Show II c aai H HE RE OP or BRIAN DRIA KEN rhe The Creation Re-Creation of or Brian Kent by 1 H Harold Hrold rold Bell Wright h Is sweet and appealing appealing ap ap- ap pealing In Its Us pathos and vibrant with I 1 the tho local color of or the tho mystic enchanted enchant enchant- i ed od Ozarks The OzarkS Tho Shepherd of oC tho Hills lIllIs I country and country and marks tho authors author's greatest great great- reat est ctt ctt advance In story telling charm r r With Wih That Tat Printer of or Udel Harold jarold Bolt Bol Wright ht was WS hailed as a a now flOW author flu au- thor with wIh a vigorous pen pon Then camo came J his other works Which sustained ht hl his suddenly acquired reputation And now after ator reading his latest story Tho rho ho Creation Ro ton of or Brian Kent Hent tho the reader ruder Is tempted to acclaim him The Tho ho Master Story Teler Teller Rich lUch In that philosophy which helped so 30 man many nany and comforted thorn them a ao M well wen sweet and appealing with pathos that brought brough tears glistening with wih smiles and withal so 80 charming In description Mr Wrights Wright's latest story after three long years of or waiting is like liko the ringing of oC tho the Angelus Ills His characters ar are creations of or the master Ils They mu must t bo be real living uman Vm- Vm man roan beings being and we must have known them somewhere somewhere Harold Boll Del Wright knows lifo and nd how wo live livo 1 0 It or no I could never nover have created Brian Kent I And how wo should love lovo to meet dear dearold dearold I old Auntie Aunte Sue tho sweetest and most I charming charing character It has baa ever eer been the readers reader's good fortune to know One Ono comes to love e 10 Judy too Poor twisted mountain bred Judy Sho She will wi r- r touch every cery sympathetic heart hearL And Betty Bety Jo lo She Just naturally lives In Inthe Inthe Inthe the pages of tho the bool book Thero There aro pases thrilling incidents related with such vivid realism that one reads with breathless interest And yet ot the tho fascinating fas tas- I 1 power of or the story etor is 13 rather In Inthe I r the tho skillful visualization of or the clash and conflicts of or life's lifes ICes ICe's invisible forces oUt of ot which tho thrilling Incidents come The story carries this message The foundation principles of ot life le are eternal eterna fads and find In the tho authors author's fascinating style stylo It I is Ilko a heaven heaven- sent blessing to give cheer and courage I to a D storm tossed world Tho The book Is Isas as 8 sweet and clean cean as the out doors of or Gods God's unspoiled world orld of th th u Jark ark hills Book Book Book Supply Co e Chica-e TIlE TUE sl OK OF OJ TIrE TT Hero is a book The Secret of the Tower by Anthony Hope which surely surely sure sure- ly deserves a B successful season enon For ForIt It Is a romantic mystery novel noel laid In war post-war England pulsing with tho the same thrill and charm which gave Savo Tho The Prisoner of or Zenda such wide wie larity Into the pleasant circle of Dr Mary lary Aykroyd's friends frends comes a a discharged soldier Is a delightful man and a a bravo o there re reIs is no doubt about his war Wr record record but but buthis his presence In the tho little town of Inic- Inic ston as the companion of ot queer old Mr tr Saffron Is as puzzling to Dr Mary Maryas as it I Is to all al her neighbors Even Een more moro puzzling arc aro tho the trips tho the tw two make every week up to London with witha a brown ba bag which al always as a's returns l looking eking very ory heavy and which goes goes- up to town empty So So wion when Dr Mary fary Is called caled In to attend old Mr Ir Saffron during an acute illness she is quite quie read ready for Cor an explanation of these my mys- mys torIes But the m mysteries continue to tot toe t e develop until the climax clma is reached ll through ft o. death and nd a 0 robbery What hat the tho outcome of or this thrilling situation Is how Mary Iary learns the tho truth and how loses the gold fold but gains tho the treasure tho the book Is well wel worth reading rending to discover I This Is la the first novel which Anthony Anthony An An- Anthony thony Hope has ha written since sinco the beginning bo- bo ginning ginning of or the tho war In 1014 11 and nd hh hk wide circle of or friends will wi be gratified to know that time has In that no wa way dimmed his r remarkable ability as 5 a writer of or captivating novels D. no D. 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D Appleton Ap Ap- pIcton Co Nov New ew York GERMANYS YS I XE CW tw WAR R AC ST AMERICA nICA Hern 1 Is a n t Vii Ii t 9 n un g minds Americans that that tho the war Is notI not I 4 over or rather that the they are now en ent entering en- en t upon that crucial crucil period known a tho the war after aCer the tho war In IQ his I exceedingly well wel written work German Germanys Ger Ocr man many's s Now War ar Against America Stanley Frost of or the Now oW York Tribune Trib Trib- tine une gives tho the United States the tho lineup as it t w were re of or tho the new Gorman German team learn lear I a against which our all American team of oC commerce trado arid and nd business Isnow isnow Is it now facing I Francis P Garvan alien property custodian in a letter leter to the tho editor ot of the New