Show N Find Themselves in Popularity Race New Novels of Frank and Kathleen Published on Same Day By NEA BOOK SURVEY Through an amusing publishing coincidence the writing Kathleen and Charles find Charles find themselves themselves themselves them them- selves engaged in a literary adventure ad ture tore that has no precedent By Dy this coincidence their latest novels were released upon the same da day and practically at the same hour And now a n vary husbandly and wifely race lace for popularity is under way vay The e two books are quite as different different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent as the average husband and wife for Instance Kathleen's tale The Black FlemIngs Flemings Flem Flem- ings Doubleday Page I is quite as sweet as most of ot her very popular popular lar lot writings The course of ot true truelove truelove truelove love never Is so 80 rough but that It quickly can be smoothed before the thelast thelast thelast last page The touch is soft and tender The Flemings are a n wealthy wealth social crew But ah there there- is so Gabrielle so sweet and good and virtuous who vIrtuous who Is naught but a poor relation Fear not Cinderella has never lingered in in her corner not since tho day she was first written for the fairy fally tales An And again fear fearnot fearnot fearnot not Kathleen's great army of readers will fairly devour our this latest opus S As for Charles he has turned out outa a a. hard-boiled hard tale Pig Iron Dutton's Dutton's Dutton's Dut- Dut tons ton's This writing gent has hall a er very genius for the short and peppy title a as ns witness Bread Dread Salt Snit and the oth others rs Here we find Samuel Smith ascending to Industrial heights beights He lie follows an ambitious dream in which great hordes of mn nen obey his slightest command He Is shown in New York in the early eighties Then come years of stirring competition com corn petition In these chapters Norris has written a strong stor story and his hla character Is typical and true At 60 Samuel Is shown reflecting reflecting reflect reflect- ing philosophically on OD the worth- worth of his success and a brooding sense of or failure hangs upon him Norris it scorns to us has done nothing quite so au good since Salt |