Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-01

until the denouement. To allay any
apprehension on the part of the sympa-
thetic, 1t could be said that the adage OF
the title is not completed. Mr.. Smart is
not separated from his money completely
and the dilemma that the story affords
is not a financial one. A characteristic
McCutcheon story of excellent quality.
WATERSPRINGS. BY Arthur Chris
TOPPER Benson. fellow Of Magdalene
College. Cambridge. New York: u.
T. Putnams Sons.
Mr.. Benson is in his best mood when
he writes of university life. In Water
springs he is especially effective in those
passages which deal with the atmosphere
of the great English educational seat.
Less happy is this narrative in its later
passages of involute introspection and
analysis. Still some delightful characters
result from the excursion of the Cam
bridge don into the country, particularly
Vicar Sandys with his interminable flow
of monologue, and Anne Graves, the
wonderful aunt, with her great clearneSS
of vision.
LITTLE SHAyERS; sketches From
Real Life. BY J. X. Shaver. New
York: The Century Company.
Mr.. Shaver is doing for American chill
dren in his pen-and-ink sketches what
Phil May did for the youngsters of Lon
don. In this volume some seventy-hve OF
his characteristic sketches have been re-
printed, giving a wide range of juvenile
portraiture. Many of these are re-
Elections of East Side life, but they in
clude a wide range. 1t Is Impossible 10
turn these pages without many hearty
laugh that demands company for full
appreciation.
THE PATCHWORK GIRL OF OF. BY
l.. Frank Baum, author OF The
Road to o. etc. illustrated by
John r. Neill Chicago: The Reilly
& Britton Company
1t Is related that Mr.. Baum had deter
mined to write no more "Oz'' books, but
a little girl of eight, who could not face
life without additions to the or literature,
besieged the author with letters. Finally
Mr.. Baum wrote to her that the land of
or was completely shut off from commu-
nication with all other countries and IT
was Impossible to get word from there,
whereupon she suggested that the author
use wireless telegraphy. All his objec-
tons carried down. Mr.. Baum yielded ana
through the medium of the wireless mas
again got into communication with w
and has produced a suitable SEQUEL TO the
Wizard and other stories of this de-
Eshtful series. Mr. Neili's pictures are
lust as clever as they Were In former
DAYS and he presents the Patchwork Girl
as a creature of almost human quality.
Some of the old friends reappear, such
as the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman,
and the story is full of excitement and
lots of fun.
HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS FROM THE
ST. LAWRENCE TO VIRGINIA
Written and illustrated by Chiffon
Johnson. New York: The Macmillan
Company.
This tour begins with pilgrimage
To John Browns cabin in the Adtron-
idacks and closes with rambies in West
Virginia after an idyllic tramp through
the states between. 1t is a picturesque
tourney, in which the reader comes in
intimate touch with native life along
the way Farmers. villagers, laborers
and roadside children contribute an
on tcome of incident and character
study which offers genial proof of the
authors own quality of comradeship.
and added to this narrative charm for
the general reader is Il fund of infor-
nation as to routes and scenic fea-
lures which will possess "a text book
value for any traveller inclined to make
the same trip. These tourist and au-
tomobiie notes are appended to each