Evening star., 1922-12-31
Reviews of New Books

even though the whole fails to carry
one off in an enthusiastic acceptance.
DUTCH COURAGE; And Other
Stories. BY Jack London. New
York The Macmillan Company.
This volume includes ten of the
Jack London tales-almost all OF them
pure adventure all of them strong In
their appeal to the boy that. in great
er or less degree exists in everybody.
male or female. With the book Is a
foreword by Chairman London. who
gives the history Of "Typhoon OF the
Coast of Japan''-the second story in
this list. This Is Jack London's first
story. When he was seventeen years
old and just returned from sea voy-
age. working thirteen hours day
for $40 II month. he saw in the San
Francisco Call the offer of SIS prize
for the best descriptive article. Out
of his own experience he told what
looked iike--and won the prize.
grammar school boy. this. The sec
oud and third awards Went to stu
dents at California and Stanford uni
versities. Interesting. Mrs. london
tells also what the Jack London Club
is. This club has no dues. Member
ship Is automatic through the mere
promise to leave any playhouse dur
ing an animal performance. One
thereby registers his protest against
tIt ABUSES tHdL iltteIlu
ing for show purposes" These two
little stories by Mrs. London are sure
to add interest to the adventures set
down in this latest volume of Jack
london tales.
OUR NEIGHBORS. BY Annie Marion
MacLeau. New York: The Macmil-
Ian Company.
\ whole hookful of little stories.
all of them drawn Off from the
authors personal contacts with
hundreds Of working folks. These
anecdotes are drawn from every pos
Sible anglx Of the work inSmanS lie.
day itself. and one from some in'i-
mate happening i'll the home. There
are dozens to show how these peopl"
taae their pleasures, and how they
look upon those above and below
them-upon those better Oft than they.
on the one hand and those less well
placed on the other. Here are in
Vulnerable stories of the women day
workers. of workers who are laid
Oft" Of drifters about the city. of
en-. irretrievably. by the way. No
color line is drawn in these stories:
all races have part in them. Miss
MacLean has keen insight and great
sympathy. She has, besides, Il fine
sense of humor-;lnd this saves her
her feelings for these folks with
whom she dealt in such friendly and
understanding way. This robust
sense of fun does. after all, lead her
TO present these people much as they
are-which is that they are like the
rest of us A finely honest book that
will find the good place which it SO
manifestly deserves.
JACK AND IN Lotus LAND. BY
The Lady of the Decoration"
Frances Little. New York: Har-
per & Bros.
These letters. headed yokohama"
Tokyo" " Karuizawa," cover months
of lettering in Japan. They also bub-
BILE with the joy of the adventure, a
JOY that the writer with easy infor-
mality passes on TO the reader. The
look of the country, the ways of the
people. this curious custom. that point
of general interest-these gathered
up in moving from. place to place
serve as back ground to story which
the author invents to add the touch
of reality and interest that nothing
else gives, particularly when-as in
this caSe--it is a natural and cngag-
ing little love story. The adventure
is bright and gay throughout most
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