LONDON
Deals ia Brtatality.
ACK LONDON'S last novel, "The
J Sea -Wolf," must give pause even
to the most ardent of the vounc
CaJiforaian writer's admirers.
For by the very insistence of a
certain element in the ttllinc of
hsf= la?t story London boldly challenges
a question which his former tales have
raised, thoufih in less decree, and which
■will find in its answer, Riven bv the
readers, the forecast of future success
or failure for London the writer of fic
tion. This question, boldly put. is: In
how large a measure does the element
of strength in a novel condone the use
of the ugly, the sordid, the brutal; can
ihe utter elimination of the spiritual in
favor of press materialism be consid
ered an axsct of esthetic value in the
final appiairc-iKent of a novel's worth?
This itjsue is boldly, even pujrnacious
|y forced by Mr. London in this storv
of his. I can recall no piece of English
or American fiction of receftt vears
which insists upen a display of the raw
meat of life such as does "The Sea-
Wolf." The tritj phrase of the review
ers who sum up the worth of a book
by its arterial pressure of "Rood red
blood" certainly applies to London's sea
story as it has applied to no recent
piece of fiction. Red blood spurts from
every page of Wolf Larsen's lo:r. red
blood and teeth coughed up after blows,
and ribs cracked from tigerish mauline.
The central figure, at all times the con
trolling lijrure, is a Cyclops, a. moral
Caliban, whose law is the law of the
Stone Age and whose scheme of life is
that of the "Mad Philosopher." Nietz-
Eche^-life the sordid thing. From the
second chapter of the book throuerh to
the last the atmosphere is permeated
with the taint of this Wolf Larsen— a
man whom London calls "Lucifer,
proud spirit" — destroyer, infidel, captain
of a "hell ship" in very truth. There
is no surcease from the spoken and
acted enormities of the man. Blood and
blasphemy reek from three hundred
pages of "The Sea-Wolf."
To what end? True, brutalitv has
found place in the most treasured of
our classics. Homer sings of Achilles
dragging Hector about the walls of
•Troy at the tail of his chariot: but
this exemplifies the divine rage of men
of the heroic age. Tolstoy tells of the
horrors of war in his "Sevastopol" with
the single purpose of painting the un
pardonable tragedy of conflict. The
brutality in "The Sea-Wolf" serves no
purpose but its own; it is brutality
for brutality's sake. Granted that the
ultimate aim of the story is to dem
onstrate the development that comes to
the character of the dilettante Hum
phrey Van Weyden, can it be esti
mated in the final instance that Van
Weyden is the better man for witness-
Ing and suffering: for months the in
human barbarisms of Wolf Larsen,
even though to his talents as a literary
critic he has added that of naviga
tion?
Wolf Larsen's savagery constructs
nothing, profits nothing. His gross
iconoclasm of philosophy moves no
body in the story, convinces nobody.
This savagery, then, this iconoclasm.
serves but to bring strength to the au
thor's conception of his character— and
•ue are back to the question: Does the
suppression of the spiritual to the ad
vancing of bald, hard materialism make
for strength^ In a novel— for true
strength?
Consideration of this element of the
novel aside, It may be heartily assert
ed that London has given here a vivid
picture of the sea— vivid to a degree
that most landsmen cannot appreciate.
The author has exhibited here, as in
his other stories, a remarkable facility
for producing an atmosphere for his
plot which pricks itself line for line
on the retina of the reader's Imagina
tion. The tossing schooner Ghost, its
rnongrel crew of flotsam. Wolf Larsen
himself, are real— real as if the reader
■were In Humphrey Van Wede*n's sea
toots. The Incident of the attack upon
Death JJarsen's sealing crew and the
subsequent flight through the fog, as
"well as the description of Larsen's
masterful seamanship in the typhoon
are Intensely vivid. London has the
knack of coloring essential detail in a
manner such as to embrace and out
line the whole picture. i
The author's grasp upon the course
of true love^is not so certain. The
■whole incident of Van Weyden's res
cue" of Maud Brewster from the Ghost,
of their subsequent drifting in an
open boat, their sojourn on a desert,,
Island and their final emancipation
from the wilderness of the sea Iack3
the 'convincing quality that charac
terizes the early part of the tale. It
reads like an excerpt from the story
books. The psychological moment for
the Implanting of that kiss upon the
fair Maud's lips was not at the light
ing of final deliverance, but at the
•Instant the castaways set foot on En
deavor Island.
