New Britain herald., 1923-07-02

l group commemorating the valo
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 Rome.
 MT. Cobb was (and remains stilD a reporter of the first rank. He has a great gift for honest and acute ob- servation, a lack of pose, a flow ot good strong English overlaid with the best that native America has added to the language. MT. Cobb tells as good reporter would, vividly, inter- estingly, of his experiences as news paper man in Paducah, Ky; in Louis vile and in New York as war cor respondent" Literary Review. HkisstA. THE TAIL OF THE HEMISPHERE:
 CHILE AND ARGENTINA, by
 Frank George Carpenter.
 Book is based on two journeys made around the South American con- tinent, by boat by rail and by auto mobile. It describes the ports and cities, the farming regions, the deserts and the mountains; also the fauna and flora of the two countries, their popu- lation, industries and government" TENDERFOoT IN COLORADO by R.. B. Townshend.
 ''The true story of pioneer, whose narrative dates back to 1869, when, as a young man of twenty, just out of Cambridge university, he confronted the perils of what was then in truth The Wild West, when buffaloes roamed. the plains and Indians were a constant terror"
 TRUE ADVENTURES OF THE SE-
 CRET SERVICE by Major Charles , Edward Russell. <. ... THE VEGETABLE by Scott Fitzger- aid. . ".... M
 The Vegetable is satire on the current form of democracy where all men, because they are created free and equal. seek to push ahead, and, If possible. to become president, instead of holding down the jobs they are really fitted for. Jerry Frost was such a man. He had 1t in him to be a good postman, an excellent servant of the public in a humble capacity, He was made president and conducted the affairs of the nation with the intelli- gence that God had allotted him to use as postman." Springfield Re publican.
 EIpfinn DAYS JOURNEY by W. B. Maxwell
 "'Day's Journey is an interesting study of the lifelong friendships of two men very unlike in character and build. The story Is simply, but very attractively told" American. FOUR sTRAGGLERs by Frank Pack
 ard.
 MT. Packard is a master hand at weaving intricacies of plot and then solving them all by brilliantly unex- pected stroke. He says himself of this story: T have got hold of the greatest plot I ever had in my life unusual setting and striking charac- ters' And in this instance, an author is a good critic of his own work. ."- Boston Transcript.
 FRIEND AT COURT by Leon and
 Elizabeth Stern.
 These stories of experiences in the work of New York probation off cer are remarkable in their vivid, moving pictures of court scenes and in the suggestions of tragedy and suf- fering behind them. They have fic- tional value and still more so the reality of human sympathy. In an note Dean Nrchwey truly l says that the book is not only a ! novel or collection of stories of ab- sorbing interest for the general read CT but a case-book as well for the l student social worker and probation officer.'" Outlook.
 HOUSE BY THE WINDMILL by
 Agnes Edwards Rothery. IN DARK PLACES by John Russell |
 "These twelve stories in Mir. Rus [ sells latest volume mark a distinct advance over the earlier collection, called Where the pavement ends The persons of these stories are real be- cause MT. Russell has motivated them with keen psychological insight and tolerant understanding. His ,deft turns of plot and ironic implications are nvincible. Not the least of his de- lights is the revelation to the reader of an entire world outside the lub- oerly consciousness of central char acter." Literary Review.
 by William NJ. Raine. by F. H. Yates.
 MY FRIEND FROM LIMOUsIN by
 Jean Giraudoux.
 "A satirical story, awarded the Bal .ac prize, concerning an amusing and dramatic case of laws of memory" MYSTERY ROAD by E. Phillips op-
 penheim. 7UBE by c. A. Borgese
 Elaborate analysis of the neurotic in Italy before. during and liter the war"