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written Don Quixote. as no one but al
Anslo-Saxon could have written Rob
insoE Crusoe. And yet the adventures
Of Sancho are our own.
1t is well to be proud Of our own; tc
sing the names of our great men as the
Isiaelites did the names OF their he
s,-but we must have regard e
pror ortion when we make compari
sons; we must not call purling brool
the Mississippi. or imagine that the
Amazon has less water than the Ohio
Especially now. on this Glorious
Fourth. let us claim no more than oui
right.
"The Rainbow Chasers." BY John II
Whitson. Cloth, limo. 393 pp.;
illustrated. Little Brown & Co.
Boston; $50 net.
The author OF that unusually good
first.book, barbara: A Woman of the
West has scored a success in his
second volume, which deserves all the
praise II Is receiving at the hands oil
discriminating reviewers.
It is not valetudinarlan. showing vi
rility, verye. movement In every page
and It never falls into crudities OF
coarseness. Being a novel of the
Southwest ARKANSAS. Oklahoma and
Kansas, necessarily II has a good deal
to do with persons who lack refine.
ment; they are allowed to talk after
their own fashion. and TO act as they
do act at home-In quite a lawless
reckless way.
That Mr.. Whitson knows his subject
intimately and has put It down with
artistic accuracy and effect, Is why his
novel was read three times by a mat
ter-of.fact New York critic.
With n deep, reverent love for ma
turc, he never descends TO rhapsody or
mawkish sentiment; his frequent,
quickly drawn word-pictures OF the
Arkansas woods. or the prairies OF
Kansas and the Indian Territory, re.
mind one Of James Lane Allen.
Here and there is an observation or
generallzatlon-the flower of some la.
tent experience brought to color by a
natural object which for the moment
is conspicuous. Such "indivldualities"
are perhaps what the most of us like
books for.
Internationally. may be, and quite In
his own manner. the author has used
Mr.. Aliens idea in his superstructure
and We have log hauling, rolling and
saving in harmony with a kind of bas.
SO estimate. The description of the
log hauling, and the passing OF each
log like lamb brought to the slaugh.
ter, OF Its inevitable destiny, is graph.
ic and as good as anything of the sort
by kipling. Mr.. Whitson may not
have been brought up In a sawmlll,
but he knows what they do in one and
how they do II.
10 make one comparison more
(Which we hope Is not odious), the
chapter entitled "The 'Phoby Cat
Bites Is equal to "The Chariot Race"
In Ben Hur'. II Is realistic. thrilling.
unencumbered by one superfluous
word, and gives one the impression
OF a flrst.hanl account of a personal
Perhaps 1t was. The au.
thor says in his preface that many OF
the incidents really happened, and
that he, himself, was one of the Rain.
bow Chasers"
The story opens In Arkansas near
the village of Ransoms, where a Mr..
Brewster has logging camp, and cen.
ters about Brewster's only son Dick,
pretty Christine Borg. the logger's
and the young deputy sher.
in OF the county.
Dicks father proud, rather domi.
neering man. objects to his sons at.
tentions to the Norwegian log rollers
daughter, and the dramatic scene be.
tween father and son is much stronger
than most that go on the stage. Later,
when Dick Is in prison. and his father
visits him, the readers heart sustains
strange moving for them both. Many
Of the Squaw-man's sayings in the YER.
nacular, are striking and quotable,
though his individuality peters" out
towards the last. His is the only char.
icter that is not well sustained.
After SO many diluted, historical
novels this one comes as relief, and
recommend II heartily to all who like
70 read rafting good story.
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