Show Canyon Beauties Background of Story The Enchanted Can Canyon on b by Honore author of Still Jim The Heart or of the Desert Lydia of the Pines and The Forbidden Trail Is the first novel by an author of ot rec- rec d standing that has staged stated Its crucial scenes senes within the stupendous walls of the Grand can canyon on of ot the Colorado Colo Cob I rado Mrs rs Willsie always approaches the vast outdoors of her beloved WestIn Vestin West Vest Westin in a spirit akin skin to that of the great Psalmist praising the handiwork of nod God and in the the- soaring heights of the and the awesome depths of Arizona canyons canons she finds a regen i I S. S live tive power a spiritual cure for tor the blind selfishness and the wavering faith of blundering humanity The time of the story is vaguely the present but for those who seek it there is more than a glimpse of prophetic vision Islon Enoch Huntingdon Hunting who dominates dominates domi- domi nates rates the book as Still Jim did the earlier novel suggests several public characters but the best of him is sheer creation drawn from no human proto- proto t type pe Yet many a reader will see something something something some some- thing In his di- di his intrepid handling of diplomatic diplo diplo- matic high explosives We Ve first meet Enoch I in Minetta lane headed straight towards crime and prison we see the canyon work its miracle upon him anc and we leave him a a. commanding figure in national politics With his political his political caI caleer caleer ca- ca I leer er is 18 blended a personal romance utterly satisfying because utterly un un- un- un con conventional yen There is more than a thread of humor humor humor hu hu- hu- hu mor in the book The reader w wll 11 en enJOY enjoy en- en joy many a chuckle at the heros hero's In Inimitable In- In imitable body guard the negro Jonas while no one can fail fall to yield to the charm of at f Diana the desert heroine i Frederick A. A Stokes company New York |