Books for Summer Reading Picks and Peculiar Tales
A long list of summer reading selections highlights light fiction and substantial works alike. It reviews titles from Beyond the Sky Line to Anthony Cuthbert, noting authors Altken Archander Bacheller Bagot and their stories set across tropical and European scenes with adventures romance and insights into character and society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Altken
New York
B. W. Huebsch
Tropics
Aitken
Waylaid by Wireless and Other Tales of the Sea
A vintage book notices page reviews several new titles. Lewin Balmer’s Waylaid by Wireless travels from English cathedrals to an Atlantic liner with sharp dialogue and unusual mystery. J J Bell’s Oh Christina portrays a Glasgow street girl with spirit and wit. Harold Bindloss thrums with action on the Pacific coast in Thrice Armed, a tale of monopoly and shipping battles. Algernon Blackwood’s John Silence begins with inventive, eerie tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewin Balmer
Boston
Smail, Maynard & Co
Christina
J. J. Bell
New York
Fleming H. Revell, Company
Wee MacGreegor
Glasgow
MacGreegor
Mr. Bell
Harold Bindloss
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Mr. Bindloss
Alton
Somasco
Mr. Bindleas
Detective Fiction and Catacombs Uplift Public Interest
A survey of recent crime and mystery works notes John Silence by Blackwood’s Johnson as an innovative psychic detective. It reviews The Story of the Catacombs by F. E. Blake-Hedges and other titles, including Bill Truetell by Brennan and The Love Letters of Carlyle and Welsh, with insights on authorial tones and historical settings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Blake-Hedges
Cincinnati
The
Western Methodist Book Concern
Thomas Carlyle
Jane Welsh
Alexander Carlyle
New York
John Lane Company
Carlyle
Craigenputtock
Froude
Also Mentioned on This Page
Apostle
Alaska
John W. Archander
Fleming H. Revell Company
William Duncan
Metlakahtla
British Columbia
England
Duncan
Archander
Irving Bacheller
Harper & Brothers
McCarthy
New York State
Cricket Heron
Cricket
Mr. Bacheller
Commodore
Carnegie
Anthony Cuthbert
Richard Bagot
Brentano’s
Italy
Donna Diana
Mr. Bagot
Cuthbert
Sonia
John Silence
Algernon Blackwood
John W. Luce & Co
Mr. Blackwood
Bill
Little van Balken
James Montgomery Flagg
Robert W. Chambers
D. Appleton & Co
Everyman's Library
E.P. Dutton
Company
West 23d Street
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