Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-20

ran Company.
IN August. 1918, Greayer Clover
fell to his death from an airplane
in France. His grave Is In the
cemetery of Issoudun, not far
from Tours. BY way of the book IN
hand it is the privilege of his fellow
countrymen to know something OF
this gallant boy-so typically Ameri-
| can. Letters from the front to his
father and mother in Richmond
sketches by him, published in one and
another periodical, depicting the life
of the soldier in France. tributes from
his comrades in the field and from
| friends at home open UP the avenue
for this new friendship on the part of
| readers. The gayety Of these letters.
! their fresh fling of adventure, their
| careless acceptance of hardship. their
| zeSt for the crowded hazards of war,
| their modesty, their fierce anger to-
| ward the Hun Superimposed upon a
deep-seated tenderness toward every
| thing in the world-theSe are the
| qualities that move the boy straight
into ones own affections. And then
| the grace of this writing is some
thing to count upon, something to
lament that it is cut off forever. "A
Stop at SuZannes," the leader in this
volume, is a literary gem. a piece of
pure poetry. built upon a simple in
cident that is all human. The other
sketches have each a value of its
own. One is pure record of interest
ing fact. One is a bit of skylarking
dangerous at that-on the part of
Greayer and three companions. Here
is picture of hospital or field, and
there a sketch of devastated cities
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are drawn with clear artistry of sight
and Interpretation. 1t is a book to
cherish, first for itself and it's author,
and then by virtue of it's widely rep
resentatlve quality. a quality that in
cludes many another American lad Of
rlously. as this boy did. Readers are
in debt for the generosity that gave
this book to the public.
LOVE TIME IN PICARDY. By Will
liam Addison Lathrop. New York:
Britton Publishing Company.
This is the story of Yvonne and Ana
tole-two young lovers of Picardy. Its
beginning is an idyl of young love, a
beautifully artless picture of inno-
cence and the natural hopes of youth.
One is imm ediately impressed with the
fine quality of the authors feeling
here. Ancient Picardy has. through
the slow centuries. evolved a distinct
personalities soul-that shines
through the face of the land itself and
animates the daily life of it's people.
In a. lovely simplicity-French in its
clean Professionally. Lathrop captures
this spirit. to the readers clear de-
light. The charming picture is no
sooner set, however, than it is dis
placed by another one, darker one,
for this is 1914. The bugle calls. Ana
tole marches away to fight for France.
Yvonne stays in the little village with
the old grandpere. One day the Huns
Yvonne-! The war ends. The
grandpere comes back. Anatole comes
back. In the half-ruined cottage they
find the pale shadow of their happy
Yvonne. Furtive. frightened, skulk-
ing-ha1f animal, half human bsrs'
hiding under a table. There are sew
eral hundred thousand Of these babies
in Belgium and France. Out Of these
thousands the writer has selected this
one for the purpose of as poignant a
picture of this side of the Hunnish
malignity as it is possible to con-
ceive. The story is pastoral in its
beginning. 1t is of Internal content at
its close. No more haunting thought
comes out of the great war than this
writer has been able to impose by
the thought of these hated children
of ravished mothers.
A HISTORY OF THE GREAT WAR;
The British Campaign in France
and Flanders, 1917. BY Arthur
Conan Doyle. author of The Great
Boer War;" etc. New York: George
H. Doran Company.
This is the fourth volume Of Sir Ar
thur Conan Doyle's history of the
great war. 1t covers the year 1917.
that year in which the allies gained a
distinct military ascendancy over the
German armies. 1t includes the stories
of Arras, Messines, Ypres, eliminating
in the permanent significance of the
battle of Cambria. Maps and dia-
grams lay down the fighting lines
established at various points through
out the year, and set up the order of
battle at the most important Of these
points. For these the author claims
the accuracy of official military proof
and acceptance. 1t is the story here.
however, that will make it's way with
the general reader. For the story is
a stupendous reality projected in a
unity of co-ordinated parts a person.
ality of war advancing at the COM
Is drama moving vitality toward the
climax of Cambria, climax of allied
supremacy whose causes and con-
tributing forces lay back toward the
beginning of this eventful year. In
this intensely vivid portrayal one does
not read so much as he looks on at
this modern struggle of the Titans.
LAD, A Dog. By Albert Payson Ter
hume. New York: E. P. Dutton &
Company.
If you love dogs-but everybody
loves dogs. No. not everybody. There
is at least one mean man in Wash
ington. Who? don't know his
name. Where? Nor do know where
he lives. I merely met his dog on
the street. No one but a brute Of a
man would put that crouching fear
into his dog. No, it was not stray.
He. was be-collared and not hungry
just afraid Of the human. But, as
was saying, If you love dogs you will.
after reading this book, love the
name of Terhune as that OF the man
who shared with you the Joy Of his
This sharing is Of the. open-haneed
kind, of the kind that let's one into
the family circle of dogs up on the
estate at Pompton lakes. There are
other dogs on the big place, but these
serve only as background and setting
for Lad himself. With a splendid
art of story telling Mr.. Terhune gives,
in a tenderness of affection and in
sight, scene upon scene wherein the
beautiful collie played the premier
role of comrade and friend. Having
read the beautiful stories, one reverts
in fortified belief to the notion that
after man was done-created-there
were left over, this of pure love, that
of heavenly friendliness the other OF
sheer fidelity here a mysterious in