Evening star., 1925-12-27
REVIEWS OF THE NEW BOOKS
Brand Whtlock Turns Out Well Written Story of His Poti
cal Experiences Which Reads Like Ficton-The life
Brigham Young, and New Book by Cobb.

jected fully and fairly. as an illum-
mating chapter in the history Of this
republic.
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PARIS: ON PARADE. BY Robert
Forrest Wilson. Illustrated by a.
G.. Warshawsky. indianapolis: The
Bobbs- Merrill Co.
HARD for writer's to get away from
l. L the old Paris of history. Henry
" and Louis XIV still have pretty
much their own way with the writing
tourists and the guide makers for the
city OF supreme captivation. And
that clinging te the historic fact and
implication Is quite all right for gen
eral reading. But II is delight,
nevertheless, to go about with Robert
Forrest Wilson in the growing con
sciousness that there is Il Paris of the
present, one that sets up keen
rivalry with the days from which this
new charm 50 surely sprang. Since
Paris is the fountain head OF fashion,
We with this artist, visit the hlgh
priests of the passing modes. And, or
course, we go to the Latin quarter
new look TO il from this PARTICULAR
point of view-and we adventure with
him also on the high art OF dining
And all up and down the town we 30
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all the big spots Of the modern lure OF
the city on the Seine. 4 gay and de.
lightful vagrancy. fresh in design and
most satisfying in partaking. ms a
Ibook-something made by the BOOK
makers craft---tfis is most pleasing
thing. whose illustrations are all IRON
paintings by Warshawsky, and whose
other features are in keeping with the
quality OF both these pictures ana lhe
content of the text itself, 81.
HERE COMES THE BRIDE and
So Forth. BY Irwin S. Cobb. author
of Alias Ben .Alibi" etc. New
York: George II. Doran Go.
"CHE has been coming ever since
- she was born"-Irvin Cobb, talk
| ing. Being himself, not desirous-one
| hopes-of being anybody else. Cooo
starts off this momentous bride ouSl-
ness with laughter and merrlment
| But here is matter able 10 sober
even this incorrigible huInorist. Ana
| so he grows serious-now and then, at
| least-over the portentious lmpilca.
ton lying within the familiar nuptla!
| pronounCement. BY the time the Wed
| ding business is we'll under way matrl-
monv as an institution has been pretty
well wrung out and hung on the line
d
jse ana uncertain fulfillment, for the
| casual character Of its undertaking
and its sequence of instability. All IN
| fun-yet all serious, TOO. Ihen MI
| cobb moves out of this dim atnoS-
phere Of wedding reticencies into the
Dpen air of the 700 and its roster OF
lebrities. into the proved advantages
Of q lack OF beauty to the pcsSeSsor OF
| homelinesS "a broadly comforting
l. Inc 4 NynJ.y = q
closes these various experiences and
reflections with Christmas Gifts -
and YOU see in 2 second what he does
with this theme He does il all. Just
an enjoyable Cobb book-laughing its
way through many truth OF i'm
! porrance that other people preach
about and stir up movements over.
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THE BLACK TURRET. BY Patrick
Wynnton. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-
Merrill Co.
THIS mystery tale takes one over
to the Black Forest. where any
thing may happen; back also 10 the
spirit OF pure neiodrama that has SO
many times before used this region OF
unstable principalitieS for the swift
and unbelievable action that such form
Of fiction demands. Pure invention. this.
and as such it deserves and VIII re-
| ceiva good attention. An imprisoned
! princess, held from her rightfni do
! main by the Vaccinations of political
| foes: cackling Crone, ingenious IN
| devising cruelty; an ogre at her com
mand: two English gentlemen, all by
/ chance ccr-i2S upon the princess in
| the black turret.' Such is the ma
| terial. With it the author creates mo-
ments of hair-raisinS horror, seconds
| oF S,rnpnSa5 pScana iDStaDfS of hope
| all III Il black cresCendo OF create err
perilS and narrowing loopholes of de
liverance. Oh. yes. at the last-but it
is reaching this last" that causes
wouderment as TO what this author $
| second novel win be.