Word: crud
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Those who have read his first book, "White Shadows In The South Seas" will know what to expect as to treatment and style in "The Mystic Isles". There is the same breezy journalistic style, readable and vivid above all, although some time uneven and crud; the same mixture of description and narrative and exposition all, brightened by Mr. O'Brien's even present exuberance and enthusiasm. It is this quality above all, we thinly which has made the author so suddenly and deservedly famous. He is always such a delightful companion, so alive, so eager and able to enjoy life...