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commends 1t to those who plan to come close
TO the salient facts Of that complex problem Of
the Arabian Desert Here is . study Of civil
lization-old and new-trying side by side TO
forge ahead toward q deeper security and to-
ward a larger conception In all departments Of
human endeavor. Industry. politics, the social
complex of that far region, its cultural status
and promise-these side by side Jewish and
Arabian are offered TO the student in q fine
dispassion OF scholarly research, in strict
adherence to unbiased appraisal Not only Is
the attention of the writer directed upon such
basic elements Of investigation but to the sit
uation as this bears also upon European
countries involved, politically and economically.
in this region of the wilderness A book for
the student. book for the reader Of SUBJ
stantial world interests and aspirations.
MULATTO JOHNNY BY Ain Laubreaux.
Translated from the French by Coley Tay-
Tor. New York: Z. p. Dutton & Co.
A PICTURE, weirdy oninous, opens this ad-
venture. man, alone in q trading boat,
around which typhoon Of the South Seas is
raging Such the stormy introduction Of
Mulatto Johnny who for . story length Of ad-
venture promises to keep you wide awake and
wondering.
Johnny is alf-breed. Son Of q sailor pass
ing by, and q native woman Of one or another
of the island tribes. A giant Of q man, pride
ful OF his strength, Of his agile body, of his
successes In combat. Not q Iawless fellow.
since he knew nothing Of law Just natul al
man. taking what he wanted wherever he
found 1t. Uncommonly well conceived and
projected In the character and role assigned
him. It was the cunning man Of civilization
or near civilization, that was the undoing Of
this savage fellow. seducing him into captivity.
teaching him more cruel lessons than his
own natural passions had ever suggested. When
you see Mulatto Johnny alone in his boat on
that stormy sea he had just killed o man. 4
fugitive therefore and on his way 70 more
dangers and adventures than ought ever to
wedge themselves into the record Of any one
man, or 10. Time and tide finally send
Johnny to Australia, where rs q trained prize
fighter, Q reckless whirlwinc Of . human, he
comes to the role Of the Prodigai TO the tame
existence Of the defeated. The thrills fall
away and the adventure drops with thud
to the ground-"then he put on his shirt, and
around his waist he hung fringe Of the Coco
nut leaves he had stripped from the palm.
And with an easy stride, he walked into the
village Of his mothers people" And that's
the end Of Mulatto Johnny. While the fell
low lasted. however. he was In himself q host
Of thrilling surprises.
LovE-CHnDREN. A Book Of Inustrious n
legitimates. BY Miriam Allen de Ford. New
York: The Dial Press.
A COLLECTION Of geographic sketches
~ wherein genius or high talent makes its
mark upon the age represented by each Of
these. Strindberg and Dumas. great writer's,
ngure here. Erasmus, scholar Of the Middle
Ages: Leonardo da Vinci, genius Ia more
directions that one can count; Alexander
Hamilton our own American statesman and
financier; william the Conqueror, and another
one or two. These make up the distinguished
group upon which this writer has expended in
dustry Of investigation. marked competency in
and and faao
shown q good sense Of values-the weights and
balances Of composition. As sketches Of men
in appearance and character and service to the
world these are admirable. Quite alive IN color
and movement and power. A mere coincidence,
not greatly important one at that, herds them
together here In rather motley association. The
effort Is q competent one. The bait rather out
Of line with the notable characters portrayed
and with the generally good quality Of the work
ITSELF
THE PEGASUS BOOK: Review of the Years
Sport-1sso. Edited by W. T. Lyon, editor
OF I'm MY Opinion" Illustrated. New
York: Richard II. Smith.
| IERE is the book for the horse and its
I rider. A book for the Spring and It's
Quickening life. And In the high neal Of the
moment, do not. please, forget the Pegasus
myth for which this book Is named. You
recall 1.-THE story Of the ancient hero who
accepted o challenge Of combat with the
Chimaera. But beforehand he went wisely,
to . soothsayer, who told him TO get at all
hazard the horse Pegasus with which to meet
the foe. Now Minerva, the wise. had this horse.
So TO Minerva the young man went And he
passed the night within her temple. While he
slept Minerva brought TO him o golden m16le.
When he woke she showed him Pegasus drink
ing ct the well Of Pirene. A the winged steed
saw the bride he came willingly 10 Bellerophon
and bent his neck 10 the ready bondage Of the
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