Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-11

seph Vance" etc. New York: Henry
Holt & Co.
~ DIVERSION to the long novel
is gaining One wonders If We
IL can be slowing up little. with
time to read and put down and
pick up again. Here Is a novel
OF 7O, pages. but If it were twice that II
would simply 1ouble the delight in 1t. 1t
is not the story itself, with it's start. de-
veopfnent and finish that Compels one
here. For that matter, one could now
and then skip the mere movement-as the
author himself does-if he were not afraid
something might be said on no account
to be missed. The Irresistible part Of
this book Is the page by pase-almost the
sentence by sentence-personality of the
writer. Upon after thinking. the story
separates into two or three and we choose
that Of Lizarann and her blind daddy
Jim. Then poor Jim wondered to HIM
self what this young person was like that
his little lass had such faith in. He con-
tinued: What's she like to look at. by
way of describing of her now Lizarann
had never described anybody. so far. But
she knew quite well what her father
meant, and braced herself up to author
skip. She's very ard, all over she said,
as a first item And she's awful strong.
She is-yassl And she don't stick out no
where neither But she repents OF the
last item and adds, Only her nose"
What's her color of BAREBACK col
or?-yaller color?
Tint no color at ALL daddy
Just plain hair-color-is that 1t?
Tess. Pine hair-color.'
What's her eyes? But this is too
difficult Lizarann gives it up. To say
,I.tYn he H.
original. However, particulars of Bridget
tickses eyes. apart from questions OF
color. could be given.
. She can squint, she can. fass-acrost.
" She don't want to it-not She!
Don't she want to it. daddy A timid
expression of doubt this. i said-I said
to Bridgetticks - Hurry up, little
lass, What was it We said?'
Il said--to Bridgetticks--I said the
boys said she couldn't be off of 1t, they
did. That's what the boys said
And she said they was liars, I'll go
bail. Hay, little lass?'
= She said they was liars-Yass" Then
the difficulties of negotiating the passage
across the street stopped the converse
ton" We choose dear Lizarann, devoted
TO her daddy.
THE PLAYERS OF LONDON. BY Lou
Use Beecher Chancellor. Decorations
by Harry b. Matthews. New York:
B. w. Dodge Company.
1t will not be easy to find more beau
tful book or a more captivating little
story than this one; a story about the
play actors OF London, with Will Shakes
peare in the midst of his company making
ready to pleasure the queen with the love
drama of Romeo and Juliet. Volumes
have been written, conjectures all, about
the mysterious dark lady OF whom
Shakespeare's sonnets. so many of them
sing. This little story plays with the
same theme. While preparations for the
queens play are stirring and the day APP
proa ching young Philip Condell-the Juliet
of the occasion-suddenly and mysterious
ly sickens, and CONSERVATION falls lest her
majestys pleasure be deferred. At the
latest moment, however, Philip appears
and takes his part. the lOveliest of Juliets
but not Philip at all. Instead, his twin
sister. dark Phyllis, who out of sisterly
devotion has dared custom and secretly
takes the place of her brother on the
stage The story moves on through her
difficulties in maintaining the deception,
with Shakespeare's suspicion aroused and,
later, with his love declared. Philips nor
Tified discovery of the ruse and his public
announcement Of the girl speedily retires
from the stage this first of woman actors,
and defers the day of adorable Juliets.
The unusual exterior of beauty of this
book, the perfect form of the story itself,
its touch its color, its playful grace. COM
bine to make an artistic and charming
thing.
TRAVELS IN SPAIN. BY Philip San
ford Marden. author of Greece and
the Aegean Islands" Boston: Hough-
ton Mifflin Company.
If you are going to Spain. read this de-
hghtful book 1t will simplify your jour
ney and tighten your way. A good map,
desirable places to visit, routes to be
taken, methods of travel. prices, accom-
modations-all the endless detail Of travel
is here given in the plainest manner. Be-
sides this and more important than this.
the writer wildly and easily pictures
what he saw of the natural. historical
and art features of Spain-a different sort
of guidance this one, lure. II you are
not going to Spain, read this delightful
book. Look at the wonderful pictures
first. Next. read the authors graphic
and charming description of what he saw.
BY this time you are more than likely to
read the directions for travel In the hope
that you, yourself, may take to this road.
OLD HARBOR. BY William John Hop
kins, author of The ClammerS."
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
one wonders at vogue for the New
England novel As a picture of life, Puri-
tan in essence. well and good. An inter-
esting human document" but ro-
nance, never, These north Atlantic,
Cromwellan born people, wise, substan-
tial, pervasive as has been their national
influence, have not as yet opened out TO
the flower of romance, expressive, CAROL
ing, spontaneous. That they possess the
emotions that contribute to this form of
literature. no one can doubt But when
these are natively expressed. the effect is
far from the speech and action of ro-
mantle love as Is earth from heaven. 1ne
present story Is a case in hand. 1t has
aualities-but not those of romance. The
air Is good. the sea, nearby; the people
come and go, and buy and barter, using
their vernacular-not picturesque one
TO express. chiefly, their sagacity In trade
As a love story, which Ii is without Gues-
tion designed. primarily, to be, 1t gets no.
where at all AS we'll sit In the park or
by the ROADSIDE. for an idle hour or two,
and as the chilly night creeps on crowd
into your handbag the fleeing impress
sions OF life, and then at night by the
fireside put these. by force. into a dream
of love and devotion and life in It's full
ness.
THE LIFE OF THE HONORABLE MRS.
NORTON. BY Jane Gray Perkins.
New York: Henry Holt & Co.
The stormy life of the English writer,
Mrs Norton, the most beautiful of the
celebrated daughters of brilliant Richard
Brinsley Sheridan. takes on in Its prog
ress as here set down the nature of a
defense of a hunted woman. AS an
author. this versatile writer has accred-
tied to her pamphlets of a legal and po-
ltical nature. novels and poems, in