Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-08

Illustrated from photographs. Lon
don: Adam and Charles Black.
eHE rich and beautiful Greek
legends themselves are no
more a matter of marvel and
fascination than is this story
of an ancient Hellenic civili-
cation literally spaded up out of the earth.
and spread out upon it's surface Tor the
reconstruction of history. and new view
of the roots of old Greek song and story
Recorded history grants this civilization
less than millennium before the De-
ginning of our own era. The explorations
OF the last half century, however, demon
strate Individually that early Hellas met
the two ancient civilizations of Babylon
and Mesopotamia on equal terms of both
time and degree. This monumental fact
covers the Homeric period with. the i'm
plication that its astonishing realism Is
a preservation of the surviving relics OF
an actual existence interviewer with
world of imagery into series of i'm
mortal pictures. One accepts this Demon
strat:oH OF a probable causality for the
Home!ic pageant, resolving, meanwhile
II read it over again in the light of this
uncovered theory.
Setting aside unfinished disputes and
the exclusive terminofogy of professed
Students. Mr.. Baikie weaves a magic
story of the comprehensive facts and
Implications of. these modern discoveries.
In one hand he holds the most significant
o. the legends and the whole Homerlc
life. In the other, the broad results OF
the excavations round about Mycenae
and throughout the Island of Crete. Us
ing these back and forth to identify, to
explain. TO establish, TO project, the au-
thor develops a brilliant story of the an
l. Of thntr
rise and fall, of their more than likely
kinship to the Homeric period. The book,
not written: specially for youth, never
theless. gravitates naturally toward those
who are fresh in their. joy over the
Greek legends and the stories of Troy
and Ulysses.
The BAHAI MOVEMENT. BY Charles
Mason Remey. Washington: Publish
ed by the author.
1t is difficult to imagine a more .eompre-
hensive view than this little volume gives
of the Bahai movement. To the most,
Bahaism is a new and strange religion,
wholly dependent upon a certain kind of
exposition to set it fairly in the open for
general study and subsequent acceptance
or denial. A high qualification for this
task marks the author of this book. Full
information, coupled with a. keen sense of
values, is here, where every lesser thing
makes way for the cardinal points of this
new faith. Terse expression accompanies
THIS gift of selection And, above all, the
ardor of a devotee animates the study.
Here is, first, an outline history of the
rise and advance of Bahaism. Following
this Is comparison of this new religion
with Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Budd-
hism, and so on up to its contrast with
New Thought" The subject is brought
to bear. also. upon the social, economic
and. eaacative influences of the present.
The sacred writings of Bahaism are in
dicated with its methods of imparting
the truths of this belief. The essence
of the faith. its heart and impulse is
peaee--a worldwide peace Its cardinal
fact is that Christ is come again, In the
person of ,Baha'o'llah. That God has
again made himself manifest. through
man. as He has, more than once, done
before, lin the urgency of mans need
That throughs this Man the slow march
OF meD toward ultimate. and final identi-
$cation- with God shall be complete To
one brought up as the most of JUS have
been this theory causes recoil. Upon
reflection, though, one is able to say,
at least. "Why not ?' A very sincere; and
fervent- study of the belief OF a believer
THE HIGHWAY 20 HAPPINESS. BY
Richard lie Gallienne, author Of
The Love Letters of the Kfng,'
etc. Decorations by Herbert De-
land Williams New 3dY ork.4. The
Morningside Press. $ - $3.50
This Is. Richard lie Caffeine in one OF
his increasingly rare best hours. And
even this beautiful hour is marred by the
lapse of its prevailing loneliness into a
final wicked and ugly moment Yet. the
condemnation here is not for lie Gallienne
alone. II must, in all fairness be admit
ted that life itself has set the pattern of
this Disagreement. This is an allegory-
youth setting out upon the open high
way. b,toyant and believing. 1t is worn
invention The -newness< Of it lies with
the author. He has made bright and
beautiful figures, such as we all-lOoking
backward-kTow youth to be. Around
them he has woven lovely imagery,
right out. OF the fabric Of youths dreams.
Virtue and. Truth, Faith and Hope.
friends Of Youth, set out with him upon
this happy road. Then Virtue, over
borne. dies. Truth leaves him. Faith de-
parts. Only Hope stays by. Throughout
here. poetry and vision join hands in full
and lovely measure But, at the last, a
demon joins. the comrany-the very de-
mon Of human life itself. The question
that rises Is whether the author is or is
not, excusable for lacking an ugly human
realism to the pure poetry and aspiration
of his beautiful vision of youth.
ELEMENTARY JANE. BY Richard
Price, author of The Burden of a
Woman etc, Boston: Houghtor
Miffin Company
By full name, Jane Smith. On the Lon
don play bills. Miss Jennie Tandem or
the music hall stage. a guiieless little
thing singing her cheap song about the
lane where the vi-lets nestle" the gal
lery huInming and .whistling its waltzy
cadence. and. on particularly good natur
ed nights, the audience catching up the
refrain and singing it for her,
ron the deep blue sea,
He is thinkin' of me.
An the d'y when well meet in the line,
while Jennie mute but prodigiously hap
py and grateful, sways to the rocking
tune like a fresh and dewy blossom in thu
breeze. Sweet, honest, loyal little Jam
Smith. Jane is of the few, both in book
and outside of them. who remain will
one out of the many whose passing
leaves no impression whatever. She il
as real as life and as winning as you'll