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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
DIR. SHELDON DIES
Middlebury Surgeon Long in Ill Health
of MayfOwer Ancestry

Middebury, Jan. 12.-Dr. William P.
Sheldon died at his home here at about
four O'Clock this afternoon after a pro-
longed illness with a throat and nasal
! disease, at the age of 63 years. He was
! born in Middlebury January IA. 1856, the
| son of Harmon A. and May Bass Shell
don.
| While a youth he studied for some
ktime at the Bishop Hopkins school in
/ Baltimore, Nd, later entering Middle
bury College. where he stayed two
} years, after which he went to Bellevue
hospital in New York city and pursued
medical study in the medical department
sof that institution, from which he re-
ceived the degree of M. d.
He returned to Middlebury, but was
knever practcng physician, although
k,often consulted by the other physicians
l. of the town. AS young man he was
considered extremely skilful as a sur
! geon and before the days of the many
Fhospitals he was often called on to assist
I in delicate surgical operations. Since
1880 DR.. Sheldon had conducted the drug
bGtore on Main street which his father,
Harmon A. Sheldon, had owned and man
aged for many years previous to his
|,death in 1870 and which has for half a
/ century done the largest business in its
,1ine In Addison county. In his early
,manhood. DR.. Sheldon was noted a
tsinger with a remarkably beautiful tenor
voice. and for several years prior to his
Throat trouble was leading singer in the
Congregational Church choir in this town
land he also had taken part in numerous
t-concerts and other musical entertain
ments.
for the last two years he had been
liable to be at his place Of business but
little and scarcely any during the last
fyear He had held many offices In town.
Fsuch as auditor and village trustee. DR..
Sheldon came from a well known family
which traced its ancestry back to the
kMayfower, and which was Of the Con-
tnecticut stock which settled In this sec
hion in the early days Of this State.
| He Is survived by his wife, who was
miss Jennie Farnsworth of New Haven
land one daughter, Margaret. now Mrs
IDonald M. Sherbrook of New York He
lalso leaves one sister, Mrs. Susan b.
minor of Middlebury, and one brother
IDr Samuel Sheldon, Phi. D., of Brook
Ilyn, N. Y.
The funeral will be held at the house
"wednesday afternoon at four o'clock.
He was a member of Union Lodge, No
II, F. and A. NJ. and of Potter Chapter,
No. 22. r. A. NJ. and Of Mount Calvary
tCommandery, X. t., and of the Chi Psi
pf Middlebury College.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
BRIGHTON MARKET

Fancy beef steers were in better supply
at the Brighton stockyards Tuesday morn
ing and high prices were paid. Fancy beef
cows also were firm. Hogs were unchanged
with big kill and lower prices predicted.
Receipts of livestock at the Brighton
Fards tuesday morning were Is cars from
cars from the Boston and Albany. During
the last week arrivals included ten cars of
cattle and four cars Of hogs from the West
~ cars OF livestock from New York State
four cars from the Boston and Maine rail-
road and two from the Boston and
Albany Arrivals at Watertown for Tues
DAY were 20 cars including all kinds Of
!itestock. rms makes the total at botn
| terminals for the week 05 cars. compared
with IS cars for the preceding week.
Some fancy beef steers from Maine
brought good prices. selling at 15nc and
16c, and possibly fraction better Average
Tops also were doing better at Ice to 1lc
to Sc. -
Fancy beef cows sold at around lie. and
few were held at above that hrure
Average tops were held at &c to 9Hc
good cows at nc to Sc ordinary cows at
&c TO NC and Gamer cows at 6hc to &c.
but average bulls were in heavy supply and
prices were easy at &c to TIC with bologna
bulls at 6ia c to &c
Fancy calves were quoted higher small
lois or fancy stock selling at 1910 to lie
with bunch lots at 15c to Ice fair lots nj
llc to lac and grassers and drinkers at
Sheep and lambs were rather more plen-
tiful, lambs selling at lac to Ice and sheep
at SC to 10c.
Both live and dressed hogs are still I'M
changed though lower prices are expected
Immediately as a result of the big kill and
the railing off In the demand Dressed hogs
are still quoted at 22hc to 23c by Boston
packers. At the yards, buyers are paying
lihc to ZINC and occasionally 1sc for a
choice lot. but the feeling is easy. Rough
lots sell at lie to 17nc.
the total Kill reported last week by Bos-
ton packers was 40. 700 hogs. compared with
f3,foo for the preceding week and 40 500
Tor the same week last year The total kill
from January to date has been o. 400
hogs, compared with 1900 for the same
period in 1918.
. Mich cows are in fairly good supply at
the COW barns. but the demand is light and
actual trading is SLOW Prices realized
range from $40 to $50 for ordinary mixer.
70 $500 TO s125 and occasionally more for
fancy mixers
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
THE BURLINGTON MARKETS
Another Slight Drop in the Price Of
Fresh Eggs
Wednesday, January Is,

