Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-31

In this book Mr.. Rowland whose travel
stories and novels have marked him as
a man OF unconventional modes of living
and thinking. describes an actual jour
ney undertaken by himself and friends
His route carried him from London across
the channel. from Boulogne to Paris,
through the Highlands into Germany.
from the Rhine to the Danube and down
the Danube to the sea. The stanch little
Beaver stood up we'll under all the strain
of storms and tides. and carried the voy-
ayers safely to the Black sea. where
finally storm wrecked her. In the jour-
ney much was seen of the interior life
of the people that is ordinarily hidden
from tourists. Mr.. Rowland tells the
story briskly and always entertainingly.
The striking illustrations by Mr.. Herbert
Deland Williams form one of the most
attractive features OF the book
THE WHEEL o. FORTUNE. BY Louis
Tracy. Author of The Wings of the
Morning" Illustrations by James
Montgomery Flagg. New York: Ed
ward ]. Clode.
When a few years a story called The
Wings of the Morning" was published.
delighted readers asked who might be
this newcomer in the field of fiction. and
were surprised to find that he had been
writing for years. but had not been ex-
plotted as are some of the modern story
tellers. Since then whatever Mr.. Tracy
writes is eagerly read. In The Wheel o
Fortune" which was first published in
this country in The Stars Sunday maya
zine, Mr.. Tracy tells somewhat the same
kind of a story as in The Wings of the
Morning with striking adventure. with
absorbing romance and with ultimate tri-
umph for those in whom the sympathies
of the reader are centered. There Is not
a dull page in the book 1t progresses
logically from one climax to another un-
til it's demands upon the attention of the
reader are tyrannical.
THE LAY OF THE LAND. BY Dallas
Lore Sharp. Author of Wild Life
Near Home With drawings by
Elizabeth Myers Snagg. Boston:
Houghton, Mifflin Company.
Mr.. Sharp was country bred and he re-
tains the country boys memories of
things outdoors. He has acquired since
the days of farming a delightful literary
style, and his fifteen sketches of nature
have thus the double charm of excellent
narration and fundamental truth. He is
far removed from the class of the nature
takers and the anecdotes he tells of the
small creatures of the fields and woods
involve no strain upon the credulity.
Those who walk abroad in search of d.
version and rest and communion with
the native forces will find great delight
AT LARGE. BY Arthur Christopher
Benson. Fellow of Magdalene Col
lege. Cambridge, Author of The
p ptonm Letters Sons New W Wash G. p
Woodward & Lothrop.
Mr. Benson tells in one of the delight
full essays comprising this volume
pleasant story" of a Cambridge under
c,,I1 cd n
explain the four figures of the learned
muses. browning the parapet of Trinity
Library, said that they were Faith, Hope.
Charity and Geography. The author
would substitute Humor as the fourth
of the Christian graces, and would raise
1t to the highest rank of ALL He has
certainly in that event gained grace him.
self for his humor plays through these
pages delicately, always illuminatively
ana kindly, and to the end of appealing
humanity to the reader. In his essays he
discusses such themes as contentment,
friendship, humor, travel, equality, shy
ness etc, but although his topics may
seem conventional his treatment of them
is far from being commonplace. His
shrewd observation finds expression In
quaint terms of the thought, and at every
new paragraph the reader finds something
personally appealing.
THE CORRECTOR OF DEsTINIES:
Being Tales of Randolph Mason as
Related by His Private Secretary,
G Gftan Pa Parks +na BY Mel vile
Strange Schemes of Randolph Ma
son." New York: Edward ]. Clode.
Mr. Randolph Mason's function in liv
ing is that of solver of human prob
lens. That at times he plays the part
of an adult cupid, bringing together peo-
pie who should never have drifted apart
or who should have met earlier. is only
incidental to his work In the main.
however it is the law that dominates and
not romance, and in untangling the snarls
that human cupidity and trckery have
caused Mr.. Mason draws upon a remark
able store of legal knowledge. Mr.. Post,
the author of this entertaining charac-
ter, has the story teller's faculty, and in
these thirteen tales. only slightly connect
ed. he presents a novel figure in fiction.