Evening star., 1924-02-24
Reviews of New Books

to bear-cub standards IN great shape
Then. when he grows too big for his
setting, showing. besides, certain
prejudice to social conventions Mr..
Baynes sends him to a wholly suitable
place, where he not only fits the
landscape but is insured. as weIl,
against too sudden plunge into the
primitive existence of his wild fam
lily. Just delightful this story. En-
tirely consistent and believable, too.
It says lot for the man as we'll as
for Jimmie.
SOMETIMES. BY Olive wadsley, au-
thor of sand" etc. New York:
Dodd, Mead G. Co.
The novelist Is one kind of special
providence Setting his own condi-
tions, there Is nothing to hinder his
having his own way about most
things. Once in a while, however
this assumed omnipotence Is strained
to breaking through the choice Of d
theme that experience, as whole,
denies with emphasis. Such a theme
is embodied In Sometimes" A
vague title that covers love so deep
and sincere as to set aside one of the
oldest Of mans prejudices. Here a
young Englishman of good estate
takes 10 wife u girl who will soon
mother another mans child To be
sure. the girl supposed she had been
tAlaAAiCIJ 14ii dSdt1, 10 De sure, she
thought she had made her case clear
to the lover Both suppositions were
Cnfounded. Such Is the story. In
effect, 1t is the story Of man who
turns his back on mans age-oId pas
sion Tor purity III his women, and
races the possibility Of putting an
illegitimate child in line of succession
70 MS own inheritance. The story really
concerns itself with the behaytors OF
these two In this anomalous situa-
t!on. That which carries 1t forward
In good acceptance Is the writer's
quality to override facts to override
tradition even. There is begging
or the whole question at the last
through the immediate death OF The
baby. In life 1t would have been the
iustiest of youngsters, denying It's
sy ssyupposed Iather In feature and line.
however, that would have been an
untninkabie and revolving conclusion.
ana what Is the use of being provt-
dence II one cannot have things his
own way?
DAN BARRY'S DAUGHTER. Bv Mar
Brand, author of The Untamed
etc. New York: 6. P. Putnana;s
Sons.
story of blood inheritance,
through which Joan Barry becomes
possessed of the same urge toward
father, Dan Barry, to ruin his nome
ana wreck the happiness of his wife.
As soon as the wild geese call from
their Wineing way. Joan Barry, like
Die, wild creature ready for flight.
The story belongs in the west at the
time of mining rights and rivalries.
oi roboer bands, OF hard riding, fast
The business Of the story is to pic
ture this lawless place and period. It's
ultimate object is he tanning of Joan
barry, through too intimate a con-
men: through, too. the wholly differ
ent character of Harry Gloster, a big,
tWo-fsted fellow. whose antipathy 10
guns is no sign Of cowardice, as any
soon discovers. Aside from its pic
turesque wtld-west character, this is
capable story of the subtler infiu-
cnces OF life in their manifestations
among the crude and rough surround
lhgs or & pioneer existence.
AIMS AN IDIOT. BY Pamela wynne
New York: Frederick A Stokes
Company.
Not a doubt in the world about It.
This indubitable fact serves to re-
dound to the courage and skill Of
a. novelist In making Ann the hero
Inc Of a romance that winds its
course by way of what appears to
be an extra slow boat through the
Mediterranean and on around to
Bombay, where Ann is to be delfv-
cred to her parents. Ann Is p4 l,y.
but mere beauty cannot swing an
a story. In order to deliver Ann
at all this brave writer has padded
her with an Incredible Ignorance of
the common essentials of existence.
sttll holds the gooseberry bush as
the plant from which babies are
picked, and entertains other equally
untenabfe theories of life. The man
AIMS age. That helps amazingly.
They run that way. A chivalrous fell
low who takes AIMS abysmaI inno-
cence at its true worth. saving her
by promptly announcing his engage,
ment to Ann. And so the story goes
on--around to India and through the
web OF adventure that certain nov
eltsts have made familiar-rising of
the natives, white women on the edee
Of disaster, last-moment arrival OF
rescuing troops. and so on, and SO
on. Quite a-story. One that would
receive more absorbed attention if
dne,,le the readsr LEI We're not constantly being
about Ann. and by the clearly au-
dacious. brand of courage that pro
duced her.
PHII.lPPA'S EXPERIMENTS. Pv
Marearita Spalding Gerry. author
OF "Philippa's Fortune" etc. New
York: Harper and Brothers,
Here is Philippa again. A little
older than We saw her last, but NOT
Ola enough yet to have lost a scrap
of the familiar buoyancy and Zesf
that we remember so well. Nor has
she shed any of the tireless curiosity
that likens Philippe to young
puppy, prodigiously interested in ali
the things of which its particular
world is made. Philippa is a lucky
grin many respects. Particularly
lucky in her backgrounds, her SET
tings, her stage. Once it was WASH
ington. Once it was school SET
down in Canada. This time il is =
vacation camp in the Maine woods.
Each IN Its turn becomes Philippa's
oyster. SO 10 speak, into which she
pokes and prods and prizes for every
made to deliver. A good title this. in
its summary of PhiIippa S vacation.
something put to the practical test.
ionleth!ng submitted 10 actual proof
this is the content of experiment.
And this certainly describes the sum
re other young folk about--to be
ure. But to a great extent these
tand as followers and supporters in
he endless schemes of Philippa. Very
fresh and wholesome and quite out
or-doors in Its atmosphere and es-
sence.
JUDY. BY Temple Bailey, author OF
The Tin Soldier" etc. illustrated
by Elizabeth Pilsbry PHILADELPHIA:
The Penn Publishing Company.
Judy is a little girl, just on the
edge of being a young girl. This is
the story of one summer In Judy's
life. OF a summer when, In contact