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Y26 author of “Greenmantle,” etc. New York: George H. Doran Company. INE Buchan business. Pure ad- venture. A fugitive princess out of Russia is the storm cénter of this to-do. The lady is beau- 3iful—a clear temptation. She has in ker keeping a store of rare jewels— ®nother temptation. A ruffianly band ®f red Russians is in pursuit of the gewels. Their leader desires the lady ®lso. Huntingtower, on a lone stretch ©f Scottish co: gloomy and de- #erted, is the very place to store a Jidnaped lady while ultimate plans €oncerning ler are in the making. Away off—God knows wherei—is a foble lover, but anything may hap- Pen befors he discovers the plight &nd the place of the beautiful lady. However, Providenc s not asleep. Along that way com @ poet, merely looking at t world and si songs.~ With him, just by chance, is Dickson McCunn, a Scot merchant of substance, a poet, too, though he would «deny that even if he knew it, which he does not. These are joined up by the “Gorbals Die-Hards,” a band of self-organized youngsters. who, for | discipline and ritual, have | - Scouts, and Gen. John Pershing's army beaten to a frazzle. The poet. the shopkeeper and the Die-Hards have their job cut out for them, and that is to stand off, once in ahout five minutes, some dire menace to the lady. Assault and siege and plain ambush work make up the ac- tion. Naturally, the poet falls in love the beautiful lady. But. he is a osophe S on st ding aside | 1y for the pble lover, he reflects that. after all. love hetter for in-| =) 1tion than for 1y use. 1 kson MeCunn, wh drifts back home with a ri for his staid and m gently chides hin And, husband-wiss savs never a word about any princess. Thae Gorbals Die-Hards? They stiffen wup, form, salute, turn and march away 10 straighten up some other crooked &pot in a pretty crooked world. Great, 1op-notch stuff. MR. LLOYD GEORGE. By E. T Ray- | nd. au‘hor of *Uncensored Celeb- rities” ete. New York: George H. | Doran Company The fo prime minister appears | to be irresistible to writers who are | on the hunt for picturesque copy. He stands as a prompt respo to these Mr. Lioyd e has a stepping out and framin himself. a complete picture. And these pictures, ther, deny and flout and contradict one another, to the utter bewilderment of one Inoking on. Mr. Raymond seems have kept his h d in making a stud of this man. i that is the prime ! essential in this particular case. Be- =, he is pract d in the work of nizing up 18, in tracing them bhack to source. ounting for hu- man behaviors under ons Mrge or an- other. And so we have here al v poised nd reasonable trea a that some would have v and unaccountability at ma A that is what we gather from the ad ) rvd George as well as 1ds and admirers. One explaine the former premier t he calls the general theory of elshman. It is this: Whereas her men have made adjustments ontradictory qualities, se- a composite of theui- shman has. on the d, held each of his natures— of natures that we all shut up. so to speak. in a water-tight compartment. And these emerge one at a time, the particular situation makes de- mand upon it He is a great dram- | atist. the Welshman. He stage manages his entrances and exits with finesse. One day he comes out of one door. The next from the door oppo: site. another persn Outsiders 1oo! on in mazement. He contradicts hrough {hese various ap- sarances to the edge of mendacity, hropla say. And they begin to all “opportunist.”™ arlatan,” “turn- ~0at” and a dozen other names as this perfectly natural Welsh performance proceeds. Interesting, anywav—and worth no mors, probably, than most theories. And concerning one of the mest interesting and significant men n the world today Mr. Raymond has mada a finely discriminating and in- rming study. THE RED REDVWAYNES. By Eden Phillpotts, author of *“The Grey Room,” ete. New York: The Mac- lan Company. storv—one with a_real Ii comes out of Mr. potts’ own Dartmoor. It was s way: Mark Brandon, big detec- tive. happened to be down in Dart- moor fishing when Michael Pendean was murdered. So it was wholly nat- nral that the distraught young widow should call upon the famous man to help unravel the mystery, Mrs. Pen- dran was a