Evening star., 1929-10-06
| REVIEWS OF AUTUMN BOOKS
Volume Concerned With Tropical America-Fcton From
Number of Well Known Writers-Picture Places
in Old France.

plain people here and there. Compe-
tently conceived and charmrngly given
out the value Of the book lies, how
ever, in the fact of it's unusual portray
ais, Of its side views such as one never
seeS-oh never, If he is one of a travel
ing party. and almost never if by him.
self. For such Journey as this takes
time, and revisiLlngs, and relivlngs--
just such as Mr. Turner has given to l.
You will enjoy this particular kind -
Summer travel, this particular C5L.
itself.
THE SUN CURE. BY Alfred Noyes.
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Cor
porat:on.
THE comic spirit takes possession of
Alfred Noyes, distinguished poet,
as he now goes a-playing in prose.
Here is the adventure Of Basil Strobe,
young cleric serious-even a bit pom
derous-in view of his many respon-
sibilities. in view of his Importance as
influence" and example. Handsome,
as he himself would, no doubt, have ad-
mitted, modestly. Withal, a little Of
a prig-or so thought the very attrac-
tive and clever young woman around
whom the preacher was forever circling.
Then came adventure-Stealthily young
Basil strolled of into the dep country.
Once there and certain of his own
security from intrusion he took off his
clothes to sun himself. something in
the way that he was hearing SO much
about and believed in so little. Leav-
ing his raiment in an old shed he walk
ed out some distance and laid himself
down in the deep grass while the sun
did its work on him. Partially con-
vinced of the efficacy of this trial
treatment, the clergyman turned to dress
himself and go home-some one had
stolen his clothes. Here is the place to
leave you to find out for yourself just
how he managed-dignif1ed young man
like that, ecclesiastic besides. Enough
to say that the experience did him
good, worked of quite lot of him
self that he was the better of for
getting rid of-and the girl thought
so too. A very gay little invention, that
laughs its way along. slyly nipping
engaging matter on the whole, because,
prose or poetry, its author is at>home
with his writing hand.
Il X x*
SAND. BY Will James, author of
Cow Country" etc. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons.
THIS is another James story Of the
COW country-the story of a wild
horse and tame man. That is, each
was this in the beginning. But after
the tremendous business of making q
cowboy out of a tenderfoot the man
wasn't so tame. 1t was along about
then that he heard OF the wild stallion
that every cattleman in Wyoming
cpPrptlU
deep secret to the converted tender
foot that he, too, in the course of time
began to share that ambition and an
other one. In the vernacular of back
country the story moves forward with
the stirring business of keeping the
enormous droves within their limits Of
forage and necessary round-ups.
Finally along toward the last came the
trials of Tilden toward the flying horse,
glimpsed now and then by this one or
that. In secret he planned. In an equal
secret he failed. But there was still
chance andy and blythe capture
was made. BY this time the reader is
in protest. He didn't want that horse
ito be caught and tanned. Yet, following
the great event. there is a delightful
schooling for the stallion. This is the
high point of the whole. The fierce
rebellion. the hurt pride. the wild out
bursts of rage-and then the very slow
and gradual response to the overtures
Of the man. Food, friendly touch, a
comforting act-repulsed all of them for
long time. Then the slow subsistence
of suspicion, the tentative quietude
under the smoothing hand-over and
over again. Then friendship between
the horse and the mana wonderful
thing to any human who has had this
experience. Finally done. it is here, too.
oh, yes. there is a girl and love
story. These would have been better II
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