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BOOKS RECEIVED

KEEP SMILING. By Joseph Craigen
New York: George Sully & Co.
PLAYS PRODUCED UNDER STAGE
DIRECTION OF DAVID BE
LASCO. Illustrated wiki Twelve
Crayon Sketches by William l.
kurze
OUR LITTLE UkRAIN1AN COUSIN
By Clara Eostrovsky Winslo".
author OF Our Little Bohemian
Cousin" etc. Illustrated by Eliza
beth r Wilmington. Boston: L. c.
Page & Co.
HONOR BRIGHT'S NEW ADVEN-
TURE. BY Laura L. Richards. a,I-
thor OF Honor Bright" etc. Illus
trated by Elizabeth r. wilmington.
Boston: l.. c. Page & Co
LETTERS FROM RUSSIAN PRIs-
ONERS. New York: Published nv
Albert & CHARLES Boni for the Inter
national Committee for Political
Prisoners.
ONE-ACT PLAYS FOR STAGE AND
STUDY; Second Series. Twenty-oue
Contemporary Plays, Never Before
Published in Book Form. by Amer
lean, English, Irish, French and
Hungarian Writers. Preface by
Walter Prichard Eaton New York:
Samuel French.
THE JUJC-MAN. BY Armstrong Liv-
ingston ari Thomas H. Griffiths
New York: Siebel Publishing Cor
poration.
THE BUSTER. BY William Patterson
White. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
THE LITTLE WHITE HAG. By
Frances Beeding. Boston: Little,
Brown & Co
MAY DAYS; An Anthology of Verse
from Masses-L -Liberator. Chosen and
Edited by Geneyieve Taggard, with
Woodcuts by J. J. Lankes. New
York: Bond & Liveright-
THE STORY OF ALEXANDER
BROWN & SONS. BY Frank f.
Kent. Issued on the I25th Ami
versary of the Foundation of the
House. December 10, 1900. BaltI-
more: Norman T. a. Munder & Co
LOVES BLINDNESS. BY Elinor
Glyn, author of The Philosophy Of
Love" etc. Auburn: The Authors
Press.
Ames, @ author Of "Iouden S Sp from m
Laramie etc. New York: The
Century Co.
YOUNG LOVE. BY John G.. Brandon.
author OF The Big Heart" New
York: Brentano's.
CHILDREN'S READING: A Guide
for Parents and Teachers BY
Lewis NJ. Terman, Phi. D., author
of The Intelligence of School
Children etc, and Margaret
Lima, NJ. y. New York: D. Apple
ton & Co.
INSIDE SECRETS OF PHOTOPLAY
WRITING. BY Willard King
Bradley. author of The Side
walks OF New York. etc, New
York: Funk & Wagnalls Co.
THE WORLD ALMANAC FOR 1925.
New York: The New York World
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hood his father executed the Angel
OF Peace" a t Houston, Tex, the Call
TO Arms" at Corsicana, Tex, the Ros-
enbeES monument at Galveston and
other works. Thus Edmond's eduCa-
tlon began even before he knew il.
lie learned to model as soon as il not
before he learned to read. lie was
educated in the Washington public
schools. After his fathers death he
went to New York. and in 1915 was
given d years study at the Beaux
Arts Institute of Design by George
a. G. Christiancy of Hartsdale, n. Y.
In April. 1917, he enlisted in The 18th
Field Artillery OF the 4th Division
and saw service on the Neslc st.
Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne. After the
war he was sent with the SOrbonne
detachment To study III Paris at the
Academic Julien under Boucher and
I.andoWslly. In 1919 he was dis
charged and continued his studies at
the BeauX Arts. NO Sing a night and
studying during the day. He also
Shrady Ton t'.e Grant MonumenD, and
John GREGORY and at the Roman
Bronze FOUNDRY. In 1921 he was
fortunzte enough % win the Prix de
Rom, a felloN~1ip in sculpture to the
American Academy IL Rome. which
enabled him TO study abroad for three
years. While in Rome he sold the
first copy of the Madonna OF the
Jewel" TO Mrs. f. II. Hartman, who
saw II and admired Il. Since his re
turn to this country he has executed
portraits of Mrs. E. Roland Hartman
and others.
