Evening star., 1920-01-04
Reviews of New Books

I author of ITO Have and to Hold,
etc. New York: Harper & Brothers
| This story stretches wide back
! ground. one that reaches from the
/ close Of the civil war on up TO tne
| present and out into a promise OF the
! future. 1t is a story of, the south
/ Around the figure of it's hero IN
complex of familiar happenings MISS
Johnston constructs novel OF sph
itual atmospheres and 1mpllca.ion D
The New Day, and the part OF !ne
south in the responsibilities ana the
projected achievements OF that oas
is the vision under which the eVents
dramatized here are shaped ana vl'al
lied. Sincerity of purpose, dep.n
insight. sympathy of attitude ana IN
grained kinship with the theme are
the qualities that stand clear In 'h,s
workmanly invention of this capapie
southern novelist. The mover is oi
piece with this authors carrier crea
tions. Those who look forwaru 20
another and still another romance
of the south at the hands OF TINS
writer will find the one IN haho 80 on
level with the best and the
ambitious of her works.
THE AMERICAN FRONT. Ry oap''
Ernest Peixotto. author OF ia
mantle California, etc nus. la1eu 49,,
by the author. New York: Cnaries
ScribnerS Sons.
The outstanding feature OF ,h,'
book is the illustrations. Before
ing a word one passes. na.ui ,astive a.a
the series of remarkably susses'.se
nictures that serve to bring out .!,e
places historic and military. WIZ
which the text itself has 10 10 ~
scriptiye sketch or narrative
The story itself is personal o,,
while it is at the same time. the stol9
of a large war movement. MT. ,;n,
los own movements were in the 'hich
of the American military actloh' ~! ~.
ciudinp work with the Rainbow Dl-
vision" with the marines hea, ,,aa,,
dun. including fighting at G.
wood. in the Toul sector '1Iimdanburg
Nihiel. and up to the 1ihueho 80
line So while the narrative mas ne
advantage of the personal outiooh
has. also, the value OF mliltais n,o an
ments as these were appraise, ;ts.If
active participant in the aol, ~ is
~ is :. most readable account. II %
ono too that bears evidence OIL srS
ing no more. and no less. .ia.
farts as these appeared to the Wri';
And again. one goes back TO the
1ustrations that tell so much mere
A PRIVATE IN THE G. AfD. ..,vitL
Ct.nhen Graham, author OF l'n
Poor immigrants to America, 80
New York: The Macmillan
pany.
This is not a WaI SUI =
,;ttle as possible to do with DATES
and campaigns. with offenslNe al az
dafansives This fact is its most oo-
vious attraction. What MI. ~,
dos do is the thing that ne mas
airaady proved himself so well ape
70 do And this is to sketch IN the
behavior of this fellow or thdt on.,
TO draw the spirit of one S ac'ions
out from the acts themselves 10 s,A
~ erouns of common men. to give
accounting of the conduct or the as
eraee soldier under the various eA-
actions of front-line duty. and under
the relative easements of back-ol-
incline service 1t is. therefore,
first and foremost. very human eA
posure of all sorts and condltlons
Of men under the common stimulus
Of Military conditions. Men. and not
war. are the inspiration back OF TINS
hook of intimate studies. For elgnt-
cen months Mr.. Graham ilVed WIN
the man in the ranks. taxing notes
of his cheerfulness where there was
no cheer. of his courage when danger
was thick and Immediately overhang-
ing. of his sturdy pluck under the
most rigid of discipline, of his gen
eral acceptance of every form of per-
sonal discomfort and soldierly re-
ouirement Englishmen. Frenchmen
and Americans. alike. come under this
sympathetic and understanding scru-
tiny. The book is a tribute to the
common soldier, tribute that one
receives with warm welcome and
in complete confidence as to it's sim
cerity of portrayal.
JIM: The Story of a Backwoods Po-
lice Dog. BY Maj. Charles c. D.
Roberts. New York: The Macmil-
Ian Company.
Had Jim been a war dog he would