Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-05

in the wars by which he exalted to its
zenith the kingdom of the Modes and the
Persians and seated on the throne be-
side him the beautiful daughter Of Cyrus
the Princess Athura. Mr.. Odell is a good
example of the almost phenomenal per-
son who possesses the rare gift of being
able to slip out of his own time and
place back into some remote complex Of
circumstances, absorbing this. not only
in It's externals. but In Its inner meaning
and feeling as well. A stirring and bril-
liant story, full of promise for even bet
ter ones.
TOYA THE UNLIKE. BY Eleanor
Meroein Kelly. With a frontspiece
by Arthur Hutchins. Boston: Small,
Maynard & Co.
Toya is so refreshing in her unlikeness
to everyday girls as to entice even a
reader from California into a favorable
view of Japanese emigration-provided
the invasion be strictly limited to little
girls patterned after the heroine of Mrs.
Kellys book. With an American artist
for a father, and for mother Madame
Thousand joys, the famous geisha dancer
of Japan. and with Harry San a New
York Glubman. for guardian and friend,
the girl is provided both by inheritance
and circumstance with the multiplicity OF
tantaliZing graces that merge into tnal
one indefnable quality we know as mag
netic charm. There Is a rich old grand
father, with heart tight-locked under
crusty personality, and a New York
chorus girl with her heart on her sleeve
And both have their share in unraveline
the romance tangles of the little jap
anese maid and the handsome. reckless
guardian, who has acquired the habit
Of admiring "O-Lily-san," and mistakins
it for love. until she becomes a widow
Which opens his eyes to the beautffu
fact that he really prefers Togo. because
she Is unlike And the telling Of II
makes a delightful story.
WRITTEN IN THE SAND. BY G. R.
Duval. author of Shadows of Old
Paris" Philadelphia: The John c.
Winston Company.
Here is a perfervid tale of the desert
fairly bristling with a Saharan heat OF
love, which, however, proves as evanes.
cent as the mirage that tantalizes, but
upon vanishing leaves the hapless victim
to perish. 1t is an interesting story. and
carries the atmosphere of the grea'
| waste replete with charming description
| 1.-The violet night faded into the opalint
| tremors of coming dawn. Star after stal
| put out its light: there was silence. the
silence of the desert. which is so intense
| that it becomes even as voice In thu
u.
yellow sands of the Sahara, where he hat
| fallen asleep in peace at last, with hi.
| face turned eastward toward the RISING
/ SUM- Thus the story ends.
THE SILENCE OF MEN. BY H. F. Pre-.
vost Battersby, author Of "The Las,
Resort" False Dawn" etc. New
| York: John Lane Company.
| Mr.. Battersby is a delightful depicte
| of camp and garrison life in India, of it.
social side and characters. Into his mar
rative he weaves a rather hectic low
story, which, however. fortunately give:
| way later to one of more wholesome ma
| ture that ends well.
| A SELF-SUPPORTING HOME. By Kate
v. Saint Maur. With many illus
trations from photographs. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
1t has been nearly ten years since Mrs
Saint Maur gave her account of "a self
supporting home and thereby pointed
| q way to independence and happiness t.
| many a city-bound person. Now tn
| book, having run through numerous re