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Show ! Library Notes SCAUAMOUCHE ll-.,li Review lty Mr-. V. I.. Johnson Scaramouch..-, a Romance of the French Revolution, is recognized as one of the .tio.tt interesting novels written In the past decade. Its dramatic potentialities were immediately immedi-ately recognized by the noted moviiv,' pi' lure producer. Rex Ingram. This great prod.-.iction has just recently been released an 1 has been favorably received by critics. 'liie author. Raphael Sabatiui, Is j qualified lor the writing of such a romance; ro-mance; racial temperament, imagination imagina-tion and his iirsi hand knowledge of the French people, and this tragic period in their history. The principal character. Audr'e Louis Moreau, was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad. His paternity was obscure, but his rearing was under the supervision of one of the privi. le-cd cl;"3. against which order he devote jTTTs life to expel from France. His roie is assumed as a result of an incident in his early manhood, hence it is of twofold interest to, see the effect produced as he becomes convened con-vened to the righteousness of ilv? assumed role. The ground work f the French Revolution is tnq'.ieally revealed in a manner quite different and more interestingly than has been done bv others with the exception of t irises of Dickens "Tale of Two Cities." It is full of action and ; brills thru out. The usual love plot as found in novels is full of heart interest and carries thru to t"he desired de-sired climax. If there is any unjust criticism it is that the author makes the hero too vpi if utile to be a real human beir.iT. He endowes him with too much ability in the various roles he is compelled to assume in his character of "Scaramouche." However, the reader of this thrilling novel will find a great deal of pleasure pleas-ure and greater appreciation of the sociaiogical back ground of Audr'e Moreau thru the pages of Scaramouche. Scara-mouche. ' I |