Redmayne, a passionate family reduced at that time to three uneles of this young widow and her- self. Mark Brandon took up the job —and failed. To be sure it was a erowing job, since in the course of a short time each of the three uncles was lured away and murdered also. That. however. was not the cause of Brandon's failure. Just what that cause was he could not himself ferret it. Therefore he sent for the Ameri- 1 detective, Peter Ganns. And old Peter Ganns saw in a flash what had dulled the brain of Mark Brandor. He had fallen in love with the beauti- ful widow. And the beautiful widow —well, here is something new in this particular kind of story. For, through the most puzzling combinations of circumstances, it turns finally for disentanglement upon the disclosure of the perfect working of affinities for achicvement—in this case the achiovement of crime three times over. No. not a pretty story, but an amazingly clever one, which but for Peter Ganns might have gone on still further in making away with un desirable foiks, MY LIFE. Bv Emma Calve. Trans- lated by Rosamond Gilder. New York: D. Appleton and Company. The story of one great artist reads much like the story of another. All said and done it is, to be sure, a rec- ord of work more arduous than one in a milllon Is either able or willing to see through. Then, little by little, rhere is recognition, and, finally, there is triumph. Such is the story here, And, again as usual, there is the account of association with other artists and with the othér great folks of the world—kings, queens, lords and ladics. And here again it is the same. Still, there is a difference, some distinctive and separating qual- ity that sets these geniuses off, one from the other. The quality 'that stands out here to define the person- ality of BEmma Calve is that of a gen- erous and simple and perfectly frank Mature. That is the kind of woman who, through every circumstance set down here, animates and directs her | Karsten goes the world over, bringing | | arms. | put o | another story, just a little better than a great genius. Henry Walsworth Kinney, Boston: Little, Brown & Co. one. It ran along the line of chivalry, to do wrong to any woman. Once. however, in the course of generation a Karsten fell down and smashed the decent co Then, after the fashion of those s, a holy man p» a curse upon any Erik Karsten, who, like the original sinner of that name, had curly hair. That brings up to the Erik Karsten of the story. It isa romance of mahy women fluttering into one man's life—and then out, again. It {s not altogether clear whether the curse fulfills itself when they go in, or when they come out. However, it is a swift-moving story of Mary and Marguerite, of Helen and Joan, of Barbara and Beatrice. These are not the names, but these will do to indicate the number of love fiittings that, in turn. entranced and tor- menied the accursed Erik Karsten. up in Japan whers he finds Kikuryu, ! the geisha. This is love. Here he will stay forever in the peace and quietude of Kikuryu's devotion. His boy comes out to Japan. When the story ends—soon after this—Kikuryu is being gathered up in the son's A romantic version of the plain old truth that you get what you give. The story is, you see, solidly based. s a line of love event and incident, it is spread thin—has to be to cover the facts. The pleasure in the ro- mance, and it contains pleasure, lies in the author himself, in his knowl- edge of the far places of the world, in ‘thig keen observation that he has msome of the essentfals of hu- man nature, in a thoughtful and po- etic handling of certain aspects of this development. What appears to be a fine equipment here will go into this one. THE WHITE HEART OF MOJAVE. By dna Brush Perkins. New York: Boni and Liveright. “Charlotte and I knew the outdoors a little. Though we were middle- aged, mothers of families and deeply invoived in the historic struggle for | the vote, we sometimes looked at the i sky” The author speaking. Then | olic Rev. and annotated by Rev. Robert John- ston. D. D., of St. John's Church will app lon | "Both lists.will be issued av leaflets ounced | ¢, free distribution at the library, the books will be found col- lected in the lobby. where Recommende: