Evening star., 1921-09-25

a sheer weight Of boredom, Mary, in
the thresh Of too wayward tenn
perament. Up to forty, love had been
his yoke and his hire. And the OUT
Gawne. was that "the wages Of love
Is death" Olive Salter's story is an
astonishipgly, an unblushingly frank
revelation Of the husbandship OF
Owen Gawne. first to Martha. who
divorced him, and then to Mary, WHO
left him to go away with another man.
And through these years Owen Gawne
died. a little. every day. Martha
quietly: did away with the artist In
him and evoked a business man whose
success was wholly her own. Mary
brought back the artist and then
tore it to pieces with the ferocity
of her moods. The unflinching story
deals. chiefly. with that inner man
and woman relation to which even in
innate family manifestations stand as
a remote and intangible circumfer-
ence. A corner of Sussex. Intimately
projected. surrounds this family. The
family itself is the common pattern
the woman-predatory, devouring.
jes lous. monopolistic. This is her
instinct, a proper instinct, since it
Is for her to carry on. That Is her
job and this is her kit of tools. Mar
tha or Mcry, it matters not which.
uc man 10, uS SoNipdIISUN, shduo"y
thing-a coward, compromiser, held
on sufferance, part of the kit of
tools. This is owen Gawne. who. at
forty. for the first time saw promise
since he was for the first time. since
his early youth. free. A plain. strong
new version of man and -superman.'
CONQUEST. BY Gerald oDonovan. au.
thor of Father Ralph" New
York: 6. P. Putnam's Sons.
The Irish novel. in it's recent free
output. is stifenins into formula. The
novel in hand Is case in point. From
various starting points and through
various lines of development. they
join. finally, upon common objective.
And this objective is the unrightsous
ness of England tow, rd Ireland and
the Irish people. the most favored
plan is to take the Irish hero when he
is young, to furnish him with an in
bred liking for England, to educate
him at English schools, to launch him
in the English service. That service
is then used to convert the hero. tc
face him resolutely toward the un-
happy and victimized and crucified is
land where. thereafter. he devotes
himself. in heroic II shion. to the re-
demption of the land. This. in sum, is
main issue is deal of Irish charac-
ter and Irish scenery and Irish Gus
tom. Along with it, too. is summary,
finally, of the political situation. that
is. of the situation as 1t looks to this
Irish writer This Is an interesting
Irish flavor. They talk well. They
make love enjoyably. They eat and
talk and talk and eat. almost envia-
bly,. Fine as novel. showing an
imaginative and waywise handling
that interests one. AS a political doc
s.,Ix a
is likely to lapse. it is. OF course.
'one-sided affair. Happily, however,
there is enough of good story and
ripe chars cter:Zation to make one
forget. or forgive. the inset of politi-
cal propaganda.
THE OFFENDER; And His Relations
to LAW and Society. By Burdette
c. Lewis. A. 3. Introduction by
George W. Wickersham. New York:
Harper & Bros.
At one time commissioner of cor
rect:ons for the city of New York. and
later state commissioner of inStitu-
tions for New Jersey, Mr.. Lewis ap-
breaches this discussion from the
standpoint of the practical administra-
tor of departments devoted to the
study and treatment of offenders
against law and society. The book is.
in sum. the embodiment of this practi-
comprehensive treatment. These two
points fit it for immediate widespread
use. A thread of history shows the
changes of attitude in both law and
society toward the delinquent class.
The bulk of the volume. however. is
gwen over to formulated suggestions
and Methods Of handling the delin-
auent, a characteristic that places the
study into the hands of those agen-
cies that are charged with the care OF
this class. Under the heading The
Prevention of Crime" the author
makes an interesting and an illumi.
mating study of certain fundamental
social forces-the church. the home.
the school. the community center, rec
reation, health and sanitation. togeth-
er with the effect upon. the organized
police supervision of the city or com =
monwealth. For special lines OF ef-
fort, concretely worked out. the ap-
pendix to this volume is of high value.
The whole Is a sane and conservative
document drawn off from large body
of fact, in a spirit Of progressive help
fulness to an important individual and
social need.
COME INTO THE GARDEN. By
Grace Tabor. author of The Gar
den Primer" etc. illustrated from
photographs. New York: The Mac
milan Company.
A text book for the gardener-and,
nowadays, pretty much everybody is
emulating the day when adam
delved" in his own garden patch.
AS a garden book that is bent upon
helpfulness should do, this one keeps
close to the ground with simple work
able plans, with definite instructions
and with advice that is drawn off
from personal experience. More than
this. the book meets wide variety
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