Arizona republican., 1919-08-31
LITERATURE AND ART
Conducted By J. v. MARTIN

Mr. Irwin Leslie Gordon who became well known as the author of "The Log 1 of the Ark" and other books has given us the fruits of long sojourn in Morocco where he was a guest of the notorious Raisuh who kidnapped Ian Pardacaris and Kaid McClain, in his last book What Allah WHIP (The Page company, Boston. $1.35.) It makes an unusually handsome volume illus ! trated by full page colored plates and is very interesting because very l human book
 The story centers about a young man a Shereef or descendant of the prophet Mohammed named zauli. whom an aged Arabic seer divined from the lines on the inside of the bark of pine tree and who was sent to be the Mahdi or saviour of his peo- pie. A clever fine young fanatic he was, periodically anxious to have his native land of Morocco delivered out of the hands of the Christion Franks in order that it might develop along na- tive lines, and remain the country oi the Moroccan Arabs.
 There was also young United | States maiden beautiful and bright of l country with her father, putting in the time until year rolled around and she found out whether she really loved the wealthy young doctor in New York society man to whom she was as the apple of his eye. He, poor chap, knew not where she was. and anxious to get over the anxious months as well as to do something for the hu- man race, sailed to Morocco and set | tied down as a sanitary philanthropist of the vigorous sort in town where l German intrigue centered and where the headmsn certainly did not want him.
 | Zaudi became an accomplished guide, conducts the lady and her father about the country, and to Spain. Being handsome and clever he at l tracted the girl and she was eminent l ly attractive to him. In fact his zeal won her over to his faith, and in her fine desire to be helpful. she was ready to give herself up to his dream of a reformation among his people
 | The young doctor on the other hand, agnostic, careless about religion, is on the contrary driven by the logic of his discoveries in the hearts of the iepers and others he ministers to. into a re- discovery of Christianity What bles- sings he aforetime brought to the com munity from a wish to put in his time dong something useful, he continued to bestow now as humble follower of Him who always went about doing good. German intrigue, and Mosiem hatred bring on bloodshed and a little
 war. Through 1t all the girl finds her soul again and gives herself to the Il -s-4t s1f- |. devoted himself. Now he had become a leper!
 It is a wonderful book in it's delin- l cation of the inner working of Mo- hammeranism, and of the good that is in it and is full of incidents which could have been depicted only by one who was personally acquainted with the countries and nationalities of which he wrote.
 Oregon, the Picturesque" By Thomas D. Murphy. author of "On Sunset Highways" etc. Boston. Mass: | The Page O.. 63 Beacon street. Price,
 s3.50 net.
 Here is another volume of the sSee
 America First" series that will please those who love the picturesque and romantic in nature and enjoy reading of places they would like to visit, but are not in a position to do so, while to those who can travel as they wish information of most practical value will
 be afforded them should they decide
 to take the journey taken by Mir. Murphy, and from which he drew the interesting material therein presented.
 MT. Murphy made tour of Oregon, which is laid down on an excellent map of the State included in the book,
 together with another map showing how he extended his tour over the northern part of California His Ore gon tour took him over the western, northern and eastern parts of Oregon, carrying him to many places that are not on the regulation lines of travel. but which are full of interest and pleasure to the tourist, and in addition I to his Oregon and Northern California tours, he tells of most aliuring trip
 by automobile to the Yosemite. and to the Roosevelt Dam and the petri- fled forest of Arizona.
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