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This may be said to be the author's parting gift to Canada, as he left a few weeks ago to accept a position on one of London's fore- most newspapers. In "Imperfectly Proper" we have a book that is one | 8, continuous chuckles from end to end. He deals bntertainifigly in his own inimitable way, with such important and varied themes as: That fotor Bgat of Al- gie's, Beauty In the Bank, Koneern- ing Kosmetics, Clurks and Clarks, Ventilation, City Chickens, Refresh- ments at Five, Manners for the Masses, Spring in the City, Moving Day, Vatation" 'Vagaries, Whizzing Along on the Local, Back to Nature in a Limousine, Taming the Furnace, On Keeping a Hog, On Being Handy With Tools, etc. This book is war- ranted to chase away the blues, All these soul-stirring and mirth-produc- ing topics are most appropriately il- lustrated with original drawings by a clever Canadian illustrator, R. BE. Johnston, RETURNED EMPTY. | By Florence L. Barclay. Price, $2.00. The Ryer®on Press, Toronto, Pub* lisher. This is a strangely haunting story illustrating the folly of earthly de- sires in the face of the great inevit- able death, The theme of the story hag undoubtedly been suggested to the writer by the sufferings of wid- ows whose husbands were killed in the great war, and her desire to show the folly of seeking the return of a beloved husband by reincarna- tion, While we must profess ignors ance of the laws of reincarnation, curiosity on.the subject is not re- warded by reading this book which soars so high above the actualities of life that none of the characters de- pleted afford an example of any use- ful purpose. A foundling.is cared for in an orphanage, is reared and educated, becomes a writer and does important jourgalistic work. At thirty years Mot syne knows nothing of domestic life, is'anti-social, but has longings. He wanders about on foot alone and at night peers into houses. On one occasion an elderly, white-haired woman, thirty years widowed, sees him through a windog, approaches him and tells him notgto go away, as she was expecting him. Upon admis- sion to the house she tells him he is her husband, and his subconscious mind tells him she is his wife. He is, im fact, her deceased husband rein- carnated, an event that took place one month after his drowning. Who his parents werg is not revealed. The re-union brings pain to both, The young man determines to drown himself; he swims out to sea, but re- turns, and in doing so dives to avoid the current. She is watching him a "through a glass, and seeing him sink believes him dead and faints, He is brought to the house in an exhausted condition, and when he is restored finds that she is dying, He goes to her, and she expires in his arms. All that religion might suggest under the circumstances is brought into discus- sion by the author. At the funeral ""DANDERINE" Girls! Save Your Hair! Make It Abundant! 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'He 1% wot recognized | by any person as the. original Sir | Nigel except the old butler and housekeeper, and he declines to re- | veal himself, preferring to remain { Luke Sparrow, the name given him as a foundling; but he makes a home for the old butler and the house- keeper. What might have become of him under ordinary circumstances remains unknown, as the author sends him to the war, where his ca- reer is cut short after valiant ser- vice in 'the army. For the purpose of reincarnation the choice of the author is unfortu- nate as presenting many difficulties impossible of reasonable 'treatment. 'Had she selected some strong type, capable of exerting an influence upon human affairs while endowed with. the rich experience of a previous ex- istence, the book might have been more interesting. THE PRAIRIE MOTHER. By Arthur Stringer, 850 Pages. Mc. Clel'and '& Stewart, Toronto, * Publishers. -Thig is 'a~new book by a well known Canadian writer, Arthur Stringer, the author of "The Prairie Wife." Out. of the comforts and luxuries of eastern civilization, dim- ly one pictures the life of the women of the plains--those who bring up their babies miles from doctors, stoke their own fires, kill their meat. Wea pity them, but perhaps were we all to read this story we might envy them. It is not that it is an essen- tially happy tale--nothing absolute- ly' human could be--but that this particular prairie mother meets life with such a smile and sees.so mugh in its barest offerings, that we feel we might make more out of an ex- fstenca veneered with efvilizatton The girl has come from a Iuxurjons eastern home, shes has three small children, a hushand whom she thinke fs in love with another woman. Alone on her ranch, sourht out by an- sists revenge, new love and bitter- ness. of soul, and daily grinds out her existence of fending for her fam- fly until time and accident adlust the uneven scales. Her humor makes the story amusing. Her slang is vivid and frequent and. if at times it seems undeniably masculine. we mnst remember that she is a woman entirely surrounded bv men... The book has a sharp, vivid. earthy tang to it. It makes you think of oat- fields. mustangs, sun-rises. It con- vinces you that hardships hamutify and intensify life rather than em- hitter it. The author himself says: "Life is a battle which scars yon more when you try to keen out of it than when von wade into it" That is the text of this admirable book HYDRO - ETRCTRIC DREVELOP- MENT IN ONTARIO. By E. RB. Bigrer. Ryerson Press, Toronto, sPublishers. The Ontario hydro-electric system is now the largest generator and dis- tributor of electric energy in exist- ence and if is high time that the story of its development was given to the world. To the keen follower of public affairs, and also to those inter- ested in economic problems, the story will be of exceptional interest because it marks the success of one of the greatest publicly owned or- ganizations the world has ever seen. The plan of co-operative public own- ership was put into execution in the face of and 4g combat with the strongest opposition and rivalry that the private corporation could mastet. Now the achievements of the commis- sion challenge comparison of effici- ency or economy with any privately owned corporation of a similar'kind. mission and dts work are perfect, as the best of men and the best of or- ganizations must. make mistakes while in process of growth, But since 