Wednesday, January IL. 1918.
Fresh eggs are listed this week at 50
cents per dozen. as against IS to 80 of
last week.
Hothouse tomatoes are 40 cents
pound Radishes are 10 cents. Spinach
is GO cents. Watercress is 20 cents.
In retail fruits, bananas are going
down in price, and are listed this week
at 80 to 40 cents per dozen, as against
40 to so of last week. Malaga grapes are
80 cents. Mixed nuts are 30 and 40 cents
a pound. These are the only changes in
the fruit prices this week.
There are no changes in the retail grain
prices to-day and no change of any i'm
portance in the meat quotations.
The following prices for the market of
this week were quoted for the Free
Press by p. D. Kelley. grocer: R. E.
Howard. meat dealer; the Burlington
Fish company. the Burlington Fruit
company and the A. D. Pease Feed
company:
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16

a majority. and that prices had greater
railyinR power than has been the case of
late. A notable decrease In rural Offering
was reported and there were predictions
Of much warmer weather expected to soften
country roads and to hamper wagon traffic.
Besides. It was said, that sales by farmers
had been seriously curtailed as a result of
recent sharp declines. Argentine advices
also were at hand that strike conditions
were rapidly bringing about total paralysis
Of the Argentine railroads. In addition,
more confidence was expressed that the
United States February price OF hogs would
not be under the January level.
Provisions averaged higher owing to the
upward tendency OF grain and hogs. De-
mand for lard, however. showed some de-
crease.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKET
Chicago, Jan. Is

49,. Ch1CaRO Jan, To
hodS-Receipts 80, 900. Better grades DC
tsnor spots i0c up: others steady. Bulk
Of safes Sl740d17.70; butchers $1755p
,Hoo, nsht t17@l7.5O; packing sle.75@l1.4O;
s ar outs sl6@l65O; pigs. good to choice,
cATTLE-Receipts 10000. Beef steers
strong, loo to 26c higher; butcher cattle
STEADY STEADY to loc higher: calves slow to ESQ
ehoiss FEEDER: steady Beef cattle, good.
and e"S'' m.s ana fancy. sle,2S@isso: common
anu msaium so,b09l6.2b, Butcher stock:
c ous,. sha hsifers ST.i0914bo; Gamers and
SooH ' soso@Tl0. etockers and feeders;
ss s.o enoies and fancy. e1O.2o 9167b; In
veal a., S calves. 5000 and choice, si5,CoSiS.
I"f,-Receipts 81, COO Strong to $50
i sTS, Lambs choice and prime S1e'So@
~, a. m mnssa,uin and good slb@ie60; oulis
I'AA''vAo'o' Ewes; choice and prime
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
TO OBSERVE CENTENARY
ThetfOrd Academy VIII lie 100 Years
Old Next June

Thetford, Jan. 15-The trustees Of Thet-
ford Academy. Thetford, have voted to
mold the Tooth anniversary celebration
and reunion OF former students. teachers,
and officers in June and have chosen a
preliminary committee with A. c. Cum
mings of North Thetford as chairman.
The committee is trying to bring the cell
ebration to the attention of all former
students, whether graduates or not and
get their present addresses
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16

