Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-01-08
Reviews of New Books

does more than that since. as back
ground for the queen herself. II lies
in an interesting and significant
period of English history. This pc
Rod Is too close for accurate ap-
praisal and the book in hand does
not attempt this. What it does do Ii
to seize the outstanding features of
this period as material for the hand
of some future scientific historian.
In simple narrative the author tells
of the early life Of the young Danish
girl who was to be the Queen of
England. of her engagement to the
Prince of Wales, Of her bearing and
influence in her ultimate high estate.
Out of the story a beautiful and good
woman energies. one who command
ed, and still commands. the affection
ate loyalty of the English people. An
interesting record this, one in which
genuine sympathy and understanding
go along with an easy manner that
makes strong personal appeal. the
booksis calculated to stand as an adj
mirable supplement to the more
formal history of the period sur
rounding Alexandra.
A GARDEN OF PEACE; A Medley i'm
Quietude. BY F. Frankfort Moore:
author Of THE Jessamy Bride"
etc Illustrated. New York:
George H. Doran Company.
\ heavenly place to sit down in.
this book. quite away from the raging
malady of going-round- and round e,-
Of many quietudes. describing a real
garden, and the makings thereof, in
the town of Yardley Parva. meaning
1.-The little sheltered garden" named
long and long and long ago by a
Romans. Beside the leisured beauty
which this spot offers to the eye. it
satisfies the mind as well, for it is
garden of memories that reach
back into a rich and fragrant past.
A book for wide and reminiscent
hours, for the favorings without
which the workaday world is fiat
and stale and monotonous forth
faring.
NOBODY'S MAN. By +. Phillips OPP
penheim, author Of THE Profit
GERS" etc. Illustrations by Ralph
p. Coleman. New York: George II.
Doran Company.
The turmoil of politics--in this
case English politics-ought to be
enough TO satisfy the most ambitious
writer of adventure. Not MIR. OPP
penheim, though. To this theme he
here adds a full-size mystery, de-
pending upon the sudden and uneS-
planned disappearance of the young
secretary of the great politician VINO
stands at the center of this compll-
cation. Not satisfied yet. the author
sets divorce between the politician
and his wife. Then. to give himself
another fighting chance, he presents
charming young woman whose
business it is to soften the hard spots
in the life of this sorely tried Eng
lish statesman. Besides a whole flock
of minor matters-spies. lost papers
of dangerous import. political ira
ducers. social scandal -mongers,. un-
L..
most anything else that comes along,
Mr.. Oppenheim impresses into service
here, obviously for the sake of fur
Their mixing up the situation. All
this to the end that, at the last, he
may neatly extricate the hero as
white as snow, give him his hearts
desire, set him on his political legs
again and, airily bowling to the au-
dience hurry away to do another
one" Not minute goes TO waste.
You will enjoy the stir of things,
even though If there were tune you
hood of this or that in the GREATNESS
progress of events.
WARD TALES. By +. c. Davies, v.
A.D. New York: John Lane Com
pany.
One can imagine the wounded sol.
dier-now that the war is over ana
done witl-porinS over these hospltal
sketches as a part OIL ms own eNPei
ence. They are very real and lifellke
nictures which present the wounded
man himself from one or more Of his
countless angles of experience and
feeling. Bright little scenes. too.
many of them. despite the suffering
and horror from which they were
taken. The incidents describe, also.
the spirit and activities of the nurse
and whole hospital staff-still turning
out the most hopeful side. the most
, cheering side. of what was undubitably
a grim and terrifying business. The
record bears evidence of being faith
! full one, aiming to give the situation,
from time to time, exactly as it exist
ed. exactly as it was seized and inter-
preted by this keeply observant
! writer. The eight sketches presented
here stand. one judges. as an authentic
and, therefore, as valuable contribu-
ton to an important branch of the
general literature of war.