Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-07
achieved modest ten-acre hilltop
farm somewhere outside of Buffalo, one

achieved a modest, ten-acre hilltop
farm somewhere outside of Buffalo. one
whose highest top disclosed the waters
Of Lake Erie. One is let comfortably
into the business from its very begin
ming. with the buying of the farm. From
this point he helps in all the subsequent
proceedings-fixing up the old house, re-
storing Jacobs Well. acquiring a
'-nred man and putting in the crops.
, The author writes quite lyrically about
his apple orchard and makes a Bach
chic song about his grape vines sagging
with frutage. He paints pastoral pic
lures wherein cows and pigs. ducks and
hens compose in memoryStirring
groups. and where lovely sunsets march
in changing color schemes from May
to December The whole story sets one
in a Springtime fever of counting his
dimes and half-dimes to see if ever he.
/ too. may hope TO achieve some little
space % ground from which he. too. may
learn the glory of the grubbng- hoe and
invite a "healthful hobby to defer old
age and pay back a long-neglected debt
Of gratitude and half-forgotten love.
THE QUEST OF GLORY. BY Marjorie
Bowen. author of God and the
King" etc New York: E. ., Dutton
Company
Marjorie Bowen has earned good place
of her own as teller OF romantic tales.
These. strictly speaking, are not historical
novels, but rather adventures Of historic
flavor The eighteenth century is the
broad field of these inventions, whether
the special set OF events takes line in
Holland or England or France. As a
foundation for her work Miss Bowen has,
in the first place. studied her history les
son we'll. She takes no liberties with the
facts of the period used. These stand
straight and clear. In the second place.
this author has a superb imagination-
rich picturesque, controlled, fit to time
and place and circumstance. Coupled
with a keen feeling for life as it adven-
lures out in the glow of some romantic
emprise these powers manifest them
selves in vivid dramas. Here, people Of
history commonly no more than half
realized. take on the full pattern of living
men and women. cotemporaneouS and at
hand Here. believable incident and APP
ppsite scene rc-enbody some ghostly or
forgotten day and age. \ noble French
youth of Provence is the hero of this tale.
Louis Nv is king. The single road to
glory for the youth of France is war.
For France and the king is the rally
ing cry The story opens in Splendidly
poignant picture of the retreat of the
French army from Prague across the
frozen fields Of Bohemia. after the futile
effort of France to place Frederick OF
Prussia on the throne of Austria II
look for a name like that of Vassili Yer
eschagin as its sigma ture. The story
moves swiftly with the young herOs re-
vulsion against war. with his slow re-
making into a man of peaceful quests. A
scholar. philosopher-as such counted a
poor fellow. since only war means glory
despised Of his family. unhappy in love.
Impoverished and neglected, he at last
dies alone. his glory a thing for the
world to gather later out of his high phi
losophy Miss Bowen makes a very noble
and winning person of this Marquis de
Vauvenargues. just as she makes an alb
sorbing romance out OF the circumstances
through which he moves
"MR. HOBBY;" Cheerful Romance.
BY Harold Kellock. illustrated by
George &. Harper New York: The
Century Company.
Though in the main inconsequential, this
is bright and engaging little story A
nleasant elaboration where sense and
nonsense run q neck-and-neck race. one
reads here how a man failed miserably to
become even poor lawyer for the reason
that he was bent. body and soul. to the
study Of bugs, beetles and butterflies. In
brighter vein he learns later how this
foolish and despised hobby brought the
hero II that the law so steadfastly denied
him \ brisk love story anmates and