The Detroit times., 1910-11-19
BOOKS
BY KARL EUGENE MURcHEV.

is considered the greatest living
| English novelist, An AFFAIR OF Dis
honor Ia written in accordance with
/ the best traditions OF English Action.
/ II is a pleasure TO follow the delight
ful STYLE even though II seems at
times to clog the story. With so many
books OF mere story available II Is
agreeable to find one that Is well-writ'
| ten as we'll
The theme of DeMorgan's story Is
not a pleasant one. II is story OF
sin and punishment worked out with
! the tragic necessity OF a Greek drama.
| Sir oliver Raydon, kills in duel,
Mauleverer, the father OF his para
mour who challenged for his daugh'
ter's honor Mauleverers last words
were oliver Raydon. | leave you to
your God and your conscience" and
these words pervade the rest OF the
| book.
Ii is the conscience that makes 1t
| impossible for Oliver 10 tell Lucinda
| OF the duel, and this same conscience
together with his growing dependence
upon the girl that puts him TO con-
slant fear that she Will find out his
deed and leave him. He uses every
| means 10 KEEP nCA III bhA
at last she finds out through ser
want who tells II In revenge for
wrong
The knowledge of her lovers crime
kills Lucinda's girlish love and trans
forms her in an hour from thought
less girl. carefree, loving beauty and
the JOY OF life, into a woman. and
with the transformation comes n
realization of her own sin.
With her departure the story is
over. When news is finally received
OF the death of divers wife from
whom he has been separated for
many years, Lucinda consents TO
marry him as a partial atonement for
the sake OF her brothers. Soon after
Sir Oliver dies from one Of the at
tacks that have come upon him fire.
quently since the fatal duel and LII.
cinda is left TO live on with her little
child
While the psychology of the story
is logical, working out step by step
70 the end. the incidents frequently
Strike one as crude and unnatural.
The result of the action is the only eff
feet that could follow. IL is the neces-
sary thing psychologically but II fire.
quently occurs 10 the reader that a
more natural and less forced method
OF producing the effect might have
been devised
An AFFAIR OF Dishonor is good
book 10 read, a book OF character
analysis that is worth studying and
best OF all a style that has the beau
ties of the masters OF English prose.
An Affair OF Dishonor is published by
Henry Holt a. Co. and is for sale al
the local book stores.
The Golden Galleon Is pretty lit
tie sketch telling OF the devotion OF
two loyable old maids to a young
scapegrace who comes to board with
them. The galleon 10 a little golden
toyship that good Aunt Miranda
comes to love as a symbol OF her az
lection for the boy who has fallen In
10 evil ways. II proves to be a part
OF the loot that the young man has
stolen in series of robberles The
shattering of her idol is a hard blow
TO the loving old woman and she can
not believe the truth when the de-
tectives come to take Willy away.
The Golden Galleon is a pleasing
story. attractively printed and illus
trated. IL is by Lucas Malet and is
published by George r. Doran e. Co.
1t may be obtained at the local book
shops.
Medical Chaos and Crime is a book
that ought to startle the public with
It's revelations OF the cost in lives and
suffering caused by ignorance, in.
competence and Carelessness In the
medical profession, even il only half
or the stories that are told in il are
true. For a long time these evils
have been discussed within the circle
OF the profession but they have never
been laid before the lay reader be-
fore.
This book is designed TO shake
+ some OF the public faith in the infal.
libility OF physicians and put the pro-
fession into frank and open relations
with their patients II is intended 10
arouse public opinion on an import
ant subject that has hitherto been
treated with Indifference.
Medical chaos and Crime is by Nor.
man Earnestly, NJ. D.. and is publish.
ed by Mitchell. Kennerley & Co.
The Baker and Taylor Co. have is
sued two more attractive volumes in
their series of Golden books for chill
dren. One tells the ever-fresh story
OF Robin Hood, the outlaw who has
delighted so many generations OF
children, and the other IN a new
selection of the ancient tales OF the
Arabian Nights.
Both volumes are edited by Clifton
Johnson and are beautifully illustrat
ed. Robin Hood and The Arabian
Nights in the Golden Books for Chill
dren series may be obtained at the
local bookshops.
Peloubet's select notes on the In
ternational Sunday school lessons
again makes it's annual appearanc G
and this time Is its thirty-seventh. II.
steady growth during the past 30
Years of continuous publication. gives
to it a quality only to be obtained ~
a gradual. constant and positive in
provements year by year
The lessons for the year 1911 ere
based upon the history Of Israel and
Judah and take up the kings aud
prophets OF that period
Select Notes. A Commentary on the
I International Sunday School lessons
by Rev f. n. Peloubet ID d., is pub.
! lished by w. A. Wilde Co, Boston
and is for sale at the local stores.
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