Evening star., 1922-04-09
Reviews of New Books

made out Of personal opinions and
personal convictions.
THE HOPE OF THE FUTURE. By
Edward E. Eagle. Boston: The
Cornhill Publishing Company.
Familiar and axiomatic has become
the statement that any substantial
hope Of the future lies in a better un-
derstanding among nations. And Mr.
Eagle, in the book in hand, says no
more than this. 1t is his way of say
ing it that counts. This is plain
American man" who has Travelled up
and down the world attending to his
business, the commercial business. In
this going to and fro he has become
nightly impressed with the honest
idealisIn. their practical methods.
their splendid achievements In par
ticular has the work of England
throughout her dependencies drawn
out the admiration of this business
man. Right here the author gives a
information in support of the world
work of England. He is impressed
and the next step that his mind takes
Is to picture the two great English
speaking nations in perfect under
standing and cooperation for the
well-befng of many peoples who are
yet below this desirable level. The
chief obstacle to this fulillment is,
according to him. a lack of under
standing coupled, in America. with a
too-ready suspicion against England
a suspicion whose basis is half
edge and hearsay. helped along by
agencies that desire to keep the two
great countries apart. With these
things in his mind this plain business
man turns and scolds US Americans
soundly for our silly arrogance. for
our assumption that the good things
Of the world have been cornered by
the United States. 1t is good punch
ing talk. that we deserve-a talk, too.
that is butteressed by a solid block of
practical information. 1t will do us
approve this effort toward under
standing. giving little notes of hand
to that effect. Among them are
President Harding. David Lloyd
George, Sir James Craig, Hon. Will
liam Morris Hughes and others.
HEART OF HEMLOCk. By Clay Perry.
Frontispiece by Gerard C. Delano.
Indianapolis: The Bobbs- MERRILL
Company.
A river. at bottom, provides the
thrill and adventure of this story
This is the river that lies between
the forest and paper mill, making the
roadway along which the paper logs
hoat and circle and tangle and jam
as they move toward their goal. the
iAiiI- HC "OIh Vi the river men JOINS
with the work of the river to make
stirring adventure of the north
The principal man here is young
Fellow just home from the war. Be-
fore he went across his job was in
the offce of the paper factory. But
he was square and the job was round.
So. coming back from overseas. he
did what SO many of the boys did
refused his old job And because
the river was in his blood-his father
was river man-he decided to take
to the water. beginning at the bot
tom OF this logging business.
This turned out to be the great de-
cision for this particular boy. He not
only made good at the beginning of
the business but he grew with it. and
saw. finally. the vision of making
new forests to take the place of the
do. as well as to achieve many other
OF the ideal measures of great bust
ness everywhere. There is a girl here
mot so very much of a girl. despite
definite up-to- dateness about her-and
the girl helps the story out TO the con-
yentional finish of all stories. But
the river is the thing, and the boy
and the logs and the stresses of max
ing good.
ROGUES & CO. BY Ida 4. r. Wylie,
author of Children of Storm" etc.
New York: John Lane Company.
A very bright and enjoyable comedy
hased on the familiar affiiction of loss
of memory. This particular man. sit
ting on a London doorstep, without
ghost OF notion as to his own name,
or place. or occupation, is seized upon
by a policeman. No sooner has this
happened than he is wrested from the
policeman by an enthusiastic psycho-
analyst and led away TO the home Of
this scientific investigator. The po-
iS
rightfuf prey by virtue of the right
of discovery. Thereafter a puzzling
and clever situation evolves through
the ardent Offices of these two to re-
construct for the victim the life to
which he formerly belonged. Their
theories play about him to his own
deeper bewilderment. From house
breaker to titled gentleman he moves.
1t is at this last incarnation that a
lady appears to claim him as her ac-
the plot only grows deeper. Laugh
able situations and clever sidestep-
pings keep the matter going till. at
the last moment, the tangle straight
ems and the story is done.
MIRIAM OF QUEENS. BY Lillian
vaux MacKinnon. New York ::
George H. Doran Company.
A pleasant story that girls will like
all about girl who refused TO go
misunderstanding and was determined
to go to college instead. The effect
of this decision and the carrying of
it out introduces the reader-a young
one-to a very wholesome and attrac-
tive girl, surrounded by a quite be-
lievable circle of family and friends.
And the story goes on in a bright
to-do Of every day interests which is
truly enjoyable. There is real snap
to the college activities that move
matters along here proving, step by
step. the worth-whileness of, this
girl Miriam. The moral of the story
is that a girl may so to college and
still not be hopelessly shut on from
a lover and what looks much like a
! husband-to-be At ones last glimpse
Of him.
BOOKS Received.