Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-07

In his "Messer Marco Polo" Mr..
Byrne created what James Branch
Cabell called "a very maglcally beau
tlful book, out of old, rich favored
days and far-off strange lands"
1.-The Wind Bloweth" Is also a very
magically beautiful story, and In some
respects more splendid achievement
even than "Messer Marco Polo" which
has been a remarkable success.
There is Uncle Alan who went with
franklin and cared little for the great
things they did. since they did not
reach the Pole; there Is Uncle Robin
who had read every book" and was
famed afar for his wisdom. there Is
the strange inimical mother OF Shane,
whose "heart had been hard to him,
and him at her breast" there Is the
cold wife the young sailorman married,
with her greedy ancient mother; there
is the woman the young widower
found at Marseilles, Beautiful OF heart
and soul and body. and for him full
of strange wise love. who must die
for her love of him. aimee she had not
kept her life clean, waiting for him;
there is the very sweet and warm and
childish Druse woman he married at
Beirut. and tho uncommon way In
which he lost her TO n crippled Arab
wrestler; there is the woman OF the
fiords he found in the far-off Argen-
tine; and Granya OF Ireland, who
tried to die for Dark Rosaleen: But
Shane took her to America and mar
ried her.
And always there is the sea--and
the ways of ships and sailing men. and
through 1t all, too, and at the end OF
II all--there are the glens of Antrim.
Received of the publishers.
"Across the Mesn." BY Jarvis Hall.
Frontispiece by II. c. PITT. Phila-
delphia. Pa: Penn Publishing Co,
92b Fflbert street, (s1.75)
Polly Street, responding TO a sudden
impulse, left her comfortable home IN
Chicago for n trip TO a Mexican min
ing town. not far from the United
States border, to visit her brother. who
had just taken unto himself a charm
ing wife, Also, to avoid what might
have been some awkward situations at
home, consequent upon the breaking
off of her engagement TO young man
she did not love. But while she was
en- route her brother changed his
plans and went east on business for his
employers, and Polly landed I'm
strange and wild little mining town
with only strangers. but good friends
of her brothers to greet her
The time was propltious for danger
and entanglements. A regulation
Mexican revolution was brewing and
Polly Street dropped right into the
midst of the turmoil. Her first en-
counter was with a personally fascl-
mating bandit who might have brought
harm to her. had she not been rescu-
ed by Mark Scott. her brothers as
sailant at the mines.
Then came adventures. thick and
fast, some of them being savage en-
counters with bandits. and situations
that threatened serious results. II
was n new life for Polly. but she stood
the strain with great credit And she
won a good husband in the end.
Received of the publishers.
"Thc Trail of Conflict" BY Emile
Loring. Frontispiece by w. V.
Chambers. Philadelphia, Pa: Penn
Publishing Co, 925 Filbert street.
EI25.)
Loves struggle is wildly and In
terestingly portrayed in this story.
Steve Courtlandt. poor but of high
family. bitterly resented marriage with
Geraldine Glamorgan. whose father.
immensely rich. desired an alliance
with family of the old line. But he
yielded. The marriage was congenial
10 neither, as Geraldine had consent
ed merely TO please her father. and
steve to save the remnant of his
fathers estate from the grasp which
| his wife's father had upon 1t.
Through the manipulations OF
SteNe's wise old uncle, Western
ranch man, these two were brought
together by love. Steve would not
touch penny Of his wifes money.
and when she, in compliance with the
terms of the old uncle's will. which
left his big ranch to Steve on con-
ditloL that both should live there n
year and that she should abandon all
her wealth during that time went
with him TO save his patrimony. she
would not take a penny from him.
How they were brought together bv
mutual love is told in a story of deem
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