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Show "TOttnsK and His Nelftliljimi" 1)7 Sttunian UQ-M UQ-M Publilh4 by livvln-AiUli, Nw York. IF you wore a boy forty years or so aj;o and lived in the up-country of Ireland, Ire-land, nay about twenty miles from DoAssj&l, you would probably liavo lived the life that Scuimhh MaiManuM has written uhoul In his latest book. The hero of the work is a boy of the parish who lives close to the soil. Hie dny mentis the tending of i-altlo on the hills back or his home when IhoHe hills are at ill bathed hi 1 he eerie vapor of dnwn; his day fairly starts when he grnlps a huse bowl of stint bout a nd sets out to jOK-1 rot the three or four or five ratios lo School. At school lie contributes con-tributes hie two chunks f poal to the PUngenl fire and sits on the floor while the "uiusther lvey him mlmory"- sburo, he has brains Iv his own; all the lad has nade av li mimory. Then nfler school the Jong nuul home, the fjKbts on the way, the fairy nhrlnes thai one inusi always pass before dark, and then the steaming hot suppor and the hour In the ohlinney corner before bed and dreamless dream-less sleep. Seuruas MacRlanue takes the boy through youth to his weddlnff, through manhood, where the fortunes of his children chil-dren are his concern, and lo an honorable grave. Then he goes back and touches the liven of some of the neighbor) that have been mlsaed on the way. The book Is delightful, It Is written by a man whose lieu rt bea t n In tune wl th 1 rela nd Perhaps the strongest glimpse of "the boy's" life In when we iee him at the fair. A Klrl with the black hair and the blue eySS of a Doneia I wo in a 11 Is a I his side. His fellows push nnd jostle around him and lie Is Intoxicated with the Joy of belnp. He sees a youth In the crowds and recognizes him. He presses through to jjthsp his hand. The youth looks at him keenly, then says quietly, "You'll do," and our hero is a Whiteboy. From that moment on a price is hovering over tUI bead. At a whispered word and a tone)) of the hand he bad been made a member of an organization composed of t lie best that Ireland rould offer for an effort to overthrow the tyranny of England. Eng-land. The last chapter or two Is devoted to the "Come-home Yankee." It Introduces Intro-duces the man who bftd left Ireland for America and nan returned for a few hours. Mr. MaeManun fralned an audience when he launched "The Red Poacher" and his happy story concerning chimney corners and hours-at - home, but "Yourself and the Neigh hours" Is even m ore appealing. The book lias dramatic power and will hold attention. The fact that the ehap-ters, ehap-ters, are almost --ompleie in themselves adds to the readability. "WHY NOT?" SEEMS TIMELY. "Why Net f" IiJ Margaret Wlddemer. Publinlied by 1 1 earn! 'a I ntt-i national Mtirai 1 corupii V. New York. In her latest book the author of "The Rose Garden Husband" has created an Interesting character In the heroine, Anne Itosamon Gilbert, whoa'; motto Is, "Why not? aald the caterpillar." Working on the theory that many things can be done If we only think so. the girl brings happiness happi-ness to herself and Incidentally to those around her. "Why Not?", will be read with interest by devotees of clever fiction fic-tion without a dark and gloomy problem lurking between Its covers. An Indian Story. "Tftp H4 Arrow." By Elmer Rusoll rjrosor. Published by Harper & BroLher'a, New York. Heralded as a stirring story of two Indian boys. "The Red Arrow" concerns Itself with White Otter, a Sioux lad who sets out equipped with a pony, bow and arrows and much paint to recover a sacred emblem of his tribe that had been stolen by the Pawnees. He meets Sun-Bird, Sun-Bird, another Sioux lad. and they keep each other from going to the "happy hunting ground" frequently. The book would be exciting to the average boy if the author did 'not have mountain bears "expire" and refer to a knife and a twisted rag aa "accoutrements." As a study of Indian diplomacy and ethics the book may have value. Its staid style makes It rather prosy reading for the American boy who has been brought up on brave deeds from Infancy. For Children. "To.