y : : fo WHIG, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1919. PAGEELEVEN SAL THIEVES' WIT, e---- 3 By Hulbert Footner. 845 pages. Price, $1.50. Diovan Company, New York, publishers, Hulbert Footner shows a great | range of subjects im his recent | books. ress," was a story of the wilds of the North-west; and now he comes! back' with an - absorbing detective | gtory of New York. The story hinges around the activities of a BADE of expert jewsl thieves, whose hedd is the owner of one of the larg: est jewel shops in the city. A young detective comes in contads with a famous actress, who has lost an invaluable string of blue pearls, and in recovering the pearls He comes upon the threads of .a gigan- tic organization for relieving the wealthy citizens of thelr gems. At first he makes a big blunder, and almost ruins the lives of the actress ang her lover, but when he realizes his mistake, he puts his whole heart and soul Into the task of rounding up the - guilty persons. How he accomplishes his task and . Comers the gang is a thrilling and interesting story. To assist him he His last effért, "The ant | Joyous memoNes, BOOKS J Books admit children to Hew worlds of delight, contribute to their hagpiness, stimulate. their imaginations and leave 9 When owned ang read in childhood they are enduring eon- tributions fo Mle as true wealt h. They give the grown-up reader an @dquaintance with fam- ous men, help to make business bigger and better, provide many lands, » Nl tised in peace time. She devotes Space to the necessity of 'making sacrifices for patriotism before that word can really mean much to those who use it. 'She shows how the health of the community and of the country is a vital factor in the supporting of our country, and also how work is a vital part of that patriotism. These things are all well demonstrated and proven in the pages of this little book. The last two chapters are perhaps of the has the services of a leading dia: mond merchant, who becomes for a time one of the gang, and who runs great risks before the criminals discover his identity. There is also in the story a girl . detective, the sweetheart of the hero, and she in turn takes great chances and wins out. Finally, the whole. conspiracy 18 exposed, and the gang are arrest ed; although the leader finds es: cape In suicide. Then, of course, the principals live happily ever ats, ter. For a thrilling, wéll-told -detee- uve yarn, 'Thieves' Wit" will be hard to bedt. The hero, a past master ih the art of disguise, does some hair-raising work, and has a large share of the narfow escipss which story-book detectives usually have. The portrayal of the eha- racters of the criminald is very well dotie, and the . dramatic incidents are well handled. Hulbert Footuer has credted a detéétive of so un- usual a type that the oldest devi tees of detective stories lias perhaps not seen his He before. ADVENTURES OF BINDLE. A Eo e---- £ By Herbert 'Jenkifis. $12 pages. Price, $1.50. & Gotch (Canadii), Torontw, publishers, What Bruce Bairfisfathér has done in immortalizing the Cockney of wartime in his tartoons and cari: eatures, Herbert Jenkins has done in: story for the . Cockney ot peace time in his "Bindle" books. = His stiecess in the first of these evokes a storm of praise fro Hewspagior reviewers all gist the glish- speaking world. 'and sucess . has been reheated ih "The Adven- tures of Bindle," which has just ar: in this country. . it is indeed refreshing, after a flood of war books and heavier literature, to turn to this Boo | kat the time of me reaction, aid "to find it Ww ' am holly stabilising ax the Sow heli, 3 ockney, v the sound of _ 8nd exploits, and they are many and varied, he comes out fh SF ge Rem i ef of ull with wi 108 in contact, with the e of his muscular better half, Mrs. Bindle. His witty sayings and flashes of repartee are frresistible, : impossible to refrain t at his many kes : 'adventures of 'are in ban Stories, plex thei are perhaps the story of an airétaid, id the story of the courtship of pel minister, a ahora with the The whole Jack deh 2 and, to uge the y MP, O'Connor "Bindle 1s the atest Cockney that n- )eing through the mediy re since Dicke ] ted on h ation. He has a heart of gold, anid the optinilsin of Mark Tole bined with the philosophy of a and is helped by the g f \g-minded wife, It i 2 to dos ; e : BBs the author His an authentic type, and any 'books, - his adventures. AS | 14 is the human record "is [ahd he has gréatest importance in the teaching of the subject. The writer has seized upon the fact that a man's conduct while he is travelling over the world and in various countries lids come to indicate his nationhl: ity. Bach nation has certain &ha- Pacteristics which are known all over the globe, and the author of this book urges upon the readers the necessity of paying strict atten- oh to the manners and morals of our éhildren, so that these shall be characteristic of the nation to which they belong, and shall give it a high standing: The final chapter is on the religion and ideals of a true patriot. 