Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-21
BOOK NEWS
UToMoBILE romances are no

UTOMOBILE romances are nc
~ longer the novelty they were when
4 d Williamson and Lloyd Osborne
created their first sensation. But they
have not kept the field entirely to them
selves. G. Sidney Paternoster has writ
ten several motor books, notably The
Motor Pirate" of a few seasons back His
latest effort, 1.-THE Lady of the Blue MO-
tor" is almost as fantastic and quite as
entertaining. The lady is wonderful
heroine Few in real life are so auda-
cious or so brave. She drives her car at
a suicidal pace, but never has even a
puncture The hero, Godfrey Hardinge,
Is, of course, rich, also an enthusiastic
motorist and bored to extinction with life
until he meets her. He is anything but
bored after that He scarcely finds time
to eat and sleep, for the lady" keeps him
pretty busy helping her out of the various
tangles she gets herself into The hero
usually has his car or his motor boat just
where he wants them most and they tear
across France and the English channel as
easily as though on a park boulevard
However, all comes right in the end.
though for some chapters the poor hero
inc seems to be having pretty hard
time of 1t. The villain is wiped out of the
path of the happy lovers and the lady
courage and honor are properly vindi-
Gated. 1t is one of the best late motor
stories, which seem to have lost none of
their popularity.
The Lady of the Blue Motor. BY u.
Sidney Paternoster. Boston: l.. G. Page
& Co. Los Angeles: C. C. Parker
'.Haunters of the Silences," by Charles
G. D. Roberts, author of Red Fox
"The Kindred of the Wild" ETC., is rev
collection of animal stories dealing with
those creatures rarely met with in books
the inhabitants of the great silences of
the ice-bound northland, the sunless
ocean DEPTHS, and the heights of upper
air. These are the best and strongest
stories Mr.. Roberts has ever done, and
his, word-paintirgs of these voiceless
spaces are wonderfully beautiful. His ART
is as wide as the ocean, as high as the
stars and as deep as the sea, and his SYM
pathetic treatment of the animals enuoWs
them with human interest. Doubtless the
big stick will descend heavily on writer
and illustrator, but-that's good auVer-
tising. With many decorations and Illus
trations, four of which are In lull colol'
by Charles Livingston Bull.
Haunters of the Silences. BY Charles u
D. Roberts. Boston: l.. Z. Page d 20
Los Angeles: c. c. Parker.
"The Flying Cloud" by Morley Rob
erts Is story of the sea unmatched in
present day fiction. The waters ana the
winds are gods personified. Their every
mood ana phase are described In woros OF
telling force. Mr.. Roberts glories IN the
mystery, the passion and the strength OF
the elements as did the Viking chronl-
clers He understands and loves them, ana
interprets them in word pictures whose
richness of imagery and mastery express
sions are unsurpassed.
The Flying Cloud" BY Morley Rooerts,
Roston: i. c. Page & Co. Los AngeIes:
G. G. Parker.
Every lover of a good detective story
knows and enjoys Arthur Morrison's tales
of the sleuths, especially "The Chronicles
of Martin Hewitt, Detective" which is
as standard as sherlock Holmes MI
Morrison's recent stories have renewed the
demand for this one and has led to
new and sumptuous edition now just from
the nress. No praise is needed here or
this series of tales; the mere mention
of another chance to secure 1t is enough,
The Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, De
tectiye BY Arthur Morrison. Boston: L.
q. page g. Co. Los Angeles: G. c. Parker.
Three new volumes in the standard
socialist series issued by G. H. Kerr &
90. Chicago, are SOCIALISM, Positive and
Negative by Robert Rives la Monte;
."The Right to BE Happy," by Paul La
Fargue and Capitalist and Laborer," by