Evening star., 1922-07-02

tor1c truth. Nm spirit, 1t ID an act oil
justice. long overdue.
THE MAN ON THE OTHER SIDE. BY
Ada Barnett. New York: Dodd
Mead & Co.
Dick Carey moved through to the
other side by way Of the great war.
Thorpe farm. which he had loved and
beautihed fell into the hands of a
woman, much like Dick Carey him
self in her passion for beauty and her
friendliness for every sort OF living
thing. This story is that Of the part
nership of the two-not from con-
scious communication, but from the
woman's subconscious certainty that
Dick Carey was still in command for
the fulfllment of his dream for
Thorpe farm. The story is so ma
turally and simply worked out. 30
subtly projected, that one comes to
feel 1t most plausible thing for
ones influence to remain where ne
has through the years put the best
of himself, even though he, himself.
in the body Is on the other side. Not
q weird story, nor q queer one. In
stead 1t Is bright and wholesome
projection of what might easily prove
to be the truth, of the matter itself.
A very delicate and beautiful piece
of work that Is bound to enlist the
sympathetic rea1ing of many.
TOILERs OF THE TRAILS. BY
George Marsh. illustrations by
Frank E. Schoonover. PhiIadel-
phia: The Penn Publishing Com
pany.
Nine short stories all brought
down from away up north around
Hudson bay and Rupertland. Moth
ing appears clearer than that George
Marsh has himself adventured in this
oeri. hnv hoo
rare Noff moments of softening and
where trapping and fur trading and
the occasional trail of the innovating
engineer round up a strenuous busi-
ness of keeping alive, These robust
tales are. in the main. the story of
the man and his huskies in the far
northwest. AS dog stories they are
surprisingly fine and stirring. As
man stories they portray the short
and simple code Of out oft the-way
places. One is going to remember
and go back to Gaspard Laroque and
on the German boat drifted up that
way during the war to capture an
English post When the Prince
Came Home" is a tale that Terhune
himself would love. Hard stories. all
of them, fighting stories-but fight
ing right and in way to make one
! joyful In their reading. Some Of them
have been printed before in Scrib-
ner's and the Century. Some of them
have not been. Read them all. They
are worth it.
SCOUTS OF TIE DESERT. BY John
Fleming Wilson. author of Tad
Sheldon. Boy Scout etc. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
Not an entirely new story. but a
| good one. nevertheless. to revive for
the summer reading Of the Boy Scout
The Mojave desert is. to be sure, even
! in imagination. a hot spot for sum-
, mer adventure. but it has. at least
| the charm of newness to the great
body Of scouts. And the author pre-
sents this strip of the southwest with
| a knowing intimacy. in familiar
acquaintance with its tickle moods OF
sandstorm and sudden calm, of its
zarre splendors of sunset. He sup
| plies this new stage with adventures
wherein there Is enough of danger
and enough of escape, to keep the
average scout reader on the t;ptoe
| of excitement. Gold hunters, run
| aways. lost travellers, and even lost
automobile, provide the two Boy
! Scouts of this story with steady busi-
ness and tremendous enthusiasm. The
stamp of the book is that the author
| takes the boys in as equals. This is
| not a story of denatured adventures
There is no writing down to an is
sumed lower level of understanding g
either on the part of the two heroes
of this tale, or on the part of those
| who are expected to read it
! MADAME VALCOUR'S LODGER. BY
Florence Olmstead, author of "Or
Furlough," etc. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons.
i 1t is Nine valcour herself. rather
! than her "lodger" who, in this pleas.
| ant story. attracts the attention ant
holds the interest of the reader
Keenly appreciative of the common
| traits Of French character. the author
| has. in both Nine. and NJ. Valcour
! created. in a blend Of insight anc
humor. persons of interest ane
age. The "lodger." scientific in
! vestigator of no very great appeal
! falls in love. naturally. with Geor,
! giana, sophisticated young woman OF
! society who Is taking a turn at teach
| ing French with Nine. Valcour The
+: current of true love is here disturb
ed by the familiar detection OF the
/ lover under the lure of another siren
! In this case siren OF stripe so com
monplace as to smudge up, perma'
nently any fair notion that one may
; have. at first. held toward the lodser
: However. Georgiana bang woman
| is Of forgiving turn and the story
| ends in the flavors of conventona
| romance. TIE Valcours and th"ii
| friend, NJ Trudeau-yes. and the cat
Ali Baba-prove to be the engaging
! characters Of the story.
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