Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-05-09
Reviews of New Books

brick walls. blind alleys. mad sorties.
sudden retreats-and then all to do
over again. Right in the midst Of
the powwow. doing his good best to
villain himself-and the really good
work of the author lies in the clever
shifts by which he conceals the
Identity of this innocent-see mfng
friend Of the families concerned. A
pretty good story, in the main. nut
too irresolute in throwing. some OF
it away. Let him prune his mag
ination. practice his will in self-de-
NAL. bear in mind that he may wish
to write another book. be bit more
exacting with the consistenc1es OF
NAUTICAL construction-let him do
some. or all. of these things. and ne
will make story that will beat this
very interesting Invention by ABOUT
100 per cent.
THE EYE OF ZEITOON. BY Taloot
Mundy, author of THE Ivory
Trail" etc. illustrated by Dwight
Franklin. Indianapolis: The Bobos-
Merrill Company.
An enlivening send-off for this ro-
nance is that one is neither expecteo
to believe it nor to dig under it's sur
face for social lesson. All tnat !.
is intended to do is to lift one oul
of the humdrum of everyday into tne
glittering adventures OF iand "men
anything in the world may be sup
posed to happen. And it all happens
here. Talbot Mundy has chosen dne
best Of places to cast the net OF NJ
ton. Just over across-out OF ruIops
into Asia-that is the place. Iurks
and Armenians with their eteIna.
feud, wild desert men and wider a
murderers of secret and subtle
method-they are all here. Four
young men-English and Amerlcan-
give plausible pretext for US TO go
along on some interesting anu III.
portant to-do. Conspiracies against
life and limb multiply by the minute.
A picturesque master of ceremonies:
who calls himself the Eye OF
Zeitoon." leaves not an instant OF iei
up in the rush of events. "A couple
of girls-one wild native ana one
a pretty nurse sc sel1- peg varie ct to
the otherwise stern drift OF tnihss;
From start to finish one is Whlrieo
along in a Kaleidoscope unexpecteu
ness of action. There is not sing.e
stop-o over to find out ones own Wnere !,
abouts. Coming out Of the sortie. az
that one realizes is that ne mas hau
a corking good time OF IT.
YOUR PSYCHIC POWERS: And How
TO Develop Them. BY Herewaro
Carrlngton. Phi. D., author OF MOO
ern Psychical Phenomena ete'
New York: Dodd. Mead & co.
This book is designed as text
hook for those who wish to make
systematic study Of the subject
with which it deals. That is Us pos
tive purpose. Incidentally. It seeks
70 check random and uninformed eA
imentation in the psychic nelu.
The study, by an acknowledged au-
thority in mental research. EN- oooie ;
the accepted theories under Whicn
investigations have been pursued
with such deductions thereirom as
appear to furnish foundation Tor 1ur-
ther research. The author assumes
that a spiritual world exists and tnat'
under certain conditions. it is posi-
Bile to get into communication Win
that world. These conditions OF COM
munication-their nature, the ways
Of developing them. the metnoas 81
employing them-form the subject OF
this discussion. Among the topics
presented are automatic writing.
clairyoyance, telepathy. symDonsm'
physical phenomena, spiritual neal
ing. Exercises calculated to deVeiop
the psychic powers are given IN SUI
ficient detail as to permit one to IN
struct himself in certain OF the
psychic practices.