The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-01
BOOKS in BRIEF REVIEW

GO many requests for q collscisd
-, edition of Emma Lindsay
Squier's short animal stories
were received while her s1ries Wa
running In Good housekeeping
Magazine last summer and autumn
that the Cosmopolitan Book Corpo-
ration has decided to bring the book
out with its spring list. This win
be Miss Squier's first appearances
between book covers. though hsr
name has recently become familiar
to magazine readers.
Mrs. Gene-Stratton Porter IL writ,
ing an introduction for the, stories.
She was one Of the enthusiastic
readers Of the series a II appeared
from month to month. Paul Bran
som 10 at work on q set OF q dozen
animal illustrations for the book,
which viii be titled "The wul
Heart"
A NEW translation Of the early
English poem ''Beowulf."
which dates from about the begin
ming Of the eighth century. has just
been published by q. p. Dutton .
Co. The TRANSLATION 10 the work Of
c. X. NJ. Scott Moncricff, whose
translation Of ''The Song Of Re-
land" was published not long ago.
This new volume has an introduce
ton by viscount Northciiffe.
ONE of the exquisite seiectiens
which Nina salaman has col
lected in Apples and Honey
Doubleday, Page q Coz II .
paragraph Of rhapsodic prose by the
poet Heine which even in translar
ton carries the emotional exaitatioa
Of q great poem. p
The Bible. what . book; Large
and wide a. the world, based on the
abysses Of creation, and peering
aloft into the blue secrets Of heaven
sunrise and sunset, promise and full
filment, birth and death, the whole
drama Of humanity are contained
in this one book. Ihis the book OF
God. The Jews may readily b con-
soled at the loss Of Jerusalem. and
the Temple. and the Ark of the
Covenant. and all the crown Jewels
Of King Solomon. Such forfeiture
is as naught when weighed against
the Bible, the indestructihle treas
ure that they have saved.
That one book IL to the Jews their
country. their possessions-at once
their ruler and their veal and woe,
Within the well-fenced boundaries
Of that book they live and have
their being; they enjoy their In
alienable citizenship. are strong TO
admiration; thence none can dis
lodge them. Absorbed in the perusal
Of their sacred book, they little
needed the changes that were
wrought in the real world around
them. Nations rose and vanished. i,
states flourished. and decayed, reyoi.
utions ragged throughout the earth
but they sat porting over this book.
unconscious Of the, wild chase of
time rushing on above their heads"
A RTHUR GUITERMAN says
that the writing OF verse il
Juvenile habit, and defines a poet
as one who couldn't get over it. In
regard to his "A Ballad.Maker's
Pack" just published by the Har.
pers, he says, modestly, "All Of Il Ii
verse-and some of it, hope, is
poetry" Verse. according to Mr..
Guitermsn, Is word music with the
notes taken await Is language
in meter; free verse is not verse at
all; and, he adds, II am one Of few
people who won't try to define
poetry"
AN engaging little book that WIN
delight child readers IL Anne
w. Franchot's Max: A Midnight
Adventure" &c. p. Dutton q Coz.
1t is Q little fairy story, partly IN
rhyme and partly In POLITICALLY ex.
pressed prose, Of how the bronze bell
ringer. Max. on the old, old clock.
tower that had once been a gate OF
The city Of Bern, ran away one night
with q company of elves to a noun
tain top, where came q company Of
lovely fairies from all over the world
with gifts from their own countries
for the building Of q tower Of loyalty
on the mountain.
It was indeed q great adventure
for a little bronze beli-rinser who
had been dutifully striking the
hours for hundreds Of years, ana
Mrs. Franchot, whose Bugs ana
Wings and Other Things" has de-
lighted many young readers, tells K
with much grace and charm.
REVOLUTIONARY history il the
baais Of Evcretf ~ T,or,Nc.~~,.