The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-10

other romance within the one enc!rcled
/ by the carrying narrative. He adds
novelty also by making the hero OF the
/ basic story read the double Enclosure IN
| installnents from the backs OF the
/ stripped of layers OF a "dickey'' shirt
/ bosom He Is a young Irishulan with
Hebraic characteristics. and his doings
constitute the main narrative, while in
what he reads is contained a yarn about
an old miser who Is about to be sep
1 arated from his hoard by the machina-
/ tons Of a subtle HindOo. who incidently
relates the third story IN the course OF
! his rascality. The latter and most in
/ teresting OF the triOlogy, shows some OF
\ the romance connected with Eastern
/ mysticism, the middle narrative seems
/ TO be framed for the purpose Of exploit
/ ing the methods Of the so-called deduc-
/ tive school Of detectives. and the original
vehicle has for It's purpose we know not
what, unless it be merely an excuse for
! perpetraung the others.
The whole collection constitutes some
/ thing for light and momentsry reading
! 1t Is interesting and on-drawing while
II lasts, but Is forgotten the moment Il
Is put aside. Aside from the skill dis
! played in working up a desire 20 unravel
! the mystery, the book has no serious
| recommendation, being not remarkable
for high literary style or scholarly treat
ment. We have no doubt ii will be
/ widely read for month and then reie-
gated 10 the shelf where reposes that
great mass OF literature commonly des-
ignated as transient books"
: THE LAND Or LONG AGO. By Eliza Calvert
Hall. Boston: Little. Brown & 90.
"The Land Of Long Ago" by Eliza
Calvert Hall, IS & collection Of charac-
! terisuc stories dealing with that occi-
I dental land OF romance and chivalry
/ Old Kentucky. They come from the lips
! Of a loFeable old woman. we'll vefsed
/ in the customs, traditions, and legendary
lore Of The Dark and Bloody Ground"
They naturally partake Of femininity. be-
ing view of things political. social
/ and domestic, as seen through the eyes,
and comprehended by the intellect Of
a woman. but are extremely interesting
as she takes the reader through "a
Ride to Town" The House That Was
| A Wedding Fee" The Courtship OF
! Visiting" "The Marriage Problem in
! Goshen AN Eye For an Eye" The
I Reformation Of Sam Amos. I'm War
/ Time" and The " atch Meeting"
Good literary style. poetic instincts.
/ quaint humOr and pathetic elements are
! in evidence with strength Of local
/ color and character deiineation, and the
! book should be % acute entertainment
and lasting interest 10 those who love
/ the romance and traditions OF the Old
South. with its poetic chivaIry, wartime
sorrows. baronial customs, and pictur-
( esQue environments II IS in no sense
a novel. but merely a collection Of char
/ acteristic stories, with the added attrac-
tions that are derived from fine print,
artistic illustration, and pretty binding.
JOSHUA JAMES. LIFE SAVER. BY Sumner l.
/ Kimbal. Boston: The American Unitarian
Association.
None who have visited the more dan
gerous coasts Of the United States sea-
/ board have failed to have been impressed
/ by the unassuming heroism OF the stall
wart and simple men found IN the sta
lions Of the United States Life-saving
! Service. To gather from their own lips
/ fragmentary accounts Of daring rescues
I OF human life and property IN the face
/ Of the deadly perils Of the sea brings
a thrill Of admiration. while the sight
i OF the dreary beaches which they patrol
/ nightly under starlight. or in the teeth
\ OF gale bring realization Of the less
\ brilliant but even more rigorous snd
\ strengthening side OF their lives.
/ tribute 10 the life savers has been
published In the form Of a biography
: Of Joshua James. who spent sixty years
OF his life in active participation in the
rescue work along the dangerous shoals
. Of Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod.
The book Is published under the auspices
OF the Boston Americana Unitarian Asso-
citation, and the compiler Of the volume
subscribes himself as "a former superin-
( tendent Of the Life Saving Service
Joshua James came of sturdy Dutch
stock. His ancestors emigrated TO the
New England coast and there founded
one Of the seafaring families which have
built up the fisheries Of the North Shore
( and produced the finest sailors I'm the
world. At the age Of fifteen young Josh
ia made his first trip IN one of the res
cue boats Of the Massachusetts Humane
Society. which until the installation Of
the government service. was the sea-
| mems greatest safeguard along the Mas
/ sachUsetts coast. For over forty years
I Capt. Joshua was in command Of the So
ciety's boats near Nantaszet and Hull,
received several medals for heroic res
cues effected BY himself and crew. and
won fame as a most efficient sailor and
man OF noble character. The account Of
one occasion. when IN the midst OF a
I storm twenty-siX persons we're saved
f
I ty-four hours. stirs the blood and makes
the heart rejoice in men ike these.
The story Of his life is simply told, as
he himself recounted his exploits. It is
good thing that in these days Of hurry
and struggle time and means have been
| found TO place the little volume before
the public TO serve as a reminder Of the
sacrifices made along our coasts.
COLLEGE YEARS By Ralph D. Paine. New
York: Charles Scribner's sons
It is tho frequent contention Of the col
lege man that the genuine college story
is an impossibnity; that the depletion OF
college scenes which shall carry wiki
| them the evidences OF trUthfulreSs and
! reality, at the same time combining the
elements Of good story, represents the
| unattalnable IN literature And. indeed.
a good deal in support Of his claim has
| the college man as he losses aside the
| gaudy imitation found IN the cheap mag
! azine or his sensibniues are tortured by
the declamatiOns OF a stage caricature
But his argument must at once tumble
/ 20 the ground if he chances TO read Col
lege Years" by Ralph D. Paine Therein
he may see himself and his mates pic
tured with an unsparing. but sympathet-.
&c. reality which cannot fail to win admi-
miration for the authors skill and
wholesome grin Of appreciation.
college Years" is O collection OF tales
OF college days. To read them is TO the
| alumnus like n flying trip TO the old col
lege town 10 spend few hours with the
same gang which used to gather at
( field. campus room, or cafe table. To the
! undergraduate they are a living picture
/ Of the life about him. while to the non
/ collegian they must prove equally inter
/ esting as revealing with rare skill the