-nmT and th Wlaliirig Stone." Bv Thornton W. Burgee. Published by The Century ion-pany, ion-pany, New York. Tommy fs an every-day farm bov who finds that by sitting on a certain gray stone he can realize hie wishes. Before his discovery Tommy liked to tr2p. Later he wishes himself Into the Hkness of various vari-ous little animals that he has been trapping. trap-ping. He visits them in their homes and cornea lo know them as a biother. Needless Need-less to say, hie desire to trap and hunt leayes him. The work is Intended for children and contains several good lessons on kfndnesB to animals. Book for Girls. "The BoarcJwJ-up House." By Augusui-Huiell Seaman. Sea-man. Published by Th Cntury company N'ew York. Two girja start out in search of their favorite cat. The chase leads them into a deserted mansion filled with aad memories mem-ories and much dust. Thev explore the house with thrllla of trespass running up and down their backs. Iater they decide to reconcile the people who left the house for the sake of happiness. The old couple return and the sunlight streams through the boarded-up windows and spreads itself it-self over a happy family. The book will be read with interest by voung girls. acceptance of three slot leu by the editor of Livery body's Magazine a t this time encouraged Howard to test his luck nearer home. -o he returned to ttallimore, where he tiled his band at club life. Joining 'be Baltimore Country. Baltimore Athletic, Athene-urn, Athene-urn, dn&rooal, Journalists and the Paint and Powder clubs. While In this whirl he created the "diplomatic agent" in America the gentleman lias since become an a ffllct Ion and published pub-lished him under the title, "Norroy, Diplomatic Agent." Then he wenl abroad and managed Theodora Gerard In "The Varnplre Dance" and had a number of other plavleis produced in Paris and Ixm-don. Ixm-don. On his return to America he hobbled his rovlrm loot, staked out a claim on Jung Island mid sat down to the business of writing books and plays and such like. One feels quite sure thai -Mr. Howard has had experiences enough to create plnis. He creates a ploi niter a fashion In "God's Man," and he has created Kreater plots in his other works. However, How-ever, the productions of a man who has girdled the globe on his wits are always worthy of attention. COMMUNICATION. Uterarv ICdltor The Tribune Can you tell me through The Tribune the name of the fa moiifl writer who lived about the time of Dickens and who used to illustrate illus-trate his stories with funny, out-of-shape little sketches? You in all probability refer to WlUlam Makepeace Thaekerav. In "A History of Kngllsh Literature" ftetiben Post Halleck, professor of literature at Yale, writes: Born in Calcutta in 1811, he (Thackeray) (Thack-eray) was sent to Kngland to be educated. edu-cated. He passed tin ough Charter House and went one year to Cambridge. Cam-bridge. He was remembered by his school friends for bis skill In caricature carica-ture sketching. He hoped to make painting a profession and went to Carls to study, but he never attained correctness In drawing, and when he ottered to illustrate the works of I dckeiiB the offer was declined. Thackeray certainly added to the charm of ills own writings by his droll and delightful illustrations. A BOOK OF MERIT. "A Quiet Corner In a Library." By William Henry Huduoo. Published by Hand. MuNall) ft Co., Chicago Professor Hudson's latest work will be read with Interest by those people who have been waiting for the appearance of something substantial yet animated In the literature of the day. The writer's "Idle Hours In a Ubrary" gave him a place in the ranks of writers I who have dehuf te information to impart and who impart It with literary understanding. under-standing. The latest book is perhaps as Interesting. The work and the human aide of a few of the masters is the theme. Without entering too deeply into the technique tech-nique of the work. Professor Hudson puts the reader In sympathy with the writers of books that may have been dust covered cov-ered for years. By choosing but a few of them to discuss at one time, he does not wear the subject threadbare and leaves the interest alive. "A Quiet Corner in a Library" is a dignified dig-nified and scholarly work written with animation. ways of intereBt. It Is of even greater Interest when the publisher' country happens to be at war. Although U:e Strand magazine la published on New York's noisy little Dunne street, the pol- ; Icy fe dictated from London, and most of