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New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
Sylvia and Michael
Mackenzies Gypsy
Wearies of the Road

SYLVIA AND MICHAEL by Compton
Msckenzie. Published by Harper q
Bros.
When Sylvia Scarlet, at the end Of
Compton Mackenzie's novel of tha.
name, wrapped her yellow shawl
around her few treasures of ancestry
and decided to go back to the life o.
which those treasures were the only
solid pledge, we doffed our hat TO Comp
ton Mackenzie, novelist, ard waited for
the war 70 end ard bring US note OF
Sylvia's further adventures.
Well. we have them in "Sylvia and
Michael" and We wish the book had
lost itself in the New York postofice
The girl who arrives in Paris after
being Tilted in London is the same
old Sylvia Scarlet. whimsical. piqrant
proud-a gypsy adventurer whose in
heritance is a temperament $50 rascu-
line and feminine simultaneously that
reason is sapped by emotion, and emo
ton sterilized by reason"
But the Sylvia who went TO pieces
in Petrograd and recovered with a
"sense Of regeneration" is another and
disappointing person. The charm of
Sylvia Scarlet had been her strict ad
herence to the only principle she recog-
nized-the duty Of a human being %
live her own life in the way natural to
her particular self. A harlot, she was
not an ordinary one. Neither was she
an ordinary wife, or friend, or gypsy.
Every new adventure, every act was
characterized by an individualism
unique.
Il hope III never be one of those
women who consider themselves
problem" Sylvia once said, and until
she fell i'll in Petrograd this was true.
Her yesterdays were only amusing
memories, or unpleasantnesses to be
forgotten. Tomorrow was delight
ful mystery not to be spoiled by sur
mise.
Our quarrel with Mackenzie is that
his new Sylvia regards herself as
most serious problem. The major por-
tion of Sylvia and Michael" is given
up to long introspections on Sylvia's
part-uninteresting to the reader, Of
import only to Sylvia herself. There
is much of the old adventure In tho
book, for Sylvia goes to Petrograd,
Kief, Odessa and finally to Nish as q
cabaret singer. Eventually she meets
prisoner by the Bulgarians, finally
making their escape to Samothrace.
where Michael proposes TO Sylvia and
the novel closes with conventional
ending. That Sylvia had always loved
Michael was convincing. That Michael
would marry Sylvia was doubtful.
To those who had not read Youths
Encounter" "Sinister Street" and
"Sylvia Scarlet" the book would be IN
ineligible. In confession she makes
to priest Sylvia outlines in brief
the main events of the life she had
led up to the opening OF Sylvia and
Michael" but this confession does not
occur until nearly the middle of the
volume. The story is well written
with Compton Mackenzie's facile grace
and brilliant handling of fine detail;
but the splendid sinner of Sylvia
Scarlet has become a lonely old maid.
y NJ
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
T ales of Fishes
Grey Tells of Splashing
Fights III Strange Waters
"TAIEs OF FISHES" BY Zane Grey. Pub

