TOLD IN A FRENCH GARDEN. By Mildred Aldrich, 266 pages. Price, $1.25, | progressing 'army. « The natural sim- plicity of the chronicle enables one better to realize the methods and the The Musson Book Co., To- terrors of the German invasion than ronto; publishers: R. Uglow & Co.,| does anything else in war literature city. When Mildred. Aldrich, a brilliant American-Frenchwoman, write "A Hilltop on the Marne" at once sprang into fame as an accomplished writer, and showed herself to be an artist to] her finger tips. Now she has given] us another delightful book. August,| 1914, finds a group of delightful people enjoying a house party in a quaint country place not far from; Paris. There are the Lawyer, the] Critic, the Youngster, the Di- vorcee, the Violindst, the Trained Nurse, the Doctor, the, Sculptor, the Journalist--all devoted | friends, and all, of course unaware of the impending crisis. The result is one of the most exquisite pieces of] literature that have grown out of the war----or, rather, around the war, for her characters all make strenuous ef- forts to avoid all discussion concern- ing the war, Therefore, they fall to telling stories. Each one tells a tale as the comnpany gathers in the garden| in the bright August twilight after| dinner. The stories are capital, and | she the discussions and bandinage that follow most enlivening and witty. Meantime, the war comes nearer and | ever nearer; a British battery Is one night planted in their garden By this time, American though they were, they had nearly all enlisted, The remainder left for Paris and home. THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE KAR- LUK. 80 far read. Through all the incidents of the flight she takes us, including her hos- pital work, done en route, amid the retreating army, for in the month that lay between the announcement of war, when her husband was called away to the colors, to that when she herself had to desert her home, Mme, Huard had spent every free hour in learning the work of a Red Cross nurse. As far as Melun went the little cavalcade fPom Chateau Villiers (her home), and there were met with the glorious news that the Germans were retreating. It is im- possible here to do more than hint at all that Mme Huard underwent dur- ing this flight and the return to the dismantled home. The desolation of that return, the sad little groups that were encountered! There was the man with seventy-two jabs from a bayonet; there were everywhere the smoking ruins of the farm¢houses, wantonly destroyed. 'And your women?" 'God knows what they did to them. My ife hasn't stopped sobbing since we met. She's dazed. | can't make her alk Those who doubt the reports of German brutality and atrocity will do well to read this straightforward story of such facts as came directly under the eyes of one American wo- man. General von Kluck established his headquarters in Mme. Huard's chateau. She can only hint at viler things than wholesale theft; all that was not regarded as profitable loot , was thrown into corners "and wilfully ! soiled and smeared in the most dis- By Capt. Robert A. Bartlett, 329 pages. Illustrated. Price, $2.50. McClelland Goodchild & Stewart, | Toronto, publishers, R. Uglow &| Co, city. When Vilhjalmar Stefansson commjssioned by the Canadian Gov-| ernment to head an exploration party | into the Canadian Arctic in the sum-| mer of 1913, he chose Capt. Bart-| lett, the intrepid Newfoundlander, to] command his flagship, the Karluk.| Bartlett, as commander of Peary's "Roosevelt," had already wen the| distinction of navigating a ship far-| ther north than ever ship was navi-| gated before. He proved this time] more than a skilful navigator; he showed himself a splendid admini-| strator, a resourceful leader when danger and death encompassed the | party, and an heroic deliverer who! was gusting and nauseating manner." Mrs. Huard says: "Useless to mention that silversjewe blankets, and h ehold as well as rsonal linen, were consid- ered trophies. of war. That to me is far more comprehensible than the fact that, our chateau being installed with all modern conveniences, these were purposely ignored, corridors and corners, satin windogw curtains, and even beds, were used for the most Ig- noble purposes. : "Everywhere were sickening traces unkenness. On 'the table ed (most of them now be- reft of thelr mattresses), stood cham- pagne bottles and half empty glasses The straw-strewn drawing