Evening star., 1922-07-23

boy is negligible-tiIl in early youth
he really does the thing that the
father merely continues to hope to
do. The boy. then. away down in the
fathers heart, is a rival. This stud.
! of the actual inner life OF the man,
| bent to a career that lies in his blood
although its naturalization Is quite
! outside his power to achieve, Is
sincere and revealing study of the
fundamental and compelling factors
| in this mans life.
MAJESTY, A Novel. BY Louis Cou-
perus, author of Small Souls" etc.
! Translated by Alexander Teixeira
de Mattos New York: Dodd. Mead
& Co.
| trappings Of royalty have pretty COM
| pletely covered up the fact that, with
| in the panoply Of kingly ceremonial.
are human beings who feel and think
| much like the, rest of the world. For
| the purposes of this novel. Louis Coup
erus took his stand within the lives of
| kings and queens and retainers. in or
der to demonstrate the basic human
| nature that animated this order,
just az IL animates all human he
! ings. Men first. royalties afterward
is the keynote Of a novel which Is pro-
F.! found in insight. intuition. feeling. The
novel is psychological in effect, though
tupon its surface IT is literal record
| Of events, rounding into story whose
color is all Of the courtly life in which
| it is set. The realistic art of this dis
tinguished Dutch writer has full posses
| sion here. The story. written almost
| thirty years ago. justifies its recent re-
vival because of the prophetic strain
/ that rises to the surface of II through
/ the declining kingships that it depicts.
a fading Of the monarchical principle
\ which the past few years has demon
1 strated and empha sized.
PAX. BY Lorenzo Marroquin. Trans
lated by Isaac Goldberg. Phi. D..
| and w. v. Schierbrand, Phi. ID. New
York: Brentano's.
BY way OF his translations Mr.. Gold
| berg is helping greatly to open up Span
! ish American culture to northern read
ers. The author Of this story of Colon
| bia stands high in that country as a
writer. just as. in his lifetime. he
peace and orderly development for his
| war-torn country. The story IN hand Il
a big one-an inclusive story, in the
nature of a panorama portraying ir
brilliant and vivid colors the genera
| life Of the revolutionary country Of Co
lombia. It is an adventure Of swift,
| change, Of sudden and frequent politi-
cal upheaval. of the slow advance OF
democratic growth. Of the decay Of the
| aristocratic principle. The story Is
|
| people-intimate domestic scenes
| crowd the march of national events
A keen satire pervades the whole. A
vague symbolism looks out here and
there. Quite remarkable descriptions
rich. glowing. Illuminating support
! lavishly the action of this epic of a
country's struggle for nationalism. A
compelling plea for peace by way OF
drawing literal pictures of the de-
vastation and waste Of war.
THROUGH THE SHADOWS. BY Cyril
Abingdon. New York: The Mac
milan Company.
Just to laugh. this. AT the last mo-
ment the English host who figures
here is forced to practice an inno-
cent deception in order to secure a
chaperon and hostess for the house
! party that includes an American girl
in whom he is deeply interested. The
| entire comedy serves to give point to
| scriptural text Behold. how great a
matter a little fire kindleth." Before
! the party is started about half a
| dozen persons are booked to be other
! than themselves. In the general
| shifting Of personalities an amusing
| amount of nonsense is produced with
cIeverness and entertainment. Good
| fun-a summer half-hour Of entertain
ment is tucked away in this general
mislaying of identity and the conse-
thereof