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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-07-31
A Memorable 'Tril

The railroad trip itself is memorable-thSutgR
the canyons, mountains and great plains Every
inch is teeming with our early history. his
great vacation starts when you step on the train.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-07-31

I have not yet seen half the wonders OF the
Southland. 1t re-creates me, body and mind.
The great outdoor life makes the youngsters
brown and strong. They spend long and happy
days in the bene6cent sunshine.
Go now--you will spend every summer there
hereafter. But don't forget to take your oyeEs
coat for night driving.
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
This Doctor Was Not After Fee

deeper in the glorious confusion Of
exciting circumstances and situations
in which real and bogus counts meet,
words clash as swords and Identities
are mistaken; in fact, you have to ac-
cept everybody on face value and
know all the time that each will turn
out to be something entirely different
when you have read further in the
book. The old and well known pretty
but tickle maid-servant wavers in the
bestowal of her love, and finally re-
turns to the true lover, the cook.
We simply will not tell you the story.
If you will religiously go through the
book, not turning a page until you
have carefully read every word, by the
time you are ten laps from The End
you will so thoroughly enjoy the fast
unfolding solution that you will thank
us for remaining silent and yourself
for not peeping at "the back of the
hook" first. VIVIAN RADCLIFFE.
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

the Pines" and the present book "The
Snowshoe Trail" 1t is northern
story of course, but not so far north.
just beyond the Canadian border, in
the wilds of British Columbia. One
can see at a glance that Mr.. Marshall
knows his territory thoroughly,
whether in the States, or on the Cana
dian side. He knows the trees, ami
mails, and his characters are true to
life
The books hero is Bill Bronson,
guide, trapper, woodsman and pros
pector of the Clearwater Range. To
this region comes Virginia fremont,
thoroughly citified girl, in search of
her missing fiance, Harold Lounsbury.
Lounsbury's uncle accompanies her,
and Bill Bronson is hired as their
guide for months trip into the
wilderness. The action starts when
Bill Bronson tries fording Grizzly River
to make sure IL is safe to cross. But
unknown TO Bill Virginia follows right
behind him. Looking back over his
shoulder Bill discovers her and orders
her back. AS she is about to turn
her horse loses his footing and into
the swirling river she falls Bill goes
in after her. Her Uncle and the cook.
who remained on the bank, were terri
fed The rivers reputation for keep
ing all who fell into its terrific waters
led the two on the bank to believe
that both Bill and Virginia had
perished. After a thorough search
they gave them up for lost and went
back to the settlement.
But Bill and Virginia did not perish.
With strong, swift strokes Bill finally
made the bank on the opposite shore.
He then hustled Virginia to his cabin.
Knowing they were left alone, the two
begin preparations for winter, which
came upon them prematurely. The
search for the missing Lounsbury is
given up while fight for life against
the forces of nature takes place. But
the story Is one that ought not be re-
lated here. IL has strong situations
rapid fire adventures and an appealing
love interest develops as one reads
along In addition IL Is q wonderful
portrait Of the north I'm winter, when
the land all around Is clothed in snow
and animal tracks when studied re-
veal many interesting as well as tragic
happenings.
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
Poetic Punishment
and Final Reward

THE VISION OF HE'LL, PURGATORY
AND PARADISE. BY Dante Alighieri.
Translated by Henry Francis Cary.
Oxford University Press.
THERE are ways and ways of
giving a reviewer hell" We
have got ours. and yet in
Paradise" we have found recon-
pense.
The text is that of the standard trans
lation by Henry Francis Cary, with
more than a hundred illustrations by
John Flaxman. Contained in the vol
ume are the life of Dante and a chron-
illogical view Of the age of Dante, to-
gether with most complete index and
notes.
As for writing a review, either of
Dante or of his translator, 1t seems a
trife late in the day for that. They
are both "well spoken Of" In literary
circles, and there is not the slightest
disposition on the part Of this re-
viewer to reopen the case. Moreover,
in spite of Signor Alighieri's burning
pages. we don't believe in eternal pun
ishment-for the reader of book sec
tions. So thus endeth this review of
hell, and here's hoping that the real
thing will be as brief.
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