'The whole contents of the volunié may be summed up in the following ¥plehdid "lines of Edwin Markham: "Whit d6 we need to keep the nation a To guate the pillars of the State? We n 8 The fine Sudagities of honest deed; ne homely old integrities of soul: he swift témerities that take tha part or Chicas: right--ghe wisdom of the 1: rt; Brive Lopes that Mammon never can {4 n, Nor silly with his gainless ehiteh for gain, . We joes the Cromwell fire to make us ee The common burden apd the Public trust To be a thing ds sacred and august Ak {he white vight whete the angels 3 neew ¥ wil We need. the faith to go a path untred, The Jawer to be alone and vote With , dok Ti Inspired by a high iy ve desire AG Serve Mi the way in which the writer is beat fitted. Her tdems and dats are set on a high Tevel, and this book 18 of special interest to those who have in their ands, the trainfig of ehilaten as eitizens of our Dominion. many an evening's entertainment, and give trips of travel to Are not these sufficient incentives to read books? 3 to finish, tragedy of war is very near, in even ed in its pages. "A Surgeon Arms" is g human document of the finest sort, and is one of the many war books which will have more than an avewpge circulation. THE AIMS OF LABOUR By the Rt. Hon, Arthur Henderson, ex-M.P,, 128 Pages, Goodchild & Stewart, Toronto, Publishers. The whole labour movement of the world is in the melting = pot. The significant incidents of the present day in Europe take the form of a of the labour element, and until the final outcome of the Bolsheviki move- ment: is apparent, labour all vor world will be unsettled and waiting to see which way the issue is going to sway. Truly, the labour elements in the demacratic countries need a stabilizing hand to guide them in the proper paths during the next year or two, Even in democratic England, the Bolshevists are raising their heads, and Canadians, who generally look to the old country for guidance in these matters, are perpidxed as to what steps can be taken to prevent the spfead of that obnoxious and dangerous movement. So at this time, it is a great relief to have some pointers from a man who from the inception af the labour movement as a political power in Britain, has en a large part in the activities of the labour party. Although Arthur Henderson was defeated at'the re- cent general election in Great Beit- ain; still his word carries weight, and bis opinions are of great value to thw erly regulated and managed, is deed a worthy cause, g series of newspaper articles on ON A SURGEON IN ARMS By Captain obert J. Manion, Pages, Price $1.50, ; Stewart, Toronto, i There has heen such a flood ol war bobks during the past two yéars that now, when: the fighting is over, ig book must needs have some- 8yo & ing 1 ual to recommend it be- fo if hépe to be a success. Fighting men, flying men and others hive all told the stories of = their various vorps, but it has been left to I t Jd. Minion, a captain in the Canadian Arm Medical Corps, 'to tell & Btoty of the work of the medicals. author served as a physician in the tront Ing. trenches in the early , Of the war, up to the time when the merisabsgentered the confliet, omething unusual to tell of thé Work of his branch of the ser- vice. His book Shows the war from @ new angle, that of a medical man, man who ng done by that group of 3 nearer {0 the heart of 1 who fought in the trenches than any other man in- the + 3 Alms of Labour." British Labour party stands in eritieal period thropgh which Now passing. After detailing he tells how the tends to take Work of reconstruction, that the party shall insist upon labour party regulated fiteering and 1 By the claims of the the workers. And so on the Brovement. of the working classes that this book rings true from start |Win. -- Colonel Through it there runs, at times a streak of humor that makes It very enjoyable reading, 'and the the most Jaughable situations deplet- in McClelland, | great test for the alms and objects| them, -- cause. of labour, which, whén"prop- in Recently Mr. Henderson wrote a the aims of labour, and with slight addi- CE UPON A TIME was overheard talking, and this was what it said: Please don't handle me with dirty hands, : Or leave me out in the