Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-02
Reviews of New Books

truths and arid facts. This Is . truly
splendid book to look at and to handle
IA big and generous book. warm in
covering and gorgeous In old-tims
lures help the stories along stirr1ngly.
And the stories themselves. Here are
all the fairy tales-that is, all the best
fairy tales. in the English language
set down in q large and inviting print.
It Is treasure of book-one to re-
joice the heart Of any child and ono
to make the grown folks. too. look upon
1t with the eyes of desire.
FROM JOB TO JOB AROUND THE
WORLD. By Alfred c. B. Fletcher.
Illustrated from photographs New
York: Dodd, Mead & Co.
In the middle and early eighties It
was much the fashion for weli-to-do
young college men to top OF their
least. Of continental travel. In these
latter days the custom has fallen out.
been set aside by the necessity for a
into the field OF practical affairs. The
book in hand. however. gives q clear
case of reversion to the generally out
NODDED custom OF postgraduate travel.
Two young men-one Dartmouth and
the other the University Of California
are the agents Of this revival One
sharp difference sets them OF from
their leisured models of the last CEN
fury. They are penniless. And this
forms the pivotal fact Of the adventure.
the fact that lays out new paths of
travel. that brings to the reader a
thousand and one glimpses Of the busy
common life so wholly apart from the
conventional spectacle sought by the
Philippines. China. India, across to the
more familiar territory Of Europe. and
then home-this Is the course Of the
adventure of earning-one's -living-
around-the-world. Usually the two are
together. Sometimes the demands of
divergent "jobs" separate them for
time. Between tho two. however. they
pass over to the reader an experience
that is packed to the brim with the
common sights. the common Interests
monuments one knows enough already,
but about whose actual life he knows
little. or nothing at all. 1t Is an I'M
pretentious story, disclosing no reach
form. Rather does 1t. in this respect,
match exactly the OF hand spirit Of the
adventure itself. 1t possesses. besides,
the strong lure of the personal touch.
the personal outlook. The book offers
a vacation to the reader. a stirringly
fresh vacation in the midst Of the COM
mon life of many far peoples.
MY STORY. Being the Memoirs Of
Benedict Arnold, Late Major GEN
Brigadier General In That Of His
Britannia Majesty. By F. J. Slim
son. New York: Charles Scribners
Sons
Mr.. Stimson's book develops along
an ingenious and original course. In
substance this is a historical novel,
covering that part Of the revolutionary
war in which Benedict Arnold figures
so prominently and so significantly. In
form, the romance is photographic
Arnold giving in his own name and
from his own point OF view. the char
acter and color Of those events that
led to his betrayal Of the American
cause. The purport OF this intimate
disclosure is self-extenuation. directly
to the King OF England. and. generally,
to the world at large. The story 10
long-over long-but out of its multi
tudinous and carefully wrought details
Arnold-brflliant. egotistical. ambitious,
self assertive and self -deceived-stands
alive. as vivid and human a figure as
maker to create In many a day.
IN HAPPY VALLEY. BY John Fox. Jr.,
author of THE Trail of the Lone
some Pine" etc. Illustrations by
r. C. Yohn. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons.
Once more Mr.. Fox takes his readers
into Happy Valley. where. in q friend
ly understanding Of the Kentucky
mountaineer. he sketches little scenes
from Life. showing the kind Of man.
woman and child that this particular