The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-04-13

Fiction.

Fiction.
THE ARROW OF GOLD. By JOSEPH Con-
BAD. A romantic love story with back
ground of Carlist plotting in the France
of 1S71-72. The setting is Marseines and
there are smugglers. New York: Double
day, Page & Co. $3.50.
JIM: THE STORY OF A BACKWOODS
POLICE DOG. BY CHARLES G. D. Rob-
EgTs. The hero of this story is enlisted
in the service of the backwoods police.
Besides his story the book contains three
shorter tales-The Eagle, The Mule and
Stripes the Unconccrned. New York: The
Macmillan Company. $50.
KEEP OFF THE GRASS. BY GEORGE
ALLAN ENGLAND. The funny side Of civil
ian war effort now that, looking back
ward, we can see it was funny. Boston:
Small, Maynard Co. s1.15.
THE JERVAISE COMEDY. BY ]. D.
BERESFORD. About a dramatist at a eoun-
try house party among strangers who
finds himself assisting in an elopement.
Later he becomes participant in another
affair of the kind and still later he finds
himself in love. New York: The Mac
milan Company.
BLIND ALLEY. By W. L. GEORGE In e1-
ternals this novel remarkably resembles
Mr.. Drilling, but the time is from 1916 on
TO the end of the war. The central figure
is country gentleman who is unable to
accept uneritically the righteousness of
his country's cause. Illicit love affairs
abound. A conscientious objector is an
important figure. Boston: Little, Brown
& Co. $l7j.
THE THUNDER BIRD. BY B. NJ. BOWER.
Further adventures of Johnny Jewell, the
cowboy aviator hero of the author s earlier
book, Skyrider. Boston: Little, Brown &
Co. $3.50
AGAINST THE WINDS. BY KATE JoR-
DAN. A Southern girl, driven by her
sensitiveness from a wretched home, strug-
giles against poverty and the chains of an
unsuitable marrage-and then against a
reckless love. Boston: Little, Brown &
Co. $3.50.
MISS MAITLAND, PRIVATE SECRE-
TARY. BY GERALDINE BONNER. Molly
Babbitt, once a telephone operator and
later the wife of a newspaper man-al-
ways a specialist in solving mysteries
clears up the puzzle of the disappearance
of rich Mrs. Janney' jewels. New York:
D. Appleton & Co. $3.50.
A KNIGHT OF TO-DAY. BY ELISE How
ARD-SMITH. The theme is the danger of a
girls ignorance of the facts of life. There
the girl who knew too little and the man
who knew too much and one who stood be-
tween the second consists of two maids
and a man. Philadelphia: John C. Win
ston Company. $40.
TWEEDIE: THE STORY OF A TRUE
HEART. BY IsLA MAY MULLINS. APP
parently story for girls in their teens
as well as for some of their elders. Bos-
ton: The Page Company. $3.50.
BLOOD AND SAND. BY VICENTE BLAsco
IBANEz. An earlier novel by the author Of
The -Four Horscmen of the apocalypse,
probably his finest work of fiction. 1t is
the story of the life of bull fighter in
Spain. NewYo E. p. Dutton & Co.
$50.
JUNGLE TALES OF TARTAN. BY EDGAR
RICE BURROUGHS. Tho sixth book Of the
Tarzan series. The love affairs and des-
perate adventures of the ape-man on
Mars. Chicago: A. c. McClurg L Co.
$1.40.
CRATER'S GOLD. BY PHILIP CURTIss. A
story of mystery, love and adventure, with
New England setting. New York: Har
per & Brothers. $3.50.
HIS FRIEND MISS MCFARLAND. By
KATE LANGLEY BosHER. Story of noun
tain boy and a conventionally brought up
girl. New York: Harper & Brothers.
$50.
Miscellaneous.
PERSONALITY: STUDIES IN PER
SONAL DEVELOPMENT. BY HARRY
COLLINS SPILLMAN. Based on addresses
delivered in New York high schools.
Chapters under such headings as: Self
Surrey and Control, Thinking Can, The
Habit Harmony, Making Friends filth the
Clock The author is specialist in COM
mercial education for the Federal Board Of
Vocational Education. New York: Gregg
Publishing Company, II Madison avenue.
$150.
NEW YORK CHARITIES DIRECTORY,
1919 The new volume Of this excellent
annual reference book. New York: Char
ity Organization Society, los East TWEEN