Evening star., 1920-03-28

the story OF a boy who lived in an
odd corner OF the world. busying him.
self with things that are new enough
and strange enough to make him a
joy to the average boy who has to
wear clothes and go to school and do
other plain and often wearisome
things. on Porto Rico is a rocky
islet. Santiago Key. where a light
must be kept burning at night to
warn unwary ships of the danger Of
the key. IL is Felipes job to make ;
and tend this light for the old uncl.
and aunt with whom he lives. Up
the steep and dizzy steps of the rocky
tower he climbs daily. and when his
task is done he looks off across the
waters and dreams of the far places
he cannot see, and longs for the life
wherein other boys have a more en-
livenine part than the duh round of
his own meager days. Then some
thing comes to rescue him and take
him away over into the United States.
This something" is the good Ameri-
however. there is a pretty serious mis-
adventure. which. for a while, makes
things look rather bad for Felipe.
though he really has nothing at all
TO do with the cockpit that his old
uncle consents to have set up on the
key. Gambling is forbidden. you see.
and Felipe comes near to trouble from
merely being the nephew of his uncle.
Beside this adventure there is the
other one-the night of the hurri-
cane. when Felipe and Dolores are
marooned in the light tower while
the key and the whole Island Of Porto
Rico are swept with a storm that
makes even the reader crouch a bit
into the extra safety of his own read
ing chair. while the wind roars in his
ears. and the waves mount to the
tower. and the lightning blazes and
the thunder shakes the very earth.
Oh. boys will like this story. Girls.
too. And grown-f folks besides.
THE INSCRUTABLE LOVERS. BY
Alexander MacFarlan. author OF
"Mockery.' New York: Dodd
Mead & Co.
An unbroken diet of pie makes one
banker violently for bread. on the
other hand, crusts WITHOUT change
would make one walk miles for an
ice-cream cone. The revolt that lies
implicit in any form of safety fur
niShes he foundation OF this romance.
Here is an Irish girl whose father
dreamer. visionary. crusader, knight
errsnt, impassioned Sinn Feiner. all
in one-has fed his daughter from
babyhood on sheer romanticism of
the most coiorful pattern. While try
ing valiantly to live up to the dreams
set before her as the only possible
| good the girl, secretly. longs for any
\ *,
| real tangible. its feet on the ground.
And here is a man, to offset the glrl,
son of a practical, hard headed Scot.
! who in the depths of his heart yearns
| for the golden joys Of the imposs bic :
| the unreal from which he has beeh
so seduiously shut out all his ne
The two come together With q skill
full hand--and one must admit that IL
| calls for skill-this writer sets about
the task of discovering to each the
! real source and satisfaction OF nus
secret searchings. A clever ana IN
rei. Gus handling for a novel OUTLOOK
upon human contacts.
ARMENIA AND THE ARMENIANs.
| By Kevork Asian. Translated ny
| Pierre Crabites. New YORK: Inc
Macmillan Company.
| In a concise introductory chapter
4 this author states the present Ar
| menian question. Beyond THIS point
the book in hand is a survey OF the
history of Armenia, from the beglh-
nings of its recorded history to the
great war. In long unhampered strioes ;
the narrative moves from hlgh poiht
10 high point in the annals OF tnS tn,.
1 country. to the end that In a smeli
4 volume one is able to take an lnclu
siye view of the entire SUBJECT y
timely story for which many VINO are
awake TO the sufferings of this land
will he indebted to the good historian
for this concise and dramatic expo
sition.