He has lately held an exhibition
in New York at the Ferareil Gallery.
which has created great deal OF in
terest and received very favorable
notice. Royal Cortissoz, perhaps one
of our most eXacting and discrimina-
ting critics. comparing; his work with
that Of Bourdelle, the great French
sculptor, collection of which was
simultaneously shown in New York.
said: The Frenchman is all for his
own idea of sculpture and the world
well lost. He has ardent followers
and you will hear in some quarters
that the whole gossip of modern
plastic art lies in his work. that his
is the only way But Mr.. Amateis
reminds US of the diversity of sculp-
tural inspiration. He is fellow of
the American ACADEMY IL Rome. re
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NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS
Two Additions the Permanent Collection of the Corcoran
Gallery-Exhibitions at the Arts Club-Work
of Edmond Amateis

sation of pleasure the kiuShip between
the works Of the Dutch masters and
the paintings by Mr.. Grippe now on
view in the Arts Club. There is a
gentleDesS, 4 homeliness. an element
of poetic feeling in these works which
makes appeal The Dutch school OF
landscape PAINTERS was not far re-
moved from the Barhi2on school, yet
il was distinctive. The names of
MauVe and his cotemporaries sum
mon instantly a vision OF quiet pic
lures, open landscape, gray skies. pic
lures which have n peculiar charm
for US today who live in the midst of
restless activity surrounded by bla-
tant color. These elements are found
in Mr.. Gruppc'S works. such as The
WooGcutters" and "I}reezy Day
Dutch Coast and even IN those pic
lures such as "IlillSide--Catskilis
and Afternoon sun - Rockport, ;"
which were moi painted IL Holland but
in America. Mr.. Grippe mas Received
many Eonors from his confveres and
his works are included in Z long list
of public galleries aud private colec-
tions. lis home is III New York.
Mir. MuSgrave'S exhibition COM
prises 20 outdoor, fresh. Colorful pic
lures, comparatively recent works
done in a manner which is essentially
characteristic. One is OF Winter in
GeoGsetuU n: another shows a dash
ing little cascade; third is wood
interior, and Il fourth gives a glimpse
OF the Blue Ridge. Two are flower
studies--Ine Of pop3ies, the other Of
hydrangeas. Through their freshness
and Individuality they command not
only attention but admiration.
:; X 4
a UNIQUE special exhibition will
n open N the CorCuran Gallery of
Art on January 20. This vii! consist
OF water color drawings by Isabel
Cooper made under the auspices of
the department Of tropical research
Of the New York Geological Society
Miss Cooper was staff artist on FIVE
expeditions TO the tropical research
station of the New York Geological
Society at kartaho Point, British
Guiana, also on the Mona expedi-
ton 10 the Galapagos Archipelago, in
1923, and on the recent Arcturus
Oceanograp phical expeditions, , In the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans. both of
which were sent out hy the New York
Geological Society. In almost every
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There are only a. few pieces in the
show. perhaps 10 or 12, but they
illustrate q varied habit of mind. and
from beginning TO end the brief col
lection is faithful to the artists ideal
OF serene charm, of flowing line and
gracioTS beauty"
IT may be of interest to those who
have the radio habit to know that
a series Of Commute talks on art in
Everyday Life are being given under
the auspices of the American Fedora
ton of Arts through the co-operar ton
OF the leading American experts, from
station WEAF, Now York, on Satur-
days from to $50 pm. The first of
these talks was given by Robert w.
