Evening star., 1921-07-10

pie, all of them-wife, lover, husband.
Caught in the tide Of life. they are
swept into deep channels. where all
must suffer and some must be lost. To
this situation Mrs. Seymour has given
a big and understanding treatment
A brilliant and dramatic novel, hnefy
drawn at every point. issues from
this partnership Of intellectual sym
THE MAN WHO DID THE RIGHT
THING. By Sir Harry Johnston,
author Of MRS Warren's Daugh-
ter" etc New York: The Macmil-
Ian Company.
This romance Of East Africa per-
mits Sir Harry Johnston to stage a
region with which - Is on intimate
terms of personal acquaintance. AND
this background Of African landscape
and people and customs is the superior
point of interest in the story. Not
that the action itself Is inconsequen-
tial. but the genuine freshness of the
adventure Is assured by the surround
ings of the characters themselves An
English girl is going out to Africa to
marry a missionary. On shipboard Is
Capt. Brentham of the English army
returning. to duty. A missionary
stands no show at all with an officer
Of the army. What might be expect
ed. happens. Still. the girl goes on
and does marry the man to whom she
Is promised. A rising Of the natives
against the foreigners releases her
and, finally. the captain, not altogether
ardently, takes her for his wife. One
judges that this act gives name to the
book. In the light of subsequent
events one might easily question the
| ultimate righteousness of the mar
riage. The issue is both sad and drab.
Like life. though. And this lifelike-
ness is the dominant note of the book
whose Workmanship Is Of exceptional
ly frm and even quality throughout.
FIND THE WOMAN. BY Arthur Som
ers. author of Uneasy Street." etc.
Illustrations by Dean Cornwell.
New w>Rork: Cosmopolitan Book Cor
poration.
This is the story Of Clancy Deane.
fsom Zenith. Me-. who went to New
York to seek her fortune as a movie
queen. Within one little week the
highly accelerated tempo of the big
town had involved Miss Clancy in ad-
ventures enough to last six girls a
! lifetime. The top notch of the fren-
zied week was reached with the girl
as a murder suspect, trailed by the
official, and unofficial. sleuths Of crime
Being an innocent. outstanding girl
from Maine, and a good deal OF
of the astonishing complex. not only
in complete vindication. but with a
very desirable husband to boot The
matter, 80 sketchily put. sounds bit
banal. However, there is nothing new
under the sun in the way Of mere ma
has to come from some turn of the
hand by the author. Mr.. Roche's par
ticular turn is in the making of his
men and women folks here. Clancy
herself is a real girl-an open, fear
less girl. come out into the world to
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while not so much to the fore as is
this chief person. are. all of them. not
only human beings. but interesting
human beings. each in his own par
ticular role. This skill in making his
people alive, consistently and believ-
ably alive. is what makes the story go
SO we'll.
THE USES OF DIVERSITY. BY G. K
Chesterton. author of Charles
Mead & Co.
A book of essays in which Mr..
Ckesterton swings from Mormonism
to lamp-posts. with Christian science
and the Japanese and Pigs as Pets"
| and such-like wedged in between. A
short and most interesting literary
appraisal OF Tennyson. and another
one Of George Meredith. are crowded
i into this medley OF topics However,
| the topic hardly counts. 1t is the
| manner of the man himself that is
especially happy here-a big and
kindly manner with much of tho Zest
and enjoyment that children get out
hands. A man of old-fashioned sem
timents toward many things. Christ
| mas, for instance. And with it all a
man Of sane philosophy, and keen
| wit. and sure insight. An admirable
| book to pick up for the contacts that
a., ,s,<n tIot ~
| sets up.
THE GOLDEN BOOK OF SPRING.
FIELD. By Vachel Lindsay. au-
thor of "a Handy Guide to Beg
gars," etc. New York: The Mac
milan Company.
Mr.. Lindsay announces this as the
| review of book that will appear in
! the autumn of the year 2o1s and an
| extended description. besides. of
Springfield. ILL.,. in that year" One
knows beforehand what Vachel Lind
say will do with a theme like this. so
he hurries to take up the book of
| Springfield. And it is all here-the
gay humor. the happy invention, the
/ Joyous heart, the love of beauty. the
droll turns of scene and incident, the
finer world. the more understanding
people. Taking his own home town in
| hand. Mr.. Lindsay enjoys himself
greatly in refaShioning it, its people.
| its streets its homes and its interests.
according to the inspirations that may
| animate the world hundred years
; from now. Another delightful bit of
vagabonding on the part of this happy
poet and wanderer.
NOT FOR FOOLS. BY H. Dennis Brad
ley. Designs by Rilette and Jacques
| Dor. London: Grant Richards.
To the uncompromising character
of this title the author adds thought
fully. If not over modestly. that this
| is a book for the few wise ones. One
approaches 1t timorously. No need.
| however, to have had fears. The
4 book turns out to be only another
set of personal opinions on the mis-
/ takes made by England on the con-
duct of her share in the great war
The author shoots of forty little
] guns. each Of which is calculated to
blow into kingdom come some part
| of the war theory or practice set up
by England. At intervals, surcharged
with national zeal and wisdom, Mr..
Bradley sets off q rapid-f1re gun of
aphoristic sayings, calculated to de-
molish the political and military
muddlers without more to-do. The
| whole Is a bit of fireworks, fero-
ciously earnest throughout, clever
| now and then, suggestive in spots
an effort calculated to relieve the
author himself of material that is
good to get out of ones system.