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In The Depot Master CAppletonsl
some picturesque Cape Cod Worthies.
with whom Joseph C. Lincoln has made
his readers familiar. meet 10 swap yarns.
and extremely amusing yarns they are
a. usual. some Of the nATrat0rs are old
acquaintances: the new ones are worthy
o. their company The yarns are Joined
together by a slight story. which deserved
a better fate than 70 be brOken into by
continual Interruptions. but then the
casual talk u the hangers on about the
depot would have been Lost. Mr.. Lincoln
indulEea In one of ths oldest artihoes
Of story tellers. which aniedAtes the
arabian Nights. IN making a new story
begin before the first one is finished
and manages Il pretty well Ne plays
rather audaciously too on a theme be has
employed already a. leasi tWioe. Ia the
ridiculous sail of the autOinobile across
the lay. Il seems essential 10 biz tales
that the rich man Of the town should
be rascaliy His exhilarating stories
make the pleasantest q summer reading
and are especially welcome e. a time when
readable new Action is scaroe
The study Of the male american, who
eludes Mr. Henry James's analysis. a.
that writer confesseS. Il attempted by
George Randolph Chester in The Fairly
Bird the Bobhs-Msrrill Company. In
dianapolis,. Mr. ChesteT's methods and
styls are a. Tar removed a. possible from
Mr.. James, lie takes keen delight in
his hero's activity and never lettinG the
grass grow under his feet; that young
mans hustle Is only surpassed by his
business aoumsn. he seems a. helpless
in the hands of grasping capitalists. how
ever. a. most lees gifted mortals. When Il
comes 10 the girls. though, he is irresisti
ble. Though the author makes some good
points on life and the way business il done
nowadays. the story s very light and
readable. Mr.. James should read ": u
would give him new light on the America
he hes lefi hehind him.
Il il IN the spirit Of roaring farce that
Rex Bach has written Going Some
CHarpers). The story Is amusing. though
the joxe on which Il turns "a long drawn
out: il suffers possibly from The exigen-
cies Of comic stage situations. Dramatic
Justice s metsd out TO the fraudulent
athlete and his trainer. the cowboys are
true 70 all fO0lhRht traditions. every
Jack has his Jill. whether he deserves
her or not. but no tTJis sportsman will
aoproye OF the conclusion.
Some appreciation Of French character
viii be found in r. Berkeley smiths A
village of Va9abonds- doubleday. Page
and Company. Mr.. Smith by this time
seems 10 have learned what a story h.
Every one Of the sketches IN tho volume
mas point: his descriptions are artistic
and sympathstic. and be holds In check
bis tendency TO g'Iah. He shows unrayal
restraint also In the use Of French terms.
and thereby escapes the extraordinary
bnd French thai marked bis earlier books.
French acquired BY ear looks queer IN
prinf. He does not wholly make up.
however. for the defects IN his English
training. and biz readers viii meet with
some pretty strange grammar. With ail
Ia faults. however. this h by FAR the best
book that the younger Smith has turned
ont 70 far
The unusual nicoession % incidents
by which the hero is transferred from jail
INTO the story in the first few pages VII
engaRe tho readers attention 10 Tom
Gallons Dead Mans Love- OsrontanOis),
Extraordinary ~ tho subsequent adven-
lures are. they are much Of q pieoe. for
the authors invention seems Hins5c4 after
tha hsalnninz Ne trusts to breathlasl
activity and 70 critical situations for thp
excitement and throws probabiiiy end