The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-26

own words. ut makes no difference
whether it's chemistry or faith or q
mixture of bothis The cure Ia the
thing" It Is probable that this phase
OF the story. the source OF The Heal
er's power and fits real significance.
will be tho most discussed part OF tho
book. Mr. HerriclS feels that here he
has a real mossage-and he has phi.
into the writing of 1t all his. skill and
artistry.
"Letfers to Fatty"
By Rosaeond Napier. With drawings
by the author. George H. Doran Co..
OF New York. s1.20 not.
A book with the perpetual 10y OF
youth In tia gay. brave and alto
gether delightful record of how a
child's soul awakens to tho glory Of
the world.
The story Is told Of group of little
children who lived in an old farm
house In Somerset 1t is O book to
make one homesick for the first years
OF life, their simple pleasures which
could not be purchased, and the
glamor which spread through every
day and made all the world outside
an enchanted Kingdom. Every page
has Its own peculiar beauty. whimsi-
cal, pathetic, i.indly. The books nat
uralness is surprising: 1t brings
springtine back. 1t is as though In
stead of reading we ourselves were re-
Numbering; 1t leaves us wondering
how we have contriyed to lose that
first romance.
Hawthorne wrote 70. cifulIy of the
fountain of youth. Letters 10 Patty"
Is no fancy. II is breath out of
childhood-a whisper from the Land
of Memory.
"Find the womun.n
BY Gelett Burgess. illustrated by
Worth Brehm The Bobbs- Merrill Co..
OF indianapolis, Ind. $1.25 net.
Find che Woman" unfolds q tale of
love. adventure. mystery, robbery.
murder, stolen Jewels, mistaken iden-
tity and heroicn. Thirteen short sto-
ries are woven into one long one, and
while each short story Is 30 entirely
complete that 1t might be read with
pleasure aa unit, yet all OF them
have direct bearing on the plot.
Every one OF these short stories is
good; some OF them remarkably so.
They vary in character from profound
tragedy to bowling farce, and some OF
them are searching character studlsa,
as Tho Middle Class GIRL" Tho Ruby
Necklace" and THE Story Of Mans
field." This latter. by tho way. has
Its basis OF fact, disclosing for the
first time one OF the little human In
terest touches with which the life OF
the great actor was filled.
The action oil takes place In one
night. and one follows the hero. John
Fenton. from one end of New York
to the other. Fenton is hunting
dream girl. whose picture he has seen
and with which he has fallen in love-
He learns that her name Is Belle, and
that her last name begins with CHI
Ia m N n mi 10 ri
In the story he q given possession OF
srip-sack full OF jewels which have
been stolen, and he Is intrusted with
the mission OF returning them TO their
owners. He Is assaulted, robbed of the
Jewels, RECEIVERS them again only to
lose them, sees Belle CHI. loses sight
OF her, becomes Involved in dozen
exciting adventures. and finally. when
day is just breaking. he discovers that
the Jewels belong to Belle. whose name
is Charmion. and he goes TO her house
to restore them. Then 1t Ia learned
that John Fenton is really Bruce
Courtney. who was Kidnapped when
! baby; that the jewels were his moth
er's, who hee left them with Belle
Charmion in trust for him. Naturally
the love story is consummated. and
ono lays the book down feeling as
though the arabian Nights must be
true after all
1T is a continual whirl of action,
character after character is intro
duced. and there is never a moment
that the attention Is allowed to lag.
MIR. Burgess has not written sem
tence that could be dispensed with. he
has made his actors attractive. or at
| least vitality interesting. The fleeting
| glimpses one catches OF Belle Char
mlon as she drifts on and off the
scene are tantaliz'ng. She is like a
beautiful mirage which fades Just
when one Is about to come up with It.
Fenton is also thoroughly human,
thoroughly likable. The villains are
black enough to please the excitement
hungry, and there Is some good psy-
! chology worked Into the whole.