Evening star., 1922-10-22

JectldeS the dream sof Carnae. Love
and real wife. Of course. supplement
While one is enjoyiag this run Of
events. and he does:enjoy II, his mind
looks ahead, however, to more OF the
north, and the rivermen, and the
woods. SO that, at any time, he is
willing to turn away from other mat.
interest and enjoyment.
Knock. KNOCK. KNOCK. And other
!. aetories. By Ivan Turgenev. author
Of Fathers and Children. etc.
! Constance Garnett. New York:
The Macmillan Company.
The first of these short stories-the
one from which this book gets its
title-is the study of a Russian. a
oeeI is;. In the army TO
downright silly. To himself. how
ever. he is quite prodigiously. other:
destiny itself is taking concern.
Morbid. sensitive. superstitious. he
brcods upon the fate that Is before
him and, finally. creates the tragedy
s TSs Other e .ns stores Of @
level Of this one. Ingratitude. de-
ceit lying. theft. stupidity. cunning
these are the qualities through
sian writer. Is trying to make head
way in wholly materialistic world.
Surprising all other writers in the
use Of realism as method the Rus
point of view. to produce fiction that
portrays the soul of man as a mere
fleck in a welter Of human weak
ness and wickedness. An amazing
art brought to a perfection OF ef. f..
feet These stories are among It's
best examples. The Russian story
is never pleasure. 1t Is. however.
almost without exception, pro-
found and stirring experience.
ONE THING IS CERTAINs A Novel:
BY Sophie Kerr. author Of Painted
Meadows" etc. New York: George
H. Doran Company.
A romance Of the eastern shore. that
narrow stretch Of Maryland that, AT
all hazard, has maintained Its own
distinctive personality while other
communities have hurried TO take on
ress prescribes. And to the charac-
teristics Of this locality the novel In
hand does full justice. Here the camp
meeting Is in full swing. When the
time comes the tournament takes its
place to- show the prowess Of com
country wedding. with its feasting
and general merrymaking. This back
ground Is admirably vivid and true.
The story itself Is the everyday traE-
edy of unhappy marriage. tragedy
that goes on the drab course Of hard
ing, on the part of the wife. with a
pious. Puritan,c tyranny on the part
of the husband. The wife. as a girl.
had loved another man-one of the
gay young roisterers who SO shocked
the strict religionists of the commu-
My. The story carries on to include
the nearly grown son and daughters
of this unhappy woman. In the mean
time, the old lover. successful, Sob
cred and unmarried. has lived a neigh
Dor to this girl Of his youth. At the
very last a touch that % approaches
cerned. and the author, too. out Of a
complete no thoroughfare. A very
substantial piece of work, even and
fine, as well as an interesting story on
a theme of general appeal.
CAPT. sAZARAC. BY Charles Tenney
Jackson. author Of The Day of
Souls Souls" s;,, etc; India Indianapolis: The
Jean Laitte is hero worth while.
! leader Of desperate men. One mo
men. prIc is MS h ad. I
he is pardoned and acclaimed for
service to the new republic. Again,
he is a fugitive. A hundred years
and more ago the city of New Or
leans was in secret ferment over q
wild scheme to rescue Napoleon from
, St. Helena and to give him sanctu-
ary in this French corner of the new
| world. The young bloods of the city
We're fred wi n roman zti TIE
desperadoes were keen for adventure
All that was needed was the perfected
zarac-Jean Lafitte. Nothing but ac-
tion after this. Swift and colorful
action-secret meetings. rapid dis
! persals. street encounters of gentle
men hand-to-hand, hazard and escape