New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-06-18
Fiction Briefs

"Tbe hidden Road" Doubleday ~
v-4.w r'h Camn. ir the story OF
man who abandons the visible highway
- ,.r.toe and conventional success 70
follow the hidden road Tint may give
his real powers scope md lead to a"
that no most deeply desires y Is >
story Of love and Of the conflict o.
character Of tho conHic, produced IN
mans mind b. two women 81
Numerically opposite type ne
author handles his story we'll brings
forth his point conyincngly and sue
eoods in holding tho renders interest
10 tho end.
"The Gauntlet OF Alceste' Nc'annl
b. Honkins Moorehouse. \ detective
story In which the customary unpar'
aue!ed murder is hardly more than tne
excuse FOR series OF astounding adj
ventures with ghosts. silent SHOTS
Kidnapping. burglaries, secret starr
ways. cryptograms and mysterious
loves. an explained By novelist on
the basis Of ,wo burnt Matches
barbara Justice" CDu,tonl, by Dana
pa,r.ct. For some unknown reason
Miss Patrick has done some good writ
t-., op tho story OF ma den pure %
-. driven snow and a Horatio Anger
Mo. ,,hirh nigh. better have D'en
rsuod "r,om Judy Ohrady 20 'o,-
,roIs Lady" The heroine j. mne'
buifctcd, but in general b. well taken
caro Of by numerous scii-saefiie'n"
males.
"The Grey phantom's Return
lVatn. hv Herman Lanion. one e.,
thee stories about lovable crook
veo never really did anything bad Dnt
Ia 30 internally clever that fnc police
ara art 10 blame him for nideou.
crimes simply because they think no
otber criminal could have pulled tnem'
Nm this pnft.cular case the Grey fhsn-
,on, is comnclled 20 give 40 Ouri ahh'
inc A gray orchid 90 clear hrs name
iron, a brutal East Side nriior. 30
az solution of which the girl Of his
dreams appears. along VITO sttfe' pas
ages and the usual trappiass Of the
detective story.
There Goes the Groom Dutton),
By Gordon Arthur Smith. Some 30
peres o. uninterrupted comedy. all
easy reading and most - ~ nlg'i
sn,crtafnin- Marrying on George i'
r..s aH q. q
before the end is reached mo-- oi
,to mstchmakcrs arc Ioped iato thc
benedict camp and the lor'.orn Youth
h,e 80, out for the South Sea Isles
ir the hone that the Hula Hula maidens
,iu IAN moro readily Tor Eis charms
than nave the damso.s Of Long ISL
ard
"ln the Favor of the king Double
lav. Page. by Hawthorne Daniel A
historical novel 20 which palace Do.
triruc. uncourtenanccd love, crime and
Indian adventure are woven around tho
c,ploit. o. Ffaarisco oa Coronado. Che
cpanish couquif'aGor VINO. I'D 1889, SEE
ont from N.siro 70. an 3D. .atee tpeal-
zion 60 ind ,hc seven litc OF Oioo.d
and explored most 81 the American
Southwcs, in futile quest f'g riches.
THE Idol Of Paris" lNaeaulayl. oy
Sarah Bcrnhardt This Is a novel that
one may we'll suspcc: Of being az least
In par, autobiographical since b. de-
scribcs the experiences Of a young he
rome 81 the stage in a way THAT 70
minds oao o. the career OF NINE. bera-
hrrit herself. Sardou ani other nota-
blos walk iami,iariy across tho pages 81
th, book; dldcs and counts tight Tor
tho favor of the rising actress, thoro is
about the book an atmosphere % COM
,dv mingled with poignant ttagody.
Whether or not the novel actually req
rcsents leaf from the experience Of
the author. 10 certainly presents ar on
tcriaining record Of Nineteenth Cen
tufy Partisan life. and ID is written
r.. r n ,alitv and an.ciectivencss that
will make D. appeal TO the lover o. fc-
..4 as wei ~ % those Who are in
tcrcstcl primarily in the LIE o. Sarah
Bernhard herself.
"Tarrant Of Tin Spout" (DWanl. BY
Henry Oycn. 4 story Of the Texas oil
fields and contains the standard cont
hination Of business intrigue and con-
ven,ional love making, Of daring eX-
PLOTS and adventures eliminating in