The Washington times., 1921-06-26
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From this point on, events move
with the swiftness that Vance knows
20 well to put into his stories a new
character, Karslake drawn into the
story, finds motive for his subsequent
efforts when he obtains his first
glimpse OF the heroine. Every now
and then It appears certain that the
willy Victor is about to be trapped put
always he springs some new surprise
He apparently has fnexh2usuofe re-
sources. Eventually, he imprisons
Karslake and the girl on the roof OF
burning building This marks the
high tide of Victor's vIllainy. Tor IN
thrilling climax the pair are rescued,
and Prince Victor meets the reward
of his viilainy.
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, author
of many charming stories, mostly con-
cerned with nurses. doctors. and all
ing folks, has now novel In course
Of preparation by the buttons IT fe
said that the title viii be Rainy
Week"
GRUB STREET sTORIEs.
Christopher Morley is never so
thoroughly at home as when he
writes Of the world of books and
book-people. Poems. essays, stories.
and novels from his pen. have all
enshrined the book and celebrated
the book lover with a refreshing
geniality and humor, and style at
once charming and Individual
Tales From a Roll-Top Desk,
Just published by Doubleday, Page
and Company. is collection OF
eleven stories. Grub street, from its
dingiest garnet to the sanctum OF
the publisher: the, commuter. home
ward bound; the minor poet arc
some of the themes which have af-
forded Mr.. Morley opportunity for
his grotesquery and hurnor.
The Prize Package" the story OF
man who hires another to write
verses to be used In the wooing OF
maiden fair, is strongly suggestive
of the story of Cyrano de Bergerac,
but the Morley touch is evident In
the denouement. THE Case of
Kenelm Digby" Is a detective story
Of frivolous nature, while The
Communication Chophouse" Is clev-
erly told tale Of very ingenious
swindle.
Three of the stories stand out as
much above the average of the col
lection. These are advice to the
Lovelorn," built around those coll
uns familiar to readers of newspa-
pers wherein are answered the let
tcrs OF Cupid-smitten youths and
maids; "Gloria and the Garden Il
Sweden" a laughable yarn involv-
ing lunchrooms, calisthenics, and
coal stealing; and Referred TO the
Author" an interesting departure
from the mood and manner of the
rest of the book. 1t is a story of
the theatrical world. but to suggest
its nature would be to withhold
from the reader large measure Of
suspense and surprise.
Other stories are "The Pert Little
Hat" "The Battle of Manila En-
veiopesS Punch and Judy The,
Climactonic," and Urn Burial
A TIP FOR ARCHITECTS.
As was the case with "Main Street."
In which the literati all over the
country began discovering and quot
Ing curiously spectacular paragraphs
some time after the book had been
published and widely reviewed, they
are now finding rich repositories of
such paragraphs in Coningsby Daw-
sons new noyel. The Kingrom Round
the Corner"
ITS a rare talent, jndeed-perhaps
rarer than that of describing human
being well--to be able to make the
dwelling places of the character in
a. book vividly suggestive of their
owners, almost animate, indeed"
writes Mrs. Frances Parkinson Keys,
wife OF the New Hampshire Senator
land author OF Letters From a Sem
ator's Wife"), and as an illustration.
she quotes the following from the new
Dawson novel:
-'Having climbed winding stair,
he was shown into a room in the tur-
ret, one side of which was filled with
a tall loaded window gazing west
ward. The landscape which 1t framed
hung against the darkness like
painted canvass far-resching ex-
panse of tree-dotted pasture. vague
with islands of mist and trimmed by
the last faint sparks of the sunset.
The ceiling was heavily beamed, the
furniture Jacobean, the walls paneled
and hung with many generations OF
family portraits. In wide hearth
FIRE of Goals and logs was burn
ing. In the rooms center stood
carved table on which was set a mas