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Show AMERICAN HISTORY Q 1 and H s ort 1.0 s of Nor px" B tJoh Ma Han n ond ibsedb he r B L no a Ph adelphia Th s -s a un que o ume o ng a nero e been preso ted M Hamn ond n nf8 iVe ent I o a s e ho a d "i1 5 a nera takes s on a jou ne 1 g he exts ng o d forts of Nor ie.J:a a."a. descr bes ' e r appearance JL . ?rta to ua the r romantic and h s ortc interest e f0 low tl e trail of the En8ah Fren h and Spanish ad enturers and the so d e s of the re o u and Indian wars. The e re country 10 Quebec and Nova S o a o Ca ifor a and Florida Is cove ed A s de trip s a so taken o Ha ana o app e a e the erd romance of the grm Morro Caste fXT.!n OUIL sno ' 11(e na e been fought o er by the Ind an he Span eh t e French the Eng sh and flna by m. ri oue,v,e" Sue ork eaves many a landmark a d Mr Hamn ond has Bone after these landmarks w th h s pen and camera ajid th resul is as fasc nating a historical work as -we cou d de , 1?.is such a '""r'1 as wl ' be needed the library as to ob aln he same n formation elsewhere t vou d be neces "ary to refer to a score or ore separate olumea Historical associations are s artea by arious promptings and It is in these old forts moit of them out of commiss on some of them in ruins that the pictures J-Ji"! 1"e of other t mes become most ) -Itid to our author We see the nat ons marching by the Indians of the forest of Lake Champla n and 00 yeaTS later tie Moux and Apaches of the wes ern plains the Spanish at S Augustine and the gal ant French at Q ebec the Eng I n n many conflicts with the three ot rs and finally the colon sts as a serrate entity In battle with the mother country The romance of h story Is n this vol ume and those to whom .romance makes an appeal will be charmed by th s work as of course will all those who are in terested in American history The col i?nof 11 Orations is an eiamp e of w at the modern camera can accomp ish OUR NATION S PAST Engirt Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans By Anne Hoi neswor h Wharton Published by the J B Up plncott Company Phi adelph a The author recounts her recent vis ts to the home lands of a number of our great American leaders in th s book and we seem to see upon their native heath the Eng sh ances ore of Geo ge TV ash ngton Benjam n Franklin W am Penn ne Plgrm fathe s the Mary and and v rginia ca a ers and o hers who have done their part in the making of the In ted Sta es When the time comes that we may visit Eng and aa n, the readers of th s book w 1 find a new joy in wander ng through o d London streets and vi aaes com ng in contact upon every hand with those I a-soc ations that must be dear to Ameri cans An it nerarj as presented by M ss Wharton offers a un que f e d of p easure to the tourist who may vis t Eng and in quest of Amer can shr nes This work is wr tten n an entertaining manner with many anecdotes and d gres s ons to charm the reader It is a d s t net addit on to the U erature of Ameri can h story as it forms a background for that literature of colonia t mes n wluch we are a most a in erested There are twenty nine ustrat ons of old per sons and p aces wh ch have been selected with great ca e with the resu t that they subt y convey the atmosphere of redo ent Eng sh meadows and cozv chlmnev cor ners It s a book that w 1 be a charm ing gift and wl 1 be received w h en th asm by the man or woman who is in es ed n our nat on s past THE RED CROSS FLAG Under the Red Cross Flag By Mabel T Boa dman Published by the J B Lipp n o Company Ph adelph a The h s ory organlzat on present ac t es needs 1 opes and possibi it es of t e most remarkab e aff 1 at on of so eties found in the h s ory of c vj Iza on are p esented in th s vo u ne by Mabel T Boa dman The Amer can Bed C oss and the name of M ss