Show I Hectic Happenings Happenings' Among Shipwrecked Household Related That hat Island by Archi b bald l M Marshall Gives Account Account Account Ac Ac- Ac- Ac count of Family By O ORSON SON BR BROWN WN Th The petty selfishness o of the human human hu hu- hu man mind when isola Isolated ed from from the rest of ot the world is clearly illustrated illus mus- by Archibald Marshall arshall in n his 1 latest t st st story ry That Island Rarely Rare Rare- ly does a writer get that under the skin touch to perfection and al alt although although al- al though this i is the only on y redeeming feature of ot the entire book it suffices suffices suf sut t ices to save it from the ordinary After a miraculous escape from a sri sli wreck we find Mr l a retire grocer with his family and servants on an island in inthe inthe inthe the south seas seas Tile 1 wreck is salvaged salvaged salvaged sal sal- and this this together with l ith th a 8 a. a mysterious house found on the Is Island island Is- Is land puts them In comfortable circumstances circumstances cir cir- As the native labor Is practically free the only remuneration remuneration tion Uon being beads the company soon have ha a large settlement The efforts of ot Mr to use an accounting system h he had learned in the grocery business to check on all the equipment and food Is hilariously told The author con continually on- on draws a a comparison be between between between be- be tween Mr or Sir Jacob as he now c calls himself his fam family family fam- fam ily and his servants In which the former decidedly loses The rescue of ot several more survivors survivors survivors survivors' sur sur- of the wreck causes complications complications com com- and together with a rebellion re re rebellion re- re bellion hellion of ot the natives ke keeps Sir Ja Jacob Jacob Jacob Ja- Ja cob In hot water The timely arrival of r. 1 Mr Loomand the owner of the house saves the situation however and nd Mr forsakes the Is Island Island island Is- Is land for a n store In Australia A love between bet Annie the daughter of ot the servant Grimes and John Pre by another another- member of the company company Injects a romantic atmosphere into the story and brings the book to a a successful con con- clus on A story which contains for a motif motif ino- ino mo mo- tit the tile which most people have in their character It hits hits mark mark- and should ShO furnish excellent re reading for fol those who are re tolerant enough to realize that nar exists in themselves as well as the next person Dodd Dodd Mead Co New Y |