Evening star., 1922-03-12

with genius of business acumen am
productivity. A book of this sort
this book--belongs where youth ca.
get at il for their own direction ana
inspiration.
WILD BLOOD. BY Gordon Young
author of "Sarages." etc. India
apolis: The Bobbs- Merrill Com
pany.
Merely an episode. this adventur,
! IN the life of Hurricane Williams
renegade. pirate. bad man general
another romance Of the South Sea-
but so different from what has CON.
TO be the general run Of these that T.
impresses one with an atmosphere "f
actual freshness. That atmosphere j
/ created by Hurricane himSelf-a TIRE
mendous fellow. beloved by the ia.
tiFeS, and pursued only by the wh.
man who exploits the natives. Along
on the ship with Williams stoleu
ship. by the Way--is a band of dere-
licts, every one of them interesting il
his own way. and a couple bent oi,
some mysterious errand. certainly of
shady character. else they would not
have taken passage with this law1esS
marauder. The tale supports a brand
new hazard every minute yet Il
never. even with such obvious over
weight, ceases to be Interesting and
exciting. This is by reason Of the fact
that the author back of this story is
keenly intelligent. eXacting with him
self in the matter of situation and
character. He possesses. besides, the
imagination Of the adventurer of ma
IA uding type so these creations of his
do not get out of hand. They are con-
sistent and real. They think and hold
, their thinkings and their actions to-
gether. a lot of scalawags, bent on
deviltry-a first-rate story.
THE ARGONAUTs OF FAITH; The
Adventures of the "NayhOwer"
PiIgrims. BY Basil Mathews. Il
Illustrations by Ernest Prater. New
York: George II. Doran Company.
! Basil Mathews here tells boys and
| girls the story of the Pilgrims. Hold
ing himself close to the thread of his
f, tory stretched by these Pilgrims from
| the old world TO the new. the author
| enriches il with innumerable incidents
out of the old h6fhe~of these adven.
turers for religious freedom, out OF
! their scJourn in !, HoEaAd, tout OF their
! great sea -faring 'actoss fthe Atlantic
| in the frail little ship, out of their
| settlement and the hard and danger
/ Gus life subsequent to that. 1t is
! story that deserves many tellings both
| to old and young. And while it is here
! shaped to the interest of children +
| is. nevertheless, story that older
! folks Will take to for its simplicity.
for its many incidents Of good historic
value and for its generally lifelike ap
peal.
THE CURTAIN: An Anecdote. BY
| Alexander MacFarlan, author of
''Mockery." etc. New York: Dodl.
! Mead & Co.
When a person is blind he seek
! When he sees ne is blind. Some
| thing like this runs the central idea
| of this anecdote. To objectify il, the
| author creates beautiful blind girl
i not a very good girl-but she looks
| wondrously good to the open eyes
| of the man who comes to love her, or
| comes to think he does. Blind, she
sees him as he is, knowing that, ex
! cept to crafty her selfishness. here
the Office of this man is plain
| woman. unattractive in many ways.
| In the course of this intricate Incl
dent the man himself becomes blind
only to find that the plain woman
| is the beautiful dream of his heart
| after all Somewhat mixed up. you
see. but very clearly and well carried
out in setting of Corsican scenery.
! And the thought itself is SO nearly
| true as to warrant a story in its
! dote which this capable writer
gives it.
MY OWN AFFAIRS. BY Princess
! Louise of Belgium. Translated by
Maude NJ. c. Ffoulkes, Illustrated.
| New York: George H. Doran Com
pany.
| II you like to read about royalty
emperors and kings. princes and
princesses-you will enjoy this book.
for there are no common folks at all
| to be found in it The writer herself
! is the daughter of Leopold II of Bel
eium. If you care to know how un-
| loving royal fathers and mothers and
| husbands can be. this book Will tell
you. If YOU are interested in the
pure peskiness of every kind Of roySi-
in-law. you will be able to satisfy
Yourself right here Moreover, IL 1t
concerns YOU to find out that a chival-
! rous. princelv made friend is about
! the worst misfortune that can come
upon a royal lady, this book will help
YOU out upon that point also. Then.
| il may be that you like the utter con
! fidence of child, child's lack OF
reticence and withholding-it is right
here. a very interesting disclosure,
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