Show Tragic Love Tale Told by White in Latest Book Secret t Harbor Reveals Authors Author's Authors Author's Au Au- u- u thors thor's Skill Skill in Descriptions Descriptions of pf Northwest t tt t Secret Harbor by Stewart Edward Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward White a tale of scar search h for adventure on the northwest coast does cs not not quite live up to the p pOssibilities possibilities ss' ss of of its very attractive title Two men and a maid a wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully wonder wonder- fully trained crew and a marvelous yacht are enough to form forn the setting setting setting set set- ting and and dramatis drama s p personae for tor fora tora a very good and exciting yArn but we have to reach through Almost almost a third third of the boole book before re we ve arrive at at anything more mor thrilling than the rescue of a spotty cow and her calf from a a precipice where her has led or driven her Of or course this all has as its purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose the breaking of bf the shell of convention in which the hero is In in- in cased But we really cant can't help feeling that with his fine imagination imagination tion the author might have hAre picked a little more thrilling medium than Uan the aforementioned After having satisfactorily disposed disposed disposed dis dis- dis- dis posed of the kine we are l led d to really exciting exploits farther along the coast Here we deal with a tragic love story an an avalanche a band of north China bandits and two typical mine Jumping crooks Of course there Is the typical cut clean-cut featured gray gray- honest English engin engineer er with a wonderful war record and so on But the story here is really Interesting interesting Inter inter- esting and holds up well to the end The author is much at his his' best bestin bestin bestin in his descriptions of the north country and sports sports' and outdoor life Ufe He doesn't give us a ver very ilear alear or convincing idea of the personality of his characters and he certainly does make mak use of a avery avery avery very highbrow vocabulary which detracts from rather than adds to his story and certainly we do grow rather weary o of Betsy's epigrammatic epigrammatic epigrammatic epigram epigram- matic conversation and wish she would talk taHt plain everyday English Doubleday Page Co Garden City N. N Y |