The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-12

nnK HsS with exaggerated qualities Of
SPEAK bn he SO hs 40
or not he has written as gripping
story OF animal life as has come out
probabilities: then he has the discern
ing heart: If he has faxed" after the
manner OF nature takers then he has
prevent his taking from doing harm.
but will probably cause it to do good,
quite aside from the entertainment
which 1t supplies.
For the story OF his great husky"
wolf, is after all strangely human In
savage bcatings with whip and club
have engendered in him a fierce hatred
UF men n,, %hii h the fearless gentleness
first time in his "lRF lie by t @om ,ne
a aas,;se in him an affection and pro-
throughout his life in the wild.
And there is much of this life In the
wild. for the tale is a variation OF that
set out in Jack Londons Call OF the
Wild Early In the story, kazan is
driven TO the savage life By an cx-
ceSeptionaily, brutal 6it of injustice on
Is that particular instance Of Injustice
since he was cruelty beaten for an ac-
ton in defense of his masters wife.
tack upon her.
From the moment Of his atavistic
h,,e ,a l5eng, to The call of the Wild to
gle between the wolf and the dog In
him. between his love of freedom and
the Unborn loyalty to man that came
though shaken by the brutality OF men,
has been again established by the kind
ness OF women.
He joins a wolf pack, Kills the lead
or. and captures for himself Gray Wolf,
70 whom he remains faithful to the end
lie nights. FOR glory or for food, many
ticular the lynx. Indeed. he devotes
much OF his time to the earnest effort
to eXtcrninate the lynx, because of
brought upon his mate.
1t is the result of this tragedy that
forms the basis upon which is built a
branch of the story that is genuinely
beautiful.
Practically all of his wanderings and
all arc interesting. certainly to those
who care for animals, so that whether
the author has imbued his dog with too
him the central figure of a story OF the
Frozen North that is well worth read
ing.
By Rober, w Chambers. d. Apple
ton & Company
Scenes" or by some such title. which
contained exciting" scenes from many
novels. 1t was merely a collection OF
passages describing the crucial mo-
inent--when the hero takes the heroine
In his hrms-as different authors con
In its essentials Robert w. Chamberss
new book. quick Action" Is OF the
same essence as that old compendium.
But when Mr.. Chambers sets to work
to write airy, pretty love stories with
out suspicion OF the salacious sugges-
ton which has marked. or married, so
~. .f IL.
the very airiest and .prcttiost stuff that
can be found, and in this book he is
at his lightcst best.
Under all the trivinlity and frivolity
however, Is more than a bit of satire
and some very sound observations on
the profession OF writing, which make
worth reading for other reasons than
that of the love interest Still. il
is all written as If the author had his
tongue In his cheek and were laugh
ing both at himself and at many of his
fellow-craftsman particularly those OF
the young American Balkan Princess
school.
In the very preface he hides a smile
as he says:
There is perhaps no division OF
a Science as imp9nrtant; none SO little un;
Gazing.
"A vast field Of Individual research
opens before the earnest. patient and
sober minded Investigator who shall
study the subject and discover those
occult laws which govern the intimate
relations between crystals, playing
and the Police"
Then he hangs his six stories of
rapid lire lovemaking upon tho slender
thread Of crystal -gazer.s divination.
e%poundcd 10 company of men, one OF
whom has asked for love stories In
which Is quick action. Quick enough
all OF IL Is. too, for each OF the ak
charming girls is wooed and won with
In twenty-four hours, at the outside.
II IL light enough for any purpose,
but il is extremely we'll done, and il
"Thc Lodgcr.-
G. ~ Mrs. Belioc Lowndes. Charles
Ledger" Mrs. Belloc Lowndes's new
book, might almost serve as a model.
She has taken for her purpose tho
series of crimes attributed to myth
in London some years ago, and has
constructed around these murders a
weird. quietly uncanny story OF much
interest. in which shock and psychology
both play large part.
me title of the book Is indicative
OF its general plan. To a stolid, re-
nervous, queer man looking for lodg-
ings. be becomes their lodger after
having warned them that he is en-
gagged in scientific investigation and
bursts into fury of excitement and
fear over tthe Whitechapel murders
indeed, as Il matter of fact, the whole
English speaking world became aroused
time the man and his wife begin 10
note the peculiar manner Of life OF
their ledger.
lie never. leaves the house except
Before long suspicion awakes in lie
woman: she hears her lodccr leave