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iogs l IavLN.1A %,"nos e CAdsv PLAYING CARDS *Mrn . N.w D1e c.t. PU" car& ai Taills lm4orrwgs.Ave.. or*. 0227 [t is a tragic story, but3êvr. ilopiun has a fine ïsensO of the dramnatic, keeping a, sound balance betlween docurnented tacts. and rurnôurS which, however> insubstant!.al, played tbeir part in making this particular pie ce o! Arnetican hiutorY. Trhe -period covered was, as every- body- knows, a ýpeniod of moral slumnp, of violent reaction trom the peaks of! idealism .and :sacrifce to. which America aspired -during, thé World War. Wilson was in eeclipse, a pititul, brokn gure. .,The. nation was neurotically suspiclous. The sen- ate. gang, Long, Penrose. and im- ilar hi-jackers, were in:the saddle, and .poor,. bandsome Harding was cbostïn by themi as ýtheir tool,' and Cleveland, the pflncely' grace ana i sympathetie klndnegs of a McKin- ley, the crusadic (sic) spirit of a l Roosevelt, the good humour of a I Taft, the keen intellect of a Wilsoni the poise of a Washington, and the wisdom o! a Lincoln." As a matter of tact, he was a tbird- rate Babbitt, come to Washington, a gsallton semi-educated journalist I~ ;The chorm a~nd the beauties of the city of Peking, China, make up the backg'round of Mar garet MacTkprang Maékay's ftew fovel, "4Lady Wi Jade," pub lished by the John Day compan1l. The prin- cipal characte'r is an American woman, owner of a curio shop in, Peking. Margaret MackJay also wrote "Like Wate'r Flouiig." Layman's Burbank Appleton-Century recently publish- edi Luthe~r Burbank's Partfler of Na- By Ht4gh Walpole. Doubleday Doran, NY. Hugh Waipole's new novel, The Sea TÔwe'r, by somne bas been eaUl- ed a rnystery novel. Trué, an ýair of horror and suspense does bang over the tale; and a mnurder,. though it does rnot actually take place, is threatened. But to call the novel a pure. rnys- tery seems a mxisnomer. Dominating the entire book is the.conflict.of two strong personaities-a bride.and'ber mother-in-law.- Walpole is ýa past- mnaster atbringing to.lite the com- plicated, relationships- existing be- tween individuals, and he carnies to- an, exciting climax-the rivalry be- tween Mrs. Field, a woman. who domina ted every, member 'of ber family.in a, lonely estate on Corn- wall's rocky coast in England, until ber beautiful but by no means dumnb daughter-in-law, Christina, arrived on th~e.scene. Mother Love Hiaving uapped ail ambition frorn, ber handsomje but mentally anemnic' busband, she was subtly weaving a web of domination about her two grown sons-until Christina married. Joe, the youngest. Mrs. 'Field ruled everytbing but ber love for ber sons, which in turri ruled ber. Could Christina find her place in this tam- ily, bappily and comfortably, with- out destroying ber husband's love,, omnore in r isnton an amnateur- in ank and bis work, this new volumie economnies and government, an illit- will do much ti bringing the work erate ignoramus li wcrld move- ot the great horticulturist to the lay- ments and trends. man. The affair with Nan Britton, au- L thor o! "The President's Daughter,"Bokfth nh is boldly disclosed ti this bo, c itihft. oI hints of other amours. The. question Clemence Dane's new novel, Whîteý -of Harding's negro blood la jeft open Ben, publisiied August 25, is the ahe and Mrs. Harding left it open. Septernber selectiori o! the Literary The Bible of the. World ciaUy by I Edted by Rô*ert Ballou-Vlking. perts ora Frdiek Sthe gehbeand ieo Dr. or- prtveE W.eeith the el rand Dr.ce oDr.nepar'tveli ace Vriest of, Columbia uriverstty, religions. well as ner beauty,. are. iiiiiy por- trayed. But Walpole puts bis best efforts ito the sbaping ot the plump, amiable, and at the same time di- abolical person of Elizabeth Field. Here he bas done a splendid job, as anyone at ail acqualnted with some o! the otber Mrs. Field's in the world will immediately recognize. A Famlly Affair Congreve, a second son, Aunt Matty. Capt. Green, a hanger-on at specialists i the field, are Avenue specialty store and-with no les interested in thie cornl- business experience-revived it into st udy of the worldas great full vigor and distinction because, she understood the wonians angle.