de Forest, president of the Metropoli-
tan Museum of Art and of the Amer
ican Federation of Arts The talk
last evening was on Getting the Best
Out of Painting" and was given by
Prof. Leigh II. Hunt of the College
Of the City of New York The re-
mainder Of the series will be as fol-
lows; February 13. What to Know
About Architecture, by Harvey
Wiley Corbett, past president Of the
Architectural League of New York:
February -. Making Use of the
dSedILl cl fal 1, ny
Gaudens, director of the department
of fine arts, Carnegie Institute. Pitts.
bursh; March 13. Getting the Best
Cut Of Sculpture. by Prof. John
Shapley of New York University:
March -, Art in the Home" by
Frank Alvah Parsons, Mesident of the
New York School of Fine and Applied
Art; April 10. Homes of Our Fore
fathers" by F.. I. II. Halsey, author
Of various works on early American
art; April "a, Art in Dress" by Fern
Bradley, costume designer of New
York.
THE miniatures by the Countess
Edgerly korzyhski which We're
privately exhibited for several days
recently at Mrs. Fahnestock's were
to be seen last week at the Way
farer's Book shop, corner Of Seven
teenth and II streets, where they will
remain on view for few days longer.
The countess has made a specially
of group portraits in miniature, and
her work has distinguishing char
acteristics. This is an>uncommonly
comprehensive showing, including so
Of these fascinating portraits In little.
1t will he remembered that the count
eSs Is one of the few living miniature
painters who is represented in the
permanent collection Of the Metro
politan Museum OF Art. She and her
distinguished scientist husband are
making their home in Washington
this Winter.
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REVIEWS OF MIDWINTER BOOKS
Johnston ForbeRobertson Actor Writes of Incidents and
PEOPLE of Many Years-A Book About Animals
Travel and Fiction Worth Reading.

closures and the religious changes
threatening TO sweep away all that
the people still treasured and loved"
Mr.. Sheppard with a skill rooted I'm
sympathy and intimate acquaintance
with the times recreateS this English
background concretely and vividly.
He peoples with real life q period
that 10 the most OF US is no
more than a vague chapter cf
English history. For this alone
the novel Is d repaying one Bu,
there Is much more than this. For
within the general situation Of the
time and place he constructs q 70
nance OF the not unfamiliar theme
of marriage without love on the part
of the hero-indeed. with love quite
clearly bestowed elsewhere. Partly
in this domestic uncongeniality and
partly in the public demands upon
his support. the adventures OF ArlIn
dell pursue their absorbing way iii
a complex pattern that ends with
the charge of treason against him.
You'll wish to find out for yourself
about the outcome of that charge.
And TO do this you will find your
self following an interesting path
through one Of the dramatic reigns
in England and through the sympa-
thetic searching OF the heart of Il
man OF that time.
kRAKATIT. BY Karel Capek, author
Of The World We Live In" etc
New York: The Macmillan Co.
X RAKATIT IS an explosive power.
full enough to blow the entire world
into smithereens. The romance is,
therefore, you see,' a fragment OF the
great war left over for speculate and
invention. The story is that Of an
engineer who discovered this deadly'
agent Of destruction. While III and
absent from his laboratory the grains
of krakatit were stolen. It is upon
this foundation and the subsequent
search for the precious and dangerous
stuff that there grows here as fantas
tic a development as can be imagined.
Capture, Imprisonment. danger OF
death and final rescue, the love Of z
lady, the passion of research-theSs
follow one another here in swift sue
cession. The character of the engineer
himself, Prokop, is the dominating
force-a fury of investigation, a demon
Of energy. q spirit of Unconquerable
tenacity. II is through the handling
Of this man, through the sympathetic
conception Of energy embodied, OF an
unchanging purpose pursued. that the
author creates-not d pleasant story,
but, 1ndubitably, d strong one.
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sary part Of the records of the depart
ment Of tropical research of the New
York Geological Society.