the material concerns England and is written by Englishmen. Among other articles In the Strand for October is f "The Lighter Side of the War," a group of humorous drawings on the conflict bv several European artists, and a texX by Wendell Phillips Dodge. "Cabinet Ministers: Their Human Side Winston Churchill" is the self-ex- I planatory title of an article unsigned but evidently written by someone who has i observed the minister closely from d if- ; i , ferent angles. "Something to Do" Is the name of a f small magazine that has recently been : launched for boys and girls. It is edited I by Henry Turner Bailey and Ronald 13. Davis and published by the School A vtM Publishing company, Boston. The magazine mag-azine is filled ith suggestions for boys and girls who would rather do some- I thing than read. How to make things and how to do things that will' interest the children and keep th parents from undue worry is the object of the publication. publi-cation. Perhaps ihe most interesting story in the October issue of the American mag- i azine is the story of a man who reached 50 like any other man, and then started to grow back to 30. He does W It by perfectly reasonable and phys- ieai ways. He doesn't seem to swing his u arms, to which are attached dumb bells, nor does he eat anything special. Instead he takes natural good care of himself Hi and, as he says, "I felt like the fellow KJ who could lick his weight in wildcats I and paint whole townships red." Under the title of "Youth Leads the Way," there is an article, profusely il- lustrated bv photographs, about girls jf! i who can fruits with little effort and who I seem to have lots of fun in doing it. The regular departments of the magazine mag-azine are interesting and many readers of fiction will be interested In the be- ginning of a new serial by Olive Hlggins Prouty, "The Fifth Wheei " The war, with its mechanical features, has given Popular Mechanics a fine fiela for its work. The October number car- ries an Interesting article on the perl-scope, perl-scope, called "The Eye of the Submarine." Subma-rine." Another story concernB Itself with combating poisoned gas on the battlefields bat-tlefields and gives one an idea of the ultra-horror of the business of war. The usual section of small mechanical contrivances con-trivances and household helps Is present. How many people know that the Stars and Stripes are now, and have been for more than two years, floating over the White house In the capital of Nicaragua? For five years Nicaragua has been virtually vir-tually In 'charge of American marines. The president In power there, according accord-ing to a report of the commander of our marines, represents barely one-fourth of the people. Without the backing of I American troops, charged with upholding a corrupt Conservative minority against the mainly Liberal population, he could not hold office a month. Lincoln G. Val-en Val-en tine, in an article entitled "Meddling With Our Neighbors," in the October Octo-ber Century, is said to gfve a rapid sketch of this extraordinary situation, pointing out that it is all due to the desire of the United States for a per- I petual canal route option in Nicaragua, a naval base, etc., owing to which the five Central American republics, formerly united, are clamoring for reunion and armed resistance to the "Eagle of the North." Mr. Aralentines account of the matter, it is stated, is substantiated In i every point by a long letter from S-enator Root. "Female Delicacy in the Sixties" will, it is announced, be the subject of an article ar-ticle by Amy Louise Reed, librarian of i ,1 Vassar college, in the October Century, Discussing the swooning lady ideal and ' the almost incredible foolishness of and' about young women before the civil I . ' war, the article is said to be a very amusing resume of the fashions, views of I I life and modes of nducatlon responsible, for this abnormal development, and also I a revelation of the American woman's J transformation during the past sixty H years. The author quotes liberally from I books and magazines of the period and , has illustrated her articles with pictures j from "Gddey's Lady's Book" and ot her '; contemporary mirrors of "perfect gen- ' l. tillty." " i A VARIED CAREER. George Bronaon Howard htm written a novel, It is called "God's Man" and Is reviewed