Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-02-05
hooks or ROMANCE
AND ADVENTURE
rse Ice Floes, the "Ancient
Regime" Africa's Diamond
Mines Supply Locales

HThe Laughing NhNailoi G ~
Gallant creation OF BaroheSs orc"yi ,,, ~
& the hero Of her new romance, Inc
y E,-nt .t Sir Percy" and is truly the an
lustor Of the Scarlet Pimperncl. that
e. soure of hardihood and derring do
hoso nho adventures have won the admir-
VIZ W. and held the breathless interest
~ so many readers. a..
The complicated intrigues ana the
Hazardous adventures which move rap.
iIiv across the pages of the authoress
nn;regt .u'S novel will certainly not put any
yeodcr TO sleep.
r'Sg Sbo tells her story with light touch,
49, 10 mover Mt d loss in the develop
."snt U" of tcnsity in narrating risks and
forlnrn hoDcs. Gilda is a winning ana
Ninsome heroine.
Henry Leverage, author of that stir.
-ng marine story. The Shepherd oil
ho Sea" takes his readers to the frozen
sSos in "The Ice Pilot his newest
fiction. t.
es the treatment Is concerned, put ro-
nance put down on the pages with Dell
mite realism. - A.. .,-
h,onJedness Of Jack London in the mar
uat;on and in the invention Of the plot.
4 shaughaied hero, a camouhaged
rbaler. a raid on the seal rookeries--
.haso are but a few Of the things to
So found in this breathless story.
Sarah Gertrude Millin tells a thrill
Inc story of the South African mine
disrinrs In 1.-THE Dark River"
She presents the Caucasian fortune
hunters and the Kafir natives from in
t;mate knowledge. The one group, along
the dark river of the title, are "as
rirsd as newly shufted pack of
cards" Into their midst comes the
ey.soldier, who Is the central figure.
The social divagations, the peculiar Af-
ricander customs, the hazards Of mining
i;fc, and the obstacles that two lovers
have TO meet and surmount before they
win to happiness, form the substance OF
= novel that is keenly observed, realisti-
rally told, and one that is fascinatingly
individual.
"Iister's Great Adventure" viii
plcase the many fans Of Harold
Bindloss.
The hero Is young engineer who
fellows fortunes lure to the West Af-
rican coast in quest of treasure. His
rrit his persistence and his resource
IN his work along the fever haunted
Gold Coast finally win his own fortune
and save that of the girl whom he loves
and who is the inspiration that keeps
him moving forward, even in his most
darksome ordeals. A dandy book from
which to get thrill is this tale of
salyaged treasure.
"Kalcema" is first novel" and a
GOOD one. The author, Marion McClel-
land, has had experience with the road
companies" whose life forms the back
ground for her realistic fiction. The
novel was written first as play, but
later transcribed into story form.
The interesting and fascinating here.
inc was born into the life of one Of
those crrant, mysterious, pompous,
wildly absurd, little theatrical compan-
;es which play only in small towns and
usually only one night before fitting on
TO the next town by the owl train that
makes all stops. The actors play Ca
mill" East Lynne" % Oliver twist
and more like them; and sometimes in
the summer they get to New York and
sun themselves on the sidewalks just
above and below Times square, though
often when they have had lean winter
thcy play all through the hot months In
traction parks and other summer re-
sorts.
Nowhere is the benuty of idcalism
more honored than In these hy-by night
companies, and nowhere is the liberty
Of lawlessness and wickedness more Sc
cure Many people live this hard and
obscure life finely, but. If the chance
comes, they want to forget it. That
makes it elusive. Kaleema wanted to
forget it, but she couldn't. That makes
this story.
"Six Seconds of Darkness" does the
author Of THE Crimson Alibi' proud.
Mr.. Octavus Roy Cohen has per-
formed wonders of ingenuity in this
new mystery story, predicated on the
murder Of prominent reformer. Within
an hour after the report Of the murder
reaches headquarters no less than three
persons hasten there to confess culpa
bility for the deed. There you nre.
How are you going to solve a mys'
try.murder that three people confess
committing. Let Mr.. Cohen tell til,
world. The world will not be able to dc
much doing while it Is perusing hi
pages,
slY SECONDS or pARKNEsss. BY octayu'
KALEESlA. Ey Marion McClelland. New
LsTEnS sqIs SnG GRExT fsaiS.I .XIpTVfRNruRE. pTVfR BY usr
THE DARK RIVER BY sarah MiIin, New
York: Thomas Setzer.
THE FIRST SIR PERCivAL.- BY Baroness
orcSy, Now York: B. IL. Doran Co.