If, in resume. I may be permitted
an expression of opinion directly per
ronal I say that "The Sea-Wolf" will
add nothing to Mr. London's credit
and that another story of its frankly
brutal nature would detract largely
-from his well-earned reputation. I
do not believe that the reading world
wants this butcher's meat, hacked
dripping from the bones of realism.
(The Macmlllan Company, New
Tork; illustrated; price $1 50.)
CAHNE'S
"The Prodigal Son"
z-p HOUGH Had! Caine is firmly com-
I mined to the belief that this* is
I the worst possible of all possible
worlds, he has a master hand at
painting the heavy shadows of
wretched humanity. Tragedy and
heartbreak, the wrecking of hopes, the
crumbling of resolves, the futility of
all that makes for happiness in this
world and glory in the next — these are
the sable textures of all his novels.
These he has utilized in the last of his
stories, "The Prodigal Son," with. a
BOOKS OF
THE DAY
power transcending that manifested in
any of his former works. "The Prod
igal Son" is a terrible story, a strong
story, if not a pleasant one.
In several of his ©Arlier novels, not
ably "The Manxman" and "The Bonds
man," Caine wrought tragedy out of
circumstance ar.d incident — the accu
mulations of fate terribly piled up; the
free play of the characters themselves
availed little in the final denouement.
This last story of his is immeasurably
stronger, more artistic thUn the others
becaure in it the psychology of events
is reflected directly upon the psycho
logical inspirations of his characters.
He has made a closer study of the
cause and effect of human emotions
and impulses; circumstance has to play
no god from the machine; the human
soul works out its own destiny. The
story teems not fiction, but life re
vealed, line for line. s
Iceland makes the theater for "The
Prodigal Son." The characters are all
of Iceland. In choosing the dull, drab
setting of the bleak hills and the sim
ple, homespun peoples inhabiting them
the author has purposely placed his
tragic tale of life on the plane of first
principles. in every respect
are the components of the plot. ?f The
temptations that come to. Oscar Ste
phenson are the temptations against
which Solomon warned the youths of
Israel; even as did Esau, he 'sells his
birthright for a mess of the world's
pottage. The tragedy arising from the
hopeless frailty of this man is the com
mon world tragedy; But this tempta
tion, this sin, this tragedy, all burning
forth from the harsh, uncompromising
gloom of Iceland, give "The Prodigal
Son" the crude, the bitter strength of
the primitive. ; -
The plot has few complications; in
deed, the end may be guessed before
Part I has been read through. A mis
mated love, a guilty love, the sins of a
weak man and the deeds of a strong—
these things and the story tells itself.
It is in the intensive study of the char
acters that the meat of the book lies.
This Caine has wrought in a manner
suggestive of Eduard Rod, the expo
nent of the psychological novel in
French contemporary fiction. Feeling
Is interpreted by action; shades of
meaning gain significance by the man
ner of utterance as well as the import
of the spoken word. His conception
of Oscar, the brilliant, untrammeled
soul who sins for the minute and lives
to reap bitter repentance, is the best,
the most masterly that Hall Caine has
yet evolved. -
(D. Appleton & Co., New York; price
5150.) . • . -
ARTIST
Tries at Fiction.
f± NDRE CASTAIGNE, one 'of the
LJ best known illustrators of the.
J 1 modern school, has essayed to es
* tablish himself in a new depart
ment of the arts with his first
novel, "Fata Morgana." His initial at
tempt, however, is hardly flattering
enough to encourage any further exer
tion in this line of endeavor; he would
better stick to his last and continue In
the province where his abilities have
gained such permanent recognition.
"Fata Morgana" is far from beintr a
good novel.
Good in spots but weak in construc
tion and almost absolutely lacking in
coherence is this story of Castaij?ne's.
He begins his tale in the middle and
then after several chapters goes back
to pick up the threads that are wav
ing wildly about, demanding a place
in the woof of the plot. Then when
the premises of the' action have been
laid affairs carry along to the original
point of break and after one hundred
pages the reader begins to find himself
and to identify the present with what
goes before. Another break, and the
story carries to a castle on the Adriatic
— a fiction castle, of course — where a
strange melodrama of prophecy and
present evil is enacted. At the end
the reader gathers what he may. from
the tangle and counts nearly 600 pages
that have taxed his eyes fruitlessly.