1903 or 1904, when the com- mission first began to take definite shape, a network of power trans- mission Mnes has been spread over Ontario, giving the best service at the least cost. The private interests have been defeated and their days are almost numbered. There can be no more monopoly of the rights to use the power from this or that stream or falls. Once, before the formation of the commission, there was an at- tempt made by a certain company to secure the sole power rights on the Canadian side of the Atlantic. This company might have succeeded in thelr project had it not been for the foresight of a Tew men who saw the future of Niagara and realized how its immense possibilities could be made a weapon in the hands of a private corporation. One of these men was Adam Beck, then mayor of London. What he has done for hydro development would fill a large-sized book. From the very start he was a fearless cham- pion of public ownership of the power plants and rights, With a* foresight which was remarkable he pictured the future of hydro power in Ontario and-set to work to do something to bring about his dream as soon as pos- sible. He has now done much to make the Hydro-Electric Commission what it is to-day and his hand guides it along the path leading to fits great future. He 4s now chairman of the commission and one of the greatest authorities on Hydro' mat- ters in the world. 1 The book is a complete history of the work accomplished, how the com- mission itself came about, the men who have been instrumental in mak- ing it a success, moves made to block it, difficulties it has overcome, and, lastly, its wonderful possibilities in the future, 3 - ; THE TRAP. By Maximilian Foster. The Ryerson Pre®s, Toronto. Here is a story in which the hero is not a handsome youth of nineteen, with countless virtues and no faults, nor is the heroine a wond: saint- lke maiden who thinks not of money nor of worldly things but is ong thou- sand miles away from the earth. Henry Lester, although not a bad | Bort after the varnish is scratehed, does not particularly enthuse the per son who meets him for the first time. Sally Raeburn, who has put mar- riage on a pecuniary basis, goes roaming the country in search eof the for her beauty. Henry Lester hap- pens to be the most desirable victim she can ensnare, but he suspects a other man, abundantly alive. she re<{ .| turn, had avenged herself upon the It cannot be claimed that the com- | man who will pay the highest price |. lays a plan to humiliate the "proud beauty," and thus the title of the book. a ' Through the activities . of many characters and the .unlimited good- ness of God, the two. are caught in the trap and live happily ever after. After repenting of the evil designs they had on each other, Lester and Sally decide to go thelr ways sep- arately, but, after considering fq, the author thinks that the reader would be better pleased to have them live happily ever after. Mrs. Steese is a "low-brow," as Mrs. Jigks would say, with very bad taste and an itching palm. She is the commander-in-chief and engineer of Sally's forces in the man-hunt. Her only worry ig lack of funds and a deserted husband who is on a woman- hunt, not for the woman, but to se- cure money with which to procure the necessary fluids for satisfying an everlasting thirst, Horace Ashe, life-long friend of Lester's father and sturdy friend of the young man himself, is the only unprejudiced spectator of the little drama and also acts occasionally as fatherly adviser. E Mrs. Dewitt is a wealthy young widow who had thrown over Lester, whom 'she Joved, for a man with more money, as she thought, As a matter of fact Lester "¢'d buy an' sell him," but she did not know that, After the gold mine spouse died she started out to capture her former lover again. Hastin is a failure gathered in by Lester from a park bench, for use in his "trap."" Hastings had been a social secretary and was fond of aping the rich, He almost became a worry to Lester. Butes is the butler at Ferncliffe, Lester's country place. He loves to have the master come there, partly out of affection for him and partly to give security to his own job. Mawsby {is Lester's valet and, as !s often the case with young million- ares, three fingers of his right hand and twenty-five per eent, of his brain, He is the silent partner ip the yarn. The story is certainly well above 'the average and worth reading if only because it is different, WANTED A MOTHER. By Clarence Hawks, 253 pages. T. C. & E. C, Jack, Ltd,, London. This book is dedicated by the au- thor "To every motherless, heart- hungry little girl in the whole®wide world." It is primarily a book for little girls, though boys and even grown-ups may read it with "plea- sure and, let us hope, gprofit. It relates the sad story of a little girl who had been placed in the orphans' Lome few days after her father and mofher had died. Sha had sn aunt, Miss Lucretia, and an uncle, Nathan. The heroine, El:anor, was the victim of spite. Her mother, the youuger sister, had taken the man that Aunt Lucretia loved. She, in sister's child by having it sent to the Ashton poor-farm. This had | nearly broken Uncle Nathan's heart; | but he was a silent, submissive man, | to whom his vixenish sister's word | was law, so after a few futile pro-| tests on his part the cruel thing had | been done. Then when the little girl was eight years old the authori- ties returned her to the home of the aunt and uncle. The hard-hearted | aunt would have none of her and demanded the uncle to return the child, The methods adopted by kind v 0 A® 7 0 (Ra) . works in England. = home with the at last finds out what her game i8 Raging at the blow to his pride. he een years and now made in Ca Always buy an unbroken aceticacidester of Balicylicacid. old 'Uncle Nathan to postpone the departure and finally to circumvent it were very amusing. After many trials, the bright and happy child gradually won the affections of the crabbed old maid, and rejoiced at last in finding some one to love and mother ber, the longing for which had gripped her heart for years. The story is beautifully told, and there are passages in it that will bring tears to the eyes of every man or woman who loves little children. Yet, running through it all, is a happy and optimistic strain that en- livens even the darkest moments in the little girl's life. 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