SATURDAY, JANUARY 81, 1070. ® THE EVERLASTING ARMS By Joseph Hocking, 344 Pages, Price y $1 50, Hodder and Stoughton, Toronto, Publishers. ¥God is our refuge and our Strength, and. underneath are the Everlasting Arms." How often have these' old words been an inspiration to men and women burdemed down by trials and troubles apd by temp- tations. Yet it would be 3 most cre- dulous man who would take the inter pretation of these words as-a literal, material fact, and declare thatcthere was actually some spirit which acted in a material way to shield men and women from dangers. Yet this Is the theme which Joseph Hocking uses in 'his remarkable novel, "The Ever- lasting Arms," - The main figure throughout the story is Dick Faversham, who is in- troduced to the reader as a spiritnal- istic sceptie on board an ocean liner.' But almost before the words have left his lips he is startled by a vis- fon of a woman, who appears to him and to no one else. He has good cause to remember this vision, for that same night the ship goes down, and just as he feels that he is drown- ing, he has the sensation that this same woman is holding up his arms and is saving his from death. He returns to England, and Inherits a large estate from 'an uncle, only to be robbed of it by the appearance of a nearer relative who was thought to be dead. Temptation comes to him in the form of Count Romanoff, the evil genius of tie play, but just as he is in the act of giving over his lite into the hands of this villain, | the warning comes through Beatrice Stanmore, a girl who rushes into the room with the cry that she is sure Be is in danger and needs help. " Dick gives up his estate and be- comés a labor leader. hangs the sinister plan of Count Romanoff, but these are time and again foiled by the visitations-of the guiding spirlt which seems to have a very matdrial presence in Dick's lite. He enters Parliament as a la- bor member, and again meets with temptation, but Beatrice is again cal- led by some strange telepathic influ ence to his assistance. Count Roma- noff tribs to ruin Mim by attacking his ambitions for money, for power and his love of women, but in every case he is defeated by this spiritual hand. |, Then the end comes with Rom- anoff entirely routed, with Dick re- turned as the owner of the Faver sham estates, and with Beatrice as his wife. The story is a strange novel of the power of dead loved ones over the lives of human beings. The author exploits the idea that some. where near everyone on this earth is a real, active guiding spirit which uses every human being for good or evil. And he does it in a very enter- taining novel. The mystery of the en- mity of Count Romanoff is puziling until the end comes, when everything oven the "Everlasting Arms" which have upheld Dick; is explained. This novel Is rather different. from any- thing else the aythor has put before the publie, and it is a novel which will attract much attention from cri tical readers of good fiction. THE G OF DUKE JOCELYX; - By Jeffrey Farnol, 334 Pages, Price, $1.75. The Hyerson Press, Tor- onto, Publishers. - JefteryFarnol is one of those writ- ers who are continually springing surprises upon their public. His lat- est surprise is one which will be gladly received, for it comes in the form of a book which is neither prose nor poetry, but a happy com- bination of both, a book which deals with the days when knights went forth a-wooing in coats of armour and with the followers in battle ar- ray, and of grand ladies who waited in castles to be wooed in this man- ner. But Duke Joselyn, the grand knight who takes the leading part in this ok, is different from the others of "his rank. He fears that the lady of his affections, the fair Princess Yol- ande, will accept him just because he is a duke, so he fares forth attire ed as a "Court Fool" to do his woo- ing. With him he takes his good friend Bir Pertinax of Shene, who is greatly perturbed because of his lordships decision. - They meet with many adventures and sera by the way. They have many fights, and land in a dungeon because of their hardihood. But what they care, for just previous to this episode Jocelyn has met his lady and has begun the process of wooing her as a fool, and bas indeed made Quite an impression, and Sir Pertin- ax has found a maid who has cap- tured his gruff heart, and has made - him her slave. So why should they worry because a dungeon holds them priséner? They escape, and after many other exciting adventures, they at last reach the goal for which they were aiming, and the Duke is made i Over, him | | happy by his Yolande, and Sir Perti- nax by his maiden. This book is written in the style of the books of long ago, of the days when knighthood was not only in flower, but in full armour, The au- thor tells It as if he were telling it to his daughter, for at times ghe in- terposes her criticisms into the manu script. Part is In very fine poetry and the remainder in old English, and the combination makes a very read- able book. The story itself is full of excitement and. adventure, with many a good fight with swords and daggers The grand old Duke is a rare char- acter, with wit and pleasantry ever on the tip of his tongue, and altoge- ther the book is a dainty mbrsel for. jaa literary epicure. | | CEPI PPC LIP EPP PFS ELLIS hE RSL Ete WITH PIPE AND BOOK. With pipe and book' at close of ay, Oh, what is sweeter, mortal, say? It matters not what book on knee-- . 