Life — September 5, 1912 — page 24: what you’re looking at

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Ll ” By J. Blinds Down. by Horace Annesley Vachell. A double bill. Being the story of a romance repeated, with significant variations, in two successive generations. Bottled Sunshine, by Mary Dale. A reformed groucher’s account of his conversion, A working partnership between a tract and a genre-study. The Drunkard, by Guy Thorne. A striking (although in- tentionally sensational) tale of drink-fostered crime. A sort of dramatized clinic of the pathology of alcoholism. In Cotton Wool. by W. B. Maxwell. The history of a young man who took too good care of himself. An interesting novel, but a trifle terrible-cxample-ish. The Labyrinth of Life, by E. A. U. Valentine. A story— with blue stockings and a high forehead—about a young American writer who lived in Paris and was low in his ‘mind. The Marriage of Captain Kettle, by C. J. Cuteliffe Hyne. A volume of variegated but rather mechanical adventures, in which a once popular hero returns, but fails to “ come back.” xt ‘CONFIDENTIAL BOOK GUIDE PE * KERFOOT The Permanent Uncte, by Dow joldring. In which a sophisticated ingenuc, an artistic temperament and a nice old gentleman take a short but eventful trip in France. _ The Principal Girl, by J.C. Snaith. An amusing skit which is not without its sound fictional merits. A satire of sorts and an entertaining story. Problems of Sex. by Professors Arthur Thompson and Patrick Geddes. A most interesting contribution to the scries of “New Tracts for the Times,” by the authors of “ The Evolution of Sex The Search Party, by G. A. Birmingham. A veracious ac- count of mysterious events at Clonmore, in Ireland. .\ story full of humor, good humor, and Irish acumen, Socialism and the Great State. Papers by H. G. Wells and twelve others dealing with various aspects of constructive socialistic thought. The Theories of Evolution. by Yves Delage and Maric Goldsmith. An extremely simple and graspable presentation of the main outlines of evolutionary speculation since Darwin. My Life in Prison, by Donald Lowri: account of twelve years in San Quentin. A remarkable vol- White Ashes, by Sidncy R. Kennedy and Alden C. Noble. ume of personal appeal and sociological interest. A fire insurance novel in which the technical intricacies of the The New History, by James Harvey Robinson. Interesting essays on historical perspective as aticcted by the discoveries and disillusionments of modern research. One of Us. by Exra Brudno. A cripple’s autobiog \ story that boasts itself as realism, but is really melodra ctured with morbidity. he Penitent, by Rene Bazin. The life-tragedy of a Breton flesh gathers all down your back. sant family compressed with characte irreducible minimum of pregnant narrative. An ex-convict’s business are made interesting and its dramatic possibilities made the most of. * The White Waterfall, by James Francis Dwyer. A. tale that is meant to make your cyes stand out with fascinated horror, while goose- istic skill into an It is not, however, guaranteed to work. The New Régime (The Medical Trust is now in full control, having vanquished all of its enemies; the scene is laid in the larg- est hospital in the United States, just outside of Washington.) EAD SURGEON: What was that disturbance outside just now? Assistant: Oh! a chap and his wi objected to being separated from their children. I ordered them back home. Heap Surcron: And the children? Assistant: Will be retained for ex- perimental purposes; fine subjects! “T thought we had enough children en hand for all purposes.” “We have, but these are exceptional ; highly nervous, and refined. I am quite sure they will bring out many fine points in that new line of inve: gation that Dr. Barrel is undertaking.” “Good; any arrests this morning?” Assistant (looking over record by telegraph from leading centers, reads) : There was an uprising of osteopaths at St. Louis. Heap Surceox: I thought those fel- lows had all been exterminated. Assistant: They have, time and again; but they are always bobbing up; but they have all been thrown in il and their property confiscated. Heap Surcron: Ha! That's good. By jove, we will exterminate every osteopath, Christian Scientist and homeopath in this country. By the way, did that government appropria- tion go through? “With a swing; fifty millions yes- terday for more hospitals. You see, we must have more experiment: Otherwise we shall be up against We have got to discover some new cperations. LOST—TEN POUNDS— FINDER NEED NOT RETURN: Heap Surcron: Precisely; practical- comicbooline ™