Evening star., 1926-05-23

or new m00Sa8o, the Ieel OF glamour
Gus newness. For the real sportsrnan
there are definite and detailed accounts
here Of the ways to lure and then
tures-but that, suppose. 10 the
game. At any rate here you have II,
90 plain and clear that. there is no
mistaking the various beguilements
needed to entice fish Of various dis.
position and habit. And pictures OF
generous number give something like
sworn testimony to the clear prowess
Of these fishermen in the waters Of
the Pacific. A beautiful book in it's
complete makeup and one calculated
to- stir the envy OF real fishermen,
those, who catch and catch. and then
have their pictures taken with them
selves festooned with indisputabie
evidences Of their prowess. 1t is
losing his head over Zane Grey's
fishing adventure in Virgin Seas"
Il Il X X
A SPORTING CHANCE. BY Mar
garet Cameron, author Of THE
Involuntary Chaperon," etc. New
York: Harper & Bros.
Upon the surface a fatally handi-
capped hero. this one. The son
Of a. millionaire to start with. BY
name, Percival Galahad Brazenose.
to end with. For no one on earth
could be a hero under such fell cir
cumstances. And. really, it couldn't
have been out in the open. But. in
side a book. with an uncomfortable
humorist who is at the same time q
marvel of ingenious invention and
"a dynamo Of energy, the thing really
came to pass. Percival Galahad
Brazenose--believe it or not-is a
hero. And he is lot more than
that. He Is good looking. Of course.
Hs is possessed of traits that set one
off in a fervor OF nervous dread lest
he make a misstep in some of his
amazing experiences. What. to the
reader. does a perfectly staid father
count in wanting his son to tend to
business. 1t is made to appear here
that the prime and only business of
young men should be to succor ladies
In distress. And so the reader trails
along. all out of breath, behind this
whirlwind OF a fellow, hoping and
praying that he come out all right
every time. He does. too. A fine
and ENJOYABLE comedy. that comes in
so happily to make a sunny spot in
long drab tales of the humans who
are turning the great Middle West
into q succulent world harvest field
and into a swiftly advancing area Of
surprising civilization. Fine en-
deavor. all that out in the Middle
West. fit for our expanded moments.
butet does get dry. so very dry.
n
THE LEADING LADY. BY Gerald
Bonner. author of The Pioneer"
etc. Indianapolis: The Bobbs'
Merrill Co.
A y engaging story whose stasinS
suggests the theater rather than
life. 1t is in substance, too. the story
of a play produced by company Of
players in the natural scenery of an
island estate lent to them by its
owner for this purpose. Upon the
surface it is the story of the theater
folks engaged in presenting Twelfth
Night" But behind this stage effect
Of professional zeal and jealousy and
overreaching that seems TO make up
so much OF the artistic life. there is
another story of off.stage interest
that eliminates finally in tragedy and
mystery and an approach to the true
detective theme. The effect Of the
whole lacks vividness. lacks the truly
convincing grip on the situation that
a less overlafd plan might have oh
waited. However. ii Is an engage.
ment for the easy hours OF Summer
time. and suits that perfectly legiti-
mate purpose we'll.