Geneva, Jan. 15 (By the Associated
Press). 1.-The Bosheviki government in
Petrograd has telegraphed an ultimatum
to the Swiss federal authorities saying
that unless 30 Bolshevists, who were ar
rested and imprisoned in the fortress of
Savantan, in the Canton :of Valais, are
released before February 1, 30 Swiss clt-
zens in Petrograd will be shot without
trial. There is great Indignation here
over the situation.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
$4,000 1918: medium and good seq 1880
culls S597.60.
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
ChinaRa Ian ii

Chicago, Jan. IL.
Prospects Of q falling off In the volume
of domestic receipts together with likeli-
hood Of delays to shipments from ArEen-
tine. had buiish effect to-day on corn.
The market closed unsettled, lMc to 2Nc
net higher, with February Sl.82x to 81 SO 4
and May si.2sh to Si.28%. In provisions
the outcome ranged from a TO decline to
a 72c advance.
Notwithstanding that the corn market
nuctuated nervously throughout the session,
It was evident that buyers were again In
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
NEW YORK LIVESTOCK

New York. Jan. II.
BEEVES-Receipts 1.46O. Lower steers
5000 1880; bulls s6.75G11; cows $50
1880.
CALVES-Receipts $50 Lower. Veals
Sl7m22: culls Sl3Gl5: barnyard calves
s70s.50: yearlngs $8.2bms
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts 1850
Weak Sheep $6.50Gl0: culls $500: year
lings Sl2ql3; lambs &l5916.75: culs
sl2@13
HOGS-Receipts 1850. Market steady,
at SlsG 1925 pigs and light weights $3.50
G17T5; roughs Sl5.75
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET

Chicago. Jan. Is
CoRN--Ixh sl.37h Feb. sl.S2% March
sl,8l; May >1.2sS.
oATS-Jan- 66se; Feb. 67isc; March
s7hc; May 67&c
Provisionst
PoRK-Jan. &45.5O; May 5000
LARD-Jan. S2377 May $23,77.
R1BS-Jan. $24,i2: May s22.22.
Cash quotations:
PORk-Nominal.
LARD-$2377.
RIBS-$23@2
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
NEW YORK GRAIN AND PRODUCE

New York. Jan, rs.
WHEAT-Spot steady. No . red s2.34h
track New York
CORN-Spot unsettled. No 9 yellow
and No. white sl59S cost and freight
New York.
OATS-spot firm, Standard 7sc
Others unchanged.
POTATOES-Steady. Maine 100 lbs
S2,50Q2.72; western, 100 lbs S2l69236
CABBAGES-Easer. Danish per ton
s25d35 red, per ton, sSOQl0O.
RAW SUGAR-Steady. Centrifugal 7.2Sc;
fine graduated DC.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
BOSTON BUTTER MARKET

Furnished by the Associated Press)
Boston, Jan. Is.
BuTTER-Northern 6slt a soc; western
65is q 6Sho
CHEEsB-New York twins, choice $3.50
37nc; good 33 a 35c.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
SPOT COTTON AND FUTURES

New York Jan Is.
Spot cotton quiet. Middling 3O.O5
Cotton futures closed: Jan 26.OhGls.
March 2+6s d62; May 2Sl2@l7; July % 10
Ql2 Oct, 20.l0Qll.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
ARMENIAN DRIVE QUOTA
ABOUT HALF PLEDGED
Especial to the Free Press)

White River Junction, Jan. l5.-From
reports received at State headquarters
the campaign In Vermont to raise 900
to aid the suffering peoples In the war
devastated countries Of the Near East
Is progressing as we'll as weather and
health conditions will permit.
A conservative estimate of the money
contributed UP to Wednesday noon
reaches $4,000. which is Just e-half
Vermont'B quota.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
QUOTATIONS ON BUTTEB