room much resembled a cheap beer garden after a Saturday night's riot, and the unfor- tunate 'upright piano was rmot only decked with entpty champagne bottles, but also contained some two or three hundred pots of jam, poured down in- side--glass and all, probably just for a joke Oh, Kultur!" The boek is adorned with a num- ber of exquisite drawings by the au- tapestries, and of sodden ( beside eac crossed the frozen sea to Siberia and |thor's husband, Charles Huard, offi- thence to Alaska to bring aid to the] cial painter for the French army. sorely-tried survivors. The events narrated in Voyage of the Karluk" occurred as| the result of unforeseen conditions| which brought separation of the ship and her com-| pany from Stefansson and the rest of | the expedition, and led to a series of | perils and adventures unique in Arc- tic annals. Bartlett's task as master of the "Karluk" was destined to be a difficult and dangerous one, for the ship was frozén in the ice north of Alaska and zigzagged for months un- til, when the long Arctic night was at its darkest, she sank hundreds of miles from land. Upon her com- mander there rested the burden of providing for the immediate welfare of her company of scientists and sail- ors, getting them to a place of safety and bringing help to them from the outside world. Leading his men to Wrangell Island, he started with a young Eskimo and walked over the ice 200 miles to the Siberian coast, and then for 500 miles eastward to get a ship for Alaska. The journey took him over two months, a rip néver before accomplished by any man, and the rescue of the survivors resulted. Capt. Bartlett's splendid -work has been suitably rewarded by several geographical societies. He suffered terrible hardships. on his perilous journey for succor, a journey that] only a hardy, resourceful man could have accomplished. He pays a glow- ing tribute to the semi-civilized Si-| berian natives, and to their invariable , kindness and assistance. The de- soription of their mode of life is very interesting. 'The story, as related by Capt. Bartlett, has been edited by Ralph T. Hale, and will well repay redding. Canadians will take pride in the adventures and achievements of an Arctic expedition financed by their country and carried on under the Canadian flag. a MY HOME IN THE FIELD OF HONOUR By Frances Wilson Huard. 302 «Pages. Ii Price, $1.35. Few war books--and we have read a large number --have proved more fascinating than "My Home in the Field of Honour." Told with a sim- i "The Last| OUR LITTLE SAXON COUSIN OF LONG AGO. about the complate | By Julia Darrow Cowles. 112 Pages. lustrated. Price, G0c. The Page Co. Boston. R, Uglow & Co,, City, This is one of the popular "Little Cousin" series of books issued by the Page Co. The present volume re- lates the story of Turgar, a boy of the Anglo-Saxons in the time of Al- fred the Great. Written especially for children, it depicts in simple language the life of the people of those remote days, their struggles against the invading Danes, and their hope in Alfred, who was to deliver them from their oppressors. Boys and girls will read this story with pleasure, as it Jtraces the life and dangers and accomplishments of -an- other boy in those far-off times when the light of Christianity was first breaking over the British Isles. King Alfred has always been a her- oic, lovable figure to all children; and no less was he in his own day to Alle sturdy Sazon lads whqg served im, LEATHERFACE, By Baroness Orczy. 310 Pages. Price, $1.26. Hodder & Stough- ton, Toronto, Publishers. R. Uglow & Oo, City. » The author of "The Scarlet Pim- pernel" dedicates, quite appropriate- ly, this new book 'To Belgium and her future," inasmuch as the scene of the stirring deeds related therein is laid in that unhappy land in the long-gone days when the Prince of Orange fought lustily against the ruthless Spanish soldiery under the Brutal Duke of Alva. Then, too, as now by the Huns, Mons and Valen- ciennes and Mechlin had been laid waste, Lhe inhabitants terrorized and persecuted and their property con- fiscated. But the Belgians, under the Prince of Orange, were not the people to tamely Trbmit, Secretly they armed and drilled, and when the time came, they struck. Leather- face, the hero of the story, led them '| to victory in the place of the banish- ed prince. Through seeming sacri- suc- fice he Sinds dave und cess over his foes, It py narrative, with an