The sun., 1919-07-06
"The Haunted BOOkshOp"
By N. p. D.


part of it is thai book could be so book
iSh and at the same time so amusing. con-
tanning lists Of best books and hints for
bedtime reading and reading e'louds al
most the usual "books that h! e hel Ned
me- or my favorite authors sort Of
thing. contributed by movie st. r. and
. other celebrities 10 the magazine pages
of the Sunday papers-and at the same
time is Il good German spy story with a
plot that thi Il and an unconventional
love STORY that does not run smoothly and
does end happily. The combination
sounds a little indigestible, but ii really
isn't The reader becomes 50 interested IN
the lively literary ghost that is President
Wilson'S favorilc author that he accepts
the bookishncss along with the rest as all
in the days story.
Another surprising thing is that in tins
dav of much print when books actually
do seem 10 grow on blackberry bushes;
and when the words of Solomon have been
fulfilled: and necromancy no longer AT
iaches TO the printed word as when VIII
liam Caxton sought 10 bawilder the read
ers of his History Of Troy by telling IN
how tremendously short time 1t had been
printed; and when a hundred thousand
books can probably be printed in as many
hours as il Sook wears To transcrlbe
single Bible: and when finally Il book re
viewer especially i inclined +" cry anah-
ema upon the name Of Gutenberg or
the Chinaman. or whoever It WAS who IN
vented print Mr.. Morley Is faithful t"
books, and goes even further than {. Lamb
in his booksh allegiance when he SAYS:
a books a book. even If Harold Bell
Wright wrote it" 4 man could hardly
90 further in his literary "nthusia M than
that.
II.
The Haunted Bookshop i'll Brooklyn
seems Ia be about the same sorl OF
SAINTS and Sinners Corner for blblo-
maniacS which Eugene Field. as the chief
sinner. haunted in Chicago. And speak
ing of Field, Mr.. Morley's story recalls
The Lore AGdirs Of a BiblomdHidc in
part, with faroring of Stockton. But
the man who wanted Cnrlyies Ohrcr
CromweH. however,. took il whenever he
wanted it instead of posting the warning
As Field was in the habit Ct doing:
"Kind friend. for Jesus sake forbrarc
To buy Ne beck thou seeSt here:
For when that / do get the peIf.
I mean Ia hUv We book mvSeltr.
The casual wav in which Mr. Morley
introduces the CromwfU i, clever. II !,
ONLY after the Carlyle ghost has walked
several times that the reader begins 10
take notice. and connect up the Facts that
the Cr9mWeH is President Wilson's favor
tie book. which he would probably like I"
take with him on his eventful voyage on
the George Washington Especially
bound: and that CARLYLE was pro-(ier-
man. and the druggist under suspicion Is
named Wcintlaub. and the assistant chef.
WHO is his arcornplice. has a beard and a
Tcuton:c accent The KEY 10 the whole
matter l. ioand on page l''3 of the third
volume of Crom1reH. where CARLYLE says:
TO scducc the Protectors guard, 10
blow up the Protector in his bedroom.
and do other little iidding things.
The proprietor Of The Haunted Book
shop is the same Roger Mifflln Of PdrmdS-
s,ts az Wheels He not only haS his ad-
mirab!r wife in this book bui Il captIvat
ing assistant in the person of Miss Titanla
Chapman. hrireSs of Chapman's Dainty
hits, and IL the advertising man IN the
story would say. 1.-The browning advGT-
tisemcnt of her fathers career Mr..
Aubrey Gilbert of the GRAY Matter Ad-
veriisng Agency admired the layout
OF 1Itania'S face. We read, from the
standpoint uf lis cherished technique:
Just enough white space. he thought.
10 sci off her eyes a. the centre of M
4.c..t TI.r f.,tur,.S aren't Tins modern