Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-27
Editors Table

"The Ancient Highway" Glorious
Adventure, New Novel by James
oliver Curwood. A Review by Lee
Brown.
Once in a while you come across
a novel that awaken memories of
the thrill so many novels held for
You when you were in your teens.
THE Ancient Highway" James Oil
yer Curwood's latest book is such a
one. You wonder, as you speed
through ITS Pages whether the trouble
before has been with yourself or with
the books since those earlier years.
Whether your jaded taste can't get
thrills or what you've read lacked
them. In either case, "The Ancient
Highway" has the old magic formula
but in a fashion brand new to Cur
wood. 1t is different from any of his
previous writings, and shows him to
be versatile author as we'll as
master of thrills.
THE Ancient Highway" is a ro-
nance of Old Quebec today and of
the picturesque habitant region of
Canada-and, as all good novels
should, it makes you want to go
there. A million or more readers
know how inviting Curwood can
make a forest roadway. Added to
that, his plots demand swift action
and reath-taking adventure. Most
important is his skill in giving
sense of actual participation in the
events, and you feel that you'd have
acted as the characters do. Or you
hope you would!
In The Ancient Highway" for in
stance, the vagabond who was once
an army captain, keeps you doubling
until you discover the quality dogs
and youngsters love in him. Then
you feel rancor even for the adorable
Antoinette. with her French Cana
dian accent, if she doesn't avoid the
mistake toward which she's heading.
If glorious battles make you tingle
if you've a drop of adventurer s
blood-and if you haven't quite got
over. admiring the type of ideal girl
Dad used to reverence-you're the
one to whom The Ancient Highway"
will be a rare find among books
Published by Cosmopolitan Book
Corporation, New York.
Sportlife. Macfadden Publication,
in its August number tells Why
Judge Lands Went Into Baseball"
This article shows that kennesaw
Mountain Lands is a real baseball
fan and what he is doing to raise the
standards of clean wholesome man.
hood. THE Creeping Terror" un-
earths some interesting incidents in
the playing of famous golf stars and
shows the value of putting. "A Foot
Race With Fish" describes the cap
ture of record salmon after a four
hol hof TtV,rr
Of Adventure" a thrilling narrative
of flyers and flying by Burr C. Cook.
Things Every Tennis Player Should
Know" chat with George Agutter,
leading professional tennis instruc-
tor are also included.
If She's Healthy She'll Go
Straight" is the belief Of Mother
Loretta, Directress of the Ursuline
Order of Catholic Sisters Camp at
Graham, N. Y. This good woman,
who for 25 years has lived conse-
Grated, cloistered life, and yet been
student of life, voices these senti-
ments in the August issue of Physical
Culture Macfadden Publication.
How to Prevent Little Rascals From
Becoming Big Criminals" is another
of Judge Ben B. Lindsey's square
from the shoulder articles in which
he advises us that the only way to
prevent boys from repeating an of
fense is not necessarily by punish
ment. but by changing their way of
thinking. What You Don't Eat
Won't Hurt You says Milo Hastings
unless it should happen to be some
thing that you do need. Master and
Man." by Lewis Allen Brown is a
virile story of castaways.