Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22
Reviews of New Books
THE LURE OF WASHINGTON. By
Charlotte Priestly. New York:
ThomSen-ElIis COMPANY.

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Charlotte Priestly. New York
Thomsen-Ellis Company.
This beautiful picture book OF
Washington is addressed to the girls
of one of the notable private schools
of the District of Columbia. Its pur-
pose is to catch and hold for future
! pleasurings few of the many fea-
lures that make the Capital city a
place of sheer enchantment. Points
| of historic interest. corners of nat
ural beauty, stretches of Landscape
art. charming houses. riots of spring
color, long leafy arcades and many
another of the graces of the city have
the magic lure of Washington. The
| pictures themselves are supported by
| a running comment of incident-his-
tory. description. anecdote. The book
! is a delight in which artistic seleC-
| ton, technical skill and pleasing
comment balance one another to the
complete harmony of the whole.
THE VOYAGE OUT. By Virginia
Woolf New York: George H. Do
ran Company.
A long story that develops by way
of the infinite details of daily. and
hourly, conversation among a group
of people who sail away to South
America on a vaguely defined excur-
sion Of pleasure. If one were to
stake off any section of town, or
if one were to assemble for a definite
period of time any i'll assortment Of
people, and if he were, in either case,
to go among these selected people,
setting down all the things that they
say on every kind of subject-they
would achieve a novel something
after the pattern of this one. To
here in a certain free outlook on
life. But this freedom has, thus far.
not gone beyond the daring period
that period when one says unusual
things just to let the public know
that here. at least, is a free. and
ever, some rather in-seeing studies
of the dramas that go on in silence.
under the clatter of words that APP
pear to be used solely for purposes
of concealment- The novel is one
of a class, a rather new class. that
lays claim to dealing with verities-
but verities should be vital and tin
Cling and dynamic, one would think.
THE LA CHANCE MINE MYSTERY.
BY S. Carleton. FrontiSpiece by
George w. Gage. Boston: Little,
Brown & Co.
This is the sort Of story that takes
care of itself and the reader too. The
adventures here are so strenuous. the
situations so tense, the people so
capable each in his own particular
way, and the whole of so picturesque
a pattern, that one is swept along un-
mindful of such trif1es as FEASIBILITY
and general likelihood. At the heart
of this to-do there is an. admirable
villain-just the adroit and finished
Lind that one should be, if he is going
to be a villain at all. 1t is he who
learns the real promise Of the mine
that is held in lukewarm esteem by
its owners. And upon this fact the
whole exciting adventure is based.
Dangerous men. hungry forest beasts.
snow imprisoned miners. scant ra-
lions, relief too remote to be available
and a desperate plot to seize the mine
these are the elements that are han
died here with dash and skill for the
entertainment of the reader. love
episode furnishes a slightly softened
interlude to the main action of the
adventure Of stealing gold mine.
MARIAN FREAR'S SUMMER. By
Margaret Ashmun. author of lisa