Evening star., 1922-11-19

:, Fornan. author of "Thc American
Democracy" etc. New York: The
century Company.
~ NE recalls vividIy the revela-
ton that Green's History Of
the English People" was to
him. Then. for the first time,
hc had chance to know something
cf the people behind the king and
court. behind the commanders of
armies and armadas. Exactly the
same satisfaction lies in the book in
hand. For here is history Of the
American people, ii narrative of the
growth of this nation. through the
courage of the pioneer, and the unre-
mi;ting toll of the farmer, through
the spread of education. through in
NrntionS applied to industry, through
the development of industry itself
End the outreach OF commerce One
feels the people-yourself and myself.
all of us together-as a part of the
tremendous movement that has final-
lE won Il republic that reaches from
ocean to ocean. Against this back
ground there are sketched. in their
richtful proportion. the wars that
nave been waSed, the politics and
parties that have been used as in
here take their rightful second place
III the great story of the people
themselves. a packed volume. this.
nut not Il cumbersome volume. Every
thinS is in its place and the whole is
presented through the art of story
tcll"r-a vivid. Fascinating narrative
thai reaches from the first white men
landed on our shores to the immediat
present Mlps-essential part of his
20; les and tiavel books-are here in
abundance And so is every other
POSSIBLE aid to the readers under
standing of the fine body of the text
i'S"if. This book is designed for the
:-''li'iai reader-for the man and
woman who want to follow the de-
Y. iorm,nt OF d handful of colonies
ia" y mighty nation.
THE WIND BLOwETH. BY Donn
firne. author of "Messer Marco
i'"i"-' View York: The Century
''snpany.
This time the author of "Messer
Mdlco Polo" makes it the story of
shane Campbell. who. out from the
fi"ns of Antrim. went a-sailing
when the last of the clipper ships
were vet on the waters. And. oh. the
ports Shane Campbell made. And. oh.
The women he came to know. Mar
settles. Beirut and others. and others
along the mediterranean. then out
across the Atlantic to Para. and Rio.
aud Buenos Aires, and others. and
others Strung on the silver thread
nj this mans imagination. these coast
SPOTS glitter like diamonds and glow
like blood-red rubies. Each is stepped
in its own peculiar dyes. Each eXudes
The odors of its own body. Each
i.rca thcs its own passions and desires.
Each stands. triumphant live thing
Of beauty and personality. And the
women, Back in Antrim there is
Shan" tampbellS mother of the thin
lips and the cold eyes. There is Moy-
III Doian, with whom Shane fell into
marriage as lads SO often do. And
down in MarSeilles. after Moyra dies.
thcrc is Claire Anne. the wise and
understanding woman with the kind
'yes-ClaireA Anne the harlot. And
off in Beirut there is FanZile with
whom. for the first time. Shane Camp
bell thinks he has discovered the
secret of living. One day the wres-
Ter from Aleppo looks upon FanZile.
whcrcupon he is promptly thrashed
ny the man from Antrim. And then
S.tauc Campbell sails away on his
business of merchandising. Home again
IN Beirut. he finds Fanzile gone
cone with the wrestler from Aleppo.
shane is learning that the woman
turns T." the hurt and needy. And so
thc w"ndrouS tale goes on Finally.
woman Of Antrim. And Shane Camp
hell is settling to the ritual OF the
QUO woman. The beautiful story ends
With the favors of domesticiiy and
pfcty upon it. after many magic years
Of youth and the quest of life. The
end sinks q little one thinkS-or does
=. after all.
JOSEPH GREER AND HIS DAtGH-
TER. BY Henry Kitchell Welt ter.
author of Real Life" etc. In
diarapolis: The Eobbs Merrill
Company.
big story. This is. in substance.
story of the strength of the nerd.
50, off against the weakness or the
lone creature outside the herd. IL
is :, story of the insiders against
rh,. out slider \ story of rapacity
organized industry setting solid
from against the single "innovator.
y story Of society banded against the
IoIr. claimant for its favor. Yes. the
story. too. of Joseph Greer and his
taughier-both outsiders. Greer is
:u engineer. inventor, traveller.
dynamic creature of odd behaviors.
a stranger to the business ritual OF
the big Chicago operation of which
I've hnds himself part. And this
is Il perfectly real account OF the DO
in--up. the freeZinS-out OF Joseph
Greer. according to the suave proc
..Sscs Of big business The daughter
part ot ner Idtnei-du ouu "
nal. Independent girl. for whom the
father comes to have social ambitions.
Md here, too. is perfectly real
account of the methods of polite
.criotN when its sanctity is threat
.-,,rd BY an outsider. Joseph Cree
faScinates them all-he would-both
the men in business and the women
N society. They move toward him
..n'. then scurry back to the safety
Of their own kind. The develop
nent is as much a piece of realism
as chicago itself. but it flames with
the romance of vision and creation
:.ud q tremendous personal force.
great tigure-that Joseph Greer-a
WAY ward. faulty man of genius and
power. Greer leaves it all-but he
at smother big undertaking. to work
in his own atmosphere of vitality
and an achievement more stable than
merely adding dollars to an already
nvcrhie pile Of just money. One of
the strongest and most significant.
stories of the American life that is
just now trying itself out.
Lillian, BY Arnold Bennett. author
nf buried Alive" etc. New York:
George II. Doran Company.
Mr.. Benefits new story knocks one
"a Kite. Since society got started
mothers have sedulously taught their
daughters that chastity should be a
loung woman's prime preoccupation.
And the world has sustained these
mothers. Here Arnold Bennett
comes along with novel showing,
plaIr as pikestaff, that a girl may.
without benefit of clergy. run away
with a man, live with him. have a
baby and come out of it all an honest
woman in the worlds accounting.
Lillian" offers the familiar case of
the young girl, beautiful, poor, work.