Boardn an have been nseparably connected for many !ears Accounting expe lence and lit erarv ab I tj we n ay say no one was so f t ed to write h s book as she It s he on co nplete h s or ca work that has been written and undoubted y in opening up the internal wo k gs of t e or jganzatlon and present ng some concep ' on of the vas ness of the task under taken t wil b ng many new f ends under the banner of I umanity char ty work and self sacr f ce the Red Cross flag Today it Is the European war but In nfo gotten jes erdajs ere was the PhUppine tjphoon the Vesu Ian Mes s na and Kingston erupt ons the Ch nese famine and a most count ess other dis asters of flood f re p ague and h nger In wh c e heroes and hero nes of the Red Cross have wo ked and met danger in their effort to al eviate the suffer Ing of humanityi M ss Board nan tells us of the work n the wars and scourges how the smooth mach nerj of the Fed C oss ge s nder wa the uome t the appea from some s ri ken d strict comes o er he w e we lea the position of he soc ety in relation to o r go ern ment the European na ons and s s er so c e ies the o ganlzat on throughout the U tied States central s ate and d s tr ct work the great good done b vis t ing nurses among ru a d strlcts the generous donors who ha e made the wo k poss ble how the world wa was met he tvphus epidemi in erb a the frozen pr soners on the way to Slber a the hos pita s in every country The war has fortunate v aroused unl ve al interest in the Red Cross Let us remember that in th s country there are only 2 000 members wh e in Japan the membership numbers in ni ions Th q book wi 1 tell you what sort of a concern It Is to wh c you are gi ing your clot es money and kn tted goods and from w ch ou buy ChristmaB stan ps It Is a volume worth read ng b any man or woman who is awake to one of the most remarkab e international word wide human ta an forces that move our age Theological The Th nk ng Universe B Edmund i" Sheppard Published bv t e Authors Company Los Angeles Cal A book h in deas for men a d wo men of a metaph s cal turn of mind It Is a 350 page elucidation of the Scrip ral d c um As a man th nketh in his hea so s 1 e B means of descr b ne the arious mental processes of the h man m nd he writer alms to make lear hat ght reason g must precede ght th nk ng which sin 1 aneouslv be ce s S a Ing I The book s conoclaa c nas as it uttemp s to o erthrow man c rrent tneo oe a beliefs Among these at en d s s a chap er purporting to -it a e th. r a ms of a historic Chr st asse t ng So Ch w-as a nythooglcal character t ened a set of well eanl g peop e I) as a means of spread ng the h st a I af n p e ho ghout he wor d ' Retail Selling short Taks op Reta Sel g Bv i Ro and Ha Publ s ed b Funk S. magnate Company New lok v The au ho n h s h a e as n oduced o ume of g ea a e o a eVmen I u o n p a ona aks n Re a Se ng a a d o a o se , Salesfo ks a een n r n a I S n prope 1 nan ng e s on a ' em cons a o a e i s n e d S P I It po n 3 out the n s akes made b n an sa esn e ad shows ow to a o d a ese n s akes a d be on e a c a kerjack sa esman few of he any s bjec s d scussed n h 3 ook a e T e G eat Bus nesa of Reta e tr I Cou d Do Better o k Befa W a o Receive Money Ho Two Managers Managed T e R of the Store Persona tv Hand ng tl e Shopper s F nd The E a Polite Salesman, The Custom er i At tude The Value of V a on bho v the Goods Let the Cus omer Talk Some T e Hard to Hand e Cus tomer Dreams and Drean ers and A Lesson From the War A LITEEAKY MAN S EXPERIENCES I Morgan Robertson the Man By Men I and "Women Who I new H m Pub s ed by McC ure s Magaz ne and Me opo tan Magaz ne The material In this book was written by men and women In t e J terary word who 1 new Morgan Robe so s nee he first began w t ng Much of the ma terla in tl s book Is we 1 