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DIANE OF THE GREEN VAN. BY /
IeOna Dalrymplc. AL Pr. NS Reilly |
and Britton company.
This novel won the prize in the Reilly |
q Britton contest and Is essentially va
cation romance. Diane Westfan has /
made for her a gypsy van in which she /
intends to travel from New England to /
Florida during one summer, camping I
wherever Impulse and the character OF 1
the country prompt. She has just es-
tablished her first camp when she be-
comes inocently enough the center OF stir |
ring adventures and the cynosure OF in |
genious intriguants. Interest in her well |
fare never flags She is an attractive, |
beautiful, clever individual Phillip Poyn- |
ter. who is unfaillng in his gentlemanly !
protection Of her from the time she starts |
upon her gypsing. is urbane, commanding !
and thoroughly likable And the other |
characters of the story are drawn just |
as definitely. so that they are people. |
not names upon the printed page.
THE MARRIAGE OF CECILIA. BY
Maude Leeson. sS7 PIP. H.%. @. P. Put |
MANS Sons.
The story is based on a marriage which |
Is entered into as a mere form, the par
ties separating Immediately after the
ceremony in the belief that their paths
will never again cross. OF course, fate
brings them together under circumstances
which, while making each individually
realize how necessary to his or her hap
piness Is the other. yet enforce restraint
The tussle with self, the doubts and
misgivings which arise because the hero
and heroine are incapable Of reading one
another's mind, provide a situation full
of charm.
THE Reconnaissance. BY Gordon
Gardiner s2s Pp. s1.35. The Macmillan
company.
A most unusual kind Of a hero is found
In this book, extraordinary in that he is
both courageous and cowardly. His
bravery on the one hand, wins for him
| the Victoria cross; his fear, on the other.
constantly places him in compromising
situations Mr.. Gardiner has made a
story Of action which opens with a scene
OF striking originality on the veldt in
Africa and moves thence to ENGLAND and
the continent. The theme is really given
over to showing how this young man of
never-to-be-relied-upo qualities ulti-
mateiy finds himself. A hint of the So
luton Is contained in the fact that Il is
through the influence of a girl with
whom he falls desperately in love that
he is able to get hold of himself
SILENT SAM. BY Harvey O'HiRTins
BO Pp N.S. Tho Century company
This book Of short stories takes its
title from the first the story of a man
sacrificed by political graft to save the
men higher up. They are all stories
which get close to the hearts and lives
of simple folk. mainly the poor Of New
Yorks east side.
ADVENTURES OF THE INFALLIBLE
GoDAHL. BY Frederick l. Anderson 24l
Pp. 81 Thomas Y. Crowell company.
well-bred New Yorker Godahl pos
sesses an Unsuitable craving for adven-
ture, and at the same time has the will
and cultivated skill to cover his tracks
after taking the most daring chances.
While undeniably a villain. he has the
saving grace of engaging in the business
of crime for the fun of the thing. He
hesitates at nothing. not even at an at
tempt on the United States assay office.
BARNABETTA BY Helen r. Martin.
$40 PIP. H.30. The Century company.
Here is another story of the quaint
flower-like, charming maiden who strug-
giles for an education against many odds.
Mrs. Dreary is unique creation, staunch
and really big in spite OF her surface
absurdities, and richly funny. Tho con-
trast of Middleton's social ana college
life and it's reaction on Barnabettas
simplicity with the narrow, exacting con-
dtions of Pennsylvania Dutch life is
charmlngly done. There is romance on
every page, for Barnabetta's charm wins
Iner lovers all along the way, and the un-
Y expected ending keeps interest keen to
The last page.
BLACK IS WHITE. BY George Barr
McCutcheon. SSs PIP. $3.50. Dodd, Mead
q Co.
Ames Brood was a stern, hard man;
he had turned his first wife out of
doors. believing her to be unfaithful to
him, and treated her son, Frederic, with
q barshness which. however, was as moth
ing when compared with the vengeance
ne intended presently to wreak upon that
unhappy young man. He had been a great
traveller and collected many curious and
beautiful things during his wanderings,
but none SO strange or 30 beautiful as
the young Wiie' tNohhe' VIZ" ""Oii -.
suddenly returned home from his last
tourney. It is with Yvonne that the plot
Is principally concerned.
WORRY. BY Ralph Kent Buekand'
Pm u Sherman, French g. Co.
houely little tale that leaves an al
to1ether wholesome impression and de
sire to know more Of Mrs. simkins anS
her problems.
MisceIIaneOuH.
THE PHILIPPINES, PAST AM
pr ESENT BY Dean G.. Worcester. ,TW'
volumes. Sc. The Macmillan company
Mr.. Worcester has spent more thai
eighteen years in the Philippines OF whicl
four were devoted to scientific work. an
the remainder to the service OF the gov
nrnnent In these volumes he present