Evening star., 1932-09-04


Golconda Of power across the sea. In the is
lands generations come and 60 the blacks con-
stantly bleaching under the white mans lust
and the beauty of the female slaves.
An amazing drama Waugh sets here docu-
menting it step by step. like the rustiest and
mustiest of scholars entombed in library and
tome. vitalizing the great drama, however
with picture and poetry with his own passion
OF true partaktng And he rounds it to q tre-
mendous climax, just q minute of dramatic
pause and tension brought into the passing
moment, where out Of the whole bartering te-do
In human bodies and spirits the great god
Manrrlnn, declares himself ruler OF the world
today.
A NEW YORK TE1dPEST. BY Manuel Kom-
roh, suthor OF "Coronet," ETC. New York
Coward MeCanR, Inc.
Nv top. q tale Of crime and mystery Bent
~ upon an eager reading. therefore We do
love cur murders Under this upper crust there
is promptly manifest. however, the Komrorr
zeal for the human as he Is compact of in
ssinct, impulse motive. action and its effects
This writer needs the past in his particular
business OF making appeal to the present The
long look, the running start. drama and mels-
drama picked here ard there aleng the way
candle lights thrown upon character and per-
son2litE and situation :s these combine for the
And SO it u here. A century back this stary
was the great murder excitement Of New York
A beautiful ceuTtesan strangled in her bed the
bed itself in flames. Not dif1ieult among the
girls lovers to ind the ONE most likely to have
committed the crime Meanwhile however
there was . terrible scramble OF personal fear
In the breast ef many n prominent male citizen
old and young The crime gave riee to some
thing like an orgy OF righteous publicity created
chiefiy By the lsdies Of the town and certain,
epicele groups OF professional refarmers
besom OF refcrmatiou swept the city. as fer
one cause CT another, It did yesterday win
tomorrow.
In the meantime, Jane Holden's murderer had
been arrested, tried and acquitted A youth
OF prominent connections. Hir elf net ineon-
siderable. "Extenusting circumstance perched
uptn his banner OF inherited privilege Youth
must be served Besides, imRloraI women must
be swept on the earth. beyund pewer to corrupt
young men-az1d old ones. I'm effect ssach are
the essentials Of fact and implication surround
ing the murder OF this beautiful inmate of n
pretentieus houre OF III fame in the peetentious
metropolis Of America
Under the noveiists privilege, MT Kcmrofr
reflnes and p1rifieS this girl probably quite
beyond the facts in the case But art too must
be served She carries the readers liking and
sympathy through the cooling of her lovers
ardor, through the familiar technic of his efforts
'o"~Ae iNtSa~c Ai1a SScAPc Iuc GfedJ Crlal cHce
over, the murderer freed through the benign
nnuences OF family position. one clear case
OF perjury and y clever lawyer MFR. Komrofr
takes ever partner in the business of round
ing on the career OF this profiigate youth
To uphold the mortal hands of a mere story
writer, Mr.. Komron calls upon Nemesis to help
out in the pursuit OF the guilty man This
mdefatigabse purzuer gives the boys conscience
no rest by day or night. 1t spurs the friends
Of the murdered girl to new zeal. new ingsnuities
OF discovery concerning him and his where
about& Retreating, hiding. moving ever toward
the deeper dens of the town, he dies miserab'y
in an underground hole Of the Bowery
fascinating Story. Clearly melcdramatic at
many point. But what of it? The noyelist,s
chief claim to consideration is that he seeks
to reflect life, to hold the mirror up to man
that he may himself net as he ought to
be according to the laws of Righteousness. but 3
as he is. And If every hour of every day in
these amazing years of grace. are not beckon-
ing and blatant melodrama, what In the name
of straight truth, they?
Having read Cor net ard The Two
Thieves" you will be eager to see what this
writer has done with the relatively modern
theme, "A New York Tsrpest'
THEY CAME TO THE CASTLE. BY Anthony
Bertram. New York: e. P. Dutton Sz Co
h IOVELISTS save the best of them, are
quick to sense the immediate situation, to
catch the import of the passing scene They
have to be- For even the best seller" runs ON
short lease, not much longer than that of
the daily news