Bohemian Paris— the Bohemia of the
Quartier Latin, the ateliers and the Bal
de Quat'z-Arts— as. reflected tin' Cas
taigne's novel gives it Its cmef worth.
Of course one like the author, who has
lived his life In the. student atmos
phere of Paris and who even now is
the head of an art school there, has
the atmosphere of the place at first
hand, and Castalgne reproduces" It with
convincing. surety. In the first chap
ters of his novel, wherein he deals .with
the early struggles of his. hero to gain
a foothold In the art world, the author
has given many clear-cut pictures of
the rare bonhomie and generous good
fellowship obtaining in the art quar
ter. His characters Poufaille and Su
zanne, the journeyman sculptor and his
model, are the best in the book judged
from the interest which centers about
them. Helia, the heroine, is very like
one of the artist-author's lay models;
she "stays put" wherever her creator
wills it and her actions are as mechan
ical as a lay figure's. Philip, the young
artist, has the originality of indecision.
if this sole distinctive feature of his
mental endowments can be called orig
inal.
If illustrations made the book "Fata
Morgana" would be one of the most
prized volumes of the M e&son. Over
sixty of his pencil creations has Cas
taigne contributed to the text— all trood.
Had the author added to this number
by about one-half again he' might have
omitted the story altogether and still
given the reader as tangible a grasp of
the plot as the printed page does. .
(The Century Company, New York;
price 51 50.)
NOVEL
of Clever Surprise.
MAN ON THE BOX," Har-
I old McGrath's new story, would
I have been a highly entertajn
>;././," Ing little tale had the author
stuck to the dominant strain of farce
comedy throughout. The Idea, Is novel,
the situations Ingenious and humor is
bubbling from almost every chapters
but not satisfied with producing a tale
which might lay no claim to being else
than a frothy bit of fun makl/g Mc-
Grath has sought to cast a spell of mel
odrama over the plot's conclusion and
In so doing he has come weir nigh
wrecking his story.- • , .
A hero who, In the spirit of adven
ture, disguises himself as a coachman
In order that he might enjoy the nov
elty of driving his own sister home
from a Washington, . diplomat's ball,
counts not upon fate and finds himself
piloting instead the girl of all ; girls
whom he had worshiped from afar.
Complications lead to the Police Court
and out again. Still unidentified, this
reckless young fellow takes service
with the maid of his heart in the'same
guise of a coachman and even finds
himself forced to serve soup to his
rival when ■ pressed Into the capacity
of a butler. What with his love for
the one who is thus placed In. the po
sition of his mistress and the pressing
danger of discovery always attending
upon his wild escapade, the . hero finds
thing? pretty much at sixes arid sevens
until he has an opportunity to ■ climb
through, an open window, and play the
god from the machine in highly dramat-
THE SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY CAUl
lc manner. Then things straighten
themselves out in an eminently satis
factory fashion.
.But that making of the girl's father
into a traitor to his country and a very
barterer of the nation's secrets— that
artifice with all the concomitant fea
tures of the villainous young Russian
and the w'reck of a fortune falls very
flat." Even the author Is riot sincere
enough in his tragic mood to make of
the Czar's secret service agent a pass
ably conscientious villain. Time and
again he temporizes with his Impulse
by voicing extenuation for all of the
Count's wickedness, i This strained ele
ment of sensationalism, together with
a very clumsy way of giving the story
in, the first person and making paren
thetical jibes and comments upon the
conventions of novel writing, mar an
otherwise brilliant piece of fiction fool
ing. .
(The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indian
apolis; illustrated.)
FICTION
and Fact Reviewed.
POSSESSING much of the fascina
tion of H. G. Wells' stories of the
Improbable and written In a style
vigorous and tensely dramatic,
James Barnes' novel, "The Unpar
donable War," is a book to spur, the
Interest of the most blase reader
of fiction. Not that Its fundament
al plot scheme is startling in.. Its
originality — stories of hypothetical
wars between world powers have
been written in goodly numbers;
but the vividness of the book's Inci
dents of battle both on sea aod land is
commensurable with that of a pano
rama, so clear-cut, does each feature
stand put in near perspective. The au
thor's description of the great sea fight
between the -British and American
fit ets reads . as if it were written by
Captain Mahan.