Boston, Jan. IS.
To-day's Chamber of Commerce quota
tions, the price of commission merchants
to dealers, follow:
BurTER-Creamery sxrtas 67c; dreamer,
nrsts oog ooc creamery seconds 60 a 84c
dairy butter SOC 82c; ladies' AS 47c: rene
waited butter 5OQ 58c.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
ONLY THE FOURTH

A clergyman. having performed the
marriage ceremony for couple under
took to write out the usual marriage GER
itlfcate, but. being In doubt as to the day
! of the month. he asked.
This is the ninth. In 1t not?"
"Why parson," said tho blushing
bride, you do all my marrying, and you
ought to romember that this is only the
ourth."-Pearson's Weekly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16

To ignore the store ads Is to lack
essential information on which TO pro-
coed with your buying task.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16

Through classified advertising you may
quickly recover that lost artioie-for
climbers" are nearly always honest pao-
Ila.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16

uTS ana I uT AldT11lcIlCS
is the absorbing to-day and should have the
esed of with idea of fur purchase
OF any description
Fur Coats
ENGLISH MOLE CoAT-sze SO. length IS inches foms,
price $3.50. ............. reduced to $Z75.OO
LEOPARD SKIN CoAT-Hudson Seal trimmed, six inch
belt all around 49, length Al inches former price
$3.50 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. reduced to $225oo
BLENDED MUsKRAT CoAT-Hud'on Seal Collar and
cuffs belt all around, size 49, length 46 inches former
price 1898 .............. reduced to $4,000
NATURAL RACcooN coAr-sze 49, length 81 inches
former price $50 reduced to $500
NATURAL RACCOON COAT-size 49, length As inches,
former price $l95 .......... reduced to $135.OO
GENUINE ALASKA SEAL COAT-Very fine quality size
Reduced to $4,000
TAUPE NUTRIA Contributed model, size 49, length IS
inches former price $4,000 reduced to $4,000
NATURAL RACCOON COAT-size A. length so inches,
former price $4,000 ....... reduced to $1s5oo
NATURAL RAcGooN coAT-Bs ed ~ model size 49,
Reduced to $245.oo.
NATURAL RACCOON COAT-size 49, length 40 inches,
former price $4,000 ......... reduced to $215.OO
NATURAL MUsKRAT COAT with shawl collar. sash and
deep cuffs Of seal, size &c. length 81 inches former
price $ZZoOO ............... reduced to $lo5.Oo
HUDSON SEAL COAT with skunk collar and cuffs belted
Reduced to $265.OO
HUDSON SEAL COAT-Sze 3s. length 80 inches former
price $33o.OO .............. reduced to $Z45.OO
HUDSON SEAL COAT-Beted model with ripple skirt size
SO. length 81 inches former price $4,000.
Reduced to $1s5.oo
HUDSON SEAL COAT-Plain, hafitted style. size 40,
Reduced to $4,000
CARACUL COAT-size SO, length As inches former price
Fur Scarfs
Reduced to $3.50
BLACK FOX sCARFs former price $500
Reduced to $1,000
BLACK FOX SCARF. former price $1,000.
Reduced to $4,000
BLACK LYNX SCARF, former price $4,000,
Reduced to $500
BLACK LYNX SCARF former price $2looo
Reduced to $165.OO
BLACK LYNX SCARF. former price $l25OO
Reduced to $500.
TAUPE FOX COLLARS, former price $500.
Reduced to $3.50.
SABLE FOX COLLAR former price $48OO
Reduced to $1,000.
BROWN WOLF COLLARS former price $500
Reduced to $4,000.
Reduced to $4,000
Scarfs or Collars and Muffs in Matched Sets
HUDSON SEAL SET. former price $500.
Reduced to $500
ALASKA FOX SET. former price 81 900.
Reduced to $500.
NATURAL HUDSON BAY SABLE SET-A particularly
fine specimen former price co. reduced $225OO
NATURAL MINK SET. former price $4,000,
reduced to $500
NATURAL MINK SET former price $4,000.
Reduced to $500
WHITE FOX SET. former price $l33.00
Reduced to $780,
RUSSIAN NATURAL FITCH SET. former price $780,
Reduced to $45OO
RUSSIAN FITCH SET former price $4,000.
Reduced to $45OO
Hudson Seal Collars
HUDSON SEAL SCARF. formerly $3.50.
Reduced to $3.50.
HUDSON SEAL COLLARETTE formerly $4sOO
Reduced to $500
50 Iralyn
A
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
LEGISLATIVE NOTES

