16 PAGES PAGES 9-16 i ns a i Se Si Daily British ---- -- YEAR 806. NO, 45 2g,, "SHOOND SECTION NAR PUZZLES NICHOLAS 11 KINGSTON. ONTARIO, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY Whig announced ' r fall, but ly promis ed' f spring, Besides the tifle poem, it will contain a large number of the soldier-poet's best works work; amd burns Hke a pain! / | smouldering fire, giving thee no ' until thou unfold it, till thou write it down in beneficgnt facts around hi? 4 » f : @® A U THORS {thee. What is immethodic, waste, ? X {thou shalt make methodie, regulat- : ied, arable, obedient and productive to ' B O OKS an t el Yr thee, Wherescever thow findest dis- Label ¥ 5 order, there is the eternal enemy; / os attacking him swiftly, subdue him, E = Ero Ere make order of him, the subject not E . of chaos, but of intelligence, divin- ity. and. thee. The thistle that From a sales Mable" was of able humorous standpoint, "Dere the most remark- books ever writtem and its suce "That's Me , All Over, Mable," promises to equal, if not to exceed, its record. S80T, The story of Dr. Henri Beland, THE CURIOUS QFEST, . { By E. Philips Oppenheim, 308 Pages, Price, $1.50, McClelland & Stewart, Yoronto, Publishers, © has few lation outside of university circles. There is no reason why the gene- ral public should not have the bene- tit of the work of these scholars of high standing who contribute to grows in thy path, dig©it out, that a blade of useful grass, a drop of nourishing milk, may grow instead. The waste cotton-shrub; gather its waste white down, spin it,\weave it, that in place of idle litter, there may which has been running as a serial in tthe Whig, is to be published this spring in book form, when it is ex- pected to have a big sale. its pages. This year's centenaries . include James Russell Lowell, Charles Kings- ley and Walt Whitman, and the com- memoration of these literary cele- brities should ¢reate a revival of iu terest in their works. This is also the centenary year of the late Queen Victoria, which is also of literary significance. 3 i enhel . z rl Bitips a Orpicn mod- are a part of man's prerogative, ern novelist He is prolific; he is n f{ nal ink the thoughts and untiring in his invention of mysterl- That we to them our solitade may give, The February number of "More ous plots; he is a Sievers Weaver of And make time present travel that of old. Pep," the breezy little business maga- jus wvusibie with The serectioash Old lite, Fame plerceth at the ens, fine published by the British Whig narrative. His 1918 success, "The "ublishing Company, is now being po 3 in a Sint circulated. The same high standard Zeppelin Passenger," has been rapid My ; | ly followed by "The Curious Quest," vt workmanship whieh characterized y " 4 " the previous issues is again display- an entrancing novel of an entirely : : pial different type. For once he has for ed, and the book, both in design ana saken his"usual spy theme, and has execution, is a. credit to the printing produced something in a distinetly department of the Whig. .ts con- lighter vein. The story is a most de tents, as in. former numbers, deal lightful one. mainly with.the injecting of more "Ernest Bliss, an idle millionaire life into business methods, and in "The Mad Shepherd," Mr. Jacks' consults a noted physician regarding { Lit boosting business for the city and|most delightful creation, speaks of his health, which is failing rapidly | city the dominion. Its articles are shortja condition which he describes as, ewing to nervousness After 2 and pithy, and written with that am- | being "stack in one's skin." Books heated discussion, in which the spe: ount of punch whieh makes then ef-| are not necessarily a remedy for it. elalist reproaches him with not hav factive. Problems of business men | Many bookish people indeed ac- ing sufficient backbone to work for a dealing with advertising and up-to-{quire a solid ecalf-skin binding Hving, he makes a wager that he will dite methods are dealt with in an] which is even harder to break earn his own living, without touch intelligent, educative way and in a|through than the intégument they ing hijs millions for his own use, for manner which should appeal to all] were born in. But the really great ! One year, or pay twenty-five thousand who read tae magdzine. A numbe- of | things in literature have only come dollars to a hospital in which the doe very interesting facts regarding the] from people who have learnt how tor is interested. Then he goes oul policies, features and eirveulation of!to escape from their skin Hence land with it is provided a fund of on his quest for work. He finds that the Whig are given, facts whicn( sreat