Evening star., 1923-04-29

~ OYS love the Roberts animal sto
Il ries, chiefly because they are
u about side OF life over which
boys are just instinctively keen.
And in almost equal measure they like
them because these are not arranged
stories. not fixed up for young readers
with the hateful favors of instructive
intent about them. These are the rea-
sons why grown folks. too. sit up to
these stories with so sharp an interest.
Here is a man who from long and inu-
mate friendship with animals has found
out that they. just like us. have devei-
oped a wisdom of life. sagaclty oil
conduct. under the universal primal
urge of preservation. few years
ago when we read these wonderful tales
of animal intelligence we yelled Mature
faker,''-but the takers only smiled and
went on in their investigating ways.
They taught us great many thinss
when we were we so minded. could
verify in our own garden variety OF anf-
mails The most of us have ceased even
TO speak Of "instinct." that saving word
that separates intelligent man from the
instructive animal. If it be only an
stinct" it is good enough and very
wonderful thing as Maj Roberts again
shows us through these stories OF WIS
dom that in ,he wilderness. has grown
out of the great game OF llfe-pursuit
and elusion. Between these two points
he. by way of these stories. dlScloS2s an
Elaborate and astonishing art for eacl
of the two activities. Just common ami
mails take charge here-the hare. the
owl. the mole. the porcupine. the ami
and So on through something like a
dozen adventures in wild life. FaSci-
mating stories. just as stories: fascinat-
ing. too. in the facts that they embody.
Ia o,,fb bnr
of The Flail" etc. New York:
Boni & Liveright
Tie basic fact of this novel is
quite within the scope of complete
plausbility. \ child might have
heen born outside of wedlock. Many
rnildrtn are 1t might also, In
slight stretching Of this initial out
lawry. have been born of a girl who.
in common speech. Is bad woman
and of father just passing ny.
Such. at any rate. is Mr.. Fue ssle 5 as
sumption. and it is upon this theory
that he here develops the personality
and character of JessuD. The story
shows that when Jessup discovered
the fact of her birth she ran away
from her commonplace old grand
parents to the city. An unconSider-
ell act born of the desperate impulse
to run aWay-to run away from her-
self as much as from anything else.
From the first YOU are for the girl.
She has character and talent She
applies beth to the business OF earn
ing a living-first, in the chorus.
where all truant girls begin. then
in a part Of her own and. finally. in
the application Of her gift in art 10
the decorations and osrumings OF
the stage. Jessup marrtes a young
architect with family behind him.
Then. ir the course of time, the facts
of Jessup's birth come TO the hus-
band. He leaves her. sorrowfuIIy to
he sure. but he leaves he''. of course
And Jessup goes on. quietly. in her
art and in her prosperous business.
finely dignitied ard beautiful
woman. The last we see of her she
ia sailing for Europe. in the interests
of her profession. In shadowy out
line there is an artist in this story.
quite drawn to her art-nothing
more about him. The story itself is
10 fine. g clean-cut. as commanding
is the ~irl herself. As convincing
that sort Of thing? Here il is. as
real as life-a part Of 1t. You are
going TO do just what the husband
did-ot course.
EMBERS OF THE FAMILY. BY owen
WiSter author OF The Virgin
ians." etc. New York: The Mac
milan Company.
Owen Wister. by war of this group
of short stories. goes back some til in e
like thirty years. not to gather up
new members of the family, but to
tell more about the members with
hom we are already familiar A
hiG budget of adventures and incl
dents still remain unopened out Of
those vigorous and stirring years in
the cowboy domain. 1t is some of
these that come out in this volume.
And while these are. in effect. fiction.
the mere story meant FOR the beguile
ment of readers. they are also. and
IN a very real sense. sketches of his
tory that. but for just such work as
this. would soon pass completely out
or reach That is the best Office of
these interesting stories-that they
are helping to hold 80 fact and real
itv part of our life that we cannot
afford to lose. However. just as meat
for the passing hour. they are fill of
good. rod blood and rich juices that
make the mouth water over them.
Ny METHOD; Including American
ymprcx.iOns. BY Emile Coue. New
York: Doubleday, Page & Co.
This book gives readers opportunity
70 study at their leisure that which
passed swiftly out of hand in the
press accounts OF the work OF Emile
Coue. As matter Of first lmpor-
tance. it contains the sum Of his
teachings Here is an assertion OF
the reality OF autosuggestion and
the high part that the Imagination
has to plav in the autosuggestive
process. II defines and illustrates
the moral power of autosuggestlon
appIying this power SpecihcallT TO
the educat ton Of children. 1t outlines
the future of this power and points
10 ourselves as the masters OF our
own lives. Beyond these simple and
practical discussions and directions
The author does not go. other than to
say over and over again that he is mot
healer: that such power lies with
the subject and not with him Fol
lowing this short course in the the
orv and practice of autosuggestion is
summary Of the authors expert
rnces in the United States a s trav-
eler and sightseer A genial and gen
erous man. delighted as child with
rond expression at the bigness ana
the vigor and the optimism of this
country of ours. The man himself
;sa good deal of tonic. His doc
trine is worth converting to practice.
Both taken together as they appear
here make this hook well worth ones
study and deliberate consideration.
MURDO. BY Konrad Bercovici au-
thor of Grimes of Charity. etc.
New York: Poni & Liveright.
Short stories that come together in
unity by virtue of their common theme
and their domination by single
heroic figure. IL at of Murdo himself.
These are tales of gypsy life. picked
out appa rently. from the realities of
that life. In all of them Murdo is the
great figure. man Of majesty and
wisdom of high courage and of ulti-
mate self sacrifice. Here we have the
resi life of the open-not for day
orIa summer hour. after the fashion
of Nur own people but as free choice
Of the earth for bed. the heavens for
canopy, the stars for light. the winds
nf the world for the breath Of life.
We're we have customs that are
strange to us but infinitely pic
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