confidence in her resourcefulness that
we were bit disappointed when she
failed to save anything from the
wreckage.
To our mind, the most appealing
things in "Coquette" are the remark
ably human pictures of the scheming
Sally and the weak, Intellectual Gdgd
Ga0a is perfect. He is the best ex-
ample we have ever seen of what, in
the language Of Mawruss Perlmutter,
is known as schlcmiel
We like Swinnerton's style. 1t is
forceful and clear. it is eloquent with
out being elegant We have only one
fault to find with it, At times Swim
merton detracts from the effectiveness
of a, conversation by describing it in
stead of letting the characters utter
the words themselves Here is an ex-
ample:
Toby remained by her side. They
walked together about the streets
for an hour, he smoking cigarette
after cheap cigarette, and every
now and then saying something that
was nothing. He was not a good
talker."
BY the way, "Coquette" is the only.
book we have read this year at one
sitting. The fact that Swinnerton is a
master of the art OF foreshadowing
may have something to do with this.
Foreshadowing creates suspense, and
suspense is the thing that makes you
hug your book and read on when the
family is reminding you In chorus
that the soup is getting cold. Swim
nerton's use of this device in the
novel rivals Pinero's masterful en-
ployment of 1t in the play form.
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
Like Jules Verne

THE THREE EYES. BY Maurice Le-
blanc. The Macaulay Company,
..1HE Three Eyes" is written by
master of the French de-
tective story. Hence 1T be-
longs more to the world of Jules Verne
than that Of Conan Doyle. The plot
rests upon an incredible invention or
discovery. OLD Dolgerous has had a
habit OF puttering around. He seems
10 invent by instinct rather than by
reasoned Intelligence. He hits upon a
formula which when spread upon a
screen in certain localities presents
pictures which show things that
have actually happened. Science is
at loss TO explain how they are
made. The discoverer is murdered
The invention is so wonderful that
for n time the criminals are allowed
immunity while the important secret
Is investigated. II is finally accepted
as fact that the pictures are pro
duced by q moving picture camera
which IS operated from an older planet
whose inhabitants are much more de-
veloped than we are. However, this
knowledge is OF no avail when the men
who possess the secret meet their end.
There are elements OF beauty in the
way the author handles the love story.
but the plot Is too fantastic.t to hold the
readers interest.
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
RoGUEs & COMPANY. BY I'd
rxy..its Tohn lana Cornnany

RoGUEs & COMPANY. BY ida r.
wylie. John Lane Company.
THIS book offers an evening of
nerve-tension for the man or
= woman who delights in mys-
terry, love, adventure, detectives, an
English constable and an inspector
and the slippery actions Of a notorious
criminal. We say evening" because
we are sure the reader will not stop
with midnight OIL" but will keep ON
far into the morning in an endeavor
to learn the outcome when the hand
some young man regains his memory
If he ever does. OF course. being in
a book. he will. And, of course, the
girl will go on loving him even when
she learns of his escapades, because
being devilish seems a sort of moral
obligation IL one is the Count Louis de
Beaulieu. and a terrible thing IL he is
Slippery Bill. the crook. So like a
woman-in a book, you know. But,
then, he loves her, she being pretty
and all that a man could desire in a
woman-even IL she did deceive him.
But every woman should deceive a
man just a little, TO keep him guess
ing-in book
The 'denseness' of the English con-
stable and the Inspector are played
upon to the last degree of credulity.
The English police would be highly in
suited II they were TO read this story
and realize how capably and accurately
the author has described them. Against
these two DR. Frohlocken. psychic
analyst. matches his wits The young
man-who- has-lost his memory says to
the doctor, II want your help, but as
I've already mentioned / am penniless
end for all / know I may remain SO
and / feel"
That" said the doctor, "is a second
illustration Of my point In the very
midst of what no doubt 10 you seems
n catastrophe your mind turns TO
money. What In Gods name do you
suppose ] care about your money ?
You interest me. Microbes interest me.
DO you think request a newly dis
covered germ to pay me consulting
fees? Don't be fool"
There you have the doctor. Just inn
aglne that temperament pitted against
the English police. No wonder he will
not give up his newly discovered
germ" to the police. The book wastes
no time or words on incidents that
will not involve characters and readers
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
Two Anthologies
'of Great Stories

SELECTED ENGLISH SHORT STO-
RIES. Volume l. Nineteenth Century;
Volume 2. Nineteenth and Twentieth
Centuries. Oxford University Press.
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