wright, Church. for Lenten |APEUStine. St clergymen. The lic Faith. ‘the request of | Bornard. St. A list compiled CZ-B447L. Buckler, R. | CK-BS5 Chrysostom, sonality. column next week. FS46cu. = = = = = % = = = = = = = follows an account of the adventures of these two as they fared forth un- calling for patience and sincerity and | ome courage on the part of those <eeking to know it. The story ran, also. that the Mo once convinced 5¢ The good quality of these. could == furn over to them more thrills of | real adventure than could any other | equal stretch of earth, no matter | Wwhere It lay. And so it proved. | There is no effort here to dress the | truth up past believing. It is, on the | whole, & plain story, if any story so filled ' with freedom and lusty en- Jeavor and a satisfied sense of won- ! der and beauty may be called a plain | story. It is a convincing and invit- ing account, exactly the kind to lead other folks, other women, to try it for themselves. i PAGAN LOVE. By John Murray Gib. bon. author of “Drums Afar.” etc New York: George H. Doran Com- pany. The romance opens With a rescue. A | vagabond. just on the edge of drown- ; ing himself, leaps into the water to pull | out & man who has already gone under. | An accident, the latter, calling for gratitude in one form or another to the rescuer. From this point the matter moves briskly to the huge and perfect business concern belonging to the one Whose life has been saved. And here Where the vagabond—no vagabond at all, as a_matter of fact—gets his new start and where he gather: in a very Substantial success. Ile makes friends. in the business and outside of it. He has both ability and personal charm. Grad- ery develops inside the business. It is a tormenting, intangible thing about ll"!‘el mlll'\ Wl’:!n“;lll;!r Tg npletely proved imself a T orid of finance. | Oddly enough the mystery runs out and touches the new comer—all queer, all quite un-get-at able. It touches. subtly but unmistak ably upon his friends. upon his habits, upon every turn of his daily lif ‘And this solicitude is sourced. alwavs, {n the head of the great house. Well etory goes on in this drift of rather specially interesting incident till it is time to open up the gecret, to spread out the mystery. No. better read that | part for yourslf. Enough to say that | Touwll not belleve a word of it. Yet—; When it comes to the human all accept- wd rules of calculation are likely to break down completely. So, mavbe, you will believe it, after all. BOOKS RECEIVED. ;PH CONRAD, HIS ROMANTIO IO EALISM, By Ruth M. Stauffer. Boston: The Four Seas Company. AMING YOUTH. By Warner Fa- FL A, New York: Honi and Live- | right. i NARRATIVES IN VERSE. By Ruth| Comfort Mitchell. Prefatory note ! by William Rose Benet. New York: D. Appleton & Co. TALKS WITH DEBS 1IN TERRE HAUTE (and Letters from Lind- lskr). By David Karsner. New York: The New York Call. APPLIED BUSINESS FINANCE. By Edmond Earle Lincoln, M. -A. Ph. D. New York: A. B. Shaw Company. THE BLACK WATER O'DEE. By James McKenzie Douglas. Tllus- trated. Newton. N. J.: The Nelson E. Barton Publishing Company. THE SNARE. By Rafael Sabtini, author of “Captain Blood; His etc. New York: Hough- in Company. THE TRUE STORY OF A REAL GAR- DEN. By Idelle Baufort Watson. Tilustrated by Eisie von Larisch and the author. New York: Mof- fat, Yard & Co. SUGGESTION AND MENTAL ANALY- SIS, An Outline of the an Practice of Mind Care. By Willlam ; Brown, M. A, M. D, D. Sc.. M. R. C. P. (Lond).) New York: George H. Doran Company. { THE VOICE OF JOHNNYWATER. By | B. M. Bower. With Frontispiece by Remington Schuyler. | Little, Brown & Co. TUNED HIGHER THAN THE RACE.; A novel. By Michael Reepmaler, ! author of *Vengeance' etc. Los! Angeles: Times-Mirror Press. { WITH THE JUDEANS IN THE PAL- ESTINE CAMPAIGN. By Lieut Col, J. H. Patterson, D. S. C., author of “The Man-Eaters of Tsavo,” etc. New York. The Macmillan Com- pany. THE LUTHERAN WORLD ALMA-| NAC, and Annual Encyclopedia for 1923. The statistical and year-book | committee. New York: The Na-| tional Lutheran Council. MODERN AUCTION 1923. By Grace G. Montgomery. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1 | i i Bosto: ments of France, or even so far as on that day the progressive political have come to an end.”