Show Standard-Examiner Standard Book Reviews Edited by Maurice Howe BL U HT ly Julia Julin Peter Peter- Peterkin PeterU kin by Do Bobba- Bobba bs- bs Critics of Black April have Ilave ven yen ventured ventured tuned the limo prophecy that It will be beono b bone baone e ono one of the best sellers of the years year's ears fiction and nd add ald that It its value s momentarily being O over overlooked look looked d with Ith the tho of at ap- ap approval ap approval and protest showered on Sinclair Lewis I Elmer Gantry The least we wo can do is to edge edgeIn edgein In a bit o of of a word of ot approval of Julia Peterkin's latest latet book With Its lis genesis on the tho isolated plAntation of Lang Lane Sync South Carolina it portrays portray a s bit of o the rarest life to be found on the American continent If It not In the th world It Is a picture of ot both savagery and civilization It a a quaint mixture of ot hideousness and ond kind kind- kindliness kindliness kindliness liness Julia Peterkin i enelS Is quite as terse terso and olId succinct t as the characters are different Her lIer Is la so o m marked that the theto to tone no of the tho reading hardly changes between the th dialogue an and 1 her transitional discourse It is 1 a dialogue most Impressive InI In 11 I its a individuality individuality a characteristic said to bc be HO ao truo true of negro life on Isolated pl plantations w i n s sw w s IP A 1 v r 4 JULIA LIA The entrancing novel treats of birth and death and all of life with a warmth that steals stellis the th readers reader's time Tho The reeking smell of pig pis sties and sweating bodies in III hot but huts are integral parts of the stor story And then thell there are arc th lima pleasant scenes where the reader almost forgets the th characters are aro black folks Every reader of ot literature In- In Interested Interested In Interested In fn a breath of under under- understanding understanding under standing cannot neglect to carefully peruse Black April The dominating character li Is Isa a aman man fix aix feet four tour inches tall lie Ile had more children than any man excepting Uncle Isaac who wad Wa known to 10 have ha 51 54 4 The Th strength of the th man and the tho savagery In his breast calls for praise and fear A fight ficht between a II negro i and nd a aking king rattlesnake add adds adda to respect Il for r the th valor of men A fight Aprils April's wife and his par par- paramour paramour amour touches the depth of dee dee- de pair The Tho fight tight between April and Sherry an illegitimate son is cruel and horrible Julia Peterkin Is the author of ofa ofa ofa a number of short stories storie which appeared under tho the title Green Thursday The short stories were lauded more than they were sol sold 1 As her name ripens In literary circles her hel books may sell bet bot- better bet better ter tr ROBERT A WILKINSON a aIlE IlE RETURN UV TIll aHE SL IJ By Sly Albert J Ss Company pub pub- li lishers lu rs New York YoI Several hundred good rood laughs for persons with a sen sense e of an and 1 for those who ho ha have vo not are packed away In this new book or of oron only on paRe pages Bromley who was discovered by Richard 1 Henry Litho oft of A t Line 0 Type Or Two fame Is a a master maste In in the theart theart art alt of slang slane and subtle Inference Ito He Is Je the author of ot Bed Time Tim for fen up Grown-up Guys With spelling thit alone will make mako th the his loso-his loso his staId dignity in tho the first lino IIno to the thelast thelast last page pace Snowshoe AI Al tells of the adventures adventure of Oscar Mink Julius Caesar The Yukon Kid Dizzy zy Smith at the Bridge and others Good natured d satire saUre and aull run fun are arutha the tho essentials of tho the book whIch nil III amuse amuso young and old It Is illustrated 1 In fitting manner by bythe bythe bythe the In Lille Litle Lessons tor for Children Snowshoe AI Al says says- says Never Be e backward wen visitors kung kum Dont Don't sit lilt there quiet like hike a sap ap Bo Be sociable Tell fell em cm wot mama called pa Ill When she lie found the maid parked on his lap SpeakIng ot of o Julius Caesar Cac ar he h says He HI was born barn In tha the year car B C ills 1113 arrival on earth seems lull tull be tha only thing he didn't have hav anything tuh tub say about because he hn had II a 8 lot tuh tub to 10 do with ev- ev everything ev w wot ot happened 1 after he got ot here After the tho of 10 he hc Invented 1 a trick called Time Tho Stolen Ballot Box so swell that It Is Ls still In use By Dy the time he h was wa 15 years ears of ot age ax he lie had licked all the countries except t Ireland and Scotland He Ho found It impossible