THE CRUISE OF THE KAWA. Wan
derings in the South Seas. BY Walter
e. TraproclS, f. r. S. S. E. U. z. p
Putnam's Sons.
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
Filbert Isles Are Far, Far Away

rectly from the glittering pages OF
DR.. Traprocls's golden legend. Rela-
lively little is told of the masculine
inhabitants, but the omission does not
detract from the thrilling interest OF
the pellucid lambent narrative.
1t is impossible (and would be most
unbecoming. in any even) to attempb
to convey any adequate hint OF the
glamorous details of this happy islano
life, where work was unknown ana
where Nature furnished food in the
form of nuts of every sort, millions OF
filberts (after which the islands were
named) to cocoanuts, of bird and OF
fish of rare delicacy, and a thousand
varieties Of benignant crustaceans all
of which they soon learned 10 eat
without the trouble of cooking; indeed,
fire, also. was unknown in the islands,
and their few matches they kept to
light their pipes. Yet few incidents
rise in flashing peaks above the Ian
gorous level of their dolce far niente
as Pico leaps into the empyrean from
the blue channels of the Azores. One
was the serenade offered to the stran-
"There were sounds of singing (says
DR.. Traprock), faint, far off chorus
of the loveliest voices that ever fell
on mortal ears. Through the
forest glades we could see the choir
approaching, the dusky flash of brown
bodies swaying, palpitating to the in
toxicating rhythm of the song. Slowly,
with great dignity, they entered the
clearing and stood, score OF slender
creatures, in the full blaze of the moon.
their 1.-the Iimbed bodies clad only In
mother-of- pearl rigolos. Thus stand
ing. they again burst into the melody
of their national love song. | tran
scribe the original words, which for
simple, primitive beauty are without
rival:
A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a.
E-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e.
I-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i.
O-o-o-o-o-O-O-o-o.
Observation-Disclosures.
And sometimes
W-w-w-w-w-w-w-w-
And
I-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y.
The music is indescribable."
Another high spot in this eareful
chronicle of sights, sensations and
fully assorted emotional adventures
among the simple yet beguiling
savages OF this fortunate island is
"Chapter V. A Frank Statement. We
Vote on the Question of Matrimony.
A Triple Wedding. An Epithalmic
Verse;" In his opening sentences DR..
Traprock permits himself to express
doubts as to the veracity of other
writer's upon island life in the South
Sea, and notes that they all declare
they went to sleep" at critical mo-
ments. And says DR.. Traprock: i
don't believe a word Of 1t and ! think
it's lust a case OF literary men stick
ing together" He then proceeds,
frankly and with disarming dignity,
to relate what the men of his own ex-
pedition did. touching on and apper-
tanning to the associations formed
with the beautiful island women into
whose society they found themselves
brought. The headlines quoted above
will prove a sufficient guide to the in
telligent scientific inquirer. DR.. Trap
rock hesitated, fearing what my
people in Derby, Conn.,, would say
when they learned that Traprock
had married a Filbert. Swank replied
with some heat that he didn't believe
that anything could be said in Derby
that hadn't been said already" Their
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
IS SMILING SATIRE ON SOUTH SEA STORIES

a hen with male shad thus causing
the bird to produce eggs in unheard of
quantity" Dr. Traprock has wisely
not encumbered his pages with too
many memoranda of this kind, but
wherever they appear they are worthy
of the readers study.
The chart of the F'ilbert Archipelago
is of first Importance. Whinneys
photographs of the square eggs of the
fatu-liva bird and of the lagoon at
dawn are priceless. Even Mr.. Swank's
impressionistic painting Of the lagoon
is not more valuable as a standard.
And all the photographs of the island
brides will enchain the attention of
every potential traveller
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

SELECTED ENGLISH SHORT STO-
RIES. Volume l. Nineteenth Century;
Volume 2. Nineteenth and Twentieth
Centuries. Oxford University Press.
s.N OWN-steadily down it crept
Poe's pendulum). took a
frenzied pleasure in con-
trasting its downward with its lateral
velocity. To the right-to the left
far and wide--with the shrek of a
damned spirit!' To my heart, with the
stealthy pace of the tiger / alter
nately laughed and howled, as the
one or the other idea grew predomi-
nant. There was a discordant
hum of human voices There was a
loud blast as of many trumpetsl
There was a harsh grating as of a
thousand thunders The fiery walls
rushed back! An outstretched arm
caught my own as / fell, fainting,
into the abyss"
Many times has reviewer felt
those self-same sensations when the
walls of contemporary fiction closed
in on him. Too tender hearted to tell
the harsh truth, he is too honest to
advise any of his dearly loved readers
to rush to the nearest book store and
order Immediately. And then comes
along the saving grace-an out
stretched arm In the form of the 1T
erature which is art. To any re-
viewer-and reader-too, these two
volumes are "outstretched arms" rails
ing one from the abyss Of so-called
current literature"-with the accent
on the "current"-up to the heights
of art"
These two volumes are rich with
selections from the cream Of English
literature. The Nineteenth Century
edition contains some of the following
well known but often reread stories:
Hawthorne's "The Snow Image" Poe's
"The Pit and the Pendulum: Harte's
"Miggles" and "Mliss"; Stevenson's
"Markheim" and CoIeridge's THE
King is Dead. Long Live the King"
The Nineteenth and Twentieth Cen
turies edition has among its stories
Charles Lambs First Going to
Church" Hawthorne's Roger Malvin's
Burial" Poe's "The Purloined Letter .
wilde's "The Birthday Of the Infanta'
and o. Henry's "The Gift OF the
Magi"
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