TALES OF FTSHf2S" BY Zane Grey. Pub
lshed by Harper 81 Bros.
Such tales as these are told by fire.
light in wilderness clubs of the north
or on the verandas OF tropical hostile
ries wherever anglers are gathered to-
gether. 1t would be q long quest and
vide one, however, which nettcd such
tales as those Zane Grey tells in Tales
Of Fishes"
Almost any angling club hearth
might on occasion yield such a story as
that OF Grcy's "Byme- By -Tarpon,' of
the broad Panuco River near Tampico.
but few anglers could tell 1t so artist
cally. IT IS ono Of the few stories in
Grey's book whose relish lies mostly in
the telling
Most Of the others are dependent for
their lure upon the novelty of the facts
presented, the scenes described. The
book is beset with the fascination Of
TAR places and strange fish and birds.
There Is, for instance, the rabihorcado,
that fierce and sensitive bird dwelling
upon the Il Island of the Dead, off Yuca-
tan: 1t lives by robbing the boobies Of
their prey, and. according to the Ind
lanA commits suicide by impaling itself
upon a thorn bush when it ia no longer
able TO rob BOBBY. Mr.. Grey saw de-
spondent looking and long defunct
rablhorcados hanging OF the thorn
bushes, but, being fisherman and
truthful, he admits lie didn't know how
they got there.
Fishing with light tackle for sword
fish Off Avalon. on the Pacific Coast, for
barracuda. sailfish and many another
strange but gamy quarry, is described
With picturesque detail that will hold
the attention of any one who knows tho
thrill Of tipping reel. 1t is book
for fresh water anglers as we'll as their
briny brethren. Although it deals
entirely with salt water hshing, the
book has arrogance Of craft and caste
but will enthrall, too. the man to whom
hshing means salmon, trout or bass.
Avalon, Alacranes, Long Key. Cata-
lima, Clemente-the tales echo with
names that are resonant with the
splashine fight Of great fish and the
sweep of ocean winds. RP.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

orthodox beliefs back home. Here Is
striking passage:
"The welfare workers who had
been preaching and moralizing to the
boys had concerned themselves with
what they regarded as the cardinal
SINS: profanity, gambling, drunken
ness and sexual immornlity. But
while they harpcd on these things
constantly they secured little inter
est on the part of the soldiers
themselves. At last cards were cir
culated among multiplied thousands
or the men and they were asked to
designate what they regarded as the
live most repulsive sins. The answers
ness nor gambling nor profanity,
nor vice figured in the replies. Head
ing the list was cowardice Then
came sclfshness. And the other
three in order were hypocrisy, dis
loyalty and meanness. 1t will be
noted that these are all sins of the
spirit, and when these old rocks, as
we used to call them, named these
as the worst Of all sins they dis
played greater profundity a better
grasp of the fundamentals of tho
moral life, than any of the profess
sional moralists who had presumed
to lecture them"
Profanity was not sin at all at the
front-only habit. DR.. Clark tells
of service which he was conducting
at the front. There was fervent at
mosphere of spirituality. When the
men started to sing a hymn they
couldn't get together. The leader
stopped suddenly and said: ooh hell!
That is too damned low!" But the
men took tho remark as a matter OF
fact. The author insists that at in
no way spoiled the spirit Of the oc-
cason"
1t is Dr. Clark's opinion That the
church gained ground in only one
country as result of tho war. That
country was France And the reason
was that France did not exempt her
clergy from military service. The ex-
periences Of the war, the author CON
tends, have greatly shaken the influ-
ence of organized religion, and that in
tiuence can be regaincd only by a
heroic effort to adjust old creeds to
new spiritual ideas and impulses.
WILLIAM l.. MCPHERSON.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
Spiritism

LAST LETTERS FROM THE LIVING
DEAD MAN. BY Elsa Barker. Pub
iished by Mitchell Kennery.
This is the third book in series of
communications from spirit named
TX" to Elsa Barker. In forcword
Miss Barker states that she has vainly
sought to give up the transcription OF
these spirit messages, but that the
overwhelming demands of suffering
souls who have been saved from des-
pair by her communication with the
invisible world has urged her to com
pile this last series The letters from
"N' purport to have come in 1917 and
to predict many world events that have
since come to pass. They are filled
with vague and cryptic advice for the
guidance of the American ship of
state and the Allies, but neither the
prediction nor the advice seems to us
IN the least arresting. Perhaps a key
to the symbolism of spiritualsm might
relieve from the banality characteris-
tic passage like this: "Hate will be
turned TO love in this land where the
Eagle cries. Listen to the cry Of the
Eagle. 1t is a free bird and it flies
high. Its message has only been hint
ed at in the years that have been mum
bered. The Eagle will teach freedom.
They will listen across the sea-
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
Marie's Little Bit

