There is much of timely significance in Miss Gale’s new book. For example, one of the most interesting and powerful of its scenes takes place at a meeting of the Women’s Peace Congress and in the course of the action there are introduced bits of the actual speeches delivered at the most recent session of this congress. But _Heart’s Kindred_ is not merely a plea for peace; it is rather the story of the making of a man—and of the rounding out of a woman’s character, too. In the rough, unpolished, but thoroughly sincere Westerner and the attractive young woman who brings out the good in the man’s nature, Miss Gale has two as absorbing people as she has ever created. In _Heart’s Kindred_ is reflected that humanness and breadth of vision which was first found in _Friendship Village_ and _The Loves of Pelleas_ and _Etarre_ and made Miss Gale loved far and wide. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Publishers 64–66 Fifth Avenue New York ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s note: 1. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 2. Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.