Evening star., 1922-06-25

and d-twisted construction Of this art
list in the ways of certain strains OF
New York life.
GEN. ROBERT e. LEE AFTER AP-
POMATTON. Edited by Franklin
L. Riley. professor of history,
Mashlngton % and Lee nnivers,ey. rnnS
pany.
Between Appomattox and 1870. the
year Of his death, Gen. Robert X. Lee
held office as president OF washing
ton and Lee University. The univer-
sity, ffty-two years after. Issues TINS
volume as a memorial to Gen. Lee.
The source Of the memorial is such
of the Lee alumni" as remain to pay
tribute to their college president. It's
| substance consists of recollections.
"reminiscences. Incidents. estimates
and reflections that recreate the
leader. but instead the mentor or
youth in the ways Of peace. While
the book Is deeply interesting-and
| invaluable. too. since, under the cir
cumstances. 1t is the best that can
be produced-it loses in its impres.
/! sions inevitably from the years that
have interviewed. The men who have
| obviously done their best to con-
tribute TO 1t have been for full half
century in contact with a world OF
! marvellous changes. The recoliectlons
and experiences CT fifty years ago
have dimmed and changed their out
| the rescue of distinguished ana
notable figure in what was. without
doubt. the most trying and tragic
period Of the life Of Robert E. Lee.
AS a chapter in the life Of Gen. Lee.
as a moment in the local history OF
Virginia Immediately following the
war, this memorial book reflects
honor upon those who have produced
tribute that should have been made
many years ago.
THE PHARIsEEs. BY n. Morgan
| Gibson author of Jam" etc. New
| York: Doubleday. Page & Co.
Margaret was telling me once that
nearly every one acts like those old
Pharlsees, pretending to be a bit diff
| ferent from what they really. are. y
] So. upon the common. everyday pre-
lenses OF human existence-pretenses
which help nightly to sum both the
tragedy and comedy of things-Miss
Gibbon builds this admirable novel
| The background Is that Of hamlet
| in the south Of Wales. The lifelike
characters partake of the soil and air
such as it is. follows the plain pattern
of the life rounda bout, it's special de-
| sign woven by the small deceptions,
the seemingly harmless make-be-
] lleVeS, Lndt enter SO largely INTO the
| individual life of the wide world. II
Is the rapid growth, the potent char
acter shaping, the ultimate ripening
| of pretense that produces. inevitably
| in the hands Of this conscientious art
list, the rather grim outcome of the
novel In hand. A sincere and finished
| reflection of human nature set In a
| particular environment.
| THOUGHT RELICS. BY Rabindranath
| Tagore, author of "Gitan1ali." etc
| New York: The Macmillan Com
| pany.
Like STRAY Birds" an earlier vol
ume by Tagore, this book Is a Sc
quence Of thought whose essence Is
wholly spiritual. 1t preaches-if 1t
! may be said to preach at all-the gos-
| pei Of leisure, and quietude, and un-
| concern. 1t stretches long perspec.
| tives for a true setting of values and
| proportions. 1t opens silent rooms OF
| reflection. It closes doors against
| the noise and turmoil and confusion
| Of modern life. A sentence here. a
| paragraph there, a half-page beyond
these sum to body of thought that
| is calculated to minister to the rarer
moods of this hurried. headlong day.