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Show , . , FKOM NATURE FORWARD. "From Mature Forward." By Harriet Doan Prentiss. Publinhert by the J. B. L-lppincott company, Phiiarleiphia. "From Nature Forward" can be followed fol-lowed hy every man and woman to a return re-turn of buoyant physical hen 1th, release of mental tension and a happy outlook. The author believes that health and happiness are the birthright of every individual in-dividual and only broken laws produce sickness, poverty and distress. I'nwise training and false ideas of our life and pelf are the things that make us break those laws. Mrs. Prentiss's keynote is th "quiet repose of nature," as revealed in her intricate in-tricate workings by science. l-fer interpretation, inter-pretation, through her power of tnspira- I tion and personal realization, will help those who need repose of spirit In the present day and generation a period in which it is so difficult to find spiritual peace. THE LIFE OF REALITY. "The Iife of Reality." Bv John Herman Randall. Published by the Doige Publishing Pub-lishing company, New York. The author attempts to answer the following fol-lowing questions in thin book : "Amid all the deceptive appearance of life and in spite of life's dlsitlusionments, is there such a thng as reality, to which our human hu-man gropinKS may lead? Can it be found and experienced in the daily storm and stress of life, a nd if so. what is t he pathway by which man may approach and live the life that is life indeed?" Dr. Randall firmly believes that such a real life- Is possible to every man, and in this book he seeks to point out t be ; sources and nature of t hat reality for which, fjinoe the world began, every soul has been searching, either consciously or unconsciously. The various paths of experience ex-perience through which one moves toward tlie great discovery, and the resulting freedom and power in the life of the in-dividiul in-dividiul who has attained the soul's supreme su-preme quest, is set forth. FACTS ABOUT MEXICO. "Plain Facts About Mexico." By George J. Ha gar. Published by Harper & Bro tilers, New York. This Is a convenient summary of tlie salient facts regarding Mexico's natural, racial and economic: features and plans of government and finance. The aim of this book is to answer the question, "What is Mexico?" History and internal in-ternal troubles are not touched upon. Everyone should know more of the basic facta regarding the great republic to the south of us with which we are necessarily neces-sarily Intimately associated. A DRAMATIC STORY. "Big Timber." bv Bertrand W. Sinclair. Published by Little. Brown & Co., Boston. Bos-ton. To tlie lumber camp of her brother Charlie, in the Roaring lake region I of British Columbia, comes Stella Benton, when her father dies. The Income that has supported her In luxury suddenly ceases. Benton, who is only a beginner In the lumber business and not yet numbered num-bered its "big timber." as is his neighbor, neigh-bor, Jack Fyfe, counts his pennies and uses everybody to further his own self-centered self-centered ambition his sister hardest of 11 "Wl-ian ah a h a a onHnron ViCir horH wrtrlf as camp cook and general drudge for many months Jack Fyfe comes to the rescue and offers her a way out as his wife. She accepts and marries htm. thinking anything better than her present condition. How she both overestimated and underestimated un-derestimated herself, how Fyfe proved himself to be even "bigger" than she ever dreamed, and the manner in which the fates Anally disposed of the problems they both met. make good material for a dramatic story which loses nothing from M r. Sinclair's handling. The characters are very human, live figures, who are influenced, even made or broken, bv the "big timber" around which they build their hopes of fortune aijd happiness AUTOMOBILE BOOK. . "HomanB's Automobile Handbook." by J. E. Homana. Published by Sully & Kleintelch, New York. i This book is a complete summary. I within the limits of a volume of moderate ; size, of the principles of construction and operation of a gasoline motor car and engine. It is characterized by lucid and thorough explanations of matters unfamiliar unfa-miliar to tlie average reader and it Is distinctly readable. Few books are better bet-ter calculated to inform or to interest while imparting Information. STORY OF BABY LIFE. "The Storv of Baby T.ife." By Lilian DeWaters. Published by Davis & Bond, Boston, Mass. Tn answer to the problem. "How much to tell children of the beginning and