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Reviews of CHALLENGE. By V. \alk\llll‘ West, author of “Heritage,” ete. New York: George H. Doran Company. NI reads this novel the story of three people sketch- cd against a back- | ground of political life. Upon a second reading the bacground shif to the role of chief with the three people serving illuminants of the true political entity. Tt is & Greek islands. It is of the recurrent strug for independence nd And of these v has made 3 certain character, merely of th tory of the the old story S peoples ture \ Ehe ‘to OVETNT) yelopment ment islands auth to the life personality, true in so far as th pealin besides esse history are concerned. Working in their behalf is the you Julian Davenant, type of thel verywhere in his tempestu- pionship of som of earth. And e older, is the subtler, e that means. element in his her highly gent and art 4 ow W n hand is. in addit a triumphant of high distinet and in its fe Toda: York A Story of eller. New | OF THE PRINA DONNA, k M. Marte 1us Twenty recognized dis on the ground of | artists of a opera or on point of this discuss, fro hieve which in comma ch gives her ories of the bes this art ating and methods that st in its 1 therefore | own practices have served hie G is touc linessof in Ive, Farrar, ann-Heink red structlon: of studenta nd the entertainment of the general Here are the proportions mixing. of a ency The me both. The same hman becomes ch is here added of being able to make the the he prestige b from the the ti she De- the story. however. | gned to the | the desert houich, or would ten by a_woman n his youth he has become literally oaked in the virus of that encounte: condition expressing itself in a hatred of all women. But | n even a Simon-pure, 100 per mizogynist do when, at every turn in the desert he is confronted by s! That girl has a perilous desert sit- abducted by a wild . now strayed into a desert pit without sign of exit, now baked in the decadly desert sun and again beaten by the tempest-driven desert . this girl perfected the habit of stantly under foot in these And, curiously enough, the plunging feet of the my terious Arab’s steed, under which she s0 neatly places herself, not only for immediate_rescue but for succor from the other evils as well. To be the girl has some excuse for caving home since the prime indoor lsport of that institution is a thor- Jugh and varied course in corporal punishment administered up~= her by frer lawful spouse. Such is the situa- ion. The work is, as you can see, to hvercome the general hatred and per- bonal scruples of the desert healer nd make away with a thoroughly hbnoxious husband. Both are deftly mplished and in a manner cal- fulated to make, eventually, some ery telling close-ups. HE BARGE OF HAUNTED LIVES, the|out with originality e st Ao iu] the art of plausibility—the art of | Ca F. G ials of | convince ng and arde "‘luurnmu. ANTONIA. beloved | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, (THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Recent accessions at the Public .o |Library and lists of recommended e e |reading will appear in this column “poi, not given | each Sunday sort, is lhl": New Books |‘u| ybe of but that it is a prosal to queer doings of a nt. The inside of that decrepit ge is a surprising bit of bizarre | ke-up of oriental character. And | here the nted” folks assemble | in a mysterious ceremonial of meet- und the table each tells his & tule that bears upon the mys- in hang and that bears, as well. upcn curious personal experiences and adventures. An odd company. A |derelict, & man with homicldal mania, a gargoyle, a man who thinks him- self a god, a beautiful princess. There are others, but these are enough indicate the character of & de- that the author carries and a good deal Travel. Bennett, H. S. The Pastons and Their England. G45-B436p. Bingham, Hiram. Inca Land. G99§- B318i The Unveiled La: f Stamboul. G59C-B8 Memories of Campbell, Bantuland. Canada. Dept. of the Interior, Domin- fon Parks Branch. Through the Heart of the Rockies and Selkirks. G82-C1614t Carpenter, . To "the Heart of Alaska. Cairo G945-C226. to Kisumu. making impossible things themselves in & way calculated to one that there are surely strange things in this world comport 3 Frrum Tangier to 9. The Land of Haunted 1921, G467-C263 Cisar, Jaroslav and Pokorny, Czechoslovak Republic. (“s.ms N. Unto the Hills. G83- By Dorothy Foster Gilman Illustrated by Thel a Gooch. Boston C. Page & Three girls—more or less—can do Skyline Camps. G93- almost anything. So there is noth- {ing unbelievable about this story. It stands ax a true record of what might axily have taken place under favor- 1 conditions. Suppose the young 1 1 daughter of a house—h, name would “"d‘r" Holland G467 have to be Antonia ft alone 2 1 the summer, sav r a maiden | Foster. A Beachcomber in the way in another |, Orlent -Fsl. tou And suppese that | F¥nn. A. J. she and her two dearest friends, de- . Discovery. sirous of turning an honest penny | George. W. I v some legitimate girl < should decide 1o r { period, they, thems Apucity of servant equipment sounds all right. Well, at any h L these particular Elliott, Chile Today and To- 3996164, Farrar. R. Rainbow Bridge. | 1921 A London Mosaic. 1921, | 1 Tales of Lonely Trails The New 393 That nond, C. S.. & Co., pab, New ef. | et Loose Leaf Atlas s GZ-H18Tn Hearn, Lafcadio 1865, (67~ Hddo. iy G. M., comp. Atlas of 15 es Around Washingto incl. h for a genuine g e, the Counis of Montgomery. Md. | < will like this sto i pa ,\{‘ e ey Horaford. E. X. Teif's House in Vine- it is no slouch o wa Bis. (Ga02 it is no slouch of | oy areh, Mrs. E. K. P. of the Bible, Johnson, . 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Lewis Mendes, with driving an pleton & « Younc MANS VIEW OF thor of New York ociation Press COME ON HOME. Ey Douglas Mal- loch, author of “The Woods.” ete New York: George H. Doran Com- pany THE DANCER IN THE SHRINE; And Other Poems. Amanda Ben- jamin Hall e by Mildred York: « Ruth orge H. Doran Company AMS: And Other Poems. By | colored. charged | automobile while drunk. colliding. having no opera- tor's permit and displaying dead license tags on his car, was in Traf- Court yesterday. and on the recom- ! mendation of Assistant Corporation Counsel T\ Gillispie Walsh, on a plea of gullty, fined as follows: Driving while drunk, $70; colliding. $10: no permit, $10: deud license tage, Mendes, in a collision May 8 last, was injured in the head. May 9 he was committed to jail and then placed under hospital treatment and later was a patient under mental observa- tion. The District alienist decided that he was sane and yesterday he was taken to court. He paid the fine and was released. POLICEMAN FREED. Policeman Dick Ballard. of the ninth precinct. was defendant in traffic court yesterday on a charge of having no lights on his automobile. The case was dismissed on a techmi- cality, the information against him setting out that the alleged offense and violation of the traffic regulation was in “West Virginia avenue, north- west.” whereas the offense was com- mitted in West Virginia avenue, nor- theast. RBallard was arrested by po- 1*1r‘ar:11n H. Harbin, of the ninth pre- cine By Fran- of 1 Lothrop, E AUDE: Or, Have the Cour- age to Be Wike, A Drama in Five Acts. By Hubert Hamlin Have- lock. Boston: The Stratford Com- pany. OF WHAT USE ARE COMMON PEO- PLE? A Study in Democracy. By Heinrich E. Buchholz. Baltimore: Warwick & York, Inc. THE RADICAL MILLIONAIRE. By Leah C. Shear. Boston: The Strat- ford Company. N IMPERIAL SINAU AND PALES- NE, 1914-1018. By H. S. Gullett, Australia: Angus & Robertson, Ltd. AND OUR WORK. By Joseph Johnson, D. C. Sy LL. D. Stewart. 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