Evening star., 1922-07-16

"Maritime History OF Massachusetts" /"
These stand as background into
which the stories of James Connolly
sink as true and component part ot
this actuality Of New England lie
and enterprise.
THE INHERITANCE OF JEAN
TROCVE. BY Nevil Henshaw. au-
thor of "Aline of the Grand
Woods" etc. Indianapolis: The
This story slips into ones affections
by virtue OF its sincerity and modest
bearing. 1t never attacks one, takes
quietly by ones side, winning him
by degrees to a genuine interest. An
old story-that of lost Inheritance
and the casting of the rightful heirs
lines in strange waters iof association.
The treatment Of this boys character.
however, has the newness and fresh
ness that sympathetic insight and
the art of words contribnte to all tit
erary work. One is glad to follow
this boy forward to the time when
that which belongs to him comes his
way through the rightness of his do
sonality. The really fresh quality Of
this we'll told story lios In its setting.
New Orleans and the plantations
around II have an exotic charm. an
atmosphere. that belongs to no other
part OF this country. This the au-
infinite subtlety and grace Of appeal.
An admirable story for the quiet.
hours of real enjoyment.
THE BRIDGE, A Story Of the Great
Lakes. By NJ. L. c. Pickthall. New
York: The Century Company.
A builder-in this case a bridge
builder-thoughtlessly but knowingly
scamps his work. The result is the
giving away Of the bridge at the
weak point and the loss of four lives,
among them that Of the builders own
brother Such--is the foundation OF
fact upon which this writer con-
structs the drama of what may In
Likelihood be going on in the mind OF
psychological drama, this. In a web
of plausible and interesting outward
circumstances there is, first. the IN
stinct toward classification. Loyal
friends are about him, but in them
he comes to feel a withholding OF
conscious. The man betakes himse:>
finally to lonely island off the dunes
of one of the great lakes. This soIi-
tude turns out to be broken by the
presence of three others-an old man,
a boy and girl. The story unfolds
among. these exiles. 1t progresses
through the builders affection for the
girl. whose beauty and substance OF
sincerity hold him to deep self
appraisal. Through a long stress
too long a stress-of overemotional-
rapge of plausibility and becomes
weird and exaggerated In
its later processes. However, it is
brilliant in parts, both in its esti-
mates of mental suffering and in it's
brighter and more engaging por-
trayal of the life of the lonely island
under the friendship, and enmity as
well. of the big waters surrounding
it. Most dramatic throughout.
THE HOUSE OF RIMMoN. BY Mary
s. Watts. author of Nathan
Burke" etc. New York: The Mac
milan Company.
This romance has its beginnings in
the early nineties, which accounts for
the fact that the hero's name is
Grover Cleveland Harrod. 1t Is the
story OF one alien strain in the family
life. of the one that goes out from
the common ways Of the household TO
blaze a, new path for himself. This
stray has the literary turn. and the
story is the growth of Cleve Harrod
into a writer. Between setting out
for this goal and reaching it. how
ever. young Harrod is almost every
thing-save a writer. Soldier, bar
tender (there were bars then), man
of-all work. dishwasher-these were
the roles that kept the boy alive.
while. on the side. he scribbled
vited him. BY means Of this change
Of place and by way of the other peo-
pie who enter wildly into this ro-
nance. Mrs. Watts achieves. or almost
achieves. her usual effect Of substance
and vitality. The hero himself. how
ever. is thinner than her heroes are
wont to be. There does not appear to
be enough of him to I'LL the places
that he ought to fill. So there are
long digressions about the various
places and the other people who be-
long to the body OF the story. till one
sight entirely Of Grover Cleveland
Harrod. At the last, fully arrived,
both in life and love. he again gets
real grip on the readers interest.
SEARCH. BY Margaret Rivers Lar
mimic. New York: G. P. Putnam's
Sons.
frankly realistic story of man-mod-
ern and ancient. Looking back. one
separates Jim's career into three
parts. The first period was domi-
mated by Jim's love for Harry Cloves
wife. The second period engaged
him with his own wife. And the
third one found him deeply in love
with his wife's sister. No. not loose |
man, at all. That which may make |
him appear SO is the fact that this
story turns Jim Stonehouse inside |
out-a process that would prove dis |
and condemnatory to
every mothers son and daughter OF
Us. On the contrary, this is q fine
and lovable fellow. honest. sincere. |
most engaging. The writer treats
with truth and good judgment-treats
early time when Jim,
; law-abidins fellow, found himself |
sntoiled in an unlawful advenPre
his life was even worse, de-
spite tho fact that Jim was gently
and unobtrusively trying to find hap
piness in this mixed-up world, He
never does find it-of course, not
Ind the story ends with the phiio-
sophie word from the principal char
acter. that greatly to desire any