The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-10

methods are decidedly medieval Oc-
4 casional shootings provide excitement
| In time the young woman learns to
prefer the mountains to Philadelphia
and her chieftaln TO the civilization she
left behind. 1t Is an exciting tale. and
the idealization OF the unfortunate
! mountain people aud their crimes can
do no great harm.
Opening with all the conventions Of
broad farce Marjorie Benton Cookies
"Rambr' Doubleday Page and Com
J pany) undertakes 10 grow serious after
a while and ends pretty tragically with
out the authors being aware OF II. A
! sprlghtly but determined and business
Ike young girl with an absentminded
| father marries poet who writes i'm
possible plays, practically without his
! knowing 1t, during one OF his fits of
composition. She does this In order to
look after him She writes a short story
| and wins a prize with II. without letting
any one know. The money enables her
20 take the youth to New York in order
To offer his play TO the managers. While
there no first becomes aware OF her
existence and then becomes Jealous; she
gets orders for more stories and he stays
on In the city in the hopes OF dis
posing OF the play. Then the serious
| part begins; he begins to learn the
realities OF life and has various expert
| cnces which have little bearing on the
| story. Meanwhile she receives an offer
| to dramatize her story. induces the
manager TO employ the youth 10 do It
| and they set to work together. He has
fallen in love with her but thinks she
| does not care for him, so he writes
loNe letters 10 the anonymous author
! ana she replies. On tho opening night
| ne discovers TOT the nrst Tune that she
ana MS WIG are the same person; ne
naturally Is extremely angry nut the
| author thinks IL easy Tot them 10 make
mp she mas lngenlously cohtrVed as
| Illuminating SITUATION lor MIN as pos
sloIe, Whlle the girl at no time SHOWS
| consideration Tor any ono out herseH.
| inc INTRODUCTION INTO the slory OF wen
| known persons with thelr real names ~
an innovation that seems 10 pe IN very
bad taste
| the plots Tor sixteen detective stories
VIII be found IN christopher Quarles
by Percy James Brepner IT, /. button
and Company. The crimes are ingenl-
ously complicated so that the stories
| could be made eNcitlng II the author
would use the usnal methods AS eN-
planned by the pSychologlcal expert :"
his admiring listener they are as livery
as geometricaI uethohsrauohs'
1 Not Tor the hrst time Edgar Jepson
In "Whitakers DuKedom' CIhe Bopos-
Merrill company lnd!ahapons) TRACES
on the absolute absence OF the mora
sense. HIS inspiration seems 10 ne the
lnhuman and ridiculously logical I'M
a
ago, A desperate second hand furniture
dealer and a duke meet in wood ana
are struck by lightning, the duke belne
Killed and d!sngured' Inc TWO resetnoi9
each other perfectly; so the other man
Il tempted to play the duke Tor rev
hours changes clothes with the DEAD
man ana pretehds mat ne mas iost ms
memory lie soon meets girl VINO
saw what happened ana VINO uethanus :,
that ne marry her' because she Is tired Oh
life IN the village lie puts her on out
proceeds 10 make lo'e 10 her' Inc I'M
posture IL kept up successfully TOT
longer uine than ne anticipated, ne gets
OUT OF many undressing Preu'e"ihen''
ana discovers thaV ne ~ ihuCh pet'er
man than tne rascaliy DUKE one accl-
dent removes the chahce OF uIscoNery'
ano'her removes ms WIZ "h''eupT'n
ne marries the giri ana Keeps on III 'he
uuke pace II II an amusing s.oiS
the reauer can ""ruch n'''Se'i u
som" occurrences
very nrtinci'l put eh,er ,I,, larce
ny Anne warmer - v'',eu ne gay anu
res'N' 'laNeth"uSe 'i'ttle' brown am
OoiipinE'' young ma" ~ ,"ior'neu
by MS doctor 'H"t ne nus o"'E rev
months 10 NV ne 'huuorS 'le E''
VINO 'oVeS MN ana "er "'o'"rr 10 nIIe
mousse no Knows anu 10 'ahe care
OF MN there' ms Vohuuo. aiter 'iiat
wiz seen, cnIiu1sh hoiSeplny Nn tho
author INFORMS US 'na' ms opJeet was
10 ulssust the e'rl 80 th"t sne "oulo
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