The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-02-10
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Being the Report of Literary Dis
cussion by Little Group of
Serious Thinkers
W BOON DISCUSSION

Httf Nv" nappiif ever hitCf.
SOUNDS LIKE
WHAT IT Is
The book b. entertaining. light
rcading---no more"
sounds like Harold McGrath
book 20 n tee" Bob remarked.
you said Il was Imaginary" quer-
toned Homer. I'm sure II would
make fine reading for ia.year-old."
A. this point Ernie and sam came
IN. GREATNESS.
We've been watching fire. they
said In unison.
Speaking Of McGrath." Henry 70.
sumcd. II have read Drums OF
Jeopardy and II was pretty good"
1T has action and interest" Bob
flashed. hut az novel IL 10 rot.
ten.-
what ever became of George
Barr McCutchcons~ Homer inquired.
Guess he nnde money and quit
Chambers and McCrath should re.
tire" said Henry. iaziiy.
Chambers has n family ana q
wife IN New York society. 30 he can't
quit" Homer remarked.
The moral standard OF some Of
these works" Ernie started 20
any.
Hut Homer broke Tn. Moral stand.
ard OF a cream puff" he snapped,
IT'S 30 low some movie actresses
might enjoy IT,
Here Homer ana Henry swnpp-si
love lct'er phrases comparing the Fl.
fectiveness Of various terms OF en-.
dearnm~ni. The rest Of the party
took notes.
non DOES
THE HtltOICs
silence then rslxned- Bob came TO
the rcscuc.
Il have read two books he bs
gan.
Tangled Trails Is q dstecsiv,
story that "a decidedly different. In.
stead OF the conventional amateur
detective who hs. won the respect
and confidence of tho police thru his
remarkable services ia tho solution OF
countless mysteries. We have az our
central figure a naive cowboy. who
probably wouldn't know q microscope
II - cav one. but who somehow
plumbers thru and unsaneie . muir.
der mystery In the intricate skeins
Of which he himself was enme.hed-
Needless 20 shy IT'S light read
ing--but it's frw~h and clever. and
for Western detective story an
der which title II il advertised. Il u
q ihoroiy commsndabls effort
I hear no conmanf.- Bob COO
finucd without pausing. 40 I pass
on to the second book read.
The Dragon In Shallow watsrw
n at once one Of the most intsreut-
inE and one Of the nsost depressing
books Of the year. II n vaguely
reminiscent Of one Of pos's Tragedies
--Aisho infinitely more morbid than
anything that Pos ever attempted.
From . strictly iitsrary vsswpolns
II IN a work Of more than ordinary
merit. The characters are painted In
with broad strokes that are At onos
~ graphic ~ they are brutal
But Ia broader SENSE II 10 rather
horrible n Ia difficult 10 conceive
the motive that would cause \ writer
10 turn out work 70 absolutely de-
struetive In i's philosophy. no mat.
ter how artistic tho result.
The work deals with tho hou~>-
hoh Of two brothers. one blind. the
other deaf and dumb. both since
BIRTH Their minds have become as
warped a. their bodies and they feel
that they are both mentally and
physically imprisoned. This leads 20
chain OF circumstances OF unspcak.
abis horror.
a hundred words or 40 are used
at the very last. In an effort 10 bring
about the conventional happy end
ing but u is hardly necessary TO
say that this falls 10 remove the de-
pressing effect OF the thousands Of
unhappy words which precedc u.
"Stili. the book il certainly worth
reading. IT'S far from being a Polly.
anna novel. but n viii hold tho In
| fere&f OF the reader.