Evening star., 1922-06-11


Gene Stratton-Porter. lllustra-
tions by Paul Bransom. New York;
Cosmopolitan Book Corporation.
TOT so very many years ago
nj there lived away out on the
shores of Puget sound lit
tie boy and girl who were so
lucky as to be left pretty much to
themselves A log cahin-sea to the
front, forest TO the rcar-wi'h neigh
bors few and far between, among
them, here and there. Il wise old ST.
wash Looks like dull picking Tor
couple of active children. N"'lir.S OF
the sort. as ii turns out. fpr these
two. Brother and l." set ny :he
friendlieSt Of relations with every
thing that flew or swan or stalked the
forest by day or night. And TINS TACT
IS. really, that which sets this par
ticular nature book" with the very
elect of that order. Il stands as an
other bit of real evidence OF the eS-
sential oneness of animal and man.
With fear gone. there follows Under
standing. companionship. and mutual
respect. And these two children test
ed to the limit the happiness OF Il
fearless companionship for all the
creatures of the wild. y beautiful art
Of telling all about it belongs TO th'S
writer, and art that j. based, pfl-
marilv. upon her own passion for
these friends of her childhood. y few
people have permitted themselves the
great expcriencc of getting d|ur int
,,iS ~ - :
IL one of these Fri"ndShInS ar Stt
down here that every h"F anu S!EI
should know about. THIS - w" N''t
of book for thom-oue ot u" t''E
best of the books about ah'i'It
whom not TO know is, clearly. q ir Own
loss.
THE Young ENCHANTED. BY hush
Walpole. author of The Hreen
Mirror etc. New York: George
II. Doran Company.
"Enchanted" simply because theE
are vouug-this is the idea that am
mates this story of q corner OF ttoli
don life right after the war. ~
romance. il is. wrought OUT .,
EVERYDAY existence of Henry and NIL
licent Trenchard brother and sister.
Far from an everyday existence
10 them, though Instead II holuS
heroes and heroineS. MADE out W
whole cloth. ard turns drab ana con
,nonplacp doings into pure auNth'Ul
Mr walpolc makes a most loF;lptt
- Of rbese two. one especially
loves Heury-untidy. innocent. non
est. wool gathering Henry, \ re-
lar knight-errant. u"NerthtI'SS'
occasion comes for l0val service. nav
ing read this tn-seelh% urail" y"
,o,,th the reader promptly invites
NfiIlie and Henry out of the hook nv"
his own small circle of book frltnuS
for further acquaintance ana cHJNt
ment Mr.. WalpOle IS great on
as Jeremy" ard the f"utis
chanted' so clearly make P'"'"'
SILVER CROSS. Ry Mary JohnSto on:
author of ITO Have 9nd 10 h"!''
etc Boston: Little. Brown CO.
This romance goes back some hing
IKE 400 years. In a corner OF Eng
I,rd there stood, in those days. on
+he side of the river, Wander. the
ahbey of Silver Cross. on the "thr
side of the stream was the frlarE "i
Saint Loefric. Around the TWO Eaih
cred the hamlet of Middle roI<i' Ie,i,
And to this Godly spot came the sex
and afflicted from far parts OF INC
world Miracles were wrought. l''-
Iirious furies and fanaticisinS Hour
ished there. likewise. Nl,Aln ine
town lived Morgen Fay. frank; HGh
GLOVE. against whom. finally. the
pious frenzy of the people ra%F1:
Driven from home. MorGen hefSell
became a pilgrim 0uestinG truth ana
peace. In silver Cross was mon \:
Brother Richard. whose mode o!
seakirc peace and the holy he
brought him under the suspicion and
narsecurioY Of his order. The ro-
nance here has to do with the Pill
Crimagc of these two. Aroun" mem
the author has re-created the EnS
land of their period. One Of inns
writer's cifts lies in her sympathetic
hold upon historic events. upon her
pcculiar turn of imagination 10 re
produce both the form and the spirit
Of the past. To the romantic story
of Morgen Fay and Brcther i''ritatI
convincing picture of the Enelah" OF
that old day.
KoBIETY: 4 Novel of Polish Life.
Ev Sofia RvCicr- NalkowSka
Translated from the Polish by Mi
chacl Henry nziewicki. New
York: c. !. PUtnam's Sons.
The title of this Polish novel
means women" 1t is. however. one
woman's story of her own life. \
frank self-study and 2 daring sell
ayowal II is upon this utter open
ness of declaration that the dis
tinction Of the story rests. Women
ere trained to Concealmcnt. There
fore a perfectly frank woman throws
confusion and fear into this inStinc-
steps boldly into her own mind and
seats herself. watchfuliy. in the
hidden corner of her emotions of love
and the sex impulse. Friends. com
panions. lovers. knock at the door
of her life. Engaged with these IN
about the usual fashion Of social in
tercourse. in so far as eNternaiS go.
the author expends herself in an
intimate study of her real reactions
70 these outside forces. And n"thin"
ar all holds her back from recording
and describing these reactions No
body has ever. one takes il. been more
free in her condolences to the world.
intellectually keen. wholly lmper-
sonal in this self-analysis, fearless
of spirit, fluent in manner. and dra-
matte i'm portrayal. this writer has
achieved n novel that is bound TO ex-
cite both interest and no end of dis
cussion.
SAINT-SAENs BY Arthur Hervey.
author of Franz Liszt and His
Music" etc. New York: Dodd, Mead
& Co.
The recent death of Saint-Saens
stirs. naturally. a renewed interest
IN this artist. in his work and in his
influence upon the modem trend of
the art of music. BY way of the
book in hand. Mr.. Hervey meets that