—John Fiske. “The cleanest exposition . . . Constitution I have ever seen”” —Lawrence F. Abbott. At bookstores Is this coming true? ernment of the states shall have been so far lost as that of the depart- Read Our Changing Constitution by Charles W. Pierson “If the day should ever arrive (which God forbid!) when the self-gov- that of the counties of England— career of the American people will of the Price, $1.50 Doubleday, Page & Co. BOOKES FOR LENTEN READING D. D, Bellwald. Christian Sclence and Catho- Benson, R. H. Christ in the Church. CICA-B44T. Benson, R. H. Paradoxes of Catholl- clsm. CZ-B447p. Benson, R. H. Cuthbert. * St. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Reviews of New Books| THEPUBLIGLIBRARY. For many years the Public Library i issued a, list of books BUNTINGTOWER. By John Buchan, |distinguishecd and iriumphant life as!reading recommended by local Cath- and Episcopal THE CODE OF THE KARSTENS. By | custom lapsed during the war. but is resumed this year bnn—owtrl.k i a . This week {s printed a list of books The Karsten code was a very decent | ;ecommended for Catholic readers by . Cartwright, D. D., R otite anvar Shoslier manis wife, not| nos oy I Cary TASAL D of d by Rev. John K. Cart- of St. Patrick's God. . ‘The Confessions. CK- Fouard, QDWU-B415. CBT- Letters. DZS-B456. Hurter. Friendship of Christ. [ Kane. Spiritual Considerations. Development of TKR-C465d. Francis of Per- Kurth. Assisi. | Lacoran Francis de Sales, St. a Devout Life. Fouard, C. The Christ the Son of CGQ-F825. Fouard, C. St. Peter and the First Years of Christianity. DA-F822spe. Fouard, C DA-FS: 528, E. Herbermann. States. Beauty and Catholie Church. ¢ Joly. St The Sermon of the Sea. The Church at the Turning Points of Hi 7.E. CF FEBRUARY 11, 1923—PART 1. Introduction to CK-F842.E. and Man. Maturin. CBUM-M4381. Maturin. Discipline. Maturin, CICA-L116. CK-M438s. St. Paul and His Missions. B, M43880. Last Years of St. Paul.|O'Brien. Ob64. ulpicians in the United | Scott. Credentt 4 DMSU-HilL. gatais o Scosge. Trl;lgl:_ of the d and Myself. Ignatius. DZS-1g5285.E 88h. Shahan, DA-Sh142. ial Migsion Salve M 1-K618. °-T4271 sus Christ, God, God i Laws of the Spiritual Life. Self-Knowledge and Self- Some Principles and Prac- tices of the Spiritual Life. History of the Mass. CSH- Christianity. CICA-Sco88. The Hand of God. CICH-Sco- Beginnings of Christianity. Holy Vaughan. Soclety, Sin and theSaviour. | fice 1 CGQP-V46. Vaughan. Von_Ruville, CICA-R946. CK- QUEBEC, churches funds to resto which was cemb Week.| Reconstruction ls Sins of Soclety. CZ4V46ds. Back to Holy CARDINAL ASKS $500,000. Pleads for Fund to Rebuild Que- bec Basilica. February Begin has prepared a pastoral letter, to be read in the Dominion Clatholic tomorrow., in April, and it is hoped the niw edi- ¢ be dedicated next fal I, urch, Nav, peace confererc on his way to Con 10.—Cfardinal | his duties as Amer! in a day or two. F former se appealingz _ for | who represented the » lgasilica, | the Turkish capita Bristol's absence, | Constantinople. Continuing the February Sale A month of specializing—in which we give you opportunity to buy the most desirable types aind makes of Furniture at prices that dre below their actual values It’s a time to supply present and future need We want you to feel at perfect liberty to open a charge account here whenever it will meet yourj convenience. House and Herrmann ’ Seven-Piece Bedroom Slfite Combination Mahogany S ance. size with bow-foot end: the Ch seat, and the Bed-side Table wi February Sale Price ite—consisting of 7 pieces. Louis 16th period, with overlay panels of finely figured surface veneers ture being the beautifully tapered fluted posts that muak The Dresser has a stationar: cupboard with three sliding tray either side with drop door, inclosed in which are small d (Exactly shicld-shaped mirro the Semi-Vanity ir with cane scat and back: th inclosed cabinet. S Combination Walnut Bedroom Suite (Exactly as Tlustrated) Consists of four very attract Full Size Vanity Case and Doubl ive pieces—Dresser, Chifforobe, e Bed. with bow-foot end. On each of the pieces is a Duo-toned finish Medallion decoration The Complef that is very effective. throughout is excellent. February Sale Price...... construction . VLGS Or the pieces separately—at February Sale P:ices Dresser .. ......