Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-09-08

but not n'-natured criticism OF Americans
| under its lronlc terms II Il written with
an Informed pen and a pen that IL not alien
to distinction Of style.
Fannie Heaslip Lea does not recreate the
New orleans OF George w. Gable, and her
new novel Chloe Malone" (Little Brown
/ a Co, Boston), IL not OF par with The
orandissimes." but it is none the less and
excellent piece OF fiction OF the modern
| type. The heroine for whom the book IL
| named, has the old-fashioned eraces OF the
| Southern girl OF ante-bellum days but her
story n set In our time and cannot help
but lack the quaint and exotic atmosphere
OF the Creole romances OF Cable and others
OF an earlier school OF American novelists
The story itself is not lacking in its own
charm OF telling, Mrs. Lea writes felici-
tously and nuently. There Is substance In
her paragraphs She can devise and con-
troll situations The big situation In Chloe
Malone" is that OF a girl OF the fine breed
ing OF the Southland. who has TO choose
between marrying money. which is lacking
among her assets, and a scientist who, as
an entomologist, looks with scorn on so
oiety butterflies. This is slender plotting
material, but Mrs, Lea has woven the
ancient tale with new skeins OF color and
fabric. and the tapestry OF fiction under
her loom has charm and distinction. There
are pictures OF the old French aristocracy,
relics and relicts OF which are part OF the
views Of the conventions and manners Of
New orleans OF the present piping times
Of push and progress
DO you believe in ghosts7 Are you fond
of supernatural mystery? Are you grlpped
by the fascination OF detective skill? II the
answer In yes to these queries, there's
abundant opportunity for qualification Of
your tastes In perusal of Wadswnrth
Camps House OF Fear" doubleday. Page
g. Co, New York; The way the ghost is
laid by the enterprising McTIugh. manager
Of theater supposed TO be haunted by the
spirit Of its vain, jealous and vindictive
former director, dead and gone forty years.
with the connivance of n malign and fero-
cous cat. Is n certain delight TO believer
and skeptic alike i'm the unraveing OF this
yarn which is pervaded by a weirdness that
daunts pretty nearly everybody in the story
except McHugh And even this doughty
person is stumped at various times in his
relentless hunting OF the "spook." which
eventually is banished from the theater and
presumably sent to jail
Craig Kennedy. scientific detective whose
exploits in the solving OF criminal and
other problems have won him n large fol.
lowing among the readers of magazne hc.
tion and stirred envy in the breasts of the
common, or garden, variety of real life
sleuths, has blossomed forth in the pages
of book from the press of Hearst's Inter-
national Library Company, New York Ar.
thur b. Reeves hero is seen triumphant I'm
series of adventures under the title of
The Social Gangster." The episode i'm
which this undesirable person finds himself
undone is the first of a score or more de- |
tectives stories every one of which offers |
some new angle from which the indomitable |
Craig is enabled to demonstrate his mar. |
velous scientific knowledge and superhuman |
sagacity In bringins evildoers to confusion. |