According to Barnes' story the
echoes of the Russo-Japanese war had
not been long dead when. an unfortu
nate combination of ; circumstances
brought England and our.country to
terrible blows.' , The, sudden sweeping
Into the Presidential office of a.candi
date of the People's party and the at
tendant propaganda of quasl-Sociallsm
had served to spread confusion to busi
ness at home and to make dangerous
our relations abroad.* An unscrupul
ous^owner of 'a syndicate, of news
papers cognlves with certain disreput
able members of the'weVk President's
Cabinet to bring, on a war In order
that the mistakes -of the party in
power may not; grow; too large in the
public opinion. ' By fclever distortion of
truth \ and • insistent bully-ragging, the
newspaper syndlcate\: actually -does
bring matters' to such a j>ass that the
unintentional ramming of a British
battleship by, an American boat pre
cipitates hostilities. One great land
tattle Is fought near Montreal and one
[engagement between the belligerent
fleets occurs off the Atlantic coast,
then by a wonderful invention of an
American scientist, the nature of
which will not be unfairly disclosed
here, war is suddenly brought to a
standstill on account of the very fu
tility of the weapons of destruction.
Aside from the vivid descriptions of
conflict in the book not a little interest
attaches to the author's clever antici
pations of the strides of science. . Both
upon the ships of war and with the
armies, on land there are utilized in
struments of offense" and defense
which seem not impossible, though
they are for the time being but the
figments of the author's imaginings.
(The Macmillan Company, New
York; price $1 50.)
"Hearts In Exile," John Oxenham's
story of Siberia and the secret arm of
the great white Czar, Is not sensa
tional as it might easily have been, but
a strong, well balanced tale of dra
matic interest. The author exhibits all
the earmarks of the true story-teller in
his sympathetic handling of situations
which would call for strained heroics or
the crudest kind f of bathos, from one
less skilled in the art than Oxenham.
Beginning with a marriage between a
wealthy Russian and a girl who has
aspirations for the uplifting of the
masses, this story of Russia rapidly
develops the dangers attending any
work of reform in the Czar's country.
Serge Palma, the successful of the two
rivals who had bidden for the hand
of the philanthropic maid, finds that
his interest In his wife's schemes leads
to the grim road to* Siberia. But on
his way to exile Palma meets Paul
Pavlof, the disappointed but high
minded lover, and consents to the lat
ter's offer to change places in order
that the girl behind mayunot be be
reaved. How the wife, not knowing
of the change, goes to Siberia In search
of her husband and finds there her
former lover instead, and /how, as her
guardian, Paul l€ads the woman out
of dangerous places to final happiness —
these things make a strong and thrill
ing tale. »
(DDdd, Mead & Co., New York; illus
trated; price $1 50.)
Imagination that can be made so
vivid . as to produce the semblance
of reality is something not usually
found in the work of present day ro
mances. Harris Burland, , author of
"The Princess Thora," has it in satis
fy Ing. plenitude. Though telling a tale
which prima facie Is nothing more tnan
the wildest romance, this writer brings
to his task such directness and force
of conviction that the reader begins to
believe that his conceits are x not only
probable, but reasonably within the
bounds of possibility- To. say that the
plot centers about the North Pole and
that a strange race of Pole dwellers
plays an important part In the story is
to • give the reader hint enough to
arouse his Interest and Insure his pe
rusal, of the tale.
(Little, Brown & Co., Boston; illus
trated; price. 51 50.)
A.very artistic Christmas book is
"Our. Christmas Tides," arranged, and
written In large part by Dr. Theodore
Ledyard Cuyler. Seven Christmas es
says and little sermons appropriate to
the season and: seven Christmas songs
and poems, known to every speaker of
the English" tongue, constitute the
volume. Among the first are: "A Mer
ry Christmas to You," an interesting
sketch of Christmas customs In Eng
land, America and elsewhere. Includ
ing' some delightful personal reminis
cence; "A Day at Bethlehem," which
Is; a description of the modern City, of
David; "A" Motto for Giv
ing," a plea for Christian generosity;
"Jesus the Joy-Brlnger." "Home
Thoughts for ChrlstmaB. Tide." "The
Star of Bethlehem- That '.Never Sets"
and '"Back to Christ,", the last - four
semi-sermons with a bearing on Christ
mas, each full of inspiration for right
living, written in Dr. Cuyler's simple,
effective way. The book is illustrated
with photogravures and decorated with
broad designs ' In red along the wide
margins.; It is a holiday book -which
has more meat in it than the averasre
of the class. . •',
(TherBaker & Taylor Company, New
York.) 1 ' ' .. .
