Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-30

movement in order that an intelligent
interest may be aroused in a country
whose immediate need of rescue and
succor Is of the most pressing char
acter. There is an inherent and i'm
perative demand that the world Sc
cure larger and more penetrating
knowledge Of Russia. The book in
hand is a competent and serious re-
Spouse to that demand.
FOE-FARRELL: A Romance. By Sir
Arthur Quiller-Couch. New York:
The Macmillan Company.
Like the be-deviled man of the BIZ
Bile, one possessed by hatred turns,
finally, and rends himself. This is
the thesis that %" sets out to prove
here by way of modern romance. A
political campaign that fruitful
source OF moral destruction-fsets this
fateful train of events in motion. A
by-product Of the campaign-one
greatly exceeding in Importance the
political issue itself-turns John Foe,
a relentless enemy that first stirs fear
in the heart Of Farrell, who grievous-
ly wronged him, and then pursues him
with hatred till-the double tragedy of
Foes Generalization and the death of
both brings the grim exposition to a
definite bit Of conclusive evidence. An
outline like this puts the book on the
shelf. along with other text books on
psychology. But the shelf is no place
for "Foe-FarrelI," since it is an all
und-theworld adventure, with
happenings by land and sea to keep
one in tense anticipation and suspense
over each succeeding high point of
action that follows John Foes i'm
placable pursuit Of the terrified Far
rell. Shipwreck is part of this ad-
venture, and the hateful companions
ship of the two, marooned by them
selves on desolate island of the
South seas, like Alexander Selkirk be-
fore them. A woman--two women, in
fact-complicate the duel of hate by
the potent hate-producing mixture of
love. And all the time, the kindly
big 1ovable John Foe is being
made over into the opposite of himself
TO develop physiological
fact by concrete evidence is a feat in
itself. To do this and at the same
. time to produce brilliant and con-
sistent novel of adventure as the We
hicle of this demonstration is dis
tinguished achievement Many will
read this novel for the colorful tale
that it tells. And many will read it
both for this and for the significant
truth about human susceptibility that
it so conclusively pictures.
PIECES OF EIGHT. By Richard LIE
= Gallienne. Illustrations by J. Scott
Williams. New York: Doubleday,
Page & Co.
Richard LIE Caffeine loves dogs and
men and the sea. His heart warns
openly toward the Spanish main and
the buccaneers that sailed upon 1t, and
toward the treasured islands that en-
circle it. Moreover, LIE Caffeine is a
poet. So, with a man and a dog and
boat he sails away to the islands of
hidden treasure. There. out of sea
stuff and cloud stuff, under the spur
OF treasure-hunting adventure, he
weaves a stirring and beautiful ro-
nance that is calculated to rejoice the
heart Of folks kindred in spirit to this
poet and story-teller. This, according
: to the author. is the authentic mar
rative Of treasure discovered in the
Bahama Islands, in the year 1903" So.
with deal of to-do in making prep
arations for the quest, and fund of
painstaking description of places