The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-07-17
BOOK REVIEWS

LOOT, by Arthur Somers Roene. 4
detective story OF more than usus
interest, in VIII eh a diamond mech
lace is the center Of interest
Diamond necklaces have hgurec
before this as the principal factor.
in romances. both historical and o,h
erwise. There was that famous oht
IN Dumas story that gives us an ~.
sight into the workings OF -
french court. Bat this one Is nc.
historic, and only forms th7 luc.eN.
Of a hair-raising detective story call
I'd Loot" The plot ls intricate
enough for the most eTiCurean y
petite, fed on the choicest plots f
Italian and Spanish literature There
are no court intrisues, but ne No.
tive, which rs money. is the modtT
eduivalen, for royalty, and means
the same thing In modern terms y
true-blUe girl does most OF The WORK
in this story, and in The end saves
the man who has been the innocent
victim Naturally they discover
that the world vas created just TOT
them ard fortunately there IS no
reason why they should not take al
vantage Of this pleasant state OF al
fairs ard 1--WE happily ever after.
Arthur Somers Roche is responsible
for this tale. and BohbS-Merr.ll OF
indianapolis. are It's publishers The
price Is So
THE SPIRAL NEeuLAE, by John
Mills, who Was appointed TO west
Point from Michigan and MAS
graduated from that academy m
1881, an honor man.
This erudite pamphlet upon, not
only our universe. but all VniFerses'
needs. as Mr.. Mills points out. ne"
terms in which We can express su0h
conceptions as unlimited space muI-
tiple universes. super'innnite anu
transcendental eterniues. WIN
our present language ii is dimcai'
to describe the authors glgah,'e
conception Of the heavens as ne
finds them. The solar system NJ
believes TO have been part OF me
spiral neoulae, the MILKY Way. Wnich
was formed by the collision OF TWO
bodies In space. which in turn were
dissipated into a nebulous FORM
Ultimately the nebulae again form
ed partially into bodies which are
the planets of our solar system. Ac-
cording TO any theory which wouid
be all-inclusive, there could nave
been no beginning and can be no
ending TO these universes. These
processes he believes TO be constant
~ going on about us. Large bodies
breaking into neoulae, De
ing dissipated in star dust and form
ing again into bodies 10 again go
through the same process. The new
have disclosed a million
Of these spiral nebulae, the form OF
which he attributes 10 two bodies OF
equal volume in space, like two bui-
let's: they would fatten out ana
become spiral with axes "coincident
with the paths of the collidins
bodies"
DAVID BLAZE, by z. =. Benson:
a book OF the English school boy
which can be fsvorably compares
with Dickens, Thaekeray and Kip
ling.
There is a big chasm between the
American boy OF seventeen and the
English boy the same age. II
Booth Harrington and r. r. Benson
both understand this half grown
creature. and write truthfully When
we read Tarkington's Seventeen"
we recognize Willie Baxter in
nearly every boy we know. and be-
lieve that we can vouch for his por-
trait being accurately drawn. But
David Blaze" is different. We
must live in England and in an
English boys school 10 appreciate
Il all. Without this experience ones
criticism Ia not worth much. but We
feel that Benson's picture is just as
true to life as is Tarkington's, in
which event we must hand the palm
to David for pluck, manliness anc
the qualities OF boyhood prophetic
of good things TO come. The youns
people OF England and most Euro