Evening star., 1924-07-13

A POET who is also a man Of
~ affairs. United States min
~ lister to Persia in war time
Mr.. Russell had prior to that
experience achieved distinction in
the law, in business, in politics
And this merely reminds us that
these fields call for a certain quality
and scope of imagination. just as
poetry itself does. No doubt the
imagination of the poet went into
many of Mr.. Russelrs enterprises
Most certainly the insight and vigor
that went into these other. these more
prosaic, adventures are found here in
his poetry. The themes are of the
simplest-the themes upon which
poets have. written since poets began.
Life and love and death, the seasons,
day and night, sun, moon and stars.
But about them is a freshness of
conception, vigor of attack, a feel
ing and a fragrance, directness of
appeal. that lead one to think that
this writer is all of one piece-not
business man yesterday and poet to-
day-but both all the time. There
is originality of fancy here. There is
with these songs. Serious in the
main, gay now and then-thoughtful
\ and impressive throughout. I'm sure
this diplomat is proud Of his first
book of poems. He has reason to be,
just as his readers have reason to be
proud, and glad. of him.
LUSTREs. BY Anne and Dillwyn
Parrish. New York: George H.
Doran Company.
great gift that of bajpg able TO
lure words together in f1ocks which,
fiuttering here and there, reveal
beauty unsuspected both in the
heart of man and in that of nature.
Clearly, these Parrish folks possess
this gift. There was once butter
fly that loved a bishop" I'm Corn
wall there is hill" There was
once upon a time an old man. From
beginnings such S these lovely pic
lures unfold or fairy tales drawn off
from common daily life. Here is d
great big story. The little dancer
was dead. So many people had loved
her-and she had loved so many
kings and plain people. and they all
loved her, the story goes on to tell
Only respectable people did not love
her. They said she was a bad woman
who deserved to die. The curate al
Brompton-o on River was dead Sew
eral people were mildly sorry" And
these two, the little dancer and the
curate, came at the same moment to
the gate of heaven. The curate was
frightened like a little lost boy, and
lonely, oh, terribly lonely. Just then
he saw the little dancer, met d beau
tiful tender look out of the kind eyes
And he was comforted. 'Forgetting
how wicked she had been, he held
out his hand like a trustful child, and
she took it close in her own. Hand
IN hand they went toward the golden
gates that were swinging open to
let them in" Beautiful? These are
all beautiful, in such ways as too
few of the people who write tor US
seem able to open up to our delight
PIERRE LOTT: Notes OF my youth.
fragments OF diary, assembled by
his son, Samuel Eiaud. Translated
by Rose E. Stein. New York: Dou-
bleday, Page & Co.
This volume of Pierre Lofts diary
covers the period when as a youth
he was sailing the seas, learning the
lessons of seamanship. Fresh pages,
out OF the early adVenturing years of
this singularly gifted artist, this un-
usually interesting man. Just a bit
, of a poser, this boy. youthfully ex-
acting in absorbing and exclusive
friendships, passionate and tempera-
mental. poet and artist-these gifts
and parts stand out here even more
openly than in the maturer work of
Pierre Lott. Adventure and love,
many loves, eScapades in many
guise, dreams and reality. all come
together here in the captivating man
ner of this writer. One gets close to
the boy. himself, the boy who later
was TO become one of the most facile
and captivating of writer's. That and
It's own beauty are the chief points
of high value In this volume of early
recollectlons and transcriptions.
THE LATER MESSAGE OF ANNE
SIMON. Chicago: Robert o. Bal
Anne Simon died eight years ago
since that time, her husband. by
means of automatic writing has been
IN almost constant communication
with her. These communications,
collected and organized by Prof
simon, constitute the three books
mat nave been issued out of this ex-
nerlence. Prof. Simon is not a spirit-
ualist. He is, clearly and unquali-
, hedly, man of sincere purpose He
Is IN this case, convinced that these
books are exactly what they assume
to be-direct communications from
one who has moved on into another
stage of existence. They will settle
no controversy. Nor are they offered
for that purpose. Instead, they offer
10 the serious and interested reader a
body of spiritual significance set out
in beauty of thought and word
Again. this book, like it's predeces-
sors. rounds to the full message,
There is no death" Here are de-
scriptions of places, definite and ex-
act; descriptions of activities and
feelings and companionships.- Beauty,
peace. color and light are there All
soul satiSfactionS rise out of this pro-
gression from state to state as the
soul grows to its new release and
passage from height to height What
ever your beliefs may be, you will
read this book for it's spiritual es-
sence and for the beauty of it's mani
festation here.
THE GREAT HOUSE IN THE PARK
BY the author of 'The House on
Charles Street." etc. New York
Duffield d Company.
This author has already twice
proved that House" is fully capa-
fiction. The third novel stands here
as another case in point. Here is all
old English house, rich repository of
art, to which successive generations
have added new treasures until at
the opening of this story it stands as
a monument to both history and art
A curious plot opens un here against
this gorgeous background of treas
world. Forgery. strange appear
ances and disappearances, an heir
brought across the water from Amer
lea, turning out finally to be no heir
posters to whom a clever woman is
devoted to the undoing of nearly
everybody oundabout-these are
some of the elements that combine to
form the background for quite
modern and quite charming love
story. Innocence and wickedness
move along together in manner
that is both interesting and not SO
implausible as one might expect with
SO much Of the melodramatic Just
skirting the edges of this frst-rate
invention.
TONGUES OF FLAME. BY Peter
Clark Macfarlane, author of
MANS Country" etc. Illustra-
yort No