Show Story of Great Greit War X Vividly i Told To I d dor Of or much value an and written n In an in interesting interesting in in- ahlo The rhe Story o of the thc Great War by William Stanley Stanle is a volume which Is bound to bo be treasured treas In American homes The Tho complete story or of the great war so vividly ly told that the boy or girl will grasp at once not only the big big- facts of oC every overy battle battlo and campaign but will understand the underlying meanings of oC tho the world struggle The book boole outlines with broad Insl insight ht the causes leading up to the tho war and tho share In the nations nation's history of or every cry conflict In easily un understood terms It tells tolls of tho the war from the diplomatic political and military viewpoint gives the tho history of or the embattled embattle navies the tho airplanes and submarines of oC chemIcal chemical chemical chem chem- ical warfare and indicates tho the fo food situation and economic conditions In Inthe tho the warring countries Especially interesting is tho the chapter relating how the war came about giving giving ing InS a n short view of a long long- century the story of oC the tho declarations of or war and similar matter The great personalities person person- of the tho war aro are described describe with care tho rulers prime primo ministers generals generals generals gen gen- and admirals while a a. chapter Is devoted to the peace congress at Paris Tho The numerous illustrations add to tho value of tho tIm work Fre Frederick A. A Stokes Co New ew York Nc New Locke Novel Abounds With Interest To those who have havo read That Affair at Manor JanoT Gla Gladys s 's Edson Lockes Locke's os o's work work stirring stirring plot made real with vivid description and character portrayal will portrayal will not bo be new In her now novel Ronald o of tho the Moors however she strikes another note for while tho the mystery clement element still stilt plays plas the Important Important important tant part historical Interest en enters tors in The scene Is Js laid in the wilds of Dartmoor Dartmoor Dartmoor Dart Dart- moor at a timo when man many men were ero outlawed for their adherence to the tho lost cause of oC James Stuart Tho The st story 0 1 centers about Sir Roger a gentleman from the court of the king who has been sent to Castle Pen- Pen raven to track down the outlawed brother of oC Its mistress and to capture Wild Ronald tho the mysterious highwayman highway highway- man who makes traveling traveling- a terror to the wealthy but who is loved and protected protected protected pro pro- by the Cornish folk among whom he Needless to sa say Sir Rogers Roger's reception Is har hardly h. h cordial and though he receives a definite definite- warning from Lady meek meele little aunt heis ho lie hois lieIs is really alone among most hostile clements ole ele ments Alone and In love for of ot course there is a love story which only makes the thrilling adventures ad of oC the hero moro more Interesting To tell more moro I would bo be to spoil the stor story Let us sn say however cr that It ft is tho the sort of oC tab talo that you will want to read from Crom cover to cover at one ono sitting Tho The Illustrations by Nellie L. L Thompson Thomison Thomp Thomp- son add to tho the charm o of tho the book Ti n tI C fn i tV 6 Good Cheer Glicer Aplenty Aplenty- llly In Acreage l of Lyric There is Is a n. spontaneity a a. freshness and vigor vig withal a str strange ingo enchantment enchantment enchant enchant- ment mont In the wonderfully readable book of oC verso verse by Dorothea Dorothel Lawrence Mann ann entitled An Acreage of oC Lyric The Tho I poetess New England who wrote these poems l knows nos life Ilfe but does doe's o s not dread it has bias looked looted Into the eyes ces of oC the tho fu future futuro futuro fu- fu turo ture calmly and seen in it colors of a anew anew new dawn t full of or hope and tion There Is help and good aplenty in the tho songs bongs she sho sings For 1001 Instance c catch tho Invigorating In fragrance frag trag- rance ranee of or her initial poem In Iii a Flower Shop Tho The description of the flowers is not so much of color an and o odor or as ns of ot tho the spirit and soul of tho blossom its lesson of hope and faith to those passing the tho flower floer shop In the streets of a n. busy cIt city and where they whiff tho the moist warm sweet odor of Nature in he her workshop orl shop She sa says s 's the violets are arc meant for the tho rich dream woman whoso whose soft sort firm fingers move among amonS' the tile petals while her dark eyes brood I them thorn and tho the orchid waits the ll heavy bidden woman with experience experience expert expert- ence in her eyes liar Her Sprin Spring Song Song i Is another delicately modeled verse wherein she ho says Spring and wo we who watched a thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand springs Dawn Down and die upon somo distant star Know the old thrill straining at nt bar Taste the tho mad Joy evor every springtime brings bring Her Flower Worship is a b beautiful thing wherein she declares I would I I not pluck a L single flower I I I Stretching weak weale fingers ors up to Go God Quaint Is tho the poem Tho The Janus House I I while for sheer artistry of oC landscape I painting Bare Baro Branches A Against the Sunset contains a sentence of perfect description You fret a sl sky faint as I the tho halo of ot somo old ohl Italian angel Catch the mystery of tho tim oceans ocean's spell In her hor vivid verso Cray Sea where I she asks Is a God at tile tho heart o of your mystery Does ho speak In that long low cr cry That Is la ecstacy out of reach Cornhill company compan Boston |