Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-11

and has made a study of the life of
China, though, as he explains mo one
knows what is the life of China, with her
countless manners and customs, her end
less varieties and traditions This seems
to show that nothing is too terrible or
curious or splendid or sorrowfuls to hap
pen to the RomeOs and Juliets of the
Celestial Kingdom. which makes it all
the more delightful for Ching-li and Lin,
who marry, each, to please their parents
and yet live happy ever after"
THREADS OF GRAY AND GOLD. By
Myrtle Reed. New York: G. P. Put
MANS Sons.
This collection from the writings of the
late Myrtle Reed will appeal to her adj
mirers and to all readers interested in
the romances of men OF American his
tory In 1.-THE Courtship of George Wash
ington'' the text value is heightened by
a water color frontispiece reproduced
from a drawing by Clara M. Burd. Other
heart sketches include the love luck OF
Thomas Jefferson, Randolph of Roanoke,
Jackson, Buchanan and Lincoln, with a
backward glimpse at the love, loyalty
and tragic fate Of Theodosia. daughter
of Aaron Burr. The Technique of the
Short story and Writing Book con-
the authors own experience, and in ad-
dition to many republished poems and
prose sketches Of miscellaneous interest
is an opening tribute to the dead writer
written by Addison Blakely-"ln Memory
of a Weaver of Dreams.
The book is artistically margined IN
red lettering and bound in pastel blue,
with gilt tracery and blossoms of pastel
pink.
LOVE IN A HURRY. By Gelett Bur-
CESS, author of The Heart Line"
etc. Illustrated by r. "a Brinker.
hoff Indianapolis: Bobbs- Merrill
Company.
At about 10 o'clock one morning Hall
Bonistelle, PHOTOGRAPHER" was IN
formed by a lawyer that under his un
cle's will, which had been lost and just
discovered, he was to inherit $4.OcOOoO on
the condition that he was married by the
time he was twenty-eight years old. HIS
twenty eighth birthday legally began az
midnight Thus he had just fourteen
hours in which to find a bride If ne was
TO get the money He Immediately be-
gan proposing to all the women he couia
reach in order to be sure of getting one
who would marry him within the re-
uuired time. There was one close d,
hand, his faithful assistant. VINO Woudu
have accepted unhesitatingly. millions or
no millions. but he overlooked her, and
conseouently got himself into a desperate
predicament because each OF the three
women whom he had asked in marriage
learned of the legacy and decided to ac-
cont him How he is extricated from
this difficulty and how he gets a pr1de
before midnight Mr.. Burgess tells In MS
cIeverest manner. He has written this
lively and entertaining tale In such form
as to render it easily susceptinie OF ora
matte production, but this is in no sense
a novelized play, though it has peen
written with a view to possible stage
nresentation. 1t is alive with action from
start to finish and reaches most uhsA-
pected climax.
CIRCFvS DAUGHTER. BY Priscilla
Craven. author of "a Lighted Can
die !" etc. New York: Duffield IL co.
Gilbert Currey undoubtedly took long
chance when he married the daughter OF
Mrs. Iverson, better known among the
smart set of London as "Circe' on &C
count of her well known disregard OF
moral limitations and the number and
variety of her amorous adventures. Blu.
Gilbert. being a hard-headed snreWd
man of the law. with a great career be-
fore him, decided to take that chance
ON the ground that there is nothing In
heredity and that Claudia Iverson could
not possibly be like her mother. He was
correct in this. but Claudia nevertheless
had a narrow escape from qualifying as
with Currey proved failure in that she
found him unequal to her expectations.
The story presents clear, convincing
picture of London social life and offers
a number of well drawn characters
EspecialIy interesting and appealing is
the "Girlie Girl" favorite of the music
halls, whom Claudia's brother marries
in a. moment of infatuation, to the horror
of his aristocratic family. A stage &C
cident puts an abrupt end to her theatre
cal career and develops her real fine
nature i'm circumstances to forward the
romance of Claudia. With no particular
Significance this is nevertheless an i'm
pressve tale of the times.
THE DESTROYER; A Tale of Inter-
national Intrigue. By Burton Il.
Stevenson. author of The Holiday
Case" etc. Illustrated by Thomas
> Fogarty. New York: Dodd. Mead &
Co. -.
Using the real names of important Off
cial personages in France, Mr.. Steven
son tells here a story of international