Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-17
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analysis. In the personality of this book
lies its power-a frank, clear. artless, en-
gaging book-person. this Out of her own
"reminiscences. her earliest Impressions,
rare good judgment in the choice of her
father. between whom and herself the
sympathy is beautiful and of whom she
says, quotingly:
He wrapt me In his large
Mans doublet careless did it I'll or no.
Contributing distinctly to the attractive
| ness Of this pleasing volume are the illus
trationS and cover design. both made by
residents OF Hull-House.
THE BIRD IN THE BOX. BY Mary
Mears. author of THE Breath Of the
Runners" New York: Frederick A.
Stokes Company
Running no whittier, but round and
round or to and fro, the rat in the trap,
the squirrel in the cage, are the familiar
analogues that. with the one titling this
story. go to illustrate that supreme en-
trapment, the man in the world. In this
particular case, the cage, as so often
happens, is built in the form Of marriage.
And the little animal inside the trap be-
HAYES herself uncommonly we'll. as the
world runs now, inasmuch as she. along
with the rat and the squirrel. remains
within her cage-only rafting the door
now and then and nibbling the wires a
bit. in the face of certain outside hopes
and dreams. These come always In the
train of a f1ery-eyed tousled genius. an in
ventor, one OF the incapables Of his class.
Him she secretly sets high on the altar
of her life. The husband Is a decent sort
with whom the mere outsider can find no
fault at all. The chief value OF this
story. one would say. apart from the fact
that it Is q story, is that in this stress
the trap holds together and, more than
that. at the end it promises to furnish a
Of instead Of rocking
and topping under the turbulence OF
one.
son OF THE WIND. BY Lucia Cham
berlain. author Of 1.-THE Coast Of
Chance etc. Illustrations by Her
man Pfeifer. Indianapolis: The
Bobbs- Merrill Company.
This romance sets off In a mystery. The
mystery is wrapped in more than the
usual number of misleading circunl-
stances, protected by an uncommon count
of false trails. At the start, it looks ex-
actly like rafting detective story,
promising a fine unraveled criminal at
the end of it. 1t is, too, in way.
detective story. but there is no criminal
in it. Only a splendid wild horse fleeing
through the canyons and into the noun
tains. The secret pursuit of this animal
by a young horse-breaker Obsessed to cap
ture and conquer him makes the thread
wayside innkeeper completes the matter.
For she. too, has seen this Wild horse,
whom she is as determined to protect IN
freedom as the man is to secure. Since
neither knows the others secret, there are
all sorts Of mysteries, misunderstanding,
cross purposes and the like. The adven-
ture gradually melts into love story.
However. at the last. the horse Is caught.
broken and killed-the man, too, so far
as one can figure out the tragedy that be-
falls him, The writing here Is much more
convincing than the plot. There is fine
open atmosphere in 1t. There are mo-
ments of really dramatic tension. The
characters are built in life-likeness. And
over all is beautiful poetic fancy.
SONGS OF SENTIMENT A Christy
Gift Book. Illustrated. New York:
Moffatt, Yard & Co. Washington:
Brentano's.
Sentimental songs Of all periods have
been here assembled to make a gift
book for the Christmas season. with q
dozen appropriate Illustrations by How
ard Chandler Christy, whose style is ex-
eeptionaIly fitted to such purpose.
Printed with an artistic border Tor eAcn
mage and with illustrations reproduced In
full color, the volume is especially at
tractive.
THE RULES OF THE GAME. BY Stew
art Edward White. author OF The
bleday, Page & Co. Washington:
Woodward & Lothrop.
This is the romance Of resources and
industry. II. there be hero In this
story. 1t is the lumber business. with the
redwood forests as support, and Call
foruia the stage. True, there are
many people engaged, all realistically