X X
THOSE who knew the late Louis
L Amateis, who for many years
made his residence in this city, dur
ing which time he produced, among
other important scuipturai works, a
pair OF bronze doors FOR the Capitol.
will be glad to know OF the success Of
his son, Edmond Amateis. who has
taken up his fathers profession and
has attained real ditinction in it.
He was born in Rome, Italy, in 1897.
while his father was executing the
monument for the Texas war heroes
now at Galveston. During his child
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the Roman Academy seems to have
done for him exactly what Mckim.
who founded the institution, hoped
that it would do for the young Amer
lean artists; it has steadied and ma
tured him, helped him to achieve the
purity and dignity which peculiarly
characterize his art" This is high
praise. but it is not all. Mr.. Cortissoz
continues:
''Mr. An1ateis is an expert craftsman.
Working either IN the round or in
low relief he dlscloses a fine control
over his medium, a really polished
technique. But the important thing
about his smooth. broad modulations
is that they have more than bea uty
of surface. 1t is that they evince a
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The painter, a Canadian by birth.
studied in Holland, and his work dis
tinctly reflects the influence Of the
Dutch school.
The late Richard n. Brooke of this
city did much to introduce modern
Dutch art to America, and it was
largely on account of the appreciation
which It found here that II was SO
highly esteemed in Europe; that is,
in this case the usual rule was re-
rersed-it was America. not Europe.
which set the seal of approval on ID
new school.
Those who remember the beautiful
collection of Dutch paintings owned
by the late Thomas Waggaman of
GEORGETOWN will recognize with SEN
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Vacation Given to Rites.

In China and India many persons
devote their vacation period TO per
forming religious rites and are not
reconciled to make their recreation
season each year one Of pleasure. The
same holds true in a measure in Japan
and to some extent in Germany. II
Is only the Occidental countries which
plainly make vaca ton a period of
plea sure
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Boston Has Leaning Tower.

The Old South Church in Boston.
Mass, is that city's leaning tower of
Pisa. The only difference is that to
the unframed eye the tower OF the
old church does not appear TO lean,
yet engineers and architects maintain
there is d considerable leaning which
is increa sed from year to year. The
inclination has increased three-quar-
ters of an inch in the last - years
The total lean at the top is said 10 be
between . and 8 feet.
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fundamental grasp upon form. The
linear distinction of his nudes is but
The expression OF a deeper structural
truth. He has skill in design. too.
His most important relief. 'Perseus
Stays Medusa,' is beautifully COM
posed. The classical drift Of his
temperament has not put curb upon
his energy either. There Is sufficient
animation in this marble. tinCtured
though ii is by an antique convention.
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McFee, william Swallowing the
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Newton. A. z. The Greatest Book
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LMOST HUMAN. BY Robert
Yerkes, professor of psychology
Yale University Illustrated.
New York: The Century Co.
1T takes no more than a limited
association with what are called
the lower orders Of creation to aston
ish man with the intelligence of the
whole animal world. Upon even the
slightest sympathetic observation. it
turns out that every order and grade
of creature has, no less than man,
learned the prime lesson Of exist
ence-adaptation to its surroundings.
In man we call this supreme power
Intelligence. In other animals We beg
the question of our own lack Of knowl-
edge by calling it instinct
Near Havana lies the estate of
Sonora Rosalia Abreu. And upon
this estate there lives a large colony
Of primates-the monkey and ape. the
chiInpanzee and baboon, the orang-
utan and gorilla Under conditions OF
security and cleanliness and proper
food and enough OF freedom this col
ony has thriven In the friendship OF
Sonora Ahreu, who has devoted 10
1t years of observation and expert.
ment. Therefore, when Prof. Yerkes
went to study this unique Havana
the first grade Of their tuition. Their
degrees of mentality had already been
measured in many an experiment cal
culated TO prove clearly that they
were possessed of mental powers that
could be expressed in terms Of man s
own intellections. This book is a rec
ord Of the experiments made bv the
Yale psychologist and the owner OF
the colony. The experiments them
selves are such as are applied to chill
dren beginning to learn how to do
certain simple things or to those
whose minds are still in an elemen-
tary stage. Through innumerahle in
teresting tests the various members of
the colony are up to a certain point
able to coordinate mind and action.
