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ti6n of our IlJustratJd Page each
tha.t ~re no~ appearing-' firom the ~eat
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Christmal
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to UBe a por·
, in revie,nng 00;;;'. of the
attrac,ti". Gift Book.
, W. I,~ •• d hardly ~mind our rA'/~.'" that fe .. present.
it ~al!l b,,,en OUl' pl••• ure to reviewbe procUl.'ed through

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the first. by any

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and · wo al"e indohted
will 1191p to dispel
6 \COry nOw and thon
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of sentime nt towa.rdfl
, sotting of ~ovemont 8.1ld _
porfection,
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Pierro ,Mill.
(316
not .) I Aoout a. third
of this l'o,umo i s takon
up by roc.'or(l of the
coptiullum,-o r of the
caroor Of llarhD.vaux, B.
soldior ! in tha French
Colonifl.~ 1 nlf a. n try
whom
have met b&fore i'jl .. Updru- the
'rrieolour. " I. Barnavaux. a. ga.y scamp a.nd
"et a~ovable slice of
sunil)' Fraqco, has
scrvetl a wh l'Io in the
LogioJ , He ha:s been
reduc . Dn,t. ho goos
1.0 till" L egiOlI, he nOli·
chn.lllntiy t~ lI & 'us, to
proser t~Q hi., l10110Ur

publis hed a.
(Mrs, SidneJ

Panha.sard, "
Heart, " .ef.c:,
8vo, , 6/·),
young surgoon
the present.day Eugenica

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a. great deal of interost.

of ClorYJ which Mr, LlLne

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t he encouragomont.
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na.tions of "
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or reaUy

bamboos,
~ORALS FOR
or empty
chum·
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Senegalese, and at the same '
niggol"s i,1 thoi; plaoos. mnk...
boll,'-bil.,d , for the , ,saddle with t ,b!;}
filII king • soup,
eating
anyt,hing a.ud O\'erythiQg, aud drinking
absinthe." I Thore is ' a. devil.tD;o.y·oa.re
attitude about Barnavaux that compels and
holds our ndmimtion, especially if we co~
'recognise the, wide m~rnl latitude. Qxte~ded to
a soldier in I~be fllf-(hsto.nt coloflJD.l outposts.
He bo.s quite settled conviction s about f the
confined sphe re of the" nigge r " and his value
in t ho worldls affairs, and tl'ents them all with
n. national , in so uciu.llc~, half frienJi, lull!
go,·emor. But witli all wo aro pleased with
him and at times with hi s philosophy, As
for the remaindet of tho book, thare o.re ~.me
fine storios' wo ' bave been pnrticularJ.r unpressed by IiI. Millo' s eXCJ,ll'SlOUB intO an ~\ln.
trodden field of fiction. " 'rho Chinnmen 'is \
n. '\' igorous and weird yarn. M. Mille ihas, •
not without justinciltioll, boon styled tho Ripling 1)f }1"'rance. At n. time when the bond bet.weeo Brit,,} n and he r loyal ally across i the
Channel is being houely strongtb'?ned we 1wel~
come him
the ranks of thoso who please us
mightily by ,their pon. The illustro..tiods by
Helen hI~ie ca.nnot be too hi~h\y pra.isea' her Barnavaux in portraiture '1 8 the Bd l"Da.va.ux of the book to exlletitude,
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Morals for the Young,
Marcus. lilm;·
trn.tod by ~oo. !\lOITOW , 1" Wlth ' ~ foreword ~'
William J , Locke.
(2/ -' net .) ' William J.
Locko wo kllo\\-. Who was not channed with
Aristide ' nu jol ?
Gool~go Morl'ow we' In.lso
know; VOl':o' much indeed. But the forme ~ 001_
doni comes t.o us in the guise of n. juvenile
lI\o~ nl ist, and wo aro not at 0.11 cortain that, t
t hi s is fI, di,sadvantllgo. ]n n. foreword bo dis- ',
c\oSGS tho fact that ho hll.s pteasure in laying
before th~ l public a. rhymillg thoory of eduC8rt ion drnw~ up fori the instruction ,of the cwl'dren a. boy of 'nine and a girl df saven, of his
oldl friend 1Sil" 'Marcus OrdeJ'ne, 'h'o IS now
.. somewhere in ~'ra n co. II
It is clear that
\vhat. ' is one ohild's educatibnn.l mkt is
ancrther child's poison . Some of the venes
Me adroitly turned, thus:1- ,
'M,lIory had Ia. little lobster
She put in g randpa.'s bed , J
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j < The things that gra.ndpn. so.id.
r~ is questionable whether some of the V6l'888
aTf~ ill the bes,t taste or renllY su ited to the
chr'ldron .for whose edification tho book seems
to have boon writte n,
The humoUr is aplla.l·ont to the olders, hut it is certa.in that '
w~r h out some assistance it will puzzle the
mmd of seven or nine, even if it were n,j'se for
it I t.o imbibe it.
The illustrations oi Mr ,
George MOITOW are, n9' usunl, excel1ent:
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char acteristic' sketches by
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height of piB 'Career is "faood
of mn.~ing good his'· ~ugeni~
the n sk of estl":i.ngmg his
of retiring from hiB leader-

l~ is chn ~tity . He
Ims ~oou ererywliel'o
in Col~ni(\l F!ranoe, baa
Ba"nnl'nux" J and haa
soon o\·eryt.hlug, B ora
soma of lis accom·
Stoo ling

JIITOI, R~PA~R5: Promptly E~ecD~ by SkJlled
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dost l'o),ol's h y the sea. menaco,
Among the
viL:tilllt; is tbe 1'. n,ud O. liner I, Sidoni a.. ",
Aft.ol· thi8 statoly s hip hn.!I boon sen~ to, t.he· ,
uottom somo of tho pl\SlSOngors are shot by
t ho uornmnud6l' of the subma.rine, 'a, brutal
H
IUU'nOO ,P les..~'en j but a young lady is soon
s.WÂ¥H1nill& towards the dripping hull and
,tJ II h Du'nean di volJ in a.fter ber pond making
,tIL ilia-SOllie sign to Plassen oompols him to
rodcuo th&m. ' Life on board the submarine is
wf;1)l doscr-bod by Mr. Dawe. 1'he boat evontuI~Uy runs in to Ra.s Mura, ' on tho cob.st of ~
MoroCCO, a secret : plenishing baso; w hol'e ~i:
JJtOssou awaits the grea.t fleet from Kiel that is
s\vooping, the English from l tho seas l At RaJ;
l\lu m tho story dO\'olops rapidly and dramati-cully, Tho CommlUldor Plosscn, tho : torpedo
ox port Stru.lltz, who ki ss()8 roch torpedo 01"0 he :
souds it
it s doodly orr a.nd. and ~ German a~i~~~i~:~;.'~!:::;~t~r~
omi ~sa,ry named H err Busch, e ventually all c!
fn,\l victi ms ' to the charm s of the ;young lady
who hns boon r escuod from the "Sidonia,"
'rile denoue mont is woil oontlived, with the
aid of whnt MI'. 'Mica.wbor terms" turnings
up', " and tho story ends, as it should, ha.~
[lilY·
Nr. Dawe partE
YS wit.h no faltel"ing
h and
dill'holic aJ
i!>y and concoit of
t ile minip lls of'tho AI· ighest of Be rlin , and
t.ho lig111:0 of H e rr BU!loch, who a.s a. little ,boy
sllng BOI s wootly tho
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dovolopdd into a. WiJHr
b lbbin~ ."e.nd
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.Jrho Marl"""lto', Calendar, 1918. (1/6 net,)
\V:e ha.ve rooeived from Mr. John hne "The
Ma.rionette's O&l&ndAr for 1916,' 18. dainty
p~oduotion witb rhymes by Stephe~ Loooock J
and black a.nd red 'drawings by !Jiss A. :a;.
Fish., 'We believe Miss Fish has an-early set'
t.ll'e sma.rt world a'tingle by ,her oeldi Mld bnIhq-nt drawings in black and white. The'
ducti~n beforo us certo.inls is the last
word lU the vecy latest vogue 'that soasoDa thle
ar1t of tho futuri st with a. sufficiency of thS
sauce of int&lligibility. 'I'he rhymea that nhcompany Mi83 li'i, b's chic drawings a.re su~
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c~ntre." January;'1 \
P lerrot' pjerrette I Their little sta.ge is s~t r
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they bow as eyes Ilnd hearts are me ,
~ ~!:n'us, _ ns the youngOrSt year its circle spilis,
of life's comediel!l hegins.
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Something new in calendars, 'this. '

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THE 'ROYAL
CARDS.
THE 'KIN G'S CARD.l
A GI.~riD US · Chapter in Britain's History . .
Pai.nt.ed by

Dcr~ard

F . Gribble. .

\'a.liant to Revenpe,"
Dra ke's
fl ll.gghlp , in Aug U6t , 1591 , under iUi ~aJ ­

~n(l $r«at. hlllLorio.llII rciat,oo, ..
fight Lliafltil.dl sta.nds fort.h' &8 one of tho
moo splendid in the glorious annals of
t.he Br i.tu!~ 'Navy .
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, Bayeu x Tapestry,
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P ainted by :3owa.rdJ Davie.

Qucm.t MQ.tilda., do.ugbt.er of Lbe Count

ror PJ/lndc.rs and the

oo aut.iiuJ and be-

of WiUiam the Conqueror,
the 'l~a.ye\l1: Tapcst:ry, . what.
IlI&Y be c l\JJ~d a pictorial hisL9't:Y, 01" epic
of ,he r h~~d '8 exploitli. rr06 lla.rold 'a
fll,.t. landing m 'Normandy to hie ·d Dfoa.t.
at. Htultjng&, a.nd ,thcrcby itanh lUI one of
t.ho tna.ny Royal ladial who have given
t o t.hcir aub!'eat. example. of untiring ill·
dJJatrl~ a.nd nterost in needlecra.ft.
lovoo

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With 11 lllU8tra.tiolll ~,

O,T HER 'POEMS,
PhilllJija. With a.
photograv ure ~rom
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A SHAKESPEARE
A rep~ t.o Mr , J ,
"",perts,m and A!ndrew La.ng,
CroenWoOd M, p, Demy,
net,
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THE YOUNC.:
a Foreft'ord by
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(I!/-.) London in) 'far time\. B~t l tho L ohdon of wur timo in ilie lighter vein 3. back-

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Qu een Matilda ' Embroidering t he

LETTt.RS

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]aut curn mautlcr. Sir R idlll-l'd Grenville ,
wo n lasting renown by fi gllt.in!; that
fUlllo\U;; fi ght whi ch great poct4; hll\'c

With 16

ground of society Indies making mittens fUi1d
sooks and sewing sbiJ"t,ij for ~diers; some
18~ies young apd fascina:ting, some of
tMn 'summefB ancl one looking for Grace, The
for Gn,W! is,
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