1d members OF the Cabinet II Was
NOT, AS German newspapers pretend.
The impulsive act OF Premier Malinon.
Rccording TO Zurich dispatches TO
Morning newspapers here.
et II martial law has been proclaimed
An Sofia IL was because of repeated
anti-German manifestations with Il
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strong paciflst tinge aud popular DEM
onstrations in front OF tho royal pal
ace.
Tho situation in Bulgaria is grave.
This years crops are poor and the
food situation has entered more
critical phase. Recently military events
have convinced those who still be-
levcd in the star of Ludcndorir that
bio "game Is ND"
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themselves almost behind tho German
envy forces had expected a frontal as
AS soon as these tactical mancuvers
starting rather late in the day. storm :
ed the line and went clean across It..
This series OF successes brought the
south to Bourbon wood. on the north,
into Il moro or less straight and simple
formation. and the initial phase OF bat
tie was over.
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NGI.O-RELGIANS
OCCUPY TOWN or PoELCApEI.LE

by Associated rress.l
f. LONDON. September oS-The Brit
ish and Belgians have taken the town
of Poelcapellc and have advanced on
the whole front for distance of from
two to three miles The allied forces
have outflankcd pasSchendaclc ridge
on the north and arc advancing to-
ward RoulerS.
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FRENCH HAVE CAPTURED
r. FORT MNIMAISON
TRy Associated prcss.l

- TEY Associatcd Frcss
PARIS. September 2S.-Gcueral MAN.
gin has captured Fort Malmaison. one
of the stroncholds southwest Of Laon.
according to the War Office announce
fnent Tonight. lie now holds this posi-
tion strongly.
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BELGIANS CAPTURE 1000
PRISONERS IN DRIVE:

ID LONDON. September 2S.-In their at
tack to-day between Gpres and Dix
nude the EelEians made an advance of
more than three and Il half miles, talk
ing 1000 prisoners.
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RICHMOND TIMEs DISPATCH. SUNDAY SEPTEMBER g. 1918

ncers, a German countcrattnck north
o. Allemant was checked completely.
Moro 70 the south tho Frencli~ pen
etrated, the ravinc between Jouy and
Airy and captured two villages"