Evening star., 1917-03-04

faith in second sight" to furnish the
motif of this little story Continued
personal existence beyond the limits of
this life is the import of the story. The
little scotch girl embodying this idea
is gifted with the mystical vision that
apprehends those rarer substances.
Her own playmate and friend Is the
wee brown Elspeth." invisible except
enlarge. admitting friends from the
real world of towns and cities, denlZens
of that less material existence come
also into her friendship. lover comes
and goes. He. too, becomes one OF
these ethereal. but none the less real
of her companions. The drama of this
revelation is a rapid, vigorous sketch
of Scotch life. with the relics OF
deathless clan fealty clinging to it. The
effect of the little story. an effect quite
out of proportion to the simple vehicle
by which it is produced, is that OF
easement to hearts that grow sore un-
der the dread of final separations, under
the misery of uncompleted missions.
THE CELTIC DAWN. BY Lloyd r.
Norris. New York: The Macmil-
Ian Company.
This is a survey of the elements en-
terins into the renascence in Ireland.
The period covered by this study is the
past thirty years. Its purpose is to
separate lines of revival and renewal
that, within this period. have marked
the common life of Ireland. Most read
ers know something of the efforts of
the Irish to bring the Gaelic language
to the surface again. and they Know
something of the activity OF a group OF
Irish writer's to create poetry and
drama out of the folk lore of the is
land. as they know in detached way
certain other current facts about this
part of the world. What Mr.. Morris so
Serviceably does here is to bring these
parts into relation for the sake of max
ing it clear that. diverse as they may
seem, they are. nevertheless. all parts
of a single movement. Under five
fold consideration they are. in the study
in hand. brought to bear upon the
whole field of Irish thought. These
five lines of discussion are the revival
of Gaelic as the language of daily
speech, literature. the drama, economic
and social reform and political aspira-
tion on the part of the great body of
leader of this full movement, of this
renascence, Mr. Morris asserts to be
George w. Russell. or "a. E. poet.
mystic. philosopher. artist. economist
and critic" the most vital and YER
satile personality in contemporary Ire
land" This tribute may incline one to
the thought that Mr.. Morris is an en-
thusiast-and why should he not be-
an enthusiast alone. On the contrary
this study is a plain and searching in
vestigation of facts which are here
correlated into a finely organized view
of the various forces that are working
toward the rehabilitation of Ireland
THE MEMOIRS OF A WHITE ELE-
PLANT. BY Judith Gautier Trans
lated from the French by S. A. B.
Harvey. Illustrated by L. H. Smith
and S. B. Kite. New York: Duffield
& Co.
PlutarchS elephant-the one that
practiced circus tricks when alone, to
keep up with his more accomplished
brothers-has a rival in this hero. who
unites his own adventures through an
amanuensis. who merely publishes the
book. Primarily. the story was meant
for French children, but because of its
popularity Mile. Gautier. already IA
nous for her tales of Persia and other
far off lands. was persuaded by the
translator into acquainting the little
people of this country with the good
and wise animal who had such re-
phant isn't happy when he lives with
gray ones. who look down on him. so
the poor hero slips away from the
herd and is on his way to the loneli-
ness of the vast forest when-Some-
thing splendid happens that takes him
to court. where there is a dear little
girl named Princess-But only the
elephant could tell the story just right.
There are lovely full page illustrations
and the elephant. himself. with his lit
tie playmate in her silver howdah.
marches across a cover of silver and
shaded blues.
A DRAKE BY GEORGE! BY John
Trevena. New York: Alfred A.
Knopf.
Being an Englishman and possessed of
The name of Drake. what more natural
than that an inventive mind should re-
place the name of William by that of
Francis that it should prefix the title of
captain, and that, this done. the owner OF
this flexible mind should emerge full
blown into lineal descendant of Eliza
beth's immortal admiral. That is what
j Ohm Treyena takes aS the foAn 4..---:--- =