Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-03
IMMIGRATION. BY Stephen McKen-
ma. author of Sonia" etc. Boston:
Little, Brown & Co.

story for the sake of tell
" ing another aud a bigger
story--one whose scale
has to be reduced to inches In place
of miles, to days in place of GEN.
turtles. to one generation in place of
the .dynastic succession Of an ancient
and honorable English family. The
dominating idea here is that of
change--chance that, supported by
deep and potent causes, Is, working
its way through the whole content of
English life. Innovation set on
against tradition, achievement against
acceptance, brain caste against blood
caste. the forward urge against re-
sretful Renaissance and futile strug-
gle The symbol of this change Is
the story That one reads here. A
rich and irresistible story that ninety
will read for it's face value alone,
leaving the other ten to ponder its
symbolism. These ninety have no
patience with parallels except In the
Bible. where they belong. The
other ten like the feel of being up
Let's go along with the story as it
runs over the surface here. The four
persons of chief Importance in this
development are set off in two pairs
Gloria Britton. short of everything
save beauty and ambition: Norman
Cartwright. long only on ancestry
and the burden Of upholding the an
cestral estate; Freddie Kendaile of
new-rich banker family. and Margery,
daughter of wealth gained in trade.
poverty is effected by the marriage
of Gloria and Freddie on the one
hand, of Norman and Margery on the
other. The matter is complicated by
the fact that Glorias love for the
noble lord and by Freddie's passion
for still another new conquest-Mar-
gerry. Upon the outside common
place situation. so they say; Ger
tainly one that offers an author his
chance at character making. his
chance at dealing adroitly and de-
Gently with real bit of social COM
plexity. Very real people, these.
Very real situations. And, as readers
will, likes and dislikes are made
here for the individuals, even when
only praise can be accorded the au-
thor himself. One person. in this
group stands out for ones genuine
liking-no. not the noble Norman, not
Gloria.
THE CONQUEST OF HAPPINESS. BY
Jules Payo.. Lift, d., Ph; d.. author
Translated by Richard Duffy. New
York: Funk and Wagnalls Com
pany.
Happiness is productive. Unhappi-
ness is sterile. Happiness can be
sought and won. Unhappiness can
be either eluded or overcome. Sucn.
in substance. is the basis of DR..
Payot's discussion of the definite
ways and means by which one, any
one, may come into possession of
this constructive force In individual
life. First. the author designates
the achievement of happiness as ones
plain duty. not only toward himself
but toward his own community. and
through an even broader radiation.
toward the world at large. This
motive for the pursuit of happiness
set, he lays the foundations upon
which the conquest rests. There are
nine Of these, health. work. moral
family. love of nature and intel
lectual culture. Each, in turn. is
taken up from SO broad a cultural
background. with so much of intel
ligence. with such freedom from
prejudice. with so wide a range of
Illustration and application. taken up
so simply and considered so prac-
tically. that the book stands NOT
only as clear stimulus and inspira-
ton but it serves equally as def
mite. exact and complete course of
instruction in the supreme business
of acquiring happiness. the greatest
Of the worlds constructive forces.
Over enthusiasm. Read this sane and
able book on an ll-imDortaht sub
tect. You. too. will then understand
the waking up that 1t engenders.
OLD CROW. By Alice Brown. author
of THE Prisoner" etc. New York !:
The Macmillan Company.
Up to a certain point this story
covers the common experience of the
soldiers but lust returned from the
world war The general expectation
end the part Of she1d men na was
did find plunged them into deep and
point this story of John Raven is a
familiar one. Beyond this, it becomes
the Individual experience of man
seeking for some sort of working
basis for humane and decent
philosophy of life. To further this
quest John Raven ran away from
the turmoil that surrounded him and
the problems that beset him in
career that to him seemed stale and
Improbable. Up in the New England
uncle of his had in his own day re-
treated also from certain besetments.
In the solitude "Old Crow" as he
came to be called by the farmers
round about, found a way to live
that. to him: was evidence that man
was not designed for strife and Bit
terness and envy and evil. In word,
Old Crow developed a working re-
things out and york them out also
And this is about what the nephew,
John Raven, did also. Upon the
surface of the matter a very charm
ing and elusive love story runs. The
undercurrents however, are deeply
spiritual. worked out in broad and
deep lines of fact and imagery and
discussion by this sincere and serious
student of life, by this capable and
competent novelist.
MAY EVE. BY E. Temple Thurston.
author of THE Miracle etc. New
York: D. Appleton & Co.
Ireland-the countryside Of Ireland
envelopes this story of the girl,
Roona, In a misty air of lovely things
seen of lovelier things unseen. The
greenest and softest of landscapes,
here. over which O. nights. and espe-
cially on May Eve. little creatures
hurry and scatter on some tremend-
Gus business Of their own. And
Roona herself is only more visible
part of this beautiful secret business
of being a living part Of this all
out-ofdoors Besides the little girl
herself there figure here the professor
and the priest and the doctor. Though
the professor Is Roona's father he
knows a lot more about bugs and
butterflies than he does about his own
child. That Is the way, SO they say,
with the naturalist everywhere. The
religious father Of the girl Is watch