Evening star., 1920-02-08
Reviews of New Books

Dumas, say-one would have mar
, veled over the ingenuity OF ms IN
! vention, the rush and go of the ad-
| venture, the color of the incidents. the
, flair of the general effect. And one
marvelS all the more since TINS ~ d
| true story, a personal rccoro on '"'
part of it's author of his own cap
| ture by the Turks, of his three years
of imprisonment, of his daily plans
| for escape of his daily. efforts TO car
ry out these plans. Horrible pictures
| of cruelty multiply here, SHINY pa .r
| terms of Turkish mentality set on
! to further dev!ousness by German IN
| huences work against these prisoners
! unrelenting vigilance surrounds them,
| every sort of personal discomfort
| that filth can devise assalis theih'
| the scknesses that lurk in unspeah
! able dirt attack them. But. throus IL
it all. there scars the indomiIanIe 'nn. !
| age Of the real Engiishman, the rca'
| Anglo Saxon. laughing at danSer.dei! :
| ing confinement, CircUmventlnSt treach :
ery, and finally. after three years "'
! ceaseless plotting and counter P'o,-
| ting, the cScape-over Nilch me r,io
! er takes a long breath of personal re-
lease, since he, too. has ny 'Ae Wv w
ness of this account taken N'iH
, real part in the swift succession OF au
1 ventures that Yeats-Brown ana III :
companion sought as the pr &c "
! freedom. Under the thrlil OF ,nIs
count is a very substantial bodE OF
| information that ought TO nave plate
| in any considerable account OF 'ne
general conduct of the great "ar'
FLY FISHING. By Sir Edward Grey
New York: E. P. Dutton 4 co.
The Haddon Hall Library is a new
venture in literature 1t is the purpIsn
of its editors. the Marques OF I1iaiaos
and George Dewar. to issue popular ~ " =,
counts of English sports. Hadoon tiaii
|. library opens with Sir Edward Grey >
volume on fly fishing. one ieaFh' n'i
that the distinguished statesman IS
devoted disciple of Walton autp. ~
every intricacy of angling. Paueiitl!
step by step he explains the various us
turns Of the art, describing minutely an
ia ayoring circumstances OF uiie an am
place. of tackle and bait. OF Hlooo :.l"
manner. This, for the nshe1inan mn, ~
self But to the reader who does not go
fishing the book makes appeal, pro-
yided that this reader loves the open p,,
and leans toward hours of ldilng sou
tude and has an understanding oi t
wavs of the folks that live their lurtise
| lives away from men. Inc rove VI ha
i ture saturates this fisherman's book. 50
| the expert and the amateur Will nno l.
verv satisfying and wholesome story
an auspicious opening for the Hauuoi'
| Hall Library.
WEAR AS GOVERNMENT
AGENT. By Vira B. Whltehouse.
frustrated. New York: Harper q
Bros.
This is a unique story. NO other
woman had during the war JUST .he
kind of task assigned to Mrs. nite
house-that of director TOT Swi.| :I
land of the committee on puollc IN
formation. Accompanied eVersW Wners
nv "Sonny," who. by the way. pears
nassing resemblance to LLOYD
george, Mrs Whitehouse betook ner-
aaH nromptly to her field of service
and for a year thereafter must nave
made leisurely officials sit up anu
take notice of her energy her "s ,i
nuity. her enthusiasm and ner an an
around efficiency. In addition TO the
bare sum of her special war service,
ALI of which is set down here' ING
book in hand contains lnnuheIaol
flashlights on every posslDle angte "
the field through when Mrs;
house made her assured ana conpe-
tent way. Dignitaries and plain peo-
nIe alike move promptly along at the
gesture of this busy woman. oilua
tions. some simple OF solution anu
some in sadly tangled KNOTS are ~.
tackled with businessEhe o.leS.n 'laS a,,o~
Things are done. tied up, packed away
tn make room for the next wave OF
.'nant matters. 1t is a really thrill
inc story of one woman's emclency.
And Mrs. Whitehouse was herseii nav
ing such a ripping time over II an.
The book is substantial lh1orna.Ioil
throuRhout. 1t is. besides, evidence
to add to the growing bulk OF PROOF
that some women. like some meH'
noasess a genius for business oreahi-
zation and administration.
| FROM NOW ON. By Frank l. rack.
ard author of THE Miracle Man,
&C New York: George H. Doran
| Company.
| The title of this novel takes on sig
nificance only with it's closing sentence;
Up to the last chapter 1t is s,oas o VI
| a criminal, Of a jail-bird, OF evil asso-
| ciAfas Of entanglements with gangsters
and black-handers. Yet. the boy was
rnsant for decency. The story-eVery
rninute crowded with adventure-shows
the subtle forms of temptation. the ease
! of compliance. the rapidity OF tne
! descent, the apparent hopelessness 1or
nishtmare. as are, Also the hazards that
| wait outside the prison doors. one nne
man and one good girl form the leaven
| for the regeneration of Dave Hen
| derson. These are the two bright spots
in an adventure that pursues It's tor
tuous way through the slime OF the un-
| derworld. Robust and picturesque des-
I mite its sordid setting and circumstance
1 the romance holds one intent to the fina
| rescue of Dave Henderson. A love story
| issues out of the web of wickedness IT
which the boy became SO thoroughly IN
volved an ending that redeems the
whole to ones ultimate approval Gooo
j, work that never quite overreaches IT.
self. as it now and then threatens te
do most exciting adventure.