Show II lm tC 4 e er ei i r aai l m iu J nIU II UW A Ibe oe be Outlaw r Is IsBit aye gI f. f Bit of Fiction he Outlaw Maurice Maurico Hewlett's t t l novel no deals with tho the sturdy fighting lu adventurous typo of at land and women who lived a thousand a 8 the ago the Norsemen and Viking Viking- ked ed men and powerful women Ij utter disregard for law and orho or- or ors s f. who ho plotted and planned against J ether ber er slater or father and anti held a 1 Jian 1 nn lifo life In little regard Tho ho o Outlaw Outlaws s to taken laken from one of ot otc f of ot In Int c Iceland Tho The plot Is t lity centered around a n. magic sword aI n which In tho of ot its ex ex- t tco co there thero was placed a n. curse Tho The J when tho the s sword ord com comes 9 Into possession of or tho the w. w Unlike the rost rust of or of tho the charIn chari char- char I 1 ors In tho the book Giali Is of at a ver very rent stamp ho sought nought ou ht to injure ne n was way patient quiet and slow alow to tot t Ion lon Ion and so BO slow 81 was Vas he to a ei J. J II a personal wrong that people II Ight him a n. coward and wan was taunted J ls is family because o of this as the story develops It Is e J. J and not his f fine Ino appearing appearing- broth- broth x i who ho upholds tho the family i lY Or on all occasions Final Finally Gist unto himself a Auda Auda ac a n c thIgh minded woman woman and and the they rs a quiet serene lifo life together In 8 simple manner ter when Ute the sister Thordis Thordia and andy y brother Thorkel marry a conten- conten 1 li it between them and anti r Auda and the tho latter couple envy envy- he peaceful happiness and content conten t e e h has become Gisli's deserving deser lota lot l a A. series aeries of ot events a n. family teu feu feud d S Started and the broadd broad broad- ed d spear apcar enters tho the stow atory in all nU becomes a fugitive o this ls enemies his od iA 1 own on an ox d tr and their cohorts an any after aCtor el elt lx x e t of of ot narrow escapes and bloodshed d fr 1 Thorkel and Gist meet their U It a 8 at tho the point of ot the famous a td Thus Thug the story ends in n a aa dy d td Hewlett's masterly manner o of ot f E 6 ling tho vivid descriptions of ot a go country In stranger hit hla a t. t ago age sa I y to give to these strange un une un un- e 1 people a picturesque flesh an and I 9 likeness his simple diction an and d e manner of handling an unusual l a 11 d 4 ontra entrances and holds the tho Interest t ir e reader Dodd Dodd Mead end t Co York r I o rin in Writes Da i Novel o cl in n English 1 1 oo o Lithuanian Village Leon I Koi Ko- Ko o i first novel nO In n English h Is la a L L pastoral d description of a certain little village In Lithuania the majority of at the tho population of which is Jewish Their simple personal Joys and rural pleasures their little sorrows sorrows sor sor- rows and heartaches their desperate struggle to make mako a a. scant living and anti tho the hardships endured are arc depicted with tho the rare touch lauch of ot an artist Tho The theme themo Is a simple one ono but so with feeling and anti so realistic in its picturesque descriptions of or a class of at people living In a far away and little heard of ot country that It appeals to lo all In a gripping manner Mr Ir Kobrin Ko describes tho the village of ot B B-as B as a whole there thoro are arc no leading characters characters the tho Individual Is s mentioned mention mention- ed cd ant only that ho he represents a particular lar typo or more moro clearly presents to tho the reader tho the life lICo of or tho the village In In Its entirety Summer spring fall taU and winter arc described In their various phases phase the sports and pleasures Accompanying each season supplying little glimpses that give 11 rare atmosphere and local color Each person Is merely a co cog that fits Into a n certain groove rooe from which It t seems they never nover extricate themselves them them- their selves selves their pleasures are aro mono monotonous to they they enjoy today what their ancestors an- an for tor generations before enjoyed each each week da day presents the tho same bame hopeless aspect the aspect the Sabbath means peace and calm the day o of rest good thoughts good will towards others And finally the village Is a verita verita- veritable veritable ble deserted village mago when most of ot the tho young young- Inhabitants feel teel tho the Insatiable Insatiable ble blo call caU of at America with Its reputed wealth and emigrate thither leaving but a few tew of or tho the old people people people-a a saddened sad Had and lonesome lot New York Tork Viewpoints Mingle Minge b In Absorbing Story The fundamental thesis thesis of at In th the e Shadow Shado o of Lantern Street b by Herbert Horbert HerbertG t G G. Woodworth Goodworth is tho the Intermingling and clashes of at tho the viewpoint of ot the Chinese Chi neso nese and Anglo Anglo Saxon through the medium me me- of or a white boy of ot unknown par entas-e. entas The bo boy is at first adopted by a a. Chinaman who Is Isery very cry cruel an and d the boy JOY being unable to endure the hardships an any longer runs away H He goes to lo Pekin and a Do Mandarin who i Is s blind bUnd engages him to lead leatI him about abou t From his Mandarin friend ho he