"Careers for the Coming Men" is the
title of a' volume of essays and speeches
upon ".the professions and industries of
the day, by ; men who have * the author
ity .of knowledge to back their words.
Whltelaw Reid, the veteran editor and.
statesman, tells of Journalism as a pro
fession of opportunity: the two
branches of the military service, army
arid navy, are treated by Colonel Albert
Mills and Rear Admiral George W.
Melville; F. N/ Doubleday reveals the
advantages and disadvantages of pub
lishing as a business; Jamc3 K.
Hackett tells stage x secrets and—signi
ficant fact — Cyrus Townsend Brady, the
prolific, holds the ear with whispered
advice upon the very doubtful career of
the author. The book is a good one for.
a young man to read when he besrins "
to mingle some individual speculation
with his high school algebra. *
(The Saalfleld Publishing CompanV.
Akron, Ohio;' illustrated; price- 51 50.).
/ • . ..•
The entirely new "Cynic's Calendar"
is piled up in Paul Elder's windows. It
is as good as the last and that is as
good as the combined wit of Ethel
Watts Mumford, Oliver Herford and
Addlson Mlzner can make it- Price 75
cents— better get it. '
THE MONTH
in Magazine World.
THE Christmas number of Scrib
ner's Magazine is unusually beau
tiful in its pictures, both in color
and black and white, and Is filled
with sketches and short stories that are
not only amusing and entertaining, but
are good literature and full of charac
ter, as well as adapted to the Christ
mas season. Specially noteworthy art
features are the colored frontispiece,
by Maxfleld Parrish; the illustrations
In color for some "Scenes From the Old
Ballads," by Beatrice Stevens; the
drawings by Walter Appleton Clark,
showing Christmas scenes In an old
French village; a drawing of a mother
and child In colors by Sarah Stilwell,
accompanying a poem by E. S. Martin,
and the beautiful colored cover by Da
vid Erlcson.
, Short fiction Is abundant and of great
variety —
"McAllister's Christmas" Is the story
of how a comfortable clubman got Into
the Tombs and saw how Christmas was
spent In the underworld. The author,
Arthur Train, Is an Assistant District
Attorney, j Edith Wharton has a story
of artistic life in New York, "The Pot
Boiler." Octave Thanet's story "The
Angel of His Youth" is a tale of dis
illusionment. The late Guy Wetmore
Carryl is represented by a most amus
ing story entitled "William, Alfy and
Henry John." Another humorous story,
"The Corner Cupboard Man," is by
Sydney Preston, the author of "The
Green Pigs."
The position of distinction held by
McClure's in story as well as article
is* well sustained .by the fiction of the
December number. James Hopper
leads with "A Jumble in Divinities,"
which for charm of style and quality
of sentiment can hardly be excelled
as a Christmas story. There are more
stories that^ppeal to our primal sense
of what is beautiful and tender to our
better instincts and tastes, with a
moving force. George Madden Mar
tin's "God Rest You, Merry Chris
tians." Marion Hill's "His Journey to
the Gates," Janet Remington's "The
Way Wonderful," Herman Knicker
bocker VIele's "The Money Meter,"
are about the people and things we all
know, real' and homely and familiar,
feeling what we have felt and draw-
Ing our warmest sympathy. Mrs.
Martin's is a Christmas story., which
reflects the season and its meaning.
Then there are more of the masterly
studies of men and things in the
rough, of that great Americk which
lies far west of Hoboken, as artis
tically perfect expressions of the un
familiar as are these other stories of
the ordinary. Rex. E. Beach de
scribes a terrible contest of two miners
with cold and hunger and distance. in
the Arctic circle, "The Test." in which
mind defeats matter. Stewart Ed-
Avard White continues his serial, "The
Rawhide," and carries us /with un
broken Interest Into the mysteries of
"the round-up" "the trail" in the
Arizona desert. O. Henry has a de
llghtfullyv humorous sketch of the
matrimonial adventures of two retired
miners In "The Ransom of Mack." A
collection of thrilling stories, con
densed under one title, Is found in
"Notes from a Trainer's Book," by
Samuel Hopkins Adams.
