Evening star., 1919-05-04
tfons by A. /. Keller. New York:
d. Appleton & Co.

much ike the forty-n1ne others That
is to say. 1t presents a group Of en-
tertaining people-more or less real
who behave in q fashion to lead the
reader away from his own troubles
n he watches these deItrous folks
get themselves neatly out of dif17cul-
ties that are much more complex and
menacins than his own possibly could
be. And. simply obliViouS TO every
sort of obstacle. things go along with
a rush that one likes. The story in
hand is all about youth, and lunacy,
and love, and playlove, and war, and
spy hunt that involves a lovely lady
who, despite an international reputa-
tion of unsavory quality, is of a Vir-
gin purity, after all. And there is an
other beautiful maiden who is as
sweet as candy. and about as stimu-
lating. She is the true heroine of the
tale, one supposes, since she finally
being. and decent chap at that.
The other lady. however. is the hero
Inc of the intrigue part of the ad-
venture. since for long time she is
supposed by Improperly Informed
persons to be spy. Under this wrong
supposition she is subjected to all
manner Of annoyances, some OF them
quite loaded up with threats of per-
sonal danger to the lady. But these
fade away in the light of her cha1-
lenging rectitude. And she, too, gets
married to an eStimable young Amer
lean who does not believe a word Of
the many things that have been said
against her. You see for yourself
that this is really. truly. Chambers
story.
CHRISTOPHER AND COLUMBUS. BY
the author of Elizabeth and Her
German Garden" etc. Frontispiece
by Arthur Little. New York: Dou-
bleday. Page & Co.
Christopher and Columbus were
twins-girl twins. The Won Twinkle
tWins-therefore. German girl twins.
Not entirely that-not SO bad as
that, for the mother was English.
The father was the Won and. there
fore. the German side of the house.
These twins were orphans When
We met them they had set out to
discover America. SO they renamed
themselves from Anna Rose and
Anna Felicitas to the names at the
head of this book. English Uncle
Albert simply couldn't abide the
twins, now that war had broken out,
between England and Germany and,
they, with that tel1-tale Won to theiri
name. After trying to rid himself of
them by every other imaginable, g,
means he finally shipped them to;
America, there to shift for them.
selves. On skipboard they met Mr.,
Twist. who. from the moment oil
meeting, became their mother. That
Is. he was their mother till he bel
came the husband of one of them /
The adventures of the twins int
America give the writer playroom1
for the humor that, since elizabeth!
and Her German Garden and "Thei
Pastors Wife" has put her in a classI
by herself. The personal and mental
habit of the German constitutes thes
butt of this Englishwoman's wit
and humor. Around this she playss
in a manner that is uproariously'
amusing, as all three of these booksj
so abundantly prove.
FLEXIBLE FERDINAND. By Julie
N. Lippmann. author of Making
Over Martha" etc. New York:
George H. Doran Company.
Miss Lippmann puts as much boy
and as much real boy-into the Ferdi-
nand of this new story as she has
over and over again put sure-enough
girl into her we'll known Martha
books. The story of flexible Ferdi-
nand moves along in a current of
believabIe happenings out or the lit
tle-boyhoo6 of it's hero and UP to the
moment when he is ready to step off
into manhood and matrimony. With
out at any point sacrificing it's story
character. the invention sums to g.
study which throughout makes a nice
distinction between the person who
by flexible ease of adjustment sets
himself of clearly from that other
person who is merely spineless and
vaciliating. The story has youth in
it, and gayety and charm. Without
q n fnlF -
rightful place beside the popular
stories which this writer has already
written for young readers.
THE JERvAIsE COMEDY. BY J. D.
Beresford. author of Jacob
milan Company.
In his usual workman1y manner Mr..
Beresford projects an engaging story
that runs along. for the most part, in
the open, depending for it's charm
upon the quality of its people and the
fresh turn given to Its incidents and
situations. 1t is not an exciting story,
even though it be based upon an
elopement, planned between a daugh-
ter OF the house and a driver of the
cara theme SO familiar as to have
lost its first sting of surprise and
wonder. However. this particular
elopement fails, at the last to con-
tinue in this character and the chief
interest Of the matter switches of to
another romance. This second one is
the real love story. Hero a young
playwriter, finding himself drawn into
the role OF supporting member Of the
elopment scheme. becomes involved
incidentally in a most absorbing
courtship of his own. 1t is with this
no r 1nVAFA N h.
terest becomes engaged, for these two
prove to be the worth while cfarac-
ters OF the comedy. A setting oflEng-
lish life gives Mr.. Beresford oppor-
tunity to paint in scenes and people
according to life, as he does in all OF
his work. whether it be ON the com Cd y
plane Of this story or upon q more