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Bodv of Woman Hypothecated by English Husband Heroine of "‘His Mortgaged Vi ife" Solves Problem by Means Which Lcml Verve and Zest to Story. firs mortgaged m ire." by Bonne .Melbuurnp Busch Oorrance. Philadrl phim. -■’Edward.’’ asked Grace with a. iragdc look on her face, ‘ has our espei lento been the obvious ;hing because we were left alone in u house? Don’t tell me the man to whom l have been a wife foresaw the course of events. 1 thought your love and mine was sancti fied. but now it seems degraded.’’ These are the wolds of the woman in the triangle, whose body wras mort gaged by her English husband, who loved an American, but was penniless und in doubt; with an inner triangle of money, duty and desire. She arrives at a solution to her problems—different from the usual run of sex novel. Juteresung, light ami snappy ,s "His Mortgaged Wife." First Woman Press Agent W rites Slor\ on Sirk Beil "fttOHT OFF THE CHEST,'* by Nellie He veil. tieorge it. Doran company. New York. This is tin* thrilling and true story of Nellie Revell, newspaper woman and daughter of a publisher, which she wrote while she lay helpless in her bed. The introduction is written by Irvin S. Cobb. Illustrations are by Rube Goldberg. James Montgomery Flagg. Grace G. Drayton. J. W. Me Gurk. W. E. Hill, Clare Briggs, Tony Sarg. T. A. Dorgan. Thornton Fisher, Ed Hughes and other artists of na tlonal fame. It is I he story of Nellie Revell, her self, the first woman press agent, and her work in the literary field. s Tributes to the author have been written by Calvin Coolidge, George M. Cohan. David Belaseo, Will Rogers, Fannie Hurst and others whose names ace familiar in the pub lishing business. Women of Bible Made Characters in Modern Child Student and Teacher of Scrip tures Elaborates on Lives of Women of Bibli cal Times. "WOMEN OF THE BIBLE.' by Annie Russell Marble. The Century company, New York. Lives of the' women of the Bible— Miriam, Deborah, Esther and Judith; Jezebel, Athaliah, Delilah and Hero dias—are related in popular and ap pealing fashion by the author in this book, which is the result of many years of Bible study and teaching. Theft? characters, of both the old and new testaments, are treated not ns heroines or martyrs, hut just wom en who helped to mould the ideals of the present day. The author’s style is easy. She handles her characters with realism, tinged with romanticism, bringing them home to the modern day reader Forced Marriage Story Different J “The Sable Cloud"’ Presents Old Problem in Unique Manner. 'THE SABLE (y,l>UP." by Harriet V Ortgen. The Penn Publishing company, Philadelphia. Louisa Lea's father fails in busi tb ness. He seeks to protect himelf by forc ing her to marry a man she docs not love. The story reveals her character v.Tth “the sable cloud of this com pulsory marriage'' hanging over her. Another girl Intervenes. Louisa is saved and she is granted the happi new that she desires. The subject of compulsory mar riages in these modern days is hard ly unfamiliar to the reader of fic tion. but in this book, the author pre sents the problem a bit differently and with entertaining effect. with more elaboration than is given them in the Bible. Armor Against Blows of Fate Work of Famous Writers So Characterized by Paul Jor dan Smith in Essays. “ON STRANGE AI-.TARS.” by Paul Jor dan Smith. Albert & Charles Bold. New York city. * ^yr ERE is a group of essays,” I—I says the author, “having no other use than to express one man's reaction to certain things that he has conceived to Vie beautiful, to certain writers who have given to him not only deep spiritual satisfac tion, but a kind of armor against the blows of fate." "A course of reading in Anatole France,” he states in his chapter on that writer, “would In itself be an ex cellent conclusion to college—perhaps a good substitute.” "Oscar Wilde lias given to the world the fragrant memory of a beautiful and generous personality,” he states further on, and "Mark Twain was a robust soul, jocund, Rabelaisian and clean.” lie also offere appreciations of James Branch Cabell. Ambrose Bierce. Casanova, Thomas Hardy, rtabelaie, Samuel Butler, Valter 1'ater and Havelock Ellis. Bird Writes of His Psychic Adventures •JIY PSYCHIC ADVENTURES," by J. Mai- nlm Bird. Scientific American Publishing company. New York. The problem of psychic research is dealt with in this book by Mr. Bird, who i« the associate editor of the Scientific American. He discusses the subjective phe nomena and the hypothesis of telelp athy: physical mediums and physi cal phenomena: the Scientific Ameri can and psychic research: mediums and other folk of psychic note; his first seance and various sittings with notable mediums and clairvoyants. .The book Is not technical and the subject is so bandied as to be readily read by a layman, but it has not the force to convince one who denies he is a skeptic, but who admits lie has doubts. Q The book is illustrated with a*"psy chic photograph" of Mr. Bird. Father Love Is Painted in Book. The Love Child9 Stun of Life of Immigrant Family Feelingly Told by Bertha Pearl Moore. "THE LOVES CHILD.” by Bertha Tear! Moore. Thomas Seltzer, New York, Yekel was an old world, unprac tical. poetic man, baffled and made dumb by the nonunderstanding of his family. Annie was the one of Yekel'* daugh ters, w ho was kin to him in spirit. Their efforts to break through the long reticence of misunderstanding and express their love form the Ijasi-s for this novel of an Immigrant fam ily . An excellent book for the student of immigration problems to read is ' The Love Child.” for Mrs. Moore has painted the trial and tribulations of such a family with unerring shill and In entertaining fashion. Iftr fhwt book, "Sarah and Her Daughter." was a story of mother love; this a. story of father love. A Tale~of T Fair Harvard "111(111 m jtm.IX," by Joseph Hu« I I,»nd Houghton, Mifflin company Cambridge. . HE had everything his own way. And then he went to Harvard. He accepted things’as hia birth right and heritage. But at Har vard one must earn what one re celves. And he was “kicked out.” Stung to the quick, his trie, character, until then hidden by the silly veneer of so-called eociet; came to the fore. He went "out on his own." got a job in th« mines, made good and came back to win the girl he loved. Further difficulties. 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