on this page. Regardless of what one may think of the book, the author's life is an interesting story. In speaking of the varied career of the author au-thor of "God's Men" a magazine devoted de-voted to books and authors says: If some young author In search of picturesque incidents would persuade George Bronson Howard to present him with the atory of his life he could write a romance that would thrill the most hardened novel reader and win for himself renown and royalties, or In another and more familiar phrase, fame and fortune. Howard began his remarkable career as messenger boy In the weather bureau station at Baltimore, his native town. Here he learned to carry rain in one hand and sunshine in the other and has apparently appar-ently been doing It ever since. He was then 14 years ot age. Twelve months later he was what is known as "special laborer" in the New York navy yard, and at the close of another an-other year was a clerk In the bureau of navigation, and at 17 was assistant to the chief clerk of the navy department depart-ment at Washington. Between 1900 and 130,1 he was reporter re-porter on the Baltimore American, Brooklyn Citizen ana New York J lerald, cha nging each time because of better assign merits and increased pay. l'Yom the Herald he went to the Philippines. Here lie was made sub-assistant in the office of collector col-lector of customs, then presided over by the Hon. Morgan Shuster. Later he was transferred to lioilo. island of Painoy. and made harbor master. In the southern island of Marderud lie served as a constabulary officer and paymaster, From there he went to Hongkong. Although this British possession Is a "free port" It Isn't for that or any other reason a particularly par-ticularly attractive place to land without cash or credit, letter of, or otherwise. But that Is what hap-pended hap-pended to "our hero." He had his health, a presentable Mitt of clothes, a variegated experience and an exuberant ex-uberant nerve, and nothing else thtft could possibly he put In I he asset column. As be strolled along the picturesque Pray a, under the equatorial equa-torial sun, he fell in with another soldier of fortune like himself, save that a n expensive gold watch kept Chinese time Itt the stranger's left waistcoat pocket. The sight of this watch and its accompanying chain stirred Howard's imagination. Whereupon Where-upon he propoped to his new-found friend that they present themselves at the Hotel America as master and valet, temporarily denied of baggage through the carelessness of the Canadian Ca-nadian Pacific Railway Steamship company. Of course this adventure appealed to the stranger; besides, he was very hot and equally empty. So they drew straws they hadn't a coin betweon them to match with to decide who should be master and who valet. The man with the watch got the short end, so Howard registered and asked for the best suite. He got It. A month later, having lived by their wits, they hocked the "valet's" watch, settled their hotel bill and journeyed up the bay to Gen ton, which is no mean seaport. Here the mysterious stranger, minus his gold watch and chain, drops out of the picture, and Howa rd gets himself a job as watchman at the Imperial Cht-g Cht-g nese customs. TL was a good job, paying $40 gold the month and requiring, after t lie Indolent Oriental manner, tbat he work only from 4:30 in the bright Canton morning until 6 In the evening. even-ing. Abqut this time things began to happen. The Russian-Japanese war declared Itself and George Lynch nf the London ( 'hronlcle, yielding to the blandlshmmis or Jimmy Archibald, Archi-bald, directed Howard to go with the Russians as the rhronlcle correspondent. correspond-ent. The Baltimore boy had a shilling In his pocket, hardly enough to get him from Canton to Vladivostok. But his powers of persuasion were intact. These he tried on the agent of the Pacific Mail, and with success. At Vladivostok he received a hundred hun-dred pounds sterling as advance expense ex-pense money and took his first long breath. His war experiences were Interesting and his dispatches to his paper valuable, as a good many important im-portant personages attested at the time, but his ambition and his zeal proved his undoing, for the Russian, officials objected to certain uncen-sored uncen-sored dispatches that he contrived to get