literature may be one way @f {whimsical humor, vivid drama and 'his life is not a bed and should he known by every business|®8cape. It may serve as the wagly cha erization of a very high order, | works for terms of short duration as man in the eity wel as in many | 100king-glass for those who WHI the spirit of wartime Canada furn-! a stove salesman, a wagon driver, & centr "fhe circulation of] break through it, into the real ishing a strong background. chauffeur, caretaker, rubber - heel "More Pep." which is entirely free, world of truth and beauty behind J salesman, a greengrocer and finally is growing rapidly, and copies can {it The condition with which Ber- A novel which is a reply to! as an omnibus driver. In these posi be had on application either person- nard Shaw has so long waged his |wauen's "Loom of Youth," is tol tions he learns much the seamy ally or by mail, to ihe Whig office brilliant warfare, his bugbear of {o,me shortly, from the pen of Martin! gfde of life, but he never once breaks ; ea > * | Philistinism, is just the state in { Browne. Its title is "A Dream his Yusio}ve to ats his ine il the When io any of us Spesd Gite Hy. Youth." \ spec fied time y a cliapse n e es withou eing aware 1a any- wager, however, he'is enabled to help thing is wrong with us. It is a a is number of deserving péople state, in Masefield"s phrase, of who are in difficulties, without him- "mental blindness," of being 'stuck self benefitting by these gifts, He in one's skin." Like Peter Bell, of | also matches his wits and his muscle famous memory, we find 'inthe agdinst those of some clever crooks, primrose by the water's brim a and, as is usual for the hero in the simple primrose, and we 'thank world of fiction, he comes out on top. God that we are as other men are. A pretty romance, which ends in In his poem, 'The Wanderer," Mansefield has a vivid passage de- iis marriage to a hard- ing typ- ist who becomes his friend during scribing a winter morning's walk, "breasting up the fells." He says, the days of trial, and is a staunch sharer of his joys and sorrows, ven- "And, soon men looked upon a glit- ders complete the charm of the story. tering earth, At the end of the year he retarns to Intensely sparkling liké a his former position with his wife new-born; with 8 new idea of life, and a firm Only to look was spiritual birth, be folded webs, and the naked skin of the man be covered. 'Fhomas Carlyle ,in "Past and Present." hold, voices "More Pep" for February. The Tragedy of Mental Blindness EE LA books If farther backward, do extend. Sir T. Overbury. - The melodic quality of Irene Me- Leod's poetry has appealed greatly to composers, who have drawn on her volumes of poems for words for sey- eral beautiful melodies." Among com- posers who Qave supplied musical settings for Miss McLeod's poetry are Sidney Homer and Cecil Forsyth. Orchard Glen," by Mariam Keith, who won er way so well with "Duncan Polite" and her subsequent novels, is another idyll of the Seotch folk of Ontario. It presents a most entertaining love story of the two "ugly ducklings" of the village in which most of the action takes place, "Nothing save mental blindness can be sin; seeing saves, delight." war in the ence, and that it had grown into a cult with which thousands are oObs~ Onslow, by a clever strategy, ob-| essed. He also says "Spiritism is a tains a post as private secretary to) development cf Paganism, an out- Greek premder, and in that capa- growl h of heathenism in every age of learns much of the internal af-| history, and is found with pitiable fairs of the court. He so far gains | forms of devil-worship among nations the confidence of his employer that | that are most deeply sunk in idola- he is commissioned to drive the king, | try. Its permanency, then, among disguised, to a house in the northern | Japhetic races In modern" times is an wilds of the Balkans, where a meet- | alarming mark of the degeneracy of ing with the kaiser takss place. 'He|our boasted civilization." Then, in everhears a conversation between the | Con lusion, he writes, "It will be no- kaiser and "Tino," and finds out ex-| ticed by the actly what he needs, that a number | the end aimed at of telegrams have been the | and materialists Greek king to the kaiser, which, ir | destruction" of discovered, will in the de | reader will also notice thronement of Consiantine. He {hen tile in the history of the human plans to get hold of these telegrams, | Face have the spirits, or spiritism, but unfortunately his employer's| contributed anything to the advance- daughter falls in love with him, and | Ment of knowledge or the progress discovers that he is really a British | Of civilization. ) secret service agent. Hé is forced to] Ihe message of this book is sig- leave his position and flee from Ath-| hificant. In these days.when people EA pny J are seeking frantically to obtain mes- os flo. hext appears, in company with | S38es from loved ones who have giv- Penrose, at the house of the master|®R their lives in the war, it should } who is behind all the intrigue and] d0 Much to put a check upon the trickery, in Greece, and by use of the | ImPositions and the foolish claims of weapon of bluff, the couple secure | SPiritists and spiritualistic mediums. the incriminating teleglams. 