Evening star., 1923-02-18
Reviews of New Books

! themselves. AS lifelike as life itself,
this story, in the waywise hand of a
writer who is keenly iutuitive and
broadly understanding.
THE CONQUEST OF FEAR. BY Basil
King, author of THE Inner
Shrine etc. New York: Double
day. Page 4 Co.
\ belated notice, for which one
would apologize were ii not for the
fact that this is the moment Of all
others warmest for book of this
character. This is a record of personal
experience. an experience III Wh1ch
Mr.. King met, and fought. and con-
Quered mans universal enemy, fear.
Since the war people have naturally
been nightly concerned about the
spiritual side of life, about their own
power over these spiritual factors OF
individual existence. Counting fear as
the most useless. indeed the most de-
Structive. of human qualities, Mr..
King set about a study of fear ana, It's
nature once known, about ways OF
defeating and thwarting It's opera
tions. The book fits exactly INTO the
common current of thought in the
present. Step by step, the author teliS
how, in his own case. he came 10
grips with this universal enemy, ana
how, finally, he came off victorious.
Something worth knowing. this, and
some thing abundantly worth trying.
good deal of repetition here. but no
lesson is ever learned without con-
stant reiteration, without approaches
from every point of view, so THIS is
more than justified. 1t is a necessity.
The sincerity and earnestness of the
author, the simple and palnstaklnG
character of the study. and the whole
souled zeal TO pass the good Woro
along-these make for most useful
book as well as an intensely interest
ing one.
LOCHINVAR LUCK. BY Albert Pay
son Terhune, author of Lad: A
Dog" etc. Frontispiece, by Morgan
Stinemetz. New York: George H..
Doran Company.
Half a dozen stories. and one is
deep in love with Lochinvar Bobby
! That is the way with the Terhune
dog stories. In little after talk. the
author admits that he had to invent
some here-nothing in respect 10
Bobby himself. The stage had to be
managed a little and the man side OF
the action touched up Il bit to meet
the intelligence and sense and devo-
tion Of the dog. One wishes to say
that if Mr.. Terhune made Jamie
Mackellar out of whole cloth. he is
d wizard at making. Bobby and
! Mackellar are a royal pair. In this
J confidential talk after the perform
| ance, 80 to speak. the author vouches
! for the essential fact underlying the
| first OF these tales. The Coming OF
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! Bobby's escape from his master and
! ten months OF Tending for himself
| in pure wilderness adventure He
calls it "reversion to the Wild but
| it was the making of Bobby. that,
| on top of his superbreeding and
| care. However. interesting a this is,
| it is the story itself that captivates
one and again puts dog lovers in
debt to Albert Payson Terhune.
BEDOVIN LOVE, By Arthur Weigall.
author of Madeline of the Des-
| ert." etc. New York: George H.
Doran Company.
! This is not rival to The Sheik."
| 1t is not an Arab love story in any
| sense. Nor has il anything to do
with the desert. save in its Begin
| ming. The heart of the word BE
! douin' is a nomad, wanderer. and
! this is the story OF wayfarer in the
! far places of the earth. Love comes
! along. but II is rather as an incident
than as the prime motive Of life. The
first touch OF love comes at Cairo.
| where the hero of this tale, an
! EnelShmau, chances to be at the
| moment when the lady. too, is there.
| a sudden call from England sends
| him back home to an Inheritance and
| cares and respectabilty. The second
| love attack sets upon the hero here.