The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-12-05
BOOK REVIEWS
Nv cARonYN GORDON
.xas Obstacle RACE"

.axns Obstacle RACE"
The Obstacle Race. BY Ethel NJ pe'''
published BY Putnam As:
w. approach the review OF this move!
with trepldat!on. To begin with. there
(. +he glamour os the wholly success
mi about Miss De,rs achievements. and
that IN itself - enough TO give pause
n any faithful reader OF the American
MAGAZINE. Mss Deli occupies lonely
sminenCe in the world OF letters. she
is-her publishers admit 1.-THE move
ist who has never had failure. She
Il - who Is Englapd's perennial best
seller-not Hugh walpole or W. J."
George. or A s. NJ. Hutchinson or II. q.
Wells or John GalsTorthy. Some o.
these gentlemen have had failures.
'rhev have even suffered pecu0Iar!
losses from their publications, but MISS
Delrs writings have formed a pertecS
staircase UP 70 Fame, an astounutHs
crescendo from The Way OF an Eagle
Nm 70 ..,rne Obstacle Race" Ut IS her
publishers who are speaking now. Here
- the crescendo:
"A TIE Obstacle Race
IS Rosa Mundt
l2 The Top OF the "orio
n Tho Tidal wave
10 The Lamp in the Desert
. Greatheart
s The Safety Curtain
= The Hundred:h Chance
. Bars OF Iron
The Keeper OF the Door
The Swindicr
5 Tho Rocks OF Fa!pre
Tho Knave OF Diamonds
Tho Way or an Eagle
II = hearten.ag list cc HIes ana
makes one feel grateful that MISS l'et
took TO writing novels instead OF poetry
Al various times we have been sent oS
publishers who are speaking now.) Here
was the most popular book IN tho pup
lie library Tho answer was usua1S
the same. delivered with u deprecatory
shake OF the head by librarians. ~
was the latest novel by Ethe! NJ. DEL.
whatever Z happened 20 be. u seems
that all OF the fourteen are equally good
AS her publishers say. she has never
stunned There %as one year when
Tao Educat!on OF Henry Adams" ran
Miss Dcll's current Offering close sec
ond but that was just after the war
when everybody was more serious
minded than usual. We haven't oeen
around to enquire lately out we 'e~I
that Miss Dell might look Nttie more
closely 10 her laure.s since the puo.i-
cation - The She;&"
rbe Same spirited Touch
And ,es, there SHOULD be any Suspi-
Ion IN the public mind that the raTor-
re has Stamped ever so little. we hasten
20 add that this. her latest novel -
executed With the same spirited tnucn
49,, rIa"Lc.erizes al her writings.
T.e-, &c \ o., wNo Mas found life In
fasntnaaa'e circles IN London TOO
sang 20 ne- spiritual welfare. and
ras taken reCuYe - y lonely rt'!aS"
b.. .re sea shore. We are introduced
- he as she SIS gazing sadly out e
Sea--sAe has oU'y three Cigarettes LETT
end 3 beginning % wonder II she
nasn', hrea a trifs preci pitats IN her
digit The lonely village. however har-
hos = tine. '.Nely young man. lie
roa:c. smoking across the moo and
saves ner lie and gives her 4 cigarette.
The events happen n strict order o.
narration.
Il : the aroma o. DIX Greene's cigar
S.te which first attracts JuIiet's atteu-
Ion. buc Z Is his noble character which
ODDS her SO enthraHed. But Dick has
kUncI-barSod brother 20 whom he has
50 "a devoted rs NE and he feels
,'la: 70 woman would be willing TO
r...--r I'm as long as Robin IS with him.
J",je: assures him tHa: she -. :
tie Nm. 81 on IN acreage % :hr""
'..;Ss 70 D-EA b.. i makes a6solutsI,
no .rrn-oss!ra OF him Having eStah-
.sSEht Gl~ Nit'.i ts0C. MISS Zen pEpNN'h~
20 Gar-oN the feelings o. her reader
with rnNny- a passionate outbrrSt and
one GOOD sized tragedy until she arrives
y, Nh. SO would 10 doubt torn. the
~ ." - ate which she a,."~s the
'"ouh."d waters - 'uhe:de. The p5't9-
%" =? - belongs ~ 80 TOP ~ tie
.-r.:r.d. I = o"s o. he Hes.
The chs-med Circle"
It" Charmed ,'"'," b. fAwaid
>''"H .iNwc'. , ai.~.'d nv o." Ns"N'-
~ cowla"r: IT, ho",t marks the
lend - tt" & So. We aHd Il hard
:" = "s' -" -" % Wa De-.
~ sN.H""..S'"r W" -'%T'Nd on iAH
o.s.' OF" voc : $50" Sr,:r@ toF 4
took wh!'A vol" he ~N't,o'e S''' :"r
or 'THn";2Hiner. ard """e y -. me
'.s rH''.t circle = !."">'H' S'lTN o.
'H >me'i'"' hay W was STRANDED n
"rTn ~ 80 H""S'r G4a-c.Ah am p
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