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

-Asoli. q the sun. FREDERICK
c1rsen. csntury CO.
Haxing recently feturred from
~ laird vlsit q the teneiy Islands
= f>e ine. Mr.. onrien. who recent.
4 visited seattle. new writes hls
- book On tlse beautiful ianas
- the fascinating peoples - the
~ south sea- Aiolis % the sun. H.
has In rich measure al These
<>msntx that made HIS White
n&tows- and -Nystic isiss- such
~rxxs~cs.
-Asoiis e the sun. making -
eet public bow today. h not only
= ahsorbinx reccrd q travel and
. shrililns narrative q adventure.
i ai~o book q humor. % kindly
nnsnan philosophy. % ntrikinxiy
<nmatic situations. And u v all
,s<~snied IN an aliurinm u0Hsal
..psa which has caught ceinr and
~asnee from the people and places
= ,oyous Polynesia ~ lovvd % the
su>hof.
= m new book deals with those
khssng coral wrcaths upon the
>suasorsai Pacific known a. the
n.nrsrous Archipelago. which are
.neng the most amazing hahIta.
ions q man.
Moreover. In the new book he tells
4 further adventures In the Mar.
ss<<.s Islands. and the reader
n<s,s again those unforEctnble IA.
~ figures Exploding ETes. Van.
s1ashed Cften. Daughter % the PIG.
an. seventh Man Who Wailows IN
- Agirr. and many others who first
impaired - RS White shadows
The rixhtlnx Edge. william Mac
fsod RAins: Houghtcn Mifflin CO.
n spite Of her red hair. Bob piilcn.
10 pAres potatoes and runs srrand@
- a construction outfit IN the FAR
vpxf. seems 20 be a hopeless coward.
Hs only friend = ragged ts-year.
I'D June. whose father lives a. a
AsrmGt near the camp. June. 10 fear
a man who has a biackmaiier's
held on her father. oegs Bob 20 take
A<r away and marry her.
So he does. but permits his bride
day 70 be kidnapped by the In.
fursascd bully who dominates her
hsher- Feeling runs high In the
Immunity. both against the kid
Rapsr and the supine young hus-
hand. In desperation Bob determines
d conquer his fears. 20 win the res.
pect o. his lost wife and the com
mcnlty. and 10 make Of himself a
nan who viii measure up to the
stern standards OF tho frontier.
The author % ~alan.slxc" knows
how 10 tell a story that fairly sal
bps away with the reader. In no
ether Of Ralne's books Is there a
riri Of such insisssn,. instantaneous
appeal as the Eypsyish June. nor a
nan who makes a better fight for his
HAS desire.
~cryder OF the Big Woods.
ceorxe c. shedd. Doubleday. Page 4
O.
The northwest timber country 10
De setting for this story Of the strug-
- between a great lumber corpora
ton and the mountaineers who re-
fsxc 70 sell their land for a song.
Into the struggle Is drawn cryder.
: young surgeon. who has built
nodern hospital In the hills and be-
ume the dominating force IN the
nountasn community.
Drawn into - also II q young.
Eager. imprcssionable girl who. BY
nsusinx his csfer Of marriage. strikes
. first blow at the surgeons superb
eli -confidence. Leading tho woods
uer In a contest that he realizes
must be hopeless. Cryder directs
heroic struggle to save for tins
nountaineers their only source Of
wealth. their land. The corporation
finally wins but the struggle gains
for the young surgeon what he in his
farmer selg-assurAnce failed to OBJ
tain. the favor Of the girl he loved.
/ George c. shedd IL a Nebraskan.
Il officer OF the shcdd Investment
Co. and himself an owner Of large
timber interests
The Importance OF Bird Life: A
Popular Account Of It's Economic Sig
rificance and Conservation" George
Inness Hartley: Century Co.
To the average clty-brcd person.
re place Of this bird IN nature II
hst the one 10 which the esthetic
salue OF Its song and pIumage en-
title Il: the farmer. who actually has
the song and piurnage 70 enjoy. ex-
presses his attitude mainly by shot
guns and scarecrows and bits OF rag
On bush and tree TO brighten winged
thieves away.
As a matter OF fact. birds are OF
supreme Importance in that economy
u nature which enables man 10 be
fed--the stomachs Of even the rascal
birds prove when examined that they
10 more good by destroying quaint
ties Of insects than harm OF any
Kind. Birds also spread plant life.
Including forests: and they act as
All this Mr.. Hartley treats. while
sections follow on domestic fowl: on
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