Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-15

MO. NOT King George. nor
I'M Lloyd George. nor Alrs.
Oh Paakhurst. nor H. G. Wells
not any OF these-Aut
Thomas Burke. instead. 10
the nrst person Of whom We should
try to get glimpse were we Get
Iowa In London today. For this
\ yeang man has woven out OF the
Leudon East Side a series OF tales
that 8cheherexade herself might have
snvied And these are true tales Of
the by-quarters Of London. where the
aliens congregate and set up. each
after his own fashion. the gods OF his
pwa race andN cline and tradition.
Zone would like, above all things. to
see one, or some, OF these nights with
Thomas Burke. He seems. this boy
Aoes, to have preserved himself In a
immsdiateiy next TO the remaining
folks who have also escaped the
prodigtous paraphernalia of the con-
venta0nal and the respectable. So,
WAe0 10 goes into Whitechapel, or
> isle or Dogs. for nights that arc Chi
Aese, or Jewish, or Italian. or plain
cockney, he goes bare, ~ 1t were, and
AssaAes ~ INSTINCT the native habili.
ments Of the quarter. The Joy OF
this book 10 that there Ia absolutely
my sort Of peculiar people. Tommy
Burke 10 simply having the time ~
MS life alongside OF folks who take
their Joys openly End heartily. Ont
khess nigAts come picture and drama
that have an oriental ghmfner OF
arldescence, = smell of the east. q fse1
81 e1uSlve ssnoofhness. strange noises
that are half curious music ana hAaf
sasre aAinai sounds. spicy aavors lytag
ax1insk this exotic motley. there ~
tie esralgAt and simple cockney night
III W1aleh ths snissus buiko large. Back
u this artistry, too. there u the kina,
sst I'D most co%er s ,:r,yers,, sS Ssa
liKtt for the qnaiity Of its workman
ahlp and for tho equal quality OF ies
spirit.
TM1 NAGNID1CENT AMBEnsONA.
NJ BY Booth Tarkington. author OF
sNIhs Gentieman from 1adtaAa.'
etc. Illustrations by Arthur Wtl-
Ham Brown New York: Double
day, Page 4 Co.
n Mr.. Tarkiagton's new novel ID based
npon the familiar dow and ebb Of the
tiaes OF fortune In this country OF
great oppertunity. 1t - placed In the
nlAdie west aaa centers around the
great family Of one Of these znid-coa-
tiasnt towns. A thoroughly spoiled
bey Furnishes such variety OF action
- the story containR- A very beanti-
fal nsether. with psHer OF tdealizing
her o6sprtnE. makes one pause here
and there in his desire to make away
with this 1etestable youngster. since
there avst be something worth while
abs.t him to Justify that neither; A Aad
built "A Amsrlcan story OF m arc1,i-
tecfueal Atneas to American fonnda-
items 81 family lie. However. he too
often Gofgets this building and Koes
- 70 another kind OF structnre-that
steps the story to construct an essay
On the eharaeteristics OF life In the
middle west, IN lite social pecultAri-
t&ea, its indus4rial features. it, mean
Ing In the progress Of our ctviA.Atien
fhouxhtful and inferming Assays.
Fhey ses we'll put. too. They wsH1d
10. 8tHl, one woa@d pFe6er to havs
tbs Ambersoas carry this matter for-
ward ~ themselves. since tEey com
.autAsr to Do 1t while they for the
t8me bsing ''iie or" from their own
legitimate job.
TALES or THE WAR. BY Lord Dun
sany. Boston: Little. Brown 4 Co.
The soul OF France. the heart OF
Easiaad. Staging she'll q homias
aixp1ane. that tense trench honr OF
standing to In face Of an expected
attack. rayished farmlands. q BLASTED
orchard. beheaded trunks Of forest
trees, MI the real and unreal sights OF
NO maA's land-these are some OF the
thtAEs out of which Lord Dunsany
Eashions the miniatures and vignettes
that make up this little book. Any
thing serves for the play OF this facile
Imagination, for the exercise Of this
faStidious artistry, for the seizure of
effects that haunt like|the ghosts of
z thingB that once were, like the ghosts
Of things yet to be. 1t Is an eerie
kind of art. this of Dunsany's, and
very beautiful. The book In hand is a
little gem out Of this Irish lords
etorehouse of jewels.
WHITE NIGHTS And Other Stories.
BY Fyodor Dostoevsky. author of
THE Brothers kararnasov." etc.
"a Translated from the Russian by
Constance Garnett. New York:
The Macmillan Company.
This is the tenth of the Dostoevsky
volumes that have come over into
English through the work Of Constance
TAa hn~lr L. S~~-l