East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-06-30
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Recent Fiction for summer Reading
/ Abbott-Stingy receiver. AN eld-
erly invalid is tired OF people who
have been ''stingy receivers of her
gifts. in a moment OF rebellion she
sends piano as a gift to a young
doctor who doesn't know one note
from another and thereby becomes
an instrument of fate for a wonder
ful young Norwegian girl"
Aldrich-Teld in French garden.
"a cosmopolitan group of friends
are cauhg thy the outbreak of the
war at house-party in the VALLEY
OF the Marine. To avoid discussion
they each offer a story to amuse the
others. These with the authors de-
serlptiVe interludes of conditions in
that part of France make an inter-
esting little book"
Andrews-Eternal feminine ..Tei,
short stories, some amusing, some
pathetic, all interesting and ali de-
picting som efeminine trait of char
acter''
| Beach--Rainbow's end Cuba in
the days of its rebelIions. a romance
OF love, war and buried treasure.
form the plot
/
neers Brandon. an engineer in the
English army, who is courtmartialed
because he loses some valuable pa
| pers, goes to South America. There
are plots and counterplots, the real
thief of the papers is discovered and
Brandon's love story ends happily"
indloss-Johnstone of the border
"A story with its setting on the coast
Of
beginning of the war. spies and SUBJ
marines for excitement and a love
story for good measure.
Bortome-Dark tower. 'Maior
Staines, an English army officer, has
made an unfortunate marriage. He
is sent to Davos for his health ami
there meets a charming young girl
The situation is not handled in the
usual way, which together with the
clever character studies makes the
novel well worth reading"
Buchan-Greenmant "An alb
sorbing adventure story. Three men
are sent across Europe to ferret out
a mysterious menace fostered by Ger
many to rouse the Turks and other
eastern people against the allies
Good for men and boys.
Buchan - Power house. Concern
ing the mysterious workings of an
international group of conspirators
called The Power II ouse," and the
way in which a young lawyer thwart-
ed their plot to bring a friend to an
untimely end. in faroff Bokhara''
Buchrose - Matchmakers "The
matchmakers are in the village in u
small English country town who are
interested in seeing that Peggy" the
swet young daughter of the rector
is happily and prosperously married =
Connolly--Head Winds. well |
written short stories on a variety of /
subjects, including Gloucester fish |
ermen. Mississippi river people. irish |
fisher folk and newspaper men. One I
of the stories, THE Trawier." took
the &25OO prize offered by Golfers
Dark-Afraid. STORY of an Eng
lish boy who is instiictively afraid |
and grows up thinking himself n |
coward This affects his relations |
with his family schoolmates. friends |
and finally the girl he loves. The |
war gives him his opportunity"
Delano-June. STORY of a little |
southern girl who is left an orphan
and is adopted into a relatives fam
lily in the north. 1t is a wholesome |
story for young girls with just |
enough romance to make it interest |
ing"
Donnell--M Miss Theodosla's heart |