Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-09

hero, rescued Stewart Lee from drowning,
a fact from which Lee never recovered I'M
til at last he redeemed his pettiness, his
many failures by giving up his life. ac-
cording to Saint John.
Lloyd Halket is manly man, whom one
Is glad to meet. The grandson of man
ufacturer. he serves an apprenticeship in
his grandfather's factories. then takes his
grandfather. Is a well-drawn, but unfor-
tunate, type Of the man who Is too long
in the public eye and might be considered
as fit victim for the so-called Osler the
DRY. Fortunately this mantle falls upon the
brave shoulders Of his grandson, who copes
with strikes and strikers with great imper-
turbability, and the name of Halket Is still
honored and respected. The girls Of the
book are of good American type. We meet
them everywhere. with their prettiness,
their endearingness, and their slang. After
clinging for years to hopeless romance,
Lloyd Halket chooses wife with some
thing of the same clear Judgment which he
exercises In all other affairs Of life. One
questions If this is not more realistic than
many novelsts dare admit? Certainly for
the young person an occasional view of
this kind Is not amiss
Let 1t be only occasional, however, for
the young person." who may never have
known a Santa Claus. stands In need, in
this material world of ours. OF all
1.-THE rainbow CLEANS
OF the hidden dreams"
RECoLLECTIoNs. BY William o'Brien,
MP illustrated. New York: The Mac
milan Company.
Mr.. OBrien's participation In the Irish
propaganda has been of such activity and
Importance that It Is pity he breaks or
his "Recollections' with his election to
parliament In 1888. The volume thus pre-
pared, does In truth tell dramatically and
with an effective mngling of humor and
pathos the story of his journalistic cam
paigns for free Ireland and his misadven-
lures with the British government in the
stirring days of the early eighties, when
arrests were the order of the day. 1t de-
scribes, to go back a few years further,
OBrien's observation of the laundering
Fenian movement in which his brother par
ticIpated. It tells of his own advent into
Journalism and his appearance on the
scene of the Irish nationalist struggle as
the writer, at the age of seventeen, of
letter to London newspaper outlining the
position OF the Irish people. It Ia a singu-
lar commentary on the fixedness or the
purpose OF the Irish leaders that Mr..
OBrien stands today by that letter. writ
ten thirty-five years ago. The authors
struggles for scholarship and for literary
recognition, his sickness, his family sor-
rows are all related with q tenderness of
memory which reaches the heart.
A note of sadness runs throughout these
pages. It Is the inherent sadness of the
Gishman dwelling upon the sorrows OF his
land The volume treats chiefly Of violent
conflicts OF mind and body, for the domi-
nance OF patriotic principle. Crime, bat
tie, conspiracy, arrest, trial and execution
were the portion of 50 many Irishmen
three or four decades ago that any account
Of Irish life in that period must of neces-
sity be sad and .saddeuing. But withal
there are flashes of humor. the true spirit
OF the son of the green sod betraying IT.
self even In the depths Of despair. Mr..
O'Brien writes with delightful informaiity
Of men and events and Introduces many
entertaining anecdotes illustrative OF the
character OF the Irish propaganda OF his