York Tribune sa says s 's I havo read with wih Ith much Interest the preliminary sketches of or Mr Ir Frosts Frost's stories about tho the present German men men- ace I want to say to you 01 that In my opinion they are a splendid presentation presenta- presenta tion of our present situation and n asfar as asfar far tar as S I o lia o ha gone accurate and fd en eni entirely en- en i justified L by present conditions The Tho situation at this timo calls cals for tor just such a n series of or articles as Mr Frost Trost has hs written and In order to In- In bure their heir accuracy In detail I would r bo be very ery glad Iad to go 0 over them h when n he lie has ha finished them and make any small smal correction which the records of or this office may justify jusUf Tho wider publication publication cation these articles receive th the tho caton artcle greater the public service Mr r. r Frost has been able able to render Tn In his hil Introduction to the book A. A Mitchell Michel Palmer attorney torcy general of the tho United States Slates and formerly alien aJen p property y custodian lan points out ut that hat 1 American business men should reali real real- tiM ize i the great reat German menace that Is Isnow l now flow bO confronting them Germany has hasi i mobilized mobilised ed her finance In Industry and Commerce Into a vast arm army with wih euro care fully tUy laid plans for a n commercial l war that will wil ill be he aa as serious a n menace menaco to ch 4 as iS wore were tho bloodthirsty f hordes horde of ot the kaisers kaiser's arm arrn army that In- In F ded little Belgium Germany has hasI J been defeated on tho the battlefield I but nor her Industrial financial and j commer commer- J r vIal army Is la Intact Intact Her great facto facto- ries tie Ies and workshops workshop have lao not been beon t r touched by tho the war E E. E p. p Dutton A Co New Nc York Duton GERMAN SOCIAL nl DEMOCRACY U DURING DUR- DUR DUn ING IG THIS WAR WAit U I German Social Democracy During the tho War by Edwyn n Et Bevan gives to tb tho general public for the first time a coherent c narrative of or tho the part played I In n Germany by the Social Democratic P Party rt from rota the tue outbreak of ot the tho war up tip I to the fall tal of ot Chancellor Chancelor In 1 Octo October er 1 1917 1 i. i and of or the tho plit between the thc majorI majority and groups group of or tho Jno part party Many dany of those who appear j 11 the tho story as socialist leaders such leaders ch such men Jen in an a Haase Bernstein have become widely Known b by name outside of ot Germany tIe tha book hook will wi give a a clearer Idea for I what they respectively stand Tho The work is based upon what has been published pub pub- In Germany by men who have havo themselves token taen part In tho the events O narrated and It may thus be considered consid consid- ered cred cr- cr that while any any account published hero here at this moment must necessarily lack fullness tho the m main ln fa facts ts of ot the tle story tory aro are well voIl ool established and tho the author au author author au- au thor has provided a record which l i A both valuable and Interesting C E. 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P 1 Dutton Co Now New York York XI IK STEE O 0 01 V A fl Philip Gibbs is an n author of action acton above all an else else His works teem toom with that thrill of or adventure which is particularly particularly par pr- popular with Ith American I fiction tlc fic IC- IC tion ton lovers Here Hore then is a welcome addition to tho the summers summer's output of or reading material material Tho The authorized American edition of or his story The street of or Adventure with a new now In Introduction In- In Introduction b by the author Is sure to receive a heart hearty welcome Tho The street is Fleet street London's great newspaper center and It Is there that the tho hero a young Oxford man man enters on his lifes life's adventure The Tho story deals with th tho world worl of or news news- with the and nd wih romance struggle gb gle le of or a R great daily daly paper as 3 seen seon from tho the inside Ineide Of or al alt all men now writing writ ing Mr Gibbs Is Is- perhaps the tho best qualified Quailed by experience joined to power of or expression to toll tell tol tho the story he tells here here LI Lightning portraiture picturesque d description e a LI and d p on sy sympathy m pathy an ant sarcasm suspense lively fiction action acton and a charming i though unconventional love stor story mark this off oC as 1 a book most thoroughly I out of oC the tho common apart part from tho the thrilling Interest of ot Us its Is subject subject Tho The additional fact tact that It Is an authorized I American A ns above boe with ih the tho p personal lh hall hail l- l from th- th the tho author au author au- au u- u I thor to American readers reader should as assure as- as sure euro the th volume of ot a widespread entree into reading circles of this country countr- E. 