Evening star., 1923-02-18
kOTvrO. BEING Japanese Curios. with
Sundry Co3Webs. Collected by LAT
radio Hearn. Illustrated by Gen
jiro Veto. New York: The Mac
milan Company.

ftE- GURUS dit oit SNO'ANS
Of the far past of Japan. The
.cobwebs" are SpinninSs OF the
oddly questinG mind OF Laica-
dio Hearn himself The former are, IN
the main Observation-Disclosures oro-
kep bit here. a complete pattern there
sudden gathering up of handiui VI
lovely odds and ends. and then noun
ing more, save some questohS 'ua
can never be answered. Lalcauio
Hearn has but one question: Nhal ID
Efep For answer he goes to-ma! pe'
drop of dew. maybe some TN! ih-
sect. A frefly. And "iireflieS, pE the
wav is one of the loveliest thlnsS
that even LatcadiU tearn coula h'aNe'
.pe+uoon IN, vanishing of the drop
of dew and the vanishing of the man.
what diiferenco: Nhat oecoi''e"
the dewdrop? by the great sun ltS
otoms arr separated and lifted ana
srattcred TO cloud and carth, -
river aud sea they go. ana out W
land and stream and sea again -
will be updrawn. only 70 iail @ a,'' 81 ~
With the PARTICLES of that composite
which YOU term your very scll. be
fore the hosts OF heaven tnc al"i0
,e Ho,i wcr..-and thrilled-and qhich
things. like the dewdrop. Ana WIZ.
All the stars of the visible hien'
shall have burnt themselves out,
rhnso atoms will doubtless AGAIN tahS TAM
na,.t in the nrbing of mind-wiii
ircnlhle again in thoughts, emotions,
mtmories--in all the joys ana pans
If lives stlll TO be lived IN worihs ,ts
still to be evolved. WhateNeas aiaI 'ta
of Hearn's theory OF life, even tha ,ha
orthodox must acknowledge the
haunting beauty Of his words. anu anu
possibly they feel. too, the siraI'G
million -year-old memories stlrr'hS ~
themselves that Lafcadio fiearh 50
,.rrtaiuIy feels in these deep-reacna,
mrs after life in it's essence anu
meaning.
THINGS THAT HAVE INIERE>pEn pin
ME. Second series: By A.@hoiu nov Saw
nett author Of Lillian, etc. New
York: George II. Doran Company
somebody said--St. John ErNlnt,
navhe-",rhere is not anything Inaue
by God or man which does no. iook
est Mr.. Bennett II peslhS " aonG
inst that way. Here is the Setot!u
serios on that theme with no ooNlous
reason why there should not be doZeIs
more. So far. it is very up-amu
doing performance goou 49, 10, aus Here
are more than half hunoseu
Thing that have engaged MI, NJ
Bennett For the sake OF Il aeilnt,e ,t
case in the company OF Mr. hTl.i,ee,' sh,a.
uunr.oso we STOP with Blasco lpaneZ'
- whom thc author of these essays
saws. Il made acquaintance win tne
work of Bla=co lhanez Greatly d IN
gle buok). 1t onens with an tNtrttnr ,ta,
" Comuctent iull-dresS description
in the lola technique. OF tEc peg IN
ming OF :; day in the Valencia region;
Then the theme of the Strr! Is Mei,
stated and the dramatic sltua' a'loa l,,,'1d
rrcseuted Your interest is arouSt"'
And vour interest is soon ms
appointed. The construction. II any :,
u rotten. IA II gular mess being rlaae
nf the most magnificent material
Much prominence and much space arr
given to the figure of Pep1ta IN the
first chapter. You ar" Justined III
assuming that she Is tht hero'nr, ,o
Wei. she has. nothing whatever 10
co with the main story. She d:sap-
,a.ars. My God" the author must nave
.2,d to himself toward the END, slap
SutS his thigh (think of it. lbanezo ::
TIVE clean forgotten that S'ri t'et,la.
And Pepita is dragged i'll by the halr
Tor the finale and 50 on and so on
TO the conclusion, Il should say that
Ibanez was young and also thaL NJ =.
would never do anything hrst-ciaSs.
Here we have Mr.. Bennett, the liter
ary critic and fellow artist. Here we
have Mr. Bennett tossing off snap
Judgment with characteristic gusto,
Interesting. though. that even haa
Mr.. Bennett read all of the Ibanez
novels he would merely have JUSTIFIED
this clearly premature decision
barring, of course, that final sentence
about youth" and never being hrst-
class" That was all wrong. one
would like TO quote Mr.. Bennett on
..dancing'-but there is no time.
AN OLD CASTLE. and other Essays.
Nv Caleb T. Winchester, late pro-
fessor of English literature In
WESLEYAN University Naat author Torf, Of !:
The Macmillan Company.
"Of all the men l have met IN
America, the most interesting was
man by the name Of Winchester, from
"A place / never heard Of, called Wes-
leyan." Walter Raleigh. Oxford pro-
lessor OF English literature, Is
OF bringing this book out strengthen
the evidence carried in such an opin-
ion from such a source. For those
who came under the personal lnflu-
ence of Winchester. those who were
taught by him, are responsible FOR
the publication of these essays after
the death of their author. The es-
says themselves, coupled with con-
vincing body of personal testimony,
lead one to believe that here is that
almost unknown thing-a truly hu-
man and interesting teacher, one that
fires and stimulates those who, as
students, come under him. This man
had a rare gift for creating atmos-
hand. More than that, he was able to
link up old settings with present sit
uationS by way of the eternal bond OF
a common human nature. Studies of
some of the plays Of Shakespeare,
and one of Shakespeare himself, d
survey of the Queen Anne period in
it's literature and politics and out
look, excursions with individual writ
ers---Swift and Burns. Ruskin and
Browning-these. in the main, make
IN the substance of this volume. IAN
Old Castle"-just d historic castle
on the border of Wales-serves as
inspiration for a remarkable re-crea-
Lion of the Elizabethan age of great
3dventure and the opening OF new
day. An Introduction by the English
student and writer. Henry W. Nevin
son. sums the quality and influence
of the man and the author. A pref
acc by the editor. Louis E. Gillett
frames the purpose of the work and
gives the personal affection in which
9. 7. Winchester was held by those
who came in contact with him--"viv
id and dear memories fash into the
minds of many of us as we read these
pages" y beautiful and inspiring
book.
author of ''Humbug,' etc. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
Optimist is only his first name. Do
mestic Tyrant arc the other two. 1t
takes all of them to cover the excel
lence of this portrayal. Now you
may be sure that Canon Morchard,
smiling gently, would have accepted
the first name. for is not optimism
The clear duty of man in a world
over which good God Teigns night
and day? Those other two names
would have shocked him inexpressl-
bly,, had they by any far chance come
his way. How could SO kind and low
ing a father be a tyrant? And that