Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-12
Reviews of New Books

his enjoyment by reading up on the com
posers OF the things he liked. later giving
his information to his friends at little
graphophonc parties. All were greatly
astonished at the increased pleasure they
took in the records
Mr. Downes has embodied the idea in
his book He goes over the lives of the
composers and tells how keenly human
were these geniuses OF sweet sounds and
then refers the readers to particular
records. The result is decidedly worth
while, not only because of the astonishing
amount of information the author gives,
but because the mind of the unframed
music lover is set going IN the right di-
rection for the further appreciation OF the
very highest forms of the art. Quite a
valuable little pronounclng dictionary Is
added at the end of the volume rs well as
a record index
Received of the publishers.
The Golden Bird" BY Maria Thomp-
son Daviess. New York City: The
Century Company. Price 81 50. net.
IL one can think of food administrator
being at ono and the same time pan oil
the fields and farms, then ono can think
what such a man as Baldwin Is IN The
Golden Bird" If one can think OF girl
brought up in luxury and gwen over 10
society. suddenly Transforming herself
into chicken farmer. then one can think
of Annc-it doesn't matter what her last
name is. Here is pastoral poetry mingled
with modern practical life, and 1t rs
beautiful mingling and makes the most
diverting kind of story for these days OF
stress and strife.
Annes father lost all the money that
had provided him with wherewlthal Tor
travel. folios and first editions, and as II
was from him that Anne got her poetic,
dreamy side, there was no depending on
the man of the family for breadwinnlng
And breadwinning IT was literally tor 1t
was in the days of this very war, before
the nited States got INTO II. Anne took
her father to the old farm, in the country
where her family had lived since pioneer
davs, and with the practical sense that
had come to her from her mothers
people, she started out with a cock for
which she paid all Of her available cash
with the exception of the price of the four
hens that constitutes the beginning OF
her farm success 1t was Pan who helped
her with all these things, Pan with
practical sense about soil and crops. and
not only practicality, but wonderful
love for animals that made HIM emIncntlv
successful with them. He was only Pan
to the farm folk in the valley, but ne
helped them all to be successful farmers.
He came and went and they knew not
who he was His own self, poetic and
country loving, was all the summer woong
Anne. and she never knew who he was till
she went to hear the food administrator
talk about preparing for war BY raising
food, and found he was Pan.
There are some other delightful people
in the story. city folk and farmer people,
and there arc plot and a denouement,
which are altogether in keeping with the
personality Of Pan and the lovellness Of
Anne 1t all ended happily and beauti-
fully and there is not a better kind OF
story for US TO read just now We need
Pan and an Anne, We need Matt and BesS
and all the rest Of them. and We need the
practicaIity, mingled with the romance
The Golden Bird IS q romance Of today,
when the people who can create and carry
on vast works. can be viewed too II the
light oi romance and poetry, It i the
kind Of story to be congenial 70 our mood,
to fit in with the deeds Of the hour
Received Of the publishers