Marie Corelli's new book, "My Little
Bit" to be published September 10 by
Doran, includes some warm utterings
which she contributed to the press
during the war. Whether or not one
agrees with her drastic indictment Of
modern social developments, the eman-
cipation of women, the failure of the
churches, etc, nevertheless the book
promises to prove live and interesting
diversion.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
Edible illustrations

Oliver Herford, whose new book,
"Thc Giddy Globe,''' is now on the press,
came into the Office Of George II. Doran
Company the other day with handful
of animal crackers which he nibbled
absentmindedly while he discussed his
book. Suddenly he gave an exclama-
tion of dismay. "Great heavens!" he
said, "I'm eating some of my illustra-
tions"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

issue three of his previous novels not
heretofore published in this country.
They are "Los Argonautas" (The Argo-
nauts), Entire Naranjos" (Among the
(keeds and Mud). The latter has been
called by many critics his best novel
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
o $ $ ip
Famous Globe Trotters

Mary Roberts Rinehart is now in
California at the headquarters Of the
sulting with Rex Beach about the film
ing of her "The Amazing Interlude."
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
Why, Gilbert!

Gilbert Cannan, asked to produce
something new in the way Of autobiog-
raphy when Doran published his Mum
merry" burst into the following:
II was kissed by Bishops wife
when l was four and visited in sick
bed by Mr.. Balfour's sister when l was
fourteen and saw the German Emperor
driving in Lord Lonsdale's yellow
chariot when I was sixteen, memory
which is slightly confused in mind
with Lord Courtney's yellow waistcoat,
which also l beheld at close quarters
about the same time.
My great-grandfather was a minis
ter in Scotland, while my grandfather
on the other side was a clergyman of
the Church of England, with livings in
Cornwall. These two strains met half
way in South Lancashire and produced,
to their growing astonishment, me,
who appeared in London in 1905 to be
called in the most orthodox way to the
bar; Then came a point at which
could no longer conceal my secret vice
of writing, and it became an open
scandal that I had had the etfrontery
to write book
Il should have mentioned that was
born In 1884 and was an interesting
child, as being constantly on the point
OF death, SO much SO that my survival
ls regarded somewhat sceptically by
my elder relatives. ! am a B. A. of
Cambridge, a barrister-at-law of the
Inner Temple and hope to be q good
many more things before l have done"
Prolific Mr.. Wells
II. G. Wells has turned his attention
temporarily from God and is writing
history OF tho world, In some $4,000
words. SIMON Pure, who writes "The
Londoner" for "The Bookman." saws in
the September issue:
Il must admit that, much as I ad
n!re Wells, l have never until now
oohe Justlce to the simply enormous
courage he must have in embarking
upon a huge universal history of this
kind. 1t begins with the earliest thines
known or conceived about the world
we 1--we in: 1t goes through the ages.
1T peeps into the future. No doubt
many wseacres and academic critics
and professors will say. archly enough:
1t is magnificent But it is not his
tory l am quite prepared for that.
But think what a feast it will be for
the imagination, and. what a stimulant
Tor the brain And think of the SIN
pendous daring of it! If the book ap
pears this autumn it will certainly
wash out everything else that | have
mentioned in this causerie. Whenever
1t appears it will be a publishing event
OF the first magnitude and a milestone.
imagine, in the history of English
education"
Hlasco ihanez Continues Popular
His Mare Nostrum" reached it's
'thirteth printing within ten days after
publication. buttons are preparing to
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
Dunsany 20 Visit America

This distinguished Irish soldier and
playwright is scheduled to make brief
visit to this country in October.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
Announcements

Anne Douglas Sedgwck, author of
"Tante," has written new book, soon
to be published by the Century Com
pany. 1t is called "A Childhood in
Brittany Eighty Years Ago"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
How / Animals Talk
Author Denies That
Animals Are Dumb