through to London, and he left the country under military escort, Pekln was the scene of Mr. Howard's How-ard's next adventure. Once established estab-lished in the Chinese capital he niet young Shi Kal. then governor and general, and secured au appointment as paymaster In the Imperial Chinese army with the rank of captain. But after a while the Orient began to pall and the Occident to pull, with the result re-sult that Golden Gate welcomed him and the San Kraneisco Chronicle and the Sunset Magazine paid him real money for the fruit ot his pen. The Two Boys in the War. "Tremh-matM in Fraocfe." By J. S. Zerb. Published Pub-lished b.T Harper & Broth?r', New York. The book Is a rattling good storv for boys. It is about two French youths In the present war. They have interesting adventures and escape with their lives, although wounded. The last chapter shows them returning to the front after a few weeks' recuperation. The work is doubly Interesting in the fact that it deals extensively with the mechanical features of the business of battle. A Christ Eulogy. "The .Might? aod toe Lo-wly." Bj Katrina Traek. Published by Marmttlan, New York. In her latest book the author of 'In the Vanguard" re-expounds the theory that CTirist's humanitv is stlU a remedy for present-day ills. The word painting of the spirit of the Man of Galilee is exalted and beautiful, but Mrs. Trask's expressions on creed and ritual may arouse disfavor. End of Denewood Series. "Peg o' the Ring." By Emilie Betuon Knfpe and Alden Arthur Knlpe. Published by The Century company, New York. Dr. and Mrs. Knipe have written another an-other interesting little story for bovs and girls. It is the third and final story of the "Denewood Series." and concerns itself it-self with the doings of the characters portrayed in "The Luckv Sixpence' and "Beatrice of Denewood' the first two books of the series. The period of the book is fixed at the colonial stage of the nation's existence and the historical background is accurate. For Children. "The SLrange Story of Mr. Dog and Mm Bear" By Mabel FullPr Blodgett Published by The Century company, New York. A likeable dog and a forgive hie bear .form a friendship in Miss Biodgett's latest animal book for children. The two friends set up bachelor quarters together and have interesting times. The book Is written simply and well. It is the kind of a juvenile book that mothers can read to the little ones before bed-time without having to leave a light in the nurserv as a result. Japanese Dramas. "Tale From Old Japanese Dramas." By Asa-taro Asa-taro Miynmoii. Published by G. P. Put nam" n Song, Now York and Loudon. The work presents, in a somewhat condensed con-densed form, the noteworthy epical dramas of Japan known as Jorurl. Embraced Em-braced in the collection are the chief works of the more representative epical dramatists. Including, of course, Mon-zayemon. Mon-zayemon. the "Japanese Shakespeare.'' An Introductory chapter, tracing the development of the Japanese drama more especially with reference to foruri gives the Occidental reader an idea of t'he on- ' tertalnfng field upon which he Is entering enter-ing in the perusal of the book. IN THE MAGAZINES. Kverybody's for October features an article by William Hard on "Leaders Toward World Peace." The policy of Everybody's lor preparedness Is well known, but the article is fair and deals with the different types of peace advocates. advo-cates. Conventional photographs of the ' men prominent in promoting peace Illustrate Il-lustrate the story. Dr. Woods Hutchinson of pure food fame has contributed an article on "-fr-Is i a Genius?" In the writing of readable read-able stories on sanitation and kindred topics Dr. Hutchinson Is at his best. He falls short, however, in diagnosing psychological afflictions. Striking (Hue- i trations by M. L. Blumenthal go aloHg with the story. William Allen Johnston takes the 1 reader behind the scenes in the world M "mo'-ies." His interesting article1 deals with the topsy-turw colonv of film I makers In southern California. Keeping abreast of the times and i sometimes Raining a ott on hlstors is ' the best thing that the Literary Di-el does. Tn the current Issue the" leading article is on the subject of the billion- I dollar loan wanted bv '.he allies. With- i out undue editorial comment of its own ' the Literary Digest sums up the situa- : tion and quotes extracts from a variety Of editorial columns. There arc- also other articles concerning the war di-rectly di-rectly and indirectly, and the regulation column of editorial comment from papers ; throughout the country. A magazine published under the direc- tiou of Englishmen in America, is a!