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i SEL ERRRRNEl aH i ESCAPE OF A PRINCESS PAT. Pearsor McClelland, Stewart; Toronto, pub- lishers. 7 pages. Illustrated. Price, $1.40, This is the thrilling and upd ing story of one of the few surviors 3 the ginal Princess Pats, of his capture, his harrowing experiences in German camps, and of his several at- tempts at escape, crowned by his last successful oie. The story of his final break for liberty reads more like a ro- mance from the pen of a Dumas than the recital of his tfip across Ger- many 'and his final crossing of the border into neutral Holland and Lis merous reception by the Dutch, story of Sergt. Edwards' escape, as set down by the author--himsel ane of the Princess Pats--has already Been published in detail in the maga- zines. . Edwards' return to his home in To- --yonto bas also been noted in the news- papers, combined with a description of his fifteen months in the hands of the Huns. A battalion of this fa- mous regiment went into action 635 strong; it came out numbering M5, After the battle at the Ypres Salient there were only 49 survivors of this heroic Canadian regiment--and the author of this book was one of them. The story tefis of the adventures of Corp. Pearson and Sergt. Edwards in those early days when a pitiful hand- ful of Canadians barred the way of the German army, without artillery or support, and wrote a chapter in the war that will never be surpassed. Captured and imprisoned in Germany, Sergt. Edwards escaped to Holland. In these pages he tells of his com- rades in battle and his own particidar exploits in moving sentences. The author has taken his facts from three sources--the Canadian Official Rec ords, the diary of Corp, Edwards, and the spoken story of the hero of the book. He claims for it absolute a¢- curacy . The book starts with the regiment in Polygon Wood, from April 20th to May 3rd, midway be- tween the sanguinary struggles of St, Julian and Hill 60, of both of which they had been spectators. On the 5th of May the news of the lass of thejr second officer command. ing followed with the news "Galt is. back" "The charus of despair SAYS author, "became one of 'wi delight" It was the nexbylay that, in Jast standgof the Princéss Pats, almost every man having been pat out of actiof, the Germans swarmed into their trench and took ten piison- ers, one of whom was Edwards. To faintly understand the brutality of the Conan soldiers and Ponulace one 'must read the sequel. - It is a story that will grip the imagination, a story that reveals to us the bitter hatred in Germany. for all things English and Canadian, of the aepth of brutality to whigh a pation ¢an sink, and, above and beyond all. the dauntiess courage ~ which a Canadian soldier can exhibit under the most trying circumstances. This would be a good book for pa- The Man on Watch : dots not Ald. Néwman olatin ' .on the roads for his garbage wagon? : Up at Cooke' Church they have decided that most un- lucky a Outario. They have never yet been able to "What we have vel Hold - An office girt wants to know if it is correct to wear the best "glad rags" you own to work in the morn- ing. Well the University avenue girls do not. "That blamed old City Council just could not take a prolonged holiday. Here it holds two sessions within a few days. et : Ter man one who are loo orward with great anticipa- tion to the ot the oficial | | meeting pom eh CE t3381L8 3 nen cifists to read and ponder over. It Jwould be a good hook to place in the jhands of every Canadian soldier at home and abroad, in that it would show him the exact measure of his ad- versary. I it did' not fire his soul and steel his heart, if it did not kindle within his breast the Old-Testament teaching of "an ey€ for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth," then is he made of poorer stuff than the average of his kind. The indignities, the sufferings, the degradations, inflicted upon these two Canadian soldiers cry aloud to heaven for vengeance. And in doe course they will doubtless be avenged. Meanwhile, all those who are inter- ested in our soldiers abroad should read this thrilling story of the dan- gerous and difficult escape of two of our resourceful lads from the tortures of German prison camps, UMPTEEN YARNS. By George Goodchild. 150 pages. Price, 35c. The Mussen Boo Company, Toronto, publishers. To the uninitiated reader it might be mentioned that "Umpteen" is an army term for any indefinite number. And there is an indefinite number of yarns in this litle book, all readable and some of 7 them extraordinarily good The author confesses that, in compiling this volume of anecdotes, he is conscious that some of them may be already approaching the "chestnut" stage. On the other hand, there are many which are new to the majority of readers. Given the time, he states, one could pradrice a volume of huge proporticas, for hardly a day goes by but one witnesses a humor- ous incident of some kind, This Jit- tle hook reveals the happy spirit of the British Tommy under all and every circumstance, He is as guick to laugh at a good joke against him- self as against some one else. The French, says our author, cannot see the bumor of war, The German is utterly devoid of all sense of humor. The Colonial has a quick appreciation of a good joke, but he is utterly un- able to create a humorous situation, So it has remained for the Rritisher, whom we were taught never could see a joke, to write a first-class 'book of jokes. The joke seems to be on us Really: the writer of this limping re- view hasn't had an opportunity to 4 tread many of the anecdotes set forth in the pages of this book, because his children persisted in lugging it out of his den and devouring its contents, Perhaps, after all, that is the highest compliment we conld pay to this book. WAR TIME POEMS AND HEART SONGS. By Isabella B. Watson. Published 3Y on itiam Briggs, "Toronto. Price, One hesitates to deprecate such poems as those contanied in this little book just issued. for they are expres. sive of the emotions that are common to every patriotic Canadian, The sen- timents of loyalty and devotion to one's country, of gratitude and pride for the exploits ot the gallant Cana- .dians abound inthe poems. To those that enjoy the rhyming verse this book will give much pleasure, but for us there is something too stilted, too mechanical in their