HOW ANIMALS TALK. By William J
Long. Published by Harper & Brothers
Half The enjoyment Of Mr.. Longs
book results from the mans total lack
OF q sense Of humor If he had one
ned realize that he's in the class OF
the fabl lc-maker who accounted for the
bears lack OF tail by the cleverness
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

THE JUMDnr BOOK OF RHYMES. BY
Frank r. Heine. Published by Hackney
q Moale Company. Ashevile. n c.
A collection of rhyming comments
on everything from Santa Claus and
love to the servant problem.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
Religion

CHRISTIAN AUTHORIZATIONS BY
Charles Alvin Brooks Published by
sions and Missionary Education Move
ment OF the United States and Canada
A book which sets. forth the i'm
portance Of religious unity and urges
the churches to undertake the task
of establishing it.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
The Dangerous Ag,

after Thirty" by Julian Street, has
called for a second printing before
according to The Century
Company.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

Kermit Roosevelt has set down a
record of his war experiences under
Generals Alenby and Maude The
book will be published by Scribners in
September under the title 1.-The War
in the Garden of Eden"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

DENA. ISy Ella Waterbury Gardner. Pub
lished by Small, Maynard & Co.
A story of d girl who lived In C.
small town and had to assume the re-
sponsiblity of an impractical father
and two mischievous brothers.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
THE HOTHAA1S. BY A. W. w. Stirling
Published by Herbert Jenkins Ltd >,

The chronicles Of the Hothams of
Scarborough and South Dalton. from
their hitherto unpublished family
papers. The family has produced
many Of England's most distingui shed
men and the book Is panorama Of
history with highlights Of unusual in
tcreSt.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
Poetry and Drama

OLD-FAsHIONED VERSES. BY william
+. Hornaday. Published by Clark 4
rFritts, New York.
A collection of mediocre verse on
such subjects as War, Wild Life,
Friendship and Love.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

Scribners have put Allan Seeger's
Poems" to press again, making a total
of $4,000 copies since their publication
in December, 1916
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
biography

THE NAPOLEON OF THE PACIFIC. Hy
Norbert H. Gowen, +. r. G. s. Pub
lished by H. Revell s: Co.
The story Of Kamahameha the
Great, the chieftain who accomplished
the union of the eight islands of the
Hawaiian Archipelago and made them
into a kingdom
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

HOW TO TEACH RELIGION. BY George
Herbert Belts. Published by the Abing
don Press.
A definition Of the aim of religious
instruction.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

THE WILL OF sONG. BY Harry Barn
hart and Percy Maokaye. Published 4
by Boni 4 Iiveright.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
.Juycnile

TIE TRAIL MAKERS. BY Charles p.
Burton. Published by Henry Holt & Co.
The story Of two boys who spent a
summer with a railroad construction
gang and helped build the great
bridges and lay the iron trail.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

WHEN WAS A GIRL IN ICELAND By
Holmfridur Arnadottir. Published BY
Lothrop. Lee & Shepard Co.
Written by woman who was born
and bred in Iceland, this story tells
how the people of that strange land
live and act and what they love as
legends. The last chapter tells how the
author happened to come to this coun-
try and what she thinks Of America.
NoRA's TWIN SISTER. BY Nina nhoades
Published by Lothrop Lee & Shepard Co.
The story Of two little girls born to
poor parents They are twin sisters
and one is adopted by a wealthy fam
lily. The foster mother dies, however,
and the twin who has lived in luxury
wants to exchange places for one night
with the twin who has known always
what it means to be poor. The story
swings into interesting channels from
this point on.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

billy VANILLA BY Sol. N. Sheridan
Published by Lothrop. Lee & Shepard
Co.
a book for boys and girls who are
still in the pirate and buried treasure
stage.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

Described by the authors as "a
dramatic service of community sing
ing. for use as two days song fes-
tival in two parts"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
Among Those Present
War Books

