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THE BOOK OF SUSAN; A Novel. BY
Lee Wilson Dodd. New York: +. r.
b,,t. 70,
Dutton Company.

THE BOOK OF SUSAN; 4 Novel. BY
Lee Wilson Dodd. New York: +. r.
Dutton Company.
When one. for the first time, meets
Susan, the heroine of Mr.. Dodd's
novel. she is little girl living at the
wrong end. the Stun end, of a crowd
ed New England city. When one
takes leave of Susan, twenty yesro
later. she is a young woman whose
intelligence and beauty and friepdli-
ness have brought her out into fair
places of recognition and honor. At
bottom, this novel, like every other
novel, is the quest of love on the
part OF one or the other or both of
the chief people concerned. This is
Susan's quest-though she does not
know it. just as many women do not
reallze that this is their chief oc-
cupation. The vicissitudes that at
tend Susan are of the quiet and be-
ieVable sort. the things that might
easily happen in America to girl
OF tnls sort. There is a good deal of
humor here. that, too. of the unob-
trusive kind. The whole puts readers
IN touch with very winning girl.
whose final happiness is a source of
genuine pleasure to the friendly read
ers of Susan. There is an exception
ally good firm feel to this workman
shlp-and a good story is the result.
THE ROARING ROAD. By BYRON
-N'N VI n. NtDfS DO ,
ran Company.
Everybody that deserves to own a
motor car has the touch of magma
tlon that turns it at once into some
thlnS approaching the human This
man promptly names his car-as he
does his dog. or his baby. He prompt
ly catches it's daily moods-'Georp-
cite is little bit of all right this
morning" or, "Georgette got up
wrong this morning" To such a de-
serving owner the stories in hand
will be clear joy. Under them is the
sympathy and understanding that so
often exist between a man and thiS
flying spirit of the road Through
them runs the devotion of a man to-
ward the car that he has made and
perfected. his joy in its triumphs. his
lookout for competitors and rivals.
his constant care to keep it to the
top of its powers. Here are stories of
racing, and the less exciting business
of every day. Both service and sport
are wrought into these tales. And
the real spirit and power OF this
king of the highway are brought here
in robust and refreshing lines OF In
cident. Capital tales of the open road.
THE PRAIRIE MOTHER. By Arthur
Stringer, author of The House of
Intrigue" etc. Illustrations by Ar
thur L. Becher. Indianapolis: The
Bobbs- Merrill Company.
The woman whom Mr.. Stringer has
made the center of his story of the
west is, certainly. first of all the
mother, But she is SO much besides
that that one i-voisatarily takes over
some of the wes( Xess of her MANY
burdens. There ere the three babies
to whom she applies the most intel
ligent of care. Then there is the
ranch to run. She does it we'll There
is the rival woman-the husbands
cousin from misunderstanding this
weak -kneed specimen over to her
own ranch ito show her how. A
sutton of her own to steer clear Of
to say nothing of the elements that
lie in wait. apparently for no other
reason than to circumvent the ranch
ing success of this indomitable per-
son. To be sure. reconcilement is the,
end of the story. But, with SO much
in between the beginning of this
story and it's end, one is kept inter
ested and alert over the final for
tunes of this prairie mother. The
out-of-door life presented here is in
teresting and convincing. The char
acter work is also of high order. III
the author has set himself more of
a task than he can fulfill with entire
satisfaction to everybody 1t is be-
cause he has offered one of those
uneXplainable facts of human nature
that make a man or woman pursue
with devotion and ardor an entirely
inadequate object