A picture of Hosea Mann. who was the
speaker Of the House from 1902 and
a member from Wilmington, was deliv-
cred yesterday by former Speaker c. A.
Plumley and was hung in the speakers
room.
Secretary Of State Frederick G.. Fleet
wood bade fond and affectionate fare
well to the ONCE force Of the secretary
Of states ONCE Saturday. He then
turned the offices over to Harry A..
Black, the incumbent, who now has one
Of the best Offices in the Capitol. 1t
was formerly occupied by the Justices Of
the Supreme Court.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-16
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
SUBJECT OF BILL

the judiciary meeting to set while the
House was In session. To this the House
agreed. A moment later, the House ad-
journed at 1890 on motion Of Mr. Noble
of Tunbridge
HOUSE-AFTERNOON
the House was called to order by the
speaker at 210 o'clock. The appoint
ment OF the committee to canvass votes
for congressman was announced. The
members of this committee from Chit
tenden county are Mr.. Tomlnson Of
Jericho, Mr.. Thompson of Shelburne and
Mr.. johnson of Williston.
The members of the House seemed
loath to adjourn again this afternoon
byt the ayes seemed to have 1t by n
slight majority. and the House ad-
journed at 220 o'clock on motion of Mr.
Book of West Haven.
Harvey T.. Goodell, secretary Of civil
and military affairs, was taken to the
hospital to-day, suffering from an attack
of influenza
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27
Alexander Forbes's
History of California

THE first important account Of Cali
Il fornia written in English was
Alexander Forbes's California; q History
Of Upper and Lorer California from
Their First Discovery to the Present
Time. The "present time" was about 1889,
when Smith, Elder & Company of Lon
don published the book. As the original
is so rare as to be beyond the means of
collectors not very rich, a San Francisco
publisher, Mr.. Thomas C. Russell, has is
sued reprint of 80 numbered and reg
istered copies. 1t is credit to American
bookmaking. The paper is fine, the type
large and set by hand and the margins
broad. 1t is not fac-simile copy of the
original, for the publisher has corrected
obvious errors, such as the spelling of
Latin scientific names; but the page for
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27

the public eye Of subways and buses, our
impulse was to go about it as secretly as
could be with a widespread and covering
hand for the discriminating title. When
Mr.. Chambers first assumed his later man
ner people felt that he was struggling
young author forced into alien fields by
circumstances, but now, after fifty or so
pot boilers, the pot must be boiling over
and we grow impatient. There is such a
thing as getting so hopelessly sidetracked
that there is no getting back But we wish
to express our gratitude for one thing
before leaving off. On page 1856 of the
present novel, in the midst of a studio
scene between the hero and his young
model, is to be found the only reasonable
and definite use of the difficult words
"perspiration" and "sweat" that has come
to our attention:
"And Dulcie, poor child, what with be-
ing poised on the ball Of one little foot
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27
"The Moonlit Way"
w HEN we say that The MoonIt Way

