The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-23
BOOKS OF THE WEEK
SEEN IN REVIEW
Entertaining Novel by an Eng
li>h Authors Wifc-lnno-
walton in Detective Tales.
CUENTERTON'S MYSTERIES
More Literature Bearing on the
War From All Viewpoints
Biographical Themes.
CHESTERTON'S MYSTERIES

pr,t .4 AIRS oliver Onions. She an
,..... .t,,rod a., tho cloy, s,udv
or tn' ''"N'''' '''''
clerk which her husband mas worked
into t1ro" depressing novels ana al hrst
threatens T" rival ms gloom. She dweHs
on tho drcarN m"n"tonouS' III pald ne
~ these women ana on 'he petty o'nc'
tyranny. Tor the proper s"'i''oSlcaI OASIS
must Pee established before sh' can start
IN her amusing romance. In' business
man, Wh" Tor certain reasons u 'nlle"h
io MIRO q s''I 10 MAKE ''"'N' '',"' s"'
s engaged 20 MN. nus 'H' iu.N L" PICK
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cations 'n' "ul""I "'N''s "'''' u'-
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'aHN from the WOODEN nuNlnvS, man I"
me 'hINa'I'"S poet '''"'u'hE 10 "'r
needs. Iu' scenes 'e'"''h 'n' w" are
hrsgh' ana 'I'N'r the minor 'N'rd''ers
are We" drawn pa't''"''rIN the "S'h"''.
'h' I"SH'hN '"I"pd"'"h' inc "''t' s''-
nogrdpA"r ana the sentimental. halt
grown Elf" me "ul""r SHOWS AT once
what she INTENDS 'o no. So tHdI the
reader VIII excuse IN" roughn"Ss OF IN"
machinery and som" dhsurdltics. II is
an entertaining and good humorcd book.
which should make Mr.. onions take a
.eSs dCspnudrnt view Of life and OF
stenographerS.
A welcome Innovation In detective
s,or q, will he found i'm Harvey / o'Hir-
gins'S "Thc Adventures nr Detpctiyc
Rarney" The Century Cnmnarv, Ms
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ne'' - Ih'e'iseht eh"us" 90 i"d'h S"i"e-
'''HS II"H MS uIuhderS When they are
pointed OUT 10 MN II Is an ideal de-
t''''Ne that MI bHiSSins has created
nut ne reasons out his deductions from
evidence in his hands, So that the reader
tan follow the process, and not from
intuition.
II is almost miraculous intuition. on
the other hand, on which Gilner' X.
Nhestortun relies in the dozen instances
~ The Wisdom Of Father Brown
John Lane Company. I'm these the
French intcrlocuior often appears and
mo behavior Of all concerned is eN-
traordinary, hut MIR. Chcsterton has
chosen to make his mysteries vague
and impressionist.c, 80 that the reader
some cases is left i'm doubt as to
what the author is driving al. The
temptation is strong in all to skip the
beginning and turn to the part where
Father Brown Condescends to explain.
With two or three exceptions they are
not very good as mystery tales and
though ne often breaks out with rree-
want hits at matters that may Interest
London audience they are not par
ucularly good as Chesterton.
II is no fiatterlng picture Of New
York nor Of newspaper life that James
J.. Ford paints in The Great Mirage
iHarpers). He traces the fortunes OF
slngularly unprepossessng pair from
mo country. The mans chief asset is
MS assurance and his knaCk Of availinR
himself II the services Of others; he
advances rapidly for a time and comes
'o grief deservedly. The girl the author
endows with physical attraction ant
literary ability; her moral sense seems
% be sadly atrophied. She drifts easily
INTO dangerous relations with her com
paniOn, but is saved first by their going tC
New York and later by his selfish treat
ment Of her. She Is a good newspaper
woman, however and gets even will
him in rather perfidious way Next
F'e loses her head over cheap and
flshy actor. who borrows money from
r"r and other women, and IL take,
drastic measures TO cure her We are
sorry for the man who marI'ies her a
'le end The newspaper office in which
hey work is a delightful place wher,
every mans hand is raised against hi,
reiGhbor and the few decent men re
main because nobody wants their Jobs
and where facts are disregarded 70
sensation. We have DIctures OF bo
hemian restaurants, of the Great Whit,
Way, Of the intrigues to gain publicity
with moraizlngs on what are sham
and what realities in New York. Tn,
authors sarcasm on the wayS Of tn,