Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-02-26
MARGOT ASQUITH; An AutobioEra-
ply. New York: George Fl. Doran


=, enters this book under
promise of tremendous stir to MS
emotions He comes out OF 1t feeline
| much as an exhausted 10Y balloon
looks, the wind completely out OIL ms
inflated expectations. a sense OF gone
ness where he had looked for the thrills
that rise SO promptly over the rail-
ties or the otter person. However.
this is, certainly, an Interesting auto
, biography. 1t is. first and foremost
a joyous recital of happy days. OF So
ciel prominence, OF the receshitto1
that waits upon q keen Wit and a
ready tongue. 1t is, besides, COT.
roll call of dear Arthur and dear
Winston" and lot Of other dears, IN
GLIDING even princes and psinceSses
II pictures, affectionately, peau,l-
full childhood home, glen among .md
girls whose give-and- take manner "a
life gives this gallant chronicler very
fair appraisal OF the male. anu az
counts for the continued up-s'dnd
ing good fellowship with men-and
. women. toc-that marks the course OF
her career. A warm -hearted EIl
whose. friendliness reaches beyond Inc
; people Of her own kind. once Mareot
| Tenant went to Whitechspei 70 g.
pursuit of a better acquaintance Win
''Phoebe whitman" beautifui silh
Girl. she went with Phoebe 10 IN"
"Pegsy Bedford" for the noon hour.
sitting in corner by herself, eaLills
nv sandwiches and smoking my Gig
arctic" she noticed that the very Cd.
yious admiration OF Phoebe was not
! manifested with the subtle suatity
| that she desired. 1t was genuine
| fracas of devotion. riot OF au..i g,
ton. In minute MargoL ied ddine
! rather plaintively in her account OF
! il. "Women fight very awk"ai,oi.'
| and I was battered about. CHAR
! acteristic hair-trigger perfo rna ne 2.
rooted in an impetuous ardor ior ,a.r
| Of her own life. In discussion. say,
of politics and parties. the writer IS
| not at her best. 1t is in the recoiiec-
| t:ons of her own rich. warm -nearteu,
I swift-speaking life that she runs NIX IN.
an electric current through me
stodey mazes OF conventionality.
i routine, traditions.
| Quick, author of "On Board the
! Good Ship Earth" etc. 1llustra-
| lions by n. q Wyeth. Indianapolis:
i The Bobbs-Merrill Company.
| 1t is not possible to look upon "tande-
ma rk's Folly as something that a mere
novel writer made UP out OF ms own
head. The author fails completely TO
figure here. Instead one finds himself in
/ friendly intimacy with man-eideriy
by the year count. but young, neverthe-
less. in all the essential characteristics
| of youtn The man is looking hack into
a boyilood that lies on the far SIDE OF
the civil war And he is telling US about
! this boy. Jacob vandemark. The be-
| ginning of the story is away back in old
York state, with Jacob. then only a child,
1 serving as driver on the Erie canal The
picture Of that famous waterway as it
was more than fifty years ago. of the
towns along its course. of the boatman s
! life, Of the business OF canal boating
all this is wonderful bit Of lifelikeness
that deserves some permanent and con-
| spicrous place of safety and honor Is
a thread of perfect local history TIE
end of young Jacobs pilgrimage is Hell
Slew" or "yandenark's Folly a
s,lnken section OF Iowa prairie land.
reached by the famous prairie schoon-
er." ox-drawn. as rule. At the mo-
ment Of this recountirg. however. the
| old Hell Slew is a broad and smiling
| land section. bursting with the fruits OF
the earth, supporting sleek cattle and
fine horses 1t is the achievement of
science and soil in partnership. Looking
| back over the long road OF the young
American pioneer. the man holds the
| story to a beautiful simplicity; he
| touches it with romance. a romance that
sings like lyric in the hearts OF two
| wayfarers-boy and girl: he rounds it
to a sturdy fight for the rescue of the
prairie to settlement. to homes, to pro-
ductiveness. to fine teamwork. to clean
politics. to distinguished statehood The
story is a true and beautiful thing-a
stirring thing as well. Personal ro-
nance and the romance of the land unite
here in a strong and absorbing pioneer
tale.
p,-
Lady Norah Bentinck. illustrated.
New York: George H. Doran Com
pany.
Holding her mind quite straight
neither permitting it to lean toward
her subject nor away from it-Lady
Norah Bentinck here produces a pic
ture of the daily life Of the eX-kaiser
! after his flight into Holland. \ part
of this time the famous exile spent
at Amerongen. as the guest of Count
!, GODDARD Bentinck The rest of it he
spent at Doom House. where he now
lives. In so far as it holds TO the
subject, the book appears to be affair
record of the ex-kaiser's daily round
Ia very limited and uneventful
round. Loyal attendants of the ex..
emperor pass into the picture and
out again. Visitors are named and
content-the superficial content. tina;
is-of the life of William Hohenzol-
lern is set down here. There is
however. no attempt to dip into his
psychological reactions. nor to reach
toward his political outlook. As a
picture of the externals of this sit
uation the book possesses good cur
rent value that will. in time. take
on the historic cast. 1t Is work OF
many irrelevancies-as if the ma
terial were not sufficient, in itself. to
Ali the picture. There are long &C
counts Of the Bentinck family. Some
of these have a bearing. slight bear
ing. upon the subject in hand. Many
Of them are entirely without bearing
upon this case, however interesting
they in themselves may be. A
smaller book, book of better CO.
hesion. would have had correspond
ingly greater and more lasting value
THE WHISTLER JOURNAL. BY E
+. and j. Pennell, authors OF The
4; Authorized Life of James Men
Whistler" Illustrated. Philadel-
phia: j. B. Lippincott Company.
People who are interested in the per
sonality of Whistler, as we'll as in his
art. are in debt to the Pencils for
artist with this intimate and open
journal. An exciting experience. il
must have been, to live with a great
artist plus great temperament.
These authors take the three-year ad-
venture with frie ndship and good
judgment and clear insight. SO that
readers are able to gather out of II
a fair estimate and a highly interest.
ing account. Much of this period
consists of plain everyday living
that is. il anything about James Nc.
Neill Whistler may be called plain
snd everyday" Some of it deals
with points that. under heated public
debate, have taken on apocrypha
colors and implications. Here the au.
,cIx foi ~