014 Izaak or the Odyssey, It matters not meerschaum or clay, And though one's 'eyes will dream astray, And lips' forget to sue or sway, 'It is "enough to merely be" With pipe and book. What though our modern skies be gray, As bards aver--I will not pray For "Soothing Death" to suc- cor me, But ask this much, oh, Fate, of thee: A little longer yet to stay With pipe and book. --Richard Le Galliene. PEEP T 0040020500200 00000000 S-- | THE MORAL BASIS OF DEMO- CRACY, By Arthur Twining Hadley, Ph. D,, LAD, 206 Pages, Price, $1.75, The, Yale University Press, New . York, Publishers. After the clash and turmoil of the war, a war fought primarily that freedom and jastice® shall prevail, and that democracy shall rule the ci- vilized nations of the world, there has come another great conflict, the conflict of opposing ideas of what really constitutes democracy. In some countries democracy has been swallowed up in a red ruin which goes by the name of Bolshevism. In other sections it has become a mere byword for strikes - and Industrial, troubles, and in still others there is an attempt to make the cry of demo- | cracy the excuse for all Kinds of ex- cesses, Naturally there are many thinkers and philosophers who are endeavoring to find out just what the proper standard of democracy should be. They are bringing for- ward democracy as a moral issue, and are calling upon men of all classes to make their moral adjustments to fit in with the new order of things. One of the fore most of this class is Professor Arthur Twining Hedley, .ne President of Yale University. In ais work at Yale he has based his Sunday morning talks to students and graduates upon the moral issues which come from the new ideas of democracy, and he endeavors to point out the only sane lines upon which it is possible to move forward towards the dawn of a truly demo-~ cratic system of citizenship and gov~ ernment. These Sunday morning talks have.now been published in book form under the title, "The Mo- form a striking series of chapters dealing with the ethics of citizen- ship and the ethics of leadership, as book are.sub-titled. The firét section of the book deals with the civic duties of every indivi- dual, with the duties which come to & man by citizenship, and which he must perform if he is to be a factor in the development of democracy. The need for belief in fellowmen and the folly of needless animosity: amongst men are dealt with in.a clear and forceful manner. The duty of every man to do his own thinking and to be straightforward in his at- titude upon public questions is also impressed upon the reader. . | Then a section is devoted to the ethies of leadership. All must be good citizens, but only the qualified few can be leaders. Dr. Hadley deals with the question of leadership from the standpoint of Christian demo- eracy, with Christ as the ideal type to whom leaders should look for guidance, and whom they should re- gard as thelr example. The necessity of a broad vision and for ideals with a strong compelling power behind them are also brought out as quali- ties essential in leadership of true democracy, AS a book which deals ~ The presentation of in the ad Malling » Br osaaLek ten aan as iB EAR RARER Air vay Ww sae wen wae coupon 'at the Whi | Office 'entitles the bearer to a copy of "The Book o Wonders" for the yy $3.00. PY, os : Readers Ising out of the city can obtain copies ress and s i x ga.2b for each copy, lo "The ~ Kingston.' : ") Enclosed please find the sum of +é++vxs+ for which send "sere 0OP+-ress of the Book of Wonders to : - 4 . 3 % F Name RET BES FHL Ss are ea Ae REE HEE sae ses sas mE Address SHY Lnsem awe as Wem bee wes see sea eu this ig the coupon, with tor, Brit y Whig, ut Coupon. : *P Mae ehseve ERS She Eran i LAL dl * Sage: §3 at and sometimes with fists. | ral Basis of Democracy," and they 4 the two different sections of the 4 | , country who have not hear ~ THE DAIL Ae Er en I | d Their Authors | SSN with a subject which at the present | time is very much in the minds of all thinking men and women, Dr. | Hadley's volume will ¥ weight, and will be keenly studied by all who are at all interested in the betterment of conditions all over the world. - - Notés of Interest to Book. lovers. "The Phantom Journal and Other Essays," by E. V. Lucas, has just been published by Messrs. Methuen, London. The same publishers are also issuing "A Book of RLS" by George E. Brown, telling the story of Ste, _nson's books, friends and travels. A fresh book by Agnes and Eger- ton Castle is always sure of what | Americafis call the "glad hand," and | their latest novel, "New Wine," | shows no falling off in that spirit of | vivacious optimism of which they seem to possess an inexhaustible store. "The Children's Life of the Bee," by Maurice Maeterlinck, selected and | arranged by AMred Sutro and illus- | trated by Edward A. Detinold, has just been published. -* -- g * Lord, Robert Cecil has written a preface to "A Handbook of the Lea- | gue of Nations," by Sir Geoffrey But- | ler, K.B.E, Fellow of Corpus Christi College, and lecturer in internation- al law at Cambridge UniverSity. The time honoured assertion that poetry doesn't pay has been proved | false in the case of "Reynard the Fox," by Pehn Masefield, for its pub- | lishers have had the agreeable ex-| perience of selling out two entire edi- tions, A