The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02

mellow charm of an English countryside. Its hero Is Guy Hazlewood, whom many have met before; its heroine, Pauline Grey, youngest daughter of the rector of Wychford. Near this village of Wych- ford stands the old house called Plash- CTS Mead, long, low building which seemed "an integral part of the land scape." Guy Haziewood, fresh from Ok ford and a short trip into Macedonia, wanted to be a poet and decided that Wychford would be an ideal retreat. So he rented Plashers Mead and settled down there with an old housekeeper, a tiny income, and a quantity of books most of them unpaid for. And on the very first evening of his tenancy, a moon lit Octoberj night he was strolling in the orchard when he heard a girls soft, light laughter, and met three fair sis ters, all} woven about with mist and moonshthe
 Pauihe is a heroine of the old fash toned Romantic type, e dainty creature, impulSive, sensitive full of childlike glee when{ we first meet her, ardent unre- strained, entirely emotional She is of those who live altogether in their feel ings craving affection, one whose whole existence is love and love only It is easy td understand why Guy fell in love with her.
 
 detail and is fascinatingly original. , THE A-B-C OF ARCHITECTURE" By Frank E. Wallis. Harper Brothers,
 publishers, New York
 'A-B-C of Architecture" by Frank E. Wallis, offers in compact and readable form the essential facts of architecture which everyone should know. This convenient little manual is admirably planned to equip the reader with concise but adequate survey of the whole field, from the early beginning of the Greek classic down to the CO., lonial and modern adaptations in our own country today.
 MT. Wallis has done more than set down in brief compass the salient facts of the different periods and styles. The historical development has been care fully traced, and 1t is made clear how the transitions in architecture from one epoch to another have their parallel or counterpart in the life history of the nations themselves. Special em- phasis has been laid upon the trade rdntes and commercial activities of Europe and the east, for their influ- enceS upon architecture has been ex- traordinary, although little understood. III ldCl MI. w dlilS IS COHlluudIly alive to the story that underlies the facts which he Nhas to present, and he awalS- ems in the, reader a great measure of that interest and enthusiasm which as professional architect he feels him. self for his lsubject.
 It is the intelligent seeker for culture who finds himself with limited leisure, and who can give but scant considera- tion to even the major arts, that MT. Wallis has had in mind in prenariuar this little volume. With the aid of drawings accompanying the text, any one who has few half hours to spare can secure a real understanding of the fundamentals of architectural art. In the facades and portals along any city streets he will recognize with distinct pleasure echoes of Greece and Rome. the Bayzantine empire and the Renais- sance. His eyes are opened to new beauties and to new understandings of the most ancient and the most majestic of the arts.
 THE PASSIONATE CRIME" By E. Temple Thurst6n. D. Appleton
 and company. publisher4SNew York.
 Brmful of Irish lore i$ the story "The Passionate Crime" Hubtitled as Thurston.
 clever-original
 The story has to do with one Anthony Sorel, the poet, who, i1i the words of out of the wind or make song to try the heart in me-" and of beautiful, spoiled, wilful Anna Quartermaine, a story whose tragic ending is told to the reader at the very beginnig, although the how and the why pf Anthony SorePs