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ish Whig PAGES 45-52 YEAK 86: NO. of¢ KINGSTON, ONTARIO, SATURDAY, RA "Go, Little Books." A preface Lo a first book of poems. little book. the world is wide, There's room and verge enough for thee; ' For thou hast learned that only pride Lacketh for opportunity, Which comes unbid to modesty. (30, win thy way with gentleness; I send thee forth, my first-born child, Quite, quite alone, to face the stress Of tickle skies and pathways wild, Where few can keep them undefiled. (io; Thou eamest from a poet's heart, A warm, still home, and full of rest; Far from the pleasant eyes thou art Of those who know and love thee best, And by whose hearthstones thou wert blest THT "™ [of the causes, incidents and results that bas ever i of the Russian revolution, He tells fin plain, unvarnished language the story of the last days of the mon- archy, and of the deluge of Bol- shevism in a manner which carries weight, There are few_books which better give proof of the value of demo- cracy than this one, not because™if deals with democratic principles, but because it exposes the weakness- es of autocratic government. One of the fascinating things about it is the way In which the most trivial affairs become the direct source of a tragic aftermath. A study of this volume throws a flood of light on the diplomatic moves of Europe during the past decade, and enables the reader to analyse clearly the forces which brought chaos upon the world, -------- p---- "OUT oF mn HE SILENCE," By Mary E. "Waller. Goodchild & Stewart, MeCleNand, Toronto, James Russell Lowell. "a MONARCHY. Eugene de Schelking. 327 Price, $200. The Mec Company, Toronto, pub- ' SUKCIDE OF ft begins with a viewing the reign Alexander II. ag a necessary tintro- duction. It shows how after his death Emperor William of Germany became the dominant figure around which the whirlpool of diplomatic intrigue swept. It contains per- sonal impressions of the ex-kaiser wliich are remarkable in othe light of subsequent events His sum- ming up of the character, JO! Wik helm is as follows: § "It is necessary to strip Wilhelm I. of this position amd power and regard him merely as a man, to real- 2uhis faults and weaknesses; be- fore" it is possible to paint a true portrait of the who set the world ablaze. Above all traits in his character impulsiveness is the mest apparent. He suffers from it to such an extent that it is a malady. Like all Prus- sians, the emperor at heart is cruel ~--one has only to remember his ad- dress to the troops which were sent to China. His personal orders were 'Give no quarter.' This is indeed a true pen-picture of the beast of Rorkin! > ty /Phe: author then @8hls with the diplomatic » and political complica- tions if' Russia and the Balkans, finishing with a clear-cut cut analysis short chapter over Russia re- By pages, Millan Tishers, This book, one of markable documents dehling | with the European chaos, after being held up by the censor for nearly a "year, has at last been published, Its contents are explained by the sub- title, "Recollections of a Diplomat.' The author, Eugene de Schelking, was formerly \a promigent member of the Russian_ diplomaglic comps, who escaped {rh the Bolsheviki af- ter the revolution, and landed In Canada via Siberia. » On reaching | this country, he was at first refused entrance as 'an enemy alien. As a guarantee of his good faith, he of- fered the manuscript of ithis book, and it contained such extraordinary revelations of the secret diplomacy of Europe that It was sent to the censor at Ottawa, The author. is a man who must be feared by every government in Burope, for he has tremendous experience and know- lodgo-of- state allnire in overy coun try over there * His book is one of the most gre resting and rs exposures of Ge ever Published. the most re man J of publishers, #54 pages, $1.50. { "Out of the Silences" reminded the reviewer very much of that old book entitled "The Silent Places," by Stewart White. The new one, however, has overcome to a con- siderable degree the dreariness of the white plains of the old by add- ing a very human touch to the story even when the bléek snow covered mountains are described. The. story is built around an American boy, "iBob" Collamore, who is brought up in intimate touch with the Cree Indian tribes, and with that start in life goes out into the world and becomes an expert in the pulp field, Tn his wanderings he carries with him the inspiration thought by the old (Indian medicine man and from his boyhood until he gives up his life for 'his country as a soldier in the (Canadian Expeditionary Force in [Flanders that inspiration proves lof deep and lasting benefit. The story starts with. an intro- duction that is almost tragic, in which "Bob" ig the little boy in a party of two men and a boy who have been caught on the plains dur- Ing a particularly bad biizzard. His father dies in trying fo rescue them, and the tad is raised by "the saddle- maker. ihe husband of a halts hread nl x. : "Bobs Da a. His introduc- tion to 'the [girl" is touching, and the renewing of that friendship Price, i TT ese are the - Books for Carefully selected from those books most highly reviewed by the book review= 4 ers in the NY. Times, Chicago Daily News and the Montreal Star, the three leading ook reviewers in America. AT THE COLLEGE BOOK STORE . THE ISLAND MYSTERY RUPERT BROOKE, A Memoir "a ONE. MONEY NG E OF AN U KNOWN SOLDIER SHERIFF'S SON AMAZING INTERLUDE - @ FIGHTER - OF THE AIR ... Y MAKER OF CIRCUMSTANCES of ig Mystory of the D Death of Low Ritchaner) joey, --By Mrs. aA, aweaa Xmas By G. A. Birmi -- -By Edward flan --By Eleanor H. Porter -- ..By Harry Lauder - Wm. McLeod Raine" ary Roberts Rinehart -Elizabeth Robbins ..Lt. E. M. Roberts - Bennett A. Molter -By Irving R. Allen y Marjorie Benton Cooke By Richard Dehan -By Owen Johnson By Marie Correlli By Rex Beach By. Harriet Comstock' creirteeeoB Wm. J. Locke om Masson --By Maurice asterimo --By Zane Grey M. Dell By Gene . C. ..F. A. Mackenzie LT C00 years afterwards Is ome of the best parts of the book. To these who love the open country it will remain as a book to be remembered. "WAR POEMS, Smith, Cornwall, On- Me By Lyman (. tario. For private | The British Whig Company, Kingston, It 'has been the good fortune of the Whig [Publishing Company to produce what is withoul doubt one 03 or the finest selections of war poetry been written. The jauthor is a mative of Corawall, On- 'tario, and he shows poetical ability far beyond the average. s 'work, as shown by the samples in this book, ranks with the ery best poetry. It has a height of poetic expression that has seldom been equalled and very seldom exceeded. We look for a brilliant career in the world of letters for this new young poet. i This small book, which is pro- duced in very fine style, with @ most original design, is made up of one long poem entitled "The Kaiser Abdicates," and 'two shorter ones, entitled "The Kaiser" and "Why Were Ye Silent?" '"The Kaiser" recently appeared in the columng of the Whig, and was the subject of much favorable comment at that time. '|The long poem shows 'the kaiser taking a jretraspectives view: of his own life, revealing how from birth he was reared to play the part he has played in the world's history. It is well worth reading, "Why Were Ye Silent?" is a chal- lenge flung at 'the Gemman favy on the day of their surrender, 'when the men of the British navy silently watched the humiliation of the Huns. It jis 'well worthy fof repro- duction there. "Grey watchdogs of the task id done, Through glooms of night and winter tempest wild, pathless waters. have coursed To hunt the lurking demons of the deep, Or dare from safe retreat leviathans, Ye guarded well our little island home; No foeman's foot profaned; Ye kept secuyge dominion waves That torn and trampled might be free, And Right and Justice never from earth. ) i sea, your O'er tireless ye iH her borders have of the nations fail Through morning 'mists or dim No- vember 'dawn, ' Your two long lines of grim ghostly forms, Extending ito the far horizon's verge, Silent and ready, waited for the 'word and That, on a sign of treachery. would re Eu og rom | tnoy= |= sand throats Of steel, upon 'the monsters of the eep, Huge, cowed, submissive, 'moving to their doom, Your crowded decks were silent. Not a sound. mock. No cheers of. triumph. Why should men That bravely fought, yet kept their souls unstained, ' Stoop to a triumph over captured fiends, heartless murdered (helpless, wounded 'men, Sisters of mercy, eyed maids, And sweet-lipped babies; and laughed to see Them vainly battling with engulfing waves-- Yea, boasted of their deeds nor were ashamed ? Men do not cheer when they have trapped a wolf Whose fangs are red and 'dripping still with ®lood." This is only one example of the artistry of this new poet, and the Whig indeed finds pleasure in being selected as the publishers of his splendid book of poetry, No That matrons, Wright- or leered WAR TIME RECIPES, -- By Mary Elizabeth. McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart, dtd, To- ronto, publishers. 164 pages. Price, $1.25, The reviewer comes across litera- ire of almost every conceivable kind, on matters ranging from aero- planes To recipes. This bopk is one cf the latter, but from the point of its being practical it is in a Sins by t The author is a master contec tioner and caterer, and few months ago turned his antes for cooking 'into a patriotic chammel by inventicg real "food administra- tion" means. In the recipes she has kept in 'mind the value of wheat, sugar and meat to the Allies, end in an intelligent way has pro- duced over 100 recipes that practical and inexpensive. There has been a great call for a book of -this nature. Most of the Tecipes Jublished hitherto were un- su r IMT. Average and his fam- ily. [These are "h ** dishes od DECEMBER 14, M18. cical language of the Huns' prepara- tions for the war, and of the actual incidents of the war The mst in- teresting part of the story, however, is the war in which Kan-uk the Kute tells of the German propagan- da work in Canada and the United States, and then later of the work done in this country in the making satire on the manner in which the Americans acted before they entered | submarine campaign. face appears to be simply a humor- ous story, intended entirely to amuse, | tive. the desire to show fully the great efferts of Canada; to show just how diabolical the Germans aims sidious German agencies in this country. Its quaint style makes it interesting, and the writer teaches many lessons, even without the read- er noticing this until he has finished what it contains. A LITTLE WORD PICTU RE, By Lieut, Stanley Rutledge, in his book, "Pen Pictures From the Trenches." "Away over the hills the guns are roaring. Sometimes dt happens that one or two batteries only will be firing, but it becomes contagious Another battery will, join jn, then another and soon the earth shaking dfirts of fire, soon works, into a mighty crescendo, the whole front is justifying the term 'Hippodrome of Hell." Oh, yes, men are out there, they groyel in shell holes, the strong helffing the weak td withstand the bombard- ment, and to prepare for the coun- ter-attack. The egotistical and in- significant seem 'alike in the midst of this terrifying grandeur Still every man is needed. I think. we will yet have to gird our loins a lit- tle tighter--we will yet have to sacrifice. "England has not drawn the blinds," says Lloyd George, We all believe that. 'But of France--she ig magnifi- cent, * Mhere we join up with 'her lines the bombardment never geeins to let mp. These Frenchmen must be the supermen. Beautiful, polish- ed, expressive France. They called you unstable. Surely they lied? "Fresh from the trenches and gray with grime, Silent they march like a panto- mime; But 'what need of musie?--their hearts beat time. Vive la France." P.8.---The poem not the author's, but tacked on. the .pianissimo and! TYNE MAK OTHER POEMS. By Owen E. McGillicuddy, wih an in- troduction by Joseph T. Clark, of the Editorial Staff of the Toronto Daily Star.. Frederick D. Good- child, publisher, Toronto. 48 AND. pages. | The predominating feattireé of this dainty little sheaf of verse is the genuine poetic spirit with which the author is endowed. Whether hie be singing the praises of martial heroes of the joys of homely comfort, ere is a refined sense of feeling manifest. His songs may swell with the boasts of achievement by valiant men or they may be lightened by simple, delicate touches of pride in the happiness in humble homes. But always there is an appealing element in the poems which, after all, we conceive as the purpose of true verse --as the mark of the really gifted poet. Contrast the stirring tribute to the Italian warriors in the first stanza of "The Sons of Caesar Serve" | with the sweet homeliness of the two. stanzas of "Comfort." We are the sons of Caesar, The sons of a nobler Rome; We fight to conquer Freedom's foe, We strive that all the world may know The blood of Caesar Still doth flow Through veins of those who joyful go To strike a strong and mighty blow-- | The sons of Caesar serve. . Comfort. There are four things-- And each one brings A pleasure more than any king's, With thoughts both eet tender-- and -~ A fire to poke, A pipe to smoke, A little curly head to stroke, And four feet on a fender. The contrast in th two speci- mens merely indicates the ability of the poet. The whole collection must be read to appreciate his versa- tility, There is something really impressionistic about the latter piece, which is delightful and typi- cal of several of the . delightful snatches in the collected work of Mr. MeGillicuddy. pe . JOSSELYN'S WIFE. 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