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Show Forbidden Book at Last Finds Way to Public "The Genius," by Theodore Dreiser Is Model of Realism No book of racant yaara haa had mora of a atrust la for unhampered en.ter.ee than "Tha Uenlua." by Theodora Iw.leer. Thla, In llaalf. maaea If a great book. It waa flrat brought out In Kit. but fear of proaecut ton on tha part of tha pub-llahara pub-llahara reeulted In Ita withdrawal. Tha public regard, Ita reading In much tha eame llaht aa Ita fruit and wanla moat that which la forbtit1rn. For qulta a number of yaara "Tha flenlua" haa been In tha claaa of forbidden fruit. No doubt thla la tha boat advanca nollca a book can have. But now that tha nook la out. a food many raadara ara going to wondar what all tha fuaa waa about. Huraly, It la a aev atory, but other eea atorlea have arouaed no par ticular commotion. If you read to wander afar In tha flelde of romanticism, leave "Tha (1 en lust) alone. If you believe In realism, minus sex problems, keep frea of The Oenlus.1 Hut If you like res Mini with Its sordidnese and life as It Is, Impel Una; sex motives and all, yon will find "Tha Oenlus" a area bok. "Tha (lenlus Is ths story of an artist and his lova Ufa. Hex Is Its Impelling motive. Irelser Is a master realist. Hs shows brosd human sympathy, In spite of experiences which have brought him ta sea the must sordid In human existence. The sordid elements ele-ments ara much In evidence In r The Oenlus,' but they constitute a cross section In Ufa which cannot be com pletely Ignored or ears pad In t he living. Who can say but what this treatment, thla emphasis en the baser human desires, offers a chart In better living:. Complete understanding under-standing of the sordid things Is esse, es-se, tlsl to their elimination. They thrive In the darkness and ara stimulated stim-ulated by Indifference. "Books Ilka "The U-nlua" help to reveal the common foes of humanity, hu-manity, should Insplrs desire and ef-frtrt ef-frtrt for higher Ideals and ambitions. Many of the modern writers who call themselves realists ara hope less. Thslr s tor tea destroy hope, leave tha character and the reader nothing to look forward to but destruction. de-struction. PsrHtps thla la tha way of Ufa, but It Is not tha way or people. peo-ple. Always there la a spark of , hope In tha htimaa breast, no matter mat-ter how terrific tha odds or Impossible Impos-sible tha goal. "Ths Oenlus la not a book with a hopeless ending;. It may ba a l"P way to this and, but It offers that , ray of hope which must ba da-i da-i manded of realism aa well of romanticism, ro-manticism, (Bon! A Uvsrtght, N. X |