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Growth of Intelligent Detective Stories

["The

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Famous Cases of Dr. Thorndyke," by R. Austin Freeman; Hodder & Stough- ton, 7/6d.] Everybody likes à detective story, Sir Oliver Lodge, in his scientific days, declared that he read them as a relaxation on leav- ing the laboratory. Edgar Allan Pee, the writer of macabre and iragic prose, wrote a story concern- ing the exploits of a brilliant de- tective, M. Dupont, which many consider to be his finest plece of Action.

who It was really Poo founded the school of criminal de- tection by means of logical deduc- tion, and a host of writers, many of whom were Frenchmen, adopted

his methods. Not until Sir A. Conan

Doyle created the im- mortal character

Sherlock Holmes, however, did the detective story evoke a wave of enthusiasm 1 Great Britain. Sir Arthur's stories set up a standard which writers have followed to the pre- sent day, some of which are good and others scarcely worth the paper on which they are printed.

ventures of Dr. Thorndyke and his | and the smallest incident, from a friend and counsellor, Dr. Jervis, river snail to a shred of tobacco, will no doubt feel the inclination is somehow connected with the to smile cynically and declare that crime at issue.

these characters are merely the shadows of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. To a great extent this is true, and probably Mr. Freeman would be willing to admit that he took Sir Conan Doyle's characters as his model. But Mr. Freeman better than Slr

has

gone ona

Edward W. Bok, editor and philan

In many instances. Mr. Freeman allows himself to follow the old pattern; honce we meet with dry and cynical Inspectors, unbelieving or admiring Sergeunts, and the familiar adjectives of pain, sur- prise and terror associated with crime in flction.

Shade of Sherlock Holmes The shadow of Sherlock Holmes, too, hovers over the pages like a protective spirit; yet one feels that Mr. Freeman has created some- His thing new and worth while. stories, which have been collected In one volume, under the title of "The Famous Cases of Dr. Thorn- dyke," will appeal to the educated reader because they are always in- telligent. One closes the volume

with the conviction that the tradi- tion of Sherlock Holmes has been faithfully carried on, and that to the too-prolific

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corrective

Mr. Edgar Wallace has been administered. Perhaps it may

serve to encourage others, and to replace gradually the art of detec- tive fiction on the dignified pedestal it once occupied.

-R. S.

A MODERN GIRL

"To-day's Daughter", by Berta Ruck (Hodder & Stoughton, 7/6).]

A delightful tale of a truly

When the weekly and monthly magazine became the vehicle through which the masses could be. come acquainted with contemporary fiction without the trouble of sit- ting down to a full-length novel,thropist, lesped into world fame with the demand for crime stories behis brillion: book, "The Americanisa-modern girl; gay and courageous came almost inordinate, and there was a time when romantic authors began anxiously to wonder if they would eventually oust the love tale. But an ingenious author welded the two together, and this. although it appealed to two typea of readers at once, paved the way for the degeneration of detective

fiction.

Derwent Duff

ton of Edward Bok," recently died at the age of 66. The sudden death of the noted writer, who went to Amerien rom the Netherlands at the age of six. followed an acute heart attack.

in imitating he has Arthur:

He has improved.

invested Dr. Thorndyke with all the charm and interest which constituted the personality of Holmes, and the doctor frequent

When Sherlock Holmes was pack- ed off to follow bee-keeping instead

yunca identical methods of deduc- of hunting down transgressora, Mr. Cutliffe Hynes, the creator of "Don tion, Beyond that, the tales differ, Q" and "Captain Kettle," introduc-and Mr. Freeman's style is much ed to the reading public "The ad- cleverer and more precise than that ventures of Derwent Duff," a long of Sir Arthur. Indeed, the former series of which ran in the now de- appears to be an authority on every funct "Penny Pictorial." Duff's subject possible, from the manufac- chief characteristics, it will be re-

ture of four to moot questions of membered, were

archaeology, the use of a monocle, a dry manner, a faithful assistant, binodhounds, and sarcas tic interludes with testy Police Inspectors.

en-

Another famous personage in the detective world (at least, to all boys who were boys) was "Sexton Blake," whose miraculous luck in tracing criminals no doubt tranced the uncritical minds of youthful readers, but the glamour of whose exploits is diminished by the invitation (in the "Authors' Year Book") of the publishers to all writers to submit tales of Sexton Blake "based on the same pattern."

Edgar Wallace

Clever Deductions

The microscope and the camera are his boon companions, and with these he arrives at astonishing conclusions which seem quite feasable when explained. The stories are told in a simple, direct manner, which allows of no auper- latives, and the writing, if not brilliant, la at least extremely pleasing English. The deductions are always scientific and rational, and after reading some of the tales one feels that he has gained quite an education in botany or finger They are never dult, print lore.

The Four Roads,

There are four roads through

and yet with a primitive yearning for romance. Pet Elliott, the daughter of a famous novelist, is launched an the world with no other qualifications than her own charming personality and a daunt- less spirit. She accepts her father's challenge to earn her own living for a whole year, relying solely on her own resources, and her adventures during the months that follow are vividly told in an altogether refreshing style.

In the writer's own words, Pot was one of those creatures who, like the yacht, the swan, and the alive .and aeroplane. grow more lovelier in movement, and there is certainly not a dull moment from the first to the last page..

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The stories should be true, legibly written in the dog lover's own words, and should not excced 300 words in length.

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STANDARD TIMES

Sunrise And Sunset In Colony

Mr. Edgar Wallace, whose rise from a bugler in a South African Regiment to one of our richest literary men must have caused which the poisons generated in even Sir Conan Doyle to wonder the human body escape-the whether he was right in sending breath, perspiration, kidneys and Holmes into retirement Bo early, intestines.

Constipation closes introduced another kind of detec- the greatest of these roads, throws Sunrise and Sunset in Hong Live story which has enjoyed the poisons back into the system, Kong for March (Standard time phenomenal success. With the ox and trouble follows.

of the 120th Meridian, East of ception of his earlier hooks, such Plakettes prevent constipation, Greenwich) are as follow: as "The Four Just Men," the restore daily regularity, dispel majority of Mr. Wallace's novels billousness, liverishness, sick head- March

Sunrise Sunset. aro unintelligent, badly written, aches, keep the skin clear and the 9

p.m. and have as the only point in their breath sweet. favour the fact that they give a relieve piles.

They also quickly

Chemists every- 11 momentary thrill.

where sell Pinkettes, 60 cents per 12 vial.

Crime and its detection are al- ways subjects invested with a cer- tain glamour, and Mr. Wallace, without allowing the reader to use his brains, rushes him through a series of kaleidoscopic events which leave the reader breathless. No one, however, thinks of keeping Mr. Wallace's novels on the book- shelf.

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A New Method The last few years have seen the arrival of a writer of quite meritorious detective stories which stand out apart from and above the mass of tenth-rate' rubbish which so great is the craze for these time-killers for some odd reason find publication.......... He is Mr. R.; Austin Freeman, a writer well-

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