The Washington times., 1922-06-11
III. RIDER HAddARD
LET'S ROMANCE
RUN Rl0I (
Virgin Of the SUM- Swiftly
Moving Tale Of Love ard
Adventure Among Ancient
incas. j
<EyTyHE VIRGIN oFTHE SUN.
by II. Rider Haggard tDou-
hi.aav pace A Col has,

bleday. Page q Col. has
that curious lure impaired by
a tihge OF, the supernatural In a
robust. straightway account pf q
bold adventurer who sets forth for
distant semi.mystical lands In
search Of love and fortune.
Throughout there In always thar
slight suggestion OF magic which
adds to the fascination OF the
story.
Rider Haggard must feel every
Lhrpb Of his adventure stories,
Because he 10 q born story teller,
because his Imagination 10 80 Wig.
orous and unfettered. he has tn"
faculty Of putting into his books
the spark that makes them In
fectious. We feel with him. and
follow the vivid adventures he re-.
counts because he himself moi
only feels them. but Ia hot about
them and revels In them. This
story carries the reader along be
cause It giows with that warmth
which only the true troubadour
can feel
This Ii swiftly paced story
and begins at once. We are
swept into the broad. swift current
of the tale Immediately when
Hubert. a young soldier. rescues
Lady Blanche from death after
the battle sf Hastings. Hubert
falls. in love with her, and In spit.
of the vast difference in their sta.
tions he eventually marries her.
She proves false to him, and hts
own life is in danger. 30 he and a
mysterious man named Kari set
sail for distant shores In Hubert's
own ship.
These two are deserted by the
crew. but after many perils and
terrors succeed In reaching land
where Kari had once been heir 10
the throne.
Here Hubert meets ouilla,
about whom. from the first. there
10 an aura OF unearthliness. She
belonss to the race Of the Chan
cas-, and TO her people she is
known a. the daughter ot the
Moon. The Incas seek to make
her q sacrifice to their God Of the
Sun. whom they claim she has be.
trayed. Hubert holds himself her
lover and champion. and draws
for her the Sword Of the Waving
Flame. q souvenir and heritage
Of his life m Old England. 49,.
Through q pageant Of flashing
banners and cleaning swords and
fighting men their story ID told.
In the end their love prevails. and
Hubert becomes king. with the
radiant ouilla a. his consort.
Readers who have delighted In
Mr.. ,Haggard's earlier fantastic
tales are not likely to resist the
lure Of The virsin Of the Sun"
THE winner Of the first prir.
Of $3.50 in the Review Of Re.
views o. Henry prize contest Ia
q, Texas farmers wife. to whom o.
Henry's stories have meant under.
standing and sympathy for the
romance and beauty which have
been denied her in her life Of toll.
II am sending my reason for
liking o. Henry" she writes, DE
cause you will get few letters from
people Hike myself. I am q farm.
er's wife and the mother Of five
chifdren--have no education. az
you can tell by this letter. I knew
nothing but poverty and hard
work. cook. wash and iron,
sew. milk and siop the hogs. make
the garden and can the fruit and
vegetables--raise the chickens and
pick and chop the cotton.
Although I have FIVE children I
have hired only one Wishing done
In. the twenty-five years Of mar
ried life. This is the side Of my
life the world sees. but love good
books, pictures and music. love
the trees and flowers and all grow.
ing things. love to watch a
beautifui sunset and--well. have
had my dreams.
IT have no hope Of winning q
prize. but wanted to tell how much
I liked o. Henry. This 10 rather
personal letter. but as you viii
probably never see or hear Of me
again, Il does not matter. h
NY favorite story 10 The Last
Leaf because learned from II
that while We all have the great
Chance. that chance does not al.
ways appear hig' In the eyes Of
the world. o. Henry seemed TO un-
derstand this nact better than any
other writer. Any writer besides
o. Henry would have had that old
mar paint n great canvas that