The Washington times., 1921-12-11

scope, which have battered the bul.
warks of the past during the last
few years. And in Mrs. Martins
title 10 contained the summing up
of the answer she gives to the de-
vastating inroads or skepticism and
revolutionary demands for change
at all costs. Her message is not
advice to desert the struggle, but
to March On. with strength to &C.
complish.
pAUL WILSTACH. former dra-
matte editor of this paper,
seems to be not without honor In
his old home town. His book.
Potomac Landings" which WAS
reviewed in these columns some
weeks ago. has been among the
best sellers" for the last three
weeks, and now comes our old
friend Pearlman. the genial book
seller Of @ street. with the informa-
ton that it is still going strong.
THOUGH much water has gone
under the bridge since the son
Of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
was Imprisoned in the Temple, there
Is always a certain attraction in the
study Of his supposed fate. Novel
Alleged historians have done their
best to prove he escaped, leaving a
substitute to suffer the tortures Of
the communists. Books and books
have been written. each tending to
prove this or that theory. and THE
Dauphin," by George Lenotre, the
greatest living authority on the de-
tailed incidents Of the revolutionary
period. and published in English by
Doubleday, Page q Co., is a sum-
marixatton Of all these various
theories. Lenotre makes no de-
cision. He leaves that to the reader.
who really must be somewhat at a
lose to decide just what happened.
The son of Louis XVI was i'm
~ AcohSA eAC OLhpiC, buh
his death was announced no one
seemed especially interested. This
Is particularly true of those who
might have been expected to show
considerable sorrow. And later when
certain claimants were showed for
ward, his sister evinced small in
terest in their fates.
M. Lenotre offers in this book all
the most authentic evidence of the
possible fate Of the Dauphin. He
shows a decided bent toward the
Royalists. but is eminently fair in
his treatment Of the subject. He
leaves the reader rather puzzled as
to what he believes happened to
the Dauphin, saying little that is
decided but much hanging In the
air.
Historical scholars will be in
terested in this book, while lovers
Of the romantic will also take plea
sure from its perusal.
IT is somewhat curious that the
most celebrate Of French poets
should be almost unknown to Amer
leans. THE selected poems and
ballads Of Paul Fort" translated by
John Strong Newberry is the first
attempt to give in English a version
Of the work Of the man who was
chosen last year by the poets Of
France as their chief.
Fort has written twenty-eight
books Of verse, and he is to make a
lecture tour of this country next
year. He was born in Rheims
somewhat more than forty years
ago, but is now resident in Paris.
Edmund Gosse. great friend Of
the poet. says Of him: II should
not know where to find in any
literature. at the present time,
writer so full Of the Joy Of living"
S0T,HE DESERT AND THE
ROSE" by Edith -Nicholl
Ellison (CornhilD, is a chatty account
of the experiences Of a woman
rancher in the Mesilla valley Of
New Mexico. To those tempted to
repeat Miss Ellison's experiment or
to those already doing so the pres
ent volume is certain to be of value,
both as instruction and encourage
ment.
Interesting and enlightening is