Evening star., 1924-06-08
Reviews of New Books

VIII uecldfe tnat tne CoH.tS Sp'-
was never in better form than here,
never more adroit at turning outward
the amusing mistakes that the human
is forever making. Saying this' you
VIII also be patting yourseit lHa.
you were never led astray oy me
particular form of folly that so beset
the young couple of this narrative.
If, on the other hand. however, you
are OF those who have longed Ano
talked and planned until you have
achieved a. little home OF our OWL, ,,
out bit you know"-then you WIZ
even the touch of the epic upon ~.
1t is a plain tale in its orderly plllns
up of the dramatic and poignant
truths of the enterprise. far Sn iio'n
"plain," though, in its many-sLoeo
application to the experience OF those
who have Jared out with snch anSs m,Ss
intent. as this unfortunate y9uns
couple did. Wonderfully well selzea'
this common phase of modern nie.
And just as well projected as ,s
apprehended. Yes, realism Oh uae
realest sort. But something-sym
pathy, understanding, humor, all OF
these-iifts it out of the deadiy ru.
along which so much OF our realism
runs under the impression, one as
sumes. that truth is essentially duli
and deadly.
THEY WHO WALK II THE ~WiLDs. ~
BY Charles G. d. Roberts, auther
OF "wisdom of the WliaernInns'
etc New York: The Mac"i'iia"
Company.
The wild animal world is a a,,fa NJ
interesting world, as men ,AnS nd
Roherts who have studied II iohs auu
deyotediy, prove to US by such repuIis
as appear in the stories OF ,n ,ha
ume. Under the urges OF ne 'fonG
chief of which is the urge ~, tsch'
a clear d tGSu-
ninne of living as we ourselves 90. IN
tricate some of il, prodi giousiS lnttt,s
esting all of it. By way OF these ~
life tales we come WITHIN close I'd
of many of their preoccupation m Hu
nursuits. Bear and moose ano moun-
Tain lion come into the open here'
some OF them under the friendly au
vances Of man. developing, ior tilile
at least, a certain domest'cies ,,rno
hayior Here is the story OF pa pun.a
kitten that grew to the ways OF hou2e
and family much like cat. here is
the story of a wild goose that IN the
period OF mending broken WINS toIM
TO himself a domestic mar, ~
suppressing any wild desire "a 1 -;
away when he found that the taus IN
,be case was not equipped for the
long Canadian flight. Here are o.u .r,,n
tories. such as a man WIN sun
could never discover apout the
of animals that so closeiy I Ieseninie
many OF our own ways anu W. hands
one would put this book IN the hanus
of boys, certain of its joyous Weicehe
and OF it's equally good effect.
CATALINA: A Peem. By Nellie Z.
DashieII. illustrated by Loretto
I,owenstein. Washington, H. 1.
A little book just came this way.
tiny person of book. dressed III sur
brown and tan. it's leaves a-hutte.
with troops OF charminglS aua,h,
pictures that seemed j. he s''upnnS :
OFF TO some tune. And this. J, turheu
out. was just what they were CONS.
t'or we stopped the little huoh TO
question what il was doing and
where it was going. II was s'hS,ms
a song, so it said. the song OF 'ata
lima, that lovely island lyins Jus' San Sa,
of arms reach eff the port OF oai,
Pedro. And il was going, on, II hoPtu
"a GO most everywhere. ANA, IN
side. were the pictures and me song
A staid and proper story III ihs,n
eiling of Catalina In ITS ola GAYS,
lived upon it. telling of the various
Deoples that came and went. OF the
relics that they left behind; teliing
of the natural lovelineSs OF the isldhu
itself And then. since romance mus
clearly be the prime business of such
- nest of sheer loveliness, n most
cbligine siren steps out OF nowhere
and sings a romantic song OF ,"o
lovers that lived upon the islahd oi
Catalina a legend of the lmmaftai
two that have made the word go
round since time began is set down
tere in the midst Of the loveliness or
the island itself. Feeling ah4 hp
preciation have gone mo the itttie
story. The hook itself, as DOOR, 10
D bit of real artistry.
EWES LOVER, And Other steries:
BY Mrs. w X. Clifford. author on
Miss Fingal," etc. New YORK
Charles Scr;brer's Sons
Love stories. ghost stories. mood
.tepping out in separate expression,
he curious secret workings OF the
mind brought into the open-tuese
are some of the themes that gte
curious ghost story, one OF these;
The ghost, a woman, tells it-tells OF
seeing her husband stricken win
grief, of herself lying dead, OF 1r ner
baby sleeping in the cradle. Sne LIZ Iia
Of her fruitless efforts to let MN
snow that she is beside him, that she
is speaking' to him, touching hlm;
Then she goes away INTO NaSue az ~
misty places, coming back later ~
find her husband telling young aha
heautiful woman that while she could
not have his first love, she has ms
hest love. She sees the little chilo
turn to this new mother, while she
herself is standing by trying 10 9r ,n
n
awav from their consciousness. Not
a very cheerful story, but an impress
siye one. as all of these stories are, OF
, substance and workmanshiP tnas
1ne expects from this deiinerate anu
careful fomancer.
A GENTLEMAN FROM FRANCE; BY
Clarence Hawkes., author OF Blaek
Bsuin," etc lntnn llius,rateai inihpon G Lee
O. Shaaard COMPANY.
The "gentleman" is an A1redale,
another one of those amazing dos
heroes who went to war and ala MS
,it with the best of the soloiers.
rhis particular dog, Pierre. aIter IN
credible service accompanied py any
lumber Of narrow 1asn.esd esdapes' ss ea gallant
hero should be. Then he came 10
merica with his mistress, NINE.
There he was lost for
time, and 1t Is due to this parucuia1
that we T,a nave sItthor ore Knows goWs
he dog-all dogs. one takes it SO
he is able to do justice, in most
natural and convincing way, to TINS
most adorable and most patheuc
creature that the good God ever
made. a beautiful story.
THE MILLION DOLLAR DOLL. BY
A. NJ. Williamson, co-author WIN
c. n. Williamson of Vision House
etc. New York: George IL. Doran
Company.
A light little comedy of entertain
ng intent that busies itself with the
of approaching the
iiyorce court. The husband, an I'M
peccable soul, desiring to release an
uneasy wife from the marital yoke,
sets out in a spirit of high chivalry
to give the lady cause" 1t is this
cause" that engages the length OF
the comedy A damning yachting
trip-that ia the design of the good
mans service to his spouse. IT Is
here that the million dollar doll" is
supposed to outrage a yirtuous pub
lie and to give the wife her free
dom-as easy as that. 1t turns out,
j, ou,orar he sdol1" has a hetteP