The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-29

ptxeonn. market and homing. On tho
training u Wild birds on birds rs
feed. On feathers and the feather In.
dusfrieai on gianc. on birds and
game. and the history q their pro
lection. etc.
The wind nlowsth." Dom Byrnei
Century 60.
In his -Afesaer Marco Pole" Mr..
Byrne created what James branch
CAbeii called "a very magicaiiy beau.
ttfui beck cut - cid rich favored
DAYS aud far.off strange lands
The Wind fuowvth.- Il In some
respects mere splendid achieve.
meat
There h Uncle Alan who went with
f'ranklln and cared little for the
great things they dit. since they dld
nes reach the ruie. there Il Uncle
Rehin who has read every book. -
and was famed afar Tor III. wisdom,
- shane. whose heart had been
hard 10 him. and him Al her breast
there i the cold wife. tho young
saiierutan married. with her greedy
ancient mother. there IL tire woman
the young widower found az Mar.
settles beautiful q heart and soul
and body. and FOR him fun 81 a
strange wise hove. who must die for
her love % him. since she had no,
Kept her life clean. waiting Tor him.
there II the very sweet and warm
ana childish nFuse woman he mar.
ried az Beirut. and the uncommon
way IN which he lost her q a crippled
Arab wrestler. there IL the woman
q the flogds he found In the far.off
Argentine: and OranyA OF Ireland.
who tried 20 die for Dark Rosaleen.
but shane took her TO America and
married her.
And always there IL the sea--snd
The ways % ships ard sailing men
and thru u al. and at the end
Of u aii-there arc the glens Of An.
trim.
The Last Mile Frank A. MEALS
ter; Doubleday. Page a CO.
This u a first novel. a sincere ard
significant expression Of the Devil.
dercd ex.serviee man who got some.
thing OF an IDEAL IN France and u
fighting hard 20 keep from slipping
back into the old ways or material.
Ism.
Brcadhursi. the young returned
soldier OF the story. IL not very ar.
ueui1tc nor perhaps very sound In
hts rebellion against tho inertia that
Is pulling him back. but he Is honest
IN his effort 70 ind some place for
his energies in which he may express
hls new vision.
lie blunders into the ranks Of a
new radical party. and finds that the
way IL not with them.
The Old friends ousgrown. tho old
NE distAstofnL Brcadhurst INDUCES
In casual love affair with a flap,
per. sewers his profitable connection
with an advertising agency whose
most vital. concern u publishing the |
number 81 buttons ON n widely
known brand Of underwear and sets
out 20 ind realities. The book ends
with note Of tolerant evaporation.
but an intimation that one who has
unlsarned 20 much viii think hts way
thru 10 a satisfying conclusion.
Frank A. McAiister Is the nom De
plume under which the author. a |
Princeton man. chooses 20 conceal
his Identity. In sense the novel u
autobiosraphicai MeAlistsr is the
disturbed. puzzled. exasperated votes |
Of youth.
Certain People Of Importance.
Kathleen Norris; Doubleday. Page a
Co.
This story r. a pageant. a pictorial
history In warm quiet eolors %
family and a city. The family cycle
Of the Crabtrees began In fiiinois
when Reuben. the pioneer. hia ample
bosofned. strong young wife and
their brood Of children treksd 10 san
Francisco.
There Rueben barserrd sugar ana |
coffee. built Up a strong wholesais |
firm and made his home.
Mrs Norris takes up her story !
with the second generation. old /
Reuben lived now with hiu daughter
Fanny and chung tcnaciou.iy 20 pow.
" u" tAa@ tAtA4a o. &NNntIFf a 10
May and her husband. stephen. who
hoped some day 20 inherit tho firm. |
lived IN the old hoFns across the bay
with BERTHE. the spoiled heir. and the
four girls. Unsuccessful Henry and
his managing wife. Bob. their thll. /
dren and children's children scheme
and love. rebel and froiic Hru the
pages. Esme. Wick. Tina. Lou. and |
their blooming cousins filt thru the |
neglected old gardens and the biz
shabby rooms in the bustlea. and the !
big sleeves and bell skirts % the
eighties. each intent upon her care !
fully chaperoned calls from the
young rector or secret mad cap meet. |
lngs with the inarticuiata young
spaniard. The cycle ends with old /
Rueben's long deferred death. the
scattering OF his fortune. the decline /
Of the proud first family into the
obscurity from which II sprang.