The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-05-09

ANIMAL homestead.
The Last Of the Vikiugs," John
BOYER. CENTURY Co
This Is the latest Of the great Nor
Negian's works 10 he published In
America II follows six others, %
which The Great HungerN has had
the outstanding success.
L Is \ simple. unstraiaea narrative,
with no apparent reaching after e.
feet. OF the fortunes and lives OF men
OF the I.ogoten fisheries In their
homes ON the. ford and IN the far,
dim. northern seas eft the coast Of
Norway. The fletional theme Is a
fisher-wife's hatred OF the sea. and
her attempts 10 draw her sons away
from Il. but as matter OF fact this,
tho strong thread OF interest. Is
only thrcsd In the weaving OF a
marvellous tale Of mon ON mems bust
ncss-wrestiug hs main strength and
bitter endurance a living from the
waters of tho sea.
Tho scenes are etched deep Ia the
readers mind with all the richness 81
shadow and depth Of color Of mas
ter etchcr's work. Probably a good
reason for this Is that The Last OF
the Vikings" records vivid impress
sions received az a plastic age By the
author himself As young man he
went with the i.ofotcn boats. and
himself suffered the cold. lived in the
cramped. foul-aircd huts drew the
nets into tossing boats. knew storm
and squat. the enormous labor %
cleaning the catch while three
fourths asleep from weariness the
days without food the fights over
fishing grounds the carouses at the
fishing stations. the crudcness. simple
goodness and amazing master-of.gact
courage OF the men.
This American edition contains the
pictures for which Sigurd Skou.
Norwegian artist. was sent by the
Century Co. 10 his homeland.
Mirrors Of Moscow" Louise Bry-
ant: Thomas Sel,rer.
Lenin. Tehieherin. Krassin. Zinc
view. Father Tikon4 Alexandra Kol-
lontal. Lunaeharsky. Troisky. Kali
min. Enver Pasha-If you could.
wouldn't you like TO know them thru
and thru. as you know not even your
hest friend. but as authors know the
people they write about in their nov
els-the humanity OF them. the feel
ings and ambitions that stir them.
their ways and habits Of life. their
relation To other people. their whole
character. In shorts
Louise Bryant has fine perception
FOR peoples salient traits, for the fea-
lures tina, mark individuality. she
draws life-like. full-length portraits
And when you have been thru her
portrait gallery. you feel you have
seen a composite portrait Of tho
whole OF Russia itself in every phase
Of It's vivid. turbulent. complex life.
social political. industrial. agricui-
tlral. religious. educational and pure
" human. Each portrait IL reveal
ton OF certain side OF Russia. as
for instance. Father Tikon Of the re-
lIgious side. Lunacharsky Of the edu-
caiionai side. Kollontai OF the woman
question. and so on. The authors
method is bipartisan.
BLACK Buttes." Clarence Z. Mul-
ford: Doubleday. Page & Co.
"Dan Taylor Il roIiicking cuss
A frigsty son-or-a-@uu.
He loves to court the females.
And he savies how it's done.
''He used 10 he cowboy.
md they say he wasn't. =
- The night watch was riding
alert thru the storm and singing the
melancholy songs OF the range when
the stampede started. Two hundred
head OF cattle were lost and as the
trail boss said. after weeks hard
riding thru the Black Butte country,
no one had any bright an shInIn'
new idears" how those cattle could
80 mysteriously disappear and leave
no trail.
The next year the mild and drawI-
Ing Duncan. two-gun man, came thru
the Black Buttes country with an
other outfit--and again the same
thing happened. the stampede. the
missing cattle. Duncan was sus-
pected OF having something TO do
with the mysterious disappearance Of
the cattle. and after an alteration
with the trail boss. the quiet wrangier
left the outfit. The story OF how he
solved the mystery the Black Buttes
held. how he found his man Hepburn
after patiers ten years search. and
how he roamed in the lands OF the
canyons from mystery into romance,
into mystery again. makes one Of the
best Western tales penned In many
a year.
Teeth. Diet and Health" Kurt III.
Thong Century Co.
ThTauthor. a graduate Of Harvard
university's dental fchool, with the
degree Of ID. d. NJ, Is professor Of oral
histology and pathology in the school
from which he graduated. He has
been an Instructor in dental anatomy
there. and pember Of the research
committee. He has had experience
In various hospitals and institutions.
and he Is the author OF monoprar nh I,