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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 18 Aug 1938, p. 24

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OpPoSig Feoirce ]EL G. WelJs., wos short novels, f.. croquet pI<zyer and St-Be-' gotten have struck a new note in the technique of fiction writing, con- tinues the manner i The Brothers, which the Viking Press present. Ac- cording to the publishers, Mr. Wells i this volume creates twin brothers, leaders of opposlng forces engaged in a world struggle, who are brought together under draznatic .circum- stances and with fateful restults~ 00Z ELEF FOR FEET chen, a Danish explorer, found he couldmake a livigfarmnini, lec- turingand>writing,. whben he camne baýck to civilization after fifteen or eighteen years ln Greenland., It's AIL Adt>enture la bis latest book.. Preceding it were Eskimo, a novel later filmed, and his autobi- ography. Arctic Adventure: My Lif e in the Frozen North." Bas Wry gfum.r Mr. Freuchen's style exhibits that simple directness and honesty which one would expect from a man of action. -The.,unexpected is bis wry sense of humor. No literary artis.t of pretense. hé bas 'the gift of temlng a good yarn and takes bis reader at, ia oiie. popularity. Trending Irno Maine, a glorification of- the, author's native state, does not* have the sustained, excitement and deep huma0n interest of an historical narrative like North- west Passage. But it does exhibit Kennetb Roberts' faculty, for squeez- ing ail the tough pulp out of bistori- cal events and serving up t o bis readers'only its ricbest juices. Believe it or not. Maine is redolent with the romance of the gôo;d old days. Romance, anad the' author's own maudlin attacbment for bis birthplace (the home of bis ances-_ tors) stir up a *burning fever of 'en- thusiasm 'for the State of Mjaine be- efore the final' page. Out o! local 9Mainle." lIn te- ýs has been on the -Photo bjiI-Harold sureiy not j"- fins E se it wvas per - the nfcance tents. sition z Vaine »aked Beans i who doesn't care for this ord style of putting a little, erything into a single book 1need the volume as a ref- on Maine cooking. Baked ash, ketchup, fish bails,.fin- [die mat ZfAtx...ý..i narit tir he mi while off on the rwives went to sea rig husbands. Tbough 'rom '"salts" like Mr. ive his same love of s, and~ there are pien- landlubbera he adds and Indian or ]Revo-, Isa IÉ 1lost-

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