Evening star., 1924-06-29
Reviews of New Books

the story, we'd like to make a mis-
we could prove it no mistake as
Claire and Row do here A triumnh
worth while that! Good Joanna Can
nan!
sHANK's MARE. By Charles Cole
man Stoddard. New York: George
H. Doran Company.
Many a vagabond at heart is held
at nome by that perverse modern
devil. Getting Ready to :. Go =
away. Discouraged by the appalling
business of an endless impedimenta
OF departure. the potential vagabond
snufs out his vagrant impulse, gives
| 1t up, stays at home. Then along
comes Mr.. Stoddard to simplify the
matter. and, consequently. to revive
hope in the heart of the would be
tramp. 1t turns out, after consulting
with Stoddard. that all the luggage
one needs, or has any possible use for.
is dog. Just you and the dog. Not
even a map. Out you go some morn
ing. you two, the dog more likely to
set the trail than you. To be sure,
You strike for the country. That is
the one essential and the dog looks
out for that. You tramp along brisk
ly. but not so briskly as to shut off a
hundred pauses here, there ana every
where for the call of this tree, or
that pool. or the stir in the field over
there. You stop for the lift of the
hill and the panorama that it spreads.
still, at the behest of the beautiful
wide world itself. Mr.. Stoddard tells
about his vagabonding-his and
Dukes-with so much of direction
and detail, then with so much OF
poetry and picture, with so much OF
that his story contains not only the
contagion of the whole adventure,
but 1t provides. generally. the ways
of it's achievement. Reading, you VIII
feel the real vagabond in you coming
to life. Then you will whistle your
will go a-hunting the friendly world.
MASTER LIGHTS. BY Mrs. William
Lowell Putnam. Boston: Houghton
Miff1in Company.
companionable book. as that of
the good essayist in it's frankly per-
sonal approach is bound to be. Read
ing here, one has the impression of
listening in while the author talks
freely to herself about the things IN
which everybody has live and ac-
tive interest Mrs. Putnam solilo-
quizes about living and dying, about
loving and marrying-these the su-
per-points of human concern. she
touches upon being young. and upon
field of friendship and over into that
of old memories. All manner of sub
jects, grave and gay, that enter min
ute by minute into the lives or All,
are brought out here with many
touch of humor, with an unfalling
good sense, and with turn or
thought and expression that is clear
ly individual and fresh.
THE SAINTS THEATER. By Horace
Fish, author of "Terassa of SPAIN
etc. New York: B. w. Huebsch.
Within the shadow of the Pyrenees
lies the little village of Terassa.
which not so long ago Mr.. Fish re
built for readers out of words that
set vividly up in ones mind the mar
row streets, the curious buildings. the
e:,compassing atmosphere of Spain
and the Pyrenees. In this story he
uses again the village of Terassa in
its full Spanish implication. Now,
however, it is the setting for Teresita,
the beautiful girl who here in this
little corner of the world lives her
quiet life with so sweet and con-
vincing a simplicity as to place her
in the minds, of those around her
upon that lifted level where live the
saints, upon whom the pious Span
iards lean for succor in their many
besetments. Adventure a-plenty en-
croaches upon this naturally Staid
and uneventful spot. Yet the body of
the action rests with the thoughts
and feelings and influence of Tere
sta Now and then the story moves
Barcelona, for instance where the au-
thort again through his intimate ac-
quaihtance and sympathetic artistry
re-createS these places vivfdly and