The Washington herald., 1912-11-03

introduced to the reo0er A. past tusfG
and without Q wife: From the moment
Of his Introduction he attracts sttentioa,
ana the various twists and turns Of the
narrative show him In % many iights
that he ID . source Of wonder to the
reader until his actions are fully ex-
plained in the document
No less distinctive than. Courtlandt y
the ex.priss hshtsr. He ID aptly de-
scribed a. being more able to tie his
adversary in . bowknot than to tie his
own white lawn cravat. When this man
Harrigan 10 described II 10 almost always
in the terms Of the ring. in clever remind
er OF his former life. His alteration for
his beautiful and talented daughter: his
patient desire TO please his wife even
to the extent Of studying silly books on
etiquette: his willingness to go to large
parties: but shying at small intimate COM
panies: his pleasures at recalling his old
victories and his frankness In acknowl-
edging the one time he was surpassed-
all constitute IN original and attractive
figure.
There IL never . time when Mr.. Mac
Grath has to resort to forced or artificial
situations in order to stimulate interest
His entire narrative deals with thing
~ they might be In real life. and whether
Is with Nora in her prison near Versailles.
or Is an onlooker at the events that occur
ventional ball. q dinner. an afternoon tea,
he always feels an intimate touch with
what ever happens.
TIP M L.xE DOLLS oy yoNpERLASp; sS
Company. Indianapolis. Pic-. NM
Since no little girls Christmas would
be complete without one of The Live
DoIr' books, Josephine scribner Gates
mas added another to her already long
series. 1t Is called The Dolls In Won
derland. and 10 as delightful a. was
Live Dolls In Fairyland'' last year. 1t
Ii written In Mrs. Gates pleasing style.
which serves to take her little readers
directly into her confidence and to in
terest them from the first to last in the
wonderful story she is telling
In this new book the children of Clover
dale. with their live dolls, are spending
the summer at the seashore. The queen
appears and presents them with boats
In the shape OF great wooden shoes the
Holland children wear The dolls have
great run sailing In them. and funny
little Dinah. who is at first half scared
to death. finally declares that she will
| spend the summer on the water
One day the mothers leaves the dolls
playing about on the sand. The dolls
climb into the boats and fall asleep. and
| the tide carries them out to sea- Silver
Bird guides them to an island, where the
Mother Goose" folks dwell. Then they
visit the island home OF the fairy-story
lpeople-Cfnderella. Jack the Giant Killer
| the Three Bears, and all the other char
acters children know and love so we'll
Then. In tiny ice boats. they visit Jack
Frost and his frost elves In their gilt.
tering white palace.
THE LADY DOC. A STORY OF THE WEST: By
Ms:s. MSs Lscshsrd'. The J. B. Lprincott Company,
The story impresses one as sordid
There may be such women as Emma
| Harpe. ''the lady doc" holder Of a
medical milP' diploma and "out for the
stuff' all the time. but I doubt It, Al
/ least. I do not take Emma Harpe as a
type. She is simply a degenerate of the
female species. void Of either feminine
or womanly qualities and a sexual beins
| in skirts. There may be a West such n
| here pictured. not merely big and breezy
| wild and woody. but brainless. as well a.
| lawless, but We doubt II. 1t Is a hoary
and stubborn tradition which Eastern
| tenderfoots still accept as Gospel truth
| of the country west of the Mississippi
II 70 easy to assert 1t and hard TO dis
prove IL, but We venture to say that a
jury Of twelve modern. seasoned. travel
| ing men would not indorse Miss Lock
| hardts picture of the West as convinc
| ing.
The title Is slangy. It may be highes
art to produce an illusion. but the i'm
preston produced by Miss Lockhardt'.
story is that it is common in matter ant
| manner. The manner has partaken OF
the matter. and has not been improved
by the alliance.
A CRY IN THE WILDERNESS: Ry Mary z
| Waller. Little. Brown a Co Boston. pUcs
| S.S
Miss Walters new novel is marked by
the same power Of narrative. the same
sureness OF characterization. and most OF
all. the same nobility of feeling which
has made The Wood-carver of Lympus
Ia favorite with all classes of readers. II
1 is a story Of present day life and Of prob.
lens which never grow old. The actor
begins in New York City when Marcia