Evening star., 1921-07-31
Reviews of New-Books

4 lltt1e OaCkrOOm OF an alley SalOOu.
| Unnoticed. he there soaked UP 2 lot
| AS a young man and an unexpected
idealist Peter was able to turn this
| early knowledge to good account in
! the political cleaning up that ap-
peared to be HIS job in the COM
eventually came into the notice. Of
Influential folks. both in society and
| in business. From this point on the
graphic story has to do with Peter
in this wider set Of relations, and.
/ finally. with the happy outcome of
his own love adventure This writer
realism Of this account with the en-
| livehing hues Of consistently wrought
romance. One likes Peter Cadogan.
He is a real fellow. This is a real
story, too.
VAL OF PARADISE: By Virgie E.
Roe, author of 'Tharon of Lost
Valley" etc. New York: Dodd.
Mead & Co.
Paradise is a picturesque and pros
porous ranch down In the southwes
country. Val is the boy-girl OF John
himself provides the Jekyll-and- Hyde
element upon which this adventure
depends for it's well sustained mys-
| tification. tragic climax identifies
| the influential ranchman with the
black rustler." whose spectacular
raids have reused the countryside to
| organized pursuit, John Harmon him
self at the head Of this outraged band.
The good side Of John Harmon sup
ports an ideal domestic life wherein
a blind wife and the girl. Val. center
! his devotion; A fitting troop Of
youth, generally supposed to be the
BLACK rustler." diverts the pursuit
| in the interests of exciting adventure
and furnishes the real clue to the
identity Of the adroit cattle litter
This young stranger becomes the
/ hero also Of this romance with Val
| Of Paradise assisting. The story is
| full of tense moments that are swiftly
, swept into the general current OF
action which rises again to a new
| level of pause and suspense. Close
| to melodrama. the story is neverthe-
less OF quality to carry one along,
keenly interested, through its highly
romantic course.
THE SHIELD OF SILENCE. By
Harriet T. Comstock. author of
MANS Jo," etc. Frontispiece
| BY George LouehrIdee. New York:
Doubleday. Page 6 Co.
| To what extent docs the blood
strain, on the one hand, determine e
character and personality. and to
| what extent. on the otter hand, are
these settled by training and sur
roundings? This familiar query forms
the foundation upon which Mrs. Com
stock builds a vivid and interesting
story Of two girls. Upon the same
night these children were brought.
new born. to a refuge in the Virginia
mountains. Subsequently they were
reared by the cultured and lovable
aunt Of one of them. sfe herself was
1 o. III {Ah 80 ho fu,n nf
her own blood. And the problem. as
such. is kept in the background while
the two girls expand. each in her own
way. under the happy influences
around them. 1t Is upon its surface
a delightful romance. with love and
marriage at its close. Even when the
story ends only one person in the
knows the Darentage of the two. This
person 10 one Of the girls herself. The
romance is not offered as proof
Rather is it spirited narrative that
plays. comnetently. with this appeal
ing question.
TOPEE AND TURf3AN; or, Here and
There IN India. By Lieut.. Col. H
| A. Newell. ]. A, F. r. @. S. With
| So illustrations. New York: John
Lane Company.
Many travellers have followed the
| way VI Snccc' PdSco, OVt, - I1uS
lish officer Of the Indian army. the
author had the advantage Of personal
observation not accorded to the usual
tourist-an advantage which he
passes ion to the reader with a con.
rative charm. OF the eleven chapters
most Of which ha-- been published
in Indian journals, the opening ad-
venture represents week end trip
by ot6r--from Nowsheta, a post OF
sun bill GIFTED peaks, scorching winds
and hot sand, to Abbottaba a para.
disc Of breezes. Another especially
interesting visit is made to the Togas
who wear white sheets. curl their hail
land eat neither meat nor vegetables
and a final jaunt leads to the village
Of Little Mount. crowned with the
Church of Our Lady of Health. Neal
tie Thomas is held to have sough,
refuge" and from which he escaped
later on to suffer martyrdom- Each