Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-09
NEW BOOKS

The Flaming Forest. By James Oliver
 Curwood. Illustrated by Walt Louder
 back. Cloth, 296 pages. Published by
 Cosmopolitan Book Corporation. New York. Price s2.
 Another interesting story from the pen of James Oliver Curwood iS The Flam- ing Forest. It seemed that all the TO- nance and glamour of the north, with the last word in mystenes. had been crowded into The Rivers End. the first novel by this author in this dramatic triolegy. Then came The Valley of Si- lent Men and readers found new glamour new romance and an even more baffling mystery.
 Now comes The Flaming FJres.. T. is Curwood at his best. He has written a story that will be read with delight and as usual he caught the charm of the nerthland as t has seldom hefors been caught. MT. Curyooi portrays great souls and strong, who wage their battle Of life and love in The open spaces, the great out-of-doors ia the Canadian northwest and as is invariably the case tales of that region have an unusual fascination.
 The Master of Man. By Fall caine. Cloth. 43O pages. Published by J. B.
 Lippincott Company, Philadelphia
 Price s1.75.
 As a teller of tales which grip the imagination and stir the emotions Hall | Caine has few equals. This new story is fine example of his art.
 As The Woman Thou Gayest Me was a woman's story so The Master of Men Is mans story.
 Although dealing with the same eternal subject they are opposite facts of the same coin. The scene s ,aic in the Isle of Man.
 / Victor Stowen, young man of fine nature, coming from a family of high i traditions, commits s.a against a wo- man under circumstances of g-ear tenn | tations such as come to r:i.iioas ot young men in avery generation. He con l ceals his sin and his concealment leads to other and still other sins, until his life is wrapt up in falsehood. Time | and again he is saved from spiritual death by the love of noble hearted Fen ella Stanley, only daughter O. the gov ernor. Victor becomes judge and later finds himself forced to pass judgment on his companion in guilt Shall he re- main true to his oath of officc or save the girl?" He is forced to 3 decision which brings the story to a dramatic climax. The story possesses a seuss i of portrayal and a fine understanding of human life that makes 1t one of the great novels.
 History of the New York Times. Ry
 W. Elmer Davis. Cloth, illustrated. 43-
 pages. Published by The New Yorl Times. Price s2.
 Last month The New York Times cele
 brated it's 10th anniversary and the 25tl . year of the present management. Ti:'
 ocasion was thought fitting for tke 'ssu
 of the history of this old, influential ant powerful American journal ro6l It's be ginnings In 1851 down to the present day
 The book developed into something mdr than the story of The Times it reflect the history of American newspaper mak | Ing in some of Its most important Thas es It may be rec6 :ned as vital cortri
 futien to the history O. journa,'sn. Tn
 newspaper worker and Stu1ent of jonr r |. alism will read 1t wltl deep interes, Tn | reader to whom 7ewspl1er making something of a mystery will find gres
 personalities, nGtlonal figures, moving i' its pages Greeley is there, and th elder Bennett and the great names ( . the abolition struggle and the Civil wa Half-forotten political battles echo
 It's pages. Nor are the chapters dea e Ing with later days less interesting. TT s story of the Times under the Ochs maI If agement shows the latter to be that a man with a vision and the stubborn
 ness of his conviction in the truth of h - vision.