The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-23

short they made enemies of the United States immediately the European war had broken out"
 This and more was gleaned by the writer, first as representative of New York newspaper and later as an in- dependent investigation, so that the account is accurate and is dedica ted to America. the home of the brave and the land of the free'
 FOOTSTEPS"
 By Dorothy Percival; the John Lane l company, publishers, New York. | An interesting story of a girl and an ' incorrigible father who has settled | in one of the Canary Islands in order to retrieve his fortunes and his repu | tation-only to slide from bad to l worse. On the verge of bankruptcy, l he falls so low as to encourage the attentions to his daughter of pros porous neighborng farmer. an un- ! principled Spanard of the worst type; | and how Daphne gets out of the diff | culty is told with a kill that holds 1 the interest from first to last. Ronn,e, ! a young English engineer, working on l the island. with his sunny good na- 1 ture introduces a new element into the girls chequered life and the story ends on a happy note with a glimpse ! of cheerful family party at Ronnie' $ l Yorkshire home. A novel quite out of
 the ordinary run; of enthralling inter- est---and one that leaves you wish ing it were twice as long
 THE GREAT ADVENTURE
 PRESENT DAY STUDIES IN AMERI- CAN NATIONAL1SMD. By Theodore
 Roosevelt Charles Scrbner's Sons
 publishers, Fifth avenue, at Forty
 eighth street. New York city.
 ''The Great Adventure" the men who
 pay with their bodies for their souls desire. this is the peoples war; put it through, the square deal in Americanism
 sound nationalsm and sound interna- tionalism-the German horror-Service and self-respect-The Romanoff scylla and the bolshevst charybdis-Parlor bol- shevism-Tell the truth and speed up the war-Broomstick preparedness-The gos'
 pei of split milk. There are the Present
 Day Studies" which Theodore Roosevelt
 makes in his book, entitled, "The Great Adventure"
 1 The volume, dedicated to all who in this war have paid with their bodies for l their souls desire, contains Mir. Roose- velt's most recent expressions on the | world war. He tells why men are willing to give their lives or to offer their sons l in the great adventure. He takes Occa- sion to castigate particularly ''parlor bol- shevists,'' those self-styled intellectuas who play with treason under the name of {! internationalism.
 l FILLMORE OSWALD" 1 C'THE DIARY OF A HAPLESS RE 1 CRUIT," By J. Thorne Smith c. N.
 NJ. illustrations by Dick Dorgan. Fred : | erck A. Stokes company, publishers. I New York city.
 1 This attractive and unique book, "Blt- more Oswald" by J. Thorne Smith. does l for the navy fledgeling what 'Dere Ma ble'' does for the rookie of the army. It | is the veracious record of the haps and mishaps of a verdant landlubber plunged into a whirl of unfamiliar duties at Pel- ham bay training station. as told by a recruit who has been through the mill. | Like his soldier brother, the naval re- servist can lose his ability to see the | ridiculous side of serious situation. l Typical of the irrepressible humor that l fla shes through the book. is the author s | remark as he finished four hours duty on a sleet-driven post-'Thank God there are no mosquitoes!' His record of ex- periences is one long riot of laughter ino one with a son or brother or a sweetheart in the service will want tc miss it, and no one who is a recruit him. self can afford to miss it.
 l "EVERYMANS LAND" 1 By C. N. and A. M. Williamson. H. l frustrated. Doubleday, Page & Co.,
 publishers. Garden City, N. Y.
 "Everyman's Land," by these charm ing and delightful collaborators. c. N
 and A. M Williamson, is romance of travel which weaves itself in and out among the cities and towns o1 | France which the war. while reducing many of them to ruins, has made ia miliar to every American. Everyman's
 Land is. of course. France, and ths book is thus dedicated: ITO all sol
 diers who have fought or fight for Ev' ieryman's Land and Everyman's Right and to those who love France"
 The scenes of this adventure are lait