'The| Although it is true that many lead- i hi y : end then comes quickly, and the re-| 'D8 minds have contributed to the and occasionally shown to a sult i the abdiction of the king. So|&FeWth of this movement, it is equal-| § friend. much for the plot of the novel, which | 1¥ true that in most of these cases . is really quite thrilling and full of|there had, been a large amount of ; anti eccentricity present, and the. analy- umatioe Tnsidents oy re Tan sis of a keen intellect and a thought- . i. ful brain such as we believe Dean L Onsjow. or Uh A ea i ho iS Harris to possess will do much to| 3 A Great Piece Of Literature! who proves herself a staunch friend jou 0 pliile gee Jue Woveline is - of the Englishman. Little attention | ' 5 rue Hgut. £A1 Be nt is devoted to the working out of the valuable contribution to the era- in connection With the Balkans All all hearing, all THE CZAR OPENED THE RUSSIAN DUMA For the last time, three years ago today, February 22, 1916. . Find a peasant. YESTERDAY'S ANSWER Right side owh 4 Avreckage. "In thoughtful reader that by both spiritists is the same--the Christianity. The that at no sent by A A tna "Ascertain the facts." "To chaff you." "Take a chance." irodie, who dived Bridge.) "Left me for another." "Stop that nonsense; get to busl- of roses, result (From Steve from Brooklyn other of smitten of! 'Evil spirits haunt me." "You've talked enough much." '"He's smart, keep your him.' : A ther Think 3 " Leslie Homer has compiled a vel- The Sth Rik Coming, an ume of "Fifty Famous Canadian) gitawa ho spital statement: Stories," which Is to appear shortly. | "That there is a considerable pro= " 3 RP bability that the- Medical Faculty of Hospital Love Stories," by Mary|Queen's University might consider Roberts Reinhart, is an interesting favorgbly the suggestion that the announcement for early publication. | third, fourth and fifth years should - \ _ ibe transferred to Ottawa--owing to J. J. Bell, the author of "W ee the greater amount and variety of MacGregor," is entitled to a fresh. clinical material available. votedof thanks for another delectab- "Should Queen's Universsity en- le volume entitled "Kiddies .in|ter into this arrangement, funds are and too J Ralph" Connor's "Sky Pilot in No- Man's Land," which was postponed | from last fall, is to appear this Primarily and essentially a book is something to be read, not to be .treated as an ob- jected art, to be taken down eye on month. i ae pts Np Wh Smit world William Allen White's "In the ture of the times on psychical mat-| Heart of a Fool," is being endorsed resolve to make his life count for something in the world. The moral of the story is a good one, and it is worked out with all the usual thoroughness of Oppenheim': novels. 'There is pothing about i however, to make it very distineti 1t is simply one of those novels whieh will "hive a short ran of popularity. and will then pass away into forget fulness. It is a pleasing little story, but nething more, and as such it.will be treated by the reading public, a rm . INVALEDED OUT, > By Ruby M. Ayres, 246 Pages, Price £1.35, Hodder & Stoughton, Toron- to, Publishers. Ruby M. Ayres is known as a wri- ter of the very lightest of fiction, and this, her newest book, is no ex- ception to the rule. It is the story of an impetuous young girl and a very gallant English officer. A chance ae- quaintanceship of a railway train, in which Pauline Boulton, the heroine of the story, pours out her family secrets to an invalided officer whom she has never seen before, is the be- ginning of the novel. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, this officer is Capt. Stanford, a paying guest at the bome of her step-mother, where she is going at the close of her school: days, and with whom a match is being arrapged with her beautiful but haughty step-sister, In spite of the disclosures she makes to the captain while ignorant of his identity, the engagement takes place, with. no love on either side. Then events begin to 'happen at breakneck speed, and the story moves through a bewildering chain of inei- dents, until when the reader comes|' to himself, he finds that Pauline has married Capt. Stanford. This happens through the love of the step-sister for another man, and the generosity of the captain in making financial al- lowances for this rival. But how the two principals come to the happy < stage of matrimony "can only be learned by reading the story, It is 'a light vivacious novel, with no solidity in its texture, somewhat amusing in parts, and never once getting really serious, Its aetion is very rapid, and as a pastime, it suits "admirably, for it is a book which in most cases will be read through at 6 first sitting. For those who read ot as a means 32 Bunsen. x will appeal very much, and #s writ- 'er should add to her admirers by this : t little novel, which is deservs of a certain amount of praise. love story, but it ends happily, and that 'satisfies the reader. Hocking has given his - followers many books of this kind,.but this is perhaps the most interesting of them all. It grips the attention from start to finish, and it is at all times impos- sible to guess the conclusion, whien is not often the case in novels of this kind. This factor of uncertainty and 1 doubt as to the result adds to its at- tractiveness, and should make it one of the popular novels of the spring season, rb ye ESSAYS ON OCCBNLTISM, SPIRIT. ISM AND DEMOXOLOGY, By Dean W. R. Harris, 181 Pages, Price $1.25. McCOlelland & Stews art, Toronto, Publishers, Interest in psychical matters is growing daily, and during the past two years many books. have been written giving the spiritualists' side of the question. Chief amongst these are "Raymond," by Sir Oliver Lodge, "The New Revelation" by Conan Doyle, and "The Twentieth Plane" by Albert D. Watson. All these books are written as propaganda in favour of the movement and give particul- ars-of seances and supposed conver sations with the spirits of people Who have passed beyond to other worlds, some of them recently, and others who lived centuries ago. The cult of spiritism is growing at an astonishing rate, and people of all classes are taking an unusual interest in the subject. Many seem to be losing their heads, and ale becoming fana- tical, and religious bodies view with alarm the growth of their numbers, The latest addition to literature on the subject from the pen of Dean W. R. Harris, who hak written many essays on subjects bearing on spirit- ism, and 'who has lectured widely on psychic phenomena. In this book he makes a great attempt to combat those who would spread the cult of spiritism, and takes a firm stand as one who deplores the fact that it should have so great a following. It is largaly a criticism of the state- ments made by writers on the sub- ject, and he endeavors to prove that messages received By means of "oui- Ja" boards and other agencies are not received from the spirits of those who claim to be speaking to the medium, but are the whisperings of evil spirits, after the similitude of the evil spirits with which Christ had to deal while he was on earth. He admits that there have from time to whieh '$e-| nunctation of spiritidin, tincipals of the play a large part claims is a cult whieh exists for destruction of the Christian In one section he says: : Spiritism is o honest, if not alway§ af avowedl¥ Be ds Th a e & suht this picious deception." SES Sahel In another : ters, By Frank Yeigh, 85 Pages, Price 25 garding the Dominion of Canada has just been published, and it is, usual, up to the minute in giving in- formation of every kind about our ountry, ried on in Canada is touched upon, and concise, up-to-date facts and fig- ures are given them. new feature is a section devoted to war facts, which tells in detail ex- actly whiat Canada has done in war. come as ever amongst men who are interested in the growth.and develop- ment of their country... Published by the Publishing Com- Queen's Quarterly has just made its appearance, and one is at once im- pressed by the solidity of its con- tents. tirely supported by the university staff, and it would be extremely profitable to thinking 9 outside the university use its pages. The articles it con- tains are scholarly and bread view, and treat a large variety of subjects in a more than intelligent manner, Prof. W. M. Conacher en "L'Esprit Franeais,"" heart of France as it is shown In the works of her religious and teachers from the middle ages to the present time. McCorkindale, contributes an article on the liturgy of Calvin; appreciation of John Masefield and his writings; Fred B. Millett writ- es" on the courtesy England before 1557; Prof. A. IL. Clark's lecture on the countries of extreme cold, Queen's Alumni