JTSTANDING among all the
recent books of travel and dis
covery in the South Seas, this
record of the Walter e. Trap
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

decision to marry was unanimous,
save for Capt. Triplett. That able
skipper, when consulted, said: mot
on your life! Why. boys, ! got two
Of 'em already. And / don't go Tor to
commit trigonometry; no, sir!"
A passing word of appreciation of
the frequent and scholarly footnotes
must be spoken. especially of that
upon hdro, compared with "photog-
rapher's grass, used in the foreground
of early Sarony full lengths; and
upon that strange creature, the hbo,
bird which nests in the surface
coral branches. They amused them
selves by sucking the eggs. This re-
markable fowl is achieved by crossing
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

GOULASH.
We were having an argument in
the office the other day as to whether
Joe Gould, the demon reviewer of THE
HERALD, a paper we work for, looks
like Shakespeare or Hall Caine. The
inmates of the Sunday room were
evenly divided on the proposition, and
it was decided to settle the argument
by referring to Joe hereafter as Hall
Shakespeare.
We know remarkable author. He
advises us not to read his book. He
says it's rotten.
We are having a jolly time reading.
Henry Kitchell sWebster's Real Life"
We are going to write some frisky
verses about it one of these days.
Carlo Knight, the well known free
lance, who has just returned from
his vacation in the Catskills (where
he earned his board by writing
rhymed menus) is hard at work again.
He Is acting as press agent for the
International Brotherhood of Artists,
an organization which proposes to in
troduce art in America. Carlo will tell
his plans IN this department from time
to time.
THOUGHTS ON "CoQUETTE".
Frank Swinnertons "Coquette"
(Doran) is an unforgettable tale. But
ii is not so much the story of a CO.
uuette as 1t is the, story of an oppor-
tunist. Swinnerton's heroine, Sally
Mimic, is an accomplished coquette,
but coquetry is simply a sideline with
her. Her speciality is opportunism.
She is the ablest, the most ruthless.
the most interesting exponent of this
art that we have encountered in a
novel in years. She is an instructive
opportunist: it is as natural for her
to seize the main chance as it is for
Babe Ruth to hit home runs. And
when there is no chance she creates
one. Disdaining to wait for Old Man
Opportunity, she raps at her own door
and lets herself in. She also lets the
reader in for an entertaining time
of it.
We decided that 1t was our duty as
a member of the Amalgamated Order
of versifiers, Local No. 116, to like.
"Coquette'' when, early in the story,
we discovered in one OF, Swinnerton's
descriptive paragraphs a line of per-
feet anapests-"the noise of the street
was a racketing roar" We defy you
to find in all the works of Swinburne
line with a more rousing anapestic
ring. If Swinnerton had also rung in
a few dactyls and an occasional line
of sapphics we would have hailed his
book as the greatest masterpiece of.
the age. We are prejudiced that way.
But we digress. Sally, we were say
ing, is an opportunist. a schemer. She
Is capable, strong. resourceful. Yet in
the end she loses TobD. whom she
loves, and GdOd, whom she doesn't.
This Is bit disconcerting. Isn't there
a chance in this world for schemer?
You will recall that Booth Tarking-
(although a more scrupulous one),
also loses out. We are a noisy rooter
for "Coquette," but the windup of the
book is not as convincing as It might
be. If we had the courage we'd say
that IL should have ended more hap
enemy of the happy ending to make
Our argument is that Swinnerton's
presentation of SdllU gave us so much
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
The Book Factory
BY EDWARD ANTHONY,


