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The Story of a

Oh HlodeEn ways OF nfe this book is nothing
less than revelation. Its purpose however is
to report the facts of a useful experiment To
arouse interest, to invite cooperation and en-
couragement. finely edited body of fact bear
ing upon subject of concern to the whole of
the United States.
SCANDAL SHEETS; A Novel ByER. Conde
New York: G. Howard Watt
The origin of almost any important fact IN
current life makes fascinating story. Take
the range from tallow candle or oil-soaked
wick in saucer to the electric lighting of to-
day. Take the means of getting about from
foot trail to flying machine Take commu-
nlcation from relay runners to radio-take al
most any one of our modern easements and
conveniences for the back trail to its beginnings
II you want story of real adventure and stir
Now for the sake of the case in hand take the
yellow journal Where did it begin? What
gave 1t start? What has brought it to such
gigantic proportions? Who set it on its way?
Here is the story At least here is a story
whose purport is to give authentic parentage
TO yellow journalism. lusty story true or
not. According to it, this modern phenomenon
OF the press took its start along back toward
the time of Columbus. In fact the prototype
OF this yellow tribe born in 1892 Column
bus own year-one Pietro Aretino of Arezzo
who came in time to be poet of account
There was however, according to the story in
hand, such a turn to the tunes of Aretino such
the people, so curious about the fraities and
foibles of the rest of the world. that in no time
at all Pletro Aretino was in demand to set out
sin and errancy generally in his neat singing
measures. Popularity grew with the gossip that
Pietro was able to distribute on huttering bits
OF what in that day took the place of the mod
ern rhymster's scratch paper. That was the
beginning of the tattling newsmonger's trade
why 1t persisted and grew has really nothing to
DO with Aretino himself. Such vitality sprang
from the human nature of the popuace so
eager for news for bad news for personal dis
closures, for public shortcomings With a
send-oh much less important than. that be-
slowed by poet of the fifteenth century the
yellow sheet was bound not only to survive but
to flourish like the green bay tree besides An
amusing tale, this one by E. r. Conde-no
doubt in its essentials true also and therefore a
picturesque contribution to the history of a
colorful day and date when the Renaissance
was bringing out a new order of adventure, a
new kind OF romance, new brand of wit. Here
you VIII meet the notables OF that far day
artist, and Pope, cardinal and courtesan poet
and painter. A bold and lusty romance as, of
course, it should be according to its time and
its people.
THE YOUNG AND SECRET. BY Alice Grant
RoSman author of Visitors 10 Hugo" ETC.
New York: Minton, Balch & Co.
RY nature youth is out-giving not with
holding. But, youth is wise almost appall-
1ngy wise. 1t learns lessons of life where the
grown folks quite unconscious that they
are teaching lessons to the wide-eyed young
sters roundabout. It is from their elders that
the children learn to keep things back to be
secretive, to make ends meet by way of sences
and seeming agreements. Such is the founda-
ton Of this interesting story of a young girl
who kept her affairs to herself. Even her ro-
nance was her own possession not something
to be paved over and messed about by curious
acquaintance and friends. And a very charm
ing romance it is-beautifully delicate and IDEAL
while it is at the same time believable and
entirely plausible. The story begins on a note
that Is touching, and true. On the insight of
little girl not much more than a baby, upon
the posSessive passion of her father for the
lovely mother. And that would not have been
so bad for the child, save that she caught the
fact OF the fathers jealousy of her in respect
to this radiant mother So by arts and arti-
nces innumerable did this infant at every turn
abstract herself from the family intercourse
from those delectable father and mother visits
for which she wellnigh famished Nom
sense" did you say? Not nonsense at all. Sheer
truth instead. And very pitiful bit of age
old sapiency done up in the person of a baby,
besides You've seen it more than once. That
is, If you are not stone blind-which no doubt
you are. Never mind! The child had a dog
and dog can soften a great deal of human
brutality. So she and the dog romped and told
each other all about it TILL finally that young
man came along just as the two of them were
getting a little older-older enough. Then fol-
lows a darling of love story-and this, too,
kept IN the shadow. Habit you see. A lovely
business all through. Pathetic much of the
time but artfully managed to keep to the inner
truth and not to be too Sorrowful about it.
THE RHODODENDRON MAN BY j. Aubrey
Tyson. New York E. p Dutton & Co.
A DUTTON mystery story with a new kink
to its treatment. That is TO say the
reader goes along with the murder as it is
set down in its various aspects and in its