Evening star., 1923-09-09
rnE CHESAPEAKE BAY COUNTRY.

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early prime, embodied through its
ample and stately aife the nearest
approach in this country to the ola
aoufrarchy Of England. Large es-
&ates. spacious homes Of architectural
beauty, the leisured life. the sports
manship, the social sophistication-~
these were the essentials of an exist
ence that is now gone. Modern IN
dustry drew the squire into the town
to make him into a business man. or
leaving him behind. turned his estate
to neglected acres and himself to the
representative of an out-moded way
of life. And for many years tnis
beautiful region, with the lire tnal
1t had supported. was no more tnam
highways of industry. Latterly. how
ever. the automobile and the pleasure
boat have opened up this locality 70
a new interest in it's SURPRISING
evidences Of its former fascinating
existence. These touches OF contact
have merely whetted the desire or
people generally to know more about
place so richly reminiscent l e; anr OF h,se one
toric life. And the desire to kno"
more brings one squarely upon Mr..
Earle's comprehensive and competent
study of the Chesapeake bay country.
This volume OF 500 pages spreads out
the country before us from tideWater
Virginia on UP to southern 'Maryland.
embracing within this compass the
famous eastern shore" of both
states. Clearly an expert pno.oss,
complete and graphic description by
tnnumerable pictures in proof of the
scenic beauty and romantic charm OF
the locality. The story of early set
Elements along this coast gives ade-
ouate historic background to the
whole, a background that becomes
terminated as colonial occasion or ma
tional event serves to open 1t again
for enlargement or realignment. Ihe
natural wealth of the region and the
derived industries are set down here.
The sports and the pleasures also
find place. The book is rich in scenes
around the fine old homes of the
Chesapeake country. Wide scope ana
adequate detail characterize the book.
which was created. obviously. not
only out of an exhaustive investiga-
tion, but in a spirit of admirable In
sight and deep affection as well. "A
handsome and Impressive roiuine
whose substance and treatment are
bound to make strong appeal to lovers
of the picturesque in nature and to
the vital and significant in local his
tory.
CHILDREN OF MEN. BY Eden Phil
potts. author of children of the
Mist" etc. New York: The Mac
milan Company.
Out from Dartmoor about thirty
years ago. there came a young man
bringing his first considerable novel
Children Of the Mist" Only few
weeks ago the same mans not quite
so young now. came again out OF
Dartmoor, bringing new novel
children OF Men" At intervals
within this thirty-year circuit other
novels by Eden Phillpotts find place
All of them are drawn from the SOIL
of this same corner of England. To-
gether. they serve to deliver over
bodily. the physical aspects OF this
picturesque region. In combination
they serve also to give one fair
Acquaintance with the human ele,
ment of Dartmoor. In one and
another of these novels the various
human interests and occupations and
points of view of this quarter are
set forth. There is. we find here, a
Dartmoor type of mind-narrow:
movement but certain in arrival; re-
ligious. sometimes fanatical in bent;
rich in a curious lore drawn from
the ancient days of the moors and
outreaching thrust of England into
the Atlantic. The story in hand Is
just another one of the Dartmoor
revelations for which discriminat-
debt to Eden Phillpotts. 1t concerns it
self with the married life of Margery
and Jacob Bullstone. life Of even
happiness and substantial content
for many years till, along late, the
real fanaticism that lay at the core
of Jacob Bullstone fastened itself
upon the passion of jealousy. No
cause. none at all, but fanatics can
do without causes. Their strong
point is expression and self-torment.
The story marches toward desolation
and tragedy. somber tale, work ed
out of the threads Of Dartmoor life
with the painstaking reach for truth
and the possessive grasp of this
spiritual aspects that so greatly dis
tinguish the work of this man who.
through the years and in so high an
artistry, has brought Dartmoor into
the appreciation and delight of innu
merable readers.
THE ENCHANTED GARDEN. By
Henry James Forman, author of
The Man Who Lived in a Shoe"
Boston: Little, Brown G. Co.
A lovely story, this one of Roderic
Whitford's quest of himself Like any
other youth. he thinks he Is hunting for
strange places, for high chances to turn
into substance the dreams that so drive
and torment him. And the adventure
takes him across the world, setting him
uOWH, HHdlly, III dH lSldHu OF the SOuIn
seas where the Scotsman Galbraith is
complete overload and arbiter. And
there Is a daughter on the island, AL
lene Ga1braith. Hard work, persecu-
tion, injustice and more work stamp
this island adventure for Roderic Whit
ford until the love of this young woman
redirects his motives, revives his cour-
age and turns him upon happiness and
success rather than upon misery and
failure. And this happiness. this ulti-
mate self retaliation, this his own place
in life are the enchanted garden" A
beautiful story. worked out in the pat
tern of life itself and touched through
out with the colors of poetic beauty.
The goal Of mans quest, mans zen
chanted garden whether this man be
the hero of this tale. or another or an
and art. she is chance. vicissitude. ro-
nance, home. travel, life and death. On
earth. in mems lives. she Is all-the in
strument, the potter and the wheel
why should she have so much power
and then / must laugh at my own emo
tional absurdity. Yet. had / a son
should give him but one blessing ere
confided him to life-'Heaven defend
you In the women you meetn"
ANIMAL PERSONALITIES. By Sam
uel A. Derieux. author of Frank
of Freedom HILL" New York;
Doubleday, Page & Co.
No. he did not study animals in
those early boy days. He just loved
them and kept company with them
and slipped into their thoughts. and
followed their many leads, and be.
1ieved in them, and gave them the
fine treatment that they invariabl,
gave to him. And he never gave uI
those early habits of friendship fol
animals. All his life he loved to talL
about them. and other folks loved tc
have him Ry and bv 10 herop fr