arrangenient. Not a metric foot is out of place, and the stresses fall with monotonous regu- larity. Theg, too, the poet does not seem to be gifted with the smooth- flowing wealth of words that issue from the truly poetic singer of verse, and nwincrous reiterations recur with tiresome frequency. But withal both the war time poems and the heart songs, in spite of their formal clothing, show a warm and kindled spirit within which must ap- peal to the average reader and bring much joy. : THE EDUCATION OF THE NEW. CANADIAN, By J. T .M. Anderson, M.A, D.Paed. Pablished by J. M. Dent! & Sons, Ltd, London and Toronto. | Price, $2.50. That the foundation stone of Can- ada's greatness must be in the pro- per education of her children is the; keynote 'of this comprehensive trea- | tise. Dr. Anderson has outlined | clearly the method to be eniployed to | have "the Stone wel! and truly laid, | and his, discussion of the disastrous | consequences that have followed the! granting of privileges to the Mennon- | ites is. among the most interesting] features of the work. More particu-| larly does he deal with the problems | arising from the great influx of immi-| grants. of diverse natienality-into the | Dominion, and he has 'been enabled | to draw freely from his practical ex' perience as inspector of schools at! Yorktown, Sask., many illustrations, | both pictorial and personal, which do! much to enliven and elucidate = the | text, 2 of In these materialistic days it is thought by many that we may well feel apprehension for the coming gen- erations, and Dr. Anderson's work will be relished by them. No prob- lem demands more sane and balanced judgment than that of educating the children in such a way that the may be 'the more easily assimilated in a natiotial life which we pray may be truly 'tified and uplifted. Dr. An. derson has neglected no aspect of this momentous question, ind his book is a 'complete analysis of the education- al complexities that have arisen in the Canadian west. He reviews the na- tional characteristics of $e different peoples that have settled on the prai- ries, and he discusses fully the educa- tional needs of the various provinces. As a constructive discussion of the educational reablem this book will rank high, ind Dr. Anderson has performed distinctly national ser- vice in bringing the important matter before the public 'at such a time as this. when the problems of the re- constriction and development era are i | | { | {Country not be given the Royal Red Cross? i " The late Chancellor Douglas was back of Prineipal Grant in making Queen's a national univergity. He was a man of vision, ¥ The more "silent policemen' the Board of Works places on the street corners the fewer fines the city treas- ury will get. So there you are, * Surprise was expressed at the scrappy nature of a baseball game on the cricket field the other day. How could the game be otherwise when an Irish team was in it? if the Government wants the un- dertakers to tender on the burial of dead soldiers, why not the doc- tors and dentists to tender on treat- ing the living ones? "Those who came to scoff remain- mained to pray." Thess words came to mind when the Lampman heard that the City Council had agreed to vote $13,000 to improve the sani- tary conditions of certain schools. Most of the aldermen went to the ' + throttle the Boars re- quest, but when they heard !%: in- spirin 2] addresses of the eéducation- ists oy boame as, enthusiastic as people at a missionary A i the as strong box : + already receiving a share of attention. ~ ns | ETERS 0 OO | The Bankrupety Act. Belleville; June 27.-~(To the Edi- tor): It seems somewhat significant that this Bankruptcy Act now before Parliament should be presented at a time when the attention of the people is centred and engrossed in the vital interests of the war so that this act niay thus pass into law without the knowledge of the gene- tai publie, who have known of its bad effects tn the past,'ind the evil results of its operation, and are thus utterly opposed to its renewal. y It is now many years since an in- solvency law was in force during the time it was in operation bankruptey was rampant throughout the coun- try, in cities, towns and everywhere. On its repeal a mark- ty took place, and trade assumed a juster and safer basis and proceed- ed steadily ever since. Since that time applications have been repeat- ©. act nh rama Bg - act, ve always Te- jected, as wag the case in 1894. If the bill now before the House is to become law, the country will un- doubtedly a renewal of for: |. --THE TOWN WATCHMAN. BABY'S BATTLES LLB. || of the debtor in case of insolvency. ~ PROCLAMATION! July 1st 1918 Be it known unto all ye loyal subjects of the King that Monday, July 1st, will be a red letter day in the history of Kingston. The Great War Veterans go "over the top" with one of the best programmes ever put on here, but their performance does not start till 1 p.m., which leaves the morning free to visit Sos "DOVERCOURT" The ideal location for that new home you are going to build. One block north of Princess street, by way of i Victoria street. * We will have representatives on the ground and at our office all July 1st mdrning, to give you all possible infor- mation. get in while the going is good. J.K. Carroll These lots are selling fast at $150 to $225. So Loyally yours, ely, - 56 Brock Street he ting a pro rata division of the asset Even without an insolvency law there Is nothing more demoralizing in trade than the manner in which credit is dispensed, the root of the evil is here. This is really the oc- casion of more than half of 'the fail- ures in business. While the dis- p s of credit are chiefly re- sponsible for any loss they may bring on themselves, for Parliament by special legislatign to enact'a sys- | tem of assurance to relieve them of their responsibilities and so aid them indirectly, inflicting injustices on many others by a reckless haste to increase their wealth by Inconsider- ate use of 'capital is vicious in prin- ciple. Wealth has power from which we do not seek to detract, but it Is altogether another thing tb make laws to give more power than it which undoubt- od change for the better immediate- | surfer loss. 1 L WHEAT SEED x N view of the partial failure of the Fall wheat crop in this Province this year it will be neces- for farmers to make early arrangements for