Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-03

phobe, may know what is In the air from
the apt relation of the context. There is
never any doubt as to the true significance.
And subtly the zeal of the motorist com
municates itself to the impreSsionable
reader, until it is easy to understand the
earnestness of the delightful young wom-
an who Joined the Great Bubble Syndl-
cate" OF the four stories the last is the
least. Jones seems really to be dragged
into the collection, for there is only the
slightest connection between the motor car
in which the hating sutton is hurried on 70
his lady love and the dominant element OF
the tale Mr.. Osborne might have roundeo
off his volume to better effect, but this
fact does not lessen its attractivenesss as
an item in the now completed list OF ROCK
OF Books" which have added greatly TO the
success Of this seasons fiction.
JOHN HENRY SMITH; Humorous Ro-
nance of Outdoor Life. By FREDERICK
Upham Adams, author OF The kid.
named Millionaires," &c. Illustrated
FOR Mr. Smith by A. b. Frost. New
York: Doubleday. Page & Co. wash
ington: woodward & Lothrop.
IT IS always a dubious expedient to an
rornce a. book as humorous anything.
There, Is such a wide divergence of personal
opinion upon the point. Some men are
known to weep bitter tears of grief over
book that sets their neighbors bowling with
ioy. Mr.. Adams story would have been
Just as funny, just as irresistible in it's ap-
neal to the risibilities If he had allowed
the fact of its humor to await the verdict
of the reader For it is funny book in its
situations. in It's dialogue. and especially in
its pictures Mr.. Smith was really no
craftsman and so Mr.. Frost, who is some
what of an artist. has undertaken not only
tn draw Mr. Smiths pictures. but to draw
them as John Henry Smith without artistic
- aa,,,ioa, =, 81 xtraroa sna a. ,s ~ he
- .h ~ .ba covar s how snor,v
regretted thal the cover SHOWS sporty
figure of a man whose likeness does not
appear in the story, in either text or Illus
cna,s.el.I,.,,oa - e0 IL
MT ADAMS manages to write more golf
talk into his tale than 1t would have seemed
possible to assemble IN single story, Inc
pages larry sput'sI Win nnA ianS uase
-. 1 "a s,,fs oiat,,r anart S,s,, .ha ganoa
Of golf TO enable the man or woman who
does not know bunker from caddie to
read and enjoy "A couple o. rove stories
deselop IN the Gourse % .ns .aes anu 1,,t ~
o orot;c ran, ~ one ne the brides siehs In
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as,sr No,r+ vosn1,;,,s
I've,
PARTNERS OF THE TIDE. Rv Joseph
= lincoln autbor of "Ca an Fri !" II
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coast folk through and through. In h,s nre-
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t1on, ne described the quaint characters
that are to be found In the little coast ports
In Partners Of the Tide" ha draws a
stronger picture Of life in that section. II
Is fresh and strong story and holds the at
'en''oA
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