Show A BUNCH OF ADVENTURES McTodd By Cutllftc Hync The Mac mlllan Company publishers New York A Horlcs of daring and ncaly adventures mostly at sea or In boat service by a Scotchnan from Bnlllndrochatcr a third rate engineer and general tough It might well bo a companion volume to Conan Doyles Adventures of Gerard Mr Todd triumphs In shady adventures punishing pun-ishing and being punished from the Arc tics to the equator and Is ahsay the hard drinking successful adventurer ever ready with his lists or a weapon and Riving Riv-ing and taking without hard feelings or malice The stories number twelve and they arcThie Chief of the Starry Head The Pirating of the Shah The Treasure Fishing Lost Witli All Hands I The War of thn Qua JuJu The Cold Water Prophet A Deal in Bears The Duel The Late Kqui mau Pout The Illicit Sealer The WIdoxv and the Cannery Tho Mammoths Mam-moths Teeth Mr liyne Is an exceedingly racy graphic graph-ic writer he uses strong vigorous Eng llsh without mincing his words and his vigorous descriptions and straightforward often humorous dialogue Is captivating 1 For instance Mr Todd Is In conversation with Ills chief about the women at Var tine on the north coast of Norway Theyre women you could leave In safety whcn you went away to sea no one would run away with them It was a remark made in all seriousness McTodd hadnt n grain of humor In him but was all hard knocks and practical action and speeeh Then when ho describes nn uppish sort of a fellowvoyager he says There ore two ways of making a fellow UUc Stubbs respect you one Is letting bIn see you arc better born than himself and the other IH plugging him but I generally find that I a good plugging is quickest and most afc It lsn highly entertaining lot of narratives narra-tives McTodd Is a character that de servos to live in fiction |