Judge — August 31, 1929 — page 24: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE We we've discovered no r new George Sands or Tol- stoys among the piles of “light summer fict the publishers left on our doorstep this week. We did discover, however, that Susan Ertz, a talented E miss, has written a very readable biographical novel called Phe Galaxy,” which, if it has a fault, at of generosity. Susan gives and gives till it Ertz. In August “re apt to ers few less of cts of life and “The Gal- axy” tells all, and. then some, from the birth to death of Laura y Alicia Deverell, Zratovs Orrin Where did you say the place is where There hese w they're violatin’ the Volstead Act? Avt called "The Auiericnn Cal ony” by Charles Brackett. It's a jool about the French Rivie d Americans carry on while living there. It ys that when they talk to the French they say r’ instead of “How do you do! And a lot of drinking gocs on and the married men notice other women’s legs. The characters are all very dangerous and—ho-hum—terribly, terribly unmoral. Mothers who want to keep their sons away from that sink of iniquity, the Riviera, should read this without fail. glish a little work of Tearing ourself a ay with dif- came, th Chapman's pler thing, about simple people on mountain tops but full of the urge to be off and away He—Aha! There's that darn collar-button I was looking for! from those mountain tops. “Homeplace” is a decently writ ten book and will surprise you in its lowdown on how the Ten- nessee mountain people live these days. It destroys the John jr, picture of the shaggy billy who, ignorant of the where- abouts of Europe, slogs moon- shine and sets in his crumby cabin with corncob, rusty gun, and = ma avenge ¢ grandf: dog, schemin’ ter ne killing of his great- her, shot’ from ambush ge-old feud 0’ the Hepple- whites with the Thwicklebiddies. Chapman's folk are modern, and, Clement Shorter Doctor—Does that hurt? Yes! Does that? —Tep Suane comicbooks.com