worth read ng I It presents a p cture of New To k Bo hernia w ch s no v a memory ke the spirits who made it Morgan Robertson O Henry and others j There are th rteen stories n th s boo i wr t en bv those wl o knew Morgan Rob e son and the k nd of man he was The stores are headed as folows Morgan Rober son Shipmate Gathering No ! Moss Side ghts on Mo gan Robert son M Sk rmish Wit Madness by Morgan Rober son Morgan Robertson He o The Ar of Morgan Robertson The Mo gan Robertson 1 Knew T e Psvch c Mvsterv of H s T me Morgan Robertson he Man Mo an Robertson the Alan I Knew and Morgan Robert son s Famous Rec pes The s or es exp a n what a d fficult time the average wr ter has, of makirtg a v ing e en though he does wr e good stories It as Mr Robertson who n ented the per scope on y to f nd that he cou d not ob a n a pa ent on It because a Frenchman had wr t en an art c e which was pub shed In a magaz ne a short time befo e describ ng an nst u ment s m ar o the one he had inven ed and thus preven ng h m from getting the reward he should have rece ved Al hs fe he was fac ng poverty and never knew what it was to have enough ahead so that he need not worry i CHRONICLE OF OLD jNEW JERSEY A Long Lane by Mari6n Harland Pub shed by Hearst Internat onal L brary company New York The scene of th s stor s aid in the mountaneous region of northern New-Jersey New-Jersey a section s ngu a 1 r ch in h s tory romance and t ad on The author wr tes pf p aces and peop e as s e knew them fifty j ears ago wh e the kn cker bocker trad t ons stil per aded all classes Sarah Van Djke the p nc pal charac ter In the story fal s n ove w th W II Cor aer the son of one of the richest men n the al ey Wl s father be levea hs fam y to be super or to the Van Dikes and refuses h s consent to the marriage It comes to harsh words and the father in his anger throws the boy w th a hs strength a a nst the wall H s head str kes the wa and he receives injur es f om wh ch he d es three days later This breaks the father s hea t because he knows he is the mu derer of hs bov The rest of the fam do not guess the rea cause of h s death and he does not te 1 them because of the w orry and troub e it would cause The school teacher of the d strict "Vor man Lang by name stays with the Van Dykes and becomes ntlmate w th Sarah-Later Sarah-Later he s emp o ed bv Mr Corlaer ana soon fa s n lo e w h Ma garita Corlaer whom he afterwards marries In th meantime Carr e Corlaer the youngest daughter has disgraced the fam y by attempt ng to elope w th Bogue Smerden one of the worst men in the country he s caught bv her fat er w ho gives Smerden a terr ble beat ng Smerden s not een n publ c for ome time Carr e afterwards becomes qua nted with a man named Ca son and they are man ed Soon after the d sgrace to the Co aers Sarah Van Dyke becomes the mot er of a babv bov and thus br ngs a d sgrace upon the Van Dvkes She w 1 not tell who s the father of her babv a d thus the one who as caused e d sgrace re ta ns his good name T ere are onlv a few people in the val ey besides he minister of the church to wh ch she be longs who w 1 speak to her a though they know the good name she used to have Among the ones who w asso c ate w t her s a young man nan ed Dick Wa ker She had befr ended m some t me before when he had jus been re eased f om pr son Tie had commi ted a sma offense n order o o an food for his mother and h mself lie is loval to her and w shes to marr 1 er She consents and hev go to Buffa o where he has secured employment to make thp r home Sara fo gets her sorrows now and fl happv In her new home T ck has a good poe Ion and the gi e the r eh d en a good educat on Sarah s boy is fast grow ing into ma hood and s hecom ng the very picture of the Norman Lang of twenty vears ago This so ves thp m s tery altho g