rain; Or make marks on me with your pen or pencil; Or lean upon me with your elbows--it hunts; Or opén me and lay me face down on the table; You wouldn't Hike to be treated so. tions, these articles are gathered for publication in this little book, "The Ino it the author sets forth the platform on which the the it is the risg of thé political labour. movement in-}§ a large part in the He states a scheme to protect the workers from Hy danger of unemployment and the uction of wages, that they regard as a national obligation the securing of suitable positions for disbanded fighting tien, and that théy desire a definite elevation of the status of the workers. The programme incltides an entire re-adjustment of the taxa- tion system, so that it shall not be by the Interests of the pro- possessing classes, but professional and house-keeping classes, whose in- terests are identical with those of k throughout 'he tells of the plans which |! the labour leaders have for the im- ORS break and Will help to prevent an ot eras of Bolshevism in the 4d countries. Ie ' || Paragraphs From New Books | Sole The medical and other services-- {all usually forgot that they existed | for the express purpose of keeping { fommy in'the trenches clothed, ted, healthy and Prokected from the as | saults of the enemy, for Tommy is the man, say what you will; witnout him everything else goes smash; it is the human being who still counts in war; it is the man power which will George ' Nasmith, IC.M.G., in "On the Fringe of the | Greit Fight." - -------------- "If it be a question of a God mov- ing toward perfection, I can speak with more confidence. And when you ask me how He will come out of the horror in Europe, 1 can say that He will come out fairly well. Bet- ter, by comparison, than men will come out. This much I am con- vinced of, that God is improving more rapidly than man.---Simeon Strunsky® | In "Professor Latimer's Progress." --------------E-- Break natural laws and corruption follows. Mén look on and see the breaking of these laws, these great laws upon which the health and sal- vation of the human race depend, and when God's penalty falls, they draw a thick curtain over the scene, post | sentries and send emissaries among the people to deceive and mislead Harold Begbie, in "Mill- stone," This brings us to that ancient and unassailable promise of all religions ~~that God inclitdes every part of the | universe in being the spirit of it; that His idea of creativeness is expressad in one great single, all-mastering and including emotion--which is love = Will "Levington" Comfort, in "The Hive." A soldier's life is for his family; | | his death is for his country; his dis. comforts are for himself alone. -- Rudyard Kipling, in "The Eyes of Asia." -------------- A person who will make his way into company which he knows does not want him, 1s not to be énvied hut pitied. If he is réally able to enjoy himself there, it is owing to his lack + | of sense.--John McQuarrie, in "Frag- ments of Philosophy." The German people have to be taught one thing before their real education can in. They have to be made to see that war is unprofit: able; that their army, great though it is, may meet a greater; that heavy losses may come to their own coun- try. © They need to be reminded that he that liveth by the sword may die by the sword. -Nellie McClung, in "Three Times and Out." ; ---- ' It is a circumscribed life that has no vision into the past, which is fa- miliar only with the present condi- tions and forms of government, man- ners, customs and béliefs. -' Such a life has no background, no opportu- nity to learn from the mistakes of others, nor from thelr achievements. ~--Kate Upson Clark, in ""Teaching the Child Patriotism." Tre RS What the future m hold. for Germany it i§ very hard to say. We do know one thing, however, and that is that the national character will have to change mightily before there ean be any lasting brightness or hap- piness for her people.