Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05

where she becomes more or less part
Of the Russian ferment OF war. A ro-
nance so delicate of texture as to re-
duce the reader. much Of the time. to a
complete Inconsistencies of Its exist
ence, fulfills the story part of Miss
Amerikanka." In a much larger sense,
and to an infinitely more satisfying de-
gree, Miss Amerikanka" is. first, q pic
itself at the hands of highly gifted
word painter. 1t is, again, an interpre-
tation Of the INDEPENDENTLY Of the
Siberian reaches-and OF the people by
insight place her at one with those
deep-seated. instructive feelings that
make the peoples Of isolated places only
another form in which the lonely land
ing the melancholy Of the limitless ST.
berian snow fields. and in the work of
translating the Siberians themselves
into the terms Of this vast and daunt-
ing loneliness. the writer has achieved
the effect with the putting down of the
book. The melancholy remains, as seq
ments Of the great picture come back
again and again with their implications
Of enormous and lonely distances. This
Journey across Siberia marks the high
point of the whole. In Russia itself.
either through the readers greater IA
miliarity with this region or through
less inspired work on the part Of the
and pales somewhat. inclining one to
turn back, instead Of going forward, in
his reading. Even 3d. however, this is,
throughout, a work of appealing quail
ity.
FLOOD TIDE. BY Daniel Chase. From
tispiece by w. b. King. New York:
The Macmillan Company.
The theme Of this novel is of a nature
to make appeal to the great ma jority. 1t
is the theme Of ones maladjustment to
life. Under this heading one finds the
| business man who should have BEEN a
preacher, perhaps, or the doctor who
would have made a first-rate cobbler, or
| the lawyer who would have done better
as an engineer. and a host Of others who.
manifestly. ought to have been some
| thing different from that which they are
Indeed, tho story covers the whole world
OF misfits.- This particular misfit man
tells his own story. beginning away back
coming along with his successive stages
Of growth. till he goes into his father 8
business-when he wants to do something
else. he hardly knows what. For this boy
Is OF the dreamer class, longing for pen or
brush or some other creative tool where
| with ne may transfer his visions to some
one OF the forms Of art. Instead, however
] ne becomes grocery man-and very
| SUCCESSFUL ono at tnats since he IL wise
enough to turn some part Of his imagina
ton to the creation and efficient manage
| ment OF a many-branched and highly CO.
ordinated grocery business. But his life
long dreams are SO thoroughly a part OF
the man himself that there has to come, al
last. complete re-evaluation of his life
and a belated acceptance Of his true mis-
sion. 1t is a common story-except that
few have the courage to give over ma
terial success in order to satisfy the
cravings Of their Utmost natures. In re.
lation to Its workmanship. to the exercise
Of genuine conscience and skill in the
matter OF story growth and structure
Flood Tide" stands out in happy Sc
curity, for 1t il. undeniably. a novel Of
superior literary form and substance.
MISS PINS CAM0UFLAGE. BY Lady
Stanley. Boston: Houghton Miniin
| Company.
II you change to be Of critical kidney
fussy about the IT Of things. and q
sticlkler for plausibilities-you viii. more
than likely. balk at the campunags Of Mis-.
PIN. And 1t does take an accommodat,
ling habit Of thought to. accept, as fact