WHEN we say that The Noo"E' Way
w is another Of Robert Chambers's
luxurious novels Of New York quite in
accord with the others, with few spies,
BOlshevists and international mixtures
added for the sake Of timeliness, we have
said all that is necessary, but we wish to
add few remarks Of our own. 1t would
be cruel to divulge the plot because if
you liked The Common Lao, The Fighting
Chance and The Girl Philippe you will
like The Moontit Way, and after all, this
sort of drug is comparatively harmless.
Personally we find Mr. Chambers as sad
a figure in a small way as there is in our
literature. Having in remembrance his
early novels and short stories, it is agoniz-
ing to read the gaudy froth that is his
present meter. Having to read it, as we
have, and having to do it more or less in
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-27

and with the other leg slung up in a
padded loop, almost persisted. PerspirG-
ton spangled her body like dew powder
ing the rose; suedt glistened on the fea-
lures and shoulder barred arms of the i'm
FASHIONED sculptor, even binding him at
times"
1t is a question of gender Of course!
THE MOONLIT WAY. BY ROBERT W.
CHAMBERS. d. Appleton & Co. SLIGO.
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page plan has been adhered to except
where Mr.. Russell found an offensive d.
vision of word al the end of a page.
Mr. Russell's work 1--WE almost forget
Alexander Forbes in our admiration for
his new publisher) is so well done that it
may be an inspiration to other American
publishers. More reprints like this, and
particularly Of sor-'e books like FOrbes's
California, ought to be welcome in the
with authentic American history.
CALIFORNIA. By ALEXANDER FORBES.
San Francisco: Thomas e. Russell. $50.
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Birds of a Feather"
and "Above the Battles"
Bv w. B. MCCORMICK.

u GbOhC SlCu d UOOA
w as Birds Of Feather, by Marcel
Nadaud, it is time to realize that she is
passing from out of the strain of the war.
Nadaud was an army aviator during the
hostilities and was forced to retire from
active service alter receiving his third
wound. He has written En- PIein Vol,
which was crowned by the French Acad-
envy, and Chignole, works that caused
Maurice Donnay to style Nadaud "the
winged writer" Neither of those books
has been translated into English. But
now we have Birds of Feather, which
is a continuation of the adventures of
Chignole, young man In whom breathes
the very spirit of the Paris gamin. The
tale, which must be a Joy to read in
French. tells of the advantages in the
air and on solid ground of Chignole,
Papa Charles, Flagada and Frangpane,
Rviators all. And there is also NJ. and
Madame Bassinet, and Sophie, who be-
comes Chignole's wife. With the true Gallo
touch Nadaud describes the comedies and
tragedies in the lives of these four heroes,
not the least Of which tragedies is CHG
nole's return to civil life as a skilled me-
chanic in a factory. 1t is long time
since there has come to US from France
so graceful and witty a volume as this;
and not the least of the pleasures Of read
ing it is that through its very airs of
joyousness and merriment one feels the
horrors Of the last four years are already
lifting from the land of our beloved and
gallant ally.
In a recent review this reporter Of
books alluded to the fact that "war books"
were entering their second phase, the stage
in which military facts take on the form
of imaginative fiction. A notable illus
tration Of this development is to be found
in Aboue the Battles, by C. H. A. Andre,
which has been translated from the French
by Mrs. Philip Duncan Wilson. The text
is made up of thirty eight episodes in the
life of French airman from the days
Immediately before war was declared in
1914. One feels, in reading these pages,
that the return Of France to something
approaching its old normal Life has
brought back to her writer's their old emo
tionalism; for Mr.. Andre's narrative,
which is set down as personal one by an
airman of the French army, is marked by
that quality to marked degree. The ter
rors of flying in fog, Of falling in an in
jured plane through the air, Of death by
fire ard the execution Of a spy, all of
which are described with realism yet
with complete absence Of such brutali-
ties as marred the pages Of LIE Fex After
reading the biographies Of such heroes of
the air as Guynemer and Col Bishop we
always felt that fiction could never ap-
proach those records for wonder. In
Andres volume we have the proof that
our judgment was sound. Interesting as
these pages are they do not hold the same
thrill as the actual narratives Of the great
French and great Canadian aviators.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER. BY MARCH,
EADAUD. Translated by Florence Con-
verse. Doubleday, Page & Co. $1.35.
ABOVE THE BATTLES. By c. n. A.
ANDRE. Translated by Mrs. Philip Dun
can Wilson. Doubleday, Page & Co. $50.