in December, 1918, is reproduced Wilson, of Saskatoon, contributes a exhaustive. educational survey of Saskatchewan. y J chiet ) James Cappon, es on current events, an a article 5,000 FACTS ABOUT CANADA. cents. Published by the Canadian Facts Publishing Company, Toron- to. The twelfth annual edition of this ittle storehouse of knowledge re- as Every line of activity car- An interesting the The little book will be as wel- QUEEN'S QUARTERLY. mittee of University, Kingston. The first Queen's issue for 1919 of This magazine is almost en- ple quite rid to per- in First of all comes an essay by which describes the writers Rev. T. B. M.A.; of 'Deseronto, Barker Fairley has an literature of given before the in full, and R. A, contribution of the is made by A years, read your book, 1 shall have by the clergymen of America, many of whom are finding in it themes for sermons and. series of a REY: Frank Oliver Hallypnion of he 1 vine Paternity, New-York City, in a letter to Mr. White, says: "In my opinion you have produced the great- est piece of literature that has come from the American press in a genera- tion. I hail you as the great preach- er of the gospel which some of.' us have been trying to proclaim these If I can get pecple to done better than preach a thousand ser- mons." Similar commendation comes from Rev. C. R. Stetson, of St. Mark's church, Washington: "Mr. White's novel deserves wide circulation. It is a fine summing up of what I hope we may call the American spirit. Some call it the social comscience, others fodAish idealism, but Mr. White makes us see that the best Amerl- cans realize that we are here on earth, not so much to secure what we may eall our rights, as to _dis- charge some very important duties." -- sir Rider Haggard's New Novel In his new novel, "Moon of Israel," Sir Rider Haggard tells the story of the excdus of the Israelites' from Egypt, as it might haye appeared to an Egyptian, Ana, who took a lead- ing pant in the circumstances which surrounded that tremendous event. The lines of the Old Testament nar- rative puts his own interpretation upon some of these happeningsy To him they seem to represent a war be- tween the God of Israel and the gods of the Egyptians, of whom Anon, or Amen, was the chief, as indeed they did according to the Bible. - It Te- mains to be added that Ana really liv- ed in the time of Seti II, and was the author, among other romances, ot the famous, "Tale of Two Brothers," The period is t which is gener. ally accepted as the date of Exodus, at or about the end of the reign of Pharoah Meneptah, the son of Ram- eses the Great, and it is based on the theory which the lates Sir Ny he ~ the ¥s- Maspero informed its writer sidered quite probable, that } urper, Amenmeses, immediately suc ceeded Meneptah, and was the actual Pharoah of the Exodus The love interest in the tale js furnished by its heroine, a Hebrew lady named Merapi;, the Moon of Israel.' 2 {and So bright the rain-drops ran along! the thorn. Se bright they were, that one could « Almost pass Beyond their source, and know : The 'glory pushing in the blade of grass, That hidden flowers grow. It is that sudden flash that delivers blindness that against the Holy has already shown that she can bring seers to the birth. No one not hopelessly stuck in his skin could look at Tom Thomson's pic tures of the Canadian north with- out some sense of awe. There was a man who had seén the reality be- hind the veils, had seen God's face and died of it. But, rightly used, that lies nearest to us is great literature. A young and virile | country, eéspegially in this age of, efficiency and industrialism, is In danger of materialism, which is just another name for being stuck in one's skin. But the right use of the best books is one of the most potent forces towards the creation of a spirit which can make a na: tion truly great in the best sense. It was Virgil's spirit that led Dante to the final sublime vision of the power "that moves the sum in heaven and all the stars." One who has been brought, by consorting with the seers who have written down their visions, to see some- thing of the beauty that is truth, can- say with the herq of th¢ old fable of Apuleius, "I have eaten rose leaves, I am no longer an ass' ~---Professor Samuel Henry Hooked M.A., B.D, in "The Canadian Book- man." twinkling" to the soul which makes the "spiritual birth," the of seeing that saves, from the mental is the real sin Ghost. Canada - the remedy r Notes of Interest ; to Booklovers tertainment for his elders, little bock brimful which the small boy and his mischie; available "for the establishment of vous pranks are portrayed as an en- clinical faellities." It