Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-20
Reviews of New Books

ultimate design of securing from this
country both material and moral sup
port in the solution of this near east
problem. Born in Turkey. an Ameri-
can missionary's son. living there Tor
sixteen years. and for all the years
| thereafter keen to the affairs of this
quarter. the author gives in these
pages a full and intimate view of
every side of Turkish life. Not only
the current outlook and aspects OF
this life engage him in minute and
familiar detail. but the main lines of
Turkish history as well are reviewed
| in this rich story. More than in
formation and knowledge alone char
acterize the work. There is the quail
ity of reasonableness going along
with the purely scholarly treatment.
reasonableness that serves to throw a.
light upon many phases of Turkish
development. 1t is difficult for the
western person to understand this
eastern development. The book in
hand serves most competently to
1t closes with a summary of the pres
ent situation, summary that is CAL
culated to drive in the original pur-
pose for which the discussion was
projected.
THE ARRANT ROVER. BY Berta
Ruck, author of His Official Fian-
Gee" etc. Frontispiece by Edward
G. Caswell. New York: Dodd. Mead
& Co.
1t is no little job to make an en-
gaging figure of a man who finds the
only woman in the world" about
every time he turns around. But this
lis just what Berta Ruck has done IN
the person of Archie Laverock. Four
times in as many months does Cupid
make a complete victim of the gal
liant young man whose susceptibilltles
are wide open to female allurements.
A movie star. a young Diana. merry
widow and one outside of cataloguing
possibilities engage. in turn, the un-
dying affections of this hero. me
comedy of these loves moves forward
D., in a breezy atmosphere OF perfect
good faith and no small amount OF
bright and humorous incident. How
ever. like the other inevitable Things.
marriage does appear at the last line
of this adventure. to have fastened
sure grip upon the fugitive youth:
However. it stands the girl in hand
not to be too sure of him. since the
knot has not really been tied. He is
merely saying-a shade too glibly-l
swear there1l never be anybody but
YOU"
FOUR CORNERS. BY Clifford Ray
mond. author of "One of Three,
etc. New York: George H. Doran
Company.
minds one that a mystery tale does
not, of necessity, involve crime and
it's pursuit. In almost any -four
corners" line of behavior a degree
out of the the common, particularly
if this be tinctured with secrecy. pro-
vides material for the writer of mys-
terry stories. The book in hand is
case in point. Upon one of the cor
ners stands house built many years
before with the idea of seclusion en-
terinS into it's structure and sur
roundings. Into this house there
moved one day man with two at
tendants. A quiet and harmless man.
so he appeared,-but no one has any
business keeping to himself, not if he
is all right. The story grows upon
the interest of an average neighbor-
hood in the affairs of this question
able person. This interest is of the
easily recognizable kind. We have
all seen it, or felt it. The folks are
equally of the sort of whom we all
know. The man himself. the man of
mystery. is likable and desirable and
turns out, in time, to have specific
errand in that locality, one that deals
with an estimable citizen of the
corners" A story of steady inter-
est. that. while moving to no great
heights or depths. keeps one engaged
with it's plausible and interesting con-
Germs