The sun., 1916-10-07

In tho course Of time his wife dies
and he loses his money; he then goes
to France. studies painting and does
pretty well at II. but that does not
satisfy him, 50 he turns at last to writ
ing. Then he meets the sweetheart
Of his boyhood. who has been married
unhappily for many years to another.
and tries to get her to elope with him.
She sends him instead to his native
village. where he finds that the dis
grace would kill the man who has been
a father to him. He discovers. too.
that he had left behind him "A son
now nearly grown to manhood. whose
life he would ruin. His real work all
the time was In the village he had left.
There are vivid descriptions of the sea.
Of life In many phases In California. Of
Concarneau and the artist colony. The
hero IL amiable and manly In his
drifting. ne u a gentleman through
out, but II Ia dinicult to discern much
development In his character till the
very end. 1t ls realistic. probably. that
he should blunder along a. he does.
II Is IN interesting and we'll written
book. a human document" It may be.
but II has not the snap or humor OF
"Quinneys'."
PEACE AND QUIET. tHarpers.)
ny Edwin Milton Royie. (sI.3B.)
The title OF Edwin Milton Royle's
Peace and Quiet (Harpers)I Is sarcastic.
for his Princeton hero ID in hot water
throughout. His adventures suffer
from being told in the tone OF bolster
ous humor which Ia supposed to be
Characteristic OF college undergrad
yates. As to his exploits in college.
Princeton men must decide whether
they have any historic foundation.
After a picturesque career in col
lege the young man is drawn into
Madero's revolution in Mexico. His
deeds are passed over In silence. but
we find him in Jail In Vera Cruz await
ing execution. He II saved mys-
terIously. smuEsled to the United
States. where he tries to get some
political job In Washington. and. after
An extraordinary conversation with
the President over the telephone. Is
ordered on q secret mission to Mexico.
The Mexican situation Is still further
obscured by the authors satire on
politicians who interfere for selfish
purposes and his adherence of Mex
leans. The smiling hero. aided by
luck. puts through the work assigned
to him. wins the sprightly damsel who
has watched over him through all, and
also the approval OF the President. who
keeps his eye steadily on the per-
formances Of his fellow c~ollegian. The
authors loyalty to Princeton Is mani
fest and even moro his exuberant
sense OF humor.
BODBANk. tHenry Holt 4 COB
~ Richard washbur. Child.
(e1.35.)
A somewhat elaborate introduction
describes the Illinois town on the Mis-
sissippi in which the eleven stories
contained in Richard washburn
Child's Bodbank Henry Holt q Coz
are supposed to happen and the
elderly citizens who are accustomed to
meet In the back room of the hotel and
talk over old times. Each story In
put in the mouth Of a different narra-
tor. thus securing variety in the dia-
lect and the point Of view. Most Of
them are humorous and all are inter-
esting. In them there Is no mistak-
ing the authors effort to jot down be-
fore 1t is forgotten q phase In Ameri-
can civilization that Is passing away.
A DIVINE EGOTIsT. (Dodd, Mead
4 Coz NJ vin9ie Il. Roe.
ISl.8B.)
In A Dtptne EOottst (Dodd. Mead 4
Coz Vinsis r. Roe endeavors with
some success to strike the exalted tone
In language and imagery that Is suited
to the lofty ideas Of her high strung
heroine. only occasionally lapsing into
ordinary English and even slang. The
heroine il "a woman author with suf-
ficient wealth to do as she pleases; she
has assembled on her estate a colony
of derelicts. human and animal. Her
infallible instinct for goodness in the
fallen does not act In the q of the
respectable man she is engaged to,
with whose desire to bring her to her
senses the reader may sympathize.
She engages in q campaign to reform
the politics Of her town and picks
out as her instrument the legal ad-
wiser of the corrupt politician who
rules the place. a talented Southern