-- Fred. MeMul- len and Jack Evans in "Out of the Jaws of Funland." Notes Of Interest To Booklovers "The Aero Blue Book," which thé Century Company publish this month, will he for navigators of the air what the "Automobile Blue Book" was for guiders of the earth ma- chine when it was new. It will con- tain aeronautical maps, aviation rec- ords, lists of national and = interna- tional prizes and trophies, and a mass of othér matter of moment to those interested in air traffic. It is said to be the first of its kind in English. "The New A fof, the establishment of, solid-| lish mised for January publication by George H. Doran Company. Percy McKaye has written a play 'in _prose, with a prologue and epi- logue in %erse, entitled "Washing- ton, the Man Who Made Us," which title indicates that it will present in unique form a biography of the first President of the Umited States. Harry Holt & Compaly announce fifth printings of Dorothy Canfield's "Home Fires in France" and Wil liam Beebe's "Jungle Peace." A new novel by Patrick McQill, "The Doughboys,"" which George H. Doran will publish this month, will be a miitary novel dealing with the American soldier in France. . As all {of his fiction hitherto has pletured the life of the wrétchedly poor and of the slums, his admirers will be eu- rious to see how his realistic pen will treat this very different subject. -- The most sensationally successful book of the season has been Vin- cente Blasco Thanez's "The "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse." © The forty-eighth .edition of this book fis now on the press. 3 The title of Harry Hansen's trans- lation of Frederick Freksa's book on the Vienna Corigress of a hundred years ago, has been changed to "A Peace Congress of Intrigue." It will furnish an interesting background for the Peace Congress of 1919, Harry Hansen recently salled for Paris to report the Peace Congress for a num- ber of American papers. Within a week or two Harper & Brothers will publish "Experiments in International Adminstration," . by Francis B. Sayre, President Wilson's Son<in-law. Donald B. 'Macmillan, author of "Four Years in the White North," does not agree with many other writ- ers on Arctic life in his estimate of the character of the Eskimo = dog, which had been deséribed as treach- erous, vicious and dangerous. "On the contrary," he says, 'the full blooded Eskimo dog fs the most af fectiomate in the world. No man, after the invasion; not td tell of his even been attacked, and not more than three or four of the whole tribe have ever been bitten.' et ta ol. io HOW TO BE WISE The Fool never learns. The Average Man learns from his own experience. The Wise Man learns . from thie experience, Be Wise--become a book 'reader, for information. --for pleasure, rey The Old Man And His smite Sp 2 It is about one of these tireless workers that I wish to write. Not to tell the story of his wanderings after the invasion; not to tell of his five sons serving in the Belgian army; not to tell of his daughter in Brus- Rels, for, whom he has grave fears, but te tell of His smile. What an odd subject, you will say, 4 j8re good sons. We were perspiring and feeling the packs' weight. The dust was raised, great clouds of it, « by the steady tramp. We had passed a small estaminet, and there, on the corner, was the old man. I use the adjective old in the most reverent way. He nodded his head and smiled. Have you ever seen a soul through the eyes? I did that day. One could see that he was offering up & silent prayer for the boys, "Vive la France!" How he would have shouted it if the voice could have been raised. But one knew what was in the old man's mind: "These boys will beat the Germans. They They march well. They will carry on. . not come back. May the Bon Dieu watch over them." , I' felt a bond of sympathy come between us, and experienced a feeling difficult to describe. One may be too sentimental, but 1 confess that tears were not far removed. Here he was, near the end of life's jour ney; toiling away; earrying such a heavy load of sorrow. We went on, but 1 did not, and hope not to, for- get the old mdn---and his smile. -- Lieut. Stanley A. Rutledge in "Trench Pleturds from France." The Reading Public of Canada t Bat 5S One of the greatest pleasures that & reader has in visiting Lomdon or Edinburgh is to stray into a book. shop and browse amongst the latest Books. = To read reviews of books in"the literary 'coltmns of magazines and newspapers i ene thing; to pick up 4 book; glance through the table of contents and turn over the pages is something quite different. Re- Vigws-do make one buy books, but for one that is bought through a re- view, three wil be bought by the read- er who casually pieks from the céonn- ter Wall-printed volumes, or & new publication of which he kas. not heard. A hook-lovitig people, a city that has readers, will boast of good. 