In Ion? ro It breaks Margar ta s hear and in fact a great bow to he Co aer fam v T e m Is of the gods grind owl b t they g Ind ex eed ng fine A ROMANCE OF LOVE AND ADVENTURE ! &p ane Th Sm th bv Jefferv Farnol Pub ished by Lltt e Brown and con i pany Boston Mass I It would be d fficu t t? find a no el mo e I crowded with inc de-nt than th s new ro t n ance of ove and ad entu e by Jeffery ! Farnol j Young Beltane growing up in the ca e of Ambrose the hermit e sed n wood craft and anc ent ph osophies knows i no h ng of men and won en and teem ng j c t es One dav a mste ous s ranger i appears present nir Belta e w th a sw ord i and giving hinV dai j lessons n sword p a I and horeemansh p From th s ne dent to I he end of the book the s or moves with I a sweep f om one ad ent re to anotner I Lady Helen of Morta ne as she des through the greenwood sees Beltane e ng log of b rds flowers and the sun Th s Is the first lo e scene and the ove In terest Is one of the strongest notes and wh e Beltane n hfs desire to res ue the suffering and affl cted Is made the dash ing hero In n any a b aw and to rne the lo e the.me is ne er once lost s ght of The book tee ns w th haracter there i no lagging no padd ng and there in a wealth of atmosphere of hat per od when ove and valor were ife s n a nspr ng Eastern Christianity Th Wa of Mar ha and the Ha of. Ma B Stephen G a am Pub shed I b the Ma m Han ompany New ork According to the au or th s book s an nterpretat on and a vey of east em Chr st anitj and a consldera on of the ideas at present o tb.e fron I Christ anitj generally I s an organ c n ty he write. and roflec s ! form something of he Rus an dea a d 1 of Sancta Sophia se f The book was wr en n R ss a and Egvpt du rur 1914 and 11 In o de to , carry on this study e author went to Egvpt to visit the shrines and monas teries of the dese some of the sources of nsp ration Of eastern Chr s lan t and to n akr a jou ne o Rus a he a Ch s a am o peak nit o an he au nor sa Ch s an no e a b s en ao ene and the n a ne o p o e on Th oung e eio o C Ha P r 6CKX1 ea s hen e I a a zed ou b a el e onf g a deu o o h if It has all posslb It es A young man or o ng voman of todav can 1 ve by C ris an because s yo ng wit them Probably any true book on Chr st an ty nust reflect th s fact CLUB BOOK FOR WOMEN The Comp e e C ub Book for Women By Caro e French Benton Pub s ed by the Page company Boston Mass A 300 page book expla nlng club wo k how o organ ze the best subjects to ake p etc The subjects are p esent ed w th suggest ons for d v s ons into separa e mee ngs then the papers and a ks are outl ned unde each top c w th many references to books by contemo a V wr ters From the materia g ven each c ub s to se ect vhat best eu s its nd v dua needs, and arrange from t a y ea book If a club w shes to have twenty meet ings a year on one subject and five on another the cha rma may select one of the large subjects and d vide the n a teral offered nto twenty large d v sions add ng the necessary subd v s ons be neath w h the references and then se lect ng a shorter prog amme dlv do th s In t e same way and comb ne the two If a club w s es to master a subject ! w h un sual thoro ghness a arge sub I ject may fce d ded into a t o vear ! studv course Any one of the subjects : has In It material enough for se lous ' work vet some a e capab e a so of be ; ing taken, up in s x meet ngs f that s j desirab e ! A model cons itution is offered wl ch j any club may eas ly adapt to its own I needs Some condensed ru es of order are ! a so g ven I Among the many subjects t eated In ! h s book a e Suggest ons for C ub j To k Commun ty Improven &k t The Bus ness of Be ng a Housekeeper I I e a n an a T ok P a o e ! 