+ N Y Times p12 O 31 ’20 1100w
“Dr Lowie reviews the rich material of social organization with a new insight: he discards simple solutions, too much dominated by the active social ties as we know them, and by the desire to read evolutionary conclusions into historical data.” Joseph Jastrow
+ Review 3:652 D 29 ’20 740w
LOWIS, CECIL CHAMPAIN. Four blind mice. *$1.75 (1½c) Lane
20–19509
The story is of two married couples in the English colony of Rangoon. Douglas Selbridge is an overworked official and Delia, consequently, a neglected and bored wife. Major Brattlethwaite and his wife are living apart and the latter is nothing but a rumor. The major seeks the company and solace of Delia until matters become strained between herself and her husband. When the absent Mrs Brattlethwaite suddenly appears upon the scene to vanish again immediately, at the same time that the body of a murdered woman is discovered in the jungle, a crisis is reached. A fortunate solution of the mystery not only saves an innocent man from the gallows, but straightens out the domestic relations of the two couples satisfactorily.
“From the point of the murder the story maintains a high level of interest, and reaches a satisfactory conclusion. The domestic and boarding-house scenes have engaging touches of novelty, which suggest a feminine hand.”
+ Ath p212 Ag 13 ’20 270w
“The native scenes are more interesting than the troubles of the white folks, the descriptions of the rains, the heat, and native life being well above the average in vividness and picturesque quality.”