THE NEW CRITERION
This holiday book for youngsters almost good as
note
Oh give your little boy chance
To get an educatonl
Go buy the brat volume that !,
Will lead to domination
Over his playmates and inspire
Him unto thoughts high
As those he feels (God bless the reelsD
When Chaplin heaves a pie
Be careful not to let him read
The rubbish of the muckers,
Like s'Boscoe Bill, designed to thrill
The unsuspecting suckers.
Procure him volumes that inspire
OF noble thoughts crop,
Like those the lad has ever had
When Fairbanks soaks a cop!
claim--and hearken to my words
If you have children reader
A trashy tome in any home
Will prove mischief breeder
A blessing the author who
The growing tot equips
With thoughts like those the youngster knows
When Larry Semon trps
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

covery in the South Seas, TINS
record of the Walter e. Trap
rock expedition is bound TO have hun
dreds of thousands of avid readers. 1t
is to be hoped that the publishers
have been foresighted enough to start
carload lots of the volume already on
their way to the scientific and socio-
logical centres of Chicago, New Or
leans, Boston, Montreal. ST. Louis,
Reno, San Francisco, Detroit st. Paul
and Minneapolis, Bar Harbor, New
port, Richmond, Philadelphia and all
way stations.
1t is common justice and plain good
sense to say at the start that nobody
need hope TO get this book from a
library to read. Nobody comparatively,
that is; for, supposing the New York
Public Library should lay in, say, 500
copies, not one of them would ever be
returned: the fascinated readers would
cling to their copies, forswear all
library privileges thereafter, and let
the city sue them for the value of the
read and reread, is to become lowered
in a single instant with such pearly
festoons of detailed information touch
ing the unbelievably beautiful flora
and still more exquisitely lovely fauna
of these hitherto undreamed of ISL
ands of unimaginabie charm that he
Will read the book until every page
Especially the illustrated pages) will
be indelibly imprinted on his memory;
and all other travel literature will be-
come to him fubsy twaddle and all
poetry a vain thing. Indeed, most
men whose lives shall be transfixed
with the revelations of this bewilder-
ing volume will secretly wind up their
business, sell their Liberty bonds,
throw few changes of linen in their
handbags and open communication at
once with Dr. w. f. Traprock, at 54
West Forty-fifth street, to secure pas
sage on the Kawa on her next voyage
under command of that experienced
navigator. wherever he may elect to
take them. For, somehow, somewhere.
the genius of that fortunate yawl will
bring them to such lands, such ladies,
such dangerous leisure and such lul-
laby of the spirit as never were on
land or sea.
Only guarded statements and well
measured words of description may be
used in any such brief and inadequate
notice as we can give in this place to
the record of DIR. Traprock's cruise
in the yawl Kawa to the Filbert ISL
ands, a perilously undiscovered clus-
ter of island pafadises in Micronesia,
true pearls of the Southern Pacific,
first preferred. That intrepid explorer,
with his sailing master, Capt. Ezra
Triplett. Herbert Swank. the distln-
guished American artist, and Reginald
X Whitney, the scientist-together
with William Henry Thomas Ca re-
tired Connecticut farmer, articled as
the crew)-were all received by the
hospitable and childlike Filbertines
with such wealth of affectionate well
come as is not to be dismissed with
any few, faltering words. The ex-
tended and fascinating disciples of the
alluring customs Of the mild eyed,
smiling islandresses-surp in
o,,,,,;cay y,ta. word must be gained di-
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
Seeking Lost Fiahce
She Found Another

THE SNOwsHOE TRAIL. BY Edison
Marshall. Little. Brown & Co.
NURWooD, Bindloss and others
l have written good adventure
stories with northern settings,
but these men will have to begin look
ing after their laurels, for Edison
Marshall has entered their field and
expects to remain judging by his The
Voice of the Pack" THE Strength of
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

BEN HECHT. in Whose New Novel. Eric Dorm" Appears
the Following Characterization Day Type
of Magazine Editor
The 'NeW Opinion a aOeekly to ueek 1t
offered gong clientele fnaties There fnalites
maIe the social umres finaties e religion
past and future. c0cksure magazine gently orany
eIboClng aside the mysteries Of eriStenc and holding beteen
caeany man,cued thumb and ormger the GSst Of the Thing
The Irrfutab Truth The Perfect Deduction
number Of intelligent engaged IN the work of rng
editing the periodical They appealed to hm group
fully tailored distractions bombinatng me1ously a
From Erik Dorm, " by Ben Hecht C. P Putnam Sons