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eKAeS. ID pE iSI6s BoLsH 81
BY Arthur Bullard. The Macmillan
ssst books that has been written
i about Russia should come from the
I pen of Arthur Ballard for Mr.. Bull
lard has long been Interested in Rus:
,S STA, has Travelled there for years. an3
ehs aiari aed c hmssi
&tahd with the ideas and Ideals OF inc
I'm this book. Mr.. Bullard devotes a
4 few chapters to the Old Regime--ths
! Sol, in which Lenin sowcd his. seed:
These are followed by a narrative OF
4 Ksrensky. and its overthrow by the
& Bolsthevist. Then The DEVELOPMENTS IN
ne,ria como in for e 81 ,Gs sna hma
\ which must he dealt with in any fruit
i faI efforts by outsiders to help RUSSIA.
( Mr. Billiards. central thought Is that
= there has been ,ompiete SWING o,
the political pendulum in European
Russia from, the tyranny OF INC Lsar,
aemocratic majority rule. to u new
sSranny under Lcpin, which has re-
yived almost all the methods OF the
Mr. Billiard is sympathizcr with
the revolution. though nc is entirely
opposed TO the theory and practice OF
Benin, whom he regards a only one
incident in the revolution. II. SaES;
The reyoiu', %o,n IN n 1G' e onH wa is
only one incident in it's development
one phase OF the process. We cannot
compare Lenin to Robcspicrre. liepcrt'
or Napoleon. but not one of the three
men made the French revolution: none
of them ruined IT. II was Infinitely
greater than any OF them--thc revo!u-
Ton in Russia has not Completed KS
hss Il n' the oary
Of hereditary ahsolutisT. 1t has freed
The land. Lenin is only ono episode
The section OF MIR. Billiards. work;
which will perhaps he OF most Senera'
Interest is The one in wh,sn a" cn ant
structive policy to help Russia tere
out of his long experience Win Hns,
sian peoPls b MI hr mnrIfs thonghtfui
study. OF the many books which haye
been written about Russia since me
Outbreaks of the Great War, we CON
sidar this easily among the very best
THE BLACK DROP. By Alice Brown.
The Macmillan Co. New York
a IN this moving story. Miss br9wn
splendaly inSI5a'e spi ana Ter scene
: Is laid in Boston. hut tho type she
presents is not provincial; nor IS !.
+ that type which is dominant char
aeteristic OF the country as whole:
1t might aln1os, be dGsc1 ,n ,,u AS q q
4. suspense is we'll developed in IT,
and the reader is. kept guessing al
through series Of exe,t nns snt "a MS
literary style OF the book. however.
for Miss Browns, skill in charartHr
hackground has never boon better
displayed than here.
Ths central ~, III hsp Trc in TIE TIE h sii's
! black drop in his blood Cod knows 5
where he got it," Educated. Of markeh
finement and 1"i culture and nigh IDEALS,
he is INSCRIPTIONS, greedy. eager toT
power and willing 10. sacrifice every
thing and every body for II.
Ills schemes. out OF which the theme
grows and which develop series OF
, dramatic incidents: ultimately invoive
4, members of his family. These char
acters are drawn with great psnn,ra
,ien into human mo ,tdssis ThsTe
Gus. and thoroughly lovable. Thcr,
is Helen, Charles, wife; who know.
!. ny conflicting emotions. There, is his
I mother. a woman of charm and poisSS
who endesEors to handle ,,G.rs d'i II III,
father an author, and his grand'athei
living apart from the others and Ee'
ksenly alive tG all ma ma rs aaPnsnng
al! of them thrown together throush
the force of circumstance abs, .,,r
fhev do abou, Charles? should they,
him put in iail or Snouid i inSEi en- In.
nefarious operations and huSh MP ms
past offenses? This question becomes
very real very r.D 9raiIal I power by
! Miss Brown. Many books which nave
Given great deal OF pleasure 10
= thousands Of readers nave Se 'msn rs {"
I be doubted if she has, ever wrii,,en
with greater understanding or WIN =
more accurate knowledge o. Worlu
& Conditions than she has in this latest
novel.
on THE MAKALo4 MAT Ey Jack
London. The Macmtilas Co. New ORR ~,
g This collection Of sn"yt T'' Tiowa ~
The picturesque land Mr.. London knew
and loved so dearly, and they reveal
4 nnce more the power of his imaBlna
y tion and the vigor of his style. Against
sftropical setting there arc told Won
Il derful tales OF advcnture-colortui' ora
line . powers Of literary ecnius which
lifted Mr.. London into the hearts of
the people everywhere as ono or the
s Worlds most appealing, story writer's
81 The contents include ON The Makaloa
I Mat" The Bones Of kahelili," Whom
Mice Told Her soul" shin Bones. The
& eThe Kanaka Surf" This is probably
the last volume of short stories by
Jack London to appear. AZ Mr. Lon
Iished manuscripts. but those that were
& suita bile have now for tho most part
& been issued.
HANDS OFF. BY Beulah Marie Dix.
lei The Macmillan Co, New York
= = In this new novel by Bculah Marie
w Dix. the title OF which conveys in
/ hseif somhthins of the spirit Of the
S tale, We have good rousing story 81
81 adventure in Mexico. Its action could
Y only have taken place in tina, most
e exTaordinary OF all lands. where me
~ deings of the bandits are stirh ,n
receive front page mention in tho
u $5eat dailies OF this country Beulai
So Marie DIN has not, so far ms !, =.
i known. told the story OF any an a.. is
lqal happeninE,, but what she does
dsscribe in vivid. gripping chapters is
q every day. The hero Of HANDS or,
rs young American. who goes "a
Grav Hair Fpded