The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-08-21

Johanna Sypri (translated by Edith Nanz) come as delightful innovations in the worlds of literature now being published.
 With many beautiful 'illustrations" and well translated by Frank Roy Fraprie, The Spell of the Heart of France" is written in the same charming style which characterizes his dramatic volume, "The Spell of Alsace," M Hallays in this book de- scribes numerous half-forgotten but wondrous villa ges, abbeys and castles which lie in the immediate vicinity of Paris. neglected by the tourist, but full of old world charm in pictur- esque beauty and intimate associa tion with the great ones of French history and literature. At the out side he takes us not more than 20 leagues from Paris, but this circuit includes the historic chateau of Main-. tenon, the retreat of a great king $ favorite, the windings of the Seine about the castled slope of Roche Guyon, in ruins because. as the old chronicle says, it was too strong anu to naughty" and leads us up the Disc, the Aisne and the Marne uo many a town over which surEed the bloody tide of battle in the World war, Meaux, where the German tlde was stemmed, Noyon and Tracy le- Val and Soissons and others. The Isle of France is the heart of France, and once was all of France These descriptions of 1t put us closely i~ touch with the puisations of that m. ghty heart. so dear to America. and it's people.
 "Cornelli" draws a charming pie ture of home life in Switzerland in this graceful little story for children and those who love children. 'rhe lt- tic heroine is an unusually gifted ana attractive child who through her sor- row and search for happiness endearS herself to young readers. Ihe olhei characters are also vividly portrayed the disagreeable and exacting cousin as well as the other of Cornellis s littie playmate, Dino, who is also towns mother to her. Many American cnii dren know and love Heidi ana lhey will also love Cornelli, who is worthy of being first cousin to Heldl, in translating this child ciassic' Nsnz has preserved all the charm or Ethe sub1ect matter and the clear sim nlicity of Johanna Spyris style. ihe volume is bound as a handsome siie hook and deserves a place amohs every childs most treasured posses sicns.
 .APPERs AND pHILosoPHFRs'' lBy F. Scott Fitzgerald Charles
 scflbner's Sons, Publishers New
 York City.
 Mir. Fitzgeralds success as Wrtie' has been astonishing. Ills noVei,' This Side of Paradise" was instahtiy acclaimed by reviewers all over the co,,rtry as revealing a writer ot ge- 1 rius anl within two weeks the book 1 had gone to press for the third time, His success sw,.ii the short story was no less spectacular. Upon the ap- poarar,ce of the first stories in Scrib- ntr's and one or two other periodi- | cals he began tc receive from all sorts of magazines offers as large as those made to the most popular writ I ers of the day. Evidently no one has l appcale6 so genuinely to people as a' short story writer since Q. Henry. This volume contains his best stories I II. L. Msncken of "The Smart set" l says q, .. Fitzgerald is an artist -an apt and delicate weaver ot wo, Is. a clever hand. sound work man. :. Not sincs Frank Nor ris's da:' has there been more adept skipping in of. prelimiparies."
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