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P Dutton Co New York TIrE THE tRE PASSIONATE TE PILGRIM Samuel win Met In his Passionate Pilgrim has haa written a book which Is Isa Isa isa a distinct addition to the tho midsummer literature along alons the lines of ot fiction Mr fr Merwin has two purposes In writing writ writ- ing log this novel to novel to tell tel an n entertaining star story and to demonstrate tho the psychology psycho psycho- o ogy y of ot genius Senius In both he has ha succeeded succeeded suc sue to a marked degree In doing doinG it he expresses through h his charac charac- characters views on newspaper life and conduct con con- duct on modern municipal government Jo on the making of or a D great enterprise on the function of or advertising on the thc writing of or biography an and on man many other phases of or life 10 that would alone alono make mako the story absorbing to tho the in intel intelligent in- in tel ent reader Mr Merwin says SS that life runs to bold dreams frequently to melodrama and he lie has ha not hesitated to allow alow his characters to live lve their lives accord accord- The Passionate Pilgrim has hasIn hasIn hasin in it those broadly human qualities that whenever found make without fall fail fal an almost universal ersal appeal appeal It I is tho stor story of ot a wonderful year ear In the tho remarkable life of or young youn Henry CaN Cal Cal verl grown to mans man's estate It I Is a year car in which this high highly 1 sensitized man passes through the fires res of adversity ad ad- is tried b by failure pursued b by fate and almost beaten into final de defeat de de- feat But ho he has strength of character charac charac- t ter r. r supreme talent talent u unworldly honesty and a subtle charm that wins him friends in spite o of his aloofness and his reticence A Against a lar largo large o and dramatic background background back back- ground round Mr Merwin has drawn Henry Caher Calverly full ul length and in gorgeous or colors Many an characters widely di divergent dl- dl pIa play their parts In shaping this year ear of oC Henrys Henry's life In rounding It out and bringing It to a happy happ and successful climax Many Ian scenes scene dramatic dra dra- matic exciting poignant and beautiful beut- beut ful aro are unfolded as Henry develops from a crushed and nd broken brokon soul Into a a man of purpose with hope I In hrs heart and love lo e stretching ou out I Its us usIng healing healIng heal heal- ing Ing hands to him Bobbs Bobbs Co Indianapolis THE I GIRL IN IX THE TIlE MIRROR Tho Girl In the Mirror Elizabeth Jordans Jordan's new novel no is 15 not a n sequel to her love story of or 1018 Tho The Wings 3 o of Youth though some of ot tho the later's novels novel's novels characters appear in The GirlIn Girl GirlIn GirlIn In the tho Mirror Tho The latest work of or orthis this brilliant authoress ia is a love 10 0 story and mystery story set In the thc New York theatrical world word Young Lawrence Devon looking nl Into his mirror sees a beautiful girl sIrl with wih a P. pistol at ot her head hed What Vhal he sees is It a cross I tion lon from Crom a mirror in lu an adjoining studio building J He lie rc has seen the stranger before In his mirror and has anc located her room Now he dashes down downstairs downstairs stairs stair gets up to her floor Coor and ond all allbut allbut al but breaks Into her room She begs beGs him not to leave her and at once he hei heis heis i is struggling In n n. net hot of ot mystifying ln intrigue which tho the girl cannot explain The Tho story moves tO cs with wih breathless speed and ant tho ho conclusion i is as us astounding astounding as as- as it i Is pleasant The Tho Te Girl GirlIn GirlIn GirlIn In tho the Mirror I Is remarkably well cl done dono It I is not at al all al In tIle the class of or awkward akward stereotyped mystery stories sto sto- ries Paul Illustrations are arc artistic and In tune tuna with the spirit of or orthe the text text It I Is Interesting to note that theauthor the theauthor theauthor author of or Tile The Girl In Iii the tte Mirror was waa a n newspaper p er w woman n for Cor a time first on the Chicago Tribune and ann later on the New York World and that her I work was aS not tile the usual womans woman's page pago paso tuff fluff but she sho was vas a star reporter doIng do- do fo In lug Ing general work Her record of ut big stories and beats heats would make most newspaper men green with wih en envy Leaving Lea Leav ing tJ newspaper work sho ho became editor edior i of or Harpers Harper's Bazaar remaining It I until tho the Harper firm sold old It I to Mr Hearst Sho She then le began an giving her whole time to writing her writings including two successful plays plas The Tho lad Lady From Oklahoma and The uhe Beauty Beauty Beau Beau- t ty Parlor Sho She is today doing na nationally nationally Ta- Ta na- na syndicated newspaper work Century Co New York York BETSY p. 11 Betsy In Lane Patriot by George la Is enough Merrick It a suro sure American stor story Bot Both Betsy Lane Lano Is a plucky little rod headed patriot daughter daugh ter of or a Washington official who Is caught up in a wave save o of enthusiasm to servo serve her country when It Is la besot beset by br war Betsy is S years cars old and her problem Is to find In ways in which sho lio he Sam Sani can capitalize her patriotism for Uncle Unco Well eU there 1 Is Jo An of or Ark her beloved Lelo doll dolt with an n outfit of or ex exI exquisite ex- ex doll dol clothes clothe Mothers are sacrificing sac sac- I their eons aono for their country I I Beth Bet Betsy Lane will wil sacrifice at whatever cost to her hor feelings Jo-An Jo of or Ark ArkI |