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rare antiques, oyerhanging a dusty flower netted old courtyard is as laby-
 rinthian and banfling as any Sherlock Holmes was set to unravel. While the Interest Is as intense and thrilling and hair raising as that of any detective tale, the love story that accompanies il | step by step is as fresh. sweet, allur-
 ing as the scent of new mown hay and
 crushed wild flowers on dew wet MT. Dickson has. already gained a wide reputation with his Black Wolf's
 Breed" and his later Roanoke" "The , Duke. of Devil-May-Care' will add largely to his laurels.
 An American in New Y0rk-A Novel of Today. By Opie Read.
 The author has caught the spirit of this great city in a surprisingly true en thread of romance, love and ad- venture that at once creates an inter- est which increases until the reader reaches the popular climax. Unlike
 any previous production of fiction in plot. style and treatment. the book will probably add to MT. Reads num-
 Der of readers
 "Mereifnl Unto Me, a. Sinner" by
 Elinor Dawson, is so engaging story that 1t does not seem to have been
 written for the noblest of aims. But
 1t Is. There are stories for men. for
 boys and for women. but this is sto-
 ry for life. for the girl in short dress
 a woman forth to become the compan,
 ion of his journey toward the final
 mystery of all mysteries.
 There have been many stories of
 young girls that came to the city.
 Many of them were tempted and fell.
 About them there Is naught save a
 soiled leaf torn from the book of life.
 But Mi Elinor Dawson's history.
 "MercifuI Unto Me. Sinner is not
 only a leaf. it is vivid picture, drawn
 with soft and delicate pencil. It tells
 her own story, she says; 1t shows the
 very beatings of her heart. Strong enough to overcome what are known as the ordinary temptations-the glare and sensuous music of a great city she is beset by a temptation much harder to shake off because it has the
 moral sanction of the law-not temp tation. but a resolve to sell herself to very song that was sung to her at the cradle side. The very first lesson that her mother taught her was one of van ity. Into her mind was instilled the when acquired, when hugged close. does, of its own virtue, wipe out the stain of its acquisition. Against this principle the girl struggles. flees from home to escape a distasteful marriage. goes to Chicago. not to struggle with poverty, but to renew the fight against that same cradle song, that one aim Of her mothers, that she should marry for money. She loves, deeply, as only a passionate heart can love. but there And there. too. stands the a rich man. But the cra- dle song wins, money and position tri- umph. She realizes, of course, that she her heart that she is not better than other women who have sold them selves. But she is resolved to abide by the contract. to be true-and until almost forced out of her resolve. she Is true.
 The manner of her fall is as vivid and as vibrant with life as a cinomet- ographic picture. But she Is saved, not only from moral but from physi- By sent 9ne od force. but one recognized as new-by Christian Science. The book, there fore, Is a Christian Science novel, ev- jdently for the most part real record: told in the manner of real artist and thrilled with genuine power. In the critical situations 1t is delicate, but and in the "cure" 1t Is one of the most intense poems that has ap- peared for many a day. It Is cry from a soul.
 La Zada Tales. By W. A Fraser The best nature book of the season. MT. Fraser could almost endow with sympathy-e exciting interest bump on a log, or present a knot on tree with some of the attributes of humanity. He has the knack of storytelling and his readers are as much compelled to fol- low him right along as railroad travel CTS are to be up with the timetable.
 The readers interest is sure to be right there when the young cub, Black made his first stalk up to the tiny white tents of the herders un- der the small white moon shining over the white valleys. The interest of the