Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-08
at-Home.' etc. New York: Henry
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Little Betty OF Betty Bide- At Home"
comes across into this new novel. She is
big girl now, finished up with an edu-
cation that is stuck full of the modern
womans notions. She is. too. somewhat
in support OF these notions. well on the
way toward substantial success as a
plaEwriter The hero is a German toy
soldier exiled by n done-out father to
America, where. throughout the length of
this story. he cuts a rather sorry figure.
save for good looks and an unborn babyS
ignorance Of men and life. Even after
one has charitably counted the strange
ness of this new country TO the boy. and
the early handicap of having been teth-
cred by his mothers apron string. he still
sings pretty low. However. a man is just
what a womans imagination makes of
him. And with the maternal side of
Betty uppernost whenever this beauti-
full and helpless boy appears, the expect
ed comes to pass. and Betty imagines
him straight into her own heart This
contamination suits the reader, as he
prays it will continue to suit Betty For
along the way of this adventure the in
gratiating boy has captured good will
from everybody; so. one likes to feel that
Betty will write plays and look after
him. and keep him from becoming quite
lost before he finds himself as there are
signs that he is finally sure to do. An
uncommonly interesting group of men,
Americans and Germans, with one wom-
an besides Betty, fills up the corners and
much of the middle ground of this ro-
nance in a spirited and wholesome set of
Sympathies and pursuits. 1t is highly
entertaining story, whose best work
comes out in the art with which the au-
thor reScues the TOY soldier from con-
tempt and passes him over, very Iowa
BILE human being. into the profound lik-
ing of the reader.
Warren, author of "The Land of the
Living" etc. New York: Harper &
Bros.
This is true story, essentially true. It
is, besides. one of strong character and
exceptionally good workmanship. 1t is
the story of Janet Bellamy, from a little
child. through the emotional and vicissi-
tous years of girlhood up to the approach
of her marriage It will be hard to find a
franker, or more penetrating, or more
sympathetic picture of the secret turmoil
of young girls life than the story of
Janet Bellamy reveals. 1t is, to be sure,
the common and convenient theory that
little girls are not thinking about any,
thing at all. The Lord only knows where
this theory came FROM 1t is probably one
of those innumerable made-up things
that people cling to. as if the mere cling
ing to theory would. if persisted in.
hatch out a coveted fact. Any woman
who remembers her own beWildered child
hood can sponsor Janet Bellamy Under
the figure of Janet changing like an in
sect from larva to chrysalis, and then to
winged and soaring creature, Mrs.
Warren makes an absorbingly true and
provocative story.
MADELEINE At HER MIRROR: a
WOman's Diary. BY Marcelle Tin
ayre. author of The Shadow of
Love" Authorized translation from
the French by Winifred Stephens.
New York: John Lane Company.
Madame Tinayre's diary is picture
book wherein impressions, reflections.
fancies, dreams and memories flock in