The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-29

meeting with large measure of sue cess.
 An engaging love story, no less inter- esting because of it's unexpected finale.
 The author of 'The Soddy' has written a novel that builds largely upon the hrm foundation of her distinguished first book.
 "A POPULAR HISTORY OF FRANCE" By B. Van Worst. Frederick A. Stokes
 Co.,, publishers, New York city.
 "A Popular History of France by B. Van Worst, is a very concise and read- able little volume, with 92 illustrations and two maps, covering the period of Frances growth since the early days Of the Gauls and the Romans, through the middle ages modern times" the rev olution'' and the nineteenth century,
 In a preface to the eNlittle volume, one g.eans the following information:
 For the last four years the eyes or the world have been fixed upon France From the far corners of the earth, rom the east and from the west soldiers have come to fight upon the soil of this coun- try. side by side with the French, against all invasion of the Huns.
 Millions of Americans have landed m France More are coming every day Many of them have never crossed the ocean befores All of them want to know something about the people with whom NOi' tact Yet it is not a time when men may | sit down to study the problems of the jpast The purpose therefore of this little book is to give a rapid review of the history of France a brief account of the lmpor- . tant events which have taken place since the first battle of the Marne-foughs against the Huns in 451-together with a , short presentation of the most eminent i. people, the great men and women who have determined these events. : In word this is concise summary oi | the progress of civilization in France, and of the principal movements which have encouraged greater political unlts in the. country greater freedom ana knowledge among the people,, greater chivalry in their customs, greater com merca with the outside worlds
 1 "A list of the rulers of France in thelf chronological order. will be found at l the end of the book)
 DADDY PAT OF THE MARINES Letters of Lieut.. Col Frank E. Evans
 U S. M. c. Illustrated Frederiek A
 Stokes Co, publishers, New York selty.
 "Daddy Pat of the Marines" is z charming book which contains the letters of Lieut. Col. Frank E. Evans, U. NJ C.. to his little son. and a mighty lucky boy is little "Townie Evans
 His daddy-Lieut. Col Frank E. tNan' l-SGrNeQ France and during all their wonder1u caupaien wrote him the finest letters boy ever had from a soldier-father, de lscribing the things about France ant the fighting that he knew would interes Ia little boy most. and telling him sim plv and vividly, so he couldn't heip un derstanding and remembering, just wna it meant for America to be in the War
 notable critic has paid lAeutenan Colonel Evans book the following com pliment. gracefully put,
 Says Frederick Taber Cooper: Tt IS tn only product of the war l have yet seer Ittat one could read to young chlid an be sure not only of holding his lnteres' hut of giving him true pictures of som sides of the great war What nk asnecially is the strong, big-hearted ten derness of the whole spirit of these ie' ters. fhe brave camouflage that hide homes;ckness and heartache; the ntti .homey,' intimate words that creep Tn, lycu can fairly hear the man nimsei italkjne to the little boy with whom ne so obviously the best of chums. The Tel Iters will also reach the heart Of man lonely wife and mother, show her DIG lures of the soldiers life over there, Wit a y1vidness bora of their very simphclts lp.c1ures that are apt to get buried c otscured in more elaborate telling.
 GOOD SPORTS"
 By Olive Higgins Prouty. Frederlck