Interesting histor- ical background. Theis are any closely print pages in this but the reader is néver wearied, so lively is the action and so thrilling are its parts. er in this book and in tne 2001 tions by the author, which are through its pages. The > is a valuable addition to the s on national'history and animal There are stories of Coal Bay, Outlaw Horse; Foam, a Razor- vcked Hog; Way-Ateha, the Racoon of Kildar Creek; Billy, the Dog That Made Good; -"Atalapha, a Winged Brownie; the Wild Geese of Wyndy- good, and Jinny, the Bad Monkey. | The lives and adventures of these varied animals are full of deep in-| and all told in an exception-| a »asing manner. What man or| boy who ever hunted the elusive coon | will not rejoice at Mr. Seton's de-| scription of their life in the woods! | The common bat--raised to the dig-| nity of a Brownie by the author--be- comes a thing of beauty and wonder through the instrumentality of Mr. Seton's facile pen. The race south with the swallows, the loss at sea and the reaching of a. haven, make reading that is most entiting. In fact, all the narratives are told in that masterly style which we have learned to expect from this gifted Canadian writer, | BECAUSE I AM A GERMAN. terest By H. Fernau, 154 pages. Price, $1.00. Constable & Co,, London, publishers. R. Uglow & Co., city. Like the anonymous book "J'Accuse," the present volume has been prohibited in Germany. It is written by a German in accusation and warning against his own gov- ernment, and is a well-tempered in- vestigation and analysis of the argu- ment, purposes and spirit of "J'Accuse" and of the answers to it that 'have beén published in Ger- many. He contends that the third chapter, which discusses the diplo- matic mechanism that unchained the war, shows the author as logician and jurist accusing the German Govern- ment -only because the decouments compel him to that course, Herr Furnau declares that upon its face the evidence is so damning that Ger- mans themselves ought to demand a thorough investigation of Germany's guilt and that there can be no solid base for enduring peace without such an investigation and the due punish- ment of the guilty party. CHATTERBOX. | Published by Dana Estes & Co., Bos-| ton, Mass. 412 pages. Mus- | trated. Price, $1.25. R. Uglow| & Co., city. | The annual edition of "Chatter-| box," the acknowledged king: of all] juvenile books published in the Eng-| lish langhage, is once more on the| news stands and in the book stores. It is not made up of rehashed or old material, but the stories and illustra- tions are especially written and drawn for the volume, the aim being| | | annual grows in popular favor each | year, and maintains its enviable posi- | tion as the best juvenile book pub- | lished. | This year's book is unusually at-| tractive for the boys and girls. profusely illustrated, many handsome colored plates being included. The | stories and riddles, the poems and] historical incidents are just such as will delight the youngster, improve his mind and stimulate his imagina- tion. We have seen a child take| more real enjoyment--and incident- | ally profit--out of a copy of *"'Chat- | that could be purchased for him. As| a Christmas gift to your boy or girl, or to someone else's, nothing could bring greater delight or be more] suitable. It is issued just at the time of year to fill this want, and many | of the charming illustrations and, stories are especially a te the Christmas season. If W reader is| undecided as to what present to| make to a child, just get a copy of| "Chatterbox," 'and you will be sure] to make no mistake. i WITH A FIELD AMBULANCE AT YPRES. By Capt. William Boyd. 110 Pages. Price, $1.00. The Musson Book ©o., Toronto, Publishers. R. Uglow & Co., City. 5 The author, Capt. William Boyd, professor of pathology at the Uni- versity of Manitoba, Winnipeg, has given us in this volume a narrative of facts as they happened, told in diary form with much literary power and vividness of description. As a Canadian medical officer serving with our boys in the Ypres district, he saw much active service, which he pictures with a ready pen. He tells in a graphic way of his experiences along that part of the line from St. Eloi to Ypres and Hooge, where the heroic deeds of the Canadians thrill- ed the empire and will live in his- tory. The letters in the volume were written in the kitchens of French farmhouses, in muddy dugouts and other ' unromantic places, in most cases within twenty-four hours of the things described. There are few in Canada who will not be deeply inter- ested in this intensely human record. It is one of the finest personal nar- ratives of the war from a Canadian point of view. Many beautiful illus- book. It should tind a welcome at least in every home that has sent forth a soldier to do battle In this great 'war. "oe bb isn, | mand /for it instant success and the terbox" than out of anything else" add to the value of the| to the form of an enchanting story, | such as the average bey will read with avidity and keen enjoyment There are fights with Indians and bears and wolves, there are French halfbreeds, tricky and vengeful, to contend with; there are thrilling wrecks in the rapids, there are excit- ing. hunting exploits, there are vivid descriptions of beautiful scenery, and last of all," the fine exhultation of being the first white men to cross the great plains and the greater Rock- jes and look down upon the waters of the wide Pacific. Life in those days was strenuous and dangerous, but it was highly enjoying, as the Armstrong boys found, and as every boy will acknowledge who. reads this fine boy's book. Black and White. The Elbert Hubbard style of little magazine has had numerous imita- tors, but it remained for a former Kingstonian, H, M. Nimmo, of the Detroit Saturday Night, to put forth such a magazine with a punch and personality so marked as to. com- heartiest mmendations of the cri- tical. '""BMck and White" is a five- by-seven monthly, written entirely by Mr. Nimmo, for his own gratification and pleasure. He hits straight from the shoulder, and strikes the person- al note in journalism that almost disappeared with the passing of the pamphleteers of an earlier day. There is a breadth of view, a fear- lessness to speak the truth, a point- edness of expression, and a wide range of topics, that make this little magazine vastly interesting. We like the y editor Nimmo hits out; whether he discusses the war, woman suffrage, politics or whatnot, he says the thing he means, and says it in a way that makes an impression. The Whig, which has pleasant memories of Mr, Nimmo when he was applying his apprenticed hand to journalism in Kingston, now extends congratulations on his continued suc- cess. What it Was. Harper's Weekly. The kindergarten had been study- ing the wind all week--its power, effects, etc,~--until the subject had 'been pretty well exhausted. To stimulate"interest, the kindergartner said, in her most enthusiastic man- ner: "Children, as I came to school today in the trelly car, the door opened and something came softly in and kissed me on the cheek What do you think it was?' And the children joyfully answered, "The conductor." A whole loi of us run away with the idea that it is worse to be un- kind to the dead than it is to the living. An egotist imagines he is in the best society when alone. to get the best regardless of cost, The|™ It is | noble and unselfish as our own. ships--strafing the common enemy. But there the equality ends! Canadians are living.in i no necessity; and | Comission. Is it fair? _ XMAS SAILING St. John, N.B. To "CORSICAN" 2 Dec. Liverpool "SCOTIAN" 9 Dec. Glasgow "CORINTHIAN" 13 Dec. London "SCANDINAVIAN" 16 Dec. Liverpool "Corinthian will carry Cabin Passengers only. 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It will save Belgian troops are holding the line side by side with our own gallant lads, braving equal dangers--bearing equal hard- We non-combatant d of plenty--well-fed, lacking Iging in many luxuries. The Belgian mothers and children in millions are eking out a pitiable existence on the daily ration of three slices of bread and a pint of soup supplied by the Belgian Relief ELGIUM entered this war because she would not sell her honor to an overwhelmingly powerful neighbor. Britain and Canada took up arms in defense of treaty obligations and simple justice. The Belgian motive is as N Are we justified, before the bar of common | humanity, in callously feasting ourselves while they endure near-starvation ? Tati What have YOU done to relieve them? $2.50 will feed a Belgian family « month! 'The averags Canadian family would scarcely miss this sum. You yourself could probably spare several times this much monthly-- feed several Belgian families--and be none the worse off! Will you do it? 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