Evening star., 1916-12-31
Reviews of New Books

and feeling. More than any other
modern writer has he seized in its full
ness the essential unity OF the universe.
thing il q part Of the whole. obviously
and manifest1y part Of the whole.
Every aspect OF nature, and every fact
in 1t. Is man in another appearance.
Just as man Is only q different aspect
rents of Identification and illumination
pass and repass between them In an
endless circle Of unity. And these
STRAY Birds are the homing thoughts
that speed from the heart Of man to
that of some form Of his second self
that lives as tree. or cloud, or stream.
or that broods in some legend OF an
age-old existence. or lies deep In the
thoughts of God Himself. This is a
book Of wondrous wisdom. wisdom that
long unvexed afternoons. It is also a
book of surprising beauty. And this
wisdom and this beauty belong indis-
putably to the present, illuminating 1t
and defining 1t, as a glorified and In
spring part of the universe itself.
WHEN THE PRUssIANs CAME TO
POLAND. BY Laura de Gozdawa
Turczynowicz. illustrated. New
York: G. F. Putnam's Sons.
At the German Invasion of Poland
this American woman. the wife Of a
Polish noble. was caught in the tide
Of that invasion. For days Won Hin
denberg made her house his headquar-
ters, showing how completely she and
her household were within the center
of this inundation. Now, in America
the writer is telling the story of the
Prussians in Poland as this occupation
came under her own eyes. 1t Is q
straightforward story. one whose es-
sential character is such as to need no
artifce to make IL carry to the con-
victions and sympathies of readerG:
Constant fear for the safety Of herself
and her children. the unremitting strug-
sickness, work with the Red Cross con-
tingent. and finally release and per
mission to cross Germany into Hol-
land. then the journey to America
which the details of this poignant war
story circle. The husband of Nine.
TurczynowicZ is with the Russian
army, an inspector-in chief of the san
itary engineers. while she with her
three children is in America, writing
and talking for the people Of Poland.
although she does not advocate sending
material relief to Poland for under
existing circumstances l know ii would
not be the Poles who would eat the
the more lasting one of helping the
Poles to rehabilitate themselves when
the war is over. In an introduction
the writer gives a beautiful picture of
the truly patriarchal attitude of her
husband and other Polish noblemen
toward the peasantry. teaching them
how to cultivate their plots of land.
supplying the seed. and helping them
practically from then on till the har-
vest. According to her statement Po-
land was in a wonderful stage of evo-
luton and progress at the outbreak OF
the war. The book is illustrated. chief
ly, by pictures of the beautiful family
OF the writer. Each Of these war stories
and must have. II is the broken family
that stands at the front in this one.
CIRCUIT RIDERS WIDOW. BY
Cora Harris. author OF THE Cir
cult Riders Wife" etc. Illustrated
by Walter II. Everett. New York:
Doubleday. Page & Co Washing
ton: Woodward & Lothrop.
This writer is as quick as a flash to
catch the disparities that exist between
solid common sense and the various
forms OF nonsense. That power is. in
effect. her literary asset. 1t constitutes
the gift of humor that passes her books
of laughing enjoyment. Having been
the circuit riders wife in such an un-
qualified odor of success, Cora Harris.
in the natural course of events, here
becomes his widow. With only slight
changes OF scene and event from those
that marked her wifehood to the cir
cult rider. she continues her role OF
friend and philosopher in the rural
community Of her earlier adventures
Any village community might use this
book as q mirror. II 1t would. SO true
to. the characters and interests Of vii