mysteries mys-teries of life." the author exemplies the wisdom of telling the truth, which is love. In this series of charming little mother-stories mother-stories she fulfills the promise she makes 'to tne illlie noys aim gin who icnu Line book." "Children, did you ever wonder how every little living thing that you have ever seen happened to be born? This book will tell you the really truth, just as I have told it to my own little ones." All thoughtful parents should read this book, first for themselves and then to their children. THE HEROIC AGE IN IRELAND. "The Portion of a Champion," by Fran-, els Sullivan Tighe. Published by yharles Scrlbner's Rons, New Vork. A romance of the heroic age In Ireland Ire-land 1b depicted in this book. The story tells how Conal. a chieftain's son, won both public recognition as a champion of warriors and the hand of the beautiful Ktain He accomplished this in the course of the great march of the Irish army under King Dalhl, Qulck-Wlth-Arms, accompanied by his queen and her maids of honor, of whom one was Etaln, through Gaul and into Italy, a march often broken by battles with the Gauls, the Huns and the Roman legions. All this, as well as the life In Ireland, the journey by chariot to Tail t en n Fair, where Conal was outlawed ; the attack of his enemies upon his father's castle, his flight to the sea and the ships of Dathl, are so vividly presented as to give a veritable panoruma of the times from the Celtic angle. BOOK FOR GIRLS. "Lucile Triumphant." by Elizabeth M. Dufl'ield. Published by Sully & Kleintelch, Klein-telch, New York. This book is a sequel to "Lucile the Torch Bearer." the campflre girl story that has leaped so quickly Into public favor. Here Quelle has the same winning win-ning personality and Irresistible charm that make her so remarkable among girl heroines, ller adventure in Europe with 2 Jessie and Evelyn Involves a thrilling romance that will bold girl renders broathlesB with suspense. The dialogue is willy, tho humor contagious and the spirit wholesome. Tlie whole book is permeated by the sheer joy of living. J MYSTERY AND LOVE STORY. "The Curious Case of Marie Oupont." By Adele Luehrmann. Published by The Century Company, New York. This mystery and love story combined is set in New York, with ramifications running to Russia, Rumania, England and France. Tho central character Is a beautiful beau-tiful woman shrouded fn a complication of puzzling circumstances connect oil with a famous murder and the theft of a priceless price-less royal necklace. There Is not a sleuth, not a dark la.ii-1 la.ii-1 tern, not a disguise tn tlie entire story; no organized band of criminals, no flashing flash-ing of pistols, no emphasizing of sordid-ness sordid-ness and brutality. It lies far outside the bounds of the average detective story, and' practically all Die characters, move in the highest circles of New York society. ! The narrative, carried forward largely ; hy dialogue, rushes onward with alluring rapidity. The story throughout, to an extent unusual in fiction of its kind. Is i.'oiuicti dim iiiieiiameu ny cinunuii. luc mystery develops In the first six pages, and with Increasing pressure drives tor-ward tor-ward lo its astounding conclusion. PATRIOTIC POEM. "My Country." By Alice M. Fay. Published Pub-lished by the Gotham Press. New York. This little booklet, artistically presented pre-sented in panel form, is a rhymed rhapsody rhap-sody that treats of "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean," from east to west, from north to south, written by a woman with a vivid imagination, a fair knowledge of htstorv and some gift of versification. It is readable, but not impressive, the impression im-pression conveyed being that of attempt ing to cover ioo muni ui Kpaue anu tunc j in eighty-three stanzas. I Two quatrains of introduction and "j Envoi" or seven stanzus comprise the effort. The little work is patriotic In the extreme, glorifying the beauty and sublimity of American scenery and the achievements recorded in American history. his-tory. It is an earnest, even though unpolished, un-polished, tribute to (he "Spirit of Liberty." Lib-erty." picturing the Cnlted States as the "chosen land." The flag Is described as ; "fair banner of the free, whose light is borrowed from the sky," and tiie concluding con-cluding stanza follows: But all are equal, all are free, I'pon thv hallowed sod. That they may truly brothers be,. And subjects of their God. ENGLAND'S PART IN THE WAR. "England's Effort," by Mrs. Humphrey Ward. Published by