New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-17
Az ENGAGING POLICEMAN


Mlriin Company 'l.so .,y
In Arthur Stanwood Piers Jerry
the Purroy mills passed into the en-
III of The trust and the working day
Cos Heightened from eight TO twelve
bourz We have never heard OF such
rash proceeding on the part Oh any
cornoration. The company, ho"eSei'
was nlayine for a strike. 1t wanted "
ronlaca it's men, who seemed 10 pe
mostly OF Irish descent, by less eAPen-
sive laoorers Of Slavic and Hungarian
blood Naturally, the men went on
strike. and the strike failed. Curlousiy
enough, though the author assures us
Of their superior intelligence tne!
didn't belong to any nsuonal unio al
II ia also curious that although tney an
have Irish names the author releiS ~
their "Anglo-Saxon natures i
Jerry was thrown out of a JOB, anu
90 ware his friends. the Scanlsns, fatner
ond SON IL hurt like everything, pc
canse Jerry was engaged to pretty NORA
seaman. After things failed TO improve
Nth Jerry Nora broke of the ehgas
ment and married young Corcoran' u
Corcoran's drug store
bereavement in neighoors house
forced Jerry 10 adopt two cnllurt;h
After a while he moved to the CITY VIII
his mother and the youngsters anu
studied 10 become policeman. ne won
frst Mace on the civil service iist' pI'
his anuointment was delayed Dy gu
verse political influences. -
n was wicked police force IN
wicked. politics-ridden town Jerry
advontures on the force make interest
;ng reading He caught man rushlhg
nI; If store one night after snot
bad been fred inside, and the fugitive
o,.ad 70 no his old chum, Dave Scan
ian who had fallen in evil ways. ne
also caught the chief of police graft
ing. H.. babv died
ord ber husband neglected her. flnal-
" her father. who had taken to drink'
shot Corcoran, and she was WIDOW
Fventuallv she came TO town and began
making up to Jerry again. we VIZ
sorry when they became engaged the
second time. for we had become great
friends with Jerry. He IS an engaging
fellow. and so Gas some OF nus IrleIuo
might saw is his mother. Inc cohclu-
sion of the book will be satisfactory "
the reader. ,r;+-
ten with such sincerity and slmpliGi.'
~ manner. Mr.. Pier is a hrst-rate liI-
erary craftsman.
A SAGA OF THE NORTH
,,,opcrrs Pv Maurice Hewlett l2mo. pp. @Oe.
DOdd Mead 4 Co. .,
Tho romancer Of "The Forest Lovers
bere tries his expert hand at an Ice
Iandic saga, with at least a success
Tost;,ne and perhaps something more
Eron the embroidered fantasies OF MS
earlier writings to the crude simplicity
~ Tho Morse expression was long,
Ior, lean. but he made it bravely, ana
nnt in the dark. At least he confines
hirnself with amazing fulness to Anglo
SaYon speech, largely monosyiiaDle'
tbonoh now and then he permits
needless Latin polysyllable to SIP IN
His composition, too, is usuailg o.
direct and simple as his words. pu'
,ra sbould like TO know why 1t Is con
s;Jored necessary-we might say, why
o,,nn nermissible-for him IN tne
middle of a paragraph to change an
ruptly from the past tense TO In
nresent for a brief sentence or Two wv,
and then as abruptly back again Inc
effect is distinctly unpleasant; r
For the rest, there is plenty "a
action on every page, rutniess anu u
bloody. and there is OF course tne
welcome absence of sensual lhtf's IL
which must be characteristic Oh al
true northern literature. Adventure
ecbievement. battle and clean love are
! lie elements, and they are so mixed 90
| 10 make a congruous and Weicoihe
whole. 1t may not greatly add 70 the
/ authors repute as an artist IN woruo'
| hut il makes a welcome Tddltioh 70
| the breath Of the sea and OF the pun
/ forests to a literary atmosphere 700
much tainted with exotic doors ana inc
reek of decay.
IN QUEST OF JEHAD
| cpy1->NtAS1UE Hy John Buchsn. limo pp'
a. Tre George II. Doran Company
There are two kinds of war stories
+be nrouagandist and the adventurous
| OF both the present war IS inspiring
,nanv For US, we incline to the lat
| fer every time; wherefore we welcome
9Creennantle." If it is necessary Tor
ono belliperent to rail at and detame
! tbe other. let it be done outside OF
ryorke of fiction. Mr.. Buchan is IN
tensely patriotic, and makes his heroes
| Tho same. But he avoids lampoonlng
! the foe, and gives us instead an en-
thralling story of pure adventure wnlcn
/ grips and holds the readers interest
/ from first 20 last.
Two British officers, an American and
an Afrikander, set out on secret service
/ 10 discover and suppress the propa..
! oanda of a Jehad, the promoter OF
which nroyes to be a beautiful fanatic
/ in petticoats. Their adventures, night
| ings, hairbreadth escapes, and what not,
| from London TO Erzeroum by way oil
/ Portugal. Germany and Rumanla, are
| so extraordinary that we should can
them impossible were they associated
with anything short OF war when IN
/ it's actual facts has beggared invention
/ of impossibilties. Once begun, you can
no more Law the book down until II If
/ finished than you can shut up THE
/ Count Of Monte Cristo" OF. forsake the
opera house in the midst of Aida
! But do Americans really say moot
raj" and "pecooliar,' even If they are
| citizens of Boston, born IN the Caro-
/ linas and raised in Indiana? And why
was it necessary for Mr.. Buchan to
/ mar his we'll written pages with that
/ cheapest of current vulgarisms, the
superfluous "some"? Would it not serve
! To saw that the lady wore dress of
white cloth, instead of some white
/ stuff" and that the car was lined with
a dove colored fabric, instead of "some
! dove-colored fabric? Such use Of
"some" moves us to wish for the use
| of brickbat.
/ WRAITHS OF THE MIST
THE WHITE PEOPLE. BY Francs Hcdgson Bur
nett with illustrations BY Elizabeth Shipper
Green. i2mo. % ~. Harper a Bros.
1t might be question whether Mrs.
J Burnett's dainty little romance deals