New-York tribune., 1922-06-04


This Is a digest Of Book News FOR
the much occupied reader who depends
on the public library FOR his selection
Of the books OF the day, as well as oil
Yesterday. There will be no attempt
n include more than few books one
would wish 20 read. The bulletin w'ii
quote from reviews appearing else
where. with comparisons. so that ne
who reads may draw his own con-
illusions. In addition the bulletin Is
prepared 20 answer requests FOR spe-
cial recommendations.
GENTLE JULIA. BY Booth Tarking-
~.Gentle Julia makes 10 pretensionis
ssve a. kid comedy. IL hits tne mar
,rfsliibiv. Julia is supposed 20 be inc
toro,re She is small town heNe' the
hoss,ed beautv OF the community inc
,.or,g mon trail her IN droves. Ana
she lust can't be mean 20 anybooy' -,
h. .implv suro-fre hokum comedy We
b.venf laughed 50 uproariously LOT
s~roe time. II there Is any one VINO
can maintain dignihed ooldness 70,
,,a,d this story We can't unders,r.n,u
whv.~ John V. a. Weaver IN Inc
Brooklyn Eagle.
carl Van Dorcn. literary editor OF
aTh. Nation" observes that III neh'le
1,,iis' A. no, regarded as art but mere
Is "a farce IL Is undoubtedly lun"sf
The authors asides have plehN
satiric point. the action is oIisk anu
simple. the dialogue and dialeCl ar
rev and the observation OF me sul.eee
manners OF children IS almost ere"'''e
In It's acuteness.'
4rh. Literary Review" thinks that
h.,ide "Ponrod' and The Magniheeht
Aroborsons' Gentle julia is
,iightor sister. But II Is sure 20 s'ahu
IN with them in a final appraisal
ul5eyarde Hawthorne, writing -
..rta ~cu, York Times says: Don
- .bis hook; but don't try 20 reao J.
nin,,d 20 anv one. You couldn't DO IL
srs,ice' not its best parts, because no
one can speak distinctly VINO Is OIoA'"
up with laughter.
The FAIR REWARDS by Thomas
orb story deals with twenty-five
81. york theatrical manager. and ms
49, fastcr children. For two-thirds OF
;,s length h seems 20 belong TO tne
roollow entertaining, ploticss genre
tben n rather suddenly develops
rnyel and powerful situation. When
-, 20 this authors style as JAZZ
40 M. intend IL al all in derogatory
ecnse His story is neither blatant
,or vulrar. though IL deals with people
ybo are both. His jazz, by when
,,ean in general the staccato note III,
c,,inr and averting az It's best, mp ana
Si,gnstinc al its worst. IS ohnanu'
craceful and unforced, and achieves
eer.ain note Of distinction. -huloerI
Footner. in The Literary Review
Rpr,on Rascoc. writing in "The Book,
man" saws: zone was not prepa1e9
"a encounter a novel Of New orS
theatrical life so eXquisitely etCneu
"a this. Il has been the strange 1ate
~ Mr.. Beers novel 20 sell IN great
numbers because Of the adventitious
circumstance that II contains mere anu
there bright bits Of scandal ABOUT PesV-
ple not 100 ItU"t'lf --......
beauty and charm lie IN the ina'uis
sentiment expressed, the civilized an, hnu
nitvinr smile Of a novelist capaoie
- noble grief. Mr.. Beers attitude is
,bat of an artist who seeks IN charac-
4ors or i'm situations only the essen
,ial beauty. And that beauty has no'n1-
;rr 10 do with right or wrong pretu,
80 or uglincss; 10 is reality viewed
nv n mind wherein intelligence anu
emotion arc carefully balanced
NETS TO CATCH THE WIND by
Elinor Wylie.
1,Nets 20 Catch the Wind is n vivid
title. What arc nets in this case Dv,
our senses. and how much do they noio
NJ those emotions which spring up
from, the four points Of our spirituai
romnass2 l. is small book, but rs
weight is pure with the gold we call
poefrv." W. S. Braithwaitc, IN Inc
Boston Transcript.
Edna ST. Vincent Millay in The Lit
erarv Review" pays tribute from one
roet 20 another when she says the
rublication Of this volume rs an event
IN the life OF every poet and every lover
~ poetry. Il is important IN itseh
as containing some excellent and tis-
tireuished work. and II is impor.
tant because u is the first book oi
,ts author and thus marks the opening
Of vet another door by which beauty
NAV enter the world. The material
rror.c Sc made 1c n