The Washington herald., 1915-12-04

usually pauses at least once in his or
her wild career and says. 70, bother! I
can't think Of anything for so-and-so.
I'll get them q new novel, They always
dicament. not to mention the wise ones
who know that book is better FIRST
choice than a last, Harper & Brothers
have a ROodly half-dozen Of new story
books in which the most exacting can
find rest and refreshment.
For those who thirst for adventure par
excellence there il THE Heart OF the
Sunset" told In Rex Beachs most thrill
ing style. The scene Is laid In Mexico
and the background is all brisands and
such. There Is also The Rainbow Trail. -
by Zane Gray. a sequel to Riders Of
the Purple Sage" and Mormons, gun
men. sealed wives" and Indians again
mix IL" with heart-clutching effect.
Likewise radiant with adventure albeit
less truculent is "The Trail of the
Hawk" by Sinclair Lewis. The hero.
after many vicissitudes. comes into his
own. sentimentally and otherwise. as an
air-man. For those who like action COM
bined with philosophy THE Landloper,"
by Holman. will afford splendid enter
tainment. Here is the knight errantry OF
cities whose adventures are nonetheless
engrossing because lacking in potential
blopdshed. And the characters in the
book are persons and not nuclei OF ac-
ton merely, THE Inner Law" by Will
N. Harden. will appeal to those who like
a story with uplift In It. The hero rises
upon the ashes of his dead self to higher
things- What more can you want? Mar
garet Deland's "Old Chester Tales" have
delighted so many thousands that
II is enough to say that 1t is a collection
of new Chester Taies'' and that they
display the same sure touch. the same
insight into human nature and the same
artistic restraint that belongs to all the
works of the gifted authoress.
Finally. in THE Money Master" by Sir
Gilbert Parker. We have a splendid story
of Canada of today by another master
story-teller. Sir Gilbert again seeks the
in which his strongest char
acters have had birth. and again writes
with the fullness and freedom of nature
art. The central character OF the tale
is a Wealthy Canadian of the French
type and his French wife and two other
women provide most OF the action. Sir
Gilbert has himself characterized THE
Money Master" as possibly the best OF
all his novels.
There is not a dull one among all these
seven books and one seeking distraction.
either for self or friends, will make no
mistake in choosing any one Of them
THE MONEY MASTER, by Sir Gill
bert Parker, Is a story of the Canada
OF today. The hero Is the moneyed
man Of the district. half philosopher.
half financial genius; vain. but not
Gallic temperament.
His philosophy is tried indeed, for his
Spanish wife leaves him. his daugh-
ter marries against his will. his mills
are set on fire, his riches and his
prestige take to themselves wings.
But the money master shows himself
greater than his misfortunes. The
other characters. the Judge. the law
clerk, the three women-the two he
loves and the one who loves him
stand out against the clear back
ground of French Canadian life. Sir
Gilbert Parker himself characterizes
The Money Master" as perhaps the
best and surely the most pleasing of
all my novels"
HEART OF THE SUNSET, by Rex
Beach, is a story of the Mexican bor-
der and very much up to date. The
young wife of a Texas ranch owner.
who has taken a trip into Mexico to
visit some of her property there.
meets one of the insurgent chiefs and
ne 1alls IN love with ner- her nus
band. who has long since forfeited
her love, is mixed up with gang
who are rustling stock and shipping
arms across the border. There is a
and his wife knows that he is
implicated. chivalrous ranger wins
her regard. and when she goes again
TO Mexico and is held prisoner by the
general. he appears in the
nick of time to defy the general and
his brutal soldiery. There is no need
TO tell Mr.. Beaclrs readers that he
knows how to get the most thrills out
NJ such a situation and those that fol-
low, and throughout all the story run,
tho peculiar strain of Beach humor
which cannot be duplicated.
Grey. while by no means a sequel to
Riders of the Purple Sage" intro
duces some of the same characters at
a date about fifteen years later than
the thrilling climax of the earlier mar
rative. The scenes are much the
same. as the author again gives a
glowing description of the painted
desert, Surprise Valley and Rainbow
Trail. all to he found along the east
ern borderland of Utah. The interest
Of the story centers in a young cler-
Eyman from an Illinois town. who.
having lost faith in the God of his