- I ABOUT BUSINESS. '"The Business Adventures of Billy Tbomaa." By Flmcr IC. Ferris. Published by Macmlllan. New York. Mr. Thomas Is a young man who lives in a boarding house, when he is nut directing di-recting the shipping for a large mercantile mercan-tile establishment in New York. He rinds that he is afraid of several tilings, principally prin-cipally a porter In the shipping room, and he starts out to overcome fear. He learns to box and to wrestle. It seems that with physical prowess he acquires some things mentally, and is sent out on the road to sell coffee. His hist trip is a success and he returns to the boarding house with laurels. The book is a curious curi-ous compound of good, sound philosophy a nd Bowery slang. It will probably be read with interest and brotherly feeling by young business men who live in board-ing'houses. board-ing'houses. It would, however, have just as much Interest if Mr. Ferris allowed his hero to express himself In more unsullied unsul-lied English. A NOVEL BY HOWARD. "God'n Man." By George Broii.son Howard. Published Pub-lished by Bobbs -Merrill, Indianapolis. George Bronson Howard stepped back into another era of literature when he wrote "God's Man." Written in "books," the novel, tells in seven of them the fortunes for-tunes of one Arnold L'Hommendleu, which, translated, is "God's Man." Reminding Re-minding one somewhat of Jeffry Kainol's "Broad Highway," and yet lacking that work's readability, "God's Man" leaves one wondering what it is all about. The author au-thor paints realistically the life of the patrooJiB in old Manhattan and its Grenich village. And In telling of the ancestry of his hero, he as easily transplants trans-plants tiie reader to the battlefields where spears and bows and arrows were in vogue. "God's Man" is an echo of the last century cen-tury in literature, but resplendent in modern appliances, causing one to wonder won-der where he is along the ages. WAKING UP THE NATIVES. "The Tesilng of .Tnnli-e Day." By Helen Beechsr Long. Fubliahed by Sully Klehuelch, New York. Janice Day is a girl in a" typically old-fashioned old-fashioned New England town. Waking up the natives to better things is one of her best accomplishments. Her father fa-ther presents her an automobile with which she helps her friends to remain so and her enemies to become friends. The elder of the church han her arrested for speeding in her "Devil Wagon" as lie calls It . Later Janice helps him to get over the dusty New England road to good fortune. A young engineer leaches her to drive the car, which gratlv annoys the village schoolmaster. wltVi whom Janice is fn love. The hook ends happily for everybody, and one feels that Janice Day is rather a nice sort ?f a person to have around a New Englundvlllage. "DUKE JONES." "Duke Jonea." By Ethel Sldgwjck. Published by Small. Maynard A Co.. Boston. In "Duke Jones" the author of "Promise," "Prom-ise," "Le Gentleman" and "A Lady of Leisure" has given t he reader a nother splendid example of character drawing. "Duke .lones" Is "the man In the street." He looks neutral a nd is the kind of man that no one would turn around to look at, yet underneath his commonplace exterior there exist rare qualities of beauty and goodness of heart. There are other characters that hold the reader's Interest to the end of this In-tr In-tr resting novel. One will wish to read the book carefully and with analysis. "WHAT A MAN WILLS.' ' "What Man Wills. By Mr. O. de Home Vttter. Pvbilahed by O. P. Putnam's Sans, New York. A gathering of people at a week-end house party disclosed, one by one. their i ambitions and desires. In the chapters ensuing the reader is allowed to follow the characters and watch the fulfillment of their desires and the consequent results. re-sults. Each chapter might be regarded as a story In itself, although all are hound together by t he prologue and epiloguethe epi-loguethe latter concerning itself with the meeting again, a year later, around the same fireplace in the same home. |
