Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-18
NEW WESTERN TALES
ARE RED-BLOODED
Nouels Range From Texas to
the Great Northwest
in Locale

Lovers Of western fiction With
! abounding adventure and lively adven-
lures have variety of choice in the
! following books. Most Of them tighten
the sensations and excitements with
humor and swcctrn them with romance.
The Prairie Mother" is n sequel to
rthur Stringer's THE Prairie Wife,"
II has real impressiveuess of literary
performance. and the heroine is a
genuine characterization. She Is a
b, sympathetic woman this prairie
mother-with fearless self. revelation
more courage than most of us, never
a trace. Of self pity. always saving
sense Of humor and always wise and
sustaining philosophy that sees her
over the rough places.
| Midnight on the Ranges is a
briskly moving and exciting novel Of
| life on the Texas plains. of a sons hate
Of his father. of treachery toward
| friends. and Of such evil self. seeking
that inevitably It brought destruction
on itself. 1t is also the story of a
chivalrous range rider, fine in instinct,
loyal 10 the core, whose love finds its
right reward.
In THE Fur Bringers." that adept
hctionist Of out of doors. Hubert
Footncr, deals with the big hearted,
|
Canada. Ambrose Doane. the heroic
fur trader. and Colina Gaviller. the
stanch and loyal daughter of the factor
or Fort Enterprise. are characters Of
interest. His scenes with the mounted
| police. Indians, etc, are reflections of
his every day associations. It is a
high spirited story.
"Wunpost" IL new and good speci-
men Of Dane Coolidge's western tales.
Two lost gold mines. n simple minded
and too trusting young prospector, a
rascally promoter, and n clever and
charming girl are the main factors in
this story of adventure, love and retri-
button. The local color is of the wide
perspective of the Arizona deserts. In
gcnious complications, a real love story
and slangy western humor make this
change from the boudoir style of fiction.
| Glen of the High North" adds II.
\. Cody to the list of novelists who
have found fresh literary fields in the
| Canadian northwest and the Alaskan
gold fields. It tells stirringly Of dar-
| ing, danger. love and romance. A spring
day. charming face seen for mo-
ment in crowd the chance for adven-
! ture-these contrive to make a young
man throw over his job and start on a
wild goose chase in search of man
who has been missing for years. The
pretty face reappcars from time to time,
n lodcstone drawing him on from ad-
venture to adventure. and proving at
last the reward of his long seeking.
James Oliver Curwood is at his best
in "The Valley of Silent Men," When
he thought he was dying. Sergeant
Kent. the best man trapper in the
Royal Mounted told story that
branded him as murderer and set an
other man free. But the Doctors dag
nosis was wrong; death by hanging
grinned in the troopers face. Love Of
| life and Of a beautiful mystery girl
liar now made him fugitivc-a hun
ter become the hunted. With him. down
those fabled rivers flowing north to the
frozen Arctic, sped the girl, whose own
secret winds like a thread of wild
magic. to the hidden valley of silent
men
Katharine Newlin Burt's "The
Branding Iron" was one Of the real
fiction successes of 1919. 1t also won
great favor in the films. Mrs. Burt's
new novel, "Hidden Creek" does not
lag behind its predecessor in human ap-
peal, dramatic episodes and emotional
| quality. 1t has literary quality and it
| has thrills. Sheila Arundel the hero
inc. goes West to work in n little no
tel whore she becomes a sort of good
angel to the lawless characters there
and particularly to her patron 8
drunken son. Following a brutal dec
laration of love from her employer. she
| fees to the mountain. and from then
on events move steadily and e1citingly
to powerful climax and final happy
ending.
GLEN OF, THE. HIGH. NORTH BY II. A..
Cody, New York. q II D0ran n
HIDDEN CREEK. ny Katharine Newlln
r,t, R,gri; R9stoR; gsW r., H%pshton M!fnin co.
| Oliver Curwood, New York: Cosmopolitan
! wENPOsT. BY Dane Coolidge. New York;
! T, L. DuttOn & Co.
THE PRAIRIE MOTHER. BY Arthur
-, Stringcr LndannBoIs; Bobbs Merrill Co.
| ner: New York: las. A. McCann Co.
! MIDNIGHT on THE RANGES. ny Georgs
| Gilbert. Boston: Little, Broan Co