$52.50 Chifforobe ....$52.50 7-piece Ivory Suite; very at- tractive pattern. 50 February Sale Price lel 4-piece Combination Mahog- any Suite. Good construction and attractive de- Overstuffed Livi Vanity Case . ..$75.00 7-piece Combination Mahog- any Suite, of excellent con- struction. February Sale Price 529850 8-piece Comabination Walnut or Combination Mahogany Suite, with Twin | ng Room Suite (Bxactly as Illustrated) Consists of three pieces—Davenport, Armchair and Rocker— covered with handsome Tapestry—new coloring, in attractive pattern; spring edge upholstering; loose cushion spring seats. February Sale Price. ..... 3-piece Overstuffed Suite, with Velour cov- ering. February Sale Price 3167.50 2-piece Over - upholstered Suite, covered with Velour. February Sale Prm3275‘0° Seventh and Eye Streets 3-piece Overstuffed Suite, with combination Tapestry and Velour cover- ifr"egl;rl.lnfy Sale Price s325'00 3-piece Overstuffed Suite, covered with pleasing pattern Fenraney Sie price 743750 House and Herrmann Tilustrated) Designed along graceiul, simple lines, after the 1 toned finish: a distinguishing fe: e this period of design so rich and refined in appear- ; the Chifforette as two lower drawers and inclosed Dressing Tal awers; . with triple mirrors, has a cabinet on the Bed is double Windsor Rocker (Exactly as Illustrated) Mahogany finish and of Grand Rapids construction— attractive pattern — fireside design February Sale . Price. .. Davenport Table (Bxactly as Illustrated) Combination Mahogany; in the graceful Queen Anne de- sign—60-Inch top; well finish- ed and strongly braced to give it firmness. February Price . . Rocker or Armchair (Exactly as Ilustrated) Mahogany finish, with cane seat and back. Toned to the shade of the Mahogany finish. Either Armchair or “Furniture of Merit” . o o . Four-Piece Dining Suite (Exsctly as Iljustrated) Very attractive design on modern lines—Combination Wal- nut— and Octagon Table, top extendable to 6 feet. February Sale Price. th large Buffet, China Closet with center door of glass/ 45x54 inghes— 2112 pomeen . Chairs_that will go well with this Suite can be supplied— with neat figured tapestry seat. Straight Chairs at $10 4-piece Jacobean Oak Suite, good finish and strong struction. February Sale Price $ l 3750 10-picce Combination nut Suite, high-grade design $367.50 9-piece Combination Mahog- reliable February Sale Price $565-00 and finish. February Sale Price any make. Suite—of most Armchairs, $16 10-piece Combination Wal- con- mut Suite, with Oblong-top 1’:1‘::’:50’ Sale Price $3 1 7'50 _10-piece Combination Wal- afit Suite; handsome in effect atid superior in con- sfruction. February Sale Prices475'00 10-piece Combination Wal- ngit Suite, of Chippendale pe- rid; and very excellent con- Febraary Sate Price 463 7-50 Wal- - T . D' . . en-piece Diming Suite (Bxactly as Iiustrated) Combination Walnut—the fomr iarge pieces having tie Duo-toned-finished panels. Closet, Serving Table, Dining Table, with oblong top, 42x54—extendable to b fect: Armchair and five Straight Chairss Com- Buffet, China cevesseseenep - “It i Useful Secretary (Exactly as Illustrated) Mahogany finish, combining & drop -lid desk, with pigeonhole equipment; two lower drawers and an upper double - door bookcase of two shelves. February Sale $39.50 Rocker (Exactly as Tllustrated) Mahogany-finish High-back Rocker, with wide spindles; shaped arms; spring uphol- stered seat: covered with genfiine Brown Spanish leather. February Sale Price Drop-Leaf Folding Tables (Exactly as Illustrated) Colonial type — fitted with oblong top—24x30 inchen when open; good construction Mahogany finish. Sate rice .. $14:50 Seventh and Eye Streets IO sioner, and is expected to retary of emba: $ .| to duty at American_embi expected tiy start | London, and will leav folowing Admiral Bristo 52872 BRISTOL QUITS LAUSANNé. American Admiral Is Now Return- ing to Constantinople. Rear Admiral M. L. Bristol of who was assoclated with A bassador Child at Rome at the recent at Lausanne, 13 now tinople to resume 1 high commis rrive there Dolbeare, sy at Her “nited States ot Admi sfers 2 for England s arrival (T R (i 10 G [ Sy