Charles Scrib-ner's Scrib-ner's Sons. New York. This series of letters written to an American friend by the author gives facts proving that England has put forth efforts worthv of herlhlstory and of her great traditions; that her national spirit is invincible, her national resources Inexhaustible, In-exhaustible, and that her Irresistible will to conquer and to rescue fifcedom and civilization for all the world from this terrible, contest Is absolutely sure to win. Mrs. Ward has Investigated the different conditions of the country and tells In an Interesting way of the great changes which have taken place since the war began. She has inspected the great fleet which is the pride of England and has also been within less than a mile of ihe firing line. Anyone interested in the part England has taken in the struggle strug-gle and in the present conditions of the country should read this book. AN UNUSUAL BOOK. "The Rogue's March," by John Hubert Greusel. Published by -the Fifth Avenue Ave-nue Publishing company. New Y'ork. In this unusual book the author presses his attacking hosts in an encircling movement move-ment around our modern Babylon and, with all the dramatic force of modern army style, pours from miles of trenches an infiltrating fire on the doomed city-His city-His attack is on the shams of books as against men's plain ways. It is at once a protest and a prophecy a sledge- I hammer protest against the shams of conventional historical and biographical writing, a prophecy of larger life through a new type of writing, in which man will be square with himself and no longer dw-e.ll on hypocritical virtues, but will confess, instead, sins, in tiie hope of hastening the better day. After reading this hook, the attitude toward life will : never be quite the same and one will no ! longer be so easily gulled by writings ! in history and biography. One's lnflu- ence will unconsciously be thrown on the side of an Intellectual freedom, as j against sham writing and shum virtues. J BOOK FOR CHILDREN. I "Little Builders." By Dorothy Green-side. Green-side. Published hy the Dodge Publishing Publish-ing Company, New Y'ork. This Is a little volume which all mothers moth-ers and children should read the mothers so that they may tell. It to their children, and the children in order that they may understand better that they are the architects archi-tects of their own lives. The book urges children to live clean, upright lives so that they may make good men and women and to have thoughts of love and good -will in order that others may be benefited by their existence. AN UNUSUAL WORK. "Shakespeare and Precious Stones." by George Frederick Kunz. Published by the J. B. Lippincott company, Philadelphia. Phila-delphia. An unusual work, tlie product of an unusual erudition In a fascinating field. Is the new book by George Frederick Kunz. The author in all probability knows more about jewels and precious stones than any other man. Combined with this knowledge is a love for and an intense familiarity with the works of Shakespeare. The result is a delightful book on the use Shakespeare makes of precious stones and the sources from which he procured his information. For tlie sako of absolute accuracy, not onlv the page, but also the column and actual line, In tlie folios of K2:i and 1 tJ64 are given in the 1 52 references taken direct from the copies In the possession of Henry E. Huntington. MORE BREEZY "SIWASH" STORIES : "Petoy Simmons at Siwush." Bv George 1 Fitch. Published by Little, Brown & Company, Boston, Mass. Here are more breezy "Siwash" stories, the last, alas; that George Fitch will ever write. His untimely taking robbed America Amer-ica of one of its few real humorists, and "Petey Simmons at Siwash" Is his final message of goo1 cheer to the countless readers who loved the laughter and sunshine sun-shine of his work. If you read "At Good Old Siwash" you will remember that, though its plots wore extravagant, the humor was unfailing, the atmosphere was correct, and altogether It was one of the best accounts of college life ever written. Petey Simmons, who took to college life like a kid to cnrAlv and just soaked himself him-self in college spirit, gives a delightful account In the new volume of fraternity affairs, classroom episodes and the Influence Influ-ence of the fair co-eds. Full of the spirit of Young America, it Is broad burlesque, yet with so much truth to it that anyone any-one who has known the pranks and the .ideas of college students must chortle with 1 Joy as he turns Its pages. |