Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-26
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ADVENTURES IN FRIENDSHIP: by
David Grayson. author of "AdVen-
lures in Contentment." Illustrated
by Thomas Fogarty. New YORK:
Doubleday. Page & Co. Washington:
Woodward & LOthrop.
rF THERE were more Davids there
would be naturally more OF these
adventures. more friends about the
world. more courage. more giadness
I'm today more confidence in tomor-
row. II seems so easy. too-when Da'lu
tells about it. To go about your business.
warm and bubbly inside. with How are
brother:?' Get in. brother; I'm going
YOUR way tumbing out. as the mere
overflow of good feeling David made the
discovery that Sight. kept clear. becomes
curiousIy insight" Deep into this rich
belief Inc plunged bringing out rare
trophies of friendship. There was the
drunken bee-man-not always drunk. but
often. Going to town. he was the shrink
ing silent bee-man. Coming home, ne
was the man of large horizons and lifted
courage. Once David caught him In tran
sit from the bee-man. drunk. to the bee
man, sober. Then, what a reaching DOWN
into the unaccountableness Of life for both
one day standing in the river. holding
her baby and crying: Il don't dare. Oh
! don't dare, But l must. I must y
No must about it, said David. in effect
bunding her and the baby into his wagon
TO take them home TO Harriet. Why
notr He had taken Harriet all sorts OF
thngs-tramps ana peddiers and preach
,rs. But somehow David knew that this
was dinerent What will Harriet say?
What Harriet did say was David, David,
"a fDnf NO
standing before the concrete form of one
of his own convictons-that "a woman
possesses the occult power of becoming
instantly. miracuiously, the accumulated
and perSonined customs, morals and IN
StilutionS of the ages" Here he shlVercd
a bit, tor lit is an uncomfortable scnsa-
lion to find ones self face TO race win
society inspired, David sa,o
Harriet, that girl Is hungry-and cold,
and ned to the barn, where for full
hour he pottered about INDUCING his I'M
desire to meet Harriet. Then. with
stamping boots and noisy whistle. botn
in the way of courage, he neared the
door, which new open upon Harriet. With
uplifted finger, whispering, ''Sh-h. David;
the baby is asleep" So this beautiful
spirit fiows out, gathering in all the folks
round about. David has time to tninh
out a great many things. and he does.
1T is curious how notwithstanding mitl-
gates our judgments. Joy of lie seems
10 me to arise from a sense of being
with the life we have chosen. To be
used-that is the subiimest thing We
know Why all this excitement and
eagerness of inquiry? What is 1T that l
go forth to find: What is it that drives
a man onward. that scourges him with
unanswered questions. We only know
that We are driven; we do not know who
drives We travel. we inquire. We look
we work-only knowing that these activi-
ties satisfy a certain deep and secret
demand within us One is unwilling to
leave this charming book without a word
of pleasure for the pictures that every
now and then touch up the pages with
gentle hints and delicate suggestions,
quite in the tones OF David himself.
THE STORY OF SPANISH PAINTING.
BY Charles III. Caffin. author of How
10 Study Pictures etc. New York:
The Century Company
For good reasons, one takes up dis
cussiun of art laggardly. The present
one. good to tell. is fertile exception
TO the rule. This author roots art in the
soil where il belongs, and nourishes it
with the tides of history, and perfects 1t
with the full and complete national life
Of a people. So, to tell the story OF
spanish painting. he sets off with Il
sweeping and brilliant chapter of SPAN
ish history. covering in great movements
the eight hundred years that went into
the making of the Spaniard. From the
racial character itself. supported by the
influences and purposes Immediately sur
rounding il, he draws the broad charat-
yeriSticS of Spanish painting. objectlfylnS
these in a panoramic view OF pictures
grouped set in order, defined in purpose
and detailed in description. Following
this general survey Is the careful study
both in history anor art. OF the sofnethihg
more than half dozen great painters OF
snain. In the examination of single
picture as we'll as in the consideration OF
the whole subject. the author taxes a
Fundamental hold on IL, tracing aftistc
effects back to their causes, emphasizing
tbese. and skimming the mere tool. or
rho artist the technic. y very INTEREST,"
ing study as well as most useful one.
p.,NTER,S PROGRESS; The Scam
mon Lectures, Delivered Before the
Art Institute of Chicago. BY w IL n
Low New York: Charles Scribner s
SONS Washington: Woodward
I.othrop.
Tho face-to-face quality of the lecture,
or Greet address fingers most enJoyably
in these essays. Essay in fact. Is much
100 stilted a name to give these familiar,
modest easy talks on some of the every
dav aspects of art. The personal story
IS Mr. Lows happy medium OF approach
IN his subject His own early experiences
reyeaI the quickenng toward vocation
The story of Paul Baudry, the French
artist sets out the demands OF Dotl
general and special education upon the
artist and describe the position of the
French nation In this matter in a Way
contrasting IL with that of the United
States in this particular. The authors
ret-oIIections of foreign travel take shape
in definite instruction and fruitful sug
yestion. Commercial art, as n means o
livelihood. is a topic of great practica
interest opening mp numerous avenues
all compatible with genuine art. upol
this pictorial age. These half dozen g n
iai delightful informing talks close witt
{. fair accounting of art in the present
and cheerful outlook upon the future.
HISTORY OF THE WAR OF SECES.
sion; IS81-1SS5. BY Rossiter John
son, author of The Story of the
Constitution of the United States" etc
New York: Vessels & Bissell Com
pany Washington: William Ballan
tyne & Sons.
Not mere selection. but the art Of selec
ton. shaped this compact history. Gu
from the multitudinous details of mill