Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1925, Page 85

THE SUNDAY STAR, In the scction of the bookshop catalogue devoted to travel and adventure you will no doubt be thrilled by the sample illustration of “Highways and Byways of the Malay Archi- pelago,” by Mr. and Mrs. Sadko Sampson. This picture of Mrs. Sampson being swung by the head kee-whee of the Igalooloos, in the kee-whee’s own private swing, is indicative of the thrilling nature of the book. “Gaspipe and Molten Stecl,” a book of verse (very free), is the latest brain child from the pen of Walter Stern- berger. Some there are who will prefer Walter’s other book of verse, the one called “Limbs,” which was not so mod- ern as “Gaspipe and Molten Steel.” and much more passionate. Walter is good at phrases like “Cleaving together” and “Hot lips 'neath a furtive sky.” The beautiful WASHINGTON, D. C.—GRAVURE THE BEST SELLERS BY W. E. HILL. (Copyright, 1923, by the Chicago Tribune.) Red-blooded, virileoutdoorsy stuff is the theme of “The Testing of Stewart Mackenzie,” by Frank Owen McFaw, author of “When Joyce Keith Came to Tide Water.” on top of something, in good, red-blooded hiking togs. lady is Mr. McFaw is shown for publicity’s sake SECTION -FEBRUARY 8, saying to the book sales- man, “l want a book for a man who seldom, if ever, rcads anything but the financial reports.” This is that element in the book-buying public that authors up to date have been unable to cope with. This is a snapshot— taken for publicity purposes only — of Baxter Milberry, who writes so suc- cessfully of the smart social life of the great Middle Western towns. In his last book, “Dis- placement,” he car- ries one family through 11 genera- tions of Middle Western life. Great for train rides. “Recollections of Newport Hostes: by Mrs. St. Flim-Flam, is going very big, they say. It tells, among other things, of Mrs. Flim- Flam’s meetings with such celcbrities as Prince Bobo of Heli- %ol and, Kittibelle all, the famous actress of the carly nincties, and Boss Flanagan of thc ninth ward 1925. Mrs. Grace Skinner Sprawl creates thosec sweet happy stories that (to quote the jacket) “go straight to the heart.” “Selina Sue of Smilin Lane” her latest work, is a sequel to either “Judy the Idolatrous” o forget which. Gardner Gipe is re- sponsible for “Dis- gust” and other plays for the advanced theater. His is strong stuff. “Very American,” some say, and “Very Russian,” say others. Gardner may not touch the crowd, but he is able to depress a very se- lect and very intel- lectual few. That's art. Miss Mabel Red- gate Burrow writes those eternal con- flict books. “Sea- soned Wives” was one of hers. It was the conflict of pas- sion against spirit— the soul of a good man against the jealous passion of the eternal woman. One of those books the pages of which are cut sparingly and which is put away for later use as a bridge prize. r “The Ordeal of Lisbeth Lou” we Anyhow, they are awfully sweet Prof. Harley T. Notch is the proud author of “The Story of Literature Through the Ages.” After mastering the three hundred odd pages of Dr. Notch’s book, we won't have to read any more literature first hand.