10000 MILES ON A SUBMARINE DID,
STROYER. by George Nj. Battey, jr
Published by Tho Webb & Vary Co,
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

HUMPTy- DuMPTy WILLIAM & Co. BY
George NJ. Battey tr, Published by The
Dc Ntnne Press. New York.
Humorous poems and prose on Incl
dents of the war.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

LADY TEDDY COMES TO TOWN. BY
Mary. I)ickerson ponahey Published by
Small. Maynard 6. Co.
"A story about lonely, mad-cap, tom
boy girl who won the enthusiastic an
proval of d set Of skeptical youngsters
among whom she was thrown.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
IheNetvSchooifos'
Social Research

VIII open October FIRST for tho study
ot current economic and govcrrrlartal
ir"oleii.s 8 The work VIII be con
Quoted by group OF well known
writer's and teachers, among whom are
Graham Wallas of london. Thor
stem sh!cn. James Harvey Rob-
lnson' esiey Clair Mitchell, John
neWey, Dean Roscoe Pound,
hioiSsaye Olgin, Charles A. Beard
ana members of the Bureau of
Municipal Research, Robert Bruere
END members of the Bureau of
Industrial Research.
Courses viii include lectures on
Economic Factors in Civilization. TIA
Deyelopmens of the United states Inio
World Power, The Historic nort-
ground of the Great War. Modern In
nus'riaiisn, Social Inheritance. Recent
tendencies in Political Thought, Prob
iens OF American Government. etc.
There viii be late afternoon ana
evening lectures and conferences 10
ptiilt the attendance II those en-
gagged In regular professions ~
scapeinlc degrees VIII be raout~ss
put the standard Of pastrrs7s,st.,
WORK tVl'l be maintained TEera YIN
pc general lectures and discussion far
!arssr groups and small confarenras
ior 'nose equipped for special RESEARCH
hoelstrat!on viii begin sertsn,bsr
twenty second FN0''ipol
Announcement Will be ssr, ,n
apphcauon to the school at
1853 W. Twcar-TAira st. New York
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06
Miscellaneous

Charles NJ Pepper. Published by The
Century Company.
4 survey OF the world markets and
the nature Of the trade which consti-
tutes them. 1t analyzes and intcrprets
the consequences Of the war, the con-
troll of raw materials, and the nation
allied efficiency OF the several coun-
tries.
INTERVENTION IN MEXICo by Sam
uel Guy Inman. Published by The AS
sociation Press.
An authority on Pan-Amerlcan ques-
tions, Mr. Inman offers to those inter
ested in the Mexican situation accurate
information about men and movements
there.
NEW TOWNS AFTER THE WAR: BY
New Townsmen. Published by J. Nj
Dent & Sons. London.
An argument for garden cities.
c4Non1Nq NoHTINa 81 sA141NG ANp w.ls MOTOR
Miller. Y. S. n. Published by George H.
Doran Company.
For the man who would own his own
small craft this book contains much
that is useful and instructive.
TIE STORY OF III u PARIS CHURCHES.
BY Jetta s. Wolff. Published by Bren-
tanos.
A concise and simple history of
Paris's beautiful churches.
PAGES AND PORTRAITS FROM THE
PAST. BY A. W. w. Stirling. Pub
lished by Herbert Jenkins. Ltd. Lon
don. 2 vols.
Being the private papers Of Sir
William Hotham, G, @. B.. Admiral of
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

TIE LIBERTY GIRL. BY Rena 7. Hn,-
sey. Published by Lothrop, Lee &
Shepard Co.
Nathalie Page, seventeen, forms a
club called The Liberty Girls, and
its members try out all roads that
make good citizens out Of well meaning
women. A story for girls Of fourteen
or more, according to the publisher.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

