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there is Susie to judge for Nick,
and Nick to Judge for Susy.
Mrs. Wharton searches out thnsa

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and Nick to judge for Susy.
Mrs. Wharton searches out those
jarring elements which enter into
any partnership. matrimonial or
otherwise. and she expresses them
for these two in exactly the terms
of the life, which, separate, they
had lived and upon which they
have just embarked.
1t is a very human drama that
unfolds, and one which brings in
innate knowledge of the man and
the woman. With reality arise the
temptations that pluck at ;hom.
The fabulously rich girl charmed
by Nick: the delightful and opulent
English nobleman who fingers
near Susy.s Events unfold alluring-
ly, and the weapon of divorce is
ever at hand.
A splendid novel one will find
"Gumpses Of the Moon," one that
more firmly than ever puts Edith
Wharton's name at the forefront
of contemporary novelists. A
great popular welcome awaits It.
for many readers will thrill to
those "glimpses Of the moon" the
moments when love first blossoms
and first finds fulfilment, and later,
when it sweeps to full-tide, the
moments that bind lives together
safe against temptation and en-
croaching change.
MO DOUBT Richard Connell, like
all successfuk writer's of short
stories, owes much to the late o.
Henry, but that doesn't in the least
detract from the brilliance of his
performance in his first publish
ed book, THE Sin Of Monsieur
Pettipon" Doranl.
The stories in the volume con-
tain a richness Of humor and a
skill in narration which should
carry him well ahead in the liter
ary world. Nor does he study up
plot and then carry out the
action with a collection of wooden
images. He shows surprising
genius in Characterization, his Mr..
Pottle, who figures in several OF
the stories, being adroitly drawn.
"Mr. Pottle and Pageantry" and
Where Is the Tropic of Capricorn"
are two stories which appealed
most to us. Other alluring titles
are THE $4,000 Jaw" Terrible
Epps." "Gretna Greenhorns," Mr..
Braddy's Bottle" and Honor
Among Sportsmen."
Mr.. Connell began writing at the
age of seventeen as reporter on a
small town paper, of which his
father was editor. He became city
editor at eighteen. and later went
to Harvard. where he received his
A. B. After graduation he worked
on newspapers in New York, drift
ing eventually into story writing.
SELDOM has the diversity and
glamor Of distinguished naval
career been more evident than in
turning the pages of Rear Admiral
Seaton Schroeder's "A Half
Century of Naval Service" apple.
toni. This book, in addition to it's
vivid picture of the authors own
personality, forms a history Of the
period in which, from primitive be.
ginnings, the United States navy
was transformed into one Of the
wonders Of modern efficiency.
Two of the illustrations in the
volume tell in brief the whole story
Of Admiral Schfoeder's long and
eventful career in the navy. One
pictures the U. s. s. Macedoine in
1854, Admiral Schroeder's first
ship, a sailing frigate captured
from the British in the war of
1912. The other shows the sattle.
ship Connecticut, his flagship when
in command OF the Atlantic fleet
prior to his retirement in 1911.
The book itself fills In ell the