The spirit of Christmas invades the
editorial sanctum long before December
comes, and the Christmas magazines
celebrate the holiday season with a
specially liberal literary and artistic
menu.' Among the Christmas maga
zines The Booklovers will take a
foremost place. It ! contains a varied
and attractive array of literary con
tributions, and an unusually quantity
of brilliant and artistic illustrations,
many of them in color and tint.
Pastor' Charles Wagner, the apostle
of the simple life, opens the December
number with a. brief "Christmas Mes
sage," written in French 'and trans
lated by Mary Bacon. It is a singularly
fresh and unconventional treatment of
an almost threadbare subject, a paean
of praise on the beauty of the "mother
spirit" that at Christmastlde, at least,
is universal and powerfuIMn Its appeal
to the best in human nature.
One of the most interesting papers In
the December number is that by Bur
riss Gahan on "The Real Australian,"
being the first of a series of three pa-
pers on the Island continent. In this
article Mr. Gahan introduces the reader
to "the land and the people" in that
country of opposites, and describes and
corrects those first impressions of the
traveler which are so apt to be false
and misleading.
Pearson's magazine for December
presents the unusually numerous col
lection of six special articles and eight
sparkling pieces of fiction.
"The American House of Lords," by
David S. Barry, is the leading article. 1
and tells of the perquisites and sine
cures of United States Senators; as
they are to convene on the first Mon
day of December, this paper Is pecul
iarly timely. A sketch of the philan
thropic career of the late Louis Flelsch
mann relates the history and the da-
tails of his world-famous Bread Una.
one of the nlsht sights of New York.
Still another timely article Is H. P.
Burchell's "International Athletics,**
copiously illustrated with photographs.
In his story Mr. Burchell briefly re
counts the results of this year's Ameri
can sporting achievements in compe
tition with England,, Canada, Ger
many and France. The article
embraces everything from the de
feat of Emperor William's Meteor to
the victories of Americans over English
track* teams and cricket teams, and
German bowling teams.
The number of clippings from Sun
set which one sees in Eastern publi
cations Is the best evidence of the pro
gress which this local magazine Is
making. Its December number contains
some material which would easily be
featured in the select pages of a few
of its aristocratic New York contem
poraries. For fiction readers Mrs.
Mabel Craft Deering contributes "The
Stocking Speaks," wherein that glori
fied adjunct of the winter festival tells
a strange pathetic tale of its peregrina
tions. "Christmas Marketing on th«
Yukon" by Samuel Hubbard reveals
some of the joys of preparing for the
Yuletide feast under the aurora with
eggs at 52 a dozen. Ella M. Sexton
is the author of a tale of the Latin
quarter, "The Romance of Concha."
Besides two very good pieces of verse
by E. A. Brinins^pol and Jeanett*
Campbell. Christmas Sunset contains
some good solid matter — "Far West
ern History" by Professor H. Morsa
Stevens of the University of California.
"Outdoor Life In California" by Wil
liam Greer Harrison, president of the
Olympic Club; "On the King's High
way" by Wallace Everett, and much
else that is good reading.
The Thanksgiving number of Th»
Youth's Companion (November 24) is
so satisfying as to make turkey seem
almost superfluous. It contains six
complete short stories, two of •which,
are Thanksgiving stories, one by Bliss
Perry, editor of the Atlantic Monthly,
the other by Harriet Prescott Spofford.
There Is a capital illustrated article.
"Our Boys in Gray" — scenes In tha
life of a letter carrier, written by one
of them. There is another illustrated
article telling how to build a "Scooter"
or combined ice and water boat.
There are nearly a dozen short char
acter sketches, mostly humorous,
anecdotes of Nathaniel Hawthorne,
George Frederick Watts and the Chi
nese Emperor and Dowager Empress,
nearly a score of Interesting selections
of miscellany, besides the stories and
poems and the children's page, a phy
sician's contribution on "Schools and
Nerves" and the notes on Nature and
Science and Current Events.
NewBooRs Received
THE SEA WOLF— Jack London; the
Macmillan Company, New York; Illus
trated; price 51 50.
THE MARATHON MYSTERY— Bur*
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