The sun., 1915-05-29
CRITICAL REVIEWS
OF THE SPRINGS
LATEST BOOKS
Baroness Orczy Artisticaly Written Story Of Hun
garian Peasant Girl.
Rupert Hughes Puts Headstrons and Reckless
Heroine Through Variety Of Adventures.
A AClorihed. Poetic Tramp Hero-A Convincing Tale
Of Cape Cod-Other Books.

Eserton Jones's Time O. Day" (George
w. Jacobs and Company. Philadel-
phia). The place is Sydney, New
surroundings We learn much. We
also acquire Q curious Australian vo-
cabulary. The young woman attracts
many men. at least In her diary: she
also judges other girls. and human
nature at the antipodes 10 very much
what II IL here. Girls there seem
to have an almost American freedom;
the heroine for one seems rather defi-
cient in affection for her family. We
have found less interest in her own
love affairs. in those OF others and in
some unpleasant persons than in the
revelations Of home life and Of ordi-
nary society in Australia. II 10 the
real, everyday Australia, without the
gold mines. the deserts, the BUSH
rangers or the natives.
1t is q thriller. with no pretence at
literary qualities. which supplies all
the material for a photoplay that
Arthur Hornblow has put together in
The Watchdog" 90. w. Dillingham;
Company. The old cashier detects
tho robbery Of tho bank by the ofYen-
sive and criminally negligent foreign
adventurer. who marks his trail with
butts Of his peculiar brand Of cigar
cites. He thereby enables the manly
but dissatisfied young clerk, who IL
wrongly accused, to marry his en-
ployer's daughter. The author throws
in assorted views OF New York city.
The cockney monologues OF a volu-
BILE and rascally charwoman enlighten
us about several disreputable adven-
lures In her life in John lie Breton's
"A Sister to Assist'er" George w.
Jacobs and Company. They are very
amusing. for her impudence and dex-
terity help her out Of scrapes and she
Is burdened with no scruples. Her
consistent badness is her chief attrac-
tion. The sentimental ending is wholly
out Of character and Ii a mistake on
the authors part II does not At in
with the shameless Sairey Camp he
has created.
The dozen short stories contained in
Mrs. Chetwood Smiths Cranberry
Cove Stories" Orchard G. Badger,
Boston) though the scene IL laid on
the Maine coast, might for the most
part have been put in any other set
ting. In two or three the author has
worked out her sentimental idea: the
rest are incomplete sketches in which
the essentials OF story are somehow
missed. The little book Is illustrat ted
with eight beautiful photographs from
nature.
In The War Terror" (Hearst's In
ternational Library Company Arthur
B. Reeves journalist satellite relates
further instances Of the detection Of
crime and mysteries through the in
tuitive methods Of his professor sleuth.
The crimes are generally complicated
by the authors efforts TO turn sus-
picion from the criminal till the pro-
fessor is ready to denounce him: they
are also burdened by supposedly
learned disquisitions on new discov-
cries OF science. The stories, how
ever. are up to tho average OF detec-
tive tales and will be enjoyed by those
who have been interested in the previ-
Gus exploits Of the omniscient detec-
tive and his indefatigable chronicler
The title and the cover may convey
the erroneous impression that the
stories have something to do with the
war.