The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-21

theme of his exquisite lines, describing
them in lyric verse of most arresting
quality.
The images he presents are always
fresh and vivid, his ideas are never
platitudinous. The few love poems of
the volume are full of tenderness, with
deep-toned notes of passion vibrating
through them.
Songs While Wandering" bears the
incorporates the name of city or state
of which has suggested the various
poems to the author and the one en-
titled "Confidante," wears the name of
Alabama" most gracefully:
CONFIDANTE.
In my garden is rose
Swaying lightly on a tree.
Her leaves are redder than thy lips
And she can pity me.
For I have told her what I feel
When [ but touch thy tiny hand.
Her leaves are redder than my blood
SO she must understand.
Alabama.
Another very lively one is "Realisa-
ton" and is associated to North Caro-
lima"
REALISATION.
In the pale pearl haze of far-off
land
Where the fingers could not touch,
I Law and made my little plant
OF things for which man might long
And sicken overmuch
Because they come not to his hand.
And then one day my wishes brought
Fulfilment in their eyes.
But l could 20 longer care
To see the dearest of theme there.
With all their glad surprise
} Not one had half the joy I sought.
. North Carolina.
"THE TOYS OF PEACE AND OTHER
PAPERS"
By Fl. H. Munro ("Saki'o. with por-
trait and a MEMORY The John Lane
company publishers. New York City.
In the days of peace new volume
by "Saki' was always looked forward
to by connoisseurs of brilliant and
clever writing. 1t might be thought
/ that the war would have detracted from
! the SAVIOUR of "Sakis" peculiar wit, but
! this volume of posthumous stories and
! sketches seems rather to bring out its
| full favour, and is fitting memorial
! to a man who has shown by his life
| and death that his biting satire was
! but symbol of his passionate love
| for his country.
| The title The Toys of Peace" is that
of one of his most characteristic stories
appropriate to the whole collection.
THE BATTLE OF THE NATIONS"
By Frederic Arnold Hummer. Illus
trated The Century company, pub
fishers, 353 Fouth Avenue, New York
| City.
.The Battle of the Nations" bears
the subtitle of "a Young Folks His
tory Of the Great War" the author is
Frederic Arnold Hummer, the author
! if 1.-THE Web and other interesting
| stories.
1.-THE Battle of the Nations is unique
among books about the war. Writer
primarily for young folks. its breadth
of treatment, it's charming style. make
it no less appealing to those of any
age who desire to obtain a simple anc
concise history of the great confllct. IL
author, Frederic Arnold Hummer,
civil engineer by training and Gloss
student of military affairs. is also
dramatist skilled writer of fiction
AS result he has invested the dry de-
tails of the struggle with such vivit
color that one follows the various
scenes as they unroll themselves VIII
same breathless interest that one ex
/ periences in witnessing the develop
ment of some stupendous play II
has dealt with underlying causes rattle
than with obvious facts; his book has
mighty plot-the age-old struggle o
| democracy against autocracy-an
thus the onrush of events is presente
| with a direct and comprehensive gras
H rarely found in works of history.
II The publishers feel safe in saying ina
H no matter Tow many histories. of tn
Il great war may be written, there WI
II be none which presents, within IN
II limits of a single volume, so simpl
II dramatic and absorbing picture.
II RED FRIDAY"
II By George Kibbe Turner. Lit
II Brown and company, publishers, Bos
II ton. q
II Here is work of fiction that fore
III casts graphically what might happ'
III in the United States should Bolshevls
III obtain the upper hand. 1t is the stor
III of a colossal conspiracy between 30
III shevik master mind from Russi
iii named Plangonev, and stephen Blac
III a New York secret SPECTATOR OF gre
iii wealth. to overthrow capitalism Ha'
III ing had impotent the two>er &c
III capitalistic class who own three-1i1tn
Ill of Americas wealth. Plangonev wou
iii apply the pincers to the thlrty-Ii
III per cent of the population, includlI
iii the farmers. who own two-thlrds
III the remaining wealth. The culmin
iii ton of this plot on Red Friday W
necessarily be followed by violen
and bloodshed and the proletariat W
iii then be supreme.
iii The details of the working out
III this pilot of debt" the important pa
iii PLAYED by Charlotte Black. the beau
III full and sagacious daughter Of the NJ
iii York multi millionaire, and the TRACE
iii that followed the panic on Red Frid'
III are all narrated with intensity
Rarely does an imaginative wri
deal so effectively with problem
III the hour. 1t has remained Tor
Ill Turner. II set forth the perils of B
III shevism in a most startling fashi
l0 1t is book with warning-and