The Washington times., 1916-05-08
Book Reviews
THE wHIRLIGIG OF TINE. by wayiand
Wells Williams. New York: Frederick A.
Stokes Company. Price 81. 20

Wells williams. New York: Frederick A.
Stokes Company. Price 81. 30
II there Is any one note more
noticeable than another In the present.
day Action. aside from the war stories.
IL Is that Of the analysis OF masculine
character. subjectiveiy portrayed. In
Mr.. Williams book the relation OF two
brothers. narrated from their boyhood.
through manhood to maturity. is the
theme. and he has done a mastery piece
of work.
The book will arouse much discussion
and we suspect o deal OF anita gonism
among Yale men. because II handles
mercilessly the undergraduate problem
at that particular college. The family
group Of which the two Wimbourne
boys form a part IL interesting. though
the background Is evidently sketched In
for the two center figures. Altogether
the book Is one OF the best Of the
spring.
translated from the Russian by RODE
Stokes Company. Price. n.S. 4. =
In despair we quote the translator OF
this latest vviume Of Gorky. chiefly be-
cause other words fail us. She says:
fiction. and not In the least about the
author himself. 1t Is his most artistic
and his most philoeophic work"
To the student Of Russian philosophy
we recommend the book. for II may be
all that this admirer says. But to our
mind Il II dreary, needlessiy disgusting.
and revolving. And will the student OF
Russian philosophy please not leave IL
unguarded on his study table for hrs
young people to come upon.
ADAMS GARDEN; By Nina wilcox Put
Company. Price. Sis net.
Adams Garden" Is a cheerful story.
and. besides, is remarkably well writ
ten. Relating the adventures of a
young man An business and in love, we
found II entertaining from cover to
cover. and we recommend II for a place
In the list of the summer fiction for
mountain and seashore.
A SENSATIONAL DRAGON. ny Nina Larry
Duryes- New York. George II. Doran
Company. Price. u.25.
Such picture OF American life In
Paris could only have been obtained by
a most Intimate knowledge of the con-
as Mrs. Bradish and her. daughter
and we should be grateful for It, be-
cause after the war such conditions
will have ceased to exist.
To our. mind the title IL the most dis
appointing part of the book. and we
caution the BUYERS Of summer fiction to
glance through its pages before deciding
against IL. The story H. entertaining. in
Itself. besides the social information II
contains. and II has the additiononal
advantage Of being longer than most
novels Of the spring.
THE PORTION OF 4 CHAMPION; Ry
Charles Nscribner's Cons. Price. 81. re- net.
This most unusual book Is a romance
OF the heroic age In Ireland. One gets
the atmosphere OF that earlier simpler
time. the details OF. fights, and defeats:
and eonquests. of how men loved and
lived when Ireland was young.
ANTWERP TO GALLTpoIL. BY Arthur
Ruhi. New York: Charles scribner's
Sons. $50 net.
TO those who are making a study
o. well-written descriptive accounts OF
warfare rs II r. today, this book of
interest.
THE coNscRIPT MoTHER-By Robert
asrrioh' New York; Charles scribners
Out or the mass of literature finding
inspiration in the Great War. this Is
one OF the few that has gained the
atmosphere OF the conflict without har-
rowing descriptions OF battle. II Is a
| simple recital of the devotion of one
| Italian mother to her soldier son. ira
cling her anxiety during the days and
| months OF waiting preceding The actuai
declaration OF war, her endless search
| for him In the mobilization camps and.
| finally, her unexpected resignation when
, he dies in battle.
She is. the reader reefs. but a repre-
| sentative of all the mothers who have
| sent their sons to war. Signora Mai
| roni's anxiety over her sons cold Is but
| one outward expression of her real fear
| in allowing him to leave with his regi-
| ment, She had even induced him TO en-
| list In the Kings Grenadiers. hoping
that they would remain as the guard al
| Rome7-only to learn that they would
accompany the ruler to the front for
| the first active service.
| Just how many times the same story
has been actually duplicated will never
be known. OF course. but In the telling
| OF this one the author has managed Ia
convey his broad sympathy for ali
mothers bereaved by the war.
WILD APPLES-By' Jeanne Robert Foster.
Boston: Sherman French n Co. Price,
| N00.
The poet has a very real desire to ex.
press the beauty and poignancy OF no.
nance. The poem to william p, Frye
and others show a deep love of the ses
and power of vivid Interpretation. "ori
mel. dramatic fragment, Ia exquisitel,