Evening star., 1924-11-30
Reviews of New Books

one that promises much of fresh IN
terest. News to the most of US, that
America has more varied types or
the true gypsy than any other coun-
try. This fact opens up vision or
picturesque adventure which Irving
Browns writings on the subject of
the gypsy will serve to project as a
quite possible reality. Brown Is
himself of the Romany blood. He
knows these people. He goes freely
among them. Trusting him, they
live themselves out simply and nat
urally in his company. Out OF his
many goings and cominSS he has
gathered deal of intimate stun con-
cerning the ways Of these interest
ing wanderers. This he has brought
together in the book in hand, telling
us of their distribution over the
country, of their most important CEN
ters, of their kinships and rivalries,
of their deep-seated points of view.
their age-old customs, their Legends
and folklore. A vagabond story, by
u genuine ragabond. who warns the
heart by his happy vagrancies among
d most interesting people.
THE ENCHANTED HILL. BY Peter
b kyne, author of THE Pride or
Palomar," etc. Illustrations by
Dean Cornwell. New York: Cos
mopolitan Book Corporation.
The Enchanted Hill is the New
Mexican ranch house of Lee PuroS'
one time of Worcester. Mass. Here
live Purdy and his sister, an ailing
girl come for the dry airs or the
desert To the hill house itself ana
the weird beauty of its surroundings
Peter Kyne gives a fine consideration
despite the fact that he is head over
heels in the business of plotting Lee
Purdy safely through the designs of
a nefarious corporation to do Purdy
out of his ranch holdings and to run
him out of the country. Acting Tor
the company that keeps itself in the
background is an amazing asSemblage
of bought and -paidfor men whose
chief accomplishments range from
swift shooting to knockout, abduc-
tion and the poisoning of obstructive
houseguards in the way of both dogs
and men. Nearby is another ranch
whose owner is in much the same fix
as Purdy himself This owner. how
ever, is young woman of many at
fractions, which serves only to COM
plicate an already deeply involved
matter. However, Peter kyne is not
novice in this sort of adventure.
And this time he again does himself
proud in an excitement of invention
Niidl oIlSSlS, ltloSl dNNtPiapis' Ai'O
ambling affairs of those characters
who carry on with the realism of the
world converted to the uses of fiction.
HIS SECOND VENTURE. BY Mrs.
Raillie Reynolds, author of Also
Ran" etc. New York: George II.
DoraG Co.
The story of a runaway bridegroom
and a stay-at- home bride. A ruse that
gives little credit to the gentleman's
perspicacity endows him with bride,
the daily sight of whom is more than
he can with compoSure contemplate.
So, with almost certain death as the
he goes upon an expedi-
dion to some Wild corner of the
earth in the service of country and
king. In the meanwhile the young
woman has nothing to do except to
grow incredibly beautiful as well as
greatly beloved by the three children
whom the gentleman'S first venture
has bequeathed her. Both of these
she turns off in great shape. In spite
of his expectation. not to say in spite
of his hope, no monster, either man or
beast, eats alive the adventuring
bridegroom. And finally, with tagging
footsteps he returns to the sickening
business of outstanding an ugly wife.
III hIioN the rest VI II. All dIuenl
wOoer instead of a fleeing husband.
The agonies of uncertainty, aid so on
and so on. Then, the happy ending.
No, hardly.
UNCEN NSORED RECOLLECTIONS.
Anonymous. Philadelphia: J. B. Lip
pincott Company.
The prime difference between I'm
censored Recollections" and the cur
rent issues of the black-bannered
press is that anonymous" makes q
specially of the peccadillos of the
Quality-lords and lordesses, dukes
and dukesses, counts and countesses
all is grist that comes to
the mill of the daily yellow sheet.
1t is a big book, this "Uncensor.d
Recollections," crowded with the mis-
behaviors of pretty nearly the whole
of Europe-indeed, reaching over into
for the true sire of royal
house. And still the mar
vel grew that one small head could
harbor all he kneW''-something like
this runs through the mind of one
making an attempt upon this charnel
house of family skeletons.
THE CLOUDED PEARL. By Berta
Ruck. author of His Official
Fiancee," etc. New York: Dodd
Mead & Co.
This romance has to do with the
cure Of a sad case of flapperitis. The
first half of the to-do explains the
causes of the disease and describes
the most marked of it's symptoms and
the line of its development. A sort
Of social orgy, this, wherein the all
ing girl behaves much as If possessed
of devil of exaggerated ego and
selfishness. The second half of the
story goes into the methods of the
ure-banishment to a lone place
with only one man, instead of 20,
to pay a court which he refuses to
pay. setting the girl to hustlina for
herself instead. Well, one man is
enough for a husband, much better
than 20, so this curative process of
serves the uses of marital
bliss as WELL