The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-06-18

every form Is spark of the Great Divine Fire.
 There are many persons to whom MT. Curwood's book will come as sort of a shock. It will shake their egotism and disturb their self-ii1ade conclusions that the world was made for them to work their will upon. But many will like the shook and few people live, either man or woman, of kind heart and tender feelings, who could read MT. Curwood's won derful story of Thor, the grizzly bear, who forebore to kill the man who had hunted him, and not take the lesson to heart. One cannot picture a hunter who brides himself on his sportsmanship reading the story of the bull moose who deliberately sac- rificed his life that his wife and baby might escape to the woods, and afterward falling to spare the life of one of these noble animals. THE WINGS OF TrMT' By Elizabeth Newport Hepburn; Fred srick A. Stokes Company, Publish CTS, New York City.
 Some people get their great mo- ments in youth, some later. some even In old age. It's like writing stories. Peter Gaunt and I quarrel about the |. I him that it's all a matter of where you stop. You may end on a high note, when the bells are ringing and the sun Is shining. And you may walt until the tests of life come-show your hero and heroine after the end" This quotation might be called the keynote of this vivid novel of young life, of true devotion. of life's great est test and of the final triumph of a courageous girl. The story Is unique for it's clear-sighted seeing life whole" and It's believing optim- ism that touches a universal chord.
 THE LITTLEsr ONE"
 By Marion St. John Webb; illustrated; i;
 Frederick A. Stokes Company. Pulp
 fishers, New York City.
 This Is 8 brand new edition of this favorite of children. The little boy who speaks thorugh these child rhymes reminds ono somewhat of the little boy-or> even the little girl one used to be. for his childish thoughts. his pretending" his infant philosophies, reflect with truth and humor tho heart of all children. The four full-page illustrations in color by Margaret w. Tarrant have unusual charm.
 WIND ALONG THE WASTE" By Gladys B. Johnson. The Century
 Company Publishers, New York
 City.
 Here is novel with a thrill on every page and a mystery that grows deeper and deeper until you could swear there would be no solution. has so woven her plot that it is But there is. and this clever writer perfectly logical
 The story is told by the governess of two orphan children who live with two maiden aunts in a lonely spot on the sand-dunes of the Pacific coast Their only servant is a Chi naman, and there is locked room, threatening messa ges. shots in the dark. and inexplicable comings and goings that bewilder yet intrigue the reader. In addition there is a de- lightful love element
 The author. while comparatively new to the reading public. is finished craftsman. She handles her material In masterly style and the artistic manner In which she main phere of uncanny realism might well .bo envied by veterans of the writing craft.
 LITTLE PIERRE"
 By Anatole France. The John Lane
 Company, Publishers. New York
 City.
 The Story of Little Pierre" ono of the most appealing of all the stories ever written by AnAtole France. pictures little French boy, Ason of a somewhat unsuccessful Paris physician. born fin the days when the reign of King Louis Phillipe was drawing to a close" has some thing Of quaintness and something, too, of connection with more stir ring period of French history. For little Pierre's Uncle Hyacinthe, the black sheep of the respectable bour- geois family, had been . soldier under