re learns learn s much of Chinese philosophy and ence once Ills friend Is s beheaded ed b by the dowager dow dory ager nger empress for tor advocating nd that Man Mandarins darins study etude stud tho the sciences and phy aa uI wall a Q an the tho literature of their thelt p. country Tho The boy left lell alono alone a again gains g a position as clerk in the British legation where he learns tho the English language rapidly During tho the Boxer trouble ho he meets niceta a Major Thornton in inan inan an nn official capacity as messenger er Th The major Is very vory much interested In him and finds him to be bo his own son Bon by Ly an English girl whom ho he had lost all trace of ot The Tho major does docs not nol tell lell him who his parents arc are but assures him that they were white while and agrees eB to take him to tho the United States with him Before ro rohe he leaves tho country he takes the name namo of at Conger Howe After Atter graduating graduating grad grad- from college Howo Howe returns to Paris to lo art returning to AmerIca America America Amer Amer- ica under an ru assumed umed name Felix Etron Bess a young girl Irl li h limet ho homot mot met at college In an exciting moment wrings a promise o of ot marriage from rom Howe But he ho finds out later her true character r and breaks the engagement In a n spirit of or reprisal she tries to lo ox ox- pose him as a fraud for tor signing the name Felix Etron to his pictures He later admits he lie Is Felix Etron so 50 he can marry the girl he loves Tho The author portrays the tho characters of ot his story vividly using descriptions that appeal to tho the human emotions Small Small Manard Maynard May May- Maynard nard Co Boston Doston George X W A ton Produces New Nc Novel George Weston eaton gave o his el lively narration nar nar- narration ration rallon Mary nT Minds Her Business a novel and twist Ho He has Mary breaking a factory strike with women Vo Yo are aro not qualified qualified QuaIl fied to Judge tho the effectiveness eness of or her plan in practice but In theor theory It reads ads good Mary Is 19 an Independent sort ort of or a girl a business girl from tho very vory start but not the tho mannish sort She is refreshingly refreshingly refresh refresh- human and blasts tradition Inthe in inthe inthe the old established Now New 0 England factory fac fac- tor tory of at Josiah Son which b his has s been handed down from generation to toen gen gen- en And sho Is tho the peer of or all nil the efficient effi effi- cleat clent ancestral sons of or the Josiah fam lam ily Ib Mary Iary Minds Uns Her IIer Business IB ItS a 0 strictly absorbing story that might fit with tho the present very cell The Tho authors author's way of or weaving tho the story Is so free of or useless embellishment that tho the most bored book reader cannot be- be como detached after atter once starting the story Mary lary Is la tho tiro scion of or that branch which instate Insists woman can cnn do things thinG's and anti Mary ar has a mind mint of or her own Some would sa say any Mary tary loses her woman womanly charms in tho the rigorous business ca career cn- cn reer seer but that fa Cs not so ao The story o of or c Mary glary Is la just Juat a tale talc of ot a plain little e girl and Is supposed to demonstrate that any little girl can do any little I thing that sho she seta acts her heart on Dodd Mead lead Co New York II I If You YOn Are Arc Tired Read Sunny Ducrow r Ducr oj Tho The soul of ot unquenchable cheerfulness cheerful cheerful- ness fleas describes In some degree the tho story of or Sunny Ducrow by Henry St. St John Cooper An enthralling portrayal of or another glad girl Irl Is Sunny's Sunnya story The stor story tellers teller's unaffected manner of ot bringing out the tho fine tine qualities of or tho the Joyous Lond London n slums girl Is keenly relished rel rel- Ish cd If Ie tho the reader still holds an interest inter mer- merest est In human nature In a n. way Sunn Sunny Is another Rebecca ne though her early difficulties ties tics are not quite so so complex as those of or the New England Sunny rises to great heights In Jumps society jumps from pasting labels on pickle Jars tinder un un- under der the foremanship of ot good old oltI Dill Bill to a siesta at tea with an Jn to honest goodness duchess And she ultimately falls faUs Into the tho ho arms of or a Do lord Sho She Is the tho same samo Sunn Sunny despite glory and achIevement though slightly more cultured and more worldly wise hie but still possessed sod of at a a. childs child's purity The reader will like Sunny Ducrow tho character She Is red headed and dimpled dim Im- pled an and that perhaps accounts Recounts for some Bomo of or her early success on tho the stage for Cor for that Is where SUnn Sunny gains her laurels Likewise she Is generous Sho She helps hr her boy pal to the topmost rung of ot the ladder of ot success success gloomy gloomy forlorn Bert who was as forever tore Insisting Sunny was entirely too cheerful In the light I of OC cold hard facts But Sunny went on I with splendid optimism won all her heart desired and made all aU with whom horn she nho came In contact happy simply on tho the theory that the time to get tired Is when one Is la G. eighty G. 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