is a' with hftmour and | pathos, { Eleanor Porter's. "Dawn," story to be published soon, tale of a blind boy who a new! is achieves | self-mastery and success, and devotes his life to the service of sol- diers blinded in the war. Agnes and Egerton Castle's *Min- niglen" is a novel of the wild Cam- eron country of Scotland, with trans- fers in scene to London. In it there is.a wealth of incident, including the adventures of a girl'lost in the Scotch! mist, the gay frivolities of a Scotch house party, and exciting scenes among London's suffragettes, { Wanted--A Censor of Books} An editorial in the Ontario Re- | former, Oshawa, advocates the ap-| pointment of a book censor--on the hypothesis that there is even more reason for this than for a censor of moving pictures. The editorial. says in part: / "Germany has shown us what it means to have her educationalists writing and teaching false ideals. Un- less there is some check put upon the large class of writers who cater al- most exclusively to the sensual sen- timent, a harvest of immorality must resul A large percentage of the cheapdr books are saturated with it. If books can only be made cheaply by pulting such stuff in them, it would be a thousand times better if there were no cheap books, as we be- lieve the future will amply demon- strate." American Siang } Ray Stannard Baker, whose work as a journalist and publicist has made his name 'well known through- out the world, has been appointed by President Wilson to have charge of the publicky machinery through which the people of America will be informed from day to day concerning the proceedings of the Peace Confer. ence. Mr: Baker is the author of nu- merous books, two of which, "Our New Prosperity" and "Seen in Ger- many," are of special interest at present. Following closely upon the heels of "The Eyes of Asia," Rudyard Kip- for publication at an early date. title will be "The Years Between" land will include, in addition to Kip- ling's war poems, a number of pieves Which have never before been pub- Frank H. Simonds, author of a his tory of the war, has been decorated by, the French government with the Cross Chevalier. This of the war has been translated into Turkish and Armenian, aud publish ed in these languages, and French German editions are soon fo be brought out. : : : b "sd ~ A book about Americal} by an Englishman, would not be complete if it did not have some reéfer¢nce to American slang, so it is not surpris- ing to find In Prank Dilmot's "The New American,""---a bright and viva- cious little volume about this con tinent and its people written by = newspaper correspondent who has re- sided in Canada and the United Stat- es for some years--a lat of typical American slang phrases with their English equivalents. Here it is, ana many readers will be quite as' much amused by the staid Englisn expressions as English readers will be at the wholly unaccountable Am- erican phrases. "Don't be fresh." "Rubber neck." "Foxy gink." "Get wise to it." "To jolly you along." "Take a Brodie." "Sook me for a blond." "Gut it out." Sn "The jinx have a hunch on me." s yo over; you've sald a page- ue . "He's a bird aad you want to wateh hith fly." = Bend English, Don't be cheeky. \ YOUR SICK CHILD IS CONSTIPATED! LOOK AT TONGUE Hurry, Mother! Remove Poisons From Little Stomach, Liver, Bowels. Give "California Syrup of Figs" If Cross, Bilioys or Feverish. 0" No matter what alls your child, a gentle, thorough laxative should al- ways be the first treatment given, If your little one is out-of-sorts, half-sick, isn't resting, eating and acting naturally--<look, Mother! see if tongue is coated. This is a sure sign that the little stomach, liver and bowels are clogged with waste. When cross, irritable; feverish, stom- ach sour, breath bad or has stomach- ache, diarhoea, sore throat, full of -Jeold give a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs and in a few hours all the constipated poison," undigest- ed food and sour bile gently moves out of the little bowels without grip- ing, and you have a well, playful ¢hild again.' . Mothers can rest easy after giving this harmless "fruit laxative," be- cause it never fafls to cleanse the lit- tle one's liver and bowels afid sweet- on the stomach and they dearly love its pleasant . Full directions for babies, childten of all ages and for grown-ups printed on each bot- tle. § Beware of counterfent tg fyrups. Ask your druggist for a bottle of "California Syrup of Figs'; then sée that it is made by the "California Fig Syrup Company." y Public Library Bulletin - Hove gy. 2 copy © History of the War, illustrated? Call at the library and examine our set, it will repay you. ) \