The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04
.erhe Port of Adventure"

BY C. n. and a. NJ Williamson.
Doubleday. Page 4 COMPANY. of Gar
den City, y. Y. si.S5 net.
California. the romantic. the part
where the Jesuit Fathers Settled and
built their missions--the Los Angeles
and Santa Barbara country--makes an
admirable Port OF Adventure" from
which many happenings. tragic and
comic, have here their beginning and
their elimination.
c. y. and y. NJ. Williamson have
long been recognized as most ingeni-
GUS and original writer's as far as plot
and relation are concerned. In the
presem: instance. there Is a Young t."
ian princess, returning 10 her native
land after an unhappy separation from
her husband. She is twentythree
years old, an orphan. and except for
an Irish maid, quite alone on this side
of the Atlantic Ocean. Landing in
New York under an assumed name,
and on her way 20 California, she
makes the acquaintance OF young
man, a resident of that State who
has just como East for the first time
in years.
But being given to impulse. The man
falls violentlAt III love with the priu
cess. icvorses his plans, takes the
same route which she selects in go
ing West. is introduced by mutual
friends and recommended as a man
above ali others qualified TO show
points of interest in California to u
person seeking information about
Same. The matter ends by tho prin-
cess accepting the man as guide,
a nd thus from Los Angeles in the
South TO san Francisco in the North,
California becomes n Port or Advcn-
ture' for seeing Santa Carolina Is
land, called Corsica in miniature: san
Gabriere Mission and the vast plains
of the orange country swept by Cali
fornia poppics as if they had been Il
yellow flame. Through the pct.icoat-
ed plains OF Riverside. its Expresses
and rosc-covered bungalows and past
inc Mission Inn the reader accompa-
MES the princess and her guide. and is
vastly entertained in the going
The princess drops her title before
coming TO America, Consequently,
her guide knows her only as Mis-. May.
and believes her to be "A widow. out
OF this most natural mistake grows
a number OF complications. Then there
is Mrs Gaynor. the owner OF a
beautiful California ranch hand
some, unschupUlous woman infatuated
with Nickson billiard. who has been
her ranch foreman, and who has be-
come the guide of the princess from
vie l Vi vi
Mrs. Gaynor's jealousy and ner at
tempts to remove the princess from
her path supply dramatic climaxes
and thrilling situations. Hut the prin-
cess wins through. Her aim OF maxi
ing California her home is realized. ana
so are the hopes OF the guide, who be-
comes her guide for life
G. \. and y. NJ. Williamson are rec
oSnized masters Of the romantic ana
ting for Tho Port OF Adventure
acknowledgements it especially en-
joyablc and Instructive.
The UnforEivInE Oneudcr."
BY John Reed Scott. j. Il. Iippin
colt Company, Of Philadelphia, Pa.
sl.25 net
There arc many people who remark
with a somewhat superior air Il never
read novels. I haven't time" Other
people who do read rovels from in
ciination or with purpose, realize
-ust what such IN expression OF scnti-
mcnt conveys. for much of the world $
knowledge and philosophy como TO the
surface in the pages OF fiction.
More especially is the worlds social
code reflected through the pictures
drawn by the ren OF the novelist,
which Indicate the social interests and
those who struggle with poverty and
ltscouragemtnt
The Unforgiving Offender is a
taring innovation. The offender is a
on'in a married woman. who. with.
aut any worse complaint against neI
husband than that he trusts her III
he company OF other men. runs away
with "a member Of the Otra.nto Club
which forms an environment for the
Sew EnSland...m i'll opaires and the
community .of-" wives. mothers and
daughters which bcionG To them
Tho pair Who sin against convcn-
:ional standards remain abroad u,
Paris for some months. Then they re
appear simultaneously among the very
club community from which they dis
appeared The man comes, Is recon
sled to his wife and disappears with
ner The woman comes enters Il
group on the club piazza and is fun
GUS because she is not received Az II
nothing had happened
several OF the men become he,
AVowcd champions. and defend her hot
" on ALI occasions. Her husband begs