Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-05-08

perlCnCeS among variety OF 1ntelleCtuHi
and temperamental folk. The theme OF
the story is the contest between music
and love for her heart and soul. The
writer has a nicely humorous touch of
style, which enlivens an interesting
book.
Trimmed With Red" also deals with
temperamental and intellectual persons.
Parlor Socialists. bedroom free versi
fers and bath Bolsheviki, needless to
say of American origin, play their little
parts and recite their little pieces on
Wallace Twins 1iverting pages. When
we have mentioned the name Of the
writer the reader Of this review will
know that tho book contains no weighty
considerations. under the camouhage Of
fiction. OF soviets, communism, the /.
w. w. and other such ponderable
topics. but that it is rich in light and
satiric touches with a good deal of
basis for the ironic treatment of Green
wich Village, the socially and intel
lectually liberated" and the other per-
sons and places Of the plot. A droll
and delightful book--we'n say so.
With a nonchalance that conceals the
, versatility Of the man, Samuel Merwin
turns from the impassioned episodes Of
his Henry Calverly and the keen and
swift action Of his business novels to the
sheer romance and glowing color of the
Orient in Hills of Ham," The book Is
story of China-of course with good
and typical Americans for principals
which Is essentially romantic. though
| the details are carried out realistically.
1t is built up in theatric way 80 that
the readers interest is held from climax
to climax. Stylistically 1t is well up to
Mr.. Merwin's fastidious standard.
The Voice Of the Pack" Is a felici-
! tous blend Of adventure story and love
story. Edith Marshall has as hero the
quasi. invalid grandson of a frontiers
man. who comes back to the Oregon
forest scenes OF his grandsire's pioneer
ing. He has received his death sentence
from tuberculosis specialist and ex-
| poets to spend his last few months out
in the wild. But this life In the open
simply turns out to be the making of
him. He hears the summons to the
primitive in his nature in the call Of the
| wolf pack; he hears, too, the trumpet
call of nature; most of all, he hears the
elemental call of love through Snow
bird. the daughter of his mountaineer
host. The voices stir in him new aspira-
tionS, new desires, new liking for life.
The author manages his unusual theme
belicvably and skillfully. He. has
written book of more than ephemeral
worth.
The Bridge of Time spans a good
deal of time and space. 1t is one of the
school of stories that take hero from
ancient days to modern. and from ex-
tinct civilizations to the present day
developments of culture and progress.
The hero is prince Of the house of
Rameses, who is permitted by an in
genious arrangement to live in con =
temporary Europe and America. This
esoteric theme has been cleverly handled
and the book will please readers who
are fond of the unique and original
"Nomads of the North" is a char.
acteristic James Oliver Curwood book
The 'protagonists'' are young dos
with strain of wolf crossing his blood
and black bear cub. Their life in the
wilds, their comradeship and their re
lations to mere humans-the man and
the girl who have a romantic story
are the components in a most impressive
and appealing story which will bc
the animal stories of Jack London anc
the earlier ones of this genus by Mr.
Curwood.
The Blower of Bubbles" is the titlt
| given the story of a series of really ex
| cellent pieces Of short fiction by Arthur
| Beverly Baxter. The stories have thD
| war as background. but they do no
| fall under the now somewhat irksom,
| category Of wan fiction. A bit o
| whimsy, touch of the quaint anC
fanciful, mark all the stories, and in til,
| telling of them the author has a ligh
and bright touch, with glints Of humor
The heroes" and "heroines" are no
/ such in the conventional meaning of th
terms, but as the author explains in
| clever preface persons who neve
dreamed Of the parts they were to pla!
in the worlds greatest drama.
THE BRIDGE OF TINE. By W. II. Warner
New York Scott a SeltZer. sl.75.
NoMADs OF THE NORTH. BY Jane. Olive
Curwood New York: Doubleday. Page
THE VOICE OF THE PACK. BY EdIso
Marshall. Boston: Little Brown CO
Hills OF HAN. BY Samuel Merwtn. In
| dianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co.
TRIMMED WITH RED. By Wallace irwin
New York; George II. DOran Co.
THE oqTs0TNR RoI.3,dD R3AD 1, ~ AE3od Ny
| Mix. New YORK: Henry Holt Co. u.7;
MR.. WI. BY Louise Jordan Min. Ne
York; g. f a stSEes @ Co
| Baxter. New York: d. Appleton 4 Co.