Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-25
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Braithwaite, W. s.. ed. Book Of Modern Brit
ish Verse. YP-9B724bm.
A varied and interesting anthology rejecting
| the love Of English country and the influence
Of the war.
| Carlo Camille de. Flying Spy. Fs07s7 .cls5s E.
"A keen observer. Lieut.: De Carlo has given
| to his accounts Of suffering Italian peasants
and insoient Austrian gendafmes. to his &C.
| counts OF disguise. arrest and hiding Of waits
on hot brushy hillsdes and scrambleS through
starit Piave marshes q remarkable reality"
| Claik. Champ. Ny ouarter-Century Of Amer.
lean Politics. E-Ct457.
The book Is very American. written in the
middle west vernacular. racy. humorous, candid
woven with interestipe personal experiences to
ture Of manners and conditions that win dis.
appear. but should not be forgotten"
conklins; Hilds. Poems BY q Little Girl.
Here are no lispins numbers no tinkiing
toy rhymes. but the delicate. vivtd musical I'm
asinins. Of an original and unspoiled child
YP-9Css3.
An anthology Of appealing sonss and ehants
from the Indians Of North america, eoastitut-
Fisher. ]. A.. F.. Memories and Records BY
Admiral Of the Fleet. vols. E-f53S.
Sincere. entertaining and intensely individual.
Lord Fishers book Is both interesting a. bioE-
raphy and as a record of British wal policy
during the period that the author was nrst sea
lord
Gale. IONA. Miss Lulu Bett.
Miss Gale has INDICATED the promise Of her
Lulu Bett" a book that t the x,isntic.. book
shelf says is without haw."
Hanseom. +: D., ed. Heart Of the Puritan.
Gs4- Hash.
Puritan letters and diaries 10 met the real
Puritan. agonxinE over his love Affairs. brood
Ing over the needs Of Of his children. humanity
anxious about the dangers Of travel and dis
ease.
Hudson, ". H. Birds in Town and village.
Sketches OF birds done with an intimate IN.
derstandng Of their habits and temperamenfs.
out-of-doorf atmosphere make this one Of the
authors Enthusiastically charming books"
James. Henry. Letters. Edited b. Percy Lub-
book. E-J236a2.
himself out to his friends In letters that arr
matchess for their prodigal and eager dow Of
sympathy. their inexhaustible kindness. their
ample and exquisite tenderness, their beautiful
generosity"
MERCER. d. J., Cardinal. F46s-M 53S.E.
ar(Dnl Mercier's own story. largely made
up Of The correspondence between the cardinal
and the German authorities. Through them
all stand forth manifest the nervousness. the
helplessness Of the invader. Who starting with
wrong. could not set himself right. and the
moral confidence Of the car dinal. who. person
flying Belgium. asserted her riEhts, and BY
the justice OF her cause In the end vanquished
the occupying foe"
O'Brien. Frederick. White Shadows In the
South Seas. GIN -Ob64w.
The author presents In an easy delightful
fashion unusual material-histoTy. legend. Gus.
tom. folklore and character-coilected during 4
year spent in the Marquesas Islands.
Twain Mark. Moments With Marx Twain;
sci. by A. r. Paine. Y-T9l3m.
The purpose Of the compilation 10. "hrst, to
sraringiy that he was something more than 4
mere funmaker second to provide for those
who have read largely Of bis work something
OF its essence put up in = form which may be
found convcniept."