The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-04-06
Newest Books at
Public Library

Book reviews appearing below were
prepared under the direction of Miss
Harriet Rust, q member Of the staff
ct the Bismarck Public library, where
the books may be obtained. All are
titles recently placed on the library
shelves.
Since Then; the Disturbing Story Of
The World ct Pesce By Sir Philip
Gibbs
Beginning with Armistice day, Sir
Philip Gibbs deals with the problems
which have confronted the world in
the IL years since then. OF most of
the events In Germany, Russia, Hun
gary. Poland. Austria, Italy and Amer
lea he has been an eyewitness. Great
Journalist, reporter Of history in the
making, liberal and peace-loving cos
mopolitan, he has written q brilliant
and exciting story Of nations. From
the standpoint of political and his
torical science, the book may seem
meager and casual in spots. but the
point OF view results in a simple and
absorbing narrative Ineligible to the
layinan. His chapters on Wilson's
part In the peace conference and the
United States during the ensuing II
years are Of particular interest to us,
and must be admitted as shrewd and
fair.
Jock the Scot, BY Alice Grant
Rosmah
Jock, q very dark little Scot terrier.
who gave up town life to run q coun-
try estate, four other dogs, Gillian,
his mistress, Roger Perch, q newcomer
to the village and young, and q gos-
stpiug woman tumble along through
Mrs. Rosman's newest story. The plot
Is light. gay, almost improbable and
not quite impossible. The dialogue is
amusing, intimate, and the whole is
spiced with the author, q special
brand OF harmless intrigue. Not quite
= dog story, not quite all romance,
but q nice combination for an eve
ning's entertainment.
Lauterbach Of the China Sea
BY Lowell Thomas
Count Won Luckner suggested to
Lowell Thomas that IL he wanted to
hear . real story, he should hear Cap
tain Lauterbach's. So Thomas heard
It and wrote 1t down. Captain julius
Lauterbach Is q fat, jolly, German sea
captain. During the war he was prize
officer Of the raider Emden, and
Thomas describes, in Lauterbach'S
own words, the adventures which be-
fell this Falstaff of the e aboard the
Emden. his escape, his subsequent dis
guiises and escapes, and his life as
Of mystery boats in the
Baltic sea and of the raider Moewe.
1t Is q rare sea yarn, and it has two
advantages: the first is that truth is
stranger than fiction, and the second
Is Lauterbach himself.
Imperial Palace, by Arnold Bennett
The central figure Of this 1853 page
book Is the super-luxury hotel, the
Imperial Palace. This stupendous
palace, whose directors are gods,
whose managers are archa e e S,
whose myriad head walters and staff
are the choir of cherubim and scrap
him. Is the creation of that artist
among hotel-managers, Orcham.
There is not much of plot, and there
- ~ H0S VANAAoAAy AOtdUAO CllAI dEtCXO.
The amazingly complicated structure
of the hotel dominates the book to
the extent that the book is the hotel
and the hotel Is the book. But like
the hotel. the book CLEANS and CLOVIS,
moves swiftly with a hundred. things
The staff becomes as
familiar as the rooms and corridors.
Orcham Is for a moment DETECTED
from his enslavement to the hotel by !
the vampish Oracle Savott. but he
returns to the sober and loyal head
housekeeper, Violet Fowler, whose !
portrait is MI. Benefits outstanding ,
piece of character work. If you like
super-de- LUKE hotels. you will get that
same grand thrill of awful, yet rest
Importance very much more In
extensively from Mr.. Bennett. It is
his last novel.