Evening star., 1921-10-09

A.
author OF 1.-THE Rising Tide Of
Color" etc. New York: Charles
Scribners Sons.
A VERY important and timely
~ study of authoritative
~ source. It stands, in SUBJ
stance. as comprehensive
view of the present world of Islam in
its widespread and profound unrest.
The author sketches, vividly and SIM
ply, the striking symptoms of the fer
ment that is working among the $780,
1000 followers of the Prophet Mo-
hammed. Throughout Asia and part
OF Africa are the unmistakable evil
dences of a tremendous transforma-
tion. These the author gathers to a
handful Of proof. Beyond this point
Of external manifestation he goes
back to the source Of this movement
to show that it has the nature and the
direction and the momentum Of an
evolutionary process. that 1t is in no
sense collection of accidental and
fortuitous occurrences. This evolu-
ton he considers in its various aspects
religious. cultural. political. eco
nomic. The outcome Of the study-of
this book of evidence-is that "the
world Of Islam, mentally and spiritu-
ally quiescent for. almost o thousand
years, is once more astir, once more
on the march," A tremendously sig
nificant movement, whose relation to
progress everywhere is vital. and
whose Importance to the entire world
this author makes clear. A stirring
and Illuminating book, that rings like
new renaissance. "The New World
Of Islam" belongs properly with this
authors 1.-THE Rising Tide of Color
Together they present a remarkable
summary Of the significance Of the
orient.
SONGS AND TALES FROM THE
DARK CONTINENT. , BY Natalie
Curtis. New York: G. Schirmer.
Two native Africans. studying at
possible for this author to secure, at
first hand. the African songs and say
ings and folk tales here set down. For
the purpose Of this book each of these
students went back, not only into his
own past, but into that Of his tribe
and race as well. bringing forward
the common lore of song and story
that imm emorial generations have ac-
cumulated. This the author has tran
scribed and arranged in the volume in
hand, Simango, one of these students,
in letter to the reader. defines both
the nature and the quality of this
work. II, who sang these songs for
this book, was not only born in the
country where these songs are sung.
but when I was boy took part in
singing them in different kinds of
dances and ceremonies, and took part
also in drumming and in playing 9TH
er African instruments. So In sing
ing them for this book I sang what ]
knew and did before I went to school.
In writing these songs. Miss Curtis
was not satisfied by almost like it,
but by just like it, instead These
are real African songs" the writer
declares, adding the hope that they
will serve in helping to bring weak
and unnoticed race" to the attention
and understanding of the civilized
peoples of the world. Documentary i'll
character and sourced in the basic
emotions of a primitive people. the
book is useful and substantial within
it's scope, and most interesting in its
method.
GUN. By Alice Hogan Rice, author
Of Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch.". etc. New York: The Cen
tury Company.
This is the romance of Sergt. Quin-
by. Graham, home from the war with
nothing more than collection OF dis
tinguished service medals conferred
by grateful governments and a badly
battered body, to carry on with In
plain workaday world. To make this
bad matter worse. Sergt. Quin lost
his heart And the love story trips
lightly along as it would do in the
hands of this writer-an interesting
sorrows upon which love has sus-
tanned itself since the troublesome
passion was discovered. The girl her.
self is negligible bit of fun sweet,
beautiful, capricious, spoiled-rungs
and rungs above Sergt. Quin on the
social ladder. The girls grandmother.
old Nine. Bartlett, very brigadier
general Of a woman, is, next to Quin
himself. the really fascinating person
in this situation. It is her duel win
this upstart of a returned soldier that
gives point and zest to the story. The
two are completely matched in wit
and force and persistence. The ulti-
mate defeat Of the clever old martinez
merely contributes to the general
happiness that marks Quin's triumph
In this new field of gallantry. A
charming little story. light, graceful,
generally happy in tone-the source
Of an hours thorough enjoymene
ADVENTURES OF THE NIGHT. BY
G. A. Birmingham. author of Up.
the Rebels!" etc. New York: 8:
- George II. Doran Company.
Not quite out of whole cloth does
Mr.. Birmingham make this story or
adventure. For he does hold fast to
Irish character and Irish scenery. Out
of the latter he creates an island, mys-
terious with rumored treasure and In
habited by generations of the Flana-
gan tribe. Toward this island of
promise he one night launches a
small and not overtrustworthy boaL,
filled with treasure-seekers OF one
sort and another. One old scholar is
ON the trail of an ancient buried cup. a
royal chalice, the grail mayhap. Oth-
ers. less loftily minded, are thinking
Of hidden bottles of blessed content.
A boy and a girl are frankly out Tor
fun. An adorable priest Is there os,
tensibly on account of the boy and
girl, But he is after the fun. too. be-
ing an Irishman before he was a
priest. 1t is all adventure, a new one
every minute. and each one comes
along with the true Hibernian spirit
and swagger. This is one OF the en-
gaging qualities OF G. A. Birmfngham.
He is able to poke good-natured fun
at his countrymen. He and George
Moore are the only ones who DO DO
this, No, certainly, it does not please
the Irish, since they insist on .h1gh
heroics in their attitudes and gestures.
And yet nobody. else portrays them
more clearly, both In, their strengtn .l
and their weakness, than does TINS
honest and humorous and engaging
writer.
OyE-THIRD OFF. By Irwin S. Cobb.
author Of "old Judge Priest" etc:
Illustrations by Tony Sarg. New
York: George II. Doran Company.
About half the folks in the world are
engaged, as was Irwin Cobb. in get.
ting at least a third off. Nobody but
him, however, has capitalized the
nrocess. Nobody else could. practi-
story. Visitors present were Capt. and
Mrs. Louis Abbot and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hannt