The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-02-20

same time follow the trail and defend themselves from the nurderous attacks of the desperadoes who are racing
 against them,
 "Curly and the Aztec Gold Is per
 haps the most brilliant story that Mir.
 Ames has yet written.
 1 "LONDON DAYS"
 l By Arthur Warren Little Brown X l Co.,. Publishers, Boston,
 One of the most delightfully."- written 1 books which has appeared within the 1 past decade is 'Iondon Days" whose 1 author is Arthur Warren.
 The great charm of the book lies in 1 it's intimacy-by that meaning its close
 Eess and it's nearness-bringing the | reader into intimate acquaintance with
 men of affairs and events of moment all
 of which is told in that personal way 1 which makes the reader feel a real ir- terest in the words he reads-a real in-
 terest in the events that are taking place.
 Many books have been written about Lopdon--fron all angles and views-an l most of them rather prosac. but MT 1 Warren puts a touch to London Days which is decidedly original and appealing and which makes of his story. of his experience and his acGuaintances in that great city, real novel.
 l Mir Warren's publishers tell us that i Mr. Warren is an American who for
 many years was the London correspon- 1 dent of The Boston Herald He tells of l his first impressions of London when 1 he went there in the late seventies. youth fresh from college. Then the city was "a more livahle place than it is l row and he soon learned to love the 1 English In 1883 he made his plunge l into journalism; in 1ssS. having acquired l a reputation as a writer and q wide ac- 1 uuaintanee among the celebrities and 1 worth while people of England, he he came 'I.ondon correspondent" po- l sition which he held for nine years until 1 called elsewhere
 1 Tn his "reminiscences he writes with 1 sympathy and intimate knowledge of such men as Robert Browning. John stuart Blacke Tennyson. Gladstonc. George Meredith, Henry Drummon1. Henry NJ. Stanley Whistler. Sir Henry Irving and Parnell His estimates of l these famous men and his analysis of
 their characters and their achievement. .s are based on q knowledge Fained in I years of friendship in some cases, and by personal acquantanceship always.
 HTuRN ABOUT TALTS.H
 By Alice Hogan Rice and Gale Young
 Rice. The Century Company. Publish l CTS, New York City.
 ! Turn About Tales, by Alice Hogan 1 Rice and Gale Young Rice contains 10 stories of varied settings and of unusual 1 excellence the title of the volume in- dicating the fact that the two authors 1 alternate in the table of contents. The famous author of Mrs. Wiggs 1 needs no introduction as a teller of l short stories. Nor does MT. Rice need an Introduction to the reading public, l except in his new role of story writer | heretofore he has been known for hls 1 poetry. But the true short story is akin i to the dramatic poem, in which form Mir 1 Rice has done extraordinary work, and 1 his five stories in this volume are marked 1 by the passion. power and beauty that might be expected.
 1 In her five stories Mrs Rice shows again those marvellous gifts of humor. | tender >ss and narrative power that
 have endeared her to a multitude of
 readers in all parts of the world
 "A MAYFLOWER MAID. l By Emile B. Knipe and Alden A. Knipe Illustrated by Emile B. Kipe The 1 Century Company Publishers, New | fork City.
 1 Barbara Gorges. timid motherless l Puritan girl, sets out from England with her father on what Is to her the terri 1 flying voyage to the mysterious new 1 world America. She cannot help be- | lieving' the aonstrous tales that are cir 1 cuat.d about the new land. Neverthe- 1 less her father, I stern member of the | Puritan band, insists that she accom- pany him. and it is only In Myles Stand sh that she finds q spark of courage | to face the tourney The captain of the vessel is coward and turns the ship back to England There Barbara loses 1 her father and after q series of adven- 1 lures finds herself aboard the May l flower bound for the new courHry. l Arrived in America the settlers come 1 near starving. In these trying times I Barbara develops into q brave resource l full girl She is intimate with Rose Stan dish, who shortly after the landing suc- cumbs to the rigors of the bitter climate. | Thereafter Myles Standish takes it upon | himself to guard Barbara and thus in tnis confidence she learns and sees much | of his negotiations with the natives. l This is the only Knipe book for 1920 | and that means much to fathers ana 1 mothers who have learned to depend on i these sterling authors for worthwhile en- 1 tertainment for their children It is also l esnecially timely in view of the tcrcen- ! tenary celebration of the landing of the | Pilgrims and is historically accurate in every particular. Altogether this book l is a worthy successor to those earlier ju-
 veniIe best sellers, "The Lucky Six
 pence Peg O The Ring Beatrice of l Denewood, ,'' The Lost Little Lady etc.
 THE MIDDLE PASSAGE" Hy l.. Erank Tooker, The Century 1 Company. Publishers, New York | City,
 sThe Middle Passage" was the dan l gerous course of the slave ships that | brought their human cargces from l Africa tos North America, and the 1 story is set at a time when the 1 slavers were compelled to run the i gauntlet of warships trying to prevent ] the traffic out Of Africa The adven- l lures of the hero, who was acciden- l tally involved in the slave trade, make
 thrilling narrative, and his love for # girl as pure as the slave trade was 1 vile weaves through the story the
 thread of romance by which. in the end he achieves the greatest conquest 1 of life.
 1 MT. Tooker Is an author who knows :. nd lnues fha saa Hia farhears pera