The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-31

come the sheep Queen" we have
powerful delineation of a woman when
will take high rank among the distinctive
personalities of fiction. Tense, gripping,
with drama, incident, humor. here IS
novel that holds breathless interest to
the end.
"a SMILE A MINUTE"
BY H. c. Witwer, Illustrated by Ar
thur William Brown. Small, Maynard
& Co, publishers, Boston.
Here are nine more innings of breezy,
rollicking, funsprovoking letters OF Ed
Harmon-and there are few readers OF
books who don't count him friend.
! This time he tells about Back Home"
and his wonderful Jeanne and their
wonderful baby with the same pep
! and philosophy keen observation and
satire that made From Baseball to
! Boches' one of the most laughed over
and talked about books of the year. 1t
| is a bubbling, cheerful, stimulating
| book, full of fun, patriotism, sporting
! spirit, the joy of youth. 1t is youth
and humor, and that's why everyone
| who delights in good wholesome fun
has read From Baseball to Boches"
and will read "a Smile a Minute"
"WHAT is AMERICAN
BY Edward Alsworth Ross. The Cen
fury company, publishers. New York
city.
Perhaps there is no better way OF
describing Professor Ross book than
| to quote the following from MS prel-
ace to the book:
"Our society is developing as the
fathers neither foresaw nor intended
Its path is determined chiefly by the
instincts of multitudes--as in the
westward movement and European
immigration-by our inherited insti-
tutions and by the remoter effects OF
mechanical inventions. In the course
of this development strain is produceo
on a large scale You cannot lay II
to persons. it is simply by-product
of social evolution. OF course, we
should seek out remedy, but, in the
| meantime, we need not begin to quar-
rel among ourselves and hate one an
other.
THE bulk of Americans we'll under
stand this. There are some who viii
do nothing about the suffering in the
wake of social evolution lest theft
profits be disturbed. There are others
4 who hold certain individuals respon-
sible for this suffering and would
wreck society in order to get at them
Between these are the steady going
millions who without losing their tenn
pers seek patiently for remedies. They
have contended with long series o.
grave problems. vet have not turned
bitter They exhibit that firm adher
ence to justice, moderation, temper
ance. frugality and virtue withou
which, according to the Virginia bill
of rights of 1916, mo free governments
or the blessing of liberty, can be pre-
served to any people.
ut is to vindicate and commend thi!
| virfsous democracy that I offer this
little book"
INVENTIONS OF THE GREAT WAR.
BY A. Russell Bond. illustrated. Tn
Century company. publishers, New
York city.
The mighty struggle we have jus
passed through was a war of inven
tons; and strangely enough the inven
tions which made it different fror
any previous war, the machine gun. tn
submarine and the airplane. were give
to the world by peaceful and peace
loving America. How these invention
were refined and developed by the war
ring nations and how they were event
lually overcome by other invention
lmakes a most interesting and valuabl
story.
Many Of the most imortant invention
of the war have only just been dis
closed to the public. Some of theI
, will be of invaluable service to man /
time of peace Conversation can no.
be carried on across the ocean, an
soon the human voice will carry to tn
remotest corners of the earth. Grea'
. passenger carrying airships will tor
ey,o worldf NaviRatinn nm the naa nj