'book shops. Is it the shops that make the readers or the readers the shops? I fancy that it is the read- ers who make the shops. If so, the reason that we have so few good book shops in Canadian cities is that we have so few readers who ire in- terested in backs. As a Canadian, I.regret to own that we are far be- bind the Old Land in this respect. Possibly on the average our cities have as many good readers as those of the United States, but we have a long way to go before we get within sight of London or Edinbargh. course, by readers 1 do not newspaper readers. We have some very creditable jour- nals, and papers are read widely and mean Some; yes, willl [quietly explored it will intelligently, On the whole, the readers exercise independent judg: ment, I should imagine, and are not bound to the editorial opinions over- sldvishly. Our people who read these papers are not more provincial than people of the same class in the OW Country: they are just as able to ex- ercise robust common-sense, and they do so. But it is véry doubtful whether they appreciate the style and logical deviopment of an editorial as the educated Englishman does, though théy will take the substance out of it Just as quickly. Now the genuine book-lover does enjoy style. Halt of his pleasure comes from the way in which the Idea Is pxpressed; he en: joys the drt that prevents simple things from beconiing the obvious, that finds words that are hot worn like the fingered current coin, that completes and routids out in a sen- tence or paragraph one idea beforé confusing it with anoth: One who enjoys the this sense will always be a reader, and as he grows 'oldér he will appre- ciate the truth of the words which are inscribed on the Toronto Public Library, "Non refert quam wmultos sed quam bonos habeas libros." The young man is impatient to redd the books that the world Is talkiig about; 'the older man .is content to sit of an' evening with his favorite writer broding over passages that are familiar. - | He does not weary of fine art and sententious or shrewd observations. = A combination of ha- man wisdom with chaste and ade- quate words brings never-failing p re. 4 Biit this leads me to remark fur 'thold duties Possibly they Wave more: tine, that is doubtful when ¥ouse ate 80 maniold and so constant, I rather think that wo- men make more thue, and that men spend 'the hours. in politics or = ih Chibs; wherby men learh that' it is true average human nature in 'a di- rect fashion within of their. own heme town, but they miss the wider experiente of -human- ity which is preserved in Merataty history, philosophic' speculation RO idealism; and therefore, while effec tive for the many things that can be settled by the judgment of the mans in-the-street, they are :not able to ers. though or}! form ap wall balanced decisions of Shuman affairs and policies which ar determined by ideas that find only oes tasional embodiment in the Hmited cirele in which they move --Sir Wile liam Falcomer, President of 'the Uni versity of Tornto, in "The Canadiaf Bookman." Why Worry? ¥ Thousands have successfully solved the, problems that are troubling you now, Save time and labor by reading what dth- ers have done. Their experiences are given in the books that are being wasted on the shelves of every book store. PublicLibrary IT'SUP TO YOU To be alert, progressive, up-tostlite:. You ean be if | You réad on® good book and a few. magazine articles each month. r. Seriry rt in|" Get them' at your Public Library, y LTR AGENCY, FOR ALL . STEAMSHIP, op ER For information and rates to J, P. Hanley, OF. & 7. Kinston, ons PP. & TA, GT. LE LER A" (REE be soln 0 or ther that the gogd 'reader has not nh cessarily a voracious appetite-he critical, selective, makes his own choice, and enjoys himself in doing 50. . He is not eager to find from thi shopman what the best seller for the month has been, nor does he eont| tribute very largely to make the for- tune of the popular novelist or witty assaylist, measure at least by his liking for an essay, for its pith and essence lie in its treatment of a well-chosen theme} within a modest compass, An ef: fective essay must exhibit skill. 1 fancy, however, that da} reader's taste may be judged In &[ literary { But a good reader aiso finds plea<}| Sure on occasion at least by wander: ing through the amples spaces of his| tory or fields of thought set out in a} géries of volumes, or in good bios graphy. There are times when of finds it 'a labor to thread ode's through the narrow and well-trime nied hedges of bucienct and €losely; i compacted argument as fn & sma plot wh ly 15 n : to carry one off inth some comfort able digression, and when hie Jos i @ HE back in his own § me malin highway of h , Such a reader wishes to book he enjoys and fe also delights in a good piece of workmanship. well printed, well bound, and well it- In the matter of book. making Canadians hdve still a long way to go. We in the art of : , hot h yet ¢ generations of wok who have Handed oh he enn from age to age, y * to use their Alstrumen its with si that they. ound fates art the parrow bangs or ¥ 8: