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FOR READING ALOUD

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a book of timely interest can come before the public a second time, long after the events which made it up-to-theminute have passed, but such is the case with the latest novel of A. M. and C. N. Williamson, whose popular romances of travel have entertained so many people. The book we refer to is "Secret History, as Revealed by Lady Peggy O'Malley," which was partly laid in El Paso during the Mexican troubles of several years ago.

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It is a pleasure to be able to announce new book by Mr. and Mrs. Williamson which will be published next month, and which we predict will be enjoyed by all lovers of a sprightly romance, by motorists, and especially by the thousands who read their earlier motor novel, "The Lightning Conductor." This book was one of the most popular of the Williamsons' early stories and in bringing their "Lightning Conductor" to America we believe they have achieved an equally interesting and instructive book. Mrs. Williamson last summer spent several months in this country gathering the material for this book. She took a motor trip over several of the eastern states studying the historical associations of all places of interest and letting the beauty of the varied scenery sink in. In writing the story, which is told in the form of letters, Molly and Jack of the earlier "Lightning Conductor" appear, but this time not as hero and heroine, as in the course of years they have become a mature married couple, deeply interested in the affairs of some younger people we hope you will meet and like in the new book.

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One of the features of the story was the discovery of the plot of certain Mexican trouble makers to raid the Texas border city. Strangely enough, the events of last March on the Mexican border are rather a close parallel to the situation woven into the Williamsons' novel.

"Secret History" is a book which we can unhesitatingly recommend to our good friends as one to be read aloud, for it is light, clean, sprightly, interesting-and, besides, it is more timely than it was when it was published a year ago. It has many little touches and asides to please the listener, and will not drive him to sleep in an effort to think over it.

We publish here an interesting picture of a gentleman who was so absorbed in the fortunes of little Lady Peggy that he could not put the book down even as he walked into the sea for his bath. He almost lost the volume in the waves before he awoke to his situation.

A BOOK ON THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN

Although very few war books have come from the Country Life Press, we feel that in Mr. Stanley Washburn's "Victory in Defeat" we have just published an important addition to the literature on the great war, and a book

which will perhaps have definite historical value as time goes on for the first-hand picture it gives of the great sweeping campaigns of the Russian armies in Galicia and Poland.

Mr.Washburn is an American war correspondent of wide experience who spent from October, 1914, to November, 1915, at the front with the Slavic forces as correspondent for the London Times. Last March he returned to Russia to follow the spring and summer campaign.

During his thirteen months with the Russian forces Mr. Washburn enjoyed unusual advantages for observation as he was with every active army but one, covered some 10,000 miles of territory from the Bukowina to the Baltic, saw many of the important battles and was the only American (with the exception of the American Military Attaché Lieut. Sherman Miles and Robert R. McCormick) to have any general access to the fighting lines. He discusses in illuminating manner the Russian leaders, the morale of the Russian troops, the Russian shortage of ammunition, and points out how far from any possible consummation was the German hope of effecting a separate peace with the Czar.

The author's experiences in Russia include a luncheon with the Czar, at the Imperial Field Headquarters, where he was decorated with the Order of St. Anne.

Mr. Washburn is a young man and fulfills in every way the popular idea of what a war correspondent should be. He "covered" the RussoJapanese war for the Chicago Daily News, operating the dispatch boat Fawan outside Port Arthur, later serving with General Nogi's army. He was decorated with the Order of the Imperial Crown. Later, recuperating from a nervous collapse in Pekin, he received a cable message from his paper saying: "Proceed Russia direct how soon can you start."

"Start 9 morning," was his reply, and against the orders of his physicians he started. for Constantinople. Russia was in the throes of the Revolution of 1906 and his object was to reach there as soon as possible. At Constantinople he chartered a small steel steamer and against the advice of all seafaring men in the Turkish capital started for Odessa. They were nearly wrecked in the Black Sea several times in the fierce winter gales, were the first ship to enter the port of Batuum on the Black Sea flying an American flag, and scored a beat on the newspapers of the world on the progress of the Revolution in Odessa.

THE LIBRARY OF WORK AND PLAY

Much is heard these days of the Gary or the Wirt system of education. In the eleven

volumes in "The Library of Work and Play" we have a series of books which in a general way carry out some of the salient principles of the Gary system-that is, the principle of making play of school work and making play instructive.

A list of the titles and the authors follows:

CARPENTRY, by Prof. Edwin W. Foster, for six years

Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y. ELECTRICITY, by Prof. John F. Woodhull, Ph. D., for more than twenty years Professor of Physical Science in Teachers' College, Columbia University. GARDENING, by Ellen Eddy Shaw, Member National Garden Association. Lecturer in New York and Massachusetts Schools. Supervisor of School Gardens and Nature Study, Botanic Garden, Brooklyn. HOME DECORATION, by Prof. Charles F. Warner, for eight years Master of the Rindge Manual Training School, Mass. Twelve years Principal of the Technical High School and Director of the Evening School of Trades, Springfield, Mass.

HOUSEKEEPING, by Elizabeth Hale Gilman. Many years of practical experience in all branches of Domestic Science.

MECHANICS, by Fred T. Hodgson, Superintendent of machine shops and construction of a Canadian railway. Editor, American Builder and Woodworker and The National Builder.

NEEDLECRAFT, by Effie Archer Archer, Needlework Editor of well-known magazines. Connected with New York Public Schools, Y. W. C. A., and Arts and Crafts Club.

OUTDOOR SPORTS, by Claude Miller, formerly connected with the editorial Staff of Country Life in America. Newspaper and magazine writer and enthusiastic sportsman.

OUTDOOR WORK, by Mary Rogers Miller, Nature Study Lecturer at Cornell. Author of The Brook Book and of many magazine articles and booklets on Nature Study and Gardening.

WORKING IN METAL, by Charles Conrad Sleffel. Wide experience in practical shop work and for twelve years Instructor in Metal Work at the Horace Mann School, Teachers' College, New York. GUIDE AND INDEX

THE COLUMBIA HIGHWAY

On June 7th the people of Multnomah County, Oregon (Portland is its metropolis), will present to the people of the United States the beautiful Columbia Highway that threads the gorge of the Columbia River through the Cascade Range. The June issue of the World's Work will describe this extraordinary gift in text and pictures.

THE LORD & TAYLOR BOOKSHOP CONDUCTED BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO. opened on April 3d at 38th Street and Fifth Avenue, New York. It is an unusual bookshop, not so good as it should be, but improving, and it will be a pleasure if our readers will visit it.