Evening star., 1923-06-03
Reviews of New Books

writing of the sort that is backed by
unusual thinking and gift In pick
ing out and combining the best words.
SO THIS Is GOLF! BY Harry Leon
Wilson, author of Merton of the
Movies" etc. New York; Cosmo-
politan Book Corporation.
you bet it's a good farce. Hard
to see, though, what you get out of
1t. You're not interested in golf and
couldn't follow a game to save your
life" Bless you. There's. a lot more
than golf here. AS a matter of fact,
the natural human instinct to set
oneself to drama Is all right here in
this amusing nonsense. Everybody,
like the man on the fifteenth tee, is,
in his own mind, making clean and
mastery sweeps through the air in
real archangel style when, as a mat
ter of fact. he is, also like the man on
the fifteenth tee. merely plowing up
the ground like a peeved bull at the
sight OF an unapproachable red-coat-
ed lady friend. That's the fun of this
humorous account. 1t is the universal
instinct set to the terms of an am
bilious set-to with a common and
popular game"
THE VISION OF DESIRE. By Mar
garet Pedler. author of The Moon
Out of Reach" etc. New York:
George H. Dcran Company.
Pure romance based on the familiar
fact that man, completely disil-
lusioned by disappointment in love. is
able to gather up brand-new set of
illusions and, under these, to behave
and misbehave according to the ira
ditional fashion of enamored lovers.
And Anne Lowell is calculated to
make a man see visions and dream
dreams. Several do. So, 1t is not al
together plain sailing for this re-
generate woosr. One is glad of that.
for he is a wearing fellow with his
incorrigible distruSts, behaving much
of the time like sulky little boy who
needs spanking. However. thise Is
serious and romantic story, not to
be treated lightly or in flippant
phrase. Just four people in it are
quite worth while. There's Ann. first.
Ann is clean, sunny. sweet-smelling
trump of a girl. though one sus-
poets that the author did not cast her
in that particular mold Then. there S
her brother, Robin. Ann over again,
but all man, nevertheless. Lady Su-
san is crisp and fine. Sir Philip is
grumpy, and fine, too. The rest fill
in for the working out of a rather
ambitious line of events. Interesting &
and well sustained in spite of certain
handicaps.
THE BELLS OF ST. STEPHENS. BY
|, Marian Keith. author of Little
Miss Melody" etc. New York
George H. Doran Company
A joyous book of youth. with youth
cast somewhat In the Polyanna mold
With the coming of the Erskne young
folks-Helen and Mary and Pete-to
the home of dear uncle John" min
lister of St. Stephens, things began
to happen The first thing that hap
pened was the indignant retirement
of the housekeeper, Mrs McTavish
WI l1- ad m a
old minister's widowerhood. And
from this center an active current of
events moved out to include. finally
the whole town, much to the better
ment of that town. Mary is the really
great power in this process of civic
regeneration. busy girl, Mary, who
in addition to ardors of this sort, is
q BILE to manage two perfectly good
rivals for her affection. A bright
fresh-air story of youth that should
and, without doubt, will be of amaz-
ing interest to any number of young
readers-girls, particularly.