much as the young human does They
display temperament that compares
at many points with that of the
human. a thousand important dis
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case her drawings have been made
from the living specimen, the idea
being to secure records of the living
colors and contours of tropical crea,
lures which become unreCognizable
after death. Sle has completed up
ward OF 4 thousand dra wings, which
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turned from his sojurn only about
year ago. He is too young a man
for his art 70 have the depth or the
complexity which belongs to Bour-
dele. But he has something already
which ought 10 carry him to greater
and greater things, a remarkable
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AP PLAYER UNDER TIL r e E
REIGNS. By Sir Johnston Forbes
Robertson. Boston: Little, Brown
& Co.
w YE say of this one or of that.
n He was born lucky" Sir
Ah Johnston Forbes Robertson
clearly belongs to this for
tunate class To this end
he helped himself greatly, no doubt,
by choosing his parents with dlscre-
ton. A gifted and brilliant father,
just the right sort of mother a happy
home life where people OF substance
and attraction were glad to gather.
Within this happy atmosphere the
boys drift toward painting and the
stage received encouragement IN place
of the common barriers set UP against
talents that do not point strongly upon
material success in life. SO, as early
as the age of 21, Forbes-Robertso
took TO the stage. Even before that,
when he was only IS. he had, with
parental sympathy, produced Mac
beth" at home. To be sure, the cast
was a cramped one, calling for com
binations and prompt transformations
on the part of his two brothers, who.
with himself. put Macbeth over 70
the delight Of everybody on hand.
This home incident shows the under
stood talent of the boy who for so
many years was TO give to audiences
a genuine artistic pleasure in all parts
of the world. This book is a happy
going back over the long days OF APP
prenticeship and the longer days Of
acknowledged power in the dramatic
field Hundreds Of well known people
come and go h"re-actors, writer's.
artists. men and women of social dis
.inction and many other sorts of
achievement. The book abounds in
anecdote--the sketch struck off OF this
one and that one about whom the
world is ever curious and alert. Here
is one III which two celebrities of their
dav figure most CharaCt tertStically-
lanes Whistler and Oscar Wilde. A
newspaper reporter stated in the press
hat sWh'St'ei- and OScar Wide were
seen on the Brighton front talking,
: usual. about themselves Whistler
~ent the paragraph to Wilde with
note saving Il wish these reporters
would be accurate; If YOU remember.
Oscar. we We're talking about me"
Wilde sent back a telegram saving,
It's true, Jimmie, We were talking
about YOU. but l was thinking about
myself" Just Il good little sample of
he character of the whole book
bright. witty. keealy obServant, hap
0i'v reminiscent.
II looks as II Sir Johnston Forbes
roberr son was. from thu beginning. of
h.- tribe thar would rnt suffer Soo's.
~ anv rate. ali even approach this
unhappv status are rieidlv excluded
from these paCes. On the other hand,
whether the great actor was in Eu-
-op-- or America. or wherever he was,
@harA vas gathered aronrG him a dts
tinguished company Of those who, in
me field or ;4noth"r. had achieved with
7istinct'on. Wonderfully engaging TO
~ead. But. better than this. the mem
oir is 2 ChaDter-a lorg chan, ,er--Of
he staee during three English reigns
FROM this point II is addressed TO the
profession itself. constituting an il
'uminating history Of the dramatic art
'nr something like the past 40 wears
An altogether delightful and useful
hook to any one interested in art
either as a producer or as one who
.akes his art yicariously
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A YER UN d Z r TIL R f Z
REIGNS. BY Sir Johnston Forbes
Robertson. Boston: Little, Brown
G. 90
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LITERATURE.
English.
Austen. Jau". Fragment of a Novel
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