The Washington herald., 1913-10-05

of large caIiber and energetic and OBJ
servant travellers who have a string tied
to fiourishing publishers. The material
of this volume smacks overmuch, We
think, of that kird Of product which art
critics refer to as studio sweepings.
Though in this case the very character
OF the odds and ends OF a well written
notebook, of intimate jottings, has the
effect of closely relating the reader to the
distant scene.
Now this portrait of a savage gentle.
man goes far to domesticate one, SO to
say, in Africa:
About this time a fine figure of a man
drifted into camp. He was very smooth
skinned, very dignified, very venerable.
He was rure Swashil. though the saw
age branch of that race, and had none Of
the negro type Of countenance. In fact
so like was he in face, hair, short,
square beard, and general dignity to a
certain great-uncle of mine that 1t was
very hard to remember that he had
only small strip of cloth. that he was
cherishing as great treasure a piece Of
soap box he had salvaged from shore,
and that his skin was red-chocolate. 1
felt inclined to talk to him as an intel
lectual equal. especially as he had a
fine, resonant bass voice that in itself
lent his remarks some Importance. How
screws, showed him how they screwed in
and out, and left him happy"
In general the native of Africa i'm
pressed the author as being a fine lot
OF men. There is plenty of hunting in
the book. which is illustrated with many
photographs. 1t is the authors humaniz-
ing touch throughout, however, which It
seems TO us. gives to his book the main
attraction.
THE TERRIBLE TWINS: By Edgar Jeps0n. In
dianapolis-The BobbsMeTril Company. Price,
SIS
Each mother, father, brother. and sister
will read THE Terrible Twins with in
terest and even JOY. 1t is the story of
Violet Anastasia and Hyacinth Wolfram
Dangerfield; Erebus and the Terror, as
the folk of Little Deeping were pleased
II call them, tie irrepressible truly re-
markable and wholly unconquerabl, sis
ter and brother. By their nimble wits
and frank outlook upon the world, their
clever schemes, they add spice to the life
of all their townspeople and accomplish
everything, from establishing a record
for accuracy in stone-throwing to pro-
vidins their widowed mother with a
second loving husband, who bears their
stamp Of approval as a suitable step
father.
Inc love of these children for their
mother, their delight in the out-of-doors
their effort to protect the dignity OF
their home, to provide their mother with
= little luNuries she 50 crayed, but be-
cause OF her strained circumstances could
hope to have; their pride in their
elegant, joviI Uncle Maurice; their
thoroughly English detestation of a
"bounder;" their conviction that, though
they may keep a cats home or pOach on
their neighbOrs preserves, they may not
be Dangerfelds going into business-all
make THE Terrible Twins as delight
full a pair of youngsters as ever romped
within the covers of a book
The suit Of the heavy captain for Mrs.
Dangerfield's hand and the way It is
sidetracked by the social ambitions, when
Uncle Maurice arrives; the apple pie bed
which the twins made for the captain,
filling his dress boots with water, putting
a tight rope across the muddiCst part OF
the road leading from the inn to their
mothers house, making him a target for
stones thrown from the most unexpected
quarters, exposing him to an afternoon
tea: the children's great aunt who gives
large sums to INDECENT cats [, the dis
gust of her sensible secretary: the visit
OF the little German princess. who, under
the tutorship of the twins first learns
what fresh aiE and outdoor fun really
arc; the clever and successful effort OF
the twins to cause a neighboring gentle