The New York herald., 1921-11-20
Stories for SCHOOLGIRLS

THE PRINCESS OF THE SCHOOL.
BY Angela Brazil Frederick A.
Stokes Company.
POPULAR SCHOOL GIRL. BY
Angela Brazil Frederick A. Stokes
Company.
THE LUCK OF DENEWOOD. BY e. b.
Knipe and A. A. Knipe. Century Com
pany.
THEN CAME CAROLINE. BY Leila
Horn Richards. Little, Brown & Com
pany.
THE CORNER HOUSE GIRLS AMONG
THE GYPSIES. BY Grace Brooks
Hill. Barse Il Hopkins
WHEN GRETEL WAS FIFTEEN. BY
Nina Rhoades. Lothrop. Lee & Shep-
ard.
That an astute publisher finds it de-
sirable to bring out two similar stories
by the same author at once indicates
a solid foundation in popularity Miss
Brazil has several other successful
girls stories to her credit; she has the
trick of drawing pleasant, wholesome
ly romantic pictures of English school
life without overriding their necessary
saccharinity. The first of this pair,
THE PrAcess of the School" also
ranges outside the school room, ven
lures into Africa and Sicily i'm quest
of romance and makes a stirring
enough tale. One forgives her even the
eXpedient of the lost will, which turns
UP in the necessary secret drawer" in
the nick of time to restore his proper
ty to the rightful heir. The princess
is something of an exotic, but the story
as a whole is authentically English.
The other story involves a jolly, ad-
venturous fifteen-year- old English
miss, who is equipped with an Ameri-
can cousin. Loss of her wealth and
consequently of social position leave
her still popular. since she demon
strates that she is "a good sport" ="
Both stories are sprightly. full of ac-
ton and colorful.
Another Denewood story will be
heartily welcomed by the large audi
ence that has followed its predeces-
sors. 1t will be remembered that the
'luck" was the half of an old silver
sixpence, and that it had been lost.
Presumably as a consequence the
fortunes of the family are at low
ebb when this chapter opens. The old
house is rented as a school, and Peg
Travers is living in the lodge. A
French cousin turns up, and the
search for the lost sixpence is re-
sumed OF course il Is successful, but
the hunt involves a complicated string
of adventures, which the reader will
prefer to unravel for herself 1t may
be hinted that il actually leads to
buried treasure, as one might guess
The development of the hunt and its
mysteries is very well handled, with
considerable real suspense. It's stage
setting is excellent and it's people real
enough. The book is illustrated by
Emily Benson Knipe. Although com
plete in itself, it also ends with a
promise of another chapter, as the
treasure includes the long buried rec
ord of the adventures of the original
Beatrice Travers.
Caroline was number four in the
list of DR. Ravenels daughters. in
point of age, but she had a way OF
deciding things and of turning up al
the right moment, in the right way
that made her IL not exactly the head
of the family at least it's most inter-
esting member. Not that the other
girls and the doctor himself are not
we'll worth while. And there is also
the old negro nanny who follows
their fortunes from Virginia to Colo
rado, where they go i'm search of health
for the doctor. Caroline is engagingly
human, humorous. mischievous. but
always sympathetic and understand
ing. She is also an Independent young
woman--even to the point of planning
to run away. but her final decision
Is based on sound altruism. Her ad-
ventures are Id, but always enter