Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-17
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hal. was an ardent follower of the for.
tunes Of Napoleon I, expatriating him
self when his hero went down in dis
aster and ruin. 1t was in q foreign
land, years after the fall OF Napoleon,
that he wrote the novel which brought
him fame. the story of the Duchess
or Sanseyerfna, the "Chartreuse of
Parma" A long novel, but a repay
ing one. in the number and quality of
Its pictures OF a period in the life of
Italy. 1t Is d tale Of devotion to the
man Napoleon, a tale OF struggle to
the country oppressed by Austria. an
intimate picture of the ways OF doing
and saying and thinking almost cen
fury ago. as 1t is. also, romantic
story OF one woman and several men.
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THE HARP. BY Ethelreda Lewis.
New York: George H. Doran Com
pany.
MOT a romance to offer to one con-
cerned with actions and arriv.
ings. with setting out from some exact
whore. with pursuing some definite
course and bringing up at some Ger.
tain destination. Instead, the tale-if
II be such-is lifted out of the levels
where roadways make checkerboard
patterns for the accommodation of ma
tertal loads Of barter and exchange
out Of the crowded highways, where
men fight one another for pre-emi.
hence In place and power The actual
material setting Of this romance Is
a lonely stretch Of South Africa. But
its material setting has no more than
sympathetic bearing upon the lone.
1iness OF the spirit OF a dreamer set
down In the midst of world Of solid
! fact. Under the symbol of the harp
| whose fnclosed strings bring out the
harmonious possibilities Of the whole
! this writer projects in human lives
! the reaching Of single strings for the
| aff1nities of spirit that these, gathered
| together, will produce. The center OF
| this motif is little boy, then youth
then a man-these three unsatisfled
| periods in a single life. No, not a
story for entertainment. 1t is. how.
| ever. q romance of where depths Of
personal spiritual experience are Sc,
out in thoughts and pictured words
| of great beauty. A long reading be
| longs to this book, whose every sen.
| tence is one Of full content.
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DIPPER HILL. BY Anne Bosworth
Greene, author of THE Lone Win.
ter" New York: The Century
Company.
To one, adventure is never nearer
than the other side Of the world
to another, beauty and romance never
belong to the commonplace, to the
everyday Of life. To neither OF these
| does this story belong. though nc
doubt its reading would do both OF
them good. It is in reality filled with
| adventure that sources in no more
remote region than the State Of Yer
mont. 1t Is also compact of beauty
and romance-suCh as green hills, and
sunshine. and clouds, and burgeoning
! life, and lusty work produce always
provided only the spirit be receptive
TO these miracles Of the sea son and the
common day. Just the story Of a lone
woman, the least lone woman" you
ever knew, who has Il boundlesS ca
pacity for companionship where. &c
cording to the general conception OF
companions, there is nobody at all
around, save herself That's the mis-
take-for here are the ponies this
being a Shetland pony farm. and here
are plenty of other live things-dogs
and chickens and birds and growing
grass and leaffng trees and rain and
sun-oh. world of things. Just get
ting out of bed of a morning becomes
miracle Of life and zestful activity.
| Feeding the ponies is an adventure
| for oddly enough the daily round
never loses its freshness and, again
| oddly enough, this woman takes or
| the feelings and the friendliness OF
| the animal folks around here. The
| best of if all for US Is that this is 8
| highly. communicable woman. able &c
select and reject and set down. till we
too partake of the newness and JOY OF
that most delectable Of adventures