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...been proper names. "Gualdophi", strangely enough, was also the name of an exclusive inn in the nearby city of Machu Picchu. One of the more unusual places of this kind was a sort of underground cave, below a curious structure that seems to have been a temple to the God of wine...
...park bench; weary of the present day "realism" and all that it implies, it is pleasant to find a book that deals, virllely enough, with beauty and gallantry--and villainy. There is more than enough of present friction that tells us of our own civilization and mechanics, when God knows we see too much of it day by day; more than enough of the "romance of business" which is no romance. Inevitably are there times when we long to have, (as what gentleman should not?) "at least twenty coats"; to find ourselves in a wide hall choosing a rapier...
...will not make this his sole adventure in this field of fiction. Frankly it is not, nor does it pretend to be, an inspiring book. You do not turn the last page with a fierce concentration, nor, having finished, filing the volume across the room with a tensely muttered "God!" and stride out to lift the Universe. "But on the other hand, you can not easily put it down until you have brought the tumultuous evening to a peaceful close...
...Then, by God,' he shouted, 'you'll not leave this room!'" After that, although at times, through the author's skill, we feel like laughing or smiling, we have neither the time nor the breath, but are carried along in a hurting rush of excitement and adventure. As a final word, one that cannot be spoken for many contemporary writers, it might be said that if there is one characteristic that stands out in the book, it is the author's eminent good taste...
...heredity and environment. Of necessity he is a type, not an individual, and he has no actions or reactions of his own towards anything. The conclusions arrived at by this line of reasoning are intentionally general. When applied personally they open pleasing vistas for those inclined to the "God fights on the side of the heaviest artillery" school of philosophy. It is dangerously easy for the small school freshman for instance to sit back, "down on his luck", satisfied that he is not responsible for his non-success in college or anywhere else,--that he is merely the victim...