The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-26
mInnt The >Iinncr."

BY Oliver MADDOX ,Iucmcr John
Lane Company.
so far as memory serves TO recall.
oliver MADDOX Hucror. the Englshman
who wrote "a Vagabomd in New
York. did pot hnd it necessary for
the preservation az his insular dignity
to snecr Ill -uaturcdly AZ his American
surroundings even once in that enter
tanning book. nor i'm his latest story,
an eNtrava gnuza called Hunt the
slipper" h"s he feel, called upon TO
take either disappointing or a
patrouizius stand. And, as most OF
its incidents occur il and around New
York. Mr.. ilueflcr had abundant on
portunities 10 express amy opiniAis
concerning America i'm general and
New Yorh III particular that might
nave oppressed him
However, though he writes rs an
outsider, he dlscioScs. not only under
standing. hut sympathy. and. to ll,at
extent, begins with Il certain amount
"f prejudice i'm his favor Eui. lcav-
ing that element as far 70 one side as
possible and coming 10 his story, IT
is 10 be said that Hunt tho Slipper,
Is an exceedingly brisk aud cutcrtain-
Ing tale of various aud sundry adven-
iurinSs, whose interest is largely in
creased by the clean 'humcr i'm which
1t abounds.
Told by means II a number of stories
related III the FIRST person by different
charactcrs--a plan invented. or at
least made f2mpus. hy WillIc Collins
the main story is occasionally inco-
herent. Bu, that matters little. for
here are :" mauH ramhcationS that
lis lack % cou,iuuity i nor;. ,hwt.
.toned for by the variety auh-iutarcst
Of It's digreSsionS. Beginning i'm Eng
land the plot If the word may hc
used 10 describe SO slender a thins
leads General Sir Edward harrington
fsnhopo, V. G., Is. g T.. \, something
over seventy wears Of age. to Nmerica
- search Of grandd"uGltcr. whom
hc did not know "f untn just before
his departure.
ON board ship Ne is iArown with
Two TalboyS. "a Younger son, and with
the pseudo Faytcu Darrell q swell
mobsman Talboys is seeking his
elder brother. and Darrell - after some
wonderful "meralds, EDth Of the
Younger men become attached 10 The
old soldier and through him learn to
tolerate each other. -\ftcr landing in
NcW Iiorl. hotn I'albovs and Darrell
plunge hcadloue into adventures. I'm
fortunately. DARRELL is arrested soon
after landln- "rd departs m person
from the stcr2 unul the very end
when he returns aud is property re-
claimed and sect upon his fcct
The granddaughter is found by Tal-
boys who fuds ga her much more than
fN ora !Nali -li1Nudus MGR. IalbONS.
whose impossibly good luck makes the
story an .Nt"ayu-.,nza. also finds his
brother whom bc = Instrumental IN
uniting 10 his deserted wife. and be
saves from Ih, rut!iurs who have held
hcr ln slavcr> a Nouuc woman who
has become eptauGlcd with Darrclrs
fortunes.
1t is rushiuc aud amusing story
% impossible adventure related iu a
plausible mahUcr by au t:uyhshmau.
whose little arrows of run aimed al
some Americaujsms- -nutably the gene
illogical mania ire pointed only with
good humor.
Mrs. Nnndcr>icin'.. Jewels
BY Mrs. Charles Brycc John Lane
Company.
Those VIC retcl m mystery stories.
particularly those that deal with the
stealing or eeus. tho commission OF
murder. and tho hunting down OF
criminals by detectives. will find Mrs.
Charles Bry eos story. ''Mrs. Wander
stems jewels very much 10 their
taste
Mrs Vandcrstcn swell. not quite
as young as shc used 20 bo. hut size
has large income some splendid
Jewels. plenty % time. and = whole
some dread Of. becoming old. There :
fore, she falls an easy victim 10 the
Of