Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-04-22
REVIEWS OF
NEW BOOKS
-TAe Spell Of the Rhine.- BY Frank

'NVN'''N hSNC aNuk bVtu utaut lNtllll-
lar with the spell Series" now num-
herring moro than twenty volumes,
each. however. complete In itself, which
present To eve and mind the most pic
turesque OF the earth's countries. "Tne
Spell OF the Rhine" Is fully equal in
merit and interest to the others.
The Rhine country II In man,~rc-
srects the most interesting OF all Eu-
rope, picturesque in sdcnery and rich
In historic associations. 1t was the
fortune OF NJ. Fraprie ID visit the coun-
try years ago. and al$o TO make an
other since the close OF the World War,
30 that ne enrlches his narratives by
experiences and pictures OF the past,
confirmed and enlarged by the condi-
tions OF the present day.
Tho author begins at the mouth OF.
the Rhine. II such thing exists. and
ne shows clearly why Its existence is
doubtful. For Il either has many
mouths or At least two. so marvellous
have been the changes caused by the
corrosions OF tho sea. tho enormous
deposits OF silt carried down from the
sources OF the stream. and the great
aquatic commissions that occurred
centuries ago and are still encounter
ed. Al any rate. he selects what he
helievcs will pass for the mouth of the
khine and there cmber<s upon his in
teresting and enlivening Journey.
Starting at Dordrecht. the reader "a
taken In turn 10 Leyden. Utrecht and
the cities Of the Lower Rhinc-from
ttnhlaH1 a., Ia, t,i, IA,
Breisbsch. Then To Alsace and the Up
per Rhine. the Grisons. and thence
by n most interesting tour. TO the
source OF the river.
This is a most wonderful Journey.
seductive IN various ways along every
portion. II is full of incident. pictur-
esque and revealing. Also. the narra-
tive Is enriched bv informing reQuisi-
tlons upon tho notable history Of this
region. which extends back to the ear
liest periods of civilization.
The book i, profuselv illustrated
presenting enhancing bits OF old cities
and their historic buildings. and many
stretches Of the wonderfully wstered
country, with numerous places so in
tersccted and ovcrfun by waterways az
TO prove rivals IN this respect of famed
Venice. Also, faithful views of ca
thedrals and castles and pictures OF the
busy modern life of these ancient COM
munities. Some of the plates are In full
color and others duogravure. Each vol
unle is neatly boxed.
Such book is both Interesting and
valuable at all times but especially at
THIS time, when the country it reveals
TO the reader iS an object OF such no
ltical and general concern. with pos
sibiliiies OF exciting and important de-
Nelopments al any time which NAV
prove Of great consequence 10 the fu-
ture OF Europe.
Received OF the publishers.
~ Ey katharine Newlin Burt. au-
thor OF The Branding Iron" Snow
Blind" etc. Boston. Mass: Houghton
Mimin Co. Park street. (s2l
All other novels with cowboy he
roes locate tho leading man on hi.
chosen habitation, bringing the errete
cast and its people 10 his wide ,tretche.
or mountain and valley and plain.
and housing them AZ his picturesque
ranches. But in %" the order is re-
Nersed. and the cowboy comes east
on conquest bent, and there fights his
battle.
This was the campaign laid down by
q g. T. kinwydden was his name.
and the name. like himself. was an
accident. not legal gift from honest
parerfs In hts xr,.sar, bo,.n l.. -.
fallen desperately in love with a cul,
tivated and beautiful woman from the
east, member of a camping and hunt
ing party for which he had acted as
suide, and she was sufficiently inter
ested In him 20 give hts some encour-
aSement, So when he gained great
wealth by striking oil" he came 10
her home. village on the banks ot
the Hudson river. 10 lay court in
earnest
'Qs' first move was 10 engage n
teacher. for he believed an "eddica-
ton would lie valuable asset. SO
he secured n capable young woman
Tor teacher. who promptly fell In love
nth him. although he did not "savyy''
this until long time afterwards.
Then. between studies. ne pursued his
love quest, with varying fortunes. but
ali snort Of success. and did numerous
other things
These other things are even more in
iercsting than "Q's" hopeless pursuit
of woman who could not bring her
self TO yield 70 his pleading. lie eradi-
Gated some evil conditions. blocked
some sordid and cruel schemes. and
a couple Of wretche. who
richly deserved all that he gave 20
them. lie finally received his congo
from HE hearts love. cruelty
and suddenly after he had rendered
her srest service Then. defeated and
heartsick, he returned TO his ranch.
IL was not until later that %" learn
Cd how he really loved his faithful
little schoolma am. and on realizing
this fact he returned to her home and
her. And so the story ends
happily. after all.
Headers " every taste will find
refreshing. something new.
and something indesCribably human I'm
this pleasing love story. which is very
absorbing throughout. and contains
enough Of the thrilling and exciting 10
avert even a single chapter OF dullness.
Received OF the publishers.
Truth About the Jews Told bv a
Gentle. BY Walter Hurt. Introdue-
tion by Dr. Ralcy Hustled Bell
chicago, H.: Horton 4 Co. 44i : I
Dearborn street. $50
u 10 said this book already has
resied a profound sensation I'm lew /
Ish circles. besides commending itself
TO readers In general on account of