Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-26

in Wall street and carried far west int
the canyons and gulches OF the mimi :
res ion through which the Short Line
runs. These stores. originally detached
work together as a single tale with 3
continuity of interest.
au hor of THE Wings of the Morn
ing" etc. New York: Edward j.
Clode.
Since THE Wings of the Morning the
reader of Louis Tracy picks up each new
book ON his pen in the hope of finding
the story located on desert island.
There IS no disappo'n .ment in this re-
spect n the case of he st work. Mi
rabel's Island" is a desr- tea ~ 81 land
lying off the coast of SEQ land AMI sf-
1orulng an exceptional opportunity for
the romance that develops there. a
Young Eng ish yachtsman of wealth and
storm that ha~ xii ed one CT : is crew and
swept the other overheard. There he finds
young WON" n IF efinement tying alone
save for the company Of a teri er a d a
talk ng jackdaw. Needless to suggest a
romance develops and equally needless
is 1t to STATE that the course Of true love
runs far from smoothly. Indeed COM
cation develops that seems beyond 60.
'Ut'"n, but u'ti~""te'y things are s+-ai~ht.
ened. as Mr.. Tracy always s.raightens
them. and all is well.
TANGLESs Tales a. SOME Doll Pre-
dic"ments. BY Margaret Cameron.
author Of 1.-The Tnvolun -arv Chapar-
on" etc. Illustrated: Harper &
Bros.
Here are fifteen little tales Of today,
stories which work out apparently un-
solvab'e problems. and bits of personal
adventures in large cites with an occa-
{efa ha
futile to question the likelihood of any
of these chance condolences or the com
p, cations resulting from coincidence.
Things of this sort .appen all tire time
The author has given great deal of
pleasure in publishing these tales. which
are droll enough to otter rich amusement
and occasionally to the point CT causing
a glow of feeling. Some Of them have
been printed previously.
WH TO-. By Elizabeth Kent. author of
The House Opposite" etc. New
York: q. p. Putnam's Sons
The long arm of coincidence creaks in
the joints as 1t sets the pace for this
tale Of mystery. located in and near Lon
don. Individually the. reader is properly
befuddled by the problem which the
author presents "Who killed Lord Will
mersley?" There are several persons.
shot. The pursuit is aimed specifically at
two women, but ultimately a third proves
to have been involved in the affair, and
by the time she appears on tie scene
the reader Is n proper state of mind
to accept almost any explanation. \ love
theme is worked into this tale.
DEYN.ARD'S DIVORCE. BY Edna Good
rich. Boston: Richard G. Badger.
Two features of this work will give If a
certain selling vogue for little while. q
full-leneth portrait on the paper cover.
presumably Of the author, and the au-
thor's name. coupled with the fact that
the perpetrator Of this utterly impossible
narrative has figured as one Of the several
wives-successive, not simultaneously a
man whose chief claim to notoriety is
that he is the most married man on the
American stage. Just in passing it may
be permissible to quote particularly in
teresting paragraph descriptive of the ap-
pearance of the fair defendant in 'Dey-
nards' divorce proceedings as she ap-
pears on the witness stand:
Bec0min"ly gowned in rich dark seal
velvet. with a sug~ estion of barbaric ORR
entalism in its strikin" scarlet and gold
advertisement she made picture of
sultry-eyed. warm-cheeked and moist-Ip-
ped loneliness that held the indulsent
raze of every man in the room, her hus-
band alone excepted
lnefe Is real entertainment In these
pages.
THE ALPS AS SEEN BY THE POETS.
Edited by J; Walker Mcspad len
author of Famous Painters of
America" New York: Thomas Y
Crowell Company.
For great many years artists have
been sketchine and poets have been writ
ing about those wonderful mountains that
spire up In central Europe, to the won.
derment of all who have viewed them. 1t
was happy idea to gather into single
volume the best of the poems about them
and to embellish the volume with artistic
illustrations. Here is the product, an
EXQUISITE book that viii! appeal to all
lovers of the Alpine scenery. and fur
ni"hes another handsome git book for
color plates give the work an unusual
value.
INDUSTRIOUS DANES OF THE COURT
OF THE VALOIS KINGS. BY Pie re
De BOurdeille and CA. Saint
Beuve. Literally translated by
Katharine Prescott Wormeley IL
Illustrated with photographers from
the original paintings New York:
The Lamb Publishing Company.
A few years before her death Miss
Wormeley translated a number Of impor-
tant works from the French, and they
were published in elaborate form quite
appropriate to their character and distinc-
ton, but unfortunately this style of e,.i-
ton was such as to place these books out
Of reach of the average reader. Now they
have been reprinted in more mouerate