1 a ona em a t n on 1 a e, w o Ha fi "ie Bok A Mod on a d o s Account of International Congress of Women Women a T H t B nne Ad ! dan En t Ba h an A lam I ton P s ed ho Ma n an n pa New Yo k Tnokg snaonof terna ona Co g e s of W omen o ened a The Hague n p 9 5 a d of the Journey unde take b wo de e j I gates from a cong ess j l M c of e ma er a as a eadv ap j I pea ed in e Su e an 1b ob ous y i jonasencaae t a be o I a e hone er as a epo of Fu opean I cond ons from e po of v ew of a i peace sen In ent wh ch u es n e midst of e e wa bu wh ch s no j eas v recove ed The book s d ded n o seve c ap j ters They a e as fo ows Jou ney and Impress ons of the Congress At he ; Var Cap a s The Revo Aga ns Via Fac o s n Con nu ng the War j t t e Northern Cap as The T me j for Mak ng Peace and Won en and In ! ternatlona Ism ! Moving Pictures J Mak ng he Mo es Bv Ernest A , Dench P h shed by he Macm an Company New Yor The aim of th s book is to e l j st how the mo ies a e made I exp a ns that to produce a good mov e grea care m st be aken and at the ou ome depends not so much upon the actors as the d ecto It po nts out the per ous pos ons n wh ch t e actors are somet mes p aced in orde to produce t e bes pictures and make them rue to fe A number of ns ances n w ch e wo d s famous actors ha e nea y lost the r Ives are g ven There are a number of us ra t ons which he p to exp a n some of the most d ff cu t th ngs to be done in mak ng successf mov es o e of the mos mpor anT chap e s afe as fo ows Putt ng on a Photo p ay Dy es ght Damage Caused Through the Mo on P cture Arc Mo on P u e Mak ng Towns and Estates How Ra road Photop avs A e Made How F e F ms Are Ta en .v at on in the Movies Contro ng W d Ani n r m H p o ng Mo on T k ng nld a d 1 od s k AMONG THE POOF BkAn J M ppan Ph yHni- &.Co An he p pa etya acte n s has been bog p n e p I e b he g andfa e and aun n spo epo ess He e as been ed o unn ng h ng to bu t h nself and has lately e ded o ake a p o Eu ope He n end o ake Am nd e aun w h n y e u o and o on e ngs don co e h s wa He s ops Am s a owan e an sa s fo Eu ope T s g e M Bu ke Am s fa her a han e own e asawasw shed o do and he mn ed a e n o es to a ded Eas S de nemen whe e e a be among e poo a d o he p em Am& goe w h m u has an awfu me ge ng a ong t e poor g s who ws oa oaew her At ast she sees where she s w ong and be g ns o ssoc a e w a few of hem She starts to h g s hoo and t is e e he f ds ou how much t ese poor g r s kno v S e ma es many f lends n he nex few months In the meant me her grandfather and aun are ha ng a ery poor P They annot enjoy themse ves because Amy s no w th them He aunt knows hev need money and secret y sends An y $ 50 Instead of spend ng his money for her se f she p ans a Chr s mas tree for the poo It is a great success and e eryone re e ves 4 present of some k nd Her giandfa her gets too homes ck to s ay away longer and arr ves home just n rre to witness the bu n ng of one o h s arge bu d ngs The e a e e ghty g s on the f rst f oor and t s through Amy s presence of m nd and co rage t at hev a e sa ed She succeeds in geU ng hem a out of the bu d ng but Nine as one s ams he door and In do ng so makes my a pr soner She is rescued t ough t e effo ts of John Gra am one of he poor boys whom she has befr end ed It is ater found out that he is by r ght Lord Dens ow of Eng and Amy and John a e to be mar ed A Book for Boys Red Head and Whist e Breeches By E 1 s Parker But er Pub shed by the Bancro Company New Yo k Tm Murphy s sentenced 0 serve two vea s In the pen tent a y because he et h s enthus asm ge the bet er of h s Judg men an Jo ned he f on a k of e s kewnag anxup and n ked en of a ep s er fr T n s w fe and o he r o ge Mike M rph f n s fa er o go o the go eoad voobanapa don M ke doesn wan o be ause when he was a oy e sed o go o sc 00 w he go e no nd p k on h m a e t me Howeve he had aught he go e nor to f