Y JULY 31, 1927 THE SUMMER MICHIGAN DAILY PAG E T .___.. BOOKS OF THE MINISTER'S DAUGHTER (By Hildur Dixelius ,translated by Anna C. Settergren; 277 pages; two dollars and fifty cents; E. P. Dut-' ton and company,.New York.) Burdened with the weight of cen- turies-old logic and prejudice as it is, The Minister's Daughter is slow read- ing. But it departs from this tradi- tional European form in the manner of its passage, which is jerky. The story itself is almost too ancient to mention, but the theme has been dressed in different garb, resulting in1 a picture of eightenth century Lap-? land that is interesting enough, if one3 goes in for pictures. The translation1 has been well done-almost too well in spots, it seems, for the nicety of the presentation of the hymns and prayers. Perhaps this opening paragraph is unfair, but it must be taken into con-S sideration that this is one of the hot- test stretches of a warm summer. Reconsidering, there are many mas- terly passages, passages which are marked by tense, truthful vividness, especially in the delineation of char-I acter. The heroine-Sara Alelia-is 1 the most disappointing to a modern mind, for her every action is ordaineds by the ages of hard religious observ-I ance behind her. One cannot help but wonder how a character so iron bound by gospel jurisdiction as was, the Swedish girl could so easily be- come a victim to the oldest hoax in the world-seduction. And then one is provoked with her afterward for not taking her fate in a human man- ner, rather than playing the reclaimed sinner and scourging herself with de- f nials. The Minister's Daughter stands not on its plot, which is simple, but on its queer sketches and incidents, com- DRUGS ordinary. The nobility, the luxuries gious superfluity, religious every- printed hymns. There is a foreword that existed, the life in the capital thing-even starvation. On the hu- by Edward Garnett. It should have TH E DAY and the university towns, the devel- man side there is crudeness of emo- been placed last. opment so fthe day-all these are but tions. All of these combine to make -K. C. P. Easy-Running vaguely touched upon. The magnify-E the reader aware of a situation andl Typewriter ing glass esthelddrectly over a sma a timeadhathe has never chanced DENVER.-One of the peaks west of Q. D. MORRILL Dealer paratively irrelevant to the manarea, one that has been static for upon before. It is this factor that Denver is to be named for Col. Lind- L. U. Smith and Corona theme. There is one man-Norenius ages and is liable to remain that way. makes for the novel's success-- bergh when +the transatlantic flier 1 Typewriters, Inc. -a renegade and starving clergyman, There is religious intolerance, reli- against the odds of hard reading and arrives here next month. I Ickel Arcade PhoneU1 varying between the derisive and the grand, whose mind feasts on theI~ glories of the future while his family .....MMM- shivers, and whose greatest delightMWI lies in twitting the noses of whatever NOW nobility he may meet. The reader Now stands for his abuse, pities his condi- WV tion, and wonders at his sanity all in one scene. He carries the brunt of the interest and livens up the proyer- ful sessions of Sara Alelia with oc- That D ied N casional gin sprees and browls. After Norenius there is Lydia, the Then LivC paga nserving girl. Why is it that we like the sinners in our literature Again! rather than the deacons and elders? But to return. Lydia ,with no sense of the holy and unholy bears her children and strangles them, and a te mo.t, 'n- few hours later is as cozy as a kitten - aln hem scy without a care in the world. Even- thiraiimg romances eve. \ tually she goes to the block for her written and -- crimes, and the execution that takes , , place is one of the most vivid scenes When you see it you of the novel. will say-"One 'K Probably the outstanding feature of the work is its distinct setting. The greatest pictures I have Sweden of 1798 and thereabouts is ever seen! little known as a stage, and the Swedes and Laplanders less known as actors. The short, satisfying de- scriptions of the author cling to the / mind long afterwards, much as do actual scenes that are a bit out of the Typewriters t.,- Ribbons, Carbons and Supplies for all makes of typewriters. Rapida~ turnover, fresh stock, Insures best quality at a moderate price. O. D. MORRILL 17 Nickels Arcade Phone 6615ha XODAK " ,aN M It I . . ..a " ,. - - ,. _ f taw , . ;.,,;; * . ^_: III !i Cmne-Kodak Movies Easy, inexpensive Cine-Kodak movies are easy and inexpensive to make--- as we'11 quickly convince you if you'll stop at our store. 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