The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-12-18
/. NOTABLE NOVELS.

/. NOTABLE NOVELS.
-If Winter Comes.- by A. S. NJ.
Hutchinson. little. Brown and
Company s2.0o Surely one of
the most delightful novels of the
year. A story OF contemporary
England splendidly conceived and
brilliantly executed.
"Mr. waddIngton of Wyek," by
May Sinclair (Macmillan) S2.5o.
The clear, humorous portrayal of a
pompous and humorless English
gentleman. Easily one of the best
novels of the pear and also one of
the most artistic pieces Of work
that May Sinclair has ever done.
"succeas,- by Samuel Hopkins
Adams. (Houghton, Mifflin.) $500.
This Is a newspaper story, and yet
more than that. for it is the story
OF a meteOric career. Mr.. Adams
not only knows every complexity of
the newspaper world and faces it
honestly, but he knows, too, how to
write an engrossing story.
"The beginning of Wisdom" by
stephen Vincent Benet. (Holt)
s1.90. The first novel of a young
poet. photographed, somewhat
confused, but containing much that
is good. II tells of life at Yale, in
the movie studios. and in mining
town.
Three soIdIers,- by John Dos
Pasos. (DoranD $500. A full
grown controversy WAS stirred up
by this realistic and pessimistic
story. of the effect Of military dis
cipline on three youths Of different
temperaments.
..rhe Briary Bush" by Floyd
Dell. CKnopfD $3.50. The sequel
to The Moon Calf" Floyd Dell
brings Felix to Chicago and allows
him to experiment with the newest
ideas in matrimony. Felix is worth
following.
.BegEnrs, GoId,- by Ernest
Poole. (MacmillanD $500. The sd-
ventures of a New York schooi
teacher and his wife, who long to
break away from routine and pow
erty and go to the land they've al
ways dreamed of-China. Eventual
ly they achieve it. but meantime
Mr.. Poole shows feelingly how
marriage and poverty and duty may
battle even the best OF us In the
pursuit Of our dreams.
privilege" by Michael Sadlier.
PUTNAM S2.O0. A vivid novel.
which traces the decline Of an old
English family.
"The GIrIs.- by Edna Ferber.
Doubleday, Page) sl75. Edna
Ferber is never dull, and in this
case, in her story OF the three I'M
married Thrift girls" she is more
than merely entertaining. She is
an acute observer. and there is not
much she misses or allows you to
miss about Charlotte Thrift. aged
IS. her niece, Lottie, aged 80. ana
her Grand-niece. Charley, aged Is.
and one of these wild young peo-
pie"
.Brass.- by Charles G. Norris.
Dutton.) $500. This is a painstak-
ing and unsparing study of marriage.
Mr.. Norris is not afraid OF the de-
tails of unhappy marriages, and
gives the reader plenty of samples.
The setting is California, which, Of
course, the author knows init
mately.
Erik DORM by Ben Hecht. Uut-
nam) $500. Ben Hecht has been
hailed as pioneer in fiction. Ger
tainIy he does not bother with ira
ditions or patterns in Erik Dorm,
with the result that this story OF
tempestuous, ironic Chicago news
paper man breathes freshness
whether you consider it artistic or
not.
"GoId shod,- by Newton Fuessle.
CRoni and Liveright) $500. When
a man with artistic, creative in
stincts is driven into big business
by the ambitions of his mother ana
his wife, something Is likely to
happen-and a great deal does hap
pen in Gold Shod." Fielding Gid
den makes good in business. gu,
again and again rebels against the
incessant pursuit of money.
.AIice Adams.- by Booth Tar
kington. Doubleday, Pase.) s1.75.
Harrington here is not the light
humorist of "Penrod" fame, for this
is an almost tragic tale of the
struggles Of a poor girl to make
the necessary catch" in an every
day American town.
"Ronds Going SOUTH by Robert
l.. Duffus. (Macmillan.) $500. The
real New England Is given in this
story of the struggle Of a Vermont
boy against the traditions of his
family and his environment.
"Dreamers." by -Knut Hamsun,
(Knouf) s1.75. Shorter and in a
much lighter vein than the other
works of Hamsun that Mr.. Knopf
has published. 1t is quietly anus
ing.
"vera,- by Elizabeth" Double
day Page) s1.75. Elizabeth" has
outdone herself in this keen, in
spring, diverung story Of fatu-