Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

energies out of the general pussila-
nimity of Stretton Wingf1eld, upon
whom much of the business in hand
devolves. The story itself Is support
ed, in part, by virginia. innocence
and an independent mode of thought.
al under the dominion of natures
supreme exaction upon the female OF
the species-this, the girl. In other
part it is dependent upon Stretton
Wingfield. In its wider spread the
story steps out into English politics,
expressed in a new party OF '1ndl-
vidualism." Here grouped are men OF
the ego-centric type-Wingfield among
them-all bent upon self-expression
and exploitation, with little. more
than a passing hand wave toward the
country itself as the presumable OBJ
ject of political concern. A loose
jonted ephemeral thing, this party
falling apart out of the rival act1vi-
ties of it's members. The two stories
are bound together by virtue of their
common English background of ira
dition and class. These prove too
much for the scant manliness of this
man, either in his political aspirations
or in his more intimate life with the
young woman so desperately involved.
The man rings true to the poor stun
of which he is made. Of the girl Sir
Philip Gibbs gives "A less convincing
account. One has the feeling that he
is trying, in all conscience, to create
modern young woman, while all of
his own predictions are toward the
more patterned girl of an earlier day.
The welding is not so workmanly as
one expects from this author. Nor
| is il otherwise quite so sure of itself
| in effect as one remembers all Of his
other work to be.
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DOMINIE'S HOPE. BY Amy Nc.
Laren, author of "Bawbee Jock"
ETC. New York: G.. P. Putnam s
Sons.
TT is the background of this romance,
background that is in itself
| fragrance, that gives to it it's real
| charm, though the story itself is also
| a fair and fragrant thing. Whether
or not this be a true picture of the
| Scotch Observation-Disclosures set just as
| they are, lowlands reaching as they
really do reach, streams wandering
away in the right direction--one can
not say without a map at hand. But
| he does know that it is his picture OF
| the border. true as truth-the scents
| Of it, the glow of it, the legends of II,
with highland and lowland and stream
| going any way at all, just as the good
| God wanted them to. And ii is a
| sweet and romantic pfcture-a dell
cateIy human thing, that the writer
I sketches against this border country.
A good dominic is its moving spirit.
And a fairy girl child is his spirit.
And there are play times and talk
| times between these two that are a
| joy to the heart. There are other
| folks in the story. And all is not
gayety and laughter. Some tears,
| some sorrow-but not too much.
Enough to make thankfulness for the
good days and only a very gentle re
greet for. the cloudy ones. Delicate
and lovely and dear throughout.
THE BROKEN BOW. BY l.. Allen
Harker, author of THE Really
Romantic Age" etc. New York
Charles Scribner's Sons.
HERE is a straight romance with
none of the modern implications
of lawlessness to support il. Nothing
| here save the immemorial duel OF two
| women over one man. OF course it
looks not at all like a contest. Rather
like a warm friendship, broken at last
through the really innocent triumph
of the one over the other. 1t is sat
isfaction to the reader to know that
the better one wins, as she certainly
does. The matter moves forward
through a good atmosphere of believa
bility and plausible behavior. 1t has
! good huuor and hunlor to support Il