The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-19
First Of the EAll EIcIIon.


There il mystery and p"rpleNity in
The Window at IN" Whit. Cat. 10y Mary
Roberts Rin"hart Ctha Robhs- Merrill
Company. Indianapolis. and the reader
who opens the book IL led on 10 discover
what has happened. then why It happened
and lastly who did 4, He will H. kept
IN doubt till the end Otherwise the story
l. not a. satisfactory a. former efforts
Of tn" author There il no longer novelty
or surprise in making the detectives
astut"n"-- fail and ia" repeated intro
duCtion 81 additions 20 the puzzle 81 which
IA" reader has had no hint. though start
ling ~ first. incline him To- give up guessing
At IN" solution Where such incidents
have M direct haariug on IA" plot they
ar" irritating In" undUv black poll
tirlaus thu Eub~orviant polio" and the
plant press suggest that IN" author
wishes ~ mix up civic reform with a
. tale of IN" detection of crime. which Is
IuartistIc Tn" characters. too hav"
less ifr than "" are accustomed To- from
her Sh" retains her gift u narration,
however and mixed up as IN" story IL
II holds IN" readers attention 10 the end
II i-a -priGhtly young woman We are
introduced Co IN &. y and VI William
son N" MOfpF MANI llhihIilsNlaNs
Pag. and Company. and -h" meets with
extraordinary adventures IN rapid sue
C.s,-ion h.for,. sh., j. landed IA the g,Iisa
Of a ladv's maid on tn" front scat of an
automobile 10y the side of a gentlsmanly
chauffeur n. kindly compels his EN-
ploy.rS H. visit tn" points 81 interest IN
Provence and the south 81 France for her
beneiit and pleasure and even obtains an
interview with the poet Mistral for her ,
In" happy end - easily guessed The
miNtur" ~ description and useful in
formation with tn" incidents 81 a contIn-
u.d iir'atipn and tn. accidents 81 motor
ing Is done zkllfully Tn" reader as soon
a. m" makes up hl- mind to l.. personally
conducted will accept IN" heroln" and
keep Interested N her. though som" Of
her adventures ar" n""dl'S-ly melo- T
dramatic IN" guide book part j. done
with a ra'h"r hight hand and with much
enthusiasm tn" story part has fun and
humor.
Tn. Aftermath ~ IN" late Myrl Kelly
will h. found IN III" stories collected .
under th" tltl" New Faces 20 " Dbl Il
iingham Company In 'h"s" she had
ahan iun"d IN" description 81 Fast Side
children. which attracted notice To- her
stories and th"y will l"ay" IN" reader
IN doubt II sh" could hay" Gnn" on sue
Ce--fuly On" - IN" tales J. II Fast
SID" girls. nu' they AZ" grown up. and
r.'Ir nor they nor IA" social Wnrk"rs among
: hem ring tru" Others deal with chIl-
dr"n. hui they NJ" not 10" real children
NIyra Kelly had studied They ar" aver
AZ" stories. T." discern promise IN them
requires u memory e h"r earlier tales
In ono" pom Tune ,Scr,hu"r's
Richard Harding Davis has gathered
ug-' her ms --latest contributions 30 IA"
N" first tai" = interesting
~ d"pI"tiug ~" chang" IN man views
shich - STAY ~ th" wildS. her" tn" Congo
STATE" NAV bring about Tn" psyche
oRICaI exposition NAV i. aItohiograph-
cal. though Nh" shred - story - clearly
fiction In tVp tales Mr. payIs deals
S.th mental '"l"pa'hy; one "x"nplifi--
ia" power 80 PRAYER. tn" other
-a'h"r quantity makes III" journey across
IN" Atlantic and hack uf SIX Egyptian
buses ,."ar zap young American low" {
Ifars Trey ar" pleasant stories. hut q
luw fAr removed from Gallagher
ono. mor. Fergus Hum" has written i
. good mystery story. Tn" Peacock e e
levels" 90 " Dillingham; Company,
" ~ a conn 'll'hi'ti lsAis' iNkllblhk WIN
, murder. ~" p"rr"'rarur - which IL :
ldd"u TN ~" end. though the reader
,usIcl ouS az" kept shifting from on"
p.rson 20 another Tia. d"viC., ~ making
Ill detectives - wrong - employed
Shich iength"n- the story naedl.ssly
som" 81 m" char act"rs might Just -
sell he left osit and ~. could hav. spared
mach mushv lov" talk The story ~
good and exciting IN spit" " This
Agaln n u" \"r" Stackpola has gone
ustrav In The Pools II silence ,Duf-
held and Company h" turns his powara
4 Imagination ~ describing the horrors
4 the jungp IRE" sta" administration
iiS story becomes a pamphlet against
ha lat" King l"upuld Of Belgium and
h" methods employed IN gathering rub
I"r Those who hav" h.'rnne excited
y the British crtIsad" will enjoy the book
IN" reader will get his iill 1t S"nsatIun.
rom Tn" Hous' on S'tl'~.- bv r. n
Iazard 90 " Hlhngham Cnmpanv,
THIS C1unblr"- ia" s"arCh for criminal
" a effective and "A reporter with ~"
wicked dolngs m a tropical island 81 a
ew incarnation uf -Sh"' and her sat.l-
ties. There - action m every nag. and
Il" final volcanic explosion ~ the island
Nth all IT. inhabitants. sav" tn" princinaI
haraCt"rS comes a. "A w"lcom. relief 1,
hc excitement.
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