Evening star., 1914-11-28

his wife. 'Thracian Sea" Is a horse
whose little Jockey, Jim. Is seriously
Injured while riding him. In the hos.
pital the discovery that little Jim Ii
his own son as well as the daring rider
OF his famous racer leads to Burkett't
! Yeomans. Now this in the world would
| never have happened. James Burkett
would have gone on in the immemorfal
way of despising the woman whom he
had led astray And this is where Mr.
Helston strains his story to the break
ing point. Along the course of this ro-
nance the writer has a good deal tc
say. in thoughtful and serious manner
about man love and woman love. about
the separate standards held up to each
and about the righteousness of reduc-
ing these to a single one. Much of his
| writing is lyrically beautiful and noble
1t is only at the last that the story
leaves its logical course and becomes
erratic and disappointing.
GERMAN MASTERS OF ART. By
Helen A. Dickinson, M. A. Phi. D.,
formerly special lecturer in history
Of art at northwestern University.
New York: Frederick A Stokes
Company.
In this complete coherent unit. trac-
ing the development Of German paint
ing from the medieval craftsmen to AL
brecht Durer and his followers. Mrs
Dickinson has achieved a finely compe-
tent and notable study. The authors
exhaustive first hand study of German
art. coupled with exceptional general
scholarship. stands as full warrant for
the technical and historic accuracy of
the work in hand. Beyond this funda-
mental fact, the book possesses certain
conspicuous excellencies. It's organiza-
ton is admirably broad and clear. For
l.
many as we'll as for that of the stu
dent and reader. the artists are here
classified according to the places in
which their chief work was done, CIV
ing the schools of Cologne. Swabis and
Nuremberg. Each of these centers in
cluded the region lying round about 1t
and a group of artists bound together
by certain general likenesses of out
look and work. Again. the study pos
sesses the virtue of considering this
art as a reflection Of the life and char
acter of the people. Its interpretations
throughout are from this national and
convincing standpoint. 1t is a bounti-
fully illustrated study, very neces-
subject. 1t is most readable book,
untechnical in phrasing, inspiring in
spirit. book In which the layman in
art. as we'll as the professional, may
notable survey Of the development Of
German painting.
THE STUDY OF MODERN PAINTING.
By Margaret Steele Anderson. With
illustrations of the work of Euro
pean and American artists. New
York: The Century Company.
The purpose of this critical study is
to gather UP the movements and drifts
in modern painting and to present
these In their special significances to
the general reader. To meet this pur-
pose the author reviews the various
countries of Europe and that of the
United States in respect to their work
by modern painters. In concrete, illus
trative ways and in a broadly apprais-
ing spirit she shows what the painters
of each of these countries are doing,
or trying to do. Analysis and compari-
son of their aims and methods and
work deduce the conclusion that mod
ern painting is animated by unity OF
purpose, that it is under the common
control of threefold impulse and
aim The first of these is that mod
ern painting does not concern Itself
with design and line. Its business Is
to solve the problem of light. Its ap-
peal is to the eye. 1t is a matter OF
pure optics The second of these COM
mon impulses is a trend toward purely
decorative painting. And the third de-
fines modern painting as highly Sc