Evening star., 1922-02-19

pany.
ffTvYE are full of ghosts ana
spirits; we are as grave
wv yards full of buried
- dead. that start to life
before us. And all our dead sires.
verify. are in us; that is their inn
mortality. From sire to son. we go on
multiplying corpscs in our selves; LOT
all of which, are resurrections. Every
thoughts a soul of some past poet
hero. sage. We are fuller than a
City, No wonder that one whose
thoughts can run this way should
early break away from his stald New
York lineage to go roaming wherever
the most dominant of these shos's
and spirits" directed. That he was leo
to go a-vaSabonding on a whaiihs :
ship turned out to be. in effect, a
great legacy to the world. since !,
was this that led to Moby-Dhck, anu
Typee. and Omoo-Sreat stories VI
the South seas. the real source 50
more than one will tell YOU. OF the
latter-day deluge of South-sea 70
mances This story of Herman Mei-
ville'S is great adventure ana d
great history. As adventure II GOV
ers moro than the outfaring or a
man upon the seas. For ii 'hcluut
the pilgrimage of his soul as Wen.
AS history it covers, IN the main, una.
great chafter of whale fishing tnat
made the most glorious period IN the
story of Massachusetts material SUI
cess, So. whichever way it is taken
as history biography, or autoolog
raphy-it is a splendid thing wherein
most restless and unsat'sned sp,ri'
found outlet. at least. III 4 reinartA ID = :
Bile period of maritime activity
must have been tremt tndouS uHutl
taking to gather this bathing per
iutn
without loss or damage to it. That MY;
Weaver has achieved a BOOK ot
breathless interest argues Tor thG II.
tegrity of the subject with "nicn ne
set out. And now away, all OF US. 10
read, or to read again. tne srea'
Moby-Dick, matchless sea tale
THE STORY OF THE EXPOSITION.
BY Frank Morton Todd. lllustrat;-
ed. New York: q. p Putnam
Sons.
~ This history is published for the
Panama Pacific International EXposi-
tion Company. 1t consists OF hEe Dig
and beautiful-voiumes which, IN
so far as this is possible. Reproduce
the San Francisco exposition of 1919.
Besides the splendid pictorial content
OF this monumental work, 1t lncludes'
also, the official history of this IN
ternational celebration OF the ois-
covery of the Pacific and the achleNe-
ment of the Panama canal. 1t does
more than this. For. going back
TO the beginning of this great enter
prise, it counts, step by step. the
growth of the scheme from its star
in the minds of enthusiastic anu
patriotic men to its triumphant com
tribute is paid, in speclhc naming =
and appraisal. to the men. one ana all
who contributed so devotedly and IN
telliger tly to the great consumma-
tion. All the difficulties are SET uoWh
All the victories are recorded. Ihe
enterprise is discussed from many
additional points of view-its artistlc
value and effect: its economic sig
.niticance: it's patriotic import; its
international bearing. AT bottom
down under the patriotic and ar'istlc
enthusiasm that carried TINS ire
mendous work to completion, it is
after fill, the story of great busl-
ness enterprise. projected ana com
pIeted in record time. The history
here emphasizes this; making tne
of exposition building. And the
whole is delightful-the most enter
tanning and exciting reading lmasln- :
able And this quality derives soieiy
from Frank Morton Todd hlmsei.
There is not a dry thread in TINS
entire fabric OF exposition. A touch
of the ridiculous comes upon Balboa
in this modern description OF his dls-
coyery of the Mar del Sur, but 1t Is
i, compound of pure good nature and
four centuries" and then, a rapid
summary of the world change
wrought by the Panama canal itself
After that, it is all business-dennlte
vigorous, straight-excellent reading
As store of definite Information IL Is
rich and most valuable.
RESPONSIBILITY; A Novel. BY
James E. Agate. New York: George
H. Doran Company.
Edward Marston. telling his own
story here, says: 'Illegitimacy's my
theme, the slur of illegitimacy-oh,
not the slur on the child. but the
sslur on the father" instead. My
unknown son comes to me late IN
life and my worst punishment is that
the joy / have in him is illicit, theft
from nature; my sacrifice of him
shorn of all that nobility and gran
deur which was every Engllsn
fathers. And even now it is not
question of marriage with Clare
Common sense was against IL;
Worldly wisdom has always opposed
such marriages. So that we come to
against the existence Of that fine,
sensitive creature of our fashioning--
a weighing in the balance which Is
altogether too brainsickly. This
a
handing the end of it to the reader
as the bool: opens. Throwing away
the meclIa mics of novel making-co-
-herence. suspense, cllmaX-he gives
away the issue at once. thereby re-
curing Edward Marston to live him.
self inside out. as it were. in this re-
markable disclosure that stragsles
and sprawls about in a way to hor-
r.fy the neat and housewifely story
teller. But. you see. Edward Marston
is not telling story. not really. In
stead he is clutching life itself
scooping it up in great handfuls that
drip with both beauty and ugliness-
Just as life does-with such curious
. blends of we'll and i'll that mere man
cannot separate the two for any con-
elusive guidance. If, as a critical
reader, you are more interested i'll
form than in substance. more keen
to the housekeeping of story than
in the sustenance that it's larder con-
tains, then do not venture here. If.
however, the human, naked to his
soul. is the first ccncern 70 YOU: whN