Evening star., 1923-07-14
The Library Table
BY THE BOOKLoyER

rainy days, and when they are tired
and cross from long continued physi-
cal activity. There are a number of
recently published books of interest
Tor boys and girls Of all ages, and
the girls usually like the books in
tended for boys better than the ones
intended for themselves.
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For older children, from fourteen to
sixteen, several new books of adven-
ture and history might we'll be put
into the trunk. John Buchan'S "A
Book of Escapes and Hurried Jour-
neys" is full of romance and perils.
Some of the chapters are: The
Eight to Varennes," THE Escape OF
King Charles After Worcester" THE
Escape of Prince Charles Edward"
The Flight of Lieuts. Parer and Nc
Intosh Across the World" and "On the
Roof of the World" tthe Himalayas).
Ralph ID. Paine's Comrades of the
Rolling Ocean" is story of the ad-
ventures of three American boys in
the merchant marine. A. Hyatt Ver-
rilPs "The Boy Adventures in the
Land of Ell Dorado" illustrated by
drawings and photographs by the au-
thor, is story located in Central
facts and vivid descriptions, in addi-
tion to accounts Of discoveries and In
dian adventures.
For younger boys and girls H.
le-Steenstrup's when 1 Was a
Boy in Denmark" is delightful
story Of Danish schoolboy life. and
Clarence Hawkes. 'Dapples of the
are ever fascinating, because chill
dren never see enough of the real
circus.
For the small members of the fam
lily, who cannot yet read for them
selves, but must be read to, a few
books should also be put into the
trunk. Thornton w. Burgess "Flow-
er Book for Children" handsomely il
lustrated, will help the children to re-
member the flowers they know and to
find new ones. Hilaire Belloc's The
Bad Child's Book of Beasts" is a book
humor and restore good nature. A
beautifully illustrated and decorated
book Is THE Fairies Up TO Date"
with verses by Edward and Joseph
Anthony. and pictures by Jean de
Bosschere. The old. familiar fairy
Cinderella's prince, for example. looks
like a millionaire" and she goes with
him for their honeymoon ION an
ocean liner"
Phere are many lovers of diary
literature who go back again and
Retz, Pepys and Evelyn. Though
they usually prefer their old fayorites.
they are not averse to new personal
records of this type, provided either
the personality recording the events
be interesting or the events themselves
and the various persons participating in
them have some value. THE harrington
Diary" by Joseph harrington. r. A..
edited by James Grieg, Is 10 be COM
mended for the latter reason. When it
was unearthed at a sale, about two
years ago. Harrington as painter was
practically forgotten, and the diary
does not raise him to fame because of
his own personality or achievements.
It shows him TO have been a gentle
man, a hard worker. a good friend,
something of an authority in the
academy, even tempered and lacking
in humor. His accounts of the per-
sons and events of his period (1747-
1821) are extremely matter of fact
but the persons and events happen to
have value in history. A few of these
persons are King George III, Burke.
Fox, Lord Nelson, Warren Hastings.
Napoleon, Marat, Mirabeau. Boswell.
Turner, Gainsborough, Benjamin West
and Mrs. Siddons. Some OF the inn
portant events are the trial of War
rem Hastings. of which Harrington
was a spectator: Marat's sojourn in
England and sight of Napoleon. AS
yet only the first volume of the diary
has been published.
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Ernest Pooles latest novel, Danger"
Dallas Brewer, who has seen overseas
service and has been shell shocked"
and his sister Maud, who worked in
French hospitals during the entire
war, are equally war nerve casualties.
Dallas has partly come back to his old
self. has gone into business and is in
love. He would be able to put the
horrors of war behind him and become
altogether normal again; but his sis
ter Maud, hysterical, still obsessed
with war mania and clinging des-
perately to a handful of disabled ex-
soldiers for whom she runs a club in
New York, stands in his path, with
the continual reproach Lest we for
get" Entangled with these two neu-
rotics, is the healthy, sane. charming
girl, Natalie Darrow, who does her
best to save Dallas from his sister
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helpful as Natalie. is her eighty-year-
old aunt, Miss Eliza Tillinghast The
story ends, as 1t must, tragically, but
we are glad that the tragedy does not
completely engulf Natalie, and that
her wholesome, bluff, western friend
4. Donohue. returns from Siberia to
help her make a fresh start. We are
glad, also, that. in spite of her eighty
years, Miss Tillinghast is not killed
by the strain which she is forced to
undergo on account of the two
Brewers.
It is the simplest and least expen-
sive thing in the world for the poor
city dweller to acquire a comfortable
country house, according to Mrs.
Amelia Leavitt Hill. In her book.
"Redeeming Old Homes; Country
Homes for Modest Purses" she in
sists that a country home can be ac-
ouired and maintained at no greater
cost than that involved in the usual
summer expenses at hotels. She gives
advice about finding old houses at low
prices which can easily be made over
into attractive summer homes. A
great value of the book is it's prac-
ticality, for the author gives many
specific instances, and more than
thirty full-page Illustrations of eX-
teriors and interiors of made-over
houses.
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Persons who read Walter Lipp-
mann's brilliant analytical study of
social psychology entitled Public
Opinion" published a year ago. will
also wish to read the less brilliant.
but very readable and stimulating
book Of A Lawrence Lowell. Pub
lie Opinion in Peace and War"
President Lowell's chosen field is the
nature and operation of political
parties. which, he SAYS, ARE OBJ
viously included within the scope of
recent social psychology" His book
deals first with personal and collective