Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-12

man beings. The whole leaves an i'm
preston of exquisite hncness. of a
photographic film SO sensi:ized that 1t
has caught the most fecting and deli
cate effects Of light and shade.
Tho people whom Carron sees 80 by
one. ut the hotel. are all sklfully
drawn and presented so as to hcighten
the impression OF mystery. and even to
add touch of the weird Mrs. RAIDER
Is an unusual type, Il woman OF refine
nent who has with difficulty adjusted
herself to unexpected conditions of
life: the hoy George, deaf mute is
an ,lncanny creature, Il bit OF gro
tosquc. the old scholar among his
nusty books Is truly a fine portrait.
with just u hint Of Hawthorne tucked
away somewhere in his personality.
The Man on the Road is curlously in
terestlng in his logged sullcnness:
Blanche, who is first heard aud not
seeen. Is mistakenly supposed to be a
child. and retains for us something OF
II child's freshness and love of fun.
In the steps and stages of its de-
velopment this Is rare example of
workmanship. For almost half the
way tho reader is kept quite in the
dark as to Carron's purpose. All of the
talk is about 1T" and for all one
knows it may be a lost mine. per-
son or gho 3 The giving of the $40
gold coin to the Man on the Road is
most uscfully worked in later, and
With rare skill Miss Chamberlain
causes Blanche to produce 1t Innocent
ly just at the moment when the Man
has como upon her and Carron. and
cannot be confounded by the sight of 1t
and by Carron's words of exclamation.
Finally the way in which the story
moduiatcs from green gloom and mys-
terry to normal daylight. love and
Il tt.,tN, y, l,Ts Nrnt
Blanch scwing--no Amazon for all her
love of horscs-is admirable The story
as n whole is fresh and original, mark
ely genuine and sympathetic. alto
gcther most unusual, That large pub
lie which has delighted in Tho Coast
OF Chance and The Other Side Of the
Door" will not be disappointed in son
OF the Wind
THE FLYING MERCURY.
81 Eleanor NJ Ingram, author OF The
Game and the Candle. Illustrated III
colors by Edmund Frederick The
Bobbs- Merrill company, indianapolis.
Here is Il story OF which he reader can
complain that it doesn't movc fast
enough for him From the opening
scene 1t goes with the .apidity proper in
| the narrative that is largely about mo-
| tor cars. and race motors at that. TIL in
| the last chapter it ends with a race in
| which the hero, driving. breaks all rec
| ords for swiftncss and endurance. The
| lives Of all the characters are bound up
| in the automobile business, SO that the
reader hears much OF such motors, and
| m;nysyitnl affairs for hero and heroine
| have To do with tho great French fac
! tory and the machines which 1t turns
| out
| It will appear at once that Miss In
grants new story commands n public
| OF its own---a very large public. Fox
! while II is still sadly true that the
poor, they walk, be jazcs," the rich no
| longer ride in slowmovng chaiscs. but
| in speeding motor ears. And not only
the rich, but many more who choose
1 this luxury to the sacrifice of all others
| With this widespread interest in the
| motor car 1t Is natural that distinct
| tvre of story should have sprung into
hcing ana apparently to stay. at least
| until transportation by acronlanc shan
| have superseded the automobile. The
FLYING Mercury tolls a charming love
! story between II manly. clean fellow AMI
| II sweet. gentle. generous. oTcctionato
brave. capable, determined girl. All of
the characters in the story are excel
| lent every figure stands clearly be
fore the eye nf the reader. and ench
Is an Interesting representative OF the
| class to which hc belongs. Besides tho
love story VIC follow the DEVELOPMENT
oC desperate Quarrel between father
and son and witness the SAVING OF a fine
fellow from his inherited Weaknesses.
The motor races, the delightful loco
story: tho obsorbinS family troubles and
/ tho rescue of the young man who Is TIE
hcro'S cousin nrc all cScelentlN worked
nm together into a plot OF undcninh'e
appeal To the rcnder who owns a mo.
tor car the reading of this story "''l
recall aud WITTY every oHhilaratinS
moment spent In 1t. and to the reader
who does not hut who wishes he did.
1t will bring the next hest thing
doltchtru Illusion that for the time be
ing he does. And In this category II Is
safa to conjecture no sane person Is
omitted.
MIR. Edmund Frederick greatly en-
hnnccs the value md attrnct'rencss OF
the volume hv contributing eight beau
iihul illustrations in full color. These,
tho decorations mud the handsome hind-
ING make tho book peculiarly appro-
| ,,,t,{o /, g rift