Evening star., 1912-11-09

/ lea this man is Hector Stone when he
| is not Joe Blackie. AS the former he Is
| a rich and philanthropic man trying to
persuade employers toward amelforative
measures. As the latter he Is himself a
| factory hand, testing theory by expert
ence. In Europe his great distinction is
as the husband Of the beautiful and af-
ficted chatelaine of the castle. fine
| American girl compleXes the matter ma
| terially. Mrs. Peterson has no intention,
| however. of permitting this situation to
| furnish excuse for f1abby conduct. Rather
| does she build upon it a story of decent
| self-restraint. of pity and kindness, sucn
| as-one believes-is a much more common
story than the majority Of novel writers
would have us believe.
THE INN OF TRANQUILLITY: Studies
author of "a Motley" etc. New
York: Charles Scribners Sons.
Washington: Brentanos.
| The subtitle of this volume implies that
this is bundle of exercises, mere prac-
| tice sheets. like a painters portfolio.
| Nothing of the sort. These portraits,
| sketches, dreams, allegories, reflections,
are quite in this authors most finished
style Each is a production. All together
make up the exquisite whatnot with
| which Galsworthy interprets himself and
| the things about him. To select one from
another of these, to say of this one or
that, that this is not only the most appeal
| ing, but that 1t is also the most charac-
teristic of Galsworthy's inimitable man.
ner. is quite impossible. Each one is the
best at the moment of reading. All are
| models of the little, close-at-hand thing
with Which this author deals, seized in it's
greatest fullnesS of significant detail, and
thrown off the hand into the air winging
and Einglng In a straight flight.
THIRTEEN YEARS OF A BUSY
WOMAN'S LIFE. BY Mrs. Alec
yweedie. author of Through Fin
l~1and in Carts" ETC. New York: John
Lane Company
We come out Of this voluminous book
as fresh as a cup of tea. In the first
place. by the good offices of this viva
cious lady, Mrs. Alec Tweedie. we have
met and talked with any number of per-
sonages-lords and ladies. writer's and
artists, statesmen and diplomats, men of
affairs and those of no affairs. men of
account, but none of no account. More
over, we have, personally conducted,
| travelled about a bit in America and Eu-
rope, listening meanwhile to a flood a
very refreshing flood, of clever comment,
shreWd opinion. gay and witty badinage,
from this chatelaine of the polite world
Pleasurable as all this is, it Is little COM
pdFeu Will tue IdcL tfdL along tne way
this lady is telling about herself. her
early life and marriage, widowhood and
work, with observations on Almost every
| sort of thing-journalism, the making of
| books, the aspects of society, the status
| of women. And when topics refuse to be
| classified. Mrs. Tweedie good-naturedly
! goes on talking, bundling these unaccom-
| modating topics together as '.jottings'
and more jottings." Under this bright
! melange, sketchy and vivid as summer
| 1fxvt,f :~I
stratum of pluck and courage and sheer
| dauntlessness that translates this hit-or-
miss account into something like an in
/ Spiration to readers.
THE DRAMA OF LOVE AND DEATH:
| a Study Of Human Evolution and
TRANSPORTATION. BY Edward Car
| penter, author of Towards Democ-
racy,' etc. New York: Mitchell
| kennerley.
| Mr.. Carpenter asks the old riddles.
What is love? What is death? In the
general scheme of existence what are the
supreme uses of love and Death? Are
they enemies. these two? Rather, are they
not friends and allies, waiting together to
| be summoned to the service of humanity
Why should they longer, therefore, be
| left, in the name of fate. or destiny, or
providence, to chance, outside of human
calculation, objects OF dread or terror?
| May they not, their essences and uses
seized, become the messengers to the next
| order of life, and it's agents? In answer
| to these queries, the author spreads the
drama of love and death, stimulatin
discussion-plausible and provocative. TIC
support his revelation and give it sub
stance, the author, so far as this is pos
sible makes use of the facts of science
| Where knowledge fails he steps across
| into the field of speculation. Psychology,
physics and philosophy in one or an
| other Of its aspects are of distinct service
| in the completion of this drama To those
! of us who lean to Mr.. Carpenters way
of thinking and believing, the drama is a
| suggestive and directive study. stirringly
and .eloquently put. To those not of this
| way of thinking, 1t is, of course, non-
sense if not blasphemy.
RUTHERFORD AND SON: A Play in
Three Acts. By Githa Sowerby. New
York: George II. Doran Company.
! The Nemesis of vocation is the theme Of
this rugged and gloomy drama. The play
evitable moment when old Rutherford
| finds himself, helpless. at the center of a
turbulent rebellion, in which his children
refuse to submit longer to the tyranny
of purely material ambition. and sell
| fish one. that quite overlooks their own
! individual claims to youth and happiness
and personal ideals, one whose only out
| look is long and dreary vista of work
and more work, all to be cast into the
common till of success and power for the
house of Rutherford. The play ends. as
| il must with Rutherford overborne and
taking what he can get. The children are
flown. like homing pigeons, each to his