The New York herald., 1922-08-06

HVERY reader Of The Sheik''
III will expect this new novel by
E. H. Hull to have an uncon-
ventiouaI atmosphere and plot and
to concern itself with the love Of man
and woman under unusual circum-
stances. They viii not be disap-
pointed. although this is a very diff
ferent story from the one that at
tracted so much attention
There is. to be sure, the back
groupd of Eastern scenery that the
title suggests: first some giimpses OF
Yokohama. and the author is capable
Of giving plenty OF color to her
sketches; later on the African deser5,
with Arabs and fighting and the stir
and pomp Of desert life. so Intimately
known to her. if THE Sheik" can
speak at all of personal experience.
But most of this new book is laid in
England, in an ancestral home. be-
longing to the hero OF the story.
There IS a bit of Paris, too. the in
side OF convent and a studio in the
Quarter. These varying sackgrounds
serve TO hint that the story is one Of
many moods and considerable variety
Of experience. The preliminary ac-
ton in Yokohama sets the tale in
the atmosphere OF romantic tragedy
which endures to close upon the end
when it changes to blissful romance
and the surcease of long struggle
with suffering.
The authors daring will be recog-
nized when we find that the episode
painted with extreme effectiveness
In the Yokohama prologue introduces
the hero as established in one Of
those paper Japanese houses with a
tiny japanese girl for mistress. ut
terly devoted 10 him. child OF seven
teen. an artist, and alone in the
world except for Barry. Not quite a
japanese. however. for she had an
English father. father who had
lived with her mother even as Barry
was living with her. On the evening
we first see the two Of them Barry
has returned from a trip to Toxic and
is welcomed with fervor and charm
and after a while with the telling of
a secret. A secret that has made the
little o Hara san wildly happy. but
that shocks the young man. Matters
are getting a little deep. But all this
IL not the daring portion-that comes
with the sudden discovery by Barry
that the father or the girl i also his
father-that they are. in truth. half
brother and sister.
The discovery almost drives him
mad and in his frantic rush away
from the little house he makes o
Hara San believe that she has NOR
tally offended him. without her hav-
ing guessed the discovery he has
made When he finally returns in
the dawn OF the following morning
tho little Japanese has killed herself.
And now the real story begins.
II IS not difficult 10 guess that this
story win involve another woman.
and that the struggle between the
new love and the memory OF what
has happened in the East will make
the problem the hero has to face.
But there are more complications
than this For Barry. saved from
committing suicide under the shock
of horror he has endured. and de-
Gliding to take up life again. finds q
letter awaiting him that asks him
to become the guardian 81 daughter
OF a ne'er do weel friend Of his. on
the point OF death as he writes the
letter, and dying penniless. Barry Is
wealthy and NJ hss an aunt who can
take care OF the child. and there
seems no way ont OF il anyhow. 50
he sails for Paris 10 take the young
creature from the convent where her
father had placed her. OF course
this Is the girl with whom he IS 70
fan In love ana who l. to love him