Show orld War Is IsI Background B for I Au Another Novel 1 oTh ome ome- and Jean Fit Find Story in Behavior of of Colored Troops Sf Y 1 HERBERT HERBERT HUBBARD I Ie e e have fave books bools and books on the I lect of t the world word wa wa We have i 80 many of ot them that to most i is i's s 's s subject no longer holds holds holds' h 1 Interest save as it t brings personal recollections but to tome tomel me meT mel and Jean belong honor of ot having presented the hackneyed subject In tn a alight light In a manner manner which Im- Im about a class of ot ofle ho le who have ha her heretofore beey been bee y neglected tie manner in which th the colored ps ot the French conducted nse yes was surel surely a crt credit to rabe and nationality and the p The Long Jong Walk alk of Samba r enlightening not only bee be- be e ejof of the e glimpse It gives of the Ie of ot the native of ot the ch but also because of or Insight ht Into his life his habits native environment f born om the original orl bY Willis Steell this book n 1 episode from the life of one onea il a a native of t the French Frencho o g o ott mba's mbaR uncle dies and leaves leavE's b ahls worldly possessions in shape shap of various end and sundry eland sheep In order to come I possession of his property 1 balls s forced to Journey journe to the theoff ott I-ott the ILof off tIle tle wherein h hs h's s Ende uncle had hall lived and which is of the Con- Con a fa fa- fa a corner Sett ng out on his Journey journe he heles trials and les rough t many man and finally Is taken talen Ive lve-by lve b a band of natives who Whim him liim over to the French au- au Hies In Jn compliance with an or- or recently Issued to the effect each h district will be com com- supply a pro rata numbe number for the French rench armies mba Is sent to the front wh whOre re reserves serves Iryes some little time behind French lines Finally he lIe In Inpan pan pany with J ht his compatriots Is d in the front line trenches re reihe telhe he a wound which cripples his left arm Cleaves es eaves him useless for tor further jee ce being discharged from the car tarv hospital he lie Is ned ned elto elfo meet with changes which surprisingly akin to the differ differ- own troops experienced their return home but he fl- fl himself to his new and rles marles the girl had had been waiting for him hun the principal source of ot estin the book lies in Its Us tru- tru k knowledge t g of the the- 2 of licter t fihe the subject j The h men men- l actions of ot our colored beth eth have ave always been more or less lessng n ng of ot mystery to writers but authors of ot this book show an the natives native's traits and sl Is truly edifying Co New r York |