The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-07

SEX HET'
| By Irene Miller. The John Lane Com
| pany, New York
A great hue and cry is raised every
now and then about the immortality of
book, and the reading world sits up
and takes notice, naturally wanting to
read such a book, because of The MOTOR
iety that is given it.
| The charge Of immortality, If such
can be raised against book like Sex
het, Is certainly far fetched since the
heroine finds the same fate awaiting her
that some Of the greatest classical he
roines of literature have also found
the fate that befalls the immoral wo-
man, like Camille. Fanny LeGrand. EN-
ma Bobary, Paula Tanquary and the
rest
HSekhet. deals with the story of a
feline Egyptian goddess whose name is
the title of the book and under whose
sway the heroine, Evarne Stornway,
seems to come for more than her share.
A love affair with ONE Maurice Ken
yon ends in. the gentleman firing of
her and setting her adrift upon the
world.
The lady becomes model and falls
In love with Mr. Godfrey Danvers. a
young ,Englishman, who. knowing moth
ing OF her eheckered past, returns her
love and offers her marriage.
The lady decides TO accept him when
a fearful scene ensues, In which she
meets Lord Marlborough Maurice Ken
yon) her erstwhile lover.
OF course things are In a terrible
mess, and the lady Is up against it,
good and hard.
Danvers Is Lord Winborough's ne
phew, and rather than have him the in
nocent victim of his ex-mistress, he
threatens to expose the whole matter.
Evarne Stornway sees with her Pc
cu1iar cleverness that something must
be done, and done Immediately, and so
she decides to murder Lord Winbor-
ough But how?
Quickly a thought comes to her He
is to have plaster cast made of his
head next day and SO she bides her
time, and rushes into the room while
the mask is upon him and removes the
quills from the nostrils and what do
you suppose happens?
1t isn't Lord Winborougn at all, but
poor Danvers-the man she is going
to marry=whom she has suffocated
The plot is very cleyer--the dexterity
with which the author has handled the
situation is reminiscent of Poe, in his
most lurid style-than which no higher
compliment could be paid to any writer
of the present day.
"Sekhet" is well worth reading-and
IL q bit Droad-aS was suggested In the
beginning. 1t is in the class of great
stories which the French, the italian,
and German writer's have immortalized
with their clever pens.
THE sAINTSBURE AFFAIR.
BY Roma Doubleday Little, Brown and
Company. New York. 81 ~ IN
THE saintsbury AM ~ Roma
Doubleday, Is one oE5tbU c1eSerest de-
.ective stories sthtt - been published
The author hasstklien 1 charming wo-
man and alctever man. and made a
thrilling romance out of their search
Imarkabie mysteries in recent fiction,
/ and the story is wonderfully we'll writ
Item And remarkably well delineated.
Lover of "hypnotism" will be partie-
ularly interested in The Saintsbury
Affair."" since this particular thing plays
a large part in the story, and one of
the cleverest points in the book is the
Identified ton of criminal by the print
of his teeth on an apple---a very unique
and original idea OF the author. which
makes a big impression on the reader.
1.-The Saintsbury Affair" is well worth
reading-in fact 1t is one of the best
mystery stories that the reading public
has been introduced to and which 1t
has appreciated, judging by the large
clientele il has secured.
THE FAITHFUL FAILURE"
By Rosamond Napier. George II. Doran
and Company. New York.
The characters of The Faithful Fail
ure' are as distinct and unusual on