The Washington herald., 1919-04-27

The collection Is q group Of
poems. most of which have had only
fugitive newspaper publication at
the time they were written, and
will be made available for the pub
lie generally for the first time
through this volume.
| Some of the more striking Of the
selections are as follows: "The
Rowers." originally published in the
London Times in 1902. II treats OF
lGermany's effort at that time to
embroil Great Britain with the
United States by getting her. under
the usual pretense of friendship. to
join in a naval demonstration
against Venezuela. ostensibly to
frighten Venezuela into paying her
debts to Germany and England, but
covertly in the hope that John Bull
would fall foul OF Uncle Sans Mon
roe doctrine. The poem Is particu-
llarly notable as containing the first
characterization OF the modern Ger
man as a Hun" It concludes with
these lines:
"O'er half the world to run
With a cheated crew. to league
anew
With the Goth and the shameless
Hun"
Mr.. Kipling has himself stated that
In this characterization he had in
mind the Kaiser's message to his
troops in China at the time OF the
Boxer rising when he charged them
TO remember Attila and to make their
rame terrible among the Chinese.
/ France" was written on the occa-
sion of the French presidents visit to
England the year before the war. 1t
| is in itself a complete record and
\ prophecy of the old generous rivalry
between the two nations and the new
( friendship. The line. That undying
| sin we shared in Rouen marketpiace." !"
refers of course to the burning Of
Joan of Arc, for which crime both ma
tions were guilty.
1.-THE Outlaws" written in 1914, fore
casts in the line. Their own hate slew
their own soul before the victory
came" the moral collapse of four
years later when the defeated Ger
mans turned and rent their own
country as they have been doing ever
since.
| Other features abound. 1t is a typi-
cal Kipling production.
"Big FIat.r BY Henry Oyen.
in Illinois devoted to sand dunes and
small timber. Martin Calkins, the
hero of this story. decided that it
| could be used as farm land. and the
action Is concerned with him and a
J group OF other farmers who have to
| buck lumber company blow up
/ dams, compete with the company s
modern machinery, and get a living
\ from sandy soil. There Is much en-
| durance in this tale. and plenty Of
wit displayed in coping with the sit
uation raised by the cheap foreign
labor hired by the lumber company.
| In the end. the land is regained and
a period of peaceful development and
| home building is promised.
George H. Doran Company. $50 net.
"CandIet That Burn" by AIine XII
This is Mrs. Joyce Kilmer's first
book. In ordinary circumstances she
would have produced more poetry but
( the demands of four children and a
| husband with whom she frequently
worked. were not conductive to ex-
tensive literary work. Almost all of
these poems have been published IN
leading magazines. the first one. Am
bition.'. High Heart" and Candles
that Burn for a November Birthday
are probably the best known. Mrs. Kill
mer's verse is characterized by a de-
lightful whimsicality, and a regard for
the small pleasant amenities of life
which add so much to existence. There
I is that quality in her verse which as
sures the critic that 1t comes from
I experience and realization OF both
great happiness and great sorrow.
George II. Doran Company. 81 net.
''The Further Adventures of Jimmie
Dale" by Frank l.. Packard.
Frank Packard's criminal char
acter. Jimmie Dale, is a quadruple-
plated personality. At heart he is
a philanthropic crook. He carries
out his honorable intentions by pos
ing as stool pigeon. and a dope
! fiend: he does his work as THE
Grey Seal" and he lives. when he
feels like 1t. as a Fifth avenue club
man. Then there is a lady. called
the Tocsin. who supplies the motive
power. Altogether. Jimmie has a
! fine, exciting existence which is
! ~ood to read about. George II.
/ Doran Company. $3.50 net
! Frank Packard is now living in Que
! bee. He was engaged in engineering
work in the United States for a num-
Der Of years, and since he began to
write for magazines. in 1906, has turn
ed out more than loo short novels and
stories to magazines. His best-known
books are THE Miracle Man," 1.-THE
Sin That Was His" THE Wire Dew
ils'' and THE Adventures of Jimmie
Dale"
1t ray interest you to know that:
Patrick MacGill spent three years
in a mountain school in Donegal. Be
tween the ages OF IL and 10 he worked
as farm servant. byre-man, drainer,
potato digger. NAVY. etc. Joined the
editorial staff of The Daily Express
In 1911. Joined the army on outbreak
Of the European war; wounded at
Loos. 1915; married Cardinal Gibbons
niece. 1915. Author of Children of the
Dead End" "The Rat Pit" THE
Amateur Army THE Red Horizon" "
THE Great Push" THE Brown
Brethren" THE Doughboys" and
other books. George H. Doran Com
pany. $3.50 net.
Thomas F. Millard having left
with his publishers the manuscript of
his forthcoming book, Democracy
and the Eastern Question" has sail
ed for France. Mr.. Millard is the
editor of a periodical in Shanghai.
where he has lived and worked for
number of years. Mr.. Milllard 4,
one of an increasingly large group
of men and women who are inter-
pretinF the Orient for the Occident,
and vice versa.
How she finds time to write, with