Evening star., 1921-08-28
Reviews of New Books

be q. real problem for some wife in
pears--one that any youth might de.
sire And she likes the boy nd too But
particularly the father-she says.
"Not today. thank you" The youth
finally goes out to his ranch, where
he Is about as lonely as it Is good
for he eets 9ts 90 lone iooi at y thines ain out
there. and. from where he stands. his
father appears to be dead wrong, and
his mother looks like a big woman.
come right. as they should do with
this square and fair young chap.
Very touching little places in this ro-
nance. and the whole of 1t is pro-
sense Of humor and a real apprecia-
tion Of some Of the sorry aspects Of
the human game.
PRINCESS MAZDA. BY Brewer Corco-
ran, author of 'The Road to LIE
Reve." etc. Illustrated by H. wes-
ton Taylor. Boston: The Page Com
pany.
It happened in Switzerland where,
astonishing number and character.
There would have been no adventure
il Bill Hale; American. had stayed in
and her husband. instead Of walking
away up a lone path all by himself.
1t was on this path that he met cupid.
a mite Of a lad who jabbered in an
away there e sseod that S NOV ove1isss sat laay aay
in the world" who has been the un-
doing OF young men since time be-
gan. 1t took no time at all for Bill
In distress. and less time for him to
don his armor in her succor and pro-
lection. Beyond this flaming moment
the romance is a whirl of ready and
seious Of Bill Hale threading the AL
pine corners on two wheels of his
bfg car as he swings into the great
princess as the prize, When encoun-
ters come Bill Hale is able to knock
out 1our men. or six. in a fashion that
would have excited the envy of Demp-
bound to the service of the tiny king.
dom in the Land Of Nowhere whose
sole hope is the beautiful princess Of
the story discuss the grave mat
1ess Mss,, a5sa1,, BIZ Hale turns a suave
American. Bill Hale! And, Of course.
ne wins the lovely lady-then one
comes to wonder what Bill can pos
one not a second of leisure, not a
moment of certainty.
THE MYSTERY OF THE SYCAMORE,
BY Carolyn Wells. author of 1.-The
cue, etc. Frontispiece by Frank
M4ckernan Philadelphia: j. B.
y killed Samuel Appleby myself"
das,Is: the law; Il killed him said Wheeier's
Wheeler's wife. That is the story.
murderer nd
rassed and circumvented here with
three self-confessed criminals on its
nands. This situation opens the way
S4 r4r the advent. once more, of Fleming
neatly eliminates all three and sets
up the real murderer instead. The
novelty of the situation gives the
~ sresn turn to this new mystery tale
ACROSS MONGOLIAN PLAINS; a
N.tnralisrs Account Of. China's
man Andrews, author of Camps
and Trails in China" etc. Photo
graphs by Yvette Borup Andrews.
New York: d. Appleton & Co.
Travel readers WHO accompanied
the author on former explorations
VIII follow with even more zestful
per1ences in Mongolia and North
China: as leader of the second Asiatic
expedition of the American Museum of
Natural History. New York. The il
lustrations. which add to the motion
picture vividness of the text. are con-
trlbuted by the writer's wife. Yvette
Borup Andrews. photographer of the
expedition. who, to quote, was my
best assistant in the field"
With an opening chapter that gives
fresh reminder of the centuries of
Genghlz Khan, and his still more IA
nous successor, Kublai Khan, who
almost in night" created the great
est empire the world has ever seen
and of Mongolia's supremacy over all
Europe until excess of luxury brought
the downfall, where force of arms had
failed-the author visions with cam.
era-like realism. his entry into "the
land of mystery" adventuring across
the Mongolian plains, meeting with
picturesque incidents. customs and
types; glimpsing geological garden
In the desert, interesting enough to
form chapter of animals. and birds
or TO the sacred city Of the living
Buddha: visit to the forests of
Mongolia-then on to the Cobb desert,
the way made excitingly glamorous
with hunts, fishing trips; night walk
In a canyon: descriptions Of camp
life In queer remote places, and, at
last, the ending of the expedition at
Peking, where Mr.. Andrews, with DR..
G. D. Wilder and Everett Smith, paid
an official call upon the Duke Tsai.