gh and n do ng so had g en h m con f dence n h mse f H s conf den e was wha ad made h m go a nor and he knew T m b pe suaded to go at last and when he go e nor f nds out who he Js he pa dons he boy o even up he score Stephen 0 Mara. Then I Come Back to You By Larry E ans publ shed by he H K Fly Compa y New York S ephen O Mara s a poor 1 tt e fa he ess mother ess boy from the hea t of he b g woods A former servant of h s fathers has taken hm t9 the woods so that he may grow up without know ng the vice of the word See stays wi h this servant unt t e la e d es and hen he star s for lv za on w tl h s nnd made up to learn all here is to know of this world and become a power in it He has a man s determinat on In h s eyes even though he s only a boy The fi st town in wh ch he arri es s Morr son and the f rst person he becomes acaua nted with is Ca eb Hunter Ca eb and h s s ster decide to adopt the boy Some time later he meets Barbara A I son He knows she is the g r for h m -and te a her so A few days later she scorns h ro and the next morn ng he s gone He tel s her before he goes that when he gets an educat on etc e wi come back to-ier The next we hear of him he Is chief engineer for he East Coast company and s bu Id ng a ra oad for them He has a contract wh ch g ves Jilm unt I the f rst of May to complete the railroad Most peop e t nk th s is imposs b e bu thev don t know the k nd of man O Mara is In the meantime Ba bara has become engaged to Arch e W ckersham, a though she rea zes she does no love him Steve s te s he he w cone back for her and w w n he n t e end, a houg when he t me fo e wedd ng draws near and she has not sought m he beg ns to fear he has ost. Wicke sham has ed in e er way poss b e to ge Ste e k 1 ed He has ned to get he men to qu wo k ng for him and has even pa d them a h g er salary han they had been receiv ng 'Qhen th s Is not suecessfu e es men 0 s 00 n bu e p 0 fa s O Ma a omp es I grea ok n me and thus es ab s es a o d fo imse f Parbara sees ese as made a m stake and oreaks cngag men n orde 0 narry e s h oug ca eb and s s h e effo and fir o e fo e b 4 ngs ome out as they do A Book for Children Cha e box Anon mous P b shed b D na Es es &, Company Bos on Mass Chatterbox s acknow edged o be one of the bes juveni e books pub shed n tl e Eng sh language The publ r e s emphas ze the fac tha dha te box s not made up of re lashed or o d n a e a but that t e stor es and us ra ons a e espec a y wr en fo e olume and he a m is o ge the bes ega d ess of cost This book has bee pub s e1 fo many years and is f Hed w e ories a d poen a vhich would be ver nteree ng o e average boy or girt Teso esaedf ferent from the average so es fo dren Inasm ch as they a e edu a Ing and up f ng There a 0 n anv us ra ons w h are interesting and help the ch dren o un de s and he s or es Our Bodily Dwelling Marve s of Our Bodll Dwe ng fourth ed t on by Mrs Ma W ood A en M D Pub s ed by he V Pub ish ng companv Ph ade p a Th s book s a wonder ta e about th s ma e ous bod of ours The onders are o d In a charm ng wa bv a g f ed au hor who kno s hat stud of and obed ence o he aws of phys 0 og w sure wit sound body w c s e bea ful dwe ng p ace of a sound m nd The author In th s o un e has n ted metaphor w th s en f c ac s She as a d under con r bu on the a es sc en f c a Yhor t es and th s book w be found abreast of he s ien e of today The book s intended or home se or as a supplementary reade text book or reference book In schoo s It w 1 make an dea g ft for e young of bo h se es and those of adu t age w apprec a e the mane ous informat on wh h co a ns It is d vided into two par s The f rst akes up the d fferen pa s of e bod and exp alns so fu t a e en a c I d cou d eas y unders and The second part Is enttit ed The G es s Man Entertains in H s Bod y Dwe ng |