Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-12
THE ADVENTURES OF JOUJOU;

Edith MacNane With Fifteen Illus
trations in Color by Frank Yer DIN
and Decorations y ho"4'q Iinnin-
Holloway Philadelphia: j. b. Lippih-
colt Company
Anything more Gallo and more dalntly
charming than this romance of Edith nae
Vane.s cannot we'll be imagined. Inc NIX
tura of incredible innocence and OF latent
coouetry which constitutes the French ideal
If the '.ioune file" is seen in its perfection
I'm Ioufou. the bewitching little daughter Oh
Papa Puizeue As Jouiou, just out OF the
convent. looks upon the world with round
eyes. the other actors in the story play
many parts which are uninteiliglole 10
b.r but provocative of unseemy laughter
on the part of the reader. 1t is not ne"
trick. this one 20 reveal a more or less
sophisticated world through the eyes OF I'M
ophist.cltion. but in this case 1t Is done
In pc uInriy and deiclously humofo 5
manner. + b,, ey
traction has made a fortune OF many mn
lions by selling perfumes and soap. ne .l is
bought a gorgeous new estate he"i .r
home OF the Saint ridcs the nereuI l,ai ~
nnhIas Of his race. The Saint-Yriacs nave
rri.yous.v injured the peasant foizeiies
Papa PoiZclle has returned to haunt MS
wealth in the face of the last Oh the go. ir,
the IMPOVERISHED young Marquis Oh San
Yri1t Wlp has llttlt ltIl bNl NV
castle. perfect manners. ana hlstel SUI 1r
ards OF honor than is predecessors. f"pd
PozrIl,. hates the maTqulS-or thllths ns
does which is just as Well-or as u - -, 90
moor Iittlc Jouiou. For J ujou breaks INTO
"a haunted garden and meets the MARQUIS
and gets tangled up with all sorts OF com
nlexitirs She is contracted TO marry nv
admirable octave, whom she ooesn !. III .r,d
Ieast love OH everything : wrong ana
very sd. until Papa Pozele tinds that ne
was mis- aiken IN the depth of his hatred Oh
tLe Satut-YriaCs. The reason Tor the chahse
and. in fact. every one OF JouJou auNe"
lures are well worth reading
THE BREATH OF THE RUNNERS. BY
Mr., Nears New NCrk: Frederick a
Stokes Company
The author has written this art novel
according to her own statement, with the
definite. purpose OF expressing what she
feels about art and life There can be no
doubt that she has succeeded in producing
An Important and disnfied piece or WORK
.The Breath of the Runners is an analy-
ais of development wrought by the DONNA
ton of the art-spirit upon various personal
tiles Beyond that. it is a story, instinct
with sympathy for very vital men ana
women.
Beullh and Enid are both devotees OF
pIastic art Both are possessed with the
determination to secure success. With
Enid fraI in body. but indomttable in
spirit. il was the compelling power to out
do for tho sake OF the personal triumph.
with Rculah il was the desire for success
I'm the higher sense. without friction ana
without rivalry" Enid takes her own HE
in IL" fierce determination to secure per-
man-nt recognition of her success; Beulah
learns the lesson of her own deeper woman
hood ana makes happy the man TO whom
she had been uncOnsCiously cruel. owe
Ianham. another of the runners. deserts
the contest because she prefers domeStlclty.
TIE book is broadly conceived and ad-
mirably constructed. The reproduction OF
the life Of the studios, the struggles of gen.
erous and ardent young souls, is intimate
and convincing. AS a whole il proclaims
the possibility of sane and human stand
ards in art and prophesies the great posi-
bilities of development in art which may
come from the infusion OF feminine virtues
and feminine ideals
SEEING FRANCE WITH UNCLE JOHN.
BY Anne Warner. author of Susan
CIegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop,"
&c. With illustrations by May Wilson
Preston New York: The Century
Company.
Anne Warner has given to perfection that
reiatiyr-practical. sagacious and dominant
whom every one knows and against whom
there are no defenses. According to card,
the dramatis personae are: Uncle John,
generous, but prejudiced and loquacIous,
always loquacious: Yvonne pretty and at
tactive (eveu Uncle John admits thaU in