tub luh lick Ireland because hll he I pit close clou tub tuh tha chore tuh tub land his troops Wen Wen- Wen over ever tha Uta Irish saw him humming I they hey hey wood tear down a hotel hold an throw It at ot him brick by brick uncouth behavior was very ery to wot wet got hit with then Erin Post Post-kard no liO Caesar maid male rases fues at cm em an sailed away again As fer Scot Scot- Scotland land nJ he h rIs ered ut wood be a loos uv av time lime tim tuh luh whip em lie cm h was nas looking for fer plunder lie II JI see lIeo ic tha the idea Ideo uv bee sup tin up a hole hoi country jIM tuh annex a handful uv second han hand gold balls Of Ot Samuel Squirrel Squirrel the th follow follow- followIng following following ing excerpt will give an Idea of the authors author's bedtime stories Samuel Squirrel walked wa w his home In tha bIg bif oke ok treo tree an slammed the door behind him Sam UZ hungry Hey sex sea he h tuh luh tha ronce ranee aint supper No Xo sayS say the th Encumbrance supper al t reddy Well Well Veil says s Sa Sam Sim I wot the th hell holl yuh nh bin all day tha anthor au- au author au author thor has that tits this question is asked In every homo home wen aint reddy The Tho use uso- useless use useless less half haft didn't answer him with meant that supper wood bo be delay delay- delayed delayed delayed ed a extra hour on purpose This book Is now In to ll-i ll second and probably will prove proe as popular as the tir authors authors author's first book asI I whIch has gone cone through seven large editions Nearly everyone likes humor bunion Life Is dull enough The real mirth refreshing wit It and keen satire constitute constitute pure puro American humor or lowbrow brow will rind find It worth reading M H a S A OXY CO COMSTOCK Rounds- Rounds AXT man or the IliC Lord JorI By 00 1 Droun and nuil Leech beech A 0 O y For tho the first release the tho new Literary Guild of America chose this book In the tho timely and amusIng biography there thero Is more than a mere mero presentation present of ot tile the tl militant vice crusader of ot another day dar there ther Is commentary a 1 upon the whole pageant of at o Puritanical censorship and narrow prejudiced intolerance of a perlo period 1 in which most of o us liS have havo lived at least a 11 fraction of time For Is is far from dead Anyone Anyon who I I kept half halt an eye upon the late Broadway moral play crusade and who ho now watches the wave of morality morality- In tho time legislatures I can see so the present day variation of the old theme The authors have hav not gone rone out I with drawn drown guns runs after litter the tho th sin sin- sincere sincere sin sincere cere If It silly Anthony They have hay hav tabbed him well and they seem to have grown rathor rather fond of the b old fellow giving hIm due credit for zeal zal z ol and good rood intentions In- In In Intentions Early In lz the tho volume springs a phrase that It seemed to us catches some som of the th psychology p y y cholo-y of this of ot reformer He Ho had to know not only the tho name namo of ot the book but Its contents too Duty commanded It It Was Waa not that a a lucky break for Com Com- Comstock stock Corn stock that almost alone of ot all aU the tho worM world he h could have hav his cake cak and suppress it too 7 There is a chapter on two very wicked ladles ladies Tennessee and Victoria Woodhull who made mado tho mistake of being modern many years before before their line They would not obey con con- conventions con conventions they believed belleve 1 In wom wom- women's women's women's ens en's rights and the th equality of o sexes the were all for women In politics they dared enter cafes without male escorts and when caught In moral Inequities which today are commonplace they turned to a little weekly publication publication cation callon and reared scandal about tho 1100 good 1 Henry Ward Beecher tho last of which has not yet been heard In these pages paces a appear also th tug Inside story of September Morn Mornand Mornand and other bits of darinG darlne of that lIm time Also there Is a 11 final chapter on censorship worth reading reading- care care- carefully carefully fully rully at this time Altogether It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is a timely volume with which the league here her gives elves literature noth- noth nothing Ins In ing It could have had In the tho usual channels for this is a volume many publishers would have rel- rel relIshed relIshed rel relished issuIng Then too Then too It wilt will will be Interesting to note not what when the tho at and censorship reach territories where these matters are aro not reo re- regarded with N levity N E A A n |