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Young woman tina, Kcene was notcrl
fsre? pid Tn he VIM Id he 'p nroy se !"
INC siri that he was honorabie: What
these questions in this story with \
s r9nSA Ecr lo;d WIN nS ni,
TON Castle. i, Appleton & Co. New
me author; OF 'Alh.leleA The
"a heart appcalinS story. beautiful IN
sentiment. and absorbing in sustained
! interest shawn oConor. .pcaSani-
bred son OF the ives; coast Of ireland.
is IN the ,winkiinG of an eve. lifted
/ Of great wealth and honor in Encland
( A child OF the West is thus uiunrcd
INTO The mdst OF ,hs mos! Sri!IT'a,
/ is put into old bottles.
This story tells how Shawn's Ser-
s.ous h%Sdy youth seGihSs within TIM the
his new existence; how, for a mad
spell. he il false TO his INNOCENT vii
imposed upon, ma chrvascv abused.
There comes moment whom. To say.
his soul and his honor. he has 10 cast
consequence. The now wine breaketh
the old bottles" and. as far as the
pcrishcth" the man comes 10 his true
Nse!f: he has learned through tho grim
Lessons OF life. and the quietly heroic
philosophy, of a young American com
values OF life. The war itself is
.ouched unon only so far as II affect
story is pcrmeatcd by the wild dreamy
soul 81 Ireland 1t is STORY in Which
t nSs inc 2ri,si!S i9uGh OF The tn. Eser-
istic perfection OF It's delincatlons.
GREEN LADIES. BY w. Douglas
Newton. u. Appleton ~ Co. New York
Although, tais is NJ. Ncwtons lirs;
no eMs III sno w., ihat he posseSsss nni
no douht the public reception 81 this
charmp!ns story will encourage MIN
io co o,.,,, in i hsld Of effort whers
story gives splendid promise OF worth
while attainment, as measured h. pop
u.ar appreciation CT his WORK. He is q
and accompanied ine Prince OF Wales
on his rccen, visi; 10 Canada and the
United states as press correspondent of
me scene Of his story les laa on
The southern coast OF England. and in
ms painting OF The environment OF sea
thr aulhur displays the true artistic
las tiuct in the doineation OF picture
'nat Is wonderfn!ly a!inring.
ihc nero q! the story. Peter John is
70 recover from the acbiIitatins effect.
"i Il snperd oundance VI malaria ac-
nesn ADDED 'hc strain o. gears OF war
service at Gallinoli and IN France. on.
mina;inE IN wound wh!ch Disabled
esIate IN 'i panpi ne rents 'ean,LH;
ladies" A. soon as he arrives hr
notiteS thot IN his walks aGou, the
G$S"te ne always sees girl a slim.
Mysterious creature. strangely attrac.
.,,hc' pcier John cannot discover any
nina N"ou. her except that she is the
Gq"ner Of Green Ladies'" and that sNe
as Miss Joan Finally he meets NJ
ana n:ids her on; 20 DC Il the, brave
fes, '' Az 'nssracter. but she makes him
S,noNi here, perhaps Il Tragedy in her
ne; Ihen Peter John learns wins, has
, ,hons, 'Ean SO unhappy. And - worries
no{ni"S TO help her until one dav -
unaie uncNpected and mos; ex,rsnrdj.
u nhin. 'n s,ts nsprens which sets every
Green Ladies" its mistress and y n 10 10
master AZ the same time. ''e
.r, fHE f. hAS y, E!orR MONTHS: HOW
eEHa! ST r. Maurice. * NJ O.. &. t. an
Brown X Co. Boston %is :" ~ Little.
ia "a ny, accounts have been written or
has "s'' ;s,naf AS Of the area, war, but
lie form s'na uiTsa, for General Maurice
t., .
III. a3, on The British General staff 70
~ stot! o. how and why IToch i1c
y"He eenerSHsS!mo Of the a lIi.urs ~,
p" neal LudenlorG ana drove the Ger.
Icsc,;h GUY o. france. Genera! Maurice
p, , ;a,' me marvellous recovery Of ths
a Is atlsh ARM from lis defeats in the
sp.ins, me Powers Of the American
49,: ana We nart II PLAYED in tha
S1.hlcc,.s!"m Of Victories, which began a,
~, e,u- ThIcrly ma ended a, Sod,
The London Times tanned c;en.,aI
."'""'iv" on" OF lc Inost auti,or!ta
.nG military historians and critics WHO
WIS ~ The hnslish languasc. The
lfloulc 5 just one. General M.uri,r,s
fecenti! pu3liah book. Forty DAY.
~ l'lf and his successful lecture toiIr
aaNH resulted in making The distin-
S"'S!td genera almost a well known
~ thiS country IS he is in f.ngisnd
WIN h!s sources Of Information. de-
E!eH &c othe" writer's, and his undo.
h'hbi@ SIKH as military writer. this
h"raa,ive Of the winning Of tho srcaf
""haioi VIII he reSa rded a : one Of me
var Histories o! permanent value. In
max 'hS y easily accessible TO the Amer
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