Written In the form Of log, this
book tells of the work done in the war
by the destroyer Reid.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

lISHeu ny AppletOn IN IeW weeks.
Doubleday, Page announce. ents in
clude Sisters" a novel by Kathleen
Norris September 27), "The Lions
Mouse" by c. N. and A. NJ. williamson
(Septembor 81 and "The Other Side Of
the Walp by Henry Justin Smith
(September p.
Henri Barbusse's Light" will be
published by Dutton about the middle
Of September.
Considerable interest is being shown
Co. OF "The Greater Glory" by
William Dudley Pelley. Mr.. Pelley is
Vermont journalist and magazine
writer and his novel depicts the events
which made life interesting to the
people of q small New England town.
A volume Of Representative One
Act Plays by American Authors" will
be published by Little, Brown & Co.
in September. The book will contain
"a short plays by the best known
writer's of single act plays. The selec-
tions were made by Margaret G.
Mayorga.
Thornton W. Burgess, the popular
author of ''The Bedtime Story Books"
has written "The Burgess Bird Book
for Children" which Little, Brown e.
Co. will publish in October with
illustrations of birds in full color from
drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes
Over million copies of Mr.. Burgess's
animal story books have now been sold
Peter Clark Macfarlane, the Pacific
coast writer, whose best known novel is
Held to Answer" has brought to-
gether in book form his entertaining
Bilge and Ma stories Of the United
States destroyer service. These will
be published in September by Little,
Brown e. Co. under the title of t'The
Exploits of Bilge and Ma"
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

1.-THE Career of Leonard Wood" by
Joseph Hamblen Sears will be pub
lished by Appleton in a few weeks.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

THE STORY OF THE PARIS CHURCHES
BY Jetta 8. Wolf. Published by Bren-
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

A concise and simple history Of
Paris's beautiful churches.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

IN MEXICO. by Sam
uel Guy lnman. Published by The AS
sOctattOn Press
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

PAGES AND PORTRAITS FROM THE
PAST. BY A. w. w. Stirling Pub
lished by Herbert Jenkins. Ltd. Lon
don yols ~ "
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

NEW TOWNS AFTER THE WAR. p
New Townsmen. Published by J. NJ
Dent & Sons, London.
An argument for Garden cities
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

For the man who would own his own
small craft this book contains much
that is useful and Instructive
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

SAILING AND MOTOR
BOATING. BY Lieutenant Warren II
Miller. Y. s. n. Published by George H.
DOran Csor,,Oanv
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

Being the private papers Of Sir
William Hotham, G. @. B.. Admiral of
the Red.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

Henri Barbusse's Light" will be
published by Dutton about the middle
of September.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-06

WHEN WAS A GIRL IN ICELAND By
Holmfridur Arnadottir. Published by
I.OthroD Lee &, Snepard CO.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-03-14
Treasurer will Collect
All Personal Taxes

For many years past there has
been an extreme laxness in the
paying Of personal property taxes
in Clear Creek county, with a
result that many thousands of
dollars remain unpaid and render
an injustice to the people who pay.
This sort OF thing is not going
to be continued. All must pay or
suffer the consequences of the law.
The word has gone down the line
and the treasurer will get busy.
For full particulars read the
resolution adopted by the commits.
sioners, which is pri tied in full
in the official proceedings of the
county commissioners in this
issue of the Siftings-the official
county paper.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-03-14
C'eSt un AnnOnce
ExtraOrdinaire!

Yep! That's right for this is
the last time we will be able to re-
mind you that the Welcome Home
Dance will be in full swing next
Monday night, that date being the
long looked for 18th of March.
If you can't remember that long
without assistance. better tell the
girl to remind you of it. or else tie
a string around your finger.
All the committees are on their
toes for the FINAL sprint and even
the Illuminating committee prom.
ises to be all "lit up"-er-a-that
is-the hall will be "lit up''-n not
the committee.
just remember this, too. you
young fellows in uniform-the
dance won't cost you a ce n t.
Your uniform is your ticket.
Again, we repeat, the date is
March 17th.
Be there.