Evening star., 1922-12-31


Andaiusia and
Other Med / I c / Il II :, n
Shores. With an Account
of the I:ymauy Race"-so
me subtitle runs. Ard il sounds If
irving Brown night i,avr been Il
proper traveler-notebook IL hand
cumming an account of TIE Romany
race-say. its origin. its customs. its
influence, anI So on and 50 on. If it
does. by any chance, sound this way
TO you, it is wrong, and this ione is
much off the key. To get any hint of
tho real quality of this book it is nee
nssary to follow the main title-and
even then one needs to mix night and
day, so that be does not know the
sun from the moon. Indeed, there
seems to be no real hight i'll the cos
mic plan of Irving Brown and tho
Sypsies. Certainly there is never =
proper time for going to bed. and the
sleep is a mere nod here. forty winks
there. There is no time to sleep
Just time to dance and sing ana
snatch drink of the warm wine or
.Ierez, and then off again. T" Cadiz.
NADIA, and all around the circle-hom-
ing to the gypsies in every place. ana
then, all over again. the dance. the
song. the warm. warm wine. Ana, on
Lord! the p!ctires that this vagraht
fellow makes, TIL" sky. tn" noun
Iains, the play Of light. the deepen
snE shadows. the bright ".ties-and
tho bizarre and beautiful EyPsieS. ANA
,ioes he not finally. giv. us something
substantial and dtr' rdable about
these wild folks. one doe nos kn""
he simply Lo,> along. his mind
singing and dancing in tn" flooding
ioy of life around him. No. il is not II
useful book-.h;,t i, being useful IS
rot its business. Just being harp! IN
:, glorious corner "f lit" is tn" thinE
in hand fcre-aEd We love TINY
share In it.
DELAWARE AND THE EASTERN
SHORE. BY Edward Noble Val
landigham. author of FIFTY Years
OF Delaware College illustrated.
Philadelphia: ]. Il. Lippincott Com
pany.
History, personal reminisccnce and
fiction appear. in recent years, 10
have formed partnership whose
purpose is to open up the eastern
.-hore" to general interest by tn" SIM
pie process of doing away with IT'S
long SeClusion behind the barriers OF
bay and ocean. Mr.. NallandIEhamS :
contribution to this plan is charm
ing book whose intent is 10 give
some aspects of peninsula. rIeas-
ant and well beloved" These as
uects" includ. touches of history, pic
lures Of the region as it stands, rccol-
lectlons of many Of its people. stories
of others who in the past gave def
Kite feature to the social life ana
the occupations of the eastern shore
One gathers good passing view
Il i'll ta1 day Inn
rneut of this quiet corner through
the authors method of treatment.
and this double line OF development
is made keenly alive by Il rich store
"f personal and local incident that
sets the whole fascinating spot before
one in a vivid picture. Isolated to a
certain degree for SEQ years by its
p.ninsular geography. the eastern
shore" is coming out. under the work
"f writer's. as Il discovery OF decided
interest and appeal. Mr.. Ealiandlg-
ham's book is freely and beautifully
illustrated from photographs, and
these merely strengthen the deter
mination which the book itself creates
before another year goes by we
are going to explore that eastern
shore.
NATHAN CLIFFORD; Democrat, 1903
1851. BY Philip Greedy Clifford.
New York: G. p. Putnam's Sons.
ITO the men of the north who help
ed rnflinchinEly to bear the banner
Of the democratic party during the
long contest over slavery have been
applied epithets signifying not only
error. but also guilt All through
This struggle Nathan Clifford was a
northern democrat" This furnishes
the keynote to a biography which pre-
sents high patriotism. distinguished
public service, keen intellectually
and great moral force as the stamp of
Nathan Clifford. antebellum democrat
Representative to the legislature, at
torney general of Maine. representa-
tive to Congress. Attorney General,
preme Court of the United States
these are the waymarks along the ca
reer of Mr.. Clifford. Thousands about
whom infinitely more has been pub
Hcly said have not achieved a frac-
tional part of this genuine service.
And, in part, this biography is de-
signed to correct the scant justice
that has been given to this man,
among others to whom history has
not dealt according to their due. The
study. naturally, includes the line of
general American history with which
the service of Mr.. Clifford coincided
IT contains personal correspondence
that lights up many a point of his
tory with an informal intimacy. The
author of this biography has not only
UpHc duHlTdDle "oTk IN CO-OrQlndtlnG
the parts of Nathan Clifford's life.
md In relating it to the public affairs
around it. but his own narrative part
in this study is most interestingly
easy, most attractively informal.
THE MATURITY OF JAMES WHIT
COMB RILEY. BY Marcus Dickey.
Illustrated by Will Vawter. In
dianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill
Company.
This Is. in substance, a story of
achievement. 1t tells of success. and
friends. and honors. and a deep place
IN the heart of the people for this
poet of common life. Journalist, lee
turer, writer-these are the steps by
which Riley. finally, arrived as a
true American poet. Marcus Dickey
tells the story in the very spirit of
Riley himself. simple. droll. kindly
and. above all. friendly. That is what
il ts-a friendly story. full and true
deeply appreciative friendship and
love. Some of the illustrations of this
Impressive book Were painted by Mr..
vawter under the direction of the
poet himself. The others are repro
duced from photographs and rare doc
uments. This volume, with Marcus
Dicky's The Youth of James Whit
comb Riley" serves to present the full
life of the poet. They. together. do
more than that. They give period
in the development of the middle
west.
ROUGH-HEWN. BY Dorothy Can
field. author of "The Brtmming
Cup etc. New York: Harcourt.
Brace & Co.
Mrs. Garfield, for the purposes of