Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-27
Rev Books
In Review
s." The Road to London" Romance
That Will Delight Eoery Reader

, losses it into the air. Heads Yale"
SAYS he; Tails Harvard" and Har-
ward it is. After three years he is
graduated. and he enters upon an
other space of life, a trained and sea-
soned sailor and soldier, with a
manner that proclaimed the polished
gentleman and a physique that indi-
Gated the strength of a stevedore.
Such is Rex when he first appears
as a guest with his father at the
fashionable Carleton Hotel in the
British capital.
One day as Rex stands watching
the coronation procession in Pail Mall
he sees fine car containing a
cadaverous-l looking foreigner. a portly
woman and a girl. the latter a vision
of beauty. She wore a gown of gray
velvet, a picture hat with sumptuous
gray plumes. setting off her lovely
oval face underneath it, Her hair
was brown, relieved with necks of
tawny gold, her eyes were violet blue,
her ears were translucent shells, her
mouth slightly sensual, her lips coral
red and her neck that of a naiad.
That said Rex, lis the girl | shall
we'd Thenceforward Rex has but
one occupation, that of discovering
the identity of his enamorata.
One evening as he came in late.
father irritably demanded why he was
tardy. I'VE have only time to pack
he said. I'VE must sail for America
in the morning."
say dad" said Rex, Il am not
going.7
Very WE'LL" said the elder man.
either You sail with me tomorrow or
YOU can clear out, bag and baggage"
Il am going to stay in London" said
Rex, coolly "Good-by, dad" .
What was the cause of this disas-
t1rous determination ON the part of
The young man? Simply this: The
indefatigable search which he made
for the delicious girl of his choice
had been rewarded in slight de-
gree. He had learned that the name
of the nymph was Emily and that
she lived in Park Lane, that most ex-
elusive thoroughfare i'm the west end
of London. To ltave then before more
We're unearthed were madness. To the
cnthralled lover such desertion of his
fair game was unthinkable.
And now follows what may be called
the second volume of the novel. Rex
leaves his home without impedimenta
or money and rushes to Park Lane
There at the mansion which he had
learned was the home of Emily and
seen them first.
As Rex approaches the house the
car is waiting at the curb. The three
personages in it. Emily. more ravish-
ing than ever, but sadly distraught.
The others-ReX had christened them
yellow Face" and "Peacock"-sud-
denly alighted and re-entered the
house. Then the girl stealthily step
ped to the curb and and started as
if to flee.
She bad gone but yard or two
when Rex called softly, "Come herei"
She obeyed. 'You want to get away
from these people,"
"Oh" exclaimed the asitated
beauty. Il must get away from them
or I shall kill myself"
will you trust me?' asked Rex.
Yes, ] will trust you"
ITO the limit"
yes, to the limit
Rex, looking about him, sees a
splendid car waiting for some one
and he appropriates it, lifts the girl
into it and starts on "The Road to
London"
Having thus far told the story
which gifted author has written so
delightfully."- no reader would expect
that the rest should be related, nor
would any one thank the reviewer If
he should reveal the last, better part
of the romance Sufficient is it to
say that one is amazed at the series
of wonderful Incidents which fall to
the lot of Rex and Emily before the
denouement reveals a final chapter of
bliss and high fortune.
Action, action. action, is the great
feature of this tale and the author
shows some of the vital force of the
skilled dramatist as he unravels his
plot and presents his characters.
Finally, a more entertaining romance
could not be conceived.
1.-THE ROAD TO LONDON BY
David Skaats Foster, author of "Flighty
Arethusa,' Spanish Castles by the
Rhine" etc The Franklin Book Com
pany. Publishers. 10 Fifth avenue. Man
haitian. New York city; Leicester Square,
I ,ppdou.