Life — June 19, 1919 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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Some Historic Blurbs (As Been Alive To-day) 'O say that Moses’ way that you have never felt before is putting it so mildly that we blush with shame at our feebleness of ex- pression. which puts you on your toes, this master hs Might Have Been Written if the Authors Had Ten Commandments grip you in a In a few short, crisp sentences, every word of nd makes you stand aghast at your own imperfections. But he does it in such a simple, unaffected way that there is no sting to it. You can read this soul-stirring mes- sage in a few minutes, yet it lingers with you for some hours. of it.” said our first reader “T sat up half the night: thinking In the /liad (released October 1) Homer has done the seemingly impossible. thing outclassed himself. How Achilles up oat the right and put it over on the rest of the tribe, and all on account of the loveliest girl that ever came down the great white way, is told with a that makes this a masterpiece of real literature. You can actually see and feel all the characters, and the color scheme of the suburbs blew moment, vividness of Troy is portrayed with a. fi- delity to Nature that Arnold Ben- nett never approached, From the thrilling moment when Achilles is the heel the interest until the reader is left s. When our head sten- nuscript of this absorbing love story she fainted away three times in rapid succession. Need we say more? The Inferno, by Dante. Light works of fiction, in which the richest mounts Caan |, 007199. “OUMMEL! UND TO THINK WE USED TO LAUGIL AT DER AMERICAN axa!" He IN STRICTEST CONFIDENCE humor mingles with the most delicate play of fancy, are so rare that when one comes our way, feel that it must be heralded to the world in strony guage. This delightful and absorb ing creation of family life below stairs, we which might so easily have been vul- garized, is rendered with such inimi- table art as to carry one bly to the final dénouement. subtle warmth of treatment that lifts : up to the high-water mark of liter- ary art. A real hearty laugh in every line, long irresisti- Tt has a Julius Casar’s Commentaries, al- ready in its tenth edition, although it has not yet been issued, is a book of such stirring adventure that no boy who is fond of death in every form can afford to be without it. Every sentence lash ment eral, the ‘S$ you into tense excite- war correspondent and gen- author was personally present at every scene he depicts with such rare skill, and uo matter where he is atthe crucial moment, fording the Rubicon or penetrating Gaul, you actu He has written his masterpicce over four times, ally feel that he has been there in order that every sentence may get home to the youth of our land with the least pain. The plot, while almost bare in its simplicity, is sufficient for the great purpose of the soul-stirring au- ery boy will drink in its con- tents with a succession of gasps. Faust, by Goethe. When the author of this great uncovering of the well- springs of human motives left his manuscript on our desk, we heedlessly —————————— Eee [oi ‘Omicbooks.com