Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-21


based upon the flimsiest of foundations
the perfection Of bomb-drOpping air
ship is alone necessary to effect its disSo-
luton. Mr.. Wells rather ignores the in
herent capacity of men to organize for
Self-protection. The narrative incidentally
is interesting and displays that remark
able ingenuity for which Mr.. Wells is
now famous.
THE EMOTIONALIST: the Romance Of
an Awakening to Temperament. By
Stanley Olmsted. author of he
Nonchalante." New York: D. Apple
ton & Co.
Mr. Olmsted a few seasons ago pro-
duced a novel called 1.-The Nonchalante,
which was supposed to be a clever eX-
position of the literary secession that
Is to say, departure from all established
lines of procedure. It's successor, The
Emotionalist," is even more secession1stlc
than that first performance. 1t seceoes
so far from convention that 1t becomes
occasionally inarticulate. 1t is the story
of young American writer meeting
abroad a beautiful compatriot who is
about to enter the operate held. Ihefe
is a love affair which involves much go
ing and coming and a great deal or talk
admirable type and the other less so.
There is a sprinkling of German charac-
ters and throughout the atmosphere on
the old country is effectively repro
duced. But Mr.. Olnlsted's style Is at
times so obscure that one needs to be
thoroughly a SeceSsionfst in order to UNI
derstand every paragraph. 1t is perhaps
entertaining to he compelled to read a
sentence twice or three times in order to
understand it. In this sense 'The Emo
tiOnalist' is success.
DAVY JONES'S YARNS; and Other
Sailed Songs. BY Thomas Ybar
Illustrations by Henry Mayer. New
York: Henry Holt & Co.
Mr.. Ybarra tells of man who once met
Davy Jones and who had the temerity to
ask Davy Jones to spin him a yarn.
Davy spun It on different occasions, and,
fortunately for the reader who enjoys
humorous verse, there is no indication
that Davy is not available for future per-
formances, with Mr.. Ybarra an effective
medium of communication. Davy tells
of the discovery of an ice cream berg III
the northern seas and of his lmpersona-
ton as the Car of Russia, followed by
the raid of the Swiss admiral on the
Mince pirates, which yarn Is succeeded
by an account of Prof. Bins search for
the revolution bug in Cuba, the series
concluding with the yarn of how Davy
foiled the cannibals in a South Sea isle
by arming himself with kittens, which
effectively insured his life with their nine
apiece. These five yarns not Killing The
pages of this most joyous little volume.
Mr.. Ybarra adds a. few ''salted songs
which are strongly favored of the sea
and into which the spirit of Davy Jones
enters. Some day perhaps the loquaclouS
Davy will overtake his narrator a few
more times. and then another of these
olc v1-{1l he the raSnlf maVbe
with some of Mr.. Mayors thoroughly
sympathetic illustrations.
THE COURAGE OF CAPTAIN PLUM.
By James Oliver CurwoOd. Il1ustra-
tons by Frank T.. Schoonover In
dianapolis: The Bobbs- Merrill Cora :.
pany.
Capt Plum Numbered into hornet S
nest when he went over to Beaver Island
in Lake Michigan to punish some Nor
mon pirates who had their fastness there.
He had the temerity to fall in love with
a young woman who had been chosen by
Strang, the Mormon king, for his seventh
wife, and in consequence Capt. Plum had
about all that he could attend to in get
ting her away from the clutches OF her
would-be tyrant There is an historical
basis for this stirring tale of a Mormon
colony. The character of Strang, the
leader of the sect is powerfully drawn.
Another interesting parsonage appears In
the character of Obadiah Price, grand
treasurer of the Mormon realm. Capt.
Nathaniel Plum is just enough of hero
to cause him to do some intrepid, almost
foolish things. but he wins out in the
end and everybody is happy who has
earned the right to be. There is an in
sistent quality in this story which car
ries the reader rapidly to the finish
A CANYON VOYAGE; the Narrative Of
the Second Powell Expedition down
the Green-Colorado River from WyO-
ming and the Explorations on Land
in the Years 1871 and 1872. BY Fred
erick S. Dellenbaugh. artist and as
sistant topographer of the exped1-
ton. With Fifty illustrations. New
York: G. p. Putnam'S Sons. WASH
ington: Woodward & Lothrop.
Although thirty-six years have elapsed
since Maj. PowelIs second expedition
through the Colorado canyons, this is the
first full story of that thrilling adventure
and scientifically valuable enterprise Mr..
Dellenbaugh was a member of the party
and has written an account of the ex-
petition in a delightfully."- personal man
ner, which nevertheless conveys an ade-
uate concept of its scientific Importance
Mr.. Dellenbaugh on one occasion wrote a
brief description of the trip entitled "The
Romance OF the Colorado but it has
always been felt that this was inadequate,
and now he has given the full record,
cOnceiving it to be, as he says, in the in