Evening star., 1921-11-27

New York: Harcourt. Brace & Co.
An unusual plan supports this ro-
nance. A ten-hour day. beginning AZ
8 in the morning, covers the entire
action. So. when 6 strikes, one has
already gathered the .nGin facts asout
ment. too. when Mrs Jennings decides
not to run away with her attractive
lodger. Mr.. Leonard Hyde. clostag the
door Of her house, conclusively. both
upon Mr.. Hyde and the reader as well.
An accident, impish In character but
serviceable in eject, brings the young
woman to herself IN time To remember
that her old father needs her every
hour in the day; that her growing
niece can hardly do without her. and
that even Robert, her huaband, has =
few unsettled claims upon her con-
sideration. And the closing door gets
q little extra push Of security. while
Mrs. Jennings goes back to the pros-
pect OF many tomofrows as 1ike eoAay
as peas in o pod, save for the narrow
margin Of danger that the proposed
elopment offered. A sincere and pho
tographic piece of work that opens up
the tragic possibilities Of the common
place.
THE MAN WITH THE ROODiNG
EYES. BY John Goodwin. author
of without Mercy" New. York:
G. p. Putnam's Sons.
Virtue pursued by wiekeiness,, in
nocence beset by villainy-this is the
theme. Young Joan Ayre is the lamb
in this action. The Callaxhan gang
remained the typist that she was
when we met here. she would have
had no trouble-and we no story.
When. however. it turned out that the
girl was. really, the Lady Something
r-Other. a titled heiress dug out
trail house. then 1t was that the CAL
laghan gang entangled her in a dan
gerous and highly exciting mesh of
conspiracy. To prove that she was
the Lady Joan, for a fat compensa-
ton, was the work of the smooth
Eangsters. To prove that she was not
the Lady Joan. should the plan fall
through. was the alternative. Be-
tween the two plans the story races
from point to point Of rising interest
until, at it's very top notch, the man
who figures in the title completely
vindicates the claims Of innocence.
thereby earning the undivided ap-
Gus and active adventure that
sweeps one along in It's many
sided interests. If, now and then. one
feels dissatisfied. mildly dissatisfied.
with the too-easy shift of Joan from
working girl to great lady: If. once
dramatic of bearing and behavior,
that inconsequental flaw is more than
made up by the all-around sub
stantiality OF the men of the story.
They are all self-contained and be-
lievable- Especially does the man
with the brooding eyes, win one,
despite a past that is crowded with
shady Implications.
beriain. author Of white Man"
etc. New York: Harper & Bros.
A love story, pure and simple. No
social problem obtrudes upon this
supreme ISSUE No Main Street" lit
of in mid-victorian fashion with a
tear-one diamond drop falling from
violet eyes Chivalry leaps to defence
and succor. Beyond this point the
tale drifts into the fairy realm of
miracle and implausibility. Things
happen and events arrange them
selves as they would not so happen,
would not so arrange themselves.
once in thousand years. Notwith-
standing. this is an interesting story,
exemplyfying once more that 1t is the
way of the thing that counts. And
this writer has a way with him. q way
calculated to give reality to dreams.
to make believable the unlikely, to
point with bright and clever to-and-
fro talk of that which in many writ
ing hands would drivel away into
mawkishness. So, you will read this
romance with an absorption in its
clear interest. despite the fact that
1t counts out pretty completely the
current purposes and tools Of recent
fiction.