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Sir Phillip Cibbs, anthor of “The den City” PURE GOLD. By O. E. Rolvaag, author of “Giants n the Earth,” etc. New York: Harper and Brothers. 3 - HE novel as such has been a long time growing. Folk story, myth, legend, fairy tale, fable and parable have in turn contributed to this is- THUTTRTE Ll it ;r;!i!s!g‘% . + gs ff gt 1 { £ i | i £ Y a4 i i §§ss§ i 51 ¥ § i AR sif 35 BEE, ) § RIS it giigg Egéggfi 1§s§é§g§§255= filtey is based. Built, four-square, upon its own foundation, “Pure Gold” is a great novel of character, and an illuminating picture of one section of our many-sourced American life. THE HIDDEN CITY. By Philip Gibbs, author of “Ten Years After,” etc. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co. VERY doctor must be impressed often and often by the strange population over which for the public, to say nothing about making a novel on the subject. So, he writes another prescription and calls it a day. It is just this theme, however, that caught the imagination of the fine novelist Philip Gibbs. And from it he has made a clearly engaging adventure isi eFRE THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FE}!RUARY_ 16, 1930 “Pure Gold,” From the Pen of O. E. Rolvaag, a Perfect Piece of Realism—A Number of Novels for Spring Reading. The ‘Week’s Best Sellers The following books are reperted by Brentano’s as being most in demand dur- ing the last week: FICTION. EX-MISTRESS. Anonymous. A rather roseate view of the primrose path. CORONET. By Manue! Komroff (Cow- THE HIDDEN CITY. By Phillip G (Doubleday, Doran). A doctor's view of the lives of his unusual patients. YOUNG MAN OF MANHATTAN. sociological MARSE ROBERT. By Jamek C. Young (Henkle). A blography of Gen. Robert E. Lee, “the Knight of the Confed- eTacy.’ TWELVE AGAINST THE GODS. By William Bolitho (Simon & Schuster). Graves (Cape & Smith). A poet’s per- sonal reminiscences of the last 30 years. CARL AKELEY'S AFRICA. By Mary L. J. ARELEY (Dodd, Mead). The Jast natural- expedition of a distinguished ist, told by his wife and assistant; fllustrated. in the realm of physical and mental being— m-m-mm“nm-n. “Dr. John Jevons” said the sign on the house in Walpole street, Chelsea. And moved Dr. and his Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science By SIBYL WILBUR . An Authentic Biography Mrs. Eddy’s life is here de- picted with illuminating cl - The author, care- fully avoiding invention, has resented the facts in a re- rrahinx manner. Miss Wil bur was not a Christian entist when she wrote this biography for publication in a magazine general cir- _culation. Published by THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING SOCIETY Boston, U.S. A. 408 Pages — 18 Illustrations Cloth Edifi?l: $3.00 For sale at leading bookstores thought they were. Clearly, the doctor has no end of faith in the power of the mind to take - care of the body In good shap:. He toys with the notion of the influence of the subconscious on physical reactions, on environment, on the Preudian implications of the German scientist. Half » series of kindly sermons, and quite half a lne of passing love incidents, the story as a 4 R HIE !z§ g!!zgégsggaia. o g g N N ¥ )Y O. E. Rolvaag, who contributes “Pure Gold” to his growing list of splendid novels, that past in a brilliant novel about the imfl- of the Trojan hero, Aeneas, and the devastatingly beautiful queen, Dido. ON THE UP AND UP. By Bruee author eof “The etc. Indianapolis: T o5 25555535 i 1