Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-22

conceived. The character Of the mission
airy is made not only plausible but real.
He is undoubtedly the best bit of character
drawing in the book. which is singularly
rich in personalities for story Of adven-
ture. In all these points Robert Louis Ste
venSon is recalled.
Mr. Pollock has shown himself also very
clever in the painting of localities. The
transition from the breezy western scenery
of the earlier chapters to Hongkong In the
rainy season is well managed. The Clap
tiers that deal with life in the Chinese sea-
port are surprisingly vivid. The place re-
mains in the readers memory:
In one point however, the book marks
departure in the annals of treasure. seekers.
Where in Stevensons stories, or the ro-
mances of his many confreres, is to be
found so little jubilant a band as the mem
bers of the Treasure Trail when they
succeed in banking their spoils? Three
of the company question the worth OF the
yellow metal they have fought so hard to
win Even before they have put 1t to the
test they know that they have plucked
the apples of sodom. Two OF them manage
ness, but they have the solvent OF youth
full love to aid them. The development of
the twentieth century consc1enceS at the
end of the Rainbow road" would not have
been tolerated in the noble company of
buccaneers of a decade ago. 1t Is mat
ter of temperament whether the reader ap-
proves or regrets the change.
THE SOCIAL MESSAGE OF THE MOD
ERN PULPIT. BY Charles Reynolds
Brown. New York: Charles Scribnars
Sons.
In these lectures. delivered under the Ly-
man Beecher course at Yale University, MT.
Brown has given consistent and ingenious
attempt to analyze modern social conditions
from the viewpoint of the problems present
ed to Moses in leading the Israelites out of
bondage and into the promised land. 1t
tot m
this is one of the many attempts to recon-
cile orthodox theology with the modern
scientific spirit. Mr.. Brown merely uses
the story of the exodus as the starting point
for discussion. 1t is true that he finds In II
many effective parallels to the needs OF
modern life.
The Need of Moral Leadership in Social
Effort, The Scriptural Basis for Social
Effort The Expressions of a People, The
Call of an Industrial Deliverer Radical
Change in the Social Environment, the
Training in Industrial Freedom, The New
Social Order. The Best Lines of Approach
are the subjects Of the various chapters.
And In them the necessity for reform in
labor conditions is enforced and suggestions
as to the means by which reforms may be
brought about are made Mr.. Browns re-
search along the lines of social science Is
evident and his expression of his theories
is clear and forceful.
JANE CABLE. By George Barr McCutch-
con. Illustrations in color by Harrison
Fisher. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.
Washington: Brentanos.
To that part of the reading public which
demands of a novel only that 1t shall be
good story Mr.. McCutcheons latest ven
ture is eminently satisfactory. Jane
Gable" possesses all the interest of a rapid
ly1 complicating and urcoilfng plot of in
cident succeeding incident with breathless
speed, of an ardent love interest, of hero
ism and villainy equally rampant.
The plot concerns itself with the parent
age of pretty. Jane Cable whom the o snlv,
alrous Americanism of Mr.. &McCutcheon
evidently considers much too charming 10
be as afflicted as he finds It necessary to
make her. Mr.. Harrison, Fisher aids In
establishing her claim upon sym i,a,s ny
his dainty pictures Of a distinctiyely Amer.
lean heroine. The action disports itself
with equal enthusiasm over New YORK.
Chicago, the Philippines and back again
to New York. where the mystery is hnaliy
Mr.. McCutcheon. is persistently-his
critics have probably suggested incurabiy
youthful The faults of his last book
are those of youth; crudity, exaggeration,
lack of insight-which seems to proceed
from lack of interest-into motive and
character The virtues are also those of
young men: enthusiasm, buoyancy and an
immense fertility of invention. The reader
is left in no doubt as to why Graydon,
David Gable and his. wife Francis, and
Jane CaDie nerSelI, choose 10 De BooO. But
| Just why James Bansemer chooses to be the
peculiarly clumsy villain that he elects to
| be or why Broom chooses to graft modern
| cynicism upon Uriah Heep foundation
! and why they both lapse into the repent
ance beloved of Charles Dickens the at
| tractive little volume persists in hiding.
pATTY'S SUMMER DAYS. BY Carolyn
Wells. illustrated by Clara A. David
son. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.
/ Washington: Brentano's.
| The perennial nature Of Patty Fairheld's
adventures proclaims her to be twentieth