Evening star., 1923-01-21

estipg story in itself alone. A nnelJ
comprehensive book OF useful ans
satisfying content.
VALIANT rUsr. BY Katherine Full.
lsrton Oerould. author Of VAR
ObIasions." etc. New York
A dozen short stories. every one o.
emphasize the authors skill in tht
technical business of story structure
here 10 . writer--a woman at that
who finds themes of deep human IN.
serest outside the generally absorb.
than the passion of love are usee
here to create situations, to define
personality, to reveal character, e
color behavior, to determine the line
OF action. to shape the end. In these
under the surface where secret human
things lie-desire. motive. dream
This deeply informing light sets the
surface in a glow of human signif.
canoes. Mrs Gerould takes the es'
sentials OF any theme In a robust
to its minor aspects. And through.
out there are the illuminations thai
come from q smiling irony. or a frank
humor, or . swift thrust of revelation
that is often disillusionment. Thi,
book represents professional knowl.
tations OF life itself through the me.
dium of fiction.
MY IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA. BY
Margot Asquith. author of Mar
got AsQuith; An Autobiography
New York: George H. Doran Com
pany.
A friendly and ejoyable woman
Margot Asquith. We like her for this
friendliness and enjoy her because
she Ia clever and fearless and frank
And this liking comes as a clear sur
prise, since we had intended, all be-
forehand, to detest Margot Asquith
That was the intention in which we
took up this book OF impressions
And right away she was telling how
how her knees refused service: how
she had to sit and read. where sire
had meant to stand UP and talk It on
IN q hne fair. She told, too. how a
bad-manhered woman spoke out to
the effect that she had had enough
back. BY that time we had given ur
completely and were likely to cry
over Margot AsQuith. However, tina,
was the last time we had n chance &c
feel sorry for her; for. after that
time she got her wind and sailed in gal
lantly to tell us what she thought
about us. And. in the main, we are
all right. She hates our mode OF
travel. bot she is not vicious about It
Maybe she recalled that England
like lady's small handkerchief laid
on the corner Of a full-size sheet
This notion of size-long distances
heavy runs. volume of travel-may
just possibly have something to dc
with construction and accommoda-
tions. Maybe. She thinks. too va
are making a mess of prohibition
And what could we say about that
She. again. has very little use for oul
newspaper women and makes hel
point by quoting the questions they
asked her. No answer. The news
rect. courteous. companionable gen
tlemen. Everything else she liked, and
liked prodisiously. And above all die
she desire a genuine friendship &c
continue between this country anc
England. That. indeed. was the bur
while she was here. An interesting
book of the lighter sort and re-
markably clever and interesting
woman behind il.
ENRICO CARuSO; A biography. By
Pierre ". r. Key, in collaboration
with Bruno Zirato. illustrated
Boston: Little. Brown G. Co.
This is the authorized story of the
life of Enrico Caruso. The authors
OiC tHo AEiCIlu, TIC OlncT INC seer
Of Caruso-have 80 selected and com
bined the Geographic material at theil
disposal as to make a strtkingly vita
narrative on the theme of geniu,
sprinsing from poverty and climbing
by way of many and great adyersi
ties. to the highest mountain peak 0,
artistic triumph. The story In III
completeness does more than this
1t gives over a vividly alive Caruso-
willfu1. wayward. childlike, lovable-
70 hA w. 20 tot ~ n
friends and to the admtring wonder
OF the world at large. Beside these
two achievements-rather a part OF
tn eui-the book contains innumerabis
sidelights on other artists In whom
the people delight. It serves. also
Caruso himself and these others, tc
embody to a degree the spirit Of mod.
ern music IN its aims and in It:
achievements.
PIPPIN. BY Archibald Marshall. au-
thor of THE Hall and the Grange
etc. New York: Dodd. Mead & Co
Pippin is q boy. not an apple. Being
boy, a country boy. the desire OF his
heart was to leave the lonesome cor
faring into the big world. And one
morning before sunrise Pippin SET
out, his pack upon his back. He, OF
course, left his mother crying. How
\ boy could leave his mother. she
could not understand. Mothers never
the same. The father said nothing
He knew how the venture would turr
out. A year Of seeing the world
earning his own keep meanwhile
that was the bargain. Soon Pippir
took on dog. And the two of then
tramped the English roads and by.
ways. That is the story. In th'
morning swinging of across tho Eng
lish country, then the hungry noon
the tired night. the sound sleep; theI
the new day and Off again. It IS {
lovely, fresh, uneventful adventure
save as folks, just as you find them
! keep any situation from being unevent-
full. Just a man standing stock still
without q notion Of any sort in his head
is an event And Pippin found plenty o.
| these. The year over. Pippin, as hi:
father knew he would do, came bach
to the home that had grown amaz
ingly beautiful in the year ava,
from It. And the girl. too. She. also
had grown more lovely, more desir
able. Charming. and quiet. and won
kind of work.
NAPOLEON; From the Tui1eries t,
St. Helena. By Louis Etienne st
Denis. Translated by Frank Hunt
er Potter. New York: Harper
! Because Of the authentic characte
OF these personal recollections,
vouched for by Prof. G.. Michaut o
the Sorbonne. this book becomes al
| important document bearing upon tn
hfe Of Napoleon. serving either t,
| corroborate facts already known O
to introduce fresh material out of tn
writer's personal relations with tn
great general over q prolonged an,
critical period. Louis ,Etienne 81
Denis was personal attendant o
NAPOLEON through the Russian cam
| paign, at Waterloo, at st. Helena
From this intimate source CT infor
L m tim cQnnaS1a "a h L.