new volume of peoms by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, entitled "The | Guards Came, and other poems," has been published recently in London. "Unhappy Far-Off Things," a new series of tales by Lord Dunsany, is | annpunced for early publication by 'Elkins Matthews' Company of Lon- | don. ] Sir Guy Laking, the Keeper of the | King's Armouty, has written a recdrd | of "European Arms and Armour," to | be issued in five volumes, and which | contains more thant two thousand il- | lustrations. It is an account of the | whole history of the evolution of arms. | * + THE LURE OF THE ROAD, > + By Clare Shipman. % Ah, there is the road for us to +» follow, ? # Over the hill and down in the + hollow---- + Evér the lure + mile, ' 4 Caught in the glamor of after- + awhile-- # A pot of gold at the rainbow's + end, : + And the walking together friend +» with friend. * # The road of lite's an adventur- » ous way, # O'er rough and smooth, 'neath * blue and grey: 4+ With something to see, + something to find, # With touch of heart and glint of mind, # Taking with Faith what Loye + doth send & Till the smile of heaven at Journey's _End. of the « 3 and PEEPS EIP RISB CEO IE ESDP SSS Sa +e * The First American Poetry. There are few girls or boys in this the nur- sery rhyme sung by the mdther: 'Hush-a-bye, baby, upon the tree top; When the wind blows the cradle will rock; s When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, ' And down will come cradle, baby and all" \ : But how many know the origin of these lines. Shortly ofter the Pil- im Fathers landed at Plymouth, ass, a party were out in the field where the Indian women were pick- ing strawberries. Several of these womn, or squaws, as they are called, had "papooses," that if babies. and having no cradles, they had them tied up in Indian fashion, and hung from the limbs of surrounding trees. "When the wind blew, these cradles would rock." A young man of the party, observing . this, peeled off a piece of bark from one of the trees, and wrote the above lines, which, it is believed, is the first poetry ever written in America, The Longevity of Authors. , Bar accidents, authors would ap- peat to be a long-lived class. There Thomas Hardy, who, though near- Ne y; still contributes verse to reviews: and in France : > J BRITISH WHIG "What Shall I Do Then With Jesus, Who Is Called Christ?" Pilate's Question Is Yours To-day \ tians as a proof of the inefficiency of the Church, or of the Gospel it proclaims. If, therefore, all lukewarmness should dis- appear the critics of Christianity would be confounded. Where Do You Stand? You are a Christian. Are you argent or. careless? Are you whole-hearted half- \/ hearted? Do you realize that the Church in Canada faces unprecedented responsibilities? You believe that the Gospel of Christ is a perfect solvent of selfishness and class-hos- tility. Will you do your part to give it free course? A Great Possibility "Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is the re- proach of any people." If al] the Church Members of Canada would begin today » 5 = to follow earnestly the prin- _ ciples enunciated by their Divine Master; if they would atknowledge their stewardship in full measure, the name of Canada would ring around the world. Therefore, the Question is to you: "What shall I do then with Jesus, who is called Christ?" HE Church is not impersonal. It is a company of individuals, each of whom has expressed determination to acknowledge Jesus as Lord and God, to ac- cept His teachings and follow His example, The Active Christians ' Those who persist in the Way find their lives radiant with hope. They have an object in living. They are not plunged into hope- less misery by bereavement. They develop character. They learn con- tentment. Being themselves men of hope and good-will, they are centres of hope and good-will in 'the world. The Inactive Christians Not all continue faithful. Many neglect to keep the Pattern before them. They -cease to pray. They forego public worship. They become \ only nominal Christians. Their sympathies are on the side of Right, * but they miss the full-orbed peace that comes from being obedient to the Heavenly vision. Aiding the Enemy Apart from their own loss, lukewarm Christians do positive harm tc the Faith. + Enemies never cite the lives of notable Chris- A United Appeal VE Christian Communions--Anglican, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist 'and Presbyterian--have in Canada ten thousand congregations, over one million-communicants, and represent more than half of the population of the Dominion. Under the stimulus of five great Forward Movements, it is in the power of these people to root out the evils of materialism in Canada, and to conserve the spiritual values revealed by the chastisement of War. Are you ready for active service? ' The Decision Is Yours . | Christianity have a fair trial in your own life. Make Jesus Christ master in your home. Test the reality of prayer. It will give your life direction, purpose and .power. : You can help to cure the ills of Canada and the world. serve. Begin NOW. The United National Campaign Representing the Simultaneous but Independent Forward Movements National Peace Thank - Offering Simultaneous Every-Person Canvass